Hi everybody! Here's Chapter 4 of Ashlynn Kethcums Journey Through Kalos! Ok I've finally decided the pairing for this story. Its going to be FemAshXGary story. I know some people wanted something different. I'm sorry but I just felt this pairing worked better for me. So once again I'm sorry. Anyways, I don't want to hold you guys up, so on with the story!

…... Chapter 4...

Sunlight filtered through a window into a room, casting shadows over the walls. Rustling was heard throughout the silent room. A yawn was then heard as one of the occupants woke up from their sleep.

" What time is it?" Ash whispered quietly.

She picked up her Poke'Nave and checked the time. It read 10:00 am. Her eyes widened and then she screamed in anger. The peacefully sleeping occupants woke up from their sleep and in a frenzy in trying to figure out why Ash screamed, they all accidentally fell out of their beds. Luckily Serena and Bonnie were on the two bottom bunks so they didn't have that far of a fall. Unfortunately for Clemont he was on the top bunk so he ended up falling a farther distance than Serena and Bonnie. He landed with a loud thump and groaned in pain.

" Big Brother are you okay?!"

" Are you okay Clemont?"

" Wow. I didn't think you all would fall of the bed. Are you okay Clem?"

Clemont groaned again before saying " Yeah I'm fine."

Then Serena, Clemont and Bonnie looked at Ash completely furious. " Why did you scream and wake us up?!" Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont asked simultaneously. Ash chuckled for a moment rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment.

" Heh, heh. Well I wanted to get up early so I could train for my gym battle against Korrina. I couldn't do it yesterday since I had to go shopping. Well when I looked at the clock this morning it read 10:00am so without thinking I screamed in anger. Thats how you all ended up in the positions your in."Ash explained.

Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie stared at her in disbelief. Then they all just rolled their eyes and chuckled at the usual behavior of their friend. They all started getting dressed for the day. Suddenly Serena tsked in disapproval.

" Ash did you even comb your hair?!"

Ash just stared at her in confusion. " My hairs not that bad."

That was an understatement. It looked like mad scientist type hair after an explosion had gone off. Serena just sighed and shook her head in amusement. She walked up to Ash and made her sit down on one of the bottom bunks. Then she went over to her bag and pulled out a brush. She walked over and sat behind Ash. She started brushing the tangled mess. Ash winced as the brush caught a particularly nasty knot.

" Ow! Serena that hurt!" Ash exclaimed in protest.

Serena just ignored her and continued brushing. Finally after several minutes of brushing, Ash's hair was straight and neat.

" Great were all done now we can go trai-" Ash cut her sentence off as she was pulled down to sit once again.

Ash gave Serena a ' I thought we were done' look but Serena just turned her head back to face forward. Ash had a sour look on her face about not being able to train right away. Five minutes later Serena said:

" Ok all done. Go look in the mirror."

Ash shot her a confused look before going into the small bathroom and looking at her reflection. What she saw made her gasp. Serena had braided her hair from the top of her head and down to the end of her waist. She had put a blue and white hair tie at the bottom and a Poke-Ball hair clip at the side. Two pieces of hair were on each side of her face. She walked out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. She ran over and hugged Serena and told her thanks and that it looked great. Ash then grabbed her black beanie, put it on her head, grabbed Pikachu, and ran out of the door. The others followed her down. What nobody noticed is that Serena had a bright red blush on her face.

…...Line Break...

" Ok guys lets take a break now!" Ash called to her Pokemon.

All her Pokemon flopped down on the ground exhausted. Ash laughed and flopped down on the ground as well. They had been training since 11:00 and had just ended. Ash checked her Spokeshave. It read 3:00. Suddenly Ash's stomach grumbled. Ash looked toward her friends as they chatted on the bench on the left side of the battle field.

" Hey guys do you want to go grab some lunch? I'm getting hungry." Ash yelled toward her friends standing up and returning all of her Pokemon other than Pikachu and started walking over. They looked towards her and they too stood up.

" You guys wanna go to a restaurant or eat in Pokemon Center?" Ash asked tilting her head slightly. Clemont, Bonnie, Serena thought about it for a moment before Serena came up with the answer.

