Quest of Hearts Chapter 6, a pokémon fanfic

Quest of Hearts

Chapter 6

Location: Kanto Kingdom

Pallet City, Capitol of Kanto

Four guards stood guarding the large gates to the castle. Two stood outside while the other two stood on the wall on each side of the gate. The light from the moon provided the only light apart from the torches that the guards held. One of them was looking more irritated then the others. "I don't see why we have to stay out here, I mean, it's their shift," one of the guards on the wall complained.

"Quit your complaining, your doing your country a great service!" the other piped up. Their arguement continued untill one of the guards outside said somthing.

"Halt!" he said. In front of the guard was a man in a white and blur robe with its hood up. Next to him was a blue Gallade on one side, and a blue Gardevoir on the other. The figure, who was hiding his face looked up, and the guards immedialy recognised him. "M-master Alex? Is that you? We haven't seen you since Prince Ash was born, please come in, come in," the guard said while beconning for the the gate to be opened.

"Thank you, now please, I must go see the queen," Alex said.

"Yes, of course, right this way!" the guard said as he began to lead the group inside, leaving his comrade standing there.

"Suck up," the irritated guard on the wall said as he watched the transaction below him. "I thought all of the guests have arrived already."

"apparently not," the other guard added.

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Queen Delia was sitting on her throne, Mimey was already fast asleep. The queen would have falled asleep by now, but she was waiting for someone. She turned her head towards the doorway when she began to hear a one sided conversation in the corridors.

"And here, we have the..." the guard kept saying even though Alex paid no attention at all to what he was saying.

"Queen Delia, sorry I am late," Alex said dropping to one knee. Gallade did the same while Gardevoir simply curtisied. The queen smiled, and beconed for them to rise.

"How many times do I have to tell you to drop the formality Alex?" the queen asked.

"At least once more," Alex said with a smile. The two of them instantly broke out laughing. The queen came up and hugged the guardian.

"Its been so long, I'm glad your alright."

"Thanks your magesty, but I have some sad news..." Alex started.

As the sun began to rise, a young prince was dreading the day. "What if she dosen't like me Pikachu?" Ash asked. The half asleep pikachu looked at the distressed prince.

"(Ash, don't worry, it'll be alright, so just relax and let me go back to sleep,)" Pikachu said as it fell back into dreamland. Ash was about to, until...

"Hey Ash! Time to get up, breakfast is ready!" Brock called out. Ash and Pikachu both grumbled as they got ready for the day.

"Five more minutes, ok?" Ash mumbled. Pikachu sighed in agreement. Outside the door, a group of simutanious sighs were heard. The two sleepy heads were completly oblivious to the shiny Gardevoir that slyly made her way next to them. She began to preform a light dream eater attack to wake them up while her companions waited.

Ash was twirling in a feild of flowers with May in his arms. Pikachu was playing carefree with Eevee in the feild. Neither of them noticed a Gardevoir appear in the dream, nor surprisingly did they notice it approach them.

"Um, excuse me," she tried to get there attention politly. Ash and Pikachu didn't pay her any attention, which made a vain appear on her forehead. "I said excuse me," she repeated, only to get the same effect. Now she was getting irritated.

As Ash was turling he suddenly noticed a surprisingly large drop in tempreture. Pikachu felt the same thing. Then they finally realised the Gardevoir standing behind them as she way giving off an icy wind attack in the dream.

Ash bolted straight up, flinging Pikachu off of him and over to the edge of the bed. They both turned and shot the Gardevoir a death glare only to receive a sweet smile in return. "That was mean," Ash mumbled.

"But it worked, and you were ignoring her," a voice said. Pikachu's ear's perked up and Pikachu squealed as it somehow recognised the stanger. Ash turned to face the stranger, only to be rewarded with confusion. Alex stood at the door way to his room with a shiny Gallade next to him. "It's been some time Ash," he said. Pikachu excitedly ran up and jumped into the man's arms.

"Do I know you?" Ash asked out of curiosity. "Pikachu seems fond of you, but I don't ever remember meeting you. How do you know my name?"

"The last time I saw you, you were just a few hours old, I'm not surprised if you don't remember me. My name is Alex, your mother asked me to be here for today, I'm a long time friend, don't worry. As for Pikachu, I brought his egg to you, its only natural that Pikachu remembers me," Alex said. That made Ash curious, and he made a mental note to bring that up Gardevoir returned to Alex's side and gave him a funny expression, causing the man to laugh.

"What?" Ash asked completly confused at this point.

"It's just that Gardy thinks your dreams were sweet, and that she is sorry to abruptly ending them," Alex explained. "Also, it confirmed your mother's suspitions." Ash gave a questioning look. "She knows your going to choose the Hoenn Princess, but from what I can read on your face, your both nervous about how she'll react, and how the other princesses will react."

"Can you help?" Ash asked, with a hint of deperation. Brock came into the room.

"What's, oh! Master Alex, w...when did you get here?" Brock asked. The advisor was completly astonished as to how Alex had somhow slipped by him, and that he did it silently.

"Late last night Brock, and how are Suzie and Vulpix doing?" Alex said in reply. Brock smiled.

"Suzie is Suize, and Vulpix is doing just fine as well!" Brock proudly stated. Alex nodded in approval. Then they both turned to Ash and Pikachu jumped out of Alex's arms and onto Ash's head. "Now lets go Ash, before all the food is gone," Brock suggested. Ash's stomach anounced his approval, causing Alex and his companians to sweat drop.

