Twelve Days Of Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

I know I'm little slow with my updates and stuff, but while I'm in the festive mood, so here's a little ikarishipping story I came up a while ago. Each part will be short, but I'll post each part (twelve in total!) throughout the day and try to get it done before Christmas ends.

Happy holidays! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon

"On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... A Piplup in an Aspear berry tree."

Humming a happy tune to keep herself in the festive mood, Dawn smiled as she added a large bow on the top of her present as the finishing touch. Christmas was slowly approaching and she was already in the festive mood for celebrations.

Placing the gift aside, she glanced around her room. She had let Piplup out to wander around earlier but he seemed to have vanish into thin air. Looking around, she slipped on her slippers and headed downstairs. Following the scent of baked goods, she waved to Glameow, who seemed to just have woken up from a nap.

"Hey mom," she greeted, happily skipping into the kitchen. "What are you making?"

"Hi sweetie," Johanna smiled. She held up the cake pan, ready to put it into the oven. "Christmas cake, I'm saving the cookies for you to make."

"Oh, okay!" Dawn nodded. "I'll start making them tomorrow."

Watching her mom put the cake in, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Dawn offered, jumping up and heading to the front door.

When she threw the door open, no one was there. Shivering from the cold winter air, she rubbed her arms and glanced around. Confused, she was about to shut the door when she noticed the plant resting on the front porch with Piplup napping on top of it.

"Piplup?" she asked, lifting the potted plant inside.

Shutting the door behind her, she brought the plant and her Pokémon into the living room. Sitting down behind her, Glameow watched observantly as Dawn read the card attached to the gifted plant.

To Dawn:

Hope you like the Aspear berry tree. Although the berry are sour, they'll keep you and your Pokémon from freezing.

P.S. Don't let your Piplup wander around so much. He gets lost easily.

Checking everything over, the bluenette wasn't able to find the sender.

"Dawn? Who was it?" Johanna asked, wiping her hands on her apron as she walked over.

"I'm... not sure," Dawn shrugged. "Whoever they were, they left this tree and brought back Piplup."

"That's sweet," Johanna smiled. "Perhaps it was one of your friends and they forgot to add their name."

"Maybe," Dawn echoed, unsure. She picked up Piplup, setting him onto the couch to nap.

Deciding to move the plant out of the way, Dawn struggled and managed to bring the plant into her room for the time being. Making sure it was in place near the window, she set the plant next to her desk.

"What a strange gift," she mumbled, sitting down at her desk. Resting her chin on her hand, she grinned. "But... It's nice."

Hehe, hope you guys are having a great holiday!

*pulls on Santa hat* This is going to be fun to write! See you next part! :)

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

~Skitty13