This story is dedicated to all pearlshipping fans and especially the many pearlshipping fans at the Official Pearl Shipping Thread at SPPF. Just as I promised, here is a pearlshipping fic filled with drama, love, action, adventure, pearlshippyness and MIND CONTROL!!!!!!
Chapter 1: Ash's Disappearance
"He did it!!! Ash Ketchum is the new Sinnoh League Champion in the most epic battle in ages here in the Sinnoh Region!!!" The announcer shouted into the microphone as the crowd cheered loudly throughout the entire stadium. Ash Ketchum, the Champion jumped in the air with a fist pumped to celebrate his victory. Alongside him was the six Pokémon that helped him become the champion as they to joined him in the air as they too celebrated the victory.
Ash's best friend, the yellow mouse Pikachu was bounced in the air by Ash and his other Pokémon as they celebrated his victory, which gave Ash the win. Everyone of Ash's Pokémon cheered Pikachu as they screamed his name out in their own unique way of talking.
They finally ended the huge celebration as Ash caught the falling Pikachu and hugged his best friend in an embrace that meant a lot to both trainer and his Pokémon.
"Pikachu thanks a lot for everything you did." Ash thanked his best friend as Pikachu told him thanks back by squeaking out his name in a cute manner. Ash then turned to all his other Pokémon and thanked them so much that it caused tears to well up in the corner of his eyes. All his Pokémon smiled warmly at their trainer as some of them too had tears welling up in their eyes.
Then Ash felt a pair of arms wrap around him from behind and turned to see Dawn giving him a hug and slightly blushed from the contact. She let go causing Ash to turn and look at her and the approaching Pokémon breeder as they both smiled at him and began congratulating him for his victory.
"Thanks you guys. I guess I couldn't have done it without your help either, so thank you so much." Ash thanked as the Pokémon coordinator and breeder both smiled at him.
"Well, since I didn't win the Grand Festival we had to get someone on this journey to win something, right?" Dawn told him as Ash nodded.
"I guess I'm not bad luck after all." Brock laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. Both teens looked at Brock slightly confused as he sweat dropped realizing what he just said. "I guess I'm just thinking out loud, forget what I just said." He replied to their confused looks as they all began to laugh.
"Congratulations Ash." The young trainer turned around to see Mr. Goodshaw the old and lovable owner of the Pokémon League Association.
"Thanks a lot Mr. Goodshaw!" Ash thanked his old friend as Goodshaw smiled back.
"It is my great honor and pleasure to present to you, the Sinnoh Cup!" Mr. Goodshaw told Ash as he handed him a beautiful Gold Trophy that had a pokeball carved right in the middle of the cup.
Ash took the trophy and raised it high in the air as the crowd cheered and roared in celebration of Ash winning the Sinnoh Cup as Dawn and Brock clapped their hands in celebration. May, Misty and many of Ash's other friends too clapped their hands in celebration as they watched Ash hold up the Sinnoh Cup Trophy with all his Pokémon at his side.
Ash smiled happily as he took one of his hands and waved back to the crowd as they continued to cheer. Then Ash felt a familiar feeling and then heard a voice that said, 'Chosen One..' .'. Ash looked around to find the source of the voice, but saw no one near him. Pikachu looked up at his best friend and gave him a worried look.
"Pikachu? (What's wrong Ash?)" Ash looked down at the yellow mouse Pokémon and just patted his head softly and gave him a warm smile.
"Nothing, it's nothing Pikachu." He reassured him as he got a smile in return.
"Pika. (If you say so.)" Pikachu responded as he joined the other Pokémon in waving back at the crowd.
'What in the world was that?' Ash thought to himself, but shrugged it off and continued waving back to the crowd.
It was almost time for the celebration feast that was hosted by the PLA and Ash was stuck shopping for a suit, with Dawn as she looked for a suit that was the right size for Ash. "Come on Dawn, why can't I just go in my normal attire?" Ash whined toward the blue hair coordinator.
"Come on Ash, you should know why?" Dawn told him not looking at him as she began inspecting the next suit in the rack.
"But still, I look goofy in that type of clothes." He continued to whine as Dawn sighed and turned to look at him.
