A.T.: Prologue for this Arc, you can take the video from proffesor Sycamore in episode Pokemon XY 38. After this chapter, many people will stop reading this story, but I was thinking a lot about the summer camp in Kalos and I think, that in these episodes was most of the plot twist like Serena becoming performer or seeing Xerneas. One thing, that is going to happen here, will be Serena becoming performer, but I have prepared some chapters, that I hope will be interesting.

"Yupey, we are here, I can't wait for it any longer!" Bonnie shouted and ran to entrance of large grounds. There were many buildings, but most of them were smaller. The whole are was at the huge beach. During their travel, Serena and Ash received message from professor Sycamore with link to video, that was only for trainers, who were traveling in Kalos and were chosen to come and join his summer camp in June. From last meeting with Korrina happened only a few things, but most important was, that Ash caught himself Hawlucha. As they went closer to the huge building, from main entrance came out professor with his assistant. They were both discussing something, but Sycamore stopped, when he noticed them. 

"Aah, marvelous. You are here. When we last time saw in Lumiose city, we didn't have much time to talk. But I am happy to hear, that you were able to get your gym back Clemont." Sycamore said with big smile. 

"Hello professor." everyone said together and follow professor after he show with his hand to follow him.
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"So... keys done, team name Froakie, done. Only last thing and that is your housing. My assistant will take you there." professor said and pressed button. 

"I wanted to ask, are we the last, that arrive?" Clemont asked, but Sycamore shook his head.  

"No, there are still some trainers, that didn't arrived. The most people, that arrived are on the beach battling. After you will see your house, you can go there." professor said and made bigger smile. 

"We would like to, but we won't get there, until your assistant will come." Ash said with small impatient. 

"Lucky for you, you don't have to wait any longer Ashy-boy." Ash has sighed and didn't want to look behind him. 

"Please, it's not him, please, not him, not him." Ash whispered to him and then looked behind him, to just find Gary smirking at him. 

"Come on Ashy-boy, I thought, you would be happy to see me again." Gary said with fake sad expression, but he already change it to smile, when he noticed Serena. 

"Wait I r-" Serena said, but Sycamore clapped with hands.

"Marvelous, Gary take them to their housing. You can talk on the way, I have some things to do." Sycamore said and started to work on his computer.

"Let's go or do you wanna watch professor longer?" Gary said with teasing voice and came out from office. Bonnie and Clemont looked to Ash, who took a deap breath and followed Gary.  

"Excuse me for asking, but you know each other?" Bonnie asked, which made Gary laugh and turn to them. 

"Ashy-boy didn't tell you about me? Ash how could you? I thought you would talk about me, when I was the one, you couldn't defeat in two years or that I was and am your biggest rival." Gary said casually, but saying things, that were the most humiliating for Ash. Others looked to Ash, who looked pissed. 

"Funny Gary that you are saying that, after I defeated you in the Johto league." Ash said trying to get upperhand over Gary. 

"Yeah that is true, but I defeated you and Pikachu again after that, if I remember corectly."
"If I remember it too, it was 1v1 and you had Electivire against Pikachu, which meanth I could use only quick attack and iron tail." 

"Well, what can I say, I am better in planning for battle." Gary said with smirk. 

"Oh really? Then let's have a battle to see, who is better in battles." Ash said, trying to get Gary on the battlefield, but to his surprise, Gary only shook his head. 

"Not now Ash, I am here as assistant of prof Sycamore. By the way you didn't introduce me to your friends here." Gary said and pointed to others. 

"I already know, who you are. You Gary Oak, grandson of professor Samuel Oak. I read a lot of books from your grandfather and I saw some informations about you in Sinnoh. Name is Clemont and here is my younger sister Bonnie. " Clemont said with pointing toward Bonnie. 

"See Ash, again name of family show how awesome I am. But you." Gary said and pointed to Serena, who looked surprise by his actions. "You look familiar to me, but I would remember name of someone as beautiful as you are." Gary said with flirting voice.  

"Well maybe, if you didn't act to me on that summer camp like I was just someone you don't want to know, you would get my name." Serena said with small giggle. 

"Summe-aaah, now I remember."

Flashback

End of flashback

"Well, you weren't even from our group, how should I know, that you wanted to talk." Gary said on self-defense.

