Together Forever!
By Cheridan Brianna Nightwalker
 
 
 
Note: I've decided to give up on Danny and Dustin, because I decided it was the stupidest thing I had ever written. This new series is about two complete opposites who are best friends. They battle their way to the top, solving the mysteries of Pokemon along the way. They also solve other problems: romantic problems, family problems, you name it!
Well, enjoy!
 
Profiles:
 
Name: May Birch
Age: 12
Personality: Serious, but fun-loving, likes Fighting, Fire, Electric, and Water Pokemon
Pokemon: Blaziken (Flame)
                Azurill (Lana)
                Medicham (Vash)
                Plusle (Danita)
                Milotic (Benita)
                Rhydon
 
 
Name: Sarai Maple
Age: 11
Personality: fun-loving, cheerful, yet quiet. admires Dark and Ghost type Pokemon, sometimes Steel and Water
Pokemon: Marshstomp (Blue)
                Absol (Sparks)
                Sableye (Mimi)
                Mawile (Katalin)
                Banette (Sikari)
                Dusclops
 
 
Part One: Freckles
 
"I brush against my freckles and I hate it so, but life goes on and a heave a little sigh for you! It's heavy the love that I have shared with, but it dissolved like it was just a sugar cube!"
May rubbed her forehead as her best friend Sarai sang that stupid song at the top of lungs as they strolled down the dusty road of Route 110.
"Now the little pain sitting in my has shrunk to a little bit, really does hurt me now! Those silly horoscopes, I guess I can't trust them after all!"
May put her hands over her ears.
Make it stop.
"If we could get further away, I wonder what it would be like! YEAH!! I'd be so happy inside my heart!"
Sarai took a deep breath.
"All the memories I have are beautiful in my mind, but they don't feed the hunger deep inside my soul, and tonight I thought I'd be just sitting in my sorrow! And now I must wonder why what they really mean to you! I just see it anymore!!!! I....just can't see it anymore!!!!OOOOOWHOAOOOOOOO!!"
Sarai clapped her hands together. "I'm finished!"
"Thank God! Where'd you hear that song anyways?"
"My mom used to sing it to me all the time when I was little," Sarai answered, looking at May with those green eyes that stood out against her skin, which was a mix of black and white. "It was kinda like a lullaby."
"That screeching was a lullaby?"
"It sounded better when she sang it. Hey, there's Slateport! C'mon!!"
 
 
Sarai insisted on getting her brand new Mawile a nickname.
She named it Katalin, and the Name Rater said it would bring good fortune.
Sarai was stupid enough to believe it.
"You hear that Katalin?" Sarai said to the Mawile. "We're gonna have good fortune!"
May rolled her eyes. "That's just a bunch of rubbish."
The two best friends left the Name Rater's house.
"Where are we going now?" Sarai asked her.
"I don't know. This place doesn't have a gym leader," May said.
"It should," Sarai said. "Then it would be more....interesting."
There was silence as they decided what to do.
"I wish I was home right now," Sarai said after a while.
"Why? You don't like traveling with me?"
"No! But I've missed about 15 episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles!"
And then (to May's dismay), Sarai started to sing the theme song.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles! Squirtles count it off! One, two three, four! Squirtles! Mutant chain reaction! Squirtles! Living underground! Squirtles! Ninjitsu action! Squirtles! It's a shell of a tiiimeee!!"
May stepped further away.
"Squirtles count it off! One: live by the code of the martial arts! Two: never fight unless someone else starts! Three: always stick together no matter what! Four: if all else fails then it's time to kick butt!"
Sarai took a deep breath. "I love bein' a....I love bein' a...I love bein' a Squirtle! Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles! Squirtles count it off! One, two, three, four! Squirtles! There's no one better! Squirtles! Watch out for Shredder! Squirtles! They're like no other! Squirtles! Those teenage brothas!!! One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles!"
May sighed with relief as Sarai finished.
"Do you know her?"
May looked to her left and saw a boy with wild brown hair that reminded her of a Sandslash and he was wearing glasses.
"Kinda. She's my best friend."
She saw the look on the boy's face.
"There's nothing wrong with her. She just likes to sing."
"I can tell."
Sarai bounded up to them.
"May, are you ready? Huh?"
A red tinge appeared on Sarai's face when she looked at the boy.
"Hi. My name's Dustin. Dustin Ketchum."
Sarai smiled nervously, and squeaked, "Hi."
"Hi. Um, anyway, do you guys know anyone named Ash Ketchum?"
The girls shook their heads. "Sorry," May said. "Wish we could help you."
Dustin just shrugged. "Okay. Thanks for your help."
Dustin walked off, his head hung.
"I wish we could help him," Sarai said. "Maybe this Ash is little his brother or something, and he lost him."
"Maybe. But he have other things to do. We have to train for our battle against Wattson."
Sarai shook her head. "Let's rest. We only just finished beating Brawly."
May sighed. "Whatever you say."
 
