"Ash, wake up its Christmas!" Bonnie yells while jumping up and down next to him. He wakes up groggily and looks at the little blonde girl. Her eyes are sparkling with excitement. "Come on! Get up!" She says.
"All right Bonnie, I'm up." Ash says smiling. "Come on everyone else is up!" She says as she sprints out of his room. Ash looks out his window and looks at the dark blue sky and smiles. He gets up, gets dressed and heads downstairs.
Everyone is sitting and talking and opening presents. Clemont got a new backpack. Serena got some accessories for Fennekin. Bonnie was just opening her present now.
"It's about time you got up." Delia says. Ash scratches the back of his head and gives a nervous laugh. "Ash, it's your turn to open your first present." Delia says. Ash nods his head and sits on the couch next to Serena. Delia gives him the gift. "Here goes nothing." Ash says. He opens it up and picks up a customized pokéball. It had lightning bolts, flames, and a couple of gym badges designed on it.
"This is so awesome! Thanks guys." Ash says. After about 5 minutes of opening presents, the parents got out one last gift for all of them. "Here you guys go." they say. Bonnie opened her present. It was a light blue dress. "Wow, this is so cute!" Bonnie says. Serena nods in agreement.
Clemont opens his gift. It's a white dress shirt with a black overcoat on it. "Well this is… interesting." Clemont says with a confused looks on his face. Ash opens his, same thing. He just stares at it in silence.
Serena then opens hers. It is a red and black dress. "This is nice too." Serena says to Bonnie. Clemont and Ash look at their parents. "I'm probably going to regret asking this but what are these for?" Clemont asked.
His father smiles "It's for the New year's day ball we're going to attend." He says. The 3 kids look at them. "Seriously? I always wanted to go to that!" Bonnie says happily. "So did I!" Serena says with a smile.
"Heh, I guess it couldn't hurt to go." Ash says with a smile. Clemont just looks depressed. "Dancing with people watching me? That's going to be fun." He says gloomily. His father slaps him on the back. "Come on, it won't be that bad! Besides, you all get to meet Ash's friends. Delia invited them for the ball!" He says.
Delia shoots him a look, obviously trying to make it a surprise, but it was put there. "Is that true Mom?" Ash asked. She smiles softly at him and nods her head. "Now then, go try on your clothes; we want to see if they look nice." Grace says to them.
They all nod their heads and into different rooms to change into the clothing. After a minute Ash and Serena come out at the same time. Ash and Serena look at each other and blush. "Wow Serena, that looks amazing on you." Ash says still blushing.
"You look nice too Ash" Serena says, also blushing. Just then Clemont and Bonnie come out of the 2 other rooms. "Is the neck always supposed to be tight?" Clemont says tugging on his white shirt collar.
"Unbutton the top button, that one is optional." Ash says. Clemont does this and does a sigh of relief. They all head downstairs. "Wow. You guys look fancy." Delia says. Serena smiles "Thanks." Bonnie gets sparkles in her eyes "Really?" Ash scratches the back of his head and blushes. Clemont just sighs.
"Well then, make sure you keep those clean until New Year's Eve." Grace says. They all nod and head back upstairs. For the next 4 days, it's been nothing but enjoying the snow, presents and family.
Find out what happens in the next chapter.
A/N Sorry for the short chapter, I had no idea how to continue the story until I came up with the ball. I promise the next one will be long. Hope you enjoy. Again, forgive me for the short chapter.