Hello! I'm sorry that this chapter's a little shorter than the usual... I've no real explanation for it, just that I wanted to finish this chapter as quick as possible.

For the right answer(if you haven't already checked it): It's "Pidgey"... but you could also had been correct if you'd said "Sabrina", since she was the first human that was shown.

Now, I've got some complaints about the killing in the story... well, I can at least say that the main-characters won't die for a while... but I'm not saying anything about the other characters...

I'd like to thank "Justicez" for correcting this(and the rest) of the chapters! Especially since he's really busy with school and such other things.

Enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review at the end of it!

R&R!


The girl with brown, short hair around 17 years old sighed. She had just finished folding the last of the princess's newly washed clothes.

She had served the royal family of Sinnoh her whole life, her mother was a nanny for Dawn Berlitz, and the two young girls grew up to be best friends. Of course they had their differences sometimes, but they would always be best friends, and she would never even dream of giving up her job to serve and look after the youngest member of the royal family!

Leona was in the princess's room now, and as she closed the princess's closet after placing the last of her clothes in there, she stretched her back and sighed softly. The princess had been rather troubled recently and she didn't get a chance to find out what was wrong before said princess ran off to confront her parents about something...

The door then slammed shut with such force that Leona shrieked before she turned around and came face to face with an annoyed princess.

"Princess!" She scolded her with her hands once again on her hips. "You can't just slam doors like that! That's no way for a lady to behave!"

"Not now, Leona!" Dawn cried out and threw herself onto the bed, brutally punching her pillow. "I am not in the mood for this!"

"What?" Leona had never heard Dawn talk with such venom before, causing her to walk up to the bedside. "Princess, what's the matter?"

"They're forcing me to have a bodyguard!" The blue haired princess exclaimed as she threw away her pillow in anger.

"That's not so bad, is it?"

"He's a man!" Dawn protested, her friend's eyes widened at those words. "He's smelly! Ugly! Has no manners! And is stupid!"

"What were they thinking?" Leona exclaimed. "How can they trust an old man to guard you?"

"That's another thing!" The princess shouted in fury. "He's not even old! He's around our age, and yet still has the nerve to call me a kid!"

"There, there..." Leona whispered to her friend comfortingly. "I'm not gonna let him come near you, I'll find a way to make him leave!"

"Please...?" Dawn whimpered sadly as she looked at her best friend with tearful eyes. "Please, make him leave."


"'It's going to be the hardest job you've ever had'..." Ash muttered the king's word once again, more to himself than to Pikachu who was perched on his shoulder, as they were walking down the hall towards the princess's room. "Who's he to question our strength, Pikachu?"

"Pika pikachu pi-pi chu!" The rodent declared while gesturing with his tiny paws. "Pikachu, pi ka ka chu!"

"Well, how hard could it be?" Ash smirked as he looked at his companion. "We're going to stay in a big castle, will get everything we ask for, and the only thing we need to do is to prevent a kid from running away from home!"

"Pika!" The rodent cheered as he agreed with his friend... however, Pikachu still had some inkling that this wouldn't be as easy as they thought it would...

Ash could see the princess's room draw closer, which wasn't at all hard to distinguish as two guards stood outside it. The two guards upon seeing him approach the door, saluted him and walked away. The news about 'Ash, the mercenary' being the princess of Sinnoh's bodyguard seemed to have been spreading around... Those two soldiers now left the guarding of the princess to him and silently wished him luck with his latest assignment.

He was just about to enter the room... when a pretty girl with short brown hair came out of it and eyed him suspiciously although he could also pick up on the girl's hostility by her aura…

"Hold it!" Was all she said as she held up her hand in front of him, causing him to stop mid-step and narrow his gaze on her. "What's your business here?"

"I'm here to guard the princess, with my life if need be." The young man declared calmly as he continued to eye the girl. "May I ask for your name, my lady?"

