Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack's Sad Past/Going Through the Trench

*(Serena’s group, having themselves and Popple, Team Rocket, and the Fearsome Four already introducing each other and learning of their dreams already, continued to trek along down the Yellow Brick Road through the forest, but then they noticed a huge trench in the way with the other side very far away)*

Ash: What’s that trench?

*(Christopher realized what it is)*

Christopher: That’s Tamatoa’s lair below.

Peach, Daisy, Mario, Luigi, and Rockruff: Tamatoa?

Christopher: A giant crab-like monster. He is really greedy for anything that sparkles and treasure-like that he could get his claws on.

Popple: (Agreeing) He even prefers to be beautiful on the outside instead of on the inside.

Jessie: (Agreeing) Without a doubt.

*(Serena and the group then turned to Elise hopefully)*

Serena: Do you think you can fly us across, Elise?

Elise: Yeah. But I could only carry you guys one at a time.

Tiger: I can go first.

*(The group got surprised)*

Liquidator: That’s very brave of you, Tiger.

James: And I thought you were afraid.

Quackerjack: But shouldn’t ladies first be fair?

*(A short pause, then the group disagreed on the ladies first idea)*

Serena’s group: Nah.

*(Tiger seated with Elise on the broomstick and got ready to fly across. Suddenly, a gust of wind from the broomstick blew at the group, and the powerful gust knocked Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack down)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: Hey!

*(They recovered when upon patting themselves from the dirt….)*

Megavolt: What the…? Where is it?

Meowth: Where is it?

Quackerjack: Where is he?

*(The group got confused)*

Fender: Where’s what, your marbles?

Megavolt: No, my lucky charm!

Meowth: Along with my lucky charm!

Quackerjack: And my Mr. Banana Brain doll!

*(Noticing two gold locket-like charms and the Mr. Banana Brain doll on the ground, Serena picked them up. Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack noticed them and sighed in relief as Quackerjack accepted his Mr. Banana Brain doll back)*

Quackerjack: Thanks!

Meowth Megavolt: You found them!

Serena: No problem, but what’s the charm and doll about?

*(Meowth and Megavolt quickly snatched their charms back in embarrassment while Quackerjack got embarrassed)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: None of your business!

Quackerjack: (In high-pitched voice with Mr. Banana Brain) Don't ever ask that, mat.

*(Suddenly, just when they were gonna resume flying across, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack tripped on a rock on accident and dropped the charms and Mr. Banana Brain doll, making them roll quickly towards the trench, much to the three's horror and the group’s shock. They run after the three objects and tried to grab them until….)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: No, no, no, no!

*(But too late, the charms and Mr. Banana Brain doll fell deep into the darkness of the trench. Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack stared in disbelief and got sad as they collapsed on their knees)*

Megavolt: (Sadly) My charm was the only thing I had to remember her by….

Quackerjack: (Sadly) Same with Mr. Banana Brain for her....

Meowth: (Sadly) Even my charm for her....

*(The group got concerned for Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack and went up to them and sat next to them)*

Eevee: Who’s her?

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack just stayed quiet. Jessie and Popple then tried to cheer them up)*

Popple: It’s alright, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack.

Jessie: We’ll find you a new….

*(But they noticed Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack getting sadder)*

Jessie and Popple: Sorry.

Bushroot: They're just trying to help.

*(Pinocchio suddenly brightened up and tried to tickle them)*

Pinocchio: Here comes Mr. Tickle Monster to brighten up your day!

*(But that didn’t work either)*

Pinocchio: (Confused) That usually works.

*(He tried again)*

Pinocchio: Hey, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack!

*(He makes goofy faces with his fingers, but then stopped slowly when Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack still remained depressed)*

Jiminy: Pinocchio, something *has* to be bothering Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack.

Pikachu: That's without a doubt.

*(Serena and Elise then spoke up)*

Serena: Sorry about your charms.

Elise: And your Mr. Banana Brain doll. Serena and I bet they were really precious to you three, huh?

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Sadly) Yes, they were.

*(Wanting to cheer them up, Serena and Elise then tried to speak up)*

Serena: Just what’s going on?

Elise: What have the doll and charms do for you?

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack remained quiet)*

Serena: Meowth, Quackerjack, Sparky, why can't...?

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack finally snapped in anger, shocking Serena’s group while Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator remained calm, as if they knew Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack’s problems)*

Megavolt: Don't call me "Sparky!" And you have no idea what it’s like to lose someone when you’re little!

Quackerjack: That's right!

Meowth: So drop it!

*(The three crossed their arms in anger. Serena’s group remained silent and confused. Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack looked at Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator and got agitated when they gave the three an annoyed “I insist you tell them” look)*

Quackerjack: What's with those looks?!

Megavolt: Don’t give us those looks!

Meowth: So stop that!

*(They still stared with that look. Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack then melted their anger away and finally confessed)*

Megavolt: Those charms and that doll were a dedication for our late mothers.

Quackerjack: They died on separate days.

Meowth: Yeah.

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack went glum immediately)*

Elise: How did your mothers die?

