As soon as the Ketchums and Fudo's got to the house, Delia and Satoshi began to start getting dinner ready. Pikachu hopped down from Ash's shoulder and rested on the couch.
"So, Molly is your cousin?" Akito asked Emi and Ash.
"Her mother is Dad's sister." Emi explained.
"Cool." Akito said.
"So, where has she been?" Estelle asked.
"Um..." Ash looked curious himself. "Hey, Dad? Dad!"
"Yes, Ash?" Satoshi called from the kitchen.
"Do you know where Molly's mom has been?" Ash called back.
"Oh, well, she's been away on work for a while now, but she will be returning soon." Satoshi told him.
"Thanks, Dad!" Ash called back.
"Of course!" Satoshi called again.
"I really miss her," Emi said softly. "She was always so kind, warm, and gentle... She always listened to Molly's stories, dreams, and wishes."
"She sounds like a wonderful woman/mother." Estelle smiled.
"I bet you would make a nice one too," Emi said to her, gently poking the tip of her nose to tickle it. "You're so good with Teddyursa, even before he was hatched."
"Thanks, Emi." Estelle smiled.
Emi smiled back. "I wonder if I should be a Pokemon nurse?" she then wondered out loud, remembering when she found out her destiny as a Pokemon healer.
"Maybe someday." Akito smiled fondly to her.
Delia answered the phone while cooking. "Sure, just a sec," she said, then lowered the phone. "Akito, Estelle, Vincent, phone for you!" she then called to the Fudo siblings.
"Coming!" The Fudo siblings called out before going over to the phone.
Delia handed them the phone and put it on speaker so they could all talk to whoever was on the phone and she went back to cooking with Satoshi.
"Hello?" the Fudo siblings asked together.
'Hi, kids!' Mo happily greeted. 'I haven't heard from you in a while, I was a little worried, but I saw on my computer that there was this weird unknown case in Greenfield. Are you all okay?'
"Yeah, Mom, we're okay." Estelle smiled.
"Just had a crazy adventure with the others." Akito added.
"We'll tell you all about it." Vincent smiled back.
'Well, I hope it didn't get in the way of your visit with Ash and Emi,' Mo said softly. 'At least you were all together though.'
"Yeah, and we got to battle with our Pokemon against others we hadn't seen before!" Vincent beamed.
"Yep, oh, and Professor Oak gave us each Pokeballs and each one of us a Pokedex." Estelle smiled.
'That was nice of him,' Mo smiled. 'Did you remember to say thank you?'
"Yes, Mom." the Fudo siblings reassured her.
'Good,' Mo was glad that the kids remembered their manners. 'At least you all got to go out and have fun, I was just here doing housework while Angel and Scamp slept most of the day.'
"That's good to know and what about Dad and Patch?" Akito asked.
'Your father's been in his office here and there, but we've spent more alone time together,' Mo hid a giggle, not exactly telling them what she meant by that, but still... 'Patch came back from a mission not too long ago, but since you kids weren't here after he told us, he went to see Colette. That reminds me, we should plan a visit to my parents sometime.'
"They give the best presents," Estelle smiled in agreement. "I just love the dresses that Grandma Elizabeth makes me."
"I just wish she wouldn't make us wear sailor suits every time we'd see her..." Vincent pouted slightly with how formal his maternal grandparents were compared to his paternal ones.
"Yeah, it can get rather annoying." Akito muttered.
'Now, boys...' Mo started to say.
"She just wants what's best for us, we know..." Akito and Vincent finished for her, having been told that several times.
"Did she ever make Uncle Junior dress up?" Estelle asked.
'Yes, she did,' Mo chuckled again. 'She let me dress in my normal clothes whenever I'd be playing or hanging out at home, but if we had company like Aunt Sarah, I had to wear a dress...' she hid a shudder herself. 'I'm kinda glad I wasn't there for your uncle's baby shower... I heard there were so many ladies there in dresses, I probably wouldn't have been able to stand it!'
"We're pretty sure about that too, Mom." Estelle smiled.
'I swear, if I was there, I think I would've lost my mind!' Mo laughed a little.
The kids hid laughs themselves over their mother's outrageous sense of humor.
'Well, I'll give your grandmother a call, I have to take dinner out of the oven, I'll talk to you guys later.' Mo promised.
"Bye, Mom!" the Fudo siblings softly called before letting their mother take care of things at home.
'Bye, dears, I love you all.' Mo said before making kissing noises through the phone.
The kids did the same response before hanging up. Ash and Emi hid giggles, which made the Fudo siblings blush a little, but it wasn't the most embarrassing way to hang up on the phone.
"You guys should've seen what Rikochet's mom made him do." Akito hid a laugh at his little inside joke.
Estelle smiled to her Teddyursa, walked over to him, and picked him up into a hug. "Oh, I love you so much!"
"Mama..." Teddyursa cooed, nuzzling against his trainer.
"Aw!" Pikachu smiled.
"You're on your way to bigger and better things, Teddy..." Estelle cooed to her Pokemon.
