Disclaimer: I do not own pokémon! They are copyrighted to Nintendo, Creatures Inc., Game Freak, WB for Kids, and whoever else I left out, please accept my apologies. I am just writing for fun not for profit like everyone else so don't sue me! Lupusa is mine and so is the plot for this fic.
Author's note: Words in 's and 's are pokémon speech translated. Words in *'s are thoughts, pokémon or human. *******'s in a row mean the point of view will change.
Friends to the End
By Ark9
Chapter One
Dreams unknown
Ash woke up with a start. It was pitch black outside where he lay. He was covered in sweat, yet, he didn't remember the concoction that had scared him so badly.
Ash: *But it's ok now.*
He looked at Pikachu, who was curled up in a ball on his chest. Soon the sound of his peaceful breathing calmed him down and he fell back asleep.
Pikachu: CHU!!!
That same creature that had calmed him what seemed like moments before, now shocked him awake.
Ash: Quit it, Pi…ka…chu!!! (He said in between jolts of electricity.)
Pikachu: Pikachu (It smiled contently as its master sat up to a bright and sunny day.)
Ash: Hey, how are ya, buddy?
Pikachu: Pika! Great! (It smiled even more, if that was possible.)
Brock: You'd better come quick, Ash! Or else you won't get any breakfast!
Ash (shouting): Hey! (Ash shouted as he ran over. It was a well-known fact with them; he was always hungry.)
Misty: So Mr. I've-finally-become-a-pokémon-master finally decided to wake up. (Misty teased. Ash, wasn't really surprised. She was always finding ways to annoy him.)
Ash (slowly): Uh, ya… (He was thinking of the night before.)
Misty (taunting amusedly): Ash? Hello in there! (She waved her hand in front of his face.)
Ash: *For once, I wish that she would just leave me alone once in a while so that I can actually think of what a want to do. I still can' t figure out what happened in my dream but I know it was important…something to do with Pikachu…and some other pokémon…*
Misty (more than a little annoyed): Hey, Ash!
Ash: Oh, knock it off. (Ash said while pushing the thoughts of last night away and stuffing a pancake down his throat.)
Misty: Well, you're the one that started it.
Ash: Did not!
Misty: Did too!
Ash: Did not!
Misty: Did too!
Brock: All right, enough! Why don't you two just enjoy your food for once without fighting?!
Ash/Misty: NO!!! (Then they resumed the pointless argument.)
Brock: It's hopeless.
Pikachu (sighing one of those funny cloud things): Pikachu. You said it.
The "Joys" of Traveling
Brock: What are you arguing about anyway?
Misty/Ash: Uh…
Ash (with those closed "happy" eyes.): I forget!
After that comment, Brock and Pikachu fall over. Misty just teardrops because she doesn't really remember either.
Brock: Well, since none of us knows what you were arguing about before, let's stop arguing and get this show on the road!
Ash: Yeah! And when we get there, I'm going to challenge the gym-leader! I cant' wait! I'm gonna get another badge!
Misty (annoyed): There he goes again!
Brock: I think that we should get our pokémon healed first, Ash!
Misty: You just want to go there because you want to see the Nurse Joy in the center, Brock.
Brock (dreamily): Nurse Joy!
Ash: We're not there, yet, Brock! What is the name of this city, anyway?
Brock: Well, think about it, Ash. We just came from the Johto Stadium—
Ash: —and you have to admit it! I won! I finally won! I've finally become a pokémon master!
Misty: Bet Richie could still beat you, though!
Ash: Aw… you never give me a break. (Drops his head)
Brock: LISTEN TO ME!!!
Misty: What's up with him?
Ash: I don't know.
Brock: That means stop talking! (His head blows up really big. Ash and Misty get a really scared look on their faces and teardrop.) *clears his throat* As I was saying before…you should know where we are by now. We headed South to New Bark Town, then East as far as we were allowed to go, then North to the pokémon league, we traveled through the building and now we're heading Southeast…
Ash (teardrop): Um, Brock? Was I supposed to understand all of that? I mean, where are we going?
Misty: I think that Brock is trying to make us think that all of this zigzagging is actually getting us somewhere.
Brock (teardrop): Of course it is!
Misty: Hopeless!
Ash: I give up. Where are we going, Brock?
Misty: How dense are you?! He doesn't know!
