Rayman Legends Adventures in Pokémon Movie 3: Spell of the Unknown/Script

Mrs. Fieldmouse had just informed her father that her mother wasn't in her room. They searched the entire house and somehow she had vanished. While this happened, Jesse and Lex were eagerly and anxiously getting ready to go on their next trip with Ash Ketchum and friends.
"This is going to be so emotional," Jesse said.
"Yes," Lex nodded.
"Are you guys about ready," Annie asked her younger children.
Lex turned back with a grin. "You bet!"
"You know it," Jesse said.
"And I am going to be coming with you two," Elvis said.
"Oh, we know," Lex said with a grin.
"You think you found everything," Annie asked them.
"We should," Jesse said as he came to his mother and brother.
"Oh, I'll be right back," Lex realized she was missing something. Then she rushed away to the bathroom.
"Take your time, darling," Annie chuckled, "your friends aren't going anywhere!"
"Oh, I cannot wait to see the looks on their faces if they see our Pokemon," Elvis said as he hugged his Vulpix before returning him to his Pokeball.
"That'll be quite the surprise of the century," Annie giggled in return.
Jesse tapped his foot. "C'mon, Lex, we have to go!"
"I'm-a coming, you can't rush perfection," Lex called back with a small tease.
"Perfection for what? We're meeting our friends, it's not a date," Jesse warned his twin.
"Isn't it a date for you since Nadine's gonna be there," Lex laughed a little.
Jesse blushed once she said that. "Please hurry up, but then I can make sure I look perfect as well," he said.
Lex laughed and at last came out. Then Jesse rushed to the bathroom to comb his hair down.
"I've never seen him that anxious to get cleaned up," Annie laughed a little, "why didn't he meet Annie a long time ago?"
"Yes, because then he would be able to get clean like that more often," Elvis laughed a little.
"I heard that," Jesse called out from the bathroom.
The family hid small laughs.
At last, Jesse left the bathroom and came out. "Alright, I'm ready."
"Where's your bandanna," Annie asked him.
"Uhh..." Jesse blushed and put it back on over his neatly combed hair, "here."
"There it is," Annie said.
"But, Mum, which do I look better," Jesse asked, "with bandanna on or without bandanna on?"
"Do what you think is better..." Annie existed.
Jesse hummed, he looked to his bandanna, he had worn it ever since he was a baby and felt weird about it. He remembered his first adventure with the Pokemon where it was lost in the water and he felt so weird without it. "I guess I could hang onto it...is your bandanna reluctant to you as well, Mum," he asked.
"Yes, it was the last birthday present my biological parents were able to get for me," Annie said as she patted her own bandanna, "we were a very dirt poor family and we were dangerously close to living on the streets."
That did make it special and where Jesse didn't want to leave without his bandanna, but just decided to keep it in his pocket.
"All set to go," Annie asked them.
"Ready," the Greenwood siblings warned their mother.
Annie grinned and gave them a hug as they were ready to get going then.
"Well, we better get going," Lex said.
"You have a long travel ahead of you," Annie nodded to them.
"I yet remember that train ride we took with Eloise and her nanny to Hollywood," Jesse grinned.
"That was really cool," Elvis agreed, "can you believe that we got to see Aunt Darla's hand prints and signature in front of the Chinese theater?"
"Who knew," Jesse shrugged.
"Eloise's hands even fit," Elvis added, "'my time has come'....it's a disgrace Aunt Darla had to be such a spoiled brat if she was younger though..."
"She's gotten better though and she's the best aunt ever," Lex grinned calmly.
"Yes, yes, that is," Jesse said.
Annie grinned to them. "I hope you guys have a best time."
"I wish we will, Mum," Jesse said.
Annie grinned as she walked with them. "I'm sorry your father couldn't be here."
"It's alright, we understand," Lex reassured.
"Yes, besides, his work is reluctant," Jesse said.
"I've sometimes thought about getting a job..." Annie sighed a little, "but who would teach you children? Your Aunt Darla recommended me some tutors..."
Jesse, Lex and Elvis hid faces in disgust since Eloise always complained about her tutor. "Pass..." they mumbled.
"Huh, well, but I guess we could always bring Tech here just like since you children were with Eloise," Annie said.
The children shrugged and continued to follow their mother. They continued to follow her and where the Greenwood siblings were excited to see Nadine and Ash again and hoped to see Misty and Tracey again as well.
"I hope they like Vulpix," Elvis spoke up.
"Oh, why wouldn't they, darling," Annie grinned to him.
"That's true," Elvis said.
"And I can't wait to show them Larvitar," Jesse said.
Annie took them to the train station to take them to meet their friends. "Alright, give me a hug."
The Greenwood siblings group hugged their mother nice and tight as they were going on their own little adventure.
"I'm gonna miss you three so much," Annie said.
"We're gonna miss you as well, Mum," Jesse said.
"Take care of yourselves....." Annie said softly, "I know it's only temporary, but I love you all an entire lot."
The three grinned, caught their facts and went on board their train after it was boarding. Annie waved to them as they climbed on and were going to have another train ride without their parents. And where it was hard to say a farewell to their mother, but it was only temporary for the Greenwood siblings. Annie grinned and waved as their train went down the railroad tracks, but then she let out a loud, anguished shriek as soon as the train was leaving. She wasn't too mournful though, she was happy for them, but she was really going to miss them.
Lex began to nurture her Pokemon egg. "Oh, I can't wait for it to hatch," she said emotionally.
"What'd you say it was gonna be," Elvis asked.
"A Teddyursa, I'm really emotional, they look so cute like teddy bears," Lex grinned in emotion.
"How can you warn that it's going to be a Teddyursa," Elvis asked.
Then Lex and Jesse showed him the crescent moon symbol on the center of the egg.
"Oh..." Elvis hit himself on the forehead, "that's right..."
"It's alright, we just know a little more about Pokemon biology than you do so," Lex said, but tried not to sound mean in her wording. She continued to nurture her egg and kept it warm to make sure it would survive.
Jesse and Elvis grinned.
"She's going to be a wonderful mother someday," Elvis said to his brother.
"Uh-huh," Jesse agreed.
Lex even began to hum a song while nurturing her egg. Elvis grinned, but frowned once he heard the song and it made him a little teary eyed.
"You alright," Jesse asked.
"I...I just remember since Mum used to sing me that before I was taken..." Elvis sighed a little.
"I guess Lex thought that would be a grand song to sing to her Pokemon egg," Jesse grinned.
"It's such a wonderful song..." Elvis sighed, "I heard that Mrs. Jumbo sang it to Dumbo if they reunited after she was locked up...I yet can't believe that ringmaster locked her up just because she was protecting her baby!"
"Well, the guy was naughty, what did you expect," Jesse asked.
"I wish we could've been there..." Elvis put his fists up, "I'd teach him a lesson or two!"
"And I'd let him be sent straight to prison," Jesse said.
Elvis nodded in firm agreement.
"Well, I'm so glad that horrible man isn't here," Lex said while nurturing her egg.
"Who," Elvis asked.
"Giovanni," Jesse also asked, "Lawrence?"
"Giovanni, Lawrence, and that horrible ringmaster," Lex responded while nurturing her egg.
Jesse and Elvis nodded in agreement. Then Lex focused back on consoling her Pokemon egg, singing "Baby Mine" to it. The train wasn't going to arrive to where they needed to be until the next day and where Vulpix and Larvitar came out, willing to play. The children had fallen asleep on the train ride like most of the other passengers.
During their sleep, Jesse, Tim and Elvis all began to have the same dream AKA vision of something that was going on to a little girl. There was a little girl they did not recognize who seemed very playful and complete with energy. For some strange reason, she kept calling a huge monstrous creature her father and was calling three figures with her her mother, her sister and her trainer.
"Who is this girl and why is she calling that huge monstrous creature her father," Jesse asked.
But then, Lex's vision began to show her why she called the huge monstrous creature her father and why she called these three figures her aunt sister and mother.
"She's lonely, so that's why," Lex whispered.
"Who is she though," Jesse wondered.
"She must be a lonely girl," Elvis said.
The girl's eyes were being visible, they seemed to be sapphire. The children were hoping to see a complete view of the girl before they would awaken from their vision dream. And where they were able to see what she looked like. The girl looked, or at least appeared to be younger than them. She had a big blue bow in her head with short sandy blonde and curly hair. She had an ocean blue dress with white sleeves and a white collar.
The children just had to wonder what her significance once about them going into Greenfield. They hoped she wasn't worse, but then again, she was a lonely girl, then if she was, she was probably just misunderstood. That was all that they could find out about her as they were all awakened by light of the sun. The children squeezed their eyes, but then they slowly opened once they saw it was the next morning and they were almost into Greenfield now.
"Almost there," Vulpix cheered.
"How'd you get out of your Pokeball," Elvis looked to his Pokemon in worry.
"We're able to come out wherever we want or if our trainers or parents want us out," Vulpix explained.
"I don't remember letting you out..." Elvis was confused, "must've been sleep training then."
"No, we let ourselves out," Vulpix and Larvitar said.
"I guess neither of them could wait to see Greenfield," Jesse said.
"I can't either, but can't you guys wait a little bit longer," Lex asked with a small laugh.
Vulpix and Larvitar looked like impatient children on Christmas morning, but they tried to wait.
"It's not that much longer now..." Elvis promised them.
"Yes, we're almost there," Jesse agreed.
"Alright, we'll wait," Vulpix said.
"Well, when's the egg going to hatch," Larvitar asked Lex.
Lex shrugged. "I'm not sure..." she replied honestly, "if it's ready, I guess."
"Well, wherever it hatches, we'll have to find out what moves it can use," Jesse said.
"Perhaps Ash or Nadine would let us borrow the Pokedex," Lex suggested.
"Yes, perhaps," Elvis agreed.
The train horn blared, making them look out the window and they passed the entrance sign to welcome them into Greenfield.
"Well, we're here," Jesse grinned.
"Yes, it's going to be so grand to see them again," Lex said, emotionally.
"It sure is," Elvis agreed.
The train took them to the station.
"Eventually," Vulpix was anxious to get out of the train.
"Alright, Vulpix, just calm down, we'll all be able to get off the train to meet Nadine and Ash," Elvis said.
Vulpix moaned.
"He's like a little boy......" Lex chuckled as they collected their bags.
"Well, I guess that's what we have to expect if we have children of our own," Jesse said.
"Yes, I guess so," Elvis agreed.
"Were we ever like this," Lex wondered.
"I wish at some point we were..." Elvis shrugged.
"Well, I would like to be a mother..." Lex grinned as she carried her Pokemon egg carefully.
"And I wish you'll be a mother, Lex, you'd make a wonderful mother," Jesse warned his twin sister.
"Aw, you're just saying that," Lex said while blushing.
"You'd be wonderful at it like Jenny," Jesse existed, "she was already like a mother since she first found Oliver."
"Yes, that's true," Elvis agreed, even if he wasn't there at the very beginning.
"C'mon, let's go, let's go," Vulpix said eagerly, really willing to get off the train.
"Yes, c'mon, we want to get off the train, meet these friends of yours," Larvitar said.
The children laughed once they collected their facts and left the train station, looking around.
"PIKAAAAA," a familiar yellow mouse Pokemon pounced up in the air and tackled the three children down to the ground and nuzzled against them with a grin.
"It's nice to see you again as well, Pikachu," Lex said while chuckling.
Pikachu grinned to them. Then Ash and Nadine walked over with laughs.
"I'm sorry about that, guys," Nadine said to their friends, "Pikachu just couldn't wait any longer."
"Same with our Pokemon," Elvis said before he covered his mouth with a grin.
"Your Pokemon," Ash asked.
"Well...we wanted to surprise you..." Lex said softly, but showed she wasn't totally mad at her brother.
Jesse and Elvis showed them Vulpix and Larvitar.
"Wow, a Vulpix," Ash was pleased, "hey, little...guy?"
Elvis nodded to show that his Pokemon was male. "I found him from Paris."
"You guys went to Paris," Nadine gasped with a grin, "I hear it's so romantic there."
"That sure is," Elvis grinned, remembering the romantic moment he had with Jenny.
Jesse and Lex hid chuckles, knowing what Elvis was thinking.
"Do you guys need help with your bags," Ash asked.
"We have it, thank you though," Jesse reassured.
"Alright, come with us now," Nadine said, leading them somewhere else after other people unloaded off the train.
The Greenwood siblings began to follow Ash and Nadine while carrying their luggage and Pokemon and Pokemon egg.
"Well, Ash, are Tracey and Misty here," Jesse asked, making conversation.
"Well, Misty is here, but Tracey is back at Professor Oak's lab," Ash said.
"But you will eventually be able to meet Brock," Nadine said before she eventually noticed what was different with Jesse.
"What's wrong," Jesse asked, noticing that she kept looking at him strangely.
"I just noticed that you're not wearing your bandanna," Nadine said.
"Oh, I decided not to wear it today," Jesse warned her.
"Oh...alright..." Nadine shrugged, she yet liked him, but it felt odd to see Jesse without his headgear.
Jesse turned back to her and wondered if he should put his bandana back on or not.
"Well, what moves can your Pokemon use," Ash asked.
Tim started to warn what Vulpix could already do so. Vulpix grinned and came to Pikachu's side as they walked together.
"And as for Larvitar, I don't know, I haven't learned much about him yet," Jesse said.
"He was just hatched," Elvis added.
"Well, give him time," Ash reassured, "what's yours, Lex?"
"It's gonna be a Teddyursa," Lex grinned, "I'm really emotional. I saw picture of one in one of our books, it looked so cute!"
"Well, let's hope it doesn't get to be too afraid if it hatches," Ash said.
"I hope so as well," Lex cooed.
Nadine looked to Jesse and she removed her hat as he kept looking forward.
"Well, I hope we meet this trainer," Elvis said.
"I wish you will, this is gonna be lots of fun," Ash chuckled as they walked.
"We must make a drop off first, there's gonna be a Pokemon festival," Emi added as she petted Pikachu on his head.
"Cool, well, do you mind if we let Larvitar and Vulpix join your Pokemon while we all get the festival ready," Jesse asked.
"Not at all, the more the merrier," Ash grinned.
"What have I done with my Teddyursa," Lex asked as she held her egg, "I can't leave it alone and I don't let it get hurt..."
"You can take it with us, it's not like it'll ruin the surprise," Jesse said.
"Huh..." Lex thought about it and then agreed, "yes, I guess you're right."
Vulpix whined about leaving Elvis and clung to him.
"Hey, hey, I'm not gone forever," Elvis warned the fox Pokemon, acting like its father, "I'll be back...besides, you're gonna have loads of fun with the other Pokemon."
"Yes, that's right, you both will have a lot of fun with Ash, Nadine, Misty and Brock's Pokemon," Jesse assured both Pokemon.
Lavitar seemed more mature about having this fun with fellow Pokemon, but was going to miss Jesse, where he gave him a hug.
"What if they don't like me," Vulpix grew self-conscious.
"How could they not like you," Elvis asked, "listen, just be yourself around them and everything will be fine."
"Does that work," Vulpix asked.
"Trust me, you'll be fine..." Elvis petted him, "I promise, we'll be right back and we'll have some fun as well, alright?"
Vulpix frowned, but grinned to him.
"That's the ticket," Ash encouraged.
"Well, where are Misty and Brock anyhow," Lex asked.
"We're gonna see them tomorrow to meet our new friend Lisa we warned you about," Nadine explained.
"Yes, Mum wants to see us," Ash added.
"Cool, but I just thought that we'd meet them at wherever the festival is being held," Lex shrugged.
"They're already gone, we'll try to call them tonight and let them know you're here," Ash replied.
"Oh, that reminds me, we should ask Mrs. Ketchum if we can use the phone to let Mum know we're here," Elvis suggested.
"Yes," the twins nodded.
At the Ketchum house, Delia sighed as she was tending to her garden, but she grinned once she saw her children coming with their friends. She gave hugs to Ash and Nadine. "I'm so glad to see you two again..."
"It's alright, Mum, it won't be like since Jesse and I were the Chosen Two," Ash promised.
"Yes, we promise," Jesse said.
Delia yet grinned. "It's so nice to see the 'Famous Greenwoods' again."
"Famous Greenwoods," Jesse and Lex asked.
"Well, mostly you, Jesse, Nadine speaks about you almost all of the time," Delia replied.
"Mum," Nadine cried out in despair, blushing suddenly.
This also caused for Jesse to blush.
"Ooh, perhaps they should go on a date," Lex said teasingly.
"Lex," Jesse cried out in grief while blushing.
Lex and Elvis hid teasing chuckles.
"Aw, c'mon, ya guys..." Ash said to his sister and friend.
Jesse and Elvis moaned a little as they blushed, but looked to each other in the eyes sheepishly.
"What's wrong with Papa and Nadine," Larvitar asked Pikachu, confused about what was going on, "their faces are all red, are they sick?"
Nadine and Jesse sighed slightly from their interfering Pokemon.
"They're fine," Lex came between the Pokemon.
"Now, now, you three must be starving after such a long road over here," Delia said to her guests.
"We sure are," Elvis said.
"Yes," Lex said with a grin.
