Fantasy Generation: Chapter Two
"What are we supposed to do with all of this junk?" Misty asked Ash, shoving some of it into her red bag. Ash shrugged.
"I don't know, but we don't have much time to think about it. We have to find the others!" he said determinedly.
Misty admired his determined spirit, and nodded.
//If you're tumbling down, and your spirits fall...
//Helps on the way, we hear your call.
//On a mission, reunited as one.
//Friends forever, yeah, here we come.
"We need to find the next clue," Ash said as he began to run forward. Misty followed.
//In no time, we'll be at your side.
//We're a team on a roller coaster ride.
//Each one of us knows just what to do.
//Never gonna stop, gonna stop, searching for you.
A nearby pay phone rang, and they ran towards it.
"Hello?" Ash answered it.
//Baby, listen to me.
//Searching for you.
//Oh for you...
//We're gonna set you free!
"Hello. It's me," Deep Voice answered. "Good to see you have your equipment. It'll come in handy sooner than you think..."
Ash shrugged. "Okay, so what's our next clue?" Misty listened in along with Ash.
//Comin' to the rescue.
//Get there in a hurry.
//Rescue...
//Baby don't you worry.
//Rescue...
//This adventure's heating up.
//I'll rescue you, and if I do, you gotta rescue me.
"Your next clue is to make the next ferry, that's taking off right about...now," Deep Voice answered.
"What? How are we supposed to catch it?" Ash panicked.
The monotonous sound filled the phone. Deep Voice was no longer there.
Ash grunted in frustration, and slammed the phone back into its receiver.
"How the heck can we catch the ferry?" Ash asked.
"By trying!" Misty called from somewhere in front of him. She was running towards it. Ash sweat dropped and quickly followed.
//Comin' to the rescue.
//Get there in a hurry.
//Rescue...
//Baby don't you worry.
//Rescue...
//This adventure's heating up.
//I'll rescue you, and if I do, you gotta rescue me.
The ferry pulled away as Ash and Misty just reached the dock.
"Wait for us!" Misty called after it. It was tooting loudly, so no one could hear her.
Ash sank to his knees. "It's hopeless."
"Hey wait a minute," Misty smiled, taking her red bag off of her shoulder, and looking inside of it. "We can use the equipment to help us!"
"But we don't know how they work," Ash looked at her sadly.
"Trying never hurt anyone," she said simply before pushing a button on a gadget she randomly chose. It resembled a small watch. Everything stopped moving except for Ash and Misty.
"Huh?" Misty looked at it quizzically, and Ash stood up again.
"Time's frozen," he stated the obvious. "I guess we could try to jump for the ferry, now, since it's not like it'll just keep moving."
"Good thinking, Ash!" Misty smiled, as they both backed up and then lept for the ferry in unison. They just made it. They pulled themselves up, onto the ferry before smiling at each other and high-fiving.
Misty pushed the button again and everything started moving like it had been.
Misty put the gadget back in her red bag. "I'll try to remember what that one looks like, so if we ever need to freeze time again, I can use it."
The Captain of the ferry approached them. "Are you two Ash and Misty?"
"Yeah," Ash said, glancing at Misty before looking back at the Captain.
"You have a phone call," the Captain said handing Ash the portable phone.
"Thanks," he said quickly before placing the phone to his ear.
"Deep Voice--that you? We made it on the ferry," Ash said happily.
"Yes," Deep Voice answered. "Good to see your equipment worked."
Misty smiled. "So what's next?"
"Your next clue is as followed: On the first stop, you must get off and turn right to find a building with a beautiful beach mosaic painted on it. You must jump into the wall with the mosaic on it."
"Jump into the wall?" Misty repeated as if he was crazy. "We're not ghosts if you haven't noticed!"
"This building isn't any kind of building. It will lead you to a new world," Deep Voice explained, before he cut off the line.
The Captain returned and took his phone.
"Jump into the wall..." Ash repeated. "New world..." he echoed.
"Well, I guess all we can do is be prepared," Misty sighed as the ferry came to a stop. Ash and Misty quickly got off and turned right.
The building was hard to miss.
"This must be it," Ash said determinedly, gazing at the beach mosaic and then inhaling deeply and then exhaling.
"See ya on the other side," Misty said with a smile before walking up to the mosaic. It rippled like water as she approached it. She bravely jumped in.
"Misty!" Ash called after her worriedly, before jumping in after her.
