From Now On
I first started this story because CrazyYanmega, another well known MorpheusShipping writer, suggested someone really should write a fic about what would have happened if Ash didn't manage to hold on to Angie's hand until help arrived, when that evil spirit tried to suck her into it's dark world. So, what if...? Read it and find out. This story also involves MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) so if you really don't like that idea, perhaps you should stop reading here. The rest, I hope you'll enjoy this fan-fiction.
After the party last night, that had been held sooner than planned because of Angie's miraculous return from the spirit world, everyone had been sleeping in. Everyone, except...
"Hey Brock," Ash whispered.
"Yes, nurse Joy, of course I will help you with that patient. Just leave it to Brock, dear," the Pokémon breeder talked in his sleep.
"Brock, wake up!" Ash hissed.
"Huh?" Brock said, while slowly opening his eyes.
"Do you know where Angie is?" Ash asked.
"If she is not in her bed, I don't know," Brock replied, yawning, "maybe Dawn knows..."
"Okay, I'll ask her instead," Ash answered.
"You do that, while I get back to my dream. It's not polite to keep a lady waiting....zzzzzz..." Brock added, before falling asleep again.
Ash walked over to Dawn's bed. The young coordinator was still asleep as well, with her Piplup also on her pillow. She had her back turned towards Ash and was holding the little Pokémon like it was a doll, a really sweet sight. Ash shortly poked in her side.
"Conway... not now, I want to sleep a little longer..." Dawn said, still partially asleep.
"It's me, Ash," the trainer from Pallet Town whispered.
"Oh!" Dawn suddenly woke up, and started to blush a little.
"Do you know where Angie is?" Ash asked.
"She went out early," Dawn answered, as she pulled her blanket a little higher to hide her blushing, "I believe she said something about going to the lake..."
"Thanks!" Ash said, before racing outside.
Ash wondered why Angie had gone outside so early. "Perhaps something had happened to her when she was trapped in that spirit world," Ash thought, "or she may have had a bad dream or so." Ash felt a little worried. No, it was more than worry, although Ash couldn't quite put his finger on it. He accelerated his pace, and soon he saw the lake Dawn had mentioned. "But where was Angie?" Ash wondered. He stopped running, then, suddenly he noticed a silhouette of a person standing close to the water. "That must be her!" Ash almost shouted, as his heart made a jump for joy. He started running again and soon he was close enough to verify it was indeed Angie.
"Hi Ash," Angie said, without turning her head.
"Huh, how did you know?" Ash asked.
"I just had a feeling it would be you," Angie explained, "you're always there when I need help."
"Need help? Angie, what is wrong?" Ash wondered, as he came standing next to her.
"I don't know..." the girl replied, "perhaps it has something to do with he Academy almost being over soon..."
"Well, you can always go again next year, right?" Ash suggested.
"I suppose..." Angie said, with a little dull sounding voice.
"And since we are friends, we can stay in touch, right?" Ash added.
Angie simply nodded, although she had been hoping for a different answer from her friend.
"You know what I feared most when I was locked in that spirit world?" Angie suddenly asked, out of the blue.
"No, but you can tell me if you want," Ash said on a comforting tone, "I am your friend, remember?"
"Okay... what scared me most was... that... that I might never see you again..." Angie continued, with a little shyness in her voice, as she looked down at her feet.
Ash didn't say anything back. He heard a certain sadness in Angie's voice, but somehow he was a little afraid to ask any further about what she had just said.
"I heard you missed me a lot while I was away..." Angie remarked, breaking the silence.
"Who told you that?" Ash wondered, as much to his surprise, he felt his cheeks go a little red.
"Brock mentioned you weren't even hungry for a while, because you missed me so..." Angie added.
"Brock talks too much..." Ash answered," while trying to look straight ahead at some random spot on the other side of the lake.
"But it's true, right?" Angie said, as she looked up again, and turned her head towards Ash.
Ash thought long and hard about that question. Not because he didn't know the answer, sure he had really missed Angie a lot, he couldn't deny it. But there was something strange in her voice when she asked him that question. The same thing he heard before, when she said "huh, forever?" that moment when he was holding on to her hand, to avoid her getting sucked into the spirit world. He felt a tingly sensation coming up, all over his body. A bit like Pikachu was hitting him with an electric attack, but much more subtle. Ash finally looked up, and slowly turned his head towards Angie, looking straight into her dark golden eyes. Suddenly Ash saw all the perilous moments he and Angie had been through flash before his eyes. The time she almost fell into that cliff, and when she disappeared into the dark spirit world, and almost one more time when the attempt to get her back almost failed.
"I... I've missed you more than I can say..." he finally stuttered, as he felt his cheeks get even redder.
"Say no more then..." Angie replied, as she looked all dreamily at him, also blushing heavily.
Just like their minds had been attracted towards each other when Angie was still in the spirit world, having them meet in their dreams when Angie was still trapped there, now some strange force seemed to be drawing our friends closer to one another now, irresistibly closer... until their lips met, in a short but tender kiss...
"Angie... I'll never let go off you again..." Ash whispered in Angie's ear, as he held her tight.
"I know Ash... I know..." she whispered back, closing her eyes, as only happy thoughts were on her mind now.
(the end... and at the same time a beginning of something beautiful)
Chapter 10, added after some felt the previous ending lacked something. I had to agree with that, and will hopefully make that right with this epilogue. I hope you'll all like it.
As always, I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences. Remember, I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokémon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, you can use the review function on this FanFiction site for that.
Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any trademarks of Pokémon. Any similarities to the works of others is purely accidental, and not meant as an infringement on anyone's achievements.