"Yeah, for sure." Serena said unconvinced. She wasn't mad, Ash didn't know her name too, she just wanted to play with him a little, if he is trying to flirt with her and humiliate Ash. She knew, he felt akward.

"Hey, you can't act like this on something, that happened in the past." Gary said and then lighten up. "I didn't remembered your name, because you didn't say it, but what about Ashy-boy over here? Did he remembered you? After all, that he could forget things like his first day of choosing pokemon." Gary said and got what he wanted, because Serena wanted to protest, but couldn't, because he was right. "I am right. Ash didn't remember your name either and you said it to him, so will you to me?" Gary said with smirk. Serena sighed in defeat, she couldn't try to play with him, when he is playing with them.

"Serena." Serena said with defeat.

"And what your number?" Gary asked leaning closer to Serena, who only poked him to nose.

"I like my personal space and also what would proffesor said, that you are trying to flirt with girls, when you are suppose to be assistant? Now, could you already take us to our house or are we going to find it by our selfs?" Serena said with final hopping, to make Gary to give up. Gary only pouted and continued in his way. Serena looked to Ash, who seemed to be happy, that Gary didn't get, what he wanted and got rejected. They continued in the way, until they came to the house. As other houses, it was cabin with small porch, but at the entrance, it had picture of Froakie head.

"Make yourself like home, I have things to do. Also, no booze." Gary said with small laugh and left. Group entered the cabin and saw, that it had small dinning room. They had three rooms, but they noticed folding bed in one room.

"Why isn't here forth bed, but this one?" Bonnie asked with disappointment.

"They probably don't have house with four beds, if they normaly has three people in one house Bonnie." Clemont said and sat down on the folding bed. "It's comfortable, try it Bonnie." Clemont said and Bonnie sat down on the bed. 

"You are right, it's not that bad, as it looks like." 

"Awesome, so now we have it. Serena with Bonnie and me and Ash are gonna sleep in those other rooms." 

"Nice and so we have this done, let's go to the beach for some battles." Ash shouted and ran out from house to the beach.

"Hey, wait for me! I want to see those cute pokemon." Bonnie shouted and ran after Ash with Pikachu by her side. Serena and Clemont laughed at their energy. Ash arrived to beach and saw so many trainers figthing each other. His attention caught bigger trainer with Squirtle fighting against Conkeldurr. It wouldn't get his attention, if it wasn't for the fact, that Squirtle wasn't even attacking but jumping around and dancing. Conkeldurr was too slow to hit him. 

"Now jump on Conkeldurr." boy shouted, while dancing also with his pokemon. Tiny turtle jumped on the head of Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr pissed at his failing hitting him, he swang with his pillars up to his head, trying to hit Squirtle.

"NO!" other trainer shouted, but it was too late, because Conkeldurr hit himself insted and Squirtle happily jumped away. Conkeldurr then fell to the ground with swirled eyes. Other trainer sighed with disappointment and called back his pokemon. "Next time, when we gonna fight, I will make sure, that you won't be able to dance so easy." trainer said to first one, who was dancing with his Squirtle, and ran to the pokemon centre.

"You can try, but our dancing moves are too fast and too perfect, to be stopped." trainer said and made few spins on his back and standing up. To his surprise, when he stood up, right infront of him stood Ash with interest in his eyes and Pikachu perted on his shoulder with curious look. "You want to fight me big men?"

"Sure I am. Your battle style is something new to me and I must say that, because I have seen a lot of battle styles." Ash said with small chuckle.

"Ok then, let's have our battle, Squirtle wanna have next battle?" trainer asked and squirtle jumped down and stood infront of his trainer. Ash in the meantime went  farther away to make space between them.

"If you are going to use water starter, then I will use mine. Froakie come out!" Ash shouted and trew his pokeball, revealing his first cought Kalos pokemon.

"And I thought, we would fight that Pikachu of yours." boy said.

"And why would I want that? I want good battle with my pokemon, every pokemon." Ash added and boy just grinned.

"Well, at least we will have water vs water, my favourite type. Ok Squirtle, let's start with rapid spin." Squirtle jumped and then hide his whole buddy and started to spin at Froakie.

"Double team, let's go Froakie." Ash said without hesitating and clones of Froakie appeared and Squirtle hit only fake. He then stood there, surounded by clones. "Now use water pulse." Ash shouted and all clones started to charge attack.

