Dear diary,
5 months have
passed since I've last seen Ash and my
other buddies. You can't imagine how much I miss them…
But
nevertheless, I try to live my life the best way possible. And I myself think
I'm doing fine at it. I've found so many new friends. If it hadn't been for
Hitomi's consolation and cheers, I'd be bursting into tears every two minutes.
Hitomi shares
my love for water Pokémon, though she is most fond of my Psyduck, what I can't
understand at all. But despite that, she's really seriousJ
Yesterday,
we've been to the near village and did some shopping. Well, some is not really
the right expression for our excursionJ
Tomorrow, we
plan to go to the beach with Alec. He's some funny guy, really good looking,
intelligent and most perfect. Though I would prefer if he had at least some
small faults.
Maybe I try to
compare him to Ash. No, not maybe, I really do. How much I wish he could be
here…
I wonder if he
has changed a lot? With each letter I he writes, he seems to have become more
mature and serious about life. Maybe Brock's helping him, or maybe his Pokémon
Journey just forces him to grow up.
But I bet
Pikachu still hasn't evolved. I think he never will, and it's better that way.
My Pika-pal has to stay the way he is, no evolution would be worth changing his
character.
I wonder how
all the other Pokémon are doing, and I'm really looking forward to get to know
Ash's little Eevee, though it could be some concurrence for Togepi.
By the way,
Togepi hasn't changed much yet. It likes to get a lot of attention, which it
mostly gets, cuz the other trainers like its looks… and find it most cute. But
I don't think it will evolve soon, yet again I'd prefer my lil baby to stay the
way it is. Not everything in life should change. Some things have to stay the
way they are.
And some
things have to improve…
Misty sighed
and put the pencil down, looking out of the window. Leaning her head onto her hands, she pondered again
about him.
Him meaning
Ash, the only boy always on her mind.
Unnoticing,
she had started counting down the days, weeks, months and years until they
would reunite.
Sure, they
wrote tons of letters, at least one per week, and sometimes they also talked on
the phone, but that could never be a surrogate for being near to him, sensing
his presence as soon as he entered the room, this fluttery feeling as soon as
he came into sight…
Unconsciously,
Misty smiled at the thought of Ash and her entwined in that loving embrace they
had shared shortly before her departure.
With another
sigh, Misty put her diary down under her pillow, glance over at her baby
Pokémon to see if it was still asleep and walked over to the window.
Just in that
second, she heard a knock at the door.
"Come in,
please." Misty answered the unvoiced question.
Shortly
thereafter, the door slowly opened and Hitomi walked in, her happily round face
showing the same cheering smile as always.
Misty
instantly beamed back, banishing the previous thoughts from her mind, not
wanting her friend to notice she had been thinking about him again.
Hitomi kept
her hands hidden behind her back, indicating she had something Misty was
wanting bad.
"Guess what
I've got for you?" Hitomi asked, dancing around in front of her.
Misty frowned,
but suddenly was infected by curiosity.
"I don't know,
so what is it you've got?"
"Hey hey, you know curiosity killed the cat." Hitomi
said, grinning. "You at least have to guess."
Misty frowned
once more, wondering what it could be, but she already had a guess she assumed
to be very close, or even accurate. Yet she did not know if she should voice
her thoughts, because it would be like a confession to her friend.
"I have no
idea", she lied to her friend who was still jumping up and down.
"Oh come on!
Admit it! You clearly know, you just don't wanna confess!" Hitomi stated with a
sly smirk on her face.
Misty blushed
profoundly.
"I don't at
all know what you are talking about."
Hitomi sighed
about the stubbornness of her friend.
"You can be
really thickheaded sometimes. Ok then, here you go", she said and her hands
revealed a small parcel.
Misty slowly
took it and examined the addresses, a smile creeping onto her face.
"Yup, it's
from your boyfriend, your Ashy-boy", Hitomi stated, grinning. "Seems like he
still remembers your birthday."
"He's not my
boyf…", Misty started. Those words came out all the time, it was like a reflex.
Hitomi's grin
grew wider and wider.
"Yeah, sure",
she said sarcastically. "I better leave you alone now so you can see what he
gave you."
Still
grinning, she left the room, leaving Misty alone.
The red-haired
girl sat down on her bed and slowly opened the parcel, carefully unwrapping the
brown paper.
