(Gary's pov)

Mwahaha! Take a gander at this Ashy-boy!" I said laughing proudly.

"Whoa! Gary you made an 100!? I guess you really were a genius! I made a lousy 0." Ash replied.

"See, I told you you didn't stand a chance against me Ashy-boy. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a plane to catch. Smell ya later!" I said.

I made my way to the airport, surrounded by all of my cheering fans.

"Gary Gary he's our man if he can't do it, no one can!" They cheered.

"Thank you, thank you all!" I said, waving back at them.

We pulled into the airport and I was escorted in. Everything was perfect, until we got to the terminal.

"Wha-what!? What are you doing here!?" I asked angrily.

Ash was standing in the terminal about to board the plane.

"Sorry Gary, it looks like there's been a mistake, you made the zero." Ash said laughing.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out my exam, it had a 0 on it!

"No, no this isn't real!" I said.

"Smell ya later, Gary!" Ash said, laughing even harder.

Suddenly, the floor disappeared beneath me and I started to fall.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!"

*THUD

"Uggg, what the?" I said as I groggily opened my eyes.

I sat up and looked around. Apparently I had fallen out of bed.

I sighed.

"Ah, a dream. Of course it was a dream." I said, getting up off of the floor.

There was a knock on my door.

"Gary, breakfast is ready. Hurry up and get down here before it gets cold." Said my older sister Daisy.

"Alright, thanks sis." I replied.

It's been a week since the beginning of school. Things have been going alright I guess. Nothing is really going bad, yet nothing that particularly good. I'm attending Pallet Town High, the local public high school. I can't say it was my first choice, but as you may already know, I kinda blew it on that.

Speaking of which, ol' Ashy-boy seems to be fitting in quite well over at his ritzy new school, considering how he hasn't talked to any of us since he got there. It's not that big of a deal though. Knowing his track record in academics, he's in for a pretty rough ride. I'm sure he's busy studying or something.

I wonder if he met that Princess yet. Naw, there's no way. She's probably pretty snooty and would probably only hang out with the other rich kids.

Ashy-boy has got to be pretty miserable over there.

"Gary, hurry it up!" Yelled Daisy.

"Alright already, I'll be down in a second, sheesh!" I yelled back.

I finished getting myself together and headed down stairs. I could smell fresh pancakes, my absolute favorite. When I got into the kitchen, there was my sister sitting at the table on her laptop. Mom had already gone to work it seems. I took a seat and dug into those amazing pancakes.

"So, have you heard anything from Ash yet?" Daisy asked.

"Nope, not a thing." I replied while chewing.

"I'm sure he's just busy. You haven't exactly had a lot of free time yourself." Daisy said.

"Yeah you're right, the weekend is coming up soon so maybe I'll hear from him then." I said.

"Mhm. Hey, you do know it's 7:45 right?" Daisy replied as she typed away.

"AW CRAP!" I yelled.

I inhaled the rest of my breakfast and stormed out the door.

"Man, I'm totally gonna be late!" I said.

The school is about a 10 minute walk, and it takes another 5 or so to stop by my locker and make it to class.

Luckily for me, I made it just in time.

The bell rang as soon as I plopped down into my chair.

"Phew, that was way to close." I said panting heavily.

"Dude, I dunno how you managed to pull that off." Said my friend Barry.

"What can I say, I'm a man of many talents." I replied.

"Suuure." Barry said with a chuckle.

"Oh shut up, you know you're jealous of my awesomeness." I said with a smirk.

Barry just rolled his eyes and faced the front of the class. The first few classes carried on as usual, nothing to particularly difficult. Then lunch rolled around.

"Hey see you at the table man." I said to Barry as I grabbed my tray.

As I was walking I over heard a conversation some new kids were having.

"Hey, did you hear about that guy from the Pallet Town Middle School who was accepted into the Kalos National Academy?" A girl said.

"Yeah I did, I hear he is the only guy from all of Kanto to be accepted this year!" Said another girl.

"What!? That's crazy, does anyone know his name?" Asked a guy.

"Uhh no, I don't. Do you?" Asked Girl A.

"No, I can't think of it." Said Girl B.

I felt a light bulb click on in my head. I just had the greatest idea. I walked over to their table.

"His name is Ash Ketchum, he just so happens to be a good friend of mine." I said.

"Whaaat, no way." Said the guy.

I pulled out my phone and found a picture of Ash and I that I took the last tine we went fishing. I showed the three newbies.

"See, told ya." I said.

The let out a resounding "No waaay!"

"Ooh yes." I said.

"That's so cool, how does it feel to be friends with a genius like Ash?" Asked Girl A.

That question kicked me right in my pride. Then another light bulb clicked on.

"Well, it's not all that. After all, I taught Ashy-boy everything he knows." I said proudly.

The look of awe in their faces was priceless. They looked as if they were talking to a celebrity. I went on to tell them how it was I who encouraged Ash to take the plunge and take the exam, as well as a few other tidbits that may or may not have been true.

This went on throughout the duration of lunch, then the bell rang.

"Aw man, I really wanted to hear more!" Said Girl B, disappointed.

"Don't worry, I'll tell ya all about Monday." I said with a wink.

"All about what?" Asked my friend Tracey.

"Uhhh..." I said turning around slowly.

"Gary was telling us all about how he helped that guy Ash pass the KNA entrance exam!" Said Girl A.

I winced and Tracey raised an eyebrow.

"Oh really? That sounds like a pretty interesting tale Gary." Said Tracey sarcastically.

"Uh yeah. I'll uh, see ya later guys." I said laughing awkwardly as I scurried away.

Darn that Tracey, ruining my fun like that.

The rest of the day went by fairly normally, aside from the occasional glare from Tracey and high five in the hallway from those newbies.

When I got home, I plopped down on my bed and sighed in relief.

"The weekend at last." I said to myself.

This week really has been a long week. There's been a lot to adjust to. I'm sure things will improve eventually thought. I can imagine Ashy-boy is feeling it too.

I yawned and rolled over.

"That Ashy-boy had better bring back one heck of a souvenir." I said as I drifted off to sleep.