Hey everyone, i must have done somthing right if your still reading! anyways this chapter is chalk full of information, i tryed to make it sound as intresting as possible :
anyways enjoy!
"She hates me." Ash laughed covering his face with his hands in disbelief.
"It was an accident, don't beat yourself up." Brock mused filing his nails.
"Brock where did that nail file come from?!" Ash seemed to be on edge after the…incident.
"Its no use anyways she'll never like me," the raven haired boy wonder shook his head in defeat, he had just come to realization that he liked Misty, more than just a friend…his body ached when he saw her passed out on the floor, helpless & scared, it was because of him, he scared her.
"Now how do you know that?" Brock was looking around the room to occupy himself. "How do you know she's not secretly madly in love with you?"
"Do you see the way she looks at all those trainers? & do you see the way they look at her?" Ash voiced cracked as if he were on the verge of a melt down, he had to keep it together, he had to work threw this.
"You mean the way she looks at their pokemon?" Brock said with a slight tone in his voice.
"Whatever I know what I saw, plus we get into way to many fights to be anything more…"
"You got a point there."
"Not helping."
"Look Ash, Just go into her room & apologize!" & with that Brock pushed Ash across the hall into Misty's room. "Get it over with!!"
Ash turned around wildly ready to attack Brock like jungle cat. He signed & looked back at a very awake Misty
Misty's eyes started to blink they were glassy full of curiosity; she sat up & stared at Ash.
"Ash?" she said with her scratchy horse voice.
"Oh, uh Misty…" he was speechless, her raw beauty was enhanced by the warm sun rays that seemed to absorb her body threw the blinds.
"What happened?" she said holding her throat in pain.
"Well, uh… " what was he suppose to say? 'I saw you naked and we went berserko on me?' Ash was at a loss, and found that he could only talk to Misty as if she was one of the guys.
"Hey man were roomies!" Ash yelled cheerfully energetically raising his hand for a high-five.
"What?!" Misty screamed slamming her body down to her bed.
'just kidding' Ash sweat dropped quickly hiding his hand. "You walk out of your bath room & freaked." Ash finished. Some how he knew she would get a little embarrassed.
Misty started to blush an extreme color of red.
"You saw me?" she said shyly.
"No you were uh…covered." He said scratching the back of his head. Too bad. "Anyways I just came to see if you felt any better…you past out."
"Is that why my throat hurts so much?" Misty whispered.
"No you screamed you head off." He said laughing pointing her mirror. Misty's Face turned to shock when she saw what she'd done.
"Like knock knock little sis!" Daisy said walking into her sister's room with a bowl of soup. "I so totally made you chicken soup….for your soar throat." She set the tray of soup on her lap giving Ash a death glare.
"Oh Daisy…" Misty whispered & winced at the thought of her sisters cooking. "You shouldn't have…she studded the soup, slowly mixing it with her spoon, she raised the soup loaded spoon to her mouth acting as if it were the most delish thing in the world.
Daisy starred her down, waiting for her reaction.
Misty winced & took a bite, trying to swallow the burned taste, how could chicken soup burn!? She chopped on the crunchy noodles & rubbery chicken.
"Mmm!" she mused nodding her head. "what the…" she was curious to exactly what she was eating, Misty put her fingers in her mouth & plucked out a screw, she kept searching her mouth only to find an earring, a hair tie & a ring.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO!" misty screamed horrified. "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?" she was going crazy, just like she always had in the past. "A screw!??!" she screamed throwing it at her sisters air filled head.
"Oh I was looking for that!" Daisy grabbed the ring and slipped it on her finger. "I thought I lost it forever last week."
Misty was horrified. "I'm just going to go on a walk…I have a lot on my mind."
"Ill go with!" Ash jumped at the chance of being with Misty alone, and out of this house.
"No!" she said a little to fast. "I mean…I just need time to myself." She felt guilty…Ash was her friend, her good and really cute friend. She already knew she wasn't what he wanted in a girl; he doesn't even recognize her as a girl! But she did need time to herself, to sort out some…self issues.
"Oh, well maybe some over time." He said sounding a little hurt. "I'm going to go for a swim."
"Well I like spent 5 minutes making this soup & no body will eat it?" Daisy cried starring at her soup, it was chunky and discolored, if you starred at it long enough you could see tiny snakes dive up and down like dolphins.
"Ill eat it." Ash said trying to make her feel better. He took a final look at the 'soup' regretting his decision.
