Ok, near as I can tell, this series has almost died. -_-' … so… I'm going to attempt to revive it, ('Haruki': CPR! CRP! ^_^') by hurrying up the storyline a bit here. Thank you, Alex and CSM, for reading this faithfully still. The winner of my contest from the previous series shall be announced next chapter, provided the story survives that long. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go watch the meteor shower and listen to Primary Colors. =-=

I was so happy when my Mommy and Daddy finally decided they loved each other… they came back inside holding hands, and I was so happy I even evolved. But at that moment, I came to a sudden realization, as the shell melded into my body and the wings sprouted on my back.

They weren't my Mommy and Daddy. They were human, I wasn't.

Human? If Only…

5- Dream

Lyra of The Edge

But I still loved them, just the same. They were just like parents to me, so I could and can still consider them parents. But there was one thing that I didn't realize, in all those days that I sat hoping that soon Daddy would tell Mommy how he felt. I knew, all that time, deep inside, that they must love each other. They were my 'parents'. They had to. But what I didn't realize, is that after they got involved in Love, Mommy would have less time for me. It wasn't a thing like I thought it would be. I thought the only type of love was what I had for Mommy and Daddy. But there's something different between them… I guess that's just why I'm the child and not the parent. Uncle Pikachu said that I'll understand someday, even if it takes until I have human brothers and sisters. But I don't want to wait that long. I'm over three years old, after all, and that's not that young since I am a pokémon. I want to know, as soon as someone will tell me.

And I want my Mommy back.

I do love having a daddy, and I do love my Daddy too, but I want Mommy to pay more attention to me again. I don't know if it really is Daddy distracting her, or if it's just that I'm a 'big boy' now that I'm evolved, but… I just want things to be a little more like they used to be…

Togetic looked to the sky, and followed a sparkle that he understood to be a shooting star across the sky. "I wish that Mommy would pay attention to me again, and that I could find out what love is…" he chirped at the little star as it flew over head. Somehow, he just knew that it had heard me…

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"G'morning mommy…"

"Good grief, Ash… did the battles yesterday take that much out of you? Your mom's still upstairs, and I came down to put some coffee on… you fell asleep on the couch last night, you do realize that?" Misty looked over at him and shook her head in her typical 'he's hopeless' manner, as he cocked his head to one side, clearly confused and drowsy.

"Ash…? I'm…" he muttered, his mouth tilting open sideways in a yawn.

"Just get up and drink some orange juice or something… maybe it'll wake you up," Misty sighed sarcastically, kissing him on the cheek and returning to the kitchen.

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::Meanwhile, on a bunkbed upstairs…::

Pikachu'd only been awake for a minute, and it already knew there was something fishy going on. It wasn't the distinct scent of ketchup in the room… that was from a bender he'd gone on the night before. Nor was it the absence of Ash… he figured his trainer was either downstairs already or in Misty's room. It wasn't even the sinking knowledge that their previous travelling companions were living next door in pokémon bodies, or the anchient song Hyaku GoJuu Ichi playing on the radio. It was the fact the Togetic was randomly mumbling his name, as well as Misty's, and random attacks in his sleep. Truly unlike Togetic. More like Ash.

"Togetic? Are you alright?"

"Huh? What?! I'm awake, I'm awake…" Togetic complained, rolling over. Pikachu raised one ear in alarm and lowered the other in confusion. He pushed the younger pokémon gently, hoping to wake him up, then finally gave up and pushed him over the side of the bunk. Not surprisingly, he stopped midway to the ground… what was surprising, on the other hand, was that suddenly he was awake and looking around frantically.

"Pikachu?!" he looked up at the little mouse pokémon frantically. "What the hell?!"

Ok… Pikachu stopped at the seemingly random language just used by what he thought was the three year old pokémon, that is definitely not Togetic as I know him…

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"Oh… I'm tired…" Celebi whined, it's antenna drooping like the rest of it as it landed, clearly exhausted, on the counter.

"Why? Whadja do?" Martha said curiously, setting the table for breakfast.

