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Chapter 3: Anything but Comfortable


Purple glowing eyes pierced through the dark void, they seemingly pulsed in time with her heart. A low, powerful voice could be heard calling out for her, but the words were lost in the darkness, muffled as if she was submersed in water. This continued for what felt like hours, until suddenly a much louder and shriller voice, one familiar to her dragged her from darkness…

"Ashley! Wake the hell up, you're scaring me!"


Misty was sleeping peacefully, having some rather pleasant dreams, involving a certain raven-haired trainer. That was until she was ripped from her slumber and forcefully thrown from her bed. Fortunately for her, the sofa in the professor suite broke her fall. Clearly startled by these events her eyes were wide, as she saw what was likely the cause of her abrupt awakening.

Floating, 2 feet above the bed yet laid flat as a board, Ashley was softly glowing a bright purple. Misty couldn't help but make the connection, between the colour of the other teen's eyes and the identical one now flowing from her airborne body. Refocusing on the situation at hand, she decided to wake the girl.

"Ashley…?" she asked, much too softly. Not surprisingly her initial approach did not get a response. "Ashley!" she now shouted, hoping volume would have the desired effect. Still nothing. Getting rather frightened now, she screamed her next attempt. "Ashley! Wake the hell up, you're scaring me!"

As Ashley's eyes snapped open, the glow quickly faded and she was dumped unceremoniously onto the bed, letting out a shriek as she fell. The two teens were silent for an inordinate amount of time, both trying desperately to think of a rational explanation for what happened. Finally, Misty broke the silence.

"What the hell was that?" she asked.

"No idea…" was the whispered reply. Ashley had never felt this way before. Being completely without answers was making her very uncomfortable.

"You were floating!" Misty pointed out.

"I know."

"Like, actually floating," she repeated.

"Yeah."

"2 feet in the air…"

"I know okay! I was there!" Ashley snapped. Misty was taken aback by this, never had she seen Ashley lose her cool. From what she could already tell of the girl, she prided herself on always thinking things through and keeping calm and collected. Not knowing what was happening, was obviously getting to her. "I'm sorry Misty, I shouldn't take this out on you. I just always know what's going on, right now I don't and that's pretty scary."

"It's okay, you must be scared and my reaction probably didn't help. I mean you were glowing purple, that doesn't happen every day." That got Ashley's attention.

"What was that?"

"The purple glow, you were surrounded by it the whole time, right up until you fell," the redhead responded.

"Interesting, possibly some kind of psychic type attack." She paused to think. "But virtually no one knows we're in here, also psychic types have always been unable to get a reading from me." Hearing Ashley run through and rule out several possibilities, all leading back to a source of psychic energy, be it a pokémon or otherwise, Misty had a thought.

"What if it was… you?" she asked

"What do mean? What if what was me?"

"You know the psychic, what if it's you?" This stumped Ashley for a moment, if this was true it could explain a lot.

"That isn't a bad hypothesis, if I was a psychic, it would explain a lot." She stopped again to think. This was new to her, usually answers just came. "Just one problem, other psychics can't even sense me. If I in fact had latent psychic powers, I would stand out like a sore thumb. The only psychic beings that can't be sensed are those that have legendary psychic power. This is the main reason people haven't found pokémon like mew or cresselia."

"Well… you don't look like a legendary pokémon," Misty joked.

"No, but I do have certain legendary features," responded the raven-haired trainer.

They both laughed at this, the tension of the earlier events all but evaporated.


The girls had got up for breakfast, Ashley had called home to check in, both had said their farewells to Nurse Joy and they were currently heading off to the entrance of Viridian Forest. It had been very quiet between the two of them and they had spent most of the morning among their thoughts. That is until Misty spoke up.

"You being a psychic, would explain how you understand your pokémon so well, it would also explain how you knew I had a starmie."

"Yeah… but me being a pokémon professor and studying up on the gym leaders before my trip, would also be a good method." Ashley said coolly.

"I guess…" Misty said, unknowingly coming clean with her identity.

"So, I was right, you are Misty Waterflower." That sent Misty reeling, shocked that she had been found out, although now that she thought about it. She really couldn't have kept it from her companion.

"I should have known you had me figured. You're far too clever for your own good, you know," was her snide retort.

