March of Queen Delia
(It's decided that A Pokemon Fairy Tale will be continued, but
under a different name. The story is now divided into 2 parts. The
first part is how Ash and Misty fall in love with each other- "A
Pokemon Fairy Tale." The second part, "March of Queen Delia" is
all about the queen's reaction towards Ash and Misty's love. Hope
you enjoy this story! School started now and homework increased,
so now there will be an estimated date for the next chapter at the
end of the story, so you'll know when to come back and check out
the new chapter! Handy, huh?)
(Also have a short announcement here. I've decided to leave
Misty's father the way he is. I'm not going to give him a name, or
anything like that. Misty's father will remain "name-less" in the
whole story)
Ch.4
The group had decided to leave the country of Pallet and
head to Erika's hometown. After a whole morning of walking, they
decided to have lunch, and also a break to rest.
Misty and her 3 sisters were fishing in a small lake, trying to
hook up some delicious fish for lunch. The scenery was beautiful.
The lake was crystal clear, almost able to see the bottom. The sun
was up, and there's not a single cloud in the sky. The forest
surrounded the lake, and occasionally you could see Pokemon dart
out of the forest, searching the floor for food then dart back in
again. Misty totally adored this place, and was astonished. This
place could be compared to the Pallet Castle garden, maybe even
better. She wished she would live in this spot forever. She
imagined herself to have a little cabin beside the lake, living with
the certain someone she loved. Who's that certain someone? Well,
everyone knew already, including her sisters. "He" is with Princess
Erika, her newest friend right now with her father.
"Misty! Misty! Pull!"
Misty awoke from her daydream and realized that she got
something, she tried to pull it in but the line snapped. Her 3 sisters
disappointedly went back to their spots and continued to wait, and
maybe they'll catch something. Misty wasn't paying attention to
fishing much, but was paying attention to her own fantasy. For a
while she only thought about one place in this whole place,
whichever the place where her lover Ash was standing on, and had
recognized no part of anywhere else. She slightly blushed, thinking
about him again. He was a handsome, responsible and brave man.
It's every girls' dream to have such a boyfriend who had all those
qualities and where could you find such a guy who never gives you
up? She don't think that there's another Ash in the world, someone
who's willing to give up his country for a poor girl, and willing to
travel all the way to Celadon with her. Someone like that, Misty
would never let him go…
Ash and Erika were starting a fire, while Misty's father was
taking a short snooze. Ash didn't know what happened, but seemed
like Erika didn't favor Misty's father much. He wished that he had
a fire Pokemon with him, which would be very handy. Pikachu
was out into the forest and searching for some food for himself,
like berries or nuts. It'll be a long journey to Celadon city. He's
very sure that he and Misty's family will be alright. Misty made
the trip from Cerulean to Pallet before when she's young, and from
Pallet to Celadon is about the same distance. He (at least in his
own opinion) is quite fit and should be able to make the trip. But
Erika may have some problem, as physical activity wasn't her best
thing, and walking so long would be very tough for her.
Ash looked at Erika, who had said nothing for a long time, as
if worried or troubled about something. What can possibly go
wrong now? There's no way Queen Delia could follow them now.
They had made sure that they didn't left any clue like footprints,
ashes left from campfire and such. It'll take lots of luck to find
them, unless, Erika was worried about him wanting to go back. He
couldn't believe what he did either. He could possibly inherit the
throne from his mother later. It's only a matter of time when he
became king. He had given up his country, and all he wanted is
this girl named Misty. In the eyes of all the others, he's a fool, and
fooled away his throne. In his vision, he's doing the right thing.
Ash was determined to do this, and their goal is to reach Celadon
Kingdom and start on a brand new, exciting life. Nothing could
possibly go wrong!
Erika looked at Ash. He had a bright happy smile on his face.
His brain was certainly simple minded. How could they not worry
about Queen Delia? Ash must be thinking that nothing could go
wrong, and same as Misty, she bet. First of all, how could Queen
Delia find them in Pallet in the first place? All of these mysteries
must be solved, and as soon as possible. They might be under
attack any second, or there's a traitor in one of the group. Misty's
father? Maybe… He always hated and dreaded the royalty,
especially her. She also hated him, these people with no respect
and manners at all. Misty's father might not want his daughter to
marry to the kingdom. All of these mysteries must be solved.
Erika's mind was elsewhere, paying no attention to what she
was supposed to be doing, making a campfire and set up the camp
for tonight. She was lost in her mind, thinking about her own
problems, not sharing them to anyone beside herself. She
recognized no part of anywhere of this forest, and wasn't on alert,
just in case if the soldiers really find them. Ash tried to talk to her,
but she's too busy thinking about her "own" stuff, and had no time
to talk about these unless things. There's much more thinking
about some more important matter to be done.
Back at the kingdom, Gary had received news of failure in
bringing back Prince Ketchum and Queen Delia. He wondered
whose Starmie was it to use Hyper Beam and saved them. Maybe
members of the rebellion did it. Well whatever happened,
Alakazam would spot them. But how is he going to explain this to
Queen Delia? If things got worse, she would chop his head off…
Gary took a deep breath, and opened the door to the Queen's room.
She wasn't in the room, and Gary wasn't surprised. He went to the
bookcase, and turned on the secret switch of the mini-sculpture to
the secret Dragon shrine. There was Mimie, standing at the side of
the hall, not allowing anyone to pass. But he was a special case,
and was allowed to go on.
Queen Delia could hear footsteps, slow and heavy, down the
hall to the small shrine. But she ignored them, and continued on in
her silent prayer, praying for the search of her only son, and safety
of Ash. She could hear that the footsteps stopped, but she must
concentrate on her prayer, as they say that your prayer won't be
answered unless you pray to Dragonite wholeheartedly. Things just
got worse and worse. First, the thunderstorm had caused havoc in
the city, and had wasted many materials rebuilding the city.
Second, Prince Ketchum and Princess Erika went missing. And
third, they had found the hideout of the rebellions that kidnapped
the prince and the princess of Celadon, but had escaped.
Everything is wrong! She must pray harder and more often, and
Dragonite will be at her side, helping her destroy the rebellion.
