Thanks again to Scott, Nico, Racahel, Dixie, CharMaster, and Kirk for allowing me to torture your mascots! ^_~
Thank you Nico, for helping out with some of the names in this chapter. :)
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And a thanks to everyone who's read my story so far. It means a lot to me, that people have read this story that I've worked really hard on.
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DISCLAMER: Pokemon is NOT MINE! If it was, there'd be A LOT of changes to the show, ^_^;;;
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"London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady!"
"Boofca, do you know any other songs?"
"Um, no! London Bridge is falling down, falling down..."
Airella was thisclose to seriously hurting the little Cleffa. But, she was trying very hard not to yell at her, because her singing was A LOT better to hear than her whining!
Cleffa stopped singing. "I'm hungry! Is it lunchtime yet?"
Airella breathed a sigh of relief. "Sure, let's see what's in the pack."
"OK!" Boofca started rooting through her Cleffa-sized backpack, while Airella and Jiggly went through their Jigglypuff-sized ones.
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Author's Note: These backpacks are fairly small, but they can hold a lot. If you don't get it, think of... Misty's bag. It's REALLY small, but in it there is a sleeping bag, her pokeballs, AND enough room for Togepi! So, basically, this is FICTION. A lot of stuff can go into one tiny bag.
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"Hey! What's this?" Jiggly held up a slightly smushed sandwich.
"Let me see." Boofca grabbed the bag, sniffed it, and exclaimed "Yummy! It's a PB&J!"
"What?"
"PB&J is short for Peanut Butter & Jelly. But this one's kinda squashed, though."
"Oh well. You can eat it, right?"
"Yeah, Jiggly. They're really yummy."
Jiggly took a small bite out of a corner of the sandwich. "They're pretty good! Try one, Airella."
The trio ate in silence for a while, until Airella finally asked, "Where have you had PB&J's before, Boofca?"
"Uh, well, you see, Michelle used to let me eat some of hers." Boofca took a huge bite of her sandwich, making it clear she didn't want to talk about it anymore.
"Oh."
After a bit more of silent eating, there was a loud snap!
"What was that?"
"I don't know."
"I hope it's not a big, mean Pinsir or something!"
"Chill, Boofca."
"Here it comes!"
Out of the woods came a small Igglybuff. "Hiyas! I'm Ami!"
The trio face-faults for a sec, then introduces themselves.
"I'm Airella!"
"Hi-Hi! My name is Boofca!"
"Jiggly's my name. Hello, Ami!"
"Hiya!"
"What are you doing here?"
"We're just traveling through. And you?
"Oh. I was out getting my mommy some MooMoo Milk."
"What's MooMoo Milk?"
"You drink it. There's are two sisters around here, one has a Miltank, she gives me some MooMoo Milk for me and my mommy, my sister, and my aunt, my uncle, and the Clefairy's in the cave next to us to drink."
"Can we come?"
"Sure!"
The group walked on for a bit, until they saw two girls, one with green hair, and the other with blue hair in a small clearing.
"Look! It's Ami again, Alyssa." The green haired one remarked.
"Yep. Hey! She's brought friends."
"Hello!" exclaimed Boofca once they were close enough to hear.
"Oh my... you can TALK!" Alyssa looked ready to faint.
"So?" asked Airella.
"My sister's never seen a talking pokemon before. By the way, I'm Andrea. These are my pokemon, Miltank, Elekid, and Sunflora.
Alyssa cut in. "I'm sorry. My name's Alyssa, and here are my pokemon, Ponyta, Seadra, and Magby.
"Hello everyone!"
"Hey, Ami, your sister's here too." Sunflora told the little Igglybuff.
"Yeah, and her Clefairy friend as well." added the Seadra.
"Oh, really?" Ami turned towards the trio. "Come on, you can meet my big sister Anya and Anya's friend, Marissa!" She dashed off.
"I guess we should follow her." Jiggly said.
"I guess so." And with that, they followed Ami towards a large tree behind Andrea and Alyssa's house.
"Here they are! Marissa, Anya, these are Airella, Boofca, and Jiggly.
"Hello."
I'm gonna get the MooMoo Milk, I'll catch up with you guys in a minute!" Ami cried, before dashing off.
"Sissy? Is that you?" Boofca dashed over to Marissa, and looked behind her ear. "Yup, the scar I gave you is still there." Boofca grinned.
Marissa studied Boofca carefully. "And how did I get that scar, little Krystalyn?"
"I bit you on the ear. Also, Mama's a Clefairy named Daniella, and Papa is a Clefable named Zachary."
