Sorry, for not updating quickly. High school just started. Yeah, definitely not fun! Anyways, I don't own any of the characters in the story.
So there he was in the small, glass jar, floating away in a Meowth-shaped hot air balloon. Tears stung at Ash's eyes as he had watched his Pikachu fall down 20 feet just to save him. Ash looked up at Meowth, who was, protectively, holding him close to its chest. Then he looked at Jesse and James, who were still laughing at Pikachu's failure.
Ash looked down in sadness, as a tear made it halfway down his left cheek, before he brushed it off with his left hand. "Pikachu." Ash whispered to himself, as they continued to float away from his friends.
Meanwhile, Misty and Brock were still at the campsite, unaware of what had happened. Brock was boiling some hot soup in a pot over a campfire, while Misty was playing with her baby Togepi on the log in front of him. Misty turned her head as she heard rustling from the bushes. Misty quickly grabbed her Togepi, and stood up, asking, "Who's there?" Brock noticed the tone in Misty's voice, and also, turned his gaze toward the bush.
Suddenly, Pikachu popped out of the bush, like a jack-in-the-box, with scratches all over its body. Misty gasped, and ran to the Pokémon's side. "Pikachu! Where's Ash?" Misty asked, kneeling down.
Pikachu looked up at Misty, and slowly, stood up. "Pika pi." Pikachu said, as it put its paw about two inches from the ground.
"Ash?" Misty said.
"Pika pika chu." Pikachu started swaying its arms from the ground to the sky.
"Um…was flying?" Misty asked, hoping she was getting it right. Pikachu face palmed, and continued to sway its arms back and forth. "Was taken?" Misty asked.
Pikachu nodded. Then it had both its ears together to the side, as they started to curl at the end. Pikachu then, gave off an evil grin. "Pikachu."
Misty looked at Pikachu's imitation, and gasped as she recognized the person. "Ash was taken by Team Rocket!"
"What?" Brock asked, randomly getting into the conversation. "Ash is gone!" Brock stood up and ran to Misty.
Misty stood up from the ground, and looked toward Brock. "Yeah. That's what Pikachu said." Misty turned to Pikachu, and asked, "Pikachu? Which way did they go?"
"Pika pikachu." Pikachu said pointing in the direction they went. Misty and Brock nodded.
"Let's go." Misty said.
"Right." Brock said. Then they ran, as Pikachu ran ahead of them.
In the Meowth hot air balloon, Ash was sitting down in the glass jar. Jesse took the glass jar from Meowth's arms, and raised it in front of her head. Ash stared angrily in her green eyes, as the woman smiled at the boy. "How does it feel to be getting the trouble?" Jesse asked.
"Make that double." James added, failing in his attempt of a pun. Jesse, Meowth, and even Ash sweat dropped at his utter failure, as James walked away, embarrassed.
"Anyways, it doesn't feel good. Does it? Being outmatched!" Jesse said, proudly. Ash narrowed his brown eyes at her, and then raised his right hand in front of her, and only stuck out his pinkie finger.
Jesse looked at it, confused. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.
Ash grinned evilly, and said, "Nothing." Then he looked away, still having the grin on his face.
Jesse narrowed her eyes, and gave the jar back to Meowth. "Here." She said.
Meowth looked at her, frustrated, as he was given back the jar, with the mini Ash inside.
Meanwhile, Pikachu stopped in the middle of the forest, as it started to sniff the air again, for Ash's scent. Then Pikachu's ears shot up, and Pikachu ran toward the direction of the balloon. "Pika pi!" Pikachu yelled, as it ran, with Misty and Brock hot on its trail.
Meowth's ears twitched inside the balloon, as it heard a familiar sound. "Pika pi!" The sound said, faintly. Meowth looked over the basket of the balloon, and toward the ground. Between all the trees, Meowth saw Pikachu running after them, with the twerp and twerpette behind it. Meowth gasped.
"Hey! It's the twerp and twerpette with the little twerp's Pikachu!" Meowth shouted and pointed, as James, and Jesse looked down to the ground, seeing Ash's friends.
