Swim season is over, so I'm back wooo!!!!! It's been a super long time, and I hope you'll like this new idea I have. I've been writing this story for awhile now. If any of you are still waiting for my other stories…I'm really sorry, but I have misplaced my notebook, so when I find it, I'll get some stuff up. I don't own pokemon…

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Always and Forever

Ch.1- the note

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It was another bright, gorgeous day in Sinnoh, and Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu were strolling into a town, heading for the Pokemon center.

"Sure will be nice to call my mom again, we were in that forest for like, ever!" Dawn complained. Ash and Brock just laughed, having gotten used to being away from home for a long time by now.

"Welcome!" Nurse Joy beamed at them from behind the desk.

"Hi, may I use the phone?" Nurse Joy nodded, and Dawn bounded away.

"Ah, hello Nurse Joy, and may I just say that you are the most beautiful Joy I have seen. And I've seen a lot you can be sure, my name is Brock,"

"So that means you must be Ash Ketchum then?" Joy cut him off, and Brock fell over.

"Uh, yeah I am." Ash said stepping forward.

"I have a message for you." She pulled an envelope out.

"Who's it from?" Brock asked, standing up.

"Doesn't say, maybe it's on the inside." Ash ripped open the envelope to see a handwritten note.

TO Ash Ketchum: URGENT

If you are reading this, the worst has happened, and you must follow these instructions to the letter.

Gather together May, Max, and Misty, and return with them to Arborville, and the forest of the Celebi. When the Celebi comes, it will take you Ash alone 10 years into the future. I will explain more when I see you. Time is short; your life depends on it.

Until we meet,

M.K.

"M.K.?" Ash said. "Who's M,"

"The future?!" Brock cut across him.

"What's the worst do you think Brock? Maybe the world was taken over by robots or something." Ash said thoughtfully. Dawn hit him over the head as she returned.

"Why are you talking about robots?"

"No time." Brock said, apparently getting way more into this than the others. "Ash we need to call Misty, and find May, and Max. It's a long way." Ash nodded.

"Right," he said as he headed for the phone.

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"Ash, hi, I haven't heard from you in awhile." Misty beamed at him through the video phone. "I was starting to think you forgot about me." She narrowed her eyes, though playfully.

"I could never forget about you Mist." They both blushed faintly, and Brock grinned. Dawn had been banned from the room for this exact reason.

"Listen, I got this letter from the future that told me to get a bunch of us together and go to the forest with the Celebi."

Misty looked confused. "Have you hit your head recently?"

Ash had an anime fall over freak out.

"It's all true Misty," Brock said, holding up the letter. Misty squinted at it, then her eyes widened.

"I'll meet up with you in Jhoto when you go find May." She said.

"But-" Ash began, but the screen went black.

"Can I come back now that I missed all the cute romantic stuff?" Dawn called, peeking around the corner.

"THERE IS NO ROMANTIC STUFF!" Ash shouted, turning red almost instantly. He had just realized that usually Misty would have been yelling too, but now he was the only one shouting.

"Pika." Said the little pokemon shaking it's head and looking down.

"Sheesh, sorry," Dawn said. "Didn't realize you'd get so defensive over your 'best friend'." She stressed the last two words sarcastically and used air quotes, grinning mischievously. As usual he didn't fully understand, but he got it enough to turn pink and laugh sheepishly.

"Well, now I guess we just need to figure out how to get to Jhoto." Brock said.

"No need to worry guys, my uncle owns the blimp company. Anywhere we wanna go, Uncle Drake will be glad to take us." Dawn said proudly.

"Well that's convenient." Ash said. "Alright, let's go!"

Meanwhile in Cerulean City…

Misty was packing her things. She knew they were going to find May, and she knew she had just watched May in the Cherrygrove City contest, so that was where she was going. She threw all her stuff into her red bag and sprinted to the door.

"Bye guys!" she called to her stunned looking sisters.

"Like, where do you think you're going?" Daisy asked, holding Misty back by the hood of the cropped off yellow hoodie she was wearing.

"I'm going to Jhoto to meet up with Ash and everyone."

Daisy let her go as Violet and Lily sniggered.

"Okay, go get him Misty." She was too distracted to notice the jab, and ran off.

"Bye!" she called back over her shoulder.

"It's like so cute she's finally going back to get him!" Violet cooed.

"I'm so proud, out little sister's finally growing up." Daisy added, eyes sparkling with tears.

So there it is…I hope you all liked it. It's actually a really sorta hard story line, and I'm trying to work out the bugs, so updates might be a bit slow, but I'll try… PLEASE REVIEW!!!

STL