The beauty of friendship

I do not own Pokémon

His name was Ash Ketchum and he was twelve years old. He lived in the Kanto region and went to the Pokémon trainer school in his home town of Pallet. Today he would be starting fourth grade. He walked into his new classroom as cheerful as ever. One of the best things about the first day of school is getting to choose your new seat. As it happens he was the first one there so he sat at the front of the class waiting for school to start. After a while some of his friends showed up.

"Hey Joey." He said and got up and gave his friend a hug.

"How was your vacation?"

"Was great. My family and I went to see the radio tower in Vermilion City."

"That's so cool! I've always wanted to go to the radio tower. What's it like there?"

"It's pretty neat. A lot of radio equipment."

Ash chuckled.

"Yeah, it being a radio tower it makes sense."

"Yeah. How was your vacation?"

"Was nice. My mother and I went camping in Viridian Forest. My Pikachu was ecstatic."

"Good for you Ash."

He nodded.

"Yeah."

After a while, Ash sat back down as the classroom began to fill up. Eventually the class was almost full except for the one seat next to him. Then a brown haired girl with a V shaped haircut entered the room rather timidly. She walked up to Ash.

"Excuse me, is this fourth grade A?"

"Yes it is." He answered.

"May I sit here?" she asked rather bashfully.

"Be my guest." He said with a smile and she sat down.

"I'm Ash Ketchum." He said and extended his hand to shake hers.

"May Maple." She said kindly and shook his hand.

"I don't recall seeing you in our class last year. Are you new?" He asked.

"Yeah. My family and I just moved here from the Hoenn region and I go to school here now."

"Cool! I've never been to the Hoenn region. Is it nice there?"

She nodded.

"Very nice. Lots of cool Pokémon. I also had a lot of friends there too…" she trailed off and lowered her head sadly. Ash looked at her sympathetically.

"Do you have any friends here in Kanto?"

"No, I just moved here yesterday."

Ash smiled.

"Well, I'm sure you'll find friends here just the same."

"Yeah…" she sighed sadly. Ash frowned at her sadness. He didn't like seeing people so gloomy. So he reached for his pack and took out a chocolate bar his mom packed for him. He opened the wrapping paper and split it in half and offered her one of the pieces.

"Here." he said. She looked at him. He gave her a wide smile.

"What?" She asked in surprise.

"Chocolate. It has sugar in it. It'll help cheer you up."

She smiled sweetly at him.

"Thank you." she said and took the chocolate from him and ate it. Once she swallowed, she smiled again feeling better.

"Thanks Ash."

"You're welcome."

A while later, the teacher walked in and read the names of all the students. Once she was done, she began talking about the strengths and weaknesses of normal type Pokémon. Due to the fact that they hit it off pretty well in the morning, Ash and May ate lunch together and then played catch in the yard during recess. They then parted at the gate at two o'clock that afternoon and went their separate ways home…

To be continued…

So this is just an idea I was toying with, let's see where it goes. Hope you liked it.

Reviews are most welcome…

Peace out…