Disclaimer: well, claimer actually. That bald man. We came up with
that bald man. HE was our creation. MMuahahahaha. And NO! He never does get
a name.
That night, the Cerulean gym auditorium was elaborately decorated and almost everyone was there, all seated at large tables covered in white cloth. Ash, Brock and Tracey had good seats close to the front. Brock had insisted on it so that he didn't miss out on the "Big surprise" which he was convinced was something to do with pretty girls. The curtain started to open.
"This is it," Brock thought to himself. "I get to see the pretty girls!"
It defiantly wasn't pretty girls that walked onto the stage. It was actually an old, short bald man.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen," said the bald man.
"Where the heck is Misty" Ash whispered to Brock, but he was muttering to himself about the bald man being a lousy surprise.
"We are here to carry out a tradition," the bald man was saying, "A tradition that has taken place throughout the Cerulean history. Now, you are all probably not here to see me--"
"Where are the pretty girls?!" Brock yelled, perfectly in time with the bald man's statement. It was ignored
"Well, you all just enjoy the festival..and now I present to you the reciting of the ancient Cerulean prophesy." These three girls cam out dressed in beautiful gowns. They were KD, Misty, and Maren. Mist was in a light blue dress, KD was in emerald green, and Maren was in white. They started to recite the prophesy.
Maren went first. "The guardian of the sea," she began in a theatrical voice, "will lose her loved child and will be taken to the depths of the volcano on Shamotie (gazoontite.what a name!) Island, unable to fend for itself against the mighty titan of fire, Moltres."
KD continued second, "Groups will be chosen of only the bravest of pokemon trainers. The legendary dragon, titan of Magic, will only appear to the chosen group." (Just to let ya know, KD has an English accent. Like the Beatles and what not)
Then, Misty finished off. "The chosen group will overcome more difficult tasks than any other, but if they are truly worthy, they shall reunite the child with the guardian." Everyone stood and clapped as the girls curtsied. They returned backstage and all three of them sat there, nervous.
The bald man came back out and began to speak to the audience again. "Now," he began, "I shall explain what is about to happen. These maidens shall come back out and do a song and dance for your entertainment. After they are finished, they will walk down into the audience and choose a male to go to tomorrow nights dance with them. The three chosen couples will be the most important part of the dance. So, I better explain the way the maidens are to choose their partners-they shall come to the male they want and do a full bow on the ground. If you accept her offer, you lean down to help her up..but, if you do not accept, you simply place your hand on her head and she shall choose another. After being paired up, you must exchange a kiss on the cheek. Then, you will follow the girl backstage where you will be talked to about the dance."
A lot of guys looked nervous. Backstage, the girls were also very nervous. (Hey, you'd be too if you had to bow to a dude in front of a whole group of people just to see if he'll accept you! That's just demeaning...)
'I...I have to bow to Ash Ketchum?!?!' Misty thought.
'Who do I bow to.Who do I bow to?' KD thought, trying desperately to think of a guy in the audience. 'I know! That guy who ran in to the auditions room screaming about triplets and a girl named Tracey. He seemed nice..I'll choose him.'
Maren's thoughts were...We're sorry. This line has been disconnected.
The bald man came backstage to face the girls (seriously, he doesn't get a name). "You're on," he told them. All of them stood up and walked out on stage. The music for "Heart of Innocence" started to play and they started to sing. Their wonderful singing had everyone mesmerized. They finished and it was time for the big thing. All three girls walked down into the audience. Maren chose Todd, the pokemon photographer.
'PLEASE let that blond haired girl choose me! Please!' Brock was thinking, his fingers crossed.
'I don't have to worry,' Ash thought to himself, 'that blond girl is too old for me and the other one is Misty.' He leaned back in his chair and relaxed a little.
KD approached Brock and put her hands to her head, kneeling down on the ground and laying her head on the floor. Brock jumped out of his chair, surprised the finger trick really worked, and helped her up. They exchanged kisses on the cheek and, as they walked backstage, Brock appeared to be walking on air. Only Misty was left.
'It's now or never,' she thought to herself. She walked up to Ash and got down on her knees in front of him. His face dropped. His mouth fell open and he didn't even bother to shut it as he absent-mindedly helped her up off the ground.
