However, also...it will not stay that way. I am on Chapter 7, and I have every intention of finishing this fic, even if it kills me. Good day.
I dont own Poke'mon either! (cries again) but I do own a few made up characters in this story. Enjoy.
To melt the Heart of a Champion
Chapter 5- Dreams and bad luck
"Misty, like, wake up or you're gonna like sleep the whole day!" a young girl was yelling at Misty. She had long, shiny blonde hair, and a small white flower in her hair. She was wearing a red t-shirt with a long pink skirt and bracelet of beads on her right wrist.
"Huh? Where's Ash?" Misty slowly got up from her bed but discovered she wasnt in the place she recalled.
"Ash? Like, what are you talking about Misty? Ash isnt here. Are you ok Misty?" the girl asked her younger sister, confused and somewhat amused.
"N-nothing. Its nothing, dont worry about it Daisy. I must've been dreaming" Misty looked sad and tied her hair into her usual ponytail and bowed her head down sadly.
"Dreaming about your boyfriend?" Daisy asked, teasing her little sister.
"HUH? He's not my boyfriend! We're just friends!" Misty suddenly became very defensive, and started saying all kinds of things to try and convince her sister otherwise.
"Sure, ok. If thats what you say then I guess it must be true. But then, I guess you dont want this letter then, huh?" Daisy held up a blue envelope in front of her own face, so as Misty could only see the back.
"Is that a letter to me?" Misty asked, readying herself to practically tackle Daisy.
"Well, like, yeah, of course it is Misty" Daisy was waving it around like a fan in front of her face, and Misty could just make out what two words on the front of the envelope said. Ash Ketchum.
"Give me that letter now!" Misty stood on her feet now, readying herself to hit Daisy.
"Hmmmm, nah I'm fine with keeping your letter. But like, I'll give it to you easily under one condition" Daisy said, now with a friendly smile on her face.
Misty put down her fists but still kept her angry face on. "And whats that?" Misty asked, desperate for the letter.
"You admit to me that you like Ash" Daisy said happily with an even bigger smile on her face now.
"I dont...! I..." Misty didnt want to say she didnt like Ash, but right now she didnt see much of a choice right now.
"Alright, alright Misty, whatever. You dont have to like, get all angry and pouty over it" Daisy handed the letter to Misty, but held onto as Misty grabbed it. "But if you're not going to tell me, at least tell Ash" and Daisy let go of the envelope, letting Misty take it away.
"But I dont..." Misty mumbled to herself as she watched Daisy walk out of her room, closing the door
behind her. "Oh Ash, I wish that would have actually happened. Hmph!" Misty walked over to her desk,
which was made of nice quality oak wood with a beautiful shine to it. There were little dolls of
Poke'mon at the top of her desk as well. They included water Poke'mon such as Staryu, Horsea,
Lapras, Corsola, and a Vaporeon, which was one of Misty's most favored water types.
Misty sat down on her red chair, and opened up the letter. She read off the words as she saw them.
Dear Misty,
Hope you're doing great! I hear that Gym work is hard. But dont worry. I'm sure if you just do your best, you'll pull through just fine Misty. How are your sisters? As soon as I wrote that, Brock went crazy again over Daisy, Lily, and Violet. I entered into the Hoenn league and I guess they start up the first round in two more days. I already got through the priliminaries. They didnt seem to be so hard. Its a good thing Max is here though, because he told me how the league stuff works. Hope you'll watch me on TV. I wish you could come...anyways! Write back soon!
your best friend,
Ash
PS: I put in a picture of me, Brock, Max, Pikachu, and May. Hope you like it!
Misty went back into the envelope and found a picture of her 4 friends, as well as Pikachu sitting on Ash's shoulder. Misty smiled at this and saw that Brock was on the far left, folding his arms, Max was right to the left of him, waving his right hand around, and adjusting his glasses, Ash behind Max with his hands in his jacket pockets, gripping onto something. Misty focused harder to see what it was, but gave up. She then looked to the left of Ash to see May giving her the peace sign with her right hand, as well as winking too. Misty smiled at the picture, and looked at the old picture she had in a small frame on her desk. It was a picture that was taken quite a while ago. It showed Ash, Misty, Brock, Delia, and Professor Oak all standing in front of Professor Oak's lab. This was one of Misty's most favorite pictures. She smiled and then got an idea.
"Misty!" A knock and a familiar voice was heard from behind her door. Misty walked over to her door and opened it up to see Daisy once again, smiling. "You better hurry or else you'll be late!" Daisy winked a pulled Misty out of her bedroom by her collar and started pushing her towards the entrace of the gym.
"Late for what?" Misty asked slowly walking along with her pushing.
"You'll see" Daisy grinned and pushed harder. They eventually got outside and Daisy kept pushing Misty until they reached the Cerulean dock. Then Daisy suddenly stopped and turned Misty around.
"So whats this all about?" Misty asked very angrily, with her fists on her hips. Daisy held up Misty's red pack, which contained all her supplies and Poke'balls; which contained her Poke'mon.