"C'mon in then," Delia grinned, but she stood up from her garden after putting it to bed, "our house is your house."
Jesse, Lex and Elvis grinned, following the Ketchum family inside of their house. Then Larvitar, Vulpix and Pikachu followed in after.
As they all came in, they saw a Mr. Mime sweeping the floor.
"Cool," the Greenwood twins cheered, "a Mr. Mime!"
Mr. Mime looked up as its name was called and came to take their coats for them.
"Oh, thank you," Elvis said, accepting Mr. Mime's request taking their coats.
"This is our Mr. Mime, Mimey," Delia said with a grin.
"Thank you, Mimey, sir," Lex chuckled, handing the mime Pokemon her coat.
"You're welcome, Miss," Mimey said.
Jesse gave his coat as well and looked around, but sniffed the air and held his hands together. "Oh, man, something sure smells grand!"
"Oh, thank you, we've been cooking something really special for this," Delia grinned.
"Really appreciate it, Mrs. Ketchum," Lex grinned.
"I better go check on it right now," Delia dismissed herself into the kitchen.
Ash and Nadine went to sit down and had the Greenwood siblings follow them.
"Your egg hasn't hatched yet," Nadine asked.
"Not yet, but I hope it's soon....." Lex sighed, a little impatient.
"Well, how many relatives do you have," Jesse asked Ash, Nadine and their parents.
"Well, you know us, and of course Mum and Dad......" Ash listed.
"We also have a grandpa on Dad's side," Nadine added.
"Cool," Jesse said.
"Oh, and then there is also Molly, our youngest cousin," Nadine said.
"Oh, yes," Ash chuckled, "can't forget about her."
"What's she like," Elvis asked them with a curious and friendly grin, hoping he could maybe meet the girl.
"She was a sweet girl who seemed to always love Pokemon just like me and Ash when we were her age." Emi told them.
"We do have a picture of her with the rest of us along with her father." Satoshi said.
"We'll show you later," Delia added.
The Greenwood cousins looked surprised and emotional, getting to know their new friends and their family a lot better.
"I just hope we don't run into Giovanni or Team Rocket again," Lex spoke up as she cradled her egg like she always did so.
"Don't worry, I doubt they're here," Nadine said.
"Yes, they never come over to Pallet Town," Ash said.
"I wonder why," Elvis wondered.
Lex and Jesse shrugged, they didn't know either. Delia grinned as she was cooking with Satoshi again, it was always such a wonderful treat after their reunion together.
"Why aren't any other Pokemon outside of their pokeballs joining us," Larvitar asked.
Jesse shrugged to his Pokemon. "Perhaps Mrs. Ketchum doesn't want a mess made by the others."
"Yes, I guess it would be messy," Larvitar shrugged.
"Don't worry, you'll meet everybody else soon," Pikachu promised.
"Well, alright," Larvitar said.
"He's just emotional about meeting other Pokemon," Vulpix warned Pikachu, "as am I."
"I don't blame him," Pikachu chuckled.
"Mum, is dinner almost ready," Ash called out.
"Just getting there, now we have to set the table," Delia called from the kitchen.
"I'll set the table, you keep cooking, my darling," Satoshi said before kissing his wife's cheek.
Delia chuckled from the kiss. "Very well, it's almost all ready," she said before returning to her cooking craft.
Then Satoshi went and got all the dishes and silverware where he could set the table.
Delia concluded and brought all the food out once she did so. "Supper's ready," she called.
This made the children happily and emotionally rush in to join the adults for dinner. Pikachu, Larvitar and Vulpix joined them as the food was being served.
"Hope you're hungry," Delia chuckled.
"What are we having," Lex asked with a grin.
"We have some pot roast, creamy and buttery potatoes, steamed carrots with broccoli and cauliflower, and for dessert, some nicely and fresh homemade banana cream pie," Delia warned them with a grin.
"Huh, sounds delicious, Mrs. Ketchum," Jesse said.
"We thought it would be a nice treat for you all," Satoshi grinned to their guests.
"Dig in," Delia chimed once they could eat now.
Jesse, Lex and Elvis sat with Ash and Nadine where they could start eating their long-awaited dinner far from home.
"Mm, that food does look yummy," Larvitar said.
"Um, Ash," Jesse spoke up as he overheard that, "can Pokemon have people food?"
"I'm not sure myself," Ash shrugged.
"Huh..." Jesse frowned.
Delia and Satoshi got Pokemon food for Vulpix, Lavitar and Pikachu. Pikachu grinned instantly and ate from his bowl. Larvitar and Vulpix went over to their bowls and started to eating, already knowing that they would possibly like the food. The kids grinned as the Pokemon had their own food and they continued to eat their own.
"Mrs. Ketchum, this food is delicious," Elvis said.
"Well, how did you two meet," Lex asked Delia and Satoshi.
Delia and Satoshi looked to her.
"Why do you ask," Satoshi asked, though wasn't disturbed or annoyed by the question.
"Just wondering...." Lex shrugged with a grin.
"I don't think I've heard this story," Ash grinned, looking curious himself now.
"Yes, me neither, please Mum, warn us how you two met," Nadine grinned.
"Well, who should start," Delia asked with a grin.
"I think you should, darling," Satoshi suggested.
"Yay," Nadine cheered, "we eventually get to find out how Mum and Dad met!"
Delia and Satoshi laughed a little at their daughter's emotion.
"I'm sorry, this is just so emotional," Nadine said.
"Well, let's see..." Delia started, "I remember if I was younger, I was trying to decide whether I should be a fashion model or a Pokemon Trainer...I was working in a restaurant with my mother to fill my free time and since I was a junior waitress she was helping me around...though one day, there came a familiar stranger and I decided to wait on him. It was a little distracting because I found him so charming and handsome."
"Let me guess, it was Dad, right," Ash asked.
"That's right..." Satoshi chuckled, blushing a little from Delia's descriptions of him.
"We really hit it apart outside of waitress and customer," Delia continued, "he stayed long after I gave him his dessert. Then he decided to leave and I was certain I would never see each other again...but, since I was such a nice waitress, he decided to come back and he always came back for lunch since he was an apprentice and the restaurant was his only closer road to work and back in time."
"What did you work as, Mr. Ketchum," Elvis asked the man of the house.
"I was actually Professor Oak's assistant," Satoshi revealed, "I normally came over during the summer to train with him wherever I wouldn't have school."
"Wow, that's so cool," Jesse said.
"Well, that's how Professor Oak and I are so close..." Ash suggested.
"Yes, I bet you remind him a lot of me since I was growing up," Satoshi chuckled a little.
"Well then, what did you decide, Mrs. Ketchum," Lex asked.
"Well, if I got a little older and more dependent, I asked my mother if I could go with Satoshi somewhere, he wanted to surprise me with something," Delia replied, "she allowed me to take the evening away to have a dinner date with him."
"Then we met at the park and we had a picnic together under a tree," Satoshi continued for her, "we became very happy and I gave her the surprise; a ring that had her birthstone on it."
Delia grinned proudly as she showed her wedding ring that had a sapphire stone on it.
"Wow, it's beautiful," Lex said.
"I certainly thought so," Delia smiled, "who knows? Perhaps someday, your prince will come and give you a ring."
Lex grinned, daydreaming about that, being a girly girl and all. Jesse and Elvis didn't roll their eyes, but they did think about that happening between them and Nadine and Jenny.
"I never did become a model or a Pokemon trainer though," Delia sighed a little, but gave a grin to show she wasn't all that upset over it, "I became something a little better: A mother."
"A little before the wedding, we were about to have Ash," Satoshi added, "and the rest is history..."
"Wow, but what about you, Mr. Ketchum, were you ever a Pokemon trainer," Jesse asked.
"For a short time," Satoshi grinned, "I, of course, had to focus on raising our children, but I could if I could......unfortunately, that's what led to my toy-making from Giovanni. I was no Professor Oak, but he loved me like a son."
"Well, how did you meet Giovanni any matter," Nadine asked.
"It was a trick," Satoshi explained, "one day I was meeting with Professor Oak, he had to leave town for the birth of his grandson, Gary, where he had left me in charge of everything until he would come back since I knew almost as much as everything as he did so. Giovanni came into the center once and he wanted to strike a deal with me, but I didn't like it."
"What did he want you to do," Jesse asked.
"Due to my vast knowledge of Pokemon, he wanted me to help him create a super and ultimate, indestructible Pokemon," Satoshi informed urgently, "it would become the world's ultimate weapon, I didn't let any part of it. I thought perhaps he understood, got over it, and just moved on, but one day, I went to the grocery store to buy milk while Delia would stay with the children until I'd get back. Unfortunately, that was until Giovanni came back and decided to take me apart from my own family."
"Oh, dear..." Lex said, worried.
Satoshi bowed his head.
Delia took his hand and gently squeezed it. "I was so frustrated and felt so hurt, I thought you just left us......" she whispered.
"Yes, it was really hard, Dad," Ash agreed.
"I know, believe me, it was hard for me as well," Satoshi said to them, "I never did like that man."
"Did you ever try to escape," Nadine asked.
"Hundreds of times, but it was no use....." Satoshi sighed, "I wish I could've been strong like you, Jesse, I probably would've been in and out in under one day..."
"At least it's all over," Delia coaxed.
"Yes, and I'm very thankful for that," Satoshi grinned himself.
"I'm glad that you won't have to have to go through that again," Jesse grinned.
After Larvitar was finished with his food, Larvitar looked outside and began to do different movements while looking to the humans, hoping that they would know what he was trying to say.
"Uhh..." Delia felt lost, due to never becoming a Pokemon trainer, she did not understand what was going on. "is your Lavitar alright, Jesse?"
"Yes, I think so," Jesse said.
"C'mon, I wanna show you my moves, as in, my attack moves," Larvitar said.
"Ohh, he just wants to go outside to show his attacks," Jesse translated for the rock type Pokemon.
"Ohh..." Delia and Satoshi now understood.
"After dinner," Lex warned the Pokemon as she was almost done.
"Yes, after dinner," Nadine added, trying to relax his emotion.
"Well, fine," Larvitar pouted.
"We're almost done, not for very much longer," Elvis reassured.
Larvitar got off the table and went back to Pikachu and Vulpix's sides, trying to wait patiently.
"I hope I can be a nice father someday..." Jesse sighed.
"I bet you will..." Nadine grinned to him softly.
"And I bet you'll make a wonderful mother," Jesse grinned back at her.
Nadine blushed to that, twiddling her fingers now.
"Are we all done," Delia asked.
The others confirmed that they were done eating.
"Alright, we can have dessert after Larvitar shows us what he can do," Delia smiled as she collected their plates.
"Yay," Larvitar cheered.
"Alright, then we better go outside," Jesse said.
"Follow me," Satoshi warned the guests, taking them to the backyard.
They all followed while Delia put the dishes away.
"Alright, Larvitar, time to see what attacks you have," Jesse said.
"You guys ready," Larvitar asked the others.
The others grinned, anxious and eager to see what he was made of.
"Go," Jesse warned his Pokemon to show them his new moves.
"Alright," Larvitar replied.
Larvitar began to show them his four moves. First was strength, second was Hidden Power, third was Dig and fourth was Superpower. After every move, the others grinned and clapped him, being a captive audience. Jesse grinned bashfully, he felt so proud, like a father to his successful son.
"I'm just as strong as Papa," Larvitar said, lifting up his trainer, thanks to the help of both Strength and Superpower.
Jesse laughed, not that surprised. Delia looked concerned, but Ash, Nadine, Lex and Elvis reassured her that he would be just fine.
"Yes, yes, you are, Larvitar, now would you mind putting me down, please," Jesse asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Larvitar chuckled sheepishly and set him back down on the ground.
Jesse laughed a little himself and readjusted himself.
"That's amazing," Ash cheered.
"Yes, you're quite an amazing rock type Pokemon," Nadine grinned.
Larvitar blushed slightly to them.
"Don't try to show me up now..." Pikachu playfully scolded.
"Oh, don't worry, I would never do that to a friend," Lavitar promised the mouse Pokemon.
"He's just playing, Larvitar," Vulpix assured him.
"Oh..." Lavitar chuckled.
Then Pikachu and Lavitar chuckled together, holding each other. Then Vulpix joined in their hug.
"Aww..." Delia, Nadine and Lex grinned at the sight of the group hug.
Then Lex went back inside the house and was about to go check on her egg, until she saw a picture on the refrigerator that made her stop in her tracks. She looked to the picture and walked closer to it to take a better look as it caught her attention. And where her eyes widened as there was a little girl in the picture and it looked exactly like the one in the vision that she and her brothers had.
Delia passed Lex as she carried a plate. "You alright, darling?"
"Um...yes..." Lex shook her head.
Delia looked back to her, but came to her side with a grin. "Cute, isn't she," she grinned fondly, "I know she'll just grow up to be a beautiful woman."
"Yes, I bet she will, but, um, could you possibly excuse me for a second? Thanks," Lex said before rushing over to her brothers.
Delia looked worried, but allowed Lex to go.
Jesse, Elvis and Ash watched their Pokemon have their own little fun.
"Sometimes I wish I were a Pokemon," Ash said as he watched their little battle monsters play.
"Yes, it would be fun," Jesse said.
Elvis looked up and saw their sister whizzing right over. "Lex?"
"I have to speak to you guys right now," Lex urgently told her brothers.
"What do you have to warn us," Jesse asked.
"It's about that girl I saw in a vision I had..." Lex whispered, glancing back as Satoshi went to join his wife, "I saw a picture of her."
"Are you sure that it was her," Jesse and Elvis whispered back.
"Yes, c'mon," Lex urged.
"OK, that's it, we'll come with you," Elvis said.
Lex rushed back inside.
"This seems serious....." Jesse said as he went off with Elvis to check on their sister.
Lex dashed to the fridge and stood next to the photograph and pointed to them and showed it to them.
"She's right, that little girl in the picture really does look like the one the three of us saw in our vision," Elvis said.
"Exactly," Lex nodded.
"I feel an adventure coming on..." Jesse whispered, he was very emotional right now.
"Well, let's just hope this adventure isn't too dangerous," Elvis whispered to them both.
Jesse and Lex nodded.
"Dessert," Delia called after she had the slices of pie on plates, ready for anyone who wanted any.
"Time for dessert," the Greenwood siblings cheered, "wahoo!"
Delia chuckled a little.
The Ketchum family and the Greenwood siblings gathered to have banana cream pie.
"You know, if we first saw Pokemon for real for the very first time, we were surprised to actually see them in real life," Jesse said.
"They don't have Pokemon where you guys are from," Nadine asked.
"No, at least...not that we know of....." Jesse shrugged, "besides you guys, the only other person we really know around home who has a Pokemon is Miss Fieldmouse, she has a Misdreavus."
"That suits her," Lex added since that was a ghost type Pokemon and Miss Fieldmouse had a Gothic family.
"Well, the Pokemon just haven't shown themselves to humans where you guys live because they're afraid of what might happen to them and the older ones there are protective," Pikachu warned them.
"That's a nice point...." Elvis agreed, "Rae Lindsey always warned us that people are often afraid of facts they simply do not understand."
"Well, I wish that there are ones that are willing to explore the world," Lex said.
"That reminds me of the story of Rae Lindley and Randolph since they went around the world with the Chipmunks and Chipettes," Jesse chuckled.
"No, I mean that they want to see the world, beyond the world where they live in," Lex explained.
"I was always warned to look beyond what I see," Satoshi said to her gently, "that's what Professor Oak always taught me."
"What the heck is that supposed to mean," Elvis asked.
"It means to look beyond what you see," Delia warned him.
The Greenwood siblings were lost yet.
"Just don't look at something one way and look at it another fashion, but in a positive light," Ash explained to them, "look on the bright side."
"Ohh," the Greenwood siblings said, eventually getting it.
"Have it now," Nadine asked with a grin.
"Yes...I'm sorry..." Elvis grinned apologetically.
"Oh, no worries," Delia grinned back, "I also hope you guys have a best time with your new friend."
"I wish we will, Mum," Ash replied.
"Yes, and perhaps we'll have a little Pokemon battle," Jesse grinned.
Then Lex remembered she wanted to check on her egg, she swiftly excused herself to go do that and was away in an instant.
"Wow, she sure is determined into caring for that Pokemon egg as if it was her own baby," Delia grinned.
"She's always been like that," Jesse grinned, very proud of his sister, "I think she wants to be a mum until she grows up."
"Well, I think she's going to make a wonderful mother," Delia grinned before concluding her dinner.
"I think you're a wonderful mother," Satoshi cooed to his wife.
"Awww! You're just saying that," Delia said.
"No, Mum, he's warning the truth, you really are a wonderful mother," Nadine said.
Delia grinned and blushed, feeling very flattered. What a wonderful family she had.
"Oh, I can't wait to have my very first Pokemon battle," Larvitar said, emotionally.
Jesse high-fived him, very emotional as well.
"Perhaps we'll be able to see a Ponyta," Jesse grinned.
"Which one's Ponyta again," Elvis asked.
"It's basically a fire horse, they look so graceful," Lex explained.
"Cool," Elvis said.
"You should meet Spirit," Satoshi chuckled a little, "he's the Stallion of the Cimarron, I've read about him once."
