Our story starts in a hot day at Ariel and Eric's castle. It seemed warmer than usual, and the kids were also a little bored with nothing really going on for them other than to just swim, but they wanted to do a little more than that.

"So bored." Melody groaned.

"There must be something to do..." Vincent sighed.

"Why don't we maybe swim a little further away?" Estelle suggested. "We can go further since Uncle Triton took down that barrier after Morgana's defeat."

"Yeah." Akito smiled.

"More swimming?" Felicity asked.

"Come on, it'll be fun, it'll be like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, we can explore." Akito said.

"Well... All right, it's better than hanging around in the hot sun..." Felicity shrugged.

"Agreed." Vincent nodded.

Melody then came with her cousins into the water. Of course, once they got in, they all became mermaids and young mermen and they soon went for a swim into the water to explore away from the castle, not knowing they would run into some familiar faces. And where one of them would be separated from the others like one of their adventures.

Ash, Emi, May, Max, and Brock were wandering around in the hot sun as they seemed to be a little suffering from the heat themselves.

"Just tell me again, Brock, are you sure this is the right way to go?" Ash panted as he sweated with Pikachu.

"I used to think so, but now I'm not so sure." Brock frowned as he looked at his guidebook.

"Ugh!" Emi groaned.

Pikachu looked worried about Emi.

"I'm sorry, Pikachu, but I just hate being this hot." Emi told the Electric Mouse Pokemon.

"We haven't seen a town or anything..." May pouted.

"And the PokéNav's not picking up the signal at all..." Max added.

"Oh, just perfect." Emi groaned.

The others were quite miserable in the heat, but it seemed to be a lot worse on Emi than any one else of them.

"Man, I'm so thirsty, give me some water, okay?" Ash grunted.

"Alright, but don't drink it all." Emi said as she gave him their water bottle.

"I won't, thanks." Ash told his sister before he took a drink, but there didn't seem to be much left.

"Max, I told you not to drink it all, didn't I?!" May scolded her younger brother.

"But I didn't even get a drink!" Max told her. "And besides, there wasn't much left."

"And now that I know there's none left, I'm even thirstier than ever!" May complained.

"Guys, this isn't helping, SO SHUT UP!" Emi snapped.

This worried everyone.

"Sorry... I guess I just can't take the heat..." Emi sighed as she let that out, not even meaning to. She soon saw bubbles at a far distance. "Bubbles...?" The girl tilted her head a little.

"You say something, Emi?" Brock asked.

"I see... Bubbles..." Emi pointed out. "Or maybe the heat is getting to me."

"No, Emi, I see it too," Ash said to his little sister. "It's water!"

Everyone soon turned around to see the bubble and they decided to go see it up close.

"Finally, water!" Emi smiled.

There was more than one bubble.

Melody and the others soon poked their heads out from the water and came to the dry land they found.

"Anyone know where we are?" Felicity asked before she got hit and bounced a little. "Whoa!"

"Hey, bubbles!" Vincent noticed.

"Where are they coming from?" Estelle asked.

"All right, guys, let's get to work!" A teenage girl soon came out, summoning some Pokemon with the bubbles. "1, 2, 3, go!"

This made Ash and the others come to the ledge and see what was going on and they were amazed from what they saw.

"Whoa." Emi smiled.

"Hello!" Ash called out to the girl.

"Huh?" The girl turned over as she stood next to a frog-like Pokemon.

"Hey!" Emi smiled.

"Hey, can we have some water?" Max asked the girl.

"Okay." The girl said.

"All right!" Max cheered and put his finger in a bubble and let water drip from his finger and began to drink the water, but yelped as a swordfish Pokemon came out. "Whoa!"

Akito, Estelle, Felicity, Melody, and Vincent soon looked over to see their good friends.

"Hi there, who are you?" The teenage girl asked the others.

"My name's Ash!" Ash replied. "This is my sister, Emi."

"I'm Max!" Max added.

"And I'm May." May smiled.

'And Brock makes his move in 3, 2, 1.' Emu thought to herself.

"I'm Brock... Hi." Brock said, softly.

Emi soon looked over. "Akito, is that you?" she then asked.

"Hi, Emi." Akito smiled to her.

"How did you get here?" Emi asked.

"Oh, we just got a little bored while visiting our cousin Melody, so we went out for a swim... Somehow, we ended up right here, and found some bubbles." Akito told his girlfriend.

"Wow." Emi said.

"I guess fate brought us together again." Akito said softly.

"I guess so..." Emi smiled.

Pikachu soon came between them to meet the other Pokemon. Melody soon came over to the water-type Pokemon. The Water-Type Pokemon seemed to enjoy her company already even though they had just met. One Pokemon blew a bubble in the air and another one with it and they both looked like living copies of Melody and Pikachu. Melody giggled as she loved that.

"So that's what you were doing." Ash smiled to the bubbles.

"They're using 'Psychic'!" Max beamed.

"Psychic?" Melody asked out of confusion.

"It's one of the many moves that a Pokemon can do," Felicity told her half-mermaid cousin. "The scientific name is Psychokinesis, and they often use it in battle."

