Chapter 10

I yawned. My eyelids flickered open. "What am I doing here?" Then I remembered. I remembered the crisis and all of the strange things that had happened to me the past few days. I wondered if the others were awake yet. It was mid-afternoon, but they still might be asleep.

"Michael?"

"Misty?"

"Oh good, you're finally awake. Now, explain. What happened to Ash?"

"To be honest, I don't really know."

"You don't know?! I've been waiting for a week for an explanation and all I get is an 'I don't know'?"

"Well, I-"

"Well, what?"

"You know that orange Latios that we brought back?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"That's Ash."

"Of course it's him."

"You're not surprised?"

"Let's just say that Ash has got himself into more than one sticky situation."

"Oh, I see. By the way, what did you mean by you've been waiting a week for an explanation?"

"Because I have."

"But it was just last night."

"Last night to you. But it was last week for all of us."

"I've been asleep for that long?"

"Yep, you have."

"Dang,"

"Well, I should tell the others that one of you finally woke up."

"Ok, bye."

"Man, I can't believe I was out for a whole week." I thought, "Was it because of Arceus, or was I just that tired?"

I decided to go check up on Latios, Latias, and Ash. I was surprised when I found them all sleeping. Then I saw Latias stir.

"Huh? Michael, is that you?" asked Latias.

"Oh, Latias. Sorry, did I wake you?"

"No, it's fine. How long have I been asleep?"

"According to Misty, we've all been out for almost a week," I replied.

"Wow, a whole week." said Latias, "I had no idea that we used up that much energy."

"*groan*" I looked down. I saw that Latios was starting to wake up.

"Huh? Where am I?" asked Latios.

"Latios! You're ok!" said Latias.

"Hi, Latias, Michael. So, I guess we survived huh?"

"Thankfully," I said.

"I guess now we just wait for Ash to wake up huh?" said Latios.

"Yeah," agreed Latias, "I wonder if he'll be mad at us because of what happened."

"I don't think so," said Latios, "he was willing to give his life for me, and turning into a Latios is better than dying. At least that's what I think. By the way, Michael, thank you for your help last night."

"You're welcome," I said, "although, it wasn't last night."

"What do you mean?" asked Latios.

"According to Misty, we've been asleep for about a week," I replied.

"Wow," said Latios, "we must have been really tired then."

Just then I heard a stirring sound coming from the tree. I looked down to see that Ash had woken up.

"Here we go," I thought.

"Huh? Oh, Latios, you're alive!" said Ash.

"Well, thanks to you, Michael, and Latias," replied Latios.

"Hang on," said Ash, "how come I can't feel my legs?"

"Well," said Latios, "that might be because you don't have any…"

"What do you mean I don't have any?" asked Ash. I could see that he was trying to get up, but instead of being successful, he fell over and out of the tree.

"Owch," said Ash as he hit the ground. "Why does my body not want to obey?"

"Maybe you should look at yourself…" said Latios.

"Ouch…" Ash groaned, and used his new forepaws to push himself into a "sitting position".

"How did this happen?" He asked. "And why am I orange?"

Latios sweatdropped at the fact that he asked that before anything else. Ash just looked at us, waiting for an answer, not realizing how stupid his question was, causing Latios to sigh in misery.

"Ash, we have no clue how this happened. All we know is that it happened while you were reviving me." Latios said. "I guess it might have happened because it was the only way your body could survive the revival."

"Well, you three finally woke up." I recognized that voice. I turned around to see Pikachu coming towards us. "Are you going to tell me what happened to Ash, or am I going to have to shock the answers out of you?" he asked.

"We'll tell you, or I guess he could tell you himself," said Latios.

"You mean that strange-looking Latios is Ash?" asked Pikachu.

"I don't look strange!" retorted Ash.

"Yep, it's him." Pikachu sighed, "is it permanent?" he asked.

"I'm afraid so," said Latios.

"Sorry," said Latias.

"Hang on," said Ash, "how am I supposed to be a Pokemon master as a Latios?"

"I'm sure you'll find a way," replied Pikachu.

"Who was that?" asked Ash.

"It was me you dummy," said Pikachu.

"Pikachu? I can understand you?"

"Of course you can," said Pikachu, "you're a Pokemon now."

"Oh, right," said Ash.

There was an awkward moment of silence before it was broken by Misty, Brock, Lorenzo, and Bianca walking into the garden.

"Misty told us that you guys had woken up," said Lorenzo, "I trust that you are all feeling well."

"Yeah, we're doing great," said Latias, "I don't know about Ash though…"

"I'm ok," said Ash, "but I'm really hungry,"

"Of course you are," said Pikachu.

"Uh, we can't understand you Ash," said Brock.

"Oh, oops," said Ash, "uh, Latios, how do I use telepathy?"

"It's kind of complicated," said Latios, "but just try to focus on transmitting your thoughts to whoever you want to talk to."

"Ok," said Ash, "How's this?"

"Was that you Ash?" asked Misty.

"Yep, that was Ash," said Latios, "great job Ash, you learned telepathy on your first try."

"I was just wondering," said Latias, "how come none of you seem surprised?"

"I just say, leave it to Ash to do the impossible!" Misty mused.

"I agree," Brock said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ash fumed telepathically.

"Come on, Ash!" Brock said. "You had your spirit removed by a haunter, rose from the dead after you jumped between Mew and Mewtwo's battle, were turned into a Pikachu by a women's spell, saved the world from the bird trio's wrath with Lugia, became Lugia and Ho-oh's chosen one, battled an illusion Entei, met a boy from the past, survived a killer twig monster, rode Suicune, saved Celebi's life, recently defeated a zombie Kabutops and zombie Areodactyl, saved Latios' life, and now turned into a strange 'Lati', not to mention the dozens of legendary Pokémon you have encountered, including Latias and Latios, and Ho-oh on the outskirts of Pallet Town, on your first day as a trainer." Brock stopped to catch his breath, while Latios whistled.

"That's pretty crazy if you ask me," said Latios. "Lady Ho-oh must have given Ash her blessings on his first day as a trainer, resulting in his good fortune." Ash glared at him.

"Well, somewhat fortunate, anyways," Latios said. Latias just giggled. I just stood (floated rather) there, watching the conversation go on.

"Latios," Misty said sternly. "You had better start talking. What exactly happened to Ash?"

"Okay," He said. "It's like this, when we charged at the wave, I was already weakened by the DMA. So when we clashed it, my soul ended up almost dying, as Altomare needed a new soul dew. Latias thought of a way to save me, and, although it had risks, we went through with it." Latios said. "Latias sent a telepathic message to Michael and he flew Ash over to me. We told Ash and Michael what we knew: If they went through with it, we had no idea what would happen, and that none of us might survive it. They agreed, knowing my life was in danger, and we began. About halfway through my revival, Ash's body began to glow orange. Then he began to transform into the dragon before you. It was too late to stop the process, as all four of us would die if I did so."

"Alright, I'll get off your case for now," said Misty.

"Very well," said Lorenzo, "now that we're all settled, why don't we head back to my house for a little while, I'm sure you're all very hungry and Brock just helped me make dinner."

"Food?" said Ash, "Alright, I'm coming!" Ash zoomed off.

"Wait, Ash!" said Latias.

Ash skidded to a halt. "What is it?"

"Lorenzo's house is in the other direction,"

"Right," said Ash mareepishly, and flew off in the right direction.

I chuckled at his antics. "You want a ride Pikachu?"

"Sure I guess," said Pikachu. I lowered myself so that he could get on me, and followed Latios and Latias to Lorenzo's house.


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