"Okay, Trainers and guests," called out Pokey Pete, "If you would kindly come over to meet me at the river, that would be splendid. Unless, of course, you enjoyed your experience of this room, then please feel free to remain and the Munchlaxs will be with you in a moment"
"River?" Ash asked as he and his friends, followed by Zoey and the two Trainers with kids, walked up to Pokey Pete.
"A river in a pokeball?" Dawn queried.
"Why, of course," Pokey Pete replied, "How else would water types like your Piplup entertain themselves in their spherical homes?"
"He does make a point" Brock pointed out.
"It makes sense" Ash added.
Pokey Pete looked at all the Trainers.
"Seems like we're all here," then he looked again, noticing the strange group in trenchcoats were missing, "Oh, it seems like we've lost a group already. Such a shame, there's so much more fantastical rooms for you to explore. But if normal pokeballs are what appeal to them most, then that's completely fine. Now, may I ask you all to climb onto this boat that's approaching and take a seat?"
A long canoe shaped boat came floating down the river, it was blue and white, and had just enough seats for everybody. The Trainers all climbed aboard, and took their respective seats next to each other. Pokey Pete simply stood at the front, his arms outspread.
"This tunnel we are approaching is still part of the Normal Pokeball, but it is the part of the pokeball I would like to imagine Dark and Ghost types dwell the most whilst they are inside" he told the group.
As the boat entered the tunnel, the environment suddenly got darker as all the Trainers looked around, slightly frightened. Ghost-type Pokemon's heads started flashing on the walls, as if they were coming right at you. Gastly's, Haunters and Gengars. Even Shuppets and Duskulls. Both Pikachu and Piplup covered their heads in Ash and Dawn's hats. The boat slowly came to a halt as they reached a pier, and Pokey Pete stepped off it, followed by all the Trainers.
"Now through these doors, is the Hallway Of Dreams," he told the group, "Which will lead us to the next Pokeball Room. Any rooms we may pass along the way are strictly confidential, you may not enter them at any cost"
He opened the door, and lead the group of Trainers down the Hallway Of Dreams, which had a bright white carpet stretched along it. They noticed there were indeed other rooms along the way, as they could see several doors ahead of them.
"Why is it called the Hallway Of Dreams?" The blonde woman spoke up, as they walked.
"Well, it is my hopes and dreams for what future pokeballs may look like on the inside," Pokey Pete explained, "All of these rooms along here are all works in progress, which is why they are restricted access at the moment"
They kept walking along the Hallway, but something caught Ash's eye in one of the rooms. He stopped and looked inside it. The door was open, and it was a very empty room with a tower in the middle. But that's not what had caught his eye. There were two bowls of Pokemon food, just sitting on a bench where the tower ended.
"Pika..?" Pikachu asked in confusion.
"I know, right?" Ash agreed.
"Ash, what are you doing?" Dawn asked as she walked up to him, "We don't wanna lose the group"
"I know, but look at this room" Ash stated, pointing inside the room.
Dawn turned her head to look in the room as Piplup did the same.
"Pip?" Piplup asked.
"Why are there bowls just sitting in the middle of the room?" she asked no one in particular.
"That's exactly what I was thinking" Ash said as he walked inside the room.
"Ash, what are you doing?! These rooms are restricted!" Dawn said as she followed him inside, trying to stop him.
"Yeah, but if this food's just been left here, we've got to return it to Pokey Pete" Ash stated as he walked up to the two bowls with Dawn.
"Well, that's true..." Dawn said as Pikachu and Piplup left the grasp of their Trainers, and sniffed the Pokemon food.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed happily.
"Piplup!" Piplup said with glee.
The two Pokemon began eating the food as fast they could, chewing the pellets of food, and swallowing in mere seconds.
"Hey, you two, you can't just eat the food!" Dawn said, noticing this, and grabbing Piplup, who had a pellet in it's fin.
"Must be pretty good, though" Ash stated as he watched Pikachu stuff it's face.
"Pip-lup!" Piplup agreed, throwing the pellet of food into it's mouth.
