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Summary: Sequel to Fluttershy story, Ash and his group arrive in Pallet Town where the ponies meet the town's residents. Then, Ash and his friends are invited to Canterlot where Princess Celestia wants to congratulate Ash by throwing a party in his name. How will they react as Ash and some of his friends and mother are ponies?
Pallet Town in Equestria
Chapter 1: Home Welcoming
A town over the hills. A quiet town where hardly any activity roamed. A sign at the limits read "PALLET TOWN, HOME OF ASH KETCHUM." A boy and a yellow mouse arrived at the sign. The raven-haired boy in a red baseball cap and blue sweat-tee, along with the yellow mouse with a tail the mighty Zeus would love to chuck as it resembled a lightning bolt, glanced back at the trail. Someone else was coming."We made it, guys!" he cheered.
("It's Pallet Town!") the mouse squeaked. Soon enough, four other young people entered the town limits. One was a raven-haired boy, younger than the first young man and wearing a green polo t-shirt. Three teenage girls were with the two boys. One was a pink-haired girl with her hair straight down one side of her face. She wore a yellow summer blouse and pink miniskirt. The second was also pink-haired, her hair fluffed like a cloud. She wore all pink: pink t-shirt, pink frilly skirt and pink street shoes. The last had purple hair all curled around. She donned a gorgeous white gown down to her knees and stylish white boots. She also wore a white horn around her neck.
"After that horrifying waterfall experience, I'm happy to see civilization," the purple-haired girl huffed a sigh of relief. "Well, human civilization, anyway." The boys understood the purple-haired girl's correction.
"It's okay, Rarity," the younger boy forgave. The pink-haired girls and the mouse laughed a little as the young boy turned to the bigger. "Ash, how will your mom react to the ponies by your home?" The older boy, Ash, wasn't concerned in the least. Still, they're teenage girls, not ponies.
"Don't worry, Max," he smiled. "They're friends of ours. Besides, shouldn't you be worried about May's reaction to you coming with me instead of Petalburg City?" Max flinched, wondering how May would take the response of not being with her.
"Hey, I'm interested in seeing Prof. Oak and learn first hand about the Pokémon he has there!" The fluffy pink-haired girl got in between the boys.
"Hey, hey, calm down!" she urged the two to simmer. "No reason to start fighting like this!" Doubt it was a fight.
"He's just teasing me, Pinkie Pie and I did deserve some," Max admitted. Pinkie Pie was more forgiving and even hugged little Max.
"I don't want to see you being teased, even if he's a friend." AW! The sight of Max getting some comfort from Pinkie Pie cooed the mouse, adored.
"He's already received plenty of attention from the ponies when he visited Ponyville," the other pink-haired girl backtracked. Ash could only wonder what reception these girls would get when they got to his home.
"I can only imagine the attention with the three of you," he thought. "Come on, let's go." The race was on. Entering town, the girls looked around, viewing all that Pallet Town had to offer.
"Well, the town isn't all that exciting," Rarity judged. "It's a simple little town, at least bigger than Ponyville. I don't understand why this town's rather popular." This sent Max into rant mode. Heck, he was going to defend the town's good name.
"Hello!" he shouted. "Pallet Town's the home of the great Prof. Oak! Not only is he a professor in town, he's one of the region professors who presents you with a starter Pokémon and he's a world renown poet." Rarity and the other pink-haired teen were intrigued with poetry.
"Poetry, you say? Well, my apologies for doubting who Prof. Oak was to this town." Max acknowledged Rarity's lapse. Ash peered behind him, spotting a white house which had a porch built under the roof.
"Right over there," Ash pointed out. The girls turned to where Ash faced.
"That's Prof. Oak's home?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Nope...that's mine." Ash was home, his house anyway. Ash got passed the front lawn to the door and opened it. He and his mouse entered the living room with a wide-screen TV, couch and a rocking chair. "Mom! I'm home!" Pinkie Pie and Max entered first behind Ash expecting Ash's mom to respond. Instead...
"Welcome home, Ash!" a young woman called as she made her appearance. Pinkie Pie was shocked. The one who responded was a redhead girl who had a short ponytail sticking sideways. She wore a yellow button-down mid-drift shirt and tiny matching shorts. In her arms was a tiny blue armless mouse with a bouncy ball on the tail. The yellow mouse was happy to see the redhead.
("Misty!") he squeaked as it dashed over to her.
"Hi, Pikachu!" she greeted as she petted the mouse. Pinkie Pie had a thought that...no, it couldn't be...
"You're Ash's mom!" she guessed while the other pink-haired girl and Rarity entered. Misty gawked in awkward confusion and disbelief.
"N-No, absolutely not! She and Mimey should be back from grocery shopping soon! What gives you the idea of me being Ash's mom?!"
"Well, you're the one who answered Ash!" Misty gulped, understanding where Pinkie Pie was coming from. She did answer Ash when he was calling for his mother.
"Pinkie Pie, she's far too young to be Ash's mother," Rarity clarified. "In fact, I could say that she's his sister." Misty got a little upset over these allegations that she and Ash were family.
