Hey guys, Jeff here.

Today, I present to you this story called 'Density'.

This will be an interesting one, because I took some inspiration from fan-arts and also the XY anime series.

Let's get to reading...

(Serena and Bonnie's room)

"…and I haven't given up on our other competition, either." Miette whispered to Serena's ear, so that their conversation is only audible between each other.

"Huh?!" Serena said in response of shock and surprise, as her face lit up in a bright red colour and stayed at the same place for a few seconds.

"See you later, Ash." The blue haired girl said as she waved at Ash and gave him a cheeky wink.

"Ok, Miette, take care." Ash replied and just stood there without knowing what's happening.

"Huh?!" Serena said as she turned around and faced Ash whilst her face was still covered with redness.

"Isn't that sweet?" Miette responded on Serena's actions and giggled whilst doing so.

"Miette!" Serena said, whilst she saw Miette dashed down the steps and off into the distance with her Slurpuff and Meowstic into the blinding light on the horizon…

"Serena, wake up! Serena!" Bonnie yelled as she shook Serena from side to side, as she noticed that Serena had a rough sleep since her second Pokémon Showcase finished and she had won her first Princess Key.

"Uh… Bonnie…" Serena said in a whisper as she had finally woken up whilst she rubbed her eyes and gave off a yawn – which made Bonnie giggle a little.

"Serena, I have been trying to wake you up for about 10 minutes now. What were you dreaming?" Bonnie complained about Serena's oversleeping and teased Serena with the question she had put up.

"It's not important…" Serena said as she shot up out of the bed. Her answer received an 'I-know-what's-going-on' look from Bonnie, which didn't surprise her – as she knew what Miette and her were talking about yesterday, as she did eavesdrop their 'private' conversation.

"Are Ash and Clemont awake yet?" Serena asked the little blonde girl who was grinning next to her, which made Serena very suspicious as to why she was acting in this way.

"Not yet. They will be awake in a minute or so, due to Clemont's invention probably blowing up or something like that…" Bonnie mentioned as she saw Serena go into the bathroom and left her bed without tidying it up.

"Okay. Let's just wait her for a minute and pack our things – as we will be heading to Laverre City for Ash's next gym battle against Valerie to get his sixth gym badge." Serena said confidently, as she suggested on tidying up their room before they go down and have breakfast and pack their belongings before they head out onto the road.

Their room was messy, at this point in time; but it was mostly Serena's bit of the room that was messy. Bonnie's side of the room right beside the window was immaculate and spotless. There was no untidy bit to it. Her bedsheets were properly placed on top of her bed; her pillows were straight and in line with the bedside table beside it, and her belongings were neatly placed right next to the bedside table. On the other hand, Serena's side was in the complete opposite state compared to Bonnie's. Her things were scattered all over the floor beside her bed, and her bedsheets were either on the bed scrunched up or on the floor laid flat.

Serena was also a mess. Her honey-coloured hair was sticking out in different directions and was nowhere near you can call it straight, and her nightwear she wore was facing the wrong way round; however her excuse for this was her tiredness and the stress after her second Pokémon Showcase, and the flashback of her and Miette's conversation about Ash – which gave her a panic attack and this acted as a nightmare in her head.

"Well, should we get going?" Serena asked Bonnie, who was standing beside her and looking up to her.

"Before that, could I ask you something?" Bonnie asked Serena, who in turn faced Bonnie.

"Yeah, sure. Ask away." Serena answered back with glee.

"Were you and Miette talking about Ash, by any chance?" Bonnie asked in a teasing manner. The question that she had just asked formed inside her head for the past few minutes whilst Serena was trying to get her act together.

"Bonnie, could we talk about this later during breakfast? I kinda want Clemont here as well." Serena suggested as her face lit up in a bright red colour, as she tried to change the topic of this very awkward and embarrassing conversation that Bonnie has started.

"Fine. But, you have to tell us everything." Bonnie said cheekily, excited on what Serena's full on answer is going to be.

