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Mother's Day Gift

Grade Three

May (9), Dawn (8), Ash (9)

May, Dawn and Ash were all gathered at May's house, having a very serious discussion. It was Saturday, and tomorrow, it was going to be a very special day. Unfortunately, they weren't exactly prepared for it.

"Guys, we have to think of something!" May said. "If we're the only ones not ready for Mother's Day—"

"May, no need to worry," Dawn tried to reassure her. "We'll think of something. I mean, everyone else did, so how hard could it be?"

"Yeah, but we need to think of it right away, or else we won't be able to get ready for it, and we have to do this before tomorrow," Ash reminded them. "Man, I wish I'd tried thinking of something before. I just kept forgetting to!"

"I made a card like I do every year, but like I said, I do it every year," Dawn said, frowning slightly. "I want to do something different. Something new and special!"

"Yeah, same here," said May. "Well, I didn't make a card, but I wanted to do something special, and I tried thinking of something all week, but couldn't!"

"I can't believe the others already have ideas," said Ash. "All of them! It makes me feel like I didn't think much about it."

"Yeah," said Dawn. "But we can't worry about that right now. We still have one day, so we have to try to think of a plan."

"But what?" May wondered.

The three sat by themselves in silence, wondering what to do. Suddenly, a large grin appeared on Dawn's face.

"I know!" she exclaimed, standing up. "Instead of just giving them something, we can can all take our moms somewhere special and have a lot of fun with them there! Our gift could be giving them a great time!"

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Ash stood up in enthusiasm. "What kind of place were you thinking?"

"A Pokemon park! You know, one of those huge spacious parks where there are Pokemon everywhere, and you can play with them and feed them and have fun!"

"Sounds great!" May cheered, standing up as well. "Tomorrow, we can tell them that we should all go to the Pokemon park for the day! I can ask Daddy to suddenly just take us all there as a surprise!"

"Yeah, Professor Oak can help out with me," Ash said. "And then we can have a picnic there, and we can buy treats to feed the Pokemon!"

"Then it's settled! The three of us can take our moms to a Pokemon park. And it would be even more fun if we all meet up there!" Dawn said.

"Wait, I have an idea!" May exclaimed. "We can make the Pokemon treats ourselves! We bought a small Berry Blender machine a few weeks ago, and we have berries, so the three of us can make Pokeblock."

"And Poffins!" Dawn clapped her hands together. "I make Poffins for my mom's Glameow all the time, so I'm really good at Poffin-making. I'm just not allowed to use the stove alone, though."

"Don't worry," May assured her. "Mom is out shopping, and Daddy's home, so we can just ask him to help out. And my mom wouldn't be here until later, so we won't have to worry about ruining the surprise."

"Come on! Let's do this!" Ash cheered, running to the kitchen, May and Dawn following behind.

With the help of Norman, May's father, they all got set up. May insisted that they work by themselves, but Norman was firm in his belief that they needed adult-supervision.

"Berries, berries! Need lots of berries!" May hummed as she did her best to follow the Pokeblock recipe she had made up all by herself.

"Wow, these are going to be great!" Dawn chirped, mixing the Poffin ingredients in a large pot on the stove. Norman was standing with her and Ash as they worked on a stove, being very careful to make sure they didn't accidentally burn themselves.

"Yeah!" Ash said brightly. But then he frowned. "But I'm not so sure I'm doing this right..." Ash too was attempting Poffins, but he wasn't as confident as Dawn in his abilities, since it was his first time.

Dawn leaned over to peek into his pot and frowned. "I think you missed an ingredient," she said, handing him a small box. "This."

"Oh, okay." He took the box.

"No don't put that much in!"

"Whoops!"

"Stir faster, it'll burn!"

"I'm trying—"

"That's too fast! You're making it spill!"

"Okay, okay!"

"That's too slow again!"

Dawn's Poffin-cooking lessons for Ash weren't going too well...

"Daddy, which button am I supposed to press?" May asked as she examined the Berry Blender.

"This one," Norman said, pushing it for her.

"Daddy, I wanted to push it!"

"Er, sorry... Maybe next time?"

"No, I'm going to have to make it all over again! I wanted to make it all myself!"

"But what about the ones you're making right now?"

"You can have those for your Pokemon! I wanna make all these myself!"

After a few hours of making Poffins and Pokeblock, and then cleaning up afterwards, they were all finally done!

"Wow, these Poffins are going to be so good!" Dawn said happily, organizing a batch of pink Poffins in a large basket.

"I'm not sure about mine," Ash said, rubbing the back of his head as he looked at his pile of burnt Poffins, which looked more like a pile of ashes.

"No need to worry, Ash! I have extra, so I can give you some!" Dawn said, dividing some of the Poffins she had made to share with her friend.

"Thanks, Dawn!"

"And here is my Pokeblock!" May announced, holding up a few small purple cube-shaped Pokeblock. "It's called May's Purple Surprise! I have extra, the ones that Daddy helped me make, so if you guys want to have some of those, you can!"

"Thanks, May!" The two took some of May's Purple Surprise as well.

"Tomorrow's going to be the best ever!

The next day, May, Dawn and Ash arrived at a Pokemon park with their mothers, Caroline, Johanna and Delia respectively. They all met up together, and had a great time having a picnic and enjoying playing with the Pokemon.

They tried to feed the Pokemon the Poffins and Pokeblock too, but unfortunately, not all the Pokemon were big fans.

"No one likes May's Purple Surprise!" May said sadly. "I worked so hard! But no one likes it..."

"Maybe there is a Pokemon that likes it somewhere around here, but is too shy to come out," Caroline suggested.

"Yeah, maybe!" said May, brightening up. "I'll go see... Oh, there is one that looks shy! Come here, I have some Pokeblock for you! Do you wanna try May's Purple Surprise? Come on!" Caroline laughed lightly as her daughter chased a poor Bidoof around and around.

Meanwhile, Ash was having a little trouble too.

"Aw, come on!" he said, frowning as a Pokemon sniffed the Poffins he was offering and rejected it. "They can't be that bad!"

"Maybe they just aren't hungry right now," Delia said.

"What? How can they not be hungry? Especially when these taste so good!" Just to be sure, Ash took a little nibble from the Poffin. "See, it's not bad! Not bad at all!" He took another nibble while Delia just smiled and shook her head at her son's never-ceasing love for food.

"But Mom, why don't they like my Poffins?" Dawn whined, disappointed. "I made them exactly like I make them with you!"

"I'm sure you did," Johanna assured her. "But those Poffins are specifically the kind that Glameow likes. Not all Pokemon like the same kind of Poffins."

Dawn thought a bit about the explanation, and then said, "So we can just give these to Glameow then?"

"I'm sure Glameow would love them!" Johanna said, causing her daughter to beam.

The rest of Mother's Day passed wonderfully at the Pokemon park. Sure, it didn't go exactly as they had planned it, as not all the Pokemon really liked the treats, but nevertheless, they all found it to be a very memorable day!

Happy Mother's Day, people! ...Even if I am about two months late. Ehehehe...

I made this chapter with May, Dawn and Ash because they're the only ones out of the main-eight whose mothers appear in the anime, so it was easier to just make it with them. I could have done Leaf too, since she just appears in the games, and her mother appears in the games too, but I eventually decided against it since we barely know anything about her mother. Of course I could make her personality and everything up, but I eventually didn't end up doing that. Besides, Leaf's a smart girl. She probably already had plans at the ready!

But anyways, I thought May, Ash and Dawn fit this more. So yeah.

Thanks for reading!

Bye bye for now! Have a wonderful day, and smile all the way! :)