Hello, thanks for the reviews! I know its been a week since I've updated, but here I am with the next chapter! You should know the disclaimer: "Me no own Pokemon, cept my own characters!" So enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 8: Mt. Moon Arrival

From Pewter City, Angelina had traveled ahead of Ash and his two friends toward the long hike toward Cerulean City, and Mount Moon was along the way. She managed to capture a Jigglypuff in a patch of long grass before her arrival at a local Pokemon Center about a mile from Mt. Moon.

The door made a 'ding' as Angelina entered the Pokemon Center, her Azumarill and Bulbasaur waddling behind her.

"You must be Angelina Murakami," came the voice of Joy from behind the counter. "My relatives in Johto and Orange have been telling me a lot about you. Are you getting ready to go into Mt. Moon?"

"Sure am, but I want to heal up my Pokemon, first." Angelina replied. "I'll probably spend the night, too, and set off tomorrow night."

"Do you still have the same team of Pokemon?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Well, some of them!" Angelina smiled.

Angelina couldn't help but show off a little for the Nurse Joy here at Mount Moon. That in mind, she began introducing her Pokemon.

"My Azumarill."

"AZU!" squeaked the blue rabbit-mouse Pokemon.

"My Charmeleon."

"Char." roared the red lizard.

"My Bulbasaur."

"Bulba." said the seed-bulb Pokemon.

"My Noctowl!"

The sparkly large brown owl-like Pokemon hooted in reply.

"My Raichu."

"Rai-Rai!" squeaked the orange mouse Pokemon.

"And my Absol."

"Sol!" nodded a Pokemon similar to a Jolteon except for its white fur from the neck down to its legs, a shallow gray face with ice blue eyes, a bushy white mane, a gray-colored appendage-like horn on the side of its head, a gray blade like tail on its backside, and similar colored paws from the bases of its white ankles.

"Wow! Those are some nice looking Pokemon, Angelina. I'll get them healed up right away for you."

Angelina returned all the Pokemon to their Pokeballs and handed them over to Nurse Joy.

The nurse placed each ball into its special holder of the rejuvenator and pressed the start button. Each ball glowed for a while, then stopped. She returned the Pokeballs to Angelina with a smile. "Here you go, they're all healed."

Angelina smiled back, "Thank you," and then clicked the six Pokeballs to her belt.

"Have a nice night. The hostel is near the back of the center. There are showers, cots, a kitchen, and everything you'll need."

"Thank you, Joy." Angelina waved, and she went off to take a nice relaxing shower at the hostel and settled into bed.

It wasn't until the next day, Angelina trained with her Pokemon and returned back to the Hostel for another shower before heading off for Mt. Moon.

Angelina had just got out of the shower and stood not too far from the front door. Her long strawberry-blonde hair cascaded down her back, wet with water, and a small towel wrapped around her body. She frowned for a moment at the boy around her age, but let it float away as she saw him spin around with a speed that rivaled an Electrode. At least he wasn't a pepping tom. Of course, any guy should love to look at her. She moved behind a set of shoji screens and spoke, "Hi there, come to spend the night?"

The black haired boy spoke, his back to her, "Yeah. Going to rest up before heading into Mount Moon tomorrow."

"Really?" Angelina asked taking off the towel behind the screen and began to dry her hair with it. "I'm heading through there tonight, myself." She pulled on her dark-purple quarter-sleeved top and a blue jean mini-skirt with black sandals. Then she walked out from behind the screen drying her hair some more before pulling it into a pony tail and tying it back. "You can turn around now."

The black-haired boy turned and Angelina gasped. "Oh no, it's you!" she definitely got a good look at the boy, it was her rival Seamus Nichols. He wore a pair of baggy blue jeans with a purple short-sleeved unbuttoned shirt over a yellow tank with a green dragon on the front. His hair was black, somewhat spiky but messy, and he had green eyes. He was handsome, and just had a small trace of evil sketched upon his features.

"The one and only." The boy grinned, eyeing Angelina's short skirt that seemed to show even more of her shapely legs than the towel did.

"Perve," Angelina narrowed her eyes, disgustedly. "What are you doing here?"

"Like I told you before," Seamus replied. "I'm heading to Mt. Moon, and I'm sorry about walking in."

Angelina sighed in annoyance. "Yeah, okay. Well, nice seeing you again. I really don't have the time to chat, but I have to run. I'd like to get Mount Moon before it's too late. See ya!" she ran over to a cot where she grabbed her backpack and left the hostel.

