Alright, here is my next chapter, what do you think so far? Well anyway, as you might have known, this is not going to be an ordinary Christmas, so...do you think anything else odd and beyond belief will happen?

-EVAN AAML

That morning, Mrs.Ketchum woke up and walked around the house. Brock had already woken up and was downstairs preparing breakfast and the Pokemon were there helping him. Evan wasn't in the house, but left a note saying that he would be back soon. So Mrs.Ketchum went upstairs to check on Ash and Misty. She opened the door slowly and quietly in case they were asleep, ( which she expected ). When she opened the door, she smiled at what she saw.

On the bed was Ash and Misty, both asleep. Misty's head was on top of Ash's chest and their arms were wrapped around each other. Mrs.Ketchum also notticed the smiles on their faces and Ash's hoodie on Misty. She felt that this was a important moment, so she took one picture, and then got Brock to show him. He also smiled. Pikachu and Togepi then joined them in bed. After a half an hour, Evan returned and Mrs.Ketchum told him of the sight upstairs. He then went to see for himself and also smiled. Another five minutes and Ash and Misty started to stir. They both woke up, and notticed their positions. They stared at each other for a second or so and then jumped out of bed in shock. Pikachu and Togepi laughed as Misty gave Ash his hoodie.

''I believe this is yours?'', Misty said shyly. Ash put it on. ''Thanks Mist'', Ash said also shyly. Misty blushed at her nickname, one that Ash rarely used. The two and their Pokemon then went downstairs for breakfast. No one decided to mention their predicament earlier, so Ash and Misty thought they didn't know. ''Good morning everyone'', Ash and Misty said. They both then sat down at the table. Brock put all the food on the table and they began to eat.

''So what do you kids plan on doing today?'', Mrs.Ketchum asked. ''I thought we were all going to Prof.Oak's Christmas Eve party'', Ash said. ''Well yes, but I meant the whole day. The party is at night'', Mrs.Ketchum stated. ''Oh, well...I planned on doing...some shopping'', Ash said. ''I'll join you, I was going to as well'', Brock said. ''I'll stay here and...uh, help Mrs.Ketchum prepare for tonight'', Misty said. Everyone then looked at Evan. ''Uh...I'll do a little of both'', Evan said. So after breakfast, Ash, Brock, and Pikachu went shopping while Misty, Togepi, and Evan stayed to help Mrs.Ketchum. However, even though they said they were going to a mall, Ash first stopped at a frozen lake on the way there.

''Uh Ash. why are we here?'', Brock asked. ''To get Misty's present...a Tentacool! I know she always wanted one since we met, so I think she'll love it!'', Ash said. ''Do you think their still in the lake?'', Brock asked. ''I hope so'', Ash said as he stopped on the lake, making a hole in it as he did. ''What are the odds you will find one?'', Brock asked. However, right after he asked this question, a blue blob with red dots covered the hole from inside the lake. Ash and Brock weren't sure what it was, so Ash found a stick and poked it. Suddenly, the blob jumped out of the hole, and amazingly, it turned out to be a Tentacool. Before Ash could say anything to Brock, the Tentacool used a Tackle Attack on him. Ash flew back about ten feet and landed on his back.

''Well that was easy! See Brock, I told you we'd find one'', Ash said dazed and confused from the attack. ''OK Pikachu, you know what to do'', he continued groggily. Pikachu then jumped in the air and used a Thundershock on Tentacool. It immediatly fainted. Ash then jumped up and threw a Pokeball. ''Pokeball go!'', Ash yelled. The Tentacool went inside the Pokeball, shook a little and then, ''Ping!''. ''Yes! I got Misty's present!'', Ash yelled with excitement. ''Good job! Now on to the mall!'', Brock said. Ash nodded and they left.

Meanwhile, at Ahs's house, Misty was working on something alone in a room when Mrs.Ketchum opened the door. ''Hello Misty, what are you doing?'', Mrs.Ketchum asked. Misty in a freight covered her project. ''This?...Well, I didn't get to go shopping...so'', Misty said scared. ''Your making something for Ash aren't you?'', Mrs.Ketchum said. ''Yes, you caught me'', Misty said sadly revealing a sewing kit to her. ''Well, what are you making for him?'', Mrs.Ketchum asked. ''Well, I was thinking of a scarf, for the winter'', Misty said. ''Oh, your making one for everyone?'', Mrs.Ketchum asked. ''Oh no, I already got stuff for everyone else, I just...wanted to make something special for Ash...you know...from me'', Misty said shyly. Mrs.Ketchum smiled.

