Prologue.
By Besanii-Chan

She had lost count how many times she had seen this argument, the only thing that varied was their vocabulary. She knew she was about to be shouted at because she was in the way, no matter how hard she tried to stay out of the way. So she had learnt to not bother. She waited for the up and coming challenge Ash was about to make, Paul would refuse, and after a few sarcastic comments from Ash they would suddenly start battling, and once again, he would end up defeated, or occasionally draw. Paul was always one step ahead of him, and they were both to stubborn to leave each other alone. Ash would then go in a sulk and take it out on her once Paul had left. Brock had also grown bored of it, but ended up refereeing the match anyway. A thought propped up in her head, and she smirked to herself, hopping up and stepping to Ash's side.

"I'm bored of watching, I'll challenge you this time." She said confidently, pulling a Pokeball from her belt.

Paul rolled his eyes; "And why would I waste my time on you?" She could feel herself getting warmer with a rage she had once learnt to control, she breathed heavily once, then smiled cheerfully; "Because it'll be different for you, and good training for both of us."

"No thanks, I don't need to battle a co-ordinator." He turned his back, and began to walk off. She could see Ash's fists balling up, and Pikachu scowling alongside him. She inhaled again; Deep Breathing… She instructed herself sternly, allowing herself to cleverly twist him.

"A Pokémon trainer should never decline a battle."

Such a small selection of words stopped him in his tracks, and she loved it. With her anger aside, she could persuade anyone. He sighed with his permanent scowl across his face, turning back around to face her, but looked to the floor in disgust.

"Fine. But if I win you leave me alone."

She smiled and nodded; "What if I win?"

"I'll leave you alone."

Ash looked at her with worry, and took a seat on a log nearby. Brock had perked up by this sudden change of regularity, and held his hands towards the both of them.
"This is a One on One battle! Release your Pokémon."

"Mamoswine! Come on out!" She giggled as it materialized into a large hairy mammoth Pokémon. Paul sniggered and flicked a Pokeball too, calling on his Magmar for a quick and easy defeat.

Brock looked between them, Dawn nodding to signal she was ready. "Okay! Begin!" He shouted excitedly, and Magmar begun by jumping into the air. "Use Fire Blast." Paul perked up, thinking it would wipe an ice type with ease.

Dawn shook her head; "Ancient Power!" It did as told quickly, and pulled the rocks in the way of the fire. "Take down!" She waved, the rocks smashing towards Magmar and Mamoswine following. "Fire punch," Paul said calmly, which the Pokémon obeyed swiftly and landing on Mamoswine's head. It countered instinctively with a flick of its tusks, sending Magmar flying. "Ice shard!" She squealed, growing extremely excited.

"Dodge and use Cross Chop." It did as it was told, jumping on the shard and using it to push towards Mamoswine, who held its tusk in front which ended as Magmar coming off worse. "Now dig and use ancient power!" With the Rocks that passed from behind it because of the dig, it threw the rocks towards Magmar with Ancient power to trap it and came up from underneath to send it smashing towards the previous attack. "That's it!" Dawn squealed with delight that her new combination had worked. Magmar pulled itself up steadily after a few words of warning from its trainer.

"Fire Blast while it recovers." Paul grumbled, obviously threatened and backed into a corner. His prediction was correct though, and Mamoswine roared in agony.

"Finish it with Fire Punch." He waved his hand half heartedly, feeling no need to make an effort. Of course, it landed and to Dawn's despair, Mamoswine could not take two large fire attacks consecutively, no matter how bulky it was. She sighed and smiled as she returned her recently trained Pokémon, muttering how it had done so well and it deserved a rest. Paul raised an eyebrow, which all four knew was enough to show the pleasure he was experiencing. He flicked his nose up snootily, and walked away.

"Dawn, I…" Ash began, only to be stopped by Brock. "No need to worry!" She turned to face them frowning back at her; "Mamoswine was amazing, and put up a really good fight against a fire type! With a little work we'll go a long way together. You'll see." She assured them, nodding her head knowingly. Brock nodded proudly; "That's the spirit! But for now, let's eat." He unpacked his utensils and food supplies, and Ash jumped up excitedly; "I'm starved! I think I might go practice a few attacks with Pikachu to really build up an appetite!" He smiled; "You coming Dawn?" He looked over expectantly, Pikachu hopping onto his shoulder and looking over with an extremely similar glance. She shook her head; "No thanks, I think I might go take a walk."

So it might not be very long for a Prologue, but I promise I will make some big chapters.
This is my first Fanfiction on here, and I thought I'd start with an Ikarishipping, (I have already written one and loved it, so thought I'd try again.) I'm not sure whether I'm the style you like around here, and if I can improve or change my style for you let me know and I'll give it a shot. I hope you all take to my writing though as I do enjoy writing and people enjoy reading it. My updates may not be regular, but I refuse to quit a job until it is finished, unless of course you don't like it. ^^'
So Comments and Critism would be good, not to harsh though! :)