A/N - This is my first Pokemon Fan Fic, as I have only gotten into reading this kind of Fic.

I do not own the rights to Pokemon, that goes to Nintendo and Games Freak and 4 Kids Entertainment for the cartoon series.

I would like to thank the following for their reviews and the positive feedback included in them.

Oceanabreeaze - Thanks for the review and by the way what is a Possum Writer?

Lord Destroyer - I'm glad you are liking it, you will have to find out what'll happen later in the story.

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Rememberance of How Things Started

Misty had woken up at about five o'clock in the morning, as she knew that today was her first day at a new school. She enrolled a few months ago and seem pleased to be accepted, even though she was a little late in starting.

She was worried about all the things that a typical teenager would, who were starting a new school was worried about. What kind of shoes, her hair and the way she acted towards other people. they all came into her mind as doubts and worries.

She would know at least one person there, and that person was May. As she had kept in contact with May over the past few years, since they had met each other.

May had told her that a few of her friends would also be there at the beginning of the school year, but as usual May was wouldn't tell her anything about them including their names.

Misty looked at her now made bed and saw the uniform she had to wear, she hated it but as it was school regulations for all students to wear the uniform and hence it was compulsory.

She hated wearing skirts at the best of times, but the worst thing was that she couldn't wear her hair in it's traditional way. Instead she had to wear it down, whilst wearing the traditional school hat that all the girls wore. (A/N - These are the ones wore by the Japanese girls like Sakura and Madison from Cardcaptors Sakura.)

She wouldn't ;et the uniform stop her, her determination wouldn't allow here to quit. She was going to show her sisters that her life could culminate into something than gym battles and Pokemon training.

Flashback

It had been a few months since she had seen Ash achieve his dream of becoming the Pokemon Master of Kanto, however she still wasn't happy with her life and how it had turned out.

"Misty, there's a trainer here who wants to challenge for a Cascade Badge." Daisy said as she had entered Misty's room without knocking for acceptance to enter.

"Why can't you fight them, why does it always to be me who does the gym battles?" Misty replied as she sat up on her bed, never averting her gaze away from Daisy the whole time.

"You know why I can't baby sis, I am one of the Sensational Sisters. You're the only one in this family who can use the water Pokemon to their full potential." Daisy answered back, Misty was already expecting something like the answer that had just been made.

It was the same answer that her sisters had always used, even before she left the first time and it was starting to piss her off. All they cared about was their performances and never about the gym's battle reputation.

"Yeah I know Daisy but the thing is, what if I left again. Then what would you, Violet and Lily do?" Misty asked, she was almost fuming at the this point. She had come to a decision and she knew that she would carry it out, even if it would kill her in the process.

"Yeah like you would baby sis, what would you do if you did leave again. Would you go running back to Ash and Brock, or would you go and do something else?" Daisy asked, pushing Misty further towards the decision she was considering. She then decided to make her move.

"You think I wouldn't leave don't you Daisy, you think I would want to stay here and run the battling part of the gym by myself. Well you're wrong about that, and I think I have a solution to both our problems." Misty said with a smirk, she could see that Daisy was shocked at what she had just heard. The challenge had been laid out, but Misty had to do something first and that something was to show the trainer that this gym would never be a cheapskate gym ever again.

"Daisy I'll talk to you and my other sisters after I have defended yet another badge, we will have a talk about how things will change." Misty said, as she got up and left the room. Daisy just stood there in amazement at what Misty had just said. The only thing Misty heard from Daisy was the word "Changes?"

Misty walked out to the pool with a new confidence, she actually saw a way out of the gym and she knew that she could live her own life. She looked across to the other side of the pool, and saw a boy aged around ten or eleven years old standing there.

"Are you the challenger, who wants to face me for the this Cascade Badge?" Misty asked, whilst showing the badge to trainer across from her.

"Yes I am, my name is Darrel, and I come from the same town as the current Pokemon Master of Kanto, Ash Ketchum." Darrel said, brimming with confidence. He was proud to be from the same town as Ash, and she could tell that he was ready for the battle.

"So you're from the town of Pallet, I've been there a few times myself. I actually knew Ash Ketchum a few years ago, when he actually started his Pokemon journey." Misty replied, noticing the young boy falter when she mentioned that she actually knew Ash.

"Y-Y-You know Ash Ketchum, I didn't know that he travelled around with the Cerulean City Gym Leader. I always thought that he only travelled around with that other guy." Darrel replied, still in awe at what was transpiring in front of him.

Misty smiled, this young boy was reminding her of Ash. His naive personality was almost like that of Ash's, when she met him that one fateful day.

"That I did, Mr Ketchum was much like you are when he first started out. He really didn't know what he was doing but that was turned around with mine and Brock's help." Misty replied to the young boy, she knew that this would give a little of a boost.

"Excuse me miss, but can we start the battle please as I need to get going as my friend is waiting for me." Darrel asked politely, this somewhat shocked Misty. She was now ready to battle and battle she would.

