Pallet Town: 5 years later of present time.
The day was shining as there was no cloud in the sky over at Pallet Town, where the windmill silently rotates on the big hill near the most tranquil village in all of Kanto.
Near the big hill, there was Dawn, but she wasz slightly older as she ran through the town with her blue hair. She's wearing yellow triangular hair clips near her top-side of her face.
She was also wearing her usual pink scarf and wearing a pink jacket with black lines on the end that covers midway her arms, under it was a white dress with a black mini-skirt and her usual boots. She also wears twin yellow bracelets on each arm with her backpack on her side.
Dawn ran through the town in a hurry to meet her friends at the promised meeting place, Ash's house. She finds his house and was glad she made it as she stops by the doorsteps and tried to catch her breath before opening the door to the house.
"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late, it's just that-" But before Dawn could say more, she finds nobody in the living room but a Mr. Mime wearing an apron sweeping up the floor. Mr. Mime took notice of the visitor, and greeted her by bowing to welcome her.
"Mr. Mime!"
"Huh? W-Where is everyone?" after bowing back, Dawn looked around to see if there's anyone there, but then a young woman came out into the living room wearing a yellow dress while wearing a white jacket.
"Oh Dawn, what are you doing here?" asked Mrs. Ketchum.
"Oh Mrs. Ketchum, is Ash or anyone else here yet?"
"Oh you just missed them. They went to the professor's lab."
"What? Oh man that stupid clock! It was because the time's and hour later that I got late." Dawn tossed her arms around out of frustration.
"Well then you better hurry, Ash said something about Gary's announcement that every one of his close friends should hear."
"Mmh, what's that?"
"Dunno, but it must have been pretty important."
"Then why you didn't come to the lab?"
"Oh I can't go."
"Heh? Why not? Is such a beautiful day so you shouldn't stay here and let it go to waste."
"Oh but-" Mrs. Ketchum suddenly coughed that surprised Dawn and Mr. Mime went to her side. Dawn helped Mr. Mime set her down to the couch while Mr. Mime went to the kitchen for some cough syrup.
"Mrs. Ketchum, are you alright?" asked the concerned coordinator.
"I'm alright; it's just that I caught myself a cold so that's why Ash bought me this jacket with his earnings." Mrs. Ketchum showed Dawn her white warm jacket which made Dawn fascinated by the design.
"Wow, Ash bought you that?" Dawn felt the softness of the jacket which was warm to the touch that made her sigh out of relaxation.
"Yes, he's such a kind boy; he even made me stay here because he says that my cold could worsen if I get out of the house."
"Oh man, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have mention going outside."
"It's ok Dawn, I'm glad you were helping me have fun, and I know you're not the kind of person to harm people." Mrs. Ketchum held Dawn's hand to comfort her while Mr. Mime came back with a small cup in his hand filled with cough syrup.
"Mr. Mime!" Mr. Mime handed the cup to Mrs. Ketchum.
"Thank you Mimey, you're always there when I need you." Mrs. Ketchum smiles at Mr. Mime, which made him very happy.
"I guess his smile runs in the family." Dawn mentioned.
"Mmmh? Who's?"
"Ash. He always smiles at his Pokémon for everything they done for him, actually he always smiles when it comes to Pokémon, and he smiles just like you."
"Mmh Mmh, well he did get that charming smile from me." Mrs. Ketchum chuckled and drank her cough syrup.
"He he, yeah. Well I should go, I don't wanna miss Prof. Gary's announcement. You should stay here and rest, and don't worry I'll come back and tell you the big news." Dawn stood up to prepare to leave the house.
"Thank you Dawn, you're such a kind girl. If only Ash could get a girl like you."
"Haha, well, that's if he can find a girl that can stand being with him." Dawn giggled.
"Yeah." Mrs. Ketchum agreed, which made her wonder before she asked Dawn.
"mmmh, Hey Dawn? Have you ever considered… becoming a bride?" That sudden question made Dawn completely flustered as she turns around to answer.
