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Chapter 12: A Recharge at Home and a Birthday Bash Part 3
'Last time, Our heroes were resting at Pallet Town, Ash's home town and they were over at Oak's laboratory where Ash reunited with his Pokémon, also May came over to Kanto to compete in the contests over there. After dealing with Team Rocket, one of Ash's Pokémon came back to him. It was Butterfree, but his heart was full of sadness. Wanting to find out why, Dante brought out his Alakazam and used its powers to send Ash, Dante and Pikachu's minds into Butterfree's to find the answer, but what they will find won't be a good one.'
(Outside: Oak's lab)
Misty, May, Tracey, Max, Oak, Birch and Delia were seeing Ash, Dante and Pikachu in some kind of trance with Butterfree and Alakazam.
"What's happening Professor?" asked Max.
"Well Max it seems that Alakazam is using its powers to send Ash, Dante and Pikachu's minds into Butterfree's mind," Oak answered.
"How?" said May.
"Alakazam is one of many Pokémon that have a lot of psychic power and can connect the minds of others," said Oak.
"Can we do anything to wake them up?" asked Misty.
"No. It's important we don't disturb the process, if we do their minds can be lost forever..." Birch warned.
That shocked everyone.
"What can we do?" asked Max.
"Nothing, we have to wait, but my guess is that they have an hour to find what they need to find but the longer they stay separated from their minds the harder it is for them to return." said Oak ominously.
That made everyone gulp.
"Bulbasaur, have the Pokémon form a perimeter around them so no-one disturbs them until they wake up," said Oak.
"Bulba-Bulbasaur.." said Bulbasaur as it told all of Ash's pokémon what to do and they followed suit.
"Well then I think we better go inside until they come back," said Oak.
Soon everyone went back in the lab and decided to order some dinner as they waited for Ash to come back.
(Mindscape: into Butterfree's mind)
Ash, Pikachu and Dante were traveling between realms, going through a multi-color tunnel until they stopped.
"We arrived," said Dante.
"Where are we?" asked Ash.
They were at a place that was like a forest with some insects and up in the clouds were flying birds and butterflies.
"Welcome to Butterfree's mind," said Dante.
"How did Alakazam do this?" asked Ash.
"Pika!" said Pikachu.
"Alakazam used its powers to astral project our minds into Butterfree's while our bodies stay in the real world." replied Dante.
"Wow this is cool!" said Ash.
"Yes it is but we can't stay here for too long," said Dante.
"How come?" asked Ash.
"Because we can stay for an hour and the longer we remain here, the harder it is to get back and if we don't leave after the hour has passed, our minds will be separated from our bodies forever and we'll die," said Dante seriously.
Ash and Pikachu swallowed the lumps in their throats.
"Okay watch this," Dante said as Alakazam formed a clock.
He then put the clock around his neck and then pressed a button.
"This clock will show how much time we have left in here and when the time is up, Alakazam will bring us back and put our minds back," said Dante.
"How?" said Ash.
"By pressing this red button," Dante said pointing to the red button. "When the clock reaches the 10 minute mark, I'll press it and it'll send a signal to Alakazam and it'll bring us back to the right bodies."
"Got it," said Ash.
"Alright let's go," said Dante.
The three then took off to explore the realms of Butterfree's mind.
"Wow.." said Ash amazed.
"Pika!" Added Pikachu.
As they traveled, they saw Butterfree's memories and everything that occurred to it. They saw memories like the time Ash caught it as a Caterpie, then evolving into Metapod and then again into Butterfree and the time it had with Ash and friends, as well as all their battles they had, up until it was time to go to be with its mate. The memory when Ash released it to be with the pink Butterfree was the hardest thing for both of them.
Now they looked to the memories of what Butterfree was doing when Ash released him to the wild.
"Dante how long since we been here?" asked Ash.
"About 11 minutes," he answered.
"So we have time," said Ash as they descended further.
As they traveled they looked at more memories, there was ones where Butterfree and his mate went to with the others to mate and there were ones where they came to an island and began forming colonies and were beginning to mate to form families.
Ash and Pikachu saw that Butterfree was very happy for a long time.
But after 20 minutes passed, they came across the memories that had the answer.
"Oh no..." said Ash as he and Pikachu saw something that brought a chill to their spines and Dante had a solemn expression.
