"I just hope he hasn't gone too far." Felicity said to the others on the way.
The other Pokemon soon came out to join in the adventure. Teddy latched onto Estelle's back with a smile.
"Teddy!" Estelle giggled to her Teddiursa.
"So, where do we start?" The male Ralts smiled.
"Well, he ran that way..." Max replied as he pointed. "Maybe we should check somewhere outside?"
"I think we should split up," Timber suggested. "That way we can cover more ground."
"Agreed." Gloriosa nodded.
"I wanna go with Max." Charity spoke up.
"Very well," Timber nodded. "You can go with him."
"Me too." May agreed since Max was her little brother after all.
"Okay." Gloriosa said.
Everyone then split up into their own groups so they could find Tory, hopefully he would be just fine.
Charity, Max, and May ran outside and soon stopped as they found something in the sky.
"Whoa..." Charity's eyes sparkled. "Pretty lights..."
Absol soon came out as the lights caught his attention too. In the Battle Tower, the others seemed to also see this.
"Hey, what're those lights?" Brock wondered.
"Are those the Northern Lights?" Estelle asked.
"They can't be," Felicity replied. "This isn't Alaska."
Akito cleaned the inside of one ear as he heard Tory's voice and soon ran off with Pupitar to follow it, and where they saw where the voice led them to.
"Tory?" Akito asked the startled boy. "Who are you talking to?"
Tory soon stood up from behind the river and something seemed to sparkle in the water.
"What's that?" Pupitar asked.
"Tell me what that was." Akito added.
"Nothing." Tory said before walking away from him.
"Tory, wait!" Akito called out.
As Tory left, so did the bright lights in the sky which puzzled Charity, Max, and May.
"Tory, wait!" Akito told him as he went after him.
"Just leave me alone!" Tory told him. "It's none of your business!"
"But I wanna help you with your Pokémon phobia!" Akito told him.
"Stop, leave me alone, okay?!" Tory replied before running away.
"He's not making this easy." Pupitar sighed.
Meanwhile...
Estelle, Felicity, and Gloriosa kept looking for Troy before they saw familiar ex-Team Rocket members.
"Jessie and James?!" The young girls gasped.
"Oh, hello there," James smiled. "Are you girls on vacation too?"
"Not exactly." Estelle said.
"Is there something wrong?" Jessie asked.
"We're looking for our friend Tory." Felicity replied.
"Hmm... I think I saw him." Meowth said.
"You did?!" Felicity asked.
"Did he see you and run away?" Estelle added just to make sure.
"No, but I saw him running out of some kind of green house." Meowth said.
"A green house?" Estelle repeated. "Hmm... Thanks, Meowth."
"No problem." Meowth said.
"The little fellow reminded me of myself back when I ran away from home at that age." James sighed softly.
"James, is this your real past story or your dramatic story?" Jessie asked.
"Hey, you've met my parents!" James told her. "They're beasts worse than Growlie!"
"All right, take it easy." Jessie nodded.
"Uh, we'll come back later..." Felicity sheepishly told the ex-Team Rocket members before leaving with Estelle to find Tory.
"It should be easy from here." Estelle said.
"I sure hope so." Felicity nodded.
Mismagius soon came out from her Pokeball as she sensed that Felicity needed help while Estelle held Teddy's paw like a mother holding her young son's hand.
"Tory, where are you?!" Akito called out as he traveled with Pupitar.
"He couldn't have gone too far." Pupitar said.
There was soon yelling heard as Ash and Pikachu went one way.
"Are you okay?" Ash asked as he knelt by Tory who had fallen while Akito and Pupitar rushed over that way.
"Tory...?" Pikachu wearily added.
Seeing Pikachu scared Tory more.
"Tory, please, don't be scared," Akito told him. "No Pokemon is going to hurt you, I promise."
May, Max, Charity, and Absol were soon coming over.
"It's okay..." Pupitar tried to help.
"Tory, don't be scared..." Charity frowned.
