Ch. 2 Into The Truth
Years passed and soon Ashley and George were 7 and 8 years old. Ashley was taught that the outsiders were the enemy, and George was taught Ash's group was the enemy. One morning, Ashley decided to go out and play. She giggled as she saw the sun rise into the sky. She jumped off the porch and began to run off.
"Whoa." A voice called, Ash, and he snagged Ashley. His voice had turned out nicely, it sounded a lot like Gohan now. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Daddy, let me go." Ashley groaned. She sounded a lot like Kari from Digimon.
"I just want you to be careful." Ash grinned as he set her down.
"I know." Ashley moaned, tired of the same lecture. "If I see any strangers don't talk to them and come back home. Ok, can I go now please?"
"Nice try." A female voice said, Misty, and she stood by Ash. Her voice had changed too, everyone who grew up did. She sounded like Shakira. "Mind your dad."
"Ok mom." Ashley sighed.
"Remember to stay out of the outskirts." Ash added.
"Nothing there but a bunch of no good outsiders." Brock said as he jumped over the fence, the others turned to him. "Oh, uh, door's jammed again." He hit it. "There, fixed it." Brock came over, he liked to do that. He spoke like the older Yugi on Yu-gi-oh.
"Brock's right." Ash's smile turned serious again. "You can't trust to turn your back on them."
"Really, why?" Ashley was confused.
"Never mind, it's a long story." Ash sighed, remembering the past. "Be careful."
"Ok, by." Ashley ran off.
"Try not to get lost either." Ash called and folded his arms with a smirk.
"Ash, who does she remind you of?" Misty asked, putting a hand on him.
"Hu, what?" Ash began to think. "No, who?"
"She's just like you when you were a kid." Misty grinned and hugged him.
"Exactly." Ash replied. "Do you remember the troubles we got ourselves in?"
"You mean the troubles you put us in?" Misty corrected and the trio laughed. "She'll be fine." Misty went inside with Brock to help Mrs. Ketchum.
"Tracey, Todd?" Ash saw them. "Hey, come here."
"Morning king of the world." Tracey grinned.
"I want you to watch Ashley, I know she'll head into trouble." Ash said.
"Don't worry Ash." Tracey assured. "We're on her like the fifth place honorable mention ribbon on Todd's last photo."
"Hey!" Todd didn't like to be reminded of it.
"It's the hard truth, live with it." Tracey replied.
"Guys, I'm serious." Ash cut in. "Danger could be behind every rock."
"Really, hmm." Tracey looked around and began to slink off with Todd. Ashley was playing in the field in Pallet by the lake, pouncing and chasing a Butterfree.
"Hey, where are you going, I just wanna play." She laughed and climbed a hill to see something she never saw before. "Hu, whoa! Cool, the outskirts. I wonder what's out there." She sat there wondering as something snuck up from in the tall grass.
"Ah!" She and her stalkers Tracey and Todd screamed. Ashley backed up and fell off the hill and into the lake.
"Don't worry Ashley, I'm coming!" Todd did a cannonball after her.
"Ah! Oh no." Tracey cried, this was no time for Todd to be practicing cannonballs. He began to think of an excuse if Ashley got hurt. "Hey Ash, the good news is we found Ashley, but the bad news is Todd got the drop on her. Is that a problem?"
"Ashley?" Todd called as he swam in circles in the middle of the lake.
"Todd, here's the definition of baby sitting, you don't literally sit on them!" Tracey said. Todd gasped and got out of the water. Ashley surfaced and choked and sputtered out the water. She leered at Todd who was paddling over her the whole time.
"Sorry." Todd helped her out. "Now Ashley, you knew better than to go off alone, what if you got hurt?"
"But," Ashley started as she shook off water.
"Hurt!" Tracey gasped. "Oh how Ash would kill us!" He began to inspect her. "You didn't break a bone did you, sprain a muscle, get a fever?"
"Ash gets those a lot." Todd added. "They can be very bad."
"With your good looks you should stay out of the sun." Tracey held a big leaf over Ashley but she swiped it away angrily.
"Guys!" She moaned.