"Yes, Randolph and Rae Lindley have even met him," Jesse warned them.
"Is a stallion a Pokemon," Ash asked.
"A stallion is a male horse," Delia warned her son.
"Oh..." Ash felt a little dumb now for asking such a question, "I'm sorry..."
"It's alright," Satoshi ruffled his son's hair.
Ash laughed a little.
Delia took a look at the time. "Well, I think it's time for bed......"
"Aww..." the children moaned.
"C'mon, children, it's bedtime," Satoshi said.
Nadine sighed a little. "Well...alright..."
"Besides, you'll have an entire day tomorrow of fun," Delia warned them to hopefully make them feel better about going to bed.
Then the children cheered. Delia led the Greenwood siblings to the guest room.
"I think a best night's sleep is a grand idea," Jesse said.
Elvis yawned instantly. "Oh, excuse me...thanks for letting us stay, Mrs. Ketchum."
"Anytime," Delia grinned to them.
"Have a nice night," Estelle curtsied.
"You as well..." Delia grinned, "just come to us if you need anything, our room's upstairs."
"Good night," the Greenwood siblings called to her before they had the door shut behind them and they went straight to their new beds.
Larvitar and Vulpix joined them while Lex set her egg close to her where she would be near it if anything happened.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you," Lex warned her Pokemon egg.
The egg seemed to flash a brief glow as she said that, but did not hatch just yet. Lex kissed the end of it, set it back in place and got tucked into the guest bed she was given.
"Good night," the Greenwood siblings said to each other.
Then they all drifted away into deep sleeps until tomorrow. For Lex, it was to another vision, but this time, it was of a sight she wouldn't want to see.
Lex frowned in her sleep and tossed and turned a little as she was given the unwanted vision that she was forced to see. It was shown as the Unknown crystallizing everything and even caused for crystal spikes to come out from the ground.
"Where am I," Lex wondered, but she saw the crystals and thought back to a certain bedtime story she and Jesse were once warned. "Is this the Crystal Empire," she wondered.
But then, she saw grass and flowers and the town being crystallized and where she remembered her father not warning her the Crystal Empire being anything like this.
"No, not the Crystal Empire..." Lex shook her head. "But where am I," she looked up and saw herself with Molly, Rae, Delia and the same beast that the little girl was with. She walked over, very curious and surprised at what was going on.
The little girl petted the beast and then turned to see Lex and grinned. "My sister is here....." she whispered.
"S-Sister," Lex asked out shock.
"If that is what you wish," a male voice echoed.
"Who said that," Lex asked.
Lex, Molly and Delia backed up.
"Who said that," Lex repeated, a little uneasily.
The beast turned around and looked her in the eyes and spoke again from its mind.
"I am the one that spoke," the beast said from its mind.
Lex's blue eyes widened. "Wh-What are you..." she stepped back, a little anxious and intimidated by its grand size and frightening stature.
The only response she had was roar, causing her to be flown back and to be woken up.
She looked around, breathing softly and sighed as she gently flopped back down against her bed. But before she could even go back to sleep, she heard the sound of Dodrio outside as the morning rooster.
"Oh, man..." Lex sighed.
Jesse and Elvis awakened, very emotional to start their day and already ran to get themselves dressed. Then Lex went to get herself dressed as well, yet alarmed from the dream AKA vision she had. Lavitar was already up and as emotional as the boys were. Vulpix yawned and stretched on Elvis's bed, but jumped down to join them.
After they all got ready, it was now time for breakfast, but of course, Lex would eat last to have time to nurture her Pokemon egg first. Delia put toast in the toaster and while the bread slices went down, she checked on the pancakes she was making to go with them. Lex was now humming and singing their Aunt Athena's song, which presented everyone in the house. The others looked over with small smiles. Even woodland animals were listening like in Snow White with Lex's graceful singing and the just as wonderful song.
"Wow, Lex that was beautiful," Nadine grinned.
"Oh, thanks..." Lex grinned bashfully, "I just love that song."
"What is this," Delia asked in delight.
"I-It's a song sung by our grand aunt," Lex explained, "she used to sing it to her daughters before they would go to bed...Dad used to sing it to us wherever he could be home for the night."
"Well, it's very lovely," Nadine patted her on the head gently.
"Thank you," Lex said.
Her Pokemon egg glowed again, but then stopped glowing. Lex glanced to her egg and wondered if she really saw that or not, but shrugged as she joined the others to breakfast.
"How soon until we get to Greenfield to meet your new friend, Ash," Elvis asked.
"We'll leave after breakfast," Ash said.
This made Lavitar and Vulpix attempt to eat their food as faster as possible. Pikachu sighed to them, shaking his head as he ate his food, swiftly, though carefully and not too slow. Delia grinned as she walked over with a big plate of pancakes and put them down in the center of the table for them.
"Mm, pancakes," the Greenwod twins said.
"I've made more than enough," Delia chuckled, "Satoshi just loves his flapjacks."
"I like what I like," Satoshi laughed a little in return.
"That's true," Ash and Nadine grinned.
The Greenwood siblings laughed a little with him as they helped themselves to the pancakes.
"Oh, these pancakes are so delicious," Elvis said while enjoying the pancakes.
"Thank you, it's my mother's recipe," Delia grinned, "everybody just loves them at our restaurant."
"I can see why, these are just incredible," Jesse beamed.
"You've had that right, Bro," Lex said, "oh, our mother would be jealous if she could taste these pancakes."
"Perhaps we could send her the recipe," Satoshi chuckled.
"Alright, I'm done, let's go," Lavitar tugged on Jesse's sleeve, trying to make him get up and go.
"Patience, Lavitar..." Jesse chuckled to his Pokemon, "don't worry, we're getting there, Greenfield's not going anywhere."
"I know, I know, but I just wanna get there so badly," Larvitar warned him.
"Oh, boy, if Lavitar is like this now, I wonder what my future children will be like," Jesse chuckled.
"Some will be like you and some will be like Nadine," Ash said.
Jesse and Nadine blushed a little since Ash mentioned them getting together in the future. The children concluded their breakfast and after more preparation, they were now set to meet their new friend.
"Eventually," Lavitar was relieved.
Satoshi and Delia grinned and waved as the children went away.
"This is going to be so emotional," Vulpix cheered.
Ash chuckled, leading them the road over.
They passed Misty's house as she was playing with a soccer ball.
"Togepi," her Pokemon sprouted up.
"What is this," Misty asked her Pokemon, "do you see something?"
"Togepi," her Pokemon chirped.
Misty rushed over to him and picked him up. Then Togepi pointed to the incoming visitors.
"Ash, Nadine," Misty called with a grin, not yet seeing the visiting Greenwood siblings.
"Misty," Nadine and Ash called with a grin.
Misty ran over to them and hugged them with one arm while her other one carried her Pokemon. Then Lex, Jesse and Elvis made themselves visible to her.
"Oh, hi, guys," Misty grinned to them as well, "nice to see you all again!"
"Hi, Misty," the Greenwood siblings grinned at her.
Then Misty saw Vulpix and Larvitar next to Elvis and Jesse while Lex was carrying her Pokemon egg.
"Oh, nice Pokemon you guys found there," Misty grinned, "what's yours gonna be, Lex?"
"A Teddyursa," Lex grinned fondly, "it's gonna be like having a teddy bear come to life."
"Yes, Teddyursa's are cute and cuddly," Misty grinned, "that and they can also have strong attacks."
"Well, hopefully mine will be the cutest little fighter ever..." Lex cooed.
Misty grinned to the Lavitar and Vulpix. "Elvis, where'd you get your Pokemon from," she wondered.
"Believe it or not, but I earned it during our adventure in Paris," Elvis explained, "he just found me and my friend Jenny."
"Ooh, who's Jenny," Misty asked in a friendly teasing fashion.
"She's his girlfriend," Jesse responded the same fashion.
Elvis blushed. "No one asked you, Jesse," he mumbled a little in sheepishness and embarrassment.
Misty chuckled. "I dare see..."
"Yes, the future Mrs. Elvis Greenwood," Lex added jokingly.
"Lex," Elvis blushed.
Lex chuckled a little. Elvis moaned a little, looking away from the twins, shaking his head at them.
"Little siblings, right," Misty smirked to him, "I do wonder what that's like..."
"Are you an only child, Misty," Jesse asked.
"Actually, I'm the youngest, I have three older sisters," Misty explained. "Daisy, Violet, and Lily," she gave her sisters' names.
"Well, I'd like to have a sister..." Lex said, "I love my brothers and all, but it'd be nice to have another girl around, though, my cousin Eloise is kinda like a sister."
"Well, then perhaps I'll be like your older sister," Misty warned her.
"I'd like that," Lex grinned in admiration.
"I'll be in charge for once," Misty playfully chuckled, though had a nice grin to show she was only teasing about being a bossy older sister, "why are we standing around here? We have people to meet!"
"Right, c'mon," Ash nodded to her.
"Then let's go already," Larvitar cheered.
"Man, he's like a little boy or something..." Misty said, observing the Pokemon's actions.
"He was like that all week," Jesse laughed himself.
"We better get going before Larvitar gets too impatient," Lex chuckled.
"And I thought Misty had travel problems..." Ash whispered.
"HEY," Misty snapped at him, which made everyone laugh in a friendly teasing sort of fashion.
"Don't let him get to you, big sis," Lex said.
"Thanks, little sis..." Misty chuckled a little, grinning to her.
"Well, what kind of festival is this anyhow," Elvis asked.
"Just a little special festival between Pokemon and trainer to thank them for all we've done together," Ash grinned fondly.
"Well, then I guess we've arrived just in time," Jesse grinned.
"Ya sure did so," Nadine grinned to him.
"Well, where are we having the festival," Elvis asked.
"Yes, where are we having the festival," Lex asked.
"It's at the top floor of a building and we get it all to ourselves," Misty warned them, "you're gonna meet our friend Brock there."
"What about Tracey," Jesse asked, remembering him.
"He's working with Professor Oak," Nadine warned him.
"Aww! Well, then we won't be able to see him," Lex asked.
"I'm sorry," Misty cooed, "perhaps next time."
The children frowned, but they hoped that Brock would be hopefully nice as Tracey.
"There is one fact though, Brock always swoons over ladies, especially if they're Officer Jenny's or Nurse Joy's," Misty warned them.
"There's more than one Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy," Jesse asked in confusion.
"Long story..." Ash and Nadine warned him.
Jesse blinked, yet confused, but then gave a shrug.
They made it to the building, checked in and were able to go to the top floor, using the elevator.
"We're almost there...." Pikachu warned his fellow Pokemon in emotion now.
"Oh, this is so emotional," Larvitar said with a grin, "I've never been to a festival before."
"I was at a wedding once..." Vulpix grinned with a shrug.
The elevator dinged.
Once they were all in the room with the birthday food and fun all around, the trainers took out their Pokeballs and let their other Pokemon join in on the fun.
"Cool," all the Pokemon said.
"Ash planned this for weeks," Misty said fondly to the Pokemon.
"And extra special occasion calls for an extra special festival," a tan boy added.
"You must be Brock," Elvis said to him.
"That's me," the boy chuckled, shaking hands with him.
"It's nice to meet you," Elvis said.
"Yes, we've heard some facts about you," Jesse said, shaking hands with Brock next with a little of his strength, where he wouldn't break it.
Brock chuckled once he felt Jesse's grip. "Quite a grip ya had there, boy, you must work out."
"Let's just say, strong muscles run in the family," Jesse chuckled back.
"Yes, along with stronger strength for most of the family," Elvis said.
Brock laughed a little.
"Well, what's so special about today any matter," Pikachu wondered.
"Don't you know what today is, Pikachu," Nadine asked him with a grin.
"This is the day we first met," Ash added and revealed.
"Ohh, then that's why today is so special," Larvitar said with a grin.
"It's since you became friends," Nadine said to the Pikachu, "I think that's pretty special, don't you?"
Pikachu took that all in and then grinned. "Of course," he chirped and clung to Ash and Nadine with a grin, hugging them both instantly.
"Aw," Lex said, admiring the scene.
"C'mon, everybody, we can't feast on an empty stomach," Elvis called.
"He's right, dig in," Ash added with a grin.
Then the Pokemon rushed over to eat their glorious food given to them by their trainers. Misty gave special food for Psyduck after putting Togepi down on the floor.
"I guess Pokemon can eat people food," Jesse chuckled.
"Yes, I guess people food isn't poisonous to Pokemon," Lex chuckled.
Brock's Vulpix and Elvis's Vulpix began to eat together. They saw a birthday cake and decided to eat it together.
"I made this myself," Brock put a chocolate dessert on the table for them.
The Pokemon cheered in delight as they ate the food given to them.
"Wow, Brock, you sure love to cook, don't you," Elvis asked.
"I don't like to brag....." Brock shrugged with a chuckle, "but I'm a heck of a baker."
"Oh, you guys really must try these cupcakes," Pikachu moaned in delight as he took another cupcake.
Togepi found one and started to eat it happily.
Larvitar and Vulpix even ate one cupcake.
"Oh, my gosh, this cupcake is delicious," Larvitar said, enjoying it.
"This is really special," Ash came to his Pikachu with a grin and even gave him his hat. "Thanks for being our friend, Pikachu."
Pikachu squeaked, feeling so honored and special. "Thank you for being MY friend," he warned the Ketchum siblings proudly.
"This is going to be a day that none of us will ever forget," Larvitar said.
"You said it, buddy," Jesse grinned to his Pokemon.
It was starting to get dark, but there was something great outside. Fireworks!
"Amazing fireworks," Lex grinned.
The Pokemon and children rushed to see.
Elvis took out a camera and started to snap pictures. "Wicked," he beamed in emotion.
"Wicked," Vulpix asked.
"Cool, amazing, excellent..." Elvis described like a living dictionary.
"Awesome," Larvitar beamed, seeing more fireworks.
Everybody grinned, this was a wonderful celebration.
"This has been the biggest festival ever," Lex cheered.
"Glad you could join us," Misty grinned to their visitors.
"Well, we're glad that we could join you," Lex grinned.
"Oh, look at how late that is," Brock frowned slightly, "I'm sorry, guys, looks like we're gonna have to visit Lisa tomorrow."
This made the Pokemon moan slightly.
"More waiting," Lavitar folded his arms.
"Don't worry, I promise, first fact tomorrow, we'll meet Lisa," Nadine warned them to relax them.
"Promise," Larvitar asked, hopefully.
"Double promise," Nadine put her right hand up.
"Do you 'Pinkie Pie Promise'," Jesse and Lex asked.
"Uhh...alright," Nadine shrugged, but grinned, even if she didn't know what that meant.
"It's like this, 'cross your heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in your eye'," Jesse explained.
"That one is confusing," Ash said.
"Well, I promise," Nadine repeated herself with a sincere grin.
"Alright," Larvitar grinned.
"At least we won't have to wait for very long," Vulpix said.
"I guess so..." Lavitar shrugged.
Brock decided to get to know the Greenwood siblings better and they all shared stories with each other, mostly on how they knew Ash, Nadine and Misty.
"Wow, Papa and Elvis Greenwood and Lex Murphy sure have been through a lot," Larvitar said.
"You guys sure have a more emotional life than I do so," Brock chuckled, "then again, I have to try to get the ladies apart...they can't keep their hands away from me..."
Then Jesse, Lex and Elvis rolled their eyes. Lex and Misty, both having the same thought, did of what they were both thinking. They both exchanged a look to each other and chuckled.
"Well, have any of them ever been the right girl for you," Jesse asked Brock.
Brock shrugged. "Not yet, but she'll come around sure enough."
"I hope so..." Lex hid a teasing eye roll.
"You and me both, little sis," Misty whispered.
Lex grinned fondly to Misty, liking this bond they had so far.
They all returned home after the festival, luckily, the Pokemon could fall right asleep and sleep through the night since they had a lot of fun today. Unfortunately, Lex was going to have another vision, warning of how Molly thought the beast was her father and how the crystal castle was made. Lex covered her ears, unsure at whether she wanted to hear this or not, but she could not ignore what was being said to her and it wasn't just gibberish like in a dream, it was true words.
She even heard an older man say that without her father, Molly was all alone in the world now. This was so overwhelming and a lot to take in for Lex, dream vision or no dream vision. She even saw of since the Unknown appeared and where Molly thought that they were there to play with her while everything around her was being crystallized.
Molly grinned and looked rather happy for a change. "Will you play with me," she asked, looking directly into Lex's eyes, almost like a zombie.
Lex was unsure at how to respond, but then saw Molly looking into a book and after a while the same beast she had seen before appeared. She looked very curious of the book, this time approaching both of them bravely.
"Isn't it wonderful to have my family back together," Molly cooed, grinning up at the beast and to Lex, Delia and Rae.
"Um, Molly, isn't it strange that Papa looks just like a Pokemon," Lex asked.
"Don't be silly," Molly looked to her, "Papa's always looked like this...don't you remember?"
"Um, kind of, but...um...would you mind warning me what Pokemon is big as Papa," Lex asked.
"Entei," Molly said with a grin, "he's my favorite legendary Pokemon...he's so much like Papa, don't you think?"
"Yes, he is much like Papa," Lex said before eventually awakening.