"Toge
prrrriiii?" the small egg Pokémon woke up and waddled over to its mother.
Misty smiled
over at "her baby" and gently petted its head.
Then she
returned her attention to the half opened parcel and ended the opening process.
Inside, she
found a letter, and, to her most surprise, a Pokéball.
Though Misty
felt the sudden and strong urge to release what was kept inside the spherical
object, she first took the letter, unfolded it and started to read:
Dear Misty,
Happy happy birthday! J Yup, it's me, Ash. I bet you're surprised that I didn't forget about your birthday, huh? And I even got you a presentJ But don't you dare open it now. I'll tell you more about it later.
So, how are you doing? Did you get a big birthday party this time? I think your friends arranged something big for ya, huh? I just hope this letter reaches you on your birthday, and not just days later.
As soon as you return home, we gotta have a great birthday party for all the birthdays we can't spend together. And then we'll invite all our friends, maybe even some nice girls for BrockJ
But enough about the future (as interesting and tempting those thoughts may be), lets talk about the present.
How's "school" going? I'd swear your grades are fantastic. Though by now, you should have unnerved everybody to death with your endless talks about Tentacruel and how beautiful you think it is…
Sorry sorry, but I couldn't resist, it was just too tempting to tease you again, even if just in a letterJ
That reminds me of your birthday present. You should already have noticed that it has to be a Pokémon, if not, open the window and breath in some air to make your brain start working againJ
And as you love water Pokémon so much, it must have been your first guess.
At first, I wanted to evolve my Eevee into a Vaporeon and give it to you, but then I though about your love for this special Pokémon and went out with Pikachu to catch it.
After about 3 days we finally found what we wanted: we found the perfect Tentacruel! With Pikachu at my side, the fight was not that hard – he fought extra hard that time cuz he knew it was his birthday present for you, better than another finger-print-catastrophe in the kitchen I assumeJ.
I'm gonna stop writing now, cuz I bet you wanna see your new Pokémon right now.
So bye, and have a happy birthday,
Ash
P.S.: Actually, there's not really a p.s. this time, but I though I had to make up one, cuz I always had them in my last lettersJ Silly, huh? J
P.S.S.: I gotta correct myself, well, actually Pikachu corrected my reading over my shoulder. Pikachu says happy birthday, too, as do all the other Pokémon. Plus Pikachu says he'll give you another of his "artworks" as soon as you come home (oh gosh…)
Misty smiled.
Each letter she received made her happy, but at the same time gave her homesick
feelings. Once more she had to think about how much she missed her friends.
Sighing, she
placed the letter in her lap and gazed over to the Pokéball, placing it in her
palm.
Whipping it up
and down, like testing it's weight, she got up and went downstairs to one of
the large pools.
As soon as she
reached the pool's edge, she stretched out her right arm and released her new
Pokémon.
Engulfed in a
majestic red glow, a gigantic Tentacruel appeared in front of her, consuming a
great part of space from the pool's bottom up to half the height of the
ceiling, towering even one of the teacher's Gyaradoses. But despite it's
frightening presence, the Tentacruel's eyes showed pure loyalty and trust.
Misty took off
her t-shirt and slid into the lukewarm water. Nearing the water Pokémon, she
was hovered into the air in front of the Pokémon eyes with one of it's mighty
tentacles.
Softly,
carefully, Misty touched the huge Pokémon's "mouth" as if petting it.
The Tentacruel
let out some satisfied, pleasured noises and stroke the teenager with a
tentacle.
Smiling,
feeling most content, she hugged the Tentacruel, in her mind thanking Ash for
the greatest present she ever got for birthday.
A/n: so much
about posting the next chapter soonJ and again I'm most sorry that it took me
that long to post a new chapter. But the next one is coming soon, as I've
already started working on it, plus I have an own computer in my room now, so I
can start writing every time inspiration comes haunting meJ But what
do you think about this one? Actually, it turned out different than I planned,
but that's not that bad.
Next chapter's
gonna be longer, I think. Though 3 pages is an appropriate length, I think.
By the way, I
plan to post this fanfic again as soon as I finished it, just to have stick to
this darn chaptering system. Nevertheless,
pllllleeeeaaasssseee tell me what you think of this so far, especially about
this chapter. Criticism of all kind (negative as well as positive) is welcome.