Gary waited patiently, sitting on the stairs. The stone floor
was cold, but he could withstand this. His Eevee was out and had
waited with him. Queen Delia finally finished her prayer, as he
stood up, waiting to tell her his next plan. This mustn't and
couldn't fail! If only Queen Delia would allow him to do that…
Ash and the rebellion will be caught for sure! And then he would
slowly gain power and control of the castle, until one day he would
overthrown the Ketchums. He just couldn't wait!
"So, what're you going to say this time? You've failed
again!" said Queen Delia, as Gary said nothing. He did fail, and he
thought that it'll never happen. If it wasn't for that Starmie's Hyper
Beam… But not this time… Nothing will stop his latest plan.
"Your highness, I've got the latest plan on how to bring back
Prince Ketchum," reported Gary. His Eevee remained by his side.
Queen Delia said nothing, listening carefully. He better not fail this
time. Now it'll be hard to find the rebellions. They're out of the
city and probably out of Pallet boundary. It's a near impossible
task, but she's very sure that Gary's Alakazam will have someway
to find them.
"My Alakazam had found them already. If we hurry right
now we'll catch them by next morning…"
"And how exactly are we going to do this?"
"Well, all we need is…"
The stars were up, and the half-moon was hung in the night
sky. The stars were much more visible here in the country than in
the kingdom. There are even more stars than the night Ash and
Misty confess their feelings for each other in the beach. The Milky
Way was clear, and it looked like a river separating the sky into 2
halves. The forest was dead silent except for noturnal Pokemon
like Hoothoot cooing, hunting for food. The group had made a
campfire and was cooking the fishes they caught in a pond nearby.
Misty's father was up from his nap and according to Misty's
observations, he had accepted Ash and Erika a little more.
The fishes were excellent, and had tasted better than some
food Misty had tasted in the city. Well anything tastes sweet to her
if Ash was by her side. Erika had been silent all night, and had not
said a single word. Misty's 3 sisters were chatting to each other
about how wonderful and fun this traveling will be. The trip to
Celadon excited them. However, they must eat quick and then put
out the campfire and then sleep early. The smokes may give hints
to the search parties out there. They must rest now since there's
still a long journey ahead of them, a brand new road to a bright
future!
"Ash, have you been to Celadon before?" asked Misty to
Ash, who's right by her side. Ash nodded lightly. He had been to
there a long time ago, when he's still very young. His mother
brought him along on a visit to Celadon about the new port city
Vermillion.
"Yes, long ago when Erika and I were about only 10. That's
when I met her and became friends," Misty was impressed by how
long their friendship was. No wonder that Erika helped Ash out so
much between them. If it wasn't for Erika, running up and down in
the palace, Misty don't think that she and her Ashie will be
together.
"You remember what it looks like? I'm dying to know,"
"I don't remember very clearly… but I think that the largest
Pokemon Mart in the world was built in Celadon. Well after all
these years pasted, I'm not very sure if things still looked the same
as last time," Too bad, Misty wanted to know what Celadon City
looked like. She could ask Erika, but Erika seemed to be thinking
about her own things, and it won't be right to bother her. She
wanted to know what their destination looked like. She heard about
it that it's a city full of trees and plants, and the houses were about
the same as Pallet's. She wondered what the biggest Pokemon
Mart looked like. It maybe more than 4 floors high (Note! 4 floors
were already a very tall building, and that also made how
wonderful Pallet Palace is, to extend this limit and became one of
the tallest buildings in the world) and it must have many souvenirs!
Misty could almost see what her new life in Celadon will be. She'll
work in the Pokemon Mart, then at night cook dinner, and wait for
Ash's arrival from work. What an ordinary and peaceful life that
will be!
Erika was thinking hard. She thought about it this whole day
and there's no solution. Maybe a Pokemon like a Rattata was
always following them, and then it'll report to the kingdom… She
then excused herself out of the group and toke a short walk in the
forest. She looked around. This forest was awfully quiet. Huh?
What's this? She got herself a closer look at the strange nest up on
that branch. Is it a Pidgey nest? Or maybe a Hoothoot's nest… but
what in the world will hatch from a black egg? Then she could
hear a horrible screech behind her, and she immediately looked
back. A dark bird flew towards the nest, screeching and flapping
its wings.
"Murkrow! Murkrow!"
Murkrow? What Pokemon is that? (Note! Not all 251
Pokemon is discovered yet) a black bird Pokemon… Could it be a
new species of Pokemon, hiding in this forest? She got out her
Pokedex and analyzed it.
Murkrow: the unknown Pokemon. Some hikers claimed to
see this Pokemon in the forest. Most information about this
Pokemon is unknown, but for some reason it has great advantage
over Psychic Pokemon. It also brings bad luck to everyone who
sees this Pokemon, and so was given the type of "Dark"
Pokemon
Has an advantage over psychic types? That's one rare
Pokemon! She mustn't pass over the chance of catching this
Pokemon and then bring it back to study back in Celadon City.
Psychic? That's it!
Gisele, James, Meowth, Duplica and Joe had been in the jail
for days. They were famished, and were also tired. Gisele
wondered what would be so secret? Queen Delia thrown them in
jail just for listening to her conversation between an unknown
Pokemon Trainer and her. It must be something important! Maybe
it had something to do with the disappearance of Prince Ketchum,
Princess Erika and Misty!
Meowth could hear light footsteps approaching them. He
then ran towards the jail door, yelling to be freed. James wondered
what psyched Meowth, as he took a look out. It was Jessie, and she
sneaked around, hiding behind walls and walking as quietly as she
can.
"Jessie!" shouted the group, but then Jessie did a signal to be
quiet. She took out something from her bag, and it's food for them.
Everyone was delighted, and ate the food quickly, and smiled.
What happened to Jessie? How come she's helping them? She's
always a mean old nasty witch that had made all the servants
unhappy.
"I'll save you guys someday, wait for me!" whispered Jessie.
As she tried to leave, James called her back.
"Wait Jessie!"
Jessie stopped moving.
