Ash, Misty, Brock, and Marissa made their way through the forest, as
they walked they came across a waterfall. "Oh that's beautiful!" Marissa
stated gazing at the waterfall. "We seen it," Misty replied, smiling at
Ash." "Yeah, this is where me and Misty met." Ash added.
"How did you guys meet anyhow?" So Misty proceeded to tell the story of how she met Ash, eliciting great laughter from her audience. "I guess he really is a 'catch'!" Marissa teased. "Yeah, I guess he is." Misty agreed laughing.
"Well, it's getting to dark to continue." Brock commented "We should set camp for tonight, we'll get to Pallet sometime tomorrow." "We will? How close are we?" Marissa asked. "Well, if we leave by 9:00 tomorrow morning we should get there around 3" Ash said. "I can't believe where finally so close!" "Yeah, and Ash only got us lost for two days." Misty replied "pika" Pikachu agreed.
The next morning the four got started bright and early. Around 2:30 they reached the top of a hill and looked down on the dwellings below. "Is, is that Pallet town?" Marissa asked with a mixture of puzzlement and disbelief in her voice. "Sure is, what's wrong?" Ash asked. "Well, I expected it to be a bit…. a bit…. bigger." "Nope, its probably the smallest town in Kanto."
"Ok," Ash stated, "first we'll go, say hi to my mom, then professor Oak. After that I'll show you around town. That should take about 10 minutes all together." So the four started down the hill towards Ash's house. Ash's mother, Delia, was out in the garden. "Pika pika!" Pikachu greeted as they approached. "Why hello Pikachu" she cooed, then looked up at her son "Hi honey, welcome home." She then caught site of the newest member of the group, "whose your new friend?" she asked staring at Marissa. "I'm Marissa" the young lady replied returning her gaze, both thinking the same thing 'why does she seem so familiar?'.
"You look awful familiar, perhaps I know your mother. What's her name?" "Your guess is as good as mine." Marissa said dismissively. "What do you mean?" "I have no idea who my mother is," she replied "I was adopted as a baby." "Oh, I'm sorry." Delia said, she looked at her a moment longer as if in deep thought. "Well, have you four had any lunch yet?" she asked the group. "Come to think of it we didn't stop for lunch." Brock realized, Ash's stomach confirmed what Brock had told her. "Well, come on in, I'll fix a little something to eat." Delia replied.
After lunch the group headed over to Professor Oaks lab. After the necessary introductions were made Oak allowed them to look around. As they turned a corner they all stopped dead in their tracks, about 10 feet in front of them was Gary. Gary looked at the group. "I didn't expect to see you here." He commented walking towards them. Brock quickly stepped between him and Marissa. "Hey I got something to say to her and it don't concern you!" Gary protested. "You said enough last ti…" "What do you want?" Marissa asked coldly, stepping out from behind Brock and crossing her arms. "I just wanted to say, me and Matt went a little to far last time we met. I wouldn't have said nuthin' if I had known it was that big a deal." He replied. "Is that your way of saying 'sorry'?" "Yeah, I guess so." There was a long pause. "Apology accepted" Marissa declared. "Ok, smell ya later." He replied as he walked away.
"Flare flareon flare?" Sweetie asked in shock "Pi pika pi!" Pikachu replied, also in a state of disbelief. Togepi just giggled, oblivious to what had happened. The humans just stared at the door Gary left through. "Did that just happen?" Ash asked. "Yeah, it did," replied Misty. I didn't ever expect him to apologize." Marissa stated. After a moment the group continued to look around.
Marissa then decided to switch her pokemon team. After she switched the team around she walked over to Sweetie. "Guess who's joining us girl." She said. "Flare?" the pokemon asked. Marissa threw the pokeball, "Come on out Flame." In a flash of red light a beautiful Ninetails materialized. Sweetie and Flame rubbed heads in greeting. "Pika pika chuuuu." Pikachu muttered angrily. "Awwwwww, some ones jealous!" Misty cooed at Pikachu. "Pi pika pi!" Pikachu said, denying his jealousy. Every one laughed, it was just too cute! "Don't worry Pikachu, their practically brother and sister, nothing between those two." Marissa assured. She then introduced Flame to the group.
