Pokemon talk is in { } Telepathy is in < > Thoughts are in ' ' Point of view 
( ) example: (Ash) = Ash's point of view  Author's notes are in [ ] 

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Ash was still in the hospital, but doing better. Belle left a few hours ago, 
after making sure Ash was doing better. Ash was asleep in the hospital bed 
with Pikachu curled up next to his head. May and Max were in sleeping bags in 
the waiting room five doors down. Brock was still awake, still stareing 
outside. He knew they didn't believe what he said about the Curse. Belle 
believed him. Brock tried so hard to keep his eyes open, but they closed 
anyway. He slowly drifted into sleep.	[The following are the dreams of 
the people in ( )]

(Ash)

I flew on out streached wings over the Orange Islands. My back scratched the 
underbellies of clouds, causing a slight drizzle. I spotted a school of 
Horsea looking like they were having fun. I decided to join them. The spikes 
on my back flattened, and I dove at over a hundred miles per hour into the 
water. The Horsea gathered around me.
<Hey party Pokemon! Who's up for a race around the island?> I thought to 
them. They nodded happily. Who ever said the Guardian of the Waters didn't 
know how to have fun? So the Horsea and I whizzed around Shamouti Island 
dozens of times. I was having so much fun. I wished this moment would never 
end.........

Ash smiled in his sleep.

(Pikachu)

The final round. Tyson's Meowth-in-Boots vs. Me. We walked toward each other, 
then shook hands.I mean paws. 
{Let us have a good fight.} He said.
{Lets.} I agreed with a smile. He looked at me funny. 
{You sound like your trainer. Just older.} 
{Well, that's a looooong story. Let's just say I got on the wrong side of a 
Ninetales.} I laughed. Meowth got a far-away look in his eyes.
{Aye. I used to be a famous swordsman. Orlando was my name, I think. It was 
so long ago...} 
{Um,  I think the fight's about to start.} I said. The focus came back into 
his eyes.
{Aye. May I ask your name?} He asked.
{Sure. My name is C-}
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash cut me off. Oh well. I let the electricity in 
my cheeks loose and started thematch.......

Pikachu started twitching in his sleep.


(May)

I sat on the edge of a cliff, stareing at the sky, and waiting for the comet 
to appear.
<It's such a nice night tonight.> I thought. Then the pink cat-like Mew 
appeared and sat down next to me.
<Waiting for the comet?> He asked. I nodded.
<It should be appearing any moment now.> I sighed. Mew followed my gaze into 
the sky.
<Entei got in trouble again today.>
<Was it something he did, or was it something Raikou did and blame him for 
it?> 
<Personally, I think it was the latter. One day, Raikou might doom us all.>
I thought about it. There was some truth to what Mew said.
<Look! There's the comet!> Mew pointed out. We watched the comet appear in 
the night sky and climb ever-so-slowly across the sky. I was so at peace with 
my self.......

May sighed in her sleep.
Brock was still trying so hard to stay awake. There was a soft knock on the 
waiting room door. Brock snapped awake.
"Come in." He whispered, trying to not awaken May and her brother. The door 
opened slightly, and a teenage girl stepped in. She was about Brock's height, 
wearing a white tube-top and white jeans with a black fire design around the 
bottoms. Her long shiny black hair was tied up in a loose bun. Brock could 
feel himself starting to go into his ''girl crazy'' mode.
"So Brock, long time no see." Her voice was kind, but there was danger and 
coldness woven into the kindness. Brock immeditely stopped going into "girl 
crazy" mode. 
"K-Kyuubi." Brock stated shakily. She smiled.
"Wow. You caught on quick. When I'm in human form, please call me Ashley."
"Yes, Kyuubi. I-I mean Ashley. Um, what-"
"What am I doing here? Well, what have you learned from your 3000 years of 
humanity?" She finished, then asked. Brock thought.

	'I learned...that I shouldn't be left alone in a room with a pretty 
girl, for one. Other than that,I always trusted Raikou blindly. I always 
thought that he would own up to his mistakes. Next time he will, I told my 
self. But it never happened.'

Ashley/Kyuubi smiled. 
"When did you figure that out?"
"About 546 years ago." Brock answered sadly. 
"Well, you'll be glad to know that your brother already owned up to his 
mistake. He's on his way here to apologize to you right now." She turned to 
leave.
"Wait!" Brock whispered loudly. Ashley/Kyuubi stopped.
"What about The Curse Of Legends?" 
"What about it?"
"Well, I realized my mistake. What else is there?"
"Think really hard about what you did. What have you forgotten?" She asked 
with a hint of hurt in her voice. Brock's eye's widened.
"Oh! I'm sorry for what I did to you all those years ago. It was foolish of 
me." Brock apologized. Ashley/Kyuubi smiled.
"I forgive you." She said and left. Brock stood rooted on the spot.

	'Was that it? Is the Curse over?' He thought.

Max sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"Brock? I don't feel too good." Max mumbled. Then he got up and stumbled to 
the bathroom. Brock sat down quickly. 
	'Ok. I need to get A LOT more sleep. I could've sworn that Max had a 
tail just now.' 
Brock could hear Max moaning and vomiting.
Brock got up and headed toward the bathroom door. He knocked on it softly.
"Max? You okay buddy?" He asked as he opened the door. He stepped in and 
looked around for Max. Brock froze as he saw what was floating in front of 
the mirror. A small, pink cat-like Pokemon with large feet and very small 
front paws was staring at itself in the mirror. It's long thin tail that 
ended in an oval shape twitched in agitation.
"M-Max? Is that you?" Brock asked. 
<I...I think so.> Max's voice whispered. The Pokemon's large sapphire blue 
eyes widened. It turned to face Brock.
<Brock, what am I?>
"Well Max, you're a Mew.'' Brock answered slowly.
<B-B-But how?! How can I suddenly turn into a MEW FOR CRYING OUT LOUD???!!!!> 
Max yelled. 
"Max! Calm down! Do you want to wake May up?" Brock asked.
<May! She'll know what to do!> Max said and floated wobbily to the bathroom 
door.
"Max! Wait!" Brock grabbed Max's tail.
<OW!> Max turned to face Brock.
<Brock, let go!>
"No!" Brock grunted as he held onto Max's tail. 
<LET GO!!> Max yelled. Then he launched himself at Brock's face and started 
scratching him like crazy. Brock just held on tighter.
"MAX! CALM DOWN!!" Brock yelled. When scratching didn't work, Max leaned 
foward and clamped down on Brock's nose with his little teeth.
"OOOWWWWWWW!" Brock screamed.

May woke up at the sound of Brock's scream. She looked around and saw that 
Max and Brock were gone. Then she heard them arguing in the bathroom. She got 
up and walked to the bathrooms.
"Will you two keep it down?!" She yelled at the door. The door flew open and 
Mew(Max) tackled her, knocking her to the ground.
<May!> He said. May blinked.
"M-Max?" She asked. He nodded hard. May's eyes rolled to the back of her head 
and she fainted.
Brock walked out of the bathroom, the scratches on his face were starting to 
bleed and the bite mark on his nose was bleeding heavily.
"Told you so Max." He mumbled.

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Well that's neat. Max is actually a Mew. Who would've thunk it? Oh, I know. 
ME. Next chapter, Brock rubs it in that he was right about the curse.

I DON'T OWN: POKEMON

I DO OWN: Ashley/Kyuubi, The Curse Of Legends, Orlando(from Pika's 
dream/memory), all of their dreams(except for the Pokemon mentioned in them), 
and the conversation between Orlando and C-Ahem-Pikachu

Questions? Comments? E-mail me at blacktigrislilly5593@yahoo.com