Pokémon Platinum (Currently being rewritten as Pokémon: Platinum Chapter)

Chapter 28: Veilstone Gym

[Chris' POV]

I wake up when Dawn shakes me. I look around. "What?" I ask.

She sighs. "What did you do last night? You're sleeping in a chair."

I chuckle. "I was meditating. Focusing my Aura will really help."

Dawn smiles. "You've really changed in such a short time."

"You seem to be doing a bit better today."

"I thought about what you said. You're right. I need to focus on the things in life that bring me joy."

I smile at her. She kisses me. "You're one of them," she says.

I stand up and hug her. "You're back. The Dawn I know is back."

"It's because of you that I'm like this again. I'm nobody without you."

"Don't say that. You're everything to me."

She leans into me. "I love you."

"I do too, Dawn."

We let each other go. Dawn gets some clothes from her bag. She starts undressing. I feel my face turn red. She looks up at me. "What's wrong?"

I get clothes out of my bag and start dressing. "You didn't give any warning."

She turns to me. "You know me. I don't give warnings to you."

I snicker. "Tell that to me again when we're fighting Team Galactic."

"You know what I mean, Chris."

She puts on her shirt and pants. "I'm going for a different look."

"You're not wearing your coat?"

I zip up my jacket and reach for my hat. "Not today."

She pulls out a jacket that looks similar to mine. It's red instead of blue, though. She puts on the jacket and zips it up. She wraps her white scarf around her neck and turns to me. "How do I look?"

We both turn to the mirror. I take off my hat. "You look a lot like me."

"I think I should act like you, so I decided to dress like you first."

She puts her beanie on and I look at my hat. I put it in my bag and walk to the door. I grab my belt on the dresser and clip it on my waist. Dawn follows me out. I let out Eve and Riolu. "Chris?" Riolu asks.

"We're going to challenge Maylene today. We're going to win."

Eve nods. "Let's go."

Riolu smiles. "We can do this!"

I look at Dawn. "Let's get going."

We walk out of the door and walk to the exit. I wave to Nurse Joy and leave. Dawn and I sit outside the Pokémon Center, waiting for the others. Dawn looks at me. "About yesterday..."

"It's fine, Dawn. It was a lot."

"No. It's just... we didn't wait. You wanted to."

I grab her hand. "It's fine."

She grabs a pokéball and looks at it. She grits her teeth. "Cyrus..."

"Should we tell Cynthia?"

I hear someone walk up next to us. "I think we should," James says. "After all, we failed in that regard."

I sigh. "It's not our fault. We didn't know Cyrus was there. If he wasn't, we would've won."

James sits. "I don't know. It was just..."