Hey guys, Jeff here.
I bring you the 3rd Chapter to this story.
So, the special characters will be... TIERNO & SHAUNA!
Let's get to reading...
After Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie had finished eating their breakfast, they all brought back and returned their Pokémon to their respective Pokéballs, except Pikachu – because it doesn't like staying on its Pokéball, as he finds it quite uncomfortable and he's now so used to just hanging around Ash's shoulder; however this didn't bother Serena, Clemont and Bonnie as they already knew the reason ever since they started travelling together.
They all then discussed what they wanted to do for the rest of the day, as it was quite late to start travelling on the road and they wouldn't get to the Pokémon Centre in time before it gets dark, so they would have to camp outside – which Serena hates – therefore they all agreed to just stay at this Pokémon Centre for now. Ash decided to train for the rest of the day with his Pokémon in anticipation for his next gym battle, Serena decided to practise their new and improved routine that she had just thought of after breakfast with Braixen and Pancham, and Clemont decided to start building his new invention with Bonnie's help, of course, outside where Ash and Serena will be at. As they walked out of the back door of the Pokémon Centre into the dirt battlefield outside, they spot someone familiar in the distance…
"Hey, you guys. Long-time no see." An average height, black haired trainer wearing black Vanillite top and beige shorts yelled from a distance, trying to grab the gang's attention. He was running towards them with his partner Wartortle, who had evolved from a Squirtle since they last saw it, at a slow-paced jog.
"Oh, hello Tierno. How have you been? It's been a long time, hasn't it?" Ash spoke up as Tierno slowly went up to the gang before doing some sort of breakdance move, as he was trying to show off his dance skills once again.
"I'm great, thanks." Tierno replied back to Ash as he was looking around, trying to find someone else who he expects should be here. "Where is she?"
"How did you beat me, again?" A brown haired girl wearing pink top with ribbon decorations and slightly torn denim shorts complained from the other side of the battlefield of the Pokémon Centre.
"Shauna, how have you been? I haven't seen you for ages." Serena said as she walked up to greet Shauna, and Braixen and Pancham greeted Bulbasaur – Shauna's partner – by holding giving each other a high-five.
"I'm doing fine. I saw your latest Pokémon Showcase Performance. You seemed to have improved over time." Shauna said as she complimented Serena's performance – by watching it at PokéVision online – as she gave off a radiant smile.
"Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. So, have you improved as well?" Serena asks her rival for some news on how far they have improved since they had seen each other and participated from the last Pokémon Showcase.
"'Course, I have. I don't want to fall behind, you know." Shauna said as she pulled something out of her pocket, a Princess Key. "Here's proof."
"Wow, you already have two Princess Keys. I'm so jealous." Serena said as she stood there gazing at the Princess Key that Shauna has presented in front of her.
"Where's Trevor?" Clemont said; confused as to where Trevor was, as he normally travels with Tierno and Shauna as a group together.
"Well, he spotted a Pokémon that wasn't in his albums, so he was kind of distracted, let's say." Tierno answered in response to Clemont's question in a sort of apologetic tone.
"Let's head inside, then. I think we have a lot to talk about." Ash suggested to the whole group who had just appeared from out-of-nowhere. They all gave a nod to show their agreement with that idea and they all walked inside.
When they got inside, they occupied a table and sat around it. Tierno and Shauna were on one side, and Ash, Bonnie, Clemont and Serena were sat on the opposite side. They all decided to send out their Pokémon from their Pokéballs, as they were taking a break after all, and then turned their attention on chatting with each other whilst Bonnie has run off with the Pokémon to play with them – as she wasn't interested talking with other people that much.
As Bonnie and the Pokémon left to go and play outside, they all started to chat with each other – talking about their journey so far, what has happened or what events have taken place during their time apart, how have they all been doing, and that sort of things. After about a few minutes and when Clemont had come back from fetching some drinks for all of them, Ash decided to go out onto the battlefield and train, and of course Tierno followed, but Shauna insisted that he should stay for a moment before heading out with Ash to train with him.
"So, I'm going to head out and train for a bit. Tierno, wanna help?" Ash mentioned and turned his head to face Tierno whilst he asked that question.
"Yeah, su~" Tierno said with glee before being interrupted by Shauna.
"Wait Tierno, there's something we need to discuss about." Shauna mentioned as he interrupts Tierno from finishing what he was saying in response to Ash's request just a moment ago.
"Okay… well I'll be out as soon as I can, Ash." Tierno said with a slight disappointed look from his face. He was excited to go and have a battle with Ash after all this time, but first he remembered that the important matters needed to be attended first.
"Fine. I'll be outside." Ash replied as he ran off to go to the battlefield outside, where Bonnie and the Pokémon were playing, whilst Pikachu quickly jumped onto his shoulders before both of them head out and out of sight.
"So, what are we going to talk about?" Serena questioned the whole group – who was looking at her with a small and subtle grin on their faces – whilst displaying a sort of confused face.