'Misty chose ME!!!' he thought, amazed. Feeling quite awkward, they exchanged kisses on the cheek and walked arm in arm backstage. They took their seats next to Brock and KD. All three of the couples sat and waited from someone to come and talk to them. Then, the bald man came running in with a worried look on his face and fell to his knees.
"It's true!" he screamed, throwing his hands in the air.
"Uh.call me stupid," Brock began, "but, what is true?"
"The legend!" The bald man said. With that, he ran on stage. "Ladies and Gentleman," he began. "We will need to assemble groups of four for the legend has finally come to life!"
Many people gasped with horror struck expressions. Backstage, everyone was very confused and frantic.
"Guardian of the sea?" Todd said. "What does that mean?" (Umm.he was thinking about the legend. That's why he asked about the guardian of the sea. Incase you couldn't tell.) He turned to Maren.
"Sounds familiar..but I can't think of anything." Maren said, tapping her index finger on her cheek. They all started to think.
"Lugia!" Ash exclaimed, quite proud of himself. "I remember that Lugia is the guardian of the sea!"
"SO, according to the legend," Brock began, "Lugia and her child are locked in the volcano on Shamoti island?"
"And if someone doesn't get them out of there in time," Misty began
"It will be finished off by Moltres!" KD finished for her. All of them got up and ran out to meet chaos! Everyone was trying to organize themselves, but the only thing anyone was managing to do was make everything worse.
The Bald man was running around in circles frantically, trying to get things more organized and civilized. He was also making things worse. He spotted the group from backstage and ran up to them.
"You," he said pointing a finger at KD, "you are the second greatest pokemon master in the world. You'll have to be in a group." He then hurried over to Ash.
"You are the chosen one and therefore you should go with her. You two!" He was pointing at Misty and Brock, "you are both gym leaders and that makes four. We have our first group!" he announced proudly.
The four of them walked to the side of all the chaos and lined up. After this, the Bald man continued running around assigning more people to groups. (Why did I capitalize bald? Is it an important word? I really don't think so. I think it is waaayy to late for me...even though it is only 9 something at night. )
The three professors ended up in a group with Tracey. Todd and Maren ended up in a group with Richie and Duplica. The man was now trying to find the fourth group. He'd already selected two very ditzy blond girls. He walked up to a tall boy with black hair. His name was Johnny.
"You are a good pokemon breeder so you go in that group," the bald man stated. Then he walked up to Gary. "You, go with them and get a haircut." Clueless and not much caring either way, Gary walked to the side and joined the fourth group. All of the groups were now just standing around, waiting for their instructions backstage. Johnny walked up to KD, in the same manner as the male judge had.
"You look like you are more suited for this group," he told her, "ya know..with me."
"If that was a pickup line," KD began, "than I feel sorry for you and those poor girls that have to be with you." Having been turned down, he felt like he needed to pick on someone so he sauntered up to Brock.
"You're Brock. Aren't you?" he began. "I heard about you. Whacked Master Bruno over the head with a stick! Didncha?" Brock's face turned bright red. KD stepped in from of him
"Look you. First ya give me a really lame pick up line! And now, you're insulting my boyfriend?!" She yelled. "That's just stupid! Go away now." Johnny backed off muttering a feeble "Yes ma'am."
"Boyfriend?" Brock questioned, turning to KD as she sat back down.
"Yeah," KD began, glancing around nervously, "you're a boy and now you're my friend." She placed a hand on his shoulder and Brock smiled goofily. The bald man entered the room.
"You will need to get a goodnights sleep, tomorrow you will set off on your quest." He led them all to little rooms. Two rooms to a group, one for the girls and one for guys-and the group with the professors each other their own room. No one, however, got any sleep.
'Hmmm...boyfriend,' Brock was thinking with a giant smile on his face. 'I like the sound of that. Me as KD's boyfriend...well..sorta.'
'Misty chose me,' Ash was thinking, 'why on earth did Misty choose me? Could she possibly like me?!' His thoughts grew hopeful. 'No, Misty like me? Why that's just ridiculous!'
'Wow," KD thought, 'I really like that Brock boy and I've only known him for a day. I mean..he is the only guy that's treated me with some respect. Just think, I'll get to travel around with him tomorrow! That will be fun.'