The girl couldn't actually help but blush at his words, but then she quickly shook herself with a determined look on her face as she eyed him. She could say right away that he wasn't all that handsome... but he definitely had the hardened eyes that one would expect to see on any hero or brave warrior, and that was very attractive for many girls... and he was looking like the kind of man who would give his life for the girl he loved, and that too was a plus for him.

The young man in front of her had a strict face, which was radiating suspicion, but also had some hint of kindness, he had mid-length raven hair that was poking out in every direction.

He was wearing some torn brown clothes and on his back were a bow, a sword and a black traveling sack. The mercenary was also probably a half head taller than both Dawn and Leona, he was a man Leona would've taken her chances on... but the sad voice of her friend still rang in her head.

"I don't know what you think you're doing." She suddenly snapped out from her thoughts and narrowed her gaze into the young man once again. "You think you can come in here and look after the princess while you're dressed like a drifter, and smell like one too?"

"Since when did clothes and smells have anything to do with the protection of a human life?" Ash growled along with the rodent. "What's your name, my lady? Or should I take your presence here as a threat to the princess and slay you on the spot?"

"You don't have the guts!" She quickly regretted her words as she saw the young man's hand move up towards his sword. "Alright! My name's Leona, chambermaid and friend of the princess!"

"A pleasure to meet you, lady Leona." Ash did a short bow, his hand still half way towards his sword. "Could you please step aside, I want to have a good look at the castle and the object that I'm going to guard."

Even if Ash didn't meant anything bad with his words, Leona clearly misunderstood them and got a furious look on her face, and then an idea.

"Please, Mr. Mercenary!" She exclaimed as she gestured with her arms."You must understand that I can't let you in to see the princess while you look and smell like that!"

"No?" Ash asked with a very deep frown, Pikachu was also eying the girl. "What do you reckon then?"

"You need new clothes..." She hesitated, then a broad smile appeared on her face. "And a bath!"


"What... in... Hoenn... do you think you're doing?" Ash demanded to know as he glared at the blushing girl in front of him.

"You stink, and you've the clothes of a hobo!" She declared and continued to try and remove his equipment. "You need a bath!"

"And you're going to watch?" Ash asked with a raised eyebrow, clearly deepening the girl's blush.

"W-Well... I..." She needed to figure something out, quick. "Someone needs to scrub your back!"

"Yeah, and we already know who..." The mercenary pushed her out from the scrub-room. "Pikachu!" He then closed the door with a bang after her, and locked it from inside.

"Darn it!" Leona cursed as she kicked the door, her plan ruined. "It didn't work, princess."

"Come on, Leona!" Dawn, who had been following them from behind, poked her head out of the corner and smiled sadly. "It's far from over! He can't foresee the future!"

"You're right, princess!" Leona smiled at the possibility of making a fool of the brutal young man in a different way. "I think I've an idea! Quick, let's go!"


Ash sighed deeply as he lowered himself down into the warm water, it had been a long time since he had taken a bath, several years actually... the long sword was still strapped to his back, his former friend's and teacher's words still echoing in his head...

"Whatever you do... NEVER lay down your weapon, sleep with it, eat with it, die with it..."

The young man sighed again. Was this really the life Riley would've wanted him to live? What anyone had wanted him to live? He was ashamed, not for what he had done the past years, but that he had let everyone down and fled like a coward... that's why he didn't fear death, he welcomed it...

"You think they'll leave soon, Pikachu?" The young man asked his partner after a while, who stood with his ear pressed to the door.

"Pi." The rodent shook his head with a troubled smile. "Chu, Pika pi pi pikachu!"

"So it may seem..." Ash seemed to think for a moment. "But that doesn't explain why she's so hateful against me... if she was truly her friend, she'd see that I was only here to protect the kid..."

"Pikachu! Pika pi-pi!"

"I know she's only a year younger than me." Ash argued back, an irritated look on his face as he continued to wash himself. "But she's a child mentally, she still believes in fairies and tales with a happy ending! I'm certain that she's never done any hard work in her whole life!"

