Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
YAY! ITS HLBMA'S ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TODAY! 7/29
Muddy: Congrats to us; we're still alive!
Flare: Damn right we are!
-.-; Well, thanks, ya guys! Breezy still lives, even though she sometimes got pissy writing this. Four re-edits, forty-four chapters and only four flames. Maybe less, maybe more. I don't know, but I'm surprised I didn't get a lot of flames. I thought I would.
It's also Muddy's and Flare's birthday too.
Muddy: :smiles really big: YAH! MUDDY! YOU'RE ANOTHER YEAR OLDER!
Flare: But not another year wiser.
Muddy: That, Flare, is true.
Anyway, we hope you enjoy this side-track chapter of Muddy and Flare's b-day celebration! Maybe you were invited!
Muddy: Haha. :stops laughing:
Flare: -.-
Well, I'm co-writing with my friend Joey again (he's the guy that wrote the x-mas special last time) because ... Well he forced me too 'cause as he states, "I'm the one that taught you had to write!" and yada yada like that.
Joey: It's true, Jamie! I taught this girl everything she knows about writing!
Whatever. Anyway, if you guys think I suck at writing, blame him. :smirks:
Joey: ...
And if writing styles just change suddenly, that's when you'll know that we switched writing. So um, enjoy.
Random Fact of the Story: Muddy was suppose to be sarcastic one while Flare would be a happy-go-luck Blaziken. Scary huh?
HLBMA Special
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUDDY!" a very cheerful Delcatty named Skittles stated as she met Muddy at the HLBMA set.
"Thanks, Skit!" Muddy replied back just as happily. "So, where's my present?"
"Haha, you're so funny, Muddy!" Skittles giggled as she and the Swampert began to walk down the hall to the HLBMA set.
Muddy laughed as well as they walked down the long set of stairs. "Seriously, where is it?"
Today, on a bright and glorious afternoon, we find Muddy, the semi-stupid Swampert, on his birthday, July twenty-ninth to be exact. Unfortunately, both he and Flare, the other birthday girl, have to work on HLBMA seeing as that biznatchy author Breezy is making them work. Damn, that girl is such a jerk, not letting two helpless Pokemon have the day off! At least she could have given them a pay raise or something! What an as-
(If you don't shut up, Joey, I'm going to kick you out of my story along with that butt of yours.)
... Fair enough. Anyway, that's why Muddy and Flare think at the most part. What they don't realize at the set, there's going to be a – well, I think I'll let you see for yourself.
"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Sirius, Cherry, Silver and the rest of the Pokemon that work on HLBMA screamed as they blew party favors and threw multi-colored confetti everywhere.
" Latios!" Muddy yelled in surprise. "Who's birthday is it? I hope I got them a present!"
"It's yours, silly!" Skittles giggled in response.
"Mine? It's my birthday TODAY?" Muddy asked in disbelief.
"Yeah! Why else would you ask me if I had a birthday present for you?" the Delcatty questioned.
"I don't know. I thought it was just small talk," Muddy retorted, shrugging.
"Of course. Only Muddy would think that." Sapphire rolled her eyes.
"If it's my birthday, where's Flare? It's her birthday too after all." Muddy brought up a good fact. Where is the six foot tall Blaziken anyway?
(I wouldn't know, Jojo. You're the one typing.)
Did you know that author notes ruins the story, Jay Jay?
(Did you know talking back to the author notes is even worse? I mean, you could just ignore the ranting author. But that's just me and my random thoughts.)
Shut up. Back to the story, we find the Pokemon in a heated argument.
"I told you to get both Muddy and Flare, Skittles!" Sirius barked, angered by the cat.
"No you didn't! You said Muddy, not Flare!" Skittles mewed back, also infuriated by the hyena Pokemon. "So HA! You lose, I win!"
"I said Muddy AND Flare you ... you cat!" Sirius shouted furiously. "You just wanted to walk alone with ... with that thing standing in the doorway with a confused expression on his face!"
"Well, that was a mouthful," Tai muttered, slowly edging his way toward Cherry.
"One step closer and you're dead!" Cherry remarked, a perky smile plastered on her face as she said that.
"Girls."
"And another thing! I ... I don't like the cake you picked out! There's no cookies in it!" Sirius shouted, almost head to head with Skittles. "Sure, there's chocolate! Sure, there's ice cream, but where are the cookies dammit? NO COOKIES, NO EAT, NO COOKIES, NO EAT! EVERYONE CHANT WITH ME!"
"Hell no! There's more cake for me if you don't eat it!" Silver replied hungrily.
"Thermo!" Sirius noticed the new Pokemon on the set, Thermo the Castform. "Chant with me! I will teach you my ways."
"But, um, why do we need cookies on a cake?" Thermo asked innocently.