"So Marissa, where are you from?" Ms. Ketchum asked as they where all eating dinner. "I'm from Crystal City." Ms. Ketchum looked at Marissa for a moment, then down at her plate. "Is there something wrong?" Misty asked. "No, nothing I was just thinking about some people I use to know, they were from crystal city to. I hear it's a beautiful place." "Yeah, and it's a lot bigger than this place. I'm glad I was adopted now, I'd go nuts in a town like this!" "What do you mean?" Ms. Ketchum asked staring at Marissa, "OH, my folks told me I was born in Pallet Town. Had my real mom kept me I would have had to grow up here, and it's nice but I'm too much of a city girl. I woulda been soooooo bored!" Both Ms. Ketchum and Marissa stared at one another for a long moment, and then continued eating.
After a few minutes Ash decided to break the silence. "Hey Marissa, can I ask you a question?" "Sure Ash, what is it?" "Why do you always where those sun glasses?" Every one stopped eating and looked at Marissa, waiting for the answer. Pikachu and Sweetie had been carrying on their own conversation in the corner, but even they stopped to hear her answer. Even with the sunglasses on Marissa looked like a deer in the headlights of a car. "Errr, I, my um I am photosensitive! My eyes are very sensitive to light. I have to wear the glasses to protect them!" "But you weren't wearing any sunglasses at the ball." Misty reminded her. "Oh that, well, those lights were dim, and I was only exposed to normal light for a few minutes, not long enough to hurt me!" Marissa explained quickly, to quickly. "Flare!" Sweetie yelled from the corner, "Flare flare flareon flare!" Marissa turned and glared at the fire pokemon! "Not another word!" she hissed at the creature. "Flare!" It hissed back. Marissa pointed at the door, "go wait for me upstairs." She demanded, Sweetie went out the door. Marissa turned to her host, "I'm so sorry, Sweetie and I have to discuss something. May I be excused?" "Of course." Ms. Ketchum replied.
Every one stared as Marissa went to continue her discussion with Sweetie. "What was that all about?" Brock wondered out loud. "Who knows" Ash replied. "Pika." Pikachu called from the floor. "Pi pika pika chu chu Pikachu! Pi pi kachu pi!" "What did he say dear?" Ms Ketchum asked her son. "He said Sweetie called Marissa a liar, and that she said she only wore those glasses so she wouldn't have to wear contacts all the time."
"How did you guys meet anyhow?" So Misty proceeded to tell the story of how she met Ash, eliciting great laughter from her audience. "I guess he really is a 'catch'!" Marissa teased. "Yeah, I guess he is." Misty agreed laughing.
"Well, it's getting to dark to continue." Brock commented "We should set camp for tonight, we'll get to Pallet sometime tomorrow." "We will? How close are we?" Marissa asked. "Well, if we leave by 9:00 tomorrow morning we should get there around 3" Ash said. "I can't believe where finally so close!" "Yeah, and Ash only got us lost for two days." Misty replied "pika" Pikachu agreed.
The next morning the four got started bright and early. Around 2:30 they reached the top of a hill and looked down on the dwellings below. "Is, is that Pallet town?" Marissa asked with a mixture of puzzlement and disbelief in her voice. "Sure is, what's wrong?" Ash asked. "Well, I expected it to be a bit…. a bit…. bigger." "Nope, its probably the smallest town in Kanto."
"Ok," Ash stated, "first we'll go, say hi to my mom, then professor Oak. After that I'll show you around town. That should take about 10 minutes all together." So the four started down the hill towards Ash's house. Ash's mother, Delia, was out in the garden. "Pika pika!" Pikachu greeted as they approached. "Why hello Pikachu" she cooed, then looked up at her son "Hi honey, welcome home." She then caught site of the newest member of the group, "whose your new friend?" she asked staring at Marissa. "I'm Marissa" the young lady replied returning her gaze, both thinking the same thing 'why does she seem so familiar?'.
"You look awful familiar, perhaps I know your mother. What's her name?" "Your guess is as good as mine." Marissa said dismissively. "What do you mean?" "I have no idea who my mother is," she replied "I was adopted as a baby." "Oh, I'm sorry." Delia said, she looked at her a moment longer as if in deep thought. "Well, have you four had any lunch yet?" she asked the group. "Come to think of it we didn't stop for lunch." Brock realized, Ash's stomach confirmed what Brock had told her. "Well, come on in, I'll fix a little something to eat." Delia replied.
