Me- Hi guys! I know that it's been a while, but I'm back! And, I'm also glad that this story is up to 80 reviews! Keep it up!

Ash- Nice to hear from you again! What took you so long?

Me- Well, school was torturing me and I've been dealing with Vova.

Dawn- Lemme guess…Vova is your crush?

Me- * blushes madly * Dawn…!

Dawn- So I'm right? Yes!

Me- And by the way, this is the chapter where we find out about who the mysterious boy was in Dawn's third grade memory. Some people have been debating on whether it was Ash or Ryu.

Ash- I don't know why I'm doing this, but okay! Eyes for Colt only does not own Pokemon! She owns Alyssa however.

Me- Read on!

Dawn- And here are the replies to the reviews, the last two sentences, and a summary of what happened last time!


PokemonFreak90: Well, what Ash meant by that was that he can't really trust Ryu and that he thinks that Ryu might hurt Dawn emotionally sometime soon…Virtual pie! :)

Swagnilla-Ice-1985: There will be trouble now that Ash met Ryu. He pretty much can sense auras and stuff like that. Virtual pie! :)

taylor5656: Well, almost all of they guys ( except for Cilan, Tracey, Brendan, Red, Green and Drew ) like her. And I'll give you a sugar cookie. :)

Suki-Alanna: Well, I'll try to improve on that. Virtual pie! :)

XashXdawnX: Yes, that is the new TR theme song for the Black and White season. Virtual pie! :)

akhil100: Well, maybe he didn't feel like traveling there again, perhaps…? And also, I have a picture of him with Sabrina that I have as my profile picture right now…And also, his on hand Pokemon are Mudkip, Empoleon, Kirlia, and Pichu. Virtual pie! :)

Numbuh 006: XD What do you mean by Mr. Brightside? Virtual pie! :)

JuanR.33: Well…I'm not so sure if Ryu's hiding anything, but Ash thinks he is…Virtual pie! :)

Rich and Smexy:Miley Cyrus? Well, come to think of it, she says ' say what? ' at the end of some sentences...

Rich and Smexy: I agree with you, Manic, I agree with you.

Rich and Smexy:Surprising? Were you thinking of someone else?

Rich and Smexy: Your brain must be spinning out of control right now with all these love pairings.

Rich and Smexy: A bunch. Don't worry, Pearlshipping ranks supreme! Five virtual pies for you! :) You may get more pies if you review the rest of the chapters, Manic!


Last two sentences:

Ash's POV

We both stared at each other, electricity buzzing.

"Um…Ash? Ryu?" Dawn asked, scared by the intense staring.


Summary of what happened last time: Dawn and the rest begin their journey to Castelia City, but Team Rocket appears! Team Rocket throws a bomb at them, which makes the gang get separated! Now, Ash and Dawn have to stay the night in Pinwheel Forest. While gathering up firewood, Dawn bumps into Ryu and takes him back to the campsite. Thing is, Ash and Ryu don't get along as great as Dawn thought they would. How will this journey be now that Ash and Ryu are now rivals? Will they ever reach Castelia City? Will they ever meet up with Cilan and Iris? And Ash has something to tell Dawn! What do you think he wants to tell her?

Me- And enjoy!


Dawn's POV

We finally reached the exit to Pinwheel Forest.

"Ash! We finally made it out!" I exclaimed as I took Ash's hand.

He blushed slightly.

A few minutes ago, we parted ways with Ryu, who had to go to Nacrene City for his next badge. Ash and Ryu never got along so well, so I was relieved that their intense staring was done with.

"Let's go!" I tugged on his arm and pulled him out of the forest.

We stepped into the sunlight and saw a bridge not too far from us.

"A bridge? I don't remember seeing a bridge on this map." I told Ash, handing him the map.

Ash looked at the map.

"You're right. There's no bridge by where the end of Pinwheel Forest and the beginning of Castelia City." Ash murmured to himself as he looked at the map for the second time.

"That's because that map was not updated." a voice said.

Ash looked up from the map and saw Iris and Cilan coming out of Pinwheel Forest.

"It's not?" me and Ash both questioned in unison.

Cilan nodded.

"This bridge was built recently. It's called the Skyarrow Bridge." Cilan said, pointing at the huge suspension bridge that was not too far from us.

Me and Ash looked at it in awe.

"Whoa…" Ash trailed off.

"It touches the skyline!" I exclaimed.

"Guys!" Iris called out.

I then realized that she had changed into something different.

She had changed over into a beige and pink sweater with a jeans jacket, a white miniskirt and black leggings. She put on sequin pink ankle boots and had her hair up in two pigtails.

"Are we gonna keep Castelia City waiting?" she asked.

