Chapter 17 And Getting Luckier By the Minute...
Ash finally gave in, and I Teleported the whole gang to Ms. Ketchum's house. Ms. Ketchum was home this time, and quickly made us a large smorgasbord of delicious foods.
After everyone thoroughly stuffed their faces, we headed outside to lie down in the grass.
Ash took out the remaining eggs, and held the mysterious one in his laps, carressing it gently. "I wonder what Pokémon this is?" He voiced the one question that'd had us all wondering for days.
"Pika?" Pikachu tapped on it as if to say, "Come out!"
We all laughed, a symphony of different human and Pokémon chuckles blending together.
Ash continued to absent-mindedly pet the egg. We were all full from the meal the delightful mother conjured up for us, and I rubbed my tummy contentedly. "Mew." I then turned my gaze upon the object in Ash's hands. I lightly trailed my tail across the surface of it, and, with a sharp pop that surprised us all, the egg somehow merged into two different eggs. They both had a base of black, but the smaller one pulsed lightly, and with each pulse white stars appeared upon it. The larger one also pulsed, but with its pulses it momentarily resembled the egg that each had come from. The pulses lasted a millisecond, but each time it happened it was amazing to see the stars and colors on the respective eggs.
"Wow," Brock said simply.
"I wonder how many times that will happen?" Ash queried.
I gave him a sheepish look, Maybe I better keep my tail to myself.
"Celeb!" chuckled Celebi. It *was* a Psychic Pokémon, but wasn't yet able to speak to humans telepathically. We'd have to work on that later.
"Coo!" Articuno came over to investigate, petting the eggs with her wings.
It was at this moment that the backpack containing the other two eggs started hopping up and down erratically, squawking.
Our gazes automatically shifted from the two new eggs to the two old eggs.
Well.
They weren't eggs anymore.
The bag was zipped up, so Misty went over and opened it.
Out flapped two baby birds, and Articuno promptly went over and greeted them, "No!"
"Zapdos!" the cute little Electric Pokémon chirped.
"Molt!" the flaming bird cried out in salutation.
Perhaps I'd better explain something at this point.
You might be thinking, "Hmm, well, Ash now has more than six Pokémon out of their Pokéballs (Lugia, Celebi, the three birds, Pikachu, and me are all out [although some of us haven't even been in one of Ash's Pokéballs yet]). Then you would probably dismiss it as to his being in his hometown so he can do such a thing, or something like that. Then if I told you it had nothing to do with that you would probably be totally confused.
Or not.
The reason he can have more than six out of their Pokéballs is because three of them are still baby Pokémon that can't really be battled with yet. I say really, because they *could* battle, like Articuno did, but they weren't too likely to actually *win* a battle.
Now, that said, let's go back to the three legendary birds' greeting party.
Articuno held her head up high, strutting regally in front of her "inferiors". They squawked amusedly at her, and nibbled affectionately at each other. Articuno was now beginning to feel left out, so she hopped over to them, "Arty?"
"Dos!" Zapdos laughed.
"Trace!" Moltres started flapping its wings, trying to fly.
Articuno, feeling like showing off, flew up a few inches in the air, posing dramatically.
"Mew," I giggled.
Ash crawled over to where Zapdos and Moltres were admiring Articuno, and greeted, "Hi!"
The two turned skeptical looks on him. "Dos?"
"Hey little guys-" Moltres squawked harshly, interrupting Ash.
I did a brief scan, then corrected him, Zapdos *is* a shocking gentleman, but Moltres is fiery young lady.
Misty laughed, and came over to greet them, Togepi in her arms. "You sure showed Ash, didn't you Moltres?"
Moltres nodded, "Trace!"
Zapdos rolled his eyes, and hopped over to Articuno. He tilted his head, "Zap?"
Articuno wasn't sure how to explain how to fly, so she instead asked if he wanted to fight.
Zapdos shook his head, "Dos zap zap. Zap-dos dos."
[I know better than to fight a girl. I wouldn't want to hurt you.]
This was the wrong thing to say to Articuno, and it didn't make Moltres happy either. The two girls turned their eyes angrily upon Zapdos, ganging up on him.
