Hi! I'm now well aware of my grammar mistakes, and I'd like to thank Diogenes Laertius, pikabank, and Farla for kindly reviewing to my first story. Feel free to leave a review about other grammatical mistakes in this story, because constructive criticism is always good.
Italics= inner thoughts
Bold= exaggerated or stressed words
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. That's probably a good thing because of all the times I'd bash Ash on the head for being such a dense boy.
Misty
Ahhhhhhhhh….the serenity of the Cerulean City Gym when there's no challengers. School at Cerulean High is out and I'm free to relax a little.
"Daisy! Violet! Lily!" I call, and I hear my voice echo across the pool.
Daisy, Violet, and Lily simultaneously shout, "Whaaaaaattt?"
"I'm going to go to Pallet Town tomorrow!" I announce. Because seriously, I swear, they're going to wake up the next morning and panic when I'm not there to run the gym.
"Like, we know already, Misty," Lily grumbles.
"Yeah, you've had to have told us, like, a million times!" Violet agrees.
"Awww, you guys," Daisy cuts in, "You know Misty's only saying that because she gets to see her boyfriend."
"Shut up!" I clench my fists menacingly.
On cue, all of my older sisters start laughing hysterically.
"Ash is SO not my boyfriend!" I protest. The temptation to smack their pretty little faces rises.
"Denial isn't, like, a river in Egypt, ya know?" Lily snickers.
"Grrrrr!" I growl.
I storm off angrily to my room. Azurill wakes up after the door slams, poking up her head questioningly.
"It's nothing, Azurill," I sigh, "Go back to sleep."
Sinking into my bed, I take a look around my room. It's nearly empty, as I packed almost every one of my belongings in three bags (good packing, right?).
Ash is probably the same impatient kid that I remember from the old days, who just can't wait to go on a Pokémon journey in the summer. I'm desperately hoping that he'll invite me along and not some random chick whose bike Pikachu just fried. Whenever I think this over, I no longer feel so special. May and what's her face-Dusk? - got to travel with Ash without having to hound him for bike reimbursement. That meant that he actually wanted their companionship.
Don't worry, Misty. Ash will be begging you to travel with him once again after he sees how strong you and your pokémon have become!
"I'm sorry, Misty, but Ash isn't here," Delia Ketchum explained sympathetically, "He's at school right now."
Damn. I forgot. Pallet Town's school ends later than all the other schools by two weeks…stupid overachievers…
"That's fine. Just tell him I stopped by,'kay?" I turned to leave.
"Wait, Misty!" Mrs. Ketchum grabs my arm.
"Hmmmm?" I ask.
She hands me a paper bag filled with food. "Ash's school just started their hour lunch period right now. Would you mind stopping by and giving this to him?"
She adds with a wink, "I have a feeling that what he gets at school won't be enough."
I smile; Ash is the same as always.
"Sure, Mrs. Ketchum!" I declare happily.
With that, I head off to Pallet Town School of Academics on my bike.
"Please state your business," the secretary demands of me, stopping me at the front desk. Her glasses glint in the light and curl sharply at the edges. Her red curls are piled on top her head and she's actually glaring at me.
"Ummm…I'm here to drop off a lunch," I gesture to the paper bag in my hand.
She snorts as if it's the most ridiculous thing she's heard before she recollects herself.
"Are you a student here?" she asks, glancing me up and down. Perhaps I should have left my hair in its trademark side ponytail, rather than down…..
"No," I shake my head.
She sighs loudly before clicking on the PA. "Professor Oak, please report to the front desk. Thank you."
Professor Oak? What does he have to do with the school?
A little while later, he appears.
"Why hello, Misty!" he seems to be surprised that I'm here.
"Mrs. Ketchum told me to drop this off for Ash," I tell him, handing him the bag.
Professor Oak stares at it in shock for a few moments before he and the secretary burst out laughing.
"Oh, you could've told me it was for Mr. Ketchum," the secretary snickers. Obviously Ash required lunch from his mom everyday.
"What brings you here?" Professor Oak inquires. He adds, "Besides delivering Ash's lunch."
I turn scarlet, "I…..uh…actually came here to visit Ash."
Professor was in deep thought, "How long do you plan on staying here?"
I shrug, "I dunno, as long as I need to I guess."
He beams, "Brilliant! Miss Chantille, please register her in all our classes."
Miss Chantille gaps for a few seconds before snapping to attention. "Right away, sir."
So the next thing you know, I'm enrolled in Pallet Town School of Academics for the next two weeks.
Ash so better invite me on his next journey.
"Misty!" Ash falls out of the bench. Gary's sitting across from him, and boy, do they look different. The bright side was that they weren't the only ones who changed. I argued with the Sensational Sisters for the past few months on my physical appearance. We both had to compromise a little, but at least I've never had to wear a dress or a skirt.
