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WATER POWER
	
	Ash opened his eyes slowly. He smelt grass and flowers. He blinked and sat up to look around. 
He sat in a beautiful meadow with all kinds of flowers. He rubbed his head and tried to understand what 
just happened.
	"Pika pi!"
	His little Pikachu ran into his arms. Ash held the Poke'mon and stood up.
	"Where are the other's Pikachu?" he asked.
	"Pika?"
	Pikachu shrugged. He didn't know either.
	"Hey Ash!" cried a small, high voice.
	He turned and saw Gato running to him on her four legs. She got to him and looked up.
	"Any idea where the others are?" she asked.
	"That's what I'd like to know." Ash sighed.
	"Where are we anyway?" 
	"I'm guessing in the world of Berland."
	Gato snorted.
	"Luna brought us here to smell flowers?" Gato asked.
	Ash laughed.
	"I don't think this is what the whole world looks like. See, over there." Ash said and pointed to a 
mountain not very far away. 
	Smoke came from the top. Gato looked over.
	"A volcano. That must be where those evil dragon's live. Let's stay clear and find the others." 
Gato told Ash.
	"Pikachu pika!"
	"Okay. Let's go." Ash said.
	They left the spot where they were. Suddenly, black smoke flashed and Catze appeared right 
where they had been. She looked around and swished her tail.
	"I guess this is that magical Berland place. Better get started on those crystal's." she said. "Tigra 
will be here any second."
	Catze disappeared in black smoke. Meanwhile, Misty, Brock, Tiger and Luna had found each 
other in the forest.
	"This is your magical world?" asked Tiger with a snort.
	"How do you know about it? I never told you." asked Luna.
	"You think I can't hear though the Pokeball? Where is Ash?" asked Tiger.
	"And Gato?" added Misty.
	"They must have fallen somewhere else. We'd better find them before someone else does." Luna 
said, her big blue eyes filled with worry.
	"What do you mean? The only evil here is those Volcano Dragon's, right?" asked Brock.
	"Yes, but that's the danger to us. Other creatures here don't exactly like humans. When they see 
your friends wondering around without something there fermilier with, they'll attack." Luna explained 
while looking around nervously.
	Tiger noticed she was nervous but decided not to ask. He lifted his nose to the air and sniffed. 
Instantly, he smelt the scent of his trainer.
	"I've got there scent. Let's go!" Tiger said.
	They all followed Tiger away from the woods. Ash, Gato and Pikachu were having trouble 
finding there way out of the meadow. Gato raised a her paw to her eyes and looked around.
	"I'll I see is green, green and more green. I don't see any place that leads out of here." Gato 
sighed and looked back at Ash.
	Ash looked around in worry.
	"I wonder where the others landed?" asked Ash.
	Gato shrugged.
	"Maybe somewhere close by. I think we should stay put." Gato said.
	"That's an idea, but what if there not close by?" asked Ash.
	Gato thought for a moment. She then threw up her paws.
	"I have no idea! My brain just froze." she said.
	"Pika pika pichu chaa?" Pikachu snickered in a whisper.
	"What!? I herd that you rat! I'm gonna hurt you so bad you won't know what hit ya!" Gato cried 
and they went into a fight.
	Ash sighed and graded Gato's tail. He pulled her into the air and looked at her upside down face.
	"Not now. We need to find the others before you can fight." Ash told her.
	"But he said that my brain is always frozen." Gato said and pointed a claw at the snickering 
Pikachu.
	Ash dropped the kitten Poke'mon and she landed on her four paws.
	"Save it. We have to find the others." Ash said.
	"Your not going anywhere." growled a voice.
	Ash spun around and came face to face with a pair of glowing eyes. He jumped back with the two 
small Poke'mon and saw what he was looking at. A dragon, the size of him, stood staring at him. He had a 
beak much like a hawks and horns that went back. His back was lined with sharp spikes that went down to 
the tip of his tail and spread so that his tail was covered in spikes. He was dark blue in color and stood on 
all fours. He had long, wicked, curving claws that stabbed the ground beneath him. His wings were tucked 
down and all most touched the ground. He had a mean snarl on his face that showed gleaming white 
teeth.
	"I thought dragons lived in the forest." Ash gasped.
	The dragon watched him with curious eyes and his snarl disappeared. He did still have a mean 
look, however.
