Hello everybody and welcome to the sequel, Remembering An Old Friend! If you haven't read the previous story "The Unknown Latios," then go back and read it! I would like to thank all of my reviewers except a certain someone... but anyway, I really appreciate your support for my last story! Sorry for the wait, there has been writer's block, gym, honors English assignments, and stuff cast down upon me.
Oh and a little heads up, this chapter is going to start off AFTER the events of the Silver Conference because I didn't want the story to immediately continue on from the last story and stuff.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon or their characters.
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We find our heroes sailing across the ocean after Ash's unfortunate defeat at the Silver Conference, some of our friends are happily sleeping in their rooms. The first room consisted of our dense headed, raven haired boy along with his squinty eyed friend, Brock. Both were shaking the walls of the room with the volume of their snoring.
The second room had a red headed girl tying her hair into it's usual sideways pony tail, along with a slowly awakening dragon who began to rub the sleep from her amber eyes. "Good morning Latias." Misty said happily, making sure that her hair was perfect. 'Good morning Misty.' Latias replied, getting out of her warm, comfortable bed.
'What time is it?' the red eon asked, stretched her body which gave off a few cracking noises. "It's six in the morning." the red head replied as she began to change out of her pajamas. 'Hm, is it just me, or do girls usually wake up before boys?' Latias asked, looking out of room's window to look at the scenery. The sun was hardly over the horizon, and their ship that was carrying hundreds of passengers was still out in the middle of the ocean.
"I think so, or that could be because it's just Ash and Brock being themselves." Misty giggled, flattening out her newly fitted clothes. 'I think you might be right!' Latias giggled as well. "So about that picture, what's so strange about it?" Misty asked, sitting down on her bed to relax.
'Well this picture shows me and Bianca, but there's this third Latios that none of us knows about.' the red dragon replied, pulling out the mysterious picture from under her blankets. "Hm, that's weird. Well why don't we figure it out later and go wake the boys up?" Misty suggested with a small giggle.
'Ok.' Latias happily replied as she casually put away the picture. "Um Latias, where did you put the picture?" the red head asked. 'My pocket of course!' Latias replied, changing into her human form and started for the door.
Misty said nothing but laugh and nod in agreement, "Maybe I shouldn't have asked." the red head thought as she followed the girl out of their room.
"Got any ideas on how we should wake them up?" Misty asked quietly as the two girls towered over the snoring boy's beds. 'I already know how I'm going to wake up my Ashy! Why don't you do the same to Brock.' Latias giggled quietly, causing the red head to blush.
"No way! I'm not gonna do that to this perv!" Misty hissed. 'Suit yourself!' the disguised dragon said, jumping on the bed that held her loved one. Misty hurriedly thought of what to do as the raven haired boy began to wake up. "Take this!" Misty roared, pile driving the sleeping Brock.
Brock immediately woke up, screaming... "Why did you do that!" the squinty eyed boy shouted, not seriously injured due to Misty's light weight. "Because! It's time to wake up." the red head deadpanned. "You know what forget it! I'm getting breakfast!" Brock yelled, violently throwing his blankets off of himself as he stomped to his bag to search for his clothes.
"Sorry Mr. I'm having my period." Misty laughed but immediately apologized after Brock shot her a nasty look that said 'I will rip your head off.'
"Oh good morning Latias." Ash slurred with his eyes still shut as he wrapped his arms around the disguised dragon. Latias giggled happily as she nuzzled closer to the awakening boy.
"Someone's in a good mood, considering that you lost the Silver Conference." Misty commented. "Well now that you mention it, I'm still pretty bummed out about that." Ash replied in a disappointed tone.
'Poor Ashy!' Latias squealed, tackling the boy deeper into the large bed. "Come on you guys, let's go get some breakfast." Misty suggested, feeling the awkwardness of being the third wheel. "Breakfast! Alright!" Ash cheered, jumping out of bed.
The raven haired boy rushed to the bathroom to change while the other two girls just laughed at how excited their friend was about breakfast. "Come on Latias let's go meet up with Brock." the red head said as she beckoned the girl to follow her out the door.
'Ok.' the red eon replied, shutting the door behind her as she followed Misty. The two girls soon met up with a slightly better looking Brock and was followed by an overexcited Ash. "Hey guys." Brock greeted, waiting patiently in line for the breakfast buffet.
"Hey Brock." Ash and Misty said in unison. The group was in a long line, trays in hand as they picked up whatever breakfast item they desired along the way which were cooked by the ship's chefs. The group finally made it to their table after waiting an extra ten minutes for Ash to get a couple extra trays piled with food.
"You know Ash, you''re going to be fat when you're older if you keep eating like that!" Misty warned, taking a spoonful of her fruit parfait. "Don't worry, all the traveling we do keeps me in shape!" the boy cheered, mashing a stack of pancakes into his void of a mouth.
