Ages: 27-Ash, 27-May, 9-Jessica, 3-Arianna
- 9 -
Ash sat in the living room, playing a video game with Arianna. Arianna's long black hair started falling out of the ponytail it was in. May sat next to Ash. She leaned back against him.
Arianna pushed the buttons on the remote, making the Ponyta move around the screen. Jessica came in and sat next to Arianna.
"Ring, ring, ring! Ring, ring, ring! Phone call! Phone call!" the phone rang out. Ash answered it.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hello, Mr. Ketchum." It was the minister of the pokemon league ministry.
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"We need you to go to Saffron," he said.
"Two questions: Why and when?" Ash said.
"For a few meetings with the town and this month," he said.
"Fine," Ash said. The minister nodded and hung up.
Ash sighed and told May that he'd be going to Saffron. She frowned.
Jessica and Arianna looked at them.
It was that Friday when they stood at the airport, waiting for them to announce the plane. When Ash's plane was called, he gave all of them a hug, before heading onto the plane.
Ash watched as the ground fell from beneath the plane as it glided up into the sky. He sighed at the thought of being in Saffron for a month. The pokemon master listened to the sounds of the airplane.
It didn't feel like a long trip. Ash went straight to the gym. Sabrina had said that if he wanted to, that he was welcome to stay at the gym.
Ash watched her battle trainers. One of the trainer's was oddly familiar.
"My name is Nicky and I'm from the town of Pallet and I challenge you!" she said. Ash looked at the girl about to battle Sabrina.
"Nicky.Nicky." Ash murmured. He tried to think of where he had heard
that name before. It clicked after a minute. She was the girl at the hospital he had met when May was having Jessica.
Ash watched the battle with great interest. The battle took half an hour. Nicky beat Sabrina's Kadabra in five hits.
It was interesting, staying at her gym. Ash watched her battle most of the time. There were the times when he had those "meetings" with the town. He
hated them.
He didn't exactly like the trip. The only thing keeping him from neglecting the reason he was there was the thought of the sooner it was over, the sooner he'd be going home. Ash called every night if he could.
The night before he'd be going back to Pallet Town, Ash picked up the
phone and dialed the number to his house. It rung for a few minutes, before he got a answer. "Hello? Who is this?"
Ash smiled. He knew it was May. In the lowest voice he could manage, he said, "This is Bruno of the Elite Four."
"Hello, Bruno. What do you need? Wait, where are you?" May asked. Ash had to cover the mouthpiece to keep her from hearing him laugh.
"May, I'm not Bruno..I'm the ghost of a Cubone! So you can't see me!
Mwahahahahahah!" Ash said, switching to an eerie ghostly voice.
"Hahaha, very funny." May said sarcastically, "I know it's you, Ash."
Ash stood up straight and dropped the fake voice. "Ohhh, how'd you know it was me?" he said.
"I've known you too long to be tricked," May said. Ash laughed.
"Ohhhhhhh, why?" Ash whined.
"Stop whining," May said. He smiled.
"Alright," Ash said.
"I want you here," May said.
"Why?" Ash asked.
"I want you to hold me, if you know what I mean," May said. Ash blushed bright red.
"Hehehe, I don't think you should have said that," Ash said.
"Oh? Why not?" May asked.
"Because Sabrina is right here," Ash said. He looked at Sabrina. "She wants to see Jessica and Arianna."
"Ahhhhhh, it looks like I embarrassed you!" May said.
"Yep," Ash said, "very much so."
"Looks like I did my job, then," May said. Ash groaned.
"Why must you always mock me?" he asked.
"Because," May said.
"Aw," he moaned. May laughed. She loved to tease him.
Ash shook his head. He told her about his day and listened to May talk, until Jessica got onto the phone. Jessica had the biggest smile she'd ever had.
He sighed when he hung up. Sabrina had left for a battle she postponed for a few minutes. Ash looked out the window to the night sky, waiting as each second ticked on for morning, knowing he would never get to sleep.