'I did it,' Misty thought triumphantly, 'I finally took a step towards telling Ash how I feel and...it didn't kill me!'
~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning, the bald man hurried about getting everyone up and out of bed. They were all fed breakfast and then they were sent outside to wait for further instructions.
Finally, the bald man came out. "Okay," he began, "you shall all start out on your course to seek out Lugia's child." He paused and looked around at everyone. "You will start heading north and then go east when you reach the mountains. I believe then you will find your own way. Good luck to you all!"
All of them started walking, terribly confused looks on their faces.
"So," Brock began, "we start heading east and then go north?"
"North, then east!" The other three yelled at him.
"I knew that.." Brock said meekly.
Right then the group with Johnny, Gary, and the two very dumb girls walked by. They stopped when they saw Misty, KD, Ash, and Brock.
Brock walked up to Johnny. "I know you," he stated, pointing at Johnny
"Yes and I know you," Johnny replied, pointing back.
"So..we know each other!" Brock concluded.
"So we do," Johnny agreed, nodding his head.
"How is that threatening in anyway?" KD asked. Both boys turned to look at her.
"It's a man thing," Brock told her.
"Yes," she agreed, "only.you're not a man." Johnny started to laugh. "Oh, shut up. Neither are you..in fact none of ya'll are men." She stated, looking around at all the groups. At that exact moment, Prof. Westwood walked by. "That's a man," KD told them, "..but not a very good example of one." The stared at her for a minute, then went back to talking.
"Bruno harasser," Johnny mumbled and walked away with Gary and the girls behind him. Gary stuck his tongue out at Ash as he walked by, and Ash did the same thing back.
"That's mature." Misty mumbled. He gave her a look.
After walked for a very long time, KD, Brock, Ash, and Misty found themselves with nowhere to go.
A/N: So, there's a long chapter for ya! Shani and I would like to thank Skysong for reviewing! It's good to know that someone out there is reading this! We'll post again as soon as possible! And don't worry, in the next chapter we'll meet Mushu, the legendary dragon and titan of magic! Wow, I just exclaimed all of that...that's sad..I need to get some sleep.
That night, the Cerulean gym auditorium was elaborately decorated and almost everyone was there, all seated at large tables covered in white cloth. Ash, Brock and Tracey had good seats close to the front. Brock had insisted on it so that he didn't miss out on the "Big surprise" which he was convinced was something to do with pretty girls. The curtain started to open.
"This is it," Brock thought to himself. "I get to see the pretty girls!"
It defiantly wasn't pretty girls that walked onto the stage. It was actually an old, short bald man.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen," said the bald man.
"Where the heck is Misty" Ash whispered to Brock, but he was muttering to himself about the bald man being a lousy surprise.
"We are here to carry out a tradition," the bald man was saying, "A tradition that has taken place throughout the Cerulean history. Now, you are all probably not here to see me--"
"Where are the pretty girls?!" Brock yelled, perfectly in time with the bald man's statement. It was ignored
"Well, you all just enjoy the festival..and now I present to you the reciting of the ancient Cerulean prophesy." These three girls cam out dressed in beautiful gowns. They were KD, Misty, and Maren. Mist was in a light blue dress, KD was in emerald green, and Maren was in white. They started to recite the prophesy.
Maren went first. "The guardian of the sea," she began in a theatrical voice, "will lose her loved child and will be taken to the depths of the volcano on Shamotie (gazoontite.what a name!) Island, unable to fend for itself against the mighty titan of fire, Moltres."
KD continued second, "Groups will be chosen of only the bravest of pokemon trainers. The legendary dragon, titan of Magic, will only appear to the chosen group." (Just to let ya know, KD has an English accent. Like the Beatles and what not)
Then, Misty finished off. "The chosen group will overcome more difficult tasks than any other, but if they are truly worthy, they shall reunite the child with the guardian." Everyone stood and clapped as the girls curtsied. They returned backstage and all three of them sat there, nervous.
