When we left of Ash, Serena and Alexa had just gone into the professor's lab. The professor had walked to a counter with several pokeballs in glass containers and...

Chapter 2: A Surprise on the Tower

"So Ash, this is my lab and I would like to give you your first Kalos pokemon" the professor said as he took one of the glass cases and opened it. In it were three pokeballs. One had a leaf above the button while the others had bubbles and a flame.

Ash assumed that they stood for the types of starter pokemon that were held inside of each. Ash then exclaimed, "I wanna see them!"

Well here they are, Sycamore said as he first let out the grass type, then the fire type, and finally the water type. The water type looked like a small blue frog with a white scarf like ring around his neck. The fire type was a small fox with a pale orange tint to its fur and slightly darker, almost red, tufts coming from it ears. The grass type looked like a jade green hedgehog type of pokemon. It had three spines on its head and a short tail that ended in a point.

Ash was trying to decide when they heard a crash that came from another room. The professor said, "That sounded like it came from the garden." Then he rushed over to see two people and a Meowth.

Ash got to the garden a few moments after the professor and saw none other than the trio that chased him throughout his travels. He shouted, "Team Rocket! What do you think you're doing?"

"Wait so you know these people?" Serena asked Ash.

"Yeah. They are a group that tries to steal other peoples' pokemon. They've been following me since just after I started my journey and they keep trying to take my Pikachu."

"So the twerp's here too. While we're at it lets take Pikachu too." The man with blue hair said. As he said this he took out a device with what looked like a boxing glove and pressed a button. The hand extended and was about to grab Pikachu before he leapt off of Ash's shoulder, landing in front of his trainer with his cheeks sparking with electricity.

The man then pressed the button multiple times as Sycamore noticed the Meowth put a collar on a Garchomp that he was looking after. He called out, "What are you doing to that Garchomp?"

The Meowth then said, "It's quite simple. We're taking control of it." As a he pressed a button on another device and Garchomp then started to form a beam energy which was then blasted right at the professor.

"Pikachu, iron tail on that dragon pulse to deflect it." Ash yelled as Pikachu followed its trainer's orders. Pikachu then slammed his tail into the beam of dragon energy as it was deflected back at team rocket. The dragon energy hit them and there was an explosion. Moments later the group heard team rocket yelling, "We're blasting off again!"

They thought the ordeal was over until garchomp blasted a hole in the wall using dragon pulse. He then flew out of the hole. Ash and the others ran outside through the whole as they saw garchomp go on a rampage through the city.

Ash then ran yelled as he ran off, "I have to go help Garchomp!"

Serena began to say something but knew that Ash was now too far away. She looked worried as the professor turned to her and told her to come inside.

I know you're worried about him but from what I've seen, he is more than capable. That was when one of the professor's assistants came running into the room saying that he needed to turn on the news. He went to the TV and turned it on before he saw what was being shown on regional TV. The first thing he saw was Garchomp firing hyperbeams and dragon pulses in every direction from the top of Prism Tower.

Serena then gasped in fear as she saw Ash walking towards Garchomp on a ledge only 3 feet wide 50 feet above the pavement of Lumiose city. She then saw that he was saying something but she could not understand what he was saying as the news cameras were not close enough to pick up the sound of his voice. She then saw Garchomp launch a hyperbeam straight at Ash. It seemed as though he told Pikachu to use thunder bolt because the small electric mouse sent electricity towards the hyperbeam. Hyperbeam was a very powerful move especially from a Garchomp but the electricity tore through it like a hot knife through butter. It hit Garchomp but being a ground type, he didn't feel it.

With Ash, Pikachu, and Garchomp

Ash told Pikachu to use quick attack then use iron tail on the device. Pikachu sprinted forward with quick attack and just before he hit Garchomp he turned his tail into hard metal and rolled forward, smashing the device with iron tail. The device broke and Garchomp's eyes returned to their normal color. Ash was relieved before he noticed that the force of the iron tail had made it impossible for Pikachu to land on the ledge. Pikachu started plummeting towards the ground. Ash saw this and made a reckless decision. He jumped off the ledge after Pikachu. He was able to grab his partner but was unable to stop their rapid descent as he prepared for the worst.

