Chapter 4: Dreamers Awakening
Misty sat quietly with her laptop computer running in front her. Her boyfriend and their two friends were still sleeping soundly. Misty decided to pull up her journal folder that she had created and make a new entry so that she could somehow try to sort out the turmoil in her mind.
"At least I have peace and quiet so that I can actually think." Misty whispered to herself. Not long before, Tracey had stopped snoring and now added his deep, even breathing to that of Ash and Brock.
No sooner had Misty placed her fingers on the keys to begin typing than she heard a small, high-pitched yawn come from beside her. She looked down to see Pikachu, who had just awakened from his nap, looking up at her.
"Pikachu?" She said quietly.
"Pika pika, Pikachupi. Pi chupi ka chu pika pi?" (Hi, Misty. Whatcha doing?)
Misty smiled at the little Pokemon and lifted him onto her lap. "I was just playing some games on my computer. Wanna watch me play? Maybe with another set of eyes I can win more."
"Pikachu!" (Okay!) Pikachu said enthusiastically.
"Okay. But you have to be quiet because the others are still asleep. They all need to rest and I don't want to wake them."
"Pika pi ka pikachu. Pi chupi ka Pikapichu pi pika. Pi chu kachu Pikapi pika Pipichupipika pi pika pi chu." (Oh, sorry. I didn't notice that Brock was asleep. Hopefully Ash or Tracey will wake up soon so you won't be lonely.) Pikachu told Misty.
"I wasn't really worried. Its more important right now that we are quiet and let them sleep. Besides, I'm not lonely anymore. I have you to talk to." Misty put her arm down to let Pikachu climb onto her shoulder and then she went to playing cards again.
Thirty minutes and several wins later, Misty and Pikachu heard a soft groan and a yawn come from the pillow in Misty's lap. If she hadn't been holding Pikachu at the time, Misty figured that he would have jumped a mile high.
"Pi pikachu?" (What was that?) Pikachu squealed in fright at the sound.
"It's okay, Pikachu. That noise was Ash. I think he's finally beginning to come around." Misty reassured him as Ash slowly began to stir.
Misty looked down at her boyfriend and hugged him lightly as he slowly opened his eyes. Ash sat up and greeted Misty with a gentle kiss.
"Morning, Mist." Ash yawned sleepily.
"Hey, Ash. I see you finally decided to return to the land of the living. Actually, morning is just about inaccurate." Misty laughed.
"What are you talking about, inaccurate?"
"It's almost the afternoon. We've been in the air for a while." Misty told Ash.
"Huh! What time is it? How long have I been out?" Ash was clearly baffled.
"It's 11:30. You've been out for about four hours. I'm glad you came to, though. Pikachu and I were getting lonely." Misty said as Pikachu leapt off of her shoulder and threw himself into Ash's arms.
"Pikapi!" (ASH!)
"Hey little buddy. Have you been keeping Misty company for me while I was sleeping." Ash looked back to Misty. "Say, Mist. Why were you lonely. You could have talked to…" Ash stopped his words short as he noticed their two friends, who both were sleeping deeply. Misty only shook her head and smiled.
"We watched an in-flight movie about an hour and a half ago or at least I did. Brock was so exhausted that halfway through the film it ended up acting as a lullaby to him and he's been sound asleep since. And Tracey was out before you were, Ash."
"You have any sort of idea when we are set to change planes?" Ash asked.
"I'm not sure of an exact time, Ash. I just know that it is sometime this afternoon."
Just then, Ash and Misty heard a shuffling sound coming from beside them and looked up just in time to hear Brock's voice.
"I can't believe I fell asleep. Sure feels good to have gotten a little nap in though." Brock yawned. "Oh. Hey there, Ash. I see you're finally awake."
"Yeah. I just woke up a few minutes ago. I feel pretty good too. The weird thing is that I don't even remember falling asleep." Ash smiled. "Hey, Brock. Do you know what time we are changing planes?"
"I think at about 5:00 but I could be off a little. Hey, don't you guys think we should wake sleeping beauty over here." Brock gestured to Tracey who was still in a deep sleep. "He's missing the fun."
