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Big Crush Ch.3

Dawn ran as fast as she could into the forest. She didn't know what she was doing; all she knew was that she couldn't be near Ash anymore. As she ran she began to think about her feelings "What's wrong with me, do I like to blush or something?" Dawn asked herself as she ran deeper into the forest not stopping to even look back or to look out where she was going; before she realized it she was lost in the forest, when she came to a stop the forest was deep and dark as the skies above.

"Hey where am I?" she said to herself looking in all directions confused and lost to where she had run to. "Where am I? I ran so fast that I got lost in the forest… what now?"

As she walked ever slowly into the forest, she wondered how was she ever going to find Ash now, then…

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!"

Suddenly Dawn was falling off a cliff as she fell like a rock. As she did, her eyes shut tightly feeling the wind blow around her. "Is this how it ends? I'm going to die?" she thought, and then she blacked out.

Ash, 1:24 am

"Dawn!!"

Ash yelled as he looked for his female friend, for 15 min. Ash had been looking for Dawn in the forest fearing what would happen to her. "Jeez, that girl sure can run fast" Ash thought as he made his way pass some bushes. As he moved deeper into the forest he wondered about Dawn, "Dawn… I guess she is one of those really shy girls who have a hard time talking about their feelings… who knew?" Indeed, normally Dawn was a very outgoing person who was very proud of herself and always believes in her skills, she was the type to say what was on her mind no matter what; it was weird that she didn't say what was on her mind, Ash wasn't used to that.

"Man, where could she have gone?"

Ash thought about what he said about May, it had been years since he last seen her when he and her parted ways. He did have a little crush on her from when he first met her, but when she went to Johto it seems like it was nothing more then a far off memory. Dawn was a little different from May; she is modest when she was in a contest as well as more graceful. He hoped Dawn was ok, to be honest, he really liked Dawn but was always too shy to say it.

Ash looked around where he was, the forest was very cold and dark like a void of nothingness. He wasn't getting anywhere in terms of finding Dawn, "I'm getting nowhere this way." he sighed as he looked down at the ground with a deep sadness on his face.

"DAWN!!"

Ash yelled as loud as he could ever hoping that Dawn might hear it. As he looked forward into the forest, he continued his search for his Dawn.

Dawn, 1:31 am

It was dark but wasn't cold, it was somewhat warm. Dawn quickly opened her eyes to see where she was, warp up in a black cape relaxing against something, "where am I?" Dawn couldn't figure it out 'I don't get it, I remember falling off a cliff, but how it is that I am here?' She wondered as she sat there, as she was looking at the cape that was covering her; the bluenette could hear breathing coming from behind her, she turned to see where it was coming from and to Dawn's great surprise the breathing was coming from a sleeping Dragonite. She gasped but put her hands over her mouth so as not to make a sound, 'WHA... WHAT THE IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE?! A DRAGONITE?! WHAT'S ÜBER RARE POKEMON DOING HERE?!'

Dawn looked closely at the pokemon for awhile until a voice spoke out, "Well it seems you have come around, so are you well?" the blue-haired girl turned around to see a tall red-haired trainer in a black outfit smiling, Dawn looked at him for a moment, she felt like she had seen him before. "Yes I am thank you for asking" the young man nodded "That's good, I was worried there for awhile when I got you after you fell, but it seems you just fainted that's all" Dawn felt a little tired but she wanted to get up, as she was about to the red-haired trainer held out a helping hand, Dawn took it and she got so fast that she became somewhat dizzy. "Hey careful, just take it slowly." He said to her, she waited for a few seconds and then she was ok.

"Thank you for saving me, oh this must be yours."

Dawn handed the cape that she had to man that she knew had to be his. The red-haired trainer took the cape and began to put it on, as he did Dawn could not shake the feeling that she knew him.

'I feel like I know him, but from wher… HOLD ON!!'

Dawn looked at the sleeping Dragonite, then at the red-haired trainer, then the cape, back at the Dragonite and then back at the red-haired trainer again. Then it hit her. "Umm… excuse me…" She said slowly, "Yes?" he didn't look at her as the guy was still trying to get his cape on, Dawn stood there for a moment watching him get his cape on with no success, she walked up to him and helped him get his cape on. When she was done she continued to lookat him, "Thank you" he said but she did not respond to him "Is your name Lance?" Dawn asked, the red-haired trainer smiled and shook his head "Yes, my name is Lance" Dawn went wide-eyed at his response, she could not believe it, this was the Legendary Lance, the Pokémon Master of Dragons.

Lance saw her shock as he watched her. "Hey I maybe the Pokémon Master of Dragons but I am still a person, relax ok?" He told her. Dawn did just that and relaxed, she looked at him "Sorry I just couldn't believe you were Lance, sorry." Dawn said to him "It's ok; I get it all the time really." He told her "Anyway you know who I am, but what is your name" Lance asked holding his hand out; the blue-haired took it with her own "My name is Dawn of Twinleaf Town, Pokémon Coordinator; it's an honor to meet you." Lance nodded to her, "Likewise, well now that we know each other, tell me Dawn how on Earth did you end up falling off a cliff?" Lance asked, Dawn looked down to look ashamed to him, when really she turned pink and just did not want Lance to see face, after all that has happened that night she almost forgot why she was such a mess.

'Ash' she began to think about Ash again.

"I'm sure it wasn't from a desire to learn how to fly." Lance joked; the young bluenette looked up even though her face was still pink "Hey!" she retorted, Lance laugh as she looked at him pink faced.

"Don't look at me like that ok, I was just joking" He said but was still laughing, Dawn frowned, she was a little annoy as cross her arms and turn her back to Lance, "You know it's very nice to laugh at one you just meet" she spoke firmly. Lance then began to calm down, "I know, sorry." He apologized to and she turned around and nodded, "But serious, how did it happened? And why are you all the way out here and this late?" The Dragon Master said; with his serious face on, "I was camping out here for the night, I wasn't looking where I was going and I fell off the cliff." She honestly, Lance look at her carefully "and by the way you look, with your friends no less" pointing to the jacket that she was wearing, Dawn gripped the left sleeve with her right hand. "Yes I was."

Lance watched her for a little while when she gapped the jacket before responding "I'm sure there is a lot more to your story than your letting on, but you can tell on the way."

Dawn looked at him "On the way?"

Lance nodded to her, "Yes, I can't simply leave you here, but I also have an errand I need to get done," The young coordinator was puzzled, "plus I could use the help. Anyway you can tell me everything and I can help you while we look though the forest." Dawn stared at him for a moment, she didn't want to go back just yet to Ash and Lance saved her so she felt she owed it to him help. "Well? How about it Dawn?" Dawn consider it for moment, Lance might be able to her out. "Ok, why not?" both smiled nodded to each other.

"Ok lets get going right now" Lance pulled out a pokéball and pointed it to his sleeping Dragonite "Dragonite return" and in a red beam the dragon was put back into its ball and Lance put it away.

Afterwards looked to the forest, "Shall we?" and he began to walk to the forest with Dawn close by. "We shall indeed".

Again sorry it took so long to update, but I hope this one was ok. I will update soon, I promise.

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