Once upon the last day of a golden summer, there was a boy... and a mouse.

A short, chubby rodent Pokémon appears in a forest setting. The creature was covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, brown eyes, and two red circles on its cheeks. There are pouches inside its cheeks where it stores electricity. It has short forearms with five fingers on each paw, and its feet each have three toes. At the base of its lightning bolt-shaped tail is a patch of brown fur at the base.

As the electric mouse Pokémon walks through the forest area, it is distracted by a few butterflies flying around the creature. It attempted to catch one of them but fails. After that, the electric mouse Pokemon resumed his walk through the forest, with the butterflies following it.

The boy, who we shall meet in a moment, was called Ash Ketchum. The mouse was called Pikachu.

Pikachu suddenly stopped walking when he notices a V-shaped gap in his path. It didn't stop the creature, as it managed to easily jump over the gap and continue his walk. The butterflies were still following the electric mouse Pokémon.

The small Pokémon's eyes were closed and was smiling, as it is continuing to walk to his destination.

And together, they had many grand adventures in a remarkable place called the Hundred Acre Wood.

As one of the butterflies flew above the river, it suddenly stopped and appears to be frightened by something. It appears to be a bit scared of how the river was distorting the electric mouse Pokémon's reflection, in the water, to make it appear like its body was being split into separate pieces.

But the grandest and most extraordinary of all those adventures was still to begin.

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Pikachu continued his walk through the forest. He eventually comes across a log that was blocking his path. The electric mouse Pokémon decides to climb over the log. When he successfully climbed over the log, he jumps off and lands on his bottom. He gets up and resumes his walk through the forest.

Eventually, Pikachu notices an average small-sized gap, underneath one of the tree's big roots. He decides to crawl under it. Pikachu likes to try to crawl under small gaps.

"Today, I believe," Pikachu begins his statement, as he managed to crawl under the tree's big root. He then continues his statement, as he resumes walking to his destination. "is a good day for being Pikachu."

Eventually, he comes across a river and notices big-sized rocks, sticking out from the water. Pikachu begins to hum.

"Dum, de-dum-de. Dum-dum, hmm-hmm."

While humming, he's hopping on top of each rock with grace and ease, successfully making it to the other side. Once there, he continues his walk.

At last, he reaches his destination. He arrives at a small hill, with a huge tree sitting at the top. Pikachu walks up to the top of the hill while having a smile on his face. This is one of his favorite places to be.

"And here, I should say, is a good place for being Pikachu." The electric mouse Pokémon stated as he starts to climb up the tree.

"Dum, de-dum-dum. Dum, dum-dum." He said as he hums and climbs his way up the tree. He then pulls himself up to a branch and lays down on it.

He didn't have much trouble climbing the big tree because he has climbed it before many times throughout this summer.

"Any reason, that I think of, is a good one for being Pikachu." He said while resting on top of the branch.

"Dum, de-dum-dum. Doo-dum, dum-dum." Pikachu said, finishing his humming by patting his stomach with both hands as if his belly was like a drum.

The electric mouse Pokémon laughed when he did that. The expression on the Pokemon's face is enjoyment and pure happiness.

"But the very best reason of all is..." Pikachu started to say, before getting interrupted by a voice, calling out his name.

"Pikachu!" The voice shouted, which got Pikachu's attention, as he turns to see where the voice was coming from.

What he saw, made his smile even bigger. It was his best friend, Ash Ketchum, who walk up to where the tree was. This spot was where Pikachu usually meets up with Ash. They spend the entire summer having adventures with the other Pokémon that lived in the Hundred Acre Wood. Ash was Pikachu's only human friend. In the past, Ash rescued Pikachu from a flock of Spearows and they have been friends ever since.

Ash was a 10-year-old boy. He was wearing a medium blue jacket with gold trim and white-collar and sleeves, which is worn open over a dark cyan or teal t-shirt. His lower outfit consists of jeans with light blue cuffs and black and white sneakers with red dots on both sides. He's also wearing green finger-less gloves with light green borders, and of course, there was his red hat. Whenever Pikachu sees that red hat, he knows that Ash is nearby.

