AN: I've been meaning to do a story like this for ages and so this year I finally got off my lazy behind and started it... I dedicate this fic to LiliNeko *^-^*!
Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying the Holidays and don't forget to review!
The Twelve Pokemon of Christmas
It's Christmas time in Kanto and at the Cerulean City Gym, life is extremely busy for the residents of our favourite water pokemon gym. Daisy, Lily and Violet are currently setting up for their Christmas water show while Misty is finishing up some year end reports in the office.
"This is gonna be, like, our greatest show ever!" cried Lily from the side of the pool.
"I know," responded Daisy, "We are totally awesome!" Some of the pokemon around the pool just shook their heads at their owners behaviour, they were used to this by now.
Violet was just about to add her own exclamation of joy and awesomeness when she noticed a group heading towards them.
"Hi there, welcome to the Cerulean Gym, can we like help you with something?"
It was a very strange group she noticed now that she got a good look of them, a man and woman in some sort of weird(and totally unfashionable) uniform and then a Meowth and a Delibird.
"Yes," said the bossy looking woman, "We're looking for the redhead twerp-" she was suddenly cut off by the man who jumped ahead of her.
"Um yes, we're looking for Misty Waterflower."
"She's in the office right now doing some boring reports," replied Daisy who came over to greet their guests, "I'll go fetch her for you." She then proceeded to turn around and yell, "Lily go get Misty!"
"Hey! I thought you said you were, like, going to fetch her!"
"I am! By me telling you to get her..."
Lily sighed and left to call Misty, mumbling something about the cruelty of only being the second oldest.
Meanwhile, up in the office, seventeen year old Misty was finishing up her reports to be filed to the Kanto Pokemon League before they close for Christmas. It's been a tough few years for Misty who had basically been running the gym on her own. Sure she loves her sisters but admittedly, they weren't the best at paperwork or battling and on top of their water shows, Daisy's film career and Lily and Violet's modelling, she had come to accept that she was the best sister for the role of gym leader. She smiled suddenly as she signed off the end of the report. Both the gym and herself had thrived recently and she had gained quite the reputation as the beautiful yet tough gym leader and had turned the Cascade badge from what was once a guaranteed badge(she still can't believe her sisters used to just had them out) to a badge that was now looked upon with awe and fully appreciated by trainers everywhere. Yes, for young Misty, life was good...
"Oh Misty honey...! There's some people downstairs who wanna see you!" shrieked Lily from the other side of the door. Misty sighed and got up, pulled her long red hair into a low ponytail, stretched and followed Lily downstairs.
"Did they say what they want?" she asked as they reached the entrance foyer.
"Oh right, we forgot to ask..."
"Of course..." Misty sighed. 'They are such airheads sometimes...'
Misty and Lily entered the pool area and were met by the sight of the visitors edging away from Daisy and Violet who were doing and impromptu scene from their upcoming show to entertain them.
"Make it stop..." muttered the woman whose left eye began to visibly twitch. Misty let out a nervous laugh and approached them.
"Hi. I'm Misty Waterflower, Cerulean Gym Leader, how can I help you?"
The visitors spun around and Misty leapt back in shock.
"You... You... Team Rocket!" she managed to gasp out.
"Hey can't you read? Does those look like Rocket uniforms to you? We quit that gig ages ago!" Meowth screamed at her and pointed at Jessie and James. Misty stopped and stared at their uniforms. Meowth was right. While they still resembled their old Team Rocket gear, it wasn't the traditional white she was used to. Instead it was a light orange colour and in place of the infamous red R were two blue J's.
"Oh..." said Misty who still looked quite confused. "Um okay then... So what's with the Delibird?" she asked once she noticed the red and white bird sitting at their feet.
"Oh he was a wedding gift from Nanny and Pop-Pop once they found out we quit Team Rocket and were starting our own business." James politely explained. Now that was a surprise. Who knew Jessie and James could be completely reformed and gotten married AND had their own business?
"Oh well congratulations!" said Misty. 'This is beyond weird' she thought.
"So what can I do for you?"
The foursome suddenly jumped into a formation of poses and began to speak, or rather, recite.
'This looks awfully familiar...' thought Misty as they began their highly original presentation.
"Prepare for presents, packages and gifts"
"And make it double our deliveries are swift"
"To protect the world from devastation"
"To unite all peoples of every nation"
"To spread the wonders of truth and love"
"To extend our message to the stars above"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"The Jessie&James Delivery Service! We deliver at the speed of light!"
"Call us now, we operate through the day and night!"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"Delibird!"
"..." said the residents of the gym.
Coming out of her initial shock and contemplating what she had actually heard, Misty's first response was, "Wow..."
"See Meowth? I told you the motto was fabulous, she loves it!" shrieked Jessie. Meowth looked at James and the two of them just shrugged.
