So, here we are... I've been busy, so that means no writing, but that doesn't mean I'm done with this. Oh no.
I've got some BIG plans for this.
I bring you Chapter 5 of What Happens: In the Air and On the Ground.
"Pidgeot!" The Kalos chapion's voice echoed through the forest, startling many Pokémon inside.
"Ash," Serena spoke softly, "how long has it been since you left Pidgeot here?"
Ash smiled sheepishly. "A while. A long while."
"Maybe Pidgeot moved. As you said, it's been a while…" Serena stated, which made Ash bring his head down in shame.
"I should have come back sooner…" Ash said to himself, coldly.
Serena looked at Ash and immediately regretted what she had said. She walked over to Ash, placed her hands on his cheeks, and smiled reassuringly.
"Hey, remember what you told me when we were kids? 'Never give up until the end!'" Serena spoke softly.
"But what if the end has already come?" Ash replied, somberly.
Serena was caught off-guard by Ash's words. The ever-optimistic boy she admired so much, seemed to have withered. She simply couldn't bear seeing Ash like that. Seeing as there as nothing else to try, Serena took the matter into her hands.
She let go of Ash, turned around to the forest, and called out to Pidgeot.
Ash saw her. That girl he had met all those years ago, whose life he saved, who was always concerned for his safety, who he thought of as unique. He saw what she was doing. She was not giving up. And neither should he.
Ash approached Serena, stood beside her, grabbed her hand and called out to the bird Pokémon.
As if on cue, a gust of wind blew past the trainers, sending Serena's hat flying and Ash's Pikachu hanging to his trainer's coat for safety. After that, there was a chirp. A chirp that lifted their hearts, and brought a smile to their faces.
"Pidjo!"
"Pidgeot!" Ash and Serena exclaimed as the bird Pokémon landed softly beside them. Ash let go of Serena's hand, excited as he was to run over to Pidgeot. Seeing Ash pet the bird Pokémon, his oldest Pokémon since Pikachu made Serena smile. She even laughed a bit when Pidgeot used its wing to tackle Ash to the ground and started tickling its trainer. It truly was a sight to behold.
"Pidgeot, do you mind taking us to Pallet Town?" Ash requested. Pidgeot complied and nodded at the trainers, telling them it was okay to climb to climb aboard. Ash climbed first and placed himself behind Pidgeot's neck, shortly before the wings. Having positioned himself correctly, he held his hand out to Serena, who gladly took it. After climbing onto Pidgeot's back, Serena wrapped her hands around Ash, both for stability and comfort, something Ash had started to enjoy.
"Ready, Serena?" Ash questioned.
"Ready, Ash!" Serena replied.
Ash commanded Pidgeot to fly and, before she knew it, Serena was admiring the peaceful and quiet atmosphere of the outskirts of Pallet Town. The grassy fields made the town feel so calm and inviting, Serena wondered for a second what it would be like to live there. "Perhaps one day, when Ash and I get married," she thought.
Suddenly, Pidgeot began to cry and slide to the right. Ash grabbed Pikachu and put it inside his bag.
"Ash, what's happening?" Serena queried.
"I don't know, but I don't like it," he commented.
Pidgeot began to fall even more to the right, and the teens were struggling to hold on, but eventually it was too much and Serena fell. Ash grabbed her as best he could but it was not enough.
Falling from such a great height caused Serena to yell in fear, while Ash watched, powerless to save her…
A scream startled the pair. As they looked around them, it became evident to them the sound had its origin above them and, just as they realized it, a young girl became visible falling from the heavens.
May didn't think twice. Releasing a Pokémon from its Pokéball, she called out a command.
"Venusaur, catch her with Vine Whip!"
Two large vines sprang out and caught the girl in mid-air, saving her from her doom.
Serena could only stare in awe at the majestic Pokémon which saved her life. The large crown protruding from the flower in its back is simply delightful, Serena thought, as she scanned the Pokémon with the Pokédex:
"Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. There is a large flower on Venusaur's back. The flower is said to take on vivid colors if it gets plenty of nutrition and sunlight. The flower's aroma soothes the emotions of people."
"Thank Arceus you're okay! You're okay, aren't you?" A girl shouted as Serena was being pulled towards Venusaur.
"Yes, I am, thanks to you and your Venusaur. I fell from Pidgeot and that would have been been quite a rough landing…" Serena replied as the girl told Venusaur to return to its Pokéball.
"You have a Pidgeot?" The young boy next to the girl questioned.
"No, not me, my boy- my friend does…" It was only then it hit her. She barely survived that fall. The tears started welling up in her eyes until she could no longer contain them.
"Why are you crying?" The girl asked, concerned.
"I've been travelling with a friend. He's my everything, and I almost died just now, without having told him I love him." Serena explained, sobbing.
"Girl stuff…" The boy stated.
"Max! Can't you see she's upset?"
"This is your department, May. Do that thing you did when Drew broke up with Soledad." Max responded.
"Look", May tried to appease the sobbing girl, rubbing her back, "you're alive. Focus on that. Next time you see him, go right ahead and kiss him. Words are cheap. Don't tell him, show him."
All of a sudden, the wind picked up as a large flying Pokémon approached them.
"Serena!" A voice echoed though the fields north of Pallet Town.
"Wait…" May whispered.
"I know that voice…" Max remarked.
The bird Pokémon landed near them, and Ash came running towards Serena. At the sight of him, the Kalos Queen immediately got up and ran to her friend, astonishing the siblings. Once they met, they embraced each other and, just when Serena was about to act on her savior's advice, they hear a voice…
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Alf."
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Expect more of this, but don't expect it soon. I should be editing images...