They were looking at the memory where Butterfree lost everything.
On the island they were living, there was a massive storm. Dark clouds were everywhere, the winds howled with rage, lightning struck across the sky with thunder letting out a bellowing roar and the rain pelted the trees and the grounds below as the waves pummeled the island.
The island the Butterfree's were living on was in a midst of a hurricane and the other Butterfree's were panicking as they carried their eggs and headed for nearby caves for shelter.
Ash's Butterfree was looking for his mate the pink Butterfree, he struggled against the strong winds, until he found his mate in their nest and she was in trouble. It was being attacked by a group of Ekans so Butterfree flew fast and then facing the opposite way he used Stun Spore on them to paralyze their bodies and they got blown away.
Butterfree landed in the nest with the pink one and saw that their egg was safe, but the storms were about to come to the peak of their strength and that meant it was going to hit the island with all of its force.
Ash's Butterfree told his mate that they need to get to the caves quickly, but his mate shook her head and said there wasn't time to get there before it hit and she knew what she had to do.
Butterfree saw that look and the dread oozed out of him.
"Please Pink don't do it! You'll die if you try it," he said pleading.
"I must my love, to save you, our egg and everyone.." Pink said with tears forming in her eyes.
"Please let me do it instead!" said Butterfree with tears in his eyes.
The Pink Butterfree gently shook her head and kissed him and told him to take their egg and head for the caves and not to look back.
Butterfree watched as his beloved took off and other Butterfree's joined her knowing what will happen.
He then picked up their egg and took off for the caves and he didn't look back, but a few tears left his eyes, knowing that this is the last time he'll see his mate alive.
Butterfree carried the egg and tried to made its way to the others but it was getting hard to see so he made it to a smaller cave and took refuge there.
Meanwhile the Pink Butterfree and the others gathered around and began channeling their energies together for one massive psychic attack enough to dispel the storms.
As the storms raged on and got closer, the Butterfree's gathered all the energy they mustered and then used Psychic at full power and unleashed a huge blast of psychic energy and that dispelled the storms long enough to lose a lot of its strength. They succeeded but at a hefty price.
One by one they all fell to the ground as they used a lot of energy to stop the hurricane but they had to tap into all of their reserves of energy including their life force.
Because of that they slowly succumbed to their injuries and passed away and before the Pink Butterfree drew her last breath, one final thought passed through her mind.
"Goodbye my love..."
Then she closed her eyes and her life came to an end.
When the remaining storms passed on it was safe to come out and help find any survivors and laid the ones who lost their lives to rest.
Ash's Butterfree came out and held the egg close as it looked for its mate and then he saw something that made his heart sank.
There was his beloved Pink Butterfree along with the others, laying lifeless after they gave their lives to save everyone.
Ash's Butterfree cried as tears left his eyes at seeing his mate unmoving as she gave her life along with the others to save everyone else, he let all of his grief out as everyone felt his pain.
After they buried the dead, they gathered together one last time and they decided they had to leave the island and return back to their trainers.
With a heavy heart they collected their eggs and left the island and scattered. With Ash's Butterfree taking off with the egg on his back, he turned to the island one last time before sadly departing and flying to find Ash.
Ash and Pikachu were in tears at what they saw, they felt sorry for Butterfree and they let their tears escape their eyes, Dante had a sad look on his face as he too felt sorry for Butterfree: no-one should ever go through that kind of pain.
Pikachu then noticed the clock and alerted the others.
Dante looked at it and they only had about 15 minutes left.
"Dante I think I want to go," said Ash as he wiped his eyes.
Dante nodded and pressed the red button.
Soon they were glowing and then they vanished from the mind and returned to their proper bodies.
(Outside: Oak's lab)
Ash, Pikachu and Dante woke up and the experience they had immediately flowed into their minds.
Dante collected the egg and Ash and Pikachu hugged Butterfree saying they're sorry for his loss.
Dante had Alakazam relay what happened to Ash's Pokémon and they too had tears in their eyes and they gathered around them for support and they all let out a bellowing wail of sadness that traveled everywhere.
Dante too let out some tears but remained silent out of respect.
Oak and everyone else heard the noises and went outside and they saw the Pokémon gathering around Ash and wondered what was going on.