"Hmm... Oh!" Brock said as he tried to think of a way to help. "Hey, I know!"
"...Yes, Brock?" Pikachu tilted his head.
"Food break!" Brock decided.
"YEAH!" Everyone smiled in agreement.
"Food Break?" Gloriosa and Timber wondered.
Brock soon brought them all together to cook for them while the Pokemon would be given their own food.
"Here you go, Teddy, Mom packed some." Estelle smiled as she gave her Teddiursa some honey buns.
"Oh, boy!" Teddy beamed and ate the honey buns cutely and hungrily.
"Aw!" Gloriosa smiled.
Brock took a taste of the food before he let everyone else eat. "Perfect! Dig in."
Everyone soon came together as they were going to try fondue.
"I've always wanted to try this." Gloriosa said.
"Me first!" Ash said before he took a taste. "Ooh, it's hot! Yum!"
"I wonder sometimes which one of us is the older sibling." Emi giggled at how impatient Ash was.
"Easy, me." Ash smirked.
"Yeah, but not mentally." Emi smirked back.
"So, you two are siblings?" Timber asked out of confusion.
"Um, yeah," Emi replied, sensing his confusion. "Why wouldn't we be?"
Ash looked to his sister, he then looked down as he seemed to be hiding something from her, but didn't say anything.
"Well, your skin tones aren't the same." Timber said.
"What?" Emi asked.
"Yeah, you don't even have the same hair..." Gloriosa added. "I mean, they're both dark, but they seem to be different textures."
"Hey, how about this food?" Ash interrupted with a nervous smile.
"Yeah, there's nothing that can stop an argument better than a bunch of full mouths." Brock added with a chuckle.
"Emi, were you adopted?" Gloriosa asked.
"Me? Adopted?" Emi replied before laughing as she didn't think that was possible. "Oh, Ms. Gloriosa, I'm not adopted, it's impossible! I mean, the evidence is right here bright as day, right, Ash?"
Ash turned away as he bowed his head slightly in sadness and sorrow for his little sister.
"This is now getting a little awkward." Max whispered.
"Ash...?" Emi tilted her head to her brother.
"Uh, try some, Tory, it's really good." Ash said weakly.
Emi soon looked to her brother before looking to herself, wondering if Gloriosa was probably right. Was she adopted? Teddy soon noticed a Pokemon he hadn't seen before as its belly was round.
"You're right!" Tory beamed.
"Told ya so." Ash chuckled to him.
Gloriosa smiled as she enjoyed hers while looking to where Teddy looked as she was quiet curious of the Pokemon who had others come along.
"Hello?" Teddy greeted the new Pokemon.
The Pokemon nodded back.
"My name's Teddy," Teddy told the Pokemon. "I'm a Teddiursa, who are you?"
"I'm Munchlax." The new Pokemon introduced himself.
"Hi, Munchlax," Teddy replied. "I don't think we've met."
"I can't say we have." Munchlax nodded to him before he soon saw all of the food.
"Come on, I'm sure Uncle Brock has extra Pokemon food." Teddy smiled as he led him back.
"Aw, Teddy made a friend~" Estelle cooed to her Pokemon. "That's so adorable!"
"Uh-oh... Sis, that's what Snorlax evolves from!" Akito told her.
"Are you sure?" Estelle asked.
Munchlax soon ate most of the food.
"Oh, you're right..." Estelle then realized.
"Hey, that was mine!" Felicity pouted to the Pokemon.
"Munchlax, heel!" Emi commanded.
"Huh?" Munchlax turned to her and soon seemed to stop.
"Emi, how did you do that?" Brock asked out of surprise.
"I'm not sure." Emi said.
"It must have been your princess inheritance." Vincent suggested.
"Do you think so?" Emi replied.
"Could be..." Akito shrugged.
"Um, Munchlax!" Emi called out. "Stand on your head!"
"I'll try..." Munchlax muttered before getting off the picnic table and soon tried to stand on his head as he was able to stand on his head for a second only to fall on his back.