"Wow, Felicity, you sure are smart." Estelle smiled.

"I try, I read a lot of books with Gabrielle and Chip at the castle," Felicity smiled back. "Webster teaches us so much!"

"He sure does." Akito said.

There was soon almost circus-like music playing.

"What's that?" Melody wondered.

There soon came other people who were setting up for something.

"Hey, you're in the Underwater Marina Pokemon Show, right?" Brock smiled to the teenage girl.

"That's right!" The girl smiled back.

"And your name's Lizabeth, and you're the star of the show!" Brock then said.

"Right again." The girl giggled.

Melody was surprised by how much Brock knew.

"Awwweeesssome!" Brock beamed to Lizabeth. "The name is Brock, my dear, I happen to know all about the Marina Crew!"

"You don't say." Melody smirked playfully.

"In here, it's my blue book!" Brock smiled to Lizabeth as he opened it up to show here. "There, see! You're on the tippy-top of my all-time favorite stars list! This has gotta be destiny! Meeting you here like this!" he then took her hands as he blushed. "Yes, take my hand, and now that we're holding hands, I would love to go on a swimming date with you and all your Pokemon-AUGH!"

"And now that I'm holding your ear, I'd like to take you away." Max scolded as he dragged Brock away from the teenage girl.

"Thank you, Max." Emi said.

"My pleasure, Emi." Max smiled to her.

"So, who are you all then?" Lizabeth asked.

"We're good friends of this Pokemon team," Felicity smiled. "I'm Felicity, and these are my cousins, Akito, Estelle, and Vincent, oh! And Melody! Can't forget Melody."

The others were happy because of how social Felicity had become recently.

"Ooh, let's bring out our Pokemon, yes?" Felicity said to her cousins once she realized they were around other Pokemon.

The others agreed as an old man came to see Lizabeth. Melody groaned as she felt left out since she didn't have her own Pokemon.

"Lizabeth, what's wrong?" The old man asked.

"Grandpa, it's okay," Lizabeth smiled to him. "These people were on the road and got lost."

"You must all be her family." May smiled to the group.

"Yes, that's right." The old man smiled back.

"Cool." Vincent smiled back.

"Granddad and Dad." Lizabeth introduced the men.

"Hi, I am Ship." The old man smiled.

"And I'm Kyle." The younger adult man added.

"The name's Meredith." The woman smiled and waved.

"It's nice to meet ya." Akito said.

"Don't tell me... You're not her mom?" May asked Meredith.

"Yes, I am." Meredith smiled.

"Wow!" May cheered. "You look like you could be her sister!"

"Yeah, with how young you look." Emi said in agreement.

"Oh, go on, dears!" Meredith blushed before slapping May to the ground. "No, really, I mean, go on!"

"Whoa!" Emi gasped. "Are you all right, May?"

"I... I think so..." May said weakly.

"Her mother sure is strong." Emi said.

"Oh, you guys are cute~" Melody cooed to the Pokemon who lined up and climbed onto a clown's arms while a frog-like Pokemon clapped.

Akito had a feeling that this clown was more than he seemed.

They then went inside to get some water and cool off from the hot day. Melody smiled to the Pokemon, but she soon went inside with the others.

Max soon finished a cold glass of water and smiled in relief once he finished his drink. "That's good!"

"How long were you in the heat?" Estelle asked.

"We've been walking for quite a while," Emi said. "Brock was supposed to tell us where to go, but I'm pretty sure he got us lost."

Brock simply looked sheepish.

"I've never petted a Buizel before." Max smiled as he pet the Pokemon that seemed to like him.

"Buizel really likes you." Meredith smiled to him as she peeled a potato.

"Anybody ready for some more?" Lizabeth offered more water.

"Yes, please." Emi begged.

"Oh, yeah, please!" Brock added as Buizel even licked Max's face.

"Me too." Ash smiled.

"So, Emi, not a heat person?" Akito asked.

"If it gets too hot, I get just a teensy bit cranky." Emi said innocently.

"Teensy?" Ash, Max, May, and Brock asked.

Emi flashed them a look which made them all nervous suddenly, she then looked soft and smiled as Buizel looked up to her and nuzzled up against her. "Aw." She smiled.

Buizel smiled back and then went on top of somewhere.

"Huh? "May looked curious.

Buizel pressed his nose against something, turning it on, and showing something unusual inside until he was suddenly shut out by the curtain. Estelle saw who closed the curtain.

"Excuse me." Kyle smiled before he left the room.

Buziel poked his head out from the curtain.

"Your show sounds really cool," Ash smiled to the family. "What do you do in it?"

"Would you like a sample?" Ship offered.

"Yes, please." Melody smiled as Estelle jumped up to where Buizel was and got a glimpse at what was with it and soon got a hold of it.

Everyone else happily agreed as Estelle came towards Buziel.

"Then we'll just have to show you!" Ship smiled.

"Wahoo!" Melody smiled.

They appeared to be riding in a boat-like car with a trailer pulling behind it to drive them into town, and where the group would be included in the act.