Okay, so I have been playing the games and I love Commander Mars' comment of "What, is this a lovey dovey couple to the rescue?" or what ever it is xD I have decided to make a FortuneShipping fic since I have been bored and stuck on another fiction I'm working on. This is Dawn/Hikari X Lucas/Kouki. I will basically be basing this story off of my Pokemon Platinum adventure. A ton of things will be changed, left out, or added. Mainly a bunch of stuff will be added and improvised.

Chapter 1:

Serendipity

It was another peaceful morning in calm the town of Twinleaf. The sun was just barely over the horizon and the flocks of Starly were starting to fly overhead for their morning feed. A light snow had fallen over the town, but not enough to cause any alarm.

Here we find young fifteen-year-old Dawn Berlitz. Even though it was almost six thirty in the morning, she was wide-awake and getting ready to leave. She hurried to get her new pink outfit on so she could leave and the only thing missing was her white scarf and hat.

Suddenly, 'ping!'

Dawn looked out her window and noticed her friend Barry. Barry was her 16-year-old friend. He was a very fast paced, and impatient boy with slightly spiky blonde hair and pale orange eyes. He was wearing his new winter outfit, but it wasn't too different from his summer one. He still wore his standard green scarf, and black pants. The only thing that had really changed was his shirt. He had switched out his short-sleeved white with orange stripes shirt, for a thicker long-sleeved orange and white shirt.

Barry had tossed a small pebble at her window signaling that she needed to hurry, but then again, in Barry time, fast was never fast enough. "Hurry up Dawn!" He said in a hushed tone. "I'm hurrying!" Dawn said as she opened her window.

Why was Dawn up at this early hour, and why was Barry meeting her? Simple. They were going to sneak out the house for a while. It was all harmless fun, but if Dawn's mother found out that she was leaving the house at this early hour she would probably be grounded for life.

After Dawn put on her hat and scarf she quietly snuck down the stairs, and left without making a sound. "Finally!" Barry complained. "Well sorry! My mother isn't exactly out of town right now!" Dawn whispered in a harsh tone. "Whatever, but c'mon! Lets get to the lake fast!"

When Barry said fast, he meant fast!



"Oh and I'm the slow one?" Dawn shouted as she looked back at Barry while they raced to the lake. Surprisingly, today Dawn was the one who was going to make it to the lake first. "Dawn look out!" Barry shouted, but it was too late. Dawn had collided into a young male, causing them both to fall to the ground.

The male looked to be Dawn's age. His black hair was covered with a red cap that had a pokeball logo on the side. He was also wearing a red scarf around his neck that fell over his gray and black shirt, and during their collision it had fallen off onto his blue pants. "I'm so sorry!" Dawn apologized as she supported herself off of him.

"No it's alright. I was the one who wasn't paying any attention." The guy stated as they both began to stand. Normally he would have gotten really angry if a person had ran into him like that, but there was something about this girl that kept him from being angry.

Dawn stood up and dusted herself off before continuing her conversation. "By the way, my name is-" but she was cut off by Barry. "Hold on just one second! You're going to just tell him your name like that? It took me weeks to get you to tell me your name!" He complained.

"Too bad Barry!" Dawn joked. "I'm Dawn." She finally introduced. "A pleasure to meet you. I'm Lucas." Lucas said after putting his scarf back on. Suddenly a small orange chimp Pokemon hopped onto Dawn's shoulder. His tail was more or less just a flame and he had a small circle pattern on his chest. "Chimchar!" It called. "Eh?" Dawn was surprised at the sudden welcome of the tiny chimp.

"Looks like Chimchar has taken a liking to you." Lucas stated with a smile. "Is he yours?" Dawn asked. "No, he belongs to the Professor Rowan. I'm one of his assistants and he wanted me to take the three starters out for some fresh air by the lake."