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack sighed sadly)*

Megavolt: Mine died from tuberculosis.

Meowth and Quackerjack: And mine from cancer.

*(The group looked at Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator)*

Fievel: Tuberculosis?

Eevee: Cancer?

*(Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator nodded in agreement)*

Popple: Yeah.

Liquidator: Tuberculosis is a deadly lung disease that makes you cough up blood from your lungs from too much drug addiction.

Bushroot: Megavolt's mother really did try to quit.

James: But the consequences....

Jessie: She got it.

*(Megavolt nodded sadly in agreement)*

Megavolt: Quackerjack and I were children and Meowth was a kitten then. The last thing she said to me was to get a chocolate cream pie for her, because she and I loved chocolate.

*(Serena got surprised)*

Serena: Chocolate cream pie?

Lillipup: Did you get it for her?

Megavolt: Yes. But by the time I got back….

*(He sighed sadly)*

Megavolt: She was gone already.

Ash: When did that happen when you were little?

Megavolt: Around the middle of June, a week after my sixth birthday.

*(They looked at Meowth and Quackerjack, and they explained his side as well)*

Quackerjack: My mother died from stage four cancer in her throat. When I was eight years old. And as she died, she gave me Mr. Banana Brain as my belated eighth birthday gift. And just when she died, we shared a chocolate cream pie of our own as well.

Meowth: My mother died from a stage four cancer in her leg when I was a kitten. And she, too, ate a chocolate cream pie with me before she died.

*(Feeling sorry with the group, Serena then spoke up)*

Serena: Sorry to hear that. It’s just that we were planning on having a bite to eat when we rest upon reaching the other side.

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack got confused)*

Megavolt: What kind of food?

Quackerjack: Something delicious?

Meowth: Name them.

Serena: Apples, chocolate chip cookies, potato chips, sandwiches, and yes, three slices of chocolate cream pie.

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack didn’t react to that)*

Serena: Bet you don’t want the slices, huh?

Megavolt: Actually, I still love to eat a chocolate cream pie slice at times when depressed, especially when I remember my mother.

Quackerjack: So do I.

Meowth: Meowth three.

*(Realizing Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack aren’t scarred by the chocolate cream pie incident, the group calmly got relieved)*

Popple: Then go ahead and eat those slices.

Jessie: If you're hungry.

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack looked in calm surprise)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: Right now?

*(Serena nods in agreement)*

Serena: I’m sure you'll always keep your mothers in your memory.

*(She pulls the three slices of chocolate cream pie out of her backpack and after removing the plastic wraps, held them out to Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack)*

Megavolt: That looks delicious.

Meowth: And chocolatey.

Quackerjack: Mouth-watering even.

Serena: I wish I shouldn’t mention it, but….

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Guessing) Your mother made them?

*(Serena nods sadly with a smile)*

Serena: Yeah.

*(She changes the subject)*

Serena: Anyway, go ahead and eat them.

*(Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerack took their own slice gently as Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator looked at Serena in confusion)*

Bushroot: Are you sure giving them a slice of pie of their own will…?

Ash: That’s what they say cheers them up.

Popple: Really?

Jessie: Bad idea.

James: It might not work.

Liquidator: But what if...?

Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee: Don't worry

Kaya: (To Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator) Never doubt Serena or us. *(To Serena)* Right?

*(Serena nods at Kaya in agreement. Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack looked at Serena in silence, then they sighed sadly while looking at their own slice they’re holding. Then they both took a bite on their own slice, chewed, and then swallowed. They narrowed at Serena sadly)*

Megavolt: It is delicious.

Quackerjack: Just like how she made them.

Meowth: Yeah.

*(They then took another bite of their own and ate them as well. Then after their own third bite, chewing, and swallowing, tears flooded their eyes and spilled out of their eyes, much to the group’s calm concern. Despite fighting the urge to cry, they finished their own slices off and swallowed them as more tears streamed down. Suddenly, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack started to cry their eyes out, letting their bottled emotions out)*

Bushroot: (To Serena in concern) That pie trick didn’t work.

Jessie and James: We told you.

Liquidator: We knew that'll....

*(As Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack continued to cry, Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Elise then hugged them respectively in comfort while Lillipup and Eevee nuzzled them in comfort and Pikachu, Glameow, Bushroot, and Popple patted them on the back, surprising them, despite that they’re still crying)*

Elise: There, there, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack.

Ash: We’ll just brave that trench instead and get your charms and Mr. Banana Brain back.

*(The group and even a sympathetic Tiger agreed)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Crying) Thank you.

Megavolt: (Crying) And actually, Bushroot and Liquidator are wrong. *(Sniffles)* Meowth, Quackerjack, and I are starting to feel better from those pie slices.

Meowth: (Crying) He's right. *(Sniffles)* It never felt so good!

Quackerjack: (Crying) Even if we are crying, *(Sniffles)* it really brought back happy memories of our mothers!