"Aw, forget this bickering, I'm starved. How about lunch?" Tracey asked. They dumped out their backpacks to reveal lots of Crimson City food from their last trip back.
"Ah, nothing like a homemade preserves." Todd grinned.
"Care to join us?" Tracey gave Ashley a twinkie.
"Ew, gross." Ashley cried, not liking the idea of eating old food.
"Time can't hurt a twinkie." Tracey replied. "The best are the sweet ones."
"No, the best are the ones that taste good." Todd corrected.
"Sweetest." Tracey said and stopped eating.
"Best tasting." Todd said, Ashley saw her cue to exit.
"Sugar!" Tracey yelled.
"Taste!" Todd yelled. Ashley snuck off successfully and romped along, looking around happily until she slid down a ledge where the outskirts began and banged into someone. It was George. He got up and growled, Ashley backed up and growled back.
"Who are you stranger?" He demanded and began to corner her. His voice sounded a lot like Richie. Ashley evaded him. "What are you doing, would you stop doing that?"
"My dad told me to never turn my back on an outsider." Ashley took it literally.
"You always do what daddy says." George grinned.
"No!" Ashley argued.
"Bet so, I bet you're daddy's little girl." George laughed. "I don't need anyone, I take care of myself." He turned his back to her.
"Wow, cool." Ashley grinned and George turned back to her. He looked scared. "Ah!" Ashley turned around to see a Fearow fly at them. They ran with it on their tails.
"Ah, whoa!" George jumped up as he nearly ran into a Vileplume. A Beedrill blocked their path.
"This way!" Ashley called and they began to run again. George got separated from Ashley and was cornered by an Alakazam. Ashley saw him and growled, she ran over. George pressed against the wall, whimpering. "Move it!" Ashley jumped on the Alakazam and they began to run again. They got up a cliff and looked down at the confused pack of Pokemon. "I did it, we did it!"
"Ha." George laughed boastingly.
"That was so cool." Ashley grinned.
"They were chasing us but we got away." George agreed.
"And you were really brave." Ashley added.
"Yea, you were pretty brave too." George replied. "My name's George."
"I'm Ashley." Ashley said. They never saw Jessy come, she growled realizing that it was Ash's daughter. "Tag, you're it!" Ashley tagged George and began to run around. "You're it!" She stopped laughing when George didn't respond. "Hello, I run, you tag, get it?" Ashley asked but George was confused. "Come on, haven't you ever played before?" Ashley asked but she could tell by his expression. "Oh. Well, come on, I'll show you how then." She ran off and George started to get the idea.
"Aha." George grinned and got ready to run after her when a big figure stepped in front of him and gave a roar of anger. It was Ash. Jessy did the same and stood in front of George. Ashley came out of hiding to see what was going on. The parents leered angrily.
"Jessy." Ash growled as he leered back at his nemesis.
"Ash." Jessy grinned evilly and turned to see the others. "Misty."
"Jessy." Misty grumbled, hating to be left out.
"Tracey and Todd." Tracey said as he stepped out from behind Todd. "Now that we all know each other, get out of our Pallet Town!"
"Your Pallet Town!" Jessy yelled at them and Tracey hid behind Todd. "All Kanto belongs to Giovanni."
"Get out!" Ash growled and faced her. Ashley and George shivered at the others parent.
"Oh?" Jessy looked down at George. "Have you met George, he was chosen to follow our boss and become the Pokemon Master."
"You were all banished." Ash growled angrily, understanding the threat.
"Well, if you need a sacrifice, a peace offering, here." She shoved George in front of Ash. Ash looked at her confused as George crouched, shivering from the powerful trainer, would she give up her own son? Jessy just grinned and Ash understood.
"Take him and go, we're done here." Ash picked up Ashley and got ready to go.
"Oh no Ash, we've barely begun." Jessy laughed at Ashley, she gulped. Jessy picked up George and the parents walked back to their homes.
"By." Ashley and George whispered to each other, their fun friendship was over. Misty and the others followed Ash back into the Pallet territory as the sun began to rise higher into the sky to signal that the morning had now become the afternoon.