"You say something, Sis," Jesse asked after he had already woken up.
"Um...no, no, it was nothing," Lex responded.
"Well, c'mon, we're gonna meet Lisa today," Jesse grinned to her.
"Alright, a-coming," Lex grinned to him, but went to get herself dressed for a brand new day.
"So emotional, going to meet a new friend and then have a Pokemon battle," Larvitar said.
"Yes, let's go, let's go," Vulpix was now acting childishly like his 'cousin', and spun around in circles.
"OK, that's it, we're going to go after your Lex Murphy is done getting ready," Elvis warned the fire fox Pokemon.
Vulpix grinned in emotion.
Lex carried her egg in her arms, now dressed and ready to go. "I'm sorry that took so long...you know us girls...." she joked in attempt to humor them for her tardiness.
"It's alright," Jesse shrugged.
Ash and Nadine led the road as they were now going to meet their new friend at last.
"This is going to be so awesome," Elvis cheered.
"It's gonna be emotional for you guys to use your Pokemon against others for a real battle," Nadine grinned back to their friends.
"It is going to be so emotional to be in a battle," Jesse said.
They made it to a sandy area where there was a girl already there who looked a little older than all of them. They also saw an Aipom past her side.
"Cool, an Aipom," Lex grinned.
"These guys remind me of monkeys," Elvis chuckled.
"Oh, hello," the girl grinned to Jesse, Lex and Elvis, "what do we have here?"
"I'm Elvis Greenwood and this is my younger twin brother and sister, Jesse and Lex, and these are Vulpix and Larvitar," Elvis introduced.
"I see," the girl grinned, "well, I'm Lisa, welcome to Greenfield."
"Hi, Lisa," the Greenwood siblings greeted.
"Ready to rumble," Lisa asked, determined to challenge them.
"Go ahead," Misty encouraged.
Jesse, Lex and Elvis grinned to each other. Jesse decided to let his Lavitar battle Lisa's Pokemon first since he was so anxious.
"Looks like I'll be facing a Larvitar first then," Lisa said before sending out her Quagsire.
Quagsire jumped out of its Pokeball and looked goofily to Lavitar with a floppy wave and big grin, despite being sent into a battle.
"I won't let you win," Larvitar frowned.
"Bring it," Quagsire laughed a little.
Jesse and Lisa called attacks for their Pokemon. To Quagsire's surprise, Larvitar was faster and much stronger then it had thought, especially after it had used Strength and Superpower.
"This is our fifth battle this week," Nadine informed, "I think the Pokemon are getting pretty tired."
"Lisa, would you know if there was a Pokemon Center around here," Brock asked.
"There's just one over the mountains in Greenfield," Lisa happily informed.
"Just over the mountains in......oh, I've heard of that place I've always wanted to go there ever since I was a little girl," Misty grinned.
"Me as well," Lisa grinned to Misty before winking, "and I know the fastest road to get there."
"How soon can we go then," Elvis asked.
"After our picnic, I'll show you," Lisa replied.
"Yay," Lex cheered, "I can't wait to see Greenfield!"
The others grinned and continued their picnic until they felt energized enough to move on.
Aipom was clinging to the trees like the earth primate he resembled and swung on a branch by his tail. This made the children laugh a little, very amused with him.
"Well, Lisa, how beautiful is Greenfield," Jesse asked.
"Very," Lisa grinned, "there are beautiful gardens and mountains. Everything's just beautiful in Greenfield. There's even a beautiful mountain with a mansion at the top."
"Wow, that's amazing," Lex said.
"If everything is beautiful there, then I can't wait to meet all the girls," Brock said, getting emotional, thinking about how beautiful the ladies at Greenfield looked.
Nadine hid an eye roll with how Brock could be as they walked. Ash and Pikachu glanced to him.
Lisa walked them through a beautiful flower field. "You can see Greenfield from at the top of the hill," she pointed above as she held her Aipom in her arm.
"Then let's race, last one up there is a rotten Exeggcute," Jesse called out, starting to run.
"Hey, no fair," Misty called with a laugh as she ran with the others.
Lisa grinned to them and decided to join them in a little race.
Jesse, of course made it to the top first, but he had no time to celebrate as he looked to see something in the forests that didn't look like it belonged there.
"What's up," Elvis asked his brother.
"Look..." Lex whispered once she saw the sight.
As he saw what Jesse and Lex saw, he was shocked, as were the others until they got to the top as well.
"I may not have been here before, but I know that's not supposed to be there..." Jesse whispered.
They had seen a very large and structured crystal settlement that seemed to make all the plants, trees and beautiful scenery look diminished.
"What could be causing this," Ash asked.
There was a strange energy wave which overcame fresh flowers, only to be crystallized like the others.
"If that were ice, I'd suspect Queen Elsa......" Elvis shrugged.
"Yes, this more looks like crystal," Lex said.
"Perhaps the Crystal Gems from Beach City are here," Nadine shrugged.
Then there was a speeding vehicle, the others turned to see an aqua-haired woman in police cadet uniform making a stroll.
"Officer Jenny," Brock called in delight.
Officer Jenny did not see or notice them and was being followed by a news van and a man and a woman got out of the van, rushing to make a story.
"Looks like this is going to be making the news," Elvis said.
"I sure hope whoever lives in that mansion is alright," Lex said.
Delia and Satoshi saw this from home and rushed over to see Professor Oak right away to have a word with them about this news story.
"You alright, Sis," Misty asked, noticing Lex was in a daze.
Lex shook her head a little. "Um...yes..." she rubbed her head, "I...I had a dream about something just like this."
"Really," Misty asked, "what was this about?"
"I-I'd rather not like to speak about it," Lex said, frightened.
Misty was a little worried, but respected the younger girl's wishes and ceased all future questions about the 'dream'.
"Um...let's get you guys to the Pokemon Center..." Lisa suggested, rather uneasily.
"I agree, a trip to the Pokemon center would be nice," Jesse grinned.
"C'mon, follow me," Lisa grinned back, leading the road.
The group and Pokemon followed her where the Pokemon could rest up and relax until their next battle.
"This will be our first time in a Pokemon Center," Elvis said, referring to himself and his siblings.
"You'll like it, it's perfect for your Pokemon," Ash informed, "after battling a while, you should really let your Pokemon rest here until they feel better and can fight again. It's like the Vet for Pokemon."
Jesse, Lex and Elvis grinned.
Lisa walked them to the front desk and rang the bell. "Hello," she called, "is anyone here?"
A swirly pink-haired woman with blue eyes stood up with a grin. "May I help you," she greeted whimsically and sweetly.
"Hello, Nurse Joy, can you heal up our Pokemon," Jesse asked while showing his pokeball with Larvitar inside it.
"Oh, of course, no problem," the nurse grinned fondly, "just bring me your Pokemon."
The others gave her their Pokemon where she could take care of them for a little while. Lex held her egg since it was not yet hatched and did not need to be looked after just yet.
"Oh, and darling, I can also check on your egg to see of how it's going," Nurse Joy warned her.
"Well, it would be nice to know if my Pokemon egg is close to hatching," Lex said.
Nurse Joy took the egg gently and motherly, holding it carefully. "I won't let anything happen to it," she promised with a gracious grin.
"Thank you, Nurse Joy, because I care about it like it was my own baby," Lex grinned.
Then Nurse Joy took their Pokemon and Pokemon egg back to where they would ret up and be checked out.
"I really like her," Lex said, admiring Nurse Joy's instincts.
"Yes, she's cool..." Brock chuckled, blushing slightly.
Misty and Nadine began to do the one fact that they always did to get Brock out of one of his phases. Then Brock awakened, but looked to the girls, who chuckled in response.
"I really do wonder what's out there..." Ash said as he looked to the crystal shelter.
"I can't say I've really seen that before," Lisa admitted, despite being native to Greenfield.
"I have a feeling that we're in for another adventure," Jesse said.
"Oh, I bet we are...." Lex replied in a knowing tone.
"Well, by the looks by what's going on, I can already warn we'll be in for one dangerous adventure," Elvis said.
"Well, adventures make life only more emotional," Nadine shrugged with a grin, "I just hope nothing goes too wrong."
The news team was yet reporting, even after they left the Pokemon Center, picking up their Pokemon.
"How's my Teddyursa," Lex asked the nurse.
"Doing just fine, darling," Nurse Joy grinned, "I wish he or she will be hatched in no time now."
"Oh, thank you, Nurse Joy," Lex grinned.
"Of course, you're going to be a wonderful caretaker," Nurse Joy smiled, carefully handing the unhatched egg back to Lex.
Lex took her egg, hugging it warmly and walked off to join her friends and brothers.
'I don't think anything could possibly surprise us after seeing what's happened to Greenfield,' Jesse thought to himself.
The news team was yet there, Nurse Joy even joined them outside with the news reporters and Officer Jenny until another car came. Professor Oak came out, much to everyone's shock.
"Professor," Ash, Nadine, Jesse, Lex and Elvis asked in surprise.
"Professor Oak," Pikachu chirped, running from Ash's shoulder and came to see the man who was like family to the Ketchum family.
And then they saw three more people coming out of the vehicle next and they were Satoshi, Delia, and...Mrs. Fieldmouse?
"Hello, Pikachu," Delia beamed, kneeling down and picking up her children's shared mouse Pokemon.
"Mum and Dad," Ash and Nadine asked in surprise.
"Mrs. Fieldmouse," Jesse, Lex and Elvis asked, very shocked to see their cousin.
"Oh, hi, children," Delia and Satoshi grinned at their children.
"Hello, cousins," Mrs. Fieldmouse grinned.
"I didn't expect to see you children here," Professor Oak grinned to the group.
"We didn't expect you here either, Professor," Misty replied.
Ash and Nadine happily rushed over to their parents and Pikachu. Jesse, Lex and Elvis rushed over and hugged Mrs. Fieldmouse. The camera man filmed the Ketchum family.
"How are my favorite Pokemon catching cousins," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked with a small chuckle.
"We're fine," Jesse and Lex said together, grinning to her.
"What are you doing here though," Elivs asked, "and where are Dwight Mercer, Rae Lindley and Simon?"
"It's a long story, I came with her though....." a light brown-skinned young adult male with dark brown hair walked over, putting his hands in his jacket pockets.
"Who are you," Elvis asked.
"Guys, this is my big caretaker, Randolph," Mrs. Fieldmouse introduced.
Randolph gave them a nod with a small grin and held up a hand to do the 'peace' symbol. "Hey, dudes."
"Hello, Randolph, it's very nice to eventually meet you," Lex curtsied.
Randolph gave a nod. "I apologize for my tardiness for not meeting you all, but I've been busy....." he chuckled shyly and softly.
"You've had a girlfriend," Jesse asked teasingly.
"No, no girlfriend..." Randolph chuckled and shook his head.
"Don't worry, you'll meet someone...." Elvis supported.
"Oh, I have..." Randolph grinned to himself.
"You have," Lex asked, "well, then, this someone, is he or she a friend?"
"Well, he's a very close friend of mine..." Randolph grinned bashfully a little, "I just hope if I bring him home for dinner that Mother will approve."
"Why wouldn't she," Jesse asked.
"It's...it's kind of...well...you'll all understand since you're older..." Randolph shrugged, unsure of how to explain it to little children.
"Um, alright? Anyhow, let's get a table and sit and speak," Elvis suggested.
"I know a nice spot," Lisa offered.
After more speaking, the group moved to a peaceful patio table, speaking about what was going on in Greenfield.
"Well, who's this Professor Hale we keep hearing about," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked.
"Professor Hale is Molly's father," Nadine warned her.
"Ohh," Mrs. Fieldmouse said, now knowing who they kept hearing about.
"We've known Professor Hale for years," Ash spoke up, referring to himself and Nadine, "he used to study Pokemon at Professor Oak's lab."
"Then he moved apart and became a famous Pokemon expert, right, Mum," Nadine added, asking their mother.
"Yes, but he and his family visited Pallet Town a few years ago," Delia reminded her children, "don't you remember?"
"Yes, I at least I think so," Ash and Nadine said.
"First Professor Hale disappears and now all this happens," Delia said.
"Really weird," Brock commented as they turned back at the crystals.
"I'll say, I'm no professional detective yet, but I'd like to solve this case," Jesse said, sounding determined like his father always did so.
Pikachu, Lavitar and Vulpix turned as they felt a disturbance. Something was coming from the crystallized mansion and was now heading their road. Pikachu, Lavitar, and Vulpix looked frustrated and ready to fight whatever or whoever was coming their road.
"What's the matter, guys," Nadine cooed to the distressed Pokemon.
"Something's coming and it doesn't seem to be friendly," Pikachu growled.
"And we're ready to fight it, whoever it is," Larvitar added in.
"We won't let it hurt any of you," Vulpix added.
There came the beast, which made Lex look more horrified. That was the beast from her dreams.
"What is that," Misty gasped as she held Togepi securely in her arms.
"Some kind of weird Pokemon," Brock suggested.
"I've never seen anything like that in my Pokedex," Elvis muttered.
"We don't have a Pokedex," Jesse whispered.
"What are you doing here," Delia asked.
"Entei, leave us alone and return Rae Lindley and release Molly from that crystallized prison," Lex warned the Pokemon.
'I have come for you two,' the beastly Pokemon warned Delia and Lex.
Delia and Lex's eyes widened suddenly.
'You are Mama and Big Sister,' the Pokemon warned them, seeming to hypnotize the woman and little girl.
"Take us to her...." Delia whispered in a trance.
"Take us to my little sister," Lex added, also in a trance.
Then the Pokemon seemed to stop hypnotizing them, causing the woman and little girl to fall unconscious, falling on its back luckily Estelle's Pokemon egg was in her backpack.
"Hey," Ash, Nadine, Jesse and Elvis got furious and started to chase the escaping Pokemon.
Then Pikachu, Lavitar and Vulpix clung to the beast's tail to try to slow him down.
"Mum! Pikachu," Ash and Nadine called out while running.
"Estelle! Larvitar! Vulpix," Jesse and Elvis called out while running.
The others ran, trying to catch up as the camera man and news reporter were yet there.
Jesse did his best to catch up. "Man, he jumps too far," he shivered, feeling slow compared to the beast Pokemon.
Lavitar, Pikachu and Vulpix tried to use their battle attacks to make the Pokemon let go of Lex and Delia.
"Let them go," Larvitar declared.
The beast Pokemon frowned back to them, yet not leaving without Delia and Lex and managed to shake the Pokemon apart.
"We can't let him get away," Randolph snarled as he and the others caught up once Lavitar, Vulpix and Pikachu were stranded.
"There's no fashion he's getting away with them," Jesse frowned before pressing a button on his futuristic bracelet, allowing him to use his powers now.
"Jesse, wait," Brock held him back, "you don't know what's out there!"
"That Pokemon has Lex and Ash's and Nadine's mother, we have to go and rescue them," Jesse warned him while continuing going forward.
Ash looked down and defeated himself. "She's gone. I couldn't save her..." he growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the crystal castle. "Jesse, be careful," Nadine cried in concern for the younger boy.
"Jesse, I understand you want to rescue them, but we need a plan," Elvis warned his younger brother.
"You're right," Jesse sighed, calming down.
"Don't worry," Misty soothed, "we'll get through this together."
While they went inside to find out what took Lex and Delia, Entei had placed Lex and Delia on a bed. The sandy-haired girl in blue walked over to the bed and tried to awaken her 'mother and big sister'. Delia and Lex awakened to see her, which made her instantly grin.
"You called me 'Mama'....." Delia whispered.
"And me 'Big Sister'," Lex added.
"Yes," the girl grinned to them, "and I'm Molly, remember?"
Delia placed Molly on her lap.
"Molly," Delia grinned.
"Little sister," Lex grinned at Molly.
Even though neither of them were related at all, they shared a heartwarming hug all together while the beast Pokemon watched.
"Thank you, Papa," Molly grinned at the Pokemon, "can we all stay here forever?"
'If that is what you wish......' the Pokemon replied, feeding off her happiness.
"Wait until Lindley sees you all," Molly said to Delia and Lex.
"I wish that she is wonderful," Lex grinned.
Rae walked over, having a grin and wore more colorful clothes, she joined her 'sister and nieces' on the bed.
"Lindley," Lex and Molly grinned.
Rae gently stroked the top of their heads and even had a small grin, though her fangs did not seem visible. The crystals expanded and nearly took over Greenfield as Molly's happiness increased more and more by the moment.
'Look at your world,' Entei warned Molly, 'that is expanding.'
"It's so pretty, Papa," Molly said as they all watched from a window.
'I'm happy that you are happy,' the Pokemon warned the younger girl.
Lex grinned and hugged Molly as they looked out to the crystallized land together. While this was happening, Professor Oak was explaining what took Delia and Lex, hearing the frustrated spiky-haired boy shout his name.
"The Pokemon that took your mother was Entei," Professor Oak explained while showing them pictures, "one of the legendary Pokemon."
"The other Pokemon must have something to do with Entei's appearance," Randolph suggested.
"You mean 'The Unknown'," Professor Oak said as he did more research for them, "the Pokemon Professor Hale was researching until he disappeared."
"Unknown," Elvis asked.