"We're coming, Iris!" Me, Cilan, and Ash called out as we hurried to catch up with Iris.

Cilan walked up to Ash.

"When will you tell her?" he asked.

Ash sighed.

"For goodness sake! I'll tell her tonight." he told Cilan.

I cocked my head sideways.

"What are you two talking about?" I asked.

"Who? Us?" they both asked.

I nodded.

"Oh, well I was telling Ash that he should go tell- - -" Ash covered Cilan's mouth before he could continue.

"Huh? Go tell who what?" I asked.

Ash began to panic.

"It's nothing at all, Dawn! Cilan just drank too much last night, I suppose!" Ash stuttered.

I gawked at Cilan.

"You drink, Cilan?" I asked.

Before Cilan could say another word, I heard Iris call our names.

"Ash! Dawn! Cilan! Let's go!" she yelled.

We stopped talking at once and hurried off to catch up with Iris.


Iris' POV

Grrr! Why is getting Ash and Dawn apart seem frustrating and difficult?

"Iris? Is something wrong?" Cilan asked with a concerned look on his face.

"Huh? Where do you get that idea from?" I asked.

"Well, you're looking out into space and you're pouting, so I think something's wrong." Cilan stated.

I scoffed.

"Yeah right." I muttered as I continued walking.

Cilan grabbed me by the wrist and turned me around.

"Why won't you tell me?" he asked.

I blushed slightly.

"What are you thinking, Iris? Ash is the one you like, not Cilan!" my mind growled at me as I tried to shake that thought out of my head.

I pulled away from him.

"We-well…If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." I stammered before walking off.

Cilan sighed as he continued to walk behind me.

I sighed.

"I gotta think of another plan to catch Dawn- - -and fast!" I thought to myself.


~ In Castelia City ~


Dawn's POV

"Whoa! This city is huge!" I exclaimed as I looked at the huge skyscrapers and buildings in front of me.

"Doesn't it look like a port like city?" Ash asked.

"Well, duh! It is a port like city." I pointed out as we followed Iris and Cilan to the Pokemon Center.

Once we walked in, we got bombarded by fans yet again.

"Ohmigod! It's Dawn!"

"Oooooooooh…She brought her boyfriend along with her, as well…"

"How are your Pokemon?"

"Wow! You brought Cilan with you too! I'm a huge fan of him!"

Nurse Joy came by and cleared up the mob.

"Guys, settle down. Let Dawn and her friends catch their breath." Nurse Joy instructed.

Everyone backed away as we walked up to Nurse Joy's desk.

"Nurse Joy, we'd like a room, please." Ash said.

Nurse Joy handed us a key.

"Here you go. Enjoy your stay here!" Nurse Joy said.

We headed to our room, which had two bunk beds on either side of the room.

Me and Ash claimed the first bunk while Cilan and Iris claimed the second one.

I sighed as I laid down on the bed that was at the top.

"Oh boy…that was a long trek from Nacrene City." I said out loud.

"Well," Cilan said as he sat on the bottom bed of his and Iris' bunk bed. "If Team Rocket hadn't come along and got us separated, then we would've been here yesterday." he explained.

"True." Ash stated as he laid down on the bottom bed of our bunk bed.

A stomach grumbling was heard.

I peeked my head over the bed and narrowed my eyes at Ash.

"Was that you, Ash?" I asked.

He smiled sheepishly.

"I didn't eat a lot for breakfast this morning…" Ash trailed off.

I got off of the bed and pulled up Ash.

"Let's get something to eat." I said.

Cilan and Iris got up.

"Come to think of it, I'm hungry as well." Cilan said.

"Do you know if you could find a Chinese restaurant or something? I feel like having Chinese today." Iris asked.

I took out my Pokegear and looked for any Chinese restaurants that were close by.

"Well, there's one by the gym. Thing is, I don't know where the gym is." I stated.

Cilan put his hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry. I'll help you look for it, cause I know where the gym is." Cilan said.

I smiled.

"Thanks, Cilan." I said as we walked out of the room.

Meanwhile, Iris began grabbing some cosmetics from my bag and hung them up by strings by the door.


~ On their way to the Chinese restaurant ~


As we began to walk over to the Chinese restaurant, we heard someone call Cilan's name.

"Cilan!" the voice called out.

Cilan turned around and saw a girl coming out of the gym.

I gasped.

"She's so pretty…" I thought to myself as I looked at the girl.

She had curly shoulder length jet black hair with dark violet eyes.

She was wearing a pink tank top with a red sequin Mickey Mouse in the middle with a white jeans jacket and washed out skinny jeans. She wore black ankle boots and a charm bracelet.