"I don't know, I would say it's served me well so far." She grinned. "It's not like you made it difficult, Misty isn't exactly a common name, neither is your hair colour. You love water pokémon, as evidenced by our chat with Joy last night and when I first found you, you were fishing." She paused for a moment to let that sink in. "There was also the way you introduced yourself, I can't be too critical, you had just woken up from fainting. Still, you should have come up with a more convincing name than 'Wa-Walker'." Misty puffed her cheeks out indignantly.

"Oh yeah Professor, it's not like you were completely honest with me!" she screamed. Ashley just remained calm.

"On the contrary, I was completely honest. I may not have been 100% transparent with my identity but that is reserved for those I trust completely," she said, still calmly walking alongside the increasingly angry redhead.

"I can't believe you, you walk around like your god's gift to mankind," Misty started, stepping in front of Ashley to rant and rave. "Yet you've barely started your journey. So, you saved a girl's life and may have saved a pokémon centre, it's not like that makes you the best there ever was." She continued at length, edging ever closer.

Inch by inch her face approached Ashley's until they were basically nose to nose. The raven-haired teen closed the distance between them and passionately kissed her lips. Misty's eyes went wide in shock before slowly closing. They had been closed for only a second before Ashley pulled away, brushed past Misty and headed onwards.

Misty remained stuck for a few short moments, eyes still closed, unable to comprehend what just happened. Suddenly a large grin spread across her face and she ran to catch up with her friend. They threw each other a side glance and a smile before settling back into the companionable silence.


They had been walking for a while now and Ashley couldn't regret destroying her bike more. Every few steps were punctuated by another scream. Fearing a creature such as gyarados, understandable, caterpie not so much. Misty had failed to enlighten her, about her bug pokémon phobia, until just before entering the forest. Oh, how she wished she had a flying type to carry her across, and maybe go back for the noisy redhead. If there was time.

Six hours of this passed, the walking only broken up by the short break they had for lunch. The screaming however didn't stop. It was at this point that they found a suitable clearing to one, set up camp and two, get some training in for their pokémon. Misty was relieved to be out from the trees, as that surely meant fewer bugs. She wasn't very enthusiastic about staying the night but as they were over half way through, it didn't seem she had much of a choice.

Ashley thought better of calling out her gyarados in a forest full of beedrill and instead opted to train her eevee, one to one.

"Okay Eevee, we're going to be working on your speed today and maybe a new move tomorrow." Eevee seemed extremely excited at the prospect of a new move. "Now don't get ahead of yourself, we'll work on speed first, you can have all the best moves but if you can get in a good position to use them or if you take too many hits as you're unable to dodge, then what use will they be." Eevee seemed a bit downtrodden by this but Ashley sought to cheer her up. "You already have moves well beyond the average Eevee of your age. You have Tackle, Quick Attack, Growl, Tail Whip and your egg move, yawn. In the time we have known each other, you have worked so hard to master them. Not to mention the work you did before meeting me."

This had the desired effect and Eevee significantly perked up. "See I told you, you were awesome and when am I ever wrong," Ashley added, sending a cheery wink in Eevee's direction. "Now, to improve your speed, we'll have you doing 50m sprints. Research suggests that it would be beneficial to take a 1 minute rest for every 10m, so following each run, you'll have a 5 minute break." Eevee cocked her head in confusion. "5 minutes may seem excessive but we'll be at this for a couple of hours," Her happy smile turned slightly sadistic, "you'll be plenty tired by the end of it." This unnerved the poor evolution pokémon.


2 and a half hours later Eevee had just finished her training and was exhausted. In an attempt to prove her trainer wrong, she decided to train that little bit longer, but she was suffering for it now.

"You're regretting it now, aren't you?" It was more of a statement than a question. The raven-haired trainer had encouraged her to stop after the 2 hour mark but Eevee insisted on going the extra mile. The fox-like pokémon merely turned her nose up in indignation. Internally however, she winced at the accuracy of her trainer's judgement. Ashley just smiled picked up the not so offended pokémon and placed her in her lap. She then removed a brush from her bag and Eevee's eyes practically sparkled at the sight of it. She may be fairly laid back as far as her species is concerned but that didn't mean she didn't enjoy a good grooming.

The soft brush made contact with her coat and immediately she was humming in content. As it made its way all over her body, she could feel the heavy strain from the training, slowly melting away. So relaxed was she, that only a few moments passed before Ashley heard a small snuffling coming from the little creature. 'Out like a light,' she thought to herself.