"They're inside that mansion," Randolph said as he knowingly looked to the screen as Professor Oak showed them images, "they're a very peculiar-looking Pokemon...so mysterious and how that was how they earned their name."
"Wow," Elvis said.
"Yes...I was afraid of that......" Professor Oak sounded grave about the Unknown Pokemon.
"Then what have we done," Elvis asked.
"Not much we can do, but wait..." Mrs. Fieldmouse sighed as she deeply missed her mother.
Randolph pulled his younger sister into a hug and patted her on the back. "It's alright, darling..." he said softly to her.
A bulldozer was now making its road through to the crystallized area. This was all reported on the news of course. Everyone was watching this, including Lex, Delia, Molly and Entei. The bulldozer broke through the crystals, outraging little Molly.
"Go away," Molly stood up from her bed and stomped her foot on the floor, "leave us alone!"
The Unknown heard her outrage and began to use their powers to do what Molly wanted. The bulldozer was almost to the entrance until new shards of crystal emerged from the ground and pushed it apart. The news reporter and camera man ran, trying to avoid being crushed by the vehicle. Once the bulldozer landed, the driver opened the door and rushed out, running for dear life. Then the whole bulldozer was crystallized.
"I know it is hard to believe, but there is no other explanation," Randolph said to the others, "first Professor Hale disappears, then this crystallization, and now Entei."
"The Unknown must be here," Professor Oak suggested until he saw that he had a new email and decided to check it.
A video file of Molly came up, alerting everyone. 'Mama, Papa, Big Sister, and Lindley just want to stay by ourselves forever, then stay away,' she warned them all, firmly, 'everybody leave us alone!'
"Wait, did she just say her mother, father, trainer and older sister were with her," Elvis asked.
"I was just thinking the same fact, jocko," Professor Oak looked to him.
"That couldn't be," Misty said before looking to Randolph, "you said Professor Hale disappeared, didn't you?"
"That was what my father warned me before I left," Randolph nodded to confirm that.
"Well then, what about her mum and all these other people," Jesse asked.
"I don't know anything about her mother and I didn't even know Molly had a trainer and an older sister," Randolph honestly shrugged.
Then Ash, Pikachu and Jesse looked out to the crystallized mansion. They thought of Delia and Lex being held captive. Mrs. Fieldmouse clung onto Randolph as she thought of their mother as well and Randolph consoled her.
Speaking of Delia and Lex...
Delia was watching as Lex and Molly were now riding Entei.
"This is just like before, Papa," Molly said between cheerful chuckles.
"This is so much fun," Lex cheered while chuckling.
Rae and Delia grinned as the girls were having their fun.
Outside the crystallized mansion, Ash, Pikachu and Jesse were all now making their road to it.
"We can't wait around anymore," Ash said, very determined, "it's up to us to save Mum and Lex on our own!"
"Right," Pikachu agreed.
"Yes! No one takes your mum and my twin sister and gets away with it," Jesse added.
The three nodded and started to run away until they were stopped.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!"
They turned around to see the others coming.
"I'm going as well," Misty said, volunteering and determined.
"Yes," Nadine agreed.
"And there's no fashion you're leaving me behind," Brock said.
"Or us," Elvis and Mrs. Fieldmouse added in.
Ash smiled fondly at his friends. "Guys, you're the best..."
Brock gave a thumbs up while Misty and Nadine gave pleasant grins to them. Lisa's Aipom even sanctured down and shook hands with Ash, using its tail, giving him something.
"What's this," Ash asked, confused.
"If you're gonna do something crazy, at least take my Poke Gear," Lisa said as she appeared.
"Lisa," Ash and Jesse called.
"You can use it to stay in touch with the Pokemon Center," Lisa reported to them with a grin as Aipom rushed back to its trainer. "If Professor Oak finds out what you're doing here, it won't be from me," she winked to them again.
"You're a real pal," Ash grinned in admiration.
"Thank you," Pikachu chirped to her.
"Thank you, Lisa," Jesse grinned.
"You're a real pal," Ash added.
"Even Pikachu and Togepi agree," Nadine chuckled once she saw the two Pokemon also grinned to the girl.
"Alright, let's get going," Jesse said.
They checked to make sure the coast was clear, once it was, they sped themselves up a little.
There was a crystallized gazebo-like fashion in the room before them and they decided to approach it. Ash felt a disturbance and took out Lisa's little tool as it lit up slightly.
'Are you guys alright,' a voice asked.
"Lisa," the others asked, surprised.
'Guys, we just saw you on TV,' Lisa informed, 'what do you think you're doing here?'
"We did this to save Ash's mum and Lex," Jesse said.
"We should've warned Professor Oak," Nadine added.
"That's right, you should have," Professor Oak said through the device, sounding strict, "but we'll speak about that later after you save your mother."
"And mine," Randolph added.
"Also your sister, Jesse and Elvis," Satoshi finished.
"Right," Jesse nodded.
"Ash, this is Dad," Satoshi signed in, "have you seen any Unknown?"
"Uh...no," Ash replied.
"At least not yet," Nadine added.
"Why," Jesse asked, "what should we expect?"
"Listen, we've been examining some of Professor Hale's research," Professor Oak informed, "we think we've found an explanation for why this has been happening."
"What is this, Professor," Nadine asked in worry.
"Unknown have the ability to read the thoughts of other life forms," Randolph reported.
"Even humans," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked.
"Yes, and not only that," Satoshi added, "the Unknown can create new realities, altering the world using dreams."
"Wow," Jesse said, surprised.
"The Unknown may be tapping into the imagination of Molly," Randolph continued, "that fortress could be one of Molly's wishes, made real by the Unknown!"
"But why would she want a fortress around her mansion," Elvis asked.
"We're about to find out," Ash said determined as he summoned one of his Pokemon, "Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
The Cyndaquil squeaked, took a deep breath and blasted fire to the ice crystal window of the gazebo.
"That should be big enough for all of us to go through one at a time," Elvis grinned.
However, before they could move or go through their new door, the door sealed itself up, replacing the malfunction.
"Oh, c'mon," Jesse moaned.
"Let's try this again....." Elvis said.
"Right," Brock agreed.
The two got their Vulpixes out to help Cyndaquil with the flamethrower to make the melting last longer. Nadine even brought out her Quilava.
"Nice job, guys," Brock cheered their flame assisting Pokemon.
"All right, second team," Ash called.
Then Ash, Misty, and Nadine commanded their next Pokemon to use their flames on the gazebo as well.
"Alright, Pikachu, you're first," Nadine said.
"Aye-Aye," Pikachu called before jumping into the water provided by the water Pokemon and going through the hole.
"Ladies first," Jesse suggested.
Nadine, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Misty smiled before they went after Pikachu.
"Alright, Brock and Elvis, you're next," Jesse said.
Brock and Elvis went after.
Jesse picked up the Pokemon in his arms. "Alright, Ash, here we go!"
Ash went first, doing his best, while Jesse came after and they managed to make it inside before the door sealed shut.
"Whew, that was close," Jesse sighed out of relief.
"I didn't think we'd make it..." Ash said, very relieved himself.
"Thanks, Staryu, you were perfect," Misty grinned at her starfish Pokemon before returning it to its Pokeball.
"You as well, Totodile," Ash put his Pokemon back as well.
"Papa, did you see that," Vulpix came up to Vincent with a grin, "did you see what I did?"
"Yes, Vulpix, I sure did so," Elvis grinned.
"Thanks, Croconuck," Nadine put her Pokemon back as well.
"This fashion," Mrs. Fieldmouse pointed to a road out.
Then they rushed down the road to continue their adventure for their missing relatives. They kept going, and going, and going...until eventually, they found a staircase.
"At last, now perhaps we can get to the next floor," Jesse said.
Ash took a step, which then made a green glow fill the air and everything looked rather delusional. "Hey," he cried out in despair once everything had a strange change, "what's going on?"
"I think the Unknown are creating a new reality like your dad, Randolph and Professor Oak said," Jesse guessed the very obvious and distinct possibility.
"We better keep going no time to stop," Elvis said.
"Everyone, hurry on, but be careful," Mrs. Fieldmouse warned them as they climbed up the disoriented stairs.
They began to run up the stairs going up to the next floor.
It felt like forever, but they had eventually made it to the top and came into a new room, which surprised and amazed them. It was like a very peaceful and silent meadow that had more stairs for them to climb.
"Where are we," Nadine wondered.
"This must be Molly's dream world created by the Unknown," Brock said.
"Dream worlds are very reluctant..." Mrs. Fieldmouse said as she looked around, "this place is bright and shiny...Mum would hate it here."
While that was going on, little did they all know, they were being followed by three major annoyances. It was Team Rocket: Jessie, James and Meowth. James fell to his knees after getting the door open and almost slipped. Before them, they saw the strange Pokemon, which overwhelmed them.
"What are these," James asked.
"Are they Pokemon," Jessie wondered.
"They look like alphabet soup without the soup," Meowth commented.
"I don't know about soup, but if we're not careful, we'll end up in hot water," James stated.
"Then let's get out of here," Jessie whispered.
Meowth and James were about to go the other road, but Jessie caught them and led them the other fashion.
"I haven't seen this many strange letters since my personal ad," James whined.
Meanwhile with Molly, Lex, Delia, Rae and Entei....
"I think these children and their Pokemon must be here in the house somewhere," Molly commented.
'Shall I send them away,' Entei asked.
Molly shook her head. "I wanna in a Pokemon battle, Mama, Lindley and Big Sister," she said to her hostages, "but I don't know if I can."
"We'll do it together, little sis," Lex said.
'If that is what you wish,' Entei added.
"Do you really think I can," Molly grinned as she dreamed about becoming a Pokemon trainer.
'You can become anything you wish,' Entei warned her.
"Yes, and I'll be there by your side, we'll be double team Pokemon trainers," Lex warned her.
Molly grinned, liking the sound of that. Then they both laid down on the bed, imagining being a tag team of Pokemon trainers.
The moon came out as they traveled and Brock acted as their guide.
"Oh, this reminds me of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow that Mum taught me about once..." Mrs. Fieldmouse shivered slightly, "I just hope no Headless Horseman comes out..."
"I wish that no headless horsemen will be coming," Jesse assured her.
"Yes, that was just a legend," Nadine added, knowing the story as well.
"Not the fashion Mum and Dad said it..." Mrs. Fieldmouse said softly.
Misty looked to the liquid past them. "At least the water didn't turn to crystal," she shrugged, trying to look on the bright side of this situation.
"We should be able to get to the mansion if we follow this stream," Brock said as he led the road.
"Yes, it should be easy," Jesse said.
Entei went to the top of the crystal palace and disappeared after blasting someone, but no one else saw him. He just jumped down to return to Molly and their 'family'.
"Did you make them go away," Molly asked.
'Yes,' Entei replied, which made Molly grin to her 'family', 'they won't bother us again.'
"They're showing our house on television," Molly grinned as she watched from her laptop computer on the long running news report, "it looks nice."
"Yes, it does so," Delia and Lex said in unison.
Ash and Nadine decided to have a little Pokemon help, where they sent out their Pokemon to help them into a secret entrance over a waterfall. Ash sent out his Bulbasaur, Chiikorita and Noctowl while Nadine sent out her Ivysaur, Bayleaf and Sableye. Ash and Nadine commanded their Pokemon to help them. Misty put Togepi in her backpack while the vine whip picked up the two Ketchum siblings.
"We'll go up first," Nadine said.
"I'll meet you up there," Jesse said, floating into the air.
Ash and Nadine were a little heavy, but the Pokemon carefully brought them up. Jesse began to fly up next to them both to make sure neither Ash or Nadine fell.
Professor Oak, Randolph and Lisa watched this from the lab.
"What are they---" Professor Oak gaped at the screen, "these kids are looking for danger!"
"They're looking for their mums and sister," Lisa firmly warned him, believing in her new friends.
Molly, Lex, Delia, Rae and Entei even saw the scene.
"I don't understand, guys, why are these children trying to get in our house," Molly frowned.
Lex, Delia and Rae focused on the screen and seemed to even snap out of their trance.
As Ash and Nadine almost fell with Mrs. Fieldmouse and Elvis made sure Jesse didn't fall, they were back to normal.
"ASH, NADINE, GET DOWN FROM THERE THIS SECOND," Delia firmly yelled to the screen.
"Please be careful," Lex cried out in grief.
"MISS FIELDMOUSE," Rae sounded sharper, "YOU FOOLISH MOUSE!!"
Molly looked to them. "Mum, Lindley, Big Sister...what's wrong?"
The three swiftly returned to their trance. "Nothing..." they said faster and grinned blankly back to her.
"Hey, isn't that a Pikachu on one of those boys' back," Molly asked. Then she gasped as she saw the other Pokemon, even Nadine's. "I think that boy and his friends must be Pokemon trainers, don't you, guys," she asked Rae, Delia and Lex.
"Uh, yes," all three nodded.
"I bet they have other Pokemon with them as well," Molly grinned and turned to her 'father', "right, Dad?"
"Dad," Lex, Delia and Rae muttered, but they tried to pretend to be hypnotized silent where they wouldn't get any damage.
"Alright, all of us are now up here," Elvis said.
Then Ash and Nadine returned their Pokemon after a job well done to let them rest.
"C'mon, we better hurry up," Mrs. Fieldmouse warned them, feeling thankful that she wore boots since they were running through the water.
"Alright, time to continue on," Elvis grinned.
"We'd be so grand...." Molly said as she leaned against 'their mother', "I can just imagine it...us as Pokemon trainers."
Entei, of course, took this into consideration and started to walk away to fulfill Molly's wishes. Delia and Rae hid their hesitation, concerned of what the beast Pokemon would do just to make Molly happy as he vanished through the ground.
'I have to get out of here...' Rae thought to herself, but glanced down to her rainbowy outfit, 'just look at what I'm wearing! It looks like a clown threw up...'
While she was complaining, Entei was now going down to the floor where the others were as Molly and Lex appeared on his back.
"Rae, we have to find a road out of here..." Delia warned her fellow trainer.
"I know, I don't know if I can wait for the children," Rae turned back to her old friend, "I believe in them and all, but I don't know if I can take much more of this! We just can't let Molly know we're back to normal, it might be dangerous."
While they were trying to find a road out...
Entei rode with Lex and Molly on his back as they traveled to the strange dimension that altered reality.
"Dad, perhaps I'm not old enough to have Pokemon..." Molly said as they rode on the beast's back.
'You must believe you are,' Entei warned the girl, not crushing her wishes like any other father would, though showering her with confidence and belief.
Molly shut her eyes and suddenly looked a little older and even her voice changed. "I do, Dad!"
Lex did the same and suddenly looked older as well and her voice changed as well. "We can do this!"
Entei continued to carry them, now that they were ready to become professional Pokemon trainers.
Meanwhile, the others couldn't enjoy the scenery for much longer, they rushed over to the stairwell to find out where Rae, Delia and Lex were being held hostage. However, while they came down, Entei made an entrance with an older Molly and Lex on his back.
"Entei," Ash, Jesse, Elvis and Mrs. Fieldmouse called in sharp anger.
"You're all Pokemon trainers, aren't you," Older Molly asked.
"What have you done to my mother," Ash, Nadine and Mrs. Fieldmouse demanded.
"And our sister," Jesse and Elvis added sharply.
Molly and Lex made Entei fly off the step he was resting on, but they all landed gracefully on the ground before the group.
"Then let's have a battle," Older Lex challenged.
"Don't play games with us," Ash frowned.
"You're no fun," Older Molly said.
"Entei, you took our family, now where are they," Nadine scowled at the beast Pokemon.
"There is no Entei," Older Molly folded her arms at them, "there is just my mum, my dad, my big sister, my trainer, and me!"
'Yes,' Entei and Older Lex agreed.
"Liar," Ash frowned.
"Ash, easy now," Elvis said.
"Yes," Brock agreed before looking to the sandy-haired girl, "by any chance, would your name be Molly?"
The others gasped to him with his question.
"That's right, my name is Molly Hale," the sandy-haired girl grinned proudly.
"But if that's Molly, but who's that next to her and Entei," Misty asked.
"Besides, that can't be Molly, she's too old," Nadine whispered.
"Don't forget, Professor Oak and Mr. Ketchum said that this is Molly's dream world, created by the Unknown," Brock added.
"Well, Molly must've wished herself to be older..." Jesse suggested.
"Anything," Ash asked, just now remembering.
"Anything that she wants to come true," Tim added.
"Are you guys gonna battle me or not," Older Molly asked, getting a little impatient.
"Yes," Ash was about to accept.
"Why battle him since you can battle me," Brock asked.
"Make that us," Elvis said, stepping in next to him.
"You'll need more than one Pokemon," Nadine whispered to Elvis before handing him two of her Pokeballs.
"No way," Ash argued.
"They both came from that staircase," Brock whispered to Ash, Jesse and Mrs. Fieldmouse, "that must be where they've been keeping your mothers and sister."
"Let them battle her," Misty whispered as well, knowing what was going on, "we have to go and find your family."
Ash understood now and nodded. "Let's go, Pikachu."
"Right behind ya," Pikachu nodded before following them.
"Good luck, guys," Nadine whispered.
