Welcome back guys, here's the next update. I only have about a week until summer school finishes and then it's finally summer. Thank the beehives! I've been waiting for so long.

Anyways, enjoy.

The weekend had passed in the blink of an eye and now it's Monday again. I was still trying to get over the fact that Ash was my neighbour now and it was harder than it seemed. Staying at Ash's place was unbearable, due to the fact that Ash made smart-ass comments every two seconds and it frustrated me to the point where I wanted to pull out my hair, boil it, cook it and make Ash eat it. His mere presence irritated me, so how I was going to handle being Ash's neighbour was beyond me.

And today was the day for the showcase of the pair dance that was given to us almost two weeks ago. Ash and I had practiced a bit over the weekend, but not much, since Ash was smug and insisted that it be left up to him, since he was the famous "dancin' legend." I rolled my eyes mentally as I tried to focus in Math class.

"Hey, Dawn, can I borrow your notes?" Gary asked besides me. I looked towards him and gave him a sheepish laugh.

"Are you kidding me? You actually think I take notes?" I asked incredulously.

"Oh right." He replied, laughing, "I'll just ask Zoey," He said and I nodded before the teacher noticed that we were talking and I'd have to face her wrath.

While my teacher was explaining something about simultaneous equations, I looked to see May and Drew sitting together. May seemed really happy now that those two had their feelings out in the open. I was genuinely happy for her.

Suddenly, a paper plane landed on my desk and I cocked my head at it confusion. I eyed around the room, looking for anybody suspicious. Not noticing anybody, I unfolded the paper plane and saw something scribbled.

'Make an excuse and come out. Meet me in the bathroom.'

The sender was anonymous so I couldn't pinpoint on who it was exactly. But that didn't keep me from wondering who it was. I made an excuse to go to the bathroom and walked towards there.

As I entered, I noticed the bathroom empty, so I waited for a while. Two minutes had passed so I scoffed silently to myself as I began cursing whoever did this to me as I began to walk out.

"Dawn!"

I stopped in my tracks as I heard the familiar voice. Before I turned around, I instantly knew who it was.

"Serena," I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes, "I should have known that you did this." I said.

"Well, now that you're here, I want to make something clear to you." She said, stepping close up to me, to intimidate me, "I heard Ash is your neighbour." She started.

"Yeah, unfortunately," I muttered bitterly, grimacing at the thought.

"Yeah, it better be unfortunate because you better not be stealing my man! It's bad enough that you're his dancing partner." She threatened viciously. I looked at her in astonishment and rolled my eyes.

"Okay, what the heck is wrong with you?! You honestly called me in the bathroom to talk about this?! And for the last time, I have no interest in your disgusting boyfriend! Don't you understand you demented blonde bitch?!" I found myself slightly surprised at my choice of words there, but I couldn't help it. Serena irritated me, almost as much as Ash.

"You're the stealing man whore!" She retorted, and then she began to pull my hair.

"Ahhh!" I winced in pain, as she pulled even harder.

"There better not be anything between you two. Otherwise, I'll make sure that your life is so miserable that you'll regret ever setting foot in this school!" She said and then pushed me, violently. Unfortunately, I lost my balance and ended up tripping and fell on the floor. I rubbed my head to soothe the pain.

"Hm." She now smirked, "I actually pity you, Dawn. Look at you on the floor – hey, while you're at it, you can eat some of the dust on the floor there, I'm sure it'll suit you, just like the rotten trash you are." She laughed mercilessly.

I popped a vein in anger and clenched my fists together, "Why you little –"

"Why don't you save those words for yourself, you know after you're done sleeping with the entire male population in our grade?" She interrupted and then she smiled maliciously before she walked out of the bathroom.

When she walked out, I couldn't hold it in anymore and I began to let out loud, tearful sobs, not at the physical way she assaulted me, but at the words she had told me. I took her words to heart and just continued to cry. I know I should have been stronger and insulted her back to prove myself, but I was just weak in this situation.