Unfortunately for the mercenary, the two girls stood outside the door and heard every word that he had been saying, and they were not happy, they started to brainstorm ideas on how to make the mercenary even more humiliated than he already was...

"Alright, I'm done now..." Ash muttered and signaled to Pikachu. "Tell that girl to bring in the new clothes, if not I'm not going to use my old ones again..."

"Pika." The rodent nodded and somehow unlocked the door, and then jumped outside and spoke with the young woman, although she had no idea what he was saying.

Leona then poked her head discretely inside the room and blushed slightly as she saw the naked young man, however, only his head was visible as the rest of his body was still submerged in the bath.

"Right, let me take your clothes and wash them, I'll be back soon!" She spoke quickly as she gathered up his clothes and then she near ran out of the room, leaving a dumbfounded Ash and Pikachu in her wake.

They sat there for a moment... then Ash started to smile slightly as he looked at the closed door.

"She's not coming back, Pikachu."

"Pi?"

"She's planning on making a fool out of me, as I now need to go through the castle in order to hunt for clothes... naked..."

"PIKA?" The rodent shouted out, then his cheeks started to sparkle as he growled at the door, planning on getting back at that girl...

"No, Pikachu." Ash shook his head as a dark look fell over his face. "We're not going to do anything back... it's our duty to protect, not destroy..."

"Pikachu! Pika pika chu!" The rodent declared bravely as he prepared to run out of the bathroom.

"No." Ash shook his head once again as he looked at his friend. "They're waiting for you to try and get clothes for me... I'm sure that they'll have some kind of trap made for you... let me handle this."


"How long do you think he'll stay in there?" Leona curiously asked her friend as they poked their heads out from a corner, waiting for the very embarrassed boy to come out. "He must've figured out that I'm not coming back!"

"Well, I'm sure that he has more muscles than brains, Leona." Dawn giggled at the thought. "I've heard about such people, only caring about strength and couldn't even see justice if it so hit them in the face! If he somehow sees himself in a tight situation, he'll start running away like a coward!"

"I think you're right, princess." Leona nodded knowingly. "He didn't seem like the sharpest guy I've met! I'm sure that he would have trouble even leaving the bath!"

The two girls started to laugh loudly, although they stopped when they saw a Pikachu walk past them. It wouldn't have been so confusing, if he had only walked OUT of the bathroom door, not coming from a completely different direction!

"What? How? When?" Leona only babbled as she watched the yellow mouse walk past them, then it turned its little head towards them and blew a raspberry... "Hey!"

The two girls then darted into the bath-room, not caring what they would face, only to find it... empty?

"How...?"

"Look!"

They looked at the wet marks on the floor, then how they somehow went to the wall, and out of the door... but that was impossible! They'd guarded the door the whole time! It was impossible for him to have just walked out the door!

The two girls continued to follow the wet footsteps as it passed several doors, even some that were guarded, along multiple corridors... all the way to the armory.

They opened the door slowly, and jumped slightly as the little rodent sprinted between their legs and into the room.

"A very clever trick... if only it had work..." They could hear the voice speaking to them, causing them gulp and walk into the room. "But you've a lot to learn, sometimes just listening isn't enough... you need your sight just as much as you need your hearing."

"How did you-..." Dawn didn't speak as they saw the young man in a new light.

He wasn't dressed in his shabby brown clothes anymore. He was wearing a white shirt, and over that a light silver-armor, he was also wearing some black baggy pants, some silver kneepads and a pair of black shoes. That was all followed up by some black fingerless gloves and a brown belt where he had hung his quiver. His sword was now strapped to his back and his bow slung across his body. To complete his look, he wore a black hooded cloak over his outfit... he now looked like a true warrior and hero.

"We... we..." Dawn stuttered, as she was at a lost for words.

"There's no need for words, princess." Ash did a short bow at the girl. "You're still a child, and you still think like one... just remember that it's my job to protect you."