The trainer placed Eevee at the foot of her sleeping bag, herself and Misty had prepared camp whilst Eevee trained. After ensuring her starter pokémon was comfortable, she climbed into her bed for the night and stared up at the endless expanse of space. Despite her playful demeanour and her apparent happiness, Ashley was a mess inside, anxiety wracked her mind as she new sleep was fast approaching. She both did and didn't want it to come, her scientific curiosity needed to understand the dream she had. Her fear however was holding her back, whatever was happening to her was unknown and that was anything but comfortable.

Eventually, sleep claimed her and she instantly found herself in the same dark world. The first thing she noticed was the distinct lack of, glowing, purple eyes. She could hear the same muffled voice and it was noticeably clearer. Not so clear that she could make out everything but she heard a few jumbled words. 'Sister', 'Experiment' and 'Rocket' was all she managed to work out.


When morning eventually came, Ashley was more confused than ever, the similar experience had left her slightly baffled. The dream from the previous morning had been almost angry in nature. It didn't feel directed towards her but the voice was definitely angry. Maybe Misty not being so close was the difference but for the life of her she couldn't work out why.

Deciding to put that to rest for now, she got up and began stretching out her body, sleeping on the hard ground didn't agree with her. She first stretched her arms up over her head and then she leaned all the way forward until her fingers touched her toes.

This was the sight Misty woke up to, a half naked Ashley bending over in front of her, was preferable to her last wake up call.

"Morning Misty, enjoying the view?" Ashley asked. So entranced by the enticing view, she nearly missed that. Once again, she was caught peeking.

'One of these days, I'll get you Ketchum,' she thought, now blushing furiously in frustration and arousal, in equal parts. Seeing her cohort unable to respond, at least out loud, Ashley made to get properly dressed. Once this was accomplished, she began packing up camp with the recently recovered Misty.

When camp was all packed up, Ashley recalled the still sleeping Eevee into her luxury ball, she worked extremely hard yesterday and deserved the extra rest. With that, the two were back on the road. The walking far from soothed their worries, it in fact sent jolts of displeasure through both of their psyches. Misty due to the fear associated with the forest's native pokémon and Ashley due to the ridiculous screaming this fear resulted in. Needless to say, they each wanted out of the forest, as quickly as possible.


A couple of hours in and Misty's screaming had been endless, Ashley was far too tempted to call gyarados out and give her something to really scream about. She didn't do so however, as she noticed a small amount of movement from the bushes, they were about to pass. Bug pokémon were known to be incredibly adept at moving unnoticed in their natural habitat, they couldn't risk alerting a hungry pidgey or spearow, this therefore was a little concerning. Choosing to continue onwards but remain ready for anything, she made to pass the bushes, putting herself between them and Misty, just in case.

Her readiness and her incredible reflexes, saw her jumping away from the figure that had abruptly leapt from the shrubbery, wielding some kind of weapon. It was within a split second that she assessed the danger. The attacker was a short boy around their age, his most notable feature being the samurai style armour that adorned his frame. From what she could see of his physique, it was apparent that he hadn't trained physically and his stance suggested his inexperience in wielding a blade. All in all, not too much of a threat, provided he doesn't get a lucky hit in with that sword.

This analysis, having taken less than a second for her, allowed her to see many glaring flaws in his stance. Picking one, she decided to act.

The attacker, having missed with his first strike, a downward swing, had overextended and was currently relying almost entirely on his front leg to remain upright. Ashley seeing the opportunity, ducked into a low spin and extended one leg, which she used to sweep his own from under him. He crashed to the floor noisily, due to the armour and had lost his sword on the way down. Now flat on his back and unarmed, the minimal threat that he had posed, was now non-existent.

Placing the sole of her white high-top trainer onto the flat of the blade and leaning into her assailant's view, Ashley spoke up for the first time. "Who are you and why are you attacking us?" Her voice colder than ever before. Ashley hadn't had many friends but she was fiercely protective of those she had. Anyone stupid enough to threaten them, directly or otherwise, would surely pay.

The samurai, having had the wind thoroughly knocked from his lungs; upon contact with the ground, took a little too long to answer. This, coupled with a vacant stare, was enough to get Ashley further riled up. A swift kick to the torso seemed to help, it wouldn't have hurt due to the armour but it successfully brought him out of his daze.

"I'll only ask this once more, who are you and why did you attack us?" Ashley basically growled out.

"My name is samurai and I meant you no harm, I simply wish to challenge you to a pokémon battle," the boy said. Ashley was incensed by his answer.