"Yeah, he should have come to by now. But he's sleeping so well that I almost hate to disturb him." Ash shook his head.
"Pi pikachu pi pika Pipichupipika, Pikapi." (Let me wake Tracey, Ash.) Pikachu smiled at Ash with sparks coming from his cheeks.
"No, Pikachu. If you do that you'll wake Tracey, but your liable to hurt someone else by accident. I have a better idea." Ash looked at Brock. "Hey, Brocko. Can you hand me Trace's backpack."
Brock picked Tracey's backpack off of the floor and handed it to Ash while he looked on curiously. He wondered what Ash had in mind.
After a few minutes of looking, Ash found what he had been seeking. It was the Pokeball containing Tracey's loyal Marill. He took the Pokeball and dropped it on the floor.
"Come on out, Marill. We need your help."
A light emitted from the Pokeball and then a small blue mouse Pokemon appeared and leapt into Ash's lap.
"Marill mar?" (What's up?)
"Marill, do you think that you could use your water gun with just enough force to wake Tracey?"
"Mar, marill mar marill marill." (Sure, I can try.)
Then Marrill jumped onto the seat with her sleeping trainer and first tried nuzzling up against him. When Tracey didn't stir, Marill opened her mouth and sent a light spray of water onto his face.
This plan did work but unfortunately it caused Tracey to wake with a start, jolting upright and sending Marill toppling to the floor.
"What? What's going on?" Tracey was still a little dazed. Then he noticed his Pokemon sitting on the floor where she had landed. Tracey reached down for Marill who happily jumped into his arms.
"Sorry about that, Marill." Tracey apologized for dropping his Pokemon.
"Marill marill." (That's okay.)
As Tracey fully recovered his senses, a thought occurred to him. "How did you get out of your Pokeball anyway?" he asked.
"We let her out, Tracey." Ash said.
"Oh, okay. So your awake too, huh Ash?"
"Yep. Haven't been for very long though. Sorry for the wet wake up call but we thought that it was a good idea since we are changing planes at about 5:00 and its almost 12:00 now."
"That was a good idea. I feel a lot better now. All I remember though is finding the seats and then after that my memory is blank until I came to and noticed that I had dumped Marill on the floor. How did this blanket get here?" Tracey was clearly confused now that he was awake.
"I put the blanket over you just before we took off, Tracey. Only you didn't notice because you were out cold." Brock answered his question with a grin.
"Thanks, Brock." Tracey clapped Brock on the back.
"No problem, man."
"I know what you mean about drawing a blank though Trace." Ash spoke up. "The last thing I can recall is Misty putting a blanket over me and whispering something to me but I couldn't quite get her words before I drifted away. The next I knew I woke up and saw Misty playing with Pikachu."
It was about 1:00 when the pilot came over the speaker and said that lunch was going to be served in five minutes. This got positive responses from everyone.
"I was wondering when they were going to serve something. I'm starving." Brock said.
"Pika pi pika!" (Yeah food!)
"I guess you're hungry, huh Pikachu." Ash patted his friend on the head.
"I'm starving too. We haven't had anything since breakfast." Misty agreed.
"Marrill, mar marrill marrill!" (Hooray, I get some people food!) Marrill shouted ecstatically from Tracey's arms.
"Well, I guess it's a unanimous vote. Let's eat." Tracey laughed
Not long after, they had all ordered and received their food and were chowing down. Pikachu had his ketchup as well as some of what Ash was eating while Tracey shared his lunch with Marill.
Time sure flies when you're having fun. Before the group knew what was happening, four hours had passed. It was now 5:00 and the plane was beginning its final decent. They were landing in Celedon City to change to another plane that would carry them the rest of the way to the Seafoam Islands to meet the S.S. Anne. Ash, Misty, and Brock were so involved in gathering all of their things and making sure that nothing got left behind, that they didn't even notice that Tracey had decided to go ahead and take one of the sedatives as the plane touched down. The only ones who saw this in fact, were two nervous Pokemon. One of which was a Pikachu, the other was a frightened Marill.
