key: 'thought' "speech" *~*time elapsed*~* :::flashback::: (my notes) *any background noise made by the characters* ages: Ash-16 Misty-15 Brock-18 Ashley-15 Cian-17 Austin-16 dedication: Cheers to Cian! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! Also to my best friend in the whole wide world, Austin. You've been with me through thick and thin. Here's to you. And, my best friend Ashley. You are the coolest girl I met. To the Jolt, who's a lucky duck that get's to go to Hawaii. (mutters incoherent words not what you would call PG-13.) ==================================================================== (Cian's POV) 'I wonder where she is now. She's been out of my life for 6 years. We fell out of contact. We were what people called the perfect couple. We were never a couple. We were extremely close friends, never boyfriend and girlfriend. Just friends. I sure didn't feel like that when I was with her. She made me feel special. I never had to try to impress her. Who is this girl? Her name is Ashley (surprise Ashley) and she is the coolest, most prettiest girl alive. Who am I? I am a simple guy trying to search hopelessly for a girl that was forced to move. I am Cian. (here ya go cian) And I seriously need to do my laundry.' Cian, a boy about 17 with crazy brown hair, a grassy green-colored eyes, and a lightly tanned muscular body. He opens his eyes to reveal a dirty-laundry covered floor. What floor? To him, clothes is the floor. He seperates the clothes, puts it in the laundry bag, grabs his keys, and walks out the door. He puts the basket in his 4-door Durango, gets in, and drives to the laundry place. He pulls in, gets the basket, and walks in. There, he sees the most prettiest girl alive. 'Snap out of it, Cian. No way that can be her. She does kinda look like her.' "Uhm, I couldn't help but notice you were staring at me. Why?" The woman asked. "You look so much like a friend of mine. She moved 6 or 7 years ago and that was the......" "CIAN!!!!!!" The woman jumped on Cian. "Whoa, whoa, who are you?" "It's me, Ashley." "Hey, where ya been?" Cian greets his longtime friend. "Good, I finally convinced my parents to move back. So what are your plans for next week?" "Ok, I gotta meet my long-lost brother in Pallet." "Cool, I was gonna go to Pallet anyways. Let's go together." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (back at the Pokemon Centre) "Uhh, Ash, what are you doing?" Misty asked. "Oh, um, I was just admiring your hair. Are you using new conditioner?" "Oh, yeah. Night." Misty closed her eyes, secretly crying in her heart. She wanted Ash so bad to just say he loves her. 'Maybe he doesn't, maybe he doesn't like me.' 'That was a close one.' "Good night." *~*the next morning*~* "Misty, wake up! We're gonna be late!" Misty shot straight up outta bed. Apparently, someone (who shall remain nameless) forgot to set the alarm. So, instead of waking up at 7 am, they woke up at noon. They all scrambled to get dressed, they were suppose to be at Delia's promptly at 1:30. They all run downstairs, their items were never out of their bags, except for clothes which they all decided would save time by stuffing it in their travel bags. "Oh, checking out. Let's see, the charge is $25.00. I forgot to add the charges of pokemons. Please forgive me." Nurse Joy embarassingly asks. "It's ok. Here's the money. Thanks." They all rush out the door, and see a bus loading for Pallet. They get on the bus, and find them some seats. It's a pretty short bus ride, beats having to walk for an hour. Brock sits next to a fairly large woman, while Ash sits next to Misty. "Hey, Brock. Now we won't have to worry about you hitting on another woman." Misty cracks out to Brock who is now cowaring like his life is in danger. "Hey Misty, wanna know what really shocks me? Team Rocket has been pretty quiet. Not one attempt to steal Pikachu." Ash strikes up an interesting thought. "Hey, you're right. That's kinda shocking." At this remark, Pikachu starts to spark up. "No, no, no, not literally shocking." Misty and Ash huddle together. The sparking halts. "Whew, that was a close one. Man, it sure is a long bus ride. I think we could have been there by now if we would have walked." Misty leans her head against the bus window, thinking about Ash. "Thinking about that guy again?" Ash asks, seeing Misty with a dreamy look on her face. 'She sure looks beautiful like that. Wish it was me she was thinking about.' (oh, ash really has no idea.... stupid boy!) "Yeah, he had me from the moment we met." Misty said. "Are you ever gonna tell me anything about this guy?" "Ok, fine. He's about our age, he has black hair, owns alot of pokemon, has a rival, and is extremely hot." Misty spilled, not noticing that Ash now knows who she's talking about. 'Holy moly macaroni, it's been me this whole time. There's no other guy, that we know of, that can possibly fit the description. What should I do.....' "Attention, all passengers stopping at Pallet, we should arrive in 2 minutes. Please gather you belongings." Out of 50 people on that bus, only 5 people started rustling around. Ash, Misty, Brock, and a man and his girlfriend started to stand up with their things. The bus finally pulls, up to the station. Ash get's off followed by Misty, then Brock, finally the man and his girlfriend. Misty turns around and sees someone she hasn't seen in a long time. "Ashley, oh my gosh! I haven't seen you in a long time. How are you?" "Oh, hi Misty! Nothing much. I just reunited with my old friend, now my boyfriend." "Hi, I'm Misty. This is Brock and that's Ash." "Ash, oh man, it's been a long time. Mom was