"We are still going to get you a suit and that's final!" Dawn yelled at him as she put her hands on her hips.
"Great she is acting like my mother." Ash whispered, which made Dawn's ear twitch from where she was.
"What was that?" She asked him in a threatening voice, which scared Ash.
"N-nothing, I didn't say anything." Ash told her getting nervous as she continued searching for a suit.
"Ah, here's the right one!" Ash looked up at the suit that Dawn picked out for Ash and frowned as he couldn't believe he was going to be stuck in a suit for hours at the party. "Here why don't you go try it out?" Dawn told him as she gave Ash the suit, which he had no choice but to take it. He headed toward the nearest empty changing room and sighed when he began to take off his vest, white shirt and then finally his pants. He began putting on the suit with Dawn waiting patiently for the Sinnoh Champ.
Ash had a hard time tying the bow that came with the suit, but managed to get it done. Sure it was slightly crooked, but who would notice right? Dawn definitely noticed as Ash opened the door to reveal himself to Dawn as she looked at the trainer. "It looks great, but your bow is crooked." Ash mentally groaned as Dawn walked up and fixed the bow before she began inspecting while walking in circles around Ash. "Perfect!"
Ash smiled at the happy attitude that Dawn gave not only now, but from the journey that got him to where he was now. "Alright Ash, go change back and then we'll go look for a dress for myself. A girl has to look good at a party after all!" She cheerfully said as Ash smiled at her before heading toward the dressing room again and changing back into his clothes.
After the two purchased the suit, Ash was dragged through the mall as Dawn began looking for a store that she liked. Ash groaned as Dawn dragged him into a store that sold nothing but woman clothing. Ash felt kind of nervous when he saw nothing but girls outfits and blushed when they past the bra section of the store until they arrived at the dress section.
Dawn quickly attacked the dresses as she began taking and looking at the dresses and began asking Ash for his opinion. However, Ash didn't know what to say and the only thing that came to his mind was that it looked great on her. But before he could say it, she quickly put it back on the racks and pulled on another dress. Ash watched Dawn look at dress after dress and wished his buddy Pikachu was with him to keep him company. Dawn then found a dress that she loved and went to the dressing room to try it on leaving Ash alone.
Ash sat in the chair and watched many other female customers shop in the store and saw some male shoppers that probably came by force and saw the agony on their faces. He groaned as he placed his elbows on his thigh and laid his head on the palm of his hands as he waited for Dawn to come out. After about ten minutes of waiting Dawn finally came out of the dressing room and saw her twirl in the dress she tried out.
It was red dress that resembled the color of a Charmeleon and looked similar to the dress she usually wore during her contests. It didn't have the designs that her contest dresses had, but had a little symbol of a rose on the left side of her chest. The only main difference between this dress and that was that it made Dawn looked more beautiful and caused Ash to blush a deep red. "Sooooo, what do you think?" She asked him.
Ash slightly opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out which made Dawn giggle at his reaction. "I guess I must look really good if you got nothing to say!" She said as she went back to the dressing room and began changing back to her normal clothes. Ash slouched on the wall and began taking deep breaths as he tried to remove the image of Dawn in the red dress.
'Wow, she really looked good, WHAT, what am I saying!!!! I can't talk about Dawn like that, I mean we're just friends and that's all, right?' He thought as he put his face into his hands and kept them there until Dawn tapped him on the shoulder.
"Is something wrong Ash?" Dawn asked as she looked at the boy.
"Yeah of course!" He proclaimed causing Dawn to smile warmly at him.
"Well we better get back if we want to get back to the party in time!" Dawn told him as Ash nodded in agreement. They paid for the dress and began walking back to the hotel room that they stayed in with each holding a bag with their clothes for the party in their hands. Ash and Dawn entered their room and met Brock who already got dressed in his suit and turned around when he saw the two teenagers enter with bags of clothing.
"Finally you guys came back, the party starts in an hour so you better hurry up." Brock told them as Dawn panicked making everyone look at her.
