Letters
An AAML fanfic
Ash Ketchum- 17
Misty Waterflower- 17
Brock Slate- 22
Dawn- 14
Paul- 15
Jessie- 25
James- 25
Tracey Sketchit- 22
Daisy Waterflower- 23
Violet Waterflower- 22
Lily Waterflower- 20
May Maple- 15
Drew Rose- 15
Gary Oak- 18
Delia Ketchum- 40
Samuel Oak- 65
Contains: Handymanshipping, Rocketshipping, Ikarishipping, Contestshipping, BrockXViolet, and LilyXGary
Please note: I do not own any of these characters or Pokèmon! All of this is owned by the Pokèmon USA company and Pokèmon company in Japan. Please also note: That this is a fanfiction based off of the events happening during the Diamond and Pearl series, many things are mentioned from the show.(which I also do not own). This is purely fanbased and should be seen as fun. Please do not discuss rudely about Pokèshipping or Pokèmon or my writing in general. Just have fun reading!
The Sinnoh region; one of the most beautiful places in the Pokémon World. Ash Ketchum would know for sure. This was his fourth region visited in the Pokémon World. And also the second region he visited without his best friend, Misty Waterflower.
Misty was Ash's first human friend on his travels. And he would say his closest. After all the laughs, tears, and many, many arguments, Ash and Misty became very close. Brock Slate, Ash and Misty's other best friend, would say that they really cared about each other; almost young love.
Of course, if Brock ever said the theory out loud, Ash and Misty would have his head. He knew that for sure. After all these years, Ash and Misty still would not admit their feelings to one another. Now, Misty resides at the Cerulean City Gym as the new gym leader, leaving Ash and Brock to travel with new friends, such as May, Max, and Dawn, even if she never wanted to leave. But lately, Brock and Dawn had realized that Ash had been feeling a little too distant lately.
"Misty….it's been forever since I've heard from her…" Ash thought.
"Whatcha thinking about Ash?" Dawn asked.
"Hm? Oh…nothing Dawn, I was just thinking about my next gym battle." Ash lied.
"Liar…" Brock suddenly said.
Ash then suddenly got a little upset with his aspiring breeder friend, and walked off into the nearest woods. Realizing that Brock hurt Ash's feelings, Dawn glared Brock down with what the boys (and Pikachu) called 'the Dawn look'.
"What?! It's true. I know that he's lying!" Brock defended himself.
"Well…you don't have to be so rude about it, Brock!" Dawn said.
"Pi Pikachu!" ("Yeah Brock!") The little yellow mouse replied.
"Pikachu, why don't you go get Ash and tell him that lunch is ready?" Brock wanted to get the little mouse away from him to make sure that the Pokémon didn't thundershock the breeder.
Pikachu searched for Ash and found him by a nearby lake in the woods. The little mouse was a little cautious to talk to his best friend for many reasons. He didn't want to upset Ash anymore than Brock already had. Pikachu knew better than anyone else that Ash missed Misty very much. This wasn't the first time that Pikachu saw his master upset about missing his first traveling companion. But Pikachu had to cheer Ash up, no matter what the costs.
Pikachu slowly approached Ash.
"Pi Pikachu Pikapi." ("Come on Ash.")
"I don't want to little buddy…" said the upset trainer.
"Pika Pi Pi Pi Pikachupi Pika?" ("You miss Misty a lot huh?")
"Yes Pikachu, very much. Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to do some thinking alone, please." Ash sighed very deeply.
"Pika Pipika Pikachu Pi Pika Pika Pikapi." ("Well okay, Brock has lunch waiting Ash.")
"Thanks buddy." Ash said while petting the little electric Pokémon's head.
Pikachu slowly left his master by the lake, where Ash was slowly putting his thoughts together.
"It's been too long since I've talked to her, heard her voice, and seen her smile." Ash said quietly.
The lake he was sitting at reminded him very much of the Viridian Lake that Misty pulled him out of all those years ago. How he stole her bike, and how she followed him through most of the Kanto region to get her bike back. Unfortunately for Misty, Pikachu electrocuted it while attacking the flock of Spearow that followed the young Ash and his starting Pokémon.
Misty would never let Ash forget about her bike, especially when she told May that they had something in common when she visited Ash, Brock, May, and Max at the Mirage Kingdom. Ash started to chuckle, thinking of what Misty would tell Dawn if they ever met.
"Ya know Dawn, Ash didn't just fry my bike…he STOLE it too!" Ash tried his hardest to imitate the redhead, and he wasn't that bad at it.
Ash looked at the lake one more time and started to stand up and walk back to camp. He followed the same path that he took earlier, and when he made it back to camp, he saw that Brock and Dawn's Pokémon were all running around and playing with Pikachu. He sat down at the small table, where Brock had set Ash's lunch down in front of him.
"There's our Pokémon master!" Brock said.
"Hey Brocko…" Ash was still not himself.
"Brock made delicious stew, Ash. You'll love it!" said the perky coordinator.