"How come you're helping us? I thought all you know is to
yell at us and scold us," Jessie didn't turn back, but didn't continue
to move. She then slowly turned to the prisoners.
"I'll tell you why. You guys had overheard an important plan
of the Queen's. A great change had happened to the kingdom after
a Pokemon Trainer named Gary appeared, and the Queen trusted
him a lot… I'm telling you too much! I must go!" She then turned
to run, but then Jessie stopped and gasped.
"Jessie is here too? I'm sorry but I'll have to take you too!"
said the man, who looked very muscular and strong. He then
knocked out Jessie in one blow.
"Jessie!" cried Joe, as they witnessed the whole thing. He
believed that Jessie was only out cold, but it's brutal! The man
slowly came towards the prison, and…
Erika strived to run back to the group and tell them her
discoveries. This solves it all! The solution to every problem
they've met of why soldiers could interfere every time. A
Pokemon and its trainer are behind everything! But now, who
could that trainer be? Queen Delia? All she had was an Mr.Mime,
and she doesn't think that Mr.Mime would be powerful enough to
do it. It must be something powerful, like Hypno, Alakazam or the
newly discovered Xatu. Someone must be plotting a plan that's
evil, using the power of the Queen. Why would this trainer try to
destroy them? One mysteries lead to another, another question
waiting to be solved. She hoped that everyone is still fine.
Although there's a Psychic Pokemon tracking them down, it'll take
time for them to reach them here.
Back at the pond, the group was ready to go to bed and rest
early. They will have to wake up early the next morning and
continue their walk. The campfire was put out long ago and the
weather is getting chilly. Ash was out to see where's Erika, as she
had been out an awfully long time. Pikachu was searching for
Erika elsewhere, and only Misty's family were left.
Misty was preparing for bed, as her father had suddenly
called her. She wondered what he wanted to tell her so eagerly
about.
"Misty…"
"Yes father?" replied Misty to her father.
"Do you… truly like that guy?" Misty seemed questioned.
He had always hated him and dreaded him. And he also knew that
nothing was going to change her mind. Nothing will be in the way
between Ash and her love, nothing!
"Yes," replied Misty, without any second thought.
"Truly? Are you willing to do anything for Ash?"
"Yes,"
"Hmm… that's all I need to know," then her father lay down
and slept. How weird, Misty thought. Isn't the answer obvious?
And that's the first time she heard her father called the name Ash.
Maybe her father finally decided to accept them once and for all!
"Pika pikachu!" called Pikachu, as he searched for Erika. The
moon was up, and it shone brightly. Pikachu remembered that all
he needs to do is to walk towards the direction of the moon to go
back. He jumped up on to a branch, then to another, and then to
another one. He soon reached the top of the tree and decided to
travel in the upper canopy level of the forest instead of the forest
floor. This way he could spot Erika much easiler. If only he could
find the tallest tree, then he could spot out Princess Erika in no
time at all! Pikachu happily hopped to another tree, until a
Pokemon quickly attacked him and he almost fell. He hangs on by
his hand holding on to a weak branch. He looked down, and it's a
long way down… then he heard a sound, something swooping
towards him in fast speed. Pikachu then surrounded himself in an
electric barrier, and decided to let the enemy crash right into the
barrier and gets electrocuted. He turned around, and could see a
black bird using a Peck attack. But then suddenly it's there no
more. He jumped onto a stronger branch, and looked around.
Where was it now?
"Cha!" shouted Pikachu as something tackled him from
behind. He crashed into a trunk of a tree and dropped down onto
the floor. Pikachu gritted his teeth, and turned around. There's the
black bird, laughing at him. What attack was that? It's suddenly
gone! Maybe the bird first used Teleport and gone behind him,
then gave him a severe hit. But Pikachu never heard of such
psychic Pokemon. Pikachu gasped. He remembers now! The last
time when Prince Ketchum took a walk, he had a short chat to that
wild Sentret. He still remembers it like yesterday…
(The following conversation is already translated into English
from Pokemon talk. It's too tiring to type out the Poke talk)
"Hello!" Pikachu waved hi to a little Sentret who's staring at
him. Pikachu was in the same forest as now, and he's enjoying a
delicious good-looking apple.
"You seemed to be brave to be alone in this forest during this
time… you're not from here," concluded the Sentret, who was
unwilling to come out of its hiding spot. Pikachu looked around the
peaceful forest. Nothing seemed to be wrong at all and something
got that Sentret spooked. It's evening, and it's still very easy to
see.
"What's there to be afraid of? I can handle any nasty Fearows
or herd of raging Beedrills!" Pikachu said, almost lost in his pride
about last time defeating a whole hive of those Beedrills.
"Well this one is different. It's much stronger than any
Beedrill in the world and can defeat any kinds of Fearow. It's the
"Dark Bird", and it's ability to suddenly vanish and then attack you
from your back is amazing! It's extremely powerful! You better
watch out!" The Sentret darted off then.
The "Dark Bird"… it must be this one! It's ability to vanish
then attack. According to the Sentret, the Pokemon around here
named it "Faint Attack", describing the ability to vanish then
attack. How could Pikachu defeat this one? It'll use Faint Attack
every time he tries to do a Thundershock and then attack him from
the back. As Pikachu thought of a strategy, he could hear the Dark
Bird flying up higher, picking up speed to increase attack power,
then it screeched in terror, then dived again. This is just like last
time! He couldn't straight attack it, or else it'll use Faint Attack
again. Wait! If it's really using Faint Attack again, then Pikachu
could use it to his advantage…
Pikachu used a Quick Attack at it, trying to tackle him. As
predicted, it suddenly disappeared, using the mysterious Faint
Attack again. Pikachu turned around and immediately used a
Thunderbolt, and The Dark Bird appeared and was shocked. Since
it will come to Pikachu from behind, he could use this to his
advantage. All Pikachu needed to do is to use a Thunderbolt
aiming behind him instead of in front of him, and then the bird is
sure to come out in that spot, waiting to be shocked.
The bird collapsed and fell to the ground. Pikachu got beside
it, and for the first time looked at it closely. It tried to fight back,
but then Pikachu used a Tackle on it to weaken it further.