(Ash and Clemont's room)

Clemont had already gotten up on time and hadn't overslept – unlike Ash who was still sound asleep right next to him. As Ash had already been oversleeping for 30 minutes, Clemont had finished an invention which is called the Get-Ash-Out-Of-Bed-Alarm; but, as Bonnie predicted, it failed and resulted to an explosion – which surprisingly woke Ash up. It made Ash jump out of his bed and hid by the other side from the explosion, as he was startled as well as scared.

"Clemont, is that another invention failure?" Ash yelled at the blonde haired gym leader who was looking down at his pathetic catastrophe. Ash was shocked by the explosion that woke him up in an instant and taught that Team Rocket had broken in.

"You can say that again. Sorry about waking you up like that…" Clemont answered back with an apologetic tone.

"It's all right. So, what's the invention called this time?" Ash asked as he was intrigued by this invention – as he was always interested by Clemont's inventions, even though they never work 100% of the time.

"Well, it's supposed to be the Get-Ash-Out-Of-Bed-Alarm; but you can see that it didn't work out." Clemont said as his voice got weaker and weaker, as he was too embarrassed to get into detail with his invention that failed.

"It did work out, though. It woke me up for a start." Ash said joyfully, trying to reassure Clemont with these compliments, which in turn Clemont responded with a nod to show that he agrees with Ash.

"Do you think Bonnie and Serena are out of bed yet?" Ash said, trying to move forward and change the topic of their conversation.

"If I know Bonnie, she would be awake probably 10 minutes or so before Serena does; however I predict that Serena wouldn't be waking up until late, because she is tired from her Performance yesterday, but who knows…" Clemont started to dawdle off a bit whilst explaining his theories about what Serena and Bonnie were doing and stuff like that, and of course Ash didn't take all of that in.

"Well, let's just head downstairs and get to breakfast." Ash suggested as he interrupted Clemont with his speech.

"Okay, Ash…" Clemont said as she completely agree with what Ash suggested that they should do, but Clemont continued "…but why don't we tidy up our room and pack up as we will be heading off after we eat."

"Good idea, Clemont." Ash said happily as he nods his head with agreement.

Again like Serena and Bonnie, Clemont and Ash had divided themselves in two sections. Ash had one half and Clemont had the other. They both are a mess and both of them have tasks that they needed to attend to before heading downstairs. They both have stuff lying around their beds on the floor; such as their Pokéballs, Clemont's tools for his inventions, Ash's belongings from his bag etc. Basically, most of their room was in need of tidying or putting back in place.

"Hey, Ash. Could I mention something?" Clemont asked Ash upon his request to bother Ash with his tidying up.

"Sure, Clemont. What is it?" Ash responded, anticipating on what Clemont has to say.

"You know that Serena likes you. Really, really likes you." Clemont said as he stopped picking up his tools off the floor and looks at Ash directly.

"I know that, Clemont." Ash said with confidence; he was confident that what he is thinking inside his head was right. "I know that she likes me as a friend. Is that what you're trying to say?"

"You just don't get it, do you?" Clemont said whilst he face palmed himself from disappointment and Ash just gave him a confused look – as he thought that he said something wrong (which he was right about), but completely disregarded that thought.

'You still have a long way to go, Ash. You still have a long way to go until you see what is actually going on.' Clemont thought in his head of what he had just witnessed. He had witnessed Ash's special personality – his density – and realised that it was going to be a difficult climb for Serena, as she needs to get him to notice her feelings (as she was giving loads of hints already).

'Ash is such a dense trainer. I mean, really dense. It's no wonder Serena likes and admires him that much.'

There you have it, guys! The first chapter is done!

Hopefully, you will all give me support throughout this story - just like Secret Messengers. (i.e. doing reviews, favouriting and all of that good stuff)

This chapter was actually just supposed to be an introduction to the situation that the XY gang is in and a starting point to the story - as it doesn't really have a plot.
HOWEVER, the next few chapters will be interesting. You'll see... ;)

I predict this story to have 6 chapters (at least); so if there is more than that, then that shouldn't be a problem... *fingers crossed*

Anyways, I'll see you all in the next chapter!

See ya! Have a great day!