(we took a skylanders academy's joke way too far here)
Brock sat on the boat deck in despair.
"Hey Brock, what's wrong?" Asked Ashly who walked over in her human form and sat next to him.
"It happened again….I missed bikini season…"
She clonked him on his head.
"Seriously!? That's all you can then about right now?!" She asked.
"Well looks like someone's on their perio-GAHHH" tried Gary before she punched him in the nuts.
"I don't even know what that means but if I had to make a guess, I did the right thing" she said as she walked away.
"Welcome travelers to maiden's peak. Please enjoy the summer's end festival. But don't eat the hotdogs. Something was seen on the roller grill earlier" said an announcement over some loudspeakers at the harbor.
Several people ran over to some bushes and could be heard gagging.
"Alright, we made it on time for the festival!" Cheered Dawn. She and May dragged their friends off the boat.
"I want to get a corn dog!" Ashly said eagerly.
"First we need to ride the Ferris wheel!" Said a voice behind her. She turned around and saw a man with blue hair which had a few silver stripes in it. He also had on a grey sweatshirt jacket over a blue shirt and had dark blue jeans on.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Ashly, you don't recognize me? I'm Dialga" the man said.
"How do I know if you really are him?" She replied. He held up a time gear in his right hand and grinned. She ran over and hugged him.
"I missed you so much!" She told him happily.
"Just a warning, I can't stay long I have to get back to my duties soon but I can spend a bit of time with you. It would be cruel not to" he said.
"It's fine, but let's make the most of the time we have together now" she said.
"Well you two have fun, I'm going to be drowning my sorrows in funnel cakes" Brock sighed.
"Or you can suck it up and come help me win this game!" Called Serena.
"No thanks…"
"What was that? I don't think I heard you correctly" she said evilly.
"Dude, she is literally called the destruction Pokemon…don't piss her off" whispered Gary as he took a bite of a kabob.
"Visitors, please be sure to check your kabobs for any meatballs. We just received word that they weren't fully cooked" said an announcement.
Gary's face turned green and he rushed to a Porta potty and gagging and choking was heard.
Dialga and Ashly ran off towards a huge Ferris wheel and got into one of the open cars.
"So Ashly, how have things been going while I was away?" Dialga asked.
She weighed her hands. "Well I lost all my levels and now I'm working to gain them back."
"I think I know how you can gain some levels with me though" he said as he kissed her on her cheek.
She laughed and pushed him into the seat and kissed him on his lips.
(Music: silly Psyduck)
"Do it! COME ON! HIT THE TARGET! GAH DAMN IT" shouted May. She was playing a water gun booth game where you had to spray the small moving target as long as possible…and failing miserably.
"Sorry, miss, better luck next time" the man operating the booth said in mock disappointment.
"Grr…here! Here's another 300 pokebucks" she said as she reached into a purple Wallet with three gym badges in it, pulled out the cash And handed it over to the man, then took a bite of some cotton candy.
"Please be sure to avoid any and all cotton candy. Some purple liquid was spotted inside the last batch as it was being spun up which may indicate a Grimer was there" a loudspeaker anounced.
May ran over to a trash can and vomited into it.
"Ok….I finally won you that stupid hammer game. Can I go now?!" Brock pleaded. Serena nodded happily.
He walked over to where Gary was turning his pockets inside out by a food cart.
"Where the heck is my Wallet!?"
"Oh, this was yours?" Asked may innocently. She handed Gary the Wallet she had been using. He opened it and saw it was empty.
"May, why did you do that!?" Dawn asked.
She opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted by another announcement.
"Please don't eat any of the Rice balls. A pidgeot flock was roosting where they were being made and we don't know if they dropped any packages" it said.
"Thank Arceus we didn't eat any rice balls" Ashly told Dialga as they were in their way down the wheel.
"Or ride in Ferris wheel car number twenty nine. Someone got sick in that one and puked from eating the hot dogs" the announcement continued.
Ashly and Dialga both looked at the number on the floor of the car, gagged and stuck their heads out of the car and learned Spit Up.
"Or stand under the Ferris wheel when we make these announcements. Arceus help you if you are not on the very top" the announcement finished just as a huge chorus of gagging was heard
(End music)
A man at the bottom of the wheel took a marker and changed the sign on the entrance from 'wheel of distance' to 'wheel of distaste'.
As the sun set, Ashly dragged Brock into the Pokemon center. The rock gym leader was sobbing like a baby.
"But I told her I'd come back!" He sobbed.
"Remember what happened last time!?" Ashly asked, "NOW PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER MAN!" She yelled.
That night, a loud crash sounded through the entire Pokemon center.
Nurse joy, Ashly, and Gary all came to the front to see a large hole through the shutters and glass door.
"What could have done this?" Joy asked.
"Brock, and I have a pretty good idea of why" replied Ashly.
She and Gary left the center.
"Ashly, where are you going?!" He asked her.
"Last time this happened, it was a Gastly attempting to impersonate the ghost of maiden's peak. He kidnapped James and Brock. I wouldn't put it past him to do it again" she called back.
(Music: absolute death)
They made it to the shrine and saw Brock floating towards the open doors.
Gary ran up and closed the doors causing Brock to fall to the ground.
"Why do you wish to do this?" Asked a feminine voice.
"Alright, Gastly show yourself!" Ashly yelled.
"Ghastly isn't here….but I have been waiting for a while…" The voice replied.
A cold and strong wind began to blow and the figure of a young lady appeared in front of the shrine.
"Gary, point your pokedex at her. It'll tell us if that's a trick or not" Ashly said.
Gary pulled Dexter out of his back pocket and aimed it at the lady.
"No Pokemon detected" it said.
"Then that means…..THATS A REAL GHOST!" she screamed in terror.
"Right you are…..I am the ghost….the ghost of the maiden….you seem familiar young lady….I was young too once…" the voice said.
"Look, We just want our friend back safely!" Gary tried to reason.
"I see….perhaps we can reach an agreement….I take the girl instead" the maiden said.
"Not a change lady!" He called.
(End music)
"Understood…..I can see your friendship is close. I will continue to wait…" She said disappointedly. The sun began to rise and she could be seen waving as she faded away.
"Whah, where is she?!" Brock asked, snapping awake.
"Gone…but if it helps…there really was a ghost of maiden's peak" Ashly told him.
(Our heroes finally know the truth of the legend…but what other surprises await them down the road? Come back and find out on the next episode of Pokemon misadventures)