He opened his eyes slowly to find himself in a dark world only lit up by blazing fire in some places. Bats made some movement from somewhere above him. He grimaced at the thought of bats before proceeding forward.
"Misty?" he called.
"Ash!" he heard her call from somewhere to his right. He stumbled to his right, feeling in front of him blindly.
"Ash!" she repeated happily, wrapping her arms around him from somewhere in front of him. Ash smiled and hugged her back, blushing slightly.
"Good to see you too, Mist," he said warmly and quietly to himself, before releasing the hug and looking around.
"Where are we?" he asked curiously.
"I don't know," Misty said with a frown. "It's so hard to see!"
"I know..." Ash said, squinting to see if he could recognize anything.
"Ahh!" Misty cried.
"Misty!" Ash yelled, turning towards her. "What's wrong?" he asked her.
"Ahh! Ash help me!" she squirmed, a Caterpie at her feet, wrapping itself around her right foot.
Ash gently picked it up and smiled at it. "No need to be worried, Misty, it's just a widdle bug Pokemon," he said grinning at her teasingly.
"Not funny!" she warned with an embarrassed blush, as Ash placed the Caterpie on the ground as it wandered away.
"You gotta learn to be tough, like me!" Ash said proudly, jerking a thumb towards his chest. Misty rolled her eyes at him.
"Welcome," a deep male, booming voice said, causing the room to shake slightly.
"Ahh," Ash shrieked, before hiding behind Misty. Misty squinted at him anime style with a frown.
"Tough like you?" she repeated with a snort. "Yeah right!"
"Please step forward, Pokemon trainers," the voice said. The room stopped shaking.
Ash shook out of fear as he stepped forward, and Misty stepped forward firmly.
"No need to be worried, Ash, it's just a big booming voice," Misty said with an amused smirk, using cruel irony. Ash rolled his eyes. "You gotta learn to be tough, like me!" she added with a grin as she jerked a thumb towards her chest.
"I'm not worried," he said, trying to be brave.
Misty snickered to herself. "Sure..."
Ash scowled at her, and opened his mouth to comeback. "Enough!" the voice boomed. Ash swallowed his comeback, with a frown. Misty also frowned.
"Who are you?" Ash said stepping forward with a determined expression, into the pale fire-lit light.
"Does that really matter, Ketchum? I'm here to help you. I'm not against you," it answered loudly.
Ash frowned. "Why were we told to come here?" he asked bravely.
"This is where your adventure begins, Ash and Misty," the voice boomed.
"Adventure?" Misty asked, stepping into the light beside Ash. "I thought this was qualified as a 'mission'."
The voice paused. "Mission, adventure, it's all the same," it boomed flatly.
Ash and Misty fell over anime style before the voice continued. "Here you will learn to use one of your most important gadgets," it continued loudly.
Ash and Misty blinked as it continued. "Misty," it directed. "Take out two of the gadgets from your bag that looks like a small silver wings."
Misty opened her bag and soon took out two small silver wings, with crimson highlights. She handed one to Ash, and Ash studied it carefully.
"Now, listen carefully," the booming voice instructed, "throw the gadget in the air and yell 'Wings'!"
Ash and Misty exchanged glances before throwing the gadgets in the air and yelling 'Wings' in unison. A bright blue bubble surrounded the gadgets before wings sprouted off of Ash and Misty's backs.
Before they knew it, they were hanging in the air, flying with the wings.
"Wow, this is awesome," Ash grinned.
"Yeah!" Misty agreed. "I've always wanted to fly, ever since I was a little girl!"
Ash chuckled. "Hey Misty, look at me!" he said, flying higher. "I bet you can't go any higher!"
Misty took the challenge and flew high above Ash. Ash flew high above her, and soon they were at the highest level they could go.
Ash looked down. "Whaaa! We're pretty high up!" he said with a sweat drop.
"Yeah," Misty gulped, before clinging onto Ash. "How do we get down?"
"To get down, put your legs together in front of you," the voice boomed.
Ash shrugged and put his legs together slightly in front of him. He slowly and safely landed on his feet. "Wow!" he said.
Misty followed, safely landing on the ground beside him. "Cool!" she smiled.
"These wings will come in handy throughout your mission," the booming voice said. "And the wings will be on you at all times, from now on. To activate them, simply jump on the ground with full force."
"Great!" Ash grinned.
A rumble started to shake the room.
"W-what's going on?" Misty asked worriedly.
"Your first enemy has arrived. Good luck," the booming voice said, before disappearing.
A roaring sound came from somewhere behind Ash.