Cherry folded her arms as she sat near the sand with Forte carrying a gloomy black Parasol over her to keep the sun away from her and vice versa.
"We can't find Akito and Estelle anywhere..." Atticus frowned.
"And Flick?" Cherry asked sharply.
"Not sure where she could be either..." Darla pouted as she held Eloise close to her.
Cherry looked a little angry.
"And now we run..." Forte sensed anger in his wife. "Cerise, calm..."
"We need to get her back," Cherry looked very angry, then pointed sharply to her husband's chest. "You know what'll happen if HE found out I'm still alive and so is she!"
Then the phone rang.
"I'll get it," Mo said. "Hello?"
"Who's he?" Atticus asked.
Cherry blinked, then folded her arms, turning her back on him. "I don't wanna talk about it..."
"You should tell him, he's your friend, besides, he might be able to help you find a way out of it." Forte prompted her, being like her childhood mentor again.
"He wouldn't understand..." Cherry snorted. "Besides, you were there... It sounded ridiculous and look at what happened!"
"Thank goodness for telling me, Erin, and please be sure to keep an eye out for Estelle and Felicity okay?" Mo asked.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye out for them." The female boat driver said from the other line.
Mo then hung up the phone and where this caught Cherry's attention.
Cherry zipped over instantly. "Felicity!?"
Forte narrowed his eyes. "Cerise was never that fond of Flick before..."
"Really?" Atticus and Darla asked.
"Yes, she..." Forte was about to tell them, but decided to wait since Eloise was there and he couldn't risk letting a child hear this.
"Where's Flick?" Cherry asked Mo frantically.
"I don't know, but Akito seems to be on boat with some Pokemon trainers and is now in the middle of *gulps* the Orange Islands." Mo said nervously, even though this was true, she was afraid that Cherry was going to freak out.
"Orange Islands?" Cherry asked. "And you don't know where Felicity is?"
Mo nodded with a nervous smile. Cherry blinked with a zany laugh, then screamed, pulling her hair.
"Listen. I asked Erin to make sure that she keeps an eye out for Estelle and Felicity. So as soon as she finds them, she'll call us, now please let go of my hair and calm down!" Mo said trying to calm Cherry down.
Cherry scowled, folding her arms then and sighed. "I need a smoke..." she took out her pack, then took out one of the cigarettes.
Forte held out the lighter for her as she got one of the awful sticks into her mouth, lighting it. "You promised me you'd never smoke... You hated it since you were a toddler..."
"That was before I knew I'd live forever and nothing would kill me..." Cherry looked to him as she let smoke escape from her lungs, taking advantage of the benefits of being immortal.
"I just hope that the children will be okay." Mo said.
Meanwhile, back with the group as the boat finally ashore up to an island called Shamouti Island...
Everyone got out, but they were greeted by people with spears and masks. Tracey looked nervous and backed up with Misty, Ash, Akito, and Emi, a little scared and overwhelmed.
"How are you?" one of the people asked, removing a mask revealing to be a young woman with short brown hair with blue eyes. "It's been a while."
"Carol, how are you?" the green-haired woman who was in charge of the boat smiled down as Pikachu scattered across deck. "It's great to see you."
"What are you doing back on Shamouti Island?" Carol asked.
"We got caught in a storm and came in and looks like we came at just the perfect time." Erin said.
"You're right, the village festival starts today." Carol said.
"This is my favorite island holiday!" Erin beamed. "Are you gonna be the star of the show again?"
"No, I'm too old to be the festival maiden anymore," Carol smiled apologetically. "So this year, my little sister's gonna take over for me. I wonder where she could b-"
"Right here!" a sharp female voice called, revealing a younger girl with a green beret, sunglasses, a pink top with blue pants, and sandals with an orange shoulder bag. "The only one here not wearing some stupid costume! You'd think I could in a couple of centuries we'd outgrow this this!"
"It's our tradition, you should be honored to take part!" Carol snapped at her sister.
"Don't worry, I'll play my role in the big legend, I've only seen you do it like a zillion times." The girl said as if it didn't sound important.
