The next day in the marketplace, Ash and Pikachu were looking around the stands so that they can find what are they going to have for breakfast they both thought it is too hot to have any bread so they decided to go for fruit instead. " Say Pikachu what do you want for breakfast? I was thinking of getting some fruit because it is way too hot to have any bread or anything that is usually hot" Ash asked his partner.

Pikachu agreed that they should have fruit for breakfast he was looking all over the stands until he spotted one selling watermelon. Once Pikachu had his glaze on the waterly fruit his mouth was watering which Ash noticed and Chuckled at his friend's amusement about the watermelon." alright Pikachu According to your face I say that we are going to have watermelon for breakfast today so let's climb up that tent so we can sneakily grab one well the salesman isn't looking" Ash said as he started to sneakily climb on top of the watermelon shop without anyone seeing them. Once they got up to the tent Ash told Pikachu to go down there and Distract the salesman well he tried to grab one. " Alright, Pikachu this is what I want you to do," Ash told him. I want you to go down there and mess around with the man's fruit will I grab one" he explained as he winked at him. Pikachu Applied with a salute back to him," Alright Pikachu, you know what to do, Now go. Ash told him.

Meanwhile, as Ash and Pikachu were getting their watermelon Felicia finally made it to the marketplace and she was so happy that she was going to have her first adventure in this marketplace as she was Admiring all of the shops " Wow, this place is huge. I am so happy that I decided to go out and find my own adventure. All of these people look so happy about selling their products" Felicia happily said as she was looking around the stands people were trying to get her to buy something but she just wanted to Explore nothing else.

As Felicia was Wandering around the marketplace Ash grabbed the watermelon as the salesman wasn't looking because he was distracted by Pikachu " "Well done, Pikachu now let's start our day off right with a good breakfast" he said as he cut the watermelon in half as he handed one to Pikachu but when he was about to eat his He glanced over at a girl that he has never seen before. Sure he has seen a lot of girls in the marketplace before but none of them were as beautiful as this one. " Wow Pikachu look at the girl, I haven't seen anyone so beautiful in all my life living in this marketplace I haven't seen anyone like her. I'm starting to feel something that I never felt before but all I know it's a wonderful feeling. Come on I want to meet that girl maybe I can show her around the marketplace. She looks new by all my years of living on these streets I haven't seen anyone like her before so I have to assume that she is new around here. So we should help her just in case she gets lost" Ash said to pikachu who just nodded in agreement as he was finishing his watermelon. Oh no what is she doing I hope she is not doing what I think she's doing" Ash thought as he watched her approach the kid that was over at the apple stand trying to grab one for himself. He got nervous once he notice Felicia walking over to the kid.

Ash was just about to head over to her so he could introduce himself. But he stopped running once he saw what she is about to do." " Awww that poor kid and Pichu must be Starving. I gotta help them" she said as she went over to the stand as she picked out two apples one for the kid and one for the Pichu "Aww you two must be hungry here let me help you" she said as she grabbed two apples and handed them over to the boy as him and his pichu ran off happily. Felicia was about to continue with her walk when the seller told her that he wanted money. This just causes Ash to love her even more not only is she beautiful but she is really nice and cares about Pokemon and others. He couldn't take it anymore he wanted to meet this Mysterious woman but before he could she was about to get in trouble with the salesman this caused him to run over to them so that he can help her. " oh no she looks like she's in trouble come on Pikachu, We have to go help her." Ash shouted to his partner who was walking in the direction of the Apple salesman " Hey girl where is my money? If you are going to take fruit from my stand I expect you to have the money to pay me and if you don't" then they will be very bad consequences for being a thief even if you are beautiful that does not give you the right to steal. The sells man said as he grabbed Felicia by her arm she looked back at the seller scared about what he is going to do to her . " um, I'm sorry sir, This is my first time here I didn't know that I needed money but if you can kindly wait I can get it from the Sultan " she pleaded but the seller wasn't listening he was about to cut her arm off until Ash stopped him before he could. As he did Ash cut between the seller and Felicia so that he can Separate the two. Felicia sign in relief as she was grateful that this nice young man would come and help her fix this Situation. " I'm really sorry sir, this is a huge misunderstanding. We have been walking around the marketplace looking for her and just want to say I am totally grateful that you found her. So if we just forget this whole thing ever happen." Ash said as he was trying to convince the salesman to let Felicia go. " That's weird she said that she was new around here and she knew the sultan" The salesman shouted angrily. "Felicia looked confused at him which he noticed. " ugh thank you for helping me but what are you doing," She asked. " I am trying to help you to get out of this mess safely" he explained. " Wait before you take her can you please tell me how you know her because she said that she is new here and she knew the sultan so can you please explain that to me." The salesman asked again since he didn't get an answer the last time he asked. Ash had an idea so he dragged Felicia and told her to pretend that she is a traveling merchant from afar who is on her way to the Palace to deliver something to the Sultan.