"Go away!" James said, acting like a little kid protecting their play fort.
Jesse swatted the back of his head. "Like they're going to go away!" James sweat dropped.
"Give back, Ash!" Misty said, as she ran.
"Never!" Jesse said.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu yelled up at Ash.
Ash stood up, looked down and pressed his hands against the glass jar, seeing Pikachu and his friends coming to his rescue. Ash gasped, happily, and said, "Pikachu!" Ash narrowed his eyes, as he knew that they couldn't do this alone.
Suddenly, Ash pushed on the glass with his shoulder, slowly, pushing the jar out of Meowth's arms. Meowth looked down, and smiled. "Like I'm going to fall for that." Meowth said, as it unscrewed the lid of the jar, and grabbed Ash out. "You won't get away from me that easily!"
Ash smiled, mockingly, and said, "Oh really?" Then Ash quickly kicked his tiny feet in Meowth's face, poking it in the eyes. Meowth grunted in pain, as its grip on Ash was loosened. Ash jumped out of Meowth's paw, and jumped out of the balloon. Jesse, James, and Meowth gasped, as Ash fell. Ash screamed in terror as he fell, obviously not thinking this through.
Misty and Brock gasped, as well. Brock then quickly looked at Pikachu, and grabbed it. Pikachu looked at Brock, confused. "Go! Grab Ash!" Brock yelled, before he threw Pikachu, hard, toward Ash.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu yelled, as it opened its arms toward Ash. Ash opened his eyes, seeing Pikachu flying toward him.
"Pikachu!" Ash screamed. But just as Pikachu was going to get Ash, a Pidgeot swooped down and grabbed Ash with its talons. Pikachu quickly grabbed onto the Pidgeot's feet, as it started to fly towards its nest.
"Pika pi!" The electric mouse Pokémon said, keeping its grip on the bird Pokémon.
"Pikachu!" Ash said, as he tried to get the Pidgeot's talons to release him, but was obviously failing, with his lack of muscles. The Pidgeot looked down at its feet and saw Pikachu holding on for dear life. Then it started to peck on Pikachu's head, making Pikachu accidentally, release it, and fall to the ground. Ash gasped, as he watched Pikachu fall.
Brock and Misty quickly ran toward the falling Pikachu. Brock opened his arms wide, waiting for Pikachu to fall there, but instead, it fell in Brock's face, making him fall backwards. Pikachu got off of Brock's face, and ran toward the Pidgeot's nest, as Misty followed, and Brock slowly got up.
Ash was released from the Pidgeot's death grip, and was dropped into a big nest, made of sticks and leaves. Ash looked around the nest, seeing two baby Pidgeys there in a corner of the nest. Ash gulped, and waved at them. "Um, hi?" He said.
"Pidgey!" One of the baby Pidgeys said, as it jumped toward Ash. Ash dodged the Pidgeys attack, and ran away.
"Wait! I'm not food!" Ash yelled, as it ran away from the two very hungry Pidgeys. Suddenly, Ash was grabbed by the mother Pidgeot, as he was raised above the two baby Pidgeys. "No! Please! Ah!" Ash shouted, as he was dropped from the Pidgeot's beak, and toward the Pidgeys' mouths.
"Pika pi!" Pikachu yelled, as it was flung once again, toward Ash, getting Ash in between his legs, in order for him to slide on its back. That unfortunately, was very uncomfortable for Ash in a certain area, as he winced in pain.
Pikachu landed on the ground, as Ash spared a smile, even though he was still in pain. "Pika pi!" Pikachu said, as it pressed its big head, against Ash's small head.
"Thank you, Pikachu." Ash said, scratching his Pokémon behind the ears.
"Ash!" "Ash!" His friends called, as they ran toward him and Pikachu.
"Hey guys!" Ash called up to his friends, but they didn't hear him.
"Hold on." Brock said, as he kneeled down to Ash, and put him, gently, in his left hand. Then he stood up, as Pikachu hopped up on Brock's left shoulder. "Now what did you say?"