	"What do you know about this world, human? You don't come from here and shouldn't be here. 
How'd you get here anyway?" he growled in a raspy voice.
	"It's sort of a long story." Ash told the big dragon.	
	"I don't have a bus to catch! Speak up, boy!" he shouted.
	Ash looked and Gato and Pikachu. They both hid behind his legs. He looked back up at the 
dragon. Face to face.
	"Me and me friends met a Moon Kitty from your world. Her name was Luna and she was looking 
for us. She then told us about this world and all the creatures in it. We are trying to find Echo the dolphin 
and she said he lived her. So, she brought us here." Ash explained while starring the dragon striate in his 
big, yellow eyes.
	The dragon snorted and blew little puffs of smoke from his nostrils.
	"There's more of you humans?" he asked in disgust.
	"Yes, but there with Luna, I hope." Ash said.
	The dragon eyed him and then looked at Pikachu and Gato. He sat up on his hind legs and 
reached out a claw. He grabbed Gato by the back of the neck and held her up to his level.
	"What are you suppose to be? A cat or a mouse?" he asked her.
	"I'm a Poke'mon kitten you big lizard and if you don't put me down, I'll show you what I can do." 
she growled.
	The dragon roared with laugher that shook the whole meadow. Pikachu clung to Ash's leg.
	"So, you all are from the Poke'mon World? No wonder you know so little about us. Rule one 
about us dragons kitten, never, ever threaten or challenge unless you are worthy of a dragon's claw." he 
growled in the kittens face.
	He tossed her and Ash caught her. 
	"I still don't trust you and I'm going to take you to the my leader for questioning." he growled.
	Ash stepped back with his Poke'mon.
	"That's okay. I'll just go find my friends now." Ash said.
	The dragon growled.
	"Perhaps I wasn't clear. I'm going to take you to my leader weather you like it or not." he snarled 
furiously
	"You'll do no such thing, dragon!" came a sharp reply.
	He turned and Ash saw past him what stood on a grassy hill. It was a dark blue hoses with a 
long, silver horn. A unicorn. She had gray hooves and a flowing mane. Her tail and mane were two 
colors. Both were really light blue and then had some dark light blue mixed in. She had a light blue streak 
that went from her forehead to the tip of her nose. The middle was dark blue. Her mane flowed in the 
wind.
	"Us unicorn's are in charge of this meadow and you, my dragon friend, need to go back to the 
forest and bug someone else." she said with no fear.
	The dragon roared and charged at her. Ash watched as she didn't move. The dragon charged and 
was all most on her. She lowered her horn and it let off a huge blast of light. The dragon roared in pain 
and covered his eyes. He flapped his huge wings and took off. He disappeared into the blue sky. The 
unicorn trotted down the grass hill and came up to Ash and his two Poke'mon.
	"I'm sorry that dragon bothered you. You must be the humans that were sent by Ray to find Echo 
and stop Tigra. Right?" she asked, her voice smooth and clam.
	Ash nodded.
	"I'm Sea Breeze. We've been excepting you. Are there more?" she asked.
	"Yeah. I'm lost from my friends. Luna might be with them, I don't know." Ash was able to gasp.
	Sea Breeze smiled.
	"She is. There in the forest as we speak looking for you. I'll help you find them." she said.
	She turned with her side facing Ash. She then looked at him.
	"Get on." she urged.
	Ash climbed on her back and grabbed a handfull of her blue mane. Gato and Pikachu slipped into 
his backpack.
	"Hang on!" she yelled and shot forward.
	Ash was all most knocked off. She was faster even than the Ponyta he had once ridden. Not as 
fast as a Rapidash, but close.
	"So, how'd you know where my friends were?" Ash asked her.
	"I can see things that happen at the same time but in other places." Sea Breeze answered.
	"Weird. This place just sort of blows the Poke'mon World right out of the water, doesn't it?" Ash 
sighed to himself.
	Sea Breeze laughed.
	"Your funny, Ash." she said.
	Ash shrugged. They continued to run along. Soon, they came to a dark forest and at the edge was 
Ash's friends.
	"There they are!"  Misty shouted and pointed.
	"Am I in a fairy tale of something?" asked Tiger when he saw Sea Breeze.