After lunch the group headed over to Professor Oaks lab. After the necessary introductions were made Oak allowed them to look around. As they turned a corner they all stopped dead in their tracks, about 10 feet in front of them was Gary. Gary looked at the group. "I didn't expect to see you here." He commented walking towards them. Brock quickly stepped between him and Marissa. "Hey I got something to say to her and it don't concern you!" Gary protested. "You said enough last ti…" "What do you want?" Marissa asked coldly, stepping out from behind Brock and crossing her arms. "I just wanted to say, me and Matt went a little to far last time we met. I wouldn't have said nuthin' if I had known it was that big a deal." He replied. "Is that your way of saying 'sorry'?" "Yeah, I guess so." There was a long pause. "Apology accepted" Marissa declared. "Ok, smell ya later." He replied as he walked away.
"Flare flareon flare?" Sweetie asked in shock "Pi pika pi!" Pikachu replied, also in a state of disbelief. Togepi just giggled, oblivious to what had happened. The humans just stared at the door Gary left through. "Did that just happen?" Ash asked. "Yeah, it did," replied Misty. I didn't ever expect him to apologize." Marissa stated. After a moment the group continued to look around.
Marissa then decided to switch her pokemon team. After she switched the team around she walked over to Sweetie. "Guess who's joining us girl." She said. "Flare?" the pokemon asked. Marissa threw the pokeball, "Come on out Flame." In a flash of red light a beautiful Ninetails materialized. Sweetie and Flame rubbed heads in greeting. "Pika pika chuuuu." Pikachu muttered angrily. "Awwwwww, some ones jealous!" Misty cooed at Pikachu. "Pi pika pi!" Pikachu said, denying his jealousy. Every one laughed, it was just too cute! "Don't worry Pikachu, their practically brother and sister, nothing between those two." Marissa assured. She then introduced Flame to the group.
"So Marissa, where are you from?" Ms. Ketchum asked as they where all eating dinner. "I'm from Crystal City." Ms. Ketchum looked at Marissa for a moment, then down at her plate. "Is there something wrong?" Misty asked. "No, nothing I was just thinking about some people I use to know, they were from crystal city to. I hear it's a beautiful place." "Yeah, and it's a lot bigger than this place. I'm glad I was adopted now, I'd go nuts in a town like this!" "What do you mean?" Ms. Ketchum asked staring at Marissa, "OH, my folks told me I was born in Pallet Town. Had my real mom kept me I would have had to grow up here, and it's nice but I'm too much of a city girl. I woulda been soooooo bored!" Both Ms. Ketchum and Marissa stared at one another for a long moment, and then continued eating.
After a few minutes Ash decided to break the silence. "Hey Marissa, can I ask you a question?" "Sure Ash, what is it?" "Why do you always where those sun glasses?" Every one stopped eating and looked at Marissa, waiting for the answer. Pikachu and Sweetie had been carrying on their own conversation in the corner, but even they stopped to hear her answer. Even with the sunglasses on Marissa looked like a deer in the headlights of a car. "Errr, I, my um I am photosensitive! My eyes are very sensitive to light. I have to wear the glasses to protect them!" "But you weren't wearing any sunglasses at the ball." Misty reminded her. "Oh that, well, those lights were dim, and I was only exposed to normal light for a few minutes, not long enough to hurt me!" Marissa explained quickly, to quickly. "Flare!" Sweetie yelled from the corner, "Flare flare flareon flare!" Marissa turned and glared at the fire pokemon! "Not another word!" she hissed at the creature. "Flare!" It hissed back. Marissa pointed at the door, "go wait for me upstairs." She demanded, Sweetie went out the door. Marissa turned to her host, "I'm so sorry, Sweetie and I have to discuss something. May I be excused?" "Of course." Ms. Ketchum replied.
Every one stared as Marissa went to continue her discussion with Sweetie. "What was that all about?" Brock wondered out loud. "Who knows" Ash replied. "Pika." Pikachu called from the floor. "Pi pika pika chu chu Pikachu! Pi pi kachu pi!" "What did he say dear?" Ms Ketchum asked her son. "He said Sweetie called Marissa a liar, and that she said she only wore those glasses so she wouldn't have to wear contacts all the time."