Pearl Christmas Special 3:

Alright this is the finale of the of the Pearlshipping Christmas special saga for one year, I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Ash: 16

Dawn: 15

Ash and Dawn sat with the rest of the group in front of the Christmas tree, they looked at each other with hopes that their secret Santa got them the gifts they wanted, Ash watched nervously as Misty gave her gift to Max to start proceedings, "Max, I hope you enjoy it," Misty said happily as she gave the mysterious parcel to the May's younger brother with a smile.

Everyone watched Max open the present in hopes that the gift was going to be amazing, he opened up the box to see a large book inside, "wow, this book is amazing, I have been looking for it for a long time," Max said while picking up the book to start flipping through the pages, "some many different legendary pokemon," Max said with hope before putting the book down to see the next person get ready to hand out their gift to the next person.

May sat proudly thinking that her brother got an amazing gift, May was next to hand out her present , she walked up to Drew and passed the present over to him in hopes that he would love it, little did she know Drew was also meant to give her a gift as well, "here May, I picked you out of the hat as well," Drew stated with a smile while handing over a small box to May in exchange for May's gift.

The two opened their presents in unison, "wow a bracelet," May said as she picked it up with a smile and put it on her wrist.

Drew looked at the new Pokeblock case that May had given to him, "wow thanks May, I misplaced mine in Unova a few months ago," Drew said while scratching the back of his head in humiliation.

"Misplaced it, more like you forgot to pick it up," May told her boyfriend with a cheeky smile. The two continued to argue for a little while the next lot of gifts we about to be given out, they watched while Gary was about to give his gift to Misty.

"No need for me to say what I was going to give you, you kept passing hints," Gary said while handing his gift to Misty. The red head took the parcel and rapidly unwrapped the parcel, "yep tickets to see your favorite group," Gary said proudly as he sat their proudly.

The gift exchange continued until it was Ash and Dawn's turn to exchange their gifts, the group watched in anticipation knowing that they always had a hard time finding one another a gift, "well Ash and Dawn, it's your turn," May said while the two gulped as they found themselves in a tough situation.

Dawn got up and pulled out a piece of paper, her hands were shaking and her heart was beating faster and faster, 'this is it,' Dawn thought as she gulped again and closed her eyes and started to sing the song she had picked up from the performer on the streets.

Ash watched as Dawn gained more confidence in her performance, the two continued to look into each others eyes with a smile as she danced in front of the group not taking her gaze away from the trainer. Ash drowned out the rest of the noise in the Pokemon Center as he watched Dawn perform for him, 'wow Dawn is really good,' Ash thought while keeping his eyes glued on the young bluenette, 'I think I know why it was so hard to get something for her,' Ash thought with a smile while Dawn wrapped up her show for the trainer.

'I think I understand now, I didn't need to get Ash a gift,' Dawn thought as she walked up to Ash with a proud smile. "that song is called All I want for Christmas is you," Dawn said sweetly as she sat next to Ash who felt his heart racing after hearing those words, "I think I know why it was so difficult to get you something," Dawn said before being interrupted by the trainer of her affections.

Ash pulled out a small bouquet of flowers and handed it to Dawn, "to be honest, finding you the perfect gift was near impossible," Ash declared with a smile as Dawn started to blush at the trainers words.

"The Gracidea Flowers, it is said you give these to the people that you express the most gratitude to," Dawn stated as she started to sniff the flowers, "thank you Ash," Dawn said appreciatively as she started to release tears of joy, she held the flowers close to her heart and stared into the brown eyes of the trainer, 'the best gift any girl could ask for is you.'

"I understand why it was so challenging," Ash said while the friends watched the two turn around and gaze into each others eyes deeply, "because I… um," Ash started while feeling even more nervous, 'the best gift any guy could ask for is you,' Ash thought while trying to come up with the words to finish his sentence.

"Oh come on you two, it is so easy to say how you feel," Brock said with a smirk, "why do you think I rigged the Secret Santa for you two?" Brock asked the duo as he gave a signal to his much younger friend.

Max hid and placed a bit of Mistletoe on a line and pushed it underneath Ash and Dawn without them knowing, Ash and Dawn looked up to find the small green twig above them, the both looked down and smiled, May and Drew got behind them and pushed them into a one another, "yeah we knew all about Brock's plan and went along with it," May confessed as she pushed Dawn closer to Ash.

"Come on Ash, you did get her the best flowers in the world," Drew said while pushing the trainer closer to the bluenette.

May and Drew ran back to their friends to see what would happen next, Dawn placed her right hand on the trainers face and pressed her lips against his. The group watched with a proud look on their faces while their friends kissed each other for the first time. Ash closed his eyes as he felt Dawn's gentle lips keep in contact with his, he felt the world shaking around him, ignoring the existing gaze of his friends, 'I can't believe they set us up,' Ash thought as he lost any will to resist, 'but this feels pretty darn good,' Ash continued his train of thought.

Dawn wrapped her arms around the trainer with her bouquet of flowers in her left hand, she pulled away from the kiss and smiled at the trainer, "it was so hard to get you something nice because, I have you with me all the time," Dawn said joyfully.

Ash nodded while forgetting the ever watchful stares of his friends, "I agree, we never needed to get each other any gifts, because the best gift of all is being with you," Ash confessed as he embraced the coordinator happily, "Dawn, thanks for being with me," Ash said while the friends waited for the words that needed to come from their mouths.

"I love you," the two declared in unison as the group behind them started to cheer after hearing those words.

'The perfect gift was each other,' Dawn and Ash thought at the same time.

Ash and Dawn walked out of the medical facility to see the snow starting to fall again in the streets of Veilstone City, Ash held Dawn close to him while enjoying the moment with his girlfriend as their friends watched proudly, "Merry Christmas, Dawn," Ash said while Dawn rested her head on the trainer watching the snow fall heavily around them.

"Merry Christmas my love," Dawn returned sweetly as the two watch the snow blanketing the city streets as the lights started to turn on one by one.

I hope you all enjoyed this long story, and yes I also included other pairings in this story as well, but that was sort of a back ground thing, the spotlight was on Ash and Dawn.

The next one will be a one off New Year Special.