Chapter 5: Day 5-Snow Day

Jirachi's POV

I sniffed the air curiously. It's hard being a pokemon sometimes. I could smell it in the air, a change was coming, even though everything seems so calm and gentle. But it only takes five minutes for a soothing breeze to turn into a fierce wind.

"Jirachi…" a voice called out to me.

I turned around to come face to face with my master. I smiled, happy to see him. He smiled and pet my head. "A storm is coming," he said to me.

I widened my eyes in surprise. He could sense it too?

"It's going to be alright," he said next, "No matter what occurs, as long as we reach our goal, nothing shall be able to stop us. Or separate us."

I smiled slightly, reaching out to hug his shoulder. For a moment, it seemed, things were calm.

Then I woke up.

"Good morning, little Snow," I heard Misty say as I entered the living room.

I really began to like Misty. She had rescued me on the sands of a beach, and if it wasn't for her, I would probably still be tasting dirt. But other than that the more I spent time with her the more she began to remind me of my former master's wife. She would always sneak snacks to me, even when she was told not to, and she helped take care of me. I used to love to hide in her long golden hair.

"Well, look who's up, someone slept late. Are you hungry?" Ash said to me, a smile forming on his face.

Then there's Ash, who reminds me a lot of my former master, except his hair is shorter. Even though Ash is still just as caring and considerate as my other master I still believe that Ash might look a bit better with a beard.

I skipped over to Misty and Pikachu, grabbing Pikachu's body and rubbing onto its fur. I love the softness of Pikachu, it felt like such a pure sweet innocence I haven't felt in so long that I just couldn't get enough of it. It felt nice, and Pikachu enjoyed my rubs and reciprocated my feelings.

"So Snow, are eggs okay for you to eat or would you like something else?" Ash asked me.

"Eggs are fine," I replied with a slight nod.

"Anything special you want to do today Snow? We can dedicate this entire day just for you," Misty said.

I became starry eyed with wonder. "An entire day for me?"

"We know you won't be with us for very much longer, Snow," Ash replied, "That's why we wanted to do whatever you would like mostly so we can get closer to you."

Pikachu agreed my licking my face, which promptly made me flushed with a deep crimson color, and also caused Misty and Ash to laugh slightly.

"So what do you want to do today, Snowflake?" Misty asked me.

I sat there in thought, placing a finger to my chin. "Well…" I murmured out. Gosh this is really hard, a lot harder than I thought.

"Oh man shame on us, Misty, she hasn't really seen this city! If there's anywhere fun we could take her you would definitely know, right?" Ash replied.

Misty said nothing, but after looking at Ash and then looking back at me, she smiled broadly. "Oh yeah," she said, "I know just the place."

I looked at Pikachu in confusion, wondering what they were talking about, but it didn't take long for me to find out. Around thirty minutes later I found myself at some sort of strange trading post, where people would exchange money for little round multi colored balls in a cup that people could eat with an utensil.

"See Snow, this is an ice cream parlor," Misty explained to me. "You can have as much as you like."

I pressed my face against the glass container, peering down at all the bins of editable goodness. "Really I can have whatever I want?"

"Go for it Snow," Ash appeared behind me, holding a large cup with multiple balls of ice cream inside.

"I said whatever she wanted, not you!" Misty replied.

Pikachu laughed from on top of my shoulder, making me grin in delight. Humans sure are a strange bunch.

After we ate our ice cream, Misty suggested that we go to the movie theater, and along the way Ash tried to explain what a movie theater actually was.

"Just imagine it like the box at home but larger, and you can watch the same thing with multiple people," he said to me.

"But what if you want to change the channel?" I asked.

"Well, once you start watching you're kind of stuck, unless you want to leave early, and then you would have wasted all of your money," Ash replied.

"Well I rather not waste anything," I said. "Can we watch more than one channel?"

Misty smiled, amused at my concept of thinking, "Each movie is around two hours long sweetie," she said, "It would take us days to watch them all."

"Ah," I said.

So we watched a movie, apparently it was a comedy love story about two Eevee and a love triangle that included a furry blue and white squirrel that could shoot electricity from its cheeks. I enjoyed it a lot, but to be honest I kinda felt bad for the squirrel because it tried so hard. Either way after the long movie we walked back to the house, while I was listening to what Ash and Misty wanted for dinner, which caused a mini argument between them.