"W-What? Well uuuhh… I-I haven't thought much about that actually." Dawn managed to say with a blushing face while scratching the side of her face.
"You sure? You helped me and demanded to make me rest because you were worried about me. That what makes a good wife."
"I-I don't know about that…" Dawn continues to blush heavily from Mrs. Ketchum's comments.
"Actually, I'm worried that Ash might not find a girl that will take care of him. So if you like… would you like to be Ash's bride?" Those final words made Dawn blush like a tomatoe with anime- style steams coming out of her ears.
"M-M-Mrs. K-Ketchum! Y-You shouldn't asks questions like t-that!"
"Why not? He is quite a catch, not to mention you'll have my full blessings. And please call me Delia; we're practically like family so there's no need to be so formal." She said with her famous smile.
"D-Delia, don't you think I'm a bit too young to be t-thinking about that? A-And besides… d-don't Ash got a say in this?"
"Oh come on Dawn, I was just kidding." Delia giggled which made Dawn's eyes widened then sighed out of relief.
"Delia… you got me worried for a second there. I thought it was your cold talking." Dawn puts her hand on her chest to relax.
"But… if your still interested, you can talk to me about it." Dawn blushed slightly at how Delia was still talking about marriage, then shook her head and tried to leave the house.
"W-Well, gotta go! Please take care of yourself Delia, and Mr. Mime, don't let her get out, no matter what!" Mr. Mime did a salute then Dawn nodded her head and left the house, leaving Delia and Mr. Mime by their lonesome.
"Mr. Mime, do you think Dawn would be a good wife for Ash?" Delia asks her Pokémon/Helper.
"Mr. Mime!" Mr. Mime responded happily.
"I think so too, I mean after all… she still called me Delia even though I said we were like family, so she must be interested in it." Delia smiled once again, knowing her son is in good hands, while on the outside of the house…
We find Dawn still at her friend's doorstep, blushing and steaming while she twiddles her index fingers.
"H-How can she say that so easily? She's nothing like her son at all! But… being Ash's bride…" Dawn puts her hands on the sides of her blushing face and giggled girlishly while shaking her head.
"Oh no, I shouldn't think stuff like that… hehe!" It was possible that Dawn was thinking about doing something romantic with Ash, and probably… doing something dirty with him too. That, of course, made Dawn remember the promise to go to the lab by Ash's request.
"Oh no! I forgot to go to the lab! Everyone is waiting for me over there, I gotta go!" Dawn forgot about the stuff she was thinking and went ahead to the lab where Ash got his first Pokémon, Pikachu.
While at the lab, we find several people waiting in the lobby for something. They all are Misty, Tracey, May, Max and Gary.
Misty was seating down on the chair with a look of boredom. She looks slightly older wearing a yellow tank top with blue on the top which shows her navel with her yellow shorts and shoes. She also has long orange hair that reaches to her shoulders.
"Man, where is Ash? He's making my decision to move all challenges for tomorrow all for nothing." said Misty.
Then there's May who's walking around the lobby. May's wearing a matching shirt and pants and under it a black tank top and black shorts while wearing red shoes with black lines. Her hair was the same except that the back part of her hair was longer that reaches down her back. She's also wearing her bandanna as a scarf and her black gloves reach over the elbows.
"Don't forget Dawn. And I thought for sure that she was gonna come here earlier." said May.
Max was sitting down on the couch in the lobby wearing the shirt that Ash used in his Hoenn days, except it was green instead of blue, and wearing long red pants that reaches to his ankles and wearing his usual green shoes with black fingerless gloves. He's also still wearing glasses.
Gary was wearing a white lab coat and under it a black T-shirt with blue jeans and black shoes. He has brown hair and wears a yellow-green necklace.
"Hey Gary, can't you just tell us the big news already?" said Misty.
"I don't want to say anything else until everyone is here. And it's PROF. Gary!"
"Whatever."
Tracey was wearing his usual getup, but his T-shirt was black with a blue line in the middle, wearing long blue jeans and wearing his headband as an armband. He's also wearing his white and black shoes.
