The song 'Mirror, Mirror' is copyrighted M2M
Pokémon is copyrighted Nintendo, GameFreak, etc.
I own nothing, sadly... ;_;
This is basically the same, but told from the other side.
Mirror, Mirror
Part 2
I can't believe I'm finally back in Cerulean City. I haven't been
here in years. Not since the last time I was here with Brock and
Misty and she was in that underwater ballet. But, I haven't been
able to bring myself to come back here in years. I didn't even want
to come. But the League made me. I don't want to be here, but
tomorrow I have to teach a Pokémon training seminar at the
gym. I hope that she's not aroumd. I couldn't stand seeing her
again. If I did, I would probably start to cry and run out of
the room. I know that seven years have passed, but the pain is
as fresh as ever.
-------
Seven years earlier.....
"It's all you're fault we're lost again, Ash Ketchum!" Misty
screams at me angrily
"It is not!" I yell right back, ticked off that she thinks
it's always MY fault that we're lost.
"Now, both of you, PLEASE be quiet. I already have a
headache." Tracey tries to calm us.
"Stuff it Tracey." Misty and I snap at the same time.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimes worridly.
"You stay out of this too, Pikachu." I say sharply,
insantly regretting it.
Pikachu's eyes widen with shock. I had never spoken
sharply to him before.
"That does it!" Misty throws up her hands in frustration, "I
am tired of wandering around lost! When was the last time we
actually KNEW where we where?"
"I know where we are." I reply.
"Where then?" she demands, her eyes on fire.
"Right here." I reply smugly just to tick her off..
She looks really cute when she's mad, I think and hide
a smile. Uh-ho! Out of the corner of my eye, I can see that her
hand is rising VERY quickly
Before Tracey or anyone could make a move to stop her,
Misty's hand had slapped me hard around the jaw, swining my
head around.
"Son of a..." I trailed off angrily, clutching my
wounded cheek.
"Send the money for my bike to the Cerulean Gym. I'm
outta here." Misty says angrily and stalk off.
I stare after her retreating figure in shock. She's
running very fast, not looking back. Suddenly a crying sound
interuppts my thoughts. I look down to see that she has left
Togepi behind.
"Pika, pika, kachu, chu." Pikachu comforts Togepi. I
return my eyes to Misty's small figure, growing ever tinier as
she runs away from us.
"I guess she never liked me in the first place." I
whisper sadly, tears threatening to run down my cheeks. I
swallow hard and rub them away and turn to Tracey, "Let's go."
I say and pick up Pikachu and Togepi, walking in the opposite
direction of Misty.
It's her decision, I tell myself, she wanted to leave.
I keep repeating it over and over to myself, telling myself
that it's not my fauly. It's Misty's fault. She's the one
who left.
But you didn't try to stop her, a tiny voice nags me,
but I tell it to shut up. I don't need Misty. I don't need
her to do anything. I'm just fine, with Tracey, Pikachu, Togepi
and all of my other Pokémon. I mean, come on, who really needs
her?
I do.....I need Misty Waterflowers.
-------
"No, I do not need her!" I say aloud suddenly,
breaking free of the memories.
"You don't need who, sonny?" the cab driver asks.
"No one." I reply.
"So, where ya going?" he asks, looking at me in the
review mirror.
"Just to my hotel. I've got nothing better to do."
I tell him.
"Hey, go to the Cerulean Gym, there's a concert
going on there now." the driver suggests.
"Thanks." I say gratefully, without thinking, "Take
me to the gym, then."
"You got it, buddy." the cab driver smiles, then
returns his attention to the road.
That's how, ten minutes later, I was inside the
Cerulean Gym, buying a ticket from a clerk.
"Identification." she says.
"Here." I hand her my official Pokémon League ID.
"You're Ash Ketchum, the youngest Pokémon Master
ever!" she breathes, her eyes going round.
"Yeah, yeah. Now can I just have my ticket?" I ask
briskly, taking back my ID. I really am sick of the reaction
I get when people find out who I am.
