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Stupidity Does Not Earn You Heaven

by: Season Of Magic

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It was hard to believe that a month has passed since Dawn and Brianna had come to live in Kanto. In that month nothing much had occurred. Dawn went to work while May babysat Brianna, Gary and Tracey worked at the lab and Ash worked in the same building as Dawn. With work keeping them busy and Brianna starting school soon they had decided that Saturdays would be their hangout day. You see, hangout day was really just that; A day where they could relax and get together to discuss their previous week's activity.

In the first Saturday, Dawn still had no clue what to do with the thousand pokecoin check she had gotten from Ginny. She had called and called the entire week but either Ginny would hang up without letting her explain why she could not take so much money, or she would not pick up at all. In the end Gary had come up with a better solution to the problem.

"Put the money towards Brianna's future Pokemon journey." He had said that first Saturday night that they were hanging around Dawn's house and eating pizza. Dawn instantly agreed and that was the end of that conversation.

It was now Monday, roughly around seven in the morning and Brianna was coming down the stairs with her backpack in tow. May was supposed to come by at eight to pick her up to take her to school which started at nine for the first week. After that, it was eight.

Brianna had wanted to eat breakfast with her mother which is why she had placed her alarm to wake her up a little earlier than planned. She woke up, brushed her teeth, took a bath and dressed up all by herself and by six forty five nonetheless.

Not bad for a seven year old hmmm?

How a seven year old could do this without being told is beyond anyone's guess but the truth is that although Brianna had inherited her mother's good looks, she clearly had her father's brain.

You can say Brianna is quite the smart child, so smart in fact that back in Sinnoh the school she used to go to was a private institution for gifted kids like her. Back in that school she did not need to worry about her real name, since the school was funded by the parents, and since she was protected by their code of secrecy they could not say a word about her real identity to anyone outside school grounds.

Here in Kanto there was no private institution so for once in her life she would have to go to a normal school like everyone her age. It did not upset her one bit; in fact it made her glad. She just had to remember to tone down her knowledge...

And that's the story of how she got to this point, in the stairs early morning, all dressed and ready for school. Wearing her uniform which consisted of a dark blue sweater with white stitches, a black shirt and a knee length skirt similar to the sweater. Students could wear their own choice in shoes so she had long white socks and short black lace free boots. Her waist long blue hair was currently in curls with a ribbon elegantly placed in the middle.

Brianna hopped the stairs one at time and placed her backpack in the couch. She then walked over to the refrigerator and took out the ingredients with which to make a sandwich.

"Two slices of bread, Swiss cheese, Munster cheese, lettuce, tomato, ketchup and mayonnaise." she uttered to herself as she got a Styrofoam plate and a plastic knife too. Placing all the ingredients in the table plus a orange juice and a plastic cup she sat down to get to work. Five minutes later she was done so she decided to do one for her mother too but instead of the Munster cheese she placed two slices of ham. She stared at the sandwiches sadly. They were done but she did not like eating a un-toasted sandwich. Her mother had told her that appliances were a no-no so she could not toast them.

What a problem.

Gentle footsteps brought her out from her thoughts and she could only stare as Dawn took the plate from the table and placed the sandwiches into the toaster then looked at her oddly. "What are you doing up so early sweetie?"

"Morning mommy," Brianna replied as she went to the refrigerator and placed everything back. "And nothing really, I just wanted us to eat together."

"So this has nothing to do about you perhaps being nervous about your first day of school?"

Brianna shook her head. "Not really," she said and she smirked. "Why would I be afraid? I bet I'll get skipped at least two grades by the end of the week."

"Bri honey, you promised you'd behave." Dawn warned her daughter.

"I promised I would try. Did not say anything about it being a guarantee."

Dawn shook her head amused. Brianna would be the death of her.

Chimes from the doorbell could be heard and Brianna went to the living room, running to the door and glanced out the window. She grinned. "Mom, it's May and Ash."

Dawn was placing coffee on the coffee machine. "If it's them you can open the door." She said.

Brianna opened the door. Ash waved and May smiled. Ash had two bags at hand and May had one. "Morning Bri!" they both said walking into the house.

"Someone seems excited today. Could it be because of how cute they look in their new school uniform?" May teased.

Brianna grinned and twirled around. "I do look cute don't I?"

Ash laughed as he pat her on the head. "The cutest monster I've ever seen," he said and Brianna pouted. "Hey I was only kidding..." He took one of the bags and waved it in front of her but then took it back when she tried to reach for it. "I guess you don't want this then?"

Brianna pouted even more and May complied to her by taking the bag from Ash and handing it to her. "Oh fine here you go you're just too adorable!"

Brianna smirked and took the bag wondering what could be inside. She opened it to reveal a light blue Pokétch which held her name in Unknown letters engraved in the back.

Ash placed his hands behind his head. "I didn't know what to get you," he admitted. "The Pokétch seemed like the better choice since it has a lot of things to do like apps and stuff. I thought you might find it useful and entertaining at the same time."

Brianna wanted to cry at his thoughtfulness so she just dropped the box and ran to tackle him. "Thank you!" She uttered out.

Ash was breathless for a bit but then regained enough oxygen to squeak out a; "No problem."

Dawn walked over to them confusedly, wondering what could have made her daughter so overjoyed. She looked to the watch in her tiny hands and she gasped. "Woah is that the new Pokétch?"

Brianna grinned as she put her hand out so Ash could place it on her wrist. "Yeah! Ash got it for me isn't it cool?"

"It must have cost a fortune... Ash she can't accept a gift like this."

Ash shook his head. "It's no problem. Think of it as a starting the school year present for her."

"But..."

"No buts. Besides..." He said as he passed Dawn the other bag. "I might have gotten you one as well..."

"What? Ash!"

Ash shook his head again. "You said you needed a new one. Don't worry about it."

"I can't..." She started and then shook her head. "We can't accept this."

"But mommy look it has my name and everything. I think yours might too." and Brianna took the bag and opened the box inside to take out a dark blue Pokétch that indeed held Dawn's name engraved in Unknown letters in the back.

Dawn sighed. "You are unbelievable," she uttered out. "You could have at least warned me you were going to do this."

Ash laughed. "And ruin the surprised look on your face?" He teased. "I think not!" He said as he placed it on her wrist.

"Besides think about it this way; now you won't be late anymore." May said as she opened up her bag and passed both Brianna and Dawn a couple of small chips. "These are the latest addition to the Pokétch. I got Brianna a Pokétch calling app that way she can keep in touch with us and us with her, a virtual Pokémon Pet and a fifty poke coin balance so she can buy apps if she wants to, I also added a tracker just in case. And for you Dawn I got the same minus the tracker. Enjoy!"

"Oh yeah that reminds me I also got you both a two hundred poke coin balance, It's already in the Pokétch," Ash said. "Tracey and Gary pooled in to get you a hundred poke coin gift card as well."

Brianna and Dawn could only stare mouth agape.

"Okay now you are all overdoing it. We can't accept this much." Brianna said

May waved her hand and Ash went towards the refrigerator to get some food. "Don't worry about it. You're our friends and as such we deserve the right to spoil you as much as we want."

Brianna went to the table to eat her sandwich. "I'll let it slide for now only because I was so looking forward to asking my mother to get me this Pokétch for Christmas but now I got it earlier."

"I'm not letting this slide. Ash, May I'm paying for everyone's expenses for the next three months of our hangout days."

Ash laughed as he sat down and bit into an apple. "Ha! Like we'd actually let you."