Author's Note: I did a rewrite in this chapter since I didn't like the way I did it in the first place.
I don't own Pokemon or its characters, but I own Denise and my other OCs
Enjoy!
Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 133: The Twinleaf Festival Part 1
Ash, Brock, Dawn, Denise and Lucas were walking with Johanna and Claire while enjoying the Twinleaf Festival.
Dawn and Denise smiled as they ate the treats they gotten in the festival with Prinplup and Kirlia.
"Awesome."Dawn murmured joyfully. "These delicious Combee honey pies are the absolute best."
Denise munched on a small cookie that was covered in hazelnut toppings and shaped as a Teddiursa head.
"The same goes with these nutty Teddiursa cookies."Denise chuckled in amusement.
"Whoa."Ash said as he ate a bag of chips. "These electro chips may cost a bit, but they are not too shabby either."
"Pika."Pikachu said with a smile.
"Hey folks, don't you think your overdoing a little bit?"Brock asked.
"If you get a stomach ache, you're on your own."Johanna declared.
"And Lucas don't complain if you get your brain frozen like last time."Claire reminded.
Riolu chuckled gently at the respond from the mother of his trainer.
"Mum, I'm fine."Lucas assured in embarrassment as he held a shaved ice drink. "A Sneasel shaved ice never hurt me before."
"Besides, it's not every day we go to a festival you know."Dawn commented.
"So it's important we enjoy ourselves as much as possible in this moment."Denise added.
"Alright, let's go-"Ash started.
Ash runs forward only to bump into Barry and the two boys dropped on the ground.
"Come on! Come on!"Barry complained as he stood up. "If you're crazy festival people don't watch where you're going, I'm going to have to fine all of you!"
Barry opened his eyes and notice Ash.
"Hey!"Barry exclaimed. "It's Ash!"
"Barry?"Ash said in confusion as he stood up. "Why are you here?"
"Ash, isn't obvious?"Denise questioned as she came forward. "His here for the Twinleaf festival."
"Exactly, Denise!"Barry agreed and smirked proudly. "Not only that! I took a break from riggers of training and came home just for the occasion."
"Oh yeah!"Ash answered in realisation. "You, Dawn, Denise and Lucas are all from Twinleaf Town!"
Johanna and Claire walked forward with Dawn, Lucas and Brock.
"Say Barry, welcome back."Johanna greeted.
"How you've been doing?"Claire asked with a smile.
"Great, Mrs Diamond."Barry responded.
Johanna looked at Dawn and Denise.
"You see, girls, Barry's father and I have been friends for a long time."Johanna explained.
Johanna's sentence surprised Dawn and Denise.
"Whoa, I never knew that."Dawn commented.
"That's amazing!"Denise complemented in awe.
"Of course."Barry responded with a smirk and became confused. "Who's she anyway?"
"Seriously, you don't remember?"Denise scoffed.
"She's our mum, Barry."Dawn answered.
"Oh right. Nice to see you."Barry said with a sheepish smile before looking at Ash and Lucas. "Alright! Ash! Let's battle!"
"Huh?"Ash said in confusion.
"It's all about battling!"Barry declared excitedly. "I'm here to win the Festival Battle Challenge event and that's the main attraction!"
"You're entering too."Ash remarked. "That's great."
"Alright then!"Barry insisted and looked at Dawn. "And Dawn, you'll be the referee!"
"Okay."Dawn said before looking at Denise and Lucas. "Hey, Denise, Lucas, are you guys coming?"
"Actually, we're gonna look around and find something else to do."Denise replied.
"Is that okay with you guys?"Lucas asked.
"Of course, it is."Ash answered.
"We'll see you two later, then."Dawn said with a smile.
"Right."Denise said with a nod. "Bye, you guys."
"Later!"Barry called out.
Barry, Ash, Dawn and Prinplup headed off while Denise and Lucas waved at them.
"Johanna!"
Sayer came forward to talk to Johanna.
"There you are, Johanna."Sayer said.
"What's the matter?"Johanna asked.
