Chapter 2: new friends and rivalries.
Pokemon is not mine.
Second chapter in the re-hashed version of this story, please take the chance to review the improved version of the story.
The first day will disappear in this chapter.
Ash's POV
It had been a few hours since we got our pokemon, and both of us were very excited about the journey we were going to have, I had been very happy since the moment I became younger and got given this chance to travel yet again even if it was one week, I soon found myself travelling with Dawn a beautiful young coordinator.
"Dawn, why don't we have a battle outside to test out our new pokemon?" I asked her with enthusiasm. I pulled out my pokeball ready to have a battle with a smile.
Dawn looked at me with a confident grin and pulled out her pokeball ready for battle, "Okay but on two conditions" She said with arrogance, "but don't expect to win with a fire type," Dawn pointed out confidently.
"And what conditions would they be Dawn" I asked fearing the answer.
"If you win we will travel together, but if I win don't travel on the same route as me" she said with a poker face.
On our way to the battle field we bumped into another trainer he walked in to the pokemon lab looking for his first pokemon. He had a very serious look on his face he was wearing a purple and black jacket with blue jeans, seemed polite but when he looked at Dawn and me preparing for a battle he just glared at us.
We watched as the third trainer walked up to Professor Rowan calmly, "Ah Paul we only have Turtwig left," Rowan said respectfully while handing over the pokeball containing the starter pokemon, "take good care of the pokemon, and raise it to be a strong competitor," Rowan instructed the trainer with confidence.
"That's fine, I was going to choose Turtwig anyway," Paul said calmly while Dawn and I were arguing in the background. "You fools, I was going to battle one of you two but now I can't be bothered," the arrogant trainer stated with a smirk
"So you two have you finished your argument?" Professor Rowan asked us while giving us our pokeballs and pokedex.
"Not yet!" we both yelled while Paul walked passed and off on his own journey, it seemed like our journey wasn't going to start and we would spend an entire week fighting before we headed to the next city, "Ash, don't expect me to believe you stupid story," Dawn told me in anger before walking away.
"Never asked you too, all I want is to journey again that's all," I argued back which caused Dawn to return in anger.
Professor Rowan walked in between us in anger, "That is it you two will sort out on the battlefield behind my lab right now!" Professor Rowan's voice thundered as he ordered us to sort out our differences in a battle.
"Fine by me," Dawn said with a smirk as we walked towards the battlefield, "just don't expect me to take it easy on you because I am girl," Dawn said in arrogance while following her to the battle field.
"Hmph, just don't expect me to take it easy on you because you're a girl," I replied with a smirk. We finally made it to the battlefield getting our pokeballs ready for the battle.
Dawn's POV
We walked to our respective ends of the battlefield not taking our eyes off of each other shooting daggers at each other while trash talking to each other. "Okay Piplup lets show this loser what we are made," I said in anger.
"Chimchar, this is your first battle lets go," Ash said calmly while smiling knowing that there was a chance that I could win the battle against Dawn.
"Why are you so calm about this battle?" I asked with slight irritation, "Your pokemon has a type disadvantage, you still think you can win," I told Ash but he just stood there and smiled at me, 'he is an odd one, it's like he has done all this before,' I thought to myself calmly.
"I don't know I am here to have a great time," Ash said smiling in response.
"Your pokemon is at a type disadvantage, doesn't that concern you?" I asked Ash, "Piplup is a water type and Chimchar is a fire type," I stated with a confident smile.
"Nope there is more to battles then what pokemon has the advantage and which one doesn't," He responded wisely.
"Have you done all this before Ash?" I asked in amazement, he didn't respond and just grinned at me because of the question I asked, "well how good can you be?" I asked but he still didn't respond to the question, 'he is way to calm,' I thought quietly.
Normal POV
"Piplup, use Bubble," Dawn commanded confidently, the small penguin like pokemon fired a powerful burst of bubbles at the fire monkey pokemon.
