Title: Snowy Day
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Snowballshipping (Ash x Candice)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #32, Snow
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: AU, het

“You haven’t done this before?” Candice quirked an eyebrow, as Ash blushed. The Snowpoint City Gym Leader looks perky, dressed in her white long-sleeved shirt and blue skirt, black hair neatly tied back in braids, but considering the snow Ash is covered with, she’s not at any disadvantage.

“Not for a few years,” Ash confessed, trying to remember the last time he saw snow. Candice just smiled.

“Then I’ll go easy on you, and not use my pokemon. We’ll have fifteen minutes to make as many snowballs as we can, and then it’s war!”

“Sounds good!” Ash agreed. Dawn and Brock were watching from a nearby café, amused, sipping hot chocolate.

“Think he’ll win?”

Brock shook his head, though he was still staring at Candice, a faint line of drool forming around her mouth. Dawn sighed.

Ash and Pikachu and Aipom all packed snowballs furiously, Pikachu trying his best with his little paws, while Aipom filled Ash’s hat with his supply. Ash found a convenient boulder to hide behind, glancing around for Candice. Where was she…?

He cautiously tiptoed out from behind the boulder, seeing a flash of blue out of the corner of his eye. Aha!

Candice yelped as Ash’s snowball impacted with her thigh. She quickly began lobbing as fast as she could, in his direction. Ash, Pikachu, and Aipom retaliated quickly, and within seconds, both of them were both soaked and laughing too hard to stand.

“Looks like you haven’t lost your edge,” Candice commented, as she and Ash returned to the gym for dry clothing.

“No,” Ash grinned. “That was fun!”

“We should probably get snowsuits if we want to play any longer, though. It would really bite if we got colds.” Ash nodded, looking away while Candice wrung out her dripping wet skirt with a sigh.

Good thing she had extras…

The next day, they played some more, and then afterwards, Candice waved good-bye to Ash as she watched him leave.

He was a cute boy, if a little rough around the edges, but she could deal with that. She’d given him her email address, so hopefully they’d keep in contact.

Candice was a pretty nice gym leader, Ash thought, as he and his friends walked down the road to the next city. Maybe they could meet again?

It might be fun!

End Fic

Completed 5/21/07

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My stupid Chemistry final is *over*! I am so, so happy. Except now I’m running the flu from hell once my body wants to relax. Ah well… good thing I kept it at bay while I was cramming…

And I have no idea what kind of personality Candice has, since this was written… way before she showed up in either the Japanese anime or dub. So I gave her a cute one. ^^

Ash: ^^

Phantomness: *Yawn*

Lance: ^^