Jessie: Yep Yep, new chapter!
Me: Happy aren't ya?"
Jessie: No, just felt like saying something happy. LP21 doesn't own Pokemon or any of its franchise. If she did, then Hilbert and Hilda would actually be called Blair and Whitlea.
Hilbert and Hilda" YEA!
The morning sky peered throughout a glass sliding door as a magenta haired woman sat up and stretched her tired arms., she yawned as she looked through the door to see some of Eterna's buildings.
'I better get prepared to go out on the road today.' She thought as she got up and stretched her back.
"Good morning sunshine." A voice said as the magentette turned to see her ebony-haired friend typing away on a laptop.
"Good morning to you too, how long had you been up?"
"A couple of minutes now, I was thinking of setting off for Hearthome today." She answered as she looked up to the magentette.
"Well I was planning of going today as well, would you like to come with me?"
Mya nodded as she stood up. "Sure, let us just pack my things and you get ready to go."
A few minutes later Jessie was sitting down with her mirror brushing her shoulder length hair as she was waiting for Mya to return from the Poke Mart. The magentette then touched her black Pichu bracelet which currently held her six poke balls and sighed. 'Thank Arceus she didn't hear the full story. '
What really happened the other night…
"…Mya, I think you need to hear this as well." Jessie said as Mya sat next to Gardenia ready to listen.
"Alright, it all started when I was back in school-" Soon Mya's phone begun to ring, she held it to see the caller ID and looked to the ladies.
"I'm sorry girls but I have to take this call, you can continue without me Jess." Mya walked out the room as Jessie continued.
Back to the current time…
Jessie sighed as she smirked a little. "I wouldn't begun to imagine what she would've thought of me after that. Even then and now..I don't know if I still can trust her."
The condominium door then opened as the brunette walked through holding up bags upon bags of items and smiled. "These can be useful for us until we get to Hearthome."
Packing up and exiting the complex, Jessie and Mya walked to the Eterna Museum to return Cheryl's key to her. Walking inside, the ladies were in surprise to see the museum and its displays. Mya ran to a little model of the Space-Time tower in Alamos Town and smiled.
"Hey Jess, is this how the Space-Time tower looks like in real life?"
Jessie nodded as she walked to the model. "That's right, it's big and very tall." She then reached inside her white bag and pulled out a photo album. "Take a look."
Mya went through the book that had pictures of Jessie's time at Alamos town and smiled. "That must have been a great experience, hasn't it?"
"Yes it has." The magentette then sulked. "But it didn't give me an official ribbon."
Mya sighed as she saw Cheryl coming their way. "Hey Cheryl."
The green haired woman walked up to the two ladies. "Hello Mya, Hi Jes-" She stopped after seeing Jessie with a dark cloud around her head. "What happened to her?"
"Ignore her, we came to return your spare key because we're heading out today."
"Oh really?, well thank you both for all you have done for both us and the whole of Eterna. May Arceus' blessings be upon you both as you continue your journeys." Cheryl said as she hugged Mya and the now back-to-normal Jessie whom sported a little blush.
Soon the greenette jumped in surprise. "Oh I almost forgot something." She then reached into her lab coat and pulled out a shiny orange fossil with a shade of brown in the middle and a black dot in the middle of the brown spot. Mya and Jessie both looked at the fossil in amazement.
"This is an Old Amber fossil that we discovered a few days ago in Mt Coronet, somehow the museum in Oreburgh City heard of us having it and asked for it…however we never had a chance to deliver it to the city."
Jessie thought of what Cheryl had said and pulled out her town map, she mapped out where both Eterna and Oreburgh were and looked for the routes. "Well, we have to pass Oreburgh to get to Hearthome City, so we can drop off that fossil if you would like us to."
Cheryl's face lit up as she smiled. "Oh please please, if you can?"
The magentette looked at Mya. "It wouldn't take out of out traveling time right?" In response, Mya shook her head and touched her Poketch to see a digital map. "After the cycling road which is south of Eterna is Route 207, which leads us to Oreburgh City so we would reach there by nightfall."
Cheryl then gripped both Jessie and Mya in a big hug. "Oh much Thanks Jessie and Mya, this is a very important part of our research here and this is great news." She released the women as she smiled. "If there's anything I would need to do to repay you both, just name it."
