Quest of Hearts Chapter 4, a pokémon fanfic

Quest of Hearts

Chapter 4

Location: Kanto Kingdom

Pallet City, Captiol of Kanto

Ash and May stood there lost in each other's gaze until Ash felt an arm on his shoulder. He turned to see Brock giving him a knowing smile. The queen noticed her son's staring and decided to follow his gaze to see the Hoenn Princess. She smiled, happy for her son. One by one, the Princesses introduced themselves to Ash, who greeted each of them the same, or at least almost the same.

First came the princess from the Sevii Islands. She was wearing a carrot orange hair and cerulean eyes. She wore a yellow dress and had a Togepi with her. " Greetings Pince Ash. I am Princess Misty, I hail from the Sevii Islands," she said while curtsing. Ash took her hand and kissed it politely. Misty blushed as she returned to the line up. After a few other princesses, another came forward.

"Greetings Prince Ash, I'm Princess Dawn. I'm from the Sinnoh Kingdom," Dawn said. She was wearing a pink and dark blue dress. She had long dark blue hair with matching dark blue eyes. In her arms was a Buneary that was staring at Pikachu with hearts in her eyes. Ash replied the same way he replied to the others. As Dawn scurried back to the line with a large blush on her face, Buneary blew Pikachu a kiss. Pikachu's sweat dropped as he recived the kiss.

Eventually, there was only one princess left, and this was the one that Ash was waiting for. He recognised her immediatly from his dreams, but he still didn't know her name. She had sapphire blue eyes, and brunette hair which came down on the sides. She wore a blue silk dress. The young princess approached nervously with a large blush on her face. 'Come on May! Don't look weird, he's looking right at you. You don't want him to think your a freak do you? Pull your self together!' May thought to herself. Eevee had to tug on her partner's hair to snap her back to reality. "H-hello, I'm Princess May, from the Hoenn Kingdom," May struggled to say as she curtisied.

'May huh? I like that name,' Ash thought to himself as he kissed May's hand. Ash acually kissed hers longer than he had the other princess's. Unkown to May who was struggling to hide her blush, Ash began to blush. Delia and Brock noticed it, they both gave him a "congradulations" look. However, unknown to both of the teens, their pokemon were transfixed on each other, lost in each other's gaze.

When May returned to the line of princesses, the queen spoke. "Well ladies, now that you've all introduced yourselves, how about we get somthing to eat!" she suggested. At the sound of the suggestion, both May and Ash's stomaches growled, leaving embarassed blushes on both their faces. This surprisingly went unnoticed by the crowd, and they all went off towards the great hall.

"Let's get going Pikachu!" Ash said excitedly.

"(You read my mind Ash,)" Pikachu replied.

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Location: Mount Silver

Reglam's Tower, Fortress of Mount Silver

"My my my, isn't she lovely?" a man asked as he stroked the white fur of his loyal Absol. The man had green eyes, green hair. He wore black chainmail and plate armor under his red and black robes. he had a dark blood red cape and wore black gloves. a longsword hung from his belt. The hilt was composed of silver mined from the mountain that the tower was built out of. The grip was black, and at the end of the hilt rested a ruby sphere for a pommel. The blade was hidden behind the case, which was plain black. On the center of the man's robes was an insignea. It depicted two swords corssing each other while being engulfed in fire.

Im the palm of his gloves were red crystals. The crystal on his right hand was shining as a glowing red sphere floated in the air showing the figure of a brunette princess with an Eevee in her arms.

"(Yes master, she is perfect, and that Eevee seems to be fine as well,)" the Absol responded. The Absol stood up and approached his master who was standing near a balcony overlooking the fortress.

The tower was made of a black metal substance. At the peack of the tower were four sharp spires. The tower was surrounded by a large fortress that seemed to come right out of the mountain its self. The fortress was made of dark stone, had two tall walls, and a massive black gate that was several feet thick. There were battle towers, and cantapult positions spread across the walls, along with hundreds of archers patroling different sections of the fortress.

"Apprentice!" the man called. A figure walked up to the man. He wore a similar red robe, although, it wasn't as decorative. He didn't wear armor under his robe, and he didn't have a sword at his belt. He did have a Cacturne with him, as it was his pokemon partner. The figure had purple hair and purple eyes.

"Yes master?" he asked. The green haired man turned to face his apprentice.

"Harley, see this girl?" he asked his apprentice. Harley nodded. "Bring her to me!" The man ordered. Harley nodded again.

"I will immediatly," Harley stated while bowing to his master. Harley turned and left, leaving his master alone with his Absol.

"She will make lovely addiction to my collection, won't she?" the man said. His Absol responded with an afirmative grunt.

Location: Kanto Kingdom

Viridian Falls, Viridian Forest

Sitting in a triangular formation, three beings were deep in meditation. One, was a Gallade, but he was blue instead of green. Another one was a Gardevoir, who was blue instead of green just like her twin brother. The third figure was a man, he had light brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a blue and white robe, with light plate and chainmail underneath. He had a longsword on his belt. The sword had a bueatiful hilt, engraved with gold and silver. A beautiful saphire rested on the pommel. The sword's blade was hidden by it's case, which was also beautifully crafted. On the center of the man's robes were a sword resting behind a sheild whith a sun on it.

