Oliverqueen01- Welcome to Chapter 2, Nothing much going on here except for some introductions to other characters and learning about them. Anyway enough of me blabbing disclaimer time.

I do not own pokemon. If i did Ash would age and be not oblivious lol but in all seriousness Pokemon belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak and the TPCI. Please support the official release.

Whoo what a mouthful now on to the story!


Chapter 2: Learning about Ash and meeting his friends: Gary, Dawn and May

*forgot to mention last chapter: this story is set 1 week after the school year starts.

Ash and Serena entered the classroom, they sat down at the back waiting for the teacher to come. The classroom was was slowly filling up with students. Three students were standing out to her.

The first was a girl with blue hair and blue eyes just like her own. She was wearing a pink and white beanie on her head. The girl's outfit consisted of a red scarf around her neck, a black and white top, a bracelet on her right hand, a watch on her left, black socks and pink boots.

The next was a girl again but unlike the previous girl this one had light brown hair with two large pieces sticking out under her green bandana, this girl had also had blue eyes, she had on a orange and black top, a yellow backpack, white gloves, a green fanny pack, black biker shorts, black socks, and red and white sneakers.

Finally there was a brown spiky haired boy. He had black eyes. He was wearing a black shirt, a purple pendant around his neck, a white backpack, grey jeans and black shoes.

The three of them, made their way to Ash and her and began to talk.

"So Gary I still see your still in one piece after this morning" Snickered Ash.

"Ha your funny, After I got done with gramps I ran into these two in the hallway talking about the test today in Bio."

"Gary, this test is worth 5% of our grade, remember?" asked the girl with the blue hair.

"I know, but remember I do my best studying by not studying at all." Gary replied.

"Same old Gary, you will never change will you?" asked the brown haired girl.

"Nope, why change perfection?" Gary said with a smirk on his face.

Ash and the two girls sighed. Then realization set in that Ash hadn't introduced Serena to the others.

"Oh! Where are my manners, Serena these guys are Gary Oak, May Miniami and Dawn Hikari my best friends, Guys this is Serena Yoshida." Ash said as he introduced them to Serena.

"Hi, Welcome to Pallet town CI, it's finally time we got another female to hang around us good job Ash." May joked.

"Thank you, I just actually moved to Kanto with my mom last weekend." Serena explained.

"Just in time too, well you'll meet the other members of our gang at lunch, speaking of that when's yours?" asked Dawn.

"Same as us." Ash replied.

"How do you know that?" asked Gary

"Your grandfather aka Principal Oak asked me to help Serena get used to this place for the next little while." Ash responded.

"Nice, it's 8:10 that old fart will be here soon we'll all meet up at lunch at the usual spot?" asked Gary

Ash, Dawn and May nodded as the standing trio went to their seats.

"Ash is Gary really principal Oak's grandson?" asked Serena

"Ya, Gary's been living with him since he's been young, he lost his parents at young age and he's been living with principal Oak ever since."

"I wouldn't be able to tell that about him just by looking at him."

"Most people wouldn't but I've known him since we were 6 and he hides it well, but I know it still hurts him a bit even if he won't admit it to anyone."

"Strong guy, anyway Ash what did he mean by the usual spot?" asked Serena curiously

"Oh there's a spot where a bunch of us sit at lunch big enough for us all to sit at, don't worry your sitting with us." Ash grinned at her.

Serena returned the smile, inside her mind she thought Ash was a good person along with the three friends of his that she met and she hoped the rest of his friends would turn out the same. She was about to ask him another question when the door opened to reveal a man in his 30's with black somewhat curly hair and light blue eyes. His skin was a light peach colour. He was wearing a blue plaid shirt, a tie with pokeballs for a design, black slack pants and brown shoes. He was also carrying a black briefcase and black leather jacket. On his face was a pair of black glasses.

Ash told Serena to come with him to introduce her to the teacher.

"Good morning Mr. Wells."

"Good morning Ash, who is this young lady?"

"This is Serena Yoshida she's a new transfer student from Kalos, Principal Oak said he would send out an e-mail later to all her teachers." Ash explained to the older man.

"I see, well thank you Ash I will take it from here." Wells told Ash. Ash nodded and headed back to his seat.

"Well Ms. Yoshida, My name is Andrew Wells, but you will refer to me as Mr. Wells." Said Wells as he introduced himself

Serena nodded, as Wells went on.