"Hey! I'm not a kid!" Dawn argued back. "Just because you're some kind of mercenary doesn't mean that you can go and boss me around! I'm the princess of Sinnoh, and you should treat me like one!"

"Alright then... princess..." Ash growled, he too was also enraged. "Let me tell you something: If it hadn't been for your father's pay, I would've left right this instant! You're a spoiled brat, you think the world revolves around you, you think you know the world! You might have lived in a dream, a dream where you could go anywhere... well, that dream's gone now! You're not even leaving a room without my notice! I'll follow you like a Pidgeot follows its prey, I'll not let you out of my sight, I'll not let you go ANYWHERE without my notice."

"You can't boss me around!" Dawn screamed back to him. "My father hired you, that means that you need to obey me too!"

"Good try, princess." Ash smirked with his arms crossed, the rodent now on his shoulder. "But that's not going to work! Your days of freedom are over... your days of reality, have begun."

"Gah! You're SO stupid!" The blue haired royalty screamed at him before running off, leaving her friend both confused and dumbfounded.

"I don't appreciate your jokes, lady Leona." His words made the girl snap out from her trance. "If you even think of doing that again: I'll consider it as a threat towards the princess, and I'll either send you to jail, or kill you on the spot."

"You're really going to protect princess Dawn, aren't you?" Leona smiled, relieved, it finally seemed that she could trust the young mercenary.

"With my life." The raven haired man repeated as a hard look fell over his face. "Now, leave, I've things that needs to be done."

"Alright..." Leona paused, a slight blush on her face. "Ash..."

"Hmm..." The young man only grunted, his arms still crossed, as he watched the young woman skip out of the armory. "I think she's on our side now, Pikachu..."

"Pika pikachu! Pi pi pika!" The rodent chirped happily, he then rubbed its little head against Ash's.

"That's good, buddy." The mercenary chuckled and scratched him between his ears, earning a cooing sound. "But we need to go now... the princess has already left the castle..."

"Pi?"


The beautiful girl with silken blue hair smiled to herself. Since the word about her new bodyguard had been spread around the castle, the guards had stopped being so watchful over her... allowing her to escape from the castle rather easily. She had even taken two of her favorite pokemon with her, a blue penguin and brown rabbit with fluffy wool-pants.

She went on a circuit around the market, happy that nobody took notice of her. She then sneaked past the half-sleeping guards at the gate of the inner wall. Then past some houses that 'half-nobles' lived in, children were heard screaming from them. Then she climbed over the gate of the central wall, without any further problems. Now came the hardest part, and probably the scariest as well. In the outer reaches of the town, very poor people lived there, and black markets were everywhere and the alleys were filled with people of ill repute.

But she still managed to sneak through the area without drawing too much attention... and then she practically walked straight out of the main gates on the outer wall.

"Alright, guys!" She cheered along with Piplup and Buneary. "We're finally out! No more sneaking around! No more forced marriages! No more events! No more people who won't leave us alone!"

"Pip Piplup!" The blue penguin cheered, even if he didn't really know what he was cheering for...

"Bunear Buneary!" The rabbit had started to jump up and down, she was just as excited as her mistress was.

"Right!..." Dawn paused, even stomping slightly with her foot onto the ground. "When does the food come...?"

"Piplup..."


"Are you sure about this information?" A tall, shady looking character with very broad shoulders and brown-black hair asked with a frown. "Last time went rather... unpleasantly…"

"I'm sure, boss!" The nervous man, whom had white hair and a slightly feminine face and was wearing a brown shirt and some green pants, almost stuttered as he spoke. "It's one hundred percent true! I saw her myself as she ran out of the castle! She's somewhere out in the woods now!"

"If you say so..." The dark man, who went by the name of Scott, muttered as he stroked his chin which had a coarse stubble on it. "Gather the boys, it's time for work."

But the nervous man, Rick, didn't need to go call them as everyone was already in the room, prepared to do whatever they could for their leader and boss.