The bald man came back out and began to speak to the audience again. "Now," he began, "I shall explain what is about to happen. These maidens shall come back out and do a song and dance for your entertainment. After they are finished, they will walk down into the audience and choose a male to go to tomorrow nights dance with them. The three chosen couples will be the most important part of the dance. So, I better explain the way the maidens are to choose their partners-they shall come to the male they want and do a full bow on the ground. If you accept her offer, you lean down to help her up..but, if you do not accept, you simply place your hand on her head and she shall choose another. After being paired up, you must exchange a kiss on the cheek. Then, you will follow the girl backstage where you will be talked to about the dance."
A lot of guys looked nervous. Backstage, the girls were also very nervous. (Hey, you'd be too if you had to bow to a dude in front of a whole group of people just to see if he'll accept you! That's just demeaning...)
'I...I have to bow to Ash Ketchum?!?!' Misty thought.
'Who do I bow to.Who do I bow to?' KD thought, trying desperately to think of a guy in the audience. 'I know! That guy who ran in to the auditions room screaming about triplets and a girl named Tracey. He seemed nice..I'll choose him.'
Maren's thoughts were...We're sorry. This line has been disconnected.
The bald man came backstage to face the girls (seriously, he doesn't get a name). "You're on," he told them. All of them stood up and walked out on stage. The music for "Heart of Innocence" started to play and they started to sing. Their wonderful singing had everyone mesmerized. They finished and it was time for the big thing. All three girls walked down into the audience. Maren chose Todd, the pokemon photographer.
'PLEASE let that blond haired girl choose me! Please!' Brock was thinking, his fingers crossed.
'I don't have to worry,' Ash thought to himself, 'that blond girl is too old for me and the other one is Misty.' He leaned back in his chair and relaxed a little.
KD approached Brock and put her hands to her head, kneeling down on the ground and laying her head on the floor. Brock jumped out of his chair, surprised the finger trick really worked, and helped her up. They exchanged kisses on the cheek and, as they walked backstage, Brock appeared to be walking on air. Only Misty was left.
'It's now or never,' she thought to herself. She walked up to Ash and got down on her knees in front of him. His face dropped. His mouth fell open and he didn't even bother to shut it as he absent-mindedly helped her up off the ground.
'Misty chose ME!!!' he thought, amazed. Feeling quite awkward, they exchanged kisses on the cheek and walked arm in arm backstage. They took their seats next to Brock and KD. All three of the couples sat and waited from someone to come and talk to them. Then, the bald man came running in with a worried look on his face and fell to his knees.
"It's true!" he screamed, throwing his hands in the air.
"Uh.call me stupid," Brock began, "but, what is true?"
"The legend!" The bald man said. With that, he ran on stage. "Ladies and Gentleman," he began. "We will need to assemble groups of four for the legend has finally come to life!"
Many people gasped with horror struck expressions. Backstage, everyone was very confused and frantic.
"Guardian of the sea?" Todd said. "What does that mean?" (Umm.he was thinking about the legend. That's why he asked about the guardian of the sea. Incase you couldn't tell.) He turned to Maren.
"Sounds familiar..but I can't think of anything." Maren said, tapping her index finger on her cheek. They all started to think.
"Lugia!" Ash exclaimed, quite proud of himself. "I remember that Lugia is the guardian of the sea!"
"SO, according to the legend," Brock began, "Lugia and her child are locked in the volcano on Shamoti island?"
"And if someone doesn't get them out of there in time," Misty began
"It will be finished off by Moltres!" KD finished for her. All of them got up and ran out to meet chaos! Everyone was trying to organize themselves, but the only thing anyone was managing to do was make everything worse.
The Bald man was running around in circles frantically, trying to get things more organized and civilized. He was also making things worse. He spotted the group from backstage and ran up to them.
"You," he said pointing a finger at KD, "you are the second greatest pokemon master in the world. You'll have to be in a group." He then hurried over to Ash.
"You are the chosen one and therefore you should go with her. You two!" He was pointing at Misty and Brock, "you are both gym leaders and that makes four. We have our first group!" he announced proudly.
The four of them walked to the side of all the chaos and lined up. After this, the Bald man continued running around assigning more people to groups. (Why did I capitalize bald? Is it an important word? I really don't think so. I think it is waaayy to late for me...even though it is only 9 something at night. )
The three professors ended up in a group with Tracey. Todd and Maren ended up in a group with Richie and Duplica. The man was now trying to find the fourth group. He'd already selected two very ditzy blond girls. He walked up to a tall boy with black hair. His name was Johnny.