Cilan took a double take.

"Alyssa…?" he asked in shock.

Alyssa hugged Cilan.

"Wow…I never knew that we would meet up again." she whispered.

Iris cleared her throat, which interrupted their reunion.

"Sorry to interrupt your reunion, but can you please introduce Alyssa to us, Cilan?" she asked.

"Guys, this is Alyssa. She's my childhood friend since second grade. Alyssa, these are traveling buddies, Ash, Dawn, and Iris." Cilan introduced.

"It's really nice to meet you guys." she smiled.

She looked up at Cilan.

"By the way, do you remember that promise we made in sixth grade?" she asked.

A light bulb flickered on in Cilan's head.

"Yes I do, Alyssa." he replied.

Meanwhile, the three of us were dumbfounded.

"What?" Iris asked.

"What does she mean by that?" I asked.

"More importantly, what is the promise?" Ash asked.

Alyssa grabbed his face and crushed her lips to his.

Ash was blushing madly and I covered his eyes, knowing that being the kid he still was, he'd be wondering why they're kissing.

Iris looked like she was about to blow up.

After what seemed to be three minutes, they pulled away.

Me and Ash were stupefied.

And Iris? Well, she disappeared.

"Guys, where's Iris?" Cilan asked.

We both shrugged.

"I didn't see her." I said.

"Dawn was blocking my eyes, so I didn't see where she went." Ash explained.

"Alyssa, can you treat Ash and Dawn to some Chinese food? I'll be right back." Cilan said as he ran off to go find Iris.


~ By the Skyarrow bridge ~


Iris' POV

I slumped down next to the entrance of the Skyarrow bridge and began to cry.

"Why did seeing him kiss Alyssa hurt so much?" I asked myself.

I rose my head up and rested my chin on knees.

"Am I…in love with him?" I asked myself.

I continued to cry.

"Hey." a comforting voice said.

I looked up through my tears and saw Cilan looking at him.

"You need a hand?" he asked, holding out his hand.

I nodded slowly as I took his hand and pulled me up.

"I know something's wrong. What happened?" he asked.

I sniffled.

"You wouldn't understand." I told him

"Come on. You know I will." Cilan pulled me into an embrace.

I blushed.

"No, you won't." I countered.

It then began to rain.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." he whispered soothingly.

I sighed.

He then put his hands on my cheeks and crushed his lips to mines.

My eyes widened, but I kissed back anyway.

And we stood there until the rain began to slow down.


~ Back at the Pokemon Center ~


Dawn's POV

Ash opened the door and the next thing you know, her was covered up in makeup from head to toe.

My eyes widened in complete shock.

"Ash...?" I asked.

"Why am I covered up in makeup?" he asked, looking at himself in the mirror.


~ Later on ~


I couldn't go back to sleep. So, I ended up going outside and leaning against a tree.

I sighed.

"Man, today surely was hectic. From Iris and Cilan coming home drenched from the rain to Ash wearing makeup, it made my head spin!" I thought to myself.

"Can't sleep?" a voice asked.

I looked to my right and saw Ash heading towards me.

I nodded.

"Too much was on my mind today." I told him.

"I can see that." Ash said as he stood next to me.

I sighed.

It was silent for a second before Ash began to speak.

"Do you usually have memories from school?" he asked out of the blue.

I looked at him oddly.

"Of course I do! Especially this one from third grade." I told him.

"What was your third grade memory?" he asked.

"Well, it was about this Sleeping Beauty play." I said.

"Oh. I also had one of those in third grade, too." he replied.

I looked up at the stars.

"This guy was the prince and I was Sleeping Beauty. he walked up to me and kissed me. It was my very first kiss and sparks flew that day." I explained.

Ash was silent as he looked up at the sky.

"You wanna know something?" he asked, pinning me to the tree.

My eyes widened.

"Wha-what are you doing, Ash?" I asked.

"You said that there was a prince charming in your play. What did he look like?" he asked.

I blushed when I felt his forehead touch my forehead.

"We-well, he had black spiky hair and these warm brown eyes." I stammered.

"He sounds awfully familiar..." he trailed off.

I cocked my head sideways.

"Huh?" I asked.

"That boy was me, Dawn. I was that prince charming in your play in third grade." he whispered before pressing his lips on top of mines.


Me- Done! And I got over 3,000 words!

Dawn- Her arm was hurting, by they way.

Iris- I'm starting to fall for Cilan? But what about Ash?

Me- Well, you still like Ash, but you begin to harbor feelings for Cilan as well. You'll still be creating plans to capture Dawn, as always.

Iris- Oh.

Cilan- R&R, please! If you do, you get a virtual pie! :)