The Ugliness in the Beauty

On the next day, everyone has gone back to school and they are surprised to see Gladion sitting with Ash and Lillie. Insey asks, "Brother? Why is he here?"

"He realizes his mistake and he apologizes to both of us. Right now he promises that he won't be acting like a jerk he was and I ask you guys to treat him nicely." Ash says.

The others are happy for Lillie to have her family back, and then they decide to get to know more about Gladion. As they are chatting, Nate asks, "By the way, I didn't ask you before, what is that Pokemon you have?"

"This is Silvally." Gladion says with a frown, "And to tell you the truth...he is my Father."

This causes everyone to gasp. "Your father?" Mark asks. "How?"

Lillie says, "It is a long story, but our dad died because of a betrayal of one of the members of the Aether Family."

"Yeah, and then an Arceus saved him by changing him into a Pokemon." Gladion says, which causes the Ketchum siblings to look at each other with confusion, as they have no idea that they did something like that, even Ash.

Lillie knows that it is not appropriate to tell her brother that Ash is Arceus as well as his siblings, she says, "But ever since that happened, I was being neglected by the family and eventually you know what happened."

Gladion is feeling guilty as the others understand. But the bully gang notices them and they aren't happy about it.

"How come he gets along well with them?" Misty says.

"Yeah, now he also betrayed us." Gary says.

"But what should we do? In here we can't do something to them since those are prohibited." Iris says.

"I don't know...by the way, where is Serena?" Trip asks.

"No idea." Paul says.

The said girl is still in her dorm room, she is in a worry as she says, "Where is it?"

She places all her uniforms and books on the bed and the boxes on the floors, and as she reaches the last box, she finds that the pen is underneath the box.

"Ah! Here it is..." Serena says. "Now I can use it to the class."

As she quickly put the stuff away, she notices a blue handkerchief on the floor, she picks it up and says, "Huh? Where did this come from..."

Just then, she starts to recall a certain memory.

(Flashback)

"Where is everybody? Where do you all go?" A younger Serena was looking around in the forest worriedly.

Suddenly, a Poliwag appears, which causes her to fall on the ground and hurts her knee. Then she starts to form tears.

"I knew I should have come to this Summer Camp..." Then she cries out for her mother sadly.

Just then, she hears someone says, "Poliwag, where are you?"

Then a younger boy emerges from the bushes and then notices her. Then he says, "Are you alright?"

As the boy stops in front of her, he says, "I am Ash. What's wrong?"

Serena says, "I hurt my leg..."

Ash notices the blood coming from her knee, then he takes out a handkerchief and then ties it around her knee. "See, it is better, now watch this, Pain Pain go away!" He says as he waves his arms.

Serena tries to move her leg, but she feels pain. "It still hurts..."

Ash takes out his hand and says, "Come on, don't give up until it is over." He pulls her up and holds her in his arms, causing her to blush.

"See, you did it." Ash says while grinning, "Let's get back to the camp."

Then the two walk together back to the camp, as Serena forms a blush on her face.

(Flashback end)

Serena says, "That boy... he is Ash?" Then she starts to recall another memory.

(Flashback)

"Serena, is that you?" Ash says as he was walking towards her and her friends.

"Serena, don't talk to him, he is a loser." May says to her as they are going to walk away.

"Please, Serena! I want to talk to you about something, do you remember when we met at the Summer Camp?" Ash says.

Serena turns and shoots a glare. "I don't recall meeting a loser and a cheater like you."

"But... We did meet, and you also say that we will be friends forever..." Ash says.

"Then I was really naive back then." Serena says. "Don't try to use this as an excuse to befriend me. I hate losers and cheaters."

This causes Ash to be broken, then Serena turns around and walks away, talking to May and laughs at how broken he is.

(Flashback end)

"What have I done..." Serena begins to cry as she not only forgets him, she also says those mean words to him. Now he has a girlfriend, she can't be confident to take Ash away from her.

In the Battle Class, Serena hasn't been doing well, she often loses to others as she doesn't have her mind on battle. Now that the free time has come, she decides to sit alone in the corner, and her eyes are still red from the crying. Just then, Mark, who was just about to find a partner to battle, notices her and asks his Lucario.

"Hey, isn't that the girl who breaks my brother's heart? Serena is the name, right?" Mark asks his partner.

"Maybe, but looks like she doesn't feel good." Lucario says.

Mark decides to check out what's going on, after he stands in front of her, he says, "Hey."

Serena raises her head and sees him, her crying makes her vision blur as she thinks that she is looking at Ash. "A–Ash..."

Mark says, "Oh, I am not Ash. I am Mark, his twin brother. By the way, what are you doing here? Why don't you find a person to battle?"

Serena turns and says, "Leave me alone...I am a monster..."

Mark is taken aback by this, then he notices the handkerchief in her hand.

"Hey, is that handkerchief..." Mark asks.

Just then, Serena starts to cry again. Mark notices that things aren't going to be well, so he quickly hugs her, and he doesn't mind that his uniform is wet from her tears.

