Dreams Redeemed
An Amourshipping Fanfiction
Chapter 1: Doubts and Thoughts
'Pikachu, use Iron Tail! Noivern, use Dragon Claw!' Ash commanded during a training session. Pikachu and Noivern gave cries of enthusiasm and hurled themselves at each other. 'Pikachu and Noivern are shaping up really well!' Ash thought as he watched the two attacks collide with a critical eye. Meanwhile, Serena watched her boyfriend and cheered him on. They were at the battlefield at the Laverre City Pokemon Center, helping each other train. About half an hour ago, Ash had helped Serena perfect a Performance routine with Braixen and Sylveon. Serena smiled softly to herself as she watched the raven-haired Trainer work with his Pokemon. He really had changed since his eighth badge is Snowbelle City. Gone was the dull, despondent Ash that she had lost her temper at in the Snowbelle forests. She didn't know what she had done to make Ash fall for her, but she was glad all the same. 'I wish Performing was as exciting as battling' she thought to herself. She loved her dream, but somehow, after she saw what Ash had done in the Snowbelle gym, she had always felt that Performing was just a way to dance and have fun. She wished that there was more to it. She broke out of her reverie when she saw Ash walking up to her, a strangely preoccupied look on his face. 'Hey' he said as he walked up to her and gave her a quick hug. Serena hugged him back and asked 'Is something wrong?' she asked. Ash gave her a smile. 'Nothing for you to worry about' he replied. 'You want something? I'm heading out to town. I need to run some errands.' 'No, I don't need anything. Thanks for asking!' Ash gave her a soft smile, a wave, and left the battlefield. She stood there for a few minutes, and then decided to take a walk herself. She anyway needed to drop her Performing outfit off to the seamstress's, so she could get that done too. Besides, she needed to clear her head. She set off down the pavewalk, admiring everyone's fashionable dresses.
Ash had finished running all of his errands. He decided to take a walk. He needed to clear his head, and battling wasn't going to help him this time around. As he walked down Laverre's paved streets, he passed a library. He rememberes the times his mom would take him to the local library so that he could look up different Pokemon. Smiling wistfully, he stepped in. Then he heard an old, female voice say 'So, my little girls and boys, would you like to know how Pokemon Performing came into existence?' 'YES!' the little children sitting around the old lady shouted. Ash thought of Serena, and he immediately felt better. She was just… awesome. He had wanted to give her something, but hadn't found anything. So he would tell her a story instead. Smiling, he joined the group of kids around the old lady.
As Serena walked down the streets of Laverre, she stopped at a park. Then she heard an old voice say 'So, little children, do you know how the career of being a Trainer came into existence?' All the children shouted assent with delight. Thinking of Ash, she sat down to hear the story
End of Chapter 1