 
The next day...
Sarai and May rested on the beach, the wind blowing their hair and...aw, forget it!
They were just looking for some trainers to beat.
"All of these kids are weak!" May shouted.
"May, they're only beginning. You can't win by picking out the weakest," Sarai said.
May nodded. "You're right. Let's find Dustin. Maybe he's stronger."
As Sarai and May headed for the city, a boy with a somewhat raspy voice and a Pikachu by his side stopped him.
"Hi! Do you know someone named Dustin?"
Sarai nodded before May could shake her head. "We do! We just don't know where he is."
The boy nodded. "Could you tell him that Ash is looking for him? I'm...I'm his long lost brother."
Sarai felt a tear come to her eye.
It was like a soap opera.
"We'll find him for you! Family should be reunited!"
She started to sing.
"Reunited and it feels so good...."
May covered her mouth with her hand. "Excuse her. She loves to sing. We'll help you find your brother."
 
 
Ash was accompanied not only by his Pikachu, but by a girl with red hair in a ponytail, A Togepi, and a man who undoubtedly used to be the gym leader of the Pewter City Gym in the Kanto Region.
"How long have you been friends?" asked the girl, named Misty.
"For a long time," Sarai answered. "We've been best friends for the longest time!"
"Whoa. How long?"
Sarai shrugged. "I guess since..."
"Ten years, Sarai," May said.
"Yeah! Ten! Pretty long, huh?"
Their search led them to a theater on Route 110, the route that led to Mauville City.
On a stage in the theater was Dustin, playing a slow elegy on the piano.
Next to him was a Bagon, its eyes closed, listening to the music.
"Dustin!" Sarai shouted. "Dustin!"
Dustin stopped and turned to look at her. "Where did you guys come from?" he asked, stepping off the stage, the Bagon following him.
"Look who we found," Sarai said. "Look familiar?"
Dustin stared at him closely.
Ash stared back.
"Who's your mom?" Dustin asked him.
"Delia Ketchum. Yours?"
"Don't have one. Who's your dad?"
"I never had one. Who's yours?"
"David Ketchum. He's your dad, and mine."
They stood, staring at each other for while, before bursting out laughing.
"Yep, they're related," Brock said.
Pikachu agreed.
Sarai started to laugh too, although she didn't know what was so funny.
"You have to come meet him!" Dustin said excitedly. "He's waited a long time!"
 
 
Dustin took them to a large mansion.
It reminded Ash of James' home when they had to help keep him from Jessebelle.
"Dad!!" Dustin shouted, his voice echoing throughout the huge mansion. "Are you home?"
After a while, a Camerupt came lumbering down the stairs. It jerked its head upstairs.
"Thanks Camerupt," Dustin said, patting him on the head. "C'mon."
Ash's stomach was filled with Butterfree.
He would finally meet his father, for the first time.
Would he like him, or would he turn away and reject him, like he did so many years ago?
Dustin opened the door to the office.
"Dad?"
Working at a desk was a young man with wild black hair, a Sneasel sitting on top of a pile of papers.
"Uh, dad?" Dustin said.
"Yeah, Dust?"
His voice was even raspy.
He's definitely my dad.
"There's someone here to see you."
"Who is it?"
Ash stepped forward. "It's me."
David wheeled around and faced his son.
There was an eerie silence in the room, like it was before the black guy got killed first in a horror movie.
Sarai started to whimper, until she finally started to bawl.
"This is so happy!!" she cried. "Father and son! Reunited!"
May grabbed her shoulders. "Uh, excuse us."
She dragged her out of the room, Misty and Brock following.
May shut up Sarai by offering her a Lava Cookie.
"Very melodramatic, aren't ya?" Misty said.
Sarai wiped her eyes. "Very."
 
 
"No, Sarai! We're going!"
Sarai waved good-bye to Ash and Co.
"We'll meet again!" she cried. "May God be with you! Bye!!"
May finally got her to the entrance to Cycling Road.
"Sarai, you're some type of crazy."
Sarai smiled slyly. "I know. Isn't it grand? Isn't it great? Isn't it swell, isn't it?"
May rolled her eyes.
She went straight from talking to singing.
"Together forever! You'll be in my heart, and now we'll be...c'mon, May! Sing with me!"
May smiled.
"Fine."
"Together, forever! You'll be in my heart, and now we'll be together forever! When we are apart...."