Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. I DO own Louis, Volt City, Windfall Town and the Lightning Badge.
Chapter 13: An Old Friend Returns To The Gang And Stays!
After having Ash snap at them a little, our heroes have just arrived in Volt City, which is as big as Sunyshore City in Sinnoh, but with no lighthouse and the Pokemon Center a few buildings away from the Gym, when they meet up with an old friend.
"Hey, guys. How are you?" asked Angie, running up to them with an excited expression on her face.
Angie had short green hair in the cut of a boy's with a green t-shirt on and black long pants with a white strip on the sides of them with shoes that matched her pants and a single white wristband on both wrists.
"Hey, Angie. We're fine. How are you?" asked Dawn, surprised that Angie was here.
"Who is she, Brock?" asked May quietly as to not insult their friend.
"Her name's Angie and we met her when we entered a summer pokemon academy and then, we visited her in Solaceon Town." replied Brock, telling May who Angie is.
"I'm fine." replied Angie happily.
"What are you doing here in Almia?" asked Ash curiously as they were walking over to the Pokemon Center, which was towards the center of the city with the Gym being in the center.
"Well, I decided to come to Almia to find another summer academy and get away from my parents, who I should say, are about to drive me nuts with stuff to do." replied Angie as they were entering the Pokemon Center.
"I don't blame you, Angie. My parents love to bug me with stuff to do and to make me take care of my little brother too." said May, telling the others about how crazy her parents can be.
"I agree with you. Hey, I didn't get your name." said Angie, trying to find out what May's name is.
"Oh, my name's May. I used to travel with Ash and Brock along with my brother, Max, in the Hoenn and Kanto Regions and then, I met Dawn in Sinnoh when I went to compete in the Wallace Cup and then, I decided to come to Almia to compete in the contests with Dawn." replied May, introducing herself to Angie.
"That's cool, May." said Angie as they were entering their room.
"Hey, Ash, shouldn't we head on over to the Gym for the next badge?" asked Brock, looking at the others.
"Yeah and I can't wait to win another badge!" replied Ash excitedly.
"Hey, Ash, how many badges do you have?" asked Angie as they were leaving the Pokemon Center.
"I have two badges so far and if, or when, I win today at the Volt City Gym, I'll get my third badge." replied Ash as they were almost to the Gym.
(At The Volt City Gym)
It didn't take them long to reach the Gym and as they entered, they found the gym leader waiting for a good challenge from a good opponent.
"Hi, my name's Louis and I'm the Volt City gym leader." said Louis, introducing himself to the gang. (Louis is pronounced the same as it looks. Not like when you say St. Louis!)
Louis is a little taller than Brock with light blonde hair and an average build with clothing that looked like Volkner's, but the clothes were green and red.
"Hi, Louis. My name's Ash Ketchum and I would like to challenge you to a battle." said Ash, introducing himself and challenging Louis to a battle all at once.
"I accept you challenge, Ash. Follow me to the battlefield." said Louis as they were heading to the battlefield.
"I can't wait to see a gym battle." said Angie as they were about to enter the battlefield.
"Oh, you've never seen a gym battle, have you, Angie?" asked Dawn curiously.
"No and I can't wait to see one too." replied Angie as they were entering the battlefield, which was a normal battlefield.
(On the Battlefield)
Once they took their positions both on and off of the battlefield and the referee came out, the battle was ready to begin.
"This match between the gym leader, Louis, and the challenger, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town, is about to begin! Trainers ready?" asked the referee, who was a male, to see if they were ready to begin with Louis on his right and Ash on his left.
"Yeah!" replied the two in unison.
"Then, let the match begin!" said the referee.
"Go Ampharos!"
"Go Grotle!"
"Ampharos, Thunder followed by Charge Beam!"
"Grotle, Razor Leaf followed by a full power Energy Ball!"
The Thunder and Razor Leaf cancelled each other out, but the Charge Beam and the full power Energy Ball collided in mid-air and it knocked both Ampharos and Grotle out because of how powerful those attacks were.
"Both Ampharos and Grotle are unable to battle. It's a draw!"
"Go Jolteon!"
"Go Chimchar!"
"Jolteon, Thunderbolt followed by Thunder Fang!"
"Chimchar, Flamethrower followed by Flame Wheel!"
The four attacks collided again and they even took out both Jolteon and Chimchar again as the attacks were as powerful and equally matched.
"Both Jolteon and Chimchar are unable to battle. It's another draw!"
"Go Raichu!"
"Go Pikachu!"
(With The Others)
"Oh, here we go again with a Raichu-Pikachu match-up." said Dawn as they were watching the match-up.
"Well, you know how Ash is unfortunately." said Brock as they remembered a lot of Raichu-Pikachu match-ups.
(Back On The Battlefield)
"Raichu, Thunder followed by Charge Beam!"
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt followed by Volt Tackle!"
The Thunder and the Thunderbolt cancelled each other out, but Pikachu dodged the Charge beam and hit Raichu really hard and it knocked Raichu out too in an instant.
"Raichu's unable to battle. Pikachu's the winner and the winner of the match is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" announced the referee.
"Alright, Pikachu, we did it!" said Ash excitedly as he was hugging Pikachu.
"Congratulations, Ash, and to prove that you have won here at the Volt City Gym, I give you the Lightning Badge." said Louis, giving Ash the Lightning Badge.
"Thanks, Louis. Alright, we got the Lightning Badge!" said Ash, doing his usual pose.
As they said goodbye to Louis, Angie was impressed at how a gym battle was fought and how strong Ash has gotten since the last time that she saw him.
"Ash, that was impressive because to tell you the truth, I've never seen a gym battle until now and it was so much fun to watch too." said Angie as they were heading to the Pokemon Center.
