Kanto- morning time- in Ash's house.
"Ash! Come on down, breakfast ready!" Ash's mom, Delia, called unto Ash from inside the kitchen. After hearing no reply, she understood that her dear son is still asleep. "Oh, its almost 9 and he's still sleeping. Mr. Mime, please go wake up Ash, would you?" Delia said and her obedient Mr. Mime who was setting the table, ran upstairs.
"Mr. Mime." The clown said as he reached Ash's room and found him still in bed, snoring like a Snorlax. The bed-sheet was all messed up and the blanket which is supposed to stay on the body was instead on the floor.
The clown walked towards Ash's bed and patted his head so as to wake him up. But the teenager was fast asleep. Mr. Mime next tried to wake pikachu who also was fast asleep beside Ash. Same thing happened and pikachu didn't wake up. Mr. Mime then tickled Ash's foot so hard that Ash jumped out of the bed, dancing like a Bellossom.
"Hey, you stupid clown! You used to wake me up by that vacuum cleaner and now tickling is your new trick?!" Ash shouted as soon as he saw Mr. Mime.
Mr. Mime didn't care to answer and just walked out of the room.
"Ah, good, I'm ignored by a clown now-a-days." Ash said to himself before noticing pikachu was still asleep. Ash smiled and walked inside the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and walked downstairs, still in his night-dress.
"Good morning, mom." Ash greeted his mom who was serving the breakfast in the plates.
"Morning, Ash." Delia replied. "Come let's have breakfast."
Ash walked towards the dining table and took his seat. "Wow, this isn't breakfast, its a big feast. I mean, you cooked chicken for breakfast, mom?" Ash exclaimed as he saw freshly cooked chicken on the table. Moreover, there was fruit salad and tomato soup on the table too.
"Just to celebrate your homecoming." Delia replied and walked back inside the kitchen.
"Let's dig in!" Ash said and started eating the salad from his plate and then stuffed some chicken inside his mouth.
"There's more!" Delia said walking out of the kitchen with a plate in her hands. She kept it on the table and Ash saw freshly baked brown cookies on the plate.
No sooner did he see that, he recalled those cookies which he used to eat while travelling in the Kalos region.
"Cookies..." Ash said in a soft voice. "She used to bake cookies too..."
"Huh? What was that?" Delia asked as she didn't properly hear what Ash was saying.
"N-nothing." Ash said before putting a cookie in his mouth. "These cookies taste different than hers." Ash thought. His head dropped and he sighed. "I miss her..."
~To be continued~
