A/n: I don't own Pokemon.
Well, here's a Twinleafshipping chapter for Queen Violet of the Underworld, Wintermuffler, and me. ^_^ This one is REALLY long, but way sweet. So, uh, please read. ^_^ Wow. It seems I am incapable of a length right in the middle. It's either too short or too long. XD
Best friends fight. That's common knowledge. Sometimes they come about from differing views, and sometimes they come about from selfishness. Or, there are those times when they come about thanks to stupidity.
"For the last time, Dawn, I did not mean to break your 'special' limited edition pokedoll. I didn't even know you liked those stupid things."
"S-stupid?" She cast him an icy glare. "They are not stupid! I'll have you know that they are collectables. Someday, they'll be worth an awful lot."
The blond crossed his arms. "Sure, sure. 'Worth a lot'." He rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say, Dawn, but still. It wasn't my fault. You were holding it, I ran into you and oops, you dropped it and my luxray thought it was a chew-toy."
"Do you know how long I waited in line just to be the first one to get a limited edition Chansey doll? Mine still had the tags and everything! Then Luxray, which you really should have trained better, shredded it! Shredded my precious Chansey!"
Barry stifled a laugh. "You can have it back." He dangled the torn doll from its foot. It was a pitiful sight; its eyes had been ripped out, nearly all of its stuffing was gone, and its sewn-in smile was all that was left of its face. Further, the doll was dripping in drool.
Dawn's mouth fell open. "Ch-Chansey!" She snatched it from the boy. Her eyes started to tear up. "I was six years old when I got this. My grandma stood in line with me for eight hours so I could get her."
"Aw bummer, well, it's just a doll." Those words might typically be somewhat comforting, but the lack of concern in his voice brought no solace to Dawn.
"Just be quiet, Barry," she murmured, heading towards her house.
He followed behind. "Dawn, are you serious? We're sixteen! You shouldn't be so upset about thi-" Before he could finish his thought, she stopped suddenly and turned, her glare colder than the slightly chilled autumn air.
"There will be consequences." With that, she stomped into her house and slammed the door.
"Lux?" the pokemon questioned from his trainer's side.
"Hm?" The boy looked down. "Oh, it's not your fault. She's just a little touchy right now. She'll get over it."
"I will never get over this!" Dawn cried into the telephone. "Grandma bought this for me, and now she's gone, and Chansey is gone, and ugh! Boys- no, not boys. Barry can be the stupidest jerk on the face of the planet sometimes!"
"I know how you feel, Dawn," a soothing voice said over the phone. "Ethan can be the same way."
"R-really?"
"Yeah," the girl laughed. "He's a real pain. But the thing is, he doesn't mean to be. And he makes it up later. You should forgive Barry. I'm sure he just doesn't realize how much that doll meant to you."
Dawn bit her lip. "No, no, I can't. He was just so heartless. I can't forgive him yet."
"But Dawn-"
"Lyra, just trust me on this. I can't forgive him until he apologizes."
"It's not right," Lyra sighed. "Besides, you two are best friends-"
"Hang on a second, Lyra." Dawn looked at the cellphone. "Um, I'm getting another call. I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"Dawn, don't-" She hung up, then answered the other call.
"Hello?"
"Hey Dawn, it's Leaf. You left me a message earlier; is everything okay? You sounded really upset."
The girl rubbed her eyes and frowned. "I am. It's Barry."
"What did he do this time?"
Dawn giggled a bit through the tears, but quickly sobered. "His luxray, which he didn't train well at all, completely shredded my limited edition Chansey Doll."
"Aw, man!"
"But that's not even the worst part! I got that from my now-deceased Grandma, and he still doesn't get why I'm so upset!"
An exasperated sigh was heard. "Wow. That's low."
"I don't know what to do, Leaf. I just feel so upset, and his dense head just won't get it."
"Hm . . . well, you could give him a taste of his own medicine."
