"It looks like that's the Gym!" Serena says sweetly.

"Yipee! First one there wins a prize~" Bonnie exclaims, running towards the Gym.

"Hey! No fair!" Serena pouts, chasing after Bonnie.

"But it's so icy..." Clemont mumbles, chasing after them.

I decide to run ahead, knowing that Ash and Sawyer are going to have their own private talk. I catch up to them quickly, my own personal training in Sinnoh paying off.

"Hey Ash, Sawyer! Don't get left behind!" Serena yells. "Hurry!"

The moment they catch up, we continue our race to the top. Reaching it soon enough, with Bonnie coming first, followed by Serena, me, Ash, Sawyer and finally, and expectedly, Clemont.

"I'd like to have a Gym Battle please," Ash requests in front of the door to the battlefield, directed at the screen.

Five Bergmite appear and Ash fishes out his Pokedex to scan them.

"Bergmite, the Ice Chunk Pokémon. Bergmite's body is covered with ice, which is used to protect against opponents. Its cracks are fixed with cold air."

"Wow..." Ash breathes.

"Are they greeting us?" Serena questions.

The Bergmite turn around.

"Welcome to the Snowbelle Gym! Its very cold inside the Gym, so please make any necessary preperations," a robotic voice sounds.

"So its freezing inside and out," Serena mutters.

"Yup!" I exclaim. "We prepared beforehand!"

"Excellent, please enter," the same voice replies.

The Bergmite start making their way through the door as it starts to open and the sudden cold causes everyone to snap around. When we turn back, a majestic ice battlefield awaits. Sitting on the throne on the opposite end of the battlefield is Wulfric. He straightens up and introduces himself. Ash does the same. I'm really worried about Ash, the atmosphere of sheer confidence around him is frightening. Is this really how he felt in the anime? If so, he's going to lose big time.

"Hey! I remember you two grass heads!" Wulfric exclaims. "You two put up good fights with your Sceptile and Roserade respectively."

I feel my blood boiling, "Did you just call us grass heads'?! What about you, old man?"

Sawyer, on the other hand, looks perfectly calm.

Wulfric just laughs, "Can we start the battle yet?"

"You bet!" Ash yells, fist pumping. "

Take this, I'm really getting heated up now!" He continues, taking off his coat and passing it to Serena.

Good luck Ash, you're going to need it.

~~~~~ (A/N Skips the battle because battle scenes are hard to write)

Ash opens the door from Greninja's room, refusing to meet eye contact with anyone. He's been like this since he lost. I'd call it humiliating but the atmosphere around Ash is really tense. He's about to snap and calling his defeat humiliating wouldn't help. Putting on his coat, he gets ready to leave. Clemont stares on, puzzled. I know what's happening but I can't help. Not if he wants Greninja's true power to be drawn out. Pikachu jumps off the chair, chasing after him.

"Take me with you," Pikachu says.

"I want to be by myself," Ash replies coldly.

"Why?" Pikachu asks sadly.

"Out in the cold at this time of the night?" Clemont asks.

"You'll catch a cold!" Serena exclaims.

"Its okay," Ash fails at attempting to reassure them. Them, not me. "I'll be back soon. Sorry Pikachu."

"Ash…" Pikachu mumbles.

With that, Ash leaves.

I struggle awake, being called up by Bonnie.

"Summer! Did you know that-"

"That Ash left in the middle of the night? That Greninja disappeared?" I interrupt groggily.

"How did you know?" Bonnie asks.

Crap.

"Ash part, I saw him."

"How about Greninja? Also, there's one more! Guess it!" Bonnie exclaims.

"Serena disappeared?" I ask, still part asleep.

"How do you guess all these things right so easily?" Bonnie sighs.

"I have a few secrets..."

"Tell me! Tell me!"

"Secrets aren't secrets if you tell anyone. Just so you know, though, we'll likely have to deal with an enraged Serena before going out into a snow storm to find Ash."

"How would you know?"

"Just trust my word on that and let me rest for a little while longer," I mumble and try to fall asleep.

"Summer! Wake up! We have to find Ash!" Bonnie shakes me up again.

"Did what I predicted happen?" I mutter.

"Yes!"

"Alright... Give me a few moments..."

Bonnie leaves, Clemont grabs his backpack and I quickly grab my backpack and brush down my hair. Bursting out of the Pokemon Centre, I spot footprints and decide that that is where everyone left for. I trail after the footprints as Clemont runs after me, panting.

Soon enough, I catch up with Serena and Bonnie, who are frantically calling out for Ash. Clemont catches up with us after about forever. We quickly reach a clearing with a fallen log that I recognise from memory.

"This is where I found Ash... Before at least," Serena mutters.

Clemont's Luxray steps forward and uses its vision to attempt to find Ash. Needless to say, I know the search will be futile. I try a search of my own, closing my eyes and sensing the atmosphere. A lot of happy yet scared ones close by, some pure fear a little further, in the same direction slightly further is a worried, relieved and caring atmosphere. I hold on to that spot and search in other directions, none other than that fitting what Ash could be feeling.

I open my eyes to see everyone staring at me.

"What did you just do?!" Bonnie exclaims and I stare at her questioningly.

"Where did you put us?" Serena asks.

"What you did was scientifically impossible!" Clemont looks deep in thought.

I close my eyes and reach out again, only to find that the atmosphere around who I suspect to be Ash is a lot closer.

"You did it again!" Serena frowns.

I snap them open to find us in front of a cave, just in time to see Ash reach out to the Spewpa on the tree. I suspect it to be the last one.

"Ash! Be careful!" Bonnie yells.

Ash ignores her and continues to coax the Spewpa into his arms, only for the branch to snap when he succeeds. Greninja pops out and uses his tongue to save Ash, but the Spewpa plummets down. Ash and Greninja bond and I see something I watched multiple times, courtesy to my sister, while the others see danger.

Ash-Greninja plummets down to catch Spewpa and within the next two minutes, he reaches up again with Spewpa in his arms.

We help usher all the Spewpa into the cave with Ash.

After what seems like hours of silence, Ash starts telling a story. The one about how this happened before. I tuned him out, having listened to it multiple times.

"You're all going to be okay now!" Ash exclaims.

The Pokemon all celebrate and the Spewpa evolve into Vivillion. With that, we all return back to the Pokemon Centre.