"On the way we can help you with your "situation," and maybe add a few mannors here and there," Alex said while mumbling the second part so only Gallade and Gardevoir could hear him. The two pokemon broke out in snickers and giggles. The group left Ash's room and made their way to the Great Hall.

"Good morning Eevee," May said through a yawn as she just woke up. The evolution pokemon that was paciently sitting next to her had been awake for quite some time now, and was waiting for May. May looked around the room, and noticed that all of the other beds were already empty. "How late are we?" May asked the small fox pokemon whose tail was shaking.

"(Very, it's almost noon,)" Eevee replied making May jump up.

"Really!" Eevee noded her head to May's question. May immediatly began to get ready. Eevee was shocked to see that May had gotten washed up, and dressed in record time. Eevee barly had enough time to jump onto May's shoulders as she raced out the door. By now, May knew how to get around most of the palace by heart. However, in her rush she faild to watch were she was going.

"And so, now you have a good plan?" Brock asked. Ash nodded in reply. Alex wasn't paying attention to Ash and Brock but rather to his Gardevoir and Gallade.

First Gardevoir turned her head towards a different direction, then a few moments later, Gallade did the same. "What is it?" Alex asked telepathically. He knew somthing was headed their way.

"It seems to be a person," Gallade responded.

"It's Princess May," Gardevoir clarified. Gardevoir's senses were more honed then Gallade's but Gallade was not of a fighter than a psychic type, so the two balanced each other. "Should we warn them?"

"I say we sit back and watch," Gallade responded.

"Are you sure that's a good idea, they might get hurt," Gardevoir said to her brother.

"Hey, eventually they're going to get married and share the same bed, so why not get rid of some of the awkwardness now, and save them the trouble?" Gallade stated. Alex knew what was coming next.

"Sometimes I can't believe I'm related to you! You don't seem to even comprehend what love is! You wouldn't even recognise it if it hit you in the face!" Gardevoir scolded her brother. This sort of thing happened so many times that Alex learned that it was better to just wait it out rather than try end it. Instead he kept track of May's movements with his own senses.

"Um, guys? Are you two done because..." Alex started, but stopped when Everyone heard or saw May accidentally crash into Ash's side. Gallade began to snicker a little until his sister hit him upside the head. Meanwhile, Alex and Brock went to help Ash and May up.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry Ash!" May managed to say while blushing in embarassment. Ash felt his side and turned to the still blushing princess.

"It's okay, accidents happen," Ash said with a smile as he shook it off.

May sighed in relief. 'He's so kind,' May thought to herself. She then turned her attention over to Ash's companions. She easily recognised Brock, but she didn't recognise who Alex was, yet some how, to her he looked some what familiar. She saw the symbol that was on his robes, and then she understood. But before she could say anything, Alex purposfully cut her off.

"I think we should be going now, the queen is probably wondering where we are," Alex suggested. The others agreed and all together they continued towards the Great Hall for what was probably left of breakfast.

When the finally arrived, everyone looked towards them with wonder and irritation. May was recieving death glares from all the other princesses. They knew, they had officially lost. While they took their seats, May purposfully sat inbetween Brock and Ash, so that she wouldn't get mauled to death. Ash sat next to his mother as usual. Alex stood up against the wall, partially because there were no more chairs left and he felt like standing.

The rest of the day went by uneventful until later in the late hours of the evening, Everybody gathered in a large ball room. There were musicans playing, buffet tables lined with food, and everything else you could hope to find at a party. Queen Delia was paciently waiting for Ash to come down the stairs and enter the ball room so that he may pick his princess to share the rest of his life with.

Eventually Ash came down and walked down the line of princesses. He stopped at May, who immidiatly blushed. "Princess May, would you do me the honor of having a dance with me?" Ash formally asked.

"I love to Prince Ash," May responded with a curtious bow. The musicans began to play music as the other princesses were taken off their feet by other men n the ball room.

Out in the corner of the room, Alex stood watching over the party from the balcony above so that he could see everything. Gallade and Gardevoir had hidden themselves amongst the crowd. They were on the look out incase anything bad happened.

Ash couldn't believe it, here he was in a large ball room with at least a hundred other people, but the only person he was focused on was the brunette he was dancing with. He could only stare into her sapphire eyes while they danced across the floor, he didn't even care about what she was wearing, he was lost in her eyes, and she was lost in his. The two smiled as they gazed into each other. Once the song was over and the dance stopped, the two of them snapped out of their trance and began to blush. It was then that he heard her sweet voice as it called his name.

"Ash?" she asked. "Are you ok?" Ash quickly replied with a nod and gazed at the girl he was with.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just lost in your beautiful eyes," Ash replied with a grin. May blushed deeply. She then rested her head on his chest and listined to his heart beat. Ash softly moved his hand through her hair with one hand while the other was still holding the girl. He was surprised to see that it was incredibly soft.

It seemed like an eternity that they just stood there in the middle of the crowd, eventually the music started up again, and the couple began to dance with the music. After several more songs, the two of them shared a passionate kiss and the crowd around them cheered and applauded them.

From the moment on, it was clear that Ash had chosen May to be his future wife, and that Ash would be May's future husband. However, the harmony the happy moment was short lived.

An extremly loud explosion could be heard coming from the city. Everyone rushed to the windows and balconies to see a large inferno and a giant gap where there was once a tall and pround wall around a section of the city. "Pallet is under attack!"

How about that as a cliff hanger?

theres chapter six, this story is going to be alot longer than i thought it would be so bare with me.

let me know what you think of the story so far, if you have suggestions, i would love to hear them.

comments, suggestions, questions, ect. all welcome!