"Alright, men!" Scott cleared his throat as he spat some kind of black gunk onto the ground... "This is the time that we've been waiting for! The princess is out of the castle, unprotected, and if we take her we'll be able to get an immeasurable sum of money from her family!"

"Boss?" The self-proclaimed leader looked at one of his subordinates.

"What?"

"Are we going to take her dead or alive?"

The boss paused to think about it... then a wide and twisted smile appeared on his face.

"They'll pay us more if she's alive..." He then chuckled darkly. "Although... I'm sure that they'll pay for her corpse too... kill her if she resists too much!"

The unshaved and ill-looking men nodded and barged out of the small and warm house, armed with whatever they could find.


The princess skipped happily in the forest, ignoring the slight feeling of hunger that was echoing in her stomach. She was free now, she didn't need to be so formal to people she barely knew, she didn't need to meet all the suitors who came around, she didn't even need to have some kind of stupid bodyguard at her back all the time!

She was so deep into her thoughts that she didn't notice the fifteen men that were hidden behind a large bush, the tall shadows from the trees around them also helping to conceal them.


"She seems like a feisty one, boss..." One of Scott's most trusted men spoke slowly as he watched the girl skip around. "I doubt she'll come with us willingly..."

"Then we just need to make her do so." Scott chuckled darkly as he called for three men. "Shoot her in the leg, Steve, and you two take down her pokemon... got it? Good, prepare to fire on my command."

The three men smirked as they pulled out their bows and they each put a greasy arrow on them. They were tensing their bows while tracking their targets, prepared to fire... Although they never got the chance to do so, since three arrows came flying through air and pierced the men's throats... A really masterful-shot considering the arrows appeared to have been fired simultaneously.

"What?" The boss hissed as he saw his three men groan and collapse onto the ground. "What happened?"

"I think someone's watching us, boss..." Rick shivered when he said those words, not wanting to die just yet. "I think we need to give up."

"Never!" Scott whispered harshly, causing his men to jump a bit. "Keep your eyes open, and take that person down when you see him!"


"They're not giving up, Pikachu..." The mercenary in shining armor spoke slowly as he watched the mass of greasy men from the top of the tree, the one just across of them,. "But at least we kept their attention off the princess..."

"Pika? Pikachu pi pi?" The little rodent whispered, confused, as he eyed the half-dancing girl in the clearing and her pokemon.

"I don't know..." Ash shook his head, annoyed. "That naïve child must be in her own little world... I doubt she'll even notice us if we screamed at her..."

"Pika!" Pikachu cried out, causing Ash to look down towards the brush again. The bandits were preparing to attack again...

"Alright, they haven't had enough yet..." Ash muttered and tensed two arrows on his long bow, he let them go and they both hit their targets... and the world was now two men shorter... "Why can't they understand that it's a lost cause?"

"Chu, pikachu pi-pi, PikaPi!" The rodent declared, its cheeks sparking.

"No, Pikachu." Ash sent him a half-apologetic smile. "If you attack, you'd probably gain the princess's attention and scare her away... I need to do this on my own."

He then saw that the men, the ten of them that were left, had drawn their swords and mallets and were prepared to charge the princess, hopefully forcing the hidden man out by doing so...

"Guess it's all, or nothing, then..." Ash muttered as he drew his sword and leapt off the tree.

He landed onto the ground with barely noiselessly, clearly surprising the men a great deal as they saw the figure in a black cloak, with his hood pulled over his head, appear in their midst. The man closest to him was about to say something, but a quick sweeping motion by the unknown person, made him unable to say anything as he grasped his stomach and sunk down onto the ground.

"Get him!" Scott hissed as he threw a tomahawk at him, Ash caught it with ease and then threw it towards another man so it hit him hard in the head and sent him to the afterlife.

Eight men remained, but they were brave men and refused to give up or flee from some punk who thought that he could stop them.

A silent fight was being waged, neither sides wanted to make a sound for fear of the possibility of scaring the princess away.