"Of course." the clerk replies, her voice breathy.
She then hands me a ticket and I walk off, towards the main
arena, where the show is going on.
As I put on a pair of reflective sunglasses, a head
pops out of my duffel bag.
"Pika, pika, pika, chu, chu." {You didn't have to be
so mean to her} Pikachu says reproachfully.
"Prii." {Yeah} Togepi also pops his head out of the
bag.
"You wouldn't understand." I say to them and enter
the arena, intime to hear an announcer say,
"And, here's the Fourth Sensational Cerulean Sister,
the singing Starlet, Misty Waterflowers!"
"Shit." I mutter under my breath, I had forgotten
that SHE was here.
"Whoo!!"
"Yeah!"
"Yahoo!" and catcalls rang out from the arena as
a beautiful girl steps onto the stage.
A mental image of the last time appears in my mind
and I mentally compare them.
The short orange hair of her youth is no more. It
is now dark gold, waist-length and permed, much like
Daisy's. Her dress was aquamarine, fairly short and cut
a bit low in the neck. Her shoes were matching heels
"Something has always been missing. It's
been missing for seven years. Seven years ago I ran
away from my first love, my true love. And this song is
for him. He knows who he is. And I want him to
know...that I'm sorry..." she whispers into
the microphone, the sound-system carrying my voice
throughout the gym. "This is Mirror, Mirror and it's
for him."
She then takes a deep breath, straightens up
and the music begins to play and she opens her mouth,
"Why don't I like the girl I see?
The one who's standing right in front me
Why don't I think before I speak?"
This song is for me! I realize, still standing in
the aisle, looking at her.
"I must be stupid
Must be crazy
Must be out of my mind
To say the kind of things I said last night"
"Oh, God, Misty." I mutter, sitting down on the stairs,
my duffel beside me, Togepi and Pikachu watching Misty.
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have gone after you."
I whisper, staring at her singing the song, the lights
making her hair and eyes glow in the darkness of the arena.
"Why did I let you walk away?
When all I had to do was say I'm sorry
I let my pride get in the way
And in the heat of the moment I was to blame"
"It was all my fauly." I murmer as I relieve the
event mentally.
"I must be stupid
Must be crazy
Must be out of my mind
Now in the cold light of the day I realize"
It's all you're fault we're lost again, Ash Ketchum!
It is not!
Now, both of you, PLEASE be quiet. I already have a
headache
Stuff it Tracey.
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
Pika!
You stay out of this too, Pikachu.
That does it! I am tired of wandering around lost! When
was the last time we actually KNEW where we where?
I know where we are.
"If only wishes could be dreams
And all my dreams could come true
There would be two of us standing here in front of you
If you could show me that someone that I used to be
Bring back my baby to me"
Where then?
Right here.
SMACK
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
Son of a...
Send the money for my bike to the Cerulean Gym. I'm
outta here.
As she finishes the song, I finish relieveing the
last time I saw her.
It's just to much for now, I think as my eyes start
to water behind my glasses.
"Pika pika, chu chu?" {Ash, where are you going?}
Pikachu asks as I roughly get up.
"For some air." I say and toss them a Pokéball, "Use
Pidgeot to get to the Blue Water Hotel. We're in room 151."
"Toge?" {What's going on?} Togepi asks as I walk
off.
Soon I break into a run and head out the gym's front
doors.
"Are you all right?" the clerk calls as I rush past
her.
I don't asnwer her, but run around to the back of the
gym where I know I can be alone.
Halfway there, I slow to a walk and tear off my
sunglasses and put them in my pocket. I now cry freely.
I round the corner and see a girl with long, wavy
dark blond hair. It's HER.
My breath catches in my throat.
My heart stops for a moment.
My eyes widen in shock.
My mouth drops open at the surprise.
She looks up at me and the same reaction happens to
her.
I open my mouth and swallow before her name, "Misty?"
cmoes as a question from my lips.
She then closes her eyes and the moonlight makes the
tears on her cheeks shine.
