Title: Patient
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red/Ash)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #54, Patient
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: AU, shoujo-ai

“Mommy?”

“Yes, dear?” Delia asked kindly. Ashline smiled as she sat on her mother’s lap.

“Tell me the story about the Outer Senshi again, will you?”

The Queen smiled. “Well, which story would you like to here? The one where Neptune and Uranus were turned into baby Senshi and Pluto had to take care of them, perhaps?”

“No, no!” Ashline shakes her head. “Tell me the story about Queen Neptune and King Uranus, please.”

Delia speaks, and as Ashline smiles, she feels something dangerous clawing inside her ribs, and after she puts her child to bed, she sees Pluto waiting outside, and her eyes are hooded.

“What is it?”

Charlotte says nothing for a few minutes, but finally her eyes are cold. “You should not have told her those tales.” She said quietly.

Queen Delia wants to ask why, but the Time Guardian vanishes before another word can be said.

And Charlotte sighs, as she looks at Lance and Red embrace, and wonders how long their happiness will last.

End Fic

Completed 1/21/07

I needed some explanation for why Ashline would like Lance, despite having never really seen her…