Hey guys, Jeff here!

First of all, I just want to apologise for the lack of chapters that are coming out for this story. I mean, I posted out my first lemon last week, but at least now it is back to normal ;D

Without further ado, let's get to reading...


'Ash…' Serena thought. 'I remember that name… but where from?'

Serena paused for a moment. She had a quick think for a moment about this thought that went straight to her mind. Interestingly, she was kind of shocked and surprised at the same time about hearing this name, the name of 'Ash'. I mean, she knows that she has heard of it before, she knows she has met him before, but her main problem is that where has she met him, where has she seen him, where has she heard that name. That was her problem.

Ash sighed. "Well, I'm sorry for being late, all right. Jeez, you don't have to be so rough to me."

Gary laughed. "If you haven't been late, then we wouldn't be saying this over and over again."

Ash scratched the back of his head. "My alarm clock woke me up really early, but then again I fell asleep the second I am bothered to do anything."

Paul sighed. "So, that alarm clock didn't work? Wow~"

"Paul! Did you set my alarm at 4:30 in the morning?!" Ash complained with a loud voice.

Paul smiled. "Could have…"

Ash clenched up his fists. "Why you~"

Drew stepped in. "Calm down, Ash. We all know that Paul is the joker around here, so chill…"

Paul sniggered. "Besides, I did you a favour."

Ash crossed his arms. "Oh yeah, what's the deal then?"

Paul smiled. "Well, since you can't get here on time, then I decided to do you a favour… to wake you earlier, so you have time to get ready and get here on time."

Ash froze. He was really shocked about what Paul said to him. To be honest, no one has really told him about his sleeping habits lately, well, expect his mother. No one really bothers to suggest how Ash's sleeping plan is a bit too relaxed, how he just leaves everything in the end and then do it as a rush. In a way, Ash understands why Paul did that to him, setting his alarm like that, I suppose you could say that he was doing it, because he was concerned by his friend, but then again, most of the group will argue back at how it was a practical joke, since that was Paul's specialty, if you can call it that.

Gary laughed. "I suppose that was an elaborate plan."

Misty frowned. "Why would you do that to Ash, Gary?"

"I would say that it was a bit too far setting off Ash's alarm that early in the morning." May added.

Paul sniggered. "Well, it's kind of a necessary thing to do~"

"Hey! Come on guys! You know Serena is still here." Lyra scolded.

To be honest, Serena was actually keeping quiet, but this is actually for a reason, she just wanted to observe them a bit. She knows that she just only met them, so she then decides to get to know them by just watching them doing what they do most of the time, which is what her impression of for this scenario. But then again, she finally understands how their group kind of works through by just observing them; this scenario has given her an impression of how they are a group of friends and how everything is sort of balanced in a way.

Serena smiled shyly. "Oh, don't worry about me…"

Lyra smiled. "Oh, nonsense! You should get to know Ash, because he is going to be your mentor for the next few days whilst you're in the school."

Ash nodded. "Yeah, that's true."

Serena blushed. "Hey Ash, d-do y-you remember me?"

Ash titled his head. "What do you mean? Have we met before?"

Serena immediately shook her head. "Oh, it's nothing! Don't worry about it."

At that point, the school bell rang, indicating to the students outside, including the whole group, that it was time for classes, so everyone then rushed to their respective rooms. The whole group then broke up and went to their separate ways, but then as they all left, they suspiciously looked back at Serena, because of what she had just asked Ash, which definitely interested them, because Ash and Serena have only met each other, but Serena didn't know about this, but she will find out soon enough.

As everyone walked along, leaving Ash and Serena to walk to their classroom. Walking along, Serena noticed that this school is basically like her old school – large hallways, long corridors, classrooms right next to each other with similar sizes, lockers on either side of the hallways and a load of doors and fire exits; therefore there is nothing really special, other than it is of course bigger in size. Interestingly, it wasn't busy where they were heading to, but then again, it was near the end of the school building, which is probably where their classroom is.

Upon arriving to the location of their classroom, Ash opened the door with some force, which made the wooden door creak as it swung wide open, grabbing everyone's attention. Ash immediately apologized as they both located their seats and then sat down before the moment when the teacher walked in, whereby everyone politely greeted the teacher as he walked in.

"Hello everyone! So today, we will start with some basic English Literature." A quite elderly gentleman spoke out loud from the front.

"By the way, my name's Professor Oak. I am the head teacher of this school, but I'm also your teacher for English this school year." He continued.

Then, Professor Oak pointed at Serena. "Well, this year, we are joined by a new transfer student. Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Serena stood up, hiding her blush a bit with her long hair. "H-Hi! I'm Serena! Nice to meet you all!"

Professor Oak smiled. "All right then, let's get started."

