Day 1
Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, and Korrina were walking to Shalour City with Lucario at thier side. Ash awaiting his next gym battle with Korrina, seeing Korrina's Lucario Mega-Evolve during a fight. Serena was thinking very much about something that had happened about a week ago, about thier visit to Refection Cave. She was thinking about how she felt during the moments of sheer regret that she had while Ash was in Reflection World. She was telling herself in hushed whispers that Ash was okay and that if he ever came back she would kiss him on the lips like she desired so dearly to do. But when the time came to do so, she was so overcome with a sense of relief to find out he was alive, that she almost forgot so when she and Ash were exiting she had to catch him on the shoulder before he caught up with the rest of the group, to try and tell him how she felt. She failed though, only saying, "We'll always b-be together right A-Ash?", Of course she got the typical Ash response, "Of course Serena!" and then he smiled at her. She mustered a very realistic-looking smile back, but on the inside she was crying her eyes out. Her emotions were wrapped tightly into a ball and she knew that if that ball were to unravel, Ash would be the key to it. She wanted so badly to tell Ash how she felt, but she couldn't. Then she thought of Miette. Miette was her PokePuff making rival, and at the end of the PokePuff competition that they both lost, Miette whispered in Serena's ear, "If you don't tell Ash how you feel, I'll tell him how I feel. You've been warned." Serena was always worrying that Miette would be at Ash's next gym battle and steal him from her. But there were more important matters at hand, like that boy coming out of the woods with an Ampharos. Serena's thoughts on him were very interesting considering the amount of detail put into them. She "Man, he's got black hair like Ash, but it's combed better, and he's wearing a red vest with a black shirt underneath, blue jeans with a Pokedex and six pokeballs attached. Not to mention the identical hat that he and Ash both wear. Not to mention the adorable serious look... NO!" she screamed at her mind, "I am completely commited to Ash Ketchum!" But during her mind quarrel the boy came up to her and said while blushing, "Excuse me, but you were staring at me." Serena's face began to turn a slight pink as she said, "I-I just noticed that you had the same hat as my friend here, A-Ash." "Oh." the boy looked a little dissapointed but clearly put the feeling deep down into him because he began to start a conversation with Ash and Clemont, about where Ash got the hat and how fashonable it was while Bonnie, Serena, and Korrina sat in a clump on a nearby bench. Serena stared at Ash and the boy blushing a deep shade of red and experiencing an emotion she rarely ever experienced, confusion. Korrina nudged her, "I see how you look at them," Korrina smirked, Serena blushed even redder, "Two boys, one heart, can't decide, can you?" "Um- There is no w-way I feel that way about Ash or that o-other boy Korrina!" she shouted. "Really," Korrina pouted for a moment, then continued, "Well then, you wouldn't mind saying one bad thing about each, would you now, Serena?" Korrina smiled because she knew that she had Serena beat. Serena had plenty of ideas about Ash, and some about how the other boy's voice cracked a little when he spoke. But, she couldn't get the words out of her mouth. She looked down at her shoes in shame, now Korrina, Bonnie, and Lucario knew of her shamefull crushes. But almost instantly, did she lose her romantic interest in the boy when she found out how low his level of maturity was. He was almost like Ash, but she knew her heart was sold for Ash. So did he when he announced his name, "I am Red."