Years passed and soon Ashley and George were 7 and 8 years old. Ashley was taught that the outsiders were the enemy, and George was taught Ash's group was the enemy. One morning, Ashley decided to go out and play. She giggled as she saw the sun rise into the sky. She jumped off the porch and began to run off.
"Whoa." A voice called, Ash, and he snagged Ashley. His voice had turned out nicely, it sounded a lot like Gohan now. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Daddy, let me go." Ashley groaned. She sounded a lot like Kari from Digimon.
"I just want you to be careful." Ash grinned as he set her down.
"I know." Ashley moaned, tired of the same lecture. "If I see any strangers don't talk to them and come back home. Ok, can I go now please?"
"Nice try." A female voice said, Misty, and she stood by Ash. Her voice had changed too, everyone who grew up did. She sounded like Shakira. "Mind your dad."
"Ok mom." Ashley sighed.
"Remember to stay out of the outskirts." Ash added.
"Nothing there but a bunch of no good outsiders." Brock said as he jumped over the fence, the others turned to him. "Oh, uh, door's jammed again." He hit it. "There, fixed it." Brock came over, he liked to do that. He spoke like the older Yugi on Yu-gi-oh.
"Brock's right." Ash's smile turned serious again. "You can't trust to turn your back on them."
"Really, why?" Ashley was confused.
"Never mind, it's a long story." Ash sighed, remembering the past. "Be careful."
"Ok, by." Ashley ran off.
"Try not to get lost either." Ash called and folded his arms with a smirk.
"Ash, who does she remind you of?" Misty asked, putting a hand on him.
"Hu, what?" Ash began to think. "No, who?"
"She's just like you when you were a kid." Misty grinned and hugged him.
"Exactly." Ash replied. "Do you remember the troubles we got ourselves in?"
"You mean the troubles you put us in?" Misty corrected and the trio laughed. "She'll be fine." Misty went inside with Brock to help Mrs. Ketchum.
"Tracey, Todd?" Ash saw them. "Hey, come here."
"Morning king of the world." Tracey grinned.
"I want you to watch Ashley, I know she'll head into trouble." Ash said.
"Don't worry Ash." Tracey assured. "We're on her like the fifth place honorable mention ribbon on Todd's last photo."
"Hey!" Todd didn't like to be reminded of it.
"It's the hard truth, live with it." Tracey replied.
"Guys, I'm serious." Ash cut in. "Danger could be behind every rock."
"Really, hmm." Tracey looked around and began to slink off with Todd. Ashley was playing in the field in Pallet by the lake, pouncing and chasing a Butterfree.
"Hey, where are you going, I just wanna play." She laughed and climbed a hill to see something she never saw before. "Hu, whoa! Cool, the outskirts. I wonder what's out there." She sat there wondering as something snuck up from in the tall grass.
"Ah!" She and her stalkers Tracey and Todd screamed. Ashley backed up and fell off the hill and into the lake.
"Don't worry Ashley, I'm coming!" Todd did a cannonball after her.
"Ah! Oh no." Tracey cried, this was no time for Todd to be practicing cannonballs. He began to think of an excuse if Ashley got hurt. "Hey Ash, the good news is we found Ashley, but the bad news is Todd got the drop on her. Is that a problem?"
"Ashley?" Todd called as he swam in circles in the middle of the lake.
"Todd, here's the definition of baby sitting, you don't literally sit on them!" Tracey said. Todd gasped and got out of the water. Ashley surfaced and choked and sputtered out the water. She leered at Todd who was paddling over her the whole time.
"Sorry." Todd helped her out. "Now Ashley, you knew better than to go off alone, what if you got hurt?"
"But," Ashley started as she shook off water.
"Hurt!" Tracey gasped. "Oh how Ash would kill us!" He began to inspect her. "You didn't break a bone did you, sprain a muscle, get a fever?"
"Ash gets those a lot." Todd added. "They can be very bad."
"With your good looks you should stay out of the sun." Tracey held a big leaf over Ashley but she swiped it away angrily.
"Guys!" She moaned.