" That is a great idea but that doesn't explain how I know you," she asked. " oh I got it you can be one of the Sultan's Servants who is supposed to Escort me to the palace because since I'm not used to this Environment so I need someone to show me the way," She told him. Ash liked that idea. Then they turned to the salesman as he was waiting for an answer. Felicia was the one who started the act first " Will you see I am a traveling merchant who came from a city far away and I got lost along the way so I found my fa, I mean the Sultan's sent one of his servants to come and take me to the palace" Felicia said nervously as she was trying hard to not reveal her true Identity. Before the man was about to say anything he heard a Crash that came from his apples and it was Pikachu who looked like he was trying to steal a couple of apples but as soon as the man's head was turned. Ash thought that this will be the perfect time for them to make their escape so he ran away with Felicia following him along with pikachu who just happily jumped onto his trainer's shoulder as they ran out of the marketplace as the apple sells men yelled "Get back here, you thieves" he yelled as Ash, Felicia, and Pikachu ran Farther away from the marketplace.

When they got out of the marketplace Ash decided to take the girl to where he and Pikachu live. " wow that was some adventure wasn't it" " Felicia said. " you can say that again but I have a whole different opinion on the situation than you. I am just happy that we got out of there safely." Ash said to her. " Now that is over, how about I take you over to where I live." Ash asked. " oh that will be great and I just wanted to thank you for helping me with that salesman that was really kind of you," Felicia said greatly. " That is no problem, It is your first time here so I wanted to make sure that none of the dangers of Pantoran didn't bother you because this city can be pretty dangerous if you are not careful. But I wouldn't know that because I was born here. " Ash explained as he was climbing up a ladder as he was helping Felicia to climb up. " will you see this is the first time that I ever experienced something like that? I don't always get out as much so I kind a don't understand how the outside world can be. I have seen the world from books or maps but I haven't seen it with my eyes before today" Felicia explained.

" Wow, wherever you live sounds pretty strict," he said. " you got that right," she said as both of them got to the entrance to Ash's home. " well here we are home sweet home, I guess. I'm sorry about the mess I wasn't expecting company so please make yourself at home" he said as he tried to make his place a little more presentable for his new guest. " will what a cozy little home you got here. So this is where you live? It's so much more exciting and different from where I came from that's for sure" Felicia said sadly as she was thinking how much she hated her life in the palace.

" yep, It is just me and my partner Pikachu" Ash said as Pikachu came behind Ash's shoulder and lean his head out so that Felicia can pet him. " wow you have a Pikachu, he's so cute." she says as she scratches Pikachu by the ear as this caused him to giggle and leaned out his head even farther so that Felicia can pet him even longer. " wow Pikachu really seems to like you. So do you have any Pokemon where you are from" he asked. " oh of course I have so many Pokemon where I'm from but I can only keep some indoors so they won't make a huge mess of the place " she Chuckled. " but thank you for letting me pet you pikachu, you are so sweet" She said as she petted him on the head which was making him blush. As Felicia was petting pikachu, Ash's feelings for her was starting to grow. " Wow this girl is really special , not only she is beautiful,and nice, but she loves pokemon and they seem to really like her too. I think I should ask her where she comes from since she is new to this kingdom." Ash thought as he was watching Felicia pet pikachu as he seemed to be enjoying it.

