Stranger past Bedtime {1}
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chunny-chan // surzy-chan
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Acrid fumes of magenta smoke and pale slate shifted around the vacant
lab. Dr.Tamachi was no where to be found, and neither his daughter.

But his youngest saw. She saw what was impossibly unhuman, yet possibly
alienated. She stared into the swirling clouds of smoke, and then she heard
little footsteps. She coughed a small dry cough, and then backed away as
she saw what she shouldn't have seen.

She knew her father was doing experiments on her sister. But she had no
explanation as to why he was doing this. Her twin sister - older by 3 full
minutes, and faltered their 'identical' looks with her true viridian hair.

Misty was born with slightly orange, tinge of red hair. Her sister -- she was
as dark and as opposite as the day which represented Misty. Misty was said
to have been born with orange hair, because she was born at exactly, 12:01am,
while her sister said to have been consumed by midnight, with a scent of
the Viridian Forest, was born at precisely, 11:58pm.

"Vera? Veradien? Where's daddy? Mommy?" But out of all of these questions
Misty had asked, no one answered.

Three girls, at least 2-4 years older than Misty, ran up to Misty, hauling her
away from the contaminated lab.

Misty began to cry as she fought against her sisters, trying to find her twin, and
her mother, and her father. But no luck.

"Misty - calm down. Mommy's gone... so is daddy... and... and... and Veradien."
said the oldest.

"Daisy? What do you mean 'gone'?" Misty inquired wiping her nose.

Daisy clenched her fists, and looked at the blue haired girl, Violet, and the pink
haired girl, Lily. Daisy then gulped a swag of air, and began... "mom and..."

"Dad... and Veradien are..." continued Lily.

Violet's eyes were filled with tears. Her mouth curling into a small smile, with a
weakness in it, said, "Dead." She turned away from Misty for a minute, and with
a surprised voice said.

"Misty?"

Misty was staring at the dark room. The smoke. The explosion. The accident. The
mistake. Misty was trying to put all things together. She was only 6. How could she
cope with this.

"Should we? Should we show her?" asked Daisy to her other sisters.

"Show her? I don't know..." replied Violet.

Lily looked around, and grabbed Misty by the hand, putting a finger to her mouth
said, "We're going to show you something ok Misty?"

Misty shook her head and said nonchalantly, "Veradien is in there. Veradien hiding,
Veradien did a 'bad' thing Lily!" Misty's eyes were filled with tears of cerulean salted
water. "Veradien did bad bad thing! Veradien telling me to go away. Veradien still alive!
Veradien just hiding! Daisy! Violet!" She buried her head in Lily's chest, and cried.

"What? What did Veradien do?" Daisy asked seriously.

Misty looked at Daisy with glassy eyes and said in a solemn, yet firm masculine voice.
"I know what happened to Mommy. You found mommy in hanging from the diving-board.
I saw. I saw what happened. Mommy didn't kill herself! I saw daddy. Daddy took Veradien
into his lab, and he looked at me with those mad eyes. Then Veradien looked at me and
I knew she did something bad. I knew she did something bad for daddy. She told me with
her telepathy... through her eyes... her... mouth. It was covered in blood. Daddy hurt her.
She told me, 'Go away Misty - run far away! Save yourself!'. I didn't listen. I watched her
every move in the lab as daddy put needles in her. Veradien kept on screaming, but daddy
didn't care. He just said, 'good. good.' and Veradien just screamed. She was still looking
at me.

"Veradien gave me those eyes again, and she said, 'run', daddy saw me, so he took a big
needle and poked Veradien. She screamed, this time, daddy screamed too. Veradien
took daddy's needle, and poked daddy too. And daddy died, leaving the fire next to the big
needle. Veradien looked at me again, and she said, 'go. go now.' so I just stayed there.
The explosion happened. Veradien and daddy vanished. But Veradien come back to the lab.
She went to get me. She wanted to save me. But Veradien saw you - and ran away."

Lily was petrified and asked, "What happened to mommy?"

Misty this time, broke down that strong voice, and said croakily, "Daddy told Veradien to
'shock' mommy, but daddy made Veradien do badder thing after. He told Veradien to
hang mommy - he said that would shock her. It wasn't Veradien's fault! It was daddy's!"