"Seriously?!" she yelled. "Are you mentally challenged? What kind of imbecilic oaf challenges someone to a pokémon battle, by jumping from the bushes and swinging a sword?" The question was rhetorical, not needing an answer, she continued her rant. "I could have been anyone! If I was so inclined, I could have run you through with your own sword, before you knew what happened." Seeing him pale at that particular idea, she pressed home her point. "Some people wouldn't have hesitated to do just that. You are aware Team Rocket are operating in this area, right? What do you think they would have done?" By this point, his previously pale face, had lost all colour. A small pause ensued before she spoke again. "I'll give you your battle, on one condition, you stop this idiotic method of challenging opponents. Agreed?" she asked.

Following his nod, she held a hand out to him, he grasped it and she pulled him to his feet with surprising ease. Ashley asked the would-be samurai, if he knew of a location suitable. Replying in the positive, he led her away.

Misty had been reduced to a mere observer during the whole altercation, she hadn't even had time to scream before the threat had passed and their attacker was left flat on his back, at the hands of her new friend. Ironic really, the only legitimately scary thing to happen in this forest and she hadn't screamed. Realising they were now leaving her behind, to go battle, she rushed after them.


The boy led the two girls to a sizeable clearing, he left them on one side as he made his way to the other. Ashley gave him an expectant look, it was his challenge, it only seemed appropriate that he decides the terms.

"What is your name trainer? I wish to know the identity of whom I will so thoroughly crush," proclaimed the samurai from across the open space. Ashley wasn't sure whether to be offended he thought her so easy to handle or impressed that he could maintain that level of confidence, following the ass kicking he just received. She simply settled for answering his question.

"Ashley Ketchum from Pallet Town, what's your name?"

"My name is Samurai," he replied.

'Wow, original,' Ashley mused.

"I have been expecting you, trainer from Pallet Town. I met a truly gifted battler just two hours ago, he destroyed by pokémon with amazing efficiency. He also hailed from Pallet Town and said I should be expecting a girl to pass through here at some point. He also said I will have no problem beating her."

"I see you already met Gary," she said. 'He must have travelled through the night, just to get ahead.' Shaking her head at the thought of her so-called rival, she continued. "You would do well not to believe everything you hear. What are your terms?"

"A two on two battle, no substitutions," he replied.

Nodding at this, Ashley asked Misty if she would referee, to which she agreed. "The trainers know the terms, please release your first pokémon," she called.

Ashley, not wanting to level the surrounding forest in this battle, called forth her eevee. Her opponent released a pinsir. The bug like pokémon let out a battle cry as it coalesced from the white energy. Ashley immediately noticed the lack of any shine from its brown exoskeleton, a sure sign that it wasn't getting the right nutrients, this in turn meant it would likely lack the strength and speed of others of its species.

"Battle, begin!" Misty called.

"Okay Eevee, start this off with Quick Attack, then into Tail Whip from behind." As she went about her orders, Pinsir was receiving some of his own.

"Pinsir, turn around and use vice grip" Samurai called out. Eevee being the much quicker of the two managed to get behind the pincer pokémon, attack with her tail and retreat before her opponent could retaliate. The Tail Whip had done its job, by not only lowering the pokémon's defence but also knocking it off balance.

Ashley, looking to capitalise on this, gave her next orders. "Great work, now Quick Attack to the back of the knee!" The attack hit home and sent the stag beetle pokémon to its knees. Eevee bounced off the back of it's leg and landed gracefully behind it. Samurai was screaming at his pokémon to get to its feet, to no avail. In the meantime, Ashley was looking to end this round. "Okay Eevee, now tackle attack to the back of his head."

Eevee executed the order perfectly and Pinsir was forced to the ground, its face colliding heavily with the dirt. When the dust had settled, it revealed an ever so slightly winded Eevee and a now unconscious Pinsir.

"Pinsir is unable to battle, please send out your last pokémon," the referee, Misty declared. Samurai called back his pinsir with a few words of gratitude. He then sent out his final pokémon. The white energy released from the pokéball, formed into a small cocoon shaped creature, otherwise known as a metapod. Ashley once again assessed the pokémon and concluded that it was recently caught. This meant it likely only knew one move, Harden. Not a particularly frightening prospect, but with Eevee having already battled, she may not last in a fight of attrition.

"Begin!" Misty shouted.

"Eevee use Yawn!"

"Harden!"

Ashley's command came first and was carried out quickly by the little evolution pokémon. Due to the nature of the move however, Metapod managed to get the defence boost from Harden before falling asleep completely.

