Ash glanced at May who was across the room with Mike's Poochyena. Max was 
with Caramel, the Cyndaquil and Brock was talking to some of the Pokemon who 
were crowded around him. Ash turned back to Courtney. "I'm sorry about 
Oliver and the play." Courtney looked down. "We'll just have to move 
everyone around somehow and-" She stopped and looked surprised. She stooped 
down and looked at Tommy. "Mr. Butterscotch is that you?" Tommy had a 
satisfied look on his face. "Treecko." He nodded. Ash looked at both of them 
confused. "Uh, could you tell me what's going on?" Courtney looked at him 
and laughed. "Okay. Let's go over here and sit down and then I'll tell you 
the whole story." They sat down and Courtney began the story. "Scotty, our 
pokemon and I were traveling for a while and we decided to sit down 
underneath this big, ugly old tree, since we all tripped and ended up 
there." Ash nodded. "I tripped too." "Any why we decide to have lunch and go 
over our lines when this angry looking Treecko throws a twig at me." "From 
above?" Ash
asked. "No, it arrived home to see us there. Anyway I look him straight in 
the eye and say 'Hey kid! Unless you have a log in your arsenal, I'm not 
moving!' He blinks, walks closer, stares at me for a moment, steals the 
large bag of butterscotch chips that we were going to have for dessert and 
runs up the tree!" "What did you do?"  Courtney grinned. "I pretended to get 
mad. I shook my fist and yelled 'Don't make me come up there!' He looked 
down, spat another twig at me,
shook HIS fist and yelled 'Treecko Treecko tree tree!' I look at Scotty and 
he said 'That kid sure has a temper.' Chartreuse and the other Pokemon just 
went into a fit of laughter! We then decided that would be a good time to 
rehearse the play that was coming up: Torchic Little. When I get to the part 
where Torchic Little yells 'Something is falling! It's coming from the 
tree!' a few seconds
later the whole bag of butterscotch chips fell on my head.  Scotty was 
watching the whole thing. I kept noticing that he kept glancing to where the 
Treecko was. He told me that when I said that line the Treecko stopped 
trying to open the bag, looked down and let go of the bag." "Then what did 
you do?" "Nothing. We stayed a few more hours and then decided to spend the 
night. When dawn came something fell on my head. It was the bag of 
butterscotch chips! Only this time it was half empty. I look up at him and 
say 'Mr Butterscotch. We will be leaving after we are all awake and have 
eaten breakfast. We will not leave any sooner!' I then turn back over in 
time to see a twig land on the ground beside me!" Ash stared at Courtney. 
"Who is Chartreuse again?" "My Electrike. All my Pokemon are named after a 
color. Chartreuse is a type of green. How did you meet Tommy?" Ash looked at 
Tommy. "When I met him I saw him in one of the higher branches. He threw a 
twig at me and I challenged him to a battle. He jumped down and a bunch of 
other Treecko came up. They seemed to argue for awhile and when they left 
Tommy forgot about the battle and came back a few hours later with a leaf 
full of water. He did that throughout the night. Then Scotty and I decided 
to join him and he got mad at me so I had to explain what I was doing." 
"What happened to the tree?" "In the morning it split apart and Tommy 
decided to battle me after all. From what I observed he was the rebel of the 
group." Courtney nodded. "I noticed that to." She glanced at Azure and 
Chartreuse who were coming up to them. Ash looked at Tommy. "Maybe I should 
change your name from Tommy to Mr. Butterscotch?" Tommy and Scotty looked at 
him. "Treecko!" "Pikapi Pika!" Ash looked confused at the replies. Courtney 
turned to Azure. "Could you translate that for us, sweetie?" Ash became even 
more confused. "HUH?!"Azure beamed and tapped twice on her arm that had some 
sort of cloth on it. "Of course! Tommy said 'Please don't!' and the Pikachu 
said 'Ash, change mine!'" Ash looked at Azure in amazement. Now he 
understood why Brock was conversing with the Pokemon. He looked at Courtney. 
"What are those?" She smiled. "Poke-translators. They can translate what any 
pokemon says." "Where did you get them?" "Morningsun Town. It's where I'm 
from. It's a long ways away. But the more important matter is why Scotty 
wants to have a name change." Ash looked at Scotty. "Why do you want me to 
change your name?" "Pikachu pika pi ka pikachu kachu pika!" "She said 
'Because you gave mea boy's name and I am female!'" Azure translated. Ash 
blinked. "I didn't know you were female. Why didn't you say anything about 
your name?" "Pika pika pi pikachu pika kachu chu pikachu kachupi." "'Because 
I didn't know it was until Courtney mentioned her friend Scotty.'" Tommy 
then said something to Azure who translated. "Tommy was asking when you were 
planning on eating lunch." Ash and Courtney looked at each other. "I guess 
we could eat now. Everyone else is eating anyway." Courtney said. Ash turned 
to see where she was looking. Their group was the only one left in the room. 
As they walked to the Pokemon Center's eating facility Ash thought: 
*Courtney is really friendly. I wonder if Pikachu would like the name 
of..uh..well I'm not sure what name Pikachu would like.*

Courtney sat down with Ash and his Pikachu and Tommy. She looked at the 
menu and then over to Ash and his pokemon and quickly hid a smile. Poor 
Tommy could barely see over the table!  She quickly dug in her large bag and 
inflated a small chair made especially made for small Pokemon. She picked 
Tommy up, set the chair down and sat Tommy on it. "Is that better? It may 
feel a little odd or might feel like you're going to fall off until you get 
used to it." "It's fine." Azure translated a second later. Courtney picked 
up two arm-band translators from her bag. "You want these too? I have 
extras." She said handing them to Ash. Ash took them and turned to Pikachu 
and Tommy, who held out their arms. They said something to Ash and then 
looked at her with a puzzled expression. "You have to tap it twice on the 
little star to turn it on. If you want to turn it off you tap it three 
times." They then went on eating their lunch. Courtney was having a turnip 
and apple salad and Ash was having a cheeseburger. She reached for the 
ketchup and didn't find it. She looked at where it was supposed to be and 
found that it was missing. *That's odd. They always have ketchup.* "Ash? 
What happened to the ketchup?" Ash looked at where her hand was then looked 
down to his left. "Uh, Pikachu has it." Courtney looked at Pikachu to see 
that the cute furball was sucking the ketchup out of the bottle. She looked 
at Ash confused. "You don't carry your own ketchup?" Ash looked at her. "Uh, 
no." *Crazy kid* She thought as she reached in her bag for her personal 
bottle of ketchup. Actually it was Azure's by the name tag on it. She turned 
to Azure. "Is it okay if I borrow this?" Azure's eyes widened. "Don't use 
all of it!" "I'm not. I just want to borrow some of it." Azure looked at her 
and then the bottle. "Okay. But don't use all of it." Just then sparks came 
out of Ivory's electric pouches and she squealed and leaped down off the 
booth with a shout of "Minnie!" Ash looked at her in surprise. "What was 
that about?" "Pichus are unskilled at storing electric power. They let out 
electricity if they are amused or surprised. Other than that she saw her 
friend Minnie. It also means that Kyle is here." "Why do you say that?" 
