第一节(第一章《天恩之忆》开始)(5)

The time sped by and before either one knew it, Dawn and Piplup were happily hopping down the steps one at a time, the former dressed in her usual outfit. Her beanie and hair clips, though, were conspicuously missing, something she had almost never done during her constant traveling. Happily, Dawn greeted the people in the room, "Good morning!"
Brock stood up from examining some of the furniture against the wall. "Good morning, Dawn!" Brock concurred. Pikachu suddenly rolled over, balancing on some kind of ball that he had managed to find. "Pi-ka!" he greeted energetically.
"Good morning, Dawn." Johanna said, "Would you like some breakfast?"
"Sure thing, Mom...hey, does anybody know where Ash is?" Dawn asked. The Trainer had been conspicuously missing from the downstairs floor.
"Ash is still fast asleep." Brock said. Pikachu hopped off of the ball he'd been balancing on. The fact that Ash was still asleep wasn't surprising in the least, but Pikachu being awake was unusual. The electric mouse greeted Dawn and Piplup again, giving a laughing purr.
"Wow, Pikachu, you're up early." Dawn commented. Pikachu answered with a happy "Pi-ka-chu!" and Dawn came upon a mischievous idea. She squatted down so that she was near the two Pokémon's eye level, "I say...we go wake up Mr. Sleepyhead!" Pikachu and Piplup agreed with a joyous cry as Johanna stepped over, carrying a bowl of food.