Chapter 1

A few months had passed since the Sinnoh League Tournament and Ash's journey through the Sinnoh Region. After he Dawn and Brock went their separate ways that day, Ash spent most of his time at home helping his mother around the house along with her Mr. Mime, and training all his Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory when he got a spare few hours during the day. He noticed a huge improvement in the strength of his Pokémon, but the days got lonely, he was so used to travelling that spending all his time doing the same thing at the same place got boring, especially when it was every day; he liked seeing new places and he wasn't getting that here. He decided that he wanted a change, but didn't know what to do. As he went home for the day, he thought back to his Sinnoh journey and remembered how much fun he had and how much he had grown stronger from travelling with Brock and Dawn. He had them to thank for him reaching the Top 4 of the league, after all.

That night Ash was in his room, polishing the gym badges from Sinnoh in his badge case while Pikachu was fast asleep on his bed. As he polished the last badge, he remembered the time he met the new Pokémon called Zorua when he was in Crown City, but he couldn't for the life of him recall where Karl told him it was from. After many failed attempts to remember, he picked up the phone and dialled a number. After a few rings, a soft feminine voice was heard.

"Hello? This is Dawn. My mother isn't home right now, can I take a message?" Dawn said, not knowing who was on the other end of the call.

"Hey Dawn, it's me, Ash! How've you been?" he said with excitement from hearing Dawn's voice again.

"Oh! Hey Ash!" she shouted down the phone when she found out it was Ash, "It's so great to speak to you again. I've been good, thanks, really busy though, I've hardly had any time to myself lately."

The conversation between Ash and Dawn lasted for quite a while, they had so much catching up to do after not speaking to one another for a few months. Ash asked her if she remembered Crown City, and the Zorua they met there. Dawn remembered their time in Crown City and reminded Ash that the region Zorua was from is called Unova. She also told him she heard that the region is said to be beautiful.

"So hey, I've decided that I'm going to start a new journey, and Unova sounds like the perfect place" Ash explained to her.

"Ash that's so cool! Do you mind if I join you on your journey? It'd be nice to get away from Sinnoh for a while now that Bunneary's modelling career is secure, and I'm sure my mother could always take her whenever she needs to another photo shoot, which shouldn't be any time soon." Dawn explained to Ash as she began to get excited about a potential new journey.

"Dawn, of course you can come! Pikachu and I would love for you to come with us", Ash said as he heard Dawn scream down the phone with excitement.

With Dawn invited on their journey, Ash informed her that they won't be leaving for another week so they have time to prepare before travelling to Unova. Dawn offered to make her own way to Unova and meet Ash and Pikachu there, but Ash told her that she could come to Kanto and stay for the week until they were going to leave for Unova, to which Dawn accepted.

"That sounds like a fantastic idea, Ash! I'll start packing and book a flight to Kanto for tomorrow morning! I can't wait to see you and Pikachu again!"

"Can't wait to see you too Dawn. I'm going to head to bed, talk to you tomorrow! Good night!"

"Good night Ash!" Dawn said as she put the phone down and began to pack and book her flight.

As the sun started to rise the following morning, Ash was already dressed and ready to go. Pikachu, who had been woken up by Ash's rushing around to get dressed, looked rather annoyed with Ash, but was soon just as excited once he was informed that they were going to meet Dawn in a couple of hours and jumped off the bed and on to Ash's shoulder before they made their way downstairs to eat breakfast and tell Ash's mother about their new upcoming journey to Unova.

The next few hours flew by and Ash and Pikachu stood waiting at the airport for Dawn's flight to arrive. After what seemed like half an hour, the two finally saw the blue-haired girl emerge from the distance as she ran towards them, waving with her right hand, while holding a rather large bag in the other.

"Hey Dawn! You know, we're not staying in Kanto forever. What's with the huge bag?" he asked her.

"Oh this?" she said as she held the bag, "this is just a new outfit I picked up from the Sinnoh airport" she paused, looking at Ash, "we ARE starting a new journey, after all." She said as she winked at him and smiled.

"Awesome, can I see?" he asked as he reached for the bag, but Dawn smacks his hand as he rapidly brings it back.

Dawn waved her index finger at Ash as she shook her head, "Nope! You will see it in a week." She said as she looked at Ash, who was still wearing the clothes he travelled through Sinnoh in. "Aren't you going to get a new outfit as well?" she said as they walked from the airport and back to Ash's house.

While heading home, Dawn was scratching Pikachu's ears, as Ash started thinking about what Dawn said, he didn't give his outfit much thought, it didn't seem important as he just wanted to start his journey as soon as possible. When they finally arrived at Ash's house, they were both surprised when Delia opened the door and was holding a large cardboard box with a bow on it.

"Oh man, you scared the life out of us!" Ash said while trying to catch his breath, and Dawn and Pikachu tried to do the same.

"I'm sorry dear, but I just this minute got everything finished for your new journey and came to find you right away to give you this!" Delia explained as she handed Ash the box.

As Ash opened the box, his face lit up at the sight of a set of new clothes. Dawn tried to look what was in the box, but Ash closed it quickly before she could see, which got a frustrated look from Dawn.

"You'll see it in a week!" he said as he gave her a cheeky smile, surprising Dawn before she started to smile as she got a taste of what she had done to him moments earlier.

Ash and Dawn entered the house as Delia went out shopping for supplies for the meal they were going to have later that evening. Ash and Dawn spent almost the entire afternoon talking about their memories from their Sinnoh journey, and also catching up on what they've been up to since they departed back in Twinleaf Town. Ash took Dawn to Professor Oak's Laboratory to see his other Pokémon, which completely amazed Dawn at the sight of the large amount that were owned by Ash in one place. As the sun started to set, Ash and Dawn headed back home to eat, while Delia set up the guest room for Dawn. After they were finished eating, they turned in for the night, excited that they were one day closer to the start of their brand new journey.

Phew! That's my first chapter finished for this new story. I hope you enjoy it, and it's interesting to be including Dawn in a story, not to mention writing a story based on the anime.

Black & White (Best Wishes) wasn't all that great, and I know a lot of people didn't like the series much, which is why I decided to write this and make a few changes, while improving on parts that I found could have been better. Anyway, this is just the beginning, so stay tuned!