Tommy asked. "Because Minnie is a Misdreavous." Just then, from across the 
room came a high pitched shout of: "Court-neeeeeeee!" It got louder and 
louder until a blur landed in Courtney's arms. "Krissy! How are you?" "I'm 
fine. It's raining and storming the wind is blowing hard outside!" "Where's 
Dale?" "He's checking in to get a room! I knew you were here because I saw 
Ivory with Minnie and Ivory told me where to find you! And guess what?! I 
found you!" Courtney looked across the table to see Pikachu and Tommy 
staring at her and Kristen. Ash was looking at his Pokedex. "Krissy, these 
are my friends. This is Ash, Tommy and Pikachu." Kristen turned around. "Hi, 
hi hi!" She turned back to Courtney. "I gotta find Dale! Bye-Bye!" Kristen 
then left the cafeteria in a blur. "That was Kristen. She's a whirlwind of 
energy. She is a very young Ralts." She explained to Ash. He looked at her 
then around her and pointed his Pokedex. She looked to see where he was 
looking and saw a Kirlia. "Hi Ellen. How's Gilbert?" Ellen looked at her. 
"Impatient and annoying as usual." She then went back to looking at Pikachu 
and Tommy and then turned and walked away. "Is she a little shy?" Ash asked. 
Courtney shook her head. "She likes to draw, paint, sculpt-anything to do 
with art. She was probably going to draw Pikachu or Tommy and wanted to get 
a closer look. She draws anybody she doesn't know. Especially Pokemon." "Is 
she a good artist?" "She's a great artist! She draws what Pokemon would look 
like if they were human and draws humans how they would look like if they 
looked like the Pokemon that they have!" She dug in her bag and took out a 
few drawings. "This is me as a Treecko and a Pikachu." "Ash, There's 
Sudowoodo over there." Pikachu announced. Courtney looked in the direction 
Pikachu was looking. "Danny's here." She waved at the rock pokemon as it 
turned in her direction. It noticed her and came over. "Hi Bliss. Is Scotty 
here yet?" "Not yet. But Danny is." Courtney smiled. "I noticed that. 
Where's Martha?" "Around here somewhere. She wanted me to tell you that 
she's been practicing everyday." "That's good." "Danny told me that if I saw 
you to tell you that Danny wanted to tell you something. He'll be here in a 
few minutes. Oh, and Amber is here also." With that the Sudowoodo turned and 
walked in the direction she came from. "Who is Martha?" Tommy asked. "Martha 
is a Geodude." "And who is Amber?" Ash asked. "Amber is a human who has a 
terrible taste in names." Courtney replied burying her head in her hands. 
"Just thinking about them gives me a headache." "They can't be that bad." 
Ash replied. Courtney looked up at him. "She has flying types. Easily 
recognizable. And yes, their names are terrible. She has a Charizard named 
Hugsy, A Butterfree named Bugsy, a Fearow named Pudgy, a Pigeot named 
Carrot, her Xatu is named Sugar Puff, a Tropius named Sugar Pie and a 
Noctowl with the name of Cuddly. Her Crobat is the only one with a normal 
name: Barrett. Oh, and she also has a Gyarados named...." She closed her 
eyes and made a face. "A Gyarados named Babyboo." Ash looked up from his 
Pokedex. "Those are terrible names. What has Martha been practicing?" "I 
gave her some singing lessons awhile back. She sings pretty well." Suddenly 
Ash's face paled as he looked above her head. She turned around and looked. 
It was a Beedrill. "Oh, Hi Myrtle! Or are you Vlad?" "Beeee." Came the 
reply. She looked at the Beedrill's left arm. "You're Myrtle. You have the 
pink armband." She reached over and tapped the star twice. "What's the 
matter kid? Afraid of bugs?" Myrtle asked as she came closer to Ash. The 
Poketranslator gave Myrtle's voice a hollow, mechanical sound. *Poor kid. 
Myrtle's gonna give Ash a heart attack from the way his face looks. But he 
looks kind of cute with that face but not as cute as...* Courtney cut off 
her own thoughts to hear what Ash would say. Ash shook his head. "I just 
haven't had much luck with Beedrill. That's all." "Myrtle? Where is Ronnie 
at? Is Scotty with you guys?" Myrtle turned in her direction. "Ronnie is 
checking in. I haven't seen Scotty." "Well, Okay. Myrtle, This is Ash, Tommy 
and Pikachu." Myrtle hovered in front of Pikachu. "Why don't you have a 
name?" "I wanted it changed. Ash gave me a boys name." Pikachu answered. 
"How about Natalie for a name? Or Matilda?" Pikachu thought for a few 
seconds. "I like both of them." Just then Azure bolted from the booth 
shouting for someone named Bridget. "Sophie's here." Myrtle and Courtney 
said at the same time. Just then a Wooper walked by. "Baxter! Did Scotty 
come with you?" The Wooper tapped the side of his head twice and replied. 
"No. We didn't see him on our way here. It's raining really hard out there." 
"You haven't been doing rain dance have you?" Myrtle asked slyly. Baxter 
hopped in the air. "Nnoooo. I've been practicing my mud shot trying to make 
it go farther." He then noticed somebody and left. "I'll go see where Ronnie 
is." "Do all of you have one type of Pokemon each? And why does Azure have a 
hat?" Ash inquired. "Yar." She said with her mouth full of turnips. "Sophie 
has water types. And Azure is crazy about hats." "What type does Scotty 
have?" "Grass types. And he has a Pichu." "There's a Venusaur over by the 
window." Courtney didn't even look at the Pokemon as she replied. "That's 
Ronnie's She has poison types. Scotty doesn't have a Venusaur. He has a 
Bulbasaur." "The Bulbasaur might have evolved." Ash pointed out. Courtney 
looked up. "Bunny doesn't want to evolve. Do you know what Bunny said to me 
the last time I saw her?" Ash shook his head. "'The winds may change but 
they can't change me and that is the way it's gonna be.'" "What other 
Pokemon does Scotty have?" Ash inquired. "He has a Bellosom, a Gloom, a 
Vileplume, an Oddish, a Bellsprout, a Tangela, a Bayleef, a Treecko and a 
Pichu named Fern." Ash ate the rest of his hamburger. "I have a question. 
You have all electric types and a Treecko. He has all grass types and a 
Pichu. Why is that?" Out of the corner of her eye Courtney saw a Smoochum. 
*That's Crystal. It means Alice is here. Is Scotty here?* She asked herself. 
