9Okay, I'm really getting up to my neck in stories. I was reading an Advanceshipping story, which is Ash x May if you don't know, and it was really good. If you want to read it, it's called Remember Me and it's by the author Torchix. It's about Ash getting amnesia. It's real good, I've read it a few times and I still can't get enough of it!
So that story gave me the idea to write my own about Ash getting amnesia, but only forgetting May and no one else. Which is wierd.
So, here is the first chapter of my new story, Don't Forget Me. Please tell me what you think in a review. If you don't like it, tell me, politely, and I'll delete it. If you want more, I'll give you more!
So on with the story!
I don't own pokemon!
It was a beautiful sunny day in Pallet Town. Everyone was very happy for the bright sunshine. Well, all except a few people. For in the Pallet Town General Hospital, Brock, Misty, Dawn, Serena, Iris, Clemmont, Bonnie, Cilan, Max, Gary, Professor Oak, Delia and May were waiting outside the operating theatre for the doctors to come through with a certain someone.
This someone, was Ash Ketchum. He was in surgery after being attacked by a random trainer who claimed he could beat the Pride of Pallet with a single pokemon. Naturally, Ash agreed and May, having been with him, acted as the referee.
The young trainer was right though, all it took was one pokemon. One of Ash's pokemon to destroy all of his. But since the match was a three on three, Ash thought the trainer didn't have anymore pokemon, but when he sent out a Sandslash that he ordered to use Rock Blast on him, the pokemon hesitatingly shot the attack at Ash with less power than usual and sent him flying into a tree.
May panicked and called an Officer Jenny and an ambulance. When she saw the brat try to sneak away, she used Beautifly's String Shot to tie the boy up and keep him there.
Nearly ten minutes later, the ambulance and Officer Jenny arrived. She explained what happened to the medic and Jenny and they immediately loaded Ash into the van. Then Officer Jenny arrested the trainer who attacked Ash and confiscated his pokemon. According to his PokeDex, he was a trainer who challenged trainers for their pokemon, if he won, he got their pokemon, if he lost, he attacked and stole them. So she revoked his trainers licence and drove him away.
May tavelled to the hospital in the ambulance with Ash. She found out he wasn't breathing, so they had to put him on a respirator to keep oxygen going to the brain.
When she got to the hospital, the first thing she did was call Delia, who called everyone else in turn and they all rushed to the hospital, where they've been waiting for Ash to come out of surgery for the past four hours.
But, not everyone was sat together. No, May was sat in a lonely corner, crying her eyes out. She didn't know what to think. Ash could be dying and she'd never get to see him again.
She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard a voice next to her. "Hey May? Why don't you come sit with the rest of us? It's pretty lonely over here" The voice belonged to Serena, Ash's childhood friend, and she was joined by Misty and Dawn.
Misty also encouraged her. "Come on May. We can wait together. Ash will pull through. He's a fighter, remember?"
May just shook her head. "No, just leave me alone. You don't know what I'm going through so just go away!"
Dawn tried to calm her down. "Easy May, we're all pretty upset about the accident, but there's no need to snap. We all know how you feel"
May just glared at the three of them. "You don't know how I'm feeling. You'll never know how I feel!" And she ran past them and into the women's toilet.
The girls sighed. "Why'd she react like that when we were only trying to help?" Serena asked.
Misty's face suddenly lit with realisation. "Could it be that they...?"
Dawn and Serena asked her to explain. "I think that May and Ash were secretly dating. Think about it, May and Ash seemed too happy to see each other in Sinnoh during the Wallace Cup right?" Dawn nodded.
"And he never seemed to stop mentioning someone he liked while traveling through Kalos correct?" Serena nodded.
"And May just said we'll never know what's she's going through. So that can only mean they've been secretly dating for at least four years" Dawn and Serena got realisation on their faces as well.
"Poor girl, worrying about the guy she loves, not sure whether he'll make it or not. Anyone would be upset in that situation" Serena said.
"We better go get her. I'm sure Ash will want to see her when he wakes up" As Dawn said this, they saw the doors open to reveal four doctors rolling Ash to his room on a gurney with an IV in his arm and a respirator to help him breath.
Misty, Dawn and Serena went to the female toilets and checked each cubicle. Each door was closed, but only one was locked, the middle one, signifying that May was in there.
Misty knocked on the door. "May? Are you okay?" No response. She was about to knock again, but they all heard a sob. "May, use three know about you and Ash secretly dating. I know what you're going through. This happened to me when I was dating someone close to my heart, but I lost him"
May sniffed. "How is that supposed to make me feel better?"
Misty sighed. "Look May, Ash is going to be alright. Just before we came in here, they brought him into a room. He should wake up any minute now. We want you to be the first to see him"
May sniffed again. "How'd you figure it out anyway? We tried really hard. We only acted as a couple when we were alone. So how'd you figure it out?"
Dawn answered with "You were both very lovey-dovey at the Wallace Cup"
Serena then answered with "And Ash wouldn't stop mentioning this girl he liked while we travelled through Kalos"
Misty finished with "And you gave the biggest hint by saying we don't know what you're going through. So come out May, I'm sure Ash will want to see you first when he wakes up"
Reluctantly, May opened the cubicle door and followed the girls to Ash's room.
When they arrived, everyone allowed May to enter first. When she saw him lying there with bandages around his chest and his left arm in a sling, she immediately rushed forward and hugged him as gently as she could, sobbing out an apology.
"I-I'm sorry Ashy. I-I'm so s-sorry! I shou-should have p-protected you!"