While our heroes were having their usual talk, Latias was experiencing a strange feeling at the bottom of her stomach. 'Why does my stomach feel so weird? It can't be these pancakes can it?' Latias asked herself.
The disguised dragon pulled the picture out once again, from her "pocket", she felt a strange feeling when ever she looked at that picture. Latias stared at the picture with great determination hoping that something or someone would give her the answer.
"Something wrong La- I mean, Bianca?" Ash asked, finishing the barrage of food that was entering his mouth. 'Huh? Oh no, it's nothing.' the girl replied. The raven haired boy just shrugged as he went back to stuffing his face with the piles of food from his trays.
"Let's get our stuff together after we eat. The captain said we'd arrive at Altomare in twenty minutes." Brock announced, adding salt to his hash browns. Everyone replied with a nod as they returned to their food.
In the middle of eating, Brock caught something out of the corner of his eye, "Hey you! You're the most beautiful girl in the world! Why don't you and I go travel the world, forever together!" Brock projected, running up to another table as he caressed a stranger's hand.
"Dammit Brock." Misty cursed to her self, a large vein busting out from her temple as her iron grip began making cracks in her metal fork. "Who are you?" the stranger said, very fearful of the strange boy.
"I'm so sorry." Misty apologized, dragging Brock by the ear back to their table. "No! My love!" Brock cried as the pain in his ear grew. "Brock, you never learn do you? When you become an adult, I'm positive that you're going to need someone to bail you out of jail for sexual harassment." Misty sweatdropped, throwing Brock back onto his seat.
The squinty eyed boy grunted as he moodily finished his meal. The disguised dragon began to feel the empty feeling grow in her as a headache of the most extreme magnitude struck her. "What's wrong Latias!" Ash asked, abandoning his food to care for his love.
"What's happening?" Latias asked herself as everything turned black.
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'Eek! Cold! So cold!'
"Haha, sorry I just couldn't help it."
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"Here, your very own mountain of ice cream!"
'Thank you!'
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"HOT HOT HOT!"
"Why did you ignite me!"
"I could never stay mad at you."
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"Thank you Latias."
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"Forget about me, and be happy with Ash"
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Latias was pushed back into reality to see all three of her friends crowding around her, "Thank goodness your ok Latias!" Ash sighed in relief, hugging the disguised dragon. 'What happened?' Latias asked, clenching her throbbing head.
"You blacked out." Brock informed, placing a bag of ice on her forehead. "What happened Latias?" Misty asked. 'I don't know, I just looked at the picture and I guess some memories were flashed right in front of me.' Latias assumed, attempting to sit straight up. "Memories? Do you mean you might know who this is?" Ash asked, holding the picture up to let Latias look at it.
"How sad, you can't even remember him after all he's done for you." a voice said.
'Did you guys hear that?' Latias jumped, frantically looking around her to find the source of the voice. "What are you talking about Latias? We didn't hear anybody except the people around us." Misty said, becoming worried for her friend.
"Here, let me take you back to the room so you can rest." Ash offered, helping the tipsy girl up. 'Thank you guys.' the disguised girl said before she and her boyfriend left the cafeteria.
"That was scary." Misty sighed, finally finishing her meal along with Brock. "I know, I wonder what could of caused that sudden episode." Brock said, putting his napkin on his plate. "Come on, let's go back to our rooms to pack up." Brock suggested as he got up from the table.
"Wait, shouldn't we put our plates away?" the red head asked, reluctant to leave the table. "No, the workers here take the plates from the tables so the passengers don't have to." Brock informed, beckoning the girl to follow him.
"Oh. Wow, this place is heaven for Ash." Misty giggled as she followed Brock.
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"Do you think you're going to be alright?" Ash asked, caressing Latias' hand. 'Yeah, I think so. Why don't you pack up, I think I'll rest for a little bit.' Latias said, already on the brink of passing out. "Ok." Ash replied, kissing Latias before he left to pack up.
Within seconds, the red eon fell into a deep slumber.
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"Come on, can you not remember him?" the voice called out again. 'Who's there?' Latias asked, frantically looking in all directions to find the source. Latias was quickly answered by a black shadow appearing into the white space that they were in.
'What are you?' the red dragon asked, backing away from the eon shaped shadow. "This is going to be hard for me to explain." the shadow sighed. "Don't worry, you have nothing to be afraid of. Just hear me out." the shadow finished.
Latias could feel a strange but familiar aura escaping the being before her as she nodded her head. "Let me ask you this before I ask you any other questions, that picture, what does it remind you of?" the shadow asked. 'The picture?' Latias said without a clue.
"Yes, the picture with the blue Latios." the shadow repeated. 'Oh, I can't really explain it. But whenever I see that pokemon, I get this strange feeling that-'
"That when you knew him, you loved him?" the shadow interrupted. 'W-what?' Latias stammered. 'I love Ash! How can you say that I loved someone else? You don't even know me!' Latias cried, her emotions began to mix.
