So I have updated a little but the story is the same. There is no new story info so if you have read this before you don't need to read it again. As for this story, it is only an Ash and Serena pairing.

Setting

Kalos between Santalune City and Lumiose City. After episode 62 of the X and Y anime

Ages and Pokemon- (all other Pokemon are explained in the story)

Ash- 18

Pikachu

Frogadier

Hawlucha

Sliggoo

Fletchinder

Serena- 18

Fennekin

Pancham

Clemont- 15 - no appearance

Bunnelby

Chespin

Luxray

Bonnie- 8

Dedenne

Misty- 19

Starmie

Vaporeon

Maril

Corsola

Gyarados

Goldeen

Dawn-16

Buneary

Mamoswine

Piplup

Togekiss

Quilava

Pachirisu

Barney- 27 - (all are Enormous in size for their species)

Abomasnow

Hydreigon

Spiritomb

Arcanine

Gyarados

Metagross

It was another sunny day in the world of Pokemon but little did our Hero's know that it would be a day unlike any other for them.

Ash, Pikachu, Serena, and Bonnie were on their way to Lumiose City in the Kalos region to go fight Clemont and the hot sun was finally getting to our travelers who decided that it was time for lunch. Ash and Pikachu put up the picnic table and set the table while Serna cooked and Bonnie went to get water. Bonnie had just taken ten minutes to get the water from the stream and add the packet that cleans the water because she saw the cutest little Ducklett, a small blue duck-like Pokemon. She turned and started walking back to camp with Dedenne. But after a few minutes, she saw a redhead in a yellow tank top with short jean shorts and red suspenders. She looked to be about 16 and was holding onto a Marill while looking lost and anxious. She was also facing away from Bonnie so when didn't see the little girl in range of hearing.

"We'll never find him, will we Marill." "Ma-Ril." "Yea your right. He would never give up so neither will I!" The redhead gave a small fist pump while looking up toward the sky with a nostalgic look. After a few seconds, she dropped her gaze to the little blue Pokemon in her hands. "I guess it good that I told you all those stories about him." "MaaaRil," the Pokemon said with a Nod causing the redhead to smile.

"Ahem," Bonnie said causing the older redhead to almost dropping the Pokemon and to blush as she turned around to face the little girl in front of her. "Hi! My name is Bonnie! And this is Dedenne!" (Dedenne) says the small mouse Pokemon. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh, hi I'm Misty and this is Marill. You gave me a little scare there," Misty gave a small giggle then sighed "And no there isn't anything that you can do for me."

"Are you sure? My friends and I are really good at helping people." Bonnie said sweetly. She thought for a second and then added, "Maybe you could at least join us for lunch?" and maybe then she will trust me enough to tell me what she needs help with.

Misty thought about it and her stomach finally won due to walking all morning. She hadn't seen any berries nearby either and also didn't want to eat any more food that she cooked. "Ok. I'll have lunch with you and your friends if that's ok with them." Then after a moment of hesitation, she added, "And I'm looking for a friend that I use to travel with."

"Oh. Ok well, maybe we can help you find him."

"Yea, maybe…" Misty said with a sad demeanor.

Bonnie heard this decided to find out more to see if she could help. "So how long have you been trying to find this guy?"

"Well to be honest it started out at the water gym in Kanto where I worked."

"Wow! One of the people I'm Traveling with is from there! I bet he will be so happy to meet someone from his home Region! Especially a gym leader. He did say he collected all the badges from all the regions he's visited so you may know him."

Misty mind took off thinking it was Ash but then she reminded herself that she had met over a thousand trainers when she was a gym leader and lowered her expectations. "Anyways, my three sisters came home and this allowed me some time off to go searching for the man of my… 'cough', I mean the guy I'm looking for."

"Wow, you must be so lucky to have three sisters that love you! I only have a brother who refuses to let me find someone to marry him and take care of him once I'm gone. I'd even ask you if you didn't like this guy you were looking for." Bonnie says with a smirk while slyly pointing a finger up at Misty during the last sentence.