"One of our booth salespeople suddenly became ill, so we're one salesperson short."Sayer stated.
"Oh dear."Johanna said worriedly. "That's a problem."
"Well, I can't run the booth since I have my own one."Claire responded.
"If you don't mind, let me help out."Brock suggested.
"You would, Brock?"Johanna asked. "That would be wonderful."
"Very thoughtful of you."Claire responded.
"Well, so it's all settled."Sayer declared and patted Brock's back. "Time's wasting. So, let's go."
Lucas looked at Denise.
"Shall we go, Dennie?"Lucas asked.
Denise nodded before the two of them began to head to the other side of the festival.
When the two trainers finished their snacks, they threw their rubbish in the bin before they continued exploring.
Denise suddenly spotted a dancing arcade and grabbed Lucas' arm.
"Why don't we both do some dancing?"Denise suggested.
"Dancing?"Lucas repeated in surprise. "Well, if that's what you want."
"Great!"Denise remarked.
Lucas took out a few coins from the pocket of his trousers and placed it inside the arcade game to start it.
Denise and Lucas both stood on the panels and the machine turned on.
Kirlia and Riolu stood on another dancing arcade that was meant for Pokémon.
Some colourful arrows appeared on the screen and both Denise and Lucas started placing their feet on the correct the panels.
Both of their Pokémon did the exact same thing.
"Wow!"Lucas chuckled with a smile. "This is kinda fun!"
"Yeah, this is one of my favourite arcade games!"Denise admitted.
"Kirlia Kirlia!"Kirlia said happily as she danced on the panel.
Riolu barked in agreement while keeping a big smile on his face.
Unknown to them, a woman was walking by and noticed Denise and Lucas playing the dancing game together.
Ash was battling Barry with Pikachu against Barry's Heracross.
"Pikachu use Quick Attack!"Ash ordered.
Pikachu started with a Quick Attack but Heracross blocked it.
"Heracross, get'm back!"Barry ordered. "Use Horn Attack!"
Heracross lands a strike at Pikachu using Horn Attack
Pikachu recovered from Heracross' attack and landed safely on the ground.
"Hey!"Ash sneered. "Not bad, Barry!"
"Not bad? Awesome."Barry answered. "The truth is I'm a gazillion time stronger than you will ever be in a gazillion years."
Barry suddenly cried out in shock causing Ash and Dawn to look at him.
"What's with you, Barry?"Dawn asked.
"Prinplup."Prinplup chirped.
"Will I be a yellow nosed macaria!"Barry shouted and pointed at the sky. "Check that out!"
Ash and Dawn followed Barry's gaze and noticed a Xatu flying over.
"It's a Xatu!"Ash declared.
Dawn looked Xatu up on her Pokédex.
"Xatu the Mystic Pokemon."Dawn's Pokédex buzzed. "This unusual Pokemon can see the past and the future as well. It watches the sun's movement all day long."
"No time to goof off!"Barry declared and looked at Heracross. "Heracross, let's move!"
Barry runs off following it with Ash and Dawn in pursuit.
"Hey Barry!"Ash called out.
"What about the battle?"Dawn asked.
"Sorry, but I got no time for battling since the moment is finally here!"Barry admitted.
"But where are you going?"Ash questioned.
"Duh, straight ahead!"Barry responded. "I'm positive I saw it a long time ago!"
"Come on!"Ash encouraged. "Saw what?"
As the three young trainers continued running, they see a big tent up ahead with a Grumpig, a Mr. Mime, a Seel and an Alakazam outside doing circus tricks and the Xatu they've followed was perched on the rooftop.
"Yes! I knew it!"Barry cheered in victory. "So it wasn't a dream after all!"
"Is this part of the festival too?"Ash asked.
"I doubt it."Dawn responded. "Even if it were, no one would come out here to watch."
"Yeah, it was before and during the festival."Barry admitted. "But at that time I was too young. So they didn't let me go to the tent that day."
The a clown approached the three trainers and invites them inside the tent.
"Hello! Hello!"the clown greeted in a cheerful tone. "Pokemon trainers! Glad that you've come! Time are wasting! So let's go!"
