The Party of the Century

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Chapter Three: Fun Before the Fest

Throughout the week, they explored the reserve with their "tour guide" Taylor. However, the fun didn't really start until the guests got there. It was three days later that they arrived, coincidentally all at once.

Ash woke up, yawning. He walked downstairs into the kitchen, and then heard the doorbell ring. What the… he thought, completely forgetting that they expected company. He opened the door, only to be mauled by hugs from four different girls, all of which he had met before, while the two boys hung back.

After they had released him, he fumed, shouting, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?" "What do you mean?" asked Misty, slightly taken aback at this. "I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!" he shouted. The guests looked at each other, and then burst out laughing. Ash calmed down and smiled. "Hang on a sec." He said, and went up the stairs. Seconds later, Brock, Dawn, and Taylor ran down the stairs like it was Christmas day. The people there were Misty, Sabrina, Duplica, May, Max, and Drew. Everyone greeted each other, while Taylor ran straight up to Duplica and hugged her, Ash doing the same with Misty. Everyone raise eyebrows at this, but said nothing.

"So what's been going on?" Brock asked Sabrina. "Oh, nothing much, just been hanging out with my parents and holding down the fort at the gym." "Really? How's Haunter?" "Oh, he's doing great, he always makes me laugh when I feel down." "That's great! I'm glad you're getting along so well!"

"ALRIGHT PEOPLE LISTEN UP!" Taylor shouted above the noise. Immediately, everyone turned and looked at him. "Thank you. Ok, today, I think we should all head out to the lake and relax. There's a boat house with two people kayaks and three people canoes, so let's head out!" At this, everyone let out a huge cheer.

A few minutes later, they were all floating in the lake, Ash with Misty (Obviously), May with Max, Sabrina with Brock, Drew alone in a two-person kayak (Sad ), Pikachu and Graemier in a canoe, and Taylor, Dawn, and Duplica in a canoe. All of a sudden, Drew pulled up next to May and Max, and tipped their boat over. "AHHHH!" May screamed as she fell in the water.

As she surfaced, she noticed Sabrina's eyes glowing. "Wait, what's going on with her?" She asked before she heard a yell. She spun around just in time to see Drew plummet into the lake. She looked back at Sabrina, who was smiling in a self-contented way. "What just happened?" She asked, utterly confused. Ash said, between laughs, "Did we not tell you? Sabrina's a psychic!" "Really?" Max asked with ever-widening eyes. Sabrina just smiled and shrugged.

Meanwhile, Misty was pulling out a pokeball. She tossed it into the water, making sure Ash didn't see it. When Goldeen came out, she whispered to it, and then it swam underwater. A couple minutes later, a spout of water flew up and hit Ash. "What the-" He started to exclaim, but was interrupted by another spout of water. This continued for several minutes, before Goldeen surfaced and Ash turned to Misty. "You jerk!" He said in a playful tone. Misty stuck her tongue out at him, prompting him to jump on her and them starting to wrestle. Eventually Ash ended up on top, his face inches from hers. They looked into each other's eyes, before blushing profusely and getting up.

Over at the three-person boat, Duplica's Ditto was imitating Taylor at Duplica's command. Eventually, Taylor had enough and jumped towards the back of the boat, knocking Brock off the front. He grabbed her, thinking, Well, it's now or never. He then spun her to face him and kissed her.

When he pulled away, she was staring at him with shock upon etched upon her face. In the other canoe, Graemier jumped in the air, celebrating his master's actions. While everyone stopped and stared, he put his fedora on her head, stood up, and said, "With that, I bid you goodbye." Before jumping off the boat and being pulled to shore by a wild Tentacool. Once on dry land, he took off running to the cabin, thinking, Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Once Taylor was out of sight, everyone turned to Duplica. She looked at them, her mouth still open from shock. She touched the hat Taylor never went anywhere without, looked at the horizon Taylor had disappeared behind, turned back, and said, "Will you excuse me for a moment?" Then she jumped from the boat and took off after him.