For a while, I continued crying until I felt someone touch my shoulder. I looked up and saw a worried May.

"What happened?! You were gone for a long time and I was really worried when you weren't going to come back and then I came here and saw that you were crying and –" I cut her off, when I reached out and hugged May and continued to sob on her shoulders. I could notice May tense for a while until she patted my back for comfort.

"Dawn. Stop, why are you crying?!" She exclaimed in worry.

"Se – Serena," I stammered, "She threatened me but this time, she really hurt me, May. S - she's a huge bitch!" I continued crying on her shoulders.

"Okay, okay, wait, stop crying for a second." She said and I sniffled a bit, trying to control my tears, "Now let's get out of here and then you can tell what happened. It's lunch anyways." She said and I slowly nodded, trying to recompose myself.

"Really? Serena did something like that to you?" May exclaimed in disbelief. I nodded.

"Yeah, she did and I don't even understand. I know those two don't like each other, so why is Serena so possessive over Ash?" I asked.

May just shrugged, "I don't know, Dawn. It's confusing." She sighed, "But are you're okay now?"

I smiled, "I'm fine now. Thanks, May. You're a really good friend."

We were at the cafeteria tables eating lunch and I had just told May what had happened between Serena and I. May was astonished that Serena would steep so low to get what she wanted. I was surprised myself as well, because Serena and I would normally just fight like cats and dogs but what happened earlier…that was no dog and cat, that was more like bullying or blackmailing.

I began to take a bite out of my hot dog, trying to forget what happened when Kenny smiled and sat down next to us. "Hey, Dawn."

I smiled, "Hey, Kenny." Truly, seeing Kenny was a big relief. While it was true that I still hadn't exactly began to develop feelings for Kenny, seeing his smile made my day a little bit better.

"I heard what happened. I'm so sorry." He said with an apologetic smile on his face, referring to Serena.

"Oh, no need to worry! I'm fine now." I said, putting a reassuring smile on my face.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

May rolled her eyes, "Yes, she is." She said, her tone filled with annoyance and I laughed.

"How was your weekend?" Kenny asked, ignoring May's comment.

Before I could answer, I noticed Drew and Gary coming over at our lunch table. I eyed May in astonishment and she seemed to be wondering the same thing.

"Why are Drew and Gary coming this way?" Kenny voiced our thoughts out and we simply shrugged in response.

"Sup ladies," Gary nonchalantly said as the two boys sat down next. Gary was currently seated next to Kenny while Drew sat next to May, who didn't really have a problem with it.

"Uhh…" I drawled out, "What are you guys doing here? You've never sat with us before."

"Well, today's an exception." Gary said and I raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Is today opposite day?" Kenny joked and Gary swatted his head.

"No, moron!" He rolled his eyes, "Today is 'the day of the Dawn'" Gary said, looking at me.

"Or otherwise known as the day where we make Dawn feel better." Drew clarified.

May looked at the two boys in utter shock, "You guys know what happened with Dawn?" She asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" I asked.

"Well, come on don't you think we're smart enough to know what happened?" Gary asked nonchalantly as he began to lean back against the chair, smirking. Everyone, even Kenny, couldn't believe that and was giving him a dubious look.

"Okay, we might have seen Serena walk out of the girls bathroom and heard you crying." Gary rolled his eyes.

I groaned in embarrassment, "Great, now I'm even more embarrassed." I face-palmed.

"Don't be, Dawn. Serena doesn't know what she's doing." Kenny said and I removed my palm from my face to see Kenny.

"Yeah, she's a real pain the ass. We hate her." Drew said. I noticed Drew's arm around May and if the guys weren't being so nice right now, I probably would have made a smug comment about it.

"You do?" I asked in disbelief. "Even the guys hate her!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, but she wasn't always like this." Gary stated matter-of-factly.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah, in fact, I remember when Ash and Serena first started to go out. Serena was really nice back then and she was pleasant to be around with. She and Ash were just so in love and now, I have no idea what crawled Serena's ass and died." Gary explained.