"Man, how come Dawn isn't here yet?" May looked worried for some reason.
"Don't know, but if Ash gets here before Dawn, you're gonna owe me 2000 yen." Max said positioning his glasses.
"Hey! The bet's still on! I don't see Ash anywhere, do you?"
"Guys, Ain't it weird to bet who reaches first? I know you guys are bored but…" said Tracey.
"Hey we're just doing something to pass the time, and making my brother lose is the best way to do it." said the taunting coordinator to the small trainer.
"Oh Yeah!" Max stood up to face his sister.
"Yeah!" May did the same and they both glared with an anime-lightning between their eyes.
"O-Okay. Mmh? Hey what's that?" Before Tracey could calm them down, there was a noise that consisted of panting and running.
"Huh? Sounds like someone's running." said the small trainer.
"Could it be…?" Before Misty could answer, the door flew open as Dawn came in to the lab, completely sweating and panting.
"Dawn!" everyone shouted as they saw their favorite coordinator from Sinnoh.
"Booyah! That's 2000 yen! Pay up!" May lifted and swung her fingers to her brother to pay.
(Grumbles) "You were just lucky!" Max search his pockets while grumbling to give the money to May.
"H…H…Hi guys, sorry I'm late." said Dawn while trying to catch whatever breath she has.
"Don't tell me you've been running all the time." said May while counting the money.
"W-Well the stupid alarm clock was an hour late and I had to run all the way to Ash's house to find out that all of you guys went to the lab, so then I had to run to the lab so that I could be on time." Dawn inhaled as much air as possible for talking so much.
"You know Dawn; it could be possible that you set the alarm an hour late before going to bed." Max said while positioning his glasses.
"…Eh?" Dawn quickly realized that before going to bed last night, she was so tired from her practice for the contests that she accidentally set the alarm an hour late, wanting to sleep a little more.
"Oh come on Max, she's not that stupid, right Dawn?" May asks to prove that Dawn didn't do it, but Dawn got nervous and quickly fibbed.
"Y-Yeah! I'm not that stupid! T-The alarm clock was broken." Dawn chuckled, hoping that everyone believed her.
"See?"
"But…" Dawn looked around to see the lobby, and then went back to tell.
"Where's Ash? Ain't he here?"
"Ash wasn't here to begin with. When we got to the house, it was just me, Max, Misty, Tracey and Gary."
"So then where is he?"
"Right here." That sudden voice made everyone startled and looked around to see who it was.
"Hey, is that…" Max grinned to hear he's friend and mentor.
"Could it be…?" Dawn went back to the door and opened it to find Ash with his Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Ash!" Everyone shouted to see their favorite trainer and Pokémon.
"Yo, what's up?"
"Pikachu!"
Ash was wearing a black T-shirt wearing a gray jacket without sleeves. He has black fingerless gloves and gray long pants with black pockets. He wears black and gray shoes and wearing his trademark hat that's black with a gray Pokéball insignia on it.
"Ash, why you got here so late?" asked Dawn.
"Well…"
"Hey Ash! Wow, you looked pretty grown up! And Pikachu, you look cuter than usual." May went around Ash and Pikachu to get a closer look
"Thanks."
"Pika." Pikachu blushed a bit from May's comment.
"Hey Ash! Remember me?" Max went ahead to see Ash and asked him.
"Course I remember you! Dude, you got tall." Ash used his hand to measure Max's height then his own.
"But you're still not taller than me! So how's the journey goin'?"
"Great! I already got four badges. After this I'm gonna go back and face my dad for the fifth badge."
"Oh man, you're gonna face your old man. Remember not to underestimate him even if he is your father."
"Yeah totally!"
"Mmh Mmh!" But before they could continue, Misty cleared her throat and startled them both.
"Oh right." Max scratches his head and went back to his seat.
"So Ash, do you find anything different about me?" Misty gave out a cute pose, only to make Ash tilt his head a bit.