Marissa hugged Boofca tightly. "It's good to see you again, little Krystalyn."
"Hold up! I'm confused here." interrupted Airella.
"Yeah, and isn't your name Boofca?" asked Jiggly.
Boofca quickly explained. "You see, my Mama named me Krystalyn, but when Michelle caught me, she re-nicknamed me Boofca. Boofca's what I've been called since... well, a while."
Anya, who had been sitting quietly in the background this whole time, spoke up. "Krys... er, Boofca, it's nice to see you again, and your friends too. Ami should have the Milk soon, would you and your friends like to come home with us?"
"You bet!"
"And Boofca?"
"Yeah?"
"How'd you three learn to talk?"
"I'll explain later."
"I'm back!"
"Good Ami, let's go home, before Mom gets worried again."
"Okay."
As the group marched through the forest to the Jigglypuff's home, Airella pondered to herself. I know I've seen Anya before, and she looks a bit like me, but I can't remember where.
"Airella! Earth to Airella!"
"Oh, sorry, what's up Jiggly?"
"Don't you get the odd feeling you've met Anya before?"
"Yeah."
"Well, get this. I've been having this dream lately, where I see a family, of an Igglybuff, five Jigglypuffs, and a Wigglytuff, eating a big meal, like Thanksgiving or something. Then these two Clefairies, a Clefable, and a Cleffa join us, and the scary thing is, the Cleffa's Boofca, and two of the Jigglypuff's are you and me!"
"No way!"
"Why?"
"I've had that dream too. I wonder what it means?"
"I don't know, but now, I think the others in the Clefairy clan, are Boofca's FAMILY!"
"So, the Jigglypuff clan is ours?"
"I wonder. I was little when I was caught. I don't remember a family."
"Me either."
"Yo! We're here!" Exclaimed Marissa, sending the duo out of their daydreams.
"Ok."
As they walked into one cave, they saw three openings inside of the large cave.
"Ours in on the left, our Aunt and Uncle live in the middle one, and the Clefairies are in the one on the right." Explained Anya.
"We should go into the middle one." replied Ami.
"Yep!"
"We'll see you later. Mama and Papa need to see Boofca." said Marissa.
"Okay."
"Aunt Sally, Mommy, we're back!"
"Oh, good Ami." A Jigglypuff with blue eyes came up towards the group. "Hi Anya! I see you two have brought some friends."
"Yeah, they're Airella and Jiggly, and Boofca, I mean Krystalyn, is here too! She's with Ms. Daniella and Mr. Zachary right now."
"I suppose she'd like to see her parents." remarked a Wigglytuff, entering the room. "I'm Lara, Ami and Anya's mom."
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself! I'm so sorry. I'm Sally, Ami and Anya's aunt."
"And Mommy's sister too!" cried Ami.
"Yes, that too."
"Hey Mom, can Airella and Jiggly eat dinner with us?"
"It's fine with me, Anya, but let's ask your uncle if it's OK first."
"Ask whom if what's okay?" questioned another Jigglypuff.
"Oh, our dear Uncle Chris, can our friends, Airella and Jiggly stay for dinner?"
"Please, Please, Please!" chimed in Ami.
"Sure! The Clefairy's are coming over too."
"Yes!"
"Now that that's settled, girls, you need to find Vulpix. She's got some berries I need to make a pie. Invite her to eat with us if you'd like." The Wigglytuff said.
"Can Jiggly and Airella come with us?"
"Yes, now get going!"
When the group of Anya, Ami, Airella, and Jiggly were safely outside, headed towards Vulpix's home, Ami, clear out of the blue said, "I used to have another sister."
"Huh? What do you mean, Ami?" asked Jiggly.
"And a cousin too. My sister was Anastasia, and my cousin was Jigglypuff."
Anya cut in. "They were captured when you were little. How do you remember?"
"Easy. This." Ami took a picture out from her bag, which was supposed to hold the berries. It was an old picture, of three Jigglypuff, one with green eyes, one with blue eyes, one with a green eye and a blue eye, and an Igglybuff. Airella immediately recognized the picture.
"Hey! I have a picture like that!"
"You do, Airella? Weird, I do too!" Jiggly added.
"This is strange." Anya remarked.
"Very. Let's see, Ami, who are the people in the picture?"
"Well, Anya's on the left, Anastasia's in the middle, and Jigglypuff's on the left. I'm the Igglybuff in the front, obviously!"
"No way!" Airella gasped. "I'm the Jigglypuff in the middle!"
"Really? How do you know?"