"Let's roll out with our rhythm Squirtle." dancing trainer said and started to snap with his finger in rhythm, on which Squirtle started to jump. When Froakie's clones threw their attack at Squirtle, who only jumped high enough to dodge them all, making the orbs aiming at clones and hitting them. Froakie on the last moment had time to jump up to dogde te orb, that was flying right at him.

"Now use water gun." Froakie landed and was greeted by water gun, that made him stumble back. Froakie shook away the water.

"Ok Froakie, use another water pulse." Ash shouted and Froakie obeyed with his command. He trew another water pulse at Squirtle, who was hapilly jumping.

"Bounce of it into the sky with aqua tail." water kanto starter's tail was surrounded by water and then jumped over pulse of water and with his tail made flip and hitting pulse, making attack hit the ground and sending Squirtle high in the sky. "Now use again water gun with full power." Squirtle with his position had perfect aim for hit and so he let out stream of water and again hitting Froakie. Froakie stood up again with few sighs, but he looked still ok.

Ash looked thoughtfully at Squirtle, who was still jumping in same rate as before. If they would try to hit him like this again, it would only turn against them like before. Somehow he need to make him slower or even stop him. "Frubbles." 

"Okay Squirtle, no stopping, use skull bash." Squirtle toughen himself and then launch him self at Froakie.

"Again double team Froakie." yet again, Squirtle tried for attack, but he only hit again only a clone. Squirtle was again surrounded by clones of Froakie.

"This again? But you know too well, what will happen. Try to hit us, but our dancing style will only turn it against you." boy said with another spin. Ash on other hand, smirked.

"We will try it then, Froakie use Frubbles." Ash shouted and clones trew white bubbles, that had around neck. Squirtle jumped up and landed with thinking of dodging the attack, he was caught off guard, when he was trapped in the sticky bubbles.

"Oh no Squirtle! Get out of it!" black haired trainer shouted and his pokemon was struggling with it, but couldn't get out of it. When he looked up, to see at his enemy. Froakie was running at him with glowing blade in his hand. Squirtle only leaned back and felt, how the blade was only few inches from hitting him. Squirtle looked with his eyes on Froakie, who had small smirk and then jumped away with dissepeared blade.

"Guess that makes us the winners." Ash said with toothy grin and Froakie jumped on Ash's shoulder. Ash looked to his other and notice, that Pikach wasn't there still. "It looks like I ran off without Pikachu." Ash said with small chuckle and Froakie only sighed and jumped off and went to look around. 

"Hey big man, I hope you are not here only for battles and you are here on this camp, because I want to fight you again. We won't let us fell for that again or we will spin even faster." he said with  as he made flip with landing on his hand for a moment and then landing back at the feet.

"I am here on the camp, but I please don't call me big guy, I feel like some monster, when you say it like this." Ash said with scratching behind his head.

"And then how am I suppose to call you? I don't know your name, but you look familiar to me." he said with small chuckle.

"Neither do I." Ash said with bigger laugh.

"Yeah, that is right. My name is Tierno. And I am from team Squirtle." Tierno said with confidence.

"That is thematic with your pokemon, as mine. I am Ash, from team Froakie." Ash said and Tierno looked surprised.

"Well that is cool. Our starters as emblem of our teams." Tierno said, but to his surprise, Ash shook his head.

"Froakie isn't my starter, I got him from proffesor, when we first time met or I wouldn't even say it as get him." Ash said with another chuckle.

"What do you mean by that?" Tierno asked with confuse.

"That is quite complicated to explain. Just say, Froakie wanted to go with me. And when we talk about this, I should go look after him." Ash said, while he was starting to ran, but he was hit by the bike.

A few minutes before

"Do you see Bonnie anywhere?" Clemont asked, as he looked around, while catching his breath. To threir surprise, Ash with Bonnie dissepeard faster then they thought.

"I see herover there with Pikachu and oh- HEY." Serena shouted happy and ran. Clemont looked confused at Serena, who ran to Bonnie and girl with brown hair in two ponytails in pink top with black bows, pink high heel shoes and in really short jeans skirt. She had small black bracelet and green eyes. Clemont only sighed and ran after Serena.

"Hm? Oh my god, SERENA!" girl with two ponytails shouted and went around Bonnie to Serena with big smile. When they ran to each other, they caught theyir hands and jumped up and down with screeching.