"I love hamburgers, it just sucks when you get them so much," Misty replied.

"Hamburgers are the essence of life, Misty," Ash said back, "If you can't have a good hamburger what can you have?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe a salad? Or a hot dog? Shit we might as well have fish or bacon wrapped avocados I don't know, but I'm tired of hamburgers okay. Can we get a chick and let the beef live for today?"

This resulted in Ash exploding in laughter, leaning a bit closer to me while still holding on to my hand, which he had been doing since we left the theater. "See this, little Snow, this is why you don't ask women what they want for dinner," he said to me.

"Oh please, Ketchup, in case you don't realize this, which clearly you don't, but what a woman has for dinner sets her entire mood for the rest of the night. I'm trying to make this easier on him so he doesn't have to deal with me so much," Misty replied.

"Whether it's in the evening or in the morning, there's always Mist to deal with," Ash said, a smile forming on his face.

Misty rolled her eyes and snorted, a slight chuckle being heard from her mouth. "Oh to be in the mind of a man," she said.

I couldn't help but giggle a little. Humans were strange indeed.

Later in the evening I sat in Misty's lap, waiting on Ash to get back with materials to make dinner. Although he might have moments when he means well, Ash sure has a funny way of showing his affection for Misty. An off balance relationship, but I guess one that works out for them. Misty was brushing my hair, and it felt really nice, so she decided to braid it a little for me. It was a treat, especially because I didn't know what braids were.

"I hope you enjoyed your day, Snowflake, I'm only sorry that we couldn't treat you more," Misty replied.

"It's alright, Misty, I don't mind as long as we get to spend time together," I smiled, glancing up at her.

I could see Misty's smile as she brushed my hair, and then I looked at Pikachu in my lap and began to stroke its fur. "Hey Misty, can I ask you something?" I asked her.

"Sure, sweetie, you can ask whatever you like," Misty said.

"Well...are you-are you in love with Ash?" I asked.

I could feel her heart skip a beat, and she abruptly stopped brushing my hair, but only for a moment.

"Wha-What makes you ask that?" Misty said, a bit of fear in her voice.

"Well my former master's wife had hated her husband at first. Well at least she told me she hated his guts. But one day, he saved her life, and she fell in love with him. So I thought maybe if Ash could save your life-" I began, but then Misty cut me off.

"Woah there Snow, I think you've been reading too many books. Besides, if you really want to know, Ash has already saved my life, he just never knew it," Misty replied, slowly and cautiously.

"How can he save your life and not known about it?" I asked, clearly confused.

I could feel Misty's happiness, even though my back was turned, I could tell that talking about this made her a bit joyful.

"Sometimes a person can be there for you even when you least expect it, even when you don't want them to. Maybe it's a human thing, but sometimes you can be with someone and be happy without actually being with that person, like in a real loving relationship. It's hard to explain really, I guess pokemon go through the process of courtship a bit differently than humans do," she said.

I smiled as I could feel my hair slightly being tugged. "Not really," I replied, "Mating is more or less about finding a long lasting companion, unless you are a foolish little Pidgey."

Misty laughed, but there was a bit of sadness laced into it. "I guess I really am a foolish little Pidgey."

I couldn't help but be a bit confused over Misty. If she really did want to be with Ash, then why prolong it? And if she didn't, then why stay? Are humans really this confusing, or is it just Misty that's the confusing one? Maybe that's it, maybe Misty is just confused. Everyone gets confused sometimes, maybe Misty just needs some sort of sign…

"Hey Misty, did you know that I can grant wishes?" I said to her.

Misty replied slowly again, finishing up my hair and patting me on the back for me to get up.

"Yes, I know," she answered me.

I stood up, still holding on to Pikachu, and sat down on the couch next to her.

"What if I grant a wish of yours? You can wish for anything you like and I can do it for you."

Misty tilted her head at me, her eyes drifting from me to the floor and then back to me.

"Snowflake, if I wanted to ask you for a wish I would have done it already. I don't need anything from you."

I placed my head down, watching my fingers dance among each other, feeling a bit bad that I couldn't help Misty in her predicament.