"I...found Oliver and Scotty found Fern. We tried to swap them but they got 
upset. Fern likes me and Oliver likes Scotty but Fern would rather stay with 
Scotty and Oliver would rather stay with me." Magenta tugged on her sleeve 
and Courtney looked at the Raichu. "I'm going to say hi to Snowball." 
Courtney nodded. "Okay, go ahead." "Where did you find Oliver at?" Ash 
asked. "On a tree." She replied poking at her salad. "Don't you mean in a 
tree?" Tommy replied. Courtney took a breath and looked up. "What I mean is 
I found him tied upside down to a tree. And Scotty found Fern in a bag 
floating down the river. According to Fern: they came from the same 
trainer." Courtney found herself blinking rapidly. "If you'll excuse me, I 
think I'll go see if Scotty is here." She quickly stood up and left the 
table.

Ash was surprised when Courtney left the table suddenly. He was even more 
surprised to find out the Oliver came from a rotten trainer. Pikachu looked 
up at him with sad eyes. "Ash! That's terrible!" Tommy looked at the both of 
them with solemn eyes. "I know, remember that Damien guy? He just abandoned 
that Charmander on a rock." "But then that Charmander chose to come with us 
and then evolved into a Charmeleon and finally a Charizard!" Pikachu 
finished happily. "Not all stories have such a happy ending." A voice spoke 
up. Ash looked over to see who it was. It was the Kirlia from before. Her 
name was...Kristen? No, it was Ellen. "What do you mean by that?"Ash asked. 
"Just that. Not all stories have a happy ending and not all stories have an 
ending." She held up a sheet of paper. "This is for you Ash." She then gave 
the paper to Tommy and walked away. "Hey Tommy! She's just like you are!" 
Pikachu announced. "The same personality." Tommy folded his arms. "You have 
got to be kidding me." Pikachu tugged on Ash's sleeve. "You know how she 
kept asking about Scotty? I think she likes him!" Tommy sighed. "I'm going 
to find Lotad and Forretress to see if they have been named yet." "Pikachu, 
haven't you considered that they might be siblings?" "Not by the way she 
kept talking and asking about him." Ash sighed. *This is crazy. I think she 
is Scotty's sister and Pikachu thinks they are boyfriend/girlfriend.* Ash 
unfolded the paper to see a drawing of himself, himself as a pikachu, 
taillow, treecko and a corphish. "you look kind of funny as a Corphish." 
Pikachu commented. "I'm going to get another hamburger." He announced as he 
stood up. "Watch out for small pokemon." Pikachu reminded him. Ash was so 
busy looking out for small pokemon that he ran into a larger one. "I'm 
sorry." He said looking up. "I was watching for smaller pokemon. "That's 
quite alright. There are many small pokemon here." The pokemon was a little 
taller than he was. According to the voice it was a she. She had long green 
hair. He took out his pokedex and held it up. "Is it alright if I scan you?" 
She looked back at him. "It's only natural. You have no idea what I am." She 
then turned back to the buffet table. He pressed a button on his pokedex and 
got an answer. "Gardevoir: The Embrace pokemon. Gardevoir is the final 
evolution of Ralts. Gardevoir is usually 1.6 meters in length and weighs 
about 48.4 kilograms." Ash looked up. "So you're a Gardevoir. What's your 
name?" She looked up with a slight smile. "What makes you think I have a 
name?" "Uh, you have one of those Poketranslators and the only ones here 
that have poketranslators are in the Pokemon Actor's Troupe. And the pokemon 
in the Pokemon Actor's Troupe have names." The Gardevoir frowned. "I'm 
pretty sure I saw a Taillow and a Corphish with translators on them and they 
aren't in the P.A.T. Anyway, you are correct. I do have a name. My name is 
Faye. And you are?" "I'm Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town." She looked up from 
the buffet table in surprise. "Didn't I see you compete in the Orange 
League?" "Sometimes. But most of the time when there is a Pokemon tournament 
on. We were all laughing when your Pikachu landed on that Dragonite's head." 
She then picked up a hot dog and set it on her plate. "Shouldn't you be 
eating pokemon food?" "I like hot dogs. Dale makes the worst tasting pokemon 
food. It tastes like plastic. He is also a lousy cook." "So what do you do?" 
"We have Merlin make the meals." "Who is Merlin?" "He is an Alakazam. 
Courtney's Pikachu, Azure, loves making cookies. Did you know all her 
pokemon can do electric attacks?" "That's because all her pokemon are 
electric types. Except for her Treecko and Eevee. Of course, since they 
aren't electric types they can't do electric attacks. Faye blinked and 
studied him as she took a couple packets of crackers. "Of course not. It's 
almost impossible to teach non-electric type pokemon electric attacks." She 
replied with an odd tone. Ash grabbed his hamburger and began to step back 
when suddenly Faye grabbed his arm. "Watch out for Cyrus!" "Cyrus?" "Yeah, 
That Mawile that's by your foot." Ash looked down to see a worm-like pokemon 
by his foot. "Oh, thanks." He aimed his pokedex to find out more about 
Cyrus. "Mawile: The Deceiver Pokemon. When Mawile is called into battle the 
opponents attack power is lowered. Mawile is 0.6 m in length and weighs 11.5 
kilograms." Ash looked back at Faye. "I'd better be getting back to my 
table." "Watch out for small pokemon." Faye answered wryly.

After lunch Ash wandered around the Pokemon Center to see how many people 
were here. He met Tyler right after he arrived. He had pokemon that 
scientists and the pokedex defined as a normal type. He had a Rattata, 
Clefairy, Chansey, Eevee, Ditto, Tauros, a Meowth, a Jigglypuff and a 
Castform. According to the Pokedex Castform could change it's type by the 
kind of weather it was. Ash walked past a window to the Pokemon recovery 
room to see Courtney in there with her Treecko. She appeared to be singing 
to Oliver. Ash looked up as he heard footsteps come down the hall. It was 
just some guy who seemed to be looking for someone or something. Ash turned 
back to the window to watch Courtney. The guy stopped beside him and asked. 
"Cream Puffs and Corn Salad?" Ash shook his head. "No thanks, I've eaten 
already." The guy gave him an odd look and said. "That's the name of the 
song she's singing. She always sings it for Oliver." Ash looked up at they 
guy. He had green eyes, blue hair and had a pale complexion. He seemed to be 
about Brock's age. Just then Ellen came by and gave Ash another paper. 
"Thank you." He said as she walked away. Ash and the guy who was Brock's age 
watched her as she walked down the hall. Ash opened up the paper to find a 
drawing of his Pikachu as a Pikachu and then Pikachu as a human. Ash stared 
at the picture. As a human Pikachu would have curious eyes, dimples, a 
mischievous smile, short wavy brown hair and all those features would make 
her- "She's so cute." The guy next to Ash exclaimed. "I can't believe that 
is what your Pikachu would look like if she were human." "I can't believe it 
either." Ash admitted. "I'll have to show this to Pikachu when I catch up to 
her." "Oliver's was pretty realistic when Ellen first drew him." "What did 
he look like in the picture?" "A scared little boy. Dale and I were both 
with Courtney when she found Oliver. That's exactly what Oliver looked like. 