Dawn blinked. "L-like revenge? I don't know. That's a little strong."
"Well, that'll get it through his head, won't it?"
"Y-yeah . . . Yeah, I guess it will! Thanks, Leaf." Dawn felt instantly better in trying to think of ways to get the blond to pay.
Leaf giggled. "Don't mention it, Dawn. If you've ever got any problems, just call me."
"Okay! Talk to you later!" After hanging up, the girl grinned darkly. She called out her buizel. "Hey Buizel, can you help me?"
"Bui bui?"
"Oh, just some planning . . ."
And so, the girl stayed up until two in the morning, plotting some ice cold revenge for her 'best friend'.
When Barry woke up that morning, he had a bad feeling. 'Hm. Not the best way to wake up.' But Barry, being Barry, was completely unfazed by this and quickly got ready for the day.
"C'mon out, Luxray." He was headed for Dawn's house. "Listen up, buddy."
"Ray?"
"I don't really get why Dawn's so upset, but she is, and we should apologize."
"Lux," the pokemon agreed, nodding.
As Barry headed for the door, he felt the same feeling of foreboding as earlier. Shrugging, he knocked. Dawn answered, a forced smile on her face. "Oh. Barry. Hi."
"Eh, hi Dawn." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I, uh, I wanted to a-"
"Come on in; I was just going to have breakfast." A creepy eagerness was apparent in her voice.
"Breakfast? Dawn, I already had tha-" Before he could argue further, she dragged him into the house.
"Sit down. We're having waffles." She shoved him roughly into a chair.
Luxray stared up at his trainer in question, and Barry shook his head in confusion. "Dawn, what is this ab-"
"Shush. Eat." She placed a plate with waffles and . . . some sort of syrup . . . in front of him.
He blinked at the food in front of him. "What is this?"
She smirked. "Waffles. C'mon, Barry, I know you like waffles."
He thought for a moment. "Huh. Yeah. You're right. I do!" He tore into them without second thought.
Dawn grinned deviously, waiting for realization to strike. Six waffles and all of the 'syrup' later, and he still wasn't disturbed by anything.
"Hey Dawn, I've never tried waffles with hot sauce on them, but that was really good!"
She had no response but this: "Y-you liked that?"
He nodded happily. "Yup! So, I guess that means you're not angry with me anymore."
"Heh. Sure." Turning from him, she let the horror show on her face. "How could that go wrong?" she mumbled. Shaking her head, she smiled a bit. 'Oh well. I have better ideas than just that. One of them is bound to work.'
Ten fake eyeballs, nine tubes of toothpaste, eight bottles of soap, seven rolls of tape, six attempts to steal his phone, five buckets of water, four hats, three tauroses, two frying pans, and one fake map later, Dawn was exhausted and cranky. Barry, on the other hand, was left unscathed and a tad bit confused.
"Er, Dawn . . .?" Barry asked, taking a bite of the ice cream cone that was supposed to have chili powder on it. Unfortunately, she'd mixed up their ice cream cones. "You've been acting weird today. You didn't even finish your ice cream." They were walking back to Twinleaf from Sandgem as the sunset shone in front of them.
"I-I'm fine . . ." she stuttered. No, no she wasn't fine. This day had been an absolute disaster, and the worst part was, all of her tricks had ended up coming back to her. Barry had even had fun! No, that wasn't what she'd stayed up to plan out. Everything went wrong, and she was bitter and grouchy.
As they walked in silence, Dawn happened to notice something up ahead; a mud puddle. This was the perfect oppurtunity. There was no way this couldn't work; and if it didn't, then there was something wrong with her. She picked up her pace ever so slightly, beginning to calculate how soon they'd reach it and how to make sure that Barry landed in it.