"Now I'm sure Principal Oak or Mr. Ketchum explained what homeroom is for." asked Wells

"Principal Oak did, he said it was where my first period teacher basically takes attendance and we can go to the teacher in charge at anytime if we want to talk about anything." Serena stated to Wells.

"Indeed, Now seeing as I double as your homeroom and english teacher you will have to take a comprehension test tomorrow as I will need to grade your reading and writing level to know how to help you succeed." explained Wells

"What will this test be composed of?" asked Serena

"Just the standard here's an article you will read and argue/defend your stance on it in a five paragraph essay model. Nothing too challenging" Wells explained with a smile.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Wells" Serena said as she thanked him.

"My pleasure, now if you stay up here a little longer so I can introduce you to the rest of the class, Ms. Yoshida." Wells told her.

Serena nodded as Wells got the attention of the class to begin the morning.

"Good morning Class, I hope you had a good weekend to relax and unwind as I have the results of your writing test last week, but as your probably wondering who this is standing before you well I will stop talking and let her introduce herself." Wells told the class as he sat down at his desk leaving Serena alone.

Serena was nervous but she looked at Ash, Gary, Dawn and May giving her a thumbs up boosting her confidence allowing her to speak.

"Hi, my name is Serena Yoshida, I moved here last weekend from the Kalos region with my mom who is a professional Rhyorn racer, I'm hoping to get to know everyone over the coming days." Serena said as she finished with a smile.

"Well, what more can be said class, Serena go ahead and sit next to Ash. So we can move on with the lesson for today" Wells instructed her as she went back to sit next to Ash. Ash smiled at her assuring her she did good. Serena was starting to get use to Ash and his positivity. It was something she was sure that would grow on her.

1 hour later...

"And that Mr. Oak is how you cite your resources properly, now are there any questions about anything before I wrap up and let you go early to your next class?"

Serena raised her hand.

"Yes, Serena?"

"Are we going to cover parallel structure at all this year? Because I have difficultly with it." asked Serena hesitantly.

"Indeed we will, when we focus on types of essay formats which will be next month or the other I have to check my schedule" Wells answered.

Serena nodded as Wells asked if anyone else had questions, when no one else raised their hands Wells dismissed the class.

Outside the class...

"So Serena, how'd you find your first class?" asked Dawn

"Not too bad, I just have to get through my comprehension test tomorrow." Said Serena

"Don't worry those aren't too bad, just make sure you can argue your points well and you'll be fine." Dawn assured her.

"I can, english aside from parallel structure is one of my strongest subjects, along with math and art."

"Art really? How well can you draw?" asked May

"Well I own a Fenniken, Pancham and Sylveon at home and I drew them really well. I'll bring the sketch tomorrow."

"Cool, what class do you have now?" asked May

"I have a spare." Serena stated

"Cool, Dawn and I, have one too let's go hang out in the library and get to know each other more."

"What about the guys?" Serena asked

"We have phys-ed, so we can't join you." Gary told her

"and after that what class do you have?" she asked

"I've got math with you." said Ash

"I have Music with Another friend of ours" said Gary

"Oh alright I'll see you in math then Ash."

"See ya then Serena. Dawn, May take of her until next period for me." Ash said with a grin.


The two girls nodded, Ash and Gary then headed off in the direction of the gym, while the girls headed off into the direction of the library. When they reached the library they sat down at a table, May and Dawn opened their books while Serena found a book on Pokemon raising and breeding seeing as she had no major textbooks yet and sat there semi reading it as the three of them started to chat away.

"So Serena, why did your mom decide to move here to Kanto?" asked May

"Well like I said in class mom is a professional Rhyorn racer, She used to come in first place most of the time back home but when she was offered a position as a coach here to help upcoming riders she decided to take the offer. So here I am." Serena said with a smile.

"I See, what about the Kalos region like?" May asked again

"Well, at the heart of Kalos lies Lumiose City, its the biggest city in Kalos and the busiest. They have so many shops and cafes all over the city that it's insane, but the region as a whole is so beautiful and so lovely with people and pokemon." Serena explained as memories of Kalos came flooding back to her.

"That's sounds so romantic, We should go there for winter break this year." Dawn interjected.

"Always the romance with you Dawn." May joked

"I can't help it, boys are like pokemon they're both mysterious creatures who need a clue when it comes to romance." Dawn giggled

"Ya, but at least pokemon are not so oblivious." May joked

The three girls laughed.