"You're gonna like, really need this where you're going" Daisy said, handing Misty the red pack.
Daisy then held up a piece of paper that caught Misty's eyes. "We'll like, see you whenever, ok
Misty? Dont forget to write, ok baby sister?" Daisy said, handing Misty the piece of paper. Misty's
eyes lit up when she saw what it was. Then the boat whistle blew, and Daisy pushed Misty onto a ship.
Misty was getting very tired of this, but was very thankful.
"Thanks Daisy! I'll write back! I promise! Take care!" Misty waved with a big grin on her face.
"You too. Say hi to your boyfriend for me! And Brock too!" Daisy said once more, waving back to Misty as the ship started to leave the dock.
"He's not my boyfriend!" But Misty couldn't be heard now, as the ship was now going out of view, and Daisy was ignoring her. Misty stopped, then looked down at the piece of paper before her. She walked to the residence area of the ship to hand the ticket to the captain. She came to the door and opened it, when she was greeted warmly by the captain. The captain was wearing a black captain's hat, with black hair and beard reaching the bottom of his neck. He seemed to be slightly chubby, but looked like a good man.
"Welcome miss. Is this your ticket?" the captain asked, grabbing the ticket but not quite taking it yet.
"Yes, yes it is" Misty let go of the ticket, as the captain took it and put it into a box. "I knew it was too good to be true" Misty thought to herself. "Ash doesnt act like that at all" then another thought came to her mind. "Excuse me captain, but umm...where is this ship going?" Misty asked, her hands behind her back.
"This ship is going to Ever Grande city. Dont you even know where you're going?" the captain asked suspiciously.
"Well, actually yeah. My sister forced me onto this ship as a surprise I guess" Misty said sweatdropping.
"Ahh, I see. Boyfriend or someth" but the captain was immediately cut off by Misty.
"NO! I'M NOT visiting a boyfriend. Just some friends! Thats it. He's competing in the Hoenn league!" Misty felt shocked by her own words.
"Oh...okay then" the captain turned back around without a word, and looked out his window to the open sea.
"Sorry sir, but when does this ship come in to the dock at Ever Grande city?" Misty said quietly, feeling guilty and embarrassed.
"It will come in tomorrow miss. Best that you get some rest, cause we'll arrive quite early. 3:00 am to be exact"
Misty's eyes widened. "Wow, 3:00 am? Thats early!" she thought. "Umm, thank you sir" Misty said, but the captain didnt say anything and Misty left out the door.
"Well, this will be great. I'll be able to visit all my friends again!" Misty said to herself, walking down the ship's halls. As she came to the Cabins, she saw a lobby in the middle of the room. The ground was made of white marble, with bright red carpets surrounding the whole room. Misty walked up to the desk and asked for a key.
"Excuse me, sir. May I have a room?"
"Sure ma'am, just one second" the man replied, as he turned his back on her, looking for a key. "Oh yes ma'am, almost forgot. What is your first and last name?"
"Misty Waterflower" Misty said, putting her hands behind her back and twidling her fingers.
"Hmmm...ah, here we are. Room 202, for a miss Misty Waterflower" the man said, turning around. Misty took out her hands from behind her back and walked closer to receive the key, as the man put a silver key into her hand. "Just go down the hall to the right of me, and its your third door on the left.
Misty smiled, as she looked at the key, grinning. "Thank you" she said simply, and started to walk pass the man, into the hall he spoke of.
"Glad to be of assistance" the man said, smiling and nodded his head.
Misty started walking down the hall, and she came across her room. "Wow, the service is really cool" she thought as she looked at the door. It read 202 on the door. Misty put the key in, and turned it to the left, as she opened the door to a magnificent suite. The room had green carpet, with a giant chandelier above her, which actually held candles instead of light bulbs. The was two beds; two queen sizes. Misty's eyes widened, and she walked in, dropping her bag on the ground. She walked further into the room, and into the bathroom, which was also made of white marble, as well as the bathtub itself. She also saw a shower next to it. "Wow, I gotta thank Daisy when I get back to the gym" she said to herself, leaning over the bathtub.
"Excuse me miss!" a voice called out to her.
"Huh" she said suddenly, being knocked out of her trance.
"I'm terribly sorry miss. I seemed to have given you the wrong key" the man held out a gold colored key to her, as she took it.
"Dont worry about it" she said with a sad smile on her face.
"Just head out of this door, and its the room right across from this one, okay? Sorry for the inconvience" the man apoligized, bowing.
"Oh, really its fine" Misty said, waving her right hand as if she was waving a fan at him. The man left immediately taking the key Misty had in the door and turned the lock on the door. Misty picked up her bag and walked out of the room to one across from her and put the key in, hoping it was going to be even more extravegant than the one she was just in. She opened the door slowly to reveal a room with blue carpet, a bunk bed, and a table in the middle of the room. She walked in and looked at the bathroom, which only had a simple white clay sink, and glass sliding shower. Misty squeezed her fists stomped her right foot.