As Ash makes his way up the hill, Pikachu expresses pure excitement as he resumes his statement, before he was interrupted by Ash's voice. "being with my very best friend! Ash Ketchum!"

When Ash made it to the top of the hill, Pikachu's position changes from rest mode to standing mode. The electric mouse Pokémon was ready to hang out with his human friend.

"You are just in time for the best part of the day," Pikachu said to his friend, who was on the ground.

"What part is that?" Ash questioned Pikachu.

"The part when "you" and "me" ..." Pikachu begins to say, as he jumps off the branch and slides down on another branch, sending him flying through the air.

Luckily for the electric mouse, Ash gets into position and catches the small Pokémon, preventing it from having a tough landing.

"become "we"." Pikachu finished his statement.

However, due to catching the electric mouse Pokémon, it causes Ash to stumble backward. Not noticing the cliff at the edge of the small hill, both Ash and Pikachu fall off and begin rolling down the hill. When they finally stopped rolling, Ash landed on the back of his shoulder, with Pikachu sitting on top of him. No one seemed to have gotten hurt from that fall. Ash gets himself back onto his feet while placing Pikachu on the ground, in front of him.

"Pikachu, there's something I have to tell you," Ash said, with his head down.

"Is it something nice?" Pikachu asked while being distracted by a butterfly that was flying by him.

"Not exactly," Ash answered with a sorrowful tone in his voice.

"Then, it can wait," Pikachu responded, as he attempts to once again catch the flying butterfly. He runs after it, leaving Ash behind, who now has a confused look on his face.

"It can?" Ash said, as he lifts himself off the ground and is now standing. "For how long?"

"Forever and ever," Pikachu replied as he gets farther away from Ash, while still chasing after the butterfly.

Ash was shocked that his friend didn't want to hear what he had to say to him. All of a sudden, Ash started to sing, as he runs after Pikachu, trying to catch up to him.

ASH: Forever and ever

Is a very long time,

Pikachu.

Then, Ash can hear Pikachu's voice. Ash turned to see the electric mouse Pokémon, standing on top of a huge log. It would seem that Pikachu wanted to join in the song, as he also begins to sing along.

PIKACHU: Oh, forever isn't long at all

When I'm with you.

Pikachu giggled, before starting to walk across the log, with Ash following him.

As Ash runs across the log, there was a huge fragile part of the log, where if any heavy object was on top of that, it would cause the log to break and send whatever or whoever was on top of it falling down and land in the river below. Ash walks across that part very carefully, so that he wouldn't cause the log to break.

As Ash walks across the log, Pikachu continues to sing.

PIKACHU: I wanna call your name

Forever.

When Ash reached the end of the log, he couldn't see the electric mouse Pokémon anywhere; but then, he heard Pikachu's voice echoing from inside the log. Pikachu's voice echoed, while he's still singing.

PIKACHU: And you will always answer

Forever.

All of a sudden, Pikachu's face pops up from a hole in the log on the other side, where Ash had just walked across from. When Ash noticed his friend on the other side of the log, he had an amused look on his face. Pikachu had played a trick on him. Pikachu continues to sing.

PIKACHU: And both of us will be

Forever you and me.

Forever and ever.

Pikachu pops out of the hole and runs off to hide from his human friend, causing Ash to go after him. Ash then started to sing again, as he chases after his Pokémon friend.

ASH: I want to stay like this

Forever.

Eventually, Ash finds himself in a place, where there are honey pots littering all over. He knew that Pikachu would be here because Pikachu loves to eat honey. It's his favorite thing to eat. In fact, it's the only thing he eats. He does eat other food, but only when it's covered with honey. It would be a rare sight to see Pikachu not eating honey for a whole day.

While looking for the electric mouse Pokémon, Ash hears his friend's laughing, as it echoes throughout the area. Ash resumes singing as he looks into a honey jar, to see if Pikachu was hiding in it, but he wasn't.

ASH: If only I could promise

Forever.

Ash then hears the echo of Pikachu's laughing again. This causes Ash to pauses for a moment, as he tries to figure out where his friend might be hiding. While looking inside of another honey pot, which was also empty, the boy resumes his singing.

ASH: Then we could just be we

Forever you and me.

And then, in unison, Ash and Pikachu sing the next verse together.