"Oh yeah!" May exclaimed, "I remember. She used to always be cheerful and respectful to everybody but now it seems like she has a sour taste in her mouth." May commented.

"So, what happened? Why is she being like this?" I asked.

"We have no idea. Time passed and she just changed." Drew shrugged, "She's gotten crazier and crazier every day and even more crazy about Ash. I just don't know what the fuck's wrong with her."

"Then why doesn't Ash just break up with her?" Kenny was the one who spoke this time.

"If I had a dollar for every time I asked that to Ash and he doesn't give me an exact reason why, I'd be fucking rich and rolling around in money," Gary said dramatically, "I mean, seriously just dump the bitch." He exclaimed.

The group remained silent for a while until Kenny said, "Well, I'll be back, I have to take out some books from my locker." He said and then he looked at me and smiled. I returned the gesture and he walked away.

"Oooh~ Dawn has a boyfriend, eh?" Drew said, wiggling his eyebrows in suggestion.

"Pshh, says the one who has an arm around May." I said with a smug smile on my face. May blushed in embarrassment while Gary and I laughed a bit.

"Whatever," Drew rolled his eyes.

I skimmed around the cafeteria and noticed Ash around the corner of my eye, but he wasn't facing my direction, but rather he was talking to Serena…and they seemed to be arguing. But the couple was out of ear reach so I had no clue of what they were saying to each other.

Suddenly, Serena scoffed and walked towards another direction and I could notice Ash sigh until he turned around. I looked away, before he could notice me staring at him in curiosity. Why did he seem so upset? And what were they arguing about? I daringly looked up at Ash again and he was looking around and suddenly his eyes were on me. I widened my eyes in shock when I noticed him giving me a somewhat sympathetic look towards my way. I just turned away to avoid his gaze.

I guessed Ash must have found out about everything.

"Hey, Dawn why don't you just tell the principal about Serena?" May asked.

"Are you kidding me?" I exclaimed in disbelief, "If I do that, Serena will make my life miserable."

"But you can't just do nothing otherwise she'll just continue to take advantage of you." Gary reasoned.

And before I could reply, the bell had rung, "We'll talk about this later. Let's head to class."

The rest of the school day had passed and now we were in dance club and it was time to showcase our performances. I was dressed in a red sleeveless dress while Ash was dressed in a white buttoned up shirt that was tucked in, some black pants and a black coat to cover the white shirt.

"Okay, class," The instructor said as she clapped her hands together, "Now as you know today will be the result of your dances today, so show me what you've got." She said excitedly. "Okay, up first, let's have Kenny and Zoey!" She said.

Kenny and Zoey, wearing matching outfits, walked up to the front of the class. They eyed the classroom for a bit and we were eagerly waiting for them to start. I scrunched up my eyebrows in confusion as they just remained standing still, until I heard a metal 'tap!' on the floor.

My eyes widened as I noticed Kenny hit the floor in a rhythmic motion as he began tap-dancing. Zoey, beside him, was holding his hand and she was swaying her hips to every beat as he did so. They had begun to walk and tap dance at the same time and I swear I had eyes as dinner plates when Zoey cartwheeled across the floor.

Next, Kenny began to stand upon a chair and tap-dance to instrumental music that was being played on the radio and then Zoey had done matching moves underneath him. It was flowing in sync and I, along with the entire class, seemed really impressed. Gary had his mouth agape, while Drew had his jaw dropped and Ash…had a neutral expression, as if he was actually bored. I rolled my eyes at him.

Soon enough, the performance ended when Kenny jumped off the chair and made a devastating mistake of trying to do splits and everyone flinched in expectation when he exclaimed, "Oh!" He winced, red growing upon his cheeks, "A little help here?"

Zoey just chuckled sheepishly as she attempted to get Kenny back to his feet and soon enough they bowed, while everyone clapped (but some were teasing Kenny for his little 'incident' earlier).

