The Prince, the Princess and the Pauper (An Amourshipping and OC Tale)

Chapter 6

"Pikachu? Pikachu, where are you?" 

A young Ash wanders through the woods as he looks for his dear friend. He and his parents decided to take a hike in the woods from their cabin. But then Pikachu wandered off and Ash chased after him without his parents noticing. The boy begins to worry that he won't find his Pikachu when he suddenly hears something.

"Pika, Pika!"

"Pikachu? Is that you?" Ash shouts as he runs over to where he hears the mouse Pokemon's voice.

"Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu cries out.

"Pikachu, I'm coming!" Young Ash calls out.

The little boy runs as fast as his little legs can carry him, worried about his friend. Finally, he finds Pikachu and smiles in relief until he notices that Pikachu is not alone. Sitting next to Pikachu are an injured Eevee and a young girl with honey blonde hair and wearing a fancy pink dress. She is crying as she has her hand on her leg which is bleeding. Pikachu turns to the Pokemon and the girl with a sad look and then back to Ash with a plea for him in his little black eyes.

"Hey, what's your name?" Ash asks as he approaches the girl.

The girl looks up and looks at Ash with her eyes full of tears. Ash freezes in place as he stares at her ocean blue eyes in confusion.

"Wait a minute," he says. "You look familiar. You look just like... like...

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Ash's eyes immediately snap open and he sits up. It takes a moment before he realizes that he's back in Prince Timothy's bedroom. It has been a few hours since the banquet and neither Timothy or Electchu have been seen coming back. Eventually, Odyssey decided that the pauper and his Pikachu should get some sleep while he keeps a lookout for the prince's return through the bedroom window. Ash turns to notice that Odyssey has fallen asleep resting his head on the window seal.

"Pika?"

Ash looks down to see Pikachu sitting up looking like he had just woken up.

"Sorry, buddy, I didn't mean to wake you up," Ash says. "I was just having a strange dream."

"Pikachu?" Pikachu asks quizzingly.

"It's a little hard to explain," Ash admits. "It felt like I was reliving... a memory of sorts. We were both younger and are in the woods at the old cabin where we used to live with Mom and Dad, and then suddenly you ran away and I came looking for you and found you standing next to a little girl who looks just like the princess. It was very strange."

"Pika, pika, pikachu," Pikachu says even more confused than before.

"Yeah, it felt so...real," Ash says. "I don't know if it's my mind playing a trick on me because it was a dream or maybe it's something that I have forgotten long ago."

The more the poor man thinks about it, the more unsure he is. Finally, he decides to get out of bed and announces, "I think I should go for a walk."

Pika, pika, pika, pikachu says pointing at Odyssey.

"Nah, he won't notice I'm gone," Ash says. "He's probably not going to wake up until the prince comes back or it's morning. I'll be back shortly."

Without another word, Ash finds a bedrobe, puts it on and quietly exits the bedroom. As he walks down the halls of the castle, he silently admires the various tapestries hanging above the ceilings and the suits of armor standing against the walls and the view of the city from each giant window that he passes by. After a while, however, he goes back to thinking about his dream and what it might mean.