Pokémon Type: Fairy
Shipping: MiragePrincessShipping

One-Shot 2: Sara-Nated

It had been an exhausting day for the heroes and the princess. Brought over to the Mirage Kingdom by Team Rocket, having Togepi taken from Misty and then helped by the Paradise Togepi to evolve to Togetic… Now, Togetic and the Paradise Togepi danced in the air. "Look how happy the Togepi are now," May awed.

"All thanks to Togetic," Max pointed out. The Paradise Togepi, despite no wings, flew to a tear in the sky in the shape of a door.

"There they go," Brock called. "Back to Paradise."

"I'm so grateful for them!" praised Princess Sara. The time spent, Misty was ready to return home.

"Time we should head back to Cerulean City, Togetic," she advised. Togetic wasn't sure about leaving the Paradise Togepi to fend for themselves.

("Mom, I can't,") Togetic refused. ("I can't abandon the Paradise after we saw Hansen's scheme play out. I feel like the Togepi there need me.") Though not understanding Pokémon, Misty felt Togetic's passion.

"You… wanna stay?"

("I have to!") No one else understood the Happiness Pokémon's chirping, instead hinting to Misty's reaction.

"I wonder why?" May asked.

"I think Togetic is worried that if someone evil like Hansen were to rise up, this would happen all over again," Sara guessed. "You wanna say and protect the Paradise Togepi?"

("I do!") answered Togetic. Ash and Pikachu awed the baby now grown.

"That's great, Togetic!" he applauded.

("Awesome!") squeaked Pikachu.

("Thanks!") replied Togetic. Misty didn't want to depart from the baby she raised.

"Well, I certainly wouldn't want their Paradise to be all gray and wilted again," Misty wished. "But you know, there's another place that needs your protection. Don't forget about Sara, her family and the kingdom as well."

("Okay!") They held hands, realizing their time together ending. In one lunge, Misty and Togetic engaged in one last hug. There wasn't a dry eye in the vicinity, and May watered up significantly.

"Togetic… I love you!" Finally came the hardest part for any parent: letting go of their child. Misty released Togetic who flew to the gateway leading to the Paradise.

"Bye, Togetic!" waived Ash.

("Take care!") hoped Pikachu.

("I will!") squeaked Togetic before flying in the gateway before it disappeared. It was Misty's first known non-Water Pokémon in her care.

"I guess… that's it," she teared. Sara came over and palmed Misty's shoulder for support.

"Misty, I give you my word that I'll protect their Paradise and the kingdom, even without the crown," she promised. Misty believed her, knowing the princess with a pure heart unlike Hansen. Suddenly…

("Princess?") something chirped. All looked down to see a Togepi tugging on Sara's dress. Sara knelt to meet this Spike Ball Pokémon.

"Togepi? What are you doing here? Why aren't you with the others?"

("It's you I needed to be with!") While the kids wondered what Togepi tried to say, Misty recalled that Sara was on the search for a Togepi. Ironic that Togepi found Sara instead.

"Wait a minute," she voiced. "Could that be the Togepi you're suppose to be looking for?" Sara gasped, her mission coming to her rather than she finding it.

"Is this true?" she asked the Togepi.

("I am to be yours!") it cheered before leaping into her arms. Surprised and ecstatic, Sara hugged the Pokémon she needed.

"This is truly blessed for you, Princess Sara!" cried Miranda. "Now, there's nothing stopping the coronation ceremony!" A teary Sara agreed.

"You're right, Miranda!" she acknowledged. The king came forward, everything resolved.

"I'm proud of you, my daughter!" he praised before turning to the kids. "I know I need you to leave the kingdom, but why not stay tonight and join in the celebration? The kingdom would be grateful to know who helped protect this sacred land. We'll even have tailors to offer you the wear!" The heroes accepted the invitation and were guided back to the palace. That night, the citizens of the Mirage Kingdom gathered in a ballroom within the castle. The place packed with a stage having the royal family. In the crowd were the heroes. Ash and Brock wore rather matching aristocratic attire with Ash wearing blue with a red undershirt and Brock having green with orange underneath. May and Misty wore matching sleeveless ballgowns: Misty wearing aquamarine and May wearing scarlet. Max donned a black vest over a white dress shirt. Everyone enjoyed the feast before the family came out.

