Misty and the Togepi Paradise

Today was a exciting day for Ash, Tomo and Brock. Misty was spending a few days in the Hoenn Region.

"I can't wait to see Misty again." Tomo said.

"I know, it's been a while." Ash replied.

May and Max couldn't wait to meet Misty either; they had heard about Misty from the others.

At that moment Misty and Togepi ran up.

Misty was wearing a yellow sleeveless top with a large blue button on the front and matching shorts along with short pale and burnt orange ankle boots.

"Hi Ash, Tomo, Brock. How have you guys been?" Misty asked.

"Great thank you Misty." Ash said. "I see that you have been well too."

May and Max greeted Misty next and introduced themselves.

"So how have you been Misty as the new leader of the Cerulean Gym?" Brock asked.

"Busy, all the gym leader work is left to me." Misty said.

"Well I've heard that you do a better job as a gym leader than your sisters." Ash noted. "It says on the internet that everyone in Kanto loves to challenge you."

"It is true; I am a way better water type Pokemon trainer than my sisters are." Misty said.

"So Misty, have you been getting any new water type Pokemon lately?" Tomo asked.

"Actually I have." Misty said.

She told them about the time when she caught two Sharpedo and eight Carvanha. Then she told them she caught a Pelipper and two Wingull a few weeks ago and that her Azumarill had five baby Azurill.

"And a few days ago I caught my own Luvdisc and a Relicanth."

"That's cool, because I have a Relicanth too." Brock said.

"And let me tell you something." Misty said. "My sisters got some Pokemon as birthday presents from their fans."

(Flashback)

A few weeks after Misty's sisters came back from their world tour vacation, it was their birthday and they got lots of presents from their fans. Aside from the usual beautiful clothes, make up, accessories, jewelry and even new cars. Daisy, Violet and Lily got Hoenn Region water type Pokemon from the fans. Daisy got a Milotic with three Feebas and five pink Pokemon that looked like hearts called Luvdisc. Violet got three Lotad, four Lombre and five Wailmer. And Lily got a Crawdaunt with two Corphish, a Whiscash and six Barboach. So the gym got plenty of new water type Pokemon.

(End flashback)

"Wow that is a lot of good water type Pokemon." Ash said.

"Let me tell you Daisy went mental over how beautiful Milotic was." Misty said. "And Violet hopes that one of her Wailmer will evolve into Wailord because she wants to use a Wailord in a movie someday. My sisters have becoming actress models."

"Well I doubt you'll be able to keep a Wailord in the Cerulean Gym's pool." Brock chuckled. "We've seen Wailord before. They're enormous."

"I know." Misty said. "But Violet said it would be great to use in the ocean."

"So Misty, what brings you to the Hoenn Region?" Ash asked.

Misty explained that she got an invitation to a festival for Togepi trainers.

"Why wasn't I invited?" Ash asked. "I've got a Togetic and Togetic is Togepi's evolved form."

"Maybe it's just for Togepi." Brock said.

Misty led the others to a hotel, where the Togepi festival was supposed to be held.

"Will we be able to get in?" May asked.

"Don't worry." Misty said. "There was no rule on the invitation that said I wasn't allowed to bring guests, so you guys can come as my guests."

Suddenly two priest-looking people arrived, dressed in clothing with triangular marks, appeared. They took Misty and Togepi into the hotel, ignoring the others.

"They ignored us. I don't like what's going on right now." Ash muttered out loud.

The hotel was actually a blimp and the priests were Jessie and James and what they had done was abduct Misty and Togepi.

Ash and the others saw what just happened from outside the blimp and grabbed a hold of it then entered it before it took off.

"Phew that was close."

"I wonder where this blimp is going?" May asked.

"I don't know, but wherever we're going we better be ready." Ash declared.

The blimp flew over a desert and mountain, until at last it arrived at a kingdom. After it landed, Jessie and James who were still wearing their disguises led Misty out of the blimp.

"Welcome to the Mirage Kingdom." James said.

Just then the gang left the blimp and ran over to Misty.

"Lose the disguises Team Rocket!" Ash shouted.

Jessie and James did before demanding Misty hand Togepi over to them.

"There is no way that I am going to give my Togepi to you!" Misty shouted.

"All right then we'll take it from you." Meowth said.

Meowth was just about to steal Togepi, but he was held back by an elderly man. This man was wearing a dark purple uniform and he had a big mustache.

"I ordered you to bring me a Togepi, not a bunch of trainers." The man told Team Rocket.

