AnnemaeShipping

AnnemaeShipping is the femslash ship between Dawn and Iris from the Pokémon fandom.

Canon
When Dawn comes to the Unova region in “Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!”, she currently resides into the house of a butler who is a friend of Cynthia. There Dawn first meets Iris from among Ash’s friends, along with Cilan. Iris is very curious to know more about Dawn, even appreciating her Piplup. Soon, Iris finds it exciting how much fun it is to participate in contests. Iris later watched Dawn’s battle with Cilan.

In “Expedition to Onix Island”, Dawn decides to play along with Iris and they both call Ash a “little kid.” Later, the two decide to play alone in the sea, leaving Ash to enjoy himself on his own. Afterwards, When Ash explores the Onix cave, he is sure that the Onix always live there. Dawn says that is not always true, to which Iris replies that he is a kid who thinks he knows everything. They both look into each other’s eyes in amusement. This does not please Ash, so he angrily decides to leave the group and enter the cave alone. But when a group of Woobat come out of the cave, Ash falls in fright, causing Dawn and Iris to say together that Ash is a “little kid” for the third time, leaving him alone with Cilan. Once inside the cave, the Onix come out to attack everyone, causing Dawn and Iris to become even more separated from Ash and Cilan, each fleeing for their accounts, but Dawn just realized that her Piplup had just gotten lost.

Dawn and Iris begin to have their experiences alone together. First they try to find their way out to the beach, without success. Then, they touch some wild Pokémon that were lurking around thinking they are rare, but receive attacks from them such as Magnemite’s Thunder Shock and Foongus’ Stun Spore. Afterwards, Iris teaches Dawn how to climb and jump trees with the help of vines. At first Dawn was afraid of it, but she got used to Iris’s routine. In the end they both praise each other saying that they each have good reflexes. Unfortunately, the Onix attacked again, this time towards them. The meeting alone between the two ends when the group is reunited again and a shiny Onix calms their group.

In “The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!”, Dawn and Iris separate from the rest of the group to tell each other some things about Ash, Cilan and Brock’s strange behaviors in secret. During the conversation, Dawn brings her face close to Iris’s. When Cilan exhalts himself as the best detective who is searching for the mystery of Cubchoo, they both distrust him and even cut off his speeches, leaving him depressed.

Later, they both enter the Junior Cup along with everyone else, defeating many trainers they were matched with. Finally, it is their turn to face each other. Dawn takes out her Mamoswine while Iris takes out her Dragonite. Despite having a type disadvantage and being disobedient to her trainer, Iris’s Dragonite manages to defeat Dawn’s Mamoswine, leaving the future Dragon Master as the winner. Dawn encourages her to keep winning through the cup, until finally Iris lost to Ash’s Krookodile.

At the end of the Junior Cup, Dawn and Iris are amazed by the song of Meloetta, the mythical Pokémon that always accompanied them. When Dawn has to go to Johto for the Wallace Cup, Dawn thanks everyone and especially Iris for the company and finally flies off to Johto.

Both appear in Pokémon Journeys, but they have yet to have direct interactions with each other. They met Goh, Ash’s current traveling partner in their returning episodes.

Fanon
Pairing Dawn and Iris is rare in the fandom. It is superseded by the two ships involving Ash: PearlShipping and NegaiShipping.

Fandom
FAN FICTION