Just as Lucas explained that, a small penguin Pokemon approached Barry. It had a tiny beak and the feathers around its eyes were white like the two dots on its front. On its back looked like a small cape. "Lup, lup Piplup!" It greeted in a shrill tone. "Well hey there little fella!" Barry greeted.

"That's Piplup if you haven't guessed already. Now where's Turtwig?" Lucas asked as he looked around. "Chim-ha!" Chimchar called from Dawn's shoulder as he pointed towards a small patch of clover. A small turtle-like Pokemon was busy munching on the clover leafs. Most of his body was green, but the shell on his back and under his belly were brown and black, and the small twig on his head was brushing against another tree branch that had fallen on the ground. "Come here Turtwig." Lucas called.

The Pokemon lifted his head and made tiny 'turt' noises as he continued to munch while he walked over to everyone. "So, why are you two out so early?" Lucas asked. "It's kind of a long story." Dawn answered as she rubbed Chimchar's head with her hand. Chimchar seemed to be enjoying Dawn's company, and Piplup was busy mimicking the poses that Barry was making. "I'll respect that." Lucas answered.

"We're sneaking out." Barry answered with a smirk.

Barry Rule #38- If Dawn wont answer a simple question, Barry will.

"Hmm...If they're sneaking out that has to mean they're together right? Well, it couldn't hurt to ask." Lucas thought. "Oh, so you two together?"

"No, we're just friends. We're just having a little fun right?" Dawn said looking at Barry. Chimchar also looked in the direction of Barry, flashing his toothy smile. "Yeah, just friends." He said in a tone that was a little less enthusiastic.

Barry had always had a bit of a crush on Dawn, but he was almost one hundred percent positive that she didn't feel the same way. And from the looks of it, Chimchar wasn't the only one taking a liking to Dawn. "Keep your hands to yourself and we won't have a problem." Barry thought darkly.

A small Starly flew overhead casting a small shadow just a few feet away from the three. Starly noticed Lucas and quickly dived to land on his shoulder. "Star!" Starly called in a muffled tone. The little gray and black bird had a note in his mouth for Lucas. "For me?" Lucas asked as he took the note.

'The Professor has left the lab! Hurry up big bro! You know how angry he can get, especially if the Pokemon are scattered.

~Anna'

"Oh great." Lucas mumbled.

"Something wrong?" Dawn asked.

"Lucas, have the three Pokemon gotten enough exercise?" Came a loud voice not to far away. "Yes Professor Rowan, but it seems they-"

"No need to explain Lucas I can see for myself. Interacting with other people is good for their development, but we must be going. I have a lot to deal with right now, and we still need to find trainers for the starters."

"Yes Sir Professor. Just let me gather the Pokemon and I'll meet you back at the lab."

"Very well." Professor Rowan said before heading off.

Lucas turned back around to face Dawn and Barry, but he was mainly talking to Dawn. "Well, I guess I have to go. Maybe I'll see you around." He said hopefully. "Yeah, that would be nice." Dawn answered.

Suddenly Chimchar began to wail and huge tears were flowing from its eyes as he clutched onto Dawn's neck. "Looks like Chimchar doesn't want to leave you." Lucas said in a sympathetic tone.

"Chimchar is not the only one who doesn't want to leave." Barry thought to himself.

Piplup toddled away from Barry, but waved his little flipper in a 'good-bye' manner. Chimchar however still refused to leave Dawn's shoulder. "It's okay Chimchar. I'll probably see you again." Dawn said trying to calm him.

Chimchar was still not inclined to leave Dawn's shoulder so Lucas decided to try and pick up Chimchar. As he did this, his hand briefly brushed against Dawn's cheek, and for some reason unknown to her she felt a strange rush. "I'm sorry about Chimchar." Lucas apologized again as he held Chimchar in his arms.

"Hey, I'll be right back." Barry stated before beginning to walk away. "Okay, but yeah. It's alright Lucas I-"

"Dawn Berlitz! Explain to me why you left the house at this early of an hour! Let me guess: you were sneaking out to see this young man here!"