Misty sat quietly with her laptop computer running in front her. Her boyfriend and their two friends were still sleeping soundly. Misty decided to pull up her journal folder that she had created and make a new entry so that she could somehow try to sort out the turmoil in her mind.
"At least I have peace and quiet so that I can actually think." Misty whispered to herself. Not long before, Tracey had stopped snoring and now added his deep, even breathing to that of Ash and Brock.
No sooner had Misty placed her fingers on the keys to begin typing than she heard a small, high-pitched yawn come from beside her. She looked down to see Pikachu, who had just awakened from his nap, looking up at her.
"Pikachu?" She said quietly.
"Pika pika, Pikachupi. Pi chupi ka chu pika pi?" (Hi, Misty. Whatcha doing?)
Misty smiled at the little Pokemon and lifted him onto her lap. "I was just playing some games on my computer. Wanna watch me play? Maybe with another set of eyes I can win more."
"Pikachu!" (Okay!) Pikachu said enthusiastically.
"Okay. But you have to be quiet because the others are still asleep. They all need to rest and I don't want to wake them."
"Pika pi ka pikachu. Pi chupi ka Pikapichu pi pika. Pi chu kachu Pikapi pika Pipichupipika pi pika pi chu." (Oh, sorry. I didn't notice that Brock was asleep. Hopefully Ash or Tracey will wake up soon so you won't be lonely.) Pikachu told Misty.
"I wasn't really worried. Its more important right now that we are quiet and let them sleep. Besides, I'm not lonely anymore. I have you to talk to." Misty put her arm down to let Pikachu climb onto her shoulder and then she went to playing cards again.
Thirty minutes and several wins later, Misty and Pikachu heard a soft groan and a yawn come from the pillow in Misty's lap. If she hadn't been holding Pikachu at the time, Misty figured that he would have jumped a mile high.
"Pi pikachu?" (What was that?) Pikachu squealed in fright at the sound.
"It's okay, Pikachu. That noise was Ash. I think he's finally beginning to come around." Misty reassured him as Ash slowly began to stir.
Misty looked down at her boyfriend and hugged him lightly as he slowly opened his eyes. Ash sat up and greeted Misty with a gentle kiss.
"Morning, Mist." Ash yawned sleepily.
"Hey, Ash. I see you finally decided to return to the land of the living. Actually, morning is just about inaccurate." Misty laughed.
"What are you talking about, inaccurate?"
"It's almost the afternoon. We've been in the air for a while." Misty told Ash.
"Huh! What time is it? How long have I been out?" Ash was clearly baffled.
"It's 11:30. You've been out for about four hours. I'm glad you came to, though. Pikachu and I were getting lonely." Misty said as Pikachu leapt off of her shoulder and threw himself into Ash's arms.
"Pikapi!" (ASH!)
"Hey little buddy. Have you been keeping Misty company for me while I was sleeping." Ash looked back to Misty. "Say, Mist. Why were you lonely. You could have talked to…" Ash stopped his words short as he noticed their two friends, who both were sleeping deeply. Misty only shook her head and smiled.
"We watched an in-flight movie about an hour and a half ago or at least I did. Brock was so exhausted that halfway through the film it ended up acting as a lullaby to him and he's been sound asleep since. And Tracey was out before you were, Ash."
"You have any sort of idea when we are set to change planes?" Ash asked.
"I'm not sure of an exact time, Ash. I just know that it is sometime this afternoon."
Just then, Ash and Misty heard a shuffling sound coming from beside them and looked up just in time to hear Brock's voice.
"I can't believe I fell asleep. Sure feels good to have gotten a little nap in though." Brock yawned. "Oh. Hey there, Ash. I see you're finally awake."
"Yeah. I just woke up a few minutes ago. I feel pretty good too. The weird thing is that I don't even remember falling asleep." Ash smiled. "Hey, Brock. Do you know what time we are changing planes?"
"I think at about 5:00 but I could be off a little. Hey, don't you guys think we should wake sleeping beauty over here." Brock gestured to Tracey who was still in a deep sleep. "He's missing the fun."