"Sorry sir, but they followed the red-haired girl." Jessie said.

The man identified himself as Colonel Hansen and he ordered Misty to give her Togepi to him. Misty refused. Hansen didn't take no for an answer and he called forth three bug type Pokemon that looked like big flies.

"That man has a Shedinja and two Ninjask." Max said.

Misty started to freak out because of her entomophobia. Ash knew Hansen was trouble so he instructed May and Max to take Misty away while he, Tomo and Brock fought Hansen's Pokemon.

Hansen ordered his Shedinja to follow May, Max and Misty and his Ninjask to attack the boys. Ash had his Latias use Thunderbolt, Tomo ordered Growlithe to use Flamethrower and Brock released Mudkip commanding it to use to use Water Gun. Meanwhile May, Max and Misty were trying to find a safe place, but Shedinja found them. Despite being afraid of bug type Pokemon, Misty was eager to protect Togepi. She sent Corsola out and ordered it to attack Shedinja with Spike Cannon, but Shedinja wasn't affected by it.

"Shedinja is a bug/ghost type." Max said. "So normal type attacks are useless against it. It also has the Wonder Guard ability which grants it immunity to non super-effective moves."

Shedinja fired a Solar Beam from it's white halo and Misty, May and Max were knocked off their feet, while Togepi was flung out of Misty's arms.

"Togepi!" Misty shouted.

A injured Togepi wound up in a rose garden and then a pretty young princess in a blue gown found her. When the girl saw Togepi, she had a big smile on her face and picked Togepi up out of the fountain. Then she called out to a woman named Miranda and showed her the Togepi.

"That's wonderful Princess Sara." Miranda said. "I must tell your parents right away."

While Miranda went to tell Sara's parents, Sara cared for Togepi's injuries in the palace. The king and queen were happy for Sara for finding a Togepi.

"It's wonderful that you found a Togepi Sara." The queen said. "And it couldn't have happened at a better time. Your crowning ceremony is tomorrow."

The king and Miranda agreed. It seemed Togepi was an important part of Sara being crowned queen.

Suddenly Misty, May and Max entered the palace.

"I'm here Togepi." Misty said.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" Miranda asked.

"I'm Togepi's trainer and I want my Togepi back." Misty said.

Togepi started to squirm in Sara's arms, happy to see Misty and Sara realized that this Togepi was Misty's.

Just then Hansen came into the room.

"It's you again." May said.

"Pardon me, your majesty." Hansen told the king. "These people are intruders."

"That's not true!" Misty argued. "You had us brought here in the first place."

"Yeah, and you demanded Misty give her Togepi to you." May added.

The king realized something was up and angrily ordered Hansen to leave the room.

Ash, Brock and Tomo entered the room a few minutes later. The king apologized to the gang.

"Hansen has been causing problems in the kingdom." He said. "And I fear he was trying to take your Togepi to plot against me and my family. You six must leave the kingdom at once. I will send transport for you right away."

"We're not leaving just yet." Ash said. "Not until we find out why Hansen wants Misty's Togepi."

"I agree with Ash." Misty added. "As Togepi's trainer I want to know what's going on please."

Princess Sara and Miranda explained everything to the gang. The Mirage Kingdom worshiped Togepi as their guardian Pokemon for liberty and peace. Ever since the beginning of the Mirage Kingdom, the heir to the throne of the Mirage Kingdom had an important duty and quest to find a Togepi before he or she could take the place as the new ruler of the Mirage Kingdom.

"Sara's father found a Togepi before he became ruler of the Mirage Kingdom." Miranda said. "And that Togepi proved that Sara's father had the right to the throne."

"I was to be crowned as the new queen of the Mirage Kingdom in a ceremony in the Togepi temple tomorrow." Sara said. "But I have not found my own Togepi and without a Togepi my crowning ceremony cannot be performed."

"So that's why Hansen tried to take my Togepi." Misty said. "He wants to use my Togepi to become king of the Mirage Kingdom."

"The only problem is, he has no right to the throne." Ash said. "Especially considering he's not even a heir to the throne."

"You're correct." Miranda agreed with him. "Only Sara is a heir to the throne."

"You all must leave the Mirage Kingdom at once." Sara said. "I know Hansen will stop at nothing to take your Togepi, so you must go before any more trouble happens."

The gang wanted to stay and help, but Sara had made up her mind and she begged them to leave as soon as possible.