"Did you have many friends back home?" asked Dawn

"Ya, My best friend Shauna, Trevor, Tireno, Calem and Clemont who is in fact the leader of the Lumiose Gym." said Serena.

"A gym leader friend? We have one of those too, you'll meet him at lunch and but be warned he will try to hit on you." May joked

"I'll keep that in mind when I meet him, What about you two you don't look like your from around here either." Serena asked

"Your very perceptive, your right I'm from a town in the Sinnoh region called Twinleaf, me and my mom moved here when I was 3 because she wanted to raise me in a place where it didn't remind her of my father." explained Dawn

"What happened to him if its not too painful?" asked Serena

"It's okay, I was 2 when it happened. It was a month after my birthday my Dad was a doctor he was on his way back from doing his rounds at the hospital in Jubilife City when he got into an accident with a speeder, he died the next day." Dawn explained.

"I'm so sorry, Dawn." Serena said sadly.

"It's okay, when i moved here I met Ash and the gang they helped me feel good again and they did so it all evens out." Dawn said with a smile.

Serena looked at Dawn and noted that although she had lost her father, that she was able to move on from it. She really liked the optimism in Dawn and she was sure Dawn would be a good friend.

"What about you May?"

"I'm from Petalberg city in the Hoenn region, My dad was the gym leader there until my brother Max and I were about 4 and 2 years old when my dad decided to retire from being the gym leader, after that we moved here." may told Serena

"What's it like being a gym leaders kid?" Serena asked

"Nothing special he's just like a regular person expect when he was in a battle he became someone else, like a completely separate person, who only comes out in battle but I love him regardless." May explained.

Serena noticed the love coming from May, She admired it and knew that May like Dawn will be another good friend to hang out with after school.

"So what do you guys do for fun?" she asked

"When were not here or at work, we're either with the guys, shopping or each others house hanging out, which actually reminds me we're having girls night on Friday to which you are officially invited too." Dawn explained

"Thanks, now I have something to look forward to for this weekend, Before we forget we should exchange numbers." Serena stated.

Dawn and May agreed and exchanged numbers with Serena, As they did so they noticed the time on the wall and packed up their stuff and walked Serena to the gym where Ash and Gary were to emerge from soon.


Dawn and May soon left for their next class leaving Serena alone. After the bell rang Ash emerged from the double doors of the gym. Gary wasn't too far behind him, Gary fist-bumped him and left for his class leaving Ash and Serena alone to talk all the way to their math class on the 2nd floor.

"How was spare period with Dawn and May?" Ash asked

"It was amazing, we bonded over getting to know each other, and ended with exchanging numbers and being invited to girl's night on Friday." She said with a smile.

"That's good, you'll enjoy it especially when you meet the 3rd female of our gang." He told her

"How many of you are there in this gang?" she asked him wondering how many people he could possibly be friends with here.

"Before you arrived 8 of us, now it's a nice 9." He told her confidently

"That's a lot of people to hang out with during school hours, how did you meet most of them?" Serena asked

"Well you know about Gary, I met Dawn about in grade 3 or 4 somewhere there and we just clicked right off the bat, May we met during an assignment in grade 6 and we bonded over our favourite pokemon. The rest when you meet them at lunch i'll let them explain." Ash told her

"Fair enough, so what do you do when your not leading girls like me around the school or making fun of Gary?" she asked jokingly

"I'm usually trying to work on my math, because I suck and I need to bring it up to get a scholarship for College next year, but if it's not school related I'm usually working, hanging out with the gang, hanging out at home with my pikachu or at the gym battling or working out." Ash explained.

"Your quite the busy person, how do you find time to do it all?" she asked

"To quote something I heard once: Pushups, Situps and plenty of juice." Ash joked

The two of them laughed.

"Where do you plan on going next year?" she asked

"Saffron City college here in Kanto but if i get accepted out of Kanto then either Azalea or Verdanturf College for pokemon studies." Ash stated.

"You want to be a pokemon master or professor?" asked Serena

"Heh, How'd you know?" asked Ash in amazement.

"Well, it's clear how much you love pokemon and if you didn't love them you'd probably be something boring like working at the trainer ID office." joked Serena.

"Sir, how many times must I tell you, you can't register here until your 10th birthday and not before that." said Ash in a mocking voice of a office worker.

