Serena Responds to Hate Mail

By Taeuk Nam

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon

Serena Yvonne, an 11-year old girl who stars in the XY series of Pokémon, was looking through her e-mail in her room.

"Hmm… Let's see what we have here." She said.

'You suck! You're a terrible character that the writers added only to boost ratings!' read one of the e-mails.

This shocked Serena. How could anyone say such awful things about her?

'There is absolutely nothing to like about you except for your looks and the fact that you have a crush on Ash! Too bad he doesn't like you back! He likes [insert Pokégirl's name here]!' read another of her e-mails.

Serena cringed after reading this. There was more to her than just her looks and love for Ash… …right?

'Why don't you just get a goal, you Mary-sue? I am looking forward to the day when the last episode of your cameo in Gen 7 airs, because that'll be the last time we'll have to see you!' read yet another.

Serena was fighting back her tears at this point. Did they hate watching her on TV?

'Screw you, and screw your retarded Fire Fox as well!' a fourth e-mail read.

Serena was sobbing loudly into her pillow. Was all those things true about her?

Fennekin released herself from her Poké Ball to comfort her trainer, but with little success.

Suddenly Ash entered her room. "Serena? Why are you crying? Tell me what's wrong." Ash said gently.

Serena lifted her head from the pillow. "It's just that (sob) the fanbase hates me (sob)."

"Why do you say that?" Ash asked in a soft tone.

Serena showed Ash her laptop.

"Serena, don't worry. None of those things are remotely true. Don't worry. Almost all of the characters get a lot of hate mail. Even ask Dawn, one of the most popular characters in Japan." Ash assured her.

"You really think so?" Serena asked.

"I know so." replied Ash. "I get lots of hate mail too! They say I'm dense, and also that I'm a bad battler whose Lv. 100 Pikachu lost to a Lv. 10 Surskit."

"Thanks for making me feel better." Serena said.

"Oh, no worries." Ash said.

Serena wrapped her arms around Ash, and pulled him in for a kiss.

And all was well.

The End