Violet hugged her little sister, and said, "It's ok. We'll try to find Veradien and settle things."

Daisy and Lily had a serious look on their faces, and decided to revamp the Cerulean Gym.
Forgetting all that happened - and making Misty forget about her past... but not for long.



"ASH! ASH KETCHUM!!! WAIT UP!!!!!" Ash kept running. Running out of fear.

Ash smiled a wicked grin, and kept on running into Mr.Koniishi's Blossom Forest. He wanted
to do something weird, and he wanted to show Misty what he'd found. Brock was already there.

"What do you want?!" he yelled back with a chuckle.

Misty, panting and holding Togepi, growled and answered, "WHERE ARE WE GOING!?"

Ash doubled over with wheezes, and stopped at a beautiful spring, flowing with cherry
blossoms.

Ash turned around and stared at Misty with teary eyes.

"I really didn't come here to do anything much...." Ash crossed his fingers.

Brock began to chuckle. "Such youth."

Misty growled. "For nothing? I'm going back to Professor---"

She stopped dead, as Brock began to tremble, and shake, "That name..."

She slapped his head, and continued, "I'm going back to Professor Oak!!"

Ash felt a surge of compassion for her, but he didn't follow her. He just stood there. It'd been 9 years, and he still couldn't talk to her seriously.

"Alright."

His eyes saddened, and he laid down on a peddlers step, and began to whistle himself to sleep.

But all he could hear were songs of despair;

"Treasure lies
beneath my arms.....
and all who seek what I
find.....
Are pain and sorrow, and
love I have lost....
and when might be the time?

I've lost my chance,
and now my love.
Forever more, for
you my dove.

And everyone goes
deep between,
and everything is cruel....
but what is true and keen,
is what we quarrel."

Ash sat up and stared into the dark ocean-like space. His eyes opened and closed, then fluttered. He was above a beach. Sitting on a rugged cliff, he was watching a maiden sitting on the rocks, singing her song of remorse.

He listened carefully to the next;

"Gone through my time
and not so sublime,
I lost you my sister.

And when I began,
and when shall I end?
Where are you my sister?

Your lost, and I'm found.
Your sad, and I frown.
Come to me, my sister.

I became, what was but
the waves, and now you
are swept away...."

Her voice trailed off as he screamed. A hand was placed on his shoulder. A strong, heavy hand. He then stared at the man who had grasped his arm.

"Sonny - you could've fallen off the cliff. No one stays out at this time of night to listen to sirens. Especially not young men."

Ash suddenly felt a jolt of fear. Where was he? What was he doing here? Who was the maiden? Was he ... lost? Without pikachu - he'd probably get killed... wild pokemon, drunk men.

Ash got to his feet, and said shakily, "Where am I?"

The man shook his head and smiled warily, "Tishnova. The land of the Sirens.... well so forth called. But then.. it was just a myth."
The man could see the look on Ash's face, and began to explain the legend. How the sirens were actually lost maidens with no identity, and unrevealed powers.

"Really? I mean, where are my friends? Brock? Misty? Pikachu???" He shook his head at the very thought of losing Pikachu, Brock - and... especially Misty.

The man laughed a hearty laugh. "There inside the inn. They fell into the waters before you did. Why don't you take a drink? It's on me. We'll find them afterwards."

An uneasy feeling scattered between his brain, and his heart. This man was a complete stranger - unknown to him. How could he trust him.. but then again. How could he trust himself in this place?

"Um.. alright."

As Ash looked back towards the ocean-like space, he spotted an ocean of parrot-green salt water. On a rock, with a wet gown, eyes of viridian, and bright green hair - lay the maiden. She stared at him saidly and blew him a kiss. Ash shook his head, but she was still there. Her eyes of sadness lay upon his bewildered face. She looked like Misty. Only weirder.

Ash tugged on the man's moleskin coat, and asked politely, "Um. Sir, by any chance - do you know that maiden over there? In the water, with green hair?"

The man laughed, but as soon as he turned, he spotted her as well. "Not for 9 years."



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i would like to have some ideas as well. ^^;;
my first pokemon fic.