I merely hold out the paper bag lunch. Maybe I'll let him think I'm mad at him. I was furious with him not too long ago, however. The Sensational Sisters could tell you that. They still think I should take anger management class. As if!
"There's your lunch, Ashy boy," Gary says as he takes a bite into his own lunch.
Ash takes it from me gratefully, almost immediately chowing down on its contents.
Pikachu pokes his head into the bag. He beams instantaneously as he lifts out a ketchup bottle.
"You could at least say 'thank you', Ash Ketchum. Didn't anyone teach you any manners?" A part of me wants to smack him several times with my mallet, because I'm still angry that he ignored me for almost a whole year.
"Sorry, Mist. We're still pals, right?" Ash asks with his mouthful. Or at least, I think that's what he said.
"Hmmmm….I'll let it slide, Ketchum. But you better not ignore me for several months like last time," I reply in irritation as I squeeze into the bench next to him.
Pikachu bobs his head up and down in appreciation as he devours the ketchup bottle.
The three of us (not counting Pikachu) eat in silence until Gary actually looks at me. He has a double-take when he spots my attire.
"You're enrolled in PTSA!" Gary splutters. Honestly, the boy has no hope for being a pokémon researcher if he's not more observant.
"Yeah, so I am," I respond indifferently, pulling at the plaid red skirt self-consciously. Remember how I told you that the Sensational Sisters haven't been able to get me into skirts so far? Well, the secretary lady managed to somehow, and now I'm feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Shouldn't you be running the Cerulean Gym?" Ash is curious as to why I'm here. But it seems like he wants to get rid of me somehow.
I'm pretty blunt with how I feel. "It sounds like you're trying to get rid of me, Ash."
"I'm not!" Ash frowns.
Gary laughs at his scowl.
Go on, Ash. Fight and argue with me. That was always half of the fun I had when I traveled with you.
Surprisingly, Ash says nothing afterwards.
What happened to you Ash? You're not the same dense kid I remember.
"Excuse me," I pause in the hallway to speak to a brunette girl with an eevee around her shoulders.
She stops and looks at me, saying nothing. She tips her head down a little, causing her white fedora to cover her face.
Sheesh, you would have thought that Pallet Town would be a lot friendlier.
"I'm kind of new here and I was wondering if you could- " I start.
"Misty!" It's Gary, and he's striding down towards us quite quickly.
Before you know it, he's whisking me away from the girl.
"What was that for?" I hiss. If he honestly thought that I was going to solely spend time with him and Ash for the next two weeks, he is dead wrong! Not to mention, they attempted to ditch me a few minutes ago for some "guy time" (I think they were just annoyed with me and how I was kind of ruining their reputation). All of a sudden, after I'm fending for myself, they want me back?
"That's Leaf Green," he patiently explains, as if telling me her name really meant anything.
I cross my arms, "So?"
He sighs, running his hand through his spiky hair, "You won't get anywhere with her."
His words cause me to think and look at Leaf, still standing where I left her a few feet back.
I'm almost startled by how intently her hazel eyes are gazing at me. Her eyes temporarily glance at Gary before coming to me.
Before I could shout out an apology for so rudely leaving, she turns on her heel and walks away.
"See?" Gary shakes his head, "I told you."
PTSA is turning out to be a living hell so far. The teachers were talented, and some very nice, but they were super strict. Despite being a small town in the Kanto Region, Pallet Town had begun to take its reputation seriously ever since the top trainers of this generation originated from there. The students were expected to be top- notch pokémon trainers, coordinators, breeders, and researchers. I'm actually struggling with some of the classes on my first day, but somehow Gary (and even Ash) is breezing right through the material.
Gary's in all of my classes. I found out later in the day that it was because we were both gym leaders. Or at least, I was. Agatha from the Elite Four took over the Viridian City Gym for awhile, but apparently expected Gary to become the new gym leader. She told Gary that she couldn't stand it if another Oak became "a mess of what they could've been". Professor Oak is thrilled to have an actual official gym leader at PTSA. I guess he's hoping that I could influence Gary into becoming a gym leader instead of a researcher like him…..which I still don't understand at all.
I asked Gary if Ash is still only interested in being a pokémon master. He jokingly said that Ash may finally start liking girls in a while. Then he teased me about wanting to be the girl who distracted Ash from his journey. I blushed several shades of red matching my hair and probably basically handed him license to mock me for the rest of my life.
The craziest part of the whole summer so far?
Gary's actually growing on me.
So here we learn at least one more character of Midsummer Nightmare's cast. Misty is now enrolled as a student in PTSA, merely because Professor Oak thought that it might help with their reputation.
Ash and Pikachu are mentioned slightly, but I wanted to show Misty meeting Leaf and how Misty initially interacts with Gary. I kind of rushed through this chapter a bit, so let me know if I made any mistakes in information or grammar. (I.e. If I gave Leaf or Gary the wrong eye color) Microsoft Word can be so annoying at times with its auto correct.
Please give me your comments, opinions, or suggestions!