Pokémon: Ash's Dark Destiny (A Pokémon Fan Fiction)

Chapter 6: Ash's Goodbye

The next morning, Clemont woke up and sleepily walked over to Ash's bed to wake him up. When he made his way over to the bed, he noticed that Ash wasn't in it. All Clemont found in the bed was a folded up piece of paper with the words "from Ash" written on it. Clemont's eyes shot open.

He started to read the note Ash had left. After he finished reading it, he shouted, "Serena! Bonnie!" Serena and Bonnie rushed into the room looking worried.

"Wait," Serena said, "where's Ash?"

"That's what I called you in here for." Clemont said, holding out the letter. "Look! Don't you know what this is?"

"A piece of paper?" Bonnie asked.

"No!" Clemont said, "It's a letter from Ash!"

Serena took the letter and read it aloud:

"Dear Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena,

I wrote this letter to say what I couldn't say in person because I knew it would hurt you: Goodbye. I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. By the time you read this, I will already be long gone. Please don't try to find me. I'm so sorry."

As Serena read the last word, tears started to roll down her cheeks and a few of her tears started to drop down onto the letter. She started shivering and crumpled up the letter.

"Serena?" Bonnie asked, "Are you alright?"

Serena dropped the crumpled up letter to the floor and ran downstairs and out the front door of the Pokémon Center. She stopped after few steps and cried out, "A~S~H!"

Bonnie and Clemont made their way outside just in time to see Serena collapse to her knees and, in sadness, let out a wailing cry. She put her face in her hands and started crying. Bonnie and Clemont rushed to her side, trying to comfort her. They knew, though, that there was nothing that they could do to make her feel better.

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