The Secret
By Kioko-san
HELLO EVERYBODY!! I'm very proud to say that my precioussssss The Secret is going to be reposted! As you know, TS suddenly disappeared one day randomly, RIGHT before I was going to make the last chapter…thanks to our simply darling friends, !
Taki: (latches onto Kioko's head) Darling? I thought you said they were—
Eh…(covers Taki's mouth and laughs nervously) Don't mind him, folks. To make a long story short, I'm simply reposting TS. HOWEVER, I'm not really reposting it, I'm kinda writing it all over again, since I lost all The Secret files.(The secret files…heheh…makes me sound like a secret agent…heheheh…oh sorry) I'll be making new events too, so that you don't have to sit through stuff you already know. But, some stuff will be the same(like Mia, mwahaha) so never fear!
Also, if you're a new reader, I'd like to clear a few things up. First of all, I'm happy to say, that MAY AND MAX WILL BE IN THIS STORY!! On the older The Secret, they weren't included because I wouldn't know what to do with them. But I'm going to include them this time! They won't be in the beginning chapters though; more like in the beginning-middle chapters, I think.(grins) Now…the speech is over. Finally! Soooo…
Raichu: (sigh) I'll do the disclaimer. Pokemon does NOT belong to Kioko-san. So, please don't sue.
Taki: (snuggles up next to Kioko) But, The Secret belongs to—
Sableye: The darkness…the darkness…it will…consume you…(lightning flashes in the background)
o.o Umm…WELL THEN!! Where were we? Oh yes, continue, Taki.
Taki: Thank you! TS belongs to Kioko-san, so pwease don't steal her writing!(pouts, then bears teeth) OR ELSE I'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!
Uh…YOU TELL 'EM TAKI! Now then, we're done with that. I'm really hoping I'll reach 100 reviews with TS. I was so close last time; 98 reviews or something. Please help me reach my goal…please? If I get 100 reviews, I'll uh…love you forever. Yeah.XD Well I don't want to keep you waiting, so read away, my faithful readers!!
(This is a narrative by Misty)
Chapter One: The Sister's Surprise and Misty's Worry
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"Ash, where are we going?"
"Shush, Misty. I told you. We're going to Moonlight Lake."
I practically winced at the name Moonlight Lake; it was cheesy and cliché. But what could I do? The name was true, anyway…at night on a full moon, the moon shone against the lake and shimmered like there was no tomorrow. And tonight was a full moon.
"Oh, Ash, I know that. Why are you taking me there?" Ash simply smiled as we continued to walk along in the forest, getting closer to the large, dark blue, almost black lake. I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach wildly. Moonlight Lake was the place where practically everybody proposed to their soul mates when they brought them there. I wasn't sure if I was Ash's soul mate, but maybe I soon would be.
My dream was coming true.
It seemed like forever until we got to the lake. Surprisingly, no other couples were there. Only we were there. Us. Together. Alone.
"Misty…" said Ash softly. "I feel really weird about asking this, but…eh…"
A light blush of crimson rose in my cheeks. Was he about to pop the question…to me? I imagined my sister's faces when I told them I was getting married to my best friend, Ash Ketchum.
"Well, Ash?"
There was a short pause. I closed my eyes, waiting to open them and see him on his right(or left, whichever it was supposed to be) knee, with an open ring box and a beautiful, glimmering ring inside of it. And then, the question, of course; and I would say "Yes! Oh, yes!" And we would live happily ever after.
(AN: Sorry folks. That's not how it's gonna be here. Heheh..)
I opened my eyes, thinking I would see my short daydream before me. Boy, was I ever wrong.
Ash was staring at me blankly. "Hey, Misty, are you sleepy or something? Maybe you should take a nap before I ask you this."
I shook my head quickly. "No, no! Please, ask me now."
My crush, no, my love blinked twice. "Okay. Well, Misty, like I said, I feel really weird asking you this, but I need help with something…"
Help? Help? Why'd he need help? Oh, it was probably one of those dramatic things. Like he would say, "I need your help, because I love you, and I need you to help me by loving me back." Or something like that. Nothing to worry about, Mist…
"Help with what?" I finally asked.
"See, there's this girl…"
WHAT?! Who?! Wait…it was probably me!
"And I love her."
Me, obviously. Tee hee.
"And…?"
"Her name's Mia. And I need help trying to ask her to marry me. Will you help me? I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing…you know?"
I closed my eyes again and took a deep breath.
WHAT?!
WHAAAAT?!
MIA?!
MIA WHO?!
WHO IS THIS 'MIA'?!!!
SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I opened my eyes and smiled a, simply to say, fake smile.
"Well, of course I'll help you."
Then, suddenly, out of thin air, a beautiful girl stood before us. A Delcatty, whose fur was gleaming in the faint light, stood beside her, purring slightly. The girl had dark, purple eyes, with purple hair going with it. It was tied in cute, neat braids. She was wearing a silk, lavender dress with thin spaghetti straps.
As innocent and gorgeous as she looked, her face suddenly screwed up with complete evil.