After calming her down thanks to Lucario using a calmer aura, she says, "When I was looking for my favorite pen...I found this in one of my boxes..."

Mark says, "This handkerchief belongs to brother, right?"

Serena nods and says, "He used it to help me stop the blood when we were little at the Summer Camp...and not only I didn't thank him...I also hurt him..."

She holds the handkerchief tightly and says, "I often turned down every other boy who wants to ask me for a date...because I always love that boy who saved me...but I didn't realize Ash is the boy...and I broke him...I put him through hell..."

Serena says, "Now I don't have another chance of being with him again..."

Mark hears the words and then says, "So are you really guilty about what you have done?"

Serena nods at him, Mark says, "Well... Brother isn't a person who would hold vengeance at others, yesterday he had forgiven Gladion for his mistakes."

Serena says, "Re...really?"

Mark says, "But he said that the love he once holds for you has been broken, Lillie is the one who repaired it, so I am certain that he had already moved on."

Serena's heart feels like shattered glass, then she says, "I understand...I can't win his love back...but I deserved it..."

Mark says, "Please cheer up, I know you will find another person who can make you happy." Mark says as he wipes out her tears with his own handkerchief.

Serena asks, "Why...I hurt your Brother the most, and now you are cheering me up... why do you help me..."

Mark says, "I don't know... At first, I thought you are a bully, who comes here to bully my brother again...but I don't know why...I have a mind that says that you aren't a bad person..."

He turns to her and says, "You know... I prefer your smile."

This causes Serena to blush a little. Sure, he isn't Ash. But he looks a lot like him, and he is even as nice as Ash.

Serena smiles at him, she says, "Thank you...Mark..."

Mark says, "No problem. By the way...do you want to hang with us at lunch?"

Serena asks, "Will they accept me...they know how I hurt Ash..."

Mark says, "Don't worry. Our friends aren't the ones who will hold grudge against others, which is why we are the popular group in the school."

Serena says, "I see...Mark. Can I ask you a question?"

Mark opens his water container and asks, "What is it?"

Serena then takes a breath and asks, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Mark almost spits out water, luckily Lucario dodges before getting blasted by it. "Why do you ask that?"

Serena says, "Nothing... I am just curious, that's all."

Mark says, "No, I don't have one...I am not as lucky as my brother."

Serena then says, "Can we hang out...after our class is over? I want to know about you more..."

Mark then starts to form a blush and says, "Um...sure. I'd like to..."

Just then, Ash and Lillie come to Mark and Ash says, "There you are, Mark. Professor Shadow has been worried about you..."

Suddenly, they see Serena besides Mark. Ash isn't angry, but he is trembling.

"Mark, what happened?" Lillie asks, also trembling because the girl is the one that broke Ash's heart. "Why are you with her?"

Serena says, "Ash...I believe this is yours, right?"

She gives him the handkerchief, Ash looks at it and he widens his eyes, "So does that mean..."

Mark says, "Yes, I found her crying here since she is so sorry that not only she forgot you and also bullied you..."

Ash looks at Lillie, who then nods to him. Ash says, "Serena. I am glad that you know what you did is wrong. But...things maybe not be the way it was before. I once loved you, but now it is shattered..."

Serena says, "I know...But still...I am so sorry for the pain I caused you..."

Ash says, "It is okay. We forgive you." Ash says as they share a group hug.

At the lunch time, Serena also joins the group for lunch, the girls are interested in her and then start to talk about one topic to another. Serena feels a little happy as she is accepted into the group.

At the same time, Ash and Lillie are at the Principal's office, as they are requesting something.

"So you want Gladion and Serena to move to the Golden Dorm?" Aurora asks.

"Yes. I am afraid that if they stay with their Kalos Classmates, they will get bullied for being with us." Ash says.

"I know it is unacceptable since the dorm is for the best students..." Lillie says, "But please make an exception..."

Aurora then looks at Professor Sycamore and Professor Nora. She asks, "What do you two think?"

Sycamore says, "Those two are the best students in Kalos High before it is forced to shut down, I guess they can be at the level with the others."

Nora says, "So far Mark and Emily's room are the only ones which don't have two people share a room... so if the two of them agree, then it won't be a problem to me."

Aurora nods and says, "I'll talk to them about this later." She turns to Ash and Lillie. "You two can now be dismissed."

Ash says, "Thank you, Mother." Then they leave the office.

As Ash tells others the news, the others are happy about it. Emily wants Gladion to be with her in the same room, as Gladion doesn't mind.

"So Serena...are you okay to share a room with me?" Mark asks.

Serena is now blushing, she says, "Not at all..."

Minami says, "Then it is decided."

Reisa says, "Indeed. We will be looking forward to having more parties with you."

Serena smiles at them and says, "Thank you, guys."

Here is the new chapter. This time I let Serena being forgiven like the last chapter for Gladion. And this time I ship Mark and Serena. Since Mark is a twin brother of Ash and they look much like the same, so this can be another Amourshipping Ver.2 in the story.

The next chapter: Battle against the bullies.