Serena woke up to the feeling of something licking her face. She moaned softly and rolled to the other side of her bed, but something with four little paws walked around her head and started licking again. The honey blonde woman moaned again and rolled to the other side, and this time the small figure stood its front paws on her head and leaned its head into her ear.

"Fennekin!"

"Ow!" Serena shouted.

She sat up, rubbing her ear, and turned to see daylight shining through her window. She looked down at Fennekin, who was on the bed looking like it wanted to run.

"Fennekin, that was loud," Serena rebuked. "What do you want?"

Fennekin ran over to where the bed stand was standing next to the bed, where the alarm clock was. Serena rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock before she gasped loudly. It was 10:44 a.m.

"Oh my gosh! My wedding is in sixteen minutes!"

Serena threw the covers away, jumped off the bed, and rushed into the bathroom to take a quick shower. She rushed into drying her hair before running back to the bedroom to put on her wedding dress. Fennekin went over to the entryway to pick up Serena's white shoes with its mouth and ran back to the bedroom to give it to her while she put on the dress. After putting on her shoes, Serena put on her father's coat, and together, she and Fennekin left the apartment with Serena not bothering to lock the door behind her. The honey blonde woman and her Pokemon partner burst through the apartment complex's front entrance and began running down the street to the hospital.

"Of all things to forget last night, it was setting my alarm so that I wouldn't oversleep," Serena whined. "This is what I get for being so focused on stuffing my suitcase with things for the honeymoon."

"Fennekin," Fennekin said.

By the time the two of them made it to the hospital, it was nine minutes past eleven. They went in to find Joy pacing in front of the reception desk, holding a bouquet of pink flowers. When she saw Serena and Fennekin come in, she ran over to her, grabbed her hand, and began leading her down the hall with Fennekin following them.

"Everyone else is waiting," Joy said. "Did you seriously forget about your own wedding?"

"I forgot to set my alarm," Serena answered.

The three of them raced down the hall where the hospital chapel was. The chapel was two-story-tall with a thin, wooden cross hanging on the wall on stage. A short old woman was sitting in front of an electric keyboard on the stage's left side. At the center was a priest with Calem standing on the right side in his hospital clothes with a sport coat around him and an IV pole attached to him. Next to him was Ash in a modest gray suit, and behind him was Pikachu in a little suit and holding a purple pillow carrying two golden rings. On the left side of the stage was Shauna in a white and pink dress as Serena's maid of honor. Delia, Mimey, Dawn, Piplup, Grandpa Ramos, and Sonia were sitting in the front row on the left side. Iris, Axew, Cilan, Maynor, and Dratini were sitting down on the right front row.

Joy helped Serena take off her coat, hung it on a coat hanger, and handed her the flowers. She and Fennekin walked ahead to stand next to Shauna as bridesmaids. The old woman began playing the wedding match on the keyboard, and Serena stood at the center of the aisle, took a deep breath, and walked down, holding the flowers up. She looked at the Ketchum family, where Sonia gave her a smile and a nod, Grandpa Ramos was taking a picture of her, Dawn was struggling to contain her excitement, and Mimey was handing tissues to Delia. The latter was smiling at Serena with teary eyes.

Serena turned her head to the left side of the stage, where Calem gave her a sunny look. Her gaze then turned to Ash, and she smiled, thinking he looked handsome. Ash smiled back, finding her to be as pretty as a picture despite her self-effacing dress, but then his smile faded. Serena's smile disappeared, and she wondered what was on Ash's mind. She then turned at Iris, who was still unconvinced that what the honey blonde woman was doing.

At that moment, Serena doubted that she was doing the right thing. She dreamt of this moment with someone like Calem, who would give her all that she wanted, and yet in her heart, it wasn't enough. Serena wanted something more valuable than the kind of marriage Ash's brother was offering, but she forced a smile on her face, thinking there was no way out. She trapped herself by taking things this far in the lie. At least with being married to Calem, she would see a lot of Ash like he said the night before.

Serena made it to the end of the aisle, and she turned to face Calem. The priest smiled and cleared his throat as he opened his bible.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to wit -"

"I object!"

All eyes turned to Serena. Sonia sighed and facepalmed, Calem looked at Serena, befuddled, and Delia stopped tearing up. In contrast, she, Mimey, Dawn, Piplup, Pikachu, Axew, Cilan, Maynor, Dratini, and Shauna looked equally confused. Iris, Joy, and Fennekin were wondering if Serena was going, to tell the truth.

"I-I-I didn't get to that part," the priest said.

"Actually, I have to object as well," Ash said.

Serena looked at Ash with a look of hope. Apart from Sonia, Fennekin, Joy, and Iris, everyone became more puzzled, and the priest turned to Calem.

"Do you object as well?" He asked.

Calem stammered and said, "I don't know."

"What's going on?" Dawn asked.

Serena took a deep breath to muster all of her courage and turned to the family.

"Mom -er, Mrs. Ketchum, there's something you should know," she said. "I'm in love with your son."

Delia chuckled, thinking Serena was acting silly, and said, "I know, sweetie. That's why we are here."

"No, not Calem. Ash," Serena said.

Anyone who didn't know the truth was stumped. Sonia looked back between Ash and Serena with her mouth slightly open. Joy's and Fennekin's eyes widened, and the former covered her mouth with her hand. Iris raised her eyebrow while her family didn't know what was happening. The priest huffed and rolled his eyes while Calem looked at Serena blankly. On the other hand, Ash looked at the honey blonde woman, shocked to the point that he didn't hear his mother speak to him.