Dawn's eyes widened in fear as she realized that her mother had woken up and came to look for her. "Wait, no. Aww crap! I forgot that she had to go to work today! That means she was awake the whole time! At least she wasn't out in the kitchen when I was leaving." Dawn thought.

But there was no way she could lie her way out of this, luckily for her Lucas was already thinking of something to keep her out of trouble. "Actually ma'am, she was just helping me with something." He started.

"Oh really, like what?" Dawn's mother asked in a snappy tone. "You see, I am one of Professor Rowan's assistants and this little Chimchar here got away while we were training. Of course I had to follow him if I didn't want Professor Rowan to kill me. I tracked him here to Twinleaf and that's when he decided to sneak into her room through her open window."

"Uh-huh, and just why was your window open?" Dawn's mother asked. "Do you not realize what temperature you keep the house at? And since I'm on the second floor all the heat rises to my room." Dawn thought it was amazing that she thought of something to add to Lucas' little lie. She also thought it was amazing that he had thought that up so fast. "And you know me, I wasn't about to bring the Chimchar back while wearing my pajamas. I got dressed then went to bring him this Chimchar back. I was going to leave a note, but Chimchar kept making a ton of noise and I forgot that you had to go to work so I thought you were asleep and I didn't want to wake you up!" She added.

Dawn's mother seemed to believe what they were saying, but there was always that small thought that Dawn was lying. "I shall choose to believe you this time, but if I see this happen one more time you will be grounded for life you hear me young lady! Now, since you're up you might as well come back and get started on your chores."

Dawn sighed at the word 'chores' since her mother was the queen when it came to finding unnecessary, and useless chores to do. "Come on now. I have a whole list for you to do." Her mother continued as she began to walk away. Dawn began to follow her, but turned around to face Lucas. 'Thank you!' She mouthed, and Lucas smiled.

"I do wish to see her again." He thought as Chimchar let out a tiny whimper. "Lup!" Piplup called as he pointed his flipper in the direction that Barry had left in. "Whew! That was close. Good thing you can think on your feet!"

Lucas then realized that Barry must have noticed Dawn's mother coming so he left. "You left because of Dawn's mother didn't you?" He said in a suspicious tone.

"Well I wasn't about to get into trouble." Barry stated.


"This whole list?" Dawn shouted in dismay as she read the long piece of paper her mother had left her.

"Yes, and I expect that list to be done when I get back tonight."

"Tonight?"

"Yes, I thought I told you that I had to work late tonight. Most likely I will be back around midnight. If that list is not done you will be punished!" With that, her mother left and Dawn began to work on the unnecessary tasks after she got out of her winter clothes and into her usual spring clothes.

It was about eleven PM when Dawn decided to take a break from downstairs and go work upstairs. The upstairs portion of the house wasn't very large; it only consisted of her room, a middle sized bathroom, and a tiny bonus room. While she was just finishing cleaning her room she heard a thump noise.

A familiar orange chimp had climbed through her window –which she had left open so the smell of cleaning chemicals could escape.

"Chimchar? What are you doing here little guy?" Dawn asked as she bent down to his level. Chimchar extended his hand and held out a crumpled up piece of paper.

'Look out your window.'

Dawn stood up and walked over to her window. Chimchar followed her and hoped up on the window ledge. After that he pointed to the left at the ground. There stood Lucas, but he was now wearing a blue jacket. "Hey Dawn!" He said.

"Lucas, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked. "Chimchar actually got out this time, and it looks like he wanted to see you. I couldn't deny the little guy of his wishes so I helped him get here. I think Piplup wanted to see Barry so I let him out to go find his place."

"Piplup wont be able to reach him. Barry's room is on the second floor of his house."

"I already thought of that. I sent Turtwig with Piplup to help. How are your chores going?" Lucas asked, still smiling.