"Now, repeated Tail Whips, until it wakes up." Eevee was seen jumping around the cocoon pokémon attacking with its tail and lowering its defence on every bound. Samurai was again reduced to simply yelling at his pokémon, this time to wake up.

Ashley saw the smallest hint of movement from Metapod and chose to act. "Quick Attack, now!"

Her opposition had missed that small detail and therefore his opportunity to defend. The result was a now severely worn out Eevee and a yet again unmoving Metapod, however this time he was unconscious for a whole different reason.

"Metapod is unable to battle, Eevee wins both rounds and Ashley Ketchum wins the battle." And like that, the match was over. Misty was very impressed by the new trainer, although she had come to expect the unexpected when she was concerned. For the first time since leaving home, the redhead was genuinely excited at the thought of going back, if only to have an official gym battle with someone so talented. Maybe if she could show her sisters a great battle, they would start taking their duties seriously, she could only hope.

The competitors met in the middle of the clearing, Samurai had returned his metapod and Eevee had made her way to Ashley's shoulder.

"That was a truly great battle! You defeated me effortlessly, without conceding a single hit. I am truly honoured to have battled you," Samurai said sincerely. If nothing else he really took defeat well. "You have proven me the amateur, me and my pokémon will train harder than ever, I hope someday we can battle again."

"I would like that, be sure to become strong and I'll gladly battle again, when we next meet." Pulling out a piece of paper she continued. "I happen to be a bit of an expert in pokémon nutrition," she thought best to leave out the professor part, "here is a number of recipes that, alongside some rigorous training, will make your bug pokémon a lot stronger. The ingredients can all be found in this forest." Whilst talking she was furiously scribbling down the details of a few recipes. She then handed him the paper and bid him farewell. The pair then turned to leave as the young samurai waved and called out his goodbyes, until they were lost amongst the shrubbery once more.


Relief washed over the travellers as they finally entered Pewter City. Gone were the endless bushes and trees, gone were the repeated encounters with bug pokémon and gone were the incessant screams that came with each sighting. Their bodies were tired and their nerves were frayed, they just wanted to find the pokémon centre and get a good night's rest.

It wasn't too long before the two reached their destination, Ashley remembered almost everything she had ever seen, heard, thought, even felt. Memorising the map of the entire Kanto region was child's play.

The pair entered the pokémon centre, Eevee still riding Ashley's shoulder. Ashley asked the resident Nurse Joy if she would take care of their pokémon. She obviously was more than happy to accept. Leaving Eevee and Gyarados in her capable hands Ashley led Misty to the professor suite, where they both got showers, finally cleansing their bodies of the stress and grime from their travels.

It was with weary eyes that they each said their goodnights and fell soundly to sleep, once again sharing the same double bed.


The voice in Ashley's dreams had once again taken a more violent turn, seemingly screaming at her. She caught a few more words such as, 'Disgusting', 'Humans', 'Superior' and 'Pokémon', the voice was becoming clearer each night, as if whatever had shrouded it was slowly retreating.

Thankfully, despite the speaker's apparent anger, nothing physical had occurred during the night and Misty was undisturbed. She didn't know enough to come to any concrete conclusion but the voice's emotional state seemed to change with her proximity to Misty. She would only be able to say for sure, as they continued to travel together.

Bringing herself back to the here and now, Ashley found herself looking at the doors to the Pewter City Gym. She didn't think herself ready and had instead opted to train her pokémon, she merely stopped by on her way out of the city.

"You ready?" asked her redheaded friend. She had asked Misty to accompany her to train, this way Gyarados would have an easier time learning the water type moves, she so sorely needed. Ashley could of course teach her herself but a bit of pokémon to pokémon tuition could work wonders.

"Yeah, let's go. There's a small river on the other side of those hills." After pausing for just a second more, to look at venue of her first real test as a trainer, Ashley started towards their temporary training grounds.

It didn't take too long to reach their destination and were soon releasing all their pokémon. Misty released her staryu, starmie and goldeen and informed them they were here to train. While Ashley released her gyarados, Eevee left her perch on her trainer's shoulder and made to greet the pokémon she hadn't yet met. Gyarados was happy to be released into water for the first time in what felt like forever. She roared skywards upon her release and then lowered her head to rub her massive cheek against her trainer's body. Ashley found herself giggling at the interaction, clearly enjoying the loyalty and devotion her recent capture displayed at any opportunity.