''It's OK deary, I know you love Ash'', Mrs.Ketchum said. Misty started to blush. ''What!? What do you mean!?'', Misty asked starting to panic. ''You act the same around Ash as I did to Ash's father, and believe me, he was exactly like Ash'', Mrs.Ketchum said. ''Well, uh, umm...OK you got me, the truth is...I love Ash. I love him so much, but I'm afraid to tell him how I feel...and that's OK with you?'', Misty asked concerned. Mrs.Ketchum nodded. ''Yes, it's alright. In fact, I wanted you two to get together since I first met you'', Mrs.Ketchum said. ''Really? How come?'', Misty asked. ''I'm getting on in years dear, and Ash is a bit stubburn. So I wanted him to get with someone who understainds him...when I forst met you, I could tell you had feelings for him, and Ash likes you too, so I knew then that you two were met for each other, and besides, if you two get together...I could get grandkids!'', Mrs.Ketchum said. Misty sweatdropped.

''Oh, thanks I guess...oh! Now I don't know what to do to make it special for him!'', Misty said worried. ''Don't worry, I'll help you'', Mrs.Ketchum said. ''Show Ash you truly love him'', a voice said from behind them. They both turned and notticed Evan stainding at the door way. ''If you truly love him, and you show it in that scarf...then he will know how you feel'', Evan explained. ''Yeah, that's a great idea!'', Misty said. She then turned to face her project when a cold wind blew through the room. They turned to see what happened, and Evan was gone, snow was on the floor where he stood.

Meanwhile, Ash, Brock, and Pikachu were at a mall shopping. They got several things for people for Christmas already. Ash looked at the Pokeball containing Misty's soon to be Tentacool. ''You OK Ash?'', Brock asked. Ash kept on looking at the Pokeball, but answered. ''No, it's just...I feel that I should get something else...for Misty'', Ash said. ''Well then get her something else'', Brock said. ''I want to, but I'm not sure what, it has to be...special'', Ash said. Suddenly, they felt a cold breeze. Some snow hit the back of their necks which caused goose bumps to appear. They both turned around and saw Evan, who was walking up to them. ''Well Ash, it seems to me you should go into that store'', Evan said pointing to a store in front of them. They both turned to see the store.

''Keepsakes?'', Brock said reading the name of the store. ''That sounds promising'', Ash said. Evan then walked up to them. ''This store is well known for, ''special'' gifts'', Evan said. ''How come I've never heard of it then?'', Ash asked. ''This tore is well known by me and...a friend of mine'', Evan said making it easier to understaind. ''Oh, OK well let's go check it out'', Ash said. So Ash, Brock, Evan, and Pikachu walked in. The store was small, but filled with alot of trinkets. There were stuffed animals, jewerly, pictures, and many other keepsakes. As they looked around, Ash and Pikachu spotted something. This something was a necklace, shaped like a raindrop, which reminded Ash of Misty's gym badge, the Cascade Badge, ( I heard that this idea may have been used, so I apologize for those who might have used the same idea ). Immediatly, he knew this was it.

''Hey guys look at this!'', Ash said showing it to them. They both smiled. Ash then brought it to the store owner and cashier, an older man. ''Ah, would you like this engraved young man?'', the man asked. ''Oh yes, can you have it say, ''Misty''?'', Ash asked. ''Yes, just a moment'', the man said. He then went into a back room. In a few minutes, he came back out. The name, ''Misty'', was spelled in Italics in Gold. ''Thank you'', Ash said. After he said that, the older man notticed Evan, who walked up to him. They didn't talk, but Evan nodded and the older man smiled. ''I see you've met Evan'', the man said. ''You know him?'', Ash and Brock both asked. ''Let's just say...I'm friends with him and another older man he knows'', the man said.

Both Ash and Brock were confused, but decided not to get involved, Pikachu, on the other hand, had a guess as to who the other man they mentioned was. Ash then walked up to the manager and handed him the money for the necklace, but he pushed it away. ''Oh no, this is free, consider it, a present'', the man said. ''Wow, thank you!'', Ash siad. As Ash, Pikachu, and Brock left the building, Evan gave a wink at the old man and he winked back. Evan then left the building and caught up to Ash and the others. ''This will be pefect!'', Ash said. They then decided to head back to Ash's house.

Meanwhile,at the house. ''Well Mrs.Ketchum...what do you think?'', Misty asked as she showed her the scarf. It was a beautiful scarf with Ash's name on the bottom, on the back was...''From Misty''. ''It's beautiful Misty...I'm sure Ash will love it!'', Mrs.Ketchum said. They then heard the door downstairs open and close. Misty wrapped up the scarf and hid it. She, Togepi, and Mrs.Ketchum then went downstairs. When they got there, they saw Ash, Brock, Evan, and Pikachu taking off their winter jackets. ''Oh good your home!'', Mrs.Ketchum said. ''We must get ready, Prof.Oak's party is in a couple hours'', she continued. As they started to walk into the house more, Misty stepped in front of Ash.