"You're serious, in one hour!" Brock nodded as Dawn did her own version of a quick attack and slammed the door of the bathroom as she began getting ready. Everyone sweat dropped as Ash walked over to his bed and put his bag on the bed. He looked around the room and noticed that Pikachu was no where in sight.
"Hey Brock?" Ash asked causing the breeder to remove his attention from the mirror and look at the teenager.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Where's Pikachu?" Brock just smiled as he turned back to the mirror and began to fix his bowtie.
"Oh he and the other Pokémon were supposed to head over to the party to help out with something." Brock explained hearing a sigh in relief.
"Okay then, I might as well put on this suit." He said as he took out the black suit from the bag and began to undress himself. Seeing Ash getting undressed, Brock told Ash he was heading toward the party getting an okay from the trainer as he left closing the door behind him. Ash began getting dressed as he put on the suit and tried his best to fix his bowtie. However, every time he got it done, it will pop back into a mess getting Ash annoyed at the stupid thing. "Stupid bowtie!" He said angrily as he stomped his foot hard onto the floor.
"What is with all the ruckus Ash?" He heard Dawn asked.
"I can't get this bowtie thing right!" He said angrily not turning to look at Dawn. "Hey do you think you…" Ash trailed on as he looked at Dawn in the red dress as she smiled at him. Ash was speechless like the time at the store as he looked at Dawn in that same red dress that she brought.
"Here let me fix it for you." Dawn offered as she walked up to him and fixed the tie and gently patted him on the chest. "There you go!"
"T-thanks." He stuttered the only word that he could manage to say.
Dawn looked at Ash and slightly frowned as she looked at the dress. "Is this dress too much?"
"N-no, you look really great." He managed to say turning the frown into a smile as she grabbed Ash's hand and both ran out of the room, heading toward the party.
The celebration was huge as there were lights illuminating the night sky. There were many trainers dressed in suits and dresses as they chatted with each other. There were many Pokémon that served punch and many delicious snacks to the guest and in the far end of the area was a huge sound set that began playing music as everyone enjoyed the festivities. Brock was seen trying to hit on some of the female trainers, but as usual was attacked by the purple toxic frog Pokémon and taken somewhere that nobody knew where.
Dawn and Ash finally arrived and Dawn was easily amazed at how the party was decorated with all the amazing lights and balloons. "Wow, isn't this beautiful!" Dawn said as Ash smile din agreement.
"It sure is!" Ash replied as he too looked at how beautiful the party looked. He then spotted his Pokémon in one corner of the party. Torterra, the big green turtle Pokémon had a tray filled with some punch filled cups and empty cups on its shell, which meant his job was to serve drinks. Monferno was pouring the drinks into the cups that were on the tray, while Pikachu, Buizel and Staraptor were entertaining small children by making faces and pretending to have a battle for the kids enjoyment. Gliscor was the only Pokémon that served desserts to the trainers, but was sometimes clumsy and snapped the plates in half due to his claws. However, the trainer's didn't get mad and laughed at his mistakes and Gliscor laughed along side them.
"Hey Dawn, where are your Pokémon?" Ash asked curious as to why he didn't see any of her Pokémon anywhere.
"Oh, they're over there pumping balloons, but it doesn't look like it is going well." Dawn nervously said as Ash looked over to where she was looking at. Indeed, they were having trouble as Prinplup began arguing with Mamoswine who accidently popped some of the balloons that Prinplup made. Ever since Mamoswine learned to obey Dawn after it had a talk with Ash's Charizard, Mamoswine learned to respect Dawn, but sometimes got into accidents that made many of Dawn's other Pokémon angry. They forgave him later on so her other Pokémon knew he meant well. Lopunny and Pachirisu began to quickly create a lot of balloons and handed them over to Ambipom and her new Pokémon Chingling who handed them out to the small children and many trainer's who gladly accepted them.
"Wow, look at our Pokémon go, they sure know how to help out." Ash said as he looked from his Pokémon to Dawns.
"I know. Hey look Brock is over there!" She said pointing toward where Brock was as Ash saw the breeder.
"Well then let's go!" Ash told her as she nodded and both ran toward Brock. As they got closer to Brock they noticed him slumping on the chair as they felt a certain depressed aura coming from him. "Umm Brock, are you ok?"
