GUARDIANS OF POKEMON

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Pokemon or any of its characters. Any original characters are mine, however.

Seventeen legendary guardians

possessing powers far beyond comprehension

will soon arise and protect the world from a deadly force...

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Frequently, Misty's life had gone into a standstill. Some days, she would just stare out of the window and think to herself, "Nothing ever happens around here anymore. Besides the fact that Ash is a Guardian of Pokemon or something... I wish something heart pounding would happen to me." Suddenly, Lily's face appeared in front of the window. "Aaah!" yelled Misty as she fell off the chair.

#4: THE WATER ORB

Misty jumped out of the window and yelled at her older sister, Lily, "What'd you do that for? Why are you here anyway?" Daisy and Violet, Misty's other sisters, ran to them saying, "No time for that now. Let's party!" Brock came in with a rose. "Great idea, ladies! Might I say you three have matured very well?" He handed Daisy the rose and laughed, "Sorry, but I didn't have any daisies." Misty bashed Brock's head and yelled, "That was lame!"

Delia came home to see partying at the house. She thought to herself, "That's the last time I leave them all alone." She walked in and asked, "What's going on here? You're here too, Sam?" She looked at Professor Oak as he gulped. Daisy said, "Like we're totally sorry, Ms. P. We were just having a reunion with our sister Misty." Delia said, "But Misty just visited you a week ago. And for the last time, my last name starts with a K!" Daisy said, "Well, this is a special time for Misty..." Delia asked, "What kind of special time?" Violet replied, "I'd answer you, but then I'd be spoiling the rest of the story."

After the party, Daisy, Violet, and Lily requested time alone with Misty. "Huh?" asked Misty confusedly. "Misty, we had an actual reason for coming here." said Daisy as Lily interrupted, "Wait a minute." She opened the door to reveal the others listening by the door. They all fell down. "My lumbago!" exclaimed Professor Oak.

"Well, I guess since you're Misty's friends, it wouldn't hurt to let you in on the secret too." Daisy said as she led them to the sea route below Pallet Town. Misty asked, "What? Are you going to tell me that you're great swimmers, because I couldn't really care less anymore." Daisy said, "Just shut up for a freaking minute and watch!"

Daisy walked into the sea. All of a sudden, with a flash, she had majestically transformed into a mermaid. Everyone gasped in awe as Misty yelled, "What?! You mean that you could turn into a mermaid and you've just told me now?! That is so cool!" Daisy answered, "We didn't think you were old enough to be able to use the mermaid power effectively."

Misty grunted, "Fine, but at least tell me now how I can become a mermaid." Violet took out a spherical object from her pocket. Brock gasped, "Wow. How did you fit that in your pocket?" Ignoring Brock, Violet explained, "This is the Water Orb." Daisy said, "It was a family heirloom. We were handed this Water Orb from our parents, and now it is time to give it to the youngest sister of the family." Lily interrupted, "Go ahead. Use it and you'll become a mermaid." Meanwhile, several voiced watched from underwater. "Is that it?" "I think so."

Ash interrupted, "Wait a minute. How come we didn't see you use the Water Orb when you transformed, Daisy?" "I'll explain that one, " said Daisy, "Eventually, after using it, a part of the Water Orb is absorbed into us, making us permanent caretakers of a part of the orb. In fact, since it had been used so much in the past, the water orb has been reduced into a small version of what it once was. Now, Misty. I think it's time that you used the Water Orb for yourself."

Misty took a deep breath and smiled, "Okay!" She walked over to the water, closing her eyes, and yelled, "Water Orb, turn me into a mermaid!" Suddenly, Misty felt her legs diappearing. Replacing her legs were fins. Upon opening her eyes, she looked at herself. Indeed, she had become a mermaid. She then yelled, "Wait a minute! Where are my clothes?" Daisy laughed, "Well, you see, some thing's have to like, be sacrificed in order to become a mermaid."

Tracey snickered, "This I have to draw." He began drawing Misty naked. Misty covered her body blushing as Brock said, "Don't worry, I'll take this ass down." Punching Tracey, Brock exclaimed, "And that's for taking away my screentime during the Orange Islands!" Tracey gasped for breath yelling, "What the hell are you talking about, Brock?!"

Daisy then threw a bra at Misty. "From now on, whenever you are a mermaid, you will be wearing this clothing. Misty grunted putting it on as Violet said, "Let's give Misty some time to adjust to her new form."