"No need to tell me!"Barry stated confidently.
Barry started heading to the tent causing Ash and Dawn to follow after him.
"Go where?"Dawn asked.
"What's inside anyway?"Ash questioned.
"Allow me to escort all of you into a wonderful place that connects the past, present and the future!"the clown declared with a smile. "Off you go!"
Barry, Ash and Dawn headed into the tent causing a bright flash of light to shun on them.
Then there was black out.
Ash slowly woke up and found himself in a field of tall grass.
"Huh? What's this?"Ash said as he stood up to call out to his friends. "Pikachu! Dawn! Barry!"
There was no respond.
Suddenly the ground started to rumble and Ash looked up to see an enormous Nidoking and Nidoqueen walking past him.
"Nidoking? Nidoqueen?"Ash said in surprise. "But how come those two are so big?"
Ash quickly ducked as he heard loud buzzing and a swarm of Combee flew overhead.
He then saw several other Pokemon passing by, but all of them were larger than him.
"Did I shrink?"Ash said in surprise.
Ash heard growling behind him causing him to turn around and become shocked.
"Mightyena!"Ash panicked.
The pack of Mightyena started chasing Ash causing him to start running and dive into a hole to save himself.
When the pack of Mightyena were gone, Ash stood up from the hole and sighed in relief.
"That was close."Ash said with a hint of relief.
Ash looked up again and saw a Natu chirping as it hopped away.
"A Natu!"Ash responded and went out of the hole. "I better find the others quick!"
Meanwhile...
Dawn finds herself standing along a riverbank while calling for her companions.
"Prinplup!"Dawn called out. "Ash! Barry! Hey!"
Dawn quickly hid behind a rock as she sees a Fearow flying overhead, a Magikarp and a Feebas jumped out of the water.
"How did they get so big and I so small?"Dawn asked worriedly. "Not only that. Where am I?"
"Natu."A voice said. "Natu."
Dawn looked over to see a Natu on the ground, silently looking at the water.
"Natu...let's see."Dawn suggested.
Dawn reached for her Pokédex to scan the pokemon.
"Natu the Little Bird Pokémon."Dawn's Pokedex buzzed. "Natu evolves into Xatu and skillfully picks from cactus plants, avoiding buds and spines. It appears to skip about to move."
Natu then hopped away and headed to the other side.
"I gotta find Prinplup."Dawn stated and took out her pokeballs. "I need everyone's help."
Dawn wanted to send her pokemon out but her pokeballs were not working.
"Oh no! My pokeballs are not working!"Dawn said in shock and frowned. "I'll go find Prinplup myself!"
Barry was sitting on the edge of a cliff, watching groups of over-sized Tauros, Sandslash and Dodrio graze.
"Wow! These pokemon are huge!"Barry stated in amazement. "Wow! These Pokemon are huge! Who knew this place would be so fun? I'm sure glad I came here!"
"Natu."
Barry looked down when he saw Natu walking by from below him.
"A Natu? Oh yeah!"Barry replied in excitement. "Heracross has gotta see this!"
Barry looked around and suddenly realised Heracross wasn't around.
"Wait, where is Heracross anyway?"Barry called out and started calling out for his pokemon. "Heracross! Hey! Heracross!"
In the Twinleaf Festival...
Denise did a spin as a final move to win the arcade dance game against Lucas, who lost all his energy from dancing.
The Twinleaf girl laughed when the words 'You Win!" appeared on the screen.
"Yes!"Denise cheered and punched the air. "I won!"
Lucas slowly patted and wiped away the sweat on his forehead.
"Alright, Denise."Lucas sighed. "You beat me fair and square."
"Kirlia."Kirlia giggled gently.
Kirlia went over to Denise while Riolu appeared exhausted as well for playing with Kirlia.
Suddenly someone clapping earned Denise and Lucas' attention causing them to turn around to see who was behind them.
"Yes, it was very impressive."A female voice said.
Denise's eyes immediately widen and gasped in awe since she recognised the figure straight away.