"Ash, what did you do?" Delia asked, furrowing her brow.

"He didn't do anything. It was all me," Serena said before looking over to Grandpa Ramos. "Grandpa Ramos, are you doing okay? You're not getting an episode?"

Grandpa Ramos grinned and gave Serena a thumbs up.

"Okay, good," Serena said before looking at the whole family apologetically. "The truth is there was a mixup the day Calem fell into the tracks. I did see him fall in, and I did save his life, but when I got into the hospital, and they wouldn't let me see him, someone told the doctor that I was Calem's fiancee, except it's not true. I was never engaged to Calem."

Joy bit her lip to hide her guilt and mentally thanked heaven the bride didn't call her out. The family continued to look at Serena, shocked, while Calem still stared blankly at her. Serena turned to Ash, who looked at her, crushed.

"Why didn't you say anything?" he asked.

"I didn't know how to tell you," Serena said.

Ash furrowed his brow and looked away from her, betrayed. Serena wanted to say something to try to soften the blow, but she knew nothing could be done. Her mouth quivered for a moment before she shook it off and faced the family again.

"Calem and I never met until that day on the tracks," Serena said. "When I was in the hospital room, everything happened so fast, and after the way, you were so uplifted with me saving his life and thinking we were engaged I just couldn't tell you the truth, and then I didn't want to tell you the truth because I started to fall in love with you."

Delia, Mimey Dawn, Piplup, and Grandpa Ramos looked at each other before Grandpa Ramos asked, "Who are you talking to?"

"All of you. The whole family," Serena said, smiling. "Ever since that day, I went from being alone apart from being with Fennekin to being a fiancee, a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister, and a friend."

Serena then turned to Calem, who was still befuddled, and said, "I might have saved your life on the tracks, but really you saved mine. You allowed me to be a part of your family. I haven't had that in a long time, and I didn't want to let go of that. Even if it was for a little while, I will always love them."

Serena turned back to the family, who were unsure of how to react. Tears ran down Serena's face as she let her guilt overtake her.

"I'm very sorry," she sobbed.

She turned to Fennekin and gestured it to follow her. The fox Pokemon frowned and silently followed its partner down the aisle to the exit. Delia, Mimey, Dawn, Piplup, and Grandpa Ramos looked at each other, not knowing how to take on the information. Ash kept looking away from Serena while scratching the back of his head, and Pikachu looked at its partner, concerned. Calem, Axew, Cilan, Pansage, Maynor, and Dratini were as confused as ever, Iris was relieved, and the priest was irritated that he came to the chapel for nothing.

Then, as Serena and Fennekin were halfway down the aisle, Miette stormed into the chapel, and a tall man with bright yellow hair and a norse skipper goatee followed behind, both cross. Serena and Fennekin moved away to pass by, and Miette stood in front of Calem, pointing her finger at the priest.

"Calem Judas Ketchum is engaged to me! I object to this wedding!" She barked.

"Get in line," the priest said.

"And I object to her objection!" The blonde man yelled.

Everyone looked at the two of them confused, and Dawn asked, "Calem, who is this guy?"

Calem shrugged and plainly said, "That's Pierre, Miette's husband."

Everyone apart from Calem, Miette, and Pierre looked at him, shocked. Delia stood up from her seat, livid, and screamed, "You dated and proposed to a married woman?!"

"Yes, I did," Calem said unashamedly. "And then I was in a coma while my brother made a play on my sort of fiancee."

"Serena said Ash didn't do anything," Grandpa Ramos said.

"Calem, how can you do this?" Delia asked.

"Because we're in love!" Miette proudly said for Calem. "He belongs to me, and we're getting married!"

"No, you're not! You're married to me!" Pierre barked.

"Clearly, you've never heard of divorce!" Miette countered.

"You haven't filed for divorce! You just left Alola claiming that you're engaged!" Pierre countered.

"Well, maybe you should have taken that as a sign that she's leaving you and is going to divorce you," Calem said.

"That's right! Tell it, Calem!" Miette boasted, wrapping her arms around Calem's arm.

"Get your skanky arms away from my Cay-Cay!" Delia screamed.

"No way! Once we're married, he'll forever be my Calem-Walem!" Miette yelled.

"Ew! Don't call my brother that! That's just wrong!" Dawn shouted.

"Piplup!" Piplup shouted.

"Well, I don't know. I can think of a few girls in high school who called him nicknames that are much stupider than that," Grandpa Ramos muttered with a shrug.

"I don't care what you call my boy! Your prissy bottom is never going to marry him!" Delia screamed.

"Oh, what are you going to do, grandma? Wave your finger at me to death?" Miette asked.

Delia let out a bloodthirsty scream and charged at Miette, with Mimey and Dawn holding her back. Miette continued to mock Delia while Calem and Pierre argued. Grandpa Ramos and Piplup cheered Delia on, with the former encouraging the auburn-haired woman to rip Miette's hair off. The priest huffed again and walked to the exit closest to the stage.

Serena watched the fight go on for a few seconds before her eyes turned to Ash. The raven-haired man looked at her, disheartened with being lied to, while Pikachu hopped onto his shoulder to look at Serena, saddened. Serena sighed, wishing there was a way to undo how she hurt Ash's feelings. She turned to Iris, who flicked her hands, telling her to leave. She then turned to Sonia, who was still sitting down. The peach-haired woman gave her a sad look and gave Serena a low wave, accepting that it was goodbye. Serena felt tears in her eyes again as she waved back and took her coat.

"Come on, Fennekin. Let's go home."