"Ugh, don't remind me! I still haven't finished!" Suddenly the two heard a loud crashing noise from the backside of the house. "Hold on a sec!" Dawn shouted as she hurried to get outside. "Is everything alright?" Lucas asked as Dawn came outside. "Yeah, but I think Glameow has done something stupid again!"

The two got around the backside of the house and noticed the small blue cat Pokemon with a twisted and bushy tail known as Glameow. She had been fighting a stray Luxray, another cat-like Pokemon, but Glameow had sustained some pretty bad injuries. "Glam...ow," she hissed weakly before collapsing.

"Glameow!" Dawn yelled as she rushed over to her. "Come on, let's get you healed up," she said as she picked her up. But Luxray would have none of this. He had just won his battle, and now these humans dared to intrude? Never!

"Luxray!" He snarled as he ran at Dawn using Spark. Electricity began to cloak the Pokemon, but when he jumped to attack Dawn something blocked him. "Char!" Chimchar screeched as the Luxray attacked him. Then Chimchar quickly sat up and used Ember, but his flame tail had gotten bigger and the attack seemed really powerful compared to the normal Ember.

"Ruxay!" Luxray hissed as the Ember scorched his fur. Luxray glanced back at Chimchar before dashing off into the forest. Dawn looked down at Chimchar with amazement. This little chimp had managed to protect Dawn and fend off the Luxray, but he had sustained some pretty bad injuries as well. "Lucas, grab Chimchar. I'm sure there's something in Glameow's medical kit that can help him."

"Glameow has her own medical kit?" Lucas asked as he picked up Chimchar. "Glameow was a Contest Appeal Pokemon, not a battler. And when it comes to common sense, she has zero of that."

Once inside Dawn's house, they sat the two Pokemon down on the table as Dawn grabbed a medical kit that had a small Glameow sticker in the top right corner. Glameow sat up and started licking her legs in an attempt to clean the blood away from her cuts. "Here, could you start cleaning the blood off of her fur?" Dawn asked as she handed Lucas a wet towel. "I need to change out of these clothes. If my mom sees blood on me she'll assume that I cut myself or something, and if she sees blood on Glameow she'll freak. Or assume that she has done something stupid again." She joked.

"Sure," he answered.

After a few minutes Dawn reappeared from upstairs wearing a blue and white version of her pink summer clothes, but she decided not to wear her hat and her scarf.

She noticed that Lucas was still cleaning Glameow, but after a few seconds he turned around with a bright smile. "Well, what do you think?" He asked as he stepped out of the way so Glameow could be viewed. She looked almost good as new, but some of her cuts were still visible and her fur looked very damp.

"Wow, you did a great job!" Dawn said. "Normally it would have taken me hours to even get close to her looking like that."

"Actually, what I found was that when she licked her front leg it got most of the blood, and so all I had to do was go over it with the towel."

Dawn smiled at him as she walked over to the table. Next she started looking through the medical kit so she could find something for both Glameow and Chimchar. "Spray this on her wounds while I treat Chimchar." Dawn said as she handed him a pink bottle labeled as 'Hyper Potion'. Dawn then grabbed a small orange bottle labeled as 'Super Potion' and began to spray it on Chimchar's wounds.

He winced at the bit of pain from the spray, but soon the cut went numb. "There you go Chimchar, all better." Dawn said as she finished with the spray. He looked up at her with sad eyes, but it made Dawn giggle a bit since he just looked so cute. "Will a kiss make it feel better Chimchar?" She asked, still smiling.

After that she picked him up and kissed his little cheek. Chimchar's face turned slightly red and he began to flail his tiny arms around his face.

Lucas had watched this and couldn't help but smile. He had finished with Glameow so she stood up and put her little white paw on Lucas' hand. This was her way of thanking him. She purred a bit before hoping off the table to go upstairs and rest on Dawn's bed.

Chimchar finally settled down, and Dawn decided to thank Lucas for helping her with Glameow. "You know Lucas, I can't thank you enough. You have saved me a lot of trouble. Oh, and I suppose that you will need to be taking Chimchar back right."

