"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."

– Sarah Dessen

The scene is dark, and all is quiet.

A spotlight comes on and illuminates a desk with two chairs behind it.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen; readers of all ages, races, genders and sexualities. It is with great pleasure that I introduce our hosts/authors. First, he's brilliant, he's sneaky, he's creative, and he's charming. He's one your authors and he's ready to get you started, please welcome W. R. Winters!

The crowd roars with applause as the stage lights up and the familiar author comes into view. He flashes a charming smile towards the audience and bows at their applause before sitting in one of the chairs behind the desk.

W. R. Winters: Ah it's good to be back, and don't worry, I'm not alone.

Announcer: Now for our second of our two authors. She's just as brilliant and creative as our first author, she's cunning, and she's beautiful. Put your hands together for our co-author, DawnForever101!

The crowd applauds loudly as the young female walked onto the stage, several wolf whistles and cat calls could be heard over the applause. She smiled and then winked before blowing a kiss to the crowd. Several people went to grab it and the female author walked over to occupy the seat next to her partner.

DawnForever101: Wow, it's been a while since we've been here. Not much has changed, right Wolf?

W. R. Winters: I couldn't agree more Hani. Now some of you may say that this should've come out sooner, well Hani and I have a life outside of this. So cut us some slack. Other, we can't take all the credit. Great big shoutout to SourAgar for giving us the idea that turned into this story.

DawnForever101: Yeah. So, we might as well get the episode started. Neither of us own Pokémon, and we hope you enjoy the first episode of Black Pearl, Sapphire, and Gold.

W. R. Winters pressed a button in the center of the desk and everything faded to black.

-*X*x*X*-

She took a deep breath, straightened the fabric of her dress slightly and glanced at the mirror probably the umpteenth time. The young woman standing in front of her reflection was a strong, independent, courageous and grown woman, intellectually and physically. Dawn no longer saw herself as a beginner; she saw herself as someone who had actually grown in her own way...someone who would get back up when she would fall down.

Her lips curved slightly into a smile and she nodded to herself.

"Dawn? You and Wolf are up in ten minutes," Dawn heard Damon say as she turned around. She gave him one of her signature smiles before he nodded.

When he was out of sight, she glanced at herself in the mirror yet again, only this time, her blue eyes caught the necklace that was laid gently on Dawn's neck. She held onto it as if it were a fragile piece of glass. In a way, the necklace had been a reminder of the crazy journey she had been through with Wolf. He would always put others before himself; he was always so genuine and he had a heart of gold. The necklace also gave a reminder of Ash. Her heart would always soar when she thought about Ash and all the troubles and grief they had been through. She would never forget that day when she left both of them depressed by choosing neither of them; she wouldn't in a lifetime.

She had no idea what Ash was currently doing now. She had recently heard from Tracey that he had decided to drop college and pursue another career, but that was almost been two months after it happened. Tracey had told her about the hardships Ash was going through during their breakup; how he had been drinking his sorrows out and Dawn's heart had nearly stopped. She had no idea that she had unintentionally caused Ash so much distress and so much pain. But Tracey had managed to reassure her.

She thought that maybe their paths would cross again in the future. Who knew what the future held for them? But now that it had been several years since Dawn chose neither Wolf nor Ash, and she hadn't heard anything from the latter.

A hand touched Dawn's shoulder and instead of turning around, she smiled at Wolf in the mirror. "Hey," she said.

He straightened his lips into a thin line. "Hey," he said, the hand never leaving her shoulder. "You know, I can't believe that we're doing this."

"What?"

"This," he emphasized, "I can't believe that after all this time I, Wolf Winters, still have the honor of doing another international tour with Dawn Berlitz."

Dawn smiled at his words and mentally agreed with him. It all did seem a bit surreal. "You're right. But, hey, we've worked so hard to reach this point in life," she said. "We deserve to be here, Wolf."

He removed his hand from her shoulder and she turned around to face him. "I know," he said. "And I'm stoked to be doing it with you."

Dawn smiled. "Then, let's do this."

Colorful lights were practically dancing across the stage and smoke cleared when the two appeared on stage, resulting the crowd to go wild. Dawn and Wolf genuinely looked surprised. Even though they had grown accustomed to this throughout their whole career of singing, they still felt the shock upon seeing an audience that was as large as the one before them. Some of their fans were screaming their name and the two of them felt instant euphoria coursing through their veins.

Dawn had never been so happy in her life.