BOTH: Forever and ever.

Ash continues his search for his small friend. Eventually, his search leads him to a cave that was carved within the stone wall. He stood there, waiting to see if Pikachu would come out of hiding.

As he waited, he repeated the first verse of the song that he and Pikachu were currently singing to.

ASH: Forever and ever

Is a very long time,

Pikachu.

Ash can hear Pikachu giggling, and all of a sudden, Pikachu runs out of the cave, while carrying a huge pot of honey. As he walks away from the cave and Ash, he continued singing.

PIKACHU: Forever isn't long at all, Ash.

Ash took a peek inside the cave. Immediately, he finds out why Pikachu was running away from the cave. He, himself, started to run away from the cave because they were being chased by a horde of bees. It seems that Pikachu has stolen the honey from the bees. Whenever Pikachu runs low on his honey supply, he usually "borrows" more honey from the bees. However, this would always anger the bees, which forces them to chase after the electric mouse, for "borrowing" their honey "without asking permission first".

As the duo try to get away from the bees, Pikachu resumed singing his verse in the song.

PIKACHU: When I'm with you.

Pikachu giggled, despite the fact that he and Ash are being chased by the bees, whom he "borrowed" the honey from.

Eventually, Ash and Pikachu find a wooden raft, floating in the river. They see the raft as their getaway vehicle. Pikachu runs onto the raft, while he continues to sing.

PIKACHU: I wanna be with you

Forever.

Once Pikachu was safely on the raft, with his huge pot of honey, Ash pushed the raft into the river, before allowing himself to get on the raft. With that push, the raft started to sail through the calm river. They have successfully escaped the wrath of the bees. The raft appears to be strong enough to hold a human, a small Pokémon, and a huge pot of honey.

Once Ash was on the wooden raft, Pikachu was nowhere to be seen. That is until he heard Pikachu's singing voice echoing from the huge honey pot, sitting at the far corner of the raft.

PIKACHU: I want you right here beside me

Forever.

Ash walks over to where the honey pot was, with a look of amusement and happiness on his face, and started to sing, for one last time.

ASH: One thing you should know,

No matter where I go,

We'll always be together.

All of a sudden, Pikachu springs from the honey pot, causing flicks of honey to be flying out of the pot. Then, the boy and electric mouse hugged, as they both sing the final verse in their little song.

BOTH: Forever and ever

As they finished their song, they were still hugging, while still being on the wooden raft, which is taking them down the calm river with no trouble at all.

And so, they stayed together, doing all the things a boy and a mouse could do. And when the day began to end, Ash Ketchum had quite forgotten that he still had something to tell Pikachu.

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"Pikachu, there's one thing we didn't do today," Ash said to Pikachu, whom he's carrying on top of his shoulders, as they walk up the hill, where their whole day had begun at.

"And what thing might that be?" Pikachu questioned his human friend.

"Er, nothing," Ash responded.

"Nothing?" Pikachu said with a confused look in his eyes.

Pikachu is an electric mouse of very little brain. He doesn't know a lot about certain stuff. He often asks a lot of questions; which Ash would answer most of them the best he can. In fact, most of the Pokémon, who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood, would often come up to Ash for some advice on how to improve on their daily lives. The boy always offers his friends some advice and wisdom as best as he can explain them to them. They all have curious minds, and Pikachu had the most curious.

They have reached the top of the hill when Pikachu asked Ash about "doing nothing".

"Ash Ketchum, what exactly is 'doing nothing'?" Pikachu asked, as Ash places the small Pokémon on top of one of the tree's branches, which Ash could only reach up to.

"Well," Ash started to answer, as he also climbed up and sat on the branch, where Pikachu was also sitting on. "I'm told it means going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

Ash then gets into a resting position, with his arms behind his head, before continuing his answer, while Pikachu gets up and begins standing on the branch.

"It's when people say, 'What are you two doing?', and we say, 'Oh, nothing.', and we do it. This is sort of a nothing thing we're doing right now."

After giving his answer, the boy turned his head to look at the sun, as it sets on the last day of summer. Ash then remembers something and the expression on his face changes from happy to sad.

He gives a sigh, before turning back to his friend and saying, "I wish it could last forever."