"Just be there! That's my little sister Melody, but don't be fooled, she's not always this adorable," Carol said before noticing Ash, Emi, and Akito. "Who are these three?"
"Oh, sorry," Erin smiled apologetically. "This is Ash Ketchum, and this is his sister, Emi, they're Pokemon trainers, and that's Akito Fudo, he's the son of a detective."
Ash smiled sheepishly.
"POKEMON TRAINERS AND A DETECTIVE'S SON!?" the crowd gasped, then happily cheered.
'Why did they suddenly all get excited?' Akito thought.
This also caught Melody's attention as she looked down to see what was happening. Misty looked a little steamed about Melody kissing Ash like that.
Melody looked to her. "Are you Akito's big sister?"
"I am not!" Misty hissed to her.
"Then I guess you must be Akito or Ash's girlfriend." Melody shrugged.
"Ugh, gross!" Misty snorted.
Emi seemed to blush about the girlfriend thing.
"Anyways, why did you all cheer by the way?" Akito asked.
"It is because the legend foretells your arrivals that only with you three and the Guardian of the Waters vanquish the Titans of fire, ice, and lightning. In your hands, oh Chosen Ones, rests the Earth's fate." An old man said seriously.
"It it does?" Ash asked nervously.
"Relax kid, it's just for the tourists," The old man said before the beak of his mask closed. "Blasted beak."
"And I don't think it's gross to be Akito's/Ash's girlfriend, Misty, why don't you guys come to the banquet starts around 8:00," Melody said before putting on her sunglasses. "Oh and Misty, try not to get jealous."
This made the others giggle to her as Pikachu climbed on top of Ash's head.
"We have found our chosen ones!" the blue masked man called which called for a celebration.
It was getting dark, Cherry stared along the ocean shores and sighed. She walked off and felt a sharp pain in her stomach as she grabbed it and fell down onto her knees within the sand.
"Cerise, are you alright?" Forte rushed to her.
Cherry grunted and looked up to him suddenly with tears in her eyes. "We need to find Flick before HE comes back to us... We're running out of time! He's found out we're all still alive!"
The phone then began to ring.
"Hello?" Mo asked as she answered the phone.
"Mommy?" Estelle's voice said on the other line.
"Estelle..." Mo whispered, then called to alert the others. "It's ESTELLE!"
"Mama, I didn't think I'd hear from you again!" Estelle cried from the other line.
"Oh, are you okay?" Mo asked frantically. "Are Akito and Felicity with you? Are you hurt any? Are you hungry?"
"Me and Felicity are okay!" Estelle called out on the other line. "And I think I see Akito with some new friends!"
"Where are you?" Mo asked frantically.
Cherry rushed over. "Felicity, it's Maman, are you okay?"
"We are fine like Estelle has said, Maman, but there are weird creatures here with Akito and new friends." Felicity explained, sounding rather calm.
"They are called Pokemon and I can't believe I'm saying this but, their real Pokemon are actually real." Estelle said.
"Did you guys swallow sea water?" Cherry scoffed. "That's impossib-AAAUGH!" she grabbed her stomach, falling again.
Forte picked her up in his arms bridal style.
"Put me down!" Cherry whined.
"Maman...?" Felicity sounded worried.
Cherry then heard another voice on the phone saying 'pika pika pika pikachu'. She groaned as she held her stomach. "Pokemon...?" she mumbled.
"There is a celebration happening here right now!" Felicity cheered as the native music filled the air.
"Where are you?" Cherry sounded sickly. "We'll come find you..."
"We're on Shamouti Island and it looks like they're having some kind of festival." Estelle said.
"Felicity, you can't wander off too far!" Cherry cried.
"Why not, Maman?" Felicity asked. "You never let me do anything fun! How come?"
"Flick... It's not safe..."
"I am going to celebrate with Estelle and you cannot stop me this time, Maman!" Felicity yelled before it sounded like she was storming off.
"Felicity, wait! Bye, everyone, see you all soon." Estelle said before hanging up.
"Flick..." Cherry whispered. "This isn't good... Now he'll find her for sure!"