Ash easily dodged two men's rather clumsy sweeps with their weapons, and then counter-attacked and made them lose their ability to move... forever...

The six men left looked at each other, feeling rather insecure, while the hooded figure only stood there with his eyes close and waited for them to make the next move.

"Attack, you cowards!" Scott whispered harshly at them, making them rally whatever courage they had and attacked the mysterious man at the same time, only to make the person in question take a leap towards them and neatly pierced one of them in the heart.

"Rah!" Ash frowned at the attempt from one of the men to intimidate him, but he only shrugged as he took up a rock from the ground and threw it in the man's face, causing him to be knocked out cold.

Scott shook his head, he couldn't believe this! How could a kid, who from his stature seemed to be only around 18 years old, defeat eleven of his men? This didn't make sense. He had only heard of Aura Guardians and Dark Auras being able to do such a feat, and that man didn't look like either of them... although, he had heard of one more that could do it...

"M- Mercenary...?" His voice was filled with terror and fear, he knew the stories about 'Ash, the mercenary'. "We- we're on the same side! What do you say that we split the ransom for the princess, fifty-fifty?"

"You're threatening the princess by offering me such things..." Ash muttered as he threw his sword towards one of the men besides Scott, piercing the man's heart. "Leave, now."

"You shouldn't have done that, mercenary..." Scott smirked as he saw his dead comrade. "Every warrior knows that you can't fight properly without a sword!"

"Seems like you've forgotten the full saying..." Ash chuckled, his voice filled with humor, then his eyes darkened. "It only applies if his opponents are warriors too..."

"You little-" The boss's lungs emptied when he felt Ash's foot smash into them. He knelt down and coughed heavily. Panic starting to rise in his body as he saw the young man easily take down yet another of his men with only his bare hands! Leaving only Scott and Rick alive…

"You disgust me..." Scott looked, with trembling eyes, up towards the hooded figure. "You think you're so strong when you're with your gang... but as soon as you are without it, then you start begging for mercy..."

"Please..." He gulped and held up his hands towards the man. "Don't do this... I can pay you!"

"So can I..." Ash muttered and with a quick sweeping motion with his sword, causing the older man's head to part company with his body and fall to the ground with a soft 'thud'...

The young mercenary then looked towards the last man, who was looking like he was about to wet his pants.

"Don't think you'll escape your destiny so easily, bandit." Ash narrowed his gaze on him and slowly walked towards him...


"Oh, man..." The beautiful princess sighed and sat down on the ground, not feeling like celebrating anymore. "I'm SO hungry! When's the food going to get here?"

"Pip-lup! Pip pip lup!" The blue penguin explained smartly, causing Dawn to arch an eyebrow.

"What do you mean with 'You're not getting any'?" She almost felt like screaming as she spoke those words. "I'm the princess! Of course somebody needs to serve me food! And I want a bath now!"

"Piplup..." The penguin only face-palmed and sighed.

"Did you guys hear that...?" Dawn almost whispered, she could swear that she had heard something coming from that bush... "Hello...? Is someone there...?"

She slowly walked towards the bush... she was about five meters from it when it happened.

"Aaah!" Dawn cried out in fright and terror as she saw a greasy-looking man with white hair come running out from behind it... the only thing strange is that he too seemed to be equally scared... "Who are you?"

"Out of my way!" The man roared with a trembling voice as he swung his wooden-club in front of himself as he ran towards Dawn.

That caused her two pokemon spring into action, the penguin fired several blue bubbles towards him, causing the man stop in his tracks, stunned. As he stood bewildered and his whole body was paralyzed, he was struck by a brown rabbit's foot... causing him stumble back.

"Gah!" The man screamed as he was tackled from behind, his head hitting a stone and knocking him out cold.

"Greetings, princess..." The young mercenary in front of her panted, with a slight smile on his face. "I told you not to leave the castle."

