Part 53! Yeah! Shadow smirks and holds out Oreo cookies to those that did review. Then, she takes out a scythe from behind her back and points it angrily at those who didn’t.

Disclaimer: Have you not, with your superior intellect, come to the conclusion that Shadow does not own pokemon yet? I only own Destiny, Charlotte, the whole idea, Pika-chan, Eterneon, etc.

Notes: <> indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics indicates pokemon speech and I think that’s all the info you need to know.

Ranma – you know a lot, don’t you? *Smile*

Pikacar/Marle – why wouldn’t Pika-chan be mysterious? Hmm… I talk about gifted in a different fic, but maybe I can put in an explanation. Ash will be practicing his magic.

Rowena Ravenclaw – Heh. *Smiles and protects herself behind a wall of flame and lightning* Don’t worry, I will update.

Silver #2 – yep, Charlotte’s hydrophobic. Thought I mentioned it earlier, oh well.

SnowTiger – Eevees galore! I love eevees! Thanx for the compliment

Nikki Wind and Crystal Wind – I control this world, plus it was winter when I wrote this, so… anyways, thanx!

Severus’ Potion mistress – um, Charlotte technically should be better than Ash, why wouldn’t he be scared? Or if you mean Bob, he’s dangerous. As for Pika-chan’s costume obsession, he just doesn’t like being shocked.

Tmp – gifted, you’ll have to wait. Um, Charlotte’s fire blooded, she just uses REALLY hot water, like boiling hot. That’s how she deals with the problem.

Episode 55: Odd trials and tribulations abound

It had been six days since the incident with Bob. Now, Charlotte was taking Ash to a deserted place to train. Or at least trying to achieve that goal... But they hadn’t had any luck so far.

“Who knew that there would be explorers searching for Articuno in the Sunburst Mountains?” Charlotte said.

“Or treasure hunters near Lake Aqua trying to dig up hidden pirate gold?” Vulpix-chan added.

“Or a mad scientist trying to create fire stones in the Volcano who chased us out with a flamethrower and a bunch of cloned pokemon?”

“Or Team Rocket agents in the tropical forest, trying to locate Serebii?”

“This is just not working, is it?” Charlotte asked as she urged her Arcanine to speed up its pace a little.

“Maybe Bob is doing this on purpose.” Angel said from her shoulder. “It’s possible.”

“Perhaps.” Charlotte said, furrowing her brow. “Hmm…”
“Is there anywhere we can go?” Ash asked.

“I guess that we could always try the Kaze Forest.”
“Forest of Wind? It’s worth a try.” Pika-chan said, shrugging. “After all, it can’t hurt, can it?”

“Then let’s get going!” Ash said excitedly.

Teresa was busy doodling in her sketchbook. * I ought to make Charlotte and Ash matching costumes…that would be cute. *

So where is Kaze Forest? Ponyta asked politely.

Charlotte’s Arcanine yawned. It’s not that far away. The only problem is that Kaze Forest is located on a small island in the middle of a lake.

Oh. Ponyta didn’t look very happy at the mention of water.

“But we can teleport there.” Angel said.

“Right!” Ash said, throwing out Eterneon. “Can you use Teleport Ring?” The light-type nodded happily and teleported them all to the island.

“Well, here we are.” Charlotte said as she set up camp. “It’s not fancy, but it’ll have to do.”

“Is there anything in this forest that we should watch out for?” Pika-chan asked. “I mean, any demons or anything?”
“There might be a few monsters here or there, but nothing you can’t take care of. That’s why most people don’t come here.” Charlotte said.

“Oh. Well, if there’s nothing much, let’s go exploring!” Pika-chan said as she dragged Ash into the underbrush.

Teresa sighed and sat down in the small clearing where Charlotte was setting up. “Is there anything I can do to help?”

Charlotte nodded. “Yes, can you sew? This tent seems to have been ripped.” She handed Teresa the light blue plastic fabric structure. Teresa smiled and pulled out her mending kit. * Finally! I was getting tired of not doing anything. *

After a while, Charlotte collected Vulpix-chan and headed off to work on her water resistance, leaving Teresa alone with Angel.

“Are you jealous?” Angel asked.

Teresa blinked and stared at the cat guardian. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, you spend a lot of your time making costumes for Ash and taping him. Don’t you ever wish that it was you?”

Teresa shook her head and smiled a little bit. “No, because I want him to be happy. He’s so cute when he smiles!”
Angel raised an eyebrow. * She’s in love with the other card master? This is an interesting situation… and he seems to be rather clueless. *

Teresa continued to hum. Soon, she was finished with the tent, so she pulled out her newest costume for Ash and began to work on it. * You know, now that Angel mentions it, I guess I am kind of jealous. I mean, I see the two of them working together and training together, and I’m always on the sidelines. It does get a bit annoying sometimes… Plus he likes her better. It’s not fair. She’s certainly pretty, she has her own magic and cards, and he respects her, they work well as a team, and I really feel left out a lot… *

Angel curled up and took a nap.

“Is this what she meant by monsters?” Ash asked as he looked at the oddly shaped purple blobs that were lying all over the meadow.

“Why don’t you check if they’re pokemon first?”

“Right.” Ash tapped in a few buttons on his AIPL. “Hmm… it says that they’re mutated ditto…”

“I guess it’s okay to attack them, then.”

Ash shrugged. “Vaporeon, Storm, I choose you!” The two pokemon materialized in a spray of mist and gave off their respective battle cries.

Vaporeon immediately began using Ice Beam to freeze the nearest mutants, while Storm used Hyper Beam and Surf to take out some of the others. But in a few seconds, they were all awake. The ones that hadn’t already been knocked out or immobilized all began to glow green.

“Uh oh.” Ash said as several fluorescent green energy beams flew towards him. “I thought ditto could only transform!”
“So did I, but these have changed. This won’t be easy.” Pika-chan said as she transformed and began using thunder pulses to pick off some of the ditto.

“Bubble Blast!” Ash said, as he fired a blast of bubbles from his hands at the nearest ones.

Storm’s horn began to emit light rays as she called down a storm. Lightning flashed and rain poured down in torrents. Most of the dittos were quickly washed away. Vaporeon and Pika-chan picked off the rest.

Ash smiled and hugged his pokemon as soon as they were all gone. “Great job, you guys!”

They smiled at him, before returning to their poke balls for some rest.

Just then, Pika-chan paused. “Wait a second… Ash, you forgot about something.”

“What?”

“Charlotte’s hydrophobic, remember?”

“Uh oh…”

Meanwhile…

“Ash had better have an extremely good reason for doing this.” Charlotte said as she and Vulpix-chan hid in a tree, protected by the overhanging branches.

Vulpix-chan nodded fervently. * I’m a fire type! I can’t believe Pika-chan forget! Grr… see if I share my snacks with her again… *

Teresa took out her green umbrella, put it over her head, and continued to sew Ash’s costume. * Why waste time? *

Angel shook out his fur and padded into the nearest tent for shelter.

End Episode 55! So, what did you think? That review button over there is really lonely… why don’t you give it a click? And who knows, you might get rewarded! Flames will be used to burn down Nelvana, Mwahahaha!

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