He looked terrified when we cut him down." "What was Oliver's former 
trainer's name?" Ash asked. "Fern said his name was Bart." Then Ash and the 
guy turned back to the window. After a while he heard the guy hiss 
something. It sounded like. "Casper! No!" Ash looked at the guy to find him 
staring at something above Ash's head. Ash turned around to see what it was 
and found himself face to face with a Gengar. "Don't worry! He's very 
friendly. Didn't Courtney tell you about the Ghost types?" He added when he 
saw Ash's expression. Ash shook his head. "No, She just said something about 
a Misdreavous, she said nothing about all Ghost types. But she did say that 
each one of you guys have a different type." "That's right. Scotty has all 
grass types." "Except for a Pichu." Ash reminded him. The guy raised an 
eyebrow slightly. "That's right." He agreed with a smile as he turned back 
to the window. "How is Courtney with her Pokemon?" Ash asked. Kyle thought 
for a second. "Well, she mostly spoils them. Taking them out for ice cream, 
movies, staring at clouds to guess what shape. That sort of thing." Then 
they both heard footsteps coming down the hall and turned to see a young 
woman coming towards them. "Are you looking for something Rachel?" The guy 
asked. "Yeah, I'm looking for Charlotte. Have you seen her?" "I'm pretty 
sure I saw her with Topaz." Rachel smiled. "Oh, thanks, I've been looking 
for her." "And if you see someone who looks like Colette, make sure it is 
Colette before you say hi. I said hello and found out that the Pokemon's 
name was Franklin." Rachel nodded. "Yeah, I met him already. He's really 
polite. See ya later." She turned and walked down the hall. "Who's 
Charlotte, Topaz, Colette and Franklin?" "Charlotte is an Ariados, Topaz is 
an Espeon, Colette is Cameron's Forretress and Franklin is someone else's 
Forretress." "That's Brock's Forretress! I wonder what he named his Lotad." 
The guy glanced at him. "He named it Logan." "How do you know that?" 
"Because I saw him with this Brock you mentioned and heard him name his 
Lotad." Ash looked at the guy in curiosity. "Who are you anyway? Are you 
Scotty?" The guy shook his head. "No, I'm Kyle." "You're the one with the 
ghost types?!" Kyle looked at him. "Yes, nobody else in the Troupe that I 
know of does." "I have another question: Do you and Dale always travel with 
Courtney?" Kyle shook his head. "No, sometimes we travel alone. If we meet 
up with one another before we arrive at our destination then we travel 
together." "Like Courtney did with Mike, Marilyn, Polly and Riley today? 
They all arrived together." Kyle shrugged. "I guess so. They might have, or 
they met while running to the Pokemon Center." Kyle thought for a few 
seconds. "Oh, and by the way. Danny's real first name is also Kyle. Everyone 
just goes by his middle name: Daniel or Danny." "Kyle! There you are!" A 
voice called out. It was a petite girl of medium height, crystal blue eyes 
and curly yellow hair. Kyle smiled. "Sophie! You're here!" Sophie grinned. 
"Barely. Those little rascals didn't want to get out of the rain! Especially 
Scarlett. The only way I could get them here was to put them in their 
pokeballs. Would Scarlett get in her's? Nnnooo. She kept running around and 
dancing in the rain. I was soaked by the time she cooperated." She looked at 
Ash. "Who is this?" Kyle very quickly introduced him to Sophie. She 
squealed. "You're the one with the Pikachu that is even cuter than 
Courtney's! Your Pikachu is looking for you. Azure tells the best ghost 
stories. Have you taught your pokemon how to swim properly? We all taught 
ours and they are doing great! Well, except for Danny's Geodude. She's a 
good swimmer, but doesn't like the water too well. Oh! That reminds me, I 
have to go find Danny! See ya!" She turned and ran down the hall. "She 
reminds me of Dale's Pokemon named Kristen." Ash commented. Kyle shook his 
head and held up a finger. "There is a difference between them: Kristen runs 
everywhere she goes and talks loud and so fast you can barely understand 
her. Sophie does not run everywhere but talks so much that you can't answer 
and then she leaves." "What did she mean about Danny's Geodude swimming? I 
thought rock types were weak against water." "Danny uses a protective 
sealant gel so they can have fun in the water. He also taught them a way to 
cross rivers and streams in a hurry, if there isn't a bridge, without 
touching the water." "What about oceans?" "He uses pokeballs for that." "I 
have a question that might sound odd. My pikachu thinks that Courtney and 
Scotty are..uh..together. I think they might be good friends or are 
related." Kyle scratched his ear. "They aren't related. Rachel and Jake are 
related and so are Marilyn and Riley. Rachel and Jake are cousins and 
Marilyn and Riley are siblings. So how is Pokemon training going for you?" 
"I think it's going well. I lost a match with Brawly, he's a gym leader, so 
I'm training for a rematch." Kyle nodded. "Good luck with that." He looked 
from side to side and then whispered to Ash. "I'm going to see what Casper 
and my other Pokemon are up to. I don't want them to getting into too much 
trouble." He then turned and walked away. Ash watched him go and then 
realized something. "Wait a minute! He never answered my question about 
Courtney and Scotty!"

Pikachu sighed. First of all she couldn't find Ash anywhere. Second she 
couldn't think of a name. All the Pokemon she had met suggested some but she 
couldn't decide which one she liked more. It was a choice between Natalie, 
Natasha, Matilda, Madeline, Fifi, Gigi, Parthenon and Eileen. She already 
ruled out eight others. She looked around the room and spotted Ash as he 
walked in. She ran up to him and jumped on his shoulder. "Hi Pikachu." He 
greeted her. "Hi Ash. Some of the other Pokemon have been suggesting names 
and I was wondering what you thought." She went through the list of names 
and he thought them over. "I don't think I'd go with Parthenon or Eileen. 
Fifi and Gigi doesn't suit you either." "So that leaves Madeline, Matilda, 
Natalie and Natasha." She then noticed a rolled up paper in his hands. "Hey, 
what is that?" "It's from Ellen. It's a drawing of you as a human." "Really? 
Can I see?" Ash unrolled and held it out so she could see. "Oh, wow! She 
even put it in color! Are those my eyes?! Is that what I would really look 
like? Wow, how did she learn to draw like this?" "I'm sure she had 
practice." A voice came from the floor. Ash and Pikachu looked down to find 
Tommy. "Hi Tommy! Come on up!" Pikachu said. Tommy looked from her to Ash. 
"Is it alright if I do?" "Sure, go ahead." Tommy jumped onto a nearby end 
table and then to Ash's other shoulder. He wobbled for a few seconds before 
grabbing Ash's shirt. "Pikachu? How do you stay on?!" Tommy asked her. 