'Almost . . .' she thought to herself. And in one split-second, she'd shoved the boy into the mud without a second thought, allowing herself enough room away so that she was left untouched by it. At first, an overwhelming happiness filled her body. Yes. This is what she'd wanted. Revenge, and wasn't it sweet! But . . . it wasn't. Her thoughts cleared, and all she could see was her best friend covered in mud, looking up at her with a 'What-in-Sinnoh-just-happened' expression. She went from self-satisfied to bad, and from bad to worse, in a matter of moments.
Attempting to get up, the boy just fell again. "Dawn-" he managed, anger clear in his tone, yet restrained. "-why did you do that?"
"I-I-" She couldn't take it anymore. "I'm just mad!" Tears started flowing, and she was shouting. "You don't get it, and you made me want to- to throw something at your head or something! You're just annoying and you drive me crazy! You didn't even care that something that means a lot to me got shredded thanks to you and you just mocked me about it. And- and then I tried to get revenge this entire day and you just missed everything, and this was the last thing I could think of, and- and-" She choked out a sob. "-and I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry I did that, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. But was it really so wrong- I just don't know!" With that, she collapsed onto her knees, tears gushing from her eyes.
She didn't like being angry, much less being angry at her best friend. It made her sick, and she'd clung so hard to anger that it had taken over and made her feel like a monster. She knew it was small; everything about the whole day was small. But she'd never been angry at him like this before; with so much intensity, for so long. They'd always made-up right away . . . unlike now.
To her shock, she looked up to see him kneeling in front of her, face smudged with dirt, legs and back covered with the stuff, but with a pure smile on his face. Apology shined in his eyes. "I'm sorry too, Dawn." She could barely refrain from a gasp at that. "I tried to say that earlier, but you insisted we had waffles," he added, laughing. Wiping his hands off on his relatively-clean shirt, he continued. "But I should have told you as soon as I could've; and I didn't. I'm so sorry. If I'd known just how much it meant to you, I never would've let that happen, let alone said what I did."
Dawn listened in awed silence. "Look, if I'm ever that ignorant, just use plain English. 'It's worth a lot of money' doesn't mean a thing to me. 'It's worth a lot to me' does. Especially coming from you." She involuntarily blushed at that statement. "You've got to admit, it is funny that you failed all those times trying to get back at me. But look-" He took her hand in his. "-is everything okay between us?"
With his pure, compassionate eyes gazing into hers, she felt that if she even moved an inch, this wonderful person would leave and she'd be left alone in her miserable anger. Still, she nodded, just a bit.
He smiled sweetly. "Good." Then he reached over and pulled her into a kiss. It was quick, but everything about it was just right. He stood and helped her up, and they walked home in silence, hand in hand.
"Dawn?" She looked over.
"Yes?"
He looked towards her with playful eyes. "Let's try not to fight anymore. I don't like it."
Squeezing his hand tightly, she nodded, laughing. "Neither do I."
Leaf looked down from her book. Her phone was ringing. Glancing at the caller ID, she smiled and answered the phone. "Hey! How's it going?"
"Leaf, were you the one who suggested revenge on Barry?" the annoyed voice asked.
The brunette giggled. "Yup!"
"Well you're lucky it didn't ruin things between the two of them!"
"C'mon, Lyra," she said smirking. "I know what I'm doing."
Sighing, the girl on the other end mumbled, "You've been hanging out with Silver again, haven't you?"
She laughed. "Maybe, Lyra. Just maybe. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a book to read." Without waiting for a reply, the girl hung up. Picking up her book again, she murmured to herself, "Leaf; you're a genius."
A/n: Well? Was that okay? PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL MEEEEEEEE!
So, uh . . . I enjoyed writing this. ^_^ By the way, please feel free to request ships! I love getting reviews and requests. And I mean LOVE.
By the way, the next chapter . . . is Oldrivalshipping. ;_; I'm going to pour my all into it, though! And then, I'm gonna blow it away with a Choosenshipping chapter. Prepare yourselves! :D
Live life to its fullest, y'all! ;)
Finessefully,
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