(Imagine the following conversation as if in Poke talk)
"Ah… (Murkrow!)" Said the bird, screeched in pain.
"Your name is Murkrow? Mine is Pikachu!" said Pikachu,
trying to approach to Murkrow in a friendly style. However, his
hospitality wasn't appreciated, and was treated back brutally.
Pikachu was then forced to use force.
"What type of a Pokemon are you? A psychic type?" asked
Pikachu.
"Why should I answer you, stupid thunder rat…"
"Answer or else!" said Pikachu forcefully, with sparks
coming out of his red cheeks, preparing to attack. Murkrow then
obeyed.
"Dark type! Just don't shock me again!"
"Dark? What type is that?" said Pikachu, moving his head
lightly from left to right. Murkrow stood up, and it's slightly taller
than Pikachu. The dark feathers made Murkrow camouflage more
into the dark night sky. Dark type as a name seemed pretty fit for
it.
"We dark types are quite unknown to the others. We have an
advantage over ghost and psychic types! We have unbelievable
strength, right? I've never been beaten so far even against a rock or
other thunder rats until now…"
Pikachu listened intensively, and then looked up in the sky.
The moon was high up, and he forgot that he must go back now.
"Can you give me a lift to the lake close to here? I'm really
in a hurry!" begged Pikachu.
"No way! No way that I'm your personal taxi driver just
because you beat me!" Pikachu was angry, and used a light
Thundershock on Murkrow. Then Pikachu got on to Murkrow
who's very unwilling to give Pikachu the ride, and they slowly
flew back to the lake. Boy, the view of this forest from above
certainly looked very nice, with the sky decorated with stars. He
hoped that he has the chance to come here again someday.
"A Psychic Pokemon was on our tail?" asked Ash, back at
the pond. Erika had told them everything she found out, and he
was surprised that someone actually has such a powerful psychic
Pokemon enough to do this. It made sense. It's impossible to find
just 2 people in Pallet. It must be a psychic Pokemon who found
them.
"How could we evade the sight of a psychic Pokemon?"
asked Daisy, and she got Erika. Erika never thought of how to
solve the problem. There's no psychic shield or anything to evade
psychic vision.
"Pika pikachu! Pikapi!" said from above. Ash looked up, and
he saw Pikachu riding on something that's hardly visible against
the dark sky. It's a dark bird. What Pokemon is that? Erika gasped.
She saw it before. It's the dark Pokemon Murkrow, and Pikachu
rode on it.
Murkrow landed somewhere near the party. Ash was glad
that Pikachu was back. As they shortly celebrated the return of
Pikachu, they continued to discuss this problem.
Back in the castle, Alakazam had suddenly lost vision of Ash
and the group. It tried harder, but there's just no affect.
"What's wrong, Alakazam? How could you lose them? They
have no psychic shield…" Said Gary, as he thought it over. What
could be preventing Alakazam to spy on them? They could see it
just a while ago, until Pikachu and the dark bird landed…
Pikachu was talking to Murkrow again, as the group seemed
to forget about them and debate on the problem. How to evade
from psychic vision…
"You know how?" asked Pikachu, as he still rode on
Murkrow even if they're on the ground. Murkrow laughed, and
flapped its wings in glory.
"Psychic? No psychic attacks or any psy-link can't work
when I'm around, as you know I'm a true dark Pokemon!"
Murkrow laughed, and for once it felt that it had some respect from
Pikachu. He was impressed because of its special ability to stop
psychic links or attacks.
"Mind if you do one more thing for me?" asked Pikachu
slyly. Murkrow closed its eyes, moving its head like a no-no sign.
"Well you're forced to!" Then Pikachu used a Thunder Wave
on it, not allowing Murkrow to move. Murkrow screeched for
mercy to whatever Pikachu was trying to do. Pikachu then carried
this rope, tied it around Murkrow's leg with himself. Murkrow
realized that it has no way to escape now. Pikachu then moved
(with Murkrow bouncing across the floor behind as Pikachu
moved) beside Ash and tried his best to explain to his master to
leave everything to him.
"Oh well… there's no way to block the psychic vision. Let's
just have a good night sleep…" said Ash, as everyone lays down
and sleep. Pikachu then slept beside Ash, and poor Murkrow was
forced to sleep with them…
The next morning, Pikachu didn't release Murkrow from
himself, and there was a forced companion to join them to Celadon
City. Pikachu lengthened the rope and allowed Murkrow to fly
very low. Ash admired Pikachu with a new thought now for his
brightness to use Murkrow as a Psychic shield. With Murkrow
around, they'll be save.
They had arrived into the outskirt of Viridian District, an area
full of thieves and dangerous characters. Everyone was on full
alert. Misty, who was at the back, had to be extra careful. She then
listened something. Something was diving at them fast! She turned
around and someone riding on a Pidgeot used a Quick Attack at
them. She then pushed down Ash and Pidgeot missed.
"Who's there!" said Ash, as everyone looked ahead. A giant
group of Pallet soldiers are in the front. Not only soldiers, but
many special people. Misty then gasped. She could see Gisele,
Duplica, Joe and everyone in a cage, trapped inside. Beside the
cage was an amazing Onix. It roared as it stared at Misty, giving
her an unpleasant feeling. Ash could recognize someone who he
feared before in Pallet. Captain Brock was here, to destroy them.
He was dressed in full armor, with no emotion or humanity, stone
cold.
"Bow down to Queen Delia this instance!" said the trainer on
the Pidgeot, whose name was called Gary. Queen Delia was riding
on a Rapidash, in the center of the group of soldiers.
"Your journey stops here…" Queen Delia said, and glared at
them…
What do you think? A little longer than the last chapter, but
this isn't too bad… The story sort of goes a little too slow,
spending a little too much time in the Pikachu versus Murkrow
part, but I just wanted to add a little battling… Well hope you
enjoyed this just as much as me writing this! Next chapter will be a
longer chapter too, since it'll be the last chapter of A Pokemon
Fairy Tale. If you want to know how this is going to end, stick
around for the last chapter!
