Chapter 3: Close to You

A small knock was heard at the young Serena's bedroom door. While a knock was heard on the outside, sobs were inside it. The sobbing girl refused to get up or open the door.

"Serena sweetie, breakfast." Grace had said softly at the door. No response was heard, as usual, for the past three weeks. The move had been tough on Serena, and let's take out the word 'tough'. It was, um, 'severely heartbreaking' for the little girl. She cried mostly every day, and barely ate what her Mom had made for her. She hadn't seen or talked to Ash in those three weeks, because, well, he's gone. But that's what Serena called, 'Gone forever'. When Serena went to sleep, tears still rolled down her cheeks as she grasped the handkerchief that Ash had given her tightly. It was a treasure to her, the only thing that she could cherish, ever since she was separated. She had no hope, no dreams...

She was dead to the world.

A sigh was heard outside of the bedroom, and Grace slid the plate under the door. She then walked away, and her footsteps became faint, until they couldn't be heard at all. Stopping her sniffing for a few seconds, the little Serena crawled quietly to the plate of food. It contained kiwi and orange slices, a small hot cup of fruit tea, and some napkins. The little child picked up a little kiwi slice and nibbled on it slightly, until it had disappeared. Moving on to an orange slice, Serena had chewed on it, until before you knew it, the whole plate was cleared, along with her tea as well. The girl sighed contently, but still was not satisfied. Now crawling to her window, and returning to her heartbroken state, Serena had whispered, while on the brink of tears, 'Ash, wherever you are, come to Kalos. I want to see you again. I can't go on like this. I can't go on, without you.'

(Time Skip: 6 years later)

"Woah! Waugh!" Serena screamed as she tried to control the Rhyhorn she was riding on. "Come on! We need to go this way!"

"Serena!" Serena's Mother, Grace, called from the side. "Don't be afraid! Be one with your Ryho-"

"Waugh!" Serena screeched again. The Rhyhorn launched Serena high into the sky, with her screaming as well. She plummeted and skidded on the ground. Face first.

'Oww...' Serena thought miserably, 'Ow, ow, ow.'

"Serena!" Grace scolded, "If you're thinking that it was Rhyhorn's fault, it wasn't! It was your fault for being unaware of it!"

Serena picked her face up off the ground in an instant. Clearly set off, and yelled;

"MOM! I. HATTTEEEE THISSSSS!"

Serena dashed up to her bedroom, a big mirror check was what she needed. She could feel the painful cuts on her face, and wanted to know if her face was okay.

Standing at her doorway was Grace's partner, Fletchling. Fletchling gave Serena an unusual look, and all Serena could do was growl, making the Fletchling hop away in fear.

Zooming to the mirror in the left corner of her room she could now inspect her , looking at her face in the mirror, she could see the injuries she had gotten on her face. Two sizeable cuts on her forehead, a small cut on her right cheek, and the tiniest bump on her chin.

"Great!" Serena said sarcastically, "Now I won't be showing up for camp tomorrow! There is absolutely no way that I'm going to camp, with my face. Looking. Like. This." Flailing her arms wildly in the air, which was what she did often when she was aggravated, she went to her window, and quietly screamed. For some reason that always made her feel better. But one more thing made her complete.

Then quietly going under her pink bed, Serena took out a light pink jewelry box, contained with all of the things that she cherished. Including the handkerchief that the little Ash had given her. Spotting that unique handkerchief, she pulled it out, and embraced it in a hug. When Serena had moved, she didn't stop crying. She had no contact with Ash, no talking to him, no nothing...

'I really wish I could see Ash again, even if he didn't remember me.' Serena thought sadly, 'I don't know why I want to see him, I just feel, like, we have a connection. A special one. Like..'

Glancing at a poster that was taped to the pastel pink wall of her bedroom, she looked at the poster and studied it. A boy and girl, who had looked so familiar, and by familiar, I mean just like Ash and Serena, holding hands, at a tropical island, and at the beach, holding hands and staring into one another's eyes. Leaning in for a kiss.

'Love, maybe?' Serena wondered, and immediately swooned at the thought. Hugging the handkerchief close to her chest. She immediately stopped when a wave of pain entered her cheeks, and forehead.

"Okay," Serena said aloud, "Maybe I should get something to treat these wounds."

Being careful at where she stepped, Serena stumbled out of her room.

(Lumiose City Airport, 10:37 A.M.)

"Ash!" Alexa called worriedly from the stair steps of the airplane, "Are you okay?!"

Grunting in pain, Ash managed to give a thumbs up, letting Alexa breathe in relief. Rushing down the steps, Alexa helped Ash get up, which was an easy thing to do.

"Thanks, Alexa." said Ash.

"Oh, no problem!" Alexa laughed, "I'm going to call my sister inside, do you mind staying here?"

"Nope, not a bit!" Ash had replied.

Laughing once again, Alexa nodded, and walked briskly to the waiting station inside.

"Well buddy, we got some exploring to do!" Ash said to Pikachu as the electric mouse climbed up his back and onto Ash's right shoulder.

"Pika, pikapi!" Pikachu agreed. Now, with no words left to say, the two stood in silence with nothing to do except look at where they were.

The sky was clear, more clear than any bright sky he'd ever seen. Spritzee's fluttered in the sky...

"This is going to be such an amazing journey, Pikachu." Ash had said to his partner.

"Pi-"

The Pikachu was interrupted, when a brisk wind muffled the noise of the airport, and a figure, that had looked like a Pokemon, jumped above them. What it had looked like was a blur of red, yellow and white. But then landed on the ground and had done a little twirl, before it disappeared in the flurry of red dust.

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