XashXdawnX – Here's the sequel to Two Broken Hearts. Thanks again to PokemonFreak90 for helping write this story. We hope you all enjoy New Beginnings!

PokemonFreak90 - Welcome to our sequel to Two Broken Hearts. Make sure to go and read that story first or nothing in this story will make sense. I'm proud to once again be helping with the writing of this story. We hope that you enjoy the continuing adventures of the new Ketchum family.

It was a warm summer day in August. A cruise ship was sailing along the water. Ash and Dawn were on this ship, heading back to Twinleaf Town after being away for two weeks on their honeymoon.

Dawn was standing by the railing, looking out, and smiled as Sinnoh came into her view on the horizon. Ash was standing behind her with his arms around her waist, holding her close.

"There's Sinnoh. We're almost home." Dawn said.

"We've had a great time together, but I'm glad to be going home." Ash said.

"Me, too. I missed being with our kids."

"'Our kids...' I still can't believe that we're a family now. It feels wonderful."

"Yes, it does. It's a new beginning for all of us, another chance to be happy."

They stood in silence for a few minutes, watching as the shore became bigger and closer.

"We had a wonderful honeymoon, I loved being with you all of the time." Dawn said softly, breaking the silence.

"Me, too. We went to a lot of different places and saw a lot of different things. We spent a lot of great days together."

"And we also spent a lot of great nights together too, remember?" Dawn said playfully, causing Ash to laugh.

"I remember. You hardly let me get any sleep." Ash replied playfully and leaned down and kissed her neck.

Dawn turned around in his arms and looked at him. "Oh, don't play innocent. You kept me up at night just as many times!"

They both laughed and then stared at each other before their lips met in a loving kiss. "I love you." they both said after breaking apart. They were newlyweds and were full of happy, playful, kid-like energy.

After about an hour, the ship was docking.

"Thank you for choosing Regions Sailing and we hope that you enjoyed your trip. Have a great day." a voice over the speaker said as the passengers started to disembark. Ash and Dawn made their way off of the ship.

After driving back to Twinleaf Town, they got out of the car and made their way into Ash's house with their bags. They walked into the living room and set their bags down on the floor. The house was quiet, but then they heard laughter coming from one of the rooms. Children's laughter.

"We're home!" they called out.

Alex and Julia ran into the room, smiling happily. "Mom! Dad! You're back!" they cried, running towards their parents.

Ash knelt down and hugged Alex while Dawn picked Julia up and hugged her. The kids then walked over to their other parent and hugged them, too, as Delia and Johanna walked into the room, hearing the commotion.

Delia and Johanna hugged Ash and Dawn.

"Welcome back," they said as they pulled away.

"I'm glad that you two made it home safely." said Delia.

"Did you two have a good trip?" Johanna asked.

After fixing some drinks and some snacks for the kids, they were all sitting in the living room, Pikachu and Piplup were now with them, too.

"So where did you go?" Julia asked.

"We flew to Kalos and spent a week there, visiting the different cities and towns." Ash said.

"Julia, you would have loved Lumiose City. Your friend, Grace, would have, too." Dawn said, remembering one of her favorite cities.

"Why?"

"There's a store called Boutique Couture. It's a shop where you have to be stylish to get into. Grace would have been in paradise if she had gone in. They let us come in when I told them that I was a Top Coordinator. I bought some new gowns and outfits for myself and for you while we were there. There was also a place where you could make Pokemon videos. It was so cute, watching some of the videos that people had made." Dawn explained.

"We also went to Camphrier Town, where there's a castle. We saw a fireworks display, too." Ash said.

"Then there was Ambrette Town. It has an aquarium." Ash added.

"We even went to Snowbelle City, which is like Snowpoint City here in Sinnoh. It was fun and a very pretty sight, but so cold." Dawn said, laughing.

"After we stayed in Kalos for a week, we flew to Kanto." said Ash. "I showed Dawn around Pallet Town, since she had never been to Kanto and had never seen Pallet Town before. She saw the Oak Research Lab and met Gary and Leaf."

"It was great to see where Ash once lived. Pallet Town is a lovely place and really reminded me of Twinleaf Town. Gary and Leaf were very nice to me. They're wonderful people and I can see why Ash is so close to them." Dawn added, remembering.

Ash and Dawn were walking around Pallet Town. It was late afternoon and the sun was starting to set, painting the sky different shades of red, orange, yellow, and pink.

Ash was pointing out different things to her as they walked. He pointed out the field where all of his Pokemon lived when he lived there, along with the lab. He pointed out his old house and his mom's house and Dawn was taking in everything that he showed her. She was reminded of Twinleaf Town as they walked.

Dawn then realized that they had walked into the Pallet Town cemetery and she wondered why they were there, until Ash suddenly stopped. Looking down at the tombstone, she understood. This was Misty's grave.

"Do you...want to be alone for a little while?" she asked softly, looking at Ash.

Ash shook his head. "No. Please stay with me." he said, putting his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him.

His head was resting on her shoulder as they looked down. "I haven't been here since Misty's funeral. I was so sad and hurt that I couldn't bear to see her grave again, afraid that it would bring back all of the painful memories. But because of you and your love and support, I'm able to now stand here in front of her grave, no longer hurting because of what happened to her." he said softly.

Dawn turned around in his arms. Looking into his eyes, she saw that the pain that she had once seen when she had asked him why he had moved to Sinnoh in the beginning was now gone. She caressed his face and spoke softly. "I'm glad that I was able to help you, just as I'm glad that you were able to help me, too. I love you so much."

"I love you, too." Ash said and kissed Dawn's forehead.

Ash then looked down at Misty's grave and started to talk.