"Would this kind of Pokemon battle be all right with you, Molly," Brock asked in determination after the others ran away.
"That's fine," Molly grinned, feeling very pleased she was getting the battle she wanted.
"It will be three-on-three tag team battle," Older Lex said.
"C'mon," Older Molly warned her 'sister' before climbing onto Entei's back.
Older Lex joined her. Once they were both on, Entei jumped across the meadow and changed the grass and flowers into a gym field for Pokemon battle.
'Wow, looks like this is going to be my first tag team Pokemon battle,' Elvis thought to himself.
"You gonna be alright, boy," Brock asked Elvis, knowing this was his first time.
Elvis gulped a little, but tried to be brave. "I wish I can do it."
"Well, don't worry, we'll do this together, as a team," Brock assured him.
"Yes," Elvis nodded.
The others watched from the stairs as they kept going and going to retrieve the hostages being held captive in this dream prison. A crystal pokeball appeared in both Older Molly's and Older Lex's hand.
"Zubat, I choose you," Brock summoned one of his Pokemon.
"This is for luck...." Older Molly kissed the crystal Pokeball.
Then she threw the ball with Older Lex. "We choose you, Flaaffy," they summoned together.
"Let's see what Nadine gave," Elvis before throwing out one of the pokeballs.
The pokeball opened up to let out a Crobat.
"Zubat, Super Sonic Attack," Brock commanded his Pokemon.
"Crobat, Super Sonic Attack," Elvis commanded the Pokemon.
Then both Pokemon used the attack at once and where it confused both the electric type Pokemon.
"It's working," Elvis praised.
"Now, let's try a Wing Attack," Brock suggested.
Then the flying Pokemon did their wing attacks on the lamb Pokemon.
"Watch out, Flaaffy," Older Molly warned her Pokemon, "evade it!"
Both electric Pokemon moved out of the road of the flying Pokemon's attack.
"Yes, you did it," Older Lex cheered.
The two flying Pokemon were now making a U-turn to try it again.
"Oops, they're coming back, use Head Butt," Older Molly and Older Lex warned their Pokemon.
Flaaffy used a dodging head butt. Zubat and Crobat got out of the road and flew to a distance.
"Now use your Thundershock Attack," Older Molly and Older Lex commanded.
Flaaffy charged up its ears and zapped the flying Pokemon, making them faint and fall to the ground in their victory.
"Zubat, return," Brock commanded as he returned his flying Pokemon to its pokeball.
"Crobat, return," Elvis commanded as he returned it to its pokeball.
"You did your best," Brock said to his Pokemon, but turned to Elvis, "so did you on your first try."
"Thanks, Brock," Elvis grinned.
Older Molly and Older Lex celebrated their victory, hugging their Flaaffy as they had won the battle.
"Well, looks like it's time for our fire type Pokemon to come out next," Elvis said.
Elvis and Brock called for their Vulpixes to have a turn. This battle was just getting started. Then Older Molly and Older Lex summoned Molly's Teddyursa as well as Lex's.
"A Teddyursa," Brock taunted a little, "figures...a cute Pokemon trainer would have a cute Pokemon."
"Teddyursa's a lot more than just cute," Older Molly smirked, "Teddyursa, Dynamite Punch!"
"Teddyursa, Dynamite Punch," Older Lex warned her Pokemon.
The Teddyursa ran up slowly like a baby learning how to walk, but punched the Vulpixs clear across the face, that made them fly up to the heavens, fall and skid backwards on the ground, but the fire foxes swiftly returned to their feet.
"Vulpix, use your Fast Attack," Brock and Elvis called to their Pokemon.
Then the Vulpixs dashed, very faster.
"Use your Fury Swipes, Teddyursas," Older Molly and Older Lex warned their teddy bear-like fashions.
The four Pokemon began to fight them.
Older Molly chuckled in delight, though part of the old Lex was coming back until she saw her Teddyursa get hurt from the Vulpix attacks and she felt like her child was in danger like a mother would react.
'Oh, dear,' Lex thought to herself.
"At this rate, the match might not last much longer," Brock grew hesitant.
"Somehow her dreamed up Pokemon are tougher than our real ones," Elvis added.
While that was going on, Jessie, James and Meowth were now sneaking towards the stairs. The Vulpixs and Teddyursas jumped against each other, butted their heads together, but landed back on the ground. However, the Vulpixs fainted, unable to do anymore battle.
"Vulpix, return," Brock and Elvis warned their Pokemon.
"It's alright, you did what you could....." Elvis soothed his Vulpix.
"Yes! Grand job, Teddyursa," Older Molly and Older Lex cheered as they hugged their Pokemon.
"You guys are grand trainers," Brock grinned politely to them.
"You are as well," Older Molly grinned back as she hugged her Pokemon.
"If we wanna a chance at beating you, we better really start to rock and roll," Brock smirked before summoning another Pokemon.
"Yes, and start getting into nature," Elvis smirked before summoning another Pokemon as well.
Onix and Bayleaf came out.
Molly smirked to them. "That's funny..." she said before chuckling.
"Hey, we made you laugh," Brock smirked, "that's our first victory today!"
"Yes," Elvis added in.
Molly chuckled. "C'mon, Big Sister, we choose Phanpy!"
The tiny elephant-like fashion let out a trumpet, greeting the Onix Pokemon.
"Phanpy, use your Roll-Out Attack," Molly and Lex commanded.
Even though Phanpy was really small, it did a tuck and roll, bumping against Onix and made it fall right off its refreshment stand. Brock and Elvis flinched from the very big fall, while Molly and Lex chuckled.
"Our little Phanpy is stronger than Brock's giant Onix," Molly grinned to her 'sister'.
Entei sat in the background, watching everything. Bayleaf even tried to defeat the two elephant Pokemon.
Meanwhile, the others were trying to yet make it up the stairs.
"These stairs are making me quite dizzy," Mrs. Fieldmouse whined.
"You had that right, it feels like we've been running forever," Nadine said.
"We're almost there," Pikachu warned them as he took the lead as they headed to a glowing light at the end of the steps.
"Eventually," Jesse exclaimed.
After the Pokemon battle, Rae and Delia sat together on Molly's bed.
"Look at this..." Rae whispered to the woman with her, "thanks to Dwight, I'm ancient, but I have never seen anything like this before."
"Well, perhaps it will give us some responses," Delia whispered back.
Rae sat closer to her and flipped through the pages. Both women gasped as they saw an image of the beast Pokemon that Molly had called her father. Both Molly and Lex awakened from their little rest.
"Molly, have you seen this book before," Delia asked the younger girl.
"Uh-huh," Molly grinned sleepily, "that's the book Dad always used to look at with me."
"Oh..." Rae and Delia said.
"Mum, I'm really glad you and Lindley are here..." Molly grinned to them.
Even though she was not Molly's mother, Delia grinned, feeling touched by that.
"You're here by yourself a lot, aren't you, Molly," Rae asked, starting to feel a little relation to the girl's situation.
"Yes..." Molly said softly.
"Have you been lonely," Delia asked.
"Perhaps a little....." Molly clung to her, "but I don't feel that fashion anymore. I have a mum, dad, trainer and big sister now."
"Hey, um...Molly, how about we go back to sleep to see who we face next," Lex suggested.
Molly nodded to her 'big sister' and started to drift back away to sleep. Rae looked a little guilty about what Molly said and rubbed her arm a little. Delia grinned as the two girls went back to sleep and then looked to the book.
Meanwhile, Ash, Misty, Nadine, Jesse and Mrs. Fieldmouse ended up on a sandy beach area with a sunset and beautiful red flowers.
"Wow," Jesse said, amazed.
"It's kind of romantic," Nadine commented.
"Yes, that is..." Jesse agreed.
The two stood rather close each other and almost took each other's hands. However, a crystal form came up, revealing older Molly and Lex had come back.
"Which of you trainers wants to battle us now," Molly and Lex asked.
"I guess Brock and Elvis couldn't beat them," Misty commented.
"Oops..." Pikachu sounded hesitant.
Next to Molly and Lex, Entei appeared.
'Molly cannot be beaten,' Entei warned them.
"I guess Entei's an illusion as well," Ash said.
"Who is a trainer stronger than your friend," Molly challenged.
"I am," Ash stepped forward.
"Hold it, Ash," Misty said to him. "Let me battle Molly this time," she suggested.
"Me as well," Nadine said.
"Then you'll have to have some extra water types," Misty said before giving her some of her pokeballs.
"And who are you," Molly demanded.
Misty and Nadine gave their names.
"I'm a water Pokemon trainer," Misty explained, "and I used to be the leader of the Pokemon Gym in Cerulean City."
"You're a Pokemon gym leader," Older Lex asked.
"You bet I am," Misty winked, "and I'm one of the best."
"You mean, you don't have to be a grown-up to be a gym leader," Molly asked.
'You can become anything you wish,' Entei warned her.
"Entei's right, sis," Lex said.
Molly bowed her head and changed her and Lex's ages again right in front of them. This surprised them all.
"The real Molly and Lex must yet be up in the mansion with your mothers and sister, guys," Misty whispered to Ash, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Jesse, "hurry up and find them, guys!"
"We'll take it from here," Nadine added.
Then Ash, Pikachu, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Jesse ran away the other road.
"Since I'm a Water Pokemon trainer, we'll use Water Pokemon to battle," Misty warned their challenger.
"Alright, we'll only use Water Pokemon as well," Molly said before turning to the waves and made them rise.
"Oh, dear," Nadine cried out in despair.
The water levels rose over them, but luckily, Jesse, Ash, Pikachu and Mrs. Fieldmouse could make it up the stairs and not get flooded in. However, the water got too strong and they had to run in the water. Everyone tried to hold their breath, but they saw that somehow, they could breathe under the water.
"We forgot," Nadine grinned to Molly, relieved that they weren't going to drown, "you can do whatever you want to here."
"C'mon, let's battle," Molly cheered.
"Yes," Lex cheered, appearing in her mermaid form.
Then Molly and Lex chose their first Pokemon, a Kingdra.
"I choose you, Kingdra," Nadine summoned Misty's koi fish-like fashion.
Both Kingdra's used smoke screen on Goldeen and Croconuk.
"Nice job, Kingdra, now try a Head Butt," Lex called.
Kingdra reared up and head butted against Goldeen and Croconuk.
"Don't let them push you around, Croconuck, use Ice Fang," Nadine commanded.
"Use Horn Attack, Goldeen," Misty commanded.
Kingdra dodged the two Water Pokemon, but punched them with its tail and poked them with its nose and made them fly back to Misty and Nadine, making the two water Pokemon faint, warning both the Kingdra won.
"Nice job, Goldeen and Croconuk," Nadine soothed like a best nurse, sending her Pokemon back into its ball as Misty did the same, "you earned a nice rest."
Molly and Lex cheered as they won another battle.
"How are we doing, Misty," Molly asked the red-headed girl.
"Not bad, Molly," Misty smirked once she got a new Pokeball.
"Yes, not bad at all," Nadine smirked once she got a new pokeball as well.
Team Rocket was swimming in the background and made it to the stairwell without anyone ever seeing them.
"How can we breathe underwater," James wondered.
"Go with the flow," Jessie shrugged, "sometimes it's better not to ask questions."
"Hey, Jessie, I had a better question that I shouldn't ask," Meowth spoke up, "do you think we'll get a bigger part in the next Pokemon crossover fan fiction story?"
"I don't know, let's just swim," Jessie responded.
The next four Pokemon that were sent out to battle were two Mantines, a Staryu, and a Starmie. Staryu and Starmie circled the Mantines like a ninja throwing star.
"Mantines, try your Whirlpool," Molly and Lex warned the manta ray Pokemon.
The Mantines did so as the girls said and circled around the starfish Pokemon to trap them in a whirlpool together.
"Alright, now use Bubble Beam," Molly and Lex warned the manta ray Pokemon.
"They're in danger," Nadine got concerned for their starfish Pokemon.
"Staryu, use Rapid Spin," Misty warned her Pokemon.
"Starmine, Rapid Spin," Nadine added faster.
Staryu and Starmine spun around as faster as they could and broke out of their whirlpool prison.
"Yes," Nadine cheered.
"Beat that," Misty smirked.
"Wow..." Molly was stunned at first, but continued to battle, "Mantines, use tour Take Down Attacks!"
"Tackle them, Staryu and Starmine," Nadine and Misty commanded.
All four Pokemon began to attack each other with their own attacks.
Molly found this so admirable and the best thing she could ever witness, she even looked to Entei. "Dad, this makes me so happy......"
'I am happy that you are happy,' Entei replied.
"I love you, Dad," Molly beamed.
"Farewell, Molly," Lex whispered before disappearing.
Jesse, Ash, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Pikachu kept running and running to make it to the top of the steps, now out of the water. They eventually made it to the end and came to the room.
"Mum," Ash called.
"Sis," Jesse called.
"Mum," Mrs. Fieldmouse called.
Then they all turned and found who they were looking for and ran right over to them.
"Is it really you guys," Rae asked once she saw who came for them.
"Yes, it's really us," Jesse grinned.
"Oh, thank heavens," Lex sighed.
"Are you alright," Ash asked with a grin.
"I'm fine now," Delia grinned to her son, "where is your sister?"
"Don't worry, Mum, she'll come along," Ash promised.
Mrs. Fieldmouse looked around and saw her mother.
"Oh, Ms. Fieldmouse..." Rae held out her arms.
Mrs. Fieldmouse looked up and ran up to her mother, jumping into her arms for a hug like how Eloise would do to Darla. "Mum," she cheered and buried her face in the hug, "you're alright..."
"Of course I am...." Rae said as she stood up, carrying Mrs. Fieldmouse in her arms.
"Is that Molly," Ash asked, seeing the sleeping little girl.
"Yes," Delia said softly.
"And the Unknown," Jesse said as he looked around, "have you guys seen any?"
"If you mean the Pokemon that brought us here, no," Rae replied, "it left a while ago."
"Mum, that was the Entei," Mrs. Fieldmouse corrected her mother, "the Unknown are the Pokemon that made Entei and turned this place to crystal because of Molly's imagination."
"Oh, dear," Delia said, sounding worried.
"We'll explain later, right now, we have to get out of here," Jesse said.
"Alright, but we'll have to awaken Molly first," Lex said before shaking the younger girl gently, "Molly? Molly, it's time to wake up."
Molly grinned and opened her eyes. "I was dreaming, Big Sister..." she said to Lex.
"Molly, listen to us...." Lex said.
Molly did not expect that reaction and looked to her, Delia and Rae.
"I'm very sorry, Molly, but I'm not your real sister," Lex said to the girl.
Molly gasped in shock that she said that.
"And I'm sorry, Molly, but I'm not really your mum and Rae isn't really your aunt," Delia warned her, "you had to learn sooner or later, I'm really Ash's and Nadine's mother, Rae is really Mrs. Fieldmouse's mother and Lex is really Jesse's and Elvis's sister."
Then Molly turned back to Ash, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Jesse.
"Don't you remember since we played together, Molly," Ash reminded her with a grin, "we were at Professor Oak's house."
"Now, we must get going, we will speak about this later," Mrs. Fieldmouse proposed.
"But why," Molly pouted, she got off her bed and rushed away.
"We have to leave now, Molly," Jesse and Lex said.
Molly shook her head. "I won't..." she whispered mournfully. "I won't... NoooooOOOO," she yelled and made crystals appear from her rage and despair about leaving her dream world and separated them all.
"Woah," Jesse yelled.
"Hey, Mum," Ash cried as soon as he was separated from his mother again, "Mum, where are you?"
"Mrs. Ketchum, Rae Lindley, are you all right," Jesse called.
"We're alright, I'm afraid I'm here as well," Lex called from where she was.
Rae looked to the book and actually looked horrified of the imagery she had just found. Lex and Delia looked to where she was looking and had the same reactions and were now concerned dearly for Molly. Molly folded her arms and mournfully looked down.
"C'mon, let's go," Jesse urged them.
Delia, Rae and Lex turned back at Molly and caught up with their family members, leaving poor little Molly all alone.
"I'm sorry, Molly," Lex whispered while getting over to her twin brother.
Entei returned once Molly's despair returned and he was helping her get Rae, Delia and Lex back from Mrs. Fieldmouse, Ash, Pikachu and Jesse.
"Papa, these mean people are taking Mum, Lindley and Big Sister apart," Molly warned him.
Entei nodded and made a high crystal split them all up. Jesse tried to pound at the crystals since he was the strongest while Mrs. Fieldmouse helped.
"C'mon," Jesse frowned while trying to break the crystals, "break!"
Mrs. Fieldmouse shivered and looked to her sore knuckles. "It's too much!"
"Why isn't this working," Jesse moaned as he was unable to break the crystals.
"Jesse, watch out for Entei," Lex called out.
"Entei," Jesse, Ash, Pikachu and Mrs. Fieldmouse asked.
Entei came to their side and looked rather menacing. 'Leave them and leave this place,' he demanded.
"Don't we get a say in this," Lex asked.
"They are our family," Mrs. Fieldmouse added, frowning to Entei.
"Yes," Pikachu agreed.
'No, now they're Molly's family,' Entei retorted.
"Well, she's coming with us," Jesse folded his arms.