*(They sobbed some more as they hugged Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Elise back respectively. After their crying calmed down and they began wiping tears away with their hands while sniffling, Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator suddenly got surprised calmly, seeing Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack starting to feel better. Serena then pulled a light blue handkerchief out of her overshirt-like vest pocket and gently wiped Meowth's tears away from his eyes. Even Ash and Kaya held their cyan and light pink handkerchiefs respectively from their shorts pockets and held them out)*

Ash: Here.

Kaya: Go ahead and blow.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack calmly accepted the handkerchiefs and blew their noses on them. Afterwards, they wiped the last of their tears away from their own eyes with them and were about to hand them back to Ash and Kaya while Serena finished wiping Meowth's tears away, but Ash and Kaya stopped them politely)*

Ash: (Smiles) No, it's alright actually, you keep them. You need them more than us.

Kaya: (Smiles) Exactly.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack smiled softly at the offer)*

Megavolt: Okay.

Quackerjack: That's very kind of you.

Megavolt and Quackerjack: Thanks.

*(Megavolt and Quackerjack then put their newly-acquired handkerchiefs in Megavolt's jumpsuit pocket and Quackerjack's pants pocket)*

Serena: Feel better?

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Slowly cheering up) Yeah....

*(They get up, feeling better already as Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator watched in surprise)*

Megavolt: I feel better already.

Quackerjack: Me too.

Meowth: Meowth three.

*(Then they went back to being happy again)*

Megavolt: Let’s brave that trench, find mine and Meowth's lucky charms and Quackerjack's Mr. Banana Brain....

Meowth: And get to the other side!

Quackerjack: That we guarantee!

*(They walk away to find the way down. Jessie, James, Popple, Bushroot, and Liquidator then turned to the group in confusion while Serena puts her handkerchief away in her overshirt-like vest pocket)*

Popple: Wow.

James: One minute they were depressed, and then they cried their eyes out.

Jessie: And now they’re happy again.

*(Popple turned to Peach)*

Popple: How were you able to do that?

Bushroot: Without upsetting them more?

Serena: I did it with Ash and Kaya after their granny passed away.

*(The group looked at Ash and Kaya in surprise)*

Liquidator: Is that true?

James: Cross your heart?

*(Ash and Kaya nods)*

Ash and Kaya: Yeah.

Liquidator: (Impressed, to Serena, Ash, and Kaya) Wow. You three are like professional psychiatrists, cheering them up.

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: Thank you.

Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee: They know how to cheer people up.

*(Suddenly, Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack called out to them)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: Hey, guys!

Meowth: Come here!

Megavolt: We found the way down!

*(They went over to him and saw a staircase leading down to the trench. The group became impressed)*

Popple: Good job, you guys.

Jessie: Not bad.

*(The group piped their congrats as well)*

Meowth, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: Thanks.

*(They then walked down cautiously, entering the trench. They looked around carefully, avoiding strange-looking coral and jumped across streams. Suddenly, they see a dragonfly fly by and suddenly a tongue of an eel snatched the dragonfly into its mouth and ate it, much to their discomfort)*

Tiger: Um, maybe we should’ve not lost Meowth and Megavolt’s charms and Quackerjack's doll and fly across instead.

*(He chuckles nervously a bit)*

Fievel: Don’t be scared, Tiger. We’ll find them and get out of here.

*(Realizing Fievel’s right, Tiger then took a deep breath and the group continued on. Suddenly, they noticed a ball of light floating in the air)*

Serena’s group: Whoa….

Lillipup: It’s so…. Pretty.

Bushroot: I feel…. Happy.

*(Fender and Pikachu reached his index finger towards the ball of light)*

Fender: I want to touch it.

Pikachu: Me too, Fender.

*(Suddenly, they touched it and the light moved a few inches. Suddenly, it started to move slowly away from them and the group playfully followed it slowly)*

Eevee: We’re gonna get ya!

Popple: Hey, come back here.

Kaya: We’re gonna get ya!

Glameow: (Sing-song) I wanna be your best friend.

*(The light suddenly stopped and they caught up with it. At first, they didn’t notice some menacing sharp teeth silently curling its lips at them. They giggled a bit at the light at first, but then noticed the teeth upon hearing a quiet growl)*

Bushroot: Good feelings are gone.

*(Suddenly, the body where the lips came from lit up by the light, revealing itself to be a giant flying, yet blind, angler fish. The group screamed a bit and quickly ran away just when the angler fish bit at them. They ran as quick as they can, when they see something in the distance)*

Kaya: What is that?

Christopher: That must be Tamatoa’s place!

*(Getting it, the group quickly ran and secretly took shelter in Tamatoa’s lair, which is a giant clamshell, causing the angler fish to search around clueless like and then fly away. The coast all clear, the group sighed in relief and noticed a huge pile of gold and treasure in the clamshell)*

***Coming up: Serena’s group awakens Tamatoa while getting Meowth and Megavolt’s lucky charms and Quackerjack's Mr. Banana Brain doll back as part of a distraction and just when Serena nearly gets eaten, she rescues herself with her group's help and escape, when they realize they made a mistake, accidentally forgetting four certain companions in the form of Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow.***