Meanwhile back at the palace, Coronal Hanson and Meowth were in the lair once they got in Coronal Hanson placed the Sultan's ring right in the center of his hourglass which started to glow once the ring was set in place he commanded it to show him where he can find this diamond in the rough. " alright now that the ring is set, let's see if it can help me find my diamond in the rough." Coronal Hanson said with excitement. When the hourglass was on he told it to show me the diamond in the rough. Once he said that the hourglass didn't show a diamond at all, it reveal a person. " wait, a minute the diamond in the rough isn't a jewel at all it's a person and a boy in fact" Coronal Hanson said as he was Staring at the image of Ash and Felicia in his home talking to each other. " alright Meowth we have found him. We have found the diamond in the rough now go and get me Wake I need him to Fetch me the boy and bring him to me. " Coronal Hanson shouted.

" Hey, Wake can you come over for a minute I need you and your men to Arrest someone for me, Once Wake was called he met up with Coronal Hanson outside the door of the lair. " Greetings Coronal Hanson who do you want me and my men to Arrest," he asked as he saluted him. "I want you to arrest a boy that has raven black hair and has Z marks on his face, Sound familiar " Colonel Hansen described. The description of the person was making the captain's blood boil. " ugh you want me to arrest that Street Raticate, " Ahh, so you have heard of him wonderful then it will be easy to capture him, Coronal Hanson said Surprise. But the captain ruined it by saying "but sir, we have tried years to catch him and it is really hard because he is too smart and fast How do you expect us to catch him" he asked " I don't know you are the captain of the guard you figure it out. Once you catch him sent him to the palace Dungeon I have some plans that I want that boy to do for me. I will give him an offer that he can't refuse hahaha ." Now go out there and do not fail me" Coronal Hanson ordered. Wake didn't bother to argue with him so he just ran out and gathered all of his men and headed straight towards the marketplace.

Pretty soon this whole kingdom will be mine and its all thanks to a dirty street Raticate " He said as he walked back inside the lair with Meowth following him. As he was thinking of a plan on how he is going to Convince Ash to fetch the Golden Poke Ball for him without revealing his true identity to the boy.

Meanwhile, back in Ash's home, he wanted to know more about his new friend. " I appreciate that you love my home. We don't usually have visitors here but just you wait until I show you the view. Come out here I want to show you it. Ash said as he stood up and walked over to a huge window that had the perfect view of the palace from afar. Once Ash encouraged her to come up to the window with him. When she got up to the window. He was right, it did have a beautiful view of the palace but it just made her feel very disappointed about her living addictions." yeah, the view is great" she said sarcastically as she started to complain about how miserable it is to live in a fancy home. " people that live there must be the most luckiest people alive because I bet they have nothing to worry about like being hungry all the time, and always running from the guards. Trust me life in that palace has to be so much better then living out here on these streets. I bet there are lots of servants, have plays all the time all it must be so wonderful" Ash said with glee.

Felicia on the other hand had a whole different respective about what living in luxury is like. But she didn't want to crash his dreams so she just said " yeah those things do happen, especially people that will even tell you where you have to go and what you have to wear" she said as she rolled her eyes as she said that. " will it's way better than living out here on the streets , speaking of which where do you live anyway" Ash asked.

" who cares,I am never stepping foot into that place again" she said determined.

Ash felt bad for her so he took one bite out of his apple and put it down so that he can continue his conversation with Felicia. " Oh really why did you run away?" he asked as he sat next to her. Felicia just huffed and signed as she spoke. " I ran away from home because my father is rushing me to find a husband to marry " she answered sadly. " Oh I see, will I got to say that your father is definitely not being fair? He is making you go through that and I am terribly sorry for you." he responded.

Pikachu was listening to the sob story as will so he went over to Felicia to comfort her. As he was trying to tell her that he feels bad too. " thank you all so much for agreeing with me.I had told him so many times that what he is doing is not fair but he just won't listen to me. Doesn't matter how many times that I have told him it doesn't ever go through his head that I didn't want to do this and so that is the reason why I ran away. she said.