"Mmmh, Oh I know! You let your hair down!" Everyone fell anime-style after Ash's comment, and made Misty stand up with anime veins popping up and gave a punch to the top of his head really hard, which made Ash fall down flat on his head to the ground.
"Oouch! That really hurts! What was that for?" Ash said while getting up and rubbing his big bump on his head.
"Oh be quiet and stay down!" Misty used her feet and stomped on poor Ash's head once more while everyone could only laughed at the hilarious old friends.
"Misty, leave Ash alone now, I'm sure he had enough." Tracey tried to save Ash from further torture, so Misty stopped.
"Alright." Misty put her hands on her hips and walked back to where everyone else is, leaving Ash with Pikachu trying to soften the pain on his head.
"And Ash, why were you so late?" Tracey asked which made Ash quickly heal and get up to tell.
"Oh right. It's because there was this trainer that wanted to challenge me to a battle. I kept saying I can't but he wouldn't give up so I had no choice but to battle him and…"
"Alright we get it." Misty finished up his story since she knows what happens next.
"You know Ash, since you're now a Pokémon League Champion, you shouldn't just battle whenever you want." Dawn lectured Ash.
"I know, that's what I kept saying to him, but he wouldn't stop."
"Or it could it be that you battled anyway without telling him that you were on an appointment." Misty crossed her arms and pointed out Ash's lie which made him sweat dropped and gets glares from everyone else in the lobby.
"Oops, haha you caught me." Ash chuckled.
"(Sigh) "Ash, you never change do ya?" Gary shook his head at his old, goofy friend.
"Hey! Oh wait, where's Brock? I don't see him anywhere." Ash looked around the lab but couldn't find the breeder.
"Ash, don't you know? He couldn't come because he can't be late for his live T.V. show. Remember?" said Misty.
"Oh yeah! "Cooking with Brock", man that show always make me hungry." Ash started to drool a bit and Pikachu stopped him before it could get messy.
"Oh! Thanks Pikachu."
"Pikachu!"
"Alright could we get to my announcement now?" Gary clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Yeah!" Everyone yelled so that they could hear it already.
"Alright everyone, now that we're all here, it's time for the big announcement." Everyone sat down near anything that can be seated and started to listen Gary's announcement.
"Alright, now everyone knows that I, Prof. Gary, teach a class on the study of Pokémon in the most prestigious college for people who wants to be Professors."
"Yes, we know…" Everyone sighed because they already know this since Gary won't shut up about it.
"Now then, one of my graduates, Prof. Ark, has his own lab and even his own assistant."
"Oh yeah, I read it in the newspapers, he must have worked really hard." pointed May.
"Yes, and what's more, his assistant even caught a legendary Pokémon Celebi!" Everyone gasped at the announcement at how a trainer caught the evasive Pokémon Celebi.
"Wow, really?" shouted Max at the success of the assistant.
"Yep, and Prof. Ark was really happy and discovered something far more important than finding the Celebi!" Everyone didn't know what could be more shocking than catching a Celebi as Gary went to his counter and opened up a double-locked safe and got a round capsule in his hands and showed it to everyone.
"And now I present the greatest discovery my student have ever done!" Gary opened up the capsule and showed everyone what's inside it. What were inside were some strange crystals that glowed bright green and was magnificent to watch.
"Wow! So pretty!" said the astonished May.
"What the heck are these?" Max looked closely at the crystals, but couldn't make up what they were.
"These crystals were produced by Celebi and have the same power as Celebi, so these crystals can make a person time-travel whenever he or she wishes!"
"What!" Everyone was astonished at how these small crystals can make a person time-travel.
"That's not possible, could it?" Max back up and positioned his glasses to get a better view at the crystals.
"If it's from a Celebi, the Time Travel Pokémon, I think it's true. So what are these crystals called?" asked Tracey.
"Yeah, and how do you time-travel?" asked Misty.
"These things are called "Celestals", well that's what Prof. Ark called them, and they can't actually time-travel unless we found a way to invent a machine that could activate their powers. Sort of like a host.