" I heard there's a new restaurant down the street from the Pokemon Center called Le Gourmet. I've heard nothing but good reviews so lets try it out." Serena said.

Everybody else thought about it for a moment before agreeing. They started walking toward down the street, not saying much to one another. They finally reached the restaurant Le Gourmet and walked inside the big double doors. All four kids eyes widened in shock as they gazed around the restaurant.

Crystal chandeliers hung down from the ceiling in rows and they shined making the whole room brighter. Tables with people and food piled high, stood in rows behind a a simple wooden podium. The smell of food wafted out of the kitchen making all four kids mouths water because of the heavenly smell.

" Can I help you?"

All four kids heads turned toward the voice that had spoken. A woman in with long black hair and green eyes wearing a white outfit with a silver jacket smiled down at them.

" Yes could we have a table for four?" Serena asked after looking at her name-tag realizing her name was Jenny.

" Come with me" Jenny said walking ahead of the four. Clemont, Bonnie, Serena, and Ash followed her down the rows of tables. They finally came to there table. It was big enough to fit exactly four people and it had one of the crystal chandeliers hanging over it. They all sat down in the comfy chairs.

" Welcome to Le Gourmet. Why don't we start you off with a drink. What would you like?" Jenny asked pulling out her notepad.

" Sprite" Serena said

" Water for my sister and I" Clemont said pointing at Bonnie also.

" Pepsi" Ash said

Jenny wrote down the drink orders before smiling and saying she would be right back and walked away. Ash leaned forward and put her chin in her two hands.

" So Ash when do you plan to challenge Korrina?" Clemont asked leaning back in his chair. Ash perked up considerably leaning back as well.

" I have no idea. First this happened" Ash pointed to her body and continued. " Then we had to go shopping, and I just finally got to train today so I have no idea. Maybe the day after tomorrow. I just cant wait!" Ash exclaimed at the end of her sentence.

Clemont chuckled at the her usual enthusiasm. " Yeah the day after tomorrow would probably be best."

Suddenly Jenny the waitress walked over to their table with a tray of drinks. She set them down and asked them if they were ready to order. Everybody looked at the menus they had yet to pick up and quickly looked through it.

" Ill have a hamburger and fries" Ash said putting her menu down.

" Ill have the chicken sandwich." Serena said.

" I'll have spaghetti and meatballs for my sister and a cheeseburger with fries for me." Clemont said

Jenny wrote everything down and said their food would be finished shortly. Soon their food came.

" Wow this is the best thing I've ever tasted!" Ash said smiling wolfing down her food.

Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena laughed. " You say that about everything!" Bonnie said still laughing.

…...Line Break...

" Man that was really good! We definitely need to go back there sometime." Ash said rubbing her abdomen in contentment.

Everybody chuckled and nodded in agreement. They had just reached the Pokemon Center and had stepped inside when Ash ran over to one of the computers over by the wall.

" Hey Ash what are you doing?" Clemont asked walking over as well. " Checking my email." Ash said clicking on one of the icons on the screen.

Ash sucked in a breath and whistled. ' Wow I need to start reading my email more.'

Emails from over a month ago filled up her in-box. Most of them were from her mom but some were from friends as well. Ash clicked an email sent yesterday from her childhood friend Gary.

Ashy-Boy,

Ash frowned at the nickname before reading the rest of the email.

How've you been lately? Are you keeping up with your dream of becoming a Pokemon Master? Anyways researching has been great lately. Gramps just approved ( Like I need it) for me to go to Kalos to research the Pokemon there. I heard your in Kalos so it would be great to see you again. We haven't seen each other since the Johto League. Ill be heading to Shalour City and should be there on Wednesday. Hopefully your there or I'm going to have to track you down. Alright gotta go. See you soon!

Gary

Ash stood wide eyed before reading the email again and again for the third time. Ash put her head in her hands. ' What am I gonna do?'

…...End of Chapter 4...

Well that's the end of Chapter 4. Tell me what you think and reviews will make me write another chapter. :-)