Misty then started swimming gracefully under the water. She enjoyed herself and laughed, "It's so great and peaceful here underwater!" Upon returning to land and handing the Water Orb back to Daisy, Misty exclaimed, "I love this! I guess it would seem that you finally did something nice for me." Daisy laughed, "Well, that's enough swimming for today. You better hand the orb to me to be safe until you can absorb its power."

The voices watching then said, "Hmmm... How about now?" The other voice looked up from the water and gasped, "What's that?" Suddenly, a large claw appeared and grabbed the Water Orb. A familar voice cackled.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"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!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

"Wobuffet!"

Ash gasped, "You have to be kidding me! Team Rocket?" Jessie laughed in a giant Meowth balloon, "Long time no see, twerps!" James followed, "We're here to steal your funny looking sphere." Misty yelled, "What do you mean. You already stole it!" Meowth said, "Hey, she's right. Let's vamoose." James said, "Wait! Let's fight them first to show how strong we are!" Meowth sighed, "Oh god..." Meanwhile, as the figures watched in the water, they asked each other, "Who is that?" "I don't know, but let's see how this turns out..."

"Pikachu! Thunder!" Team Rocket cried, "Aw nuts!" Meowth yelled, "You see what happened?!" The balloon exploded as Team Rocket yelled, "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The Water Orb fell into the sea. Ash sighed, "Pathetic. You'd think they'd have gotten stronger by now."

Misty gasped, "The Water Orb! It's in the water. We have to rescue it!" Suddenly, a Golduck passing by bit the Water Orb and held it in its mouth. Misty gasped, "No! My one chance to become a mermaid! To have something exciting happen in my life! Gone!" She was so worried that a light blue mystical aura surrounded her. Jupei watched this, then thought, "The Water Guardian..."

"Misty!" called out Jupei, "Shout 'Water Power'!" Misty asked, "What? Okay... Water Power!!" Suddenly, a light enclosed her as she tranformed into the Water Guardian. She had light blue water droplets on her light blue clothing. Jupei cheered, "Alright! Another Guardian!" Misty looked at herself in awe, "Wow. This day just keeps on getting better! Okay, Jupei... what do I do?" Jupei yelled, "You could start by chasing the Golduck!"

Misty sighed, "If only I had some of the Water Orb with me now!" Daisy said, "Misty! You might have already absorbed the Water Orb!" Jupei said, "Right! Think, Misty!" Misty then yelled, "Mermaid Transform!" Once again, Misty transformed into a mermaid as Jupei cheered, "Alright, Misty!"

Misty tried to swim towards Golduck and couldn't keep up. Professor Oak sighed, "It's not good. Golduck's a very good swimmer." No one paid attention to Oak as he said, "Ahh, screw it." As Misty tried to swim after Golduck, it used Hyper Beam on her. "Aahh!" yelled Misty as she fell into the bottom. "Misty!" yelled Ash. Misty thought to herself as she sank, "No, you can't give up Misty!" She then became enraged and swam to the top.

As Golduck recharged from Hyper Beam, Misty yelled, "Mystical Wave!" Suddenly, Misty released a powerful wave to hurt Golduck as it dropped the Water Orb. "Water Ball!" Golduck went into the Pokeball as Misty caught the Water Orb.

The voices in the water sighed, "Well, I guess we should just give up on this. It shouldn't really matter to us anyway now that she knows how to use it." They mysterious figures disappeared.

As Misty ran back to shore in human form, she exclaimed, "That was the best experience of my life. Even though at times, I was uncomfortable, " Misty stared at Tracey, "I really think I'll enjoy becoming a mermaid." Lily said, "Way to go, little sis! Guess you're not as useless as we thought. Daisy interrupted, "And you don't even have to use the Water Orb to transform." Misty stared at the Water Orb, "But there's so little of the orb left." Daisy smiled, "Just enough to give some to your potential child." Ash blushed as Misty smiled looking at the orb, "I can't believe it. Now I'm a true Guardian of Pokemon!"

TO BE CONTINUED

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Preview of Next Episode:

Misty: We thought we should come with my sisters back to Cerulean City.

Ash: We're taking the train.

Delia: Make sure you'll be careful.

Tracey: What can go wrong on a train?

Brock: Hey, what's that?

Ash: Guardians of Pokemon #5: Train Trouble.

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Author's Notes: Well, although I'd appreciate it if you reviewed, I'm glad you're reading this. Now, that there's a second Guardian, the number of possible captures at the moment are doubled. I hope you enjoy guessing at what Guardians will awaken next. I know I already know... Now a questions to answer that won't really spoil the story...

As you could probably tell from this episode, the voices that you hear throughout the episode and Team Rocket are two different voices. Now, doesn't this create mystery?

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