Sirius raised his eyes. "Why do we need cookies on a cake?" he asked, bewildered. "Because they're good of course! I mean, who doesn't like cookies?"
Muddy smirked. "You don't apparently because you told m-"
"That's a lie!" Sirius interrupted. "You just keep making up lies to make me look bad!"
"I know," Muddy laughed. "Is it working yet?"
Without the other – how many Pokemon are at the party. Jay Jay?
(:counts: Hmm. A lot.)
A lot isn't a number.
(It is now.)
In who's world?
(Mine.)
You annoy me sometimes.
(Ditto here, dude.)
Anyway, how many? I can't say a lot.
(Say it.)
No.
(Say it!)
No!
(:points to foot:)
O.o Okay, okay, sheesh. Anyway, the other Pokemon – the whole "a lot" of them which doesn't make sense in my opinion – haven't noticed one of their friends walk in the doorway. Hovering over the six foot range with a sarcastic personality to match-
(How does being tall and being sarcastic match?)
-it's none other than Flare! Needless to say, she felt very welcome at the party with a clueless Swampert standing next to her, a Delcatty and Mightyena at each others necks, a Beautifly trying to get away from a Swellow, a Ninjask staring hungrily at a birthday cake and the others just watching them, amused. Sighing, she stated sarcastically,
"Well, happy birthday to me too!"
Gotta love that sarcasm. Anyway-
(You still haven't answered my question!)
About?
(What height and sarcasm have to do with each other.)
Simple. I don't know. As I was saying, the Pokemon immediately looked at the doorway to find one of the main stars staring at them with eyes filled with dullness and amusement in some sort of ways.
"Uh, happy birthday, Flare!" Skittles yelled cheerfully. "Now as for you, mutt." She glared at Sirius.
"Mutt?" Sirius roared as he too began to glower icy daggers at the Delcatty.
"Mmm ... cake," Silver buzzed happily, his mouth smeared with frosting.
"You ate the cake?" Cherry questioned angrily, noticing the cake smudged on the Ninjask's face.
"'Course not!" Silver scoffed. "Just most of it."
"Silver!"
"What?"
"Well, happy birthday to us!" Flare stated sarcastically again as both Muddy and she exited the set. "I'm guessing we don't have work today which is a big plus ... I guess."
"I didn't get a present!" Muddy whined, tears forming in his eyes.
"Oh, Latias. Bemired, suck it up! You can be so selfish sometimes." Flare rolled her eyes as the two began to walk up the sets. They passed the Muddy & Flare set. "I'm sure we got presents; they were just too occupied in their argument, so stop whining about it."
"Shut up, Flarember! They ate our cake too! I have every reason to whine!" Muddy grumbled. "All of it! Silver only left one piece left which by now he probably ate!"
"That's true; he could have at least save us a layer of cake," Flare agreed. "After all, it is our birthday!"
"Exactly!" Muddy snapped his fingers – or what appeared to be his fingers – and looked at the Blaziken. "You know, some friends we have! Did you notice only like ... eight Pokemon were there? Sirius, Skittles, Cherry, Tai, Ninjask, Sapphire, and Thermo! Where was Midnight? Where was Charcoal? Where was ... anyone? Hell, even Geiko didn't come, and he's part of the starters package!"
"Seriously!" Flare retorted. "You know what we should do?"
"Get them all fired!" Muddy answered triumphantly.
"No! We should celebrate our birthday our way!" Flare replied. "We can do whatever we want. We're the stars after all, right?"
"Right!" Muddy nodded as the two passed the Who Shot Brendan Birch? set.
"And we have the day off supposedly right?"
"Right!"
"So what do you want to do?"
"Change a light bulb!"
Flare smacked Muddy upside the head. "Wrong! Let's go out and have some fun!" she answered for him.
Muddy looked at the new set of Realizing Fate. "I don't know, Flare," he stated. "I know I'm stupid, and I shouldn't make sense, but isn't it kind of wrong to leave our friends back there, eating our cookie-less cake, arguing about whether Sirius is a hyena or mutt, having a bird chase a butterfly around and having them hold our unwrapped gifts?"
"Yeah. Yeah I guess you're right," Flare remarked as she turned around.
"And where are you going?" Muddy asked.
"Back to our so-called party?" Flare answered, unsure.
"I never said we we're going back; I just said it's wrong. Never said we were going to do the right thing." Muddy smirked as he opened the doors of the building. "I say we ditch that party and have some real fun!"
"Now that's the Muddy I grew to hate!" Flare laughed as she and the Swampert exited the doors.
Meanwhile at the party, the eight Pokemon were still arguing, chasing each other and eating the cookie-less cake. None of them realized that the two Pokemon the party was suppose to be thrown for were missing, and I kind of doubt that they actually cared too. But that's just me; what about you? What do you think?