"That was excellent, Kenny and Zoey! A bit messed up at the ending, though, but everything was perfect. The choreography was in sync, you demonstrated good dancing skills and most of all, you looked amazing. Great job!" The instructor said.

And the rest of the performances continued for about forty minutes. Drew and May had done well, in my opinion, they had been assigned the task of contemporary dance and they performed well together. Gary and Misty had been assigned hip-hop, and while Gary was performing the dance well, let's just say that Misty had thrown it off.

"Okay…now the last performance of the day is…Ash and Dawn." The instructor said. Ash and I eyed each other and we headed up front to perform.

I took a glance around the class and took a deep breath. The instructor looked at us curiously and then Ash held out a hand in my direction. Smiling, I took my hand in his and we commenced.

Ash started by spinning me around, three times before I started to sway my hips to and fro when he had one hand in mines and one across my waist. I could swear, Ash was looking at me with so much passion, that my breath nearly hitched. Then, I put my left arm out gracefully as I looked to the other side, while Ash did the same. Then he snaked his arm around me and lifted me up in the air, spinning me around slowly as he did so. He put me down gently and then dipped me downwards, then brought me back up again.

This continued for a while, until I was spun around vigorously several times until Ash caught me and dipped me. The performance ended when he brought me back up and we striked posed in the air. Soon enough, I could hear clapping echoing in the room.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" The instructor said, clapping, "You two were great, I just knew you two would work well together. The chemistry between you two is just amazing and your salsa dancing was in perfect sync. Ash, excellent work as usual."

"Thank you." Ash replied smugly. I rolled my eyes.

"And Dawn, you were fabulous too! I'd say you almost beat Ash in terms of dancing."

With that comment in mind, I turned towards Ash, smirked and stuck out my tongue towards him. He scoffed, "Wow, real mature."

"I know I am," I winked and then we sat down in our respective seats.

"Okay, all of the performances were really great today! So, as promised, the pair who gets the prize for the best performance…is a tie." She said and we all grew excited. "And the winners are…"

"Kenny and Zoey and Ash and Dawn!" She exclaimed and we all squealed in excitement.

"Yay!" I screamed as we headed up towards her. We took the wrapped gifts from her and thanked her as we sat down again. I wondered what was in here…it was rather big.

"Okay class, before you leave, as you all you know that there is the big dancing competition coming up. This is where all of the members of the dance club participate in a friendly competition and at the end of the competition, you will win prizes and more. And once you're the winner, you're also going to be declared as the dancing legend!" She started and everyone mumbling in sheer excitement, "And here we have the five time winner – Ash Ketchum," She pointed. The class applauded and he motioned his hands for everyone to settle down. Idiot.

"So, to sign up, you're going to have to sign up at the flyer in the school office. Once you've signed up, you will receive details about it sooner or later about the completion via email. The competition could start next month, next week, I don't know, but it depends on the details."

This was the competition that I would defeat Ash in…and nothing was going to stop me from proving myself who I was.

"Okay, enjoy the rest of your day, class!"

"Come on May, I want to go sign up!" I said excitedly, dragging May with me to the office.

"Okay!" She giggled, "I wanted to sign up as well, anyways." May said sheepishly.

"That's awesome, have you ever won?" I asked as we approached the office.

"Umm, no. I've never won, but it's nice to participate in these things." She said.

"Don't worry, we'll have fun, because this year, I'm gonna be the dancin' legend!" I exclaimed, proudly as I turned towards the lady who had a bored expression on her face.

"Excuse me, we'd like to sign up for the dance competition," I politely said and then she just irritably sighed and handed us a sheet of paper. Grinning excitedly, we quickly filled out the form and gave our email addresses and phone numbers before returning the form to the lady.

"I am so excited. I wonder when the first competition is." I said to May, who just shrugged in response.

"We'll just wait until we get texts and see," She said, "But yeah, I'm pretty excited too."

We started walking down the hallways, "So…are you going out with Drew?"

May instantly blushed, "Yeah. We're going out Friday night."

