Ash stared at the grave containing his wife, May Maple. She had just died through childbirth. The whole memory was fresh in his mind.

"Mr. Ketchum, we are so sorry, but your wife won't be able to make it. The good news is, you have a new daughter." A nurse told him. Ash went to his wife's room, who was crying.

"Ash, I'm sorry." She said, upon noticing him.

"May, how could you do this? Either they could save you or our daughter."

'But I know and you know how badly you wanted the child."
"So you're dying for me? I'll ignore you now."

"Ash, please…will you promise me something? Promise me you'll name our daughter Dawn." Ash looked at May.

"Promise me, Ash?" He looked into her hopeful eyes. He nodded.

"Thank you!" They hugged for the last time.

Promise you'll name our daughter Dawn…I promise you May.

8 YEARS LATER…..

"Welcome, everyone, to Goldenrod Elementary Minute-To-Win-It competition! We have two competitors from the two individual 4th grade classes. One of these contestants will be randomly chosen, and then, at the bowl next to me, there are topics written in the strands of paper there. The contestant has a minute to creatively say as much as they can involving there topic. Our first contestant, from Mrs. Stone's class is Hailey!" The principal of Goldenrod Elementary announced.

The competitors were Dawn, Ash and May's daughter, and Dawn's bitter rival, Hailey. Hailey's parents, Lyra and Ethan were behind Ash and his mom, Delia, who took care of Dawn. She was like her mother figure.

"My topic is Prayer. My dad says that if I do my prayers, god will be happy. Mom says if I do my prayers, I'll get a big house! Prayers…oh yeah! My favorite actress is Praline Haven.! My best friend's name is Praline. Okay, thank you!" Everyone clapped, as they thought that was creative.

"Okay, our next contestant is Dawn!" Ash gave his daughter a thumbs-up, and she returned it with a smile. Dawn went to the bowl, and picked up the paper which had her topic.

"Your time starts…now!" Dawn had a worried look on her face. She looked at her topic, and then at the audience. A couple of tears slid down her face.

"Mom." She whispered. That was her topic. Mom.

"Mom." She wiped her tears. "I'm sorry."

"Mom." Everyone turned to look at Ash, who was walking to his daughter.

"A Mom is an amazing person, who takes care of us from the beginning to the end. A Mom is someone who caters our every little whim. A Mom is a person who is always there for us, a person who is always in our hearts." By now, he was on the stage, walking to his daughter. "But then, we also have a father. And he's quite nice, too." He hugged her, as the whole audience applauded. She had won first place.

As soon as they went home, Delia invited her friends over. Delia was very religious, and so was her friends.

"Hi, hottie!" Dawn said, hugging her grandmother.

"Hi honey-Who taught you this word!?"

"Daddy did!" Ash looked away and whistled nonchalantly.

"Your father." Delia grumbled.

"Grandma, give me the letter please!"
"When's your birthday?
"Tomorrow."
"You'll get the letter tomorrow then!"

Dawn sighed, and went to her room to watch the Nisha Show. The Nisha Show was this very cool show where this host named Nisha talked to people and made them do all sorts of cool stuff. Each episode was different from the last. Dawn wanted to be just like Nisha when she grew up.

The letter….before May died, she wrote eight, lengthy letters to Dawn so she'd know more about her mom. Dawn only got to read one letter per birthday, though. Each letter was assigned its own birthday, and this year would be the birthday of the last letter. It was nighttime, and Dawn's eighth birthday was tomorrow. She decided to sleep so she could read the letter faster.

"Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" The clock rang, saying it was midnight.

"Happy Birthday, Dawn!" The little girl quickly said. She jumped out of bed, and ran downstairs where her gifts were. She pushed them all aside, until she found what she was really looking for: her Mom's birthday letter.

Cliffhanger! Don't worry, the next chapter is coming soon. Please R&R, you're asking if Dawn Berlitz is a character in this story, read the summary.