"Ash, do you know the feeling of getting rejected by almost every girl at a party!" He asked as the raven haired boy looked at him really confused.
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked, but then was surprised when Brock suddenly sprang to life and pointed to the sky in a dramatic fashion.
"Your right, I shouldn't give up!" Brock shouted as Dawn and Ash sweat dropped. "Watch out ladies, Brock is coming to get…" Brock began, but was stopped when Croagunk poison jabbed him in the ribs. "Or m-maybe n-not..." Brock began as he fainted and was dragged by Croagunk somewhere.
"Same old Brock." Dawn laughed nervously as they both sweat dropped. Then Mr. Goodshaw appeared on the stage that was set up moments ago thanks to the help of Machokes and Machamps as he cleared his throat in the microphone getting everyone's attention.
"Welcome all to the celebratory feast as we celebrate the end of the competition!" The trainers and others all cheered like it was the end of graduation. "Now before we can continue partying like there is no tomorrow, I first like to have our Champion Ash Ketchum and his Pokémon that journeyed with him all this way, to come up to the stage!" Everyone clapped and cheered as they watched Ash and his Pokémon head over to the stage and waved back at the crowd.
Mr. Goodshaw shook Ash's hand and spoke through the microphone. "Ash, do you know the reason why you are up here?" Mr. Goodshaw asked as Ash shook his head no. "Well, as a tradition in the Sinnoh Cup the champion always has to say a speech in front of the many trainers, families and citizens. So, are you ready?" Goodshaw asked as he handed the mic to Ash forcefully as Ash nervously looked back to all the trainers and others.
"Well… I guess ….." Ash muttered as he rubbed the back of his head embarrassed since he didn't know what to say.
"You can do it Ash!" Ash looked into the crowd and saw Dawn cheering for him to eliminate this embarrassing moment.
"Well, I just want to say that it was an honor to face all these tough trainers and their Pokémon and become the Sinnoh Champ!" He plainly said, but everyone knew it was hard to say a victory speech especially if your not prepared to do one.
"Thank you Ash!" Mr. Goodshaw said to the microphone he stole without Ash even noticing. "I remember when you challenged the Indigo League for the first time." Goodshaw began thinking about the past. "Back then, your were a beginning trainer but proved to be a tough opponent to many trainers as you placed Top 8 in the Silver Conference and Hoenn League. Then finally after many tries, you finally won it all here in the Sinnoh region!"
"You don't have to say all that." Ash muttered embarrassed at what Goodshaw told the many at the party.
"Pikachu. (This sure is embarrassing.)" Pikachu said as he nervously laughed in embarrassment and rubbed the back of his head with his hand.
"Anyway, it is now time for the dance of the evening, even though the party just began, but who cares!" Mr. Goodshaw announced as he laughed. "Now Ash, who will be the lucky person to dance with you in a slow song that is very soothing and brings couples together."
"What!?" Ash asked shocked at the announcement.
"Come on now, don't be shy!" Mr. Goodshaw nudged Ash in the shoulders putting more pressure on Ash.
Without a moment hesitation, Ash chose the first person that came to his mind. "Dawn!"
Dawn stared at Ash and a slight blush appeared on Dawn's face as everyone turned to look at her. Dawn wasn't expecting Ash to pick her and sure she hoped for it, but she didn't expect it. She gulped due to her nervousness and began slowly walking toward Ash with everyone staring at as they made way for her. She blushed even more when she saw everyone's stare and began walking faster until she reached Ash who came down from the stage onto the dance floor.
"Sorry." Ash apologized as he rubbed the back of his head as he looked at Dawn.
"I-it's ok, there's no need to apologize though. I mean you were under a lot of pressure." Ash chuckled nervously as the MC began to play the slow tune as Ash did the first thing that came to mind as he put his hands on her waist as he saw many people do in movies. Dawn responded by putting her hands on his shoulders and just began to move to the sound of the music. Everyone watched the Champion and his dance partner dance on the dance floor and then after a while joined them with their partners.