"Good! Because we'll need real help planning our WEDDING! HAHAHA!" the girl, obviously Mia, began to laugh menacingly. Her Delcatty somehow began to laugh with her. Their evil laughter rang in my ears tauntingly.
Ash suddenly began laughing insanely too, and pushed me into the lake. I screamed as I felt my body slap against the cold, still water. I emerged out of it quickly, shivering, but still stood in the water, staring at the couple, who had began to make out in front of me. The Delcatty's tongue was sticking out at me.
"Let's go, baby!" Ash said, separating his lips from Mia. "We're going to Vegas!"
"Oh, Ash, sweetie; Vegas is so cliché! Let's go to Iceland!"
Iceland? What in the world…
"MISTY!"
"WHAT?!" I cried out, falling off my water bed. Yes, I have a water bed. That just shows how much I love Water Pokemon.
"Are you okay?" It was my sister(well, one of my sisters), Lily.
"Eh…yeah…why?" I mumbled groggily, standing up and rubbing my head. My fiery red hair was a mess, I knew. I grabbed the nearest brush and began to brush it rather furiously. My hair was in tangles.
"Well…" said Lily, frowning slightly, "you were tossing, turning, and mumbling in your sleep. You were saying things like…'WHAT?!', 'MIA?!', and 'ICELAND?!!' You, like, obviously had a really weird dream."
I blinked twice, and stopped brushing, staring at Lily. Iceland? Was she going insane, or was I? I didn't remember having a dream about Iceland…
"I don't remember anything about a dream." I said simply, and walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth. Lily followed me, but then shrugged. "Well, okay, whatever." And she was off.
I sighed. I really didn't remember anything from last night; especially anything about Iceland; but I did remember something faintly about Ash.
Ah, Ash.
He was still my best friend, as was Brock. I thought about them everyday. Little things reminded me of them and our times together; like seeing a Pikachu walking along happily in the forest, or seeing Nurse Joy at the Pokemon Center. Although I thought leaving my friends would make us less close, it actually made us a lot closer; well, for me, anyway.
I spit out the foamy toothpaste in my mouth. Mmm, Crest Vanilla Mint.
Gulping down a small cup of water to rinse the mint-ness out, I threw the cup to the garbage, hoping it would land, but it didn't. I shrugged and went downstairs to get some breakfast.
"Hey, Mist!" called out Daisy loudly as I walked into the kitchen. I twitched slightly. 'Mist' was a nickname that Ash used to use for me. Violet and Daisy stared at me, wondering why I had twitched. Maybe they thought I was a spaz…or something.
"Hey," I answered, sitting down at the table. Breakfast was already set out for me; two waffles soaked in pure maple syrup, with a cup of orange juice beside it. Violet was a great cook, so she always cooked for Daisy, Lily, and I.
I felt a tug on the side of my shirt as I began to gobble down the waffles. Looking down, I saw my adorable little companion, Togepi.(AN: Okay. Let's pretend Togepi HADN'T EVOLVED YET OR ANYTHING!! Kay? Kay.)
"Toge, toge, priiiiii," purred Togepi. I smiled gently and picked her up, setting her on my lap. She waved her arms around happily, not able to keep herself still. What a little…egg of energy, she was.
"Mist, you are so lucky you have Togepi." pouted Daisy. She crossed her arms, and huffed. "Not only do you get an utterly cute pet Pokemon, but you get to go back to your--" she was interrupted by Lily elbowing her in the ribs to shut her up. Daisy obeyed quickly. I stared at them, while Violet looked around nervously.
"What'd you say?" I asked calmly. Even Togepi had quieted. Her mouth was formed into a little 'o' and she stared at Daisy as well.
"Ummmm…nothing, Misty!" laughed Daisy. She scurried out of the room suddenly, and went into the bathroom to escape.
My stare shifted to Lily. "Lily?"
Lily was biting her lip, a look of anxiety on her face, while Violet shook her head silently.
WHAT WAS GOING ON?!
I hated when secrets were kept from me…
"Lily!" I practically shouted. Togepi nearly fell out of my lap, but I grabbed her and settled her onto the table next to my meal. She began to eat some of the crumbs of my waffle.
Daisy rushed into the room randomly, back from the bathroom. Her eyes were filled with big, blobby tears. She sniffled and wiped them away, while collapsing onto the chair next to Violet.
"What's wrong, Daisy?" I said, blinking. Violet continued to shake her head. Wasn't she getting dizzy?
"I messed the whole surprise up!" whined Daisy. She continued to wipe her tears away, smearing her pink mascara all over her face. It made her look like an attractive clown, in my opinion.
"What surprise?" I glanced at Lily, scowling.
Lily was frowning so much I thought her mouth would fall off.
"You're darned right you messed it up!" sighed Lily, ignoring my question. Violet began to mumble under her breath, and looked at me. She had finally stopped shaking her head.
"What?" I asked.
"We'd might as well tell her now," Violet shifted in her seat so she was facing me. Daisy was now wiping her smeared mascara off with a napkin. Lily walked to the table, next to Violet, and stared at me.
I was, well, very confused, obviously.