" well look on the bright side you have your Pokemon to help you out. I am sure everything is going to be just fine, right Pikachu" Ash said as he looked down at Pikachu who was eating a apple but he stopped so that he can respond to Ash's question. Pikachu just said Pika, pika,chu" Pikachu Responded.

" what does Pikachu think of the situation does he have a different opinion" she asked. .

" he said that it is not right that your father is forcing you to get married right away and thinks it is not fair on how he is doing this to you." he said to her.

" oh really, he said that, will it's something that I been doing all of my life has always been decided for me. I had never made any decisions for myself" she said.

" me and pikachu wish that we can do something to help you, will where ever you used to live does sound horrible as I can Imagine. But at least you are not hungry all the time and always running away from the guards, everyone looks down on me he said to her.

Once Felicia heard about what he had to go through in his life. She can tell that he has a whole different life than she does. She is having special feelings for this man and they were emotions that she had never felt before. At first, when she left the palace it all started to become a disaster but ever since she met this nice man and his Pikachu. She is starting to see and feel things in a whole new way that she will never feel for anyone and deep down inside she loved it, she felt like she doesn't need to be different around him. She can be herself and that is what she learned about this man. That both of them hate their lifestyles which is something that both of them have in common. " well I'm sorry that others look down on you. You shouldn't be treated like that," she said to him. " will thank you, it feels nice to talk to someone who feels the same way" he said as he sat next to her. Once he did.

Ash and Felicia just smiled at each other as their eyes were glowing as they were Staring at each other with stars in their eyes at each other. They were about to kiss each other until they heard a booming voice that killed the moment and it was Wake with his guards they stormed into Ash's home and this caused both Ash and Felicia to panic. " Oh no it's Wake, we have to get out of here. I am not sure how they found this place but let's forget about that and let's go" Said Ash as he leaned out his hand for Felicia to grab.

" Oh no, my father must have figured out that I escaped. That has to be the reason why they are here" Felicia said surprised. She was just as surprised as Ash was but both of them had different reasons why they think the guards are here. Felicia stopped panicking once she noticed Ash leaning out his hand to her" Come on we can jump from here and then we can make a run for it, but you have to trust me. So do you" he asked. " of course I do" she said as she grabbed his hand once they did. They both jumped out of the window and landed in a pile of sand. But as they were about to run away they were surrounded. They didn't know where to go. Until Ash bumped into Wake as he held him by his vest as he said "Will look what we have here it's a street Radicate and this time you will not escape us. Now it is off to the dungeon with you, boy" he said as Ash was struggling to free himself from Wake's strong grip. He stopped once Wake tossed him over to the guards. " Hey, let go of me," Ash cried as he was trying to get out of the guard's arms but the more he kept on struggling the guards kept on holding him down. Then Pikachu jumped on top of one of the guard's heads hoping it will free his friend but Wake just grabbed him by the tail and tossed him over to an open vase.

As Ash was struggling Wake walked over to him and cupped his chin so that he can look him in the eye and said which caused Ash to glare at him in anger " After all these years, we have caught the street Radicate, You think that we will give up on capturing you so easily, but you are wrong and now at last victory is ours and you are mine now boy." Wake said as he and his men were laughing in victory. They were about to walk away until Wake felt someone attacking his arm and ordering him to let him go. " Wake, what do you think you are doing, let him go at once," Felicia ordered. Wake shook her off of him and sent her flying towards the sand hill. Felicia knew that she had to do something. " Oh look at this men, this one thinks that it can give us orders, who do you think you are giving us orders," he asked.

" I told you to let him go and this is an order from the princess," Felicia said as she took off her hood, everyone was shocked by Felicia's True identity. That all of the guards including Ash quickly bowed before the princess. Everyone was confused and wanted to know what is she doing out of the palace. The one that was totally shocked by this news was Ash. He couldnt believe that all this time that he was talking to the princess and thought that he must have sounded stupid to think that a princess will ever fall in love with a street Raticate like himself. He couldn't believe that the princess was trying to stop Wake from arresting him. In all of his life living on the streets, he won't think that the princess will be helping him.

