A/N: Hello everyone! The sequel to Dawn's First Day of Nursery School is finally here, as promised! Anyways, you don't have to read the prequel to understand Best Friends Forever but I recommend you do to get the general background. I hope you enjoy reading this story! Penguinshipping included of course.
Kenny: What? Why is Penguinshipping included?
Dawn: Yes, why?
Me: Because that's the whole point of the story genius.
Kenny: Why can't you do something else?
Me: Oh be quiet, we all know you like Dawn. Just admit it.
Kenny: Pft, me like Dawn? As if!
Me: Keep telling yourself that. Besides, we all know Dawn likes you too.
Dawn: I don't like Kenny... well of course I do. But I like him as a friend.
Kenny: Yeah way to tell her Dee-Dee!
Dawn: Don't call me Dee-Dee!
Me: These two are clueless... very unfortunate. *sigh*
Kenny: Why not Dee-Dee?
Dawn: You know exactly why! And Kenny?
Kenny: Yes?
Dawn: *smacks Kenny on his head and runs off*
Kenny: Hey! *runs after Dawn*
Me: While these two love birds are flirting with one another, I'll get down to more serious things and do the disclaimer. PkmnLuver292 does not own Pokemon. If I did, Dawn and Kenny wouldn't be so clueless and be together already.
Kenny & Dawn: We are not love birds!
~ Best Friends Forever ~
Chapter 1
Two years have passed since she first started her journey to become Top Coordinator, and another year has passed since she was last in Twinleaf Town. Dawn walked through Route 201 and headed towards Twinleaf Town. Dawn smiled brightly, looking at the area that surrounded her. Green trees growing everlasting one after another, covering the sun's light well. Only bits of sunlight were able to pass through the evergreen jungle of grass and trees. She walked rapidly home; she couldn't control her excitement. She's finally going home and actually staying there for some time before leaving again. Also, she's finally going to see her mom again and other people who are back from their journeys. Who knows who's she's going to see again. There were tons of townspeople she was looking forward to meet, if they were there.
With one last thought, she quickened her pace a bit. She was almost there; fortunately for Dawn, she didn't have to walk that much. She only had to walk to Twinleaf Town from Canalave City. It wasn't that far of a journey, but she was exhausted.
A couple minutes later, she immediately saw the first sign of Twinleaf Town. She smiled and, despite her exhaustion, rushed towards the small town at the edge of Sinnoh. Smiling brightly and panting, she stood on the hill and looked down at her hometown. 'It was just the way she remembered it...' she thought happily. After observing the town from high above, she ventured down and entered the town.
Smelling the wonderful scent of fresh air, Dawn inhaled deeply and closed her eyes briefly for a moment. She let her mind wander off a bit as she tried recalling all the times she has spent in Twinleaf when she was younger. Those were the days when she didn't have to worry about anything in particular or how to gain the title of Top Coordinator like her mom has done several years back. Those were the days - young and carefree. And then-
"WATCH OUT!"
CRASH!
"What where you're going will you?" someone had bellowed angrily.
She felt herself crashing into someone, or something. She was knocked off her feet and flew a couple inches backwards, bracing herself for the impact that came as she fell against the concrete sidewalk. She felt pain spread through her body, but it quickly disappeared. "Ow, what was that for?" Dawn yelled out loud, not knowing who she had bumped into. Laying across the floor with her legs in front of her, and her elbows supporting her upward, she opened her eyes and blinked a couple times to see whether or not her eyes have been playing tricks on her. Fortunately for her, they weren't. In front of her were her friends Kenny and Barry lying on the floor, moaning in pain. 'We must've came from three different directions and crashed without knowing. I was closing my eyes, thinking. I'm pretty sure Kenny and Barry were running somewhere because if they weren't, I wouldn't have landed that hard on the ground... but speaking of which, why are they all here?' Dawn thought.
Barry and Kenny seemed to have regained composure... seeing that they were getting up and dusting themselves off. Barry looked around and saw Dawn. "Oh I didn't know you were here Dawn," Barry stated.
Kenny looked up confusingly before smiling. "Me neither."
"Barry, could you please be careful next time?" Dawn snapped.
"Hey you were in the way!" Barry retorted.
"Guys calm down," said Kenny in a hushing tone.
Dawn sighed. "Fine, but why are you guys in a rush?" Kenny and Barry seemed to have noticed Dawn was still on the floor and held a hand out to her. She took hold of both of their hands and pulled herself up. Dusting herself off, she looked up at them smiling.
"Running to meet Lucas," Barry said.
Kenny nodded, as if saying that he was here for the same reason. "Oh," Dawn replied, still processing the information. "Oh! Lucas is here?"
"Yes, he just came back," Kenny said in his as-a-matter-of-fact-tone.
"When?"
"Today."
"Oh."
"Anyways, do you want to go see him or not?" Barry inquired shortly afterwards.
"Oh, of course!" Dawn answered.
Barry yelled, "Then let's go! I'm going to fine you guys if you don't hurry up!" And with that, he took off into the distance, running at top speed. In a quick second, he was out of sight. Kenny looked back at Dawn and then in the direction that Barry ran towards.
"Come on, let's go. Unless you want to receive a fine," Kenny added teasingly.
Dawn laughed quietly. "Yeah let's go. But even after all these years, I still don't know whether he's messing around or telling the truth about fining others." She then began walking along side Kenny, still thinking about that thought.