	They came up to them and Ash got of the unicorn. Gato and Pikachu hopped from Ash's 
backpack and to the ground. Gato got on Misty's shoulder and Pikachu got on Ash's. Ash's friends stared 
at the unicorn.
	"This is Sea Breeze. She saved us from an encounter with a dragon." Ash said.
	"She's beautiful." Misty gasped.
	Sea Breeze stared at Misty for a moment and smiled.
	"Thank you." she said with a twinkle in her eye. 
	Luna stepped forward.
	"Thank you for helping Ash. I guess you must know." she said.
	"Everyone does and is very happy. We all count on you." Sea Breeze said.
	"I'm a little confused." Tiger said.
	"It's okay to be. We all are." Brock said.
	"I should have told you. I'm the protector and keeper of the Meadow of Love. The place were love 
comes from and spreads. If this meadow was destroyed and the creatures that live in it were as well, then 
this world wouldn't be very happy." Sea Breeze said.
	"Also with very powerful water powers." Luna added.
	"That's cool. Thanks for helping me." Ash said.
	"My pleasure." she said and suddenly looked at the sky.
	"It's getting dark. Why don't you come to my place and I'll let you stay until morning." Sea 
Breeze offered.
	"That's great! Thank you!" Misty exclaimed.
	Sea Breeze lead the way back to the meadow Ash had landed in. They walked far and finally 
came to a castle. They entered and Sea Breeze lead them to a long hallway, her hooves clicked on the 
floor.
	"The room striate ahead is mine. Pick any room you would like to stay in. You all can have 
different rooms our two can share and so on." Sea Breeze said.
	"Whoa. Talk about extra space." Brock commented.
	"Sea Breeze! Sea Breeze! Your needed! It's important!" came a gasping voice.
	They all turned. Another unicorn trotted up. This one was pink with pink rose color mane and 
tail.
	"Report." Sea Breeze ordered.
	"Some scouts found another girl human. Her Heart Crystal was stolen but we got it back and she 
is resting. She saw us and went crazy." the unicorn said.
	Sea Breeze turned to Luna.
	"Are there any more humans that are with you?" she asked.
	"No, just the people here." Luna answered.
	"Take us there." Sea Breeze told the unicorn.
	They followed it to a large bed room and opened the door. A girl was up and standing. She 
backed away from two smaller unicorns who were offering food. Ash knew her right away.
	"Rachel!?" he gasped.
	"What's she doing here?" asked Tiger in disgust.
	Rachel turned fast to them, her blond hair flowed in doing so.
	"Ash!" she cried in happiness.
	She ran and threw her arms around him. He stumbled back and Pikachu was thrown off.
	"Finally! Someone I know!" she said.
	"Uh..., yeah." Ash said.
	Rachel let him go and stared at him.
	"What are you doing here and how did you get here?" asked Rachel.
	"What are you doing here?" asked Misty.
	She sounded angry.
	"I was walking and I decided to rest in a cave. I herd strange noises and Tiger's voice. I walked 
down deeper and when I got to the end, there was this huge flash of light. Then I woke up in this 
meadow." she told them.
	Everyone looked at Luna.
	"I must have transported her here by mistake." she said.
	Rachel screamed and stepped back.
	"That cat talked!!" she cried.
	"Rachel, calm down. She's a friend." Ash said to her.
	"What is this place?" she asked.
	Luna stepped forward and her moon shined. She shot a yellow beam and it hit her dead center in 
the forehead. There was a pause and then the beam disappeared. She looked up at Ash.
	"Heart Crystal's? That's what that strange cat lady wanted from me." Rachel said.
	"What'd you do?" asked Gato to Luna.
	"I told her everything about why were here, where she is, about this world and everything else." 
Luna answered.
	"Catze. That means she must be here." Ash told his friends.
	"Right you are."
	Catze appeared in front of them. Rachel pointed at her.
	"You! You were the one that wanted my Heart Crystal!" she shouted.
	"Relax little girl. I'm not after yours anymore. We had a deal." she said and floated closer to the 
ground.
	"What part of, not any more, don't you understand?" growled Ash.
	"All I understand is that we had a deal. Either you give up your Heart Crystal our I take your 
friend's back." Catze growled and pointed her hand forward.
	"What'll it be?" she asked.
	"None of the above! Ray!!" Gato yelled and shot her attack.
	Catze dodged and shot a black ray. The light energy wrapped around Tiger, Gato, Pikachu and 
Misty. Catze brought Misty into the air.