Even Zapdos knew that two against one wasn't good odds, and was slowly backing up, regretting what he had just said.
Moltres spat out a heated Ember and Articuno let loose a chilling Ice Beam.
Even though Zapdos wasn't supposed to be able to fly, when faced with two mad chicks he was able to figure it out quickly. He shot up into the air, surprised that he was suddenly able to do so, but not questioning his luck.
Articuno flew up after him, leaving poor Moltres on the ground staring after them.
Moltres made up her mind quickly, and flapped desperately to join in on the battle. Persistance finally prevailed, and she joined the aerial fighting.
Lugia was only slightly amused, I can see they are starting their fighting young. Hopefully it won't lead into too many problems when they're older. He looked like he was about to go up there himself and stop them.
I placed a reassuring paw on him, Let them have their fun. They can learn about the pros and cons of fighting with your teammates when they are older.
Lugia sighed. I hope this doesn't lead into problems...
A few new moves and several Exp. points later, we sent the young ones to bed. Ms. Ketchum was kind enough to prepare a nest of old cloth in basket for them to sleep in. Celebi, who was pretty young herself, decided that she wanted to sleep in the yellow tulip's flower pot that was on the windowsill in the kitchen.
Togepi and Misty turned in early for bed, Brock soon retreating after them.
Lugia flew off into the star-filled night, mumbling something about some fighting Charizards.
Ash, Pikachu, and I remained outside on the grass, gazing up at the blue moon. The two remaining eggs were beside us, and Pikachu was in between them, trying to keep them warm in the chilly night.
"Mew," I whispered.
I could stay there forever, gazing up at the dark sky, thinking about the future, and in companionable silence with my trainer.
Ash was looking particularly melancholy, and I hovered up to alight on his shoulder, What's wrong?
He was surprised to see me there, "Uh? Oh. Just thinking..."
"Mew..."
We remained there for an hour, each of us with separate thoughts. Him thinking of the future, and me thinking of the past. I was the last Mew. If anything happened to me...We would disappear from this plane of existence.
I shivered.
I didn't want that...
Author's Question: Do you think this is just going nowhere?
Ash finally gave in, and I Teleported the whole gang to Ms. Ketchum's house. Ms. Ketchum was home this time, and quickly made us a large smorgasbord of delicious foods.
After everyone thoroughly stuffed their faces, we headed outside to lie down in the grass.
Ash took out the remaining eggs, and held the mysterious one in his laps, carressing it gently. "I wonder what Pokémon this is?" He voiced the one question that'd had us all wondering for days.
"Pika?" Pikachu tapped on it as if to say, "Come out!"
We all laughed, a symphony of different human and Pokémon chuckles blending together.
Ash continued to absent-mindedly pet the egg. We were all full from the meal the delightful mother conjured up for us, and I rubbed my tummy contentedly. "Mew." I then turned my gaze upon the object in Ash's hands. I lightly trailed my tail across the surface of it, and, with a sharp pop that surprised us all, the egg somehow merged into two different eggs. They both had a base of black, but the smaller one pulsed lightly, and with each pulse white stars appeared upon it. The larger one also pulsed, but with its pulses it momentarily resembled the egg that each had come from. The pulses lasted a millisecond, but each time it happened it was amazing to see the stars and colors on the respective eggs.
"Wow," Brock said simply.
"I wonder how many times that will happen?" Ash queried.
I gave him a sheepish look, Maybe I better keep my tail to myself.
"Celeb!" chuckled Celebi. It *was* a Psychic Pokémon, but wasn't yet able to speak to humans telepathically. We'd have to work on that later.
"Coo!" Articuno came over to investigate, petting the eggs with her wings.
It was at this moment that the backpack containing the other two eggs started hopping up and down erratically, squawking.
Our gazes automatically shifted from the two new eggs to the two old eggs.
Well.
They weren't eggs anymore.
The bag was zipped up, so Misty went over and opened it.
Out flapped two baby birds, and Articuno promptly went over and greeted them, "No!"
"Zapdos!" the cute little Electric Pokémon chirped.
"Molt!" the flaming bird cried out in salutation.
Perhaps I'd better explain something at this point.