''So...where were you guys?'', Misty asked curiously. Ash became nervous. ''Uh...no where'', Ash said nervously. He was holding onto the Pokeball and necklace in his hoodie front pocket saying this. ''Hmm...I'm keeping an eye on you!'', Misty said. She then walked away. After that, Ash sighed heavily and Evan laughed a little. Later that day, everyone got ready for Prof.Oak's party. Mrs.Ketchum and Misty were upstairs helping each other get ready, Togepi was playing next to the girls, Evan was downstairs already set, ( no one knows where he got his clean outfot from ), and Brock, Ash, and Pikachu were getting ready in the kitchen. After an hour or so, everyone was ready. All the guys were downstairs waiting for Misty and Mrs.Ketchum.

Evan was simply wearing a nice sweat shirt with some nice sweat oants, ( sorry, not exactly sure what you people wear for Christmas, i'm just going with the basics for my family ), Pikachu had a small, white sweat shirt with lightning bolts on it, Brock wore a brown shirt and black pants, and Ash wore a white shirt with navy pants. Finally, they heard the girls walking down the stairs. Ash's mouth slightly opened when he saw Misty come down. She was wearing a white sweater that sparkled, ( glitter i suppose, i'm not sure how they do that ), with blue pants, ( winter remember ).

''Wow!'', Ash whispered to himself. Misty notticed Ash starring at her and blushed. Mrs.Ketchum soon followed Misty down, wearing a red shirt and green vest with blue pants. Togepi, who Mrs.Ketchum was carrying, wore a little vest with snowflakes on it. ''Well, shall we go?'', Misty asked when she reached the bottom, trying not to look at Ash. ''Yeah!'', everyone said. They then left for Prof.Oak's lab. When they got there, they knocked on the door and Prof.Oak opened it.

''Why hello to you all! It's great to see familiar faces again!'', Prof.Oak said. He then saw Evan. ''And yet here is a unfamiliar one'', he continued. ''I'm...Evan'', Evan said shaking his hand. ''Pleased to meet you'', he continued. ''Likewise'', Prof.Oak said. Everyone then walked into the lab. Prof.Oak showed them to the mainhall. In there was Gary, Tracy, and three people who looked like scientists. ''Hey guys!'', Gary said. ''It's been awhile!'', Tracy said. ''Yeah it was'', Brock stated. ''A little too long'', Misty said. They then introduced Evan. Afterwards, they walked up to the scientists. One was a female with long, redish hair, one was a male with bluish hair, and the third was really short and spoke with an accent.

''Hello, I am Ash, this is Misty, Brock, Evan, Pikachu, and Togepi, who are you?'', Ash asked. The scientists looked at them and were shocked. Quickly, they answered. ''I'm proffesor Cherry'', the girl scientist said in a sort of shocked, panicy way. ''And I'm proffesor Blueberry!'', the boy scientist said back. ''I'm just an...uh...assistant'', the short scientist said. Ash and the gang was going to talk to them more, but the door knocked, so Ash and Misty went to answer it while Brock, Evan, and the Pokemon went somewheres else. This left the scientists alone.

''Fhew! that was close! What are they doing here!'', the girl scientist said. ''I don't know Jessie, but'', the boy scientist said before being muffled by the short scientist. ''Quiets James! If they find out it's Team Rocket here and not scientists, we'll be blasting off again!'', the short scientist whispered. ''Right, Meowth's got a point...and Blueberry isn't a tree you idiot!'', Jessie said. ''Well you said a berry, so I thought of berries at the time'', James said. ''Just remember, we're undercover to get's some Pokemon!'', Meowth said. Meanwhile, Ash and Misty went to the door. They opened it to see two friends of their's, May and Max.

''May, Max! What are you guys doing here!?'', Ash asked shocked. ''Well we decided to celebrate Christmas with you guys!'', May said. ''When we got home, we started to miss you guys, so our parents let us come here for Christmas!'', Max explained. ''Prof.Oak already knows, so we can stay here at the lab for a couple of days'', May said. Ash and Misty then let them inside. They took off their winter jackets to reveal their outfits. May was wearing a red-long sleeve sweater with jeans and Max was wearing a green-long sleeve sweater with jeans. Ash and Misty then led them to the mainhall. They then introduced them to Gary, Tracy, and the scientists, ( who seemed shocked they arrived ). After that, Max started to talk to Gary and Tracy about Prof.Oak while May sat on the couch with Misty to play with Togepi and have some,''girl talk''. ''So Misty...how have you been?'', May asked obviously hinting something to her.