"Oh my god Shauna, I didn't expected you here!" Serena screamed with full energy. 

"And what am I suppose to say, when we all thought you would be still in Vinniville town. It's awesome to see you again." Shauna said with big smile. 

"I am traveling over Kalos now, as you are." Serena said with happy, surprising Shauna, but then Bonnie ran to them. 

"That is right Shauna, she is traveling with us." Bonnie shouted with energy and girls giggled. 

"I see you already talked to Bonnie." Serena said with smile. 

"Yeah, I was asking her, if she isn't too young to have two pokemon. Dedenne and where is that second pokemon?" Shauna asked as she looked to Bonnie, where Pikachu wasn't. Serena jerked a little from surprise, when Pikachu jumped on her shoulder. Serena looked to Pikachu, who smilled and then looked around for his trainer 

"You mean Pikachu?" Serena asked with small giggle, as Pikachu's fur was sometimes rubbing on her skin, making it tickles her on cheecks. 

"Oh my god, he is so cute, is he your?" Shauna asked, but Serena shook her head. 

"No, he belongs to my friend , that I am traveling with." Serena said, in mean time Pikachu stopped looking around and notice, that he had full attrntion of everyone. He then notice, how Shauna was smiling at him, so Pikachu smiled too. 

"You mean this friend?" Shauna asked and pointed behind Serena, at Clemont, who ran to them with few heavy sighs. 

"No. Dedenne is Clemont's. Pikachu is our other friend. That is, why I asked that question" Bonnie said with few stars. 

"Bonnie! Again!?" Clemont asked as he dragged her away. 

"Think about it!" Bonnie shouted, before Clemont took her away. 

"She asked you about being keeper, didn't she?" Serena said with giggle and Shauna nodded. 

"Yep, it was kinda wierd." Shauna said also laughing. 

"Yeah, that is Bonnie and Clemont. Clemont is inventing and Bonnie is his younger sister always searching keeper for him." 

"That must be funny with them, but what about that other friend? I don't see him anywhere here and if this is his Pikachu, shouldn't he be with him?" Shauna asked, as she looked around. 

"Well, when we got ours house, he ran to the beach for battles." Serena said with small sigh.  

"Same as Tierno and Trevor." Shauna said and looked to the beach. 

"Wait, they are here too?" Serena asked surprised. 

"Of course, we are team Squirtle, we picked Squirtle cuz Tierno and his dancing will know everyone. That remind me." Shauna said and then leaned to Serena. "What made you start traveling? You didn't want to start with us, when we left our home a year ago and even with Calem, when I heard, that he offered you to come with him to the Kanto. By the way sorry for you. You looked so good together." Shauna said with small frown. 

"Well, we looked good together, but you also remember, that we had a few problems." Serena said and Shauna after thinking nodded. 

" Yeah that makes sense, but that still doesn't explain, why did you after our many attempts, started to travel now?" Shauna asked with interest of how Serena went out. 

" You see... I.. I." she stuttered and then she realise, she could use the thing, that her mother let go out from home. "My mom thought, that I could solve my problems with riding on Rhyhorn."

"And you think I am gonna believe that? You hate Rhyhorn racing and I know, that you wouldn't go out only for that, so tell me again. Why are you out of your home and don't try to get me with Rhyhorn racing. Rhyhorn racing is only one of the things, that you are not at home." Shauna said with leaning in and yet, she was saying like she was mad, she wasn't and Serena knew it. 

"W-well you s-see I-" Serena was thinking of anything to say, except of her crush on Ash, because she wouldn't hear anything else from Shauna this camp. Fortunately for her, their attention caught Froakie, who jumped to them and shouted something, making Pikachu jump off and ran to the way, from where Froakie came from.

"Let me guess, another pokemon from your friend?" Shauna asked with not surprised face. Serena nodded and looked around still hoping for Shauna forgetting her question.

"Excuse me." they both heard and looked behind them to see girl with pink dress and short black jacket and white beret. Next to her feet, on which she had pink shoes with black stockings, walked blue pokemon looking like penguin.

"Yeah?" both girls asked synchronized.

"Didn't you see anywhere boy on the bike around here? He's from my team and he left office of proffesor Sycamore on bike and I can't find him." she said with small giggle, making both girls from Vaniville Town.

