Author's notes: Well, I'm finally getting back to regular fanfics. ^_^ I really don't have much to say here. So, I guess I'll start the fic right away. ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon and have no part in it whatsoever. All characters in this fic belong to their respective owners. Misty's grandfather, Ken, is a character completely created by me. As well as Giovanni's father, and Misty's grandmother, and Misty's parents (mainly because there is no mention of them in the show that I know of). Any other character belongs solely to whoever owns the right to them.

Ages: Ash - 20 Misty - 21 Ken - 76 Brock - 27 May - 17 Giovanni - 36 Madame Boss - 64 Jessie - 28 James - 28 Lilly - 26 Daisy - 28 Violet - 24

I'll add ages for characters that are included in later chapters when those chapters come up.

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Ash yawned as he walked over to the phone his mother held out. Ash had no clue to who would be calling him this early in the morning. Let alone why. "Um, hello?" Ash said, still partially asleep.

"Ash!" A voice cried out on the other end of the line. Ash recognized it as belonging to Lily. "Where's Misty?"

Ash didn't know why they wanted to speak with Misty, but they did sound frantic. "Um, I think that she left a little earlier today. I'm not sure when though, or where," Ash answered, wondering why they seemed so frantic to find Misty.

"Could you please find her?" Lily asked. "We really need to talk to her."

After Ash agreed to find Misty, he wondered why they felt that they needed to speak with Misty so abruptly. Ash walked over to Brock, who was just finishing up breakfast. "Who was that?" Brock asked, picking up his cereal bowl and taking it over to the sink.

"Misty's sisters. They want to talk with her, but they didn't say why," Ash answered, sitting down at the table, picking up a slice of toast and starting to eat it.

"Misty went out on an errand for your mother. How long do you think that she'll be?" Brock asked.

Ash moaned. "Knowing why my mom usually needs, sometime well after sunset."

"Well, we'd better help her then," Brock said. Ash nodded in agreement.

Then they both quickly left without letting Ash's mom know, just in case she had other errands that she wanted them to run, with Pikachu trailing them. As they're walking down towards the main part of town, Ash is looking intently for Misty, while doing his best on keeping Brock focused on their task. Why is he like this? Ash wondered, never having really understood why Brock is girl-crazy so much.

When they found Misty they were surprised. The errand that Misty had been sent on was to mail a letter for Ash's mom. Although, Misty didn't like the idea of calling her sisters, but Ash couldn't really think of a time when she really looked forward to talking with her sisters. Ash also couldn't now help but wonder why they seemed so urgent that they talk with Misty. "Hey, Misty," Ash called to Misty as they came in sight of Ash's home.

"Yeah?" Misty answered.

"Any idea of what your sisters want?"

Misty shook her head. "I just hope it isn't like the last time they wanted me to call them."

Ash nodded. He remembered quite clearly the last time Misty's sisters wanted to talk with her. It was so they could go on a world trip while Misty watched over the gym that they basically were the leaders for. Ash went to his room as Misty went over to the phone to call her sisters once they were in the house. Ash just lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling, not really knowing if he should stay here while Misty went to Cerulean city (assuming that she WAS going to go there), or if he should go with her, or if he should just find another place to go on a pokemon journey. He had been wondering if he should go on another journey for quite some time now and he wasn't certain about if he should just wait for Misty to be done in Cerulean city. He had narrowed where he wanted to go down to a few places, but he still couldn't make up his mind about it. He knew that he had come in the top four of the Hoenn League and Ash figured that statistically, he would need to go on two more journeys to actually win the championship of that League.

Ash sighed he really felt that he should go with Misty, but he really just wasn't sure. Ash also didn't know why, but he was suddenly tired. Soon he was sleeping peacefully.

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"What?!" Misty exclaimed.

"We need you to come back to Cerulean city right away," Lily replied.

"But, why?" Misty had to know why they needed her to come back immediately.

"We'll explain when you get here. It'll be easier that way."

"Easier on who!?" Misty demanded.

"All of us." There was a pause before Lily then said, "I gotta go. See you when you get here!"

Before Misty could reply, the screen went blank. Although Misty wanted to know why they needed her to come immediately, Misty still wanted to know now why they needed her. I better make Ash and Brock come so I can have a reason to leave if they try to pull something again, Misty thought to herself, shortly before realizing that Brock wouldn't be any help as he'd be goggling over her sisters. It might be better to leave him here, Misty decided, knowing how out of control he usually gets; even when he just looks at a picture of a pretty girl.

Misty sighed. She already knew that she would go see what her sisters wanted, but that didn't mean that she really was too happy with it. As far as she was concerned, her only obligation was to find out what they wanted and nothing more. If they wanted her help with something, then they would need to find another way of dealing with whatever problem they had this time. Misty got up and walked away from the phone, wondering where Ash had gone to. She needed to speak with him and ask him if he'd be willing to go. Misty didn't exactly expect Ash to go, but it would be nice to be able to speak with him about it. Misty also knew that he hadn't gone on a pokemon journey for a while and he'd probably be itching to go on another one. Misty would have asked May, but May was already traveling around Kanto seeing how well she'd do in this league. Of course Max was traveling with her, but since she wasn't here, Misty couldn't ask her.

Misty walked into the living room and asked Brock, who was watching the t.v., if he'd seen Ash. Brock gestured up the stairs towards Ash's room without moving away from the t.v. Misty looked to see what was so interesting and almost burst out laughing at her own ignorance. Of course Brock would be watching a show that had a lot of pretty girls in it. That's just the way he is. Misty then walks up the stairs and knocks on Ash's door. After waiting a few seconds without receiving a reply, Misty knocks again. This time Misty hears someone stirring.

"What?" Misty hears Ash call out, apparently just having woken up.

"I need to talk with you," Misty answered.

Misty then hears some moving around before the door opens. "My sisters want me to come over to Cerulean city and I was wanting you to come with me."

Ash thinks for a moment, still half-asleep. "Sure, I can't think of anything else to really do."

Misty cries out in joy as she embraces Ash briefly before running down to the guest room that Ash's mother allowed her to stay in. Little did Misty know what exactly would really occur.

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Author's notes: Well? How was that? I want to know so that I know how often I really should update this. Or at least work on updating it. ^_^ Anyway, anyone have any guesses on what will happen? A bit more of that will be explained in the first chapter.