Yet again, Chimchar didn't want to leave Dawn. He had just saved her, and she had just healed him! "Why would she want to give me back?" Chimchar thought. "Actually, how about you bring him to Sandgem Town tomorrow. If you take him to Professor Rowan's lab I'm sure he would let you keep him since Chimchar seems so attached to you already."

"You mean it?" Dawn asked in a shocked tone. Lucas nodded, but then Dawn did something unexpected. She sat Chimchar down on the table then went to hug Lucas. "Thank you Lucas!" She said as she hugged him.

Lucas started to blush a bright scarlet red.

Just as this happened somebody opened the door. "Hey Dawn, I found this Piplup and Turtwig, you seen Chim-...good lord Dawn. You met him today and you're already hugging on him, and he's in your house? I always knew you were straightforward, but this is ridiculous!" It was Barry and he was holding Turtwig by his bottom shell in his hand, and Piplup was walking by his side.

Dawn quickly let go of Lucas and blushed a bit. "What are you doing here Barry?" She yelled.

"I could ask the same for your little friend here."

"Chimchar got out of the lab for real this time! Then Glameow got hurt so I asked him to help me since he had to come look for Chimchar."

"Yeah, sure. I know Glameow is a total klutz, but you can't fool me Dawn."

Dawn gave an exasperated sigh seeing that there was no reasoning with Barry. "And, since I am here I figured that I might as well help her with her chores since she isn't done with them. She needs to be able to bring Chimchar back tomorrow, but she can't if her chores aren't finished. You should probably bring Piplup back tomorrow. I can take Turtwig with me." Lucas added.

Dawn looked up at Lucas with a questioning look, but Lucas was looking at Barry. Barry rolled his eyes then sat Turtwig on the ground. "So basically you're telling me thought that I can keep Piplup?"

"Yeah, but you should bring him by Professor Rowan's lab in Sandgem tomorrow and just say that he came to find you. Once the Professor hears that he should let you keep Piplup."

"Sure, fine, whatever. I'll see you later Dawn." And with that he left along with Piplup. Piplup was pretty excited to go home with Barry since he thought that this meant Barry was his new trainer.

"Oh Barry." Dawn mumbled.

"Well, I'm sorry to say that I can't help you when it comes to Barry, but I can help you with just about everything else. I'm good for my word so what would you like to help you with?" Lucas offered.

Dawn thought that Lucas was just saying that to get by Barry.

"You don't actually have to help me. I don't want to-"

"I said I would help you and I intend to do as I say. Plus, its almost midnight and I saw your list over there and '12:00AM' was written in bright red ink, so I am assuming that you need to get all of that done by then. It's almost eleven thirty. I want to help you." Lucas interrupted with a smile.

"You're too kind you know that right? Okay though, could you help me clean the counters?" She asked.

"Of course." He answered. "Tur-Turtwig!" Turtwig called to Chimchar. "Chim!" Chimchar replied.

Over the next twenty minutes the two hurried through the remaining chores that Dawn had, and once they finished it was close to eleven fifty.

"I still will never be able to thank you enough." Dawn said once they finished cleaning upstairs. They were both sitting in her room. Dawn was seated on the edge of her bed with Chimchar and Lucas was sitting on the chair by her desk with Turtwig at his feet. "There's no need to thank me." Lucas stated.

"Can I at least ask you something?"

"Sure,"

"Why are you helping me?"

Lucas didn't reply for a moment. He was busy trying to figure out the answer to this question. Sure, on the inside he knew that he was just trying to get on her good side, but what could he say that wouldn't sound stupid?

"I don't know. I guess partly because I feel that it was my fault your mother caught you this morning."

Just as Lucas said this they both heard the door downstairs slam shut. Dawn's mother had come home a few minutes early. Both teens' hearts began to race at the thought of Dawn's mother coming up there and finding Lucas. 'What are we going to do?' Dawn mouthed.