"No we didn't see him around here. Should we help with finding him?" Serena asked, but the girl shook with her head.

"No need, he will be probably fine. Just wanted to know, he will probably be on the beach fighting with others. What about you? Are you gonna fight there with others?" she asked with curious.

"Not me. I am not really good at battles and I was about to watch my friend at the beach." Serena said with small sigh.

"Everyone can be good at battles." shouted another girl behind them.

"Oh Angie, I guess you didn't find him." girl said to other, whose name was probably Angie. She had short teal hair and wore green t-shirt with black trousers.

"Nope as always, he's gone. Just hope he won't hit someone again. But I see you got company." Angie said with smile. "My name is Angie."

"Oh yeah, I didn't introduced myself either. My name is Dawn. We both are from team Piplup. What about you? From what team are you?" Dawn said with big smile.

"I am Shauna, from team Squirtle. My other partners are on the beach. Nice to meet you." Shauna said with wink.

"Nice to meet you too." Dawn said and then turned to Serena. "What about you?"

"Oh, my name is Serena and I am from team Froakie and one my partner is on the beach and two other we last saw leaving  probably to the beach." Serena said with a look to the beach. Dawn giggled at her words. "What is funny about it?"

"It's just I already met those two or more precisely, that small girl asked me something about being a keeper and that boy took her immediately away with words sorry from team Froakie. It confused me, but then I thought, it can be wierder then this." Dawn said with giggling.

"Yeah, true. Like friend from you." Angie said to Dawn and she started to giggle even more.

"What did he do?" Shauna asked with curiosity.

"When he always saw a pretty woman, he started to kneeling to her and saying things with love. He always got by poison jab from his croagunk." Dawn said with giggling.

"Wasn't it dangerous for him?" Serena asked with concern.

"NO! He was on his feet again within seconds. More concern we were, if those girls wouldn't rather run away from us then talk to us." Dawn said without hesitating.

"Ok then." Serena said with feeling, that it can always be worse. She then noticed, that her pokemon was making few poses.

"Piplup, stop trying to get the attention." Dawn said with small giggle, picking up her pokemon and petting it on head.

"So this is Piplup." Serena said and pull out her pokedex.

"Piplup, penguin pokemon, water type. A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care. Thanks to it's body it's able to swim long  distance in short time."

"Hey, how about battle? You and me Serena?" Dawn asked with hoping.

"I don't know. I will probably mess up."

"Come on Serena. It will be fun." Dawn said with small hint of puppy eyes.

"Ok then. You got it." Serena said finally. Dawn smiled and made a small fist pump up.

"What was that for?" Shauna asked confused by Serena's action and even Serena confused herself.

"I don't know. I just wanted to that. So wanna have that battle or not Dawn?" Serena asked with wink and ran on the battlefield next to the building.

"You don't wanna come to the beach?" Dawn asked with tilted head.

"There's gonna be too much people and this battlefield is free." Serena said with hands behind her back and made a small bow.

"Yeah, that makes sense. Ok, let's go." Dawn said and followed Serena.

"Could you fight only on the half of the battlefield?" Angie asked and both girls turned to her confused. "Like you will have a battle and us not, right Shauna?" 

"Yeah, you are right, let's have a battle too." Shauna said with bigger smile.

"Ok, I think we will be able to fight only on one side." Dawn said and made her way to other side.

"Ok Fennekin, let's come out." Serena shouted with enthusiasm. Her pokemon come out with looking around, noticing, that she was on the battlefield. "We will have a battle Fennekin, are you ready?" Serena asked with small worry, that Fennekin won't like to fight, but she just cried with agreement and let out small fire from her mouth.

"Fennekin then, ok come out Hattrem." Dawn shouted and trew her pokeball, revealing small pink pokemon standing on something, that looked like blue hat.

"Hattrem?" Serena asked surprised and pulled out again her pokedex.

"Hattrem, Serene pokemon, psychic type. Using the braids on its head, it pummels foes to get them to quiet down. One blow from those braids would knock out a professional boxer."

"I thought, that you would use Piplup." Serena said and it looked like even Piplup thought so too, because when Hattrem's pokeball revealed it, Piplup looked like, it will into stone and looked away with small sad sigh.

