Episode 121! Yes, I know there wasn’t a card in the last chapter. So?

Disclaimer: I sure wish I owned pokemon, but I don’t. It belongs to Satoshi Tajiri. Anyways, I own Destiny, Pika-chan, Luna, the cards, etc.

Notes: <> indicate telepathy, ** indicate thoughts, italics indicate pokemon talking in English.

Ash has the Kanto card set.

Charlotte has the Sun card set.

Lance has the Clow/Sakura card set and the Moon card set.

Giselle is attempting to get the Johto card set which rightfully belongs to Ash.

Xaero – hehehe. Lance used the ‘kissing’ method.

Tmp – yes, Lance is Dragon Master as well in this one. I think I mentioned it. Chi transference can also be done through what I mentioned, it’s called a type of magic… glad you like the fic!

Aragorn the Ranger – hehehe. ^_^

Jarzard – you know, I never thought I was a good writer. I mean, I can’t compare to, say, BenRG or Dragoness or any of the greats in the pokemon section… but I’m still miffed.

Episode 123: Meeting Marill and the Crystal Onix!

Ash and Lance were surfing to the next island on Dragonair’s back when Ash suddenly spotted something through his binoculars.

“Crystal! There’s someone drowning out there!”

“What?” Lance took the binoculars from Ash and peered out. “You’re right!”

“I guess we have to rescue him.” Pika-chan said.

Ash nodded and reached for a poke ball. “Vaporeon, go!” Vaporeon swam over and quickly pulled the drowning person onto her back.

Then, she swam back to where Ash and Lance were waiting.

“Thanks for saving me.” The boy in the pink headband said.

“What were you doing out there all alone?” Ash asked.

“Well, my name is Tracey, and I’m a pokemon watcher. I was following a Dratini.” Tracey said sheepishly. “I didn’t realize how far I’d swum out.”

Lance closed her eyes and felt around with her chi. “There are no dragon pokemon for miles around.”
Tracey nodded. “It swam way too fast for me to see where it was going.”

“We can drop you off at the next island.” Ash offered. Then, he noticed that Tracey was no longer paying attention to them, but was climbing around on the Dragonair.

“Cut that out!” Lance said. “Tempest doesn’t like people moving around on her. She might bite you.”

Tracey stopped. “I just wanted to measure her.”

They sweatdropped. “What?”

“I’m a pokemon watcher. I watch and draw pokemon.” Tracey said, holding up his sketchbook.

Ash developed goggle eyes. * Weird… *

< Sounds kind of like Teresa… > Lance commented.

Ash cringed. < Well, if he doesn’t find out, then I will not have to worry about anything. >

< I know. >
Tracey looked at the couple. At least he thought they were a couple. They didn’t really have any special looking pokemon, except – wait.

That purple pokemon sitting on the girl’s backpack!

It resembled an Eevee, but was not any of the three evolutions he knew of. Maybe it was a new species of pokemon!
Tracey immediately began sketching a picture of it.

Luna, noticing this, preened and posed.

Pika-chan stuck out her tongue and munched on some cookies.

Luna shrugged in telepathy. < Hey, I’m a model! >

< Grr… >

< What? >

< So I’m jealous. Why isn’t he drawing me? >

< Because he probably hasn’t seen an Espeon before. >

< Oh yeah! >

Soon, they arrived at the next island. Sunburst Island.

“Wow, look at all the nice glassware.” Ash said.

Lance nodded. She picked up a tiny vase with a dragonair traced in blue glass on it. “How cute! How much is this?”

“Oh, $4.50.” The man said. “Buy two, get one free.”

“Sounds good me.” Lance said, handing over nine dollars and pocketing the vases. “These will look nice in my room.”

Tracey raised an eyebrow but made no comment.

They browsed around for a while. Suddenly, they heard a man yelling at a little girl.

“Tell your lazy brother to make more glassware! It’s bad for business being next to an empty stand!”

The little girl began to cry.

Ash ran up. “What’s wrong?”

The girl explained. “I’m Marissa. My brother Mateo makes glassware ornaments. Have you ever heard of the Crystal Onix?”

“The Crystal Onix?” Ash asked. Lance shrugged.

“Never heard of it.”

“Me neither.” Tracey said.

Marissa sighed and led them to her brother’s workshop.

“I’m sorry my sister caused you so much trouble.” Mateo apologized.