"Okay Darrel, if you're that eager to start. How about a 2 on 2 battle, with any Pokemon you can choose." Misty replied, she knew that this was going to be an interesting battle and she was ready for anything.

All that Darrel could do was nod in agreement with her, he was preparing himself for the battle ahead. Misty could tell that he was attempting to formulate a plan to attack.

"I choose you, Starmie!" Misty called out, and out came the purple star Pokemon with the red gem in the middle as its core. Misty was proud of both her Staryu and Starmie, she knew their attacks well and knew what combinations to use.

"Wow a Starmie! Ok I choose you, Bellsprout." Darrel said confidently, he knew he had the advantage and Misty knew this also. She knew that if he won the first bout, she had plan B already in effect.

"Starmie use Swift, then Rapid Spin and then finally Thunderbolt." Misty ordered and as soon as she had said it, Starmie started to attack the Bellsprout. The core in the middle started fire stars at Bellsprout.

Misty had learned the combination of attacks from Rudy, she had never seen a Staryu or Starmie uses electric attacks before then and now here she was using them to here advantage or so she thought.

"Bellsprout, use Absorb to draw energy from her Starmie." Darrel commanded, as Starmie started to glow brightly before letting out it's Thunderbolt, but at the same time Bellsprout started to absorb energy from Starmie and survived the shock it had received.

"Now that was a good idea you had there, I can see that you're smarter than I gave you credit for." Misty said, she was genuinely impressed with the trainers battle sense and it had made a change from some of the other challengers she had faced.

"Thank you miss but the battle isn't over yet, Bellsprout use Vine Whip and then Leech Seed on her Starmie." Darrel ordered, Misty hadn't prepared for the fact that Bellsprout could know Leech Seed and she knew that the first bout was over.

"Starmie return, well I failed to take into effect that Bellsprout could use Leech Seed. You battle well, better than Mr Ketchum at your age." Misty said, giving him a smile as part of acceptance.

The kid was now back into the state he was just before the battle started, he was back in awe. Misty had just told him that he was battling better than his hero was at his age.

"Hey Darrel don't let that piece of information get the better of you, because her comes my second Pokemon and I can guarantee that you have a little trouble against the one. Gyarados, I choose you!" Misty commanded as she threw the Pokeball containing the 'Atrocious Pokemon'. (A/N - This is what the Pokedex on Fire-Red calls Gyarados.)

Darrel looked in awe as out of the Pokeball came Gyarados in all it's might, he knew that this would be a hard fight but he decided that he wouldn't be intimidated by it.

"Bellsprout use Vine Whip and then Razor Leaf." Darrel commanded, and Bellsprout started to fire the vines and then straight afterwards sent out hundreds of leafs towards Gyarados.

All that happened was that the vines wrapped around and that the leaves hit Gyarados but fell to the ground, Darrel was now grasping at ideas. He knew that Bellsprout was not strong enough to face it but then an idea popped into the head.

"Bellsprout, use Stun Spore to paralyse Gyarados." He ordered, hoping that he could paralyse it and defeat it. Misty however was one step ahead and had expected this to happen. Bellsprout's Stun Spore started to take effect, and Gyarados started to have trouble moving.

"Gyarados, go underwater and rinse off the Stun Spore." Misty commanded, and her Pokemon did as it was told. Gyarados re-emerged and it let out a roar to show misty that it was not paralysed anymore.

"Ok Gyarados, now uses Flamethrower on Bellsprout." Misty ordered and her Pokemon let out a stream of fire that hit Bellsprout straight on, and after the fire had gone Bellsprout was knocked out.

"Now were down to our last Pokemon each, choose it wisely as it will decide the outcome of the match." Misty said, as she saw Darrel start to think what Pokemon he could use against her might Gyarados.

"Okay I've decided, I choose you Magnemite.!" Darrel commanded, and Misty was impressed at the Pokemon that this young trainer had in his arsenal.

"I see you actually know what weaknesses Gyarados has and I must say that I am pretty impressed by your choice." Misty commented, she knew that this was not Ash and that she couldn't go easy on him for reminding her about him either.

"Thanks for the encouragement, but save it for a trainer who doesn't know how to battle at a gym." Darrel replied, his confidence was getting the better of him and Misty realised this. She knew he had to be taught some manners and she'll be the one do it.

"Oh so you think that you better than the rest of us then, is that it?" Misty was now all pumped up, she had been taking it easy until he said what he had just said.

"I know I am, me and my Pokemon will follow in the footsteps of my hero, Ash Ketchum. Now Magnemite, use Thundershock on her Gyarados." Darrel replied, he thought he had the battle won because he had the elemental advantage. The thing he didn't expect was that Gyarados had absorbed the Thundershock.

"Oh well, it looks like you didn't know that my Gyarados can absorb electric attacks. Now Gyarados us Ice Beam on it right now! Misty said in confidence, as Gyarados fired the Ice Beam and froze Magnemite in it's spot.

Darrel was in shock at what had just happen and put his head down in shame as he returned Magnemite to it's Pokeball. He had just lost and he knew that he had a way to go before he could beat this gym leader.