"Oh, I was up half the night trying to grant wishes. There were too many though… I had to give some to the Unowns…" Celebi yawned.

"Oh no, not again…" Brock mumbled. "I remember what happened *last* time you left some wishes to the Unowns… Ash and Misty both almost died."

"They did, actually… I had to save them, remember?" Celebi corrected. "And besides, I gave them certain restrictions this time."

"You know… Maybe I should have wished to be the winner of the league…" Martha suddenly commented.

"Marril! I'm ashamed of you, that just wouldn't be proper," Vixie corrected her. "Besides, how would you feel when it was all over and you knew you'd only won because you wished for it to happen?"

"Well… I don't know… but I just wanted to have made it past the first round, but I lost to Gary right away…"

"It's ok…" Celebi smiled. "And I wouldn't have been able to grant that wish anyway… there are certain limits on my abilities, like I can't make people loose at battles and stuff…" it yawned again suddenly. "And I can't do too much for too long away from the forest… or I get tired…" it sort of curled into a ball on the counter, drifting off to sleep instantly. The other three returned to their work of preparing for the day…

"Hey, wait a second… have you guys seen Tracey around at all?" Brock asked, noting the absence of the bandana-d member of the group.

"Nope, I haven't seen him all morning…" Vixie shook her head.

"I'll bet I know where he is…" Martha giggled. "He's off somewhere with Chikorita again… those two are always together, they've been hanging around each other constantly since we got here."

"My… I'm beginning to think that Chikorita goes through guys nearly as quickly as Brock does girls," Vixie teased randomly.

"That's not true…" Brock mumbled.

"Oh, and what makes you say that?"

"She…" Wait a sec I'm not supposed to tell them that… "She hasn't even gone through two guys yet," he corrected himself. It was, honestly, the truth… She'd only hit on and lost Ash so far…

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"For the love of Ho-oh… what on Earth happened here?" Ash demanded, hovering in midair in front of Pikachu. "Wait… if I'm in this body, then who's in mine?" he suddenly thought.

"I dunno, Pikapi… but it's probably Togetic," Pikachu suggested.

"Oh no… Pikachu, did Togetic make any wishes?"

"Nope, the only wishes I can think of that I know anyone made recently was Tracey's… but no others…"

"Tracey's?!" Ash demanded, as they wandered out of the room and down the stairs, seeing what was clearly a confused Togetic in Ash's body, glancing around nervously.

"Oops, I really wasn't supposed to tell you that…" Pikachu winced. "But I guess as long as you're not human, and can't tell anyone, it won't matter, as long as Togetic doesn't do anything he shouldn't…"

"Oh Lugia… I officially pity Togetic…" Ash gulped.

"What?"

"I set up a practical joke for Misty… She'll get mad at him, since she'll think he's me, instead of the real me…" Suddenly a different thought struck him; "And we were supposed to go out tonight after the match and everything and Ho-oh this is just *not* good…" he shook his head slowly, his eyes growing wider with each realization that struck him. "Pikachu, I won't tell *anyone* about the wish thing, whatever the heck it was, just tell me if you know where Celebi is…"

"I know exactly where it is… Next door, with everybody else…" Pikachu sighed.

Ash's eyes narrowed at his pokémon… "'Everybody'? Who, exactly?"

"Um… Vulpix, Marril, Brock, Tracey… and I thought I saw Chikorita heading over there again…"

"Then how come I haven't seen any of them?"

"Oh, but you have…"

"They switched species, didn't they?" Pikachu nodded slowly in response. "Lugia… not good… Well, I say we wait for Misty to be out of ear shot and interrogate Togetic…" he shrugged. "It's not like there much else we can do… except… Oh no, Pikachu… I'm supposed to be in a match tonight!! Togetic's gonna be in there, not me…"

"Well, perhaps it's time Togetic was in a battle…"

Ash sighed, fluttering his wings softly and landing on a chair. "If his mommy will let him."

*grumble, grumble* I've only heard that song once, but no, I just *had* to read a fic based off it… oh, hey, done already? Please review… I'm wondering if the fic is even worth trying to save, or if I should just start back over on it…