"Balance and practice." She replied. "And sometimes a backpack." Ash added. 
Tommy looked at the picture. "That is good. Ellen is talented." Tommy leaned 
forward to get a closer look and lost his balance. Ash managed to catch his 
foot and brought him back up to his shoulder. This time Tommy sat on Ash's 
shoulder and put his arms around Ash's neck. Ash glanced down. "You dropped 
your twig." Ash kneeled down to pick it up and then turned his head when he 
heard his name called. Tommy lost his balance again, this time with his arms 
around Ash's neck. Pikachu sighed and looked to see who called Ash's name. 
It was Brock coming towards them. "Didn't you live in a tree?" Ash asked 
Tommy. "Tree's do not walk or turn their heads." Tommy replied grabbing on 
to Ash's blue jacket. He then climbed inside between the jacket and the 
shirt that Ash had on underneath. "This is new." Brock commented as he got 
close enough to them. "He kept falling off." Ash replied. "What have you 
been doing?" Brock looked around. "Exploring, talking, found out that this 
Nurse Joy is married." "She is?" Ash asked curiously. "I know, it's unfair. 
I tried talking to this girl named Sophie but she did all the talking before 
this Danny guy came up to her. According to Mr. and Mrs. Dunkel they are 
together." "Mr. and Mrs. Dunkel?" Pikachu asked. Brock stared at her for a 
few seconds. "Oh, you got those translators too? Mr. and Mrs. Dunkel are 
Mike and Marilyn, you know the two of the four people who arrived with 
Courtney. I asked Marilyn if Courtney was with this Scotty she kept asking 
about." "What was her answer?" Ash asked. "She said that it might be an 
considerable possibility." "Oh, all I got was an evasive answer." Ash 
replied. Brock looked around as if looking for something suspicious. "I 
think I saw a Meowth running around. Team Rocket might have showed up." Ash 
shook his head. "No, Tyler has a Meowth named Heather." "Then what about an 
Arbok and Weezing I saw? They looked familiar" "Team Rocket doesn't have an 
Arbok and Weezing anymore remember? They have that Cacnea, Seviper, 
Wobbuffet and Meowth. And Pokemon of the same species usually do look 
alike." "I found a Wobbuffet. Then I found out that it belonged to a guy 
named Dale. Did Team Rocket ever tell us what happened to their Arbok and 
Weezing?" Brock asked suddenly. "No, Why do ask?" Ash asked. Brock shrugged. 
"I don't know. Maybe I'm obsessing a bit." Pikachu looked at the drawing in 
Ash's hand. "Brock, what do you think of this picture that Ellen drew?" Ash 
looked at her, then at the picture and then handed it to Brock. Brock stared 
at it for a few seconds. "Who is this girl?! She's cute! Is she here?!" 
Pikachu stared at him. "That girl is me as a human."

May ducked as two Butterfree flew over her head. "There sure are a lot of 
people and pokemon here." She looked around, searching for her torchic and 
Wurmple. There they were! Emma, her torchic was with another Torchic and a 
Blaziken. Bethany was with a Beautifly and Dustox. She felt a tap on her leg 
and looked down. It was that Kirlia that she saw earlier. She kneeled down. 
"Hello, who are you?" "Ellen, this is for you." She handed May a rolled up 
paper and left. May stood up and unrolled the paper. On one half was a 
Torchic and the other half was a human girl. "Who is this?" May wondered. 
She stopped a brown haired girl who had a Gloom following her. "Excuse me. 
Can you tell me what this is?" She looked at the drawing. "That would be a 
picture that Ellen drew." "I know Ellen drew this but what does it mean?" 
"It means that is what your Torchic would look like if she were a human." 
May looked at the Gloom. "Is your Gloom okay?" The girl looked down at the 
Pokemon. "Yeah, Gail's translator broke and we're trying to find Danny so he 
can fix it." "I'll find him with you." May offered. They walked down a hall 
turned a corner and walked down another hall. "So, what's your name?" May 
asked. "Ronnie. What's your's" "May. So what is it like being in the Pokemon 
Actor's Troupe?" Ronnie frowned and squinted as she thought. "Well, for one 
thing...we don't get starter pokemon." "You don't get a Pokemon to start 
with?! Why is that?" "The Pokemon Actor's Troupe was started about fifty 
years ago. And one of the rules that they came up with were that you had to 
catch three pokemon by yourself." "So, you couldn't use your first pokemon 
to catch the second pokemon, and you couldn't use the first two to catch the 
third one?" "That's exactly what it means. It has also been a tradition to 
name the Pokemon that you catch. You can also carry more than the six 
pokemon and the starter that a trainer is only allowed." "Who were your 
first three pokemon?" "My first one was Claudia, my Ekans. The second one is 
Gail here, and the third one is my Venusaur, Yvette." "Did you catch her as 
a Venusaur?" May asked as she looked up Venusaur in her pokedex. "No, I 
found her as a Bulbasaur and caught her as an Ivysaur." "So she just evolved 
before you caught her?" "Yeah, it was kind of funny. I stepped out from 
behind a tree and stood in front of her and we stared at each other and then 
she evolved." "Do you know what Courtney's first three were?" Ronnie nodded. 
"Coral, Burgundy and Indigo. A Chinchou, Mareep and Electrode. In that 
order. She bribed her Electrode with a cookie." "Why did she do that?" "You 
know how you can step on things if you don't watch where you're going? She 
stepped on Indigo and Indigo got really mad. The cookie was a bribe not to 
explode." "Did it work?" "It worked a little too well. Indigo ended up 
following her. Now that Electrode is crazy about Pecan cookies." "Whose 
Butterfrees are those?" May asked pointing to the two Butterfrees flying 
around. "One is Amber's and the other one is Rachel's: Jessamine and Bugsy." 
May wrinkled her nose. "Bugsy?" "They all have bad names. Except for one of 
them." "What was Danny's first three?" Ronnie frowned. "I think he said that 
it was his Shuckle, his Rhydon and his...Lunatone? Either it was a Lunatone 
or it was Sudowoodo. I can't remember." "What about the guy with the 
Kirlia?" "That would be Dale. His was Alakazam, Spoink and Gardevoir." "What 
are their names?" "Merlin, Drake and Faye." May looked around the hallway 
and saw a pokemon. She pointed her Pokedex, listened to the information and 
asked. "What about the one with the Squirtle?" "Sophie? I have no idea what 
her first three were. but I do know that her Squirtle, Amethyst, was the 
last one she caught." Ronnie stopped suddenly and pointed up ahead. "That's 
Danny up there." "Gloom." Gail commented and ran towards Danny.

"So whose Eevee are you?" Max asked. "I'm Tyler's. Courtney has an Eevee 
named Violet. My name is Carol." "Were you his first pokemon?" "No, I was 
his fourth. Rhythm was Tyler's first. She's a Chansey. Then it was Key, a 
Castform and then it was Brogan. He's a Rattata." "What is this play about?" 