Lucas shrugged a reply, but since he knew he wouldn't be able to leave through the front door so he had to think of something creative. That's when he spotted the window. Dawn noticed that he had glanced at the window. "You're not crazy are you?" Dawn whispered in a harsh tone.

"Kinda, but I would be even crazier if I even tried to go through the front door!" He replied. Dawn realized that he did have a point. "Just be careful!" She warned as Lucas put Turtwig in his pokeball. "Trust me, I will." He promised as he began to take his leave.

Surprisingly he made it to the ground without any problems, and since there was no downstairs window where he landed he had no worries of being spotted. "I'll see you later Lucas!" Dawn called in a more audible tone as she stood by the window. "Yeah, oh and I left Chimchar's pokeball on your desk! See ya' around!" He said before taking off. Now, the only thing he had to do now was figure out a way to explain to his father why he was out so late.

"Yeah, see you around." Dawn said in a bit of a dazed tone. "Well, it's good to see that all of the chores are done, but just who were you saying good bye to?"

Dawn's mother had walked into the room just as she said 'see you around' but luckily for Dawn her mother was dead tired so anything would probably suit.

Dawn was scrambling to think of something. The window was opened to let the smell of chemicals could flee, so maybe she could use this as part of her lie. "Oh hello mother dearest!" She greeted as she turned around. "I was just saying good bye to the smells of chemicals! No more of that nasty wood cleaner smell!"

Her mother gave her a pensive look before going to ask another question. "Alright, just how much wood cleaner did you actually use?"

"Probably too much! And you know my low tolerance for that stuff!"

"Right. I'm going to go to bed now. See you in the morning..."

After she left Dawn gave a big sigh. She was also proud of herself because she had thought that up so quickly. "Chimchar!" Chimchar called from behind her pillow. He had hidden there because he knew that Dawn's mother wouldn't like his presence. Dawn put her hand on his head as she sat down on her bed. "Well Chimchar, looks like you get to stay with me tonight." She said in a tired tone. "Char!" Chimchar squeaked. Dawn laid her head on her pillow to rest for a moment, but she ended up falling asleep.

Chimchar gave a toothy smile at Dawn as he went to the end of her bed and started to drag the large red blanket up to Dawn. He placed the blanket over her shoulders then went to turn off the light. He took notice that Dawn had turned on her side, so he knew he had to be careful that she didn't accidentally roll over on him during the night.

He snuggled up to her and the fire on his tail went out. Tonight would be a good sleep.

At least for Chimchar it would be. Dawn would always have the reoccurring dreams every few nights. She would always be on some dairy farm in Solaceon Town visiting some unknown friend and large black and gray wolf-like Pokemon with red and yellow eyes –known as Mightyena- would constantly attack her since their main source of prey had disappeared. Now, normally the dream would end when the second Mightyena would attack her, but this dream seemed to go on just a little longer.

Dawn could see the Mightyena running towards her, but instead of it attacking her, somebody knocked her out of the way. The person knocked them both into the grass and Dawn was curious as to who had saved her from the Mightyena. She looked up since the person was still practically on top of her, and noticed that it was Lucas! "L-Lucas?" She said in dismay.

"You're hurt!" He said as he moved a few strands of hair away from her forehead, which revealed a deep cut. This cut came from the first Mightyena that had attacked her earlier, but usually when the Mightyena attacked they left a few scars then left.

"Are you alright?" Lucas asked. Dawn began to blush a bit as she answered. "Better, now that you're here."

He smiled at her, but the dream stopped because something was disturbing Dawn's sleep.

"Chimchar!" Chimchar squealed. This caused Dawn to wake up, but the sudden light made her vision blurred. "Chimchar, what's wrong?" She asked as she rubbed her eyes. Once her vision cleared she looked at her clock and noticed that it read '6:47'.

"Why Chimchar why?" She asked in a slightly angry tone. Even though normally she was a pretty decent morning person, today was just not the day to be a morning person. "Chim," Chimchar pouted.