The Pokémon slowly moved aside and allowed Ash and Dante to leave.
Ash had Butterfree in his arms with Pikachu on his shoulder and Dante carrying the egg in his hands after returning his Pokémon.
Oak and Birch saw the solemn look on their faces.
"Ash what's wrong?" Oak asked.
"We'll tell you inside," said Dante as they walked passed them.
They sat down in the lobby and Ash and Dante explained.
(30 minutes of explaining things later)
Everyone was in tears when Ash and Dante told them what happened, Misty and May hugged Ash as they cried, Max went to Delia to be comforted, Tracey had his head down and Oak and Birch looked at Ash and Butterfree and felt sorry for them.
"No-one should ever go through that kind of pain," said Oak.
"Agreed I think Butterfree's pain will take time to heal," said Birch.
Ash nodded slowly as he held Butterfree close to him.
"Hey Professor Oak can you look after the egg?" asked Ash.
"Of course Ash," he said.
Dante then handed the egg to Oak for safe keeping.
"Butterfree would you like to sleep with me tonight?" asked Ash.
Butterfree nodded.
Soon Ash and Dante ate their meals and went back to Ash's house to rest.
Butterfree was sleeping on Ash's head and Pikachu rested on Ash's chest, helping Butterfree heal his heart and soon all three were asleep.
Later in the night, Misty and May felt sorry for Butterfree and Ash so they quietly entered Ash's room.
Misty was in her sleepwear and May was wearing a red version of Misty's.
They carefully walked over and climbed into Ash's bed and slept on different sides, May on the right and Misty on the left.
As for Dante he slept on the roof again to keep watch.
'I hope Butterfree will heal eventually. Maybe spending time with May's Beautifly can help.' He thought.
He then went to sleep, unaware of a surprise coming the next morning.
The next morning, as the sun rise above the hills of Pallet Town, a familiar Pokémon was flying towards Ash's house.
At his house, Ash woke up and saw he had some extra guests. Butterfree was on his desk sleeping, Pikachu was on his stomach and on his sides were Misty and May.
Just then Pikachu woke up and stretched and saw Ash.
"Hey buddy would you go wake Butterfree up?" he asked.
"Pika!" said Pikachu as he jumped down and went to wake Butterfree up.
Ash then turned to Misty and May who were still sleeping and sighed.
"These two came in again, I shouldn't be surprised.." He whispered.
Then he looked at May's sleeping face and let out a little smile.
"Wow May does look cute when she sleeps.." He whispered.
Then instincts slowly took over as Ash slowly leaned in, he started to sweat and his heartbeat increased.
"Okay here we go," he said.
Closer and closer, he inched closer to May's lips until he stopped inches away.
"Should I do it?" he whispered as he was blushing.
As he was about to answer the questions he had in his heart, there was a tapping on his window, snapping him out of it.
"What the?" he said as he got down from his bed.
He went to the window and opened it up and saw something that shocked him.
On the other side of the window was one of his strongest Pokémon, he had last seen it when he released it to protect the Pidgey and Pidgeotto from Fearow, it was the Bird Pokémon Pidgeot.
"It can't be.." said Ash.
But it was, Pidgeot was right there at his house.
Dante woke up and peeked to see a Pidgeot at Ash's window.
"Well this is surprising," he said.
'After going into Butterfree's mind and learning what happened, Ash felt sad for it and so did Dante, but now another old friend appeared known as Pidgeot. But why did it appear now? Find out as the journey continues!'
(To be continued)
Okay that ends this chapter.
The 1st half made me get the feels and the rest was a bit of a mix in the middle.
Now in the next chapter Ash gets Pidgeot back and then tells the others about his birthday and asked Misty if they can have it at her gym in Cerulean city.
Also in the 15th chapter May gets a Pidgey and in the 18th Ash gets an Aron.
Also a bit later on Ash gets the Houndour pack he met in Johto, they traveled from Johto to find a new place to live.
Also after Ash gets the Knowledge symbol, Giovanni meets Ash before they head for Vermillion City for a little break.
Also Ash will catch a Gengar there.
Now Ch13 will be up before the 8th of July.
Now that's all for now I gotta go.
So R and R no flames and no insults
Until next time
This is darkboy18 logging out
Later and see all of you in June.