Epilogue

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"No, Latias is not a Fire-type! Honestly, you'll never get a GSCE in Pokémon Studies if you carry on like that."

That's Ad. He's now the owner of the first ever Pokémon School – literally, a school for Pokémon.

"Oi! You lot! It's time for your Battle Strategies coursework to be handed in!"

Der also works here now, as a teacher.

"Yeah. Give it to me and I'll mark it whilst you learn Geography!"

Simon has moved the Museum to the Pokémon School, and invites any humans in to see it.

Ash and co. often pop round for Pokémon Languages courses. As a result, Ash is now fluent in Pikachu.

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"I keep telling you, we'll get fifty percent more customers if we put the adverts there!"

"No, we should put them there!"

"Excuse me," piped up Rika, "sorry to interrupt you, Mistresses Freda, Lily and May, but what do we actually do?"

May now runs the May Enterprises™ wing of Freda, May and Rika Limited™ (Rika always insisted her name should go last) but she and Freda & Rika Industries™ don't get on very well. Still, they make lots of sales, and many people come to Saffron just for shopping.

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"Casualty in Professor Oak Ward! Severe Burn and Paralyse Heals needed."

"Bliss!"

"Come on Chance, hop in the trolley. Whee!"

Eliot is now a nurse at Azalea Town Pokémon Centre. Chance the Blissey is the main Blissey there, and she works in Blissey Ward feeding eggs to cheer up the sick Pokémon.

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"Kahwie!"

"You look a lot better now,, Igglybuff. It's time for your nap now. You can sleep in the soft grass."

"Huhwahuhwa..."

Mint is quite rich nowadays, having patented the Super-Megnamatic-Shrine-Door-Buster, but she still under takes her duty as protector of Ilex. Legends say whenever Pokémon are lost or abandoned in the woods, they are taken to a park full of trees and lakes, and looked after by a kindly woman before being taken back.

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"Nya...use Flamethrower to burn that down, Slugma!"

"Sluuuuuuuuuuu!"

"Now put it out with Hydro Pump!" shouted the Water Party fans. The flames dieddown, and massive whoops of applause came from the audience.

"Thank you, and see ya all next time!"

The Fire Party, Water Party and Flying Party run a stage show on Tuesdays at the Park (tickets are £1 each) showcasing the talents of each. They are also veterans in the world of Bug Catching and give lectures at the Pokémon School.

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"Murkrow, give boy helmet!"

"Murky murk!"

"No scare boy. Scare girl there."

"Murrr!"

Mercy occasionally runs confidence and social skills classes at the Pokémon School, but most of the time she teaches caving at her home. Murkrow likes scaring people.

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"Whee!"

"Everyone with Mrs. Ada, come out, it's time to go home!"

"Aww..."

Archibald leases out the Trick Houses (for a fee) to people to play in. Scientific research has proven the mansion has health giving properties if you play in it enough, although many suspect it was an excuse for them to carry out "serious scientific research" in the sandpit.

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"Ti-KIBU!"

"Uhh...here's 20p. Which one..."

"Bye!"

The man picked it up. "Hey, I don't want The Mirror! Come back here!"

George Barnes (a.k.a, Tikibu Kid) lives with his parents outside the Safari Zone. He's Fuchsia's paperboy, and a very good one he is too.

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"Berries! Do you want a Rawst Berry? Ok. Sandslash!"

"Sand." Sandslash dropped the Berry into Bernard's hands.

Bernard and Barbara still live in Viridian City, but now they run a Berry store. The Berry-pickers are Sandslash and Nidoran, and there are rumours that an 'underground orchard' is tendered under the city.

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"Lucky 7, please."

"Ok. I'll spin the wheel...6! 6!"

"Aw, I had 7."

"Close enough."

Robert owns a casino in Celadon, which has replaced the original Game Corner. The most popular addition is the 'no flyposting' policy.

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"Ghost! Ahh!"

"Did your psychotherapy work, then?"

"Hmm? Well, I didn't think it did...Hey, you're a ghost aren't you?"

The Haunter shrugged, and continued knitting.

Chelsea has taken psychotherapy courses for her fear of ghosts. Although it didn't appear to work, at the end of the course the teacher revealed himself to be a cleverly disguised Gengar, and she feels a lot more relaxed towards ghosts now, especially ones babbling about analysis and aversion therapy.

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"Hold your breath two three and under two three up two three..."

"I forgot my waterproof camera. Can I go to my locker and get it?"

Maxwell slapped the kid. "Just this once, OK?"

Maxwell works for the Day Care Centre, and also runs a scuba diving group. A member, Kerno, won the Amateur Photography challenge in Pallet.

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"Jumpluff, stop getting spores everywhere!"

"Jum."

"Ok then, bathtime!"

Jumpluff's eyes widened. "Jump!"

Elderflower still lives in as clean a house as ever.

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"Let's see...fourteen whitespace worlds and a 3-D one, please."

"Todd! I thought I handcuffed you last time."

"Oh hell..." Todd dived into the whitespace world as Mr. Panda thundered after him.

"Isn't life sweet, Bob?"

"Yeah." Bob sighed. "Hang on, he didn't pay the bill!"

Victoria and Bob got married, and now run a second-hand dimension business.

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And, of course, Ash, Misty and Brock went off into the sunset for another adventure...


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Goodnight for the last time!