The two of them laughed again

"Well here we are the bane of my existence: math class. After you." Ash said

Serena giggled as they entered the classroom where they found it empty minus the teacher, She was a mid 30s- early 40's woman. She had long red hair in a ponytail tied with a pokeball hair-tie and green eyes. On her face sat a pair of glasses with red tint on the frames. She was wearing a black top and a purple skirt. On her right arm was a gold bracelet and on her feet were a pair of black heels.

"Good morning Ms. Prima."

"Good morning Ash, who is your new friend here?" asked the teacher.

"This is Serena Yoshida, shes new here to Kanto, she's from the Kalos region." Ash said as he introduced Serena to the teacher.

"I see, Well welcome Serena to my class I am Ms. Lauren Prima, but you will refer to me as Ms. Prima." Prima said as she introduced herself.

Serena nodded and Prima continued.

"Now, before I give you your textbook and I look at your records from your old school later how well was your math grade?" Prima asked

"I had an 87 for three years before transferring here." Serena said proudly

"Good, So you will do well here and perhaps actually help Mr. Ketchum succeed with his math grade, his friends have tried to help him but we'll see what happens. But enough of me going on here is the textbook we'll be using and you can sit next to Mr. Ketchum."

Serena thanked Prima as she was handed the large Blue heavy textbook and headed to her seat. Shortly thereafter the other students started to enter one by one and then the lesson began. Ash was having a hard time focusing because he never understood math, Serena on the other hand was excelling at it and found herself able to keep up.


The bell rung ending the class. All the students got up and left except for Ash and Serena. They had been asked to stay back.

"Mr. Ketchum, a thought occurred to me today and I think it's a good one." Prima said with a straight face.

"What is it?" he asked

"Seeing how well Serena does here and it just being her first day, well I was thinking why not have her be your tutor?" Prima proposed to Ash.

"My tutor huh, but the others tried and failed" Ash stated.

"Indeed they did and I don't blame any of you, but I personally believe that Serena will be the one to help you understand the material, Well that is if she agrees to, well Ms. Yoshida what do you think?" asked Prima.

Serena thought about it for a minute and answered.

"Well, seeing how much Ash and his friends are helping me today, I would love to help him out that is of course if he would like me to." Serena said hesitantly

"Of course, I need all the help I can get." Ash said with with a huge grin

"Well then that's settled, now run along you two, I bet your hungry." Prima said as she shooed them out of the classroom.

The two nodded and headed off to lunch, but before they got to the cafeteria they headed to their lockers to put away their books. Serena learned that Ash's locker was just down the hall from hers . Once their books were away they headed to the cafeteria to replenish their energy and meet the rest of Ash's friends.


Well that happened lol, Couple things your probably first wondering why the japanese last names for Dawn, May and Serena well I wanted to be different because most stories i've read here or elsewhere their last names are almost or always Dawn Berlitz, May Maple and Serena Yvonne. I wanted it to be different and unique.

Second, why the sad backstory for Dawn and Gary? Dawn doesn't have much backstory in the anime all we know about her is her mom was a pokemon coordinator and that was it. No mention of her dad what's so ever (and if it's mention in the manga please tell me.) so I wanted to explain why he's not around anymore. As for Gary same reason minus the coordinator part except we all know who professor oak is to him and who he ultimately will be become in the future.

Finally the two teachers that were in this chapter. Well Prima is Prima from the Anime no difference there except I gave her a first name since her japanese name starts with a L figured why not give a first name with an L.

Which brings me to My OC character Andrew Wells. If you watch the Flash TV show the 2014 version not the 1990's version, then picture Harrison wells from earth 2 minus the huge ego and deception and you have Andrew Wells lol. But if you don't just go to google and type in Tom Cavanagh and you'll get the idea for this character's look.

Anyway lets get to reviews:

Espeon44- Umm at the moment it's undecided but by the time i start writing the next set of chapters I might start getting an idea because right now i'm only focused on chapters 3-5, after those we'll see. But next chapter i will say that there will be one established couple.

Pokemonmeat- interesting name I hope your not actually eating pokemon XD jk, But in all seriousness Thank you for the kind words, this is somewhat easier to write than my other one because with a school setting I can do anything with them and there's hardly any flashbacking.

Amour guest- Thank you, I will try my best with that lol, I am a supporter of this shipping since it became a thing and will support till the very end.

That does it for this chapter I'll see you in the next chapter.

See ya :)