I'm back! Not much to say except thanx everyone who reviewed!
Ages ~
Ash ~ 16
Misty ~ 16
Gary ~ 17
Brock ~ 20
Daisy ~ 22
Lilly ~ 21
Violet ~ 20
Jessie ~ 25
James ~ 25
And on with the story!
Living in a Fairy Tale
~ CH. 3 A love found ~
Misty watched in amusement at the boys' faces. It never ceased to amaze her how one person could make people stutter or stop whatever their doing to bow or something.
James and Meowth we standing there with their mouths hanging open while Ash was staring intently at Misty.
"Uh, you guys are starting to drool…" Misty started.
Jessie's amused face turned to one of discuss. She marched over to James and Meowth and slammed their mouth closed, causing them to bite their tongues.
"Stop drooling!"
"Ow Jessie!"
"Was that needed?"
"Yes it was, now go back to what you were doing! Misty wants to see Ash." Jessie sighed pushing the boys out the door.
Misty could hear faint sounds of kissy noises coming from down the hall. She smiled faintly and shook her head.
"Why'd you want to see me?" Ash asked, snapping back into reality.
"I need to ask you a favor."
"Name it."
"I would like you to help me find someone to how should I put it?" She paused thinking of a way to put it. "You know how I'm supposed to marry Gary?"
"Yea…"
"Well, Dad said that if I can find someone I love before my seventeenth birthday, I don't have to marry Gary."
"So why do you need me?"
"I was hoping you could help me find a man that would think of marrying me, do you think there is someone out there?"
"Sure Misty!" Me… "I'm sure there are tons of guys out there that think you're absolutely beautiful!"
"Really?"
"Yea,"
"So what do you think of me?"
Oh poop! "UH, well,"
"Hey lovebirds!" James cried from the living room. Misty sighed in frustration, and Ash sighed in relief.
They both looked to see what James was calling to them.
"What?" Misty asked irritably.
"You're in the newspaper!" James said referring to Misty. He pointed to her in the picture. Misty's eyes widened as she crabbed the paper out of his hands.
"What?!"
(The article)
Well, it seems as though the announcement that Princess Misty was to marry Lord Gary was new to the princess, so she's off to find an eligible bachelor to go with instead of Gary. All you lucky single guys out there must ask yourself, will you be the one to be picked?
(End article)
"Ohh!" Misty moaned plopping herself on the chair. "Now every guy in the town knows! I'm never going to get a moments peace!"
Meowth walked in the room with an evil plan.
"I know!"
All eyes turned to Meowth.
"Why don't you pick Ash to be at least a temporary guy for you."
Ash shook his head in protest while Misty was delighted.
"You know Ash, that may work!"
"Yea but, what about me?"
"Huh?"
"I'm just a – a peasant!"
"OH so what!"
Ash blinked then gave in. This is what he wanted after all, right?
"Well, Ok!"
Misty grinned happily. "Oh goody!" Then she suddenly realized she was a little too enthusiastic.
"Uh- I mean, That sounds good."
Ash smiled.
James and Meowth winked at each other. Some how they were going to pair those two up.
"Come on, let's go outside." Ash said taking her arm.
Misty followed Ash outside. They both plopped themselves on the ground. Pikachu and Togepi followed behind. Soon they were in a game of tag.
"Those two look so cute together!" Misty commented.
"Yea…" Do we? Ash thought.
"Are you sure you're ok with this?" Misty asked Ash.
"Yea. What are you going to do once you turn seventeen?"
"Uh, I, I really don't know."
"Well, you only have a month."
"Yeah, I know, but for right now, let's concentrate on getting to know each other more, ok?"
"I agree."
"So what about you? Do you have any special interests?"
"Well, I like to train pokemon."
"Yeah! I noticed you huge collection of pokemon out there! It's pretty impressive, I bet you could enter the tournament!"
"Yea, but if I loose, then I'll be completely humiliated!"
"I have faith in you Ash! You can win!" She smiled at him.
Ash smiled back. His confidence grew more by the second knowing that Misty had confidence in one such as himself.
Misty then stood up and stretched her arms.
"I'd better get back, I'll don't think I'll tell them yet, they'll say I'm rushing into this."
"Yea."
"Well, see ya!"
"Bye!"
Misty waved goo-bye and ran off to the castle after returning her pokemon.
~ At the castle ~
"Mommy, Daddy, I'm back!" Misty called out happily coming into the room where her father and mother were.
Her father looked up from whatever he was doing and smiled at her.
"Oh hello dear!"
"Did you find someone?" Daisy asked.
"No, not yet, but I have ideas!"
Daisy nodded happily. Misty was too excited about Ash to notice. She just wanted to get to Brock to tell him.
