And here we are… again….
Nothing much to say except thanx to everyone who reviewed! It means a lot!
Also, a huge thanx to 'mist' for everything… you know what I mean. ^_~
And here we go!
Ages ~
Ash ~ 16
Misty ~ 16
Gary ~ 17
Brock ~ 20
Daisy ~ 22
Lilly ~ 21
Violet ~ 20
Jessie ~ 25
James ~ 25
Well, here be the fourth chapter!
Living in a Fairy Tale
~ Part 4 Lies? ~
Two weeks till the wedding, Misty happily took Ash by the hand and led him through the palace. Since he was her soon-to-be-husband, and an actual king, she needed to show him around a bit. Besides! He'd never been in the castle before!
"And over here is Brock and Lily's place, poor Brock is at the shopping center downstairs with Lily and Violet." Misty rambled on.
Ash just smiled and acted like he knew what was going on.
"Hey, Myst? DO you mind if we top for a while? I need a rest, and I'm hungry!" Ash whined.
"Ok!" She led him down the hall to a large table. And on that table was Ash's dream come true. Misty smiled happily at Ash's reaction. "A meal fit for a king!" She said gleefully, referring to the meal on the table. Ash simply nodded his head, to happy and stunned for words. Misty giggled and set him at the head of the table.
"You be good, and I'm going to go get something real quick ok? Have fun pigging out!"
Ash grinned wildly and dug in.
~ A half an hour later ~
"Oh, I'm stuffed!" Ash groaned holding his belly. He slowly got up and headed to the kitchen to congratulate the cook.
When he got there he heard voices talking and decided to ease drop.
"Did you hear it?"
"Hear what?"
"I saw princess Misty kiss Gary!"
"She wouldn't!"
"She would! I heard this was all a scam just to show who the real boss is. She said that she loved Gary and that the boy was all just a show for the press to make the poor boy look bad! She said he was trouble and needed to be taken care of. He does have some pretty strong pokemon after all!"
"Really? I heard that she is going to put the boy in jail just before the wedding!"
"The poor boy!"
"I thought the princess was good!"
"So we all thought!"
"I hope the boy realizes this before it's too late!"
Ash heard the voices fading off in the back round.
He slowly slid to the floor. She wouldn't do this to him, would she? She loved him didn't she? They didn't have proof! But, they didn't know he was standing there…
"Hey Ash! Did you enjoy your meal?" Misty said happily, her smiling face looking down at Ash. Suddenly her face turned to a frown, "You found out didn't you?! You weren't supposed to find out!" She screamed. "Now we'll have to have the wedding now so I can put you to shame!" She said laughing uncontrollably. Ash noticed someone else laughing hard. He looked to see Brock and Lily laughing at him. "You moron! I can't believe you thought she'd love you! Don't you know all royalty are snobs?!"
They sneered at him.
Ash held his head in agony. He closed his eyes tight and heard a voice that sounded an awful lot like Misty.
"Ash? Ash! Are you ok?"
Ash looked up to see Misty's worried face looking down at him. He sighed. It was only a dream, wasn't it?
"I'm fine." He said picking himself up.
"Are you sure? I saw you down by the kitchen door here holding your head. She asked with genuine concern. Was it really though?
Ash was so confused!
He turned to see the cook and the waiter looking sadly at him and clucking something to themselves. He shook his head in disbelief.
"Ash?"
"I have to go." He said coldly.
Misty was taken back, but ignored it and pressed on. "Ash are you feeling alright, here, let me feel your head…" She tried to turn him around, but was surprised to see, instead of his kind, warm eyes, she saw coldness. "Why? So you can fatten me up and put me in jail for something I didn't do, jut because you scared I'll take over your kingdom?!" Ash roared. Misty stepped back.
"Ash, what are you talking about?!"
"What am I talking about?! WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT! I'm talking about your secret love for Gary, and you planning on getting rid of me right before we get married that's what, but it's not like you already didn't know." He sneered.
Misty looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Do you really think that?"
"I don't think it, I know. I wondered why it was weird for a snobby princess to like a normal person! Well, I won't fall for it! So you can marry your dumb Gary for all I care." With that, he stormed out the door leaving Misty crying her eyes out in the dinning room. What did I do wrong? She cried to herself.
~ One week later ~
Brock walked down the gloomy hallway. His mood reflected the color.
Grey.
Misty hadn't moved from her spot on her bed in a whole week. The only person she talked to was him and she refused to eat. Brock worried about his best friend. He knew she was really in love, and what Ash said broke her poor heart. But Brock knew Ash! He wouldn't say such things on purpose! He knew Ash loved her. So the question was, what influenced Ash to say such things?
Brock walked into his room and sat beside his wife.
"Any improvement?" Lily asked hopefully.
"No. She's getting weaker everyday. She has to eat, and this crying isn't helping."
"Oh Brock! If she doesn't get up soon, she is going to have to marry Gary! That would be bad for the whole city!"
Lilly cried in Brock's shirt. "I know sweetie, I know." He said sadly shaking his head. "I know."
~ In the village ~
Ash sat miserably by the seashore where he and Misty had shared their first kiss.
A figure sat beside Ash and stared with him for a while.
"Ash, why'd you do it?"
Ash just sighed heavily and looked away.
Jessie's face got red with anger as she tried to contain it. "Ash not only are you miserable! She's miserable! I just heard form one of the palace workers that – "
"Jessie,"
Jessie looked up. James stood over her shaking his head. Jessie sighed and got up leaving Ash to himself.
James took her hand and led her back to the house. "If he doesn't figure out he loves her now more than ever, they'll never make it through their marriage, but if it becomes necessary, then we'll tell him." James said quietly.
"then I'll get to slap him silly?" Jessie asked brightly.
James giggled. "Then you get to slap him silly."
Jessie sighed once again and looked and the paper.
Princess Misty has locked herself in her room and hasn't been seen to eat since her assumed lover left her after some disagreement. If she doesn't figure something out soon, she'll have to marry Lord Gary. Either that, or she'll suffer from lack of food and water. Either way, she'' doomed unless her one true love comes and rescues her, just like in a fairy tale.
Yes, I know what your thinking, BAD ASH BAD! But, it does get better! And the people behind all this is yet to be revealed. WHEN IS ASH GOING TO COME TO HIS SENCES?! You ask. Well, just read the next chapter and you'll find out!