The figure was a woman with tan skin, blue eyes and wild black hair with many yellow hair pins in it. She wore a midriff-baring yellow top with long sleeves and lacy white trim around her neck and cleavage, along with blue skinny jeans and yellow high heels. She also has trimmed sparkling nails and a golden navel piercing.
It was Dahlia!
"Y-y-you're...Dahlia!"Denise gasped in shock.
"Wait, you mean Dahlia, the Sinnoh Arcade Star and Frontier Brain?!"Lucas questioned with a surprised look.
"That's right."Dahlia confirmed. "I take it you're a fan?"
"One of your biggest fans!"Denise gushed with sparkly eyes. "I'm Denise, it's really nice to meet you! I wanted to get the chance of meeting back at the arcade in Celestic Town, but I never got the chance."
"I'm not surprised, since the whole place was filled with crazy fans."Dahlia admitted before she looked at Kirlia. "Is that Kirlia your Pokemon?"
"Yeah."Denise agreed with a bright smile. "I've had her since she was a little Ralts."
"Kirlia."Kirlia greeted with a bow.
"Well, you two seem perfect for each other."Dahlia commented.
"Thank you."Denise chuckled and thought excitedly. "I'm actually talking to Dahlia! I can't believe this is happening!"
Meanwhile...
"Hey! Heracross!"Barry called out as he walked past a pile of grass and then saw something. "Huh?"
Barry reached a familiar tree and recalls that he caught his Heracross after slathering some honey on it.
"I know this tree."Barry responded and gasped in realisation. "Of course! It's the same tree I caught Heracross way back when!"
The blonde haired boy sees a jar of honey nearby.
"Whoa!"Barry said in awe. "What's this jar of honey doing here?"
Barry picked it up and started spreading some honey on the tree.
"I'll take advantage of the situation and put some on."Barry complemented.
Suddenly Heracross flew up and the Single Horn Pokemon began to eat the honey causing Barry to freak out.
"I can't believe it, Heracross! You've gotten big too!"Barry stated and started complaning. "Ugh! I shrunk that means somebody up there is going to get fined!"
Then Barry sees the same Natu he saw a little while ago.
"Huh?"Barry said in confusion. "Natu again?"
Ash was walking in a forest as the sky started to turn dark above him.
"Pikachu! Dawn!"Ash called out. "Barry!"
Ash moved out of the way as a Rattata scurried past him.
"Whoa! Sure makes you feel weird to almost run into a tiny Rattata!"Ash declared.
Ash felt something on his foot and saw he accidentally stepped on a Spearow's feather causing him to shout in fear.
The Pallet Town trainer started running as the Spearow began chasing him.
"Sorry!"Ash apologised. "I didn't mean it!"
The Spearow continued to follow Ash but was taken out by Pikachu, who was also larger than normal.
"Pikachu!"Ash chuckled and rushed up to his electric type pokemon. "Hey, buddy. It looks like you didn't shrink down like me."
Suddenly the Spearow recovered and called out to its group that appeared to surround the duo.
A group of Spearow show up and Pikachu takes Ash onto his back to run away from the flying types as it started to rain.
"Pikachu! Move it!"Ash ordered. "They're gaining on us!"
As the group of Spearow were getting closer, Pikachu stopped running and dropped Ash down.
Pikachu used Iron Tail and Thunderbolt to get rid of the Spearow.
The Mouse Pokemon went up to Ash to check if he was alright.
"I'm alright, Pikachu."Ash assured and went on Pikachu's back. "I'm fine."
Pikachu continued running as the rain ceased and the sky started becoming sunny again.
"I wonder where Piplup and everyone else could be."Dawn said.
Dawn shrieked in fear and flinched when an attack suddenly landed right in front of her feet.
When she looked up, Dawn saw several Ariados crawling on a giant spider web they had spun.
"Ariados!"Dawn gasped in terror.
Dawn gets attacked by the group of Ariados when they use their web strings to trap her in their web.
"Stay away from me!"Dawn screamed in fright.