"I'm neither!" she protested. Ash, do something to clear the air of bickering.
"Calm down!" he spoke up. Max and the girls stood on one side of the room while Misty was by the doorway leading to the kitchen. "Okay... let me greet everyone here. Ladies, this is Misty Waterflower. She's a friend and Gym Leader in Cerulean City." Yes, she's not his cousin or a sister-in-law.
"Ash, what's going on? And who are these women?" He's getting there, Misty. Please be patient.
"We're friends of Ash and Max," the lone unidentified girl replied. "I'm Fluttershy, that's Rarity and Pinkie Pie. You see, we're...from a different land. One not from this world." This mystified Misty.
"Those are some weird names and...what do you mean your land isn't from this world?" Rarity offered answers to her curiosity.
"It's rather hard to explain but we're actually ponies from a world called Equestria," she explained. This left Misty more confused.
("Is something wrong, Mama?") the blue mouse asked. Fluttershy noticed the little mouse.
"Is that your Pokémon?" she pointed to. Misty looked to where Fluttershy fingered, directed to the creäture wrapped in her arms.
"Oh, you mean Azurill?" she informed. "Yeah, he just hatched from his egg a couple of days ago." It's a newborn. Fluttershy knelt to meet Azurill.
"Hi there, Azurill." She pet the little Azurill who squeaked in enjoyment.
("Tickles!") he giggled. Pinkie Pie turned to Ash with some interest.
"Hey, could you run that hand-held thingy on that Azu-whatever it's called?" she requested. Ash dug into his bag and pulled out a red hand-held device and pointed it to Azurill.
"Azurill, the Polka Dot Pokémon," it computed. "Azurill is the pre-evolved form of Marill. It's bouncy tail stores nutrients for when it grows." Not much explanation, huh?
"Well, it's nice to actually meet you, Azurill," Ash introduced.
("You, too!") he replied. Suddenly, Ash was caught in a pair of arms, snared to avoid escape from the clutches of...
"Ash, you're home!" called out a young brunette woman. She was taller than Ash and wore a pink button-down blouse and jeans. Ash was surprised but soon realized who it was.
"Hi, mom!" he answered. Pinkie Pie and Rarity were rather stunned at who Ash's mother was, not to mention how young she appeared.
"Are you sure you're his mom?" Pinkie Pie suspiciously questioned. "You look more like his older sister." The mother blushed at the compliment.
"Do I really look that young?" she teased. As she giggled, a noise from outside alerted the mother.
("Master!") a clown with twigs for arms and legs called out with bags of groceries in hand. ("A little help!") Fluttershy and the mother heard the clown's call.
"Sorry, Mimey. Ash is back home and he's got guests." With help from Ash and Fluttershy, all the shopping bags were in. Ash and Mimey sorted the foods into cupboards and the refrigerator. However, Pikachu dug into the fridge and yanked out a bottle of ketchup...and began to lick the ketchup. Fluttershy was interested with the little circus icon.
"Is that who you really are, Mimey?" she asked. Mimey would clarify to Fluttershy who he was.
("Well, my master calls me that,") he cleared. ("I'm called a Mr. Mime. After Master mistaken me for Ash and taken care of me, I wanted to help repay her." Aw, that's sweet of a Pokémon to do that for someone who helped raise it. Fluttershy was befuddled with how Mimey was mistaken for Ash.
"I don't mean to be questioning your story but I don't see how you and Ash could be mistaken." Ash heard what Fluttershy was asking.
"I can answer that," he rose. "You see, after I won the Earth Badge to enter the Indigo Tournament, we ran into a circus crew having a few problems with a lazy Mr. Mime. Well, the ringmaster had failed to recruit Mimey who escaped and she needed someone to be the new star. So the ringmaster and Brock dressed me up at a Mr. Mime to get the star a little riled up. Just as the show was about to start, Team Rocket ruined the show and kidnapped me. When I removed my disguise, they were startled so bad, I was able to steal their balloon and made my way back here...still wearing the disguise." Fluttershy could only ponder how Ash looked like wearing a costume that looked like Mimey as the Pokémon laughed about it.
"You're funny, Ash." In humiliation, Ash blushed. Fluttershy saw the humor and wasn't discrete about it. He excused himself and retreated back to a bedroom upstairs. He tossed his backpack on a bunk bed and hung a belt with red/white marbles attached to it. He began to look back on the adventure throughout his recent trip.
'I nearly forgot encountering Fluttershy back at the sacred area, home to the Grass Pokémon. Then seeing all the rest of the ponies: Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo...let's not forget Princess Celestia.' A lot of names to remember. "Kinda wish they were here celebrating it with the rest of us." Be careful what you wish for. A flash of light burst from behind Ash who caught the light whiz by. He turned, a vortex swirling in midair. He approached the vortex, expecting someone he knew to be on the other side. That's when he saw four figures: three young ponies and a tiny dragon. One was a unicorn purple pony with its horn glowing in a veil of something. It's mane had a darker shade of purple with some pink streaks. Around it's tail were pink sparkles. Another pony was orange and wearing a cowboy hat over its blond mane. By her tail were some apples. The last pony was a blue Pegasus pony with a rainbow of colors in its mane. It's flank had a lightning bolt shooting out of a cloud with the same color as the mane. The purple dragon with the green scaly underbelly was dwarfed by the ponies. Ash was stunned at how his wish came true. "Well, speak of Equestria! Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Spike, what's up?" The orange pony, perhaps Applejack because of the apples, spoke for the rest.