"Chimchar dodge the attack," Ash told his starter pokemon calmly, Chimchar moved quickly dodging the bubbles with great ease, "Chimchar use scratch now" Ash instructed his pokemon, Chimchar was now on the offensive, it charged at the water type pokemon getting ready to scratch the water type pokemon. The attack landed putting Dawn in to a corner after the attack landed critically. "Nicely done Chimchar," Ash called to his fire pokemon.
"Wow he is good it is almost like he has trained pokemon before," Dawn said to herself in amazement "Piplup use peck on Chimchar" Dawn commanded Piplup ran towards the fire starter with an extended beak.
"She not too bad," Ash stated calmly after the attack landed causing Chimchar to fall back while glaring at Piplup.
"Okay Piplup use peck to finish this battle" Dawn ordered confidently.
"Chimchar use Scratch" Ash instructed with a quick smile, Both the pokemon charged at each other until the attacks landed. Both pokemon looked at each other until Piplup collapsed on the ground giving Ash the victory. Chimchar was breathing heavily after the tough battle.
Ash's POV
"Wow Dawn you are really good" I said complimenting her skills, I walked up to Dawn and smiled at her, "You know we would make a great team," I told the young bluenette with great confidence.
"Thanks but you aren't too bad yourself," Dawn responded "I am sorry I argued with you," she finished with a smile. She looked at me with a smile and nodded with my suggestion, "I agree we would make an awesome team," Dawn pointed out with confidence
"Looks like we will be travelling partners," I said happily before walking away from the battlefield where we had our first battle.
"Yeah so what is your goal again Ash?" she asked me wanting to hear what my goal was, "we were too busy fighting and I totally forgot what your ambitions were," Dawn confessed with a wink.
"To win the Sinnoh League" I said with confidence "And what is your goal Dawn?" I asked her hoping she would be my rival.
"To win the Sinnoh Grand Festival" she responded quickly. "Oh and if you have a week here then there is no way you could win the Sinnoh festival in time" she said with a frown.
"Oh well at least I get to travel with new friends and pokemon" I said with optimism. "We better get started on our journey" I continued wisely "because time is slipping away" I finished.
"But before we go we better heal our pokemon and get some supplies," Dawn pointed out, "I really want to camp out under the stars on my journey," Dawn said with a smile, "I want it to filled with the best memories that I could possibly obtain," Dawn hoped with a smirk.
"Yeah me to, star gazing is really relaxing" I said in response, "I need new memories as well," I said with a smile.
Dawn took my time buying the things Dawn needed and thinking to herself a lot as well as talking to Piplup. "I wonder if me bumping into Dawn was destined to happen. He is a great trainer able to bring the best out of any pokemon," Dawn told her pokemon while I was listening in on her words without her even knowing, "well that was the feeling I got from the battle I had with him," Dawn pointed out with cartainty.
"So Dawn thinks that I am a great trainer from just one battle," I told myself while looking around the shops.
I watched as Dawn got the rest of the supplies and walked up to the counter to pay for them, "You know Piplup Ash is an interesting person" Dawn told her penguin pokemon. "Strange but there is an aura about him" I continued "it makes it so damn hard to stay angry at him" Dawn finished after paying the supplies for our travels in the Sinnoh region.
Dawn walked out of the shops and waited for me to meet up with her, she just sat there thinking about the battle we had earlier in the day, I finally met up with Dawn near the exit of Sandgem Town getting ready to travel to the next city.
"How long have you been waiting for Dawn?" I asked in interest as I walked closer to her calmly.
I almost hit the ground finding out that she had been waiting for the last hour, waiting for me after she finished the shopping. I began to question if I take too long to buy even the most essential stuff like food and sleeping bags.
"Sorry I took so long Dawn," I said apologetically as we finally got ready to leave the town.
"That's fine I know someone who would take all day with the shopping," Dawn said to me while laughing at the situation.
Dawn's POV
We walked out of town as the sun began to set behind us the horizon was colored with red, orange and yellow, we watched it for a while, I noticed that Ash's first day dissolved in a matter of hours, I let Piplup Stay out of the pokeball that scene reminded Ash looked at me for a moment with a saddened expression on his face, "Ash, what's the matter?" I asked in concern while walking through the tree lined fields of the first route on our travels.