Carol held her head to the right. "It's complicated to explain. It's about a 
cowboy named Buck who rescues a princess from a two headed dragon and brings 
her back to his town. Turns out that she is the sheriff's daughter. Two men 
fall in love with her: The one who rescues her and some other guy named 
Wyatt. Wyatt is a very quiet and mysterious type. Turns out that Buck is 
only interested in the Princess's beauty and Wyatt loves her for who she is. 
And the rest of the play I can't tell you." "Why is that?! Max asked 
indignant. "Because. I don't want to spoil it. Some of us still like to 
preserve secrets no matter how illusional it is." "Okay, so who plays Buck 
and who plays the Princess?" "Sandy, Mike's Nuzleaf plays Buck and Azure 
plays the Princess." Just then Max noticed Ash, Brock, Tommy and Pikachu 
walk into the lounge area. Only Tommy was in Ash's shirt. "Who plays the two 
headed dragon." Carol looked at him with mysterious eyes. "Nyssa and 
Sienna." "Who are they?" Carol turned her head away. "I have already said 
too much. And before I am tempted by you to tell anymore, I shall leave." 
She then jumped off the couch and walked away. Max then turned to Ash and 
the others. "I saw a huge swimming pool here earlier when I was walking 
around." Brock frowned. "If you're thinking about going swimming, forget it. 
It's still storming out." "The pool is inside. I think it might be for water 
pokemon to exercise and play in." Ash turned to Brock. "I'm gonna go check 
it out." Tommy jumped out of Ash's shirt. "I'll stay here." "Ok, I'll be 
back. Max can you watch these for me?" Ash handed him two rolled up papers, 
turned but didn't walk away. Max looked around Ash to see a Kirlia. "Here's 
another one." The Kirlia said as she handed him another rolled up paper." 
"Thanks Ellen." Ash answered as she walked away. Ash turned back to face 
them as he unrolled the paper. Max watched as an odd look came over Ash's 
face. Ash handed the picture to Brock. "Doesn't that look like someone we 
know?" Brock studied it. "Yeah, except for that the hair is a different 
color and a different style and clothes are different. Other than that it 
looks exactly like Gary." "Who is it?!" Pikachu asked excitedly. "It's a 
picture of Tommy. Max, where did you see that swimming pool?" "There's a map 
of the place every few yards down each hall." "Thanks. What are you guys 
going to do?" Ash asked. "Well, we didn't really check in yet." Max replied. 
"I already did that. I also put our stuff in our room." Brock announced. 
"ASH! There you are!" A voice rang out. Max and everyone else turned to see 
Courtney running up to them. "Ash, I have a question to ask you." She said 
when she finally caught up. "What is it?" Ash asked. Courtney glanced at 
Tommy. "Well, actually it's something I want to ask you and Tommy. Since 
Oliver is sick I was wondering if Tommy would like to take his place in the 
role of Wyatt in the play." Max was surprised. "Wyatt is the good cowboy!" 
He exclaimed. Courtney glanced at him and then over her shoulder and then 
turned back. "Anyway, I was just wondering what you two thought." Ash looked 
at Tommy. "Do you want to?" He asked. "You'd have to wear a costume." 
Courtney semi-apologized. Tommy seemed lost in thought for a few seconds. 
"I'll do it." "Oh, thank you! I fit you for Oliver's costume in the morning 
in the lounge area." She then looked out the window. "I can't believe Scotty 
still isn't here."

Ash followed the map instructions until he found the pool that Max talked 
about. Inside was two Gyaradoses and some woman. "Okay Babyboo, that was a 
little better this time. But Nyssa, How about we try it again? You two 
Jessamine." Ash thought he felt a breeze on his neck and looked up. It was a 
Noctowl flying around. So the woman might be Amber. The Noctowl's name 
was....Cuddly? Amber waited a few seconds and then said: "And go!" At that 
command the two Gyaradoses somehow managed to close their mouths and dark 
dragon breath came out of their noses. It looked like smoke. "Confucius! 
Go!" Ash looked up at the Noctowl but it didn't seem to be doing anything. 
He then looked back at the Gyaradoses and the woman. The two Gyarados were 
doing flamethrowers! Then the woman started to count. "Okay. One...and 
two...and three...and four...and five...and stop!" At that moment the 
pokemon stopped using flamethrowers. "Are you Amber?" The woman turned in 
his direction. "Yeah, I am." "Your Noctowl didn't seem to do anything and 
how did you teach your Gyaradoses flamethrower?" She glanced at the Noctowl 
and then at the other pokemon. "First of all I only have one Gyarados and 
her name is Nyssa. Second: The flamethrowers were only an illusion. Third: 
Confucius was providing the illusion of the flamethrowers as well as the 
illusion of them closing their mouths." "What about the nasal dragon 
breath?" Ash inquired. "That is real. The color, however, was not." "I heard 
your Treecko is now playing Wyatt." Amber commented. "How did you know 
that?!" Amber held up a telephone like device. "This. Danny made it. You 
just press the 'on' button, then you press who you want to talk to. Courtney 
is number one, I'm number seven, Dale is number 14 and Scotty is number 2. 
Then you press a button titled 'Send' and then you are connected. It's a 
very sophisticated walkie-talkie. It works up to twenty miles. Anything else 
you want to know?" Ash nodded. "Courtney told me that your Gyarados was 
named Babyboo, but you called it Nyssa." "Nyssa is her name. Babyboo is her 
nickname." She smiled. "Would you like the real names of my pokemon?" "That 
would be nice." "Okay. Dinah is my Masquerain, Astoria is my Butterfree, 
Everest is my Pidgeot. Barret is my Crobat, You know Nyssa, Clay is my 
Tropius, Aspen is my Xatu, Maisie is my Charizard, You know Confucious and 
Josie is my Fearow." As she spoke, Ash watched as Nyssa nudged a pokeball by 
the edge of the pool. A red beam of light came out and touched Nyssa, 
pulling her back into the pokeball. Then the other Gyarados did the same 
thing. "Uh, your Gyarados just returned herself." Amber looked at the pool. 
"Oh, I guess she got tired of the pool." She looked up at the Noctowl. "What 
about you Confucius?" "No thanks." Came the reply. Ash looked out the 
window. It...was STILL RAINING!! Amber saw the look on his face and looked 
outside as well. "Yeesh, when will this rain end?" She looked down at the 
communication device in her hand. "I wonder.." She then tapped a couple of 
buttons. "Mike? It's me Amber. Is Scotty here yet? Not yet? Do you think we 
should go find him?" She looked outside again. "Yeah, I guess it would be 
best if we waited until the rain let up. Does Danny have a name for these 
yet? The PAT Phone? Oh, I get it. Yeah, Ok bye." "The PAT Phone?" Ash 
wondered. "It stands for Pokemon Actor's Troupe Phone." She stared at the 
PAT Phone. "It really doesn't look like a phone though." Ash glanced outside 
in time to see lightning. "Is Scotty always this late?" "No, sometimes he is 
the first one here and other times he is kind of the...middle person here." 