"WHAT! I don't like him!" She says with a scared and nervous tone with her arms crossed like she trying to make herself as small as possible accidentally squeezing her Marill making it call out its name in pain. "Sorry Marill" as she loosens her grip on the small water Pokemon.

"So I was right. And don't worry I won't tell anyone about your little secret," Bonnie says with a sincere smile.

"Thanks, Bonnie. You know, you kind of remind me of another kid I met named Max,"

Misty says.

"I'm not a kid," Bonnie says quietly but still loud enough for Misty to hear her.

"That's exactly what he would have said," Misty replied with a smile, and with that, they both walked back to the campsite.

Right as they were about to enter the clearing where they were eating lunch at they heard an explosion and Misty was about to run toward it but was stopped by Bonnie, "Don't worry that was probably one of Frogadier's attacks. During training explosions like that are pretty common so don't worry."

"Your right Bonnie. Sorry, I guess the life of a gym leader makes me a bit jumpy." Misty giggled as she looked up to see Serena, Fennekin, and Sliggoo were hanging out until the soup was finished cooking.

"Bonnie what took you so long. I was beginning to worry about you and what your brother would say if something happened to you." Then Serena noticed the redhead girl and was surprised, "Oh, hi I'm Serena! And that's Fennekin and Sliggoo. So did someone finally agrees to Bonnie's marriage request for Clemont?"

Misty was snapped out of her thoughts and Bonnie said with a saddened look "No… but Misty didn't have any plans for lunch so I invited her to join us."

Serena laughed and said "Good thing I made a little extra on a hunch." with a very slight blush. It wasn't really a hunch as earlier Ash had said that he was hungrier than normal and Serena always made sure that there was enough to feed Ash ever with his enormous appetite.

Bonnie rolled her eyes and said "Sure" in a sarcastic voice that Serena chooses to ignore.

Serena caught on to what Bonnie was implying and gave a slight cough, "So-o where are you traveling to Misty?"

"Oh, I'm headed to Shalour City"

"Are you going to try to get the gym badge there?"

"No… no, I'm actually looking for one of my old traveling companions. Last time I talked to him he said he was heading there."

'They continued to chat as a few other explosions were heard from the same spot with lightning or smoke from a fire attack appearing every so often. Finally, the soup was done and the table was filled with food. Serena sent Sliggoo to go bring everyone back and the three girls and two Pokemon started to eat. Misty had waited for the soup to cool down and was just starting to eat. The soup was really good too. Good enough to distract her from noticing the person with the yellow mouse Pokemon who had walked into the clearing until he blurted out…

"Misty?!" says a shocked and scared Ash as he remembers 2 conversations. Now one of these was with Brock before they separated after their travels through Johto where Brock told Ash how Misty simply adored him like he adored Nurse Joy, but two things stopped ash from seeing this…

One was obvious as he was dense and the other reason he hadn't noticed it was because she was simply determined to hide her feelings. This conversation made him realize that she probably had been traveling to find him after her sisters came home from there vacation.

The other conversation was much different than the one with Brock. It happened during the Tripokalon as Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie was sitting in the stands after Serena had gone up and made, what she thought, was a fool of herself. This is when Clemont decided, out of kindness and consideration for their friend, to let a cat out of a clear bag to all but one boy.

"Hey, Ash. Let me tell you something." Clemont says with a Stern voice as if he were telling Bonnie that what she did was wrong. "This probably destroyed Serena's confidence, so here is what you're going to do. You are going to do whatever she wants you to do without question. Even if she wants to lock you in a room with her, you will do as she says at least until she has rebuilt her confidence and done well in the next Pokalon(?) that she does to reach her goal. Okay."

Ash with a sweat drop says, "Okay? One, why would she want to be in a room alone with me? And two, why would I say No? I actually kinda like that idea."

At this Bonnie sat with one finger in the air as if she was going to back her brother up but didn't say anything after hearing Ash's reply as her mouth opened and she turned to look at Clemont who was just gaining his composure and said, "Well… I'm pretty sure Serena likes you, possibly even since you helped her out in the forest when you were both kids."