The small group was medditating in a clearing surrounder by waterfalls and the forest. The first to break the calm silence was Gardevoir. She seemed as if somthing startled her. The man and the Gallade quickly broke out of the trace almost as fast as she did. "Are you alright Gardevoir?" The man asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it just feels like somthing bad is going to happen," she replied using telepathy. Gallade looked at his sister with a worried expression. He was never one to run away from a fight, but his sister's "sense of danger" was shockingly accuarate, and he was often worried about her safty. Unlike Gallade, Gardevoir wasn't much of a fighter, she could unleash alot of power, but she didn't like fighting, especially when it came to close combat. Gallade often challenged their human partner in sparing matches to hone his skills, and eagerly accepted any challenge in order to improve his abilities.

"Well, we should get moving then. Pallet City is still a few days away," the man said as he stood up and approached their traveling bags. He knew very well about Gardevoir's premonition abilities, it had saved their lives numerous times in the passed. Gallade joined the man and helpped carry some of the bags.

The group began to get going, leaving no trace that they were even there. They began to make their way south, out of the forest and towards Viridian City, which rested on the foot hills of the forest.

Location: Kanto Kingdom

Pallet City, Capitol of Kanto

Everyone had just finished their lunch, and were making their way to their seperate quarters, the princesses to make themselves at home, and Ash so he could relax a bit. While he was walking through the halls, with Pikachu on his shoulders, he saw the same brunnette that had caught his eye before looking over the courtyard. She was observing all the pokemon, Ash's, and the pokemon brought with the princesses playing happily below. Her Eevee was sitting on the railing that her partner was looking over.

The two of them didn't even notice Ash and Pikachu standing just a few feet away. "There she is Pikachu," Ash whispered to his partner on his shoulder.

"(And her Eevee too,)" Pikachu replied with a whisper. Ash and Pikachu began to make their way towards the other two. Pikachu jumpped from Ash's shoulder, onto the railing, and made his way to the Eevee. "(Uh, hi Eevee,)" Pikachu said nervously while straching the back of his head.

"(Ohh, hi,)" May's Eevee replied shyly. May looked back from the courtyard to see her Eevee and Pikachu sharing a conversation.

'A Pikachu?' May thought to herself. 'If only it was that easy for me, but what would, no, what could I say? Hi, I had dream that you loved me every single night since i got the invite? That dosen't scream freak or anything,' May thought with a sigh. It was then that May heard foot steps approaching her. She turned to face the very same person that she had fallen in love with through her dreams.

"Hi," Ash said nervously as he stood beside the young princess. He placed his hands on the railing and turned towards the courtyard. The only two pokemon missing from down there were Pikachu and May's Eevee.

"Hello there," May replied in a shaky voice. Ash could tell that she was nervous. So he tried to break the ice.

"May, I have somthing to tell you," Ash started. A large blush began to cross Ash's face as he tried to find the best way to explain what he was feeling. 'What is this feeling, it seems familiar, yet different at the same time. Should I just tell her that i've been dreaming about her? No, that would probably just freak her out, and I'm sure that's the last thing she needs right now,' Ash though to himself.

"Yeah Ash," May said, half hoppingly. 'I hope he likes me, maybe, just maybe he might have had somthing like my dreams! No, don't be crazy May, that's impossible.' Just as Ash was about to speak, he got tackled to the ground by a man with spiky brown hair and brown eyes.

"Shesh Ash, I've only been calling you for five minutes now!" The man yelled. Then he noticed May, completly surprised and slightly irritated with his actions. "Oh, I'm sorry, where are my mannors, I'm Gary Oak, the grandson of Samuel Oak, one of the Queen's most loyal advisors.

"I'm May, Princess of Hoenn," MAy said weakly as Gary took her hand and kissed it. As Ash rose to his feet, his face was red with anger. On the railing, somthing similar was happening.

"(And so...,)" Pikachu started before he was tackled onto the floor by somthing behind him. Gary's Eevee egotiscally walked towards May's Eevee, wit a rose in his mouth.

"Here, I figured that such a beautiful Eevee deserved a beautiful rose like this, and..." Gary's Eevee started. Then he noticed that May's Eevee jumpped off the railing to help Pikachu. Gary's Eevee skillfully walked over to May's Eevee and began to start over until he got a fluffy tail to the face. Apparently, May's Eevee and Pikachu decided to follow Ash and May, who left gary after Ash yelled at him for a little bit.

Both Gary, and his Eevee looked completly clueless to what happened and shared confused glances with each other. It took a moment for Gary to realise just what he did and he understood why Ash was so angery with him.

"So what did you want to say Ash?" May asked now that they were a good distance from Gary.

"Oh, nevermind," Ash said gloomly. May looked down disappointed.

"Thats ok, I have to go make sure that all my stuff is in my room anyway, come on Eevee, I'll race you there!" May said as she sped off with Eevee. Ash sighed.

"I think that was probably my best moment to tell her," Ash said depressingly.

"(Don't think of it that way Ash, you'll have another chance!)" Pikachu said trying to cheer his partner up. Ash smiled as his Pikachu and pet him on the head. Ash and Pikachu had some how made their way into the courtyard. Ash turned to face the sky just in time to see a bit of gold light slowly go by. Ever since Ash was a little kid, he had seen that flash, but the only ones who would belive him were his mother and Samuel Oak. Everytime he saw it, his spirit soared, and his sorrows were forgotten.

"Well Pikachu, I'm tired," Ash said as he made his way under a tree and began to take a nap. Pikachu watched his partner sleep for a moment before leaving to go play with the other pokemon.

sorry that this update took forever, but i've been busy with school stuff and work, and of course lets not forget every writers worst nightmare, the writer's block, but thank you for being patient with me and I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll have the next one up as soon as I can.