"I don't either, but I doubt he does mean it. First of all-"
Dawn interrupted, "... he's Barry and never serious. Second of all, if he was serious about all that, then we all, his friends, would be broke and he would be really rich." Kenny turned to look at her and then back at the sidewalk.
Kenny spoke calmly, leaning down towards her a bit. "You stole my idea."
"I did not! I just always seem to have the same ideas as you do."
He nodded. "That is true."
"Of course it is," Dawn said with a bright smile plastered on her face. "Why is Barry so excited?"
Kenny shrugged, mostly to himself, before saying, "Well, he hasn't seen his best friend in a while and I'm pretty sure he's just very excited to see Lucas. I'm pretty sure you are too. And with all the stuff going on in Twinleaf, who wouldn't be excited. I mean, even I'm excited." Kenny converted his eyes from Dawn to the floor beneath him. It was cracked slightly in several places and divided into small foot by foot squares. Textured with a smooth cream color, there laid dark blue and black pebbles on the lying on the floor.
"Of course I'm excited to see him," Dawn said. "But what's going on in Twinleaf?"
He looked at her in disbelief before looking at the nearest tree. "You mean you don't know?"
"I just came back a half an hour ago. How am I supposed to know?"
"But almost everybody knows!"
Dawn replied a bit impatiently, "Don't know what?" She hated it when people hid things from her. It's just like with Barry and Lucas sometimes... but this time, it's her best friend who is keeping something away from her.
"I really cannot believe you do not know. It's the 100th Anniversary of Twinleaf Town so we're all getting together to celebrate and prepare for it. Everyone's so excited and all."
"Wha?"
Kenny explained, "It has been a hundred years since Twinleaf Town has been founded and we're going to plan a great festival and feast for it. The problem is, we only have three days to prepare because some guy miscalculated the days and thought it was next month, and people have been procrastinating. The real planning starts later today. The last few days have just been plans and all of that. I've just been here and there with Barry."
"Oh," was all Dawn said.
Dawn surveyed Kenny a bit and briskly averted her attention from Kenny, afraid of being caught staring at him. 'He seems to be acting differently today. I can tell, but I can't exactly put my finger on the reason exactly.'
She nervously looked at the trees behind him, making an excuse to take a glance and Kenny every once in a while. They walked on in silence, not saying anything much. After a few minutes, they finally reached their destination. Dawn decided to run up to Barry and see what's going on; Kenny followed without a word.
"Is he here yet?" Dawn asked.
"Nooo! And I'll fine him if he's late," Barry yelled quickly.
"But Lucas is never late..."
"True," Kenny agreed. He looked down at his Poketch. "Besides, he said he's coming at 10:00, and it's only 9:50. We're early."
Barry frowned and pointed a finger at Kenny, and then at Dawn. "DON'T TEAM UP ON ME! I'LL FINE YOU BOTH FOR THAT!"
Dawn laughed a bit to herself while Kenny frowned. "Anyways, here he is!" she exclaimed excitedly at the sight of Lucas.
Kenny and Barry looked in the direction she was indicating and a grin spread through both of their faces. Lucas walked up to them quickly and gave them what they all called a "manly hug." Dawn rolled her eyes at them before rushing up to Lucas and gave him a hug too. Lucas gladly returned it but let go immediately afterwards.
"So, now that we're all reunited again, what do you want to do?"
"Um, if you don't mind, can I go home and drop off my stuff first? I don't want to carry it around," Dawn said.
Lucas and Kenny nodded, but Barry was running out of patience. Nevertheless, he agreed. And so, they set off in the direction of Dawn's house. They walked in pairs. Kenny and Dawn in back, walking quietly; Lucas and Barry, however, were quickly engaged in a discussion about Pokémon attacks; Lucas and Barry were walking slightly faster than them. Meanwhile, Dawn couldn't help but continue to wonder why Kenny was being so quiet. He's usually very talkative, especially around her, always picking a random conversation with her. But today, he was being unusually silent.
Dawn sighed; reluctantly, she gave up. 'That's none of my concern right now…' Dawn took into consideration.
Inaudibly, Kenny and Dawn followed Lucas and Barry to her house. The walk was no more than five minutes. While they reached the final bend, she walked ahead of Barry and Lucas and led the group of boys. She happily was walking happily – practically skipping – towards the front gate. She waited until Kenny, Lucas, and Barry caught up with her before knocking on the door keenly three times. By now, they all had their attention towards the door, waiting for it to open any moment.
The door creaked open a bit and somebody's head stuck out, greeting them all. She was expecting her mom to open the door and welcome them all home, but it wasn't her mom. Before she could say anything, Barry beat her to it.
"DAD?"
Me: I finally finished with the prologue! Sorry it's as bit short, but this is just the beginning. (:
Kenny:*imaginary applause*
Me: Pft, so mean... Anyways, I want to know what you think. Please Review! I feel happy reading them!
Dawn: Yes R&R!
Me: Things to think about...
Dawn: Why was Kenny so quiet and acting strangely?
Me: Why is Lucas not as happy to see Dawn as he normally would've felt?
Kenny: I was not quiet...
Me: *ignores* Anyways, to let you know, Dawn has to deal with two things at once, and the answer to both of those questions will be the causes of them. Just keep those in mind and try to answer.
Dawn: Again I say, PLEASE REVIEW!
Me: Oh and please vote on my poll... on my profile!