The Secret

Hiya!!! This is my first pearlshipping story ever, I am a huge fan of this shipping and one day I hope it will come true. This is set in the beautiful Sinnoh region, a place of good fortune and mystery. Series of events are going to take place with drama, adventure and my favourite, romance.... This is only the first chapter and if you have any reviews you may tell me anytime! Now let's get this show on the road!...

Ash - 15

Dawn - 14

Brock- 20

Gary - 15

May - 15

Drew - 15

Tracy - 16

Misty - 15

Chapter 1 Secrets and Seekers

Brock woke up from his slumber and smelt the fresh mountain air that he and the others were surrounded by.

"I'm the first one up? Typical." He said to no one in particular

He knew that Ash would be last to wake up but soon, so he started to make breakfast for the three of them.

Just a little while later, Dawn woke up with her hair straightened in her usual style. She still had a tired look on her face and a bit of sadness was shown, she had just lost the first round of her contest and decided she need a break. Both boys were against this at he time, but she knew how to get around them.

"Hiya Dawn, have a good night's sleep?" he asked, even though he knew the answer to that.

"Hmm, I guess I did." she lied and then gave a big yawn.

Brock ignored and started boiling the eggs. Dawn sat herself down on the log around the fire for a few minutes and then started helping with the plates and glasses.

"Dawn?" Brock faced Dawn,

Dawn looked back at him and stared looking at him in a confused way.

"Do you mind getting that boy up for breakfast?" and he pointed to Ash's tent.

She shrugged and walked on over to the put up orange tent, she looked inside, and there he was fast asleep, with his pillow over his head and his arms and legs spread out. She shook her head and smiled,

"This is gonna be hard…"

Dawn took the pillow of his head and started shaking his shoulders. Didn't work,

"Ash, Get up!" she shouted

"Five more minutes mum, five more." he said half awake yet half asleep. He turned to his side and started snoring. Looks like Dawn was going to have to use force.

"Piplup, come on out, use bubblebeam."

From Brock's side…

Brock dropped the potato on the floor when he heard shouts and screams from Ash's tent. Suddenly, Dawn burst out the tent and started running into the woods, Ash came out seconds later shouting.

"I am so gonna get you Dawn."

"You are so not!"

He started running for her. They were both in the woods, Brock just stared in confusion. Brock looked to the tent, only to find Pikachu yawning in a confused matter.

Dawn was running off, while Ash was sprinting to catch her desperately. He was getting ever so close, just a few more inches

"I'm almost there." reaching out his hand to grab Dawn when suddenly Dawn stepped up her game and ran even faster.

"God, that girl can run."

He was trailing behind from tiredness, and stopped in his tracks. He looked down to the floor and put his hand on his knees. He started talking deep breaths and looked up at Dawn, who had also stopped.

"And to say you've been around the world years before me," she teased him, "Nothing like a good run to get you started, don't ya think?"

"That's not what I had in mind." she responded and they both giggled.

Dawn walked up to him and sat down.

"So, how you sleep last night?" she asked

"Okay I guess…"

"Not like you to just have an okay sleep."

"Yeah well, I just had things on my mind…"

"What kind of things?"

"Personal things." He looked at her a bit depressed, she knew the look

"Hay, I'm the one that's supposed to be depressed." Dawn joked

"Why are you… oh yeah, sorry." He said and a bit astonished he didn't remember.

"It's okay."

She got up on her feet and offered her hand to Ash to help get up. Ash took the offer, Dawn smiled in a beautiful way

"Man, she's so gorgeous when she smiles, wait, what am I saying!" Ash thought to himself in his head.

Dawn pulled Ash up to his feet and let go of his hand, they both knew that Brock would have a tantrum if they didn't get back soon, so they walked back.

Brock was putting the breakfast on the table, he saw Dawn and Ash coming through the green mountain trees. He smiled at them, they smiled back.

"So what you guys see?"

"Trees, trees and more trees.." Dawn went on.

"Come on what else?

"Rocks, rocks and more rocks." Ash went on .

Dawn giggled and Ash looked at her. Red was all over Ash's face, Brock looked at Ash and thought,

"No way, is, is Ash actually blushing? Hmmm"

Brock knew that Ash was always around girls when they giggled, but he had never blushed. Brock was interested and wanted to know why, although, he thought he knew the answer already. After Dawn had finished her giggling fit she sat down in her usual place, so did Ash. Brock handed everyone a piece of omelette, with sausages and

beans. Ash licked his lips and started to dig in. Dawn was eating too, Brock didn't sit down, he was busy making the pokemon's food, when Dawn looked up, she realised

"I almost forgot about the pokemon," she reached down to her belt and held the poke balls out, "Right you lot, come on out."