'Leave this place or you will be made to leave,' Entei replied firmly.
"Entei, you cannot keep us here," Lex shouts.
"Hang tight, Sis, we've had this," Jesse reassured his sister.
"Totodile, I choose you," Ash called, summoning one of his Pokemon.
'You think you can defeat me,' Entei snarled to the boy.
"I'm not going to lose some illusion," Ash snarled back, "Totodile, Water Gun Attack!"
Totodile grinned and did so as Ash warned it to do.
Entei swiftly dodged and jumped faster to the other road. 'You fool,' he roared. 'See if this is an illusion,' he made sonic energy blasts from his mouth to shoot down the Totodile.
Totodile began to dodge the attack twice before getting hit the third time the attack came.
"Oh, that has to hurt...." Jesse winced.
Ash decided to return his Pokemon before Totodile would fall from his long fly in the air from Entei's attack.
"Perhaps it'll work better fire against fire," Ash said.
"Along with rock and ghost," Jesse and Mrs. Fieldmouse said.
Ash summoned Cyndaquil, Jesse summoned Lavitar and Mrs. Fieldmouse summoned Misdreavus.
"Well, who's our opponent this time," Larvitar asked.
"I think it's that guy....." Cyndaquil looked to Entei.
"Cyndaquil, Flamethrower Attack," Ash commanded.
"Lavitar, Comet Punch," Jesse commanded.
"Misdreavus, Mean Look," Mrs. Fieldmouse commanded.
"What's comet punch," Larvitar asked.
"I mean Hidden Power," Jesse corrected himself.
"Oh, right," Lavitar grinned to him, then did his moves with Misdreavus and Cyndaquil.
Entei summoned another blast from his mouth, overpowering the three of them. Larvitar and Misdreavus both dodged the attack but, Cyndaquil wasn't so lucky as it got hit by the attack.
"Cyndaquil, return," Ash sent his Pokemon back.
Then Lavitar and Misdreavus frowned to Entei as they stood in front of Jesse and Mrs. Fieldmouse protectively.
"You're strong," Ash frowned.
'Now have I proven that I am real,' Entei slightly mocked them.
"We don't believe anything," Jesse snarled, "you're the illusion of an Entei, dreamed up by this little girl!"
"You're wrong, guys, you're wrong..." Molly whispered, shaking her head mournfully.
"Oh, dear, I feel more spikes coming up," Lex said.
Spikes did in fact come, accompanied by blizzard snowflakes.
"The Unknown and the Entei are getting stronger," Rae exclaimed, sounding like she had fear, which in fact, she did so.
"We have to get out of this trap," Lex exclaimed.
'I am no illusion,' Entei snapped before stomping his front paw louder.
The book pages scattered from the howling winds.
'I am this girl's father and I must protect her,' Entei snarled before lunging after Ash, Jesse, Mrs. Fieldmouse and Pikachu.
Pikachu, Larvitar and Misdreavus attacked it with Thunder Bolt, Hidden Power and Psy-Beam, but these alone wouldn't phase it, but all three of the attacks together were able to hurt Entei. Even though Pikachu was not her child, Delia was very concerned for the mouse Pokemon due to how special he was to Nadine and Ash. Molly stepped back, very frightened.
"Molly, only you can stop this," Rae warned the girl, "think about your real family!"
Molly whined, too afraid to do that.
"Think about them," Lex and Delia urged.
"Please, Molly, this kind of Pokemon battle isn't the kind of battle any Pokemon should be in," Lex begged.
Pikachu was getting weaker and weaker as the battle went on. Entei was about to blast him again.
"PIKACHU," Ash was concerned about his Pokemon, where he tucked and rolled, catching Pikachu in the process to avoid the blast that could have been enough to endanger his life.
"Oh, dear! Ash," Mrs. Fieldmouse called out.
Jesse ran and jumped to try and save Ash and Pikachu. However, while they all glided through the air, something swooped in and took them in its hands.
"It's a dragon," Rae cried out in grief.
Ash opened an eye and grinned once he saw what had rescued them. "I can't believe it!"
"Charizard," Pikachu grinned.
"Hey, Charizard," Jesse greeted.
"You saved our lives," Ash grinned, "thank you..."
"That's alright," Charizard grinned to them as he flew with them.
"Thanks," Pikachu chuckled.
Charizard flew them back to the top to face Entei once more.
"Thank heavens," Lex sighed out of relief before looking over to Molly, "are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?"
Molly looked to her mournfully and stepped backwards, not responding her question. Entei was being introduced to Charizard.
"This is Charizard, he's our friend and a part of Ash's Pokemon team/family," Jesse warned Entei.
"We work together like a family," Ash added.
Molly seemed touched by that notion. "A family...." she whispered.
'Then I will defeat your family as well,' Entei threatened.
Charizard snarled at him and butted his head against Entei.
"Go, Charizard," Larvitar cheered.
Charizard flew back and hit the ground roughly. Ash and Jesse almost fell off, but they were saved by Brock, Elvis, Nadine, Misty and...Team Rocket?
"You're not falling on our account," James moaned.
"Why are you guys helping," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked in confusion.
"Well, because, we're bad guys..." James shrugged innocently.
"Y-Yes, if anything happened to them, we'd be out of show business," Jessie added.
"Team Rocket's helping out again," Jessie, James and Meowth said together.
"I thought you guys got fired," Nadine glanced at them.
"Um, well, you see..." Jessie sighed.
The others glanced, anxious to hear more.
"You guys missed us and you're trying to impress your boss by rehiring you," Jesse suggested.
"Yes," Team Rocket said.
"But why would you want to be rehired in Team Rocket," Nadine asked.
"The Boss may be a horrible man, but he pays handsomely," James grinned innocently.
Charizard got back up off the ground and growled to Entei. Molly was becoming more and more afraid.
"If you come with us, you can have real Pokemon," Ash invited Molly to cheer her up a little.
"Yes," Jesse nodded.
Molly stepped back as her Flaaffy, Teddyursa and Panphy came out. "I already have real Pokemon," she said to them, "NOW GO AWAY!!"
Entei got a mouth blast ready to strike them all. Ash got on Charizard's back and commanded his flame attacks which would only miss the beast Pokemon.
"Dad," Molly cried, she was now afraid of the Pokemon she used as her father.
Delia frowned to him. "I don't care if you're a real Pokemon or not, you can't replace her father!"
"Yes," Lex added.
"I agree," Rae excliamed.
'I am Molly's real father as long as that is her wish,' Entei frowned to them before jumping after the Charizard.
"Charizard, watch out," Lex called out.
Both Pokemon were able to successfully dodge each other and not just Entei. Their mouth blasts collided against each other that it made strong wind push against the others. Charizard flew after Entei after Entei had jumped a grand length and clung to the opposite wall.
"Charizard, use your Flamethrower," Ash commanded.
Charizard tried, but only missed as Entei jumped higher and higher.
"Faster, Charizard, try another one," Ash urged.
"You can do it, Charizard," Jesse cheered.
Charizard almost struck Entei, but Entei jumped down from the roof before he could get hit.
Molly grew concerned. "Papa, no!"
Crystal shards expanded for Entei as he jumped on them like heights to place himself back to position where he could take down Charizard.
"How is that even fair," Elvis asked.
"It's her dream, what do you expect," Mrs. Fieldmouse pouted.
"Nice point," Elvis said.
Molly grinned that Entei was going to be safe now. Charizard kept flying after Entei, not going to give up. Jesse flew right next to Charizard and was going to help defeat Entei. They both missed a huge blast from Entei. The blast hit against a wall and it was so implosive. Entei went to the very top and blasted from his mouth.
"Here it comes," Jesse said.
Charizard threw more flames. Entei kept jumping down to evade him. Jesse used his heat vision, hoping to hit Entei. The heat blast and flamethrower colided together and circled Entei as he returned to the top. They both managed to circle him, but Entei jumped to the next top, yet not hurt. Entei frowned to them and fired another energy blast from his mouth.
"Let's try again," Jesse said before using his heat vision.
"Please, Entei, listen to us," Ash begged, "don't do this! If you really care about Molly, you'll let her come with us!"
Entei shot another mouth blast against Jesse's heat vision, ignoring Ash's request.
"It's not right for her to stay with you," Akito added in, agreeing with Ash, "you have to let her go!"
Entei fired at them once more. 'Whether that is right or wrong, I will do as she wishes,' he snarled to them.
"There's no sense into reasoning with this Pokemon," Jesse said.
"Flamethrower," Ash quickly called.
The mouth blast and fire blast impacted against each other, making a huge energy ball. It left a huge chunk of smoke that almost endangered everybody else.
"We must do something, guys," Ash said to Jesse and Charizard, "we must get Molly out of here."
Jesse nodded, knowing that this was serious. Delia and Lex felt bad for poor Molly, where they gave her consoling motherly and sisterly hugs. Entei snarled as more crystal shards grew for him and he jumped down to them one by one. He first missed a pounce for Charizard, but then officially caught him. Charizard came back up and tried to fire at him with Jesse, but kept missing. Jesse used his heat vision on the crystals, remembering that they were like mirrors and that his heat vision would bounce off them and possibly hit Entei. Entei snarled as he dodged it and continued after them. Jesse, Ash and Charizard made a high up escape with Entei chasing them.
"Ugh, they are never going to win this battle," Mrs. Fieldmouse whined as this dragged on forever.
Entei blasted at Charizard and Jesse, which was strong enough to take them both down and they smashed in the middle of the ground, having a very rough and uneasy landing.
"Ahh," Jesse moaned as he landed on the ground.
Entei dropped down and put his paw over Charizard's neck.
"Entei, don't," Ash weakly called.
'This will end it,' Entei frowned to him, about to fire a mouth blast to the humans.
Molly had seen enough. "Stop!"
Entei did stop and looked to her.
"No more fighting," Molly begged, "please, Dad, no more."
Lex grinned proudly at Molly now knowing as if to stop the fight.
"Please, Dad..." Molly whispered as she started to weep and clung to his leg.
Entei looked down to her, but he removed his paw as she said since she was now mournful.
The crystals lowered, allowing Rae, Lex and Delia to move out more.
"You're a grand Pokemon trainer, Molly," Brock grinned at the little girl, "a big part of battling is knowing until to stop."
"You already have the right instincts," Misty added, "I bet you could be a gym leader easy, if you wanted to."
"Yes," Nadine grinned.
Molly looked to them, a little surprised at what she was hearing.
"You see, Molly," Ash grinned back to her, "we always battle hard, but we stay friends because we all love Pokemon!"
Charizard gave her a friendly growl.
"C'mon, Molly," Pikachu squeaked.
"Come with us, Molly," Jesse warned the girl, "on the outside, the battles might be hard, but the friends are real.....what do you say?"
Brock and Misty grinned to that. Molly looked to them, then to Rae, Delia and Lex, who nodded to her and believed in her.
"It's what your dad would want," Lex grinned, holding out her hand to the younger girl.
Molly looked over to Lex and slowly walked over to her. Then she hugged the older girl, leaning her head against her stomach with happy tears coming in her eyes. "I want facts to be real again..." she said softly, having now learned her lesson.
As she said this, the crystallized world was coming apart and going to be destroyed.
'I'm so glad that she understands now,' Elvis thought to himself.
Molly's Flaaffy, Teddyursa and Panphy all disappeared.
"Dad," Molly asked as she saw Entei leaving.
'I was created to be the father who could make you happy here," Entei said, a little somberly, 'if you would be happier outside, in the real world, I must go.'
The others shared mixed feelings from that, but suddenly, the sharp crystals returned just as facts were getting back to normal, fine and dandy.
"Hey," Rae scowled, "I thought this was gonna have a happy ending!"
Everyone gathered together where they wouldn't be split up, even Team Rocket, Charizard flew with Jesse to stop the madness.
'I did not cause this,' Entei reassured as he tried to break down the crystals with his paw and mouth blasts.
"Oh, dear, the Unknown must have used too much of their powers and now they can't control it," Jesse theorized, while warning everyone.
Entei cleared crystals apart and jumped to the top. 'This way!'
"C'mon," Ash warned them, "Charizard, you take Molly!"
Molly was placed onto Charizard's back and he flew away with her to take her to higher and much safer grounds.
"Faster, we have to find the Unknown and stop them. Molly, where are the Unknown," Jesse and Lex asked in unison.
"They should be right out here," Molly cried as she clung to Charizard's neck, "I'm not fully sure though!"
"They must be in a huge room, we'll know if we get there," Lex said.
They all kept going.
While they did so, Professor Oak, Satoashi, Randolph and Lisa tried to contact everyone to check in on facts.
"Professor, something is happening," Randolph cried as he looked out the window.
"It's the Unknown," Satoshi informed, "they've generated so much psychic energy that they can't control it any longer. The crystallization is heading this fashion."
"Then Jesse's theory was correct," Ash said.
Randolph, Lisa and Satoshi saw that the Unknown was drawing even closer.
This concerned Professor Oak. "Listen to me," he cried through the communicator, "get out of here or you could be trapped forever!"
"You've had it, Professor," Ash warned him.
The shards expanded and it looked very haunting and dooming. The others ran down the stairs as Charizard carried Molly on his back. Even Team Rocket was trying to escape.
"Perhaps after this is all over, you three can try to be nice all the time and stop trying to steal Pokemon," Nadine warned Team Rocket.
Jessie, James and Meowth looked to each other, wondering if that would be at all possible to them, but for now, they just kept running with the group.
Then they all ended up in a room and eventually found the Unknown as they expanded and spread out, causing more and more crystallization.
"We have to find out a road to stop them," Misty proclaimed.
"Yes, but how," Lex asked.
Ash charged for the Unknown, only to be zapped by an invisible barrier, which pushed him backward.
"Ash," Pikachu and Nadine cried for him.
"I'll see if I can break through," Jesse said.
Nadine was concerned for him, she gave him a kiss on the cheek for farewell. Jesse blushed from the kiss and grinned bashfully to her, giving her an A-OK symbol with his fingers, but narrowed his eyes and charged for the Unknown.
"You can do it, Jesse," Lex cheered.
Jesse tried to break through it, but had the same result as Ash. "Nothing..."
Then Charizard tried, having the same fate, but then he used a flamethrower and the flames were able to break through the barrier. This made the others cheer. However, the Unknown identified it and pushed Charizard back on the ground.
"I'm going to try to break through it next," Pikachu warned him.
"You try, Pikachu," Ash coached, "use your Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu rushed to the barrier and bolted against it.
The bolt was able to make a hole in the fabric, but it didn't last too long.
"Let's try together," Jesse, Larvitar and Vulpix warned Pikachu and Charizard.
"Alright, but this time, use your heat vision," Charizard warned the boy.
Jesse nodded, charging himself up.
"Alright, guys, together," Pikachu warned them.
The others nodded and they used all their effort and energy with their powers to break the barrier together. The barrier did break, it no doubt made the Unknown very unhappy. They banded together made a huge white glow that made very dangerously sharp crystal shards burst out. The others decided to run through them and avoid the crystals as best as they could.
"We can do this," Jesse called out.
The spikes came closer, but luckily, they were all yet together.
"This is a very dangerous situation," Jessie winced.
"Wherever the going gets wise, Team Rocket gets going," Meowth added.
"Yes, on the double," James whined.
Then the three tried to tiptoe apart.
"You three are backing out now," Rae folded her arms firmly at them.
"Well, what choice do we have," James asked her.
"I hate to break it to you, but the only fashion out of here is to be shish-kabobbed," Rae said, pointing to the sharp crystals, "I thought you were on our side now, right?"
"Well, we are, but we're just afraid and also, what have we done to these Unknown with their powers and barrier," Jessie asked.
"Trust my family and their friends," Rae firmly looked to her.
"Alright, if you say so," James said.
"Somebody help," Jessie cried as the situation grew more and more dangerous.
"Protect the women," James cried, clinging onto Rae, but smirked to her, "what're you doing here after this?"
"Dreaming about slicing your eyes out with razor blades," Rae grumbled to him.
"I'll take that as my cue not to get on your bad side," James said.
"You and about everyone else in the world..." Rae rolled her eyes at him.
"I'd yet rather marry someone like you than what my parents made me run off..." James mumbled, but held onto Jessie for support, since she was afraid as well, she didn't abuse him for it.
"Trust me, she is a true nightmare," Meowth warned Rae.
The spikes came back as the Unknown swarmed.
"Let us out of here now," the Greenwood and Ketchum siblings cried.
Suddenly, another spike came right in front of them. Molly buried herself against Lex for consolation, this was really frightening her. However, Entei's growl was heard and he blasted a crystallized flower and made a doorway with it in victory.
"Wow, he sure is strong," Lex grinned.
"Way to go, Entei," Elvis cheered, now having complete respect for the beast Pokemon.
"You are THE Pokemon, Entei," Jesse cheered, also having complete respect for the beast Pokemon.
Molly grinned in deep hope.
Then Entei took a deep breath and let his sonic breath blasts shower over the crystals. Then he jumped down over them and looked out to the crystal wasteland. 'Molly, I was happy and proud to be your father...' he said as he watched the Unknown scatter all around in their reign of terror, 'the last fact I can do is take you out of this place.'
"But how," Molly asked.
