Dawn shifted in her red boots, sighing as she looked at the huge mansion in front of her. Fountains were flowing with crystal clear water, and perfectly trimmed bushes lined the gorgeous building with the haughty air of elegance.
Hopefully he'll actually have an eevee wandering around! She thought as she pulled open the oak doors with shiny gold handles, and walked through the two red carpeted hallways, leading to his room that he was always in. Ignoring the smirking guard that she had to battle, Dawn went up to Backlot and asked the same question, saying that yes, she was envious, and that she wanted to hear more.
"And this morning, a cute little Mime Jr. came running up to me, and gave me a smooch on my cheek…."
Gritting her teeth, Dawn gave a polite smile, and rolled her eyes after she walked behind his back and around the glamorous table to fulfill her second task at the mansion. Stopping in front of the guard, she gave him a cool glare, and he smirked at her and said, "Hey Dawn. Come to have me restrain you from touching the statue?"
The black haired trainer had a flicker of curiousness that he knew her name, but right now she was here for a battle, not 20 questions. "I challenge you to a battle."
A flicker of surprise mounted in his sky blue eyes, but he kept the grin on his face while saying, "Sure. When do you want to do it?" Dawn wasn't surprised that he responded with confidence, and she replied back with even more, "Outside the café, at 9. Bring your best. You'll need them." The teenager gave a competitive and challenging smirk, and leaned closer, saying, "I'm counting on it." He gave her a wink, and she went past him, blinking several times.
But his hand grabbed hers, and she didn't turn to hear him say, "And in case you're wondering, Dawn, my name is Ashur."
The trainer slightly yanked her hand out of his grip, and replied with a pinning stare, "Good to know." Where did that come from?!
He grinned at her, and let her walk out of the mansion with a nervous heart pounding.
Standing in the clearing in front of the café, Dawn checked her watch impatiently and shifted in the cool night air, the moon a sliver gleaming down. After several more minutes, there was finally rustling in the grass, and Ashur came out, his sky blue eyes glowing in the dark moonlight. A Houndoom came out behind him, and it stopped beside its trainer, with its red eyes fixed on Dawn like a hawk.
The guard gave a smirk, his gold blond hair slightly going in front of his eyes, and he said, "Ready Dawn? I've been looking forward to this all day." The dark haired trainer nodded, and she took out a pokeball and snapped with a small grin, "Get ready to lose." She threw it up in the air, and Altaria burst out, and Ashur's houndoom ran forward, snarling and his eyes glowing with fire.
So the battle begun.
Houndoom used flamethrower, and fire burst out of his mouth with a sudden rage, barely singing the humming pokemon's wing. It must be at least level 70 with that burst! Dawn thought with panic behind her confidence face, and she ordered out one of her pokemon's strongest moves.
"Altaria, Draco Meteor!"
The bird's eyes glowed purple, and the moonlight became a haze of purple as meteors rained down on Houndoom, who had his eyes narrowed with concentration at the assault. Ashur's eyes sky blue eyes glowed with concentration as he snapped out, "Dodge!"
Dawn almost wanted to snort with laughter at the impossible command, but she did want to see what the pokemon would do to it. Houndoom waited until the very last second when a meteor came down, and he side passed it, and did the same to lots of the rest. The black haired trainer's mouth almost dropped open, but she didn't want Ashur to have the satisfaction. That was impossible. How did he even dodge the meteors?!
As the fire dog thought that that was all, Altaria's eyes glowed with a hidden joke as one more meteor rained down on the dog, and he crashed to the side with a growl of pain, getting up and shaking his head clear. His trainer gave Dawn a smirk of what? Approval? At the moment, she was occupied from reading emotions, so they just continued to battle.
He was good, she had to admit that.
The battle wore on into the night, until both of the trainers were almost panting from calling out directions, and Ashur's absol and Dawn's Luxray were both out, each one's skill level matched in almost every way.
"Thunderbolt!" Luxray's trainer called out, and he roared at the sky, thunder crackling and bursting down with speed. "Dark bolt!" absol's eyes glowed with darkness, and she roared at the moon, commanding a burst of dark lightning down and meeting Luxray's with a huge clash of dark and light lightning. Both trainers didn't move from their ready stances, watching the pushing fight crackle. Suddenly, a small explosion threw the two doglike pokemon in front of their trainers, and they knelt before them, returning the pokemon to their pokeballs.
Rain gray eyes met sky blue with tiredness, and the two trainers were both tired from the everlasting battle. Dawn's watch blinked sleepily up at her, 12:00 am. Ashur spoke up first as they both went into the Solaceon Town pokemon center, "You're good. Most people don't last one pokemon with me."
He gave her a wicked grin, and she grinned tiredly at him, saying back, "Thanks. I train with Volkner whenever I go to Sunnyshore. What about you? Get any tricks from anybody?" The white and black jacketed boy got a distant look in his eye, a shadow covering his face out of the blue, and replied, "Most of them I was just born with I guess."
They each took their turns with Nurse Joy, and then walked out of the center in silence, each tired from the battle. Ashur turned to Dawn, and gave a sleepy smirk, "I'll see you tomorrow at Backlot's place. Maybe he'll have an eevee." The girl gave him a confused glance, saying, "How do you know that I want an eevee? I never ask."
The sky blue eyes glowed at her, and his crimson shirt beneath his white and black rimmed jacket gave him a look of epic with his shadowed eyes. He grinned at her with mystery, and gave a wink.
"I just know."