Later that day as the sun begins to set, Angelina travels through Mount Moon and finally catches up with Ash and friends and also a scientist named Seymour. She learned he was being attacked by a group of Zubat, whom need the dark but were confused and upset by someone stringing up lights all throughout the cave. They set up a little camp beside the river and are feeding the Pokemon. Brock is preparing Pokemon Food of his own devising, he hands some to Butterfree that seems to like it and promises to make up a batch for Pikachu as well.

Seymour watches Butterfree eagerly chow down on a Pokemon Pellet, and decides to try some as well," Mmm, its good."

"Hey, let me try." Ash eagerly takes a bite out of a pellet himself, going into stroke-like convulsions almost immediately as the taste most definitely does not agree with him.

Angelina is watching Pikachu having a Pokemon conversation with Clefairy. Finally Clefairy jumps up and bounces off, having seemingly reached a consensus with Pikachu.

"Pikapi, Pikachu!" Pikachu waves its hands to Ash and friends.

"What is it Pikachu?" Ash asked.

"I think Pikachu wants us to follow him and Clefairy." Angelina informed.

Seymour, Ash, Brock, Angelina, and Misty follow Pikachu as it follows Clefairy (which is still gripping the Moonstone fragment in it's paws) until the moon was in the sky. They travel up a little used path, through shrubbery and bushes until they come to yet another cave. Stepping inside, they find themselves in a circular cave with no roof, letting the moon shine down on a large glittering rock surrounded by an almost unbroken ring of Moonstone Fragments.

"It's the core of the Moonstone," Seymour explains with awe, "The massive remains of the meteor that struck down on the planet a million or more years ago."

"This feels like a dream." Angelina said.

"So, the moon stone legend is true." Brock commented.

Clefairy takes the Moonstone Fragment up to the large rock and fits it into place in the one remaining gap. Almost instantly the fragments begin to glow, then the whole rock itself as more and more Clefairy enter the cave and begin to dance and lightly bounce about it.

"There are so many of them." Angelina said in awe.

"What are they doing though?" Ash asked.

"Clefairy, fairy fairy clefairy." (Thank you, you have brought me home safely.)

"I think it's saying hello." Ash said.

"Yeah." Brock agreed.

As Pikachu was watching, he tried to explain to Ash and his friends what the Clefairy wanted.

"Pika! Pika Pi! Pikachu! Kachu! Chaaaaa!"

"You understand that?" Seymour asked.

"Of course I do, its my Pokemon! The Clefairy collect all these rocks and come to this place every night where they... dance the Macarena?" Ash said while trying to make sense of the Pokemon's words and hand motions. At this Pikachu fell on his face and crossed his paws in a signal for 'wrong', then it lept up and plucked Ash's hair.

"What rhymes with hair?" Misty asked.

"Hair, hey how about prayer." Brock suggested, and Pikachu nodded happily.

"The Clefairy come to this cave every night to pray to the Moon Stone!" Angelina shouted.

"Ooooo-o-o-of course! It all makes sense now," Seymour squeals, spinning about as the kids watch on, "Outer space! Pokemon, and the Human Race! We'll ride the Moonstone into space, first to the Moon, then to Mars, then together, to the stars!"

"Stars? Dat's our que!" laughs a familiar voice. Seymour and the others turn around to see Team Rocket's Jessie and James (and their Meowth) standing dramatically at the entrance to the cave.

§To Be Continued§

*Angelina travels ahead of Ash and stays overnight at a Pokemon Center. This is referenced from FireRed/LeafGreen and HeartGold/SoulSilver as there is a Pokemon Center just before the entrance to Mt. Moon.
*Angelina runs into her long-time rival Seamus Nichols, but they don't battle; this reference is taken right from HeartGold/SoulSilver game where the rival is training near the entrance when the player first arrives and battles them.

*Mt. Moon is a mountain located between Pewter City and Cerulean City.

*This chapter is based off the first half of the episode "Clefairy and The Moon Stone"
*A scientist named Seymour is being attacked by Zubat outside of Mt. Moon, Ash saves him with Pikachu's Thundershock, Brock catches a Zubat in the meantime.
*Ash and friends are shown a massive meteor with Moon Stones which Clefairy worship.

Thanks for reading, the next chapter will assumably be part two of the Clefairy-episode, so stay tuned! Reviews welcomed! L8er!