Disclaimer: Don't own anything in the whole fic except Starlight, Clover, Danny, and the evil guy.

Ok, Ok, you guys are probably even more mad at me now for not posting this chapter for about 3 months. Anyway, hope this one was well worth the wait!

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Ash sat down on a nearby bench. Meningitis. He absolutely couldn't believe it. Why did it have to be Misty? She could have gotten it anywhere... and the only place she had really been lately was with Danny... Danny...did he have something to do with this?

Ash clenched his fist. "If Danny has anything to do with this, I'll find out."

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1 month later...

"YES! Yes, Starlight, good girl!" The hospital had let Misty out early, after feeding her medicine to make the meningitis go away, and already she was back on Starlight. Clover was more of a pleasure horse. Starlight had just galloped around the 1-mile track twice in 58 seconds.

"It's so great to be back out here again. I missed it so much! And Brock's cooking was missed too."

"What's that I heard about my cooking?" Brock was wiping his hands on a towel.

Misty laughed. "I just missed it while I was in the hospital..."

"Ok, well, I suppose that would have to be true, considering what you ate before you went there. Anyway, dinner's ready." Brock turned and went back inside.

Misty untacked Starlight and rubbed her down. She led her back into her stall and then went to say goodnight to Clover.

When she got to Clover's stall, she gasped. Clover was breathing heavily and coughing every few breaths. She felt her nose. Dry. Really dry. She ran to the house.

"Brock... its Clover...call the vet." Misty managed to say between gulps of air. Brock nodded and went to the phone on the other side of the room. Misty had a headache, but went back out to Clover.

Clover was on her side now, taking in shallow breaths of air.

"Clover...Clover... hang on, you're going to be ok. Don't worry, the vet will be here soon. He'll give you something to make you all better." Misty was crying hard now. She faintly heard someone coming in. She blinked back more of the oncoming tears.

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Even before he did any tests on Clover, Dr Marshall knew she had something serious.

"Will she be all right?" Brock asked quietly.

"Well, it's hard to say. I thinking she ate something and that something did something to her lungs." Dr. Marshall took out a tranquilizer and filled it with a yellow fluid. Misty saw this and flew from the barn. Dr. Marshall injected the fluid in Clover. She whinnied, and then lay her head down.

"That was some medicine to help the 'something'. I'll come each day and measure her progress." Dr. Marshall told Brock. Brock nodded, but in his head, he added a thought. Or de-progress.

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Misty stared at the phone, willing it to ring. Anything was better then what she was doing right now. To her surprise, it did ring.

"Misty?" Ash's pleasant voice filled her ears.

"Yes? Hi, Ash."

"Meet me at the lake tonight around 10, will you?"

"OK." Something in Ash's voice told her it was urgent.

Misty heard a click as he hung up.

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"Great job Danny." Came the deep voice Danny had come to be scared of and hate so much.

Danny nodded.

"You have done well. First, kill the spirits of the young redhead and poisoned her horse. Then you started the house on fire. You also gave her the meningitis disease by putting it on her food. You have done very well."

Danny gulped. He had planned on maybe hurting her a bit, not killing her.

"The Waterflowers will always regret it."

This part, Danny understood. His father was not going to rest until Misty was dead.

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"The stars are so pretty tonight, aren't they?" Misty said softly to Ash, sitting on the blanket next to him.

"Yeah...hey Misty? Did you mean that kiss I saw you do with Danny that one night?"

Misty would rather forget the whole incident. She looked up, then at Ash. She leaned forward and gave him a nice, short kiss, but it explained a lot.

Have you ever seen such a beautiful night?

I could almost kiss the stars

They're shining so bright

Then I see you smilein'

I go oh, oh, oh

I would never want to miss this

In my heart

I know what this is

This is what dreams are made of

This is what dreams are made of

I've got somewhere I belong

I've got somebody to love

This is what dreams are made

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I LOVE that song. It is from The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Anyway, sorry so short, but maybe I will do shorter chapters with more updates. I appreciate reviews!

~StarPikachu