"Y-You don't know that, Cerise..." Forte whispered.
"They brought him back from the dead after we escaped, he could find us anywhere!" Cherry yelped.
"Who is she talking about?" Eloise asked the other adults.
Atticus and Mo shrugged.
"I can't let you all be apart of this..." Cherry said to them.
"Just tell them, Cerise..." Forte nudged his wife.
"Please tell us, Cherry." Mo said.
"It might make you feel better..." Darla soothed.
Cherry sighed as she shook a little, being taken to bed, but Forte allowed everyone to see her. Forte decided to take Eloise out of the room and allow her to play with his organ with Darla in the room since the mother and daughter rarely got to have time together. Forte would tell Darla once the story was over for them.
"Atticus, Mo, do you remember after my 19th birthday when I committed suicide and Forte saved me by jumping after me and biting my neck, making me immortal like him?" Cherry prompted.
"Yes, you also said that you had to move away because you mysteriously disappeared after that night when you made Forte go back to Belle and the Beast back in the 18th century and they all thought he was long dead for what he did on the enchanted Christmas." Mo nodded, remembering.
"Well, you see... I didn't exactly move away... When I disappeared... I was on my way back from somewhere, but it started to rain and I met this young couple who had just gotten engaged and they decided to give me a ride, but they were lost themselves and they ended up in a castle..." Cherry started to explain.
"Who were they?" Atticus asked.
"Well, they were interesting... People..." Cherry said. "Their domestic Magenta, their handyman Riff Raff, their groupie Columbia, and their master who was a prince and also a doctor who held the secret to life itself... They're all aliens from a galaxy hidden from known scientists and planeteers called Transylvania."
"Never heard of those people..." Mo whispered a bit.
"I knew their Old Queen, Lavender," Forte put in. "When Cherry came to visit, she was forced to stay... She had no choice because they were looking for the prince's long-lost daughter who had been separated from them and they were going to try to bring her home to become the rightful heir to Transsexual, Transylvania."
"Why would they make you stay?" Atticus asked.
"Why do you think?" Cherry answered his question with a question.
"So then the true heir of the throne would come?" Mo guessed.
"They already had." Cherry said.
Mo did a double take. "Wait... Are you the alien princess?"
"Yes..." Cherry nodded. "After they told me to stay, Frank told me he was my biological father and he accidentally lost me years ago and came to Earth to look for me, but his servants Riff Raff and Magenta were begging to return home after they thought I could be dead for all they knew, but Frank fell in love with Earth and most of its inhabitants... When the Queen died, Frank was made the new King and I was to be the next one in line for the throne and I really didn't want to. Forte came to work in the castle as a music tutor for me so he could become closer to me and I then realized that he actually and sincerely loves me and I let him became my firstborn's foster father and then Felicity was conceived... He wanted to banish Forte and he wanted to get rid of Felicity since she was the grandchild he never wanted, so he made me give her up to Belle and Adam's doorstop and never be seen again... Frank was killed by Riff Raff and he and Magenta were going to go back home themselves with me, but I faked my death in my bed and they found me dead, so Forte snuck by and took me back... A while later, I found Forte and Felicity, bringing our family back together... But Frank came back to life somehow and with Felicity out there, he'll find her and kidnap her and either kill her or force her to be married and make him an heir or heiress to the throne."
"Oh, no." Mo said.
"Don't worry, Akito is with them he's got one other thing that's on my side." Atticus said, showing what he meant by lifting up an entire sofa above his head, without struggling or falling down.
"You don't understand... I'm from a species that eats human beings and has serious anger issues," Cherry said to him. "Frank even tried to make the perfect man that was big and strong... These people will eat up your emotions! They have no souls! Especially Magenta..." she pouted. "I've spent the past six years as her chew toy..."
"Oh, dear," Atticus said. "Well then, we might need to get to the Orange Islands immediately."
"I can't..." Cherry looked very weak. "I don't know how... Don't ask me... But they've found me and they're draining me of my immortality until they find me or Felicity..."
"Oh, no." Atticus said.