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Chapter Twelve
Near Skyarrow Bridge (2:12a.m.)
It is night time as everyone is fast asleep while Dawn who is sleeping with Ash, woke up and went outside for some fresh air.
She sat near the river and she is thinking about Pokémon Contest. She loves to be with Ash, but she also loves doing contests to show her skills as a coordinator. She begins to tear up a little and both Pikachu and Piplup came from behind her and they are worry for her.
Dawn: Hey Piplup and Pikachu.
Piplup: Piplup Pip Piplup! (Why are you crying Dawn?)
Dawn: I'm fine Piplup.
Pikachu: Pika Pika! (Are you sure?)
Dawn: No need to worry you two. I was just thinking of some things. Come on and lets go to sleep.
They both headed back into the tent and Ash is still sleeping. Dawn went back to sleep with Pikachu and Piplup on her arms.
Morning (8:34a.m.)
Ash wakes up from his sleep and he wakes Dawn up.
Ash: Good morning Dawn.
Dawn: Morning Ash, how did you sleep?
Ash: I slept well, ready to go to Castelia City?
Dawn: Yeah, just let me change and I'll be all set to go.
Ash: Alright.
Ash, Pikachu, and Piplup left the tent to let Dawn change while Cilan is cooking up some breakfast.
Ash: (sniff…) That smells good Cilan.
Cilan: Why thank you.
Iris: I also brought back some fruit to eat.
Ash: Wow thanks.
Ash: Gets an apple and while waiting for Dawn to have breakfast with her.
Dawn then got out of the tent with a ponytail.
Ash: Wow you look great Dawn.
Dawn: Your so sweet sweetie.
Cilan: Here I made some breakfast for you. Ash told me how much you love blueberry pancakes.
Dawn: How thoughtful of you Ash.
Ash smiled back at Dawn while everyone digs in.
As everyone was finished, they all pack up and leave for Skyarrow Bridge. Seeing how long the bridge is; it looks like it might take an hour to get Castelia City by walking.
Ash soon sees Gary near the bridge's entrance; he is talking to a man with a vest.
Ash: Look its Gary.
Iris: Who's Gary?
Dawn: Gary is Ash's old friend from Pallet Town and they use to be rivals since they both started on their first journey through Kanto and they ended their rivalry after the Johto League. He's also the grandson of Professor Oak.
Cilan: Wow Professor's Oak grandson!
Ash: Lets go see what's he up to.
Ash and his friends walk towards to Gary and greeted him.
Ash: Hey Gary!
Gary: Well hello Ashy boy.
Ash: Oh enough with the nicknames.
Gary: I'm only kidding, oh yeah I want you to meet Professor Cedric Juniper, father of Professor Aurea Juniper.
Ash: It's great to meet you Professor.
Cedric: It's to meet you to Ash.
Dawn: I'm Dawn and this Piplup here.
Piplup: Piplup!
Ash: Right, this is Pikachu.
Iris: I'm Iris and this is my partner Axew.
Axew: Axew!
Cilan: And I'm Cilan, a Pokémon connoisseur.
Cedric: Well its nice to meet you all and by the way Ash. My daughter tells me a prophecy of you might meeting Reshiram.
Ash: Well Dawn did had dreams of Reshiram and Zekrom before knowing who they are.
Iris: Wow you mean the Unova legendary dragons Reshiram and Zekrom?
Ash: Yeah, I actually encounter Zekrom right when me and Dawn arrived to Nuvema Town from Kanto.
Iris: Since you seen Zekrom; that means that someone have met Zekrom and they are traveling through the Unova region looking for the Hero of Truth.
Ash: That's right, how did you know about all this?
Iris: I'm from the village of dragons and the village elder tells me all these stories of Unova's past.
Cedric: That's amazing. It's nice to see the youth learning so much about Unova's legends.
Gary: Me and the professor are discussing of an ancient ruin under Castelia City that might know the whereabouts of Reshiram's Light Stone.