(What? Do you think they're going to answer you?)
Do you want me to lock you in the closet again?
(No. o.O)
Then I suggest you shut up.
(You always say that, but you know I don't listen :smiles:)
Gawd. No wonder your pen name is Breezy; you don't listen.
(Actually, I picked Breezy because breezy means carefree, and I'm carefree, and I like the wind and yada yada ya. 'Sides, what does that have to do with not listening anyway? Your logic ceases to surprise me with its stupdity.)
It's stupidity, stupid. You missed an I.
(That is why I was blessed with a spell checker. Besides, I can spell! You just took the keyboard away when I was typing that last word. And why the heck do you keep stalling, Jojo! Type, you fool, type!)
See what I have to work with people?
(Hey, you're the one that wanted to work with me, not vice versa.)
Anyway, Sirius and Skittles were back at each other's throats so to speak. Skittles was biting Sirius at the throat while Sirius was using his leg to kick her off. Silver just finished the last of the cookie-less cake and was buzzing around the room, hyper, sugar running through his veins. Meanwhile, Cherry was still trying to get away from the flirty-yet-hasn't-had-a-date-yet-Swellow. But who really cares about the Pokemon that didn't care about the two Pokemon that didn't care about going to their careless party anyway? Let's go back to Muddy and Flare shall we? Why, you dare ask? Because we care.
"I'm bored, Flare!" Muddy complained as the two walked down the crowded street, stopping every now and then to sign a Pokemon fan's autograph book. "We should have stayed at our careless party thrown by the Pokemon that don't really give a care about the Pokemon that don't care about their careless party."
"Would you rather watch a Pokemon eat our cake instead of signing autographs by Pokemon that actually care?" Flare asked, waving off a pair of smirking Charmelons.
"Well, that's two more for the book." Muddy pulled out a little black book and marked two more on Flare's side of the list. "Honestly, Flare. Do you secretly know Attract and use it on guy Pokemon or something?"
"Course not. They just ... like me for some strange reason," Flare replied modestly.
"Sure they do." Muddy raised an eyebrow and laughed. "Anyway, I guess you're right. Silver could have opened our presents by now if we stayed, and I don't think my poor little heart could take it!"
"Oh, that reminds me!" Flare took out a present. "Happy birthday, Bemired Muddy Swampert!"
"For me?" Muddy mocked a surprised Pokemon. "Aw, Flare! You shouldn't have!"
"Course I should have! You're my best friend!" Flare replied as the two walked down past a coffee shop.
"No, really. You shouldn't have. I didn't get you a present," Muddy stated, staring at the dark blue wrapping paper tied with a light blue ribbon.
"Oh," Flare stated, a little down-fallen.
"Ha, Flare! Just kidding!" Muddy pulled out a red and orange present and handed it the Blaziken. "And you're the one that called me selfish! Ha, Flare, ha!"
"Oh shut up and open the present!" Flare laughed, untying the orange ribbon.
Muddy was less ... gentle with his present and tore the wrapping paper off, ribbons and all. He threw the lid off the bare box, revealing orange tissue paper.
"Wow, Flare! I always wanted tissue paper!" Muddy smirked, noticing the several sheets of paper that Flare used to hide his present.
"Shut up once again!" Flare couldn't help but smile as she finished untying her box. She then slowly began to remove the tape that sealed the wrapping paper.
"It's not ice cream, Flare; you don't have to savor the moment!" Muddy regarded, digging his paw into the box, looking for his present.
"Okay, okay, fine." Flare rolled her eyes and ripped the red wrapping paper off the box. She pulled the lid off and was greeted with several sheets of yellow tissue paper. "Hey, have you noticed that we used the colors that match us?"
"Of course not; I'm clueless." Muddy pulled out a Mystic Water pendant. "Awesome, you got me a present!"
"No really, Muddy. Ya think?"
"Not lately," the Swampert admitted as she shook the pendant. The water in the tiny jar sparkled brightly in the sunlight. "Awesome." He placed the Mystic Water around his neck as he waited impatiently for Flare to take out her present.
"There's more in there, ya know," Flare pointed out, slowly moving the yellow tissue paper around.
"Alright!" Muddy quickly diverted his eyes from Flare's present opening to his own. He dug in the box and pulled out a book. "A book?" Muddy asked, bewildered.
"Yeah, you read it, not eat it," Flare pointed out. "Read the title."
"World Domination for Dummies ..." Muddy trailed off and smiled. "Awesome, Flare! You shouldn't have!"
"Seeing as I know that you probably couldn't succeed anyway, I was like, 'What the heck?'" Flare replied, smiling as well.
"Well, thanks!" Muddy stated sardonically.