The ladies shook their heads. "There's no need Cheryl, we volunteered." Mya added.
The duo left the museum and was walking down the street until they were stopped by Rad Rickshaw. "Ladies, Ladies! How are you both doing this fine morning?"
"Good." The women simultaneously replied.
"That's great, well I want to thank you both again for saving my precious Cleffaries. I just remembered to give you something for your efforts." He then pointed to two bikes that were parked near the bicycle shop. "These are out brand new foldable bikes that can go anywhere with you and I'm giving you both one for free."
"Ooohh that looks nice Jess." Mya said as she admired the bikes.
"Yea it is." Jessie replied as she bowed to Rickshaw. "Thank you for your generosity sir, we will use these bikes well."
"That's great to hear! Oh, let me show you girls how they work."
After giving them a briefing of how to use the foldable bikes, Mya and Jessie headed out to Route 206 on them. They both battled the trainers along the route as they went along the stretch, Mya also met the new team member in Jessie's group and the magentette decided to call her 'Mimi'. Riding down the route gave the women a new feel as the wind went through their hair, however they eventually got sad on account of the bicycle route ending.
Folding their bikes and placing them in their bags, the ladies walked to Route 207 where they saw a sign pointing to the direction of Oreburgh City.
"Here's the way to Oreburgh Jess." Mya pointed to the route, Jessie nodded as the two began walking but then Mimi was acting up in Jessie's arms.
"Mimi, what's the matter?" The magentette asked the rabbit pokemon.
"Maybe she senses something bad or some other thing." Mya answered. Soon the pokemon leaped from Jessie's arm and ran another direction. "MIMI!" Jessie yelled as she and Mya ran after the pokemon whim was heading back to route 206 but going another path which led to the lower portion of the route.
"I might know where she's going." Mya said.
Jessie kept her eye on her pokemon. "And where is my darling going exactly?"
"To Wayward Cave."
"But why there? And out of all times?"
Mya only shrugged her shoulders as they caught up to the pokemon whom stopped at the entrance of the cave, Jessie picked up the rabbit pokemon and looked inside the dark cave. "If you think I'm going inside there, you're wrong."
"Oh come on Jess, it might be fun. Let's go." Mya added. She got no response as the magentette stood and looked at her.
"Fine, I'm going in. You can stay by yourself if you want." Mya went inside as Jessie huffed and turned around looking at the cycling route above her…and after a few seconds of looking, she went inside the cave to a smirking Mya waiting for her.
Jessie frowned. "Don't…say….anything."
"I won't. However it's dark in here We can't see a thing."
Jessie nodded as she looked around her black surroundings, and then widened her eyes. "Doesn't your Shinx know any moves that can illuminate this cave or something?"
Mya looked at the other woman in confusion before gasping. "That's right." She then gripped Shai's pokeball and threw it in the air. "Come on out Shai!" As the pokemon came out of its ball, it wasn't the cute little Shinx Jessie saw back in Jubilife; he was more lion-like as its eyes gave off an intimidating look, his face had a black mane around it and has two yellow rings on its two front legs. Mya's electric pokemon was now a Luxio. Jessie pointed her pokedex to the pokemon.
"Luxio, the Spark pokemon and the evolved form of Shinx. Strong electricity courses through the tips of its sharp claws. A light scratch causes fainting in foes."
Jessie was amazed at how that cute little Shinx became this tough-looking Luxio. "He's very intimidating Mya."
Mya laughed as she pat Shai's head. "Yep, ever since he evolved he wanted to protect me as much as I did when he was a Shinx." She then released her hand as she looked to Shai. "Ok Shai, let's use Flash to illuminate this dark cave."
Shai's tail then began to glow a bright light as it shined brightly around the cave. Jessie blocked some of the light as Mya smirked. "Bright huh?"
"Ya think?. Anyways while we're here, let's explore the cave." Jessie added.
"And here I thought you didn't want to come inside the cave in the first place." Mya said with a smirk, however Jessie pushed her forward. "LET'S GO WOMAN!"
As the ladies went through the cave, they saw wild pokemon and battled some, seeing some trainers and also battling them as well. Jessie had let Mimi battled with Shai and had gotten some battling experience from it as well. Also along the way pictures were taken for fun.
