Black and bruised (Serena's PoV)

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In my dreams, everything felt off. I was in a bed with Calem by my side. I started to blush as I smiled. What?! Why am I doing this?! I love Ash, not this creep! Calem's eyes open, and he says,
"Mornin', babe." Oh no he didn't! I wanted to say, "ok get out of my bed and where is Ash?!" But what really came out of my mouth was way worse;
"Good morning, my knight in shining armor." He kissed me on the lips, and I liked it. NO!! I hate this guy! Why does it feel nice to have his brittle lips pressed against mine?! We broke apart, and then, Ash walked into the room. He gasped, and I look at him. I wanted to say, "No, Ash! I don know what's going on!" But instead; "well what did you expect? Me to fall head over heels for a loser like you?" GAHH!!! NO! This can't be happening! Ash looked down, tears streaming down his face.
"I knew it was too good to be true..." he ran off. Calem drew my face back to his.
"Well, now that that scene's over, let's get back to business."
"Gladly." OKAY WHAT THE HECK KIND OF DREAM IS THIS?! After we were done kissing, I go outside to get a drink to find Ash's body, unconscious on the ground. He had a knife in his hand and his wrist was coated in blood. I screamed so loudly I was surprised glass didn't break. Calem came running in, and I pointed as my whole body shook. He saw it and... that little JERK grinned!!! Oh I am so going to kill him.
"Well, that's one distraction gone! Now, you're all mine, Serena." And I woke up in a cold sweat. I rolled over to my side to find Ash wasn't there. I sat up, scanning the room for Ash. Not there. I bolt out of bed and go for the other room. I scan around, and he wasn't there either. Where was he?! I needed to tell him about that dream! I run across the hall and pound my fist against Manon and Alan's door. Alan answered groggily.
"What?" He moans.
"Have you seen Ash?" I ask urgently. Alan gives me a weird look, and says,
"Yeah, I think he said he was gonna go for a walk down the street."
"Calem?" Alan's look went from tired to scared.
"Walk..." he yells for Manon.
"Manon! We need to get the others NOW!" Manon responded from the other room.
"Why?"
"Because Ash and Calem both said they were going for walks!" I hear a loud thump and Manon's footsteps as she runs to us.
"Say no more. Let's go!" Manon went to get Bonnie and Clemont, while Alan and I went to get Kyle and Onikage.
"What?!" Kyle says. "If that punk lays one finger on Ash, I swear I'll pound him to a pulp!" He said. Onikage was right behind him. We all met in the lobby and went outside. From there we split in two groups; Me, Alan, Kyle, and Manon went to the left while Clemont, Bonnie, and Onikage went to the right. We went up and down the block three times until we found Ash laying against the wall, nearly unconscious, his nose bleeding, with Calem standing in front of him. He grabbed Ash by his collar, forced him up, and spat, "Serena's mine, not yours. She could never love a freak like you. You're weak." He said, throwing Ash against the wall. Ash fell to the ground, and as he got up, Calem kicked him while saying the following, "worthless, lame, loser, idiot, and overall pathetic freak!" Ash wasn't speaking at all, and he had red marks around his neck. Calem had tried choking him. Kyle was fuming by this point and couldn't take the anger. He went up and punched Calem in the gut. The rest of us helped out Ash.
"Ash, are you ok?" I ask. He shook his head and coughed. He held the top of his hand against his nose to stop the bleeding. Kyle was blowing up by this point.
"What is your damage?!" Kyle yelled. Calem had put on a different outfit. He was now wearing a partially open sky blue jacket that had a shade of indigo on it. He also ditched his bracelet and was wearing a watch. He had gray jeans on, with red and black shoes. He changed his hat to a red front, white back cap with a black poke ball design on the front. His hair hair was flicked out with his brown hair and his brown eyes- wait, what? Calem had black hair and blue-grey eyes.
"Wait, Kyle, don't!" Too late. Kyle was already jamming his fist into the  boy's body. That was definitely going to be sore in the morning. Suddenly, a familiar flirt's tone was heard from behind us.
"What's going on?" Calem said. Kyle turned his gaze away from the kid, his fist still ready to punch, and the boy's collar in his other fist. His face went from hatred to full blown confusion, which I think we all had on our faces.
"If that's Calem, then who..." the boy was laughing. Kyle was mad.
"What's so funny, punk?" The boy smiled evilly.
"I know who you guys are; Ash is the kid I almost knocked out, Serena is the one he cares most about, Kyle and Onikage, the old school brothers, Alan, the Charizard X master, along with Manon, his best friend. Clemont, the wannabe scientist, and lastly, Bonnie, the cheerful little kid. Then, there's Calem, who kinda looks like me, only with a bit of a better personality." He laughs again.
"Okay, so who are you? And what do you have against Ash?" Alan asked. The boy grinned and glared at Ash.
"My name is Black. Black Rothford," Ash gasped and started trembling. No one but me knew why. That was Silver's last name.
"And you, Ash Ketchum, are an embarrassment to my father and your stepfather, Silver, so he asked me to do him a favor." And with that he pulled out a switchblade and raced for Ash.

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