Teddyursa smiled, he was still a little shy around others, but as long as he had his 'mother', he would be okay. Even if Estelle wasn't really a mother and Teddyursa wasn't really her son, it was a very sweet and tender moment between Pokemon and human.
"Dinner!" Delia and Satoshi called from the kitchen.
"Come on!" Ash called with a laugh, going to the kitchen with his friends and sister.
The Fudo siblings and Ketchum siblings all then went over to the dining room table along with their Pokemon. Delia and Satoshi smiled, serving dinner to them. The phone then rang again.
"Geez, we're really popular today, huh?" Satoshi chuckled and went to answer the phone this time.
Delia giggled and served everyone their dinner, it was a big feast just for them from their big adventure from the spell of the Unknown.
"Wow, this is sure a big dinner." Akito smiled.
"Yeah, you're telling me." Ash said.
"You've earned it." Delia smiled.
"Oh, hey, Mom," Emi thought of something to ask. "I thought Entei put a spell on you to make you believe you were Molly's mother. How did you get out of it?"
"Well, I was under a spell, but we saw the news report of you guys coming to rescue us," Delia explained. "When Cherry and I saw our own children in danger, it made us worry about you... We had to pretend though so we wouldn't get in trouble or maybe make Entei believe you two or Felicity weren't our children."
"That must've been horrible, Mom." Ash cooed.
"It was... I do love Molly, but I can't replace her mother." Delia replied.
"No one can replace a mother." Estelle said.
"Or a father..." Delia added softly as she looked up to her husband on the phone with a small smile.
Satoshi smiled a bit bigger than earlier and hung up the phone, going back to the dinner table. "Sorry about that."
"Oh, it's okay, Dad," Emi smiled. "Who was on the phone?"
"You won't believe this," Satoshi smiled back. "It was your Aunt Amy."
Ash and Emi gasped in happiness and delight, that could only mean one thing...
"Molly's mother?" Akito assumed.
Satoshi smiled and nodded.
"Is she coming back home?" Emi smiled.
"She said she should be back in time for dinner tomorrow." Satoshi confirmed.
"That's great!" the Ketchum siblings cheered.
Satoshi smiled. Delia was very happy to hear that for their family. After a moment of prayer together, they ate their dinner.
After what felt like forever, the food was all eaten and the dishes were put away.
Delia smiled to them. "Glad you all loved it."
"You're a really good cook, Mrs. Ketchum," Akito smiled. "I bet Emi would be a great one someday if she were a mom."
Emi hid a blush to that, but she did smile right at him for saying such a thing.
"Mama, um, can you teach me how to do my attacks?" Teddiursa asked.
"I'll do my best," Estelle smiled. "I'm sure training with Misty, Molly, and Brock could give me a little advantage."
"I'll show you both how to use the attacks." Emi smiled.
"Thanks, Emi." Estelle and Teddyursa said with smiles to her.
Emi smiled brightly. "Anything to get help from a Pokemon healer, huh?"
"You're gonna be great as Nurse Joy someday." Ash smiled to his sister.
One of Emi's Pokemon then came out of it's Pokeball, it was Quilava.
"Actually, Emi, your destiny is to be the Pokemon Princess and where she too heals Pokemon." Quilava told her.
"The Pokemon Princess?" Emi asked, tilting her head at her Pokemon.
"There's a Pokemon princess?" Ash asked himself.
"You don't know?" Vincent asked Ash, a little surprised since he and Emi knew more about Pokemon than the others did.
Ash honestly shook his head.
"The rest of the Pokemon haven't told you yet?" Quilava asked.
"I guess we kinda forgot..." Pikachu chuckled nervously.
Quilava sighed and shook her head.
"Um, you wanna tell us then?" Akito asked the Pokemon.
"Yeah, mind telling us about this Pokemon Princess?" Emi added in.
"Okay, well, the Pokemon Princess is a princess who not only is a Pokemon trainer, but also a Pokemon healer, a Pokemon translator/whisperer, and she also has the powers of all the Pokemon, oh, and she also gets visions of before a Pokemon battle starts." Quilava explained.
"Really?" Emi asked, a little amazed and impressed.
"Way to go, Sis!" Ash congratulated.
"Hmm..." Emi smiled. "Maybe if I have another vision, I'll call you guys and we can see more Pokemon together, there are so many, so little time..." she said to the Fudo siblings.
"At least we have a way to keep track of them though." Vincent said as he looked at his Pokedex.
"You just have to make sure the power doesn't control you." Quilava warned his trainer.
"Oh, it shouldn't..." Emi assured. "I've always been selfless and thoughtful to others."
"It's true." Ash agreed, very proud of his sister for that.
"Estelle's been the same," Akito smiled back. "You saw her with her egg, she'd make a wonderful mother."
"Well, that's good to know." Quilava sighed out of relief.
This was truly an amazing adventure. Once it was bedtime, they all went straight to bed and were relieved to be safe and warm all together. The Pokemon rested with their trainers as it was another wonderful day with restored peace.