"Well, then, we must do it again tomorrow. And the tomorrow after. And the tomorrow following that." Pikachu suggested to his depressed friend.

Ash, knowing that Pikachu doesn't fully understand what's going on in his life, gets out of his resting position and begins to ask Pikachu a serious question.

"Pikachu, what if, someday, there came a tomorrow when we were apart?"

Unfortunately for Ash, Pikachu is once again distracted by the fireflies that were flying around them. It was starting to get dark.

"As long as we're apart together," Pikachu begins to answer, as he crawls over Ash and starts to climb to the top of the tree, following the glowing fireflies. "we shall certainly be fine."

"Yes, yes. Of course." Ash said while giving a small nervous laugh, before continuing to talk to his easily distracted friend, who was standing on the branch above the boy. "But, if...If we weren't together? If I were somewhere else?"

"Oh," Pikachu responded, as the sun had completely set and there was nothing, but the summer darkness surrounding the whole woods. "but you really couldn't be, as I would be quite lost without you."

"Who would I call...Oof!" Pikachu said, as he jumps and catches the fireflies with his hands.

However, as the fireflies attempted to escape from his grip, they lifted the small Pokémon up in the air.

"On those days when I'm just not strong enough...Oh!" Pikachu continued his statement until the fireflies managed to escape from his hands, causing the electric mouse Pokémon to fall back down to the branch while landing softly and resuming his thought. "Or brave enough?"

"Well, actually..." Ash started to say, before getting interrupted by Pikachu, who is still talking, while being distracted by the fireflies.

"And who would I ask for advice when I didn't know which way to turn?"

Pikachu, once again, started to follow the fireflies when Ash decided to climb up to the branch, where Pikachu was just on.

"Pikachu, we..." Ash attempted to speak but gets interrupted once again by Pikachu.

"We?" Pikachu said while climbing to the top of the tree, where the fireflies were at. "'We' simply wouldn't be."

Pikachu reaches the branch, where the fireflies were at, and Ash finally caught up with his electric mouse friend. When he reaches the branch, where his small friend was on, Pikachu began to yawn. He was exhausted after a long day of 'doing nothing' with his friend, Ash. The small Pokémon was beginning to fall asleep.

"Oh, Pikachu," Ash said as he pulls himself up onto the branch.

Ash decided to offer Pikachu some advice on what to do if there's ever a day where they aren't together.

"If ever there's a tomorrow when we're not together, there's something you must remember," Ash said to Pikachu, who looked very tired right now.

Pikachu yawns again, before asking his friend, "And what might that be, Ash Ketchum?"

"You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think," Ash said, with a smile on his face.

Pikachu chuckles at Ash's answer. "Oh, that's easy."

The small mouse clears throat, before attempting to repeat what Ash just said to him. However, he is too tired to exactly recall the words that his friend just told him.

"We're braver than a bee, and, uh, longer than a tree, and taller than a goose. Or was that a moose?" Pikachu said, as his back lays on the bark of the tree, falling asleep. He was too tired to exactly remember Ash's words of advice.

Ash laughs at Pikachu's response. "No, silly old mouse." He said to his sleepy friend, as he grabs Pikachu's hands and the electric mouse Pokémon gives out another yawn.

Ash then repeats the words that he just told to Pikachu, as he drags him into an upright position before the small Pokémon quickly went back to his sleeping position.

"You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is..."

After he said those words, two fireflies landed on one of Pikachu's ears. Ash carefully and slowly allows the fireflies to fly and land onto his fingers. He then places them into Pikachu's small hands, before continuing his thought.

"Even if we're apart, I'll always be with you."

Ash then repeats the last five words that he had said to his already sleeping friend.

"I'll always be with you."

Ash leans closer to the sleeping Pikachu. He whispers, "Always be with you."

Pikachu mumbles in his sleep, as he falls into a deep slumber.

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It is morning in the Hundred Acre Wood. As the sun rises, leaves were falling from the tree on the small hill. The wind began carrying the leaves through the woods. Eventually, the wind takes the leaves to Pikachu's house.

Pikachu lives in a tree. His house is under the name of Sanders because of a sign that reads 'Mr. Sanders' that's written above his door. There's also a doorbell, along with a sign that reads 'Ring Also'.