Chapter 10, the last chapter: Sept.28
(It's decided that A Pokemon Fairy Tale will be continued, but
under a different name. The story is now divided into 2 parts. The
first part is how Ash and Misty fall in love with each other- "A
Pokemon Fairy Tale." The second part, "March of Queen Delia" is
all about the queen's reaction towards Ash and Misty's love. Hope
you enjoy this story! School started now and homework increased,
so now there will be an estimated date for the next chapter at the
end of the story, so you'll know when to come back and check out
the new chapter! Handy, huh?)
(Also have a short announcement here. I've decided to leave
Misty's father the way he is. I'm not going to give him a name, or
anything like that. Misty's father will remain "name-less" in the
whole story)
Ch.4
The group had decided to leave the country of Pallet and
head to Erika's hometown. After a whole morning of walking, they
decided to have lunch, and also a break to rest.
Misty and her 3 sisters were fishing in a small lake, trying to
hook up some delicious fish for lunch. The scenery was beautiful.
The lake was crystal clear, almost able to see the bottom. The sun
was up, and there's not a single cloud in the sky. The forest
surrounded the lake, and occasionally you could see Pokemon dart
out of the forest, searching the floor for food then dart back in
again. Misty totally adored this place, and was astonished. This
place could be compared to the Pallet Castle garden, maybe even
better. She wished she would live in this spot forever. She
imagined herself to have a little cabin beside the lake, living with
the certain someone she loved. Who's that certain someone? Well,
everyone knew already, including her sisters. "He" is with Princess
Erika, her newest friend right now with her father.
"Misty! Misty! Pull!"
Misty awoke from her daydream and realized that she got
something, she tried to pull it in but the line snapped. Her 3 sisters
disappointedly went back to their spots and continued to wait, and
maybe they'll catch something. Misty wasn't paying attention to
fishing much, but was paying attention to her own fantasy. For a
while she only thought about one place in this whole place,
whichever the place where her lover Ash was standing on, and had
recognized no part of anywhere else. She slightly blushed, thinking
about him again. He was a handsome, responsible and brave man.
It's every girls' dream to have such a boyfriend who had all those
qualities and where could you find such a guy who never gives you
up? She don't think that there's another Ash in the world, someone
who's willing to give up his country for a poor girl, and willing to
travel all the way to Celadon with her. Someone like that, Misty
would never let him go…
Ash and Erika were starting a fire, while Misty's father was
taking a short snooze. Ash didn't know what happened, but seemed
like Erika didn't favor Misty's father much. He wished that he had
a fire Pokemon with him, which would be very handy. Pikachu
was out into the forest and searching for some food for himself,
like berries or nuts. It'll be a long journey to Celadon city. He's
very sure that he and Misty's family will be alright. Misty made
the trip from Cerulean to Pallet before when she's young, and from
Pallet to Celadon is about the same distance. He (at least in his
own opinion) is quite fit and should be able to make the trip. But
Erika may have some problem, as physical activity wasn't her best
thing, and walking so long would be very tough for her.
Ash looked at Erika, who had said nothing for a long time, as
if worried or troubled about something. What can possibly go
wrong now? There's no way Queen Delia could follow them now.
They had made sure that they didn't left any clue like footprints,
ashes left from campfire and such. It'll take lots of luck to find
them, unless, Erika was worried about him wanting to go back. He
couldn't believe what he did either. He could possibly inherit the
throne from his mother later. It's only a matter of time when he
became king. He had given up his country, and all he wanted is
this girl named Misty. In the eyes of all the others, he's a fool, and
fooled away his throne. In his vision, he's doing the right thing.
Ash was determined to do this, and their goal is to reach Celadon
Kingdom and start on a brand new, exciting life. Nothing could
possibly go wrong!
Erika looked at Ash. He had a bright happy smile on his face.
His brain was certainly simple minded. How could they not worry
about Queen Delia? Ash must be thinking that nothing could go
wrong, and same as Misty, she bet. First of all, how could Queen
Delia find them in Pallet in the first place? All of these mysteries
must be solved, and as soon as possible. They might be under
attack any second, or there's a traitor in one of the group. Misty's
father? Maybe… He always hated and dreaded the royalty,
especially her. She also hated him, these people with no respect
and manners at all. Misty's father might not want his daughter to
marry to the kingdom. All of these mysteries must be solved.
Erika's mind was elsewhere, paying no attention to what she
was supposed to be doing, making a campfire and set up the camp
for tonight. She was lost in her mind, thinking about her own
problems, not sharing them to anyone beside herself. She
recognized no part of anywhere of this forest, and wasn't on alert,
just in case if the soldiers really find them. Ash tried to talk to her,
but she's too busy thinking about her "own" stuff, and had no time
to talk about these unless things. There's much more thinking
about some more important matter to be done.
Back at the kingdom, Gary had received news of failure in
bringing back Prince Ketchum and Queen Delia. He wondered
whose Starmie was it to use Hyper Beam and saved them. Maybe
members of the rebellion did it. Well whatever happened,
Alakazam would spot them. But how is he going to explain this to
Queen Delia? If things got worse, she would chop his head off…
Gary took a deep breath, and opened the door to the Queen's room.
She wasn't in the room, and Gary wasn't surprised. He went to the
bookcase, and turned on the secret switch of the mini-sculpture to
the secret Dragon shrine. There was Mimie, standing at the side of
the hall, not allowing anyone to pass. But he was a special case,
and was allowed to go on.
Queen Delia could hear footsteps, slow and heavy, down the
hall to the small shrine. But she ignored them, and continued on in
her silent prayer, praying for the search of her only son, and safety
of Ash. She could hear that the footsteps stopped, but she must
concentrate on her prayer, as they say that your prayer won't be
answered unless you pray to Dragonite wholeheartedly. Things just
got worse and worse. First, the thunderstorm had caused havoc in
the city, and had wasted many materials rebuilding the city.
Second, Prince Ketchum and Princess Erika went missing. And
third, they had found the hideout of the rebellions that kidnapped
the prince and the princess of Celadon, but had escaped.
Everything is wrong! She must pray harder and more often, and
Dragonite will be at her side, helping her destroy the rebellion.