''I've been fine'', Misty said seeing the hint. ''So...have you talked to you know who alot?'', May asked making sure no-one could hear them. ''What do you mean?'', Misty asked. ''Ash of coarse! Have you tried to get him under the mistletoe?'', May asked. Misty took this by surprise and answered in the best way possible. ''MAY! I don't like Ash like that!'', Misty said embarrassed. ''C'mon Misty, I knew you liked him since the first time I met you, you two are perfect for each other!'', May said. ''Well I'', Misty said trying to think of something, it failed. ''It's pointless to hide it Misty, I'm your friend and I want to help you'', May said. Misty then sighed.

''OK...your right...I do like him, well no, not like...I love the little pain in the rear...no matter what...I love him so much'', Misty said. She then turned to see May, who had the big, anime, glassy eyes. ''Ohhh! That's so romantic!'', May said holding Togepi who chirped happily. Misty started to blush emensfully. ''May...you have to promise not to tell anyone! Mrs.Ketchum and Evan already know, luckily I can trust all three of you to keep this a secret'', Misty said. ''OK I promise, besides, I want you to tell Ash you love him...but who's Evan?'', May asked. ''He's the guy over there talking to Max now'', Misty said pointing to Evan, who was leaning against a wall. ''Oh, I should go meet him!'', May said. She then got up and walked over to Evan and Max. Max notticed May and told her to get over there.

''May, hurry up and talk to Evan...he's really cool, ( ahh, the youth saying that I'm cool, brings a tear to my eye ), Evan, this is my sister May!'', Max said making an introduction. ''Pleased to meet you!'', May said bowing, ( I mean curtsy ). ''Charmed'', Evan said. He then finally lifted his head up from leaning on the wall and looked at the two. ''So what do you kids want for Christmas?'', Evan asked. ''I want my first Pokemon! A Natu, ( reminds me of him )'', Max said excitedly.''I'm not quite sure...I guess what I want the most is'', May said before being stopped by Evan. ''To spend Christmas with your family and friends and a new Pokemon for your Pokemon Contests...and you want to see something happen, but I can't say because it's a secret, ( Ash and Misty )'', Evan said answering for her. oth May and Max stood there in shock, he guessed correct. Evan then started to walk away.

''Wait! How did you know that!?'', May asked while Evan walked away. Without stopping or turning around, Evan answered. ''I know these things'', Evan answered. He then left May and Max alone, dumbfounded. After awhile, everyone was all together in the mainhall. They all started to chat and such, but then Prof.Oak tapped on his glass of egg-nog with a spoon to get everyone's attention. He then stood on a small platform while everyone watched form couches, chairs, or simply by stainding. ''Now then, I would like to thank all of you for attending this party, I would like to thank Mrs.Ketchum for supplying all of these wonderful meals, ( everyone claps ), and to May and Max, who traveled for a long distance to be here, ( everyone claps ), and to Proffesors Cherry and Blueberry and their assistant for offering to stay here for awhile to help me with the Pokemon!'', Prof.Oak said. Everyone started to clap again, but stopped when Evan spoke up. ''Well Prof., that would be great...if they were real scientists of coarse'', Evan said. ''What do you mean?'', Prof.Oak asked. This got everyone's attention, and got Team Rocket in a panic. ''Have you notticed that all of the Profs. in the Pokemon world are named after trees?'', Evan asked. ''Yeah so?'', Ash asked. ''Blueberry isn't a tree!'', Evan said. Everyone then realized this was true.

''Yeah your right!'', Ash said. Jessie, James, and Meowth then paniced. ''See! I told you Blueberry wasn't a tree you idiot!'', Jessie said hitting James. ''OK, ow! Sorry!'', James said. ''Who cares! Our cover is blown!'', Meowth yelled. Jessie and James then started to chuckle. ''Prepare for trouble, our cover is blown! And make it double, your egg-nog tasted like foam! ( stop laughing, you try to make a rhyme like that, it's hard! ). To protect the world from devistation! To unite all peoples within our nation! To denounce the evils of truth and love! To extend our reach to the stars above! Jessie! James! Team Rocket! Blast off at the speed of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight!'', Jessie and James said. ''Meowth! That's right!'', Meowth finished. They then removed their costumes to reviel Team Rocket.

Now that Team Rocket is here, will they get what they want, will Ash and Misty finally get together, and who is Evan talking about when he says ''an olf friend?'', find out all this and more on the next chapter!

I swear, the Pokemon t.v business should hire me as the new narrator! -EVAN AAML