What seemed like forever, the two women had gotten to another turn in the cave. Mya sighed. "I wonder when we'll ever get out."
Jessie patted the brunette's shoulder. "No problem. As we went along Mimi was marking our trail with her ice beam so we won't be that much lost."
Mya smirked. "That's great." She then looked at her poketch. "It's already nightfall outside so we might as well head back." Jessie nodded but before turning around a pink blur ran and latched onto Mya's dress. The ladies looked down and saw that the blur was actually a little pink-haired girl, she looked up to the ladies showing a little smile.
"Hello there, Mira's my name and unfortunately I got lost in this creepy cave while looking for some pokemon. Mira's scared and can't get out, can you please help me?" The girl looked at Mya whom looked at Jessie, giving her a shrug of her shoulders Mya knelt down to Mira's eye level.
"Of course we can Mira, let's get out together." The pinkette hugged Mya as Jessie sighed and pointed the other way. "Let's go now ladies, before the cave pokemon comes for us."
The way out the cave wasn't an easy job however; the women kept on battling more trainers while Mira joined them in some and the ice that Mimi had made was melting. Luckily, the three girls made it out of the cave and was met by the light of the moon.
Mira jumped for joy. "YAY YAY Mira's out of the cave."
Mya and Jessie smiled as the girl went and hugged their legs. " One day Mira wants to be strong as you two." She released their legs as she ran up the route. "Thanks for all of your help."
The two ladies looked in the direction Mira ran and at each other, they laughed a little and walked up the route, reaching Oreburgh city. They eventually stopped to the pokemon center to sleep for the night because the museum was closed.
The next morning, the ladies set off bright and early for the museum. They entered and was in surprise as they saw displays of mining tools, some fossils and even a big slab of coal, as Mya observed more of the fossils Jessie went to the counter and gave in the Old Amber, she was then handed a thousand poke dollars and was confused until the lady said that it was from the Eterna museum.
The magentette smiled and went to Mya, the two shared the money and exited the museum ready to hit the trail for Hearthome…until a group of miners walked passed them and was headed to the Mine fields. Jessie looked at the men walking past them and turned to Mya. "Mya, let's go see the Oreburgh Mine before we go, please?" The ebonette nodded as the women walked to the mine, it was open for the public to see and the two walked down inside the mine.
They walked inside the cave and explored inside, they watched the workers with their Machops do their jobs and also found some more items along the way. Walking out the mine, the ladies saw a group of people bringing in a new fossil, the workers were clapping as the others were bringing it out.
The women ran to the sight and looked at the skull fossil that they brought out. Soon they heard a voice from inside the mine. "ALRIGHT MEN, A JOB WELL DONE!" Mya and Jessie looked at the mine's entrance to see a man coming out with a towel in his hands wiping off some sweat, the two ladies had hearts in their eyes as they clutched one another's hands and blushed, watching him talk to some workers.
Out the mine came a peach skinned man with Cordovan hair and matching eyes, he was wearing a grey suit with yellow outlines, black and red boots, white gloves, a yellow hardhat and to top the look; he had on glasses. This man was the Oreburgh gym leader Roark, he saw the women pretending to look at the fossil and walked to them. The girls were shaking and at the same whispering to each other to talk to him, he then reached the two and smiled. "Hello ladies, I see that you were interested in that fossil over there."
The ladies nodded as Mya spoke up, still blushing. "Yes, my name is M-Mya and my f-friend is J-Jessie."
Jessie nodded as she spoke. "W-we came to drop off a f-fossil to the museum and d-decided to visit the m-mine."
Roark nodded as he pointed to the fossil. "Well if you ladies want to take a closer look at it you can." Mya nodded as she gestured to Jessie to come on as she went to see the rock. Jessie began to walk as well but Roark stopped her. "I know who you are, the woman from that organization Team Rocket correct?"
Jessie smirked and looked away. "I see you don't forget do you?"
"That, and Eterna's gym leader Gardenia messaged all the other gym leaders and elite four of your return, also about how you saved two pokemon from Team Galactic."