Gary waited patiently, sitting on the stairs. The stone floor
was cold, but he could withstand this. His Eevee was out and had
waited with him. Queen Delia finally finished her prayer, as he
stood up, waiting to tell her his next plan. This mustn't and
couldn't fail! If only Queen Delia would allow him to do that…
Ash and the rebellion will be caught for sure! And then he would
slowly gain power and control of the castle, until one day he would
overthrown the Ketchums. He just couldn't wait!
"So, what're you going to say this time? You've failed
again!" said Queen Delia, as Gary said nothing. He did fail, and he
thought that it'll never happen. If it wasn't for that Starmie's Hyper
Beam… But not this time… Nothing will stop his latest plan.
"Your highness, I've got the latest plan on how to bring back
Prince Ketchum," reported Gary. His Eevee remained by his side.
Queen Delia said nothing, listening carefully. He better not fail this
time. Now it'll be hard to find the rebellions. They're out of the
city and probably out of Pallet boundary. It's a near impossible
task, but she's very sure that Gary's Alakazam will have someway
to find them.
"My Alakazam had found them already. If we hurry right
now we'll catch them by next morning…"
"And how exactly are we going to do this?"
"Well, all we need is…"
The stars were up, and the half-moon was hung in the night
sky. The stars were much more visible here in the country than in
the kingdom. There are even more stars than the night Ash and
Misty confess their feelings for each other in the beach. The Milky
Way was clear, and it looked like a river separating the sky into 2
halves. The forest was dead silent except for noturnal Pokemon
like Hoothoot cooing, hunting for food. The group had made a
campfire and was cooking the fishes they caught in a pond nearby.
Misty's father was up from his nap and according to Misty's
observations, he had accepted Ash and Erika a little more.
The fishes were excellent, and had tasted better than some
food Misty had tasted in the city. Well anything tastes sweet to her
if Ash was by her side. Erika had been silent all night, and had not
said a single word. Misty's 3 sisters were chatting to each other
about how wonderful and fun this traveling will be. The trip to
Celadon excited them. However, they must eat quick and then put
out the campfire and then sleep early. The smokes may give hints
to the search parties out there. They must rest now since there's
still a long journey ahead of them, a brand new road to a bright
future!
"Ash, have you been to Celadon before?" asked Misty to
Ash, who's right by her side. Ash nodded lightly. He had been to
there a long time ago, when he's still very young. His mother
brought him along on a visit to Celadon about the new port city
Vermillion.
"Yes, long ago when Erika and I were about only 10. That's
when I met her and became friends," Misty was impressed by how
long their friendship was. No wonder that Erika helped Ash out so
much between them. If it wasn't for Erika, running up and down in
the palace, Misty don't think that she and her Ashie will be
together.
"You remember what it looks like? I'm dying to know,"
"I don't remember very clearly… but I think that the largest
Pokemon Mart in the world was built in Celadon. Well after all
these years pasted, I'm not very sure if things still looked the same
as last time," Too bad, Misty wanted to know what Celadon City
looked like. She could ask Erika, but Erika seemed to be thinking
about her own things, and it won't be right to bother her. She
wanted to know what their destination looked like. She heard about
it that it's a city full of trees and plants, and the houses were about
the same as Pallet's. She wondered what the biggest Pokemon
Mart looked like. It maybe more than 4 floors high (Note! 4 floors
were already a very tall building, and that also made how
wonderful Pallet Palace is, to extend this limit and became one of
the tallest buildings in the world) and it must have many souvenirs!
Misty could almost see what her new life in Celadon will be. She'll
work in the Pokemon Mart, then at night cook dinner, and wait for
Ash's arrival from work. What an ordinary and peaceful life that
will be!
Erika was thinking hard. She thought about it this whole day
and there's no solution. Maybe a Pokemon like a Rattata was
always following them, and then it'll report to the kingdom… She
then excused herself out of the group and toke a short walk in the
forest. She looked around. This forest was awfully quiet. Huh?
What's this? She got herself a closer look at the strange nest up on
that branch. Is it a Pidgey nest? Or maybe a Hoothoot's nest… but
what in the world will hatch from a black egg? Then she could
hear a horrible screech behind her, and she immediately looked
back. A dark bird flew towards the nest, screeching and flapping
its wings.
"Murkrow! Murkrow!"
Murkrow? What Pokemon is that? (Note! Not all 251
Pokemon is discovered yet) a black bird Pokemon… Could it be a
new species of Pokemon, hiding in this forest? She got out her
Pokedex and analyzed it.
Murkrow: the unknown Pokemon. Some hikers claimed to
see this Pokemon in the forest. Most information about this
Pokemon is unknown, but for some reason it has great advantage
over Psychic Pokemon. It also brings bad luck to everyone who
sees this Pokemon, and so was given the type of "Dark"
Pokemon
Has an advantage over psychic types? That's one rare
Pokemon! She mustn't pass over the chance of catching this
Pokemon and then bring it back to study back in Celadon City.
Psychic? That's it!
Gisele, James, Meowth, Duplica and Joe had been in the jail
for days. They were famished, and were also tired. Gisele
wondered what would be so secret? Queen Delia thrown them in
jail just for listening to her conversation between an unknown
Pokemon Trainer and her. It must be something important! Maybe
it had something to do with the disappearance of Prince Ketchum,
Princess Erika and Misty!
Meowth could hear light footsteps approaching them. He
then ran towards the jail door, yelling to be freed. James wondered
what psyched Meowth, as he took a look out. It was Jessie, and she
sneaked around, hiding behind walls and walking as quietly as she
can.
"Jessie!" shouted the group, but then Jessie did a signal to be
quiet. She took out something from her bag, and it's food for them.
Everyone was delighted, and ate the food quickly, and smiled.
What happened to Jessie? How come she's helping them? She's
always a mean old nasty witch that had made all the servants
unhappy.
"I'll save you guys someday, wait for me!" whispered Jessie.
As she tried to leave, James called her back.
"Wait Jessie!"
Jessie stopped moving.