Ash: Wow can we come and see?
Iris: What a kid.
Axew: Axew!
Cedric: The more the merrier.
Ash: Alright!
Everyone boarded Cedric's SUV and drove all the way through Skyarrow Bridge to Castelia City.
Castelia City (9:47a.m.)
Everyone has arrived in Castelia City and they all rented rooms in the Pokémon Center. Ash and Dawn will be sharing rooms again. Cedric invited everyone to go through the ruins under Castelia City.
Cedric takes everyone to the ruins under Castelia City and search for any clues of the whereabouts of Reshiram. Ash sees someone in the ruins and sees a familiar face.
Ash: N?
N: Well if it is Ash, it's been a while. How have you been?
Ash: Great, what are you doing here?
N: I am just looking around to see any clues about Reshiram.
Ash: Wow, that's why I'm here for to. I want to meet Reshiram and ask about the prophecy of Unova. You see my girlfriend Dawn had dreams of encountering both Reshiram and Zekrom before she even knew about them.
N: Interesting, I am here seeking knowledge about the Reshiram location so I can help the Hero of Truth.
Ash: Huh?
N: You see Ash, I have been watching you back at Nuvema Town and there is something about you and Dawn that something in common with the prophecy.
Ash: Wait so you met Zekrom?
N: Exactly, and I want to help you to find Reshiram so that we'll be able to find order in the Pokémon world. May we meet again in the near future.
N left the ruins and Ash takes a look on the wall and sees an image of Reshiram standing alongside a new hero with a maiden standing by his side.
Dawn then finds Ash and he gets Dawn to look at the image.
Dawn: Wow so that's how Reshiram looks like?
Ash: Yeah and look at the two humans.
Dawn: That guy looks a little like you and that maiden looks a little like me?
Ash: Exactly! Remember your dreams of encountering Zekrom and Reshiram?
Dawn: Yeah.
Ash: N was here and he says that I'm the new Hero of Truths and he is the Hero of Ideals.
Dawn: Incredible, all this is making me feel a little confused. Whoever drew this must of know what might happen in the future.
Ash: Yeah that's what I think.
Gary: Hey we've been looking for you.
Ash tells Gary and Cedric about the image and they examine the hallway of the ruin.
Castelia Pokémon Center (1:23p.m.)
As our heroes have return from the ruins, Ash is excited for his next gym battle. Gary decides to go watch Ash's gym battle since he hasn't see him battle since Sinnoh against Pokémon Hunter J.
Ash: Alright lets go to the gym.
Everyone out walk of the Pokémon Center and Ash happens to run into Burgh, the Gym Leader of Castelia City.
Ash: Burgh!
Burgh: Well I see you have made to the city, are you ready for your battle?
Ash: You bet I am.
Burgh: Then let us not delay and go to the gym.
Burgh leads the way to the gym and they have arrived at the gym which has a small forest inside for the bug type Pokémon.
Dawn: Wow this gym looks amazing.
Burgh: Why thank you Dawn.
Ash and Burgh are ready for their match.
Referee: This will be a two on two battle with substitutions. So let the battle, BEGIN!
Burgh: You may have the first move Ash.
Ash: Go Pidove!
Burgh: Go Whirlipede
Ash scans Whirlipede with his Pokédex.
Pokédex: Whirlipede, the Curlipede Pokémon. Whirlipede can spin its hard shelled body like a tire to smash into opponents.
Ash: Okay Pidove lets start off with a Wing Attack!
Burgh: Dodge it and use Rollout!
Whirlipede's Rollout was very effective on Pidove.
Ash: Pidove use Quick Attack!
Pidove's Quick Attack landed a critical hit causing a lot of damage to Whirlipede.
Burgh: Whirlipede use Pursuit and finish off Pidove.
Pidove dodges the attack and Ash tells Pidove to use one more Wing Attack on Whirlipede.
It was super effective and Whirlipede is knocked out.