The magentette blushed a little as Roark looked at her. "I see you're doing well. The Floraoma contest was dazzling and continue to do well." He then walked away as Jessie stood there looking as his retreating figure and was blushing, until Mya popped up on her side and smirked.
"So I was seeing that you were talking to Roark…" Jessie blushed as Mya smirk grew wider. "What did he say? Come on tell me."
"H-he said that he saw the contest in Floraoma and to do my best in the other contests." She answered.
"Well I have an idea." Mya went inside her bag and took out a camera, she then gripped Jessie's arm and ran towards Roark. "Roark! Let's take a picture near the fossil you just dug up!"
Walking up Route 207, Mya smirked widely as Jessie was furiously blushing at the picture that was taken; the picture was the three including the workers at the new fossil smiling and some fist pumped, however the actual focus on the picture was Roark's arms were around Mya's and Jessie's arms. The two were blushing like crazy but Jessie's own was much more visible than Mya's, there were also more pictures that were taken with just Jessie and Roark as the magentette snatched the camera from Mya and turned it off.
The ebonette laughed. "They are all sssooo going in your album once we get to Hearthome."
"Oh whatever Mya." Jessie replied with a scowl. "Just enjoy that happiness for now, when I will win the Hearthome ribbon we'll see who will have the last laugh."
Soon the women had reached Mt Coronet. They walked inside through the entrance and passed some lakes.
"Rocks are all around here Jess, also some of them are pokemon. Watch you step." Mya warned Jessie as she walked up a flight of rocky stairs.
Jessie scoffed. "Oh please Mya, I don't need anybody to tell me to be careful walking over some useless roc-" She couldn't finish her sentence because her shoe got caught between two rocks and she slipped down the stairs, she almost fell into one of the lakes but Mya caught her in time before she went in head first. The magentette turned around to a emotionless Mya and sheepishly laughed.
"Well, I guess I need to be more cautious cause I'm wearing heels right?"
Shaking her head, Mya pulled Jessie up and frowned. "Yes, yes you should."
Jessie sighed and smiled. "Oh well let's get go- AAAAHHHH!" Soon then, a Feebas jumped form the lake and hitched onto Jessie by her hair. She flailed her arms and tried to shake off the pokemon, while Mya still in her emotionless state pointed her Light green pokedex at the pokemon.
"Feebas, the Fish Pokemon. It's a shabby and ugly pokemon, however, it is very hardy and can survive on little water. It eats anything so it can even live on polluted streams and lakes. No one pays attention to it."
Mya lowered her pokedex as she kept on watching Jessie fighting with the Feebas, she then grabbed a pokeball and tapped the fish on its head, making it disappear inside it, the ball glowed three times before stopping, signaling the catch.
Jessie frantically searched for her mirror and brush and started brushing her hair while looking mad. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT UGLY SEA RAT BIT ON MY HAIR!"
"Maybe it thought of your hair as food." Mya replied as she walked along.
"Also I can't believe you caught the thing, I mean don't tell me your going to use it in the contest coming up."
"Maybe I will, Maybe I won't. We'll never know."
The magentette frowned and caught up to her traveling companion whom both walked out of the exit and into route 208. Jessie looked forward and saw the gate, she then pointed to it. "I see the gate to Hearthome, and the sun's still up. We can make record timing for reaching another city."
"I guess, but why don't we stop for a bit. I'm a little hungry." Mya said as she held up two wrapped boxes of food. Jessie smiled and the two sat near a little waterfall with all of their pokemon out of the pokeballs and were playing with one another.
Mya sat with her newly caught Feebas and smiled as she smoothed out its scales lovingly. "Well a catch is a catch right?" Jessie asked her while eating a sandwich, Mya nodded as she looked at the fish pokemon. "Yea, and from now on Mila and I will get to the top of the coordinator's pyramid, right Mila?" The pokemon happily jumped out of the water, did a back flip and returned in.
The two women laughed it off until they heard little cries of their pokemon from afar; Aqua and Mya's Grotle ran to the two looking like something happened. The women ran with the pokemon to wherever they were taking them to see a few of their other pokemon wounded and tired, a group of Sevipers were surrounding them and a group of Zangoose stood in front of the Sevipers, Jessie pointed her pokedex at a Zangoose.