"It's nothing Dawn," Ash responded with certainty.
"Nothing, the scene of me bringing Piplup out saddened you, you can tell me," I told Ash.
"Alright, this isn't my first journey, I had a pokemon named Pikachu, he was my best friend we trained and beat the best trainers in the world," Ash told me with a great amount of hurt, "seeing you bring out Piplup has really reminded me of when I had Pikachu, he really hated pokeballs, so he traveled on my shoulder constantly," Ash told me with a smile calmly.
"So, while you set up camp, I will cook dinner," I instructed Ash with a smile, I got the ingredients and while Ash was preparing the wood for the fire for the night, I gathered the ingrediants I bought from the shop while Ash was setting up the campsite for us. The cool air was cool with a slight breeze, I watched Ash with a smile while cutting up the vegetables expertly.
"Come on Chimchar time to get some firewood for the campfire," Ash told his starter pokemon with enthusiasm. The two ran away in search for some wood, I was cutting the final bits of food for dinner tonight.
"He's a strange person, but I can't help but think of him," I said with smiling.
Ash's POV
I walked around trying to find some wood but there wasn't much around. I only had a handful of small pieces of wood and twigs. I was continued to look around for the wood with the help of my starter pokemon, the air was getting colder and the night was starting to approach, I started to think about something important.
"You know Chimchar after tonight I will only have six days left on my journey," I said sadly, Chimchar just looked at me as if to say will you be going somewhere. "I know little guy, but I get the feeling that if I make the wrong choice I could lose something more important," I said sadly while picking up more wood.
After a while I had eventually found enough wood so I returned to the camp. With Dawn welcoming me back with an angry expression, "You're late Ash," Dawn told me angrily. So I tried to think of the best excuse I could come up with but I knew it wouldn't work.
"I was watching the sunset Dawn," I lied but it was no use, Dawn didn't believe a word I said and placed her hands on her hips.
"What took you so long Ash!" she yelled at me "the food is starting to get cold and we were waiting for you to return" she continued with anger "no excuse why did you take so long?" she asked after calming down slightly.
"I was trying to find wood but there wasn't too much around," I said while dropping what I had found.
"That's a lot of wood Ash, you didn't need to find that much," she said with laughter. "Here eat up, my mom gave me this recipe when I stayed home while she was traveling," she said while handing me a bowl of food.
I sat there and ate the food after a mouth full of food. I looked up and thought for a moment, I was lost for words to find out that Dawn was a really good cook. I didn't know what to say I was never given food anywhere near this quality before.
"Dawn you are a really good cook" I said with a smile.
"Thanks Ash I learnt a lot from my mom who is also a great coordinator" she said with a smile, after eating our meals and looking at the stars we made the final set up of our camp to allow us to escape the cold, still had the roaring fire giving us warmth and light.
"So Dawn, what will be the first thing you do in Jubilife City?" I asked her while looking at the stars.
"I want to participate in the contest," Dawn responded promptly.
Normal POV
After setting up their tents they enter their respective tents and started to fall asleep. Ash was starting to have dreams which caused him to wake up in the middle of the night.
Ash got out of the tent and found that the fire was out. He continued to walk around near the edge of the route wondering what was going on, Ash looked around for a moment and looked at the stars, he started to wonder about the last day and about Dawn, 'she is such a great cook.'
Ash's attention was soon diverted to the dream he was having, "man what a weird dream I was having," Ash said to himself. "I wonder if there was a message to the dream or something," he continued while looking at the stars, "well I better get back to bed."
Ash walked back into his tent now getting really tired, he crawled back into his sleeping bag and started going to sleep. As the night continued Ash started to wriggle around in his sleeping bag and began to wince slightly from the dreams he was starting to have.
Ash's POV
I started to sleep but something was wrong it started to get really dark with seven lights shining brightly until a dark figure with an hourglass shape caused one of the lights to disappear, the area got darker, I was lost with nowhere to go, I couldn't see due to the darkness that was encroaching from every direction.