The winds carry the leaves into Pikachu's house through the opened window. As the leaves fly throughout the room, Pikachu was still sound asleep, while snoring.

The leaves were hovering above the sleeping electric mouse. All of a sudden, Pikachu began talking in his sleep.

"Braver than our beans..." He said as the leaves started to slowly descend upon his nose.

However, the air from Pikachu's mouth, as he continues to sleep talk, blows them upward.

"Longer when we gleam..." He said while snoring.

The leaves were close to landing on him; however, they were stopped by Pikachu's sleep talking.

"Hum-dee, diddy-dum." He started to hum, before continuing. "Hum-dee, diddy-dee."

At last, the leaves landed on the electric mouse's nose in an organized stack. Pikachu then chuckled as he felt the leaves touching his nose.

Once again, he was talking in his sleep. This time though, it would seem that he's dreaming about having a conversation with his best friend, Ash.

"Hello, Ash Ketchum." He started the dream conversation. "I can't seem to remember the...To remember the, uh..."

At that moment, the sunlight was beaming down upon the small Pokémon's face, which causes him to wake up and notice that there were leaves on his nose. He lifts himself off of his pillow, causing the leaves to fly off of his nose. As the leaves fall back down, Pikachu catches them all. By seeing the different color leaves, Pikachu realizes what season it is now.

"It's autumn?" He questioned himself, with a smile on his face.

Pikachu lifts his blanket up into the air, with his legs, and it lands on the electric mouse, covering his whole body. The small Pokémon then proceed to jump off from his bed, with his blanket coming off of him. He runs to his opened window and notices the many falling leaves outside. They were all coming from the tree on top of the small hill.

He gasped and exclaimed while throwing the leaves up into the air. "It is! It's the first day of autumn!"

He then rushed to his closet, to quickly change out of his pajamas. While he's doing this, he reveals what he loves about autumn.

"A time of hot chocolaty mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings!" He exclaimed.

He's about to exit his house, before saying the best part about autumn. "And best of all, leaping into leaves!"

He opened his door, and immediately, jumped into a huge pile of leaves. Unfortunately for Pikachu, his landing wasn't soft. It was hard.

"Oh." He responded as he looks down to see what made his landing hard.

It was a blue honey pot, wrapped with a blue ribbon, with a note attached to it. He chuckles as he landed on his head, and then, getting his feet back onto the ground.

"Someone's left a honey pot all alone and lonely. With no one to care for it." He said while examining the undisturbed honey pot.

He quickly sits on his bottom, as he thinks about what to do with the honey pot that was left at his doorstep. He could only think of one thing to do with it.

"I suppose..." He said, as he moves closer to the honey pot and removes the top. "I should take it."

His arm digs deep into the pot, which was full of honey. This caused the honey to overflow and some got onto the note that was attached to the honey pot. Pikachu was about to have a small smackerel of honey, but he suddenly stopped when he thought of something.

"Although," Pikachu started his thought. "it might belong to someone. Although, just as easily not. Hmm..."

Without realizing that there was still honey on his hand, he poked the side of his head. The electric mouse was thinking hard about what to do with the honey pot.

"Think, think. Think!" He said to himself.

He puts the top back onto the pot and lifts it off the ground. Although the honey made the note stick to the ground, Pikachu managed to get it unstuck to the ground.

"I believe when a question becomes this sticky, I should ask my very good friend, Ash Ketchum." The electric mouse proclaimed, before walking off to find his human friend.

---

Pikachu walks up the small hill, where the tree sits on top of it, hoping to find his friend there. When he got to the top, Ash was nowhere to be seen.

"Ash Ketchum?" Pikachu asked to see if his friend was there.

He looks around the area for his human friend. He continues to ask questions, hoping for a response from his friend.

"Are you here?" He asked, but there was no response.

He looks up at the tree while asking another question to see if Ash was up in the tree.

"Are you there?"

Again, there was no response.

Finally, he walks to where the cliff ended.

"Are you...anywhere?" He asked.

It was at that moment, Pikachu realized that his best friend, Ash Ketchum, was nowhere to be found. His human friend was missing.