"Aw, forget this bickering, I'm starved. How about lunch?" Tracey asked. They dumped out their backpacks to reveal lots of Crimson City food from their last trip back.
"Ah, nothing like a homemade preserves." Todd grinned.
"Care to join us?" Tracey gave Ashley a twinkie.
"Ew, gross." Ashley cried, not liking the idea of eating old food.
"Time can't hurt a twinkie." Tracey replied. "The best are the sweet ones."
"No, the best are the ones that taste good." Todd corrected.
"Sweetest." Tracey said and stopped eating.
"Best tasting." Todd said, Ashley saw her cue to exit.
"Sugar!" Tracey yelled.
"Taste!" Todd yelled. Ashley snuck off successfully and romped along, looking around happily until she slid down a ledge where the outskirts began and banged into someone. It was George. He got up and growled, Ashley backed up and growled back.
"Who are you stranger?" He demanded and began to corner her. His voice sounded a lot like Richie. Ashley evaded him. "What are you doing, would you stop doing that?"
"My dad told me to never turn my back on an outsider." Ashley took it literally.
"You always do what daddy says." George grinned.
"No!" Ashley argued.
"Bet so, I bet you're daddy's little girl." George laughed. "I don't need anyone, I take care of myself." He turned his back to her.
"Wow, cool." Ashley grinned and George turned back to her. He looked scared. "Ah!" Ashley turned around to see a Fearow fly at them. They ran with it on their tails.
"Ah, whoa!" George jumped up as he nearly ran into a Vileplume. A Beedrill blocked their path.
"This way!" Ashley called and they began to run again. George got separated from Ashley and was cornered by an Alakazam. Ashley saw him and growled, she ran over. George pressed against the wall, whimpering. "Move it!" Ashley jumped on the Alakazam and they began to run again. They got up a cliff and looked down at the confused pack of Pokemon. "I did it, we did it!"
"Ha." George laughed boastingly.
"That was so cool." Ashley grinned.
"They were chasing us but we got away." George agreed.
"And you were really brave." Ashley added.
"Yea, you were pretty brave too." George replied. "My name's George."
"I'm Ashley." Ashley said. They never saw Jessy come, she growled realizing that it was Ash's daughter. "Tag, you're it!" Ashley tagged George and began to run around. "You're it!" She stopped laughing when George didn't respond. "Hello, I run, you tag, get it?" Ashley asked but George was confused. "Come on, haven't you ever played before?" Ashley asked but she could tell by his expression. "Oh. Well, come on, I'll show you how then." She ran off and George started to get the idea.
"Aha." George grinned and got ready to run after her when a big figure stepped in front of him and gave a roar of anger. It was Ash. Jessy did the same and stood in front of George. Ashley came out of hiding to see what was going on. The parents leered angrily.
"Jessy." Ash growled as he leered back at his nemesis.
"Ash." Jessy grinned evilly and turned to see the others. "Misty."
"Jessy." Misty grumbled, hating to be left out.
"Tracey and Todd." Tracey said as he stepped out from behind Todd. "Now that we all know each other, get out of our Pallet Town!"
"Your Pallet Town!" Jessy yelled at them and Tracey hid behind Todd. "All Kanto belongs to Giovanni."
"Get out!" Ash growled and faced her. Ashley and George shivered at the others parent.
"Oh?" Jessy looked down at George. "Have you met George, he was chosen to follow our boss and become the Pokemon Master."
"You were all banished." Ash growled angrily, understanding the threat.
"Well, if you need a sacrifice, a peace offering, here." She shoved George in front of Ash. Ash looked at her confused as George crouched, shivering from the powerful trainer, would she give up her own son? Jessy just grinned and Ash understood.
"Take him and go, we're done here." Ash picked up Ashley and got ready to go.
"Oh no Ash, we've barely begun." Jessy laughed at Ashley, she gulped. Jessy picked up George and the parents walked back to their homes.
"By." Ashley and George whispered to each other, their fun friendship was over. Misty and the others followed Ash back into the Pallet territory as the sun began to rise higher into the sky to signal that the morning had now become the afternoon.