DUSK by Mr. Sleepy Head Part 1: Dawn meets Dusk "NNNNNOOOOO!!!" A sharp earpiercing scream of terror filled the air, waking up Ash, Brock and Pikachu in the middle of the night. Cranky from being woken up, Pikachu unleashed a powerful THUNDERBOLT upon the source of the scream. As son as the smoke cleared, where Dawn's tent once lay was now a blackened field, what used to be Dawn's tent and Dawn herself, scorched up from the incredible POKEMON's attack. "Dawn! What's wrong?" Asked a concerned Ash, "Before Pikachu attacked you, that is. That was a pretty loud scream," Brock added, "S-sorry...Just a nightmare... T-that's all," Dawn said though still a bit shaken up from the attack, "What nightmare could've caused such a loud scream?" Ash askeed thinking, Ash imagined up Dawn never being allowed to participate in contests and not living up to her mother, a famous coordinator. "C'mon. We'll talk about it after breakfast. First let's get a bit more shuteye," Brock said "Right," Dawn and Ash said in agreement, So they all went back to sleep. Luckily for Dawn, Brock had an extra sleeping bag and he let Dawn use it. In the morning, they had some of Brock's world- famous cooking for breakfast. "So, tell us about your nightmare," Ash asked, Dawn took a deep breath and said, "It was about my b-brother... my tin brother," _____________________________________________________________________________ Dawn told Ash and Brock about Dusk, her twin brother, and how she never got to know him too well. "When I was 5, my father, who I cannot remember, left with Dusk to the Hoenn Region," Dawn said, "I saw a picture of them when I was 9 and my mom told me they were my Brother and Father," "She told me that they left when I was 5 because my dad's mother was sick and wanted to meet me and Dusk even just once," "But my mother wouldn't allow me because I wasn't ready, but wanting to grant at least half of her mother-in-law's possibly dying wish, she allow Dusk to go," "A year had passed and mymom recieves a call from my dad's brother," "He said that his mother couldn't make it and ad unfortunately got my dad sick, causing his to slip into a coma," "My brother was staying with my aunt, uncle and grandfather in the Hoenn Region and we never heard from them since," _____________________________________________________________________________ "...And that's my story," Dawn said with a deep sigh, Ash felt sorry having Dawn, who's eyes we're now reddened due to the tears she shed as she told her story, tell her story and for bringing back feelings that she must've hid deep with in herself. "Dawn, look I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to have to remember that. And I'm sorry for bringing back those feelings," Ash said apologetically, Ash had never heard such a heartbreaking story like this. Dawn has never known her own father like Ash but unlike him she had a brother... A twin brother even whom she never even got to know. Ash was sorry for surfacing such emotions of Dawn which she must've tried so hard to hide. But now they have surfaced and are bringing Dawn deep sorrow. Ash wanted to comfort her, tell her that he knows of the pain of not knowing or having a father. But he doesn't know of the pain of having to remember those you never knew, for is mom said he was too young to remember his father when he left. "Dawn, I'm sorry. I know of the pain of not having to know a father more than you know," He said, "Yeah, we're all in this together. My dad left me and my family leaving me to take care of my younger siblings," Brock said, "Thanks, guys. I feel much better now since you've reassured me," Dawn said smiling, "It's good to have friends like you," Wiping away the tears she said, "Now come on! The next Pokemon Contest is in the town up ahead! If we hurry, we'll make it there by lunch," But Ash and the gang couldn't make it there by lunch because it started to rain. Instead, they stopped by a farm near the end of the forest. The farm was abound with Combee flying around, in te middle of the farm were barrels and at the back, near a big tree, was a Vespiquen. As Ash and the gang got closer, a man, probably 18, came out of the farm house saying. "What is it? Honey's not ready yet. Still got a few more barrels to fill," "Sorry, mister, but it's pouring out here, can we come in for some shelter?" Dawn said, "Sure, lil' lady... Hey, you don't look like some workers from the honey factory...Why you're just kids... Cmon in," Accepting the kind man's offer, Ash and company went into the farm house. The man brought some toast fresh from the oven and a jar of honey along with some hot chocolate. "Help yourselves. Got plenty of honey and bread," He said, "Thanks!" The trio