"How much do you want to become a Pokemon Master, Ash?" Lance asked Ash, who stopped to think for a moment about the question.
"I would do anything to fulfil my dream" Ash replied, feeling that was what he desired. Lance stared back with a serious...
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(Ash)
Several months have passed since I found Serena again. I had always felt like that this miracle was our destiny. We were destined to be together until the world ends. Well, I am not really sure what our destiny is. But, one thing was for sure.
We had a lot of years ahead of us to live.
It was winter, or I assumed so due to the snowfall we had. Serena would know. There were a few inches of snow outside of the cottage we had sheltered up in. The strange thing that we had found out here, was that the world was barren of people and even Pokemon. We hadn't found anything yet, anyway. Giratina had supplied an empty world and of course, I wasn't complaining, but Pikachu had no reason to battle and that was sort of upsetting.
I opened up the other curtain and saw Serena sat on a stump, Pikachu resting on her lap silently. With, of course, the lack of Pokemon, Pikachu had become a sort of pet for us. I still trained him every single day, just in case a battle may reach us. The rest of my Pokemon? I didn't bring them out much and the case stayed on the shelf we had in the main room, just in case. Sometimes I would bring them out to battle Pikachu, but it was never the same as battling an unknown opponent, so it was a decision I thought was best.
"Ash, hey, Ash!" I heard Serena shout and I met her gaze from the window. Her smile was warm and I smiled back, exiting the house.
"What's up?" I ran up and stopped to look around.
"You do know it is Christmas soon, right?" Serena's words made me gulp nervously. "It's only in two days!"
"That might explain the excitement..." I looked around awkwardly.
"You forgot?" she tilted her head up to face me, frowning.
"I've never been able to keep track of the days," I admitted with a laugh. "Besides, we have no decorations or anything.
"Yeah..." Serena let out a sigh. "It's been quite boring recently, hasn't it?"
I let Serena's words sink in. It was true, even if I did admit that the world with just her was better than the one without. We were bored now. Two now sixteen-year-olds in a world of their own. It was kind of like a cliche fantasy.
"I wish we could speak to everyone else again," I said reminiscently, thinking back. "It would be great."
"After everything that has happened, they would probably die from the shock of seeing me, if they somehow could." Serena giggled and she put Pikachu into her arms, standing up.
I had forgotten about most of the events. Serena's death all that time ago. Team Shadow. Everything. It all seemed like a distant memory. Like I was supposed to be forgetting it all.
"Serena?" I was thinking exactly like Cilan and Clemont would.
"What is it?" she turned to me with a confused look on her face.