Ash just sat there for a second until a smile appeared on his face. This conversation was unlike any of the other conversations that he had had with Brock that were similar. "I know now and don't worry, I'll give her some time to figure all of this out but that doesn't mean I won't be there to help her when she needs it."

Clemont nodded and they had left the subject alone until Clemont had decided to go to Lumiose city to prepare for his Gym battle with Ash where he simply said to Ash quietly, "I may be in Lumiose city but Bonnie's still here so remember what I said.

"I will," Ash said with a small hint of a smile.

"A-Ash?! I FOUND YOU!" Misty said while running over to him to give him a bear hug that an Ursaring would think would be too tight. "Thank goodness I ran into that little girl!" ("HEY! I'm NOT Little!" Bonnie said.) "Speaking of her what are you doing with those two…" She then thought about how the little girl could be his daughter and the older tramp could be his girlfriend or even his- 'Wait, this is Ash we are talking about he never even realized that loved him.'

"Misty are you ok? You seem a bit tense and you haven't even hit me with your mallet yet," which shocked Misty out of her thoughts.

Misty then let go rather quickly leaving a relieved Ash until he got hit with that mallet that still came out of nowhere, and heard "ASH KETCHUM! HOW COULD YOU NOT EVEN CALL ME FOR A MINUTE EVEN IN THE LAST THREE AND A HA- Uhf - Hey what do you think you're doing!" as she was tackled to the ground by Serena in a rage after seeing the one she loved get hit in the head with a mallet.

"WHAT were you THINKING! Ash could've gotten hurt!" She then left Misty and ran to Ash. "Ash are you okay?! Bonnie get me some water and my Pokemap (whatever tech she has that guides them) NOW! We need to get him to—"

"Serena? Stop worrying. She used to hit me harder an—"

"WHAT! THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SHE'S HIT YOU AND YOU HUNG AROUND WITH THAT… girl!" Serena says infuriated.

"Yea. We traveled through Kanto, The Orange Islands, and Johto together with Brock. And usually, it was well deserved. Like now as I haven't even taken the time to call here in the last, umm, three and a half years."

"Fine. But she better not do it again," Serena says as she helped Ash up and walked him over to the table where she poured his bowl of soup for him despite his complaints.

It was at this time that Bonnie had realized that the secret she knew about was going to be hard to keep as she now told Ash and Serena everything since Clemont wasn't there to talk with her. "Misty?" she said hoping to get Misty to share her feelings now so that she wouldn't have to worry about keeping the secret. "Do you have anything you want to share?" she added as sweetly as she could.

Misty eyes widened as she heard this and said "Y-ye-yea," hesitantly. "I wanted to tell you that… that I got a new Pokemon on my way over here and I think you should have it."

"Really?! What kind of Pokemon is it?" Ash said as he had already finished his soup.

Serena gave Misty a long hard look. She had realized that Misty loved Ash with the hug she gave him and the fact that she was searching for someone she used to travel with and thought that this was just to win him over.

"Oh, I think you know more about this Pokemon." She then turned and said, "Come on out!" The ball opened and a majestic Pokemon emerged that Ash did indeed know very well.

"Pidgeot?! Is that you!" Pikachu jumped down from his lunch with Fennekin, who didn't look too happy and gave a "Fen", and Pikachu ran up to the bird and then gave it one sniff and then jumped onto the Giant birds back and cried "PIKACHU, Pikapi (Ash is Pikapi)," as Ash ran up to the Pidgeot and gave her a hug. Misty simply looked back to Serena and smirked as ash said "Thanks Misty. I really missed Pidgeot."

"No Problem Ash. Do I get anything special?" Misty says while she bats her eyes sweetly.

"Uh. I said thanks, right Pikachu?" Ash whispered to Pikachu but it was still loud enough for everyone to hear. This cause Misty to fall off her seat with a Thud, and Serena to have the Smirk with her arms crossed.

"Pika ka chu," ("Yes dummy")Pikachu said with a facepalm to complete their activities and keep Misty from realizing that they knew her secret.