"You are a good pokemon breeder so you go in that group," the bald man stated. Then he walked up to Gary. "You, go with them and get a haircut." Clueless and not much caring either way, Gary walked to the side and joined the fourth group. All of the groups were now just standing around, waiting for their instructions backstage. Johnny walked up to KD, in the same manner as the male judge had.
"You look like you are more suited for this group," he told her, "ya know..with me."
"If that was a pickup line," KD began, "than I feel sorry for you and those poor girls that have to be with you." Having been turned down, he felt like he needed to pick on someone so he sauntered up to Brock.
"You're Brock. Aren't you?" he began. "I heard about you. Whacked Master Bruno over the head with a stick! Didncha?" Brock's face turned bright red. KD stepped in from of him
"Look you. First ya give me a really lame pick up line! And now, you're insulting my boyfriend?!" She yelled. "That's just stupid! Go away now." Johnny backed off muttering a feeble "Yes ma'am."
"Boyfriend?" Brock questioned, turning to KD as she sat back down.
"Yeah," KD began, glancing around nervously, "you're a boy and now you're my friend." She placed a hand on his shoulder and Brock smiled goofily. The bald man entered the room.
"You will need to get a goodnights sleep, tomorrow you will set off on your quest." He led them all to little rooms. Two rooms to a group, one for the girls and one for guys-and the group with the professors each other their own room. No one, however, got any sleep.
'Hmmm...boyfriend,' Brock was thinking with a giant smile on his face. 'I like the sound of that. Me as KD's boyfriend...well..sorta.'
'Misty chose me,' Ash was thinking, 'why on earth did Misty choose me? Could she possibly like me?!' His thoughts grew hopeful. 'No, Misty like me? Why that's just ridiculous!'
'Wow," KD thought, 'I really like that Brock boy and I've only known him for a day. I mean..he is the only guy that's treated me with some respect. Just think, I'll get to travel around with him tomorrow! That will be fun.'
'I did it,' Misty thought triumphantly, 'I finally took a step towards telling Ash how I feel and...it didn't kill me!'
~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning, the bald man hurried about getting everyone up and out of bed. They were all fed breakfast and then they were sent outside to wait for further instructions.
Finally, the bald man came out. "Okay," he began, "you shall all start out on your course to seek out Lugia's child." He paused and looked around at everyone. "You will start heading north and then go east when you reach the mountains. I believe then you will find your own way. Good luck to you all!"
All of them started walking, terribly confused looks on their faces.
"So," Brock began, "we start heading east and then go north?"
"North, then east!" The other three yelled at him.
"I knew that.." Brock said meekly.
Right then the group with Johnny, Gary, and the two very dumb girls walked by. They stopped when they saw Misty, KD, Ash, and Brock.
Brock walked up to Johnny. "I know you," he stated, pointing at Johnny
"Yes and I know you," Johnny replied, pointing back.
"So..we know each other!" Brock concluded.
"So we do," Johnny agreed, nodding his head.
"How is that threatening in anyway?" KD asked. Both boys turned to look at her.
"It's a man thing," Brock told her.
"Yes," she agreed, "only.you're not a man." Johnny started to laugh. "Oh, shut up. Neither are you..in fact none of ya'll are men." She stated, looking around at all the groups. At that exact moment, Prof. Westwood walked by. "That's a man," KD told them, "..but not a very good example of one." The stared at her for a minute, then went back to talking.
"Bruno harasser," Johnny mumbled and walked away with Gary and the girls behind him. Gary stuck his tongue out at Ash as he walked by, and Ash did the same thing back.
"That's mature." Misty mumbled. He gave her a look.
After walked for a very long time, KD, Brock, Ash, and Misty found themselves with nowhere to go.
A/N: So, there's a long chapter for ya! Shani and I would like to thank Skysong for reviewing! It's good to know that someone out there is reading this! We'll post again as soon as possible! And don't worry, in the next chapter we'll meet Mushu, the legendary dragon and titan of magic! Wow, I just exclaimed all of that...that's sad..I need to get some sleep.