"Sold out crowd tonight!" noticed Brock. "Everyone here to see the princess and her new Togepi?"

"I wouldn't question it," Misty scoffed. "After all, it's how this kingdom runs its process." Not keeping quiet…

"I thought it's great to have free food after all," Jessie believed. Turning, the heroes saw their enemies, Team Rocket at an adjacent table. Jessie wore a magenta ballgown while James donned a decent black tuxedo. Needless to say the heroes weren't exactly happy about seeing them.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Yeah, you tried to help Hansen get Misty's Togepi!" recalled May. James lofted a laugh to the accusation.

"That's exactly how we wound up on the king's good side!" he pointed. The heroes blinked, confused to the claim.

"Ya see, after you freed da king from da dungeon, he believed we's was forced to work for the colonel by bribery," Meowth explained. "So imagine our surprise when he invited us as well." None of the heroes wanted to trust having Team Rocket ruin the celebration. That's when the family came out, including Sara and her Togepi. Sara wore a white sleveeless ballgown with arm-length gloves, red on her right and blue on her left.

"Welcome, people of the Mirage Kingdom," the king addressed. "After a harrowing day today, we are pleased to announce that Sara, our daughter and the heir to this kingdom, has received her Togepi in time for coronation ceremony. Meals and music today and our floor will offer our freedom to enjoy the rightful passage." Claps from the crowd echoed throughout the room. Sara's Togepi liked the applause from the crowd just as music began to play.

"I'd want to be queen and dominate all," Jessie sighed. "Though, I do find it happy that the princess has her Pokémon." Despite their hatred to one another, no one argued the point.

"At least we can agree to that," Brock murmured. The king sat with his wife, daughter and Pokémon. Sara eyed the crowd while a braided ponytail blond little girl in a red dress with white dress shoes came to the table and tugged on Max's vest. Max turned to see the girl.

"You're cute in that!" she liked from her emerald green eyes. Max scoffed, though blushed to the compliment.

"Thanks," he replied.

"You want to dance with me?" Max hiccuped at the offering. May couldn't help but awe that her little brother had been asked to join a girl.

"First steps to being a man!" she teased. "Go out there and have a little fun!" Max took May's advice and joined the girl to the dance floor with other people and began to waltz to the classical music.

"Those two look good together," Misty laughed.

"Yeah, I wonder if someone will dance with me?" wished Brock. Jessie easily dismissed him.

"Well, you're not tangoing with me, breeding twerp," she scorned. To Brock, it was one woman she'd rather not come in contact with in the first place.

"I wasn't going to ask you anyway." Sara watched Ash viewing the dancers, thinking he wanted a partner on the floor. She fed off his encouragement in their coup against Hansen. She witnessed that none of the girls asking him to join the floor. The queen caught a glimpse of the princess in a starry stare. Togepi also noted Sara's glare.

"Sara?" her mother called out. Sara snapped from her gaze and turned to the voice.

"Mother?!" she jumped. The queen smiled to her daughter.

"You seem to want to dance with someone." Sara gulped at the guess. "This is a celebration in your honor." The king also wanted Sara to have a good time.

"If you want to dance with him, be our guests," he allowed. Miranda also wanted what was best for the princess.

"I'll watch over Togepi for you," she offered. Sara nodded, knowing that her Pokémon would be fine.

"Okay!" she finally responded. She stood, handed Togepi to Miranda and walked to the table. Brock saw the princess, thinking he'd be getting footloose with royalty.

"Princess?" he gulped. The heroes and Team Rocket turned to see Sara as she reached the group. To Brock, his moment came. "I knew it! You wanted to dance with me since the night began! We can make a show on the floor-" His words jolted shut when Misty snagged and twisted Brock's earlobe.

"And the curtain drops on Brock's humiliation," she mulled with one yank, sitting the breeder back to his chair.

"I'm sorry, Brock," she denied before turning to Ash, a hand offered. "Would you like to dance with me?" Ash gasped that Sara would ask him. Misty, May, Brock and James gawked in disbelief. Pikachu squeaked in astonishment to the request. Ash couldn't turn down someone of higher power than himself except for Team Rocket.

"Of course," he accepted out of respect. He stood where Sara guided him onto the floor as another song played with the band, this one with a softer note. The others on the floor saw the princess and the trainer, spreading to the edges of the dance floor to give the two room to dance. As they waltzed, Sara's face slowly but surely turned red.