Suddenly a Bubble Beam was fired at the Ariados to move them away from Dawn.
Dawn opened her eyes and saw Prinplup glaring at the lone Ariados that had been left on the web.
"Prinplup!"Dawn called out.
Prinplup broke the web around Dawn with his Bubble Beam and caught her in his flippers.
"Wow!"Dawn replied with a smile. "Thanks for saving me and look, you're still the same size as you were before."
"Prinplup."Prinplup chirped.
Dawn and Prinplup notice the Ariados preparing to attack them again.
The Penguin Pokemon went in front of his trainer as the Ariados attacked him with Poison Sting.
Prinplup used Bide to defeat the Ariados and sent them back.
"Let's go while we still can!"Dawn ordered.
Ash and Pikachu were getting closer to the Natu that they were chasing.
"Natu! Wait!"Ash protested. "Slow down!"
Soon Ash, Pikachu, Dawn, Prinplup, Barry and Heracross ended up crashing into each other after they all followed the same Natu.
"Man! I had enough to hear!"Barry shouted angrily. "Someone it's going to get fined big time!"
Dawn groaned and rubbed her head before she notice her two friends in front of her.
"Barry!"Dawn remarked. "Ash!"
"Great to see everyone is alright."Ash declared.
Pikachu, Prinplup and Heracross greeted each other, feeling happy that they were together again.
"Natu!"Natu tweeted while flapping its wings. "Natu!"
"Natu, I was chasing after it."Barry explained. "Hoping it might be able to do something or know something that might be able to help us go back to our regular size."
"Hey!"Dawn called out. "So what do we do?"
"You got to help us out!"Ash insisted. "Natu help us!"
Then the Natu created an illusion of the Tent.
"Hey! It's the tent!"Barry stated. "But where in the world did it go?"
Suddenly the vision vanished and Natu summoned a Camerupt in its place.
"A Camerupt!"Ash responded.
The Camerupt started approaching the trainers and their pokemon.
"Prinplup! Whirlpool!"Dawn ordered. "Quick! Let's go!"
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"Ash ordered.
Prinplup and Pikachu fired their attacks at Camerupt, but it takes no damage.
"Camerupt didn't feel a thing!"Ash said in shock.
"How can that be?!"Dawn asked.
Reminded by the Hit-the-Camerupt game, Barry comes up with the idea that they should hit it on the rings on its side.
"You gotta hit Camerupt on its side!"Barry admitted and ran to the other side. "Aim for the bullseye!"
Ash and Dawn stared at Barry in confusion.
"Bullseye?"Dawn repeated.
"Heracross, Double Edge!"Barry ordered. "Let's go!"
Heracross fired a Double Edge and one of Camerupt's craters erupted.
"Dawn!"Barry shouted. "Call an attack! Quick!"
"Okay! I guess!"Dawn replied and gave Prinplup an order to attack. "Prinplup, Bubble Beam! Go!"
Prinplup fired a Bubble Beam and the other crater erupted.
"Ash!"Barry shouted. "Have Pikachu attack too!"
"Right!"Ash agreed. "Pikachu! Quick! Thunderbolt! Let's go!"
Pikachu used Thunderbolt at Camerupt causing both of it's craters to give out an explosion.
Natu stepped in front and bursted into light.
Afterwards...
Ash, Barry and Dawn all find themselves back in their normal sizes.
"What are we doing way out here?"Ash asked.
"We're back to normal!"Dawn remarked.
Pikachu and Prinplup cheered at being back to the normal world.
Heracross pointed at the sky and the group see Xatu flying above them.
"Xatu!"Barry called out and began to run off. "Hey! Slow it down!"
Barry tried to follow Xatu again but he ended up bumping into somebody that was his father, Palmer.
Palmer was a tall man, who had orange eyes and yellow hair. He wore a green coat with yellow buttons, a white shirt, brown pants with a black belt, black boots and black gloves.
Both Barry and Palmer were surprised to see each other.
"Barry?"Palmer asked.
"Huh?!"Barry gasped. "Dad! It's you!"