Dawn looked at him with a blank expression before realizing that she needed to bring him back to professor Rowan. "Sorry Chimchar. Give my thirty minutes and I'll be ready." She said as she sat up. "Oh, looks like I forgot to get in my pajamas."

Chimchar gave a little laugh as he watched her gather her clothes then head off to take a shower and get changed. Chimchar settled back down on the edge of the bed to wait for Dawn. In no time Dawn came back and looked ready for the day. "You're going to have to go inside your pokeball just until I can get past my mom okay?"

He understood so he went over to his pokeball and recalled himself. Dawn grabbed the pokeball and then put it in her small backpack. Finally she got ready to head downstairs.

Once she got there, she noticed her mother sitting at the table reading a small letter. "I'm surprised to see you up this early." She said looking over at Dawn. "Same for you." Dawn said with a smile. "Okay, so I got a letter from Professor Rowan. It says that his assistant Lucas –I assume that's the boy from yesterday morning- was out training the Pokemon when a Chimchar escaped and came to you.

"Chimchar needs a trainer and he wants you to be the trainer since his assistant thinks that you are the right person for Chimchar."

"Good ol' Lucas to the rescue." Dawn thought. "Really?" She asked. "I guess so. Since you're up you might as well go."

"Awesome! I'll be back soon mom. But you're sure you don't mind?"

"No, go ahead. I trust you."

Dawn smiled as she quickly headed out the door to begin her walk. It took about five minutes to get from Twinleaf to Sandgem Town, but the next task was finding the Professor's place. "I wonder if Chimchar will be able to help." She mumbled as she released Chimchar.

The orange chimp came out and gave Dawn a huge toothy smile. "Say Chimchar, do you remember where to find the professor?"

He shook his head basically saying 'no'.

"Maybe I could be of some assistance." Somebody offered. Dawn turned around and noticed Lucas. Suddenly Dawn's dream came back to her. Lucas saving her from the Mightyena and what she had said to him when he asked if she was okay. This memory caused her to blush slightly. "Good morning Dawn." He greeted.

"Y-yeah, good morning Lucas." She replied in a nervous tone. Her tone concerned Lucas. "You alright?" He asked.

"Yeah! It's just that I had a nightmare last night that's all."

"Really?" He asked. He too had a nightmare last night, but he was trying to dismiss it as a coincidence. "Yeah, but it was nothing. How about we get to the Professor's."

"Sure."


"Alright here we are!" Lucas announced one they reached a very large building. Large windmills lined the field behind the building, and many Pokemon were running around the field. "Yep, this is the research lab. The professor should be waiting inside so lets-" Lucas was unable to finish because somebody had rammed into him causing them both to fall backwards. "Watch where you're going pal!" The person shouted. It turned out to be Barry. "Piplup!" Piplup called as it hurried after Barry. The only thing this little penguin didn't like about Barry was his pace. Piplup's legs were only able to carry him at a certain speed, and Barry didn't seem to understand this. "You alright Lucas?" Dawn asked frantically. "Yeah," he mumbled as he stood up.

"Be careful Barry!" Dawn scolded. He looked up and realized who he ran into. "Pardon me for running into mister perfect." He grumbled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Dawn asked in an angry tone.

"Nothing, c'mon Piplup. We need to get to Jubilife City." He said before Dawn could question him further. Piplup sighed before hurrying after his trainer. Dawn knew better than to believe his 'nothing' comment. "What's his problem?" Dawn muttered. "How about we worry about that later? I'm sure the professor is eager to see Chimchar with his new trainer." Lucas said reassuringly. Dawn gave him a smile as he began to lead her to the research lab.

Everything went smoothly. Dawn did get to keep Chimchar, but that wasn't all Professor Rowan gave her. He decided that he wanted her help in filling the Sinnoh Pokedex so he asked her to be one of his assistants and naturally she accepted. She knew that her mother would most likely let her do this, so she had no worries, but Lucas did. Of course he was more than thrilled to have Dawn working in the same field as him, but he was worried that she would probably want to go on her own.