Suddenly everyone saw a mirage of the Togepi temple in the sky. Togepi somehow flew out of Misty's arms and stared at the mirage temple. Suddenly Hansen's Shedinja showed up and started to use Solar Beam. Hansen and Team Rocket then arrived a few seconds later.

"Surrender and hand over the Togepi." Hansen demanded.

"I will never give my Togepi to someone like you!" Misty shouted.

Hansen wouldn't accept that answer and ordered his Shedinja to use Solar Beam again.

Ash ordered Latias to use Thunderbolt and the two attacks collided.

Not wanting to give up, Hansen ordered both his Ninjask to use Hyper Beam and he ordered Shedinja to use Solar Beam again. Suddenly Togepi started to use Safeguard and protected everyone from the attacks. Just then a sort of doorway on the mirage Togepi temple opened and then Sara, Miranda and the gang were sucked into the doorway.

"Hey where did they go?" Meowth asked.

Hansen wasn't concerned about their disappearance.

"Follow me." He instructed.

Jessie, James and Meowth did as they were ordered.

Princess Sara, Miranda and the gang ended up in some sort of beautiful paradise garden.

"This is the Togepi Paradise where the Togepi live." Miranda said. "I came here once before with Sara's father. The Mirage Kingdom protects the Togepi Paradise and the Togepi Paradise protects the kingdom in return. But it's changed since I was last here."

Lots of the trees were dead and most of the grass and flowers were wilted. Togepi flew over the paradise and found a dozen wild Togepi, but they were really weak.

"Why are all of these Togepi really weak?" Misty asked. "Isn't this their paradise?"

"I might have the answer." Ash responded. "Togepi and it's evolved forms Togetic and Togekiss store energy when they are around happy and kind-hearted people, but if they're near bad people their energy disappears. That's the reason these Togepi are weak. Hansen taking the throne by force is the reason the paradise looks like this."

"I agree." Miranda nodded. "Hansen has to be stopped. Otherwise this paradise will be completely destroyed."

Outside the paradise, Hansen and Team Rocket were standing outside the temple where the archway to the opening of the Togepi Paradise was. Hansen ordered his Ninjask and Shedinja to attack the archway with Solar Beam and Hyper Beam. When they did that, the opening to the Togepi Paradise revealed itself. Togepi and the humans heard the commotion and saw what was happening inside the paradise. Togepi went through the opening to prevent Hansen from damaging the paradise any more. Ash tried to get through to help Togepi, but the opening was blocked and Ash couldn't get through. When Hansen saw Togepi, he ordered his Ninjask to attack Togepi with X-Scissor. Togepi was struck by the attacks and fainted.

"Now I can claim my right to the throne." Hansen laughed, picking Togepi up.

Sara, Miranda and the gang saw what had happened and were not happy with it. Misty and Ash tried to get through the opening again but it still blocked them. The paradise Togepi saw the situation and opened up the door for them. Everyone was soon back in the Mirage Kingdom.

In the palace Hansen was confronting the king and queen.

"This Togepi belongs to me, so you will now surrender the crown." Hansen said.

"That Togepi belongs to Misty, not you Hansen." The king replied.

"Not anymore." Hansen argued. "It's mine now and so you have no choice but to hand the throne over to me."

Team Rocket and some of Hansen's men, who were also traitors, arrested the king and queen.

At the same time Sara, Miranda and the gang were thinking about what do with Hansen.

"We need to watch out for the two Ninjask and Shedinja." Max said. "Those three are strong, especially Shedinja."

"You can leave them to me and Growlithe." Tomo said. "Growlithe will easily burn those bugs."

Growlithe barked in agreement.

Just then the kingdom got an announcement about Colonel Hansen becoming the new king of the Mirage Kingdom. Sara was worried about her parents.

"We're going make Hansen regret this." Ash declared. "Time for us to split up. We'll find Hansen and Togepi."

He looked at Misty, Tomo, May and Sara.

"The rest of you look for the king and queen."

The two groups went in separate directions.

Jessie, James and Meowth were angrily walking down the street. After helping Hansen take the throne, they had asked Hansen about their payment because they were promised a lot of money. But Hansen refused to pay them and sent them flying. Team Rocket was outraged with this betrayal and vowed to get even. Their chance for revenge soon came; they heard Brock, Miranda and Max talking about finding the king and queen. So this was their chance for some payback. They disguised themselves as fortunetellers and guided them to the king and queen's location in the dungeon.

"The twerps can deal with Hansen for us." Meowth muttered.

