"Are we there yet?" Ash Ketchum Pokémon trainer said looking very exhausted. "Not yet, we still have an hour or two" Brock said. "But you said that five hours ago!" retorted Ash. "If you wish to keep complaining you can forget a second serving for supper tonight." Ash turned away frustrated at the slow moving time. "You talk about her sooo much Ash! I can't wait to meet her!" exclaimed Dawn looking very cheerful. "Since when did I talk about her so much?" Ash asked confused. "Don't be silly you know what I'm talking about." She said smiling at him. "Don't tell me your trying to hide something about you and her are you?" she asked curiously. "Wha, no! I'm not hiding anything Dawn!" "Well you don't have to be so defensive about it" she said grinning at him. "Of course if you like the quiet love life I guess that's your choice." She said turning away from him grinning from ear to ear now in her victory. "Ok Dawn leave Ash alone for now. He's anxious enough to see Misty." Brock told Dawn even though he enjoyed listening to her trying to dig the truth out of Ash about Misty. He had his suspicions about the two for quite awhile now. It was about time Ash fesses up to not only them but himself. It just wouldn't be today.
They finally reached Pallet town just before sunset. The three exhausted trainers walked up to Ash's house and walked in. Grateful to be inside they let out a big sigh. "Ash is that you?" a women in mid age walked into the front room. She had a wide smile as she saw her baby boy and his friends at the front door. After she greeted them they all sat down on the furniture in the living room to relax and talk about their journeys that they've had since the last time they met. After dinner and some more conversations the gang decided to go to bed and get ready for a relaxing fun weekend. Dawn went to the guest bed room and went straight to sleep. Meanwhile Ash and Brock were in Ash's room watching TV. "When was the last time that we saw Misty?" Brock wondered to himself. "About 7 months." Ash said almost without any tone in his voice. Brock could tell he was in a deep thought but was obviously listening to him. "So are you excited to see her?" Ash seemed a little taken aback by that comment as if he didn't expect it. "Yeah… it's been awhile so I guess I am." He said staring off into space. "Are you ok Ash? You seem a little… worried." "Yeah I'm ok. I'm just tired." "Ok. I guess lets go to bed. We got a lot to do tomorrow." "Yep, goodnight Brock." "Goodnight Ash." Ash laid in his bed looking out the window. 'Why does it feel like this? I haven't seen her in a long time. I don't understand.' He thought just before going to sleep.
The next morning Brock cooked breakfast and as usual Ash ate as fast as he could and then some. "Do you ever slow down Ash?" Dawn asked looking disgusted at his eating habits. "Nofe! An I font flan on itf!" Ash said with a mouth full of pancakes. "Ew… keep your food on your side of the table please." She said as she edged away from the table as he ate like a bulldozer.
After their breakfast the first thing to do was to get their Pokémon from Professor Oak. As they walked up to the front steps of the lab they rang the door bell and waited for the door. Tracey finally came to the door to answer it. "Hi Ash! Hi Brock! Long time no see! Oh and you must be Dawn. Nice to meet you." He said with a cheerful smile. "The one and only." She replied with a wink. "Well I assume you guys have come here to get your Pokémon? " "Yeah we have. Uh, where is Professor Oak?" Ash said as he looked around. "Oh he's out in the back feeding the Pokémon. C'mon ill show ya'll around." They took a quick tour of the lab looking at some of their research projects. Then they came across one that looked very odd compared to the others. "What project is this? It looks like it's not related to Pokémon." Ash said studying the screen that was filled with numbers and codes. "That project that you're looking at is called "Project New Moon". " Tracey stopped to see if they were following him in his explanation. As he saw they were listening to him he continued. "We have reason to believe that there could be another world out there that is similar to ours. This discovery was just recent to us. We don't know if they know about us or not yet." As he stopped talking he studied their shocked almost unreal expressions that he found quite humorous. "So you're saying that there's another world out there?" "Yes. That is exactly what we believe to of found." "Wow… that's amazing." Dawn was still in utter shock and awe. "Yeah it is. I guess we should go find Professor Oak now." Brock said bringing everyone back to their senses. "He should still be feeding the Pokémon. We should go help him finish." Tracey told them as he had them follow him out to the back of the property.
"Professor look who's here!" Tracey shouted out to him as they ran over to him. "Why hello Ash! It's good to see you. And it's god to see you too Brock and Dawn! What a pleasant surprise." "Hey Professor Oak! How have our Pokémon been doing?" "They've been doing great Ash. They really do miss you though. And someone here misses you too. You should go see them." Professor Oak told him as Ash looked confused at the "someone here" part. "So Professor, how have you been doing lately?" Brock asked as Ash walked away to greet his Pokémon. 'I wonder who the Professor was talking about. It couldn't be her though. She isn't gonna be here till tomorrow.' He thought to himself. "Pika pi!" "Haha Pikachu!" Pikachu ran into Ash's arms as he greeted his Pokémon in a tight embrace. Soon all of his Pokémon swarmed around him giving him a dog pile that he would never forget. "Haha it's good to see you guys again!" "Hi Ash, long time no see." A voice came from behind him making him jump. That earned him a giggle from the person behind him. When he turned around his jaw dropped at who it was. There stood Misty Waterflower smiling back at him. He got an almost sick feeling in his stomach that he just tried to ignore. "Hey Misty, I thought you wouldn't be here till tomorrow." "I decided to come today when your mom told me that you were already here." 'Leave it to my mom to tell the world when I'm home.' Ash thought to himself slightly smirking. "It's good to see you by the way." Ash said as he came over his embarrassment of being shocked. "It's good to see you too. You have to tell me everything that you've done tonight." "Yeah that will take awhile. Let's go see the others. I know Brock would like to see you again." He said as he called back his Pokémon and Pikachu took his rightful place on Ash's shoulder.
"Hey guys look who I found!" Ash called out to his friends as him and Misty ran over to them. "Hey Misty!" Brock called out waving. "Hey Brock!" she said back to him as they met. "Hi Misty, my name is" "Dawn is it?" "Yes it is. I've heard so much about you from Ash." "He seems quite fond of you." Dawn said giving Ash a smirk. Ash just hid his blushing face from everyone and Misty did the same. "Let's go inside and relax shall we?" Tracey said breaking the small awkward silence. 'Gee thanks Dawn for ruining the whole greet and meet…' Ash thought to himself shooting Dawn a disapproval look. She just smiled back at him. They all walked inside and chatted about their adventures. Ms. Ketchum showed up later that evening for dinner. Back at the room with Project New Moon the codes started to fill at an extreme rate as something was amiss.