"Actually I do know you." Latias gasped. "Don't you find it strange that there is a male shadow of an eon in your subconscious. And also, isn't it strange that you can feel more in control of your powers?" the shadow finished.
'Who are you!' Latias demanded, because everything the mysterious shadow said was true. "Where do I start? I'll try being straight forward. I am the shadow of that latios that you saw in the picture, and back when the Marauder attacked Altomare, my counter part gave you part of his soul so that you could protect yourself, along with myself. And he also save Altomare from being destroyed from the Marauder." the shadow said
'But the Marauder was defeated by Ash's pokemon!' Latias argued, not sure of what she should believe in anymore. "What? Jeez what did he do to your memory?" the shadow asked himself. "What I told you is what really happened." the shadow finished.
'But if the other latios is gone, why are you here?' Latias asked. "I'm able to exist here because when your friend gave you part of his soul, I came with it. I have all of his memories, and experiences." the shadow replied.
"It's sad really. He protected you with his life and you can't even remember him." the shadow said. 'I don't believe you! I don't love him! I love Ash!' the red dragon cried, tears of confusion welled up in her eyes.
"You say that, but you know that deep down, you love him, and he loved you too." the shadow said. 'NO!' Latias cried.
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"Wake up Latias, we're almost back at Altomare." a raven haired boy said. 'Ash?' Latias said groggily. "Come on, here. Let me help you." Ash said,helping the sleepy girl on her feet. Latias could barely keep her eyes open, let alone keep her balance.
"Here, Latias, why don't you hop on my back?" Ash offered, squatting down on his knees. The tired Latias slowly climbed onto her lover's back and rested her head on his shoulder. 'Thank you.' Latias said, her voice muffled by Ash's shoulder.
"No problem." Ash replied. "Come on Ash let's go." Brock said. "Ok, I'll be there in a little." the raven haired boy replied, bending down again to grab his bag. The boy quickly grabbed his bag, and swiftly but carefully walked over to his friends.
"It's so beautiful." Misty gaped in awe as they exited the ship. "It never get's old." Brock gaped as well."So where should we go?" Ash asked, shifting to his side to make sure that Latias didn't fall off. "We should go to Bianca's house." Brock said, already going in the desired direction.
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"Hey you guys, Misty just texted me and said that they're here!" Bianca cheered. "That's great, were should we meet them?" Lorenzo asked, getting up from the couch to stretch. "Well she said that they're already coming here so I guess we should get ready to welcome them!" Bianca replied, getting up, and began to walk to the kitchen.
'What are you doing?' a blue dragon asked. "I'm gonna whip up some cupcakes." Bianca said, putting on her Hello Kitty apron. 'Need any help?' Latios asked. "No thanks. Remember last time you helped me cook?" Bianca replied.
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"Alright could you add the seasonings to the pan for me while I cut the vegetables?" Bianca asked, pulling out a knife from a nearby drawer. 'Yeah sure.' Latios replied. 'Are you sure you can handle it brother?' Latias asked as she prepared the meat.
'Of course I can!' the blue dragon said, reaching for the desired seasonings. Latios barely managed to add the right amount of seasoning as he stirred the contents of the pan with immense concentration. The blue dragon finished his task and placed a lid over the boiling broth.
'Anything else?' Latios asked, turning his back to the pan. "Yeah, put these vegetables in the pan for me." Bianca ordered as she handed Latios the cutting board covered in a variety of vegetables.
As soon as the blue eon turned around to lift the lid, it exploded! What Latios didn't know was that the lid he used was slightly too big for the pan he was using, so after he forced it to fit, tremendous pressure began to build up, and after a few seconds, it exploded...
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"And up until then I didn't even know that it was possible to blow something up in a pan." Bianca giggled as she poured ingredients into a bowl and began to mix them with great ease. 'You know what!' Latios started. "What?" Bianca replied 'Whatever!' the blue dragon said out of frustration.
"Nice comeback." Bianca commented, trying to hold in her giggles. 'I'm going to the backyard.' Latios announced, his face reddening. "Ok if you say so." Bianca said, already pouring the cupcake batter into the trays.
Thirty minuets later...
"They're done!" Bianca cheered, pulling out the steaming fresh cupcakes. "They look incredibly fluffy." Lorenzo commented. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. "They're here!" Bianca cheered as Latios flew back into the house.
The blue eon swung the door open. 'Brother!' the red eon squealed, tackling her brother to the floor. 'It's good to have you back sis.'
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Finally! Freaking A people, I'm sorry for the delay but it was just a struggle to write this one out. Yeah, this might not have been the best chapter, in fact I think it might have been boring for you. Sorry, Tune in next time on Remembering An Old Friend!