The audience grew silent for a while when Dawn grabbed a mic. "What's up, Kaloooooos Regiiiioooooonn!" The audience cheered yet again and Dawn laughed. "I hope you're all excited, because this is the first performance of our international tour…and we'd like to start it with a good show. I can't thank you guys enough for making this a reality. Wolf and I have worked so hard to reach this point in our lives and it's because of you guys that we're here. So welcome to not just the first in a line of concerts that will be happening all around Kalos and the other regions, but a concert that marks that 6th anniversary of the first concert Wolf and I performed as a duo!" Dawn then raised the mic into the air.

"Wolf Winters in da houseeee!" Wolf screamed into the mic, and the audience responded by screaming loudly as well. "Alright, alright, everybody settle down..." he said, and the audience's screams decreased a little. "Now, I'm not gonna give a long speech, but I will say this: Thank you guys for continuing to make Dawn and me an international sensation for the past six years and I hope that you guys continue to do so. So everybody, get ready for the greatest night of your lives!"

Loud music echoed through the entire stadium and everyone in the audience felt adrenaline pump when Dawn and Wolf started to sing. It had started off slow, with a meaningful song where Dawn came into play. She kept the audience mesmerized while Wolf added his melodious voice in between. Then, there was a sudden shift in the music to a more upbeat one and that was when the backup dancers appeared on stage, syncing with Dawn and Wolf's singing. Wolf and Dawn danced through the beat of the music while singing their hearts out.

After doing about four to five songs, Dawn and Wolf were backstage again and they were trying to catch their breaths after that exhilarating experience.

"That was awesome," Wolf said with I slight laugh.

"I couldn't agree more." Dawn smiled. "They really love us, Wolf."

"They do. After all, we make an amazing pair," he said. "We still have to do meet up with our fans and do some autograph signing," he reminded her.

She nodded. "I know...I love meeting our fans, it's the best part of a concert."

Wolf smiled. As he looked at her, he realized how mature she had grown. She undoubtedly had been through a lot, but he was there with her through thick and thin and he was glad that they both had overcome their obstacles. He wasn't sure what their plans would be in the future and all he knew was that Dawn was happy. And he was happy for her.

Though, Wolf wasn't sure if he still loved Dawn. Ever since Dawn had made her decision, he had made the decision to move on. Of course, it wasn't easy and it required some time to get over someone like her. But a few weeks passed, and he found himself slowly getting accustomed to the fact. In addition, he grew closer with someone else.

The daughter of their vocal coach Cynthia, Raven.

When the time was right, he had asked her out. Of course Raven had been reciprocating her feelings and the two were in a relationship for a while.

However, it didn't last long.

Dawn noticed Wolf's change of demeanor. "Hey...what's wrong?"

He shook his head. "It's nothing...I was just thinking about..." he trailed off and Dawn gave him a look of sympathy.

"Wolf, you'll be alright. No relationship is perfect. That's what I've learned throughout the year. I know it's hard but trust me, everything will work out in the end."

Wolf stared at her. He slightly smiled at the ironic situation. Usually, he'd been the one to give Dawn advice but it seemed the tables had turned.

"No need to worry?"

Wolf slightly chuckled. "Yeah...no need to worry."

Meanwhile…

It was dark, and it was quiet at the warehouse. Which could've been good or bad depending on how you were looking at it. For a small group on individuals keeping a watchful eye, it was neither.

Only the sound of an approaching car drew their attention away from the building, "It's them, here to make the negotiation." One of them said, their voice indicating the speaker was male.

The one standing next to the one who spoke nodded, "How much time then?" They said, the voice was female.

The first one contemplated for a minute, "I'd say around five minutes minimum," he said as he reached into his coat and pulled out a hand gun. After making sure it was loaded, he turned towards the others, "All of you keep an eye on that car, and begin to move it when the occupants exit it. Be sure to move to help when they figure out the ransom is fake, backup is on the way I'm guessing?" He didn't give them time to answer as he turned the second person that spoke, "You're with me."

"That much was obvious. I'm your partner, Detective." She said with a sarcastic eye-roll.

The detective smiled slightly before beginning to move, his partner close behind.

They quickly and silently made their way to the side of the warehouse. There was a side door, illuminating by a single light, that lead inside, but it was guarded by two thugs. Each one holding a gun in their hands.

The detective looked toward his partner and slightly jerked his head towards them, the partner got the message and she made her way towards the shadows on the other side of the door. He then silently made his way towards the thug closest to him.

When he wasn't too far away from the thug, a noise came from the shadows on the other side. The sudden noise caused both thugs to whip their bodies towards it and unloaded a few rounds from their guns out of reflex.