Then he remembered his training and used a mysterious energy to land on his feet without hurting himself. He did however act as though he hurt himself by stumbling forward and almost falling. That was when Garchomp glided down to where ash was and growled a few times at Pikachu before Pikachu turned to Ash and told him that Garchomp said that he was very thankful for Ash's help and that he was sorry if he had hurt him.

Ash replied to Garchomp by petting Garchomp's snout while saying "it wasn't your fault. Okay."

Garchomp smiled before he motioned for ash to get on his back. Ash got on and told Pikachu to hold on tight. The dragon type kicked off the ground and took off like a rocket as they ascended higher and higher until they could see all of Lumiose. They then stayed there for about 5 minutes before ash asked Garchomp to go down and grab Serena. Garchomp then sped down in front of the professor and Serena. Ash held out his hand for Serena.

She happily took his hand as he helped her onto the dragon. Just before takeoff, he almost yelled "hang on tight Serena. He then gave Pikachu a message to tell Garchomp. Pikachu happily gave the message to Garchomp whom was unsure of why he was asked through Pikachu instead of verbally from Ash. He then began to cover himself in dragon energy and spin dive twist and change the angle of his wings multiple times. In a few minutes Garchomp was done and saw what the message said.

Ash was impressed that Garchomp was able to do it. He knew that Serena would get scared from the twists and turns and guessed that she would close her eyes. Serena felt them stop moving but was still scared to open her eyes. Then she heard Ash say "You can open your eyes now. There's something I would like you to read."

Serena opened her eyes and looked around not knowing what ash meant until she saw it in a deep blue that went surprisingly well against the pale blue sky. She admired the beauty of it before she realized the seriousness of what she was reading. It said:

Serena Cynthia Yvonne, would you do the honor of making me the happiest man in the world. This is what you must do if your answer is yes.

Ash then pulled out a small cerulean colored velvet box from his jacket's Velcro pocket. Then turned around and opened it up revealing a ring made of pure platinum and inset around the ring were cerulean crystals with the main gemstone was peridot. Serena instantly started to get overwhelmed with the situation. She was shocked that ash remembered the month she was born because peridot was the august birthstone and the cerulean crystals matched her eye color.

She shakily replied with a yes. At that point is when Ash hugged Serena tight and she hugged him back. When they were about to let go of each other the pressed their lips against one another's.

Ash was pleasantly surprised that Serena's lips were soft and smooth. She had on a honey flavored lip balm. Her hair fell over her face and just blow Ash's nose and he smelled the scent of her hair recognizing it as what smelled like nature. He was so full of the moment that he almost forgot that they were high in the air.

After almost three minutes they pulled apart for a moment so they could catch their breath. Ash then said "So we're together forever."

Serena happily replied with shaky breath, "Forever."

He then took the ring out of the box and slipped it on Serena's ring finger. She admired it as she smiled. She was breathless because it fit perfectly. She was surprised by this because she had never told Ash her ring size. Ash smiled as he said "Hold on tight."

Serena put her head on Ash's shoulders as her arms wrapped around his waist. Once he was sure that Serena was holding on tight, he said to Garchomp to use dragon rush to get down quickly. Serena was surprised by this but tightened her grip on Ash as Pikachu got into Ash's jacket. Ash had just enough time to zip it up before Garchomp took off like a rocket towards the lab just before impact the blue dragon stooped flying at an angle and leveled out before zipping around the outside of the city just above the heads of other pedestrians.

Once he was close to the lab he began slowing down as the blue dragon energy around him faded. As they landed the professor was just coming back to the lab. He saw Ash getting off Garchomp's as Pikachu squeezed himself out of his jacket and onto Ash's shoulder. Ash then helped Serena off of Garchomp. He was happy to see that Ash and Pikachu were safe.

He was about to ask Ash something when…

Ooh a cliff hanger. Can you guys hang on long enough to see what happens at this moment?

I have a few to say.

First thing

I will say again that I don't know when I will be updating due to my hectic schedule with school and work.

Second

Please no slack on how fast the amourshipping happened. I am basing it off of those few relationships that progress so fast that it is hard to follow. With this I am trying to make it easy to follow for you guys.

Third thing is a question.

Should Clemont and Bonnie travel with Ash and Serena? Pm me the answer. If you do not have an account don't worry. I am thinking of a way to get opinions from you guys.

So until next time, hang onto that cliff. And don't fall. I'll pull you up to safety in the next chapter.