"No prob, Mud Boy!" Flare retorted as she pulled out her present. She gasped in delight. "Aw, you got me a Torchic doll! How did you know I wanted one?"
"I guessed." Muddy shrugged. The two were about to pass a trash can, and Muddy was ready to throw his box away when Flare declared,
"There's one more gift in there."
"Whoa, this is like Mary Poppins style!" Muddy remarked, reaching into the box again.
Mary Poppins indeed as Muddy pulled out another present.
(Haha, you said indeed! You're old! :points at Joey and laughs:)
... The Swampert eyed Flare weirdly as he looked at his third gift. He dared ask,
"What is it?"
Flare looked at Muddy in disbelief. "It's a best friend charm!"
"What do think of me? A girl? Only girls have these best friend charm things!"
"Who says that?" Flare asked, ruffling her feathers a bit.
"I did!" Muddy retorted back.
Flare pulled out her own half of the charm and sighed. "Look at what your charm is," she said.
Muddy squinted and stared at his half of the charm. "A ... Torchic?" He then looked at Flare's own half. "How come I get the Torchic and you get the Mudkip?"
Flare took Muddy's piece and connected them together. "Because its just one of those things where you shouldn't have what you should have had in order for you to have it."
"Que?" Muddy asked, using one of the Spanish words he learned one day.
Flare sighed again. "What I mean is that one day we're not going to be working together so when you're feeling lonely you can look at that charm and remember all the good times we've had together working at HLBMA. That's why you get the Torchic and I get the Mudkip." She handed back Muddy's piece of the charm and pocketed her own. "Anyway, that's why."
"Ah," was all Muddy said as he too pocketed his charm.
The two walked in the golden silence as they walked out of the busy streets of Main Street and into the rolling green hills.
"There's more in there ya know," Muddy said quietly as he stared straight ahead of him.
"Oh. Well thanks," Flare replied just as soundlessly.
Both Swampert and Blaziken walked across the smooth, fresh-smelling grass, silence choking them. But to me, this is getting rather boring. Who wants to watch two Pokemon walk and be quiet? Let's go on back to the careless – or BREEZY as Jamie states what her pen name means – party that was suppose to be thrown for Muddy and Flare.
"Hey, guys!" Midnight said happily as she, Charcoal, and Thunderbolt entered the HLBMA set. "Sorry we're late. We had to do some last minute .." she trailed off, watching what was going on. "... Rehearsing for Muddy and Flare ... What the hell is going on here?"
"Midnight!" Sirius yelped in surprise. He stared at his ex-girlfriend. "W-what are you doing here?"
"I was invited." Midnight waved the invitation in Sirius's face. "Where's Muddy and Flare? This party is for them after all right?"
"Yeah, we got our presents and everything!" Charcoal added, waving his present in the air.
"Yeah, I actually went down that stupid set of stairs to be here too!" Thunderbolt remarked, carrying his present on his back.
"Where did Muddy and Flare go, you guys?" Cherry asked, perching herself on a prop tree branch, Tai following suit. "They were here just awhile ago, weren't they?"
"I think they left because you guys we're fighting!" Silver shouted, glaring at Skittles and Sirius. "Good job, you two! You made the birthday boy and girl run away! Idiots."
"Hey! You're the one that ate their cake!" Skittles retaliated sharply.
"At least I didn't fight! At least what I did was related to their birthday!" Silver shot back.
"You guys, enough fighting already!" Sapphire begged. "It's bad enough that Muddy and Flare left already. We don't need to add on to our problems right now! I think we should find them!"
At least the Pokemon at the careless party realized that the two Pokemon they we're throwing the party for couldn't careless about their party.
(Okay, that joke about the careless thing died like five minutes ago, yet you keep trying to bring it back alive.)
It's better than nothing I suppose. Anyway, in a mad hunt to find the two birthday Pokemon, Sirius, Skittles, Tai and the others left the set and went down the many halls of the corporation, hunting as if they were the predator and Muddy and Flare were the prey. But to no luck; the two were no where in sight.
"Where are those two? They wouldn't just leave like that right?" Skittles mewed sadly.
"Aw, miss Muddy?" Sirius laughed mockingly, smirking.
"Shut up, Sirius!" the Delcatty hissed.
"You guys ..." Sapphire groaned.
"We're not going to find them arguing like this!" Midnight pointed out. "They probably went out to town. I say we split up and look for them there."
"Do you know how big this town is, Midnight?" Sirius questioned. "This is the biggest city in the Hoenn Region where all the Pokemon stars work at! You expect to find them HERE?"
"Dude, she's just suggesting something," Thunderbolt sighed and frowned at the Mightyena. "At least we're TRYING to find Muddy and Flare unlike you who keeps moaning about the fact that you lost the fight against Skittles."
"I didn't lose!" Sirius argued. "The fight wasn't even over yet!"