"I missed you too girl, now how about we get some training done? We'll need to work extra hard to make you the strongest gyarados," the raven-haired girl suggested. Gyarados grunted in affirmation and awaited her instructions. "Great, now for today I want you to work with Misty's pokémon, they are going to help you manifest the water required to attack. When you have that down we'll have you learn Aqua Tail. Sound good?" She received another skyward roar from the atrocious pokémon, obviously she was eager to get stronger.

Misty having already explained their roles, sent her team off with Gyarados, they were going to help while hopefully further perfecting their own moves. Ashley meanwhile was talking Eevee through their training for the day.

"Today, we'll have you learning a new move. I think Swift is our best option at the moment, considering your lack of long range moves. We won't be able to immobilize the quicker opponents with Yawn, and Swift is a perfect move to track their movements. Depending on your progress today we may move onto Refresh, this will be a massive help when battling those who rely on status effects." Eevee yipped in a mixture of agreement and excitement. She wanted to grow strong for her trainer but more so than that, she wanted to become strong for herself. Everyone then got to work.


The morning went by quickly, Ashley having unintendedly left herself with very little to do, spent a lot of it pondering her current situation. Both her pokémon were currently learning the basics of energy manipulation and being human, she didn't have the qualities necessary to help them. This was something that every pokémon had to tackle at some point and would only be able to do so, with the aid of other pokémon. That didn't mean she neglected her duty to offer encouragement where possible and supply a healthy and nutritious lunch, when the time came.

Gyarados had made quick progress in forming water outside of her body and was now working on turning that water into ice. This was necessary for the move Ice Fang, which she was hoping to learn alongside Aqua Tail. Ashley had no problem with this, she had planned to work that move into the training over the next few days anyway. Seeing her pokémon showing her initiative, pleased her greatly.

Eevee was having a harder time forming any energy outside of her body, being a normal type pokémon, she wasn't innately tuned to a certain energy type. This made learning this skill all the more difficult but once mastered, it would aid her in learning other energy based moves.

After breaking for a lunch designed to revitalize, the pokémon returned to their work. Ashley noticed the ice forming around Gyarados' mouth and couldn't be prouder of the hard work her first capture was putting in. It was far from a battle-ready Ice Fang but it was still remarkable progress. At Ashley's instruction Gyarados was alternating between trying Ice Fang and Aqua Tail. The latter being far more developed at this stage. This training method had the added benefit of teaching the pokémon to switch between move types rapidly in battle, a skill that many trainers neglected.

Eevee was no less enthusiastic about her training but sadly had made far less progress. She had only been able to form a very small mass of unstable energy. This often sparked out of existence, far faster than it appeared. She would have quickly become downhearted, if it weren't for her trainer's support.

Ashley took this opportunity to discuss her situation with Misty and propose an experiment. She described her dreams in greater detail and explained the change in emotion the voice displayed. She suggested they camp out at the river for tonight but sleep close together. There were too many variables and staying inside and outside of the pokémon centre was one of them. By adding Misty into the mix, it would give her a clearer picture as to what may affect the mysterious voice's mood. Misty quickly agreed, not needing a reason to get closer to the alluring Professor Ketchum.


The rest of the day went by in a flash and Ashley was extremely happy with her two pokémon. They had surpassed her expectations and she suspected that after another full day of training, Gyarados would be ready for the gym battle ahead. It was now time for bed and Ashley was preparing her experiment.

"I want you as close as possible tonight," she said while undressing. For her plan to have the most reliable results, they had opened their sleeping bags and had one on top of the other. This would simulate the shared double bed situation at the centre, while also exposing them to nature, like two nights previous. Misty gulped as Ashley removed her dungarees. She had slept next to her twice now but neither time had she an open invitation to get as close as possible. "Well, aren't you going to get ready for bed?" Misty had been stood beside the sleeping bags, silently admiring the figure her companion possessed. Snapping out of her daze, she undressed in a flash and disappeared under the top cover. Ashley followed soon after, shifting closer and closer to the redhead.

Misty could feel the professor approaching her from behind and was trying to calm herself down, this was an experiment and would, under no circumstances, lead to anything else. She was startled from this thought by a slender arm, wrapping around her waist and pulling her closer. She didn't fight the girl pulling her into the position of little spoon. Her heart was beating heavily in her chest and her palms were sweaty as their nearly naked bodies meshed together.

"Goodnight Misty," Ashely said, before planting a feather light kiss to the back of Misty's neck. She smirked as she heard a faint moan leave her companion's lips.

'It really is a good night,' Misty thought.