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I'm back! I stayed up late tonight to finish this chapter for you guys!

So thanks for all the PM's about the new story, but I don't think I'll go through with it.

Too much work for me right now.

Maybe later I'll start it, I dunno. We'll see.

But for now, enjoy this chapter. Lotsa crazy stuff to come in this story!

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Stay strong my beautifuls,

Your beloved Cacooks7

I woke up early the next morning from a rather strange dream. Something about an infernape; a pokemon that I had once read about. It was in my house, raging and destroying everything it could find. I tried to stop it, but it was going crazy.

I rolled over to look at the clock. 6:30 am. I also noticed that there was no little light to indicate that the alarm was on. I had forgotten to put it on! I guess in my excitement last night, it never crossed my mind. I felt lucky to have woken up so early.

I felt very refreshed, probably because I went to bed so early, so I decided to get up, even though it was nearly an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off. I opened my blinds and opened the window. It was a beautiful warm and sunny day. Very rare for September around Sinnoh, being more northern than other regions.

It was one of those days where I just felt great. You know those days when you feel well rested, you get up to see a beautiful sunny day, and you just feel generally happy? Well, I was having that kind of day.

After getting dressed and getting ready, I went downstairs to eat. I entered the kitchen and was startled to see my mom sitting at the table.

"Mom! What are you doing up so early?" I asked.

"Important meeting this morning, honey. Boy, you seem so much happier than you did last night."

"Hehe, do I? Guess it must be the weather or something."

"Yeah..." She said sarcastically as she stared me down.

I ignored her and grabbed some toast.

"Back to school, eh?" She said.

"Yeah, but it's not so bad. I'm pretty stoked to see May and my new friends too."

"Don't forget about what you actually go to school for!" She said with a smirk.

"Oh, yeah, that. Edu-ma-cation or something, right?" I said jokingly.

"Oh you're just hilarious, aren't you?" She teased. "Okay, I think it's time for me to go. I might not be home for supper tonight, so order something or eat some frozen food, okay?"

"Kay. Bye, ma!"

I finished my breakfast alone and decided to watch some TV to help the time pass. I watched sports highlights for a little before getting bored of stupid baseball. I changed the channel. There was a woman dressed up in a very nice dress. She was in a stadium and thousand of spectators watched on. She threw a pokeball. The capsule exploded, and glitter and confetti shot out, as well as a luxray. It was spectacular! The title came on. "Sinnoh Annual Grand Festival Pokemon Contest". Pokemon contest? Isn't that what Dawn wanted to do? I decided to watch on.

She yelled a command to the luxray, and an electric shock came shooting out of it. She yelled something else, and the luxray stomped. The ground began to crack and chunks went flying up. The ground and the electricity acted positive-negative to each other, creating a spectacular simulated "thunderstorm". I couldn't believe that any of this was real. Could a pokemon really do that?

Commercial break. I really wanted to watch on, but it was time for me to go. I packed my books and my soccer stuff, and headed out to the bus stop.

I waited at the stop for only about two minutes before the bus came. Still cutting it tight I thought. I hopped on and saw Gary sitting at the same spot at the back. I gave him a head-nod and he returned one. I took a seat near the window and planted myself. Routinely, May got on at the next stop. I waved hello, expecting her to come and sit beside me, but she simply smiled, nodded, and walked right past me. She grabbed the seat next to Gary. I turned around, smiled, and laughed to myself. I knew what was going on there.

Dawn didn't get on at her stop again. I laughed to myself once again. I should have expected this to happen. Whenever something happened, she never seemed to be around for a while. This was not unusual behavior at all for Dawn. So, I spent the bus ride with my iPod plugged in, listening to music and looking out the window.

Arriving at school, I unplugged and wrapped up my headphones. I got off the bus and looked around. I took in the beautiful day. I couldn't feel any better. I walked into the school and headed down the stairs to my locker.

I opened my locker, and was shocked when it slammed shut without me touching it. Gary had slammed it shut.

"Hey, Ash. Crazy long weekend, huh?"

"Hey, Gary."

"Yeah, kinda funny when you think of it all."

"Not really…"

"Awh, man. You just don't have a sense of humor." He told me.

"What's funny about getting drugged?"

"Everything. Look I don't have time for this conversation anymore. Later." He ran up the stairs.

"But you started it!" I yelled after him.

I shook my head. Eh, it was just regular Gary, I suppose.

I put away my bag and my books, and headed upstairs to hopefully find Brock and talk about after school today. I climbed the stairs to the main floor, and walked around the corner. No sign of Brock yet.

I turned the other corner to hear very loud talking. It was Paul and his stupid crew. I wanted to avoid him, but he locked eyes with me before I could backtrack.

"Ready to get absolutely pummeled today after school?" He yelled at me.

"It's soccer. What's the worst you can do to me?" I asked smartly.

"You'll see. Don't act like you don't remember what happened. I certainly didn't. And neither did she."

"You talked to her?" I asked, shocked.

"Just like I said. She came flocking back to me."

I turned the corner in disbelief. How could she be so naïve and stupid as to talk to him again? Or was Paul trying to trick me? All the way, I could hear them yelling at me. "Yeah, that's right! Run away, pussy!" I didn't let them get to me.

I was just about to head into the next stairwell, not really thinking about where I was going because of recent events, albeit, when I felt a tug on my right wrist. I completely lost my balance and I was pulled into a dark, empty classroom.

"Whoa!" I yelled.

The figure closed the door and it was pitch black for a moment. As my eyes began to adjust to the little light coming from the small door window, the figure opened the lights and I was blinded. After a few seconds, I saw jet blue hair and piercing blue eyes.

"Dawn?" I asked.

"Hi, Ash. Sorry." She said, quietly.

"Wh-why? Why are you doing this?" I asked her.

"This needs to be kept completely confidential. I haven't told anyone outside of my family about this. Can I trust you?"

"YES!" I said sincerely. "Of course!"

I was extremely nervous and anxious. What was she about to tell me?

"I'm keeping my promise, Ash. So please just listen and don't ask questions"

This was beginning to get very tense.

"Okay."

"I told you that Paul and I met at a young age. That was true. I told you that I avoided him for a long while after that. That was true. But I haven't been completely truthful with you, Ash."

I was listening with all ears. I really wanted her to talk faster and cut to the chase, but she said no interrupting, so I sat patiently.

"I changed the story around a little, so did Paul, and I left out a huge detail, so did Paul. You see, Paul and I come from the two wealthiest families in the region. We met at a young age because we were fated to. And we were both forced to keep a huge secret from the public. The reason why I can't get over him so easily, the reason why I can't let him go is…"

She turned, almost contemplating whether she should tell me or not. She stayed with her back turned for a while. When she turned back to face me, a single tear trickled down her right cheek.

"Ash, Paul and I were arranged to marry."

WHAT?