New Beginning (Pearlshipping-AshxDawn)

Chapter One

This book is the sequel. There are twenty-five chapters in total.
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It was a warm summer day in August. A cruise ship was sailing along the water. Ash and Dawn were on this ship, heading back to Twinleaf Town after being away for two weeks on their honeymoon.

Dawn was standing by the railing, looking out, and smiled as Sinnoh came into her view on the horizon. Ash was standing behind her with his arms around her waist, holding her close.

"There's Sinnoh. We're almost home." Dawn said.

"We've had a great time together, but I'm glad to be going home." Ash said.

"Me, too. I missed being with our kids."

"'Our kids...' I still can't believe that we're a family now. It feels wonderful."

"Yes, it does. It's a new beginning for all of us, another chance to be happy."

They stood in silence for a few minutes, watching as the shore became bigger and closer.

"We had a wonderful honeymoon, I loved being with you all of the time." Dawn said softly, breaking the silence.

"Me, too. We went to a lot of different places and saw a lot of different things. We spent a lot of great days together."

"And we also spent a lot of great nights together too, remember?" Dawn said playfully, causing Ash to laugh.

"I remember. You hardly let me get any sleep." Ash replied playfully and leaned down and kissed her neck.

Dawn turned around in his arms and looked at him. "Oh, don't play innocent. You kept me up at night just as many times!"

They both laughed and then stared at each other before their lips met in a loving kiss. "I love you." they both said after breaking apart. They were newlyweds and were full of happy, playful, kid-like energy.

After about an hour, the ship was docking.

"Thank you for choosing Regions Sailing and we hope that you enjoyed your trip. Have a great day." a voice over the speaker said as the passengers started to disembark. Ash and Dawn made their way off of the ship.

After driving back to Twinleaf Town, they got out of the car and made their way into Ash's house with their bags. They walked into the living room and set their bags down on the floor. The house was quiet, but then they heard laughter coming from one of the rooms. Children's laughter.

"We're home!" they called out.

Alex and Julia ran into the room, smiling happily. "Mom! Dad! You're back!" they cried, running towards their parents.

Ash knelt down and hugged Alex while Dawn picked Julia up and hugged her. The kids then walked over to their other parent and hugged them, too, as Delia and Johanna walked into the room, hearing the commotion.

Delia and Johanna hugged Ash and Dawn.

"Welcome back," they said as they pulled away.

"I'm glad that you two made it home safely." said Delia.

"Did you two have a good trip?" Johanna asked.

After fixing some drinks and some snacks for the kids, they were all sitting in the living room, Pikachu and Piplup were now with them, too.

"So where did you go?" Julia asked.

"We flew to Kalos and spent a week there, visiting the different cities and towns." Ash said.

"Julia, you would have loved Lumiose City. Your friend, Grace, would have, too." Dawn said, remembering one of her favorite cities.

"Why?"