Hello, and welcome to the latest chapter of 'How a Trip can change your Life!' Please leave suggestions of what I should re-name it too.
The next day, everybody had safely reached the Zima mountains. Will and everybody on the trek gathered outside the bus.
"Hello everybody." said Will. "Our trek is finally going to begin! Just for fun, I thought we could make two teams, and have a race to the campsite. The team to reach the camp first, wins. The losing team has to put up the tents and make dinner, and the winning team gets to chill. Okay?" He said. "Who wants to be team captains?" Ash and Gary instantly rose their hands.
"Okay you guys. Pick your team members and trek!" Will announced.
Part of the way to reach the campsite was to hike through a forest, then a hill. All the teams were still in the forest. Ash was just sitting on a large rock and relaxing.
"Ash!" exclaimed Serena, who noticed him doing so. "You're just sitting here relaxing? We have to win!" She was on his team.
"Beating me at trekking isn't just hard-it's impossible." Ash replied. "Don't worry, relax!" Serena sat on the rock with him.
"My body isn't made for this stress!" Serena said. "Look, I scratched my knee!" She acted like it was the worst thing possible.
"One second..." Ash grabbed a nearby leaf. He began to rub it on her scratch.
"What're you doing?" She asked.
"This is the Ajinmotato plant. It's good for the skin." Ash replied.
"Really? Then I should use it for my face!" She exclaimed. She grabbed the leaf and vigorously rubbed it on her cheek.
"Wait, Ash...who's that?" Serena pointed to somebody who was hiking up the hill, and towards the camp. Ash looked up and saw Dawn. He began to run towards her.
"Ash! Who's that?" Serena asked.
"My mom!" He joked.
"What? I didn't know that his mom was on the trek." Serena said to herself.
"Dawn! Wait!" said a breathless Ash. He ran towards her. "Wait a second. I need to win this race, so stop for a minuet, please?" He begged.
Dawn scoffed. "You're so tired, and I feel like I could run a mile! I'll easily beat you."
"Dawn, you'd always be get the best grades in school, so can't you just let me win this race? Please?" Ash begged.
"It's your fault. You could've won if you hadn't wasted your time massaging girls' legs." Dawn replied.
"It's called flirting." Ash said. "It's good for health. Like yoga."
"Seriously? Have you come here for mountains or girls?" Dawn asked.
"That innocent thing injured herself!" Ash complained.
"Oh yeah, I've never seen someone more innocent than her." Dawn saracastically said.
"Don't you like Serena?" Ash asked. Dawn rolled her eyes and ran forward, towards the campsite.
"Dawn, wait!" Ash raced after her. "I know, she's a bit silly, but I can't flirt with girls like you, so I have to make do with her. Girls like you aren't made for flirting...they were made for lvoe." He stopped talking, but then ran forward towards the campsite.
"Ash! Wait! You cheat!" Dawn angrily said.
"Try losing sometimes, Dawn! It has a magic of it's own!" Ash replied.
"I'm going to complain to Will!" She said.
"This isn't high school, Dawn!" Ash exclaimed as he reached the camp.
Later that evening, everybody had settled in the camp.
"Everyone, a group of Kalosians have set up camp, and they're having a party. We're invited!" Gary announced.
"Awesome!" Misty said. Everybody left, except for Dawn. Since her team had lost, she made dinner; sandwhiches.
"Aww, how sad!" Serena said, coming up to her. "Nobody ate your sandwhiches? You can throw them away."
Soon it became night, and Dawn was the only one at the camp. the rest were still partying with the Kalosians. Ash came back to get something, but noticed Dawn, who was quietly studying.
"Seriously? You're studying?" He asked.
"You can go back to the party now, leave." Dawn replied.
"I will, but why aren't you coming?" he asked.
"I have no interest in your stupid party." Dawn said.
Ash sat next to her. "You're lying. You're dying to come."
Dawn was quiet for a few seconds. "Not at all." Ash grabbed her textbook and threw it behind him.
"Ash! What was that for? Give it back!" Dawn angrily said.
"Then be honest; do you want to go to the party or not?" Ash asked.
"Yes." Dawn quietly said.
"Then why aren't you coming?" He asked.
"You won't understand! These things are easy for you. Going to parties, making friends...You've always been like this! Even in school, you were the popular guy, everyone's favorite. But I had no friends. I just studied the whole time. Ditching classes, making fun of teachers, hanging out with friends...I couldn't do it then nor now! Because i'm...boring!" Dawn said.
"You're very cool, Dawn." Ash said. "The way you showed up on this trip at the last minute, with 25 strangers, all alone, that takes courage. You fight off thugs, leave me behind in a race, sing crazy songs...You're not boring, Dawn. You're pretty cool. Just stop feeling bad for yourself, and start loving who you are. You're fine, just the way you are. One problem, though: you don't smile enough. If I had a heart, I would've lost it to your smile. Also...do you plan on letting go of my hand?" Ash said.
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-Siya