"So where is he?" "No idea." Ash looked at a nearby clock. "It's 8:30 pm 
already?" Amber looked at the clock. "Wow, time really does fly by." 
Suddenly Amber's PAT Phone started to beep. "Amber here." She glanced at 
Ash. "Yeah, he's right here." She held out the phone to him. "It's 
Courtney." Ash took the phone. "Courtney?" "Hi Ash. I was wondering if you 
wanted to come to my room for some storytelling. It's Azure's turn so it's 
bound to be terrific." "Okay. What time?" "Is 9:00 okay?" "Yeah." "Great! Be 
sure to bring Pikachu."

Ash arrived at Courtney's room a few minutes before 9:00 with Pikachu on 
his shoulder as usual. He knocked on the door and a few seconds later it 
opened with Courtney standing behind it. Ash took a step inside and looked 
around. It was really,  really BIG! "Is my room this big?!" He asked in 
amazement. Courtney gave him a puzzled look. "You haven't been to yours 
yet?" He shook his head. "No." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, come on in. 
Everyone's here except for a few people who didn't want to." She then led 
him to where everyone was seated on the floor. Tommy was here and so was 
Skye, Max, Brock, all of Courtney's pokemon except for Oliver, a Machop, 
May's Torchic and Wurmple, all of Polly's Pokemon, Polly, Kyle, a 
Misdreavous, a handful of bug pokemon, another Eevee, an Aipom, a Ditto, an 
Arbok, Ellen was there, a Larvitar, a Vaporeon, Sophie, Amber, Tyler, a 
Totodile and a Squirtle. He sat down between the Larvitar and Tommy. He 
introduced himself to the Larvitar and found out his name was Chase. "You're 
a rock type, so I'm guessing you're Danny's Pokemon." Chase smiled. "You're 
right!" Tommy tapped him on his arm and Ash looked at him. Tommy then handed 
him a rolled up paper. It was obviously from Ellen. Ash quickly unrolled it 
and looked at the drawing. It was a drawing of Skye. He looked to where she 
was sitting and called her name. When she looked in his direction he held up 
the drawing so she could see it. He wasn't sure but he thought she smiled. 
"Lights please." Azure requested. Tyler got up and turned off the lights. 
Then a flashlight turned on, which Azure used to partially illuminate her 
face. "This will be a ghost story so chilling that those who are faint of 
heart should leave immediately. "I knew it!" Chase hissed. "She always tells 
ghost stories!" "Are they scary?" Ash whispered back. "Very. So scary that 
even the ghost types themselves get scared. So scary that even Amber and 
Sophie's Gyaradoses would have nightmares." Ash was slightly worried. "Do 
you think I should leave?" Chase looked at him aghast. "What are you? A 
chicken?" Then Azure started her story. It was about a mother and a daughter 
who moved to a recently abandoned house that was in excellent condition. It 
was a cheery home on the inside. That is until nighttime came. The walls 
lost their happy tone, there came a moaning sound from the basement, 
footsteps in the attic, the stairs started creaking and horrible, horrible 
screams came from outside. Azure then went into great detail about the ghost 
sightings that the daughter witnessed. Ash noticed that Tommy was so 
engrossed in the story that when Ash touched his shoulder to see if he was 
okay that Tommy actually jumped a little. Then came another scary part: 
"There was one quiet night where there was no ghostly activity. It was 
silent except for this storm that had approached. The daughter went to her 
first floor bedroom and went to bed. She tried to go to sleep but couldn't. 
There was a strange tapping noise on the window." Ash was listening but was 
certain he could hear a tapping noise. "She ignored it until it became 
insistent." The tapping at Courtney's window became louder. Ash looked, but 
couldn't see anything. Azure turned away from the window. "The daughter 
heard a voice whispering 'Let me in. Let me in'" From Courtney's window came 
the exact same sound. Ash looked at everyone else. They all seemed tense. 
"Then the daughter looked out the window and at the very moment thunder 
roared, lightning lit up the sky and she could see a FACE AT THE WINDOW!" At 
that moment Ash looked outside and there was a flash of lightning. At that 
moment Ash saw something he thought he would never see. A face! Ash yelled 
out, scaring everyone and making them yell. That in turn scared Ivory, 
Courtney's Pichu, who let out a bolt of electricity throughout the room. 
Courtney stared at the window in terror. "Did you see it?!" Ash asked. 
Courtney nodded. "Yeah." Lightning flashed, once again illuminating the 
face. Courtney frowned. "Wait a minute." She got up and went over to the 
window. She peered outside and then went over to her PAT Phone. "Dale?" She 
asked shakily "Can you send Merlin over here for a minute. It's kind of 
important. Thanks." She turned of the phone and an Alakazam teleported into 
the room. Courtney pointed to the window. "Can you teleport him inside?" 
Then she turned on the lights. Merlin turned to the window and a second 
later a guy about Courtney's age was inside. Courtney quickly ran up to him 
and hugged him. "Scotty. You're finally here!" She then held him at arms 
length with an odd expression. "Scotty? You smell like moldy cheese!" Merlin 
smirked. "I give it a ten." He said as he teleported back. "You know I 
always smell like moldy cheese when I get caught out in the rain." Scotty 
replied. Courtney held her hand in front of her nose. "I know, but please, 
take a shower before you start to rot." "Okay, Okay. Go back to your little 
ghost story." Azure shook her head. "I don't think there's a possibility of 
that." Scotty grinned and handed his pokeballs to Courtney. Courtney 
released Scotty's pokemon and then turned to Azure. "Do you want to continue 
the story?" "I think I'll retell it another time." Azure replied. Ash turned 
to Tommy. "Now what do we do?" "Courtney? Ice cream?" Ivory asked hopefully. 
Courtney shook her head regretfully. "Sorry kid. It's a little late at night 
for that. How about after the play is over?" "Okay! The moldy cheese man is 
gone and I am back!" Scotty exclaimed. Courtney turned to Scotty. "What took 
you so long in getting here?" "First I got lost, then I fell into a hole 
when it started to rain. There were two other people and a talking Meowth. I 
think they said they were from Team Sprocket." "It's Team Rocket." Ash 
corrected him. Scotty gave him a curious look. "Anyway, the hole is really 
deep and its now pouring and I'm slowly starting to smell like moldy cheese. 