Misty must have immediately took this for sadness and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say it that way. What I mean is, I want to be a strong independent person who isn't dependant on much. I reached out to help you, so I would feel bad if it became the other way around. Sure there are plenty of things I could wish for, but I guess what I really want is for you to be safe and sound, and happy like you should be."

I smiled, looking back up at her, "I am happy, Misty, ever since I found you and Ash, and Pikachu, I have been happy."

I was happy to see Misty's smile become brighter, and she reached over and patted my head with her hand. I loved the affection. Then Ash came in, a paper bag of goodies in his hand.

"Who's ready to eat?" He said happily.

It turns out Ash couldn't decide what to bring back from the super food market, so he decided to bring back all that he could afford, and say that he would try his hardest to cook all he can.

"Wow, Snow, I like your hair," Ash told me.

I reached up with my hands and felt my hair. For the most part it was still straight and long, except for two curled up strands of hair that started from the back of my ears and went around my head. They met in the middle, tied together by twirling the ends around one another. I smiled broadly once I noticed this, amazed at Misty's artistic talent for hair styling.

"It wasn't me, Misty did it! It really does look nice huh," I laughed.

Ash reached out and patted my head. "Just another thing to make you more beautiful," he said. I could feel my face turning red at his words, being happy that my changed look had a good reaction.

I smiled as I saw Ash place his bag of groceries on the table. "Misty, I could use some help cooking," I heard him say.

"What on earth did you buy?" Misty said, standing up from her seat.

"Well, a bit of everything," Ash replied, "Come on it's been so long since we cooked together! Then we can show Snowflake all of our favorite foods, it would be fun! Don't you want to cook with me?" Ash poked his lips out a little, giving Misty a looked that pleaded for help.

"Oh alright, just don't give me that puppy dog look I can't take it! That crap is cuter when Growlithe do it," Misty said.

Ash smiled in satisfaction seeing Misty come to him, and I watched them get started from my seat on the couch. It seemed like each other their movements seemed so coordinated; she got the pans ready while Ash emptied the contents of his bag, Ash began to cut vegetables while Misty started the water, and then Ash carved up the meat while Misty began to add the seasoning. I couldn't help but think back to my former master and his wife, how in tune they always were with each other even without trying. As much as I would have loved to stay and watch them work, my curious side got the better of me, and I went with Pikachu into Ash's room to have a little exploration adventure.

I always liked going into Ash's room, it seemed like a treasure trove of interesting scenes of Ash's past, from pictures and old notes, to tattered clothing and old trinkets. I found a keychain of a star and looking at it made me happy. Then I found an old book, that Pikachu claimed was an old journal from when Ash was first starting his journey. I couldn't help but open it and glance at the first page:

"Yes! I can't even sleep I'm so excited! Tomorrow will be the start of my pokemon journey. Look out world, I shall be the next and greatest Pokemon Master!"

I smiled at Ash's joyfulness, then began to speak to Pikachu, "I bet you and Ash must have had some incredible times together, huh," I said giggling.

Pikachu nodded, and then I turned some more pages.

"So I want to mention this girl, Misty. She has to be one of the most annoying people I have ever met! I know I was wrong for taking her bike and then trashing it in a thunderstorm, but to follow me around and annoy me about it is super unnecessary. I told her I would pay it back to her, but she's such an annoying brat she won't even give me a chance to do it! I can't wait to get enough money to get her bike back, then I can never see her again."

"Hehe, I'm guessing Misty never saw this journal has she?" I replied to Pikachu. "Well they have to get along eventually right?"

I turned a few more pages until I came upon another entry.

"I must say I seen a new side of Misty tonight. I ventured inside the Lavender Tower, alone because the others were too chicken to follow me, but I was in desperate need of catching a ghost type pokemon to defeat Sabrina. Anyway that's when the strange phenomena happened. A crazy accident caused a chandelier to fall on top of Pikachu and I, and the next thing I knew, I was staring at my own body that was down below me! Then I looked around to see Haunter, one of the very pokemon that I was wanting to capture, right in front of me. So, since I was befriended, I decided to play a little joke on Misty. I saw her standing outside of the tower, awaiting my return, and I snuck up behind her and grabbed her hips. Seeing her scream in confusion was too much, and I ended up grabbing her and lifting her into the air. I hoisted her about ten feet and then dropped her in Brock's arms, laughing my butt off.