"Sure, Sirius, sure."
"Damn you Manectric and your stupid sense of stupid!"
Moving on out from Boredomville, population: Uh ... what was the number again, Jay Jay?
(A lot.)
Not this again. Fine. Moving on out from Boredomville, population: A lot as Breezy states, we return back to Muddy and Flare, the two lonely, quiet, and ... something else Pokemon – lost, that's it! K, let me try that again.
(Stop messing up! You could use the backspace button after all.)
How many times must I tell you, Jamie? You go forwards, not backwards! Live in the present, not the past! Therefore, I can't use backspace because I'm going into the past, ergo, throwing off my entire hope/belief system.
(You rant too much.)
Well you've got cooties, but I don't say anything. Ha, looks like I did!
We return back to Muddy and Flare, the two lonely, quiet and lost Pokemon wandering the beautiful green hills on the outskirts of the Pokemon Community. Why though? Because me and Breezy could not think of any place better.
"We've been walking in silence for the past fifteen minutes and its beginning to annoy me," Muddy stated through clenched teeth. "So say something, Flare, before I go insane!"
"You're already insane, Muddy, so I don't think it really matters if I talk or not," Flare replied coolly as she sat down on top of a hill. She sighed and stared into the distance as Muddy followed suit. "Ya know, Mud Boy," the Blaziken started, "have you ever thought about what lies ahead of us after HLBMA is finished?"
"Well," Muddy began, "our contracts says we have three more "League" series to finish and after those are finished, we still have Muddy & Flare to host along with the mini beginning parts in Who Shot Brendan Birch, Hoenn Poems, and Realizing Fate whenever we get scripts for those."
"That's not what I mean," Flare stated.
"And what does Chicken Girl mean then?" Muddy questioned.
"I mean, ever since that entire opening gifts thing and that charm thing we've got going on, it made me think, 'What's going to happen to us?' Where are we going to go? Are we still going to be friends with Sirius, Skittles, T.B., Silver, and all the others after all the shows are done and over with?"
"Well technically Muddy & Flare can never end not unless we don't get anymore questions, but yeah. I see your point." Muddy laid on his back and stared into the endless blue sky. "I think we'll still be friends, yeah."
"How do you know that?" Flare asked as she too stretched out on the grass.
"I don't," Muddy admitted, "but if we're still friends a year after we've met, I think we'll still be friends till the very end. There was a lot of crap we had to face through but we made it didn't we? We had a lot of shows to work on but we made it, didn't we? We've had a lot of Pokemon hate and like us, but we made it through, didn't we?"
"That was a long and winded sentence," Flare remarked.
"Well I'm a long and winded guy I think." Muddy shrugged. "This is getting really emotional and crap! I don't like it one bit! It sucks monkey balls! MONKEY BALLS!"
(Wha – Joey!)
Just statin' the truth, sheesh. No need to have a PMS attack.
(-.-; If you want funny or whatever, I'll bring it. I guess.)
Yay! I'll get the cheese puffs and ice cream you go get whatever you're getting! :leaves for a minute:
"Well, that was a random quote of the day," Flare noticed. "Just like I am not a palm tree, I am not a cat."
"I like that one!" Muddy smiled happily. "Anyway, let's get out of this place, it freaks me with these ... hill things. And why is it so green?"
"Because, Muddy, that's the way Ho-oh wanted it to be."
"Well Ho-oh has weird taste."
Back at Pokewood, the Pokemon version of Hollywood, Sirius, Skittles, Midnight, and friends were traveling down the busy streets in search of Muddy and Flare. But to no luck; the two were no where in sight. This caused the Mightyena to get pissed off.
"ARGH! WHERE ARE THOSE TWO?" Sirius barked angrily, causing the Pokemon in the café next to him to look at his direction. In return, he snarled at them, causing the Pokemon to look the other way and sip their coffee.
"It's the distress call!" Silver shouted, referring to Sirius's bark of annoyance. "Everyone hide!" He cracked up in laughter and would have kept going if Tai didn't thwack him in the head with a mighty sweep of his wing.
Cherry couldn't help but laugh. "What?" she asked as Sirius, Skittles and the others looked at her. "I thought it was funny."
"Whatever!" Skittles rolled her eyes and walked forward, the other ten Pokemon following after her. "Do you think they went up towards the hills?" she asked, one paw pointing towards the outskirts of the city.
"Nah. What losers go into the hills anyway?" Sirius replied as the group turned back around.
"Hey! I go to the hills to think!" Midnight argued, playfully kicking Sirius with her hind leg.
"Well then, you're a freak then," Sirius responded back, a mischievous grin creeping up on his face.
We find both Muddy and Flare back in Pokewood – sounds like a Powerpuff Girl shop if you ask me.