Brock finally came back from the mysterious place Croagunk dragged him to and witnessed Ash and Dawn dancing to the slow song. His jaw dropped as he began weeping with a fist in the air. "Don't worry Brock, even though Ash was kissed twice and I never was and now that he is dancing with Dawn does not mean I can't get someone special!" Brock said, but soon hung his head down as he walked toward an isolated location at the party and crouched in the corner and began to weep silently.
Back to Dawn and Ash, both trainers looked into each others eyes as they continued to dance to the rhythm of the music as they were speechless and just wanted to silently dance to the sound of the music. Then the sensation that Ash felt before came back and the voice came back as well, but this time much louder as it gave him a massive headache. 'Chosen One…Chosen One….CHOSEN ONE!!!!'
Ash immediately grabbed his head and screamed at the pain he was feeling from the headache as the voice grew louder and louder. Dawn looked at Ash with concern written all over her face as she tried to help him in any way she could. "Ash are you okay!?" She asked with a worried tone as Ash screamed in more pain and began to bite his teeth down hard as the pain was too much to bear.
Everyone stopped to see the commotion that was happening to the Champion and his dance partner and they saw the Champion on his knees screaming in pain. Pikachu and the other Pokémon noticed their trainer's distress and quickly headed over to Ash and did whatever they could to help Ash. "Pika!? (Ash, what's wrong?!)" Pikachu called out to his best friend as he continued to scream in pain. "Gliscor… (Ash….)" Gliscor whimpered as tears began welling in his eyes as he became worried for his trainer.
"Ash, please tell me what's wrong?" Dawn asked again and then Brock finally got over his depression and went to his friend as he too tried to help him, but it didn't work as Ash continued to scream in pain. Then in an instance, Ash fell to the ground unconscious as everyone looked on with shock.
"ASH!!!!!!" Dawn and Brock shouted as well as the Pokémon with their style of talking as everyone became silent.
Ash winced in pain as he tried to adjust his eyes to the light in the room. The first thing that he saw when he opened his eyes was Dawn, Brock and Pikachu as they all looked down at the raven haired boy. "Dawn…..Brock….Pikachu, what happened?" Ash asked as he couldn't remember anything that happened the night before.
"You don't remember anything that happened last night?" Ash shook his head no as he sighed in understanding. "Well you began to scream in pain and held your head as if you had a massive headache." Brock explained.
"Really, I wonder what happened." Ash wondered as he looked up to the ceiling.
"Pika! (Thank Goodness!)" Pikachu yelled out as he jumped at Ash, who in return gave him a warm hug.
"Are you sure you're ok?" Dawn asked as Ash nodded reassuring her. Dawn sighed in relief as she removed the hand that was near her chest and smiled at him.
"What time is it anyway?" Ash asked.
"It's about three in the afternoon." Brock told him. The next thing everyone heard was a loud growl that meant that Ash was hungry and everyone began laughing as Ash was back to normal. "I'll go get you some lunch, okay Ash?"
Ash gave him a nod as Brock left the hotel room and headed toward the cafeteria leaving Ash and Dawn in the room. Pikachu cuddled near his trainer as he was relieved that his trainer was okay. Dawn looked at Pikachu and then back at Ash who was smiling warmly down at his best friend.
Ash saw Dawn frown from the corner of his eyes and turned to look at her. "Dawn, is something wrong?" Dawn looked at him before putting her hands up and waving them from side to side.
"N-nothing, I was just worried." She told him blushing slightly, which couldn't have been seen by someone as dense as Ash.
"Well then don't worry, because I feel much better. Whatever happened was probably something that won't happen again." Ash reassured her making her place the smile he came to adore on her face. Ash then noticed that she was still wearing the dress that he remembered and gave her a confused look. "Umm Dawn, why are you still wearing that dress?"
Dawn looked at the dress and nervously laughed as she rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment. "I guess since I got so worried about what happened last night, that I didn't want to get changed." Ash just smiled as Brock came back into the room with a tray full of food that Ash did not hesitate to dig into when Brock placed it on the bed.
"It looks like he's as hungry as usual." Brock said as Brock, Dawn and Pikachu laughed causing Ash to chuckle nervously.