Pokémon is copyrighted Nintendo, GameFreak, etc.
I own nothing, sadly... ;_;
This is basically the same, but told from the other side.
Mirror, Mirror
Part 2
I can't believe I'm finally back in Cerulean City. I haven't been
here in years. Not since the last time I was here with Brock and
Misty and she was in that underwater ballet. But, I haven't been
able to bring myself to come back here in years. I didn't even want
to come. But the League made me. I don't want to be here, but
tomorrow I have to teach a Pokémon training seminar at the
gym. I hope that she's not aroumd. I couldn't stand seeing her
again. If I did, I would probably start to cry and run out of
the room. I know that seven years have passed, but the pain is
as fresh as ever.
-------
Seven years earlier.....
"It's all you're fault we're lost again, Ash Ketchum!" Misty
screams at me angrily
"It is not!" I yell right back, ticked off that she thinks
it's always MY fault that we're lost.
"Now, both of you, PLEASE be quiet. I already have a
headache." Tracey tries to calm us.
"Stuff it Tracey." Misty and I snap at the same time.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimes worridly.
"You stay out of this too, Pikachu." I say sharply,
insantly regretting it.
Pikachu's eyes widen with shock. I had never spoken
sharply to him before.
"That does it!" Misty throws up her hands in frustration, "I
am tired of wandering around lost! When was the last time we
actually KNEW where we where?"
"I know where we are." I reply.
"Where then?" she demands, her eyes on fire.
"Right here." I reply smugly just to tick her off..
She looks really cute when she's mad, I think and hide
a smile. Uh-ho! Out of the corner of my eye, I can see that her
hand is rising VERY quickly
Before Tracey or anyone could make a move to stop her,
Misty's hand had slapped me hard around the jaw, swining my
head around.
"Son of a..." I trailed off angrily, clutching my
wounded cheek.
"Send the money for my bike to the Cerulean Gym. I'm
outta here." Misty says angrily and stalk off.
I stare after her retreating figure in shock. She's
running very fast, not looking back. Suddenly a crying sound
interuppts my thoughts. I look down to see that she has left
Togepi behind.
"Pika, pika, kachu, chu." Pikachu comforts Togepi. I
return my eyes to Misty's small figure, growing ever tinier as
she runs away from us.
"I guess she never liked me in the first place." I
whisper sadly, tears threatening to run down my cheeks. I
swallow hard and rub them away and turn to Tracey, "Let's go."
I say and pick up Pikachu and Togepi, walking in the opposite
direction of Misty.
It's her decision, I tell myself, she wanted to leave.
I keep repeating it over and over to myself, telling myself
that it's not my fauly. It's Misty's fault. She's the one
who left.
But you didn't try to stop her, a tiny voice nags me,
but I tell it to shut up. I don't need Misty. I don't need
her to do anything. I'm just fine, with Tracey, Pikachu, Togepi
and all of my other Pokémon. I mean, come on, who really needs
her?
I do.....I need Misty Waterflowers.
-------
"No, I do not need her!" I say aloud suddenly,
breaking free of the memories.
"You don't need who, sonny?" the cab driver asks.
"No one." I reply.
"So, where ya going?" he asks, looking at me in the
review mirror.
"Just to my hotel. I've got nothing better to do."
I tell him.
"Hey, go to the Cerulean Gym, there's a concert
going on there now." the driver suggests.
"Thanks." I say gratefully, without thinking, "Take
me to the gym, then."
"You got it, buddy." the cab driver smiles, then
returns his attention to the road.
That's how, ten minutes later, I was inside the
Cerulean Gym, buying a ticket from a clerk.
"Identification." she says.
"Here." I hand her my official Pokémon League ID.
"You're Ash Ketchum, the youngest Pokémon Master
ever!" she breathes, her eyes going round.
"Yeah, yeah. Now can I just have my ticket?" I ask
briskly, taking back my ID. I really am sick of the reaction
I get when people find out who I am.
"Of course." the clerk replies, her voice breathy.