(Oh, go eat your cheese puffs. I'll type.)
No, I can do this. :breathes in deeply then breathes out: Okay, I'm good.
(-.-)
We find both Muddy and Flare back in Pokewood, out to have a good time at the town. But unfortunately for them, someone, or something, was out there, trying to ruin their good time.
This someone, or something, was known as ...
"Haha, what fools!" Shawn laughed evilly as he watched Muddy and Flare past the shop he was in. "They think they're going to have a good time but they aren't, they aren't!"
"Shawn, who are you talking to?" Tide, Shawn and Muddy's youngest Mudkip brother asked as he hopped onto his older brother's shoulder. "I think the Pokemon here think you're cwazy!"
"Then let them think I'm cwazy – I mean crazy!" Shawn muttered. The twin brother of Muddy exited the store and walked a few feet behind him, close enough to keep Muddy and Flare in view but far enough for them to not notice him.
"Shawn, how come we're following Wuddy and Fware?" Tide asked innocently. "Are we getting them a pwesent?"
"You can say that, Tide," the Swampert answered.
"Fun! I wanna get them a pwesent!" Tide exclaimed happily, jumping onto Shawn's head.
"Really now? Then you can help me distract those two while big brother Shawn gets them their ... present!"
"Yay, Shawn! I get to help, I get to help!"
Shawn placed his little brother on the floor and pointed towards Muddy and Flare. "Okay, squirt. Here's what you do. Run up to them, tag along and ask them what they're going to do today. When you figure that out, come back to me. I'll be waiting on this bench." Shawn pointed to the bench and sat on it. "Now go, Tide! Run toward them like you've never run before!"
"But if I haven't ran before, then how did I know how to run?" the baby Mudkip asked innocently.
"Just go!"
Tide sniffled, trying to hide his tears as he ran towards Muddy and Flare. Advancing closely on the pair, Tide used all his leg power in his back two legs to push himself off the ground and onto Muddy's shoulders. "Hiya, Wuddy!" the Mudkip remarked cheerfully.
Muddy, surprised, glanced at what landed on his shoulder and grinned. "Hey, Tide. What brings you here ... by yourself ... without Shawn. Okay, bro. Where is my dear, twin brother?"
Tide only giggled and rested his head on Muddy's own head. "Shawn isn't here! Tide come by himself to Pokewood!"
"I'm sure ya did, Tide." Flare rolled her eyes. Turning her head, she saw a very familiar Swampert sitting on a dark-green bench. Tapping Muddy on the shoulder, she pointed towards Shawn.
Muddy smirked as both he and Flare turned around, tiny Mudkip on his shoulder crying out not to go in that direction because of the swarm of cooties. "Why, allo, Shawn." Muddy grinned deviously.
"Tide! You little twerp! You told them!" Shawn growled as he shot back up like a rocket.
"Did not!" Tide whined. "They fwigured it out on their own!"
"So what brings you out to Pokewood, Shawn?" Flare asked curiously.
"Just looking around, and then I saw you two and realized it was your birthday so I was like, 'Hey, Shawn! Let's go get Muddy and Flare for being jerks!'" Shawn replied sarcastically.
"Jeez, no need to be jerk-ish on me," Flare remarked, a frown on her face.
"Yeah well, happy birthday to you guys!" Shawn replied just as sardonically as his last comment. "Come on, Tide. We're leaving!"
"Aw, but Shawn!" Tide complained. "I thought we were going to stay and have cake here 'cause it's your bwirthday too, wight?"
"That's right," Muddy muttered. "It is your birthday today, isn't it?"
"Hello? Are we not twins?" Shawn smacked his forehead.
"Well, happy birthday then, Shawn," Flare and Muddy remarked at the same time.
"Thanks, I guess." Shawn shrugged as he reached out, picked up Tide from Muddy's shoulder and carried the little Mudkip in his own arms. "Well, I've gotta go. Bye." With that, the older Swampert (by two minutes as Muddy tells me) was about to leave when Flare asked,
"Do you ... Do you want to spend the day with us?"
"Flare!" Muddy hissed in a hushed voice. "What are you doing?"
"What? I feel bad!" Flare replied, a sweat-drop forming on the back of her head.
Shawn stopped dead in his tracks and slowly turned around. He blinked twice before asking. "Did you just invite me to go with you two, the 'famous' Muddy and Flare?"
"Sadly," Muddy remarked. This caused Flare to elbow him in the gut. "Owie!"
"Yeah, yeah we did. We would be happy to have you come along with us. Won't we, Muddy?" Flare asked, glaring at Muddy through the corner of her eye.
"Whatever," Muddy grumbled.
"Yeah, Shawn! Let's go with them!" Tide said excitedly, hopping up and down in Shawn's arms.
