Hello everyone. I've been waiting to write this forever. I hope you like it. And Merry Christmas. BTW Serena has her old look back in this. And this takes after she confessed to Ash. Enjoy.

I was almost to Snowbelle City, the home of my last Kalos badge. I was in a middle of a battle with this trainer by the name of Morty and his powerful Golduck. "Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" I told my partner. He tackled Golduck like it was nothing. "Golduck, use Brick Break!" Golduck's hand glowed and hitted Pikachu off of it. "Pikachu, Iron Tail!" "Golduck, Brick Break again!" Both of our moves had collided. "Pikachu, use Electro Ball." Pikachu released a ball electricity and threw it at Golduck. "Golduck, use Aqua Tail and push it away!" Golduck released a jet of water out of it's tail and hitted the Electro Ball away.

I have to use an Electric type move against a water type pokemon like Golduck. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Pikachu was unleashing bolts of lightning out of his body.

"Pika, chuuuuu!"

"Golduck, use Aqua Jet!" Golduck was surrounded by water, and somehow, it uses Thunderbolt as an advantage. Electricity was surrounding it's Aqua Jet. It hitted Pikachu and he was unable to battle. I was surprised as were my friends.

I came running after Pikachu to see if he was okay. "Pikachu, are you okay?" I asked. Pikachu was very weak. "Pikachu." Pikachu was okay after that battle. "You did great buddy." I told him.

I thought to myself, how was it that Golduck was able to get hit by Thunderbolt and not be affected. "Golduck return." Golduck returned to it's pokeball, and Morty came up to me. "Impressive, isn't it?" He said. "I've trained my Golduck to not be affected by electric type moves. Especially one as pathetic as that Thunderbolt."

He was being so mean to me.

"And I bet the seven badges you have are phonies that you made to get yourself into the Kalos league. I have been battling with my Golduck since it was a Psyduck, and you can't even beat him with a type advantage."

His bragging kept bothering me. But what if he was right? What if I'm not strong enough to be a Pokemon Master.

Later that night at the Pokemon Center, I've been thinking about what Morty had said. When Clemont and Bonnie came along.

"Ash, are you okay?" Bonnie asked followed by Dedenne. "Denne?"

"Yeah, just thinking." I said.

I wished that it was true. What Morty said to me was still running through my head like a train.

"Can I get you something to eat?" Clemont asked.

"No thanks." I said. "Not hungry."

"But you're always hungry." Clemont said trying to make a point.

"Well not this time." I told him. My pokemon were worried too. Noibat, Hawlucha,Talonflame, Greninja, even Pikachu.

Little that I know that Serena was coming right behind me.

"Hey there, Serena." When Bonnie mentioned that she was coming up, I was surprised. My heart was pounding like crazy. Ever since Serena told me she love me, that feeling was going through me, but I didn't know what it was.

"Hey guys." Serena said before looking at me. I couldn't tell because I couldn't stand looking at her without my heart pumping. But I think she was worried. "Hey."

"Hey." I greeted back.

A while after Clemont and Bonnie left. I was left alone with Serena. Not only was I having that strange feeling I never had before, but the thought of giving up my dream as well.

"Are you still thinking about what Morty said to you?" Asked Serena.

"Yeah." I said. "I've been thinking lately that, what if I'm not cut to be a pokemon master? What if My dream is impossible to achieve? What if..." Serena stopped me right there at that sentence.

"Ash stop it!" I'm sure you, your dream will come true. When I started on my journey, I didn't even have a dream to make come true. You told me I'll find my dream with my pokemon. And because of you I'm a performer. And I know you can do the same because your a great guy Ash." Serena stopped and blushed for a minute. "I mean uh…"

To be honest, she kind of made me blush too. "Thanks Serena, but…" I didn't know what to say, should I or shouldn't I give up on my journey. "I'm gonna go walk outside for a while." I told her. I bet she was still worried about me.

I was outside still wondering what to do. 'Do I go give up or do I keep going to the top?' I thought. I've walked for what felt like forever. That's when it happened.

"Huh, what's this?" I found what looks like a door.

I looked all around, and it was strange. Nothing was holding it. Nothing was behind it. And nothing about it was normal.