"Well, Emi, I guess your Pokemon Princess title's coming sooner than we think." Ash said to his sister.
"Yeah, I guess so..." Emi smiled.
"Pokemon Princess?" Gloriosa and Timber asked their nieces and nephews, curiously.
The Fudo cousins soon explained everything to them of what they knew.
"Run along now, Munchlax." Emi told the fat and lazy Pokemon.
"Yes, ma'am." Munchlax nodded as he then went off, luckily leaving more lunch for the others even though he wanted to eat all of it.
"Whew!" Akito sighed. "Thank goodness."
"You saved our lunch, Emi!" Brock smiled.
"I tried." Emi smiled back bashfully.
Soon enough, two familiar Pokemon came over.
"It's Plusle and Minun!" Akito and Estelle cheered.
"Hey there, little cuties." Gloriosa smiled.
Plusle and Minun looked up to Gloriosa and smiled as they came toward her since she was friendly.
"They're so adorable!" Gloriosa smiled as she pet the Pokemon. She soon found this the perfect opportunity for Tory as she brought the twin electric pokemon over to the shy boy.
Tory still looked nervous.
"It's okay, Tory," Gloriosa soothed him. "Theyre friendly, see?"
"Hi." Plusle smiled.
Tory shakily held out his hand to pet the nearly identical Pokemon.
"It's okay." Charity soothed Tory.
Tory was now almost about to pet Plussle and Minun. Gloriosa and Timber smiled to this. Tory smiled nervously to the Pokemon as he reached out and soon finally touched them.
'Nothing could ruin this moment.' Estelle thought to herself.
Akito looked around as he heard yelling somewhere.
"Uncle Akito?" Vulpix looked up.
"Someone's screaming for help." Akito told the others.
"I don't hear anything." Gloriosa shrugged to her nephew.
"You sure you heard someone?" Timber asked his nephew.
"Trust me, though I'm not sure who it is," Akito replied. "Maybe I should go scope this out."
"Sounds like it." Timber said.
Akito nodded and he soon went off to where he heard the screaming.
A familiar robotic looking Pokemon from The Lorax story that Akito, Estelle, Felicity, and Vincent were sucked into seemed to be around.
"Deoxys..." Akito whispered once he recognized the Pokemon.
The robotic looking Pokemon soon turned over to where it heard his voice whispering.
"Um... Hi?" Akito blinked to Deoxys.
"Do you know where my friend is?" Deoxys asked.
"That depends," Akito replied. "Who is your friend?"
"You see this on my chest?" Deoxys asked while pointing to a sphere on its chest.
"Hang on a sec!" Akito replied before he took a closer look with his special vision. "Uh-huh... Uh-huh..."
"Well, my friend is in an egg just like this, but only a different color." Deoxys said.
"Hmm... I don't think I've seen your friend, but I can always keep a watchful eye out." Akito told the robotic Pokemon.
"Thank you and be sure to keep a look out for lights in the sky." Deoxys said.
"Oh, I will," Akito promised. "By the way, good to see you again."
"I'm sorry for earlier," Deoxys replied, referring to when they got sucked into The Lorax book. "I was trying to find my friend before I found that helpful human girl they call Audrey."
"It's okay." Akito assured the robotic looking Pokemon.
"I appreciate this," Deoxys replied. "Also nice to see a human who understands me."
"My pleasure." Akito bowed loyally.
It soon became dark and bright colorful lights filled the sky where everyone else was.
"Whoa." Akito smiled.
"There's that light in the sky again!" Max told the others as they witnessed this.
"Awesome..." Ash smiled.
"It's beautiful." May agreed.
"But... That's impossible..." Rebecca muttered as she soon started her computer.
The others came to see what she possibly could had meant.
"That's called an Aurora," Rebecca told the others. "But it can only be seen in the North and South Pole. Strange..."
"We used to see those in Alaska when we'd see our friends Balto and Jenna." Felicity replied.
"Really?" The other Pokemon trainers asked.