Meanwhile Hansen crowned himself king thanks to Misty's Togepi and then he planned to have Togepi open up the Togepi Paradise so that he could take over the paradise.

There was then a explosion after the doors were punched off their hinges.

"You have something we want." Ash growled. "And we're not leaving until we get it back."

If the Colonel wanted to do it the hard way, that was fine with him.

"This has gone on long enough Hansen." He ignored Sara and ordered his two Ninjask to attack.

Tomo quickly ordered Growlithe to use Fire Blast and the Ninjask were knocked out. Hansen ordered his Shedinja to use Solar Beam. Growlithe was about to go on the offensive, but he didn't need to.

A bright shield appeared and protected Sara and the gang from the attack.

"Safeguard." Ash said. "But where did it come from?"

The Safeguard came from the paradise Togepi; they knew that their friend was in trouble and Hansen was a terrible man, so they had come to help. They had started to use Metronome.

"No, you must go back to the paradise." Sara said, worried about the wild Togepi.

The Metronome became an attack that helped Misty's Togepi recover. Togepi used Safeguard to free herself from Hansen's arms. Suddenly she started to glow and evolved into Togetic. Misty was relieved that her Togetic was okay now. Togetic and the wild Togepi turned to Hansen to fight. Hansen wasn't willing to give up.

"I will capture all of you." He decided.

His Shedinja used Solar Beam again, but Togetic and the Togepi used Safeguard to block it. Misty stepped up to help Togetic; she had enough of this. She pulled out a Poke Ball and called out her Gyarados.

"Ha a water type Pokemon won't do anything against my Shedinja." Hansen laughed.

"Whoever said I was going to use a water type attack." Misty countered. "Use Flamethrower Gyarados."

This surprised Hansen. Gyarados' Flamethrower struck Shedinja making it faint.

"Hey Misty." Ash said. "Does Gyarados know Thunderbolt as well?"

"Yes." Misty smiled.

Hansen was not happy with this. Suddenly the king and queen, with their guards, arrived. Miranda, Max and Brock successfully located them.

"Hansen, you're finished." He said. "Guards, seize him."

The guards quickly surrounded Hansen and he immediately surrendered, knowing he had lost. The guards escorted Hansen to the dungeons for his betrayal of the kingdom.

Team Rocket saw Hansen being led away.

"Serves him right." James commented.

"Yeah that should teach him not to double cross again." Meowth said.

"The best part is we're off scot-free." Jessie added.

Team Rocket left the kingdom before anyone noticed them.

After Hansen's defeat, the wild Togepi started to go back to the Togepi paradise. Togetic spoke to Misty; she wanted to stay behind.

"I understand." Sara said. "Togetic is afraid that someone evil may rise up and put the Togepi paradise in danger again. So you want to stay and protect the wild Togepi, right Togetic?"

Togetic nodded yes. Misty understood this and agreed to let Togetic stay.

"Togetic." She said. "You and I have been together for a long time now and I will never forget those times. You be a great guardian for the Togepi paradise and protect it and the Mirage Kingdom, okay? And don't you forget about me either, alright?"

Togetic smiled yes. She and Misty tearfully hugged each other and said goodbye, then Togetic went into the Togepi paradise with the wild Togepi. Ash, Brock, Tomo, May and Max said goodbye to Togetic too. Misty was sad having to release Togetic, but her memories of Togepi and Togetic would always be in her heart.

"Misty I promise you that I will always protect the Togepi paradise even if I'm not crowned queen." Sara said.

Just then Sara saw a Togepi at her side.

"Why didn't you go with the others?" Sara asked Togepi.

"Hang on. I think this is the Togepi you were supposed to find Sara." Misty said.

The Togepi jumped into Sara's arms; this meant that Sara had finally found her Togepi.

"Now nothing will stop your crowning ceremony princess." Miranda happily said.

Sara hugged her new Togepi and thanked everyone.

And so the Mirage Kingdom and Togepi Paradise were safe. Princess Sara became the new queen of the Mirage Kingdom and Togetic became the official protected of the Togepi Paradise. Misty and the others decided it was now time for them to leave, so they left the Mirage Kingdom. After leaving the Mirage Kingdom, Misty decided it was now time for her to return to the Cerulean Gym in Kanto.

"Do your best in the Hoenn League and contests Ash." Misty said. "And you do well in the contests too May."

"And you do well in your gym battles Misty." Ash said back.

So Misty said goodbye to the others and went back to Cerulean City while the gang continued onward to Fallabor Town.