So I have Tuesday use her vine whip and get us out. And third I saw these 
really odd looking mushrooms. Somebody painted them and with the paint they 
looked non-poisonous. When I got there the paint was running." "Who would 
paint mushrooms?" Courtney asked. Scotty shrugged. "I have no idea." He 
looked at his watch. "Wow, it's really late. 9:50" At the mention of the 
time, Polly rounded up her pokemon and the Machop, Sophie did the same thing 
with her Vaporeon, Squirtle and Totodile, Kyle collected the Misdreavous, 
Ellen and the bug Pokemon while Tyler rounded up his pokemon and Amber 
picked up the Larvitar and motioned to the Arbok. Ash turned to Brock. "I 
guess we better go to." Brock picked up May's Wurmple while Max picked up 
May's Torchic. Skye landed on Ash's shoulder and Pikachu jumped on his other 
shoulder. "Where's May and Cody?" Ash asked Max. "May doesn't like ghost 
stories. Cody wasn't so sure if he wanted to go so he stayed with May. 
Brock's pokemon didn't want to come because they wanted to explore the 
Pokemon Center some more."

Ash, Brock, Max, Pikachu, Skye, Tommy and May's pokemon arrived at their to 
find May, Cody, Franklin and Logan already there. "How was the storytelling? 
Was it scary?" May asked. "It was great!" Max exclaimed. "It was especially 
scary when Scotty arrived." May frowned. "Why? What happened?" Ash, Brock 
and Max told her the whole story. "That would have been interesting to see." 
She commented after they were done. "It's late how about we get to bed. 
After all, Tommy has a costume fitting with Courtney in the morning." Brock 
announced. Ash put his hat on his backpack. "Oh, that's right." "Wait a 
minute. Where are the pokemon going to be sleeping?" Max asked. "Pikachu 
usually sleeps with me, I guess Tommy could too, but what about Skye and 
Cody?" "You're right." Brock mused. "Your bed would be crowded with a human 
and two pokemon. Cody could sleep with Max." "But what about Skye?" May 
asked. Brock thought for a moment. "I guess Skye could perch on the 
windowsill or somewhere else." "But what if Skye falls over, or gets cold?" 
Max asked. "We don't have a Taillow sized blanket." "I guess I'll just sleep 
with Ash, Pikachu and Tommy." Sky said. "Okay, now that we got that settled, 
can we please get some sleep? May asked scratching her neck. Max looked at 
the pokemon. "We should probably turn off the Poke-Translators for the night 
to save the batteries, or however they're powered. Ash, Brock, May and Max 
turned off the translators and took them off the pokemon one by one. Pikachu 
stopped Ash before he could tap the star on the translator three times. "Did 
you remember to call Professor Oak or your mom?" Ash froze. "Uh, no. I kind 
of forgot about it." He tapped the star twice when Pikachu spoke up again 
with another question. "Are you going to name your other Pokemon?" Ash 
thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess I will. I just have to come up with 
names for all of them." Pikachu smiled. "Okay, goodnight." Ash then turned 
off the translator and they all went to bed.

In the morning Pikachu was the first to wake up. She quickly reviewed the 
list of names she liked and threw out all except two. She looked at Ash. 
Which one would he like? She looked over at Max and Cody. They were still 
asleep. Pikachu looked towards Ash's backpack and saw the four translators. 
Maybe she could put hers on herself? She looked around but didn't see Tommy 
anywhere. Skye was by Ash's feet. Hopefully they smelled alright this 
morning. She then jumped over Ash and accidently landed on Tommy, who was on 
the floor next to the bed. Tommy woke up immediately. "What was that for?" 
He whispered. "Sorry, I didn't see you. Why are you on the floor anyway?" 
Pikachu asked. "Ash kept turning over and moving closer to the edge of the 
bed. I guess sometime during the night I fell off." Pikachu looked at the 
translators. "Do you think we can put those on ourselves?" Tommy shrugged. 
"We can try."

Courtney looked up as Ash, Pikachu and Tommy came in. Pikachu ran up and 
sat next to her. "Hello." Pikachu said smiling. "Hi sweetie. Did you choose 
a name yet?" "Not yet, but I have it narrowed down to two names: Madeline 
and Natasha." Courtney nodded. "That's good." She looked at Tommy. "Are you 
ready to try on the costume to see if it fits?" Tommy nodded. Courtney 
turned around and grabbed a bag behind her. "Okay, try on the cowboy hat 
first." She said as she handed him the hat. Tommy took the hat and placed it 
on his head....backwards. Courtney giggled. "You might want to turn it 
around. You have it on backwards." Tommy turned the hat around. "It looks 
alright. How does it feel?" "Comfortable, kind of cold though." Courtney 
glanced at the bag curiously. Why would it be cold? "It'll warm up. Next we 
have the boots. Come here and I'll help you get them on. Tommy complied and 
sat down next to her. "Just tell me if it's too tight or too loose. Okay?" 
"Okay." Courtney looked at the boot and then Tommy's foot. "Wait a minute. 
Let me measure your foot first. She measured his foot and then the boot. "Ah 
ha! This pair is too small. Don't worry, I have another pair in here." She 
pulled out another pair. "Okay, try these." Tommy put the boots on. "How do 
they feel?" "They feel...awkward." "Too tight?" "No. I'm just not used to 
wearing footwear." "Can you walk around in them?" Tommy got down and walked 
around with ease. "Those don't look like regular boots." Ash commented. 
"That is because they are specially made for a Treecko foot." Courtney 
replied taking out a vest with sleeves. "Now, try this on." Tommy put on the 
vest. It was way too big. Courtney scratched her head. "I guess I grabbed 
the wrong one!" She picked up another one. Tommy could barely get his head 
though the hole. He took it off and handed it back to her. She put it back 
in the bag and got out another one. "It looks like it fits. How does it 
feel?" "It fits fine." "Okay, time for the pants." The first pair that she 
chose fit perfectly. Then came the chaps, spurs, gloves and shirt. "Wow. He 
looks perfect! What do you think Ash?" "Yeah. But what about the twig?" 
Courtney studied Tommy. "Could you take the twig out of your mouth for a 
second?" Tommy did and a few seconds later Courtney told him to put it back. 
"There's nothing wrong with the twig. I think it enhances the costume." "Me 
too." Pikachu agreed. Pikachu then looked at Ash. "Natasha." Ash looked at 
her confused. "Natasha who?" "The name! My name. I choose Natasha."

The day passed quickly for Ash. He called Professor Oak, his mom, came up 
with names for his other pokemon, called Professor Oak back sending him a 
list of names and requesting individual pictures of his pokemon. Called Liza 
and received a picture of Charizard or Charlie as he was now named, Got a 
call from Professor Oak, who was sending the pictures, Called Officer Jenny 
and got a picture of his Squirtle who he had named Sidney, he then gave the 
pictures to Ellen. Tommy mainly stayed with Courtney and the others to learn 
his lines for the play. Ash wanted to watch but Tommy insisted that he 
didn't Courtney gave him a sympathetic smile when Tommy said that. Ash 
received the rest of his drawings from Ellen later that night. The next day 
passed quickly also. And then it was time for the play:


Any questions? Comments? Find any mistakes? reviews please! Part 5 will be 
about the play!