After Ash finished his lunch, the trio began to pack up their things as their ship was about to depart for Twinleaf Town. The trio plus Pikachu began to run towards the docks as they heard the final blow of the horn for the passengers to get on the ship. They surprisingly made it and gave their tickets to the assistant and boarded the S.S. Sinnoh (Couldn't think of a name) and it soon departed from the docks.
"I can't believe our adventure is about to be over." Dawn said disappointingly as she frowned with the wind blowing her silky blue hair.
"Don't say that Dawn." Ash told her as he leaned his elbows against the railing. "We can always see each other, I mean through telephone of course. But maybe one day everyone can have a reunion with everybody there like you, Brock, Misty, Max, May and other of our friends."
Dawn smiled as she replied, "Your right Ash, lets just make a promise that we'll always be friends."
Brock and Ash nodded as they both said, "Of course." Dawn smiled at the two before looking back at the ocean. 'It's a promise.'
It took about three days, but the four of them finally arrived at Twinleaf Town and as soon as the entered the docks, they rushed toward Dawn's home where her mother gladly greeted her. "Mom, it's so great to see you!" Dawn said as she embraced her mother in warm hug.
"It's great to see you too Dawn!" She replied as Brock and Ash both looked at mother and daughter sharing a warm hug after not seeing each other for a long time.
Johanna released the hug and turned to look at the two people and Pokémon that stood behind Dawn as she smiled at both. "You guys must Ash and Brock, it's nice to finally meet you after all those phone calls. And you must be Pikachu; it's a pleasure to see you too!"
"Piikachuu! (Same here!)" Pikachu waved at Johanna who smiled at the cute yellow mouse Pokémon.
"It's nice to meet you to Johanna." Brock said as Johanna nodded.
"Why don't you guys come inside, I just made some tea?" Johanna suggested, but both Ash and Brock declined.
"We loved to, but we can't since our boat back to Kanto departs in about twenty minutes, but thanks for the offer." Brock explained as Johanna nodded in understanding.
"Well, I guess this is it." Ash spoke up as he walked toward Dawn and reached out his hand. Dawn looked down at it and smiled as she grabbed the hand and did the same to Brock when he reached out his hand. Dawn gave Pikachu a big hug before releasing him and giving him back to Ash. Brock and Ash began walking back toward the docks and waved goodbye as they walked. Dawn waved goodbye as well and began thinking about the times she, Brock and Ash had during their journey throughout Sinnoh.
But the adventure was only beginning.
Soon after, Ash and Brock arrived in Vermillion City and continued to head back toward their home towns as they arrived at the crossroad that lead to Pallet Town and Pewter City.
"Well, I guess this is where we go our separate ways." Ash said to Brock who nodded.
"Pikachu….(I can't believe it's over….)" Pikachu sighed as he slumped his head down onto Ash's shoulder. Brock saw Pikachu being depressed and did the best he could do lighten his mood up.
"Here Pikachu, this is for you." Pikachu perked up as Brock took out some of his home made Pokémon Food and gave it to the yellow mouse Pokémon who took it happily.
"Thanks Brock." Ash thanked him as Brock nodded and put his backpack back on. "Well, I'll see you real soon Brock." Ash told him as he began going to the path that lead to Pallet as Brock nodded and headed the other direction as they both waved goodbye until they were out of sight.
Ash and Pikachu walked down the path that led to Pallet and the sun shined so brightly meaning it was a gorgeous day to travel. However, Ash started feeling the similar sensation and then the voice continued to ring inside his head, but it was not as loud as before. Ash winced in the slight pain his head gave him causing Pikachu to look at him concerned.
"Pika? (Ash, are you ok?)" Pikachu asked his trainer who continued to wince slightly in pain while the voice kept ringing in his head repeating the same two words, 'Chosen One, Chosen One….'
Pikachu perked his ears when he sensed someone approaching them. Ash noticed it and looked at Pikachu who had a concerned look on his face toward whoever was behind them. Ash began to slowly turn and saw someone that hadn't seen in a long time.
"You're…..
To Be Continued….
Well I'm done with this Chapter and hopefully I can get chapter 2 done by Friday or Thursday so stay tuned and let's go Pearlshipping!!!