I meant for this to be angst ridden and broody and melancholy, and instead I got confused HoneyLemon family and adorable Ash. Go figure.

Day 6-Memories

"He's doing it again." Bonnie whispered. Serena and Clemont glanced down at her, then followed her finger to Ash, who was sitting off on his own, scribbling madly away in a notebook, and the familiar girl shaped fishing lure (which he never actually seemed to use for fishing) was propped up against his back pack in front of him. Serena sighed, and Clemont hummed thoughtfully.

"I wonder what did it this time." He mused.

"Could've been anything." Serena said with a shrug. "Maybe it was that battle? He does it after most of his gym battles."

"He did it when we met Goomy, and found out he was afraid of bug types." Clemont added.

"And when he had to let Goodra go." Bonnie chimed in.

"And after I tried to catch that Corsola." Serena tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"Don't forget when we met Tierno, Shauna and Trevor with their Kanto Pokémon." Bonnie said.

"Or that creepy house? He spent most of the next day writing after that." Clemont recalled.

"And when he got Noibat's egg, that was a long one too." Serena said.

"He was at it for awhile after that festival when we all dressed up like Pokémon, and even Pikachu was a Psyduck." Clemont said.

"I think the longest one was after we saw Moltres though." Bonnie remembered.

"He also does it just about every time we see a water type." Clemont concluded.

"Or maybe it was because we had carrots for dinner. He always does it after carrots." Bonnie pointed out.

The three Kalos natives gazed at their friend with varying degrees of curiosity and interest.

"None of those things go together though." Bonnie whined after a few moments.

"Do you think he'll ever actually tell us why he does that?" Clemont asked.

"Probably not." Serena answered with a small smile.

"Maybe he's telling the lure girl stories." Bonnie suggested enthusiastically. The older two exchanged a look above her head, sharing amusement at her childish imagination.

"Maybe." Serena conceded encouragingly.

Dear Misty,

It's starting to be weird how many things are reminding me of when we traveled together lately. At first, I thought it was just coincidence, but when I started to write just now I realized that I'm almost out of notebook. It all started with that Corsola Serena tried to catch, and now here we are, almost a whole 100 pages later.

We had carrots with dinner again tonight. Every time I eat them I remember how much you hated them. Bonnie doesn't like vegetables either, but of course I told you all about that.

I battled Olympia a few days ago. She uses psychic types, and she's a psychic herself. Don't worry though, she was nothing like Sabrina. Remember how she turned us into dolls and tried to kill us with a bowling ball? And her dad pulling down my pants and making me dance? Never mind, ignore that. But she was totally scary. Olympia wasn't scary like that. She didn't move stuff or change things so much, but she could tell the future. She had a prophecy about me and some crisis, which is sorta scary, but it's not like that hasn't happened before either.

Remember the Prophesy of the Chosen One? The world will turn to Ash? Man, that was crazy too. Did I ever thank you for saving me from drowning? I probably didn't. Sorry about that. I remember you were being kinda weird that whole time. You and Melody just didn't get along until after I almost drowned. I'm glad you guys became friends in the end though. What was I saying…oh yeah, the whole prophesy thing. Why does that keep happening to me?

Maybe when I do fill up this whole thing, I'll actually send it to you. I bet you'd be surprised. I wish I could share all these things with you in person. It would be so cool if you could be here. It's just not the same when something reminds me of one of my journeys and no one is there to remember with me. I sorta feel bad now for Tracey and Brock, because we did that to them a lot didn't we. I miss our inside stories. I miss you. But I guess this works for now. I got my 7th badge when I beat Olympia, so I'll be able to enter the Kalos league soon. I can't wait! It would be so cool if you could come and watch it. Remember how you and Brock used to come down on the field with me as my coaches? That was so awesome. I don't think I could do that anymore. I guess I needed you guys to do it then, but if you came to this one, I'd get to show you just how far I've really come!

Anyway, I should probably wrap this up. I can hear Bonnie starting to get excited about something. Maybe Clemont made something new! I'll tell you about it later.

-Ash

A/N: Well, that didn't go where I meant for it to. I like it though! It was really different from the angsty thing I wanted to do for today. I guess the pain and longing switch isn't automatic like it used to be (which is totally a good thing for my own sanity, but I do love my angsty Ash and Misty, so hopefully I'll be able to access the darkness again soon :P)