~Meagan steps onto the stage, wearing the Iris outfit along with having two small ponytails at the top of her honey-blonde hair~ "Hey, FanFiction! Remember us?"

~Kitty follows, her long blue hair tied into a ponytail but otherwise without change.~ "To remind you: we're doing a RolePlay-type fiction together an today, it's Meg's turn to do a chap.

Meg: A quick rewind: Kitty is KittyKatLovesBooks, a great FFn friend of mine.

Kitty: And Meg is Meagan Snow, publisher of our fic and author of this chapter!

Meg: So without further ado, here's my chapter!

"Oh my God, we have so much to talk about!" Iris talked nonstop, giving Misty a time to catch her breath as she led Misty by her wrist up a slope that just kept getting steeper and steeper.

She was like an Aipom or something, climbing with utter ease, Misty noticed.
Great. Her replacement was half-Aipom.
She had been through some tough situations with Ash, and that had made her more somewhat stronger. But now she felt it was nothing compared to the girl in front of her

After what seemed like forever and a day to Misty, but couldn't in reality have been more than half an hour, they stopped and Iris motioned to a cave stationed by a remote cliff half hidden by the thick underbrush.
Misty had to admit, Iris was resourceful. Another attribute to add to the "Why Iris is an improvement on Misty" list.

"Come on! We have soo much to talk about!" Iris called, ducking into the cave. Misty followed.
"It is so great to finally meet you! Ash has told me all about you!"
Misty froze, trying to process this. Her ears received the information, but her brain refused to accept it.
"Has he... Mentioned me?" She said finally.
"All the time!" Iris affirmed . "He misses you a lot, you know."

Misty felt a great weight lift from her chest.
"Really?" She asked. Iris now seemed to her to no longer be a replacement but the fun-loving, yet tough, kid she was.

"Oh yeah! Did you really fish him out of a river first time you met?"

Misty laughed at the memory.
"Yeah. Him and Pikachu. I remember, my first reaction was to shout out, 'Are you okay!' and then I was so embarrassed about it when he answered I told him I was talking to Pikachu."

Iris laughed too, sharing one of her own stories. "When I first met them, I didn't know Pikachu were Electric-type, so I was all like hugging and squeezing the poor thing until he shocked me. Arceus, I almost had a heart attack!"

Misty, now, giggled at the tale. To her surprise, she felt totally at ease with Iris when they got to talking.
"Ha! The day I met him, after fishing him out of that river he jumped up and grabbed my bike as soon as he was fully conscious, because he had to get poor Pikachu to a Poké Center, and I followed him all the way to the nearest town on foot, several miles away. I swear I wanted to throttle him then and there when I learned he had wrecked it!"

Iris snickered. "He's told me that one. Apparently you wanted to throttle him for several months after that."

Misty grew serious. "Not really, no. I guess... I guess I needed a reason to follow him."

Iris followed in tact, her the laughter disappearing from her face as well
"And from what I can tell, he was glad to have it too. Why did you have to leave? He's never told me that."

"I'm a Gym Leader. They were going to close my Gym if I didn't come back."

"So... You left your best friend and went to take care of your family business even though Ash tells me you have three perfectly capable older sisters?"

Misty paused. "Yes, but... I mean..."

Iris grinned and wrapped Misty in a hug. "Welcome back!"

Meg ~now dressed as Brock and walking around with her eyes closed~

So, how did you guys like-OW -like it? Jeez, how does he do this?

Kitty: ~sweatdropping~ Meg, Brock doesn't walk around with this eyes closed. They're just narrow.

Meg: ~mittering indistinctly and rubbing sore spot on her face~ Now, you tell me?

Kitty: You never told me you were cosplaying as Brock! And besides. I thought this chapter was supposed to be longer than mine!

Meg: Yeah, about that.. ~sheepish~ I kinda sorta lost my notebook with all my notes in it so I had to recreate this from scratch.

Kitty: You... what? It it this one? ~produces pink notebook with a cat face on it~

Meg: OH MY GOD THAT IS IT WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!

Kitty: You left it at my house. And I could hardly bring it back since you're in Poland and I'm in the USA. So I airmailed it...

Meg: ...

Kitty: But they wouldn't let me sent radiant material over the ocean! ~boom tss~

Meg: I need it...

Kitty: ~suddenly deep in lecture~ Mmhh yeah just a minute.

Meg: Those are just rough drafts and our airtime sends soo-