"No, Piplup has always enough attention from and also I don't need type advantage, I want have a good battle. So do you want to have the first move or not?" Dawn asked with raised eyebrow. 

"Sure. Fennekin let's start with flamethrower." Serena shouted with pointing at Hattrem. Fennekin stood firmly with his paws and released from her mouth flame at her opponent. 

"Ok Hattrem, let's try it as always. Use Disarming voice." Dawn said with confident. When flamethrower was close to hitting her, Hattrem let out strong voice, that hit the flamethrower and to surprise Serena, the flames splited and made it, like it was only surrounding her. But the way, it was surrounding her looked like it rippling. Even though it didn't seem to hurt her when Fennekin stopped attacking and flames stopped surrounging her, Serena noticed, that Hattrem had small burn on top of its hat. 

"Well, we still have some things to change, to make sure it will look good." Dawn said with sigh of sounding like she wasn't satisfied. 

"How did you do that?" Serena asked with looking surprise at their action. 

"You mean how we countered your attack?" 

"No, I mean how did you know, it will look so good. It looked like some kinda of-" Serena tried to find words for it, but she couldn't think of anything in that moment. 

"Like waves in the fire." Dawn ended for her. 

"Yeah." 

"YES. Hattrem it starting to looks like we wanted." Dawn shouted happily and her pokemon with her. 

"What are you talking about?" Serena asked confused at what just happened. 

"I will tell you later, let's continue. Use brutal swing." 

"Quick Fennekin, use scratch." Serena said with few hesitation, because if the suddem attack. One of the arms, that was Hattrem standing glowed grey and then maid big jump at Fennekin. Fennekin on other side used her paws with glowing claws to stop one of the if you can call it arm. Fennekin was fighting with full energy she had,but was send flying away to the tree, because she was hit by other arm. 

"Fennekin!" Serena shouted and ran to her pokemon. When she got to her, she found Fennekin almost unconsciousness. "You fought well, we will get better in this, I promise you." Serena said with smile, on which Fennekin only groaned, but Serena could hear, that she was at least little happy by her words. Serena noticed of the shadow. She looked up to see Dawn smilling and talking out from her bag something. When Dawn found what she was looking for, she took out potion and handed to Serena. Serena gave her a warm smile and used potion. After a while, Fennekin stood up again on her paws with energy. 

"You did good for a battle, when you are not really good into them." Dawn said with encouraging tone. 

"Well, we weren't as good, but we will see next time. We will try to battle at least so we won't be so easy to be defeated." Serena said with new confidence. 

"Does it make us-" Dawn was about to say, but stopped. 

"What?" Serena asked as she picked up Fennekin. 

"Nevermind." Dawn said with shaking her head. Serena looked at Dawn, thinking of asking her what she wanted to say, but she let it be. She looked at Shauna and Angie. It was her Bulbasaur vs Chimchar. That reminded her-. 

"Did you heard that?" Dawn asked as she looked around. Both girls stopped fighting and tried to listen, what she was talking about. They heard explosion, but it was like from some battle. 

"It looks like some big battle at beach. Let's go see it."Angie shouted and was gone within seconds.  

"Wanna see it?" Shauna asked and Serena nodded. On their way, Serena thought, that she might know, who could it be. 

"By the way I noticed that move, you did there." Shauna said, breaking Serena from her thoughts. "Where did come up with this?" 

"I am trying these things always. I want to have some pretty moves like this for contests." 

"Wait, you are coordinator?" Shauna asked surprised by those words. 

"Yes I am. In Sinnoh, my mother was best in it and I want to be like her." Dawn said and looked like she was dreaming. 

"Wow, I am performer, but I heard of coordinators." Shauna said and then was stopped by Serena. 

"You are performer?" Serena asked unbelieving by her words. 

"Yeah Serena and it is not like we thought it is. It's not just showing of with dresses and pokemon with it. We were wrong about it and it is more fun then I thought. I even think, you would be good at it. It's about working with your pokemon and you are always good with working with your pokemon. " Shauna said even though Serena wanted to stop her in what she was saying. After she ended her words with Serena becoming performer, it let Serena speechless. As they made their way to the beach, Dawn and Shauna were talking about moves, but Serena was deap in her thoughts. 

She was so deap in thoughts, that she didn't even realize, that they came to the huge group of people. 

"Angie, do you know, what is going on?" Dawn asked as she was trying to look over others. 

