Day 5, Afternoon

"Hello there, Ami..." Misty cooed as Ash carried her into the kitchen. "Pizza's cooking...but why isn't she sleeping, Ash?"

"She was fussing and complaining, so I brought her in here in hopes that some food would calm her down." Ash explained.

"Azu ri ri..." Ami protested as Ash set her on the table.

"I know you're hungry, but this takes a while..." Brock assured Ami as he kneaded the dough. "In fact..." and he reached to turn on the radio, where the orchestra was playing a rousing song, with the singer singing a rendition of "Lesti! Lesti! via, montiam su la!
Lesti! Lesti! via, montiam su la!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Via, montiam su la, funiculi funicula...."

"Ril?" Ami was confused.

"What does that mean?" Brock asked. "Here, I'll sing the translation for you as the singer sings it." He waited until the singer began again, then sang as he worked:

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, and so do I!

And so do I! Misty and Ash echoed as they rushed to get more supplies. The kitchen soon turned into a rush of song and activity.

Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh...

To pine and sigh,

But I, I love to spend my time in singing, some joyous song... Brock sang as he sprinkled cheese onto the waiting pizza.

Some joyous song, Ash chorused as he set more cheese on the counter.

To set the air with music bravely ringing, is far from wrong!

Is far from wrong!

Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar! Brock sang, skipping across the floor as he returned with more pizza supplies.
Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Echoes sound afar! funiculi, funicula.

Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!
Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Echoes sound afar! funiculi, funicula. everyone else joined in, including Ami.

Some think it wrong to set the feet a-dancing,
But not so I; But not so I... Brock continued as he worked.
Some think that eyes should keep from coyly glancing Upon the sly!, Upon the sly!...
But oh! to me the mazy dance is charming,
Divinely sweet, Divinely sweet... Misty chimed in as she passed the sauce to Brock.
And surely there is nought that is alarming In nimble feet? In nimble feet? Ash couldn't resist copying the skip dance Brock was doing as he worked.

Misty led the chorus as she kneaded her own ball of dough:
Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Music sounds afar! funiculi, funicula.

Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Music sounds afar! funiculi, funicula.

Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing,
And like it well; And like it well... Ash sang as he danced across the kitchen floor with more sauce.
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying,
So cannot tell! So cannot tell! At this, Pikachu swept Ami in his paws and tried to teach her the skipping dance the others were doing.
With laugh and dance and song the day soon passes,
Full soon is gone, Full soon is gone, Brock sang as he set one finished pizza on the cooling rack, then placed a second pan in the oven.
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses To call their own! To call their own! Misty sang as she began putting toppings on her pizza.

Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Hark! the soft guitar! funiculi funicula. Brock continued...

Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!
Funiculi funicula, funiculi funicula,
Hark! the soft guitar! funiculi funicula... The others continued singing as they worked...

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"Okay! All done!" Misty called as she cut a slice of pizza for Ami. "Wasn't that fun?"

"Pika, pika, pika pika chu; pika, pika, pika pika chu...." Pikachu was still singing and doing the skip dance. Ami laughed with delight as she took a bite of her pizza.

"I think she liked singing 'Funiculi, Funicula', eh Brock?" Ash smiled. "How did you know the all the words to the song?"

"I heard it in a movie once..." Brock replied as he put his plate in the sink. "Speaking of movies...who wants to watch a movie with our pizza?"

"Ooh! I do!" Misty cried, hurrying over to the movie cabinet. "Let's see..." and she started thumbing through the wide array of tapes and DVDs...

"Just don't pick anything too scary, okay?" Ash called after her. Misty just selected a tape, inserted it in the VCR, and pressed 'PLAY'. Ami oohed and ahhed as a shining rainbow castle appeared on the screen, where various fairies of different colors flitted about as the opening credits to the movie rolled by.

"Relax..." Misty assured Ash as she settled onto the couch. "I don't think 'The Journey to Fairyland' is that scary...

"I don't know...Jhudora the dark fairy might scare Ami..." Brock cautioned. At that second, a great thunderbolt streaked acrossed the screen, revealing a purple and black clad fairy sitting atop a storm cloud. Ami began to shiver and whine, fearful over what the dark creature on the screen was going to do next. She covered her eyes in fear as the dark fairy cackled with delight...

"Here..." Ash reached for the remote and hit 'FAST FOWARD', causing the scene of Jhudora's lair to go racing by. After a few tense minutes, the scene switched into a grassy field, where some earth fairies were gathering flowers. "There we go..."

Brock calmly stroked the shaking Azurill lying on the couch. "It's okay, you can look now." Ami tensely uncovered her eyes for a moment, then chomped down on her pizza as she studied the TV screen.

"I have the remote handy to zip through the scary parts." Ash assured the others, waving the remote in the air to prove his point.

"Azu ri?" Ami asked, curious.

"Ash has all the buttons that control the movie." Misty explained. "so when the scary fairy comes on, all Ash has to do is hit a button, and the movie will go really fast, so you don't have to see her!"

"Ril..." Ami smiled, but gasped as Jhudora appeared on the screen before the crowd of fairies. "IIIIII!!!!!"

"Hit the 'YIPE!!!' button, quick!" Misty called. Ash calmly hit the 'FAST FOWARD' button until the scene shifted to a lagoon. "See? The movie went by fast, didn't it?"

Brock sighed. "Leave it to an Azurill to make a two hour movie last thirty minutes..."

Day 5, Evening.

Later, Ami lay on Ash's lap, watching the images of a Rapidash in a forest dance across the TV screen. "Ril?" she asked, gesturing to the remote.

"What does this do? It controls the TV." Ash explained. "Hit this button here..." and he lightly pressed the 'VOLUME ' button, making the music get louder. "and the sound gets louder."

"Azu ri?" Ami gestured to the buttons marked "CHANNEL " and "CHANNEL -".

"Those change the picture, so if you got bored watching the Rapidash run to the pretty music..." and he changed the channel, where the news was on. "and you can listen to the news guy talk about what happened in the world today..." Ami just yawned and curled up on Ash's lap as Ash returned the TV to the previous channel....