"That's awesome, May! I'm really happy for you." I said.

"Yeah, I decided to take your advice. Hopefully, it works out," She said to me.

"It will work out," I started, "Trust me, you two make a great couple." I smiled and she returned the smile. I had to admit, Drew could be a bit egoistical, but looking back when him and Gary were talking to me and trying to cheer me up, I could tell that Drew did care about people genuinely and that included May.

Suddenly, I noticed Kenny talking to Serena for a second before he turned around and looked towards us. I raised an eyebrow in confusion and then he began to walk up to me.

"Hey, what were you talking to Serena about?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh…uhh…well, just about how she shouldn't have acted that way to you this morning." He stammered a bit. I was a bit sceptical at first but then I smiled.

"Kenny, I told you, there's no need to worry!"

"But that's when I worry the most." He frowned.

I rolled my eyes, "I appreciate it Kenny, really, but you didn't have to do that. Thank you."

"I could do anything for you. Even if it involved Serena insulting me as well…" He chuckled sheepishly as he scratched his hair.

"Awww…" May gushed and I rolled my eyes.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye!"

The rest of the day passed and I was watching a movie in my room to pass the time, instead of doing my homework. It was a good thriller movie and right now, I was curled up in a blanket with a bowl of popcorn. The scary music along with the darkness of the room only made the movie that much more frightening. The door opened in the movie and out came a freaky clown, allowing me to scream in my pillow like a mad woman. I was terrified of clowns. They really creeped me out.

"Dawn!" My mom opened my door and turned on the light.

I came out from underneath my blanket, "Mom!" I exclaimed. "What are you doing, you just spoilt the mood." I sulked.

"I heard you scream…" She said and then she looked at the TV screen, "Of course…clowns."

"You know how terrified I am of them," I stated matter-of-factly.

"Maybe you should start your homework."

"Hmm…I just realized that I'm more terrified of homework than clowns, sooo…." I said, trying to hold back a grin.

"Dawn, do your homework." She instructed. I rolled my eyes as I shut off the TV. I did promise her that I would focus on my education and keep it as my priority so I heeded to her words.

As I was trying to do a math problem, I heard a tapping on my window and I flinched. For a while, nothing happened and I resumed doing the problem. Then, I heard the tapping noise again. Curious, I walked over to the window, opened the blinds and my jaw dropped when I saw Ash.

I opened the window, "What are you doing here?!"

"Hey neighbour!" He grinned, "Aren't you going to let me in?"

"No," I replied dryly, "Now get away from my window." I commanded.

"Make me," He dared.

I shrugged, "Okay." And I attempted to push him off, making him flinch in worry.

"Okay, okay," He said, worriedly, "Geez, I don't want to die yet,"

"You do realize that you're standing near my house, right?"

"I do."

I scoffed in reply and was about to walk away, when he got a hold of my arm. I looked towards him when he gave me a soft expression, "I just want to apologize on behalf of Serena."

I looked at him incredulously, "I don't need some kind of pity apology, especially not from you." I retorted.

"I know she hurt you, Dawn!" He yelled as he looked at me. I actually couldn't believe Ash was reacting this way for me. Did he honestly care that much about me? "And you never deserved it."

I took my hand back, "Why do you of all people care? You're Serena's girlfriend and even so, you've never cared about her, so why do you care if she hurt me?"

"Because she hurt the person I care about!" He said and I suddenly stopped.

Silence.

I bit my lip, "Why, Ash? Why do you care?"

He sighed, "I don't know…" He said, trailing off as he passed a hand through his auburn hair. "I just do."

Not knowing what to say, I quickly cleared my throat and said, "I have to go. Mom would kill me if she saw me not doing my homework."

"Wai –" He started to say but I closed the blinds and I proceeded to continue doing my homework.

But, let's just say that homework took a long time getting done.

And now, I can say that this story is officially getting off to a start. This is the main part of the story and it will get more and more interesting. So stay tuned for next time on the Dancin Legend.

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