Professor Rowan finally finished one of his long and unnecessary lectures when Dawn and Lucas began to leave. "So I suppose that you'll need to go tell you mother about all of this?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, but I was wondering if you would come with me. I enjoy your company." After a quick second she realized what she had added, and she knew that it must have sounded weird. "That and my mother probably wont believe me." She quickly added as a small blush came across her face. Lucas laughed a bit. "Sure, and let me say one thing." He said as they began to walk off towards Twinleaf.

"I enjoy your company too."

This caused Dawn to blush harder, and she tried to hide it by changing the subject. "While I'm thinking about it, what was with Chimchar last night? After that Luxray attacked him he seemed different."

"That was Chimchar's Blaze ability. When his health gets low that kicks in and his fire moves become stronger. Turtwig has a similar ability but its called Overgrow. It works the same except his grass type moves become stronger."

"Interesting," Dawn said as she looked at Chimchar's pokeball. "So I'm guessing that Barry's Piplup has a similar ability? Something that makes his water type moves stronger?"

"You're catching on. I believe that it's called Torrent."

They both walked in silence for a few minutes just enjoying the scenery when they finally came upon Twinleaf.

Dawn's mother was in the front yard tending to some of the flowers when she noticed Dawn and Lucas. "Oh, I see that you have visited Professor Rowan, but who's this? I distinctly remember him from yesterday morning."

"Good morning Mrs. Berlitz. As you remember I'm one of Professor Rowan's assistants and he has a request. He would like Dawn to be one of his assistants and help complete his Sinnoh Pokedex. It's completely understandable if you decline, but the Professor wanted me to come and ask for him." Lucas explained in a polite manner.

Dawn's mother did have to give him credit for being so polite, but she still didn't quite trust him since, after all, he was a guy and Dawn was a girl. "I'm not sure I quite trust you."

"Well Mrs. Berlitz, if you would like I wont travel anywhere near Dawn." Dawn didn't like the sound of this, and now her mother was conflicting between the decisions. She knew it was time for Dawn to get outside of Twinleaf and Sandgem town, but she couldn't decide whether she should travel alone or not. Should she risk all of this being a lie and this boy was just making excuses to take Dawn from her? Or does she risk Lucas keeping his word of not traveling with Dawn and some weirdo come and take Dawn away from her.

The decision was clear. Her mother knew that if Lucas tried to do anything to Dawn that she would be able to stop it. Dawn was very independent, but a traveling companion would be good for her too. "No, I'd rather that if she does do this that she travel with someone. Dawn, if you plan on heading off today then I suggest that you go get packed. Lucas, I would like to speak with you while she does that."

"I'll be just a few minutes!" Dawn said excitedly as she hurried inside to begin packing. "Remember to pack light!" He mother reminded before turning back around to face Lucas.

"Now, I want you to remember a few things! One: if you even try to do something to Dawn I am positive that she will put a stop to it in a heartbeat! Two: please, I know this seems odd to be asking, but I would like you to keep her safe."

"Mrs. Berlitz you have my word. I won't let anything happen to Dawn on our trip. Professor Rowan wanted us to head to Oreburgh City first, but most likely we will have to stay in Jubilife City for the night." Lucas promised.

"Well then, once Dawn comes back you two can head off."

Dawn returned in a few minutes, and to her mother's surprise, she actually packed light. "Well, I'll see you later Dawn. Make sure you keep in touch!" Dawn's mother called as she and Lucas began to leave.

"So, where to first?" Dawn asked.

"Jubilife City, then Oreburgh City."


So, what do you think? Yes, this has been posted on both Deviant Art and the Serebii fourms. I AM FortuneShipper on both places, but hey, gotta keep up my pseudonyms ;D

Posting Chapter 2 shortly :D