"How come you're helping us? I thought all you know is to
yell at us and scold us," Jessie didn't turn back, but didn't continue
to move. She then slowly turned to the prisoners.
"I'll tell you why. You guys had overheard an important plan
of the Queen's. A great change had happened to the kingdom after
a Pokemon Trainer named Gary appeared, and the Queen trusted
him a lot… I'm telling you too much! I must go!" She then turned
to run, but then Jessie stopped and gasped.
"Jessie is here too? I'm sorry but I'll have to take you too!"
said the man, who looked very muscular and strong. He then
knocked out Jessie in one blow.
"Jessie!" cried Joe, as they witnessed the whole thing. He
believed that Jessie was only out cold, but it's brutal! The man
slowly came towards the prison, and…
Erika strived to run back to the group and tell them her
discoveries. This solves it all! The solution to every problem
they've met of why soldiers could interfere every time. A
Pokemon and its trainer are behind everything! But now, who
could that trainer be? Queen Delia? All she had was an Mr.Mime,
and she doesn't think that Mr.Mime would be powerful enough to
do it. It must be something powerful, like Hypno, Alakazam or the
newly discovered Xatu. Someone must be plotting a plan that's
evil, using the power of the Queen. Why would this trainer try to
destroy them? One mysteries lead to another, another question
waiting to be solved. She hoped that everyone is still fine.
Although there's a Psychic Pokemon tracking them down, it'll take
time for them to reach them here.
Back at the pond, the group was ready to go to bed and rest
early. They will have to wake up early the next morning and
continue their walk. The campfire was put out long ago and the
weather is getting chilly. Ash was out to see where's Erika, as she
had been out an awfully long time. Pikachu was searching for
Erika elsewhere, and only Misty's family were left.
Misty was preparing for bed, as her father had suddenly
called her. She wondered what he wanted to tell her so eagerly
about.
"Misty…"
"Yes father?" replied Misty to her father.
"Do you… truly like that guy?" Misty seemed questioned.
He had always hated him and dreaded him. And he also knew that
nothing was going to change her mind. Nothing will be in the way
between Ash and her love, nothing!
"Yes," replied Misty, without any second thought.
"Truly? Are you willing to do anything for Ash?"
"Yes,"
"Hmm… that's all I need to know," then her father lay down
and slept. How weird, Misty thought. Isn't the answer obvious?
And that's the first time she heard her father called the name Ash.
Maybe her father finally decided to accept them once and for all!
"Pika pikachu!" called Pikachu, as he searched for Erika. The
moon was up, and it shone brightly. Pikachu remembered that all
he needs to do is to walk towards the direction of the moon to go
back. He jumped up on to a branch, then to another, and then to
another one. He soon reached the top of the tree and decided to
travel in the upper canopy level of the forest instead of the forest
floor. This way he could spot Erika much easiler. If only he could
find the tallest tree, then he could spot out Princess Erika in no
time at all! Pikachu happily hopped to another tree, until a
Pokemon quickly attacked him and he almost fell. He hangs on by
his hand holding on to a weak branch. He looked down, and it's a
long way down… then he heard a sound, something swooping
towards him in fast speed. Pikachu then surrounded himself in an
electric barrier, and decided to let the enemy crash right into the
barrier and gets electrocuted. He turned around, and could see a
black bird using a Peck attack. But then suddenly it's there no
more. He jumped onto a stronger branch, and looked around.
Where was it now?
"Cha!" shouted Pikachu as something tackled him from
behind. He crashed into a trunk of a tree and dropped down onto
the floor. Pikachu gritted his teeth, and turned around. There's the
black bird, laughing at him. What attack was that? It's suddenly
gone! Maybe the bird first used Teleport and gone behind him,
then gave him a severe hit. But Pikachu never heard of such
psychic Pokemon. Pikachu gasped. He remembers now! The last
time when Prince Ketchum took a walk, he had a short chat to that
wild Sentret. He still remembers it like yesterday…
(The following conversation is already translated into English
from Pokemon talk. It's too tiring to type out the Poke talk)
"Hello!" Pikachu waved hi to a little Sentret who's staring at
him. Pikachu was in the same forest as now, and he's enjoying a
delicious good-looking apple.
"You seemed to be brave to be alone in this forest during this
time… you're not from here," concluded the Sentret, who was
unwilling to come out of its hiding spot. Pikachu looked around the
peaceful forest. Nothing seemed to be wrong at all and something
got that Sentret spooked. It's evening, and it's still very easy to
see.
"What's there to be afraid of? I can handle any nasty Fearows
or herd of raging Beedrills!" Pikachu said, almost lost in his pride
about last time defeating a whole hive of those Beedrills.
"Well this one is different. It's much stronger than any
Beedrill in the world and can defeat any kinds of Fearow. It's the
"Dark Bird", and it's ability to suddenly vanish and then attack you
from your back is amazing! It's extremely powerful! You better
watch out!" The Sentret darted off then.
The "Dark Bird"… it must be this one! It's ability to vanish
then attack. According to the Sentret, the Pokemon around here
named it "Faint Attack", describing the ability to vanish then
attack. How could Pikachu defeat this one? It'll use Faint Attack
every time he tries to do a Thundershock and then attack him from
the back. As Pikachu thought of a strategy, he could hear the Dark
Bird flying up higher, picking up speed to increase attack power,
then it screeched in terror, then dived again. This is just like last
time! He couldn't straight attack it, or else it'll use Faint Attack
again. Wait! If it's really using Faint Attack again, then Pikachu
could use it to his advantage…
Pikachu used a Quick Attack at it, trying to tackle him. As
predicted, it suddenly disappeared, using the mysterious Faint
Attack again. Pikachu turned around and immediately used a
Thunderbolt, and The Dark Bird appeared and was shocked. Since
it will come to Pikachu from behind, he could use this to his
advantage. All Pikachu needed to do is to use a Thunderbolt
aiming behind him instead of in front of him, and then the bird is
sure to come out in that spot, waiting to be shocked.
The bird collapsed and fell to the ground. Pikachu got beside
it, and for the first time looked at it closely. It tried to fight back,
but then Pikachu used a Tackle on it to weaken it further.