"I only heard things like Empoleon vs Floatzel. Guess we found Barry." Angie said and others followed her around group of people. After few steps, they made it to part, where wasn't so much people, but before someone looked at the battlefield, She looked around to see Tierno.

"If I knew you would be here, I would make sure to get you something." he said, but Serena giggled. Tierno was in second whimpering, because Shauna took him by the ear. 

"How about you stop with flirting with your friend and tell us, who is fighting there." Shauna said with annoyed. 

"Ouch, stop. I will tell you, I just wanted to try, when she is single now." Tierno said, but Shauna twisted his ear even more. 

"Then stop trying and don't do it in future." Shauna said and stopped twisting his ear. Girls giggled at her domination over a boy, who is bigger then her. "So, tell, who is fighting there?" 

"Well it all started, when I lost my battle against that one with Floatzel. He was about to find his pokemon, when the other one hit him with bike. That guy on the bike started to shout something about he's gonna fine him. After that it looked like they know each other. I didn't want to interrupt them and they started to shout at each other so much, that it ended up in this battle and I must say, they are really strong. " Tierno said and thanks to high, he looked over the people. 

"And what does make you think this?" Angie asked with rise eyebrow. 

"I have two things for it. One, look around you how much attention they have and second, look for yourself." Tierno said pointing to free place, where noone was standing. As they made the few steps, Angie and Dawn sighed. 

"Same Barry, faster on the bike and hitting someone with words it was their fault or 'I am gonna fine you.'. Let's hope it is..." Angie was saying, but stopped when they saw on the battlefield. 

"What hope..." Dawn was asking but stopped too. Serena on other hand smiled. 

"Go Ash!" she shouted and watch the battle unknowing, how much attenzion she got from her girl friends and Tierno. Next to them stood Bonnie and Clemont also shouting. 

Meanwhile on the battefield Barry's Empoleon used water cannon, that only came in contact with sonic boom from Floatzel. 

"Let's keep it up! Use drill peck!" Barry was shouting and pointing with his hand at Floatzel. 

"Use aqua jet with spining Floatzel." Ash said with confidence. By his sidr stood Froakie, Pikachu and Riolu, who jumped out, when the battle began. Empoleon charged at Floatzel spinning in high speed with his glowing beak. Floatzel on other hand surrounded himself in the water and before taking off, he span to one side. Both moves collided, but Floatzel overpowered drill peck and made Empoleon fly in the sky. 

"EMPOLEON TURN AROUND AND USE FROM THAT HIGH WATER CANNON!" Barry shouted with closed eyes. When Empoleon stopped going up, he turned around to face the ground and sent out big ball of water, that got on speed thanks to it's high. 

"Floatzel dodge it to the side." Ash shouted with knowing, that if he tried to use his attack to counter it, it wouldn't be enough. Floatzel on last second jumped away and the attack hit the ground with big explosion. Everyone had to hold their hats, thanks to the wind, that was made by explosion. It created huge cloud of smoke in which Floatzel and Empoleon dissepeared. Barry was looking everywhere, when he noticed Floatzel standing in the middle. 

"Empoleon use Steel wing, he is in the middle." Barry shouted with pointing at the middle. Empoleon jumped out from the smoke with glowing wing to Floatzel's back. He almost hit him, when suddendly his wing was blocked by Floatzel's tail. "WHAT?!" Barry shouted frustrated. 

"Awesome, now trow him." Ash shouted and Floatzel tilted with his power, that he landed on his four ant trew Empoleon over him. Empoleon landed on his back with trying to get back up fast. Unfortunately for him, Floatzel stood next to him with his paw glowing white, with few shining around it. Floatzel hit him right into the chest and from it, it started to surround Empoleon in ice. 

"NO! Empoleon, brake from it!" Barry shouted, but it didn't do anything with Empoleon and his frozen situation. 

"Ok Floatzel, let's end this, use sonic boom." Ash shouted and Floatzel jump high and made flip for his attack. From his tail came wave from sound, that hit the unmoving oponent. When the attack hit Empoleon, it broke him from ice, but when he landed, he fell on his front unconsciousness. 

"Oh come on, we were suppose to win for at least one at you Ash! Aah, we will have another battle!" Barry shouted with returning his pokemon. 