right, you've grown so fast." Cian appears to know Ash, but how could that be? "Uhh, do I know you?" Ash backs away as Cian comes foward, with arms wide open. "Oh, guess Mom wanted to surprise you. I'm the person who wanted to see you. I'm your brother." "If you are my brother, when is my bir....." "November 13th, 1989." Cian answers in a flash. Ash is astounded by how quickly Cian answered. He didn't even finish his question! "Where did you go?" Ash looks like he's about to cry, fully convinced that Cian is his brother. "We'll talk later. Let's get home. Mom's making brownies." Everyone takes off toward Ash's, and Cian's, home. But when they got there, they found something they were not expecting. Cops, detectives, investigators were surrounding the house. Ash went up to a police man to get some answers. "Oh, hello Ash. I have no idea what happened. Ask Jenny." The man walks away, trying to find Jenny. Ash doesn't have to look far, Officer Jenny saw Ash coming and started toward him. "Ash, thank god I found you. We have a murder scene here. Someone's been stabbed multiple times. We need you to identify him. Professor Oak is out of town at a Research Convention. Can you follow me?" "Ok, I think I may know the gu........*retching*" While Officer Jenny walked Ash to the corpse (in case none of you knows, a corpse is a dead body) of none other than Gary, Ash got sick to his stomache and vomited. Misty and the others run over to Ash. They can say alot of things, but nothing can cure Ash of his pain. "Oh, Ash, I'm so sorry." Officer Jenny even tried to help Ash with his pain. "When did it happen? And have you caught the guy yet? Where's my mother?" Ash asked these questions so fast, it almost seemed like he was asking them at the same time. "He was killed early this morning, no we have not caught him yet, and your mother ran off. We've been trying to find her, fearing that the killer is still in town. We definitely know he's living either in town, or near town." Officer Jenny informs Ash, with a couple tears trickling down her face. She's just as worried that Ash's mother may face the same fate that Gary faced. "I've gotta find her. He might try to kill her too." Ash said, with anger hinted into his voice. "Good idea. I will take a few officers to the park, you and your group will search downtown, and I will send as many as I can to search the outskirts. Meet us back here in 5 hours." Everyone split up, searching their designated spot. Ash took Misty, Brock, Ashley, Cian, and a couple policemen. Brock suggested women, but Misty insisted men. Brock agreed, seeing Misty's trusty mallet coming out. Ash took his group to search the downtown buildings. He went inside each site and asked the owner, and a few of the people inside. "Well, I saw 'er headed toward the park. Sorry 'bout yer loss. Even though Gary wasn't much o' a nice guy." said the owner of the Coffee Place. "I saw her headed toward the park, also. She ran in here, trying to find someone. Maybe the killer? Then, some guy came in here looking for her. I'd hurry toward......Hold on, phone call. Hello, this is the Grocery Store. Why, yes he is, please hold. It's Jenny, Ash." "Hello, have you found her?" Ash asks hurriedly. "Well, yes we did, but not like we wanted to. "What do you mean?" "Well, your mother's been killed, possibly by the same guy." "Man, first Gary, now mom. This day get's better and better." Ash threw down the phone and ran toward the beach. Misty ran after him, escaping the grip of Brock. "Misty, Ash, come back! The killer's still out there!" Brock tried to stop them, but they already ran out of his sight. "We have to find my brother, he might get killed with mom and Gary." "Ok, hun, but where are we going to look?" Ashley asks, fearing for her friends' life. "We may as well get more people and search for them." Brock suggested. "Good idea Brock," the policemen said, "We'll radio Jenny for backup. Don't worry, Cian, we'll find him and Misty." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Misty's POV) "Ash, where are you?" Misty searchs frantically for her love. 'Man, Ash might get killed by the murderer. I have to find him. But, where do I look? If only I could have kept up with him.' As Misty searchs for Ash, she feels someone grab her from behind. She screams as loud as she can for help, she feels a damp clothe come over her mouth. She passes out cold, hearing a faint voice. "He won't come for you. He'll end up like Gary and Delia." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Ash's POV) (some of what happens in ash's pov takes place before misty's scream) "I can't go on. Mom's gone, one of my friend's is gone, I'm hurting so much. I wonder where Misty's gone to. Must have lost her." As Ash continues his babbling, he hears a faint scream belonging to a girl. "MISTY, I'M COMING! Shoot, where'd it come from? I'll trace my steps. I know I went by the patch of trees where I saw some rustling....... THAT MUST BE WHERE SHE IS!!!!" Ash takes off toward a small patch of trees, when it started raining. He arrives toward the patch of trees where he sees a man standing over a woman's body. 'Dont' let Misty be dead now. I love her too much.' "Hey, who are you?" Ash yells at the masked man. "I'm your worst nightmare. I took your friend, I took your mother, now it's your girlfriend's turn." ==================================================================== YAY!!! Finally done with this part. It took awhile to do because I had to help a friend out in a time of need. Plus I had a few blockings here and there. Pidgey Master, you will be in this next part. Thanks for encouraging me!