Misty Mermaid

he gang was now on their way to Viridian City, so Ash could obtain his eighth gym badge. He was presently polishing his seven gym badges. Tomo was playing with Pikachu and Growlithe and Brock was taking drinks from his water bottle. Misty was checking out her six Pokemon to see if they were all right. But Seel was looking a bit unhappy.
"Hey something's wrong with Seel." Misty said, worried.
Brock examined Seel.
"I think Seel wants to swim in something that's bigger than a fountain." He said.
"But we aren't anywhere near oceans or lakes." Misty said.
Then she had an idea.
"We can take Seel to the Cerulean Gym." 
"That's a good idea." Ash said. "If I recall correctly, it does have an enormous swimming pool."
"I'll contact my sisters and let them know that I'm coming home." Misty said.
So the gang headed out towards Cerulean City, before they went to Viridian City.
Misty was happy to see the Cerulean Gym again when they got there.
"It looks like my sisters have been taking good care of it." Misty said.
Just then Tomo saw a picture on a billboard.
"Look at that." He said. 
The poster was a picture of a mermaid with water type Pokemon surrounding her. 
"Looks like my sisters are putting on another one of their shows." Misty said. 
Ash took a good look at the mermaid.
"Hey Misty." He called out. "Doesn't that mermaid look just like you?"
Misty looked at the mermaid.
"I think you're right Ash." She said. 
When they entered the gym, Misty's sisters were happy to see her.
"Thank goodness you're here." Daisy said. 
"We thought you would never get here." Lily said.
"You made it just in time." Violet said. 
Misty was puzzled by this; they had never welcomed her home like this before. 
"Welcome back." They greeted Ash, Brock and Tomo as well. 
Misty went straight to the pool and released Seel. 
"There you go Seel." She said. "Enjoy swimming in there."
Two more Seel popped out of the water and greeted Misty's Seel. Misty saw all the other water type Pokemon were doing okay. She saw her Tentacruel swimming around with the two Tentacool she had captured, her Gyarados with three Magikarp, Cloyster with four Shellder, Seadra with Horsea, Vaporeon, Golduck with Psyduck, Seaking with three Goldeen, Kingler with two Krabbys, two Slowpokes and Lapras. To her surprise she saw three Poliwags with two Poliwhirls and two Poliwraths. 
"Some of the Poliwags I caught evolved." She smiled.
Just then her sisters came in. 
"Come on Misty." Daisy said. "We need to get ready."
"Ready for what?" Misty asked. 
"Our water show of course." Lily said. 
"I see." Misty said. "So what am I doing? And who's playing the mermaid?"
"You are Misty." Daisy, Lily and Violet said at the same time. Misty gasped.
"What?" 
Once in the lobby Daisy explained everything.
"The truth is." She said. "Our water shows aren't as popular as they used to be."
"That's right." Lily added. "The stadium has been nearly empty for a while."
"So we decided to try something new." Violet said. "We decided to do our shows underwater."
"And before you called us." Daisy said. "We decided to make you the star of our show."
"What? But I'm not a water ballerina." Misty protested. "And I can't believe you did this without my permission."
"Sorry Misty." Lily apologized. "But we already advertised you and the tickets are already selling out." 
"And the people will be disappointed if you don't do it." Violet said. "Not to mention our first performance is tomorrow."
Misty sighed; she didn't want to do this, but she knew that she couldn't refuse.
"Fine, I'll do it." She sighed. 
"Then let the rehearsals begin." Daisy cheered.
The underwater show was called 'The Magical Mermaid'. The story was that the mermaid was happily swimming with her water type Pokemon. Then two evil pirates grab her and demand she give them all her water type Pokemon. A handsome prince comes to save the day and he and the mermaid fall in love and they lived happily ever after with the water type Pokemon. Misty was the mermaid, Violet and Lily played the evil pirates and Daisy was the handsome prince. The four sisters spent the rest of the day getting everything ready for tomorrow. They rehearsed the whole show and got all the costumes and props ready.
The next day was the day of the performance. A big crowd of people had turned up to watch the show. Daisy, Lily and Violet were happy; this crowd was the biggest crowd they had ever seen. Ash, Brock and Tomo had seats too and Brock was looking after Togepi. Soon it was time for the show to begin. Daisy, who was taking the tickets, had pre-recorded her voice for the narration. Then the Cerulean Gym's enormous pool rose up from the floor to nearly all the way up to the ceiling; that way the audience could see what was happening underwater. The audience gasped at the clever effect. And then the show lights dimmed; it was now the start of the show.
"Once upon a time." Daisy's pre-recorded voice said. "There was a beautiful, peaceful lagoon that was home to all sorts of water type Pokemon."
A show light showed some of the Cerulean Gym's Pokemon. There was Misty's Seel, Horsea, three Magikarp, Seaking and three Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie, Squirtle, two Tentacool, a Slowpoke, a Krabby and three Shellder. The others were all in their Poke Balls. 
"These water type Pokemon were the best friends of the Magical Mermaid." A light shone on Misty, who was standing on a diving board. 
She jumped off the board and began dancing with Seel and the other water type Pokemon. The audience loved the performance so far.
"All day long, the Magical Mermaid would play with the water type Pokemon until late at night." Misty fell asleep inside a fake clam, while the water type Pokemon slept outside the clam. In the clam was a mouthpiece that could help Misty breathe and talk underwater.