I looked at the strange figure and back stepped slightly in fear, "what, who are you?" I asked as the dark figure turned around revealing a single eye.
"You have six more lights," he responded in a menacing tone, "you have six more days," the dark figure stated while approaching me.
"Don't get any closer," I told the dark creature as fear continued to creep through my body.
"Ahhhh," I woke up with a scream wondering what had just happened. It was a dream but it felt real I questioned if it was a dream or if it was real. I felt sweat trickle down my face as I sat up to find the new day had arrived
"Ash!" Dawn's voice called out to me, I looked around and tried to clear up my sweat so that Dawn wouldn't get concerned, "are you alright?" she asked with great concern.
"Yeah I am fine," I responded while I was sweating immensely still from the nightmare that I had suffered, "just had a nightmare" I finished still feeling very tired.
"Just get ready and tell me all about it alright," she said in an assuring tone.
It took me an hour to get ready after the nightmare, I got dressed while my body was still shivering from what had happened, the fear was very real, 'nightmares shouldn't make you feel this way,' I thought to myself while getting out of the tent, we had breakfast and got ready to leave not saying a single word about the previous night to the young bluenette sitting opposite me.
"Ash, are you going to tell me what happened?" she asked me.
"I went to sleep it was dark but seven lights showed up to guide me," I said while fear started to take a hold of my systems again, "but a dark figure with one eye showed up and caused one of the lights to fade out," I said with a chill down my spine "it felt real because of this creature."
"Darkrai" she said.
"Dark who?" I asked
"A pokemon that can make nightmares seem real," she answered with coolness. "But it doesn't mean any harm, it does that in self-defense."
Normal POV
While walking to the next city Ash and Dawn were approached by Paul, he maintained his cold expression, but was determined to train his pokemon, "You're Ash right?" a Paul asked coldly as he got one of his pokeballs ready to battle.
"Yeah that's right," Ash responded with confidence.
"Battle me now," he said arrogantly.
"You're on Paul," Ash said accepting the challenge, "it will be one on one," Ash explained
"Fine by me" Paul said calmly. "Turtwig standby for battle" he said bringing out his pokemon.
"Chimchar I choose you" Ash said bringing out his pokemon.
Both trainers stared at each other, "Razor Leaf," Paul called out for the first attack.
"Chimchar, dodge the attack then counter with Ember," Ash called out for the counter offensive with his attack. Chimchar used the weak fire type attack and pushed Turtwig into a tight spot, "now use scratch," Ash called out for the next attack.
"Turtwig, use Tackle," Paul instructed his pokemon coldly, the two pokemon charge at each other with great force, the two pokemon collided in the middle of the battle field dealing critical damage to each other.
As the combatants picked themselves up they started to glow from the short but intense battle, "Blaze," Ash said with a smile, "Chimchar, attack with Ember," Ash commanded with certainty.
"Hmph perfect," Paul said with a menacing grin "Razor leaf to finish this battle" he commanded.
Chimchar used a fire type attack but Chimchar was too exhausted to make it effective, "damn, Chimchar is too tired" Ash said with concern, Chimchar was knocked out by Turtwigs attack causing Ash to lose the battle.
"Your Chimchar is too weak," He said with no respect, "why not battle in tens years' time you might have caught up then" he said with arrogance and walked away.
"He is good but really arrogant," Dawn said, "we better rush to Jubilife to help Chimchar heal up," she said as Ash picked Chimchar.
"Seems like I have a rival," Ash said with a sad smile.
On the way to the city a wild Buneary jumped out in front of them wanting to battle Dawn and her Piplup, "Hold it, Ash I want this Pokemon," Dawn said with a smile, "I have been waiting for you to show up," Dawn said smiling at the brown pokemon
What could Ash's nightmare signify? What pokemon will they meet on their journey? What other nightmares would you like to Ash suffer? What dangers will befall Ash and Dawn? Will Dawn capture Buneary? Or will she fail?