"It's about Ash, Serena. I thought she told you that we know." Tierno said whilst giggling a bit, which made Serena blush slightly with a hint of red colour on her face.
"We all know that you have a crush on Ash…" Shauna added to Tierno's point, as she too was giggling a bit when she mentioned that.
"Come on, Serena. Time to come clean again, one more time." Clemont teased Serena to do another confession, but this time to Tierno and Shauna.
"Okay, fine… I do have a crush on Ash; but, now… I have passed that crush stage and now… I… love him… now, please can we move onto another topic…" Serena said filled with embarrassment as her blush was can be clearly seen by Clemont, Tierno and Shauna.
"Oh, that's too cute!" Bonnie said as she had just walked in from where she was playing with the Pokémon.
"Bonnie, can't you see that we are in a middle of a discussion?" Clemont said as he scolded his younger sister with a calm voice; but he knew why she wanted to get involved.
"I know what's going on anyway." Bonnie replied back whilst she looked up at her older brother – who was displaying an 'okay-fine' look from the expression of his face.
"I already knew this since Miette last talked to Serena. She said along the lines of 'if you don't make a move on Ash, then I will steal him away from you' or something like that. Of course, I knew at that point that Serena has a crush on Ash." Bonnie explained her reason as to why he had interrupted their conversation. As she said this, they all turned to Serena, who was forming tears on her eyes and was about to cry.
"Serena, there's nothing to be embarrassed or to be crying about. All of us have a crush on someone at some point. Come on, cheer up." Shauna said as she tried to comfort Serena with some reassuring and kind words.
"Come on Serena, you can't act like this. I mean, how are you going to tell Ash if you're in this state." Tierno added as he came up to Serena, trying to help her realise that it was going to be hard, but she has to persevere.
"Serena, just remember, don't give up 'till it's over." Clemont suggested and made Serena rise up from her seat and wipe the tears that had formed in her eyes. Whilst Serena was doing this, Clemont received a 'that-was-the-right-thing-to-do' nod from Bonnie – as she knew that Clemont did that on purpose, as Ash did say that after all.
"Tierno and Shauna, Clemont and Bonnie, thank you all. You gave me confidence to do this." Serena said as she faced all of her friends with a grin on her face, she was ready to get to work.
"So, how are we going to this?" Clemont said; opening up a discussion to everyone present at the table, as they all needed ideas on how they will get Ash to notice that Serena likes him, no loves him.
"This is going to be difficult as Ash is very dense. I mean, very dense." Serena added, as she mentioned challenge that she was going to overcome to get to Ash.
"Well, we could tell him up straight." Bonnie suggested, but received a 'what-are-you-talking-about' and annoyed faces from all of them gathered at the table.
"You could dress up beautifully one day to make him notice you a bit more." Shauna suggested and the others agreed with this idea.
"That could work, probably." Serena said as she took note of this interesting idea.
"Wait, what are Braixen and Frogadier doing?" Tierno questioned Braixen and Frogadier's behaviour outside to the whole gang, which made everyone stare at what they were doing. Both Pokémon were cuddling each other by the shade and hinted something interesting in Shauna's mind.
"It shows that they are in love with each other~" Shauna suggested before being interrupted by Tierno.
"I've got it! Frogadier is Ash's Pokémon and Braixen is Serena's Pokémon, so you can use this to your advantage." Tierno said as he had an idea popped at his head just now.
"How?" Serena said confusingly.
"Well, you can say that Frogadier is Ash and Braixen is yourself. It makes sense, doesn't it? You can make Ash think that your Pokémon think the same as their trainers and go from there." Tierno explained his theory, which received shocked and surprised faces from the group, as they didn't expect him to come up with an excellent idea.
"Great. I'll use that too." Serena said, which made the whole gang confused as to what Serena mean by that.
"Well, thanks for all of what you have done for me today. I'm off to practise my performance." Serena said as she rushed out of the lobby and out onto the battlefield whilst skipping with joy – as she was filled with happiness.
"Hey guys, before you leave…" Clemont said as he stopped Tierno and Shauna before they all head out after Ash and Serena to help them train and practise.
"…how did you know?" Bonnie finished the sentence that her brother started again.
"To be honest with you both~" Tierno said whilst the two blonde siblings were looking up at him before being interrupted by Shauna.
"~Miette told us." Shauna finished the sentence Tierno started, which received an annoyed face from Tierno but a shocked and surprised expression from Clemont and Bonnie – as they both didn't anticipate that Miette will be telling them.
There you have it! Chapter 3 is done!
It took a while to actually write this chapter, but I managed to finish it! :)
Anyways, I hope you all like the twist with what I did regarding the importance, or whatever you call it, in this chapter regarding helping Serena.
I would just like to thank all of you guys who have been supporting this story so far, and hopefully you will stick around to the ending! ;)
Anyways, I will try and improve the stories that I am writing by decreasing the amount of dialogue; but we'll see...
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See ya! Have a great day!