"Thanks for everything!" Ash said.
"No problem, Ash! Anything for a friend! A best friend that is." Misty said, smiling down at the miniature-sized Ash.
"We're best friends? Really?" Ash asked a little shocked to hear those words come out of Misty's mouth. Misty smiled, sweetly, and nodded.
"Of course, and we'll always will be." Misty said.
Ash smiled, and nodded his head. "Yeah! You're right! We are best friends!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"Now let's get back to camp before it starts to get dark out." Brock said, as he started to walk with Ash still in the palm of his hand.
"Right." Misty and Ash said.
Later, after Brock finished the soup and rice balls, he handed them to Misty and Pikachu, as he gave the smallest crumb to Ash, who was sitting in between his friend and Pokémon. "Thank you!" They said, as they started to eat.
Brock sat next to Pikachu, as he also had a rice ball in his hand. "Sure thing." He said, as he started to eat.
Once they were done eating, Ash stretched his arms and legs, as he yawned. "I'm tired." He said.
"Me too." Misty said, as her Togepi yawned. "Why don't we get some shut-eye?"
"Yeah." Brock said. Then something occurred to him. "Wait! Ash, you still have to make your third wish!"
Ash jumped into realization, as he said, "Oh yeah! That's right." Then he looked around him, and wondered aloud, "Oh where is that lamp?"
Misty grabbed the lamp from out of Ash's backpack, which was leaning against the log, and said, "Here it is." Then she rubbed the lamp, and set it down beside Ash.
The lamp puked out some blue smoke before the genie actually appeared from the lamp. But there was also, a Jirachi with him. "And I was like 'Oh no you didn't!' And she was like 'Oh yes, I did!', and-!" The genie said to the Jirachi, who was nodding like it understood every word the genie was saying to it. The genie looked down, seeing Ash and his friends. "Oh, great! It's you! We'll have to talk later, Jirachi."
"I understand." The Jirachi said, telepathically, before creeping back into the lamp, like it was its house.
"Now, what do you want?" The genie asked, kneeling down to Ash's two-inched body.
Ash sighed, and looked up at the genie. "I wish I was-."
"Wait! Ash, you have to be careful! Make your wish, carefully. This is your last wish." Misty warned.
"Yeah. If you don't make this one right, you could be stuck in some horrible situation forever." Brock added.
Ash breathed in through his nose, heavily, and said, "I know exactly what I'm going to wish for."
"Okay." Misty said.
Ash then looked toward the genie again, who was looking at his wrist like there was a watch there, even though, there wasn't. "Have you decided?"
"Yes. I wish to be the same height that I was before. I wish I was 5ft 3. But not, forever, I wish to still grow, but at a normal pace. Okay?" Ash said, trying to make it as clear as possible.
The genie nodded, and said, "As you wish." Then he snapped his fingers, as a puff of blue smoke appeared in front of Ash. But as always, nothing happened.
Then the genie waved at Ash, and said, "Good bye." Then he flew back inside the lamp, as the lamp glowed and disappeared into nothing.
"Where did it go?" Ash asked, questioning the disappearance.
"Who cares? Let's go to sleep." Misty said, as she crawled into her sleeping bag, with Togepi next to her.
"Yeah. Good night." Brock said, before going into his sleeping bag.
Pikachu lay next to Misty's head, as it fell fast asleep. Ash sighed, and was starting to walk toward Pikachu, when he turned to Misty's sleeping body. Ash suddenly, got the feeling again in the pit of his stomach. Ash grabbed at it, but it stood there, like a rock. Ash sighed, as he looked at Pikachu and then, at Misty.
Then he slowly, walked over to Misty's sleeping bag, with Misty inside, who had her left hand next to her face. Ash slowly lifted Misty's left hand up, as he lay down, and then set down her fingers on his body. Then Ash closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Hey, I bet some of you are wondering about the pinkie finger thing in this chapter. Yes, it actually means something! If you want to know, review! ^^