Ash did the same, "Good thinking Dawn, Alright guys come on out and eat!!!" he and Dawn through the balls and out came all their pokemon, Brock did the same. Out came from Dawn's team

Buizel, Piplup, Pachurisu and Buneary. From Ash's Team, Staravia, Turtwig, Chimchar and Aipom. Obviously Pikachu was already out. And from Brock's team Happiny, Croagunk and Sudowoodo. Pikachu climbed upon his trainer's shoulder, Buneary was eyeing him in a romantic way and started dancing for him, Pikachu blushed. When Brock had finished making the pokemon's food he handed them out to all of them. While the pokemon were eating, their trainers started to eat their seconds of breakfast.

"How's the food guys?" He questioned

"Great as always." said Dawn in her polite way

"What about you Ash?"

Ash was too busy getting mesmerized into the succulent food.

Dawn giggled again, "I guess that's Ash's speak for, yes Brock it's fantastic."

Ash looked up, swallowed his egg and said, "Ha ha, very funny."

Dawn started to giggle again

He looked up at her, it kind of looked like he was in a trance,

"Her giggle is beautiful, I guess that's because she IS beautiful, WAIT DID I JUST SAY DAWN WAS BEAUTIFUL? No, I must have heard myself wrong, is that possible?"

Brock looked at Ash who was looking at Dawn

"Them two would make a nice couple." Brock thought, then…

"Hay, pokemon master, wake up!" Brock shouted at Ash. Ash suddenly started looking himself again. He looked to Brock who was very confused.

"Hmmm, I n-need to go for a walk." Ash got up from his seat and walked off,

"Ash looks a bit depressed, don't he?" Dawn said in a worried voice.

Brock looked at Ash who was walking away, "He does, I wonder?"

"Wonder what?" Dawn asked curiously

"Oh, nothing," even though he knew there was something wrong, "I'll go ask him what's wrong."

"You go do that, I'm sure he would be better talking to a boy then a girl," she giggled, "I'll clean up Brock."

"Thanks." Brock sprinted off to find Ash.

Ash was sitting on a ledge of a lake, he was looking up to the sky, as if he was trying to read it, tell him what was going to happen soon. Brock was hiding behind the bushes watching Ash, looked like Ash was going to speak to his most trusted friend, Pikachu.

"Pika, pika (What wrong)?"

Ash looked at him and gave a sigh, "I don't know what's wrong with me Pikachu," he looked up to the clouds again, "Her eyes."

"Pika (What)?" Pikachu said confused

"Her eyes, they're like a spell, but a good one, they're blue as the sea and as beautiful as crystals, actually, she is as beautiful as a crystal, she's kind, forgiving, generous, she would do anything to help anyone or anything, even people or pokemon she doesn't like. Her hair is smooth and silky, she's something different to any other person I've ever known and seen. She's an angel." he laughed to himself, but then put his head down.

"But.." he paused then said, "She'd never love me."

Pikachu was confused and so was Brock,

"What's he.. No, no, is he talking about a girl, which one, who has blue eyes, smooth, silky hair? ." It popped into his mind

"Dawn." Brock whispered to himself. He got up and

walked over to Ash. Ash was stunned, he realised that Brock had listened to everything he had said.

"How much of that did you hear?" Ash said, hoping that Brock would say nothing, even though he knew the answer was the opposite.

Brock smiled at Ash and sat down next to him, "About everything."

Ash had an embarrassed look on his face

"How long?" Brock said,

Ash looked puzzled, "What ya mean?"

"I mean how long have you had a crush on Dawn?"

Ash looked really embarrassed now, his cheeks had turned tomato red.

"I never said, her name how did he know?"

"Don't worry buddy, your secrets safe with me, I don't blame you, she's a beautiful young lady." Brock held out his knuckle for a knuckle punch. Ash felt better and smiled, he responded to the knuckle punch.

"So how long mate?"

"Since the beginning." Ash then decided to tell him everything

A few minutes later…

"Tell her." Brock said, actually it sounded more of an order.

"No way, she doesn't feel the same."

"How do you know?"

"Cause I know," Ash looked to the floor again and then looked into the woods, "I don't deserve her, she deserves someone so much better."

Brock looked at him. Surprised, Ash usually loved to brag about everyone loving him, but he was different now.

"Look, Ash, I'm sure any girl to have you would have a dream come true."

Ash looked up and smiled

"Let's get back to the camp site, we'll start packing up and get going to your next gym badge." Brock said

"Yeah!! Our next Gym badge Pikachu."

"Pika pika!" an excited Pikachu said

Broke looked at him, "That's the Ash I know."

They both started running,

"Dawn's gonna kill me." said Brock

"Why?"

"Cause I left her with the dishes AND the pokemon."

They got back to the camp site, Dawn and the pokemon were playing together.

"Shhh guys, I'm playing hide and go seek with them."

They all smiled at each other, "Let's help her, there are 12 of them and only one of her."

Ash and Dawn smiled at each other,

"Face it Ash, you love her, I'll tell her some day, I'll tell her everything, everything that I love about her, her smile, her eyes, her hair, everything."

Well chapter 2 will be coming soon, or it's here, ready to read to all pearlshipping fans!