	"I'm waiting for an answer." Catze growled.
	"You want my crystal. Take it!" Ash yelled.
	"Don't!" cried Misty.
	Catze dropped her and the light broke. She was caught by Sea Breeze and landed on her back. 
Catze landed on the ground. She stuck her hand and the cat head glowed black.
	"Your easy Ash. Too easy. You could have picked a better weakness." she growled.
	"So could you!" yelled Misty.
	She hit Catze on the head with a food tray that had been dropped. Catze stumbled forward and 
shot the ray. It bounced off the floor and out the right wall. The wall was blasted though. Sea Breeze 
turned to the three unicorns.
	"Get everyone unto the dungeon and don't come out until I call." Sea Breeze ordered.
	They all galloped off. Catze turned and slapped the tray from Misty's hand. It clattered to the 
floor with a bang that echoed.
	"You little brat! How dare you!" she yelled and suddenly, her nails grew into long cat claws.
	They were longer than real ones and black. Misty stepped back.
	"Your gonna be killed instead!" Catze yelled.
	Ash ran and pulled Catze's tail. She wiped around and slashed Ash back into a wall. Rachel saw 
her chance and grabbed the dropped tray. She ran and hit Catze in the back. The cat girl fell to the 
ground. Brock took an empty Pokeball and threw it hard at the chandler above her. It cut the chain and 
the chandler came coming down. Catze disappeared and reappeared above the spot. The chandler crashed 
to the floor.
	"Your getting on my nervous!" she growled.
	"Funny. So are you." Sea Breeze spoke to her for the first time.
	Catze turned and stared at her with an icy look.
	"Who asked you?" she snarled.
	"No one. I just though I'd kick your sorry butt!" Sea Breeze yelled.
	"How dare you!" Catze cried and shot a black beam.
	Sea Breeze stood her ground. Her horn glowed an icy blue.
	"Ice Shield!!" she cried.
	An ice wall appeared in front of her. The black beam was bounced away. The wall disappeared 
after that. Catze shot another ray. Again, Sea Breeze stood her ground. Her horn glowed red.
	"Power of Love!!"
	A huge, pink heart was shot. It hit Catze and broke into pieces. She cried in pain and landed on 
the ground. She stood tall and facing Sea Breeze. She shot a blast of water-fire suddenly. Sea Breeze made 
a sly smile and her whole body glowed greenish blue.
	"Water Sea Power Submerged!!" she yelled.
	A huge wave crashed over her and her friends. Catze was submerged in blue light. She screamed 
and the light was gone. Sea Breeze reared up into the air.
	"Power Water Arrow!!" she yelled.
	Sea Breeze came down and stomped the ground hard. A blue arrow shot from the ground. It hit 
Catze and water was everywhere. Everyone was wet soon but Catze was hurt. She growled.
	"I'll get you all for this." she said and disappeared.
	Sea Breeze snorted.
	"Bring it on." she growled.
	Ash stood up and Rachel helped. Misty took her hair out of her side ponytail and wrung out her 
long hair.
	"Talk about water power." Tiger said as he and the other Poke'mon broke the light chains and 
shook themsevles of the water.
	"I'll say." Misty agreed and put her pony-tail back up.
	Rachel held Ash up as they others came up.
	"Are you okay?" Ash managed to ask Misty weakly.
	Misty smiled.
	"You should be more worried about you. Did Catze slash you?" asked Misty softly.
	"No." Ash coughed.
	After a night's rest, everyone was outside at the edge of the meadow. Sea Breeze finished talking 
to another unicorn and turned to them.
	"I'll join you on your search. I think my water and love power would be help." she said.
	"You can say that again." Gato said.
	Tiger was back in his Pokeball and Luna sat at there feet with a smile.
	"Are you joining us to Rachel?" Luna asked.
	"Yup. I have no where else to go in this world. Might as well stick with you and help." Rachel 
said.
	"Great! Two more people to join our group!" Ash cheered.
	"Pika!"
	Misty nodded. She felt fine with Sea Breeze, but not with Rachel. Luna looked at her and read 
her mind fast. She now knew that. They all then walked down the long path though the woods. They 
laughed and talked.
	Soon, I'll tell you Ash. Very soon, Rachel told herself.

		To be continued....

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