Hi! I'd like to start of by apologizing for all the dialogue in this chapter (and probably the first one too). I'm trying to incorporate more descriptions, but the way this story is I just can't seem to get the characters to stop talking! Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's a bit of a filler, but I promise we'll get into some action in chapter 3! Enjoy! *I had to edit one little thing at the end :O
"Have you seen my brush? I need it!"
"No, but I found your shoe..."
"Where was my shoe?"
"In the shower!"
May and Max Maple were scurrying around their hotel room attempting to get ready for the day. Their mother and father were already dressed and ready to head down to the breakfast buffet, but they had woken up a lot earlier than the children.
"Are you two almost ready? We need to get moving!" called to get her children's attention. It was already 10 o'clock in the morning and she had things to do.
"Yeah I'm almost ready!" Max picked his glasses up off the nightstand next to his bed and pushed them onto his nose.
"What about you May?" May's father asked, although he already knew the answer.
"Um I'm working on it!" May lied, she still hadn't found her hairbrush.
"Well you better hurry or we'll never make it to Pallet Town today!" laughed.
"Pallet Town?" Max and May both looked up at their parents in shock.
"We get to see Ash!" Max cheered.
"But I thought we had to go to Dad's TV conference!" May exclaimed.
"You and Max can stay in Pallet while we go to the conference" responded.
"Yes! Let's call Ash right away!" Max reached over for May's phone.
'Hey! You can't use my phone!" May snatched away her prized possession.
"I don't think it's necessary to call your friend" Max and May's mother stopped her bickering children "I already called last night, she knows that you two are coming over. Why don't you let Ash be surprised!"
"Good idea!" Max smiled at the idea. "Hurry up May, let's go!"
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"Tracey and Professor Oak should be here in about a half hour. Are you kids ready for guests? Did you change your underwear Ash?" The sun was shining brightly in all of the windows of the Ketchum residence and the four teens that were staying in the house were already dressed and fed. Delia Ketchum was busily cleaning her home in preparation for all of her guests, and the home phone was ringing in the background.
"Yes mom!"" Ash groaned at his mother's embarrassing tactics.
"Just making sure- Oh I better get the phone!"
As ran out of the room Iris sat down with Misty on the couch and started slight conversation.
"So this guy, Tracey, what's he like?" Iris tried imagining Tracey, but she couldn't decide on what he looked like.
"Um well he's tall I guess, and he has green hair, but not like Cilan's. It's really dark, almost black." Misty attempted to describe her friend.
"Well is he cute?" Iris persisted. She was curious!
"Well he's not ugly. He could use a new wardrobe though!" Misty laughed.
"Hmm" Iris went silent, lost in her imagination.
"When are they gonna get here?" Ash whined. He was rather impatient at the moment. He couldn't wait to see his friends. As Iris would say, he was being a little kid.
Cilan had been silent most of the morning, he had to admit that it was a bit awkward having Misty around because she took Iris and Ash's attention. And now Tracey and Professor Oak were coming over so he would be left out even more.
"Ding dong" Ash jumped out of the recliner he was sitting in and raced towards the front door.
"Tracey! Professor!" Iris, Cilan, and Misty who still hadn't gotten up to go to the door heard Ash yelp.
"Ah Ash! It's been awhile!" Professor Oak exclaimed "I would love to take a look at your Pokedex while you're here!"
"Of course Professor! But first come in!" Ash was being quite the host. He must have learned some manners in the past five minutes.
Soon enough Tracey and Professor Oak were inside and settled in the living room. had put out a ton of snacks on the coffee table, but Ash was the only one eating.
"So Ash, you're a Unova champion now?" Tracey grinned, he could tell that Ash wanted to boast about his accomplishment.
"Yes I am. You are now talking to a celebrity!" Ash flashed a toothy smile.
"Yeah a real celebrity" Iris rolled her eyes "I'm Iris by the way, we haven't formally met" she directed towards Tracey.
"It's nice to meet you Iris! Tracey Sketchit" Tracey held out his hand and the two formally shook hands.
"And you must be Cilan? I've heard good things about you" Tracey turned to face the connoisseur.
"That's me" Cilan smiled in return "I've heard a bit about you as well" he added, remembering that Ash had mentioned that Tracey was a Pokemon watcher.
"Anyways-" Ash began to boast about his winning streak again and everyone just kind of went along with it, even Professor Oak was getting bored with Ash's stories.
"Oh look! Someone's at the door!" abruptly stood up and scurried over to the door.
"Who is it?" Misty wondered aloud.
"Um I don't know! I have to open the door and see!" The woman grinned and pulled open the door.
"Oh uh hello?" It was obvious that Delia was expecting someone else.
"Hello!" A perky young woman with blonde hair and a bunch of cameras smiled in response.
"Can I help you?" Ash's mom asked as politely as she could.
"Oh yes! Is Ash Ketchum here? We would like to interview him!"
"You mean me?" Ash came into view of the news reporter and was immediately crowded with cameras and microphones.
"Ash Ketchum! Unova league champion! Can we ask you some questions about your victory? It would be perfect to put into our special report!" The lady smiled brightly and was almost literally bouncing with excitement.
"Special report?" Ash"s eyes widened as he realized this special report was most likely on him. He had been informed that beating the Unova league was going to spark some attention within the Kanto region, but he had taken it all lightly, not believing people would actually care about his accomplishments. Although the Unova league was known worldwide as one of the toughest leagues to beat, he never heard anything on the news about people challenging it, or beating it for that matter.
"Now probably wouldn't be the best time" Professor Oak informed the reporter. He, of course was used to attention in the media so he didn't seem very fazed by all the cameras and microphones.
'When would be a good time to come back? Later today? Tomorrow?" The blonde was being a bit over dramatic.
"Um maybe tomorrow... Bye for now!" Professor Oak basically shoved the reporter and her cameraman out of the doorway.
"Wow Ash, you're more of a celebrity than I thought!" Tracey laughed awkwardly.
"Everyone come to the living room, we need to have a group discussion" Professor Oak sternly turned to the curious teenagers.
As they all settled in the living room, Delia gained eye contact with the older man and nodded. She knew what the professor was about to tell them and had been holding the information back until it was absolutely necessary to be told.
"Ok" Professor Oak cleared his throat as he looked around the people in the room. Iris was curled up on the couch with a worried expression. Next to her was Cilan, who was probably sitting as close to Iris as it was humanly possible without being on top of her. Misty was sitting on the recliner, on the edge of the chair, her elbows on her knees propping her head up so that she was looking directly towards the professor. was kind of lurking in the background, awaiting her son's reaction. And finally Ash was sitting on the ground directly in front of Professor Oak staring up at his impatiently.
"Well it all started one day about two years ago...'
So what could this mysterious story be? Is it really that important? Find out in chapter 3! ;)
~~~ Wisrac17dew