You might be thinking, "Hmm, well, Ash now has more than six Pokémon out of their Pokéballs (Lugia, Celebi, the three birds, Pikachu, and me are all out [although some of us haven't even been in one of Ash's Pokéballs yet]). Then you would probably dismiss it as to his being in his hometown so he can do such a thing, or something like that. Then if I told you it had nothing to do with that you would probably be totally confused.
Or not.
The reason he can have more than six out of their Pokéballs is because three of them are still baby Pokémon that can't really be battled with yet. I say really, because they *could* battle, like Articuno did, but they weren't too likely to actually *win* a battle.
Now, that said, let's go back to the three legendary birds' greeting party.
Articuno held her head up high, strutting regally in front of her "inferiors". They squawked amusedly at her, and nibbled affectionately at each other. Articuno was now beginning to feel left out, so she hopped over to them, "Arty?"
"Dos!" Zapdos laughed.
"Trace!" Moltres started flapping its wings, trying to fly.
Articuno, feeling like showing off, flew up a few inches in the air, posing dramatically.
"Mew," I giggled.
Ash crawled over to where Zapdos and Moltres were admiring Articuno, and greeted, "Hi!"
The two turned skeptical looks on him. "Dos?"
"Hey little guys-" Moltres squawked harshly, interrupting Ash.
I did a brief scan, then corrected him, Zapdos *is* a shocking gentleman, but Moltres is fiery young lady.
Misty laughed, and came over to greet them, Togepi in her arms. "You sure showed Ash, didn't you Moltres?"
Moltres nodded, "Trace!"
Zapdos rolled his eyes, and hopped over to Articuno. He tilted his head, "Zap?"
Articuno wasn't sure how to explain how to fly, so she instead asked if he wanted to fight.
Zapdos shook his head, "Dos zap zap. Zap-dos dos."
[I know better than to fight a girl. I wouldn't want to hurt you.]
This was the wrong thing to say to Articuno, and it didn't make Moltres happy either. The two girls turned their eyes angrily upon Zapdos, ganging up on him.
Even Zapdos knew that two against one wasn't good odds, and was slowly backing up, regretting what he had just said.
Moltres spat out a heated Ember and Articuno let loose a chilling Ice Beam.
Even though Zapdos wasn't supposed to be able to fly, when faced with two mad chicks he was able to figure it out quickly. He shot up into the air, surprised that he was suddenly able to do so, but not questioning his luck.
Articuno flew up after him, leaving poor Moltres on the ground staring after them.
Moltres made up her mind quickly, and flapped desperately to join in on the battle. Persistance finally prevailed, and she joined the aerial fighting.
Lugia was only slightly amused, I can see they are starting their fighting young. Hopefully it won't lead into too many problems when they're older. He looked like he was about to go up there himself and stop them.
I placed a reassuring paw on him, Let them have their fun. They can learn about the pros and cons of fighting with your teammates when they are older.
Lugia sighed. I hope this doesn't lead into problems...
A few new moves and several Exp. points later, we sent the young ones to bed. Ms. Ketchum was kind enough to prepare a nest of old cloth in basket for them to sleep in. Celebi, who was pretty young herself, decided that she wanted to sleep in the yellow tulip's flower pot that was on the windowsill in the kitchen.
Togepi and Misty turned in early for bed, Brock soon retreating after them.
Lugia flew off into the star-filled night, mumbling something about some fighting Charizards.
Ash, Pikachu, and I remained outside on the grass, gazing up at the blue moon. The two remaining eggs were beside us, and Pikachu was in between them, trying to keep them warm in the chilly night.
"Mew," I whispered.
I could stay there forever, gazing up at the dark sky, thinking about the future, and in companionable silence with my trainer.
Ash was looking particularly melancholy, and I hovered up to alight on his shoulder, What's wrong?
He was surprised to see me there, "Uh? Oh. Just thinking..."
"Mew..."
We remained there for an hour, each of us with separate thoughts. Him thinking of the future, and me thinking of the past. I was the last Mew. If anything happened to me...We would disappear from this plane of existence.
I shivered.
I didn't want that...
Author's Question: Do you think this is just going nowhere?