Chapter 7

Author's Note: Just so you people know, Dawn is never wearing that skimpy outfit in any of my fics. So, imagine her wearing jeans and her "dress" that she usually wears is actually a shirt. I know that in Japan it's okay for kids to dress like that, but while I'm in America, she's wearing appropriate clothing for a ten year old!

Dawn sat in her room in the Pokémon Center, thinking about the events that had occurred recently. Well, for starters, she had joined Team Galactic for about a week, she became friends with Jupiter, was entrusted with a key, saved the Lake Trio with the key, was caught in a fire, found out that Paul's dad was Cyrus, was saved by a mysterious stranger, had been tended to by paramedics, was questioned by cops, had told the real reason why she joined Galactic, had reassured her mother that there was no need to worry, and had been receiving the same eerie dreams.

It had been two days since the Galactic building incident, and slowly things were getting back to normal. Paul was back to his usual sarcastic self. Barry was back to idolizing Paul. And Ash was back to arguing with Paul. One thing that hadn't changed was that everyone was still here. Even /may Drew hadn't returned to Johto.

"I wonder what this is all going to add up to?"Dawn wondered, knowing for sure that this wasn't the end of anything yet.

Zoe and May pushed through the door, just then.

"Are you doing okay, Dawn?"May asked. May was now back to being her bubbly self, but she still had concern in her voice.

Dawn nodded. "Of course. No need to worry, right?"

Zoe also looked concerned. "Dawn, you've been whimpering in your sleep lately. Are you sure that everything's alright?" The usually confident and helpful Zoe was also concerned.

"Really, guys."Dawn claimed. "I've just been having some nightmares. That's all."

"Alright."May grabbed her purse off the chair in the room. "Let's go shopping!"

"Huh?"Zoe and Dawn asked in unison.

"Shopping. There's going to be a festival at this really old town near Mt. Coronet."May explained. "This town is as old as Celestic town. The festival is in honor of Mt. Coronet still being around."

Zoe shook her head. "Not today, May. I've got a contest that I need to practice for. How about we go shopping for clothes tomorrow?"

Dawn felt unsure about it all. "Yeah, let's go tomorrow."

May looked a little crestfallen, but she nodded. "Alright."

Ash and the guys were lounging around the Pokémon Center. Drew was outside, practicing for a contest with his Roserade and Absol. Paul was also outside, and he was actually helping Barry with his training. He had said that he'd be embarrassed if one of his fans did poorly, and that he just felt like helping. Ash was out watching them practice with Pikachu, Prinplup, and Kenny, neither of them really watching the battle as much as they were reflecting.

'I wonder how Deedee's doing?'Kenny thought. 'I hope she's doing okay.'

'I can't believe that Cyrus is actually Paul's father!'Ash thought. 'What's next? Is Giovanni now my Dad?"

Hiding in the bushes, watching the battles and wondering when to strike were Team Rocket, or at least, Jessie, James, and Meowth's team, and could you really call them Team Rocket? They had been there near the Team Galactic building and had seen most of what had happened.

"Looks like the blue haired twerpette isn't as goody- goody as we suspected."Jessie said. "But why would she join those crossdressing freaks and not us? At least our clothing has style!"

"Seriously, Jessie,"Meowth said. " You need to chill."

"Don't tell me to chill!"Jessie screeched.

Paul and Barry stopped their battle.

"Did you hear something, Paul?"Barry asked.

Paul nodded. "Yeah, I did. Torterra, use Earthquake, directed at that bush!"

"Torterra!"Torterra cried. He made the ground start to tremble. Finally, Team Rocket flew in to the sky.

"We're blasting off again!"Three voices cried.

Dawn, decided to go for a walk, not to go join another team or anything, but to actually walk around. She exited the Pokémon Center and started walking to a close by park. Dawn went over to the swing set and sat down, to think. She didn't see the tall figure until it sat down on the swing next to her.

"Hi, Dawn."Reggie greeted. "Okay, if I join you?"

Dawn nodded. "Sure."

They swung, silently for several minutes, then Reggie broke the silence by talking.

"Dawn, do you have a father?"He asked.

"Huh? No, my Mom says that he died in a car accident."Dawn answered. "Before that, he left us to do some stuff, why?"

Reggie shrugged. "Just wondering. How many dreams have you had in total?"

"Huh, how did you know?"Dawn hadn't told anyone except for Zoe and May about the dreams.

"Because, I've been having some strange ones, too."Reggie said. "Everyone who is connected to what is to happen is having strange dreams or visions."

"How do you know? And what does that mean?"Dawn asked.

"My mother told me before she died. She learned all of this from Cyrus, after Paul was born."Reggie said. "I don't really understand it myself, but you need to listen to your dreams, Dawn. You play a major part in the future." He stood up.

"What part do you play?"Dawn asked.

"I'm a Guard."And he walked away, leaving Dawn with more things to think of.

Author's Note: This was a short chapter, and the next one will also be short, but the one after that will be long. If anyone gets the connection, PM me! R and R people!