"You know, ever since you came to the Mirage Kingdom, I've been kinda admiring you for your dedication, even though it wasn't suppose to be your business to begin with."

"Really?"

"It's hard to believe that I'd find a commoner a fine choice for a prince to help with the kingdom." Ash grew smitten, his face changing red with her.

"Hey, if it involves Pokémon, I'd be willing to help with anything." The king and queen showed faces of reverence to Sara's wish. The young girls watching Ash admired him, wanting sometime to the raven-haired from Pallet. Ash's friends and enemies wouldn't say the same.

"Why should Ash be with that..." growled Misty. "That pampered girl?!"

"Yeah, he's not someone's royal pet!" snarled May. Max and the blond came back to the table and overheard the girls' complaints.

"You mean you two like Ash?" he mocked. As the song ended, Sara leaned to Ash's face, planting a kiss to him. Other than Jessie, Max and the blond, Ash's friends and James' jaws smashed the floor, dismay to the show of affection.

"Ash Ketchum..." the girls scorned. This set the perfect moment for Max and the blond to respond.

"You've traveled with him, many moments to express your feelings and you lost out."

"You got no one to blame but yourselves!" the blond taunted. Misty and May cringed, staring at the little kids.

"Normally, I don't listen to twerpish logic," Jessie mumbled. "However, even they're right at points like this." Brock and James whimpered to losing Sara for Ash as the girls crumpled the same style about Ash for Sara. The celebration ended near the middle of the night. Brock, Misty and May looked the faces of dejection. Team Rocket chose to leave the kingdom via their balloon. While Ash's friends headed back to the Pokémon Center, the blond girl came to Max.

"It was a blast to dance with you, Max." The brother appreciated the blond's compliment.

"Same here, Terri. Though, you gotta admit that Ash is the lucky one."

"I don't know about that!" Terri chose to end her time by kissing Max on the lips. Max's face turned red on the spot. "I want to see you again, maybe like Ash and with a Pikachu!" Smitten, Max nodded.

"Okay!" Both kids split to join their parties. In the throne room at the castle, Ash, Sara, Pikachu and Togepi faced the king and queen.

"Hansen's sentence has been handed down," the king informed. "He will be permanently exiled from the Mirage Kingdom. His name shall never be acknowledged within the confines of the sand walls." Ash awed the judgment rendered.

"That was quick," he nodded. "I guess since you saw his destruction, no way would you let him hang around here."

"Yes, well… it's decision I regret less than electing him as colonel to the kingdom's military. Other than that… It has come to my attention that Princess Sara has made her own election: she wants you to become her prince." Ash and Pikachu gulped to the news from the king. "Yes, you're still young but keep in mind that you have all the time in the world to fulfill your desires before returning to the kingdom. Will you accept her proposal?" Ash needed a few seconds to delve in this decision.

"Talk about living a boy's dream…" After the moment, he looked up to the couple above. "It would be my honor." Sara's excitement couldn't be held back long as she clasped Ash's handsin the same fashion as Brock, after putting Togepi down for the moment.

"Ash, you don't know how happy this makes me feel!" she voiced with glee. "In a decade, we can help my parents in keeping the Mirage Kingdom at peace!" Once more, she kissed Ash on the lips. Ash, Sara and the Pokémon slept in Sara's bed that night, away from Ash's friends after declaring the two as betrothed. The next morning, Sara watched Ash and his friends leave on a blimp, departing from the kingdom. She and Togepi waived as the blimp flew over the mountain. Max joined Ash and Pikachu as he noticed a ring made of diamonds on the ring finger of his left hand.

"That's a nice ring you have on," he pointed out. Ash glanced to it, agreeing.

"I know, right?" laughed Ash. "But I guess that's what I get for agreeing to marry Princess Sara." Max cheered for Ash in knowing his friend engaged to royalty.

"You and the princess? No way!"

"Yeah, imagine my mom's reaction to this!" Max fluffed nods.

"I'll try, though I bet it's a lot better than the reaction of Misty and May. They could only wish they found a prince." Pikachu shrugged to the thought of the girls' reaction. Ash may still seek his spot as Pokémon Master. It's afterward where he will be king.

END of FAIRY

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