She then heard Ash groan. Pulling back, she saw Ash was opening his eyes. She beamed. "A-Ash! Y-you're awake! Thank goodness!"
Ash just looked at her confusedly. "Who are you? And why are we in a hospital?"
May's smile turned to a frown. "S-stop it Ash. It's not funny! You know who I am"
Ash searched his mind, trying to figure out where he's seen this mysterious girl before. But he couldn't find anything. "Sorry, I don't remember ever meeting you"
Tears started to collect in May's eyes. She was about to say something, but the door opened and in came a yellow rodent with red cheek pouches and a lightning shaped tail.
Ash recognised the creature immediately. "Pikachu? What are we doing here pal? Why am I all bandaged up?"
"Pika Pi, chu cha Pika Pikachu chu cha Pika chu Pi Pika" (You were battling a trainer who wanted your pokemon, but he attacked you when he lost) Pikachu explained.
Realisation hit Ash like a sack of bricks. "Oh yeah. That trainer used a Sandslash to attack me by using Rock Blast. Next thing I know, I black out and I wake up in here"
May was confused. Ash said he didn't remember her, yet he remembered getting attacked? What was going on?
Soon, Ash's other friends entered the room. He recognised them, as well as Max, but he didn't seem to remember May at all. What's happening?
After everyone was finished asking Ash how he was, he asked Brock "So, who's the girl with the red bandana? I woke up and found her in here crying and hugging me"
Everyone's eyes widened. "Wait a minute Ash" Brock held up a hand. "You remember the incident, and you remember all of us, but you don't remember who May is!?"
Ash rubbed the back of his head with his good arm. "May? I don't remember anyone by that name. I'm sorry" May, not being able to take it anymore, rushed out the room with tears streaming down her face.
Delia said she'd go and speak to her before leaving the room to search for May. Ash frowned. "Why'd she run off crying? I get she's upset I forgot her, but why is she this upset?"
Misty sighed. She then told Ash the truth. "Ash, you and May were secretly dating each other"
Ash's eyes widened. "No wonder she's so upset. How long were we dating?"
Dawn shrugged while Serena answered. "We think around four years because you were apparently acting real lovey-dovey with her at the Wallace Cup in Sinnoh. It could be more, it could be less. We don't really know"
Ash was shocked. The girl he forgets just happened to be his girlfriend. He felt like an absolute jerk. He sighed before speaking again. "I need to seriously talk with her. If she'll talk to me now that is"
With Delia and May
Delia had followed May all the way to the entrance of the hospital. She found her now sitting under a tree filled with cherry blossoms. She went over and sat next to her. "I can understand where you're coming from sweetheart"
May just sat there. "How can you? Ash remembers all of you. He even remembers Max. But he forgot me. Why me? What did I do that made him want to forget me!?"
May broke into a crying fit. Delia pulled her close to her and comforted her. "Actually May, this isn't the first time Ash has forgot someone"
Flashback
A seven year old Ash was running through the field in his backyard. He was currently playing with a wild Rattata that came by now and then. They were playing hide and seek and it was Rattata's turn to hide.
When Ash had counted to fifteen, he went to look for Rattata. But he couldn't find it. He searched in burrows and bushes, but he couldn't find the pokemon. He was about to give up when he saw the nearby tree begin to rustle. He thought Rattata had climbed the tree and was hiding among the branches.
He climbed the tree but when he didn't see his friend there, he gave up. Rattata must have gone home for some food. He tried to climb back down, but he suddenly realised how high up he was.
He was stuck up there for hours, he could hear his mother calling him, telling him it was time for dinner. Gulping, he began to try to descend from the tree. But when he turned, he saw the face of a pokemon. It was a Spearow, and it didn't look too happy.
It suddenly squawked before flapping its wings and sending Ash to the ground, where he bumped his head on an exposed root and fell unconscious.
When Delia went to search for him, cause he was taking too long, and found him unconscious, she rushed him to the hospital where they bandaged his head. They said he'd be alright, just a concussion. She sighed, but when he woke up and said "Who are you?" she nearly lost it.
At first, she thought he was playing around, but then she remembered, Ash never messed around like this, so she called for a doctor. The doctor examined him, but couldn't find anything wrong. When he asked who Delia was, all he got was a "A pretty lady I never seen before"
Delia promptly fell to her knees crying and the doctor figured out what was wrong.
He had selective amnesia. When he bumped his head, he must have forgotten the first thing that came to his mind, which was his mom.
They told her to just tell him the truth and find some way to get him to remember her. It took several weeks, but Ash finally got his memory back because he was in Delia's room and saw a picture of Delia in a wedding dress, next to his dad with a three year old Ash standing in front of them. They all had smiles on their faces and looked really happy. He fell unconscious and woke up in his bed with Delia sat next to him.
He sat up and told her he remembers everything. Delia was so happy, she cried in joy and hugged Ash tightly.
End Flashback
May was wide eyed. So Ash had forgotten his mom when he was seven. And now he had selective amnesia again, except he forgot her this time. All she needed to do was show him something that had sentimental value to them and he'd remember again.
With a new found determination, May stood up and she and Delia went back to Ash's room.
And there is chapter one. I hope you liked it. Ash has selective amnesia! Oh no! By the way, I made up the selective amnesia. You can't forget one person and remember everyone else. It's just not possible.
Anyway, I'm no updating this one for a while. I need to update Worlds Greatest Master as I know the readers are starting to get impatient. So that's a priority one for now. Plus, I've written another new fic called Journey of Love. It's an Ash x Cynthia one, it's one of my favourite pairings.
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Until next time everyone!