"Thanks, Angie." said Ash as they were halfway to the Pokemon Center.
(At The Pokemon Center)
As soon as they got into the Pokemon Center, Angie got her things together and was about to leave to head back to Sinnoh to help her parents with their pokemon day care center when, she was stopped by the gang.
"Angie, where are you going?" asked Dawn curiously as they stopped Angie from leaving.
"I'm heading back to Sinnoh so that I can help my parents with stuff around the day care center." replied Angie, stopping to look at the gang with a sad look on her face.
"Why don't you call up your parents to ask them to stay with us and once the Almia League is over along with the Grand Festival, then you can go back to Sinnoh, Angie?" asked Brock as Angie was approaching them from her spot by the door.
"That sounds like a good idea, Brock. Thanks for giving me it." replied Angie as they were heading over to the phones.
In a matter of minutes, she dialed the home phone number and soon, she had her parents on the line.
"Hello, Angie. Hello, everyone." said her father as they saw who it was on the other end of the video phone.
"Hi, Mom and Dad. I was wondering if you would mind if I stayed with Ash and the others here in Almia and I promise you that once the Almia League and the Grand Festival is over with, I will be right back in Solaceon Town." said Angie, trying to convince them into letting her stay.
"Well, as long as you promise to come back home after the Almia League and the Grand Festival, then you can stay with them." said her mother as they were letting their daughter stay with her friends.
"Thanks, Mom and Dad! I'll see you once the Almia League and the Grand Festival is over with. Bye." said Angie, hanging up.
"Bye, Angie." said her parents in unison as they were hanging up as well.
"That's great, Angie!" said Ash excitedly.
"Is he always this excitable?" said Angie curiously.
"Unfortunately, yes." replied the others in unison.
"Hey!" said Ash, hearing that.
Once they got done with helping Angie put her stuff back into their room, they headed for the dining area and when they got done there, the went to bed, but before they did, they had to take care of one small thing before they went to dreamland.
"Here you go, Ash. Two poffins at your request." said Brock, handing Ash the two poffins.
"Why is Ash eating poffins?" asked Angie curiously.
"Oh, you'll see in the morning." replied Dawn and May in unison.
"Ok." said Angie, mostly to herself.
As soon as Ash downed the two poffins, they went to sleep, but what happens next will answer Angie's question.
(Later That Same Night)
The Were-Pokemon was at it again with the trance it had on Ash and again, he was headed to the kitchen.
This time though, he ate all of the food supply and then, he went back to bed and as soon as he laid down, he went straight to sleep.
(Later That Morning)
"!" screamed Nurse Joy, looking at the empty food supply and waking up the others too.
The others came running and they stopped short as they looked at the empty food supply in front of Nurse Joy.
"What happened to the food supply, Nurse Joy?" asked Angie in shock.
"Someone came in during the night and took everything even though the doors were locked. That's very strange." replied Nurse Joy, trying to figure out who did it.
"We'll try to help you find the thief who took the food supply, Nurse Joy." said Brock as they were leaving to go to their room with Angie slowly following behind, still in shock of all of the food gone.
(In The Gang's Room)
"ASH! YOU BETTER WAKE UP THIS SECOND!" yelled the three in unison after Angie closed the door to their room.
"Guys, why are you trying to wake Ash up?" asked Angie as she has never seen them do this to their friend before.
"Because he usually knows who takes the food supply from the Pokemon Centers." replied Dawn, thinking about what happened before.
"This happened before?" asked Angie, surprised.
"Unfortunately, yes." replied the three of them in unison.
Just as they got done explaining that to Angie, Ash was starting to wake up and they all noticed that he was the biggest that they have ever seen him because he looked like a six-month pregnant woman.
"ASH? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" asked Angie as she took a look at how big Ash was in his stomach area.
"Well, when Dawn said that Ash usually knows who steals that food supply, she meant that Ash is the one that steals the food at night." replied May as they were watching Ash lie there in bed before trying to get up, but failed.
"So you mean that Ash is the one that eats all of the food? That's just great, Ash." said Angie, realizing that they weren't going to get any breakfast at all.
"I'm sorry, Angie. I guess we should have told you when we met up before we headed to the Gym." said Ash, slowly getting up when his stomach shrank a little to a five-month pregnant woman's belly with a little help from Brock.
"YOU MEAN THAT YOU DELIBERATELY ATE THE POKEMON CENTER'S FOOD SUPPLY SO THAT WE CAN'T HAVE BREAKFAST? THATNKS A LOT, ASH KETCHUM!" said Angie, almost yelling at Ash and again, Ash couldn't take it anymore.
"DO YOU KNOW WHY I'M LIKE THIS? IT'S BECAUSE I'M THIS CRAZY PERSON THAT CAN TRANSFORM INTO A CREATURE AND IT CAN CONTROL ME WHENEVER IT DOESN'T COME OUT AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HAPPENING TO ME? BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY!" said Ash, almost yelling at Angie and while he was telling Angie this, his stomach shrank right back to normal.
The others were taken back when Ash did another outburst like the day before when they yelled like that at him.
"Ash, I'm sorry that I did that to you." said Angie, coming out of her shocked state.
"That's ok, Angie. Guys, why don't we show her when the time's right?" asked Ash, looking at the others.
"That sounds like a good idea, Ash." replied the three of them in unison.
After another outburst from Ash and meeting up with Angie again, our heroes, now including Angie, continue on their way to Windfall Town for Dawn and May's next contest.
Well, that Chapter 13 (Unlucky!) Sorry it took me so long. I've been busy with things and worrying about them. Not good for me. Well, I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can because it's a good one. See ya later!
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