"Sorry I had to do that Darrel, but you had to learn a major lesson today and that was you have to trust in your Pokemon and care for them as well." Misty said as she went over to her competitor and smiled at him.

"What do you mean miss, I don't understand what you are telling me at the moment." Darrel said in confusion, he really didn't understand what the advice he was being told was.

"If you want to be as good as Ash is then you'll have to realise that power isn't the only attribute needed in Pokemon battling and training. You also need to care for your Pokemon, that is what Ash did and that is why he won a few months back. He actually believed in his Pokemon and their abilities." Misty said, trying to simplify it for the young trainer. Who was trying to find out why he had been beaten even though he had the advantage.

"I think I understand you miss, I will think on what you said have to me and come back here after I have beaten the rest of the gym leaders." Darrel replied, giving Misty a smile before extending his arm out to congratulate her for winning.

"I'm glad to here it Darrel, and don't forget that losing is a vital part to becoming a Pokemon master." Misty said as she shook his hand, and smiled at him to give him a confidence boost.

As Darrel left the gym, Misty looked towards the stands and saw her sisters sitting there. They were in awe at the battle that they had just witnessed. The only other battle they saw like that recently was Ash's final match at the tournament.

"Okay you three get down here now, we need to have a chat about a few things this instant." Misty said and as soon as she finished saying this, her sisters were right in front of her.

"What is it Misty, what do you want to talk to us about?" Violet asked, as she, Lily and Daisy sat down and were still trying to figure out what Misty was planning to tell them.

"Well I was thinking about what me and Daisy actually discussed, before I just had that gym battle with that young trainer." Misty replied, and she noticed that Lily and Violet were looking at Daisy in a state of confusion.

"Ah so Daisy hasn't told you that she has inadvertently dared me to a little challenge I have in store for the three of you." Misty said, as Daisy shook her head in disagreement at what Misty said.

"Daisy why didn't you tell us about this, we would've like to known about whatever misty ha planned for us." Lily said, and Daisy looked at her in amazement. Lily was siding with Misty on this and this also shocked Violet and Misty as well.

"What is it that you want us to do Misty, do you want us to play a little game of hide and seek with you or something along those lines?" Violet asked, mainly thinking that Misty was actually joking about the challenge.

Misty just gave out a grin, which scared her sisters almost instantly. They had only seen this grin more recently since she had came back, and they knew that Ash and Brock had allowed her to help gain her shattered confidence back.

"Oh no that's not it my sisters, I have something much worse for you in mind. Something that you'll hate Daisy for a while to come, this involves training." Misty replied, she was starting to enjoy seeing her sisters squirm like this.

End Flashback

Misty looked at the clock in her room and it read eight o'clock, she knew she had to leave or she would be late on her first day of school. She checked herself over in the mirror and she looked respectable in her own eyes.

She heard a knock at the door, and she went to see who it was, she almost fell down the stairs as she raced towards the door. When she got there, she opened it to find May standing there.

She was wearing the same clothing as Misty was but seeing as May was a few years younger, she was shorter than Misty was.

"Hey there Mist, are you ready to go or not?" May asked her, Misty could tell that May was excited about going to school but she couldn't figure out why.

"Yeah almost May, just give me a couple more minutes to get my bag ready and then we set off." Misty replied, trying to be as enthusiastic as May was but she knew that this was going to be an awkward day at best of days.

"No problem Misty, we've got enough time. I just wanted to get there early so I can see what the place is like." May commented, as Misty came out of the bedroom with the bag on her shoulder.

"Why do you want to see what the place is like for, it'll be like any other school there is." Misty said, as she opened the front door as she and May left the house on their way to the new school.

"Misty I want to see if I can bump into an old friend there and not just mine, he's one of your closet friends as well." May replied, she knew that Misty's curiosity was now peaked. Misty only knew two guys, who she could class as close friends and they were Ash and Brock.

"Which one is it May, is it Brock or Ash?" Misty asked, her voice had raised a bit but that didn't bother her a lot. She was hoping that it would be Ash, but then again Brock was like an older brother to her and it would be great to see him after all these years.

"You want to know which one it is Misty, ok I'll tell you but you can not tell them I told you who it is. Do you promise me this Misty?" May said, in a serious tone and all that Misty did was nod her in agreement. She was desperate to know who it was out of the two of them.

"Ok Misty, the old friend I was refeering to is none other than the oldest member of any of our groups. It s none other than Pewter City's own Brock Slate." May said, and Misty was almost laughing at the suspense that May had tried to build up.

"Did you really think the serious tone would work May, you gave it away instantly when you mentioned that he was the oldest person in any of groups." Misty replied, as she calm down and smiled towards May. All that May could do was give out a weak smile as she realised that Misty was right.

"Now come on Miss Pokemon Contest, we have to get there so I can see Brock again." Misty exclaimed as she started to run towards the school, May quickly started to run as well. She knew that Misty would be surprised to see another old friend but May decided to keep quiet about it.

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A/N - Wow now that was another long chapter I hope you guys enjoyed that one as well because there is more to from this writer..