" Princess Felicia, why aren't you in the palace, does your father know about this and what are you doing out on these streets hanging out with this street Radicate," he asked in a Respectful tone.

" That is none of your business, Now do as I say and I said I want you to let him go," She said in a stone voice.

" I'm sorry Princess I can't do that because these orders came from Coronal Hanson. If you have a problem with it. You will have to talk to him about it" He said to her.

Felicia was shocked by this news and knows that she is going to pay him a visit once she gets home. " oh don't worry once you take me back to the palace, I will make sure that coronal Hanson will give me an expiration once I have a word with him" She said as she told Wake to take her back to the palace so that she can talk to Coronal Hanson and see why he wanted this man arrested.

Wake just bowed to the princess and told his men to put the boy in the dungeon as he escorts Felicia back to the palace. They all nodded and went to do their jobs.

Once Wake took Felicia home, She stormed right into the palace looking for Coronal Hanson. Felicia found him leaving the lair she stormed over to him and said " Coronal Hanson you have some explaining to do" Felicia said as she walked over to him. Once Coronal Hanson heard the voice he turned around and noticed that it was the princess, " Oh princess, how may I be a servant to you? What is it that you want to see me" He asked as he bowed before her.

"I came to see you for an exploration and that is I want to talk to you about something that happened at the marketplace today, can you please explain to me why the guards Arrested a boy by your orders, So care to explain to me why he got arrested," She demanded. " Will as you know your father wants me to protect Pantoran and that includes criminals" He explained, " What crime did he commit?" She asked with her hands on her hips. As she wasn't going to leave until she got an answer.

" He got arrested because he was responsible for the princess going missing. So I assumed that he must have kidnapped you," he responded.

"What, that is ridiculous and that is a complete lie because I was never kidnapped I decided to run away from home by my own choice" she explained.

" oh really, I didn't expect that, but the sentence for him has already been set, " Coronal Hanson said as he closed the door in Meowths face as he was walking ahead of Felicia. "

"What, you already scheduled a sentence, and what is it," she asked.

" the punishment for his crimes is death by beheading," he said.

Felicia felt a shiver down her spine as she felt her heart racing. "what, no No, no, you wouldn't, does my father know about this" she said out of shock as she sat on a stool as relaxation hit her hard. She turned to him with a disgusting look on her face as she turned to him. But before she can say anything Coronal Hanson place his hands on her bare shoulders as he said. " I was going to tell him but it was already set in stone so by the time we would tell your father it will be too late. So I am sorry for this bad news, princess," he said as he rolled his eyes.

Then she stood up and said to him "You monster, how dare you sentence a death without my father's permission. " I just can't believe that you will do something that awful," she said as she ran out of the room crying.

When Felicia left, Meowth got out of the door and sat on his master's shoulder, and asked. " So how did your conversation go with the princess, how do you think she took it" Meowth asked.

" well according to her face I've got to say that it went pretty well," he said as he and Meowth both smirked as they watched Felicia run out of the room crying. Knowing that she will never see this man and his Pikachu ever again".

Out in the country yard, Arcanine found Felicia on the fountain crying in her arms. He went over to her so that he can comfort her. " oh Arcanine, the first time that I meet someone outside the palace, he is going to die and I feel like this is my fault. I can't believe that I will never see him again and the worst part is, I didn't even get his name," she said sadly as she wiped her tears off of her face as she hugged her Arcanine and continued to sob.

Hey guys, I hope all of you like this chapter on the next one. Ash will be visiting the Cave of Wonders hoping that he can find this mysterious Pokeball for a creepy old man that he met in the dungeon. Will Ash find a way to be with the princess even though he isnt a prince and will he be able to find this Pokeball? Will Coronal Hanson find a way to convince Ash to fetch him the golden Pokeball for him? Will Ash and Felicia ever see each other again or will Felicia will have to accept the fact that he is dead? What is Felicia going to do about the bad news that coronal Hanson has told her. I hope everyone will like this chapter. I am sorry for how bad my spelling and grammar are. I just write for fun and I hope all of you have fun reading the stories that I write on this website. Will I see you in the next chapter or in my other stories?