Brock: Actually, we're almost there.
Misty: Stop pretending! We're lost again!
Brock: No we aren't!
Misty: Yes we are!
Brock: No we aren't!
Misty: Yes, we are!
Brock: No!
Misty: Yes!
(A/N: She sure likes to fight a lot, doesn't she? ^_^)
Ash: What's that ahead? (Points finger ahead of him.)
Pikachu (the nearly-forgotten pokémon): Pikachu, pi? I don't know, what?
Misty/ Brock (looking up): Huh?
Brock: We made it!
Brock's City
They all ran through the next few yards of trees.
Brock: Now we're back in—what?
Ash: Where are we?
Misty (slyly): Yea, Brock. Since you seem to know where we are, why not tell us?
Brock (sweat-drop): Um, I'd like to see if you guys could try and figure it out yourselves!
Misty: Well, it's not like Ash ever knows where we are and I give up, too. Where in the world do you think we are?!
Ash: Hey! I know most of the time.
Misty: Yea, like the no time when you aren't lost.
Ash: I'm not always lost!
Brock (interrupting): Are we ever going to go into it?
Misty: Where are we anyway?
Brock: Well we should be about at Pewter City; I was going to surprise both of you.
Misty: This sure isn't Pewter City!
Everyone looks around at the ropes connecting many of the buildings that are up in trees.
Ash: I wonder why the whole city is way up there?
Suddenly an eevee bounds up to them with its teeth revealed to a challenging gnarl. It is soon followed by its other five evolutions who surround them.
Misty: What do you think that they are doing? ("scaredly" hides behind Ash)
Brock: I don't know but it doesn't look good.
Pikachu: Pika! No! (It says jumping in front of Ash, Misty, and Brock.)
Girl voice: Wait!
Meet Lupusa
Suddenly a girl flips out of a neighboring tree, behind the pokémon. She had navy blue hair that was noticeably thick and fell just past her ears. She was surprisingly slightly shorter than Ash or Misty but looked older than either of them. She wore what looked like a tumbler's costume from the circus but the blues and black on it was too dark to really be that. Her eyes were a deep purple that seemed to capture the light and your thoughts as you looked at them. She was small but she looked tough and playful at the same time.
The three could only stare blankly for a few seconds at this unusual looking girl. Finally Brock made a mad dash but was cut short by a snap from Umbreon.
Brock (dreamily): Hi! My name is—(at that moment Umbreon snapped.)
Girl: Brock. Yes, I feared that you would find your way here…you and Ash and Misty should come with me.
Brock: How?…What—
Girl: …and my name is Lupusa Blanca.
Ash: *What a funny name.*
Misty: *She is such a show off.*
Lupusa glances in their direction and smiles, realizing that they are not going to voice their opinions.
Brock: How did you know our names? … and then what I was going to ask?
Lupusa (sweat-drop): Lucky guess…I guess.
Pikachu, meanwhile, had been talking to the Jolteon.
Pikachu: Pikapi! Ash!
Ash: What's wrong, Pikachu?
Pikachu: Pika pikachu! she's psychic!
Jolteon: *oops!*
Espeon: Esp espeon on. Now they won't leave.
Lupusa: Stop it, all of you! Umbreon, you can come here. The rest of you go back home.
They all yell their own name before running away, except for Umbreon, who comes up and sits by Lupusa.
Ash: I should have known!
Misty: Why would you have known?
Ash: Because Espeon is a psychic-type. She couldn't control it if she weren't psychic, too.
Brock: Sounds like you've been studying, Ash.
Misty: Yeah, right.
Ash: Dexter (AKA Pokédex) taught me that one.
Misty: Yea, Dexter and Sabrina who can completely cream you because she can use telekinesis.
Ash: Oh, yeah? Then how come I got a badge from her, huh?
Misty: That was just lucky for you that Haunter came to your rescue.
Ash: Pikachu and I could beat her any day!
Pikachu: Pika…pikachu… come on…stop…
Misty: Yeah, right! Kadabra almost wiped out Pikachu!
Pikachu: Pi…ka…chu!!! Stop it now! (Pikachu had, had enough and it decided to end it by thundershocking Ash and Misty. Where as they both get toasted and stop arguing or moving for that matter.)
Lupusa: Thanks, Pikachu.
Pikachu: Pikachu. You're welcome (Hand behind its head)