After a hard day's work:

Alright I did promise that I will be using a couple of the names for a Pearlshipping story, so I hope you all like the choices that I have selected.

Ash: 27

Dawn: 25

Ashlyn: 4

Isaac: 3 months

Ash walked home after battling three opponents at the Battle Tower, exhausted from the amount of time he was working, "I wonder how Dawn is going," Ash asked himself while slowly walking through the streets of the town he was working in, he looked up to see a few clouds dotting the bright blue sky as his thoughts suddenly went to his lovely wife, "she has been through a lot," Ash reminded himself while having another drink from his water bottle.

He spotted his family home with Pikachu playing with a little girl with long black hair in the yard, "Pikachu, I want you to help me catch a pokemon," the little girl instructed the electric mouse but the small pokemon shook his head. The little girl looked up to see a man with spikey black hair approaching the gate, "daddy, you're home," the girl called out to Ash with boundless energy.

The little girl ran up to Ash laughing while Pikachu followed her, Ash knelt down to pick his daughter up, "how's it going Ashlyn?" Ash asked the little girl while picking her up.

"I want a pokemon, of my own," Ashlyn replied with a pout.

"Come on Ashlyn, you're still too young to catch a pokemon," Ash told the little girl as the two walked to the entrance of the house.

Ash knocked on the door and waited for Dawn to greet them, Dawn opened the door with a little child crawling up to Ash, "hello Ash, how was work?" Dawn asked with a smile and allowing him to walk into the house.

"Really busy," Ash retorted exhaustedly while looking at the ground to see a little boy with short blue hair tugging at his jeans, "seems like Isaac has missed me," Ash comment while bending down to pick up his son.

"Well, the kids do seem to look up to you a lot," Dawn commented while her husband was holding the little baby boy in his arms, "all Ashlyn talks about is to become a top trainer like her father," Dawn explained while getting ready to walk back into the kitchen to prepare a meal while Ash walked into the lounge room.

"Ashlyn, when you reach ten, I will catch your first pokemon," Ash promised while Dawn watched them without Ash and her daughter noticing with a proud smile on her face, "then you can journey and make more friends," Ash told the little girl while Pikachu jumped up on the couch to enjoy the moment.

"Then we can travel as a family?" Ashyln asked innocently causing her father to chuckle.

"Of cause we can," Dawn replied while walking up to her daughter, "I really miss traveling, you know there are still so many sites that I have never seen before," Dawn explained while looking into Ash's eyes, "I know you miss traveling all over the place, going wherever the road may lead you," Dawn said with joy causing Ash to drop his head in disbelief.

Ash took Dawn's hand and chuckled a little, "yeah, I really do miss traveling a lot," Ash proclaimed while the two girls jumped for joy after hearing the frontier brain making the submission, 'she has my hair color but she has her mother's boundless optimism,' Ash thought while watching them dance about, 'but Ashlyn has my dream as well,' Ash thought while looking at his daughter jumping and laughing with her mother.

Four hours later

The family had their dinner with the time coming up to put the kids to bed, Ash placed the blanket over his daughter, 'you have an amazing dream,' Ash told himself while he looked over his left shoulder to see Dawn standing outside the room.

Ash stood up and walked to his wife, "you know Ash, we have two amazing children," Dawn chimed blissfully while Ash placed his arm around Dawn, "I am happy that you're the father," Dawn said while resting her head on her husband's shoulder.

"I'm Glad to hear that," Ash replied as the two parents watched from the entrance of the room with a proud smile, "I still can't believe you want to travel again," Ash remarked quietly as they watched their child sleep in the room with Pikachu sleeping at the end of the bed, Ash and Dawn proudly stood at the entrance of the room listening to their daughter muttering her dreams with her parents listening in, "makes me wonder if Isaac will follow your ambition, " Ash pointed out before he grabbed the doorknob and closed the door to the room.

"Yeah it does make me wonder too," Dawn said sweetly as the two quietly walked their room proudly smiling before closing the bedroom door.

I hope you all like this one, short and sweet with them realizing that their sweet little daughter has the same dream as her father.

Next story will be a little different, hoping to come up with something really cool with just 4 more left in the series.

So here is the question, what is your request for the next four short stories.