At that point, Serena let out a sigh, a sigh of relief that is, which Ash kind of joked about, but then who can blame her, it was her first day in this school after all. To be honest, she only knows Ash in this class and then the rest of her friends are in classes opposite them or maybe even upstairs, so that's not really helpful at all, so no wonder she could be a little bit nervous.

As the lesson for today got underway, it was just normal stuff for Serena. There wasn't anything outstanding or a massive difference to what she had in her old school, since this was the same curriculum that was being taught in her old school. I mean, the only difference that she can spot was that the classes in this school were a lot bigger, since they also had large sized classrooms compared to her old school. This classroom can fit at least 25 people in all at once, but then in her old school, a classroom will struggle to fit at least 20 people inside.

After a few hours passed, the bell rang for the last time, meaning that this was the start of an hour's worth of lunch, since all that they were having were 15 minute break per hour, so it was kind of a relief, especially for Ash, since he definitely disliked the subject, but Serena kind of like the subject, so they were conflicting views, but they didn't mind that at all. Since class was finished for now, they then set off to the hall, where everyone else is likely to be waiting for them, according to Ash.

Ash smiled. "Come on, Serena. Let's head to the hall where the canteen is together."

Serena nodded. "Sure!"

"Ash? Can you wait here for a moment please?" Professor Oak announced quite boldly.

Ash turned around to see the Professor. "Why Professor? Is there something wrong? I need to take Serena to the hall."

Professor Oak put on a straight face. "I know that, but I would like to talk to you for a quick second."

"Well, I'll be waiting for you in the hall with everyone else. I'm sure I can find the way." Serena mentioned before stepping out the room and closing the door behind her.

Serena then walked towards the hall. Following the various signs placed around the school and also after following various people for a bit, which lead the way towards the hall, she finally reached it. Not surprisingly, she found everyone else quite easily. Well, it was not really a hard thing to spot, since Paul and Lyra were having an argument, which made it kind of obvious for Serena to see who it is. She kind of recognised Paul's voice, how it is full of sarcasm and calmness, whereas Lyra is at a bad mood, but this is most likely because of their heated argument.

Paul laughed. "Why would I be nice to late boy? He's always late."

Lyra pouted. "Because he's your friend. Jeez, what's your problem with him?"

"If he wasn't late every day, maybe things will change…" Paul mocked.

Lyra nodded, full of suspicion if Paul is actually telling the truth. "Oh, really? I believe you(!)"

"Chill out you guys, you know Serena's here." Drew mentioned, before everyone turned around to look at Serena.

Misty smiled. "Sorry Serena, we kind of didn't notice you there."

"Yeah, since these two clowns were having some sort of argument amongst themselves." Barry added.

Gary laughed. "Just leave them alone, I'm sure they won't bother you."

May smiled. "Hey Serena, why don't you sit next to me here. We saved you a space."

Serena nodded. "All right then."

As Serena went up to her seat, which they saved especially for her, the group continued to chat amongst themselves before spotting something, how something is missing from them, since they have noticed another spare seat next to where Barry was seating…

Dawn raised her eyebrow quizzically. "Hey Serena, where's Ash? Have you seen him?"

"Yeah, I swear you were in his class, right Serena?" Misty pointed out.

Gary chuckled. "I'm sure Ashy-boy will turn up at some point. No doubt about it."

"Or maybe he has just given up on us?" Paul suggested.

Barry pointed at Paul quite boldly. "Come on Paul, if you're gonna act like that towards him, I'm very tempted to give you a fine."

Paul snorted. "All right then, I'm not gonna say anything."

"Anyway, where's Ash then Serena?" Gary asked politely.

"Well, he's currently talking with Professor Oak back in class." Serena announced.

Drew flicked his hair once again. "What's he doing with the Professor?"

"Yeah, I mean there's nothing wrong, right?" Misty asked with concern.

Serena leaned back. "No, not at all. I mean, I don't really know what they are talking about back there, but I'm sure isn't in any trouble at all."

Paul grinned. "By the way Serena, I want to ask you a question about what you said to Ash this morning…"

(With Ash and Professor Oak)

Ash titled his head. "So Professor, what is it you want to talk about?"

Professor Oak crossed his arms. "Well, I just want to talk about Serena in general."

Ash raised his eyebrow quizzically. "What about her exactly, Professor?"

Professor Oak nodded. "It's about her past… about what she has experienced so far… since you're her guide after all…"

Ash nodded. "All right then Professor, I'm listening…"


There you have it, guys! Chapter 4 is done! Hopefully you have enjoyed this chapter! :D

Wow, what can I say with this chapter! I left sort of cliff-hangers for both conversations, so stick around to find out what happens ;D

By the way, I'm really quite surprised at how hard it is in a way to sustain a lot of characters - keeping it in character and also remembering them more importantly... xD

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