Referee: Whirlipede is unable to battle and this round goes to Ash Ketchum.
Ash: Great job Pidove!
Pidove: Pidove!
Burgh: Whirlipede return! Go Leavanny!
Leavanny: LeaVan!
Ash: Pidove are you still up for this?
Pidove nodder her head and agreed.
Referee: Round two, BEGIN!
Ash: Pidove use Air Slash!
Burgh: Dodge and use Magical Leaf!
Leavanny dodge the attack and it used Magical Leaf and instantly knocking out Pidove with an unaffected move.
Ash: Return Pidove!
Dawn: Wow that Leavanny is strong.
Cilan: Of course it's strong. Gym Leaders make sure that their Swadloon's body is covered in leaves which protect it from the cold. In forests where Swadloon live, the trees and grass grow very are in tip top shape.
Gary: I wonder what Ash is going to use next.
Ash: Alright go Sewaddle!
Dawn: Sewaddle?
Cilan: He's using a pre-evolve form of Leavanny! (Said in shock)
Dawn: I know you can do it sweetie! (She yells to give Ash more confidence)
Ash: Thanks Dawn. (Smiling at her)
Burgh: So your using your Sewaddle from Pinwheel Forest; now this is what I except from a confident trainer like you Ash.
Referee: Round Three, BEGIN!
Ash: Sewaddle use String Shot!
Burgh: Leavanny use X-Scissor!
Leavanny's X-Scissor cut through Sewaddle's String Shot and Burgh command Leavanny to use Magical Leaf.
Ash: Sewaddle dodge it!
Sewaddle was hit hard by the Magical Leaf and it could hardly go on.
Ash: I believe in you Sewaddle!
Sewaddle: SeWADDLE!
Sewaadle began to glow blue!
Dawn: It's evolving! (Said with a smiling face)
Ash: Sewaddle?
The evolution process was finish and Sewaddle is now a Swadloon. Ash grabs his Pokédex again.
Pokédex: Swadloon, the Leaf-Wrapped Pokémon and the evolve form of Sewaddle. Swadloon's body is covered in leaves which protect it from the cold. In forests where Swadloon live, the trees and grass grow very well.
Dawn: Wow how amazing!
Ash: Okay Swadloon use Energy Ball at Leavanny.
Leavanny took some damage and Burgh tells Leavanny to use X-Scissor on Swadloon.
Ash: Swadloon dodge it and use String Shot up close.
Leavanny missed and Swadloon used its String Shot and Leavanny was covered in String Shot and is unable to move for a certain amount of time.
Ash: Now Swadloon lets finish this with a Tackle Attack.
Swadloon's Tackle Attack direct impacted on Burgh's Leavanny and it is unable to battle.
Referee: Leavanny is unable to battle and the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town.
Burgh: Outstanding Ash, you have brought the strong bond from your Pokémon and manage to win. So I would like to present you the Insect Badge. You earned it.
Ash: Thanks!
Pikachu: Pika PIKA!
Ash: Thanks Swadloon, because of you we won an Insect Badge.
Swadloon was happy to hear that.
Dawn: Congratz Ash on your third badge! (Went up to hug him)
Ash: Thanks Dawn and now we can just relax here for a few days.
Gary: Well I got to say Ash; you still have it in you. I remember the great battle we had back at the Johto Silver Conference. A battle that I will always remember.
Ash: Thanks Gary.
Everyone meted outside the gym and Gary tells Ash that he has some important business to do at Driftveil City.
Gary: I'll be seeing you two and it's nice to meet you Iris and Cilan. Goodluck on your journeys.
Iris: Thanks!
Cilan: Thank you very much.
Gary: See ya Ash and Dawn.
Gary walks off towards Cedric's SUV and are now driving to Route 4; what more new adventures await our heroes in Castelia City as the journey continues.
I hope you all enjoy this chapter and I'll be posting Chapter Thirteen on Monday. So please stay tuned.