"If you say so. Thank you Floatzel." Ash said as he came to his pokemon. He was about to return his pokemon, when he felt someone tapping on his right shoulder. He looked there, but didn't see anyone, so he looked behind his other, where he saw Serena and Bonnie giggling. He then turned around and saw Dawn. 

"Sup, Ash, long time no see." Dawn said with wink and one hand on her head. 

"Hi Dawn." Ash said with surprise but then mimicked her action. He then lifted his hand up for high five, but after realising, that he was to high, he lowered it and then got his high five.

"Hey, I thought, you would be sad, that I lost." Barry said with small pouting.

"I am not gonna sad for someone, who hit Ash with bike, AGAIN." Dawn said with anoyed.

"True Barry, you hit someone almost everytime, when you are on the bike without us. By the way hi Ash. Again on camp like first time." Angie said with smile.

"Oh hey Angie, yeah true. I guess you are all in team Piplup." Ash asked as he looked to Angie, Barry and Dawn.

"Yup and by how your friends here are rooting for you, are with you, but one thing is bitting me." Dawn said and leaned to Bonnie. "You are four or you are just with them?"

"I am with them, we can be only be in 3, but I am here as their bonus help at some things, like quiz." Bonnie said and then leaned to Dawn, so she only could hear her. "I hope you don't have crush on Ash, so we can have a good fun with teasing Serena." Dawn looked surprise at her and then looked to Serena, who nervous, what they were talking about. 

"Someone has crush on him? This is gonna be fun." Dawn said to Bonnie and leaned back.

"Wait a minute, I remember you!" shouted last boy, from group that went away. He had ginger hair and shirt.

"What Trevor?" Tierno and Shauna asked. Serena was indincating him not to say it, but he didn't notice her.

"He is the guy, who saved Garchomp few months ago and also jumped from Prism tower. Ash the unnamed." Trevor said and everyone turned to Ash.

"WHAT?

"THAT WAS YOU?"

Ash only sighed and prepared for answers.

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It was late in the evening. After explaining everything to others was late and so they made their way to their houses. Ash woke up and saw, that his bag was opened and with one pokeball. He looked sleepy around and saw opened door. He also felt sadness in him. He stood up, making sure not wake up Clemont, and made his way out. When he got out, he saw Riolu sitting on the stairs looking to his paws. Riolu was so deap in thoughts, that he didn't hear Ash coming to him, until he sat next to him with warming smile. Ash took Riolu's paw and saw in his hand held small wooden doll looking like Riolu.

"You miss him, don't you." Ash said silently. Riolu looked to him and nodded and small tear escaped from his eye. "Yeah today reminded a lot of things from what happened few years ago. Floatzel and Dawn. I am not even surprise that you miss him." Ash said, but it didn't look like he wanted to watch away from his doll. "You know, I lost also my father." Ash said and Riolu looked to him. "Yeah, he was so awesome. When I was young, even with his battles, he found time to play with me. He told me about things with pokemon, that I forgot sometimes, but the most important thing, that he thought me was, that every pokemon has feeling. In start I was bad with communicating with pokemon." Ash said with small chuckle. "He was well-known and everyone talked about him as the best trainer in the world. I admired him and I am still admiring him. He was the one, who told me that I can be a pokemon master one day. I asked him "What someone must to do, to began pokemon master?" I asked and he said "Pokemon master can be anyone, but they must know, what is right to do with pokemon and even human.". I always loved to hear his sayings, stories from his battles and journeys. And after that camp, he was...gone." Ash said as he realise, that he said something, that he hasn't said to anyone like this. He even felt, how a tear escaped from his eyes. He looked to Riolu, who was watching him and when he noticed tear, je licked it away. Ash laughed ať it and Riolu smiled with him. All the sadness, that Riolu felt today was for now gone and he had someone, who could help him in these situation. Ash was about to stand up, when Riolu jumped on him and hugged him. Ash was caught off guard by this, but returned hug without hesitation, he knew, that to be alone with his thoughts isn't good, even he did something similiar, when left to Mt. Silver. Now that he looked into the ocean floor, those lines were there again. 'When you will get to the world, where people must be like one to become stronger, you will find your true potencial also with your biggest challenge and most lovest person.' He still didn't know about any challenge or love, but he knew that he is here.

Unknowing to both of them, they were watch from inside by Serena and Fennekin.

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