Snowed In ~ An Amourshipping Story

Snowed In

I can't believe how much it hurts to see him hurt like this, it's unbearable. He tries so hard, training endlessly to be the best of the best. His positive attitude never wavering, his smile never fading. It fills me with such a sense of warmth and comfort to see that in the boy I love, but now...he's broken. 

I never though I would ever see this side of Ash, but after losing so many times in a row like that, and after what happened to Greninja, it must have dealt a serious blow to his pride as a trainer. And now he's gone, off on his own in the cold without a single one of us or his pokèmon. 

"There must be something I can do," I mumble to myself as I drift off to sleep. 

The next morning, I look over to the bed next to me to see it empty. Where is Ash, shouldn't he be back by now? I suddenly begin to feel an almost sickening level of worry creep over me. What if he's hurt, or worse!? I quickly tear out of bed, get dressed, and bolt outside. I begin to look around the perimeter of the pokèmon center frantically in case I could see him nearby. Finding nothing, this worry I felt turns into a feeling of fear. 

I know that there is only one thing left to do, I have to find him. Without a moments hesitation, I take off in a full sprint into the snowy forest. "Don't worry Ash, I'll bring you back to us, I promise!" I say to myself. "Please Ash, please be okay," I think to myself. But as time continues to pass, my worries continue to grow. I desperately search for traces of Ash's footprints, but it seems that last night's snow already filled them in. 

I absolutely hate this feeling, I know I should have stopped him from leaving last night. I continue to search and search, only to turn up nothing. I'm so tired and frozen to the bone, but I have to find him! After another 30 minutes of frantic searching I fall to my knees. "AAAAAAHHHHGG!" I yell in frustration. "ASH WHERE ARE YOU!?" I yell, my voice echoing across the vast forest.

I begin to listen, desperately waiting for a response. Nothing, nothing at all. I clench my fists and slam one into the nearest tree I could find. 'Ouch, that was really stupid of you Serena,' I thought to myself as I attempt to shake the pain out of my hand. After that little display I take a moment to reorient myself. I take a few deep breaths and smack my hands on my cheeks. 

'Alright, I need to get it together, otherwise I'll never be able to bring Ash back.' I thought to myself as I return to my senses. 

My first order of business needs to be to find out just how far I've come, as well as how long I've been out here. On that note, I reach in my pocket for my- OH NO! Where in the world is my tablet!? I must have forgotten it back at the pokèmon center!

 'Stupid Serena, how could you forget that of all things!?' I thought as I mentally kicked myself. 

Now what am I supposed to do, I have no clue where I am and the sky is covered with a layer of clouds so thick that I can't tell where the sun is! Wait a second, clouds? I could have sworn the sky was almost completely clear when I left earlier. All of a sudden I begin to feel the wind picking up and the temperature beginning to slowly drop. 

'This can't be good, I get the feeling a blizzard is about to move in,' I though as my worries begin to return. 

I have to hurry up and find Ash before the weather gets too bad. And with that I start running again, there's not a moment to lose! 

"Ash, if you can hear me please say something!" I yell to no avail. 

I continue to repeat this process of running and occasionally calling his name for at least another hour, then I noticed that it was getting darker and it was snowing rather hard. I'm out of time, what on earth do I do!? No, I can't give up, Ash would never give up on me!