"Oh, yes," Felicity smiled. "It's my favorite thing to look forward to every time we go over there."
"It is beautiful." Estelle agreed with her cousin.
"Well, then I guess we're all lucky to see it here, right?" May smiled up to the sky.
"The same kind of luck that brought you and me together, right, Babe?" Sid smiled as he put his arm around May.
"I think I'm starting to get sick." Felicity said.
"Right behind ya." Mismagius agreed.
"I think it got worse." Charity muttered as Brock came toward Rebecca.
"Oh, brother." Estelle groaned.
"If you're looking for a real phenomenon, look in your computer and spend some time with me!" Brock complained to Rebecca before getting tugged away.
"Okay, you leaving her alone, that's a phenomenon." Max scolded Brock while dragging him behind and the girl twins giggled.
Charity soon joined in the giggles.
"Well, look who's still in town." Rafe smirked toward Ash and Pikachu.
"So?" Ash growled slightly.
"Well, after that devastating defeat in front of thousands of people, I thought you'd be a little embarrassed to show your face." Rafe smirked.
"You're really smug, aren't you?" Vincent glared.
"I just like to tell it how it is." Rafe smirked.
"You just got lucky." Akito glared.
"Kito!" Estelle beamed and ran to her twin brother before hugging him. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine, Sis, really." Akito replied as he gently patted her on the back.
"So, what did you find?" Felicity asked.
"Deoxys." Akito replied.
"Who?" Sid asked.
"You mean that Pokemon we saw in The Lorax story?" Felicity asked.
Akito nodded to her.
"Wow." Felicity said.
Ash soon challenged Rafe to a rematch. Emi looked to Ash before she looked to herself again as she thought about Gloriosa's thoughts on her being adopted.
"I agree with Ash." Akito said.
"I'll beat you anytime and anywhere." Rafe smirked.
"I wouldn't count on that!" Ash glared before looking surprised.
"Tory?" Pikachu muttered.
Tory was shown at the door with a box in his arms.
"What's in the box?" Estelle asked.
"Yuko and I made these for you." Tory smiled as he opened the box to show special treats on the inside.
"Oh, wow, Pokemon cookies!" Vincent smiled with Vulpix.
"Mm." Vulpix smiled.
"So cute! Yummy!" The girl twins added.
They soon all took a cookie break before Rafe would have his Pokemon rematch against Ash. Emi enjoyed one of the cookies, but still thought back on what Gloriosa and Timber mentioned.
"Don't you like them, Emi?" Felicity asked.
"Oh, they're good," Emi smiled softly. "It's just... Um... Never mind."
"You sure?" Felicity asked.
"Yeah, I just uh I just need some time to myself." Emi said before leaving.
"Emi...?" Felicity frowned. "...Did I do something wrong?"
"No..." Ash said.
Emi frowned as she felt a little worse.
"Emi..." Ash took a deep breath. "There's something you should know... Mom and Dad wanted to wait until you were older, but... Maybe you should know now."
"Yes, Ash?" Emi asked.
"Okay... I'm gonna come clean..." Ash took a deep breath. "You technically aren't my sister."
Emi's eyebrows raised slightly.
"Emi Ketchum," Ash knelt in front of his little sister. "You are not a blood Ketchum."
Emi's eyes soon widened. "What do you mean?" She asked.
"Emi... You were sort of adopted..." Ash sighed shakily.
"S-So, it's true?" Emi asked.
Ash frowned, but he nodded as he had to be honest now. "I'm sorry you had to find out this way." He frowned.
Emi looked away from him and came toward the balcony.
"Emi...?" Ash gently asked.
"I'm sorry, Ash, but I need to be alone right now." Emi sighed softly and sadly.
"Um, o-okay." Ash frowned.
Emi looked down from him. Ash soon walked off to go see the others while her sister was having a moment.
"Where do I belong?" Emi sighed as she stared out into the sky.
Akito looked a little sad for Emi and decided to go see her later on.