"Don't tell me… his 'Lazy Boy, No Chew Stew', right Brock?" he slightly smiled at his longtime friend.
Brock smiled, "Yeah…it is."
Suddenly, Dawn was confused, "What?"
Ash started to laugh, "You wouldn't understand Dawn, and you had to be there all those years ago."
Brock and Ash tried to make their new friends comfortable by not discussing their old travels with the companions before them. They wanted to make more memories with each person special. Although, sometimes, the Misty memories were just too hard not to place in their hearts. Either Brock or Ash had to say something about their redheaded friend once in a while.
After eating two bowls of stew, Ash went to get a piece of paper and a pen from his backpack. He sat down at the small table again and started writing. Dawn suddenly notice this and began to read over Ash's shoulder.
When Ash realized that Dawn was reading this private note, Ash yelled at her. "Do you mind?" He said very meanly. Dawn was a little upset, but was very guilty for eavesdropping. Brock had told Dawn before to never upset Ash when he is already upset about something enough. So before Dawn could get into anymore trouble with Ash, she started to train her Contest Team.
Brock walked over to Ash to talk to him.
"Hey Ash, you alright?" the breeder asked.
"Fine Brock…never better." The trainer lied to his friend again.
"Come on Ash, you can tell me. Is it a certain girl you and I both know?"
Ash sighed. "Yeah…I was thinking of sending her a letter to tell her how our journeys are going."
"Well good. Tell her that I said hi, alright?" Brock smiled.
"I will, Brocko." Ash smiled too.
The breeder had one more thing to say to his friend before he let Ash continue to write. "Oh and Ash? Sorry about earlier."
Ash smiled a little bigger, "It's alright Brock, friends to the end, and you know that."
The squinty eyed boy smiled again at his chocolate eyed friend. Ash was right; Brock and Ash would be friends to the end. Some silly words between them wouldn't change anything. Brock left Ash to his writing alone, while he took Dawn and the other Pokémon, including Pikachu, a little further away from camp.
Ash started to think, what to write, what to write. He didn't know what to say to Misty. It had been so long ago that he had talked to her. And that was before he set off on his Battle Frontier journey, so close to home. There were millions of things he could tell her: Dawn, Pikachu learning volt tackle, Team Rocket's new motto, himself and Brock competing in a few contest, how May had visited the boys and Dawn to enter the Wallace Cup, how Dawn won the Wallace Cup, how Ash was in the top eight of the cup, Paul, his four gym badges, and so much more. He couldn't put everything down on one piece of paper. Then Ash had an idea, to get more pieces of paper and tell Misty practically everything!
"I'm such a genius…" Ash said to himself.
Finally, the black, spiky haired boy started to write.
Dear Mist,
Hey! It's Ash! Just wondering how you are doing. How's the gym? Are your sisters still putting on water ballets? How's Psyduck? I'm fine over here in Sinnoh. It's so beautiful out here; I wish you could see it. I already have four gym badges! Isn't that great? Brock, Pikachu, and I also have a new friend with us. Her name is Dawn and she's from Twinleaf Town here in Sinnoh. She's very lively and she is a coordinator, just like May. I traded my Aipom for her Buizel a while ago. Buizel is a very spunky water Pokémon, you would love him. Although, when we first tried to catch him, he practically stole mini Misty and my fishing rod from me.
Anyway, Dawn is a very confident girl; she just beat May in the final round for the Wallace Cup, which is a big contest for coordinators all around the regions. I made the top eight, while May was the runner up. Brock and I are very proud of her, and her mom is too. Her friends, Kenny and Leona, call her Dee Dee. I really want to know why they call her that, but Dawn will never let them tell me. I guess she is just embarrassed by it.
I made a new rival in Sinnoh, his name is Paul. He is a great trainer, but he doesn't really treat his Pokémon right in my opinion. He always forces his Pokémon to do better, and if they are not, he gives up on them and releases them. I just think he would be a better trainer if he gave his Pokémon a chance.
I just took in his Chimchar, a fire type, a while ago. And this little guy is very strong and I am so glad to have him on my team. Speaking of my team, I have six already here. Besides Pikachu, Buizel, and Chimchar, I also have Turtwig, Staravia, and Gilgar. They are all so great and I can't wait for you to meet them all. I'm sure you'll love them.
Brock and Pikachu miss you. So do I. I guess we just miss you gushing about Tentacools and yelling at us when we get lost. Just kidding. I know I miss you for too many reasons to write down on paper. When you get the chance Mist, call or write back, I'd love to hear from you.
Miss ya lots and lots!
Love,
Ash
Ash folded the two pieces of paper and slid them into a small envelope that Brock set down on the table for him and sealed it. Ash dug into his backpack and found a few stamps to put on the envelope and wrote Misty's address and the return address of the recent Pokémon center they were going to. Ash hoped that Misty would get the letter in one piece; he knew that it might take a while for her to get it, but as long as she got it, he was happy.