'I was born in your dreams,' Entei replied before getting into a pouncing position and hopped up to the swarm. 'If you believe in me, there is nothing I cannot do,' he jumped high, hit against the barrier, but even he couldn't pass through it.
"DAD," Molly cried.
'Molly,' Entei called out, 'help me!'
Molly was very concerned and afraid, she just felt like she didn't know what she could do to help.
"Molly, you have to believe that Entei can defeat the Unknown believe in it and it will," Ash warned the younger girl.
"Ash is right," Nadine agreed with her brother, "you just have to believe, Molly."
'Believe in me if that is what you wish...' Entei warned the little girl.
"You can do it," Mrs. Fieldmouse encouraged.
Molly looked to her 'father' and tried to believe in him the best she could where that fashion they would all be safe and no longer suffer in this living nightmare.
Jesse, Larvitar, Vulpix, Misdreavus, Charizard and Pikachu joined Entei and attacked the barrier. The barrier was weakening. Molly concentrated as the Pokemon did their best to destroy it. Little did she and everyone else know was that it would take the Pokemon and her to destroy this and the Unknown would never hurt anybody ever again.
'C'mon, we can do it,' Jesse thought to himself as he increased his heat vision.
The barrier was now shaking the entire room. The others shrieked and held onto each other. There was a big white and blue glowing light that grew bigger and bigger and soon there was a huge explosion. They all flinched, but the nightmare was eventually all over.
'Molly.... Molly...' Entei called.
Molly took a look and saw the beast Pokemon as was close to the bright lights.
'I must go now, Molly...' Entei warned the girl.
"Entei..." Molly almost wept, "I'm going to miss you......"
'And I'm going to miss you,' Entei replied before he withered apart into nothingness, 'just keep me close in your dreams...'
"Dad..." Molly said out of despair as she saw the beast Pokemon disappear.
The light faded as Entei was gone forever with the barrier. The Unknown were now dropping like raindrops and scattering across the area. And then pieces that looked like letters started to appear, falling before each one started to wither off and disappear.
The crystals were now going for real and Greenfield was being restored back to its original self before the crystals broke through and the group could now enjoy the sights and the serene landscape that it truly was. And where as soon as everyone got out, including Team Rocket, they all saw that everything was restored to the fashion it all was. Mrs. Fieldmouse scrunched her eyes from the brightness, but she did enjoy the sights.
"I guess it's nice to see this, like a winter that lasts for an eternity and the sun comes back leading into Spring," Rae shrugged as she yet carried her daughter in her arms.
"Lees was right about Greenfield," Nadine grinned.
Misty reached into her bag and took her Togepi out where he could also enjoy the beauteous nature that this town had to offer. Then Lex brought out her Pokemon egg from her backpack letting the light touch it and then where it started to glow brighter, then the last two, warning her one fact.
"Guys, my Pokemon egg is about to hatch," Lex warned them before setting it on the ground and removing the glass container to give the hatched Pokemon some room to move.
The others gathered, but tried not to overcrowd. Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy came to check on facts with them, but Nurse Joy gasped as she knew exactly what was going on.
Nurse Joy knelt next to Lex. "Just calm down, everything will be alright..." she cooed to the girl, "how do you feel?"
"I'm so emotional," Lex grinned to her, "I feel like I've waited my entire life for this moment!"
Nurse Joy grinned back. "You remind me so much of me back since I was a candystriper..." she looked to the egg. "Push, push, breathe," she chanted for the egg.
The egg continued to glow for a little while, until eventually, it hatched and showed that it indeed hatched into a Teddyursa as it looked and saw Lex and said the only words that a baby says to its mother.
"Mum," Teddyursa said, sounding like a boy.
"Awww," Lex's eyes twinkled and she hugged the Teddyursa instantly.
"Congratulations, Lex," Nurse Joy grinned to the girl.
"Thank you, Nurse Joy," Lex grinned.
"Congrats, Sis," Jesse said as he ruffled her hair playfully.
Lex chuckled. Elvis came over and chuckled himself.
Lex looked down to Teddyursa who smiled back to her. "Oh, what a handsome little Teddyursa you are..." she cooed to her Pokemon, knowing it was a male.
Pikachu, Lavitar, Vulpix and Misdreavus grinned as well, meeting Teddyursa, the newest member of their 'family'.
"You're so lucky, Lex," Molly said to her new friend.
"Don't worry, Molly, you'll get your own Pokemon someday," Lex assured her.
Molly grinned to her, giving her a small hug. "I yet wish I could have a sister..."
Lex felt bad about that, but gave a small grin. "I can be your friend sister...how about that," she suggested, "Misty is my friend sister."
"Yes, the more the merrier," Misty grinned back.
"I guess that's close to having a sister," Molly grinned.
"We can all be sisters," Mrs. Fieldmouse chuckled at the little group she was making with girls closer to her age.
"Yes," Molly, Lex and Misty joined in chuckles.
Delia grinned, very happy that Molly was happy.
"This is the biggest day ever," Pikachu cheered.
"Yes, now we have a new cousin," Larvitar cheered.
"Cousin," Vulpix cheered.
Lex gently set Teddyursa down on the floor and allowed him to go and meet his 'cousins'. Teddyursa looked a little shy and hid behind Lex like a shy child on the first day of school.
"It's alright," Lex cooed to him, "they won't hurt you."
"Yes, we're family," Larvitar grinned.
Teddyursa almost crouched behind Lex. Misdreavus floated behind Mrs. Fieldmouse and approached the teddy bear Pokemon first and gave a small grin. Teddyursa looked hesitant, but looked back to the ghost Pokemon. He gave a small grin back. Then Misdreavus floated out more, but all the road back yet. Then Teddyursa slowly started to follow Misdreavus and was now in front of Pikachu, Togepi, Lavitar and Vulpix.
"Hey, cousin, I'm Larvitar, nice to eventually meet you," the rock type Pokemon grinned.
Teddyursa grinned. Then the other Pokemon introduced themselves. Once they were all acquainted, they had a friendly and safe dog pile on Teddyrusa. Teddyursa was concerned at first, but once they started to tickle him, he laughed with them and joined in on their fun. After a while, they all stopped tickling each other and were now calming down from all the laughing. This made the humans very amused and happy that facts were going to be back to normal and Greenfield was going to be given a happy ending that it rightfully deserved.
After enjoying the sights, Satoshi came to reunite with his family.
"Oh, Mummy," Randolph clung to Rae, "thank heavens you're safe with us at last!"
Rae gently patted her eldest on the back. "Randolph, you came all this fashion just for me."
"Oh, pshaw, you know I'm a mama's boy," Randolph smirked to her.
"Yes, yes, yes..." Rae sighed with a very small smirk.
"You two sure have a grand mother/son relationship," Lex grinned.
"Well, back in the day, Randolph and I were pretty close..." Rae said with a small shrug, "I mean, he came into my life......it was a really big and eerie change for me and I was really concerned...I didn't think that I would even keep him because...well...it's a bit of a long story you should hear more about if you're older..."
"I was a little jealous of Ms. Fieldmouse though until she was about to be born..." Randolph had a small grin to his half-sister.
"Really," Jesse asked, "why's that?"
"Well..." Randolph put his hands behind his back and shuffled his foot, looking like a child now, even if he was almost an adult now, "I was jealous that she was going to be born to a loving and caring father...Dwight Mercer raised me like his son and I even called him 'Daddy', but after I found out the truth and Mum was about to have Mrs. Fieldmouse...I kinda got mad....."
"Kinda got mad," Rae asked.
Randolph shuffled his feet.
"Why would you be mad," Elvis asked.
"Because she was going to be born to a loving father," Randolph admitted his envious side, "Dwight was only my surrogate father, but until I heard that Mum was pregnant with Mrs. Fieldmouse, I was jealous....she got to grow up and know her real father and her real father wasn't despised for cursing Mum with her birth."
"Oh, well, I guess that can be understandable," Elvis said.
"Times were dark if Mum found out who her real father was..." Randolph sighed and slowly shut his eyes, "that was since her father grew extremely protective...he allowed Dwight to be my father figure, but he lost his temper until he found out that Dwight would really become a father to a child that the Transylvanian king did not approve of..."
Rae hugged her son. "It's all over, they haven't found me yet, I was lucky to get out alive..."
"I thought vampires couldn't die," Jesse asked her.
"They can die by murder, not by nature," Rae explained, "let's say someone stabbed me in the chest and pierced my heart. That could murder me.....I didn't even want to try smoking before your uncle bit me, but after he gave me immortality, I tried it to relieve stress from my college days and since I can't die from cancer, I now do it regularly...but enough of the dark past, let's enjoy the beautiful day and bring Molly back home."
"Agreed," Lex grinned.
They all saw Professor Oak driving up to the mansion. He was followed by several other cars behind him. Professor Oak smiled and extended his hand out to wave to them, relieved that they were all safe and alive. And where he had a few facts for the Greenwood siblings and Mrs. Fieldmouse. The others waved back to show that they were there. Professor Oak, Lisa, Aipom and Satoshi grinned once they were all able to reunite with each other.
"This has been the biggest day ever! Could this day get any better," Elvis asked.
Molly had a small grin as she watched Professor Oak's car. She looked to the clouds and looked a little shocked at first. Then she grinned. "Thank you, Entei..." she whispered gratefully.
"What is this, Molly," Nadine asked her.
"Just...thanking an old friend," Molly explained with a grin.
"And I wish that he's thinking of you as well," Lex grinned.
Molly grinned and sighed as she looked at the clouds one last time.
As Team Rocket saw the police arrive, they became hesitant, but then calmed down as Nadine and the Greenwood siblings stood past them.
"Team Rocket," Officer Jenny folded her arms as soon as she saw the troublesome trio. "What's wrong? Too afraid to blast off again," she asked as a joke to how they were often defeated by Ash and his friends.
"First, they aren't working for that evil organization anymore and second, they are our friends now," Nadine warned her.
"Yes," Lex added.
Officer Jenny didn't look too sure.
"That's true," James fell to his knees and hugged her legs, almost weeping, "we want to be nice from now on!"
"I actually wanted to be nice after we first met these twer--I mean children..." Meowth added.
"We don't even want to take Pikachu anymore, being defeated many times got very old, besides, we're changed people," Jessie existed, "what do you say, Officer Jenny? Will you let us go?"
Officer Jenny raised a brow, but then sighed once she saw the children didn't let Team Rocket arrested. "Well...alright..." she eventually said, but looked to Jesse, Mrs. Fieldmouse, Elvis and Lex, "but they're your responsibility the next time you visit the Pokemon world."
"Yes, ma'am," the four children promised.
Teddyursa even came over to the three former Team Rocket members and grinned at them, trusting them. Jessie and James grinned back down to him. Then Teddyursa came to Meowth and hugged him.
"NO," Meowth strained. "Not a hug! I can't--" he waved his arms, but hugged him right back with a grin, "oh, Teddyursa, you're like so cute, man..."
The others laughed a little to this.
"I guess being nice from now on isn't going to be so hard," Meowth grinned.
"And best of all, you might even get more Pokemon friends without having to try to steal any," Pikachu grinned.
"You said it, Pikachu," Meowth grinned at his former enemy.
The two Pokemon shared another hug, Meowth was a little hesitant about hugging Pikachu at first due to the thunderbolt charges he had been faced with before. Professor Oak came out of his car with Lisa, Aipom and Satoshi. Ash, Nadine and Delia happily reunited with their father.
"Jesse, Lex, Elvis, Mrs. Fieldmouse, I have something for each of you," Professor Oak warned them.
"Oh, you do not need to give us anything, sir..." Mrs. Fieldmouse grinned apologetically.
"It's none of our birthdays..." Lex added.
Professor Oak chuckled. "No, just a special little reward."
The children grinned to him, each other, but turned back, looking hopeful and curious at what he wanted to give them. Then Professor Oak gave all four of them Pokeballs and each a Pokedex.
"Oh, I've always wanted one of these," Elvis grinned once he took the Pokedex and opened it up in emotion.
"These are where our Pokemon stay in, right," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked.
"That's right," Professor Oak warned her, "after a battle, it's nice to let your Pokemon rest, then if you conclude a battle, you should return it in the ball to let it rest up until your next one."
"Cool," all four of them exclaimed before using their Pokedex's on their own Pokemon before using on each other's Pokemon.
"I feel like a real Pokemon trainer now," Jesse chuckled.
"You guys are really doing grand facts, not just for yourselves, but for your family as well," Misty praised them.
"This is so awesome," Lex cheered before finding out Teddyursa's attack moves, "ooh."
The Pokemon ran and played together.
The news team arrived to conclude the long-running Greenfield report that went on for an extended period of days but could now eventually be all over.
"Wow, Teddyursa, you know how to use Dynamic Punch, Swift, Fury Swipes and Bulldozer," Lex said, amazed.
Teddyursa looked curious by what these moves were right now since he had just been born and all.
"Don't worry, we'll start your training later," Lex petted him on the head with a reassuring grin.
Teddyursa chuckled to her.
"I'm so glad that we all now have Pokeballs and Pokedexes," Elvis grinned.
"Yes, now we're real Pokemon trainers," Jesse agreed.
"Wait until we warn Mum and Dad," Lex added with a fond grin.
Mrs. Fieldmouse caught Misdreavus in the Pokeball, the ball shook a little at first, but then it clicked shut, keeping her Pokemon safe and secure. The Greenwood siblings returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs for a nice long rest.
"I hope it is not too cramped in there..." Mrs. Fieldmouse cooed once she put her Pokeball to her ear, shaking it a little to make sure Misdreavus would be alright.
"I assure you, they are not going to be cramped inside their Pokeballs," Professor Oak assured her.
"Promise," Mrs. Fieldmouse asked.
"I promise," Professor Oak promised.
Mrs. Fieldmouse grinned back at him. "Thank you very much, man."
"Um, what did she say," Ash asked.
"She thanked him," Rae translated her daughter's natural speaking language.
"Ohh," Ash said.
"We really need to learn how to speak French," Nadine said.
"If you think French is a hard language, try English," Mrs. Fieldmouse looked to them, "you English speakers have a very much confusing language barrier."
"She has a point," Randolph understood what she meant by that, especially with metaphors and expressions.
"English can be a little bit confusing at times," Jesse said.
"I think we should all go home and have a nice little victory dinner," Delia proposed.
"That's a wonderful idea, darling," Satoshi agreed.
"C'mon, guys" Ash warned Jesse, Lex and Elvis.
"Dinner sounds nice right about now," Lex grinned.
"Come along then," Satoshi chuckled.
Then the Greenwood siblings went with the Ketchum parents. Then Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy and the news team left the story after they wrapped up productions.
"C'mon, Mum," Randolph carried his trainer in his arms, "you've had a long day."
"Don't I know it," Rae glanced to her son.
"I think we all could use a nice relaxation," Mrs. Fieldmouse said.
"I concur," Rae agreed with her daughter.
Team Rocket left as well and they watched Molly, they had actually grown fond of the girl and they found that they could relate to her.
"Oh, hi there, little guy," Pumbaa said.
"I'm proud of you, boy," Timon said, "hello, cubbie. Coochie coochie coo. YEEEOOOWWW!!!"
Executive ProducersSHERYL STAMPS LEACHDENNIS DeSHAZER
Supervising ProducerJIM ROWLEY
Senior ProducerJEFF GITTLE
DirectorSTEPHEN FELDMAN
WriterDONNA COONER
Consulting ProducersLINDA HOUSTONBEN VAUGHN
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Production DesignerBOB LAVALLEE
Music DirectorJOE PHILLIPS
Cast:Barney's Voice • BOB WESTBarney's Costume • DAVID JOYNERMiss Etta Kette • BRICE ARMSTRONGScooter McNutty • TODD DUFFEY
Cast:Jeff • AUSTIN BALLCurtis • MONTE BLACKAshley • MONET CHANDLERKristen • SARA HICKMANTiger • SMASH THE CAT
Production ManagerCHARLOTTE SPIVEY
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Writing CoordinatorPERRI VERDINO-GATES
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA ODETTE ALBERTSON
Lighting DesignerKEN CRAIG
Lighting DirectorMURRAY CAMPBELL
Stage ManagerJENA ATCHISON
Post Production SupervisorBOB DAUBER
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
EditorMcKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID BOOTHE
Production AudioRON BALENTINE
Make-Up DesignJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Manager of Music ServicesLISA ARBUCKLE GREIF
Manager of Talent ServicesJULIE HUTCHINGS
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Original Barney, Baby Bopand BJ costumes byIRENE COREYDESIGN ASSOCIATES
"I Love You" lyrics byLEE BERNSTEIN (BMI)Melody Traditional© Shimbarah Music (BMI)
Produced by The Lyons Group andConnecticut Public Television
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutive in ChargeLARRY RIFKIN
Barney and the Backyard Gang™and Barney & Friends® wereoriginally developed bySHERYL LEACH,KATHY PARKERand DENNIS DeSHAZER.
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
Copyright © 2001 Lyons Partnership, L.P.All rights reserved.The names and characters Barney and BJ,"Barney & Friends" and the Barney and children logo areReg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. The name and characterBaby Bop are trademarks of Lyons Partnership, L.P.