But after it was all said and done and I said my goodbyes to the pokemon, the first face I see when I awake was none other than Misty's. I could tell she was crying...crying for me. I never thought I see the day when I could say that I think she likes me a bit more now. I can't help but wonder, how much do I mean to Misty anyway? A part of me is a bit afraid to ask…"

"So it was a slow growing relationship," I murmured. "So then why-"

A shock went through my core of my body while I was in mid-sentence, causing me to look around in shock and confusion. "S-something's off.." I whispered to Pikachu.

Pikachu also seemed to sense my emotions, galloping towards the window and trying to peek out of it.

I crawled over to the window, kneeling beside Pikachu. "What do you see, Pikachu?"

I peeked through the plastic blinders connected to the window to see a strange object floating in the air. It had a small square shaped body, with four legs that connected to each other on either side of its body. Its four long arms branched out and a bit upward from its body, holding wings that flapped in a particular odd fashion, twirling around in a spiral, like how a royal jester juggles a multitude of rings with both arms.

"I never seen a pokemon like this," I stated, "Have you, Pikachu?"

Before I could wonder any further, the said pokemon was starting to fly away. "Ah, wait!" I whispered loudly.

Without thinking much I had cracked open the window, ushering Pikachu to crawl out while I crawled out behind him.

Upon crawling out we were at the mercy of the darkness surrounding us, and the cool air that was carefully placed onto the balcony on which were standing. I crouched down, almost to my knees, and crept forward a bit with Pikachu at my ankles.

"Let's stay in the shadows, Pikachu. We don't want to cause the pokemon to attack us," I murmured.

Pikachu agreed and we inched closer to the flying pokemon, who was hovering above the door of the house. Then, as we crept closer and without much warning, the pokemon turned back around and looked at us with its one eye. This scared the crap out of us, causing us to shake in fear before running with the quickness back to the cracked open window. We crawled in quickly, and being afraid that the weird pokemon would come after me, I hid under the covers of Ash's bed.

After a few minutes of tense breathing I poked my head out from the covers. I looked around to see Pikachu next to me, looking at me questioningly.

"I don't want that thing near me," I replied. "I got a very bad feeling from it."

Pikachu asked if I was really sure about that, and I nodded. Then I heard Ash call my name.

"Snow, come here you got to try this!" Ash yelled out.

I quickly looked to Pikachu, talking quietly, "We shouldn't tell Ash and Misty about this either," I said. "It could be detrimental. I don't want to worry them after they went through so much trouble of making me feel comfortable."

Pikachu began to protest, saying that the information might be necessary so that they could protect me.

"It's alright, Pikachu," I said, coming out from under the covers, "I'll be fine, after all I have you to protect me." I winked at him and walked towards the door. "Come on, let's see what Ash has for us!"

I practically danced out the room, feigning innocence, letting my worries sail out the window. Turns out Ash had a salad he was holding, something that Misty made, and was more than happy to let me try it. Tasting the leaves was really nice, but looking at all the food they were preparing just only made me hungrier.

Misty smiled at me, "We hope you like this, Snowflake," she said, "We want to give you a feast you won't forget."

I smiled happily, looking at the dozens of small dishes of different delectable foods in front of me. I reached out to one plate in particular, touching a long string of something soft, and held it in my hand.

"It's a fried potato!" Ash said excitedly. "I cooked those! Try them, they're really good!"

I tried a bite, and although it was a little hot, it was still really good. Then I couldn't help but frown a bit. Misty noticed this as she carried out another plate of meat.

"Hey, why the long face, Snow?" she asked.

I looked up at her and said, "This is all great, but how am I going to eat it all?"

Misty smiled, putting her hands on her hips after setting the plate down. "Don't worry about that, I'm sure Ash will be able to eat enough for all of us!"

She laughed as Ash rolled his eyes. "I'm really not that bad," Ash told me. "You should see Misty whenever she's hungry.."

Ash laughed as Misty hit his arm with the back of her hand. I giggled along too, happy that everyone else was happy. For now, things seemed to be nothing but smooth sailing. I couldn't help but wonder though, just why was that pokemon, if it even was a pokemon, looking at me from outside the window?