"Fine, but only because Tide wants to go," Shawn answered as the four Pokemon began to walk down Main Street.
"Uh huh. Sure, Shawn," Muddy laughed.
Back to the careless Pokemon that did not give a care about Muddy or Flare until now which they care, we find them in the midst of a crowd, swarming their way in the other direction.
"How come they're heading towards the hills? I thought only losers go there," Sirius asked, almost being pushed over by a very hurried-looking Loudred.
"Maybe there's a fire or something," Thunderbolt answered, ducking underneath a flying Skarmory. "I don't know what they're scared of, but I think we better check it out!"
"Haha! I win!" Shawn laughed triumphantly as the last Pokemon on the West side of town left. "Told ya I could make all the Pokemon on this side of Pokewood leave! So where's my twenty?"
Muddy grumbled but forked out twenty Pokedollars from his pockets. "Who knew your ugly face could do that, Shawn-butt," Muddy remarked as the four Pokemon walked down the vacant streets. "What to do now ya guys, what to do now?"
Let's change a light bulb!
(:smacks Joey upside the head: If we are going to change a light bulb, it's going to be the one in your brain.)
Ouch! Gawd, Jamie. Biznatchy girl! Anyway, Muddy, Shawn, Flare and Tide continued to walk down the barren streets of the city when a toy shop caught Tide's attention.
"Ooh! Can we go there, Wuddy?" Tide asked excitedly, one paw pointing towards the toys in the window.
"Sure. Why not." Muddy shrugged.
"Yay!" the little Mudkip cheered as he hopped out of Shawn's arm and ran into the toy stare, Flare, Muddy and Shawn following suit.
"Wicked. I haven't been in a toy store for ages!" Muddy stated as he ran over to an aisle of toy guns. He pulled the trigger, and a rubber dart hit Flare in the back of the head. "Haha, Flare! You died!"
"Oh yeah?" Flare laughed as got another toy gun and shot Muddy in the head with another rubber dart. "Haha, you died too!"
"Well you died first!" Muddy argued as he threw the toy gun behind him and ran to an aisle of masks. "Whoa, scary!" He laughed as he pulled on a Mightyena mask. "Guess who am I! I like cookies, whine about my ex-girlfriend and am scared of the O.O face!"
"Haha, nice Sirius!" Flare answered as she put on a Delcatty mask.
"You guys are freaks," Shawn remarked as he pulled on a Sceptile mask. "Ugh, I never want to be a Grass type."
"Look! I'm a Mudkip!" Tide giggled as he put on a Mudkip mask.
"You were a Mudkip to begin with, Tide," Flare pointed out.
"Yeah, but now I'm a Mudkip with a Mudkip mask on!" Tide laughed again as he threw his mask off.
"Guys having fun without us?" Sirius piped up as he and the other nine Pokemon entered the toy store.
"Well, we had to make fun on our own seeing as our party was boring as hell!" Muddy replied coolly as he threw the Mightyena mask at Sirius's face. "Thanks for caring, guys. I didn't know you loved us that much."
"Oh, cut the sarcasm, Mud Boy. We're here." Sapphire rolled her eyes as Thunderbolt and she entered the toy store behind Skittles.
"I would like it if you would go back," Muddy retorted again. "You guys cared so much that even Shawn decided to hang out with us!"
"Ooh, did we neglect you that much?" Skittles asked sadly. "I'm sorry, Muddy. We didn't mean to get into fights, eat your cake and do other bad stuff like that!"
"Uh huh," Muddy sniffled. "You didn't open my presents did you?"
"Of course not!" Silver buzzed as he entered the room. "Or at least most of them anyway."
Muddy groaned and picked up Tide from the shelf. "So is there anything else you guys would like to say to us?"
"Kah nats?" Sirius asked.
"Stupid, Sirius. Not kah nats! Happy birthday!" Skittles mewed happily.
"Actually, Sirius was right. It was kah nats," Muddy admitted, shrugging his shoulders. "Iki havekave noko checkkheckersker butkut itkit iskis okkokkaykay."
"You know what, Muddy?" Flare questioned.
"No, I don't think I've ever met a What before," Muddy answered, scratching his chin or where his chin was suppose to be.
"Latias." Flare smacked her forehead.
"Let's go back to the party! I promise this time, we'll be good!" Skittles said joyfully, beckoning the other Pokemon out of the toy store and into the outside world.
"Coming, Shawn?" Muddy asked as Shawn stood there in the aisle of masks.
"You're inviting me after all I've done to you?" Shawn asked, bewildered.
"'Course! You're my bro after all, and it is your birthday too!" Muddy grinned. "But I'd expected that you still will try to revenge against me right?"
"Damn straight of course!" Shawn laughed as the two brothers exited the toy shop together.