"Where's Brock?"
"He's with Lilly and Violet shopping, you might want to rescue him."
Misty giggled and ran to the shop in the castle.
As soon as people saw Misty, they made a clear way for Misty to get through the big crowd.
"Uh, thanx!" She hurried along in search of Brock.
~ Meanwhile ~
"Oh look Brock! Doesn't this look so cute on me?!" Lilly asked holding up a pink shirt up to her body.
"No! I think this will look better!" Violet said putting a blue one in front.
"Does not!"
"Does to!"
"Brock, what do you think?"
Poor Brock was standing there trying not to get caught in the sisterly fight. "Uh,. I'm really not an expert in this kind of thing…" He said backing away.
"BROCK!" They heard someone yell.
"Uh got to go!" Brock said racing of to the voice. Lilly and Violet shrugged and continued to fight over which shirt would look best.
As soon as Brock saw who was calling him, he ran to her and hugged her hard.
"Oh thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, THANK-YOU!"
"Uh, Brock, I need to breathe!" Misty gasped out pointing to her throat.
"Oh, sorry. SO what did you call me for?"
"Guess what me and Ash are going to do?"
"What?"
"We're going to pretend that we're a couple!"
"Pretend?"
"Well sure! I know I like him, but I don't quit love him yet, and I'm sure he doesn't love me, so we might as well pretend."
"Whatever you say Misty." Brock sighed shaking his head. "Did you tell your family yet?"
"Nah, they'll say I'm rushing into this."
"True. So when do you plan on telling them?"
"In a week."
"A week huh? Maybe in a week, it won't just be, 'pretend'."
"Yeah sure, whatever Brock."
Brock smirked. HE knew better. Ah, young love. They are so clueless! Brock chuckled to himself as he watched Misty go off in her own little world with a dreamy look in her eyes. Completely clueless, and in total denial.
~ Time passes ~
As time passed, Ash and Misty started to get to know each other more and more. And the more they knew about each other, the more they realized they love each other. One night…
"Hey Misty?"
"Hmm?" Misty asked. They were both sitting at the lake. The moon was out and the sky was clear. The moon's reflection shown beautifully over the lake. Misty's head was against Ash's shoulder.
"Misty, when are you going to tell your family."
"Oh, probably tonight."
Ash looked down at the ground for a moment. Then he asked a question Misty was completely not prepared for. "Are we still pretending?"
Misty immediately sat up.
"What?"
"Are we still pretending that we're a couple, or are we really a couple?"
"Well, I – " Brock's right, it would turn out that we're not pretending, at least, I'm not, should I tell him?
"No. At least, I'm not pretending."
Ash smiled down at her and looked her in the eyes.
"Me either."
He moved closer to her lips. While Misty moved closer to his. Soon, they were both locked into a tight lip-lock.
When they drew apart, Ash was worried it was the wrong thing to do, but from the look in her eyes, e knew it was the exact thing to do.
"I love you." He whispered in her ear.
"I love you too." She whispered back.
They sat there in a blissful silence for a while before Misty sadly got up and said, "Well, I'd better head back now."
"OK. I'll see you tomorrow!"
"Bye!"
Misty skipped happily down the road to the castle. Nothing could ruin the rest of the day, or even the week.
The family was gathered around in their seats. Each of them were called into the room for a special announcement from Misty.
The silence of the room was interrupted by Misty bursting in the room skipping.
"Hello everybody!" She cried happily.
"Get to the point." Daisy snapped.
Misty ignored her and continued on.
"I've found my perfect match!" Misty announced happily.
Lilly and her father smiled and hugged her.
Violet smiled, but remained in her seat.
The two scowls went unnoticed.
~ Later on ~
Brock studied Misty.
Misty was humming happily and was cleaning her room. This was extremely rare, something MUST"VE happened!
"He kissed you didn't he."
Misty just smiled.
Brock smiled too. His two best friends were finally together, and from the looks of Misty. They were going to be very happy.
~ Somewhere in a dark room in the castle ~
"This has gone terribly wrong!" One snapped.
"Hush! We'll just have to do it the hard way!" The second one stated calmly.
"Plan B?" The third questioned.
"Plan B." The second confirmed.
"Do you have the stuff?" The first figure asked.
"I do." Said a fourth.
"Good. This will work out as planned!" The first growled.
"Patience!" The second calmed the first. "We will do it. We will do anything to get our way. No matter what!"
And I'm done! Do you think it's good? Can you guess who the four people are? (Actually, it's three, but – oh never mind!) What do you think of it? Please tell me! If I don't get many reviews, I'll, I'll, I guess I'll stop.