"Yeah, he should have come to by now. But he's sleeping so well that I almost hate to disturb him." Ash shook his head.
"Pi pikachu pi pika Pipichupipika, Pikapi." (Let me wake Tracey, Ash.) Pikachu smiled at Ash with sparks coming from his cheeks.
"No, Pikachu. If you do that you'll wake Tracey, but your liable to hurt someone else by accident. I have a better idea." Ash looked at Brock. "Hey, Brocko. Can you hand me Trace's backpack."
Brock picked Tracey's backpack off of the floor and handed it to Ash while he looked on curiously. He wondered what Ash had in mind.
After a few minutes of looking, Ash found what he had been seeking. It was the Pokeball containing Tracey's loyal Marill. He took the Pokeball and dropped it on the floor.
"Come on out, Marill. We need your help."
A light emitted from the Pokeball and then a small blue mouse Pokemon appeared and leapt into Ash's lap.
"Marill mar?" (What's up?)
"Marill, do you think that you could use your water gun with just enough force to wake Tracey?"
"Mar, marill mar marill marill." (Sure, I can try.)
Then Marrill jumped onto the seat with her sleeping trainer and first tried nuzzling up against him. When Tracey didn't stir, Marill opened her mouth and sent a light spray of water onto his face.
This plan did work but unfortunately it caused Tracey to wake with a start, jolting upright and sending Marill toppling to the floor.
"What? What's going on?" Tracey was still a little dazed. Then he noticed his Pokemon sitting on the floor where she had landed. Tracey reached down for Marill who happily jumped into his arms.
"Sorry about that, Marill." Tracey apologized for dropping his Pokemon.
"Marill marill." (That's okay.)
As Tracey fully recovered his senses, a thought occurred to him. "How did you get out of your Pokeball anyway?" he asked.
"We let her out, Tracey." Ash said.
"Oh, okay. So your awake too, huh Ash?"
"Yep. Haven't been for very long though. Sorry for the wet wake up call but we thought that it was a good idea since we are changing planes at about 5:00 and its almost 12:00 now."
"That was a good idea. I feel a lot better now. All I remember though is finding the seats and then after that my memory is blank until I came to and noticed that I had dumped Marill on the floor. How did this blanket get here?" Tracey was clearly confused now that he was awake.
"I put the blanket over you just before we took off, Tracey. Only you didn't notice because you were out cold." Brock answered his question with a grin.
"Thanks, Brock." Tracey clapped Brock on the back.
"No problem, man."
"I know what you mean about drawing a blank though Trace." Ash spoke up. "The last thing I can recall is Misty putting a blanket over me and whispering something to me but I couldn't quite get her words before I drifted away. The next I knew I woke up and saw Misty playing with Pikachu."
It was about 1:00 when the pilot came over the speaker and said that lunch was going to be served in five minutes. This got positive responses from everyone.
"I was wondering when they were going to serve something. I'm starving." Brock said.
"Pika pi pika!" (Yeah food!)
"I guess you're hungry, huh Pikachu." Ash patted his friend on the head.
"I'm starving too. We haven't had anything since breakfast." Misty agreed.
"Marrill, mar marrill marrill!" (Hooray, I get some people food!) Marrill shouted ecstatically from Tracey's arms.
"Well, I guess it's a unanimous vote. Let's eat." Tracey laughed
Not long after, they had all ordered and received their food and were chowing down. Pikachu had his ketchup as well as some of what Ash was eating while Tracey shared his lunch with Marill.
Time sure flies when you're having fun. Before the group knew what was happening, four hours had passed. It was now 5:00 and the plane was beginning its final decent. They were landing in Celedon City to change to another plane that would carry them the rest of the way to the Seafoam Islands to meet the S.S. Anne. Ash, Misty, and Brock were so involved in gathering all of their things and making sure that nothing got left behind, that they didn't even notice that Tracey had decided to go ahead and take one of the sedatives as the plane touched down. The only ones who saw this in fact, were two nervous Pokemon. One of which was a Pikachu, the other was a frightened Marill.