"Piplup!" Dawn scolded her Pokemon, then feeling Piplup's body inch in her arms, as if it was trying to free from her grasp, until it left her grasp completely.
And was flying. She looked up at it with wide eyes.
"Piplup!" she exclaimed as she took a step back towards Ash, who was watching this sight.
"Piplup!" Piplup exclaimed happily, flapping it's feathers.
"Pika!" Pikachu screamed.
"You too, Pikachu?!" Ash exclaimed as he turned his head toward his faithful companion to notice that Pikachu was also flying.
The two Trainers watched as both their Pokemon kept rising in the air.
"What's going on?!" Dawn asked.
"It must have been the food" Ash said, not taking his eye off Pikachu.
"Piplup!" Piplup said happily, waving it's fins around as if to fly, "Pip, piplup!"
It turned to Pikachu, and gave a smile, flapping it's flippers, and circling around in the air.
"Pika-chu!" Pikachu laughed as it floated up, then realised something, "Pika!"
It outstretched it's arms and did a barrel roll in the air, showing off.
"Pip!" Piplup laughed, loving the trick, and mimicking it.
"There you two are!" They heard Brock's voice, but continued on with their party tricks as Ash and Dawn looked toward the entrance of the room.
"Brock!" Ash said, motioning for his friend to come inside, "Come look!"
"It's amazing!" Dawn said.
Brock entered the room, and the first thing he noticed was Pikachu and Piplup rising higher and higher into the air, then he also noticed something else.
"Guys..." he said, a little concerned.
"I know, it's awesome, isn't it?" Ash asked, looking back at Pikachu.
"They're flying!" Dawn added, looking back at Piplup.
"No, I mean, above them..." Brock said awkwardly.
The tone of Brock's voice sounded pretty serious so Ash and Dawn decided to take their eyes off their Pokemon for a sec and look further up above them. And that's when they noticed it. A giant fan in the roof. And Pikachu and Piplup were floating right up into it.
"Piplup!" Dawn yelled up in concern.
"Pikachu!" Ash yelled aswell.
"Pip?" Piplup asked, looking down at Dawn.
"Pi?" Pikachu added, confused, looking down at Ash.
They noticed both Ash and Dawn were simply pointing up. The two Pokemon looked above them and that's when they noticed the fan.
"Piplup, piip!" Piplup screamed, barrel rolling and flapping it's flippers, trying to fly back down.
"Pikaaa!" Pikachu screamed, reaching it's tiny arms out in an airhug to Ash.
But they still kept rising up towards the giant fan.
"How are we going to get them down?" Dawn asked, worried.
"Try aiming an attack at the fan," Brock suggested, "It might just be strong enough to push them back down"
"Piplup!" Dawn shouted up at her Pokemon, "Use Bubblebeam towards the fan!"
"Pip?!" Piplup exclaimed, it's eyes widening, then looking up at the fan, used Bubblebeam towards it.
The bubbles hit the fan so hard that Piplup bobbed down a few inches.
"It worked!" Dawn remarked, "Keep it up, Piplup!"
Ash continued watching Pikachu float higher and higher, closer and closer to the fan, thinking if any of Pikachu's attacks could work on the fan without damaging it. Then a thought hit him as he watched Piplup continuously aim Bubblebeams at the fan and float down.
"Pikachu!" He called, "Grab onto Piplup!"
Pikachu heard this and air swimmed to Piplup as it floated, grabbing onto Piplup's round body as Piplup kept blasting Bubblebeams high into the air at the fan. The two Pokemon kept floating down as Piplup was attacking, until they were within arm's reach and Dawn and Ash grabbed for them, hugging them tight.
"That was a close one" Dawn said.
"Yeah" Ash agreed.
"We should get back to the group" Brock told them.
The three friends left the room , and hurried down the Hallway Of Dreams until they noticed the group come out of another room. They quickly hurried back amongst the crowd, which was another Trainer group down, taking their places beside Zoey, who turned to look at them just in time.
"What a room that was, huh?" she asked them, "I can see why that blonde lady stayed back"
"Yeah..." Dawn said awkwardly.
"It was...totally awesome" Ash lied.