"Mist, we have something very important to tell you," stated Lily. Well, duh, I know that.
Violet's lips, which had been kept stiff and straight the whole time, suddenly curled into a genuine smile.
My eyebrow rose.
"You are…well…" Violet said slowly. She was trying to get me more excited. JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY, PLEASE!!!
"You're going to travel with your friends again!" squealed Daisy.
A Half and Hour Later…
"AHHHHH! AH! AH! AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHH! OH MY GAAAAAAAAWD!!!"
"MISTY! CALM DOWN, GIRL!!"
"Okay, okay, sorry…but seriously! OH-MY-GAWD! I can't believe you guys did this for me!"
Violet rolled her eyes. "Well, can you do something for us and stop screaming? You've been doing it for the past half and hour!"
The sunlight splashed through the wide window onto all of us, sitting on the blue couch in our home. It was not too far from the gym; currently, I was the Gym Leader, because my sisters were very busy with school and such. Way more then me, that is.
"Sorry," I giggled. I sounded like a giddy schoolgirl.
Lily smiled. "Well, we're glad you're happy about it!" Daisy nodded. Luckily, her mascara was completely wiped off.
I grinned back at all my smiling sisters. "But…why are you doing this for me?"
Daisy stared at her nails, picking the dirt out of them, but answered my question while doing so. "We know that you miss your friends a lot, Misty. You have dreams about traveling with them again all the time, and we felt kind of bad about keeping you away from them." Lily and Violet nodded.
"And so," Violet added on, "we decided to take over the gym for you, so you could go back to your friends."
I held in another squeal and scream of excitement, and wrinkled my nose cutely, which was something I always did when I was very happy about something. My sisters grinned.
"When am I leaving?" I suddenly asked.
"You're that eager to leave?" Daisy pouted.
"Well, no, but--"
Lily winked at me. "Ah, don't worry about it. We all know you're just dying to leave and go to your friends. You're leaving…tomorrow, actually."
"EH?!"
Tomorrow?!
But…that was only a day away!
For a split second, I thought of the Annie song, "Tomorrow", but then my mind snapped back into reality.
"But…but…tomorrow…that's so close! I won't have time to…!"
Violet chuckled. "Yes, it is close, but we'll tell everybody in town what's going on once they've seen you've left. And it won't take you that long to pack. You usually only bring clothes, Togepi, and your sleeping back, no?"
I nodded.
"Perfect, then. Won't take long at all." finished Lily. Daisy giggled and nodded, seeing the unsure look on my face.
"Toge, toge!" said Togepi happily. I looked down, realizing Togepi was in my lap. I had been so excited that I had practically forgotten about her for a while. I cuddled her close, and looked up at my sisters, grins still etched on their mouths.
"Are you sure, though? Are you sure it's tomorrow?"
The three girls bobbed their heads up and down.
I felt like groaning. Sure, I was very happy that I would be able to see Ash and Brock again, but it would be hard to say goodbye to my sisters, and to say goodbye to Cerulean City.
Why is it that whenever something extremely happy happens, something bad or something to worry about has to follow along with it?
Later That Night
"Hey, Mist. What's wrong?" Violet took a seat next to me on my bed, while I stared out my window at the stars.
There was a short pause. I finally spoke up. "Violet…I really am going to miss you, Lily, Daisy, and basically all of Cerulean City."
Violet smiled a small smile. "Oh, Misty, we'll all miss you too. I know tomorrow is very close, but just think about Brock and Ash! They miss you a lot, sis. And you miss them too, right?"
I nodded slowly.
"Well, that's it, then. Look, once you see them again, you'll forget all about us."
I stared at her, and then shook my head. "No. I'll think about you guys every day." Violet smiled softly and we hugged tightly, then let go.
"You'd better get some rest." said Violet. She rose from my bed and went to the door. "G'night, Mist."
"G'night."
She closed the door and left.
I sighed and flopped on my bed, staring at the ceiling for a moment, then rising to look around my room. I wanted to memorize everything before I left. Everything.
I remembered how I had been so happy when my sisters told me the surprise. I hadn't realized that I'd have to leave so soon. And I hadn't realized that I'd actually miss my sisters and this place, when I had been longing to see Ash and Brock for a year.
Togepi lay in her small bed next to mine, sleeping soundly in her egg shell. My face softened as I watched her sleep peacefully, and I flicked off the light. Crawling under my sheets and pulling them over me on the bed, I began to hum a song lightly while I drifted onto the Sleepy Express.
Tomorrow, tomorrow,
I love ya, tomorrow,
You're always a day away…
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YAY! The first chapter is complete! I'm sorry if it was boring and stuff.
Raichu: Don't worry, it was.
(glares) Thanks for the criticism, Raichu.
Raichu: You're welcome.
ANYWAY, yeah. It was pretty boring, I admit. BUT NEVER FEAR! The other chapters will be more exciting.(Hopefully) The later chapters will DEFITATLY be more exciting, trust me! I really hope I get as many reviews as I did last time. Well, thanks for reading if you are!
Ja ne!
Kioko-san
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