"No way!" she said rudely. "Ill just feed it to the pokemon." Daisy picked up the tray & walking out the door.
Ash & Misty just shrugged.
Ash left Misty alone in her room. He was right, she didn't like him. But oh well.
"Hey Brock!" Ash said jumping into the kitchen. "Let's go swimming."
"Good idea! Let me just put this in the oven." He stood up & smiled. "It's so nice to cook in a kitchen." He ran out of the room to put on his swim trunks.
Misty left a little after Ash did. She brought her normal red back pack, packed with a tape recorder, her pokemon a mythical book about mermaids, water bottles & a towel. She had changed into a white & blue 2 piece bathing suit. Misty looked in the mirror to see if she looked alright.
"No…" she whispered her voice still weak. It was her hair. It was not her normal color of red anymore; it was more of a dark orangeish hot pink…she also noticed it was a few inches longer than it was yesterday.
She pulled out her tape recorder.
"I seem to be slowly turning into that monster…with out even trying." She said shocked into the recorder. "& when I do turn into the monster, it seems to be speeding up the process."
She put away the recorder walk out.
"I don't have much time."
Ash & Brock thought, why swim indoors when they could go to the beach & meet girls? Well the Girl idea was Brocks. Ash was interesting in relaxing in the sun.
The second they reached the beach Ash jumped into the water, not caring who he splashed. Brock set out the towels & umbrella & went babe hunting.
"The water is great!" Ash said swimming around. "I choose everyone! Come on out & enjoy the water!" Ash yelled throwing his pokeballs into the air.
"Pikachu,"
"Awh, come on in Pikachu it'll be fun!" Ash said.
"Chu." Pikachu said in a dull tone. He decided to take a nap on the towel instead of joining his friends in the water.
Misty was also on the beach. Not the same area Ash & Brock were. She found a little short cut when she was 7; it was a path threw the woods that led to a grassy cliff over looking the crystal clear water; it was about a mile away from the shoreline. She pulled out her book on mythical mermaids.
"Where to start?" she asked herself flipping around threw the book…until something caught her eye.
'Love'.
She read the text over & over again.
A mermaid has the power to make any male fall deeply in love with her. Most of the time it's accidental & unintentional, this is referred to as one of the many curses of being a mermaid; for she can not find her true love.
Misty was devastated. She couldn't believe that this thing she was turning into would ruin her love life…before she even had one!
"Great…" she said tears swelling up in her eyes.
Misty kept flipping around in the book until something else caught her eye.
'Mermaids.'
Weird how that would catch her eye.
Mermaid- a human who can breathe underwater with a tail, normally they have the ability to walk on land & pass as a human but not for long. Signs like changing hair, higher voice octaves, cravings for large amounts of water, & being very flirtatious are easy ways to identify a mermaid.
She kept reading noticing that most of the signs she had already obtained.
'Cursed Mermaids.'
All mermaids are cursed. But the correct definition of a Cursed Mermaid is a Human that was turned into a Mermaid by a Sea witch or wizard. When a Cursed Mermaid in human form is engulfed in water they will turn into there Cursed mermaid form. It is said that half of the human soul is banished to the sea; while in human state they will gradually turn into a permanent mermaid with out touching water. Things such as a Kiss from there true love, capturing a pink vaporion, or getting a sea witch or wizard to turn them back will instantly break the curse. But if the curse is complete & the human has fully turned into a mermaid nothing will work.
It takes 5 days for the process to complete itself.
"Great…3 days left." Misty said letting a few tears fall. She pulled out another water bottle, she was on her 4th one & she felt like flirting with somebody, kissing somebody, being in the heat of the moment with…somebody. It was driving her crazy. Her lips were on fire, she was anxious to love.
She was looking for something in the book, when she came across 'power'
Mermaids have the power to make males fall in love with them.
"I know that already!" she screamed.
But mermaids randomly have one of the 3 powers; to heal itself & others instantly, become invisible, or…
Misty couldn't read the last one there was a dark ink smug on it.
"Oh well…"
A little under power was 'true love'
A mermaid is able to find true love but is often impossible. Having the ability to randomly attract guys makes it impossible to tell if its true love or acting on impulse do to the curse. The True lover will be immune to a mermaid's power.
This put a smile on her face. She pulled out her recorder.
"Note 2, there's still hope I have 3 days to complete my mission." She put everything in her red back pack & dove into the water like she had done so many times before immediately turning into monster she despised.
oh wow whats gonna happen noooww??? hmmmm?
Next Chapter: Ash sees the...'monster'