Everything was going well, but that would soon change. Team Rocket had arrived and they were not only planning to steal the show, but all the water type Pokemon. They tied and gagged Lily and Violet and hid them in a locker. Then they dressed themselves up in pirate costumes and got ready for their cue.
"The Magical Mermaid and her water type Pokemon friends lived a peaceful, happy life." Daisy's pre-recorded voice said. "But one day two nasty pirates arrived to kidnap all the water type Pokemon." 
This was Lily and Violet's cue, but Team Rocket appeared on the diving board instead. Brock and Ash noticed them.
"Those three. Come on, we need to stop them." Ash said.
"You three stay here." He instructed Tomo, Growlithe and Togepi to remain in their seats. 
Then he and Brock ran to the stage to help. Jessie and James jumped into the pool and flung a net over some of the water type Pokemon. The Tentacool, the three Goldeen, Krabby and two Shellder were caught in the net.
"These water type Pokemon are now ours." Jessie said.
"Oh no you don't!" Misty shouted.
She grabbed the net to try and free the water type Pokemon, but Jessie and James were not giving the water type Pokemon up without a fight.
The audience were clapping and cheering loudly; they thought all of this was part of the show. Meowth, who disliked getting wet, stayed in the balloon that they brought through the roof of the gym.
"Just then a handsome prince came to save the day." Daisy's pre-recorded voice said. Daisy, who was now in her costume, was about to enter, when Ash and Brock ran past her. 
"Stay here Daisy." Brock insisted. "It's dangerous." 
Ash and Brock grabbed two mouthpieces and jumped into the pool. Daisy was confused about this, but she found Lily and Violet in the locker and realized that something was wrong.
Ash and Brock swam towards Misty. 
"We are here to help you." Ash said. 
Misty was happy to see Ash and Brock and turned to Team Rocket. 
"If you think that you are going to take my water pokemon, you're sadly mistaken." She said. "Squirtle, Starmie, Seaking and Seel I need your assistance." Squirtle, Starmie, Seaking and Seel got ready to fight. 
"Go Arbok." Jessie said. Arbok was ready to fight. The interesting thing was that Arbok could breathe underwater; even though it wasn't a water type Pokemon. James sent out Weezing, but Weezing wasn't able to breath underwater, so James quickly returned it. Arbok had to fight by itself. 
"Seel use Headbutt." Misty said. Seel butted Arbok with its horn. "Starmie and Squirtle use Tackle, Seaking use Horn Attack." The Pokemon hit Arbok with their attacks one by one. Jessie got frustrated.
"Poison Sting." Jessie told Arbok
That was a issue because Arbok's Poison Sting spread around the pool and hit everyone.
But then Slowpoke stopped Arbok with Disable. 
"Thanks Slowpoke." Misty said. "Now Seel use Aurora Beam and Squirte use Water Gun." Seel fired a rainbow colored beam at Arbok and Squirtle fired a stream of water at Arbok. A Shellder, that hadn't got caught in the net, swam up to Slowpoke and clamped onto its tail. When Shellder did that, Slowpoke started to evolve. It grew into a bigger version of itself, with a bigger tail. And then Seel and Squirtle started to evolve too and in a few seconds Seel had evolved into a bigger version of itself and Squirtle evolved into Wartortle. 
"Wow." Misty gasped. "Not only did Squirtle evolve into Wartortle, but Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro and Seel evolved into Dewgong." 
"That's amazing." Ash said. The audience went wild over the three evolutions. Even Misty's sisters went crazy.
Tomo had Ash's Pokedex with him and looked at Dewgong and Slowbro on it.
"Slowbro, the Hermit Crab Pokemon and the evolved form of Slowpoke. 
"Time to grab those Pokemon." Jessie said. "Let's go Arbok." 
"Quick Dewgong use Ice Beam." Misty said. Dewgong fired a stream of ice, freezing them all in a block of ice in the process. 
"Now for the grand finale." Misty said. "Slowbro send them flying with Psychic." Slowbro's eyes glowed blue and sent the frozen Team Rocket and Meowth blasting away with their balloon.
The audience clapped and cheered at the performance. Ash, Misty and Brock climbed onto a big rock that was in the pool and waved at the audience. 
"I hope that you enjoyed the show!" Misty shouted.
Ash, Brock and Misty met up with Daisy, Violet and Lily backstage. Tomo was there too. 
"Wow Misty." Daisy said. "Thanks to you, our shows are now popular again." 
"Yes and they're sold out for the next six months." Lily said. 
"And since you are leaving Misty, Lily and I will take turns playing the mermaid." Violet said. 
"Hey Misty." Daisy said. "Would you mind leaving Dewgong here?" 
"Huh?" Misty blinked.
"I think you should leave Dewgong at the gym." Brock said. "I mean it's happy being in the pool with the others."
"Oh very well." Misty sighed, handing Dewgong's Poke Ball to Daisy.
"Leave Wartortle and Starmie here too." Lily said. "Those two will be a big hit in our shows."
Misty gave Starmie and Wartortle to Lily as well taking some new Pokemon with her. So Misty's party was now Staryu, two Poliwag, Togepi, Psyduck and Goldeen.
Bidding farewell to Daisy, Violet and Lily, the gang left Cerulean City and headed southeast to Viridian City.