Ash was with Misty the first time he saw the movie Shrek. He remembered laughing and calling Misty an ogre for a week afterward. But the truth was, when Shrek tells Donkey that ogres are like onions because they have layers, he couldn't help but think of Misty. She was full of layers too.
When they first met, she was this bossy redhead who yelled and hit and called him names.
Then, the next day, he saw her reaction to a tiny Caterpie and that top layer was peeled away forever.
When they went to his first gym battle she was willing to help him win. Another layer.
In Cerulean City, he saw a younger sister who had a hard time fitting in. Another layer.
She was mean and sweet. She was loud and quiet. Misty was nothing and everything.
Layer after layer after layer.
A/N: I'm not completely sure how I feel about this one. I was babysitting when I wrote it out on my iTouch and the kid I was watching was watching Shrek. That much is obvious, but still, I think I could have used the prompt better.