Ash-22

Dawn-18

Paul-22

Gary-22

Misty-24

Brock-24

Maylene-21

May-19

Max-15

Zoey-18

A lone figure stood atop Mt. Silver. He was tall about 6' 2" with a strong muscular build, from hours of training every day, he was wearing black pants, shoes, shirt and a black hoodie with the hood up covering his face. Next to him sat his loyal and faithful shiny Umbreon. His electric blue rings around his ears, tail and the circle on his forehead, and above each of his legs were shining in the moonlight his yellow eyes piercing the night. This man was known as Red.

They could see clouds moving in quickly promising a storm. Red sighed, Umbreon turned to look at him "Bre?" he asked.

"I'm fine, let's go inside before the storm hits." Red said as they both turned away from the cliff and toward the little cottage on the cliff side. They froze as they heard the sound of wings behind them. Umbreon immediately jumped in front of Red taking a defensive stance. As the figure came closer Red could make out the image of a Pidgeotto came into view. Umbreon growled quietly as Red stepped past him and held out his arm for the Pidgeotto to land on. When it did Red could see a note tied to its leg, he quickly untied it and the Pidgeotto flew off. Red unfolded the note and quickly red through it.

Dear Red,

I am pleased to invite you to the Masters Competition. It will be a competition to decide who the Pokémon Master is. It will be held on Lilly of the Valley Island in 2 weeks' time. The competition is by invitation only so be sure to show this to the Nurse Joy on the island. It will only be open to champions, former champions, elite four members, gym leaders, competition winners, frontier brains and a few select few trainers. We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

Charles Goodshow

P.S: in the semi-finals and finals you will have to use your real name.

Red was shocked, he had been extremely careful in keeping his identity secret so how did Mr. Goodshow find out about him. He was snapped out of his thinking as a snow flake landed on his face. He shook his head before continuing to walk to the cottage. Just as he opened the door and Umbreon walked in the wind picked up, Red quickly shut the door before looking around his little one story home.

On the left was a small kitchen with a fridge, a small counter, a sink, microwave, stove and some cabinets. There was a small round table with two chairs in front of it. On the right was a small bed with a side table a single picture on it. In the middle of the room was a fireplace with a small couch in front of it.

Red walked over to the bed and sat down picking up the picture. It was of a young woman wearing a pink mini skirt, black t-shirt, pink scarf, black socks, pink boots, and a white beanie with a pink half poke ball symbol on it. She was sitting on a rock her creamy ivory skin shining in the sun, her long blue hair waving around her held back by two gold clips, a huge smile on her lips showing her perfectly white teeth, and her ocean blue eyes shining at the camera. The woman's name is Dawn she was and still is the only girl to ever hold Red's heart.

Red felt the bed shift and looked over to see Umbreon sitting next to him "Umbreon?" he asked worriedly.

Red smiled slightly "I'm ok Umbreon." He said before looking back at the picture one hand moving to scratch Umbreon's head. "Hey Umbreon what would you say to going back and competing in a tournament?" he asked tentatively.

"Umbre, Umbreon!" Umbreon said excitedly before jumping at Red tackling him and licking his face, making Red laugh. They continued like that for a little while before they both got ready for bed Umbreon curling up on the couch and Red crawling under the blankets.

He looked at the picture for a few seconds before whispering "I promise Dawn." Before turning over and falling asleep. That night he dreamed of the last time he ever saw Dawn.

7 years ago

There were tears in her normally shining blue eyes. "Please don't go." She whispered pleadingly.

Red grabbed her hands "You know I can't." he whispered just as quietly.

"But I'll miss you." She said tears starting to fall from her eyes.

"I'll miss you too" he said as he could feel the tears trying to escape his eyes, before they could he pulled her to him wrapping his arms around her burying his face into her hair. She quickly responded wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her face in his chest.

They stayed like that for a long while just holding the other Dawn's tears staining his shirt as he forced himself not to cry. After a while Red pulled back slightly and brought his hands up to cup her cheeks using his thumbs to wipe away her tears. "I promise you Dawn I will come back for you." He said before leaning forward and shocking them both capturing her lips with his, in a sweat kiss.

Dawn melted into the kiss threading her fingers into his hair and he tightened his hold on her waist. They stayed locked in the kiss for a bit before Red pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers for a second before kissing her one last time, and pulling away tossing a poke ball releasing his Charizard. He quickly jumped on his back as Charizard jumped into the air soaring away.

Dawn stood there for a minute her eyes closed tightly before she sank to the ground tears streaming down her cheeks. Red looked back to see Dawn fall to the ground and it took all of his will power to turn away, but he didn't bother to try to keep the tears away he just let them fall as Charizard soared through the air.