"So… without this "machine" their pretty much useless?" asked Ash with a disinterested face.
"Well… yeah pretty much."
"What?" Everyone groaned and booed Gary at how they came all this way for nothing.
"But I'm sure when we find a way, they will definitely become useful!" shouted Gary in a positive attitude.
"Im not sure, I mean don't you think that time traveling's pretty dangerous?" asked Dawn.
"Nah, they're not dangerous, in fact it could make biggest breakthrough in society!" Gary raised his arms up from excitement.
"Well… alright."
The day became late as everyone from the lab got out and said goodbyes as they went to their different ways. May went to Vermillion city with Max to catch a ship to Johto to become a judge at a contest in Blackthorn City, while Max took a ship to Hoenn to challenge his dad.
Tracey stayed with Prof. Gary to study more on the celestals. Misty went back to the Cerulean Gym to fulfill her duties as the Gym Leader. This made only Ash, Dawn and Pikachu alone outside Gary's lab.
"I still think that it's still pretty dangerous." said Dawn walking with Ash to Pallet Town with a finger on her chin.
"Why's that Dawn?" said Ash looking at Dawn.
"I don't know, I just have this bad feeling in my gut that these things aren't safe." Dawn put her hands on her stomach to show Ash what she means.
"Mmmh, but I think that these things could be good, you know?"
"How come?" Ash's eyes widened and put his finger on his chin to think up some good things.
"Well, let's say you lost something. You could use the celestals and visit the time before you lost it and then you'll remember." Ash displayed his theory with his arms flying about to show Dawn.
"Pika!"
"See? Even Pikachu agrees with me." Dawn could only laugh at his antics and smiled.
"Haha, you looked real silly just now. I guess you're right, maybe I'm just paranoid." Dawn knocked her head and Ash smiled that she cheered up.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Your boat for Sinnoh leaves in a week right? What's up with that?" Ash wanted to keep the conversation going, and asked a question.
"Well, they said the boat's captain and his crew members got some kind of disease that won't make them move till a week's blown over. Least that what the stewardess told me." Dawn sighed.
"And now I have to stay at the Pokémon center in Viridian City that's far away and not to mention it's gonna get dark. Some luck I have." Dawn put her head down dejectedly, making Ash and Pikachu worried about their friend.
"Well, instead of going to Viridian City, why not stay with us?" Ash smiled which made Dawn blush at the favor.
"Wh-What? You mean… like staying over tonight?" Dawn blushed even more after saying that.
"Yeah! Man you're gonna love it. My mom makes awesome food that levels Brock's! And not to mention we get to talk about Pokémon all we want!" Ash raised his arms midway out of excitement while Dawn looked at him and sighed from relief.
"Ash… you really don't know the severity of having a girl staying at your house do you?"
"Huh? What you talking about? My mom's a girl so there's no difference." Dawn sighed again at how his denseness is world known.
"Oh Ash… well I guess I'll take up your offer." Dawn agreed which made Ash excited and started to jump out of joy.
"Alright!"
"Pikachu!" Seeing Ash and Pikachu laughing made Dawn giggle at their behavior.
"And I bet Mom's gonna be happy that you get to be with us!" Dawn immediately remembered what happened in the morning which made her extremely awkward.
"Y-Yeah..." "Great, Delia's never going to stop talking about the marriage now!" As Dawn worries about tonight with Delia, Ash and her stomachs made a rumbling sound which made Dawn blush out of embarrassment and Ash in pain.
"Man we were there longer than we thought." Ash said out of pain from the hunger.
"Oh come on it's not that bad… Mmh? What's that smell?" Dawn realized as she whiffs the delicious smell that made Ash drool.
"Alright! Its mom's cooking! I can tell a mile away! Come on Dawn! Let's hurry!" Ash started to make a run for it towards his house.
"Pikachu!"
"Right behind ya!" Dawn followed Ash and Pikachu as they continue to Ash's house where Delia's delicious dinner awaits.