When Misty eventually woke up, she saw Mia bent over her, dabbing at her face with something. It took a while for her to realise it stung. When she did, she bolted upright on her bed, instinctively placing her had on her wounds and gasped aloud. Ignoring Mia, she got out of bed and attempted to run to the bathroom. However, her knees were still weak and she fell to the floor. When Mia tried to help her up, Misty pushed her away, startling the poor girl. "Get me a mirror," she whispered, head hung low so her long hair fell around her face. Mia opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted, "Go!" hissed Misty. Mia walked away slowly to do her bidding and arrived with her pocket mirror. When Misty looked into the mirror, the whole town heard a scream and the sound of shattering glass. Mia gasped but otherwise kept silent as she watched Misty weep.

Ash woke to the sound of Misty crying out and attempted to get out of bed so quickly he hit his head on the bunk. Wincing with pain, he softly padded to where Misty kneeled, crying. Another glimpse and he saw his sister had turned into an ice sculpture. She stood still as if frozen and her face was ashen with fear. Returning his gaze to Misty, he put a hand on her shoulder. She shrunk away, startling him so much he pulled his hand away as well. When Mia saw his look up, there was the same confusion in it she'd seen so many times this past week. "Misty?" he whispered. "Go away," she sobbed passionately, "Don't look at me." His confusion became worry and he looked up desperately to his sister. She, for once in her life, was totally frozen and her expression was devoid of any emotion but fear.

He returned to Misty and coaxed her into letting him tilt her chin up so he could see her face. He was shocked to see it scarred as tears ran down her slightly distorted face. Misty took his facial expression for shock of how horrible she looked and anger for disgust. She turned her face away quickly, tears falling to the floor. "You hate me, don't you?" she asked through tears. "No," he replied, surprising her, "I hate whoever has done this to you." When he saw the disbelief in her face, he added, "You'll still be the girl of my dreams no matter what." She gave him a half-hearted tear stained smile as he helped her stand. Mia, who had relaxed a bit after watching the show, smiled and rushed to help her brother take Misty into the bathroom.

There, with a bit of help from Mia, they washed her face with a bit of moisturizer. Staring at the bathroom mirror in total awe a few minutes later, Misty remarked, "You can make miracles happen with that make up bag of yours." Mia blushed at the comment while choosing some clothing for Misty to wear. It was true, you could hardly see a scratch on Misty's face now. Mia grabbed a simple sleeveless shirt in yellow and a pair of white denim shorts for Misty to wear. Shoes were not an option, Misty would be in sneakers for at least a week.

Just as they were about to step out of the bathroom, there was a cry of rage, "What do you mean you're going to fine me for abandoning my pokemon?!?!" yelled Keya. "Your Persian was left outside in the middle of the pond all night, miss, its suffering from a cold and its paws are in an awful condition. I'm afraid you're either going to pay the fine or risk going to court," replied a calm Nurse Joy. Mia and Misty blinked as a swift wind blew past them. Brock had supposedly woken up to the sound of Nurse Joy's voice and was now scaring her much more than Keya's screaming could. When Keya heard the source of muffed laughing, she glared at Misty and Mia who were attempting to keep a straight face, before slamming down the fine on the counter and storming out of the pokecentre. "Geeze, what's up her ass?" muttered Mia, and the two girls began laughing all over again.

Now Misty turned to Mia, "You, know, you've been so busy fixing me up, you've forgotten about yourself," Misty commented with a slight smile playing on her lips. Mia's eyes widened with fear, "Oh no . . . nuh uh, no way, Misty!!!" she yelled and attempted to dodge her but Misty held her hand and not wanting to hurt her, Mia sighed and walked back into the bathroom in submission.

When she walked out, even Ash was amazed by the results of Misty's face and Mia's new look. His sister was wearing a white singlet top underneath a embroidered transparent one. There was resignition on her face as well as lip-gloss and a butterfly necklace. Instead of her jeans, she had denim shorts in sky blue, similar to Misty's own white pair. Her hair was still in two pigtails but had ribbons tied around them with a flower clip at the top.

Ash smiled and went over to Misty, holding his arm out. She accepted and they walked off to breakfast. Mia blinked a while before shrugging and making her way to the table as well, stopping to kick Brock's leg so hard he had to hop to breakfast and leave Nurse Joy alone. Nurse Joy, however, didn't seem to mind his deparure very much even though he raved how he had been forced to leave his true love behind. He even swore he could hear her call out his name. Mia rolled her eyes again and elbowed his arms. "No respect from children these days . . ." he muttered under his breath. "What?" Mia asked sharply, "Err . . . nothing, nothing at all . . ." he stuttered back. She smirked and returned to her breakfast.

"Hey, where's Keya?" asked Ash, "Not here and that's all that matters," growled his sister. He raised an eyebrow but heeded Brock's 'don't push it' look and shut up. Misty sniffed in agreement but said nothing to back Mia up. "So, where we off to next? The competition is still months away, I say we head for a rest. It says here that just to the North of here is a route where trainers can go through and get extra training. The best part," Mia added, "Is that the route also takes you to many different places of intrest. Lets see . . . a tea ceremony . . . a hot spring . . . a trading fair and . . . and a hell of a lot more," she finished with satisfaction. When she looked up, Misty had snatched the phamphlet away from her and was scanning through it rapidly, Ash and Brock crowded around her. She giggled a little and laid back to wait for their reply.

Hey guys! Sorry, I decided we needed a little break away from Keya. Its really tiring to have to write about a fight between the three girls every single time I write a chapter but I promise you she'll create a hell of a lot more havoc before I finish this fanfiction! Anyway, ciao!

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