This is my first Pearlshipping fic so I'm sorry if it isn't the best. This is going to be a series about the moments that you don't see in the show. The moments that take place in between episodes and between the scenes showed on TV. I will be sticking to the storyline of the actual show. Everything that happens in my story could have happened in the show without any of the people watching knowing. So theoretically Pearlshipping could already be cannon and none of us would know. Read the story and you will find out what I mean.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon otherwise these scenes would be on the show.

Three young travelers were walking towards the docks where a ship to the Kanto Region would soon be leaving. In the middle of the group was a young raven haired boy named Ash Ketchum. His dream was to become a pokemon master. To his left was a slightly older brown haired man named Brock. He had traveled with Ash for many years but now had decided to part ways with him and pursue his dream of becoming a pokemon doctor. To the right of Ash was beautiful teenaged girl with majestic blue hair. She was an Ash's newest traveling companion and an aspiring young pokemon coordinator.

The trio had been traveling together for months all throughout the Sinnoh Region but their journey would soon come to an end. Ash and Brock would soon be on the ship headed for Kanto while Dawn stayed in Sinnoh so that her Buneary could pursue a pokemon modeling career. None of them were ready to leave one another but it was Dawn who was the most upset. As they neared the docks she flashed back to the conversation that she had the night before with her mom.

Flashback:

Ash and Brock were both asleep but Dawn was sitting on the couch in the living room. She looked up and saw her mom walk into the room.

"Couldn't sleep honey?" Johanna asked with a concerned look on her face..

"Yeah. I just have a lot on my mind I guess." Dawn said as she looked at the hadn't been sleeping well ever since the Sinnoh League ended. She just couldn't bear the thought of Ash and Brock leaving.

" It's about Ash isn't it?" Johanna said more like a fact than a question.

"W-what are you talking about?" dawn asked blushing.

"A mother knows." Johanna replied.

"I see the way you look at him" She continued with a smile on her just stared off into space thinking about all of the adventures that she and Ash had had together. She thought about all of the times that they had supported each other and all of the little moments that they had together during their journey through Sinnoh. These thoughts brought a small smile to her face. Sadly this didn't last long as she soon remembered that her friend would be leaving tomorrow.

"What should I do mom?" Dawn said looking at her mother with tears in her eyes."He is leaving tomorrow and he doesn't even know how I feel about him."

"Dawn you should just talk to him. Communication is the key to a successful relationship." Johanna said hoping to make her daughter feel better.

"But what if he doesn't feel the same?" Dawn asked worriedly. Johanna smiled and sat down by her daughter.

"Then it's his loss." Johanna replied wrapping Dawn in a tight hug.

"Goodnight Honey." Johanna said before she got up and left her daughter to think about what she going to do.

End of flashback

Try as she might Dawn just couldn't bring herself to tell Ash how she felt for fear of being rejected. So Dawn said goodbye to her former traveling companions and watched them get on the boat. As she watched the boat leave Dawn felt tears start to build up in her eyes and was about to start crying when she heard someone yelling from the boat.

"Hey Dawn. We'll meet again. No need to worry." Ash yelled as the boat sailed towards the horizon.

Dawn smiled and waved back at Ash. She knew that she would see him again. She promised herself that when she did see him that she would tell him how she felt no matter what.

Well that's chapter 1. Like I said this is my first pearlshipping fic so please leave a review and tell me how I can make my story better. I'll try to post the next chapter soon. Until then R & R.