Dawn plopped down on the couch next to her mother and gripped the pregnancy test, holding it upside down so she couldn't see the results yet. Johanna, her mother, put an arm around the nervous fifteen year old and gave her an encouraging look. Dawn took a deep breath and slowly breathed out as she turned the pregnancy test right-side up. Dawn covered her mouth and dropped the pregnancy test on her lap, Johanna quickly pulled her daughter into a hug. There was a pink + on the screen.

"I'm so sorry mom…you must think I'm a disappointment." Dawn sobbed.

"Oh darling, I don't think you're a disappointment." Johanna assured. "I know you and Kenny never meant for this to happen, but we can't go back in time and prevent this from happening. All you can do is raise the baby with or without him. Of course I'll be here to support you all the way."

"Thank you mom…" Dawn whispered. "I love you so much."

"I love you too, Dawn." Johanna smiled. "You know what this mean? You'll have to tell Kenny. He needs to know that you're pregnant with his child."

"I…I can't mom! I just can't! He'll never look at me the same way again and he'll break up with me!" Dawn cried.

"It's a risk worth taking." Johanna replied.

Dawn nodded and dried her tears before taking her phone away from her mother. Dawn hesitantly dialed Kenny's number and held the phone up to her ear. She covered her mouth hearing the phone ring a couple of times, then a click.

"Hello?" Kenny asked.

"Hi Kenny, it's me Dawn." Dawn answered nervously. "I need to tell you something important."

"Yeah, can you make it quick though? Me and Prinplup are about to go on stage." Kenny said.

"I'm…pregnant." Dawn whispered.

There was a long awkward silence followed by a bit of laughter.

"I'm sorry, but that's not my problem. Ash probably knocked you up, I'm not raising that baby so don't even bother trying to prove its mine." Kenny spat harshly.

"Kenny-"Dawn started.

There was another click sound and Dawn moved the phone away from her ear, realizing that Kenny had hung up on her. Johanna knew Kenny hadn't taken the news well so she pulled Dawn back into a hug and rubbed her daughter's back. Dawn buried her face in her mother's shirt and balled hard. My life will never be the same…I will have to give up pokémon contests to raise this baby…and I'll never find another boyfriend like Kenny, he was so caring and humorous… After a couple of minutes, Dawn stopped crying and sniffled violently.

She sent a text message to her three closet friends (Misty, May, and Zoey) telling them to come to her house as soon as possible. Dawn knew all three of them were busy enjoying their lives, but right now she needed her friends. Other than her mother and pokémon, they were the only people she could run to for support. Piplup hopped down the last step and waddled over to Dawn. He held onto her leg and gave her a concerned look.

"I'm okay piplup." Dawn murmured with a small smile.

Dawn picked up piplup and cradled the baby penguin pokémon. She didn't like it when her pokémon worried about her especially piplup. It's funny…I've been raising piplup since I first got him from Professor Rowan and it feels like I've been raising a baby. Well a baby that can fight. Dawn kissed piplup's forehead and gave her partner pokémon a juicy ripe apple.

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It took approximately three days for Misty and Zoey to arrive at the Sinnoh region by boat, it took May only a couple of hours to reach TwinLeaf Town because she was already in the region. She was visiting a relative who happened to live here and she was participating in a couple of contests. All four girls were gathered in Dawn's room; May and Misty were sitting on either side of Dawn and Zoey leaned against the wall near the door with her arms folded.

"I can't believe it. You're actually pregnant." May said.

"And he doesn't even have the guts to help you raise the baby!" Misty growled. "If I ever see him, I'm going to knock some sense into him."

"Thanks you guys." Dawn sniffled. "It means a lot to me that you guys came out here to support me in my time of need."

"Do you plan on telling anyone else?" Zoey asked curiously.

"No, I'll let them find out on their own." Dawn answered. "They'll know I'm pregnant as soon as my stomach gets bigger."

Dawn lifted up her shirt a little and rubbed her warm flat stomach. Pretty soon it won't be flat anymore, it'll be big and swollen. Dawn didn't forward to the nine month pregnancy, but with her friends, family, and pokémon by her side Dawn knew she would able to get through the rough pregnancy.

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Btw Kenny lost the contest, that's great huh!?