"Mmph! Figures. Guess the service here isnt entirely too reliable at all" she said to herself quietly and dropped her bag. A white flash came from the bag to reveal a very familiar duck poke'mon.
"Psy?" the poke'mon said.
"NOT...NOW" Misty said, pulling out the poke'ball from her bag and returning the poke'mon back to its ball.
4 hours later
Misty walked out of the bathroom, still dripping from her shower and set her bag under the bunk bed, then went back into the bathroom to get dressed.
Misty came out a few minutes later dressed in her yellow suit and looked at the clock and saw it read 8:12 PM.
"I guess I should probably get some sleep then" she thought, and she shook her hair around and got into bed. Her eyes were still opened wide as she thought about visiting her friends. "Ash..." she went into a pause, smiled, and closed her eyes.
Some time later
Misty woke up in a sweat from the nightmare she just had, shaking her head, as a tear came from her eye. She sat up and grabbed her legs, scrunching herself up. She rocked back and forth very slightly as another tear came from her eye. She looked at the clock and saw that it read 2:39, as the announcer spoke something out to the people onboard.
"Attention all passengers. We will be docking into Ever Grande city within the hour. We will be slightly delayed due to a Gyarados incident earlier. We apoligize for the problem. Have a nice day" the woman said, as the announcement stopped.
"We're delayed? GRRRR!" Misty said loudly, wiping her tears and jumping out of bed, and grabbed the remote for the TV in her room. She turned on the small 10 inch TV and turned the channel to some news to get her mind off her nightmare.
An old man, with a white mustache and a captain's hat walked into the middle of a large Poke'mon stadium. He wore a teared blue overcoat and blue captain's hat, with no shirt underneath. He wore black army pants and boots as well. The captain pulled a poke'ball from his belt, and threw it out to reveal a Flygon. A dragon that was green, and had dragonfly like eyes, and a long tail that had two spikes at the end. Another young trainer appeared, who had brown hair and wore a blue T-shirt and green jeans. The trainer also threw out a poke'ball to reveal a Rhydon. A Rhino like poke'mon, who had a giant srill on the top of its head, and stood about 6 feet tall. The news reporter then began to speak.
"Today, a young trainer by the name of Richard challenged Drake of the elite four for the title of Champion in the Hoenn region. Drake wiped out the young trainer's poke'mon at no sweat, beating the trainer 4-0. This young trainer had guts, but unfortunately, not the skill to back it up" the reporter stopped and the camera went to a live update.
"So, how do you feel about this loss?" the male reporter asked the boy, sticking the microphone in his face, who seemed very depressed about his handed defeat. The trainer didnt say anything but started to walk faster.
"Do you think you'll give up poke'mon training forever?" the reporter asked again, sticking the microphone in his face again. The boy started to grow angry and started walking very fast now, trying to get away from the reporters.
"Well, ladies and gentleman" the reporter started to say as he started slowing down. A quiet answer from such a trainer. But like they said, he had the guts, but unfortunately, not the skill to back it up" the reporter said, looking at the camera. The trainer suddenly stopped and looked at the reporter. He walked over to him, gritting his teeth.
"It looks like the trainer MAY have something to say afterall!" the reporter said excitedly, sticking the microphone in his face once more. The trainer tightened his right fist and punched the reporter across the right side of his face, knocking him down to the ground. The trainer put his fist down and walked away quietly. The reporter stumbled getting up and pointed at the trainer walking away.
"I'll sue you for this, you little punk!" the reporter yelled, holding his jaw.
Misty looked shocked and her face of sadness quickly faded as she started to slightly laugh, and she turned off the TV with her remote. She set it down and went over to her bed again.
"Well, I'll be there soon, Ash. Just you wait" she said quietly, as her stomach started to growl. "But lunch sounds like a better idea at the moment" Misty said to herself, putting her right hand on her stomach and getting up. Misty walked into the main room and saw all the lights were off. All the doors were locked too. She sighed and walked back to her room.
"sigh, guess no food for me" she said, sitting in one of the five chairs surrounding table. She rested her head on her right hand, and sat bored, waiting for the ship to dock in.
Misty gasped and suddenly remembered her previous dream with Ash. "That old guy, Drake...he was the captain of the ship in my dream. Wow, thats weird. Hmmm..." she thought to herself, as the announcer came back on.
"Attention all passengers. It seems that we are actually going to dock in on time. All doors, locks,
and areas have been opened. Please exit to the deck to prepare for arrival" the announcer said.
Misty looked at her clock one more time and saw that it read 2:57.
"Wow; thats cool" she said. Misty grabbed her red bag and her room key. Misty walked out of her room and came across the desk. She set the key on the desk, and walked across the red carpets, up onto deck. She felt the ocean breeze catch her hair and she welcomed it happily. She put her hair into her familiar ponytail and leaned over the rail, smiling.
"I'm coming" Misty said, with a determined look on her face.
End Chapter 5