When they stopped firing, the detective made his move by rushing foreword and started to grapple the thug, one arm around his throats and the other went over his mouth to prevent him from screaming. Though he still managed to make some muffled grunts as he tried to break out of the detective's grip.

The grunts caught the attention of the other thug and he looked towards them. Upon seeing the detective he raised his gun and took aim. Just as he was about to shoot, a hand clutching a gun came down hard on the area between the thug's neck and his shoulder and the thug fell to the ground unconscious.

The detective tightened his grip until the thug he was choking until they fell unconscious and he dropped them to the ground. Then the detective stepped into the light to reveal his tanned skin, brown eyes, messy black hair and a small amount of stubble on his face. "Good job Anabel."

The girl named Anabel stepped into the lights she had lilac colored hair that was short and styled into a bit of a pixie cut, her lilac eyes were gleaming with pride, "Not too bad yourself Ash." She said before she walked up to the door and tried the handle, "Unlocked," she said, letting go of the handle, "Do you think it could be a trap?"

"Perhaps, but then again. It could just stupidity." Ash said as he walked up to join her, "And judging from what we know about these thugs...it's probably stupidity."

Anabel laughed, "Well then, should be a piece of cake to take them down."

Ash opened the door and looked around, there weren't any more thugs guarding the other side of the door. He then spoke in a quiet tone, "Our job is to find the hostage and rescue her, and the others will take down these thugs. Can you sense them from here."

Anabel pressed a finger to her temple and closed her eyes and had a deeply concentrated expression, "I'm getting high amounts of fear and anxiousness from up those stairs." She said pointing towards the stairway a few yards away.

Ash nodded, "Let's find another stairway. We wouldn't want to walk into a room through a door everyone would be focused on." Ash said.

"Good point." Angie said.

They found another staircase and began to go up the stairs quickly and quietly. When they came across a doorway they stopped, "I feel it coming from there." Anabel said.

Ash kept his gun ready as he looked inside. He saw six thugs standing around someone with a bag over their head and was tied to a chair. He growled in annoyance, "There's too many out there." He whispered, what was taking them so long?

He got his answer when an alarm sounded, the thugs jumped, "The police are here, they need back up." One of them said and all but one ran towards the stairway and out of the room.

Ash took advantage of the noise and ran into the room and went straight towards the remaining thug, the thug took notice of Ash, but didn't have time to do anything before the detective slammed into him, tackled him to the ground, and knocked him out with some well-placed punches.

As Ash got up he looked over to see Anabel untying the hostage and speaking to them, probably to calm them down. Ash then reached for the radio attached to his belt, pressed a button and spoke into it, "This is Detective Ketchum, we've successfully secured the hostage."

The next day, Ash and Anabel were called into. Police Commissioner Looker's office.

"Transferred?!" They both asked, clearly shocked.

Looker nodded, "You two have been a big help here, but there have been lots of rumors of mob activity in Kalos and our department there is in need of more members. It takes too long for the rookies to become ready, so I'm sending you two there." He said, "Your housing arrangements have already been taken care of. Should give you plenty of time to pack your things. Your plane for Kalos leaves in a few days. That is all, you are both dismissed."

Ash couldn't stop thinking about the transfer, not just about the fact that he was pretty much moving, but where he was moving to. Kalos…that's where Dawn's tour was taking place.

Dawn…he hasn't seen or made and effort to contact her since she made her choice six years ago. He wondered if he'd run into her.

Meanwhile...

"Boss, everything has been set up. We're just waiting to put the plan into action."

The boss sat behind his desk with a dark look in his eyes, "There better not be any mess ups." He said, "We only get one opportunity each year, and the last person that I trusted with this operation…was a bit of a disappointment to me." He said.

The man gulped, "Yes sir, don't worry. You won't be disappointed." He said.

"Make sure you do." The boss said, "Otherwise, my skull collection will be getting a new addition." The man paled as his eyes darted to the skulls hanging on the wall behind the boss. "Now, leave me." He said waving a hand and the underling left.

-*X*x*X*-

The scene fades and we're back with our two authors.

W. R. Winters: And that concludes the first episode of Black Pearl, Sapphire, and Gold. It's very exciting, isn't it?

DawnForever101: I know, I've got chills and shivers already.

W. R. Winters: Yeah, but unfortunately that's all we have for all of you.

DawnForever101: But don't worry, I'll be posting stuff for you guys on my Twitter DawnForever101, so be sure to follow me!

W. R. Winters: But for right now…

Both: This is W. R. Winters and DawnForever1010, signing off