Muddy, Flare, and Shawn sweat-dropped as the Pokemon began to fight ... again. Why this time though? Well, I'll let you find out.
"MY PRESENT IS BETTER!" Thunderbolt roared angrily at Sirius. "I got Muddy a Water Stone and Flare a Fire Stone!"
"What the heck are they going to do with that crap?" Sirius demanded. "They can't evolve into anything new!"
"Silver! You ate the cake AGAIN?" Cherry remarked furiously.
"No, I eroded it away with my teeth!" Silver argued.
Well, you expected that to happen didn't you? After all, this isn't HLBMA for nothing am I right?
(Right, Joey!)
Muddy, Flare, and Shawn exited the room and walked up the long set of steps.
"Well, happy birthday to us!" Flare groaned as they walked up to the top level of the building. "It's like deja vu all over again! I bet you were going to meet another Shaw-" She was cut off as another Swampert walked into view. "Groudon, please tell me that Swampert isn't related to Muddy and Shawn too!"
"David!" Muddy and Shawn cried together. "It's our long lost triplet!"
"Why did I bother to ask?" Flare slapped her forehead once again.
Now as the warm, sunny blue sky turns into a dark, mysterious purple shade, the ... how many Pokemon again, Jimba?
(A lot.)
Gawd, stop with that!
(:smiles innocently:)
Like hell you are innocent!
(Aw, don't say that. It hurts my feelings!)
-.- Anyway, the Pokemon return back to their cozy little home in Pokewood to have a good night's rest, dreaming about the birthday they will never forget.
(I bet you Muddy will forget by tomorrow.)
That, Jamie, is one thing I have to agree on with you.
Sorry, the humor kind of died out in the end didn't it? Jamie and Joey over here kinda died out in the middle of this chapter
See the difference between the writings?
Joey: Yeah! I didn't interrupt you while you were typing and when I did, you typed your pointless comments about what height and sarcasm have to do with each other.
Which you never did answer by the way. Besides, you can't really interrupt dialogue anyways which is what I mostly typed anyway.
Joey: Whatever. This chapter was so off what we planned, Jamie! We we're suppose to make Shawn crash the party! That Shawn chapter was brilliant I tell ya, brilliant! But no, you had to go into this emotion crap. Chicks. :shakes head:
Well, I liked this chapter! And Shawn did make an appearance thank ya very much!
Joey: But he didn't crash the party.
Well, it had a good Muddy and Flare bonding moment in it. Never seen those two just hang out just by themselves like that for awhile except when they were little bitty babies huh?
Muddy: We weren't that little when we started! We were like five.
Five in what?
Muddy: :shrugs: I dunno, just five.
Everything has changed so much in this story, its so hard for me to believe it! I thought I would just take the Ruby/Sapphire game plot and that would be it, over and done in about a month or two, but here I am, a little past the half way mark talking to you.
Flare: Good times, good times.
Let's talk about Pokemon personality shall we? See how much it changed.
Flare: Like we have a choice.
Let's see. Muddy went from sarcastic, to dumb, to really stupid, back to dumb, then a little bit smarter, then to a bit stupid again, and now he's kinda smart but still does that thing he does.
Flare: Which is?
Be Muddy.
Flare: Ah.
You, Flare, went from sarcastic, to a little bit more sarcastic, to very sarcastic, to I-don't-give-a crap-about-you-I'm-sarcastic, to I-can-only-be the-sarcastic-Blaziken-here, to now which is I'm-still-sarcastic-but-I-care-about-you-anyway.
Flare: Exactly, Breezy. You got me just right!
:smiles: And we'll do the other Pokemon personalities later when their birthdays come up. Sirius is soon I believe. August something along with Skittles.
Muddy: Oh joy with that! Anyhoo, glad you could help us celebrate our b-day with us! Where's my present?
Flare: :cough: Selfish :cough:
Muddy: Am not! Where's my present?
Flare: -.- Well, we hoped you enjoyed and thanks you guys for helping Breezy get this far and getting her over the 700 review mark!
Also, thanks to my first reviewer Chibi Fyrefly even though I don't think you go here anymore lol. So, my first reviewer that actually is still here would be ... EZF? No? Yes? Could be Alex black1 but I dunno if she's still here lol. Might be Sakura Phoenix when she was known as Sakuja. Actually, it's one of you guys lol so um ... thanks! :sweat-drops: You guys we're the ones that inspired me to keep writing this stupid fic haha. People who hate this fic, blame those people. Lol j/k.
Muddy: Seriously, the present? The moolah? The anything?
LaTeR dAyZ!
Muddy: HEY! GET ME SOMETHING! SOMETHING GOOD! OR I'LL ... OR I'LL ... Do something!
Flare: Idiot.
Muddy: Proud of it too.
Last Revision: 1/13/09