"Back to business," said Jessie suddenly turning back to Misty, "We have a special delivery for you."
At the word "delivery", her sisters suddenly perked up and ran over to them in excitement.
"Oh my gosh! I love presents!" squealed Violet.
"Like yah! What is it?" added Lily.
"Can it sisters!" said Meowth cutting into the sisters joy, "This here package is addressed to her only! Get yer claws away!"
They shrunk back in fear, resigning to watch from the sidelines. Misty looked up then in confusion. She hadn't ordered anything and wasn't expecting anything. 'What could it be?' she wondered. "Fine," she said suddenly, "where do I sign?"
The trio grinned suddenly as Delibird carefully pulled out a small green chest with a red bow on it. She could hear the "Oooh's" coming from her sisters behind her and reached for the chest but before she could lay a finger on it, Delibird pulled it back.
"Na uh uh..." said Jessie, waving her finger at her, "We've got very specific instructions here."
"Like we said," added James, "This is a special delivery"
"And by special" piped up Meowth, "We mean musical!"
Before Misty could react again, Meowth pulled out a CD player that started playing a vaguely familiar Christmas carol tune and the four of them lined up and began to sing.
"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...!" the group paused.
Delibird then thrust the chest towards her indicating she must open it. Tentatively she opened it and there, on a bed of velvet was a Pokeball. She looked up in confusion as her sisters appeared over her shoulders to get a look.
"Well Misty? What are you waiting for? Let's see what it is then!" demanded Daisy.
Misty picked the ball up and looked back up at the former Team Rocket who were still frozen in place, waiting for her to do something.
'Okay well here goes...'
"Pokeball go!" As the red light shot out onto the floor before her, the trio suddenly unfroze and continued their song as the light began to take shape.
"A Piplup in a Pokeball...!"
"Piplup!" came a cry from the floor and they all looked down to see the small penguin-like pokemon with a fluffy light blue body, a small yellow beak and big shining eyes.
A big "Awwwwwwwwwww...!" ran through the gym as they all got a good look at the little fluff ball. Misty smiled and bent down to Piplups level. "Hi there. I guess I'm your new trainer."
"Piplup!" it cried again and took a few wobbly steps towards her and began jumping up and down.
Misty's Marill, who had evolved from her Azurill, walked over then from the pool and began jumping up and down with the new addition to the family.
"Aw... that is just adorable!" said Lily.
Misty then turned to Jessie, James, Meowth and Delibird. "Can you tell me who sent it?" she asked.
"Weren't you, like, listening Misty?" said Daisy, "It's from your true love!"
Misty glared at her oldest sister.
"Yes, I heard that! Now I want to know who that is!"
"Sorry," said James cautiously, "We're under contract not to reveal who the sender is."
Misty sighed. She had absolutely no idea who would send her such a gift.
"Do you have, like, a secret boyfriend Misty?" asked Violet. "How could you keep something like that from us! We're your sisters!"
"I do NOT have a boyfriend!" she screamed back.
"Anyway...!" screamed Jessie getting the attention back on her. "You, Misty, will be receiving visits from us for the next eleven days as the song goes," she continued, "so that means your last gift will be on Christmas Eve so I advise you not to go anywhere because I will not be chasing your tail around trying to do my job!" Jessies friendly warning was met with a stare.
Meowth gave a nervous laugh then remembering that Misty had a fire breathing Gyarados.
"Come on Jes, we gots other deliveries to make!"
Jessie suddenly smiled sweetly and followed him out. "You're right Meowth. Toodle-loo!" She sang as they exited the gym with Delibird and James bringing up the rear.
"See you tomorrow!" waved James and Delibird.
"Bye! And thanks!" replied Misty and she turned away from their departing figures to look at her new pokemon who was still happily playing with Marill.
She really began to wonder exactly who on earth this person was. Her sisters, meanwhile, were having a full on debate.
"I bet it's that kid Georgio!" said Daisy as Misty tuned into their conversation. "Remember when he sent her that note asking her out on a date?"
"Maybe it's Tracey," giggled Lily, "He does spend an awful lot of time around here!"
They all began to giggle at the thought of Tracey as Misty's true love while she resisted the urge to blast them with a Water Gun attack.
"Well whoever it is," sighed Violet, "He's still so romantic..." and all three sighed at the thought of being in Misty's place.
Misty however, had picked up Piplup and Marill and took them to get Piplup acquainted with all the other pokemon and as she walked away, she couldn't help but feel just a little bit of excitement at the thought of what the next day might bring.
AN2: I hope you enjoyed day one! Don't forget to leave a review! =D
Oh and I've been watching re-runs of Pokemon Chronicles online and got a strange thought : Does anyone else think that Georgio is little bit of combo of Gary and Misty? Just a thought... Oh well, Happy Holidays! =D
~DQ