"Zangoose, the Cat Ferret pokemon. It has feuded with Seviper for many reasons and years. Its sharp claws are its biggest weapon and tears up its foes."
A few of the Zangooses claws extracted themselves from the paws and rushed over to the group of Sevipers, slashing them in the process. Jessie's Seviper was next to her but seeing this happening to its fellow pokemon made its if-existing-blood boil. It slithered itself in front of the battlefield as Jessie hesitated for it to battle but Seviper looked at her and then to the fallen pokemon around them, she watched as Mya and her Grotle carried the wounded pokemon to safety and then back to the front.
"Alright Seviper, let's get this show on the road." Jessie looked at her Piplup by her side. "Aqua, you help Mya tend to the others."
"Lup!" (OK!)
The magentette and Seviper looked at the sinister looking Zangooses as she frowned. "Alright Seviper, let's use Haze!" Seviper opened its mouth and a black smoke emerged from it, leaving the Zangooses coughing and blinded from seeing it.
"Now use Wrap to grab all of them!" Seviper lunged forward and grabbed all of the pokemon in one go. They all counter attacked with a bit, Seviper flinched but didn't let go of them as he looked to Jessie for another command.
Jessie hesitated at first but then smirked. "Ok Seviper, let's use a Night Shade-Poison Tail combination!"
Seviper's tail became a glowing purple as he slashed all of the Zangooses with it, he then released them as he performed his Night Shade attack and sent the Zangooses flying off into the trees and far away from the group. Seviper stood tall until it stumbled, Jessie caught him before he could fall, she them hugged him. "I knew you were strong, thanks Seviper." The pokemon purred under Jessie's touch and smiled.
After treating all of the pokemon, including the group of Sevipers, Mya stood up and began treating Jessie's Seviper. "We saw everything, Seviper you were great out there."
Jessie nodded. "Yep, that's my Seviper." She laughed as she nuzzled her snake pokemon to her face.
After Mya was finished with her treatment, Seviper slithered over to the other Sevipers and started a conversation with them. Jessie looked at how her Seviper was acting like a pack leader to the others, she also could see the happiness and determination inside his eyes, she smiled.
When the group of Sevipers were leaving to go back to their homes, the other pokemon waved goodbye to them, however Seviper was sad seeing them go. Jessie saw this and patted his head. "Your sad aren't you?" He nodded his head as Jessie hugged the snake pokemon and plastered on a sad smile.
"You know…you can go off with them of you want." Hearing the comment, Mya and the others looked at Jessie as she released her grip on Seviper, he was looking at his owner in shock and then to the group of Sevipers. Turning his head back to Jessie, he saw that a tear was falling from her eye, she then bent to his eye level. "You are born to be a leader, I won't let my dreams come in the way of you being what you were born to be." Seviper nodded as Jessie held out Seviper's pokeball and a blue light enveloped Seviper marking his freedom.
She hugged Seviper and gave him a kiss on the head before walking back to the group, Seviper looked to Jessie before slithering to the group of snakes whom was cheering happily. As they disappeared into the forest, Seviper looked back to Jessie whom smiled and blown a kiss to him, he smiled and cried out Jessie's name as he went into the forest.
Recalling their pokemon into their balls, Jessie had on a sad smile. Mya then walked to her and hugged her. "You did the right thing."
"Yeah, I guess, but I just lost a good friend."
"Another reason to make a new one right?" Mya smiled as Jessie smiled as well.
The two then walked inside the gate before Mya stopped. "Before I forget." She then pulled out her camera and shown Jessie a picture; it was a picture of her and Seviper in a lovingly embrace with the mist of the waterfalls coming into the picture. Jessie smiled. "Thanks Mya, now let's get to Hearthome so I can beat you in the next contest."
Mya smirked as she walked ahead. "Oh please, I know you're a little sad, but that won't stop me from winning my ribbon."
The two women laughed as they passed through the gate and into Hearthome City.
Mya: Aww that was so sad.
Me: I know right, anyways the readers know what to do at this point?
Ash: What? Go on to another story and read them?
Me and Dawn: *facepalm*
Hilda: Can someone be so dense?"
Lyra: As dense as the Ilex forest.
Mya: REVIEW PLEASE!
Ash: Ooohhh so that's what they have to do.
Everyone: *sigh*