"Howdy, Ash!" she hoofed. "Heard about your Top Eight finish in the Evergrand Tournament. Congrats, partner!" That was awfully nice of them to show support.
"Believe me, it's not that big of a deal, Applejack. I just gotta train harder with my Pokémon." The Pegasus wasn't so sure he needed to downgrade himself.
"Are you hoofing us around, Ash?" she nagged. "How many other trainers from Pallet Town can you imagine doing better than you in a tournament?" Embarrassed, Ash scratched his neck.
"I guess you have a point there, Rainbow. But why are you guys visiting? Picking up the other three who are here?" The unicorn, Twilight Sparkle by process of elimination, had that answer.
"Actually, the princess wanted to give you a gift for your accomplishments in protecting the Pokémon as well as Fluttershy and Apple Bloom," she corrected. Spike the dragon presented a rolled up paper to Ash who opened it up and read it.
DEAR PRINCESS CELESTIA- IS IT WRONG TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN'T REALLY YOUR SPECIES. I, AS A PONY FROM CANTERLOT-
"Hey!" he yelped as the paper was whisked away by Applejack who crossed through the vortex and became a human teen girl wearing a plaid, orange button-down shirt, jean shorts, leather boots and her mark as tattoos on her thighs.
"Darling, that's Fluttershy's letter that should have gone to the princess," she snapped. Spike slapped his head for the mistake.
"My bad," he apologized before grabbing another letter. Applejack looked at it to make sure, then handed it to Ash.
"Ah, this one!" he realized.
ASH KETCHUM-
CANTERLOT WOULD LOVE TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MY PONIES AND THE POKÉMON DURING YOUR QUEST IN THE HOENN REGION. IT'S A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE AND BLESSING THAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ENJOY A FEAST IN YOUR HONOR AND PRAYERS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEYS NOT JUST TO BECOME MASTER BUT TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE CREATURES OF YOUR WORLD. WE ALL IN CANTERLOT HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
BEST WISHES, PRINCESS CELESTIA.
An invitation to Canterlot for a party? And the princess was the maid of honor? Who would pass that up? "Wow!" he awed. "This is unreal! I'll have to tell everyone...and wait until May and Brock come to visit." This intrigued Spike. What for?
"So Rarity and Brock aren't together?" he gasped. "Can I see Rarity?" Ash wouldn't mind but he chose to tease Spike for the thrill.
"You'll need to wait until everyone's ready." Spike mulled at the news of waiting friends."Tell you what. I'll tell the others about this invite and meet you at the ranch." Applejack acknowledged the plan and retreated back into the vortex.
"I'll see you when I open the portal there," Twilight informed. Ash nodded in knowing where they would show up.
"Let's hope that my heard of Tauros don't come barreling into your home. That's a mess I hope doesn't happen." A soft chuckle from Applejack and Rainbow echoed before the vortex vanished in a blast of light. A little while after those ponies disappeared, a knock at the door.
"Ash, are you still dressed?" sounded his mother.
"Yeah!" The brunette parent entered along with Fluttershy.
"I heard some sort of ruckus up here. Is everything okay?" The noise jostled everyone downstairs.
"Yeah, I was just visited by some of Fluttershy's friends and..." He presented his mother and the pink-haired Celestia's RSVP invite. "We've been invited to a party." Mrs. Ketchum and Fluttershy examined the note, a little shocked that this was an invite to a celebration.
"I think you earned it, but I will chaperone to make sure this is a legitimate RSVP if you know what I mean." The mother wanted to check out this party.
"Yeah, absolutely!" Fluttershy acted a little worried about the situation...and for good reason.
"Are you sure it's okay to let your mom see the princess?" she pointed out. Ash wasn't worried one bit, completely forgetting about Applejack's transformations entering through the vortex.
"Well, yeah. I mean, what better way for the princess to know who actually raised me." Interesting point. Fluttershy could only imagine how Mrs. Ketchum would deal with becoming a pony. Mrs. Ketchum had something else in mind.
"Ash, dear?" she called. "Why don't you take your friends to Prof. Oak's lab? I gotta tidy up the kitchen for a special dinner."
"Okay, Mom." With Fluttershy and soon Max, Rarity and Pinkie Pie, they headed out the door, on their way down the street to Prof. Oak's house. As they journeyed away from the house, the mother wondered how Ash was able to acquire teenage girls like the three he eventually brought home.
"My baby boy is certainly growing up but I didn't think he had what it takes to find love with the older set. I wonder if maybe he's trying to teach Brock how to properly be friends with the opposite gender?" There were many questions that began to pop up. Right now, all that mattered was this invite to Canterlot via Princess Celestia. How exactly was he going to get there? Twilight Sparkle?
TO BE CONTINUED...