It has been 2 weeks since Ash has officially become the boyfriend of five girls. Ash has gone back to training, cooking, and caring for his friends, family, and girlfriends. And the girls have finally ended their feud with one another. So far, Ash has started a small schedule, he spends time with Hilda, Serena, and Leaf two days, then Ash spends time with Dawn and Misty for two days, then he focuses on taking care of Rin and training for three days. This schedule was a golden solution given to him by Gary. Currently, Ash and the others were at the beach saying… farewell to Dawn?

"Dawn, you're gonna great." Misty winked.

"Good luck!" Serena smiled.

"Go big sister." Rin clapped.

"You're gonna do great in the contest, sweety. Even if you don't win, I'll still be proud of how hard you practiced." Ash smiled as he kissed her forehead.

"Thank you, all." Dawn smiled.

It was time for Dawn to head to ever grande city and partake in the contest. She had been training for this for the last 2 and a half weeks around the time she started dating Ash.

"I have to go now. *peck* bye." Dawn gave Ash a peck on the cheek, got onto the boat they arrived in and drove to her destination.

Ash and the others walked inside and watched the news.

With Dawn

After that dreadfully long boat ride was over, Dawn was at ever grande city. She walked through the city and took in all the sights.

"This place is gorgeous." Dawn said out loud.

"Dawn? Is that you?"

That voice made her freeze.

"May?"

"Oh my god, it has been forever." May smiled as she hugged Dawn.

"Hey, how have you been?" Dawn forced herself to smile.

"Good, Drew and Max are practicing very hard for the upcoming pokemon tournament, and I'm going to compete in this contest."

"Oh that's great." Dawn wanted to shoot herself.

"I suppose you still believe that liar Ash?"

"I know he is right." Dawn frowned.

"Whatever you say, now then, I have to go train. Hopefully, you'll barely make it to face me." May waved and left.

'May, what happened to you?' Dawn thought to herself. She looked at the time and decided to check in to the Pokecenter before signing up.

Location Skip: Pokecenter

"Hi there, my name's nurse joy. How may I help you?" Nurse joy smiled.

"I would like to book a room for the contest." Dawn said.

"Okay, I can sign you up here." Nurse joy smiled.

"Thank you." Dawn smiled back.

"Okay… what's your name?"

"Dawn berlitz."

"Okay, how old are you?"

"19."

"And what pokemon are you going to use in the contest?"

"My piplup, buneary, mamoswine, pachirisu, quilava, and togekiss."

"Okay… and that should do it. Here is your room key, good luck in the contest, ms. Berlitz." Nurse joy said.

"Thank you." Dawn grabbed the room key and waved goodbye as she walked to her room.

Later, in Dawn's hotel room

The room was a standard room. It had a nice TV, a televideo, a soft bed, a bathroom, and a small kitchen. Dawn walked to the bed and lied back on it.

"It's so good to be here, but at the same time, I'm sad." Dawn said out loud.

'You're gonna do great in the contest, sweety. Even if you don't win, I'll still be proud of how hard you practiced.'

'Go big sister.'

"I have to win this for Ash and the others." Dawn got fired up. "Speaking of which…"

Back with Ash and the others

Ash was sparring with Lucario when Misty ran up to them.

"Ash?"

"Y- whoa… yes?" Ash dodged a fast punch coming towards his face.

"Dawn is on the televideo."

"Lucario, spar with Dragonite for now. After that, make 5 laps around the island." Ash said.

'Yes master.'

"How's Rin doing?" Ash asked as he gave Misty a kiss on the cheek.

"She's on a walk with leaf and Hilda, she's fine." Misty blushed. "Now come on." She grabbed his arm and yanked him towards the house.

'Even the strength of Arceus is nothing compared to her's.' Dragonite said.

'Agreed.' Lucario chuckled.

'Whichever one loses the match does twice as many laps around the island.' A slightly agitated Ash said.

As the couple ran, the island felt shaky.

Location change: on the beach

Rin was playing in the water with Beautifly while Leaf and Hilda were sunbathing.

"You know it's nice that we all share Ash now, now favorites, 2 days with you, Serena, and I, and 2 days with Dawn and Misty. No favorites." Hilda sighed.

"And 3 days of him training and taking care of Rin, perfect." Leaf laughed.

"Beautifly look at this *giggle*" Rin made a big splash.

Suddenly the island was shaking violently.

"What is that?!" Hilda asked.

"AHHHH!" Rin screamed as she fell backwards into the ocean as a strong wave hit the beach. Before she got up, she was sucked out towards the water.

"RIN!" Leaf shouted as she released Venasaur. "Venasaur use vine whip to grab Rin, quickly!"

The vine just barely… missed.

"I… *cough* can't *gasp* swim…" Rin said as she began to sink.

"AAAASSSSHHH!" Hilda shouted.

Location skip: outside the house

"AAAASSSSHHH!" Hilda's voice echoed.

"Go." Misty said.

Ash took off like a bullet to the scream.

Ash saw leaf swimming out into the water and diving down, Beautifly flying sadly, and Hilda was crying.

"Where's Rin?"

"T-The… earthquake knocked her backwards… t-the current…"

'Earthqua- wait, no, no.…' "No, no, NO!" Ash ran towards the water when he saw leaf come up and look at him.

"NO!"

Location skip and time rewind: underwater 5 minutes ago

"I… *cough* can't *gasp* swim…" Rin said tiredly as she began to sink underwater, gathering as much air as she could.

'Big brother, help!' Rin wanted to shout.

As she felt that her air was starting to dry up, she heard a small voice.

'Accept it. You can't swim, you're too weak to do anything, you're too out of breath to try anything. Give up, it'll be just like falling asleep.'

Her vision, darkened and she saw the sun's reflection at the top of the ocean begin to dim. She knew that she wasn't going to get out of this, so she stretched her arms out and closed her eyes.

"Phee?"