"Hey, Mist. I'm sorry that I've never visited here before." Ash said, sticking his hands in his pockets. "I thought that I had the perfect life with you and Alex and that it would last forever, but I guess forever just isn't as long as it used to be. I felt that I would have to live with my grief for the rest of my life.

"But thankfully, that didn't happen. When we left Pallet Town and moved to Sinnoh for a new start, I found Dawn and we healed each others' hearts and gave each other a second chance to be happy. If you were here now, I know that the two of you would be the best of friends and I know that you would be glad that Alex and I are happy again. He has a new mother to love, and who loves him, too. And while I love Dawn, you will always hold a special place in my heart.

"I've started battling again. I nearly gave it up after you passed away. I wish that you could have seen it, you would've loved it. You always loved watching me battle, doing what I loved to do.

"You would have loved seeing Kalos. It's amazing. You would have loved the aquarium that they have, especially all of the different Water Pokemon. I'm sorry that I never got to take you to Kalos, but I know that you would have loved it."

Ash then knelt down in front of the grave and placed a single lily on the ground. "I miss you and I hope that you're happy and well, wherever you are." he spoke softly.

As Ash finished speaking, Dawn began to talk.

"I never got to meet you while you were alive, Misty. But from what Ash has told me about you, I know that you were a very special, wonderful person to him. I love him with all of my heart and I can see why you loved him, too. He's a wonderful, caring man who will always listen and support me in everything that I do. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me. And I promise to love and care for Alex, too. I'll be the mother that he needs and deserves."

"And after visiting Pallet Town, we got on a cruise ship, which took us from Kanto and home to Sinnoh." Ash finished.

"It sounds like you two had a great time on your honeymoon." Johanna said.

"I'm glad that you two had such a good time. I know that Gary and Leaf enjoyed seeing you both again." Delia added.

"That all sounds like a lot of fun. I wish that we could have been there." Alex said, motioning to himself and Julia.

"We wish that you could've been there, too. And while we had a great time together, we're glad to finally be home with all of you again." said Ash.

"We'll be able to do something together like that, right?" Julia asked.

"Of course we can. We'll take plenty of family trips together." said Dawn. "The next time that we go, you two can come."

A small moment of silence passed over them.

"So what have you two been up to while we were away?" Dawn asked her kids.

"I went to a girl's summer camp with Grace the day after you two left to go on your honeymoon. I spent a week there and met girls from all over Sinnoh. I made a lot of new friends, too. We played a lot of sports and did some crafts. Grace says that she's just average when it came to sports, but I think that she really improved while at camp. When it got tough, she really got down and dirty while playing, which she normally never does." Julia said, laughing slightly.

"That's great, sweetie." Dawn said, happy that Julia had made new friends.

"I've gotten to know Johanna and Julia a lot better while you two were away." Delia added.

"I mainly stayed home with grandma, both of them. I had Alan and Anthony over quite a few times and we played street hockey. Coach told us to practice if we wanted to make the team next year and I don't want to get rusty or out of shape. The tryouts nearly got me this year, since I had stopped playing after mom died and I don't want that to happen again." Alex said.

"Now, we have to tell all of you something, we have to move. Living in two separate houses won't work. We need a bigger house for our new family to live in." said Dawn.

"What do you think about moving back to Pallet Town? Alex, you would get to see your old friends again and go to your old school." Ash asked.

"But I've made new friends here in Sinnoh. Friends that I'm even closer to than my old friends. I don't want to leave them." Alex said, shaking his head.

"And I've only just made my first friends this year in school after having none last year. I don't want to leave them right when things are going well for me for the first time in forever. I would have to start all over again in Kanto, just like Alex had to when he moved here. I don't think I can go through being a new girl and having to make new friends again." Julia said, looking at her hands, mainly at a bracelet that was around her wrist. A bracelet that had been given to her by Grace; a friendship bracelet that they had made at camp.

They're right. We can't just leave Sinnoh or Twinleaf Town. This is where Julia grew up and thanks to Alex, she made new friends who all live close to her. This is home and taking that from her after everything that she and I have been through...we can't do that. Sinnoh is where we belong. We're a new family and we'll be a new family here in Twinleaf. We belong here. Dawn thought to herself.

The kids are right. Twinleaf Town is where we belong. We can't just give everything up and start again. It was tough enough the first time for Alex and I and I don't plan on going through that again. I'm definitely not putting Alex, Julia, or Dawn through that, either. Ash thought.

"Okay, we'll stay in Twinleaf Town. Hopefully, we can find a house to live in that's close by so that you two will be near your friends." Ash and Dawn said.

Alex and Julia smiled widely and said a big thank you. They were both happy that they wouldn't have to move away.

"That's wonderful." Johanna said. She was glad that they wouldn't be moving away and would still be close by, so she could visit often.

"We'll stay in touch with you, Delia, and we'll visit when we can." Dawn said, looking at her mother-in-law.

She nodded her head and said, "Well, now that you two are home, I'll be heading back home to Pallet Town tomorrow." She had been staying in Twinleaf Town for over two months, helping with Ash and Dawn's wedding and then helping Johanna watch the kids. It was time for her to return back to Kanto and back to her home.

"Okay, but before you leave...we're going to take you all out for lunch. We're going to have lunch and then spend the rest of the day together as a family." Ash said, wrapping his arm around Dawn's waist.

"But right now, we're going to unpack. Then we can leave when everyone is ready." Dawn said, grabbing her bags.

Once they unpacked and were back downstairs, the six of them left the house, ready to spend their first day together as a family.

We hope that you enjoyed the first chapter of New Beginnings. Please send us suggestions for what can happen to Ash and Dawn and the others in the story, we're short on ideas right now. The more that we get, the longer the story. So please tell us your ideas.

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