Notes: just a short drabble I found in my drive. Enjoy!

For as long as Dawn could remember, Lucas and Barry had always been there for her, whether it was a particularly nasty scrape on her knee that needed a band-aid, her first time cooking Poffins when she almost burned the whole kitchen down, or the time she accidentally stumbled into a nest full of angry Combee. She had knocked the boys over in her frantic attempt to escape, so they had been caught in the swarm.

Dawn felt horrible after that, so without telling her mother, she agreed to sneak out of the house with them to go search for wild Pokemon. She returned home that day to her mom's shock with leaves tangled in her hair, fresh cuts and bruises, and a beaming smile on her face.

"We'll stick together forever," Lucas promised that day.

Forever was a big word.