"Ash.." Serena said as she saw a black haired boy wearing a white T-shirt and a black jacket with blue jeans. As usual, pikachu was on his shoulder.
"Hey.." Ash replied.
"Ash!" Serena just ran to Ash and was just about to embrace him but she stopped. Not because they were surrounded by people but because Serena didn't have enough courage.
However, their position was a bit... weird. Serena's arms were just few centimeters away from Ash's torso and their heads were too close.
Ofcourse, Serena stepped back, blushing hard.
"Sorry..." Serena said looking down at her black boots.
"Its- its okay actually." Ash replied.
Serena looked at Ash and smiled.
"Didn't really expect to see you this soon." Serena said with her left hand in her hair.
"Me neither." Ash replied.
"Ahem." A cough was heard from behind Serena and it was Misty.
"Oh, Misty!" Ash exclaimed seeing his old best friend.
"Hey, Ash!" Misty walked to Ash and shook hands with him.
Just then, Professor Oak clapped his hands. "Okay, pokemon trainers, we are about to climb this mountain. You are allowed to call out your one pokemon if you need help." He said.
"Well, I have you Pikachu!" Ash said looking at Pikachu sitting on his shoulder. Pikachu replied 'Pikachu!'
"I'll climb the mountain with my fairy!" Serena said and called out Sylveon from the pokeball.
"You have a Sylveon?" Misty asked looking at Serena's Sylveon.
"I do." Serena replied.
"Its pretty!" Misty complimented. "Okay, come out staryu." Misty then called out her staryu.
"Let's go climbing!" The professor blew his whistle and all teenagers started climbing.
Ash, Serena and Misty were climbing the mountain (almost forest) together. This another boy who seemed like their age was with them too. He had bright red hair and fair skin tone, was wearing this black shirt and blue jeans. He had his red tracking bag with him and his pokemon frogadier.
Ash introduced that boy, "Guys, this is Alex. My new neighbor."
"Hello, ladies." Alex greeted.
"Hey." Serena waved her hand towards Alex and continued walking.
"So, Ash, have you talked with Clemont and Bonnie?" Serena asked walking beside Ash.
"Yeah. I called them the other day. Both are fine." Ash replied.
Time skip- one hour later.
"So folks we are about to reach the top, so we'll take a short break now. There's a river few meters away from you, you can go fill your water bottles if you want. But be careful." Professor Oak explained.
"My bottle is empty, I'm going to fill it up." Serena said and put her backpack on the grass where the rest three of them were sitting.
"Serena, mind if I come too?" Alex asked.
"No, why would I? Let's go." Serena smiled and said.
Alex stood up from his place, took his bottle and walked with Serena to the river.
After about 5 minutes, both returned back with their full bottles. They sat with Ash and Misty. And ofcourse, Serena sat beside Ash.
One gulp of water and Serena felt a pat on her shoulder. It was Ash.
"Can I ask you something?" Ash asked.
~To be continued~