"Ash..." She spoke softly as she walked up to him, only to start hitting him on the head. "Where the HELL have you been!"

"Whoa, whoa, calm down, princess!" The young man said as he tried to calm her while he held her arms, preventing her from hitting him. "I was... busy... besides, didn't you say that you didn't need someone to look after you?"

"That was BEFORE a man tried to kill me!" She screeched at him. "I could've died! And you were 'busy'? With what!"

"Eeh..." Ash didn't really wanted to tell her about the fourteen dead men behind the bush. "Nothing important really, just... business..."

"Well, that's what I thought!" Dawn hadn't calmed down the least and continued to scream at him. "You've been taking it easy, not caring if I could've died or not!"

"Please, Ho-Oh..." Ash muttered to himself. "Finish me now!"

"And what're those stains on your clothes!" Ash looked down and gulped as he saw the red liquid dripping from his armor and pants.

"It's..." He needed to think of something quick! "... jam...?"

"Oh, so you were EATING while I had to fight for my life!" The princess demanded to know, furious at her guardian. "Just WAIT until daddy finds out about THIS!"

"Yeah, he'll be thrilled to know that you left the castle... again..." Ash smirked at the enraged princess. "I think it would be better if you didn't mention this, to anyone."

"You are the WORST bodyguard, EVER!" Dawn screamed at the poor mercenary, making his ears hurt. "I hate you!"

"Good to know, princess." Ash nodded, then he could feel his pokemon's aura come towards him, and then jump onto his shoulder. "Hi, Pikachu, all good?"

"Pika!" The rodent nodded happily, while eying the two unknown pokemon curiously, then shrugged and continued to talk with his partner.

However, that was a very stupid thing to do. Since the blue penguin, who you could technically say was a royal, didn't take too kindly to be ignored by a simple soldier.

Piplup started to shout furiously at the rodent, who still continued to ignore him. And just when the penguin was about to launch a BubbleBeam, that would probably had caused Pikachu to kill him, he was interrupted by a brown rabbit's delightful cry and her subsequent jump towards the poor rodent, knocking him down...

"What the...?" Ash could only look as Pikachu tried to fend off the rabbit in the least violent way possible. "Princess, tell your rabbit to stop troubling my friend!"

"Buneary, stop that!" Dawn, who had to take a break from her screaming at Ash, said to the rabbit. "Don't befriend his friends! They are equally stupid!"

"And there she goes with the 'stupid'-thing again, Pikachu..." Ash sighed as he looked at the steamed girl. "What have I done to you, really?"

"You think you can come here and tell me what to do!" Dawn had started to scream once again, causing Ash to wince slightly. "Let me tell you something, mister! I'm a PRINCESS! I can do what I WANT, WHEN I WANT! And you can't stop ME! Got it?"

"You want to go home now, princess?" Ash stretched out a hand towards the castle. "You have two choices... either you go under your own power… or I'll carry you there."

"You have NO authority to lay a hand on me!" The beautiful princess screamed at him. "Just wait until my dad hears about this!"

"Sure, princess..." Ash muttered, mostly to himself. "Let's go, now."

"And why do you always call me princess?" Dawn demanded to know. "I've heard you call my mother 'Lady Johanna'! Why not call me Lady Dawn?"

"Because you're no lady, princess..." Ash growled, how could he possibly continue doing this? "Let's go."

"What's that smell?" The princess more stated than asked as they passed a bush. "It smells awful!"

"Nothing, princess..." Ash groaned. "Nothing at all..."

End of chapter 8


You might dislike Dawn's personality for now... but do remember that she's a royal princess and has been getting pretty much everything she asked for.

Now, I've another quiz for you... a riddle actually...:

It's a hole that's not a hole
It's a wall that's not a wall
It's a hole for the sun, it's a wall for the wind
What is it?

Should I stop with them? Because, I've tons of other ones!

Anyway, it's time to wrap this up.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

It's better to review later than never and I'll be seeing you in the next one!

R&R!