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Chapter 6: A circle of love, Protection charm

Previously...

"Dawn..." Paul sits up and wraps his arms around her. Ash is completly lost in what just happened. He lost the words and the emotion for what had just happened. Brock enviously eyes Paul and Dawn.

"Why doesn't this ever happen to me?" He comments.

Paul rises and lends a hand to help Dawn to her feet and they leave together.

"I'm sorry, Ash." Brock lends him those words. "Look on the bright side... There are plenty of Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys to go around!"

"Yeah" He didn't even crack a smile. He just watches as Paul walks away with Dawn. "He had better treat her good, because he's the lucky one."

...

"Hey, I'm needing to stop by the pokemon center." Paul told Dawn, she follows him. "What do you want... My treat, beautiful." She blushes and bites her finger cutely.

"I'll have a sampler cheeseburger... I like it a lot." She tells him, he nods.

"Hello, Nurse Joy!" He gets a tray and puts his pokemon on it then returns it to Nurse Joy.

"Dawn? Your okay! The spell was broken, good for you!" Nurse Joy said, cheerfully.

"Huh? What spell?" They both chime in.

"It's known as a sleeping beauty spell. The legend is that love travels in a circle, affecting certain people. The belief is that Snow White fell asleep under a spell and she met someone there. They fell in love and someone else fell in love with her. She never got to see the other person she fell in love with again after she awoke." Nurse Joy explained as Dawn blushed, she played with her hair to keep from turning too bright red. "Dawn has a community of people who love her and she loved someone and it only takes a moment but if someone forms a circle of love, it can withstand anything."

"I fell asleep and saw Dawn in the nightmare world. I can't imagine being trapped for years, I suppose it does happen though." Paul pointed out. "I won't let it happen to you ever." Dawn smiles widely.

"Now let's have our first date, cafe style!" He joked, Dawn reacted a moment not knowing that he actually did joke a bit, she let go and laughed.

"I really think you got in my head today, more than anyone." Paul started, the more he talked, the more Dawn got lost in his voice. Paul was soo... dreamy.

***Flashback***

"I only came along, because Darkrai is a legendary pokemon, I knew that with what it did to you... It'd have to be among some of the most powerful pokemon in the world. I wanted to catch it for myself." He explained.

"Hmm... I understand." She replied, making him cringe. "You want to win, at any cost, that's not too hard to understand. I feel that way about my contests."

"Your right... I'm so foolish allowing my greed to get the best of me." Paul continued. "I let my greed put my in this position. To be trapped in Darkrai's nightmare."

"You can't blame youself, Paul." She commented "You couldn't have known you were gonna end up here with me." He gives her his half smile.

"You're right. I guess I'm not perfect, I make mistakes all the time." Paul replied.

"Oh, me too! I guess I have to confess that there's something about you. You have such an aura, and a voice to match... I couldn't help but evesdrop on you in the Pokemon Center. You are so mysterious and different than anyone I know... I was drawn to you." Dawn rambles, Paul just gets this look on his face, he understands, but doesn't at the same time. He is confused and is flinching, he doesn't like emotions, but he was feeling them all at the same time. "What's wrong, Paul?" He snaps out of it and just tries staring at something... But there's nothing but blackness, and Dawn. She was beautiful, her eyes sparkle, even without a light source. She radiated life off herself, it was like nothing he'd ever seen in a girl.

"There's no one like you... You're full of life, joy, tears, anger... I like you angry... you're just, your nose wrinkles and while I just snicker at you to make you madder... My heart skips a beat for you. Dawn, you're everything that is beautiful, Like a Cherrim in full bloom..." Now he rambles, you can see in Dawn's face that her heart is leaping from her chest. She stares at his beautiful eyes, outstreches and hand to cradle his head, and they stop.

"You're perfect for me." They say in sync, and lean in to kiss, but there's nothing when their lips touch.

Darkrai's nightmare (Dawn)

"Paul? Where are you?" She calls out for him.

Darkrai's nightmare (Paul)

"What? Dawn? Dawn?" He searches for her.

***Flashback ends***

"I can't imagine what I'd be doing if I hadn't wanted to get Darkrai so badly... Can you?..." She is still in outer space. "Dawn, sweetie?"

"Huh? Sorry, Paul..." She blushes.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I had a thought, a few thoughts actually... Can you imagine how this might've turned out if you hadn't been here, or taken an interest in Darkrai?" She asked.

"No, I couldn't." He smirked comedicly.

"Okay. I have an itch to train, I can't wait to get our pokemon back!" Dawn said, looking around at people with pokemon.

"Ding, Ding, Ding! Paul and Dawn your pokemon are fully healed" An announcement came over the intercom.

"Speaking of Arceus, Their they are!" Dawn says, getting up and going to get them followed by Paul. They leave and head outside of town to train in a field. Paul grabs all of his pokeballs and launches them into the air.

"Go, team! Training time." He said to them as they appeared. "Dawn, what do you think?"

"Wow, they sure are tough!" She replied, he half-smiled at her comment. "So you have Electivire, Aggron, Gastrodon, Drapion, Magmar, and Froslass..." She blushes. "How impressive!"

"Magmar still needs to be stronger though... We won't win if he doesn't get stronger." Paul explained.

"Oh, I see." She replied.

"I want him to evolve into a Magmortar, I am expecting tough opponents in the Sinnoh League." He continued.

"Kry..." A whisper is unheard by them as clouds turn the sky a deep grey and the wind blows. Paul catches his stance, but Dawn can't seem to. Piplup begins to whine.

"Pip-...lup..." He whines, the wind whips up and begins to twirl in a tornado around Dawn, lifting her up before Paul realizes what is happening. He lunges for her leg and they are both sucked up into it. It tries to shake Paul, but he's made more determined because it's hurting Dawn.

"Ahhh! Uh! Ahh!" Dawn wails out. It stops violently and they are high up and they are now falling to the ground. Paul moves his hands up to pull Dawn on top of him.

"Dawn, I will protect you till the end." He says making sure that they stay in a position to allow her to land on him when they hit the ground. She cried and the tears floated up off her face into the sky. He cradles her head to his chest, making her cry harder in fear of hitting the ground and the thoughts of either of them dying. She felt as if something was peeling them apart... But what? She opened her eyes, and I guess you'll have to wait till the next chapter!

You've just been trolled... Have fun waiting in anticipation, like a Croagunk! Remember that comments are always welcome! Aren't Paul and Dawn so cute together?