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

Chapter 12

Serena is still silently crying as the soldiers drag her, Holly, Braixen, Sylveon and Odyssey to the dungeon. Neither her handmaiden or the Pokemon say a word or look at her, knowing they might be forced to stop talking by the soldiers. They just hang their heads in defeat knowing that they failed to escape and find the prince to save Kalos. And yet, the biggest heartbreak in their minds is witnessing Serena being torn away from the love of her life after they had just gotten married. They were prepared to die together after uniting as one on their own terms, but now Powuru plans to only kill Serena and make Ash live the rest of his life without her. None of them can imagine the heartbreak the honey blonde princess is feeling after her previous husband so mercilessly taken away from her.

They make it to the cell where a guard opens the door with a wicked grin. Serena doesn't even acknowledge his evil look as the soldiers shove her into the cell followed by Holly, Braixen, Odyssey, and Sylveon. Serena whimpers as she falls onto the hard floor before she begins hugging her legs as tears continue to fall down on her face. When the cell door closes with the soldiers laughing in a condescending manner as they walk away, Holly, Braixen, and Sylveon rush to Serena's side.

"My lady, are you alright?" Holly asks.

Serena doesn't say anything. Braixen sadly rubs her back while Sylveon snuggles next to her resulting in Serena wrapping her arms around her loyal, fairy Pokemon.

"W-w-why?" She whimpers. "Why are they doing this? Why did they take him from me? I just...just..."

"I know, my lady, I know," Holly says softly.

"I...I just wanted us to be together till the end no matter the outcome," Serena sobs. "I wanted to be there for him. I wanted to save him. To save Kalos. And now, they also have Prince Timothy and -"

"You rang?" a mysterious voice groans.

Holly and Serena scream in fear as the latter stands up and turns to a figure lying down in the shadows with a round blob lying on top of it.

"Who's there? Who are you?" Serena asks.

Sylveon and Braixen take fighting stances as the fox Pokemon takes out her stick and sets it on fire. The fire lights up the cell to reveal a man who looks exactly like Ash which lifts Serena's spirits until he slowly opens his eyelids to show two blue eyes instead of Ash's brown ones. Serena frowns as the man sits up, rubbing his head while the Pikachu lying on top of him comes to as well.

"Pika..." the Pikachu groans in pain as it rubs its little head.

"Yeah, I know, Electchu," the man says sympathetically as he pets the Pikachu carefully. "I don't care for getting knocked out again either."

"Master! Electchu!" Odyssey shouts telepathically.

"Odyssey? Is that you?" The man asks, turning to the Lucario.

Odyssey runs over to the man and hugs him and the Pikachu named Electchu tightly. Then he proceeds to slap the man upside the head, causing the man to groan in pain.

"Watch it," the man complains. "That's where the soldiers hit me in the head."

"Do you have any idea how worried we've been?!" Odyssey scolds. "Why didn't you come back when you said you would?"

"I couldn't, Odyssey," the man answers. "Practically everything Electchu and I saw was people and Pokemon starving as soldiers were taking food from families claiming they were under orders from my father. I knew that if I came back to try to fix it, Markenal wouldn't listen and my citizens would still be starving. I had to try to get to the bottom of it myself."