"Dad?"repeated said with a confused look.
"Your Barry's father?"Dawn responded. "Whoa."
"Yes, I'm Palmer."Palmer replied. "Nice to meet you."
Palmer began heading out of the forest with Barry, Ash and Dawn in tow as the sun was setting.
"Interesting."Palmer declared. "So you've visited Xatu's Forest as well."
"It wasn't a dream, was it?"Barry asked. "Things didn't seem right."
"You tell me if it was a dream or reality."Palmer responded. "It all depends on you."
"Dad, what do you mean?"Barry questioned.
"I mean the past creates the future."Palmer explained. "Depending on how hard you work in the present. That effort becomes your past and that connects to your future."
"Wish I knew what you were talking about."Barry said with a sheepish smile.
"It is said that Xatu is a pokemon that can see both the past and the future."Palmer complemented. "Your youth may have caused past possibilities and so it decided to remind you of past events."
"Let's see..."Dawn started and looked at Prinplup. "Today Prinplup, you helped me out of the Ariados web."
"Prinplup."Prinplup chirped with a proud look.
Ash smiled at Pikachu.
"And you remember how we were being chased by those Spearows?"Ash asked, remembering the event that happened of the day when they first met. "You know back in the forest."
"Pikachu."Pikachu answered.
In the Twinleaf Festival...
The sun was setting down as Denise, Lucas, Kirlia and Riolu were walking together while talking with Dahlia.
"So Dahlia, you're only here for the festival right?"Lucas asked.
"Yes."Dahlia responded with a nod. "I'm taking a small break, but then I have to go back to my facility."
"The Battle Arcade."Denise remarked dreamily. "It sounds amazing. I hope I get there someday."
"It must be amazing to be a battle frontier brain."Lucas commented with a smile.
"It is, Lucas."Dahlia answered. "But both of you must remember being a wonderful Trainer is always a happy occasion."
Kirlia and Riolu smiled at Dahlia's words.
As they kept walking, the group soon spotted Ash, Dawn, Barry and his dad, Palmer.
"Hey, Denise!"Ash called out. "Lucas!"
"Guys!"Denise answered as she ran up to her friends. "Good to see you!"
"Well, you must be Dawn's twin sister, right?"Palmer asked.
Denise gasped when she saw Palmer.
"No way!"Denise exclaimed in amazement. "Palmer, it's really you!"
"This sure is a surprise!"Lucas chuckled.
"You'd better be surprised to see my dad!"Barry laughed smugly. "He's the coolest!"
"Oh, really?"Dahlia questioned as she joined the group. "What makes you think he's the best?"
Dawn and Barry's eyes widened in surprise seeing Dahlia while Ash was confused at her appearance.
"Who're you?"Ash asked.
Dawn frowned at Ash.
"You seriously don't know, Ash?!"Dawn questioned in disbelief.
"This is Dahlia."Denise introduced. "She's the one I told about back in Celestic Town. Remember? When I came back from that arcade?"
"Oh, yeah!"Ash realised. "It's nice to meet you, Dahlia."
"Pikachu."Pikachu said kindly.
"Same here, kid."Dahlia replied with a nod.
Denise looked at her travelling companions.
"So, what have you guys been doing today?"Denise asked.
Ash and Dawn looked at each other with nervous expressions.
"It's kind of a long story."Ash admitted.
"But, we'll tell you guys another time."Dawn said with a sweat drop.
Denise and Lucas blinked before glancing at each other with bewildered looks.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter:)
Denise's Team
Torterra (Male): Solar Beam, Giga Drain, Seed Bomb and Earthquake
Vaporeon (Female): Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Hydro Pump and Aurora Beam
Luxray (Male): Shock Wave, Night Slash, Wild Charge and Ice Fang
Kirlia (Female): Psychic, Ice Punch, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Noctowl (Male): Heat Wave, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Supersonic
Torchic (Male): Ember, Peck, Hidden Power and Fire Spin
With Professor Rowan
Drifblim (Female): Ominous Wind, Thunderbolt, Will-O-Wisp and Astonish