(Imagine the following conversation as if in Poke talk)
"Ah… (Murkrow!)" Said the bird, screeched in pain.
"Your name is Murkrow? Mine is Pikachu!" said Pikachu,
trying to approach to Murkrow in a friendly style. However, his
hospitality wasn't appreciated, and was treated back brutally.
Pikachu was then forced to use force.
"What type of a Pokemon are you? A psychic type?" asked
Pikachu.
"Why should I answer you, stupid thunder rat…"
"Answer or else!" said Pikachu forcefully, with sparks
coming out of his red cheeks, preparing to attack. Murkrow then
obeyed.
"Dark type! Just don't shock me again!"
"Dark? What type is that?" said Pikachu, moving his head
lightly from left to right. Murkrow stood up, and it's slightly taller
than Pikachu. The dark feathers made Murkrow camouflage more
into the dark night sky. Dark type as a name seemed pretty fit for
it.
"We dark types are quite unknown to the others. We have an
advantage over ghost and psychic types! We have unbelievable
strength, right? I've never been beaten so far even against a rock or
other thunder rats until now…"
Pikachu listened intensively, and then looked up in the sky.
The moon was high up, and he forgot that he must go back now.
"Can you give me a lift to the lake close to here? I'm really
in a hurry!" begged Pikachu.
"No way! No way that I'm your personal taxi driver just
because you beat me!" Pikachu was angry, and used a light
Thundershock on Murkrow. Then Pikachu got on to Murkrow
who's very unwilling to give Pikachu the ride, and they slowly
flew back to the lake. Boy, the view of this forest from above
certainly looked very nice, with the sky decorated with stars. He
hoped that he has the chance to come here again someday.
"A Psychic Pokemon was on our tail?" asked Ash, back at
the pond. Erika had told them everything she found out, and he
was surprised that someone actually has such a powerful psychic
Pokemon enough to do this. It made sense. It's impossible to find
just 2 people in Pallet. It must be a psychic Pokemon who found
them.
"How could we evade the sight of a psychic Pokemon?"
asked Daisy, and she got Erika. Erika never thought of how to
solve the problem. There's no psychic shield or anything to evade
psychic vision.
"Pika pikachu! Pikapi!" said from above. Ash looked up, and
he saw Pikachu riding on something that's hardly visible against
the dark sky. It's a dark bird. What Pokemon is that? Erika gasped.
She saw it before. It's the dark Pokemon Murkrow, and Pikachu
rode on it.
Murkrow landed somewhere near the party. Ash was glad
that Pikachu was back. As they shortly celebrated the return of
Pikachu, they continued to discuss this problem.
Back in the castle, Alakazam had suddenly lost vision of Ash
and the group. It tried harder, but there's just no affect.
"What's wrong, Alakazam? How could you lose them? They
have no psychic shield…" Said Gary, as he thought it over. What
could be preventing Alakazam to spy on them? They could see it
just a while ago, until Pikachu and the dark bird landed…
Pikachu was talking to Murkrow again, as the group seemed
to forget about them and debate on the problem. How to evade
from psychic vision…
"You know how?" asked Pikachu, as he still rode on
Murkrow even if they're on the ground. Murkrow laughed, and
flapped its wings in glory.
"Psychic? No psychic attacks or any psy-link can't work
when I'm around, as you know I'm a true dark Pokemon!"
Murkrow laughed, and for once it felt that it had some respect from
Pikachu. He was impressed because of its special ability to stop
psychic links or attacks.
"Mind if you do one more thing for me?" asked Pikachu
slyly. Murkrow closed its eyes, moving its head like a no-no sign.
"Well you're forced to!" Then Pikachu used a Thunder Wave
on it, not allowing Murkrow to move. Murkrow screeched for
mercy to whatever Pikachu was trying to do. Pikachu then carried
this rope, tied it around Murkrow's leg with himself. Murkrow
realized that it has no way to escape now. Pikachu then moved
(with Murkrow bouncing across the floor behind as Pikachu
moved) beside Ash and tried his best to explain to his master to
leave everything to him.
"Oh well… there's no way to block the psychic vision. Let's
just have a good night sleep…" said Ash, as everyone lays down
and sleep. Pikachu then slept beside Ash, and poor Murkrow was
forced to sleep with them…
The next morning, Pikachu didn't release Murkrow from
himself, and there was a forced companion to join them to Celadon
City. Pikachu lengthened the rope and allowed Murkrow to fly
very low. Ash admired Pikachu with a new thought now for his
brightness to use Murkrow as a Psychic shield. With Murkrow
around, they'll be save.
They had arrived into the outskirt of Viridian District, an area
full of thieves and dangerous characters. Everyone was on full
alert. Misty, who was at the back, had to be extra careful. She then
listened something. Something was diving at them fast! She turned
around and someone riding on a Pidgeot used a Quick Attack at
them. She then pushed down Ash and Pidgeot missed.
"Who's there!" said Ash, as everyone looked ahead. A giant
group of Pallet soldiers are in the front. Not only soldiers, but
many special people. Misty then gasped. She could see Gisele,
Duplica, Joe and everyone in a cage, trapped inside. Beside the
cage was an amazing Onix. It roared as it stared at Misty, giving
her an unpleasant feeling. Ash could recognize someone who he
feared before in Pallet. Captain Brock was here, to destroy them.
He was dressed in full armor, with no emotion or humanity, stone
cold.
"Bow down to Queen Delia this instance!" said the trainer on
the Pidgeot, whose name was called Gary. Queen Delia was riding
on a Rapidash, in the center of the group of soldiers.
"Your journey stops here…" Queen Delia said, and glared at
them…
What do you think? A little longer than the last chapter, but
this isn't too bad… The story sort of goes a little too slow,
spending a little too much time in the Pikachu versus Murkrow
part, but I just wanted to add a little battling… Well hope you
enjoyed this just as much as me writing this! Next chapter will be a
longer chapter too, since it'll be the last chapter of A Pokemon
Fairy Tale. If you want to know how this is going to end, stick
around for the last chapter!
Chapter 10, the last chapter: Sept.28