She then hands me a ticket and I walk off, towards the main
arena, where the show is going on.
As I put on a pair of reflective sunglasses, a head
pops out of my duffel bag.
"Pika, pika, pika, chu, chu." {You didn't have to be
so mean to her} Pikachu says reproachfully.
"Prii." {Yeah} Togepi also pops his head out of the
bag.
"You wouldn't understand." I say to them and enter
the arena, intime to hear an announcer say,
"And, here's the Fourth Sensational Cerulean Sister,
the singing Starlet, Misty Waterflowers!"
"Shit." I mutter under my breath, I had forgotten
that SHE was here.
"Whoo!!"
"Yeah!"
"Yahoo!" and catcalls rang out from the arena as
a beautiful girl steps onto the stage.
A mental image of the last time appears in my mind
and I mentally compare them.
The short orange hair of her youth is no more. It
is now dark gold, waist-length and permed, much like
Daisy's. Her dress was aquamarine, fairly short and cut
a bit low in the neck. Her shoes were matching heels
"Something has always been missing. It's
been missing for seven years. Seven years ago I ran
away from my first love, my true love. And this song is
for him. He knows who he is. And I want him to
know...that I'm sorry..." she whispers into
the microphone, the sound-system carrying my voice
throughout the gym. "This is Mirror, Mirror and it's
for him."
She then takes a deep breath, straightens up
and the music begins to play and she opens her mouth,
"Why don't I like the girl I see?
The one who's standing right in front me
Why don't I think before I speak?"
This song is for me! I realize, still standing in
the aisle, looking at her.
"I must be stupid
Must be crazy
Must be out of my mind
To say the kind of things I said last night"
"Oh, God, Misty." I mutter, sitting down on the stairs,
my duffel beside me, Togepi and Pikachu watching Misty.
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have gone after you."
I whisper, staring at her singing the song, the lights
making her hair and eyes glow in the darkness of the arena.
"Why did I let you walk away?
When all I had to do was say I'm sorry
I let my pride get in the way
And in the heat of the moment I was to blame"
"It was all my fauly." I murmer as I relieve the
event mentally.
"I must be stupid
Must be crazy
Must be out of my mind
Now in the cold light of the day I realize"
It's all you're fault we're lost again, Ash Ketchum!
It is not!
Now, both of you, PLEASE be quiet. I already have a
headache
Stuff it Tracey.
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
Pika!
You stay out of this too, Pikachu.
That does it! I am tired of wandering around lost! When
was the last time we actually KNEW where we where?
I know where we are.
"If only wishes could be dreams
And all my dreams could come true
There would be two of us standing here in front of you
If you could show me that someone that I used to be
Bring back my baby to me"
Where then?
Right here.
SMACK
"Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me
Who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back
Bring my baby back to me"
Son of a...
Send the money for my bike to the Cerulean Gym. I'm
outta here.
As she finishes the song, I finish relieveing the
last time I saw her.
It's just to much for now, I think as my eyes start
to water behind my glasses.
"Pika pika, chu chu?" {Ash, where are you going?}
Pikachu asks as I roughly get up.
"For some air." I say and toss them a Pokéball, "Use
Pidgeot to get to the Blue Water Hotel. We're in room 151."
"Toge?" {What's going on?} Togepi asks as I walk
off.
Soon I break into a run and head out the gym's front
doors.
"Are you all right?" the clerk calls as I rush past
her.
I don't asnwer her, but run around to the back of the
gym where I know I can be alone.
Halfway there, I slow to a walk and tear off my
sunglasses and put them in my pocket. I now cry freely.
I round the corner and see a girl with long, wavy
dark blond hair. It's HER.
My breath catches in my throat.
My heart stops for a moment.
My eyes widen in shock.
My mouth drops open at the surprise.
She looks up at me and the same reaction happens to
her.
I open my mouth and swallow before her name, "Misty?"
cmoes as a question from my lips.
She then closes her eyes and the moonlight makes the
tears on her cheeks shine.