So...you're probably wondering why I'm back early. Well, I'm sick (girls might know what kind of sickness) and it's keeping me from praying and fasting.

SylveonPink helped me with this a little.

So here's the chapter. Enjoy!

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"Trevor, Alain, James and Sawyer, you 4 take that side of the hall to decorate." Ash instructed, pointing to his right. "Jessie, go help Clemont and Mallow with the cakes."

They did as told.

Okay, now a little recap: It's the Alola Queen's birthday tomorrow. A short recap, I know. But do I really have to explain further? No? Good. Now onto the story...

"Max, Bonnie, are you done with the stage?" Ash asked the young couple.

"Yup! But Lillie and Shauna need a little help." Bonnie said, as Max was helping her down the ladder.

"Okay then. Hau, Kiawe and Sophocles, go set up the fireworks." Ash said. The 3 kahunas nodded and headed to the roof.
(A/N: Hau, Kiawe, Sophocles and Gladion are the island kahunas)

"Hey, Where's Gladion?" Ash asked, noticing the Ula'ula island's kahuna was not present.

"He's at the Pokémon Centre. He had a battle not too long ago, and he's probably being held back by some girls." Kiawe replied. Just then, a blonde haired boy came bursting in the hall, panting.

"Told ya." Kiawe said.

"Sorry... I'm late. I was... held back... by a few... girls...." He panted.

"That's okay. You can help with the fireworks. Or the decorating in left." Ash said, pointing to the left side of the hall.

"Uh... I think I'll help with the decorating." Gladion decided.

"Alright. Mom, Grace, and Miette, can you help Aria with the gifts?"

"Sure."

"Okay, now, what else is missing?" Ash pondered. He clicked his fingers after a few seconds. "Invitations! Where's Korrina and Meowth?" He asked looking around.

"Hey Ash." A face popped in front of him. He stumbled back.

"Korrina! Stop doing that!" Ash scolded.

"Sorry..." Korrina said sheepishly. "So. What'd you want me for?"

"I need you to pass out the invitations." Ash replied.

"Sure."

"If you find Lana and Meowth on the way, ask them to help out too. Nini, can you help with passing out the invitations too?" Ash asked. (A/N: Some of Serena's friends and rivals had come for her birthday too. Ash invited them to Alola.)

"Okay."

Korrina and Nini exited the hall, with the basket of invitations in their hands.

"Everything's in order at this end. Lemme check on Mairin." Ash dialed Mairin's number on his Nanodex.

-With Mairin and Serena-

"So, which one will suit me best? This one," Serena held up a pink long frock, "Or this one?" She held up a yellow long top.

Mairin put her hand on her chin, thinking. She pointed to the pink one. "That one. Pink suits you best. Yellow is for Bonnie."

"Yeah. I thought so too." She went to the counter to purchase it.

Mairin's Nanodex started to vibrate. She looked to see Ash was calling her. She answered. "Hey, Ash."

"Hey, Mairin. How's it going with Serena?"

"Good. We came shopping. It'll keep her occupied for another few hours or so." Mairin replied. "How's the decorating going?"

"All in order. Just another 2 hours, and we might be done."

"That's great to hear! Oh, Serena's calling me. Gotta go, see ya!" She cut the line.

"Mairin, we're gonna buy some hair accessories. Come on!" Serena called.

"Coming." She started to run towards Serena, when she saw the traitors. She pulled Serena out of the store.

"Hey. Mairin, stop pulling me!" Serena scolded.

"Sorry. It's just that I saw some of those Traitors." Mairin replied. "And I didn't feel like bumping into them."

"Oh. That's okay." Serena smiled.

"Hey! Nice to see you 2 again!" The 2 girls flinched at the familiar girl's voice. Dawn.

"Hi... Nice to see you too." Serena and Mairin forced on their best smiles.

"Are you 2 shopping? Why don't we do it together?" May suggested.

"Uh... No thanks. We were just leaving." Mairin said, holding Serena's hand and turning on her heels. But Iris stopped them.

"Come on! It'll be fun! We could get to know each other more!" Iris exclaimed.

Serena and Mairin looked at each other. Both thinking the same thing: 'no choice'.

"What do you say?"Dawn asked.

The honey-blonde and redhead sighed. "Okay."

In a few minutes, they were in a makeup store, talking.

"So, both of you are world known coordinators?" Serena asked. May and Dawn nodded.

"And you're a dragon master, while Misty's a Water-Type Pokemon Master?" Misty and Iris nodded.

"That's nice. How did you achieve your dreams?"

"Well, hard work really pays off." Dawn replied.

"Yep!" May agreed.

"Hey, I heard that all 4 of you travelled with a boy named Ash Ketchum." Serena said. Purposefully bringing up the topic.

The 4 Traitors went stiff for a second.

"I keep up with unusual events going on in the world. You guys definitely were caught in the midst of some unusual events," she added.

"We'd forgotten about him." Dawn giggled nervously.

"Yeah. But he had nothing to do with our achievements." Misty replied.

"Oh, do you know where he is now?" Serena asked.

"No. And we don't care. He was a weak trainer. Don't know why we wasted our time in traveling with him." May shrugged.

"Yeah. Such a little kid." Iris agreed.

"He must still be trying to achieve his stupid dream of becoming a Pokémon Master." Misty stated.

"Oh. Well, you see, I have always looked up to him as a hero. He did take out a lot of evil organizations." Serena said.

"Yeah. I heard he took out Team Flare. They were a very strong organization. And Steven and Diantha, the former Hoenn and Kalos champions, named their son after him." Mairin stated.

"Don't know why they'd put such a worthless name for their own child. I mean, Ash Ketchum only brought trouble with his Pikachu." Dawn said.

"And he's probably dead by now." May said.

Mairin and Serena almost cracked up laughing. The traitors looked at the 2 weirdly.

"What happened? Why's your faces like that?" Iris asked.

"Ash Ketchum? Dead? You guys are really hilarious." Serena said.

"Why? Have you seen him?" Misty asked.

"He's around, everyone knows that for sure. Anyway, we've wasted enough time on traitors here." Mairin said.

"Traitors?" The 4 Traitors repeated.

"Oh, don't act so clueless." Serena said.

"We met Ash Ketchum once. And he told us what you and his former friends did to him." Mairin stated.

"Yeah. And next time we meet, you'll look at him with fear in your eyes."

Serena and Mairin turned on their heels towards the exit.

The 4 girls were shocked. They looked at each other.

'No way.'

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