- 9 -
Ash sat in the living room, playing a video game with Arianna. Arianna's long black hair started falling out of the ponytail it was in. May sat next to Ash. She leaned back against him.
Arianna pushed the buttons on the remote, making the Ponyta move around the screen. Jessica came in and sat next to Arianna.
"Ring, ring, ring! Ring, ring, ring! Phone call! Phone call!" the phone rang out. Ash answered it.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hello, Mr. Ketchum." It was the minister of the pokemon league ministry.
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"We need you to go to Saffron," he said.
"Two questions: Why and when?" Ash said.
"For a few meetings with the town and this month," he said.
"Fine," Ash said. The minister nodded and hung up.
Ash sighed and told May that he'd be going to Saffron. She frowned.
Jessica and Arianna looked at them.
It was that Friday when they stood at the airport, waiting for them to announce the plane. When Ash's plane was called, he gave all of them a hug, before heading onto the plane.
Ash watched as the ground fell from beneath the plane as it glided up into the sky. He sighed at the thought of being in Saffron for a month. The pokemon master listened to the sounds of the airplane.
It didn't feel like a long trip. Ash went straight to the gym. Sabrina had said that if he wanted to, that he was welcome to stay at the gym.
Ash watched her battle trainers. One of the trainer's was oddly familiar.
"My name is Nicky and I'm from the town of Pallet and I challenge you!" she said. Ash looked at the girl about to battle Sabrina.
"Nicky.Nicky." Ash murmured. He tried to think of where he had heard
that name before. It clicked after a minute. She was the girl at the hospital he had met when May was having Jessica.
Ash watched the battle with great interest. The battle took half an hour. Nicky beat Sabrina's Kadabra in five hits.
It was interesting, staying at her gym. Ash watched her battle most of the time. There were the times when he had those "meetings" with the town. He
hated them.
He didn't exactly like the trip. The only thing keeping him from neglecting the reason he was there was the thought of the sooner it was over, the sooner he'd be going home. Ash called every night if he could.
The night before he'd be going back to Pallet Town, Ash picked up the
phone and dialed the number to his house. It rung for a few minutes, before he got a answer. "Hello? Who is this?"
Ash smiled. He knew it was May. In the lowest voice he could manage, he said, "This is Bruno of the Elite Four."
"Hello, Bruno. What do you need? Wait, where are you?" May asked. Ash had to cover the mouthpiece to keep her from hearing him laugh.
"May, I'm not Bruno..I'm the ghost of a Cubone! So you can't see me!
Mwahahahahahah!" Ash said, switching to an eerie ghostly voice.
"Hahaha, very funny." May said sarcastically, "I know it's you, Ash."
Ash stood up straight and dropped the fake voice. "Ohhh, how'd you know it was me?" he said.
"I've known you too long to be tricked," May said. Ash laughed.
"Ohhhhhhh, why?" Ash whined.
"Stop whining," May said. He smiled.
"Alright," Ash said.
"I want you here," May said.
"Why?" Ash asked.
"I want you to hold me, if you know what I mean," May said. Ash blushed bright red.
"Hehehe, I don't think you should have said that," Ash said.
"Oh? Why not?" May asked.
"Because Sabrina is right here," Ash said. He looked at Sabrina. "She wants to see Jessica and Arianna."
"Ahhhhhh, it looks like I embarrassed you!" May said.
"Yep," Ash said, "very much so."
"Looks like I did my job, then," May said. Ash groaned.
"Why must you always mock me?" he asked.
"Because," May said.
"Aw," he moaned. May laughed. She loved to tease him.
Ash shook his head. He told her about his day and listened to May talk, until Jessica got onto the phone. Jessica had the biggest smile she'd ever had.
He sighed when he hung up. Sabrina had left for a battle she postponed for a few minutes. Ash looked out the window to the night sky, waiting as each second ticked on for morning, knowing he would never get to sleep.