said happily, As they were happily enjoying the kind man's offer of food and drinks, he said, "Name's Kyle. So, what're you folks doing near these woods?" He asked, "People from Sunset City don't like coming any where near the forest unless they have to and that's to get honey," "Well... we're actually on our way to Sunset City for a contest. My name's Dawn from Twinleaf town and I want to be a Pokemon Coordinator," Dawn said finishing her hot chocolate, "I'm Ash from Pallet Town and I want to become a Pokemon Master," Ash said enjoying the bread and honey, "Hi, I'm Brock from Pewter City and I want to be a Pokemon Breeder," Brock said, "Hate to say it to ya' but I've never heard of Pallet Town or Pewter City till now. Heard of Twinleaf town though. Near Sandgem, right? How's Professor Rowan?" Kyle said, "He's fine but how do you know him?" "Used to come here to check out my Combee and that there Vespiquen. Also came to get some honey. Lasthe came was 6 months ago and did some research on that there tree near my Vespiquen. Said it had something to do with how the honey tastes," "Wait...Whatdo you mean you've never heard of Pallet Town? Haven't you've heard of Professor Oak? The Professor Oak in the Kanto Region?" Ash said after recovering from being stunned by Kyle's not knowing of Pallet Town, "Sorry, can't say that I have. Never went out of Sinnoh before, even just outside the forest which surrounds my house and Sunset City from the outside world. That Vespiquen over there, I caught when I was about 14 in the forest, caught it as a combee and used it to catch more. My dream was to build a honey farm and the life I'm living is already a dream and I don't desire to leave it 'cept when I gotta go to the city for supplies," "But how'd you meet Prof. Rowan?" Dawn asked, "Well... Came to Sunset to buy some Paralyz Heal but they we're out of stock. Professor Rowan came up to me and asked what I needed it for, and I told him several of my Combee were paralyzed by the stun spore of nearby Beautifly and he offered me a few paralyz heals and a ride back," "We were able to cure them of their paralysis and I offered him some honey in return. He said thanks and went back to his lab in Sandgem," By the time Ash and company had finished eating and Kyle was done with his story, the rain had stopped and a beautiful rainbow had appeared above the tree where Vespiquen lay. The Combee were sort of dancing happily arund their queen. Ash thanked Kyle for the meal and continued on to Sunset City. It was already 1 in the afternoon but luckily they were able to try some of Kyle's soup before they left, so they were stuffed. Kyle had also offered them a few sandwiches to take with them. It was already 2 by the time they reached Sunset City. It was a majestic town. Buildings were painted in different shades of blue, orange and yellow, the colors of a sunset. At the bay, boats of wood were docked. Children played and the elderly and adults took pleasue in the cool and clean breeze that blew. Wingull and Pelipper flew aabove the bay. In the center of the city was a park. A beautiful park filled with trees and flowers. Near the center of the park was a building that caught Dawn's attention. The building was painted also painted in different shades of blue, orange and yellow. Banners hung on the walls. Posters of different famous coordinators including... "May!" Ash said obviously astonished, "Drew's here too," Brock said, "Friends of yours?" Dawn asked, "Yep," Well then, hope they'll be a chal-" Dawn stopped after seeing a poster with the name Dusk, He was wearing a Blue Lacoste shirt, light brown slacks and brown shoes. He was sporting shades but you can see his blue eyes. Beside him stood a Lucario. "What's the matter?" Ash said then say the poster, "Is something wrong with my poster?" A voice had said, And that voice had come from the person whose picture they were looking at Dawn's brother, Dusk. "Brother..." Dawn said dumbfounded, "Brother? I have no sister. My uncle has no children and my father's daughter is-" He stopped, He thought about how Dawn looked like him. He saw within her eyes a person striving to be one of the best coordinators like he does. "Hmmm...I once saw a picture of a girl with the name Dawn and my uncle told me she was my sister. Are you Dawn?" "Y-yes, Dusk. I-I'm Dawn. Y-Your s-sister," Dawn said tears building up, Dawn and Dusk were at last together. THE END _____________________________________________________________________________ ~Thanks for reading everyone! It's been a long tie since I last wrote a story for The Pokemon Tower. Hope you enjoy it! Pls review!!! And stay tuned for the next part: Togekiss vs Lucario: The aura is tense! See ya!