“It’s no problem.” Ash said. “But why are you looking for the Crystal Onix?”

“My grandfather was very good at making pokemon sculptures.” Mateo said. “People would come from all around to buy them. But…”

“But what?”

“After he died, I took over this glassblowing shop. But I can’t make the figures as well as he did. There’s no glow.”

“You mean you have no inspiration?” Tracey asked.

Mateo nodded. “Yes, that’s it. And without inspiration, I can’t make good sculptures. That’s why I need to find the Crystal Onix. That’s where my grandfather got his inspiration. He was mining one day, when he discovered the Crystal Onix. Looking into its eyes, he knew what he had to do.”

“We can help you.” Ash said.

“We’ll try.” Lance corrected.

Ash sighed. “Whatever.”

Giselle and Geo-chan peeked from behind a bush.

“A crystal onix would be a great pokemon to have.” Giselle said, rubbing her hands gleefully.

“I know.” Geo-chan said. “Why don’t you try for it?”

“How do we follow them?”

“That’s easy. We’ll just hitch a ride.” Geo-chan used his magic to shrink Giselle to a tiny size and they followed the group that was setting off.

“Marill, go!” Tracey said. The small aqua mouse appeared.

“Marill, help us find something that smells like this.” Tracey said, as Mateo held out a tiny crystal onix sculpture.

Marill nodded and hopped off.

The group followed. Soon, they saw a road through the ocean. They ran along it, but didn’t see anything.

Soon, they reached a cave studded with crystals. There was a large pool of deep water in front of it.

Marill hopped into the water.

“Is it in there?” Tracey asked.

Marill nodded. A few seconds later, the head of the Crystal Onix appeared.

“Wow…” Tracey said, and began to sketch frantically.

“I’m going to capture it!” Mateo said, throwing out a poke ball. “Cloyster, go! Use Water gun! Onix is a rock type, so it should be weak to water!”

Cloyster drenched the Onix, but the water just bounced off its body. Onix did not even flinch.

“What? Try Aurora Beam!”

This had no effect either. Onix got annoyed, and used its tail to throw Cloyster into the huge pool of water.

Cloyster floated to the surface with swirls for eyes.

“Darn it!” Mateo said. “I’ll have to use my glass-blowing partner. Charmeleon, go! Use Flamethrower!”
Charmeleon nodded and surrounded the Crystal Onix with fire. It began to grow red with heat. From the bare walls, crystals began to form.

“What?” Mateo asked. “The crystals are coming from the fire?”

He stared, and the Crystal Onix loped past them and into the water.

“Stop right there!” A voice yelled.

Ash turned and saw Giselle and Geo-chan standing there. “We’re going to catch that onix! Skarmory, go!”

The steel bird flew to attack the Onix. Bits of crystal fell off its body.

“Oh no you don’t!” Ash said angrily. He drew out a card. “Charizard, you’re up! Toast that bird with a Fire Blast!”

Charizard breathed out a wave of fire that enveloped the Skarmory in a burst of flame. It toppled and crashed into the water.

However, Giselle wasn’t ready to give up. “Hoppip, use Stun Spore on them!”

Lance quickly pushed Ash out of the way, before drawing out one of her own cards. “You asked for it. WINDY!” The wind spirit buffeted Hoppip around, sending it spiraling into the air. Ash saw his chance and took it. Pulling out his staff, he pointed it at the Crystal Onix.

“Poor pokemon… chased just because of its color… you once were a magic type, weren’t you?” Ash asked.

The Onix stared at him in disbelief, but nodded. There was a vaguely familiar look in its eyes.

< It’s trainer is long gone, Ash. > Pika-chan said.

< I know. > Ash said. < I’m giving it peace. I’ll send it to join its trainer. >

“Eterneon, go.” The pokemon card appeared, landing next to the Onix. “Use Heaven’s Glow.”

The light surrounded the Onix, and it disappeared. Only a faint glowing shell was left.

Everyone stared at Ash in disbelief. Ash sighed.

“Poliwag, go. Use Hypnosis.”

And with that done, the group vanished. But in his arms, Ash held a new card.

End Episode 123!

Guess what the card is!

Flames will be used to toast marshmallows!

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Poll: Who has read ‘What If?’; another one of my fics. Because I have a few chapters of a revised version I want to put up… and I do think it needs revision.