"You see, I found that picture in my bag after I came to the orphanage. I didn't know any of the puffs in the picture, except of me. I knew that one was me, because of the face. It's exactly like mine, even the eyes. I have one green eye and one blue eye."
"Right. Oh my...Quick tell me one thing about yourself, about your singing."
"Singing? I hate it!" Airella made a face. "It always puts people to sleep!"
"Wow, Airella, I think you may be Anastasia!"
"Jiggly, how'd you get that picture?"
"I've had it since I was little, just like you. It said Jiggly on the back, so I kept it. I think I looked like the blue-eyed one, I mean... here!" Jiggly dug a photo out of her pack. "I had this taken when I arrived at the orphanage. It looked EXACTLY LIKE the blue-eyed Jigglypuff, so I always knew that one was me."
"Oh my, Jiggly, can I see the picture?"
"Well, okay."
"Uh-huh, that's Aunt Sally's handwriting for sure. It's blurry, but the J-I-G-G-L-Y that can be made out is definitely in her handwriting!"
"Does that mean, I'm your cousin?"
"Yeah, it looks like it, Airella!"
"How come you didn't tell me!?"
"No one asked!"
Anya looked towards Ami. "Yeah, they're Anastasia and Jigglypuff for sure. They argue exactly the same way!"
Ami giggled. "It looks like I have another sister and a cousin too! Cool! Now we gotta find Vulpix, or mommy'll get mad."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Go where?" remarked a Vulpix, walking up on the group.
Anya smiled. "Vulpix! It's good to see you! Have you got the berries for my mom?"
"Right here, Anya. Now we should go, before my mum gets mad at me for not delivering these berries promptly!"
"Aren't you staying for dinner?"
"Yeah, now Airella, Jiggly, I believe you need to head back and say hello to your long-lost folks!"
"How long have you been standing here for, Vulpix?"
"Long enough. Come on, I'll race all of you!"
"Fine! But I'm gonna win!" chanted Anya.
"We'll see about that!" exclaimed Jiggly.
"1... 2... 3..."
"GO!" And off they went, running through the woods, towards Ami and Anya's home.
"I win!" cheered Ami.
"Cheater!" teased Airella.
"Oh, cool it." cut in Vulpix. "Let's go in."
Together, the three Jigglypuffs, Igglybuff, and Vulpix walked into the cave. As soon as they entered, they were greeted by a table set full of food, and a sign. It read: WELCOME, ANASTASIA-AIRELLA, KRYSTALYN-BOOFCA, AND JIGGLYPUFF-JIGGLY!!!!"
"Wow!" said Airella in astonishment
"It's wonderful."
"What's going on?"
Lara walked up and hugged Airella. "Airella, it's good to see you, my daughter."
Sally and Chris were smothering Jiggly. Boofca let go of Zachary, her Papa, and smiled. "Aren't you happy, Airella, Jiggly? I told them about your adventure, and I saw of photos of you and you see they were you but they weren't you, and well, you have a family too! Isn't it great? Too bad we have to leave, though. But we need to find all of Olivia's missing pokemon!"
"Why do you have to go?" asked Daniella, Boofca's mama, with sadness in her eyes.
Quickly, Airella and Jiggly removed themselves from their parents so they could breathe, and along with Boofca, told their story, of the escape, meeting Olivia, and their friends.
"I understand you have to leave, but why now?" Sally looked about to cry.
"Don't cry, Mom." said Jiggly. "But we need to do this."
Marissa spoke up. "Then, I'm coming with you guys."
Vulpix took charge then. "No you aren't Marissa. I will. My mum won't mind, and we'll do this together."
"Yeah, and don't forget the rest of the team, Chardina, Blastoise and Coolbear."
"And Sandy, Mariana, Sheep, Kakuna, Rattata and Trevor too!"
"Remember the Triplets, Charmander, Grizzy, and now Vulpix too!
"We'll do it, all together!"
"Fine." Lara cut in. "But first, you'll all eat."
"Oh, yes!"
Within 30 seconds, Vulpix, Airella, Jiggly, and Boofca had inhaled most of the food, leaving the others to stare in shock.
"What?"
The next morning, with tearful good-byes, and promises to return, Team Puff set out, with a new member, Vulpix. After walking east for a while, they were sitting in a clearing, munching on leftovers that Lara and Sally had filled Vulpix's pack up with.
"So, what should we call ourselves? Team Puff won't work anymore."
"Team Puff Tails?"
"Nah."
"Team Pink Fire?"
"No way!"
"How about Team Charry Puff?"
"It won't work. Hey! How about Flame Puff?"
"Okay!" and with that the group of four, now Team Flame Puff, continued their journey to find those missing pokemon.
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