The Return of Betrayal One

Chapter 13

"You have five minutes, the clock is ticking" Ash said emotionless.

"Thank you so much Ash!" Dawn cheered as she ran up to give her friend a hug but he out his hand out signifying that he did now want to be touched.

"4 minutes 30 seconds..." Ash said as he began to feel that Dawn was going to wing this own thing. 'Why did I even give her a chance to redeem herself?' Ash thought.

"Ash...what I did Was terrible-" Dawn said as her voice began to trail off.

"know what? Forget it Ash,I had this planned out since I realized my mistake at the end of the funeral and had memorized an apology. Forget it, something like that is...it wouldn't be fair to you, I'm going to speak from my heart" Dawn said in a very serious voice taking Ash by surprise.

'I didn't expect her to act this way...' Ash thought as he began to question his judgment on the blunette.

"Ash what I did back then is unforgivable, the fact that you are even giving me this chance to earn forgiveness is just...I don't deserve this and here and I am I haven't even apologized yet I'm just rambling on about all this...whatever it is. Ash nothing I say or do will ever make up for what I did, in your weakest moment when you needed a friend the most I turned my back on you! And no Ash I'm not even going to try to defend myself or victimize myself cause all in all it was my fault. I used poor judgment and trusted essentially a total stranger over my teacher-no my best friend. Ash I looked at you like a brother and after all you have done for me I stabbed you in the back. I mean you taught me everything I know about Pokemon! You traveled with me through all of Sinnoh earning badges and you made time for me to participate in contests, you could have easily just said no but you didn't. i wouldn't be the coordinator I am today without you. You saved me so many times, from Darkrai, from Arceus, from Girintenia, from Palkia, from Dialga, everything! You didn't even as. For anything in return, you didn't ask for a reward after you did all this noble deeds; you just continued to live your life as if nothing had happened and just treated everyone equally." Dawn said as tears began to leak from her eyes.

'Dawn...' Ash thought before saying "2 minutes."

"Ash after all if this, everything we went through, all the joys we shared together I threw away. It doesn't have mattered how many people people trusted Drew over you, I believed him over my best friend, I can't pin this on anyone but myself. This wasn't Brock's fault, it wasnt May's fault, it was no ones fault but my own. I have effectively ruined our friendship. You mean so much to me Ash but after what I did I can easily tell no matter what I do, no matter how many times I say sorry, nothing will change. In the end I betrayed my best friend Ash Ketchum. Ash I'm not going to say sorry, my words are probably worthless to you. I betrayed you." Dawn said while her voice began to falter from its usual cheeriness. Tears flowed from her eyes freely meeting no resistance.

"Times...up" Ash whispered.

"goodbye Ash" Dawn said as she turned and began to head for the door until something grabbed her arm and turned her around.

When she saw Ash he had tears in his eyes, his lips quivered rapidly.

"D-D-Dawn"

"Ash I'm so sorry" Dawn whispered but was very surprised when Ash pulled her onto a tight hug and sobbed on her shoulder.

"Dawn all this t-t-time I've been alone consumed with hatred for you guys. I don't want that feeling anymore Dawn!" Ash cried as his voice began to crack under I pressure.

"all this time I have felt this pain. I hate it I don't want it anymore!" He sobbed.

"Oh Ash" Dawn said in a hushed tone as she returned the distraught boys embrace. "Just let it all out Ash. I'm here and this time I'm not going away"

Ash continued to sob on Dawn's shoulder for another five minutes as he told her the numerous things the event had caused him. once he had finally calmed himself he released Dawn from the hug and stepped a few paces back.

"Dawn...I forgive you." Ash whispered."W-w-what?" Daw. Said astonished by what Ash had said.

"W-w-what?" Dawn said astonished by what Ash had said.

"Dawn I forgive you"

"Ash...thank you! I know I don't deserve this but thank you!" Dawn cheered as she felt something she hadn't felt in the past four years. Pure Happiness.

"Thats right you don't." Ash said But then continued his statement. " Dawn I was not expecting you to say those things. You truly spoke from your heart and that's why I have forgiven you. Don't expect me to be all buddy buddy with you right away though."

"I didn't think you would." Dawn said tearfully. An idea suddenly stuck Ash and he immediately decided to take advantage Of the situation at hand.

"Dawn you want to know how you can redeem yourself?" Ash asked.

"Of course Ash! Anything for you" Dawn said with a burning passion in her eyes.

"Get me close to the old group. If I am going to expose Drew then I need to gain their trust, I can't just randomly go knocking people cause well..I'm pretty sure that's a hate crime.

"No problem Ash, so any idea on how to approach this?" Dawn asked.

"You have no idea"