FlamingRuby
The magic of Pokemon
Day 5, Morning
"Morning!" Ash called as Misty and Brock trudged down the stairs, both groggy eyed.
"Mrrgh..." was Misty's only reponse as she set Ami on the table and began feeding her.
"Unnngh..." Brock grunted in agreement.
Ash was puzzled. "Why are you guys so tired this morning?"
"Ami kept us up late crying..." Misty groaned.
"Note to self: Don't tell Ami scary stories before bedtime..." Brock sighed before lying his head on the table, using a towel as a pillow.
Ash looked over as Ami, who was happily scarfing down spoonfuls of cereal. "What kind of scary story did Brock tell you last night?"
"Ri ri rill!" and Ami threw a napkin over herself to illustrate her point. "Ooooh...."
"The one about a scary ghost?" Ash asked, pausing to remove the napkin from Ami befor she crashed into the cabinet, disoriented.
"Next time..." Misty cautioned. "Sing for her or tell her a happy story, okay?"
"Okay..." Brock yawned before changing positions.
Later, Ash relaxed on the couch, watching it rain. "I wish it wasn't raining...then we could go down to the lake and rent a sailboat..." he mused...until he felt the sensation of something climbing on him. "Huh?"
"Ril azu..." Ami sighed as she climbed up onto Ash's shoulder.
"You're bored? Then what would you like to do?" Ash smiled.
"Azu azu ri..." Ami replied.
"Go outside? Well we can't go outside right now, or we'd get all wet!" Ash laughed. At that moment, Ami burst out into a full volume wail.
"What's wrong?" Misty raced into the room, anxious about Ami's cries.
"She's bored..." Ash explained, setting some paper and a box of crayons before Ami. "There you go...you could draw pictures while we wait for the rain to stop..."
"Ril..." Ami set to work scribbling away at the paper.
"Pika pi..." Pikachu grabbed a stray yellow crayon and a piece of paper for himself, then began drawing a sun in one corner.
"Azu?" Ami asked, pointing at another yellow crayon.
"Pi..." Pikachu replied, offering Ami the yellow crayon he had been using...
"So, you gave them crayons and paper and that quieted her down?" Misty asked.
"Yeah...they've been coloring for the past hour now..." Ash mused. "That should've been more than enough time to give us time to relax."
"Well, Brock is in there sawing logs..." Misty laughed as she gestured to the bedroom, where some soft snoring could be heard inside.
"I would be tired too if I had to get up and check on Ami every three seconds..." Ash replied, getting up from his chair and starting towards the living room.
"I think I'll go watch TV..." Misty agreed. "Besides, the Pokemon will be busy drawing pretty pict-AUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!"
"What?" Ash raced over and looked inside the room, where Misty stood agape at the mural of crude drawings gracing the front wall.
"Rill?" Ami smiled, proud of her's and Pikachu's masterpiece.
"Pika pi pi chu, Pikachupi, pi Pipika..." Pikachu explained, gesturing to stick figures of Ash, Misty, and Brock standing in a grassy field with flowers dotting it. "Pika chu Pipi..." A stick figure of Ami was nearby, splashing in a small puddle.
"Azu Ri!" Ami grabbed some crayons and drew a stick figure Togepi in the stick figure Misty's hands.
"Chu...pika chu Pipipi..." Pikachu giggled as he drew a hat on the stick figure Ash's head.
"What's the matter?" Brock asked as he trooped down the stairs. "What...happened...here....oh my..."
"I'll get the soap while you put those two in time out!" Misty called as she rushed out.
Day 5, Afternoon
"Hungry?" Ash cooed to Ami as he put some groceries in the pantry.
"Rill..." Ami replied...hungrily admiring the meat, cheese, and candy going on the shelves.
"Well, Brock promised us that he'd make pizza for lunch...and that it'll be ready by the time you wake up from your nap, okay?"
"Azu..." Ami yawned as Ash carried her upstairs to the back room--where Brock was waiting, guitar in hand--and tucked her in.
"Misty says no silly songs, Mightyena howls or yodeling..." Ash cautioned as he left.
"I know..." Brock assured Ash, then turned his attention to Ami. "The story I want to tell you...is about a young mermaid--we'll call her Lina--who wished to see the human world..." he began as he tuned his guitar. "Although try as she might, her father forbid her to even look upon a human..."
"Azu ri rill?" Ami asked.
"Then what happened?" Brock smiled. "One night, a great ship sailed through the mermaid's cove, just as Lina surfaced to sit upon her favorite rock. She noticed all the humans aboard the ship, and was fascinated by their songs and dancing...but before she could swim up for a closer look, a terrible storm swept through, knocking one particular boy overboard!"
"Azu?" Ami asked.
"What did Lina do? She swam out and helped the boy, saving him from a watery fate." Brock continued, beginning to play a relaxing melody as he continued the story. "However, the boy was badly wounded, and Lina wanted to do something to help him...so she took his hand in hers and sang to him...her song went something like this..." and Brock slightly quickened his tempo as he began singing:
"A rolling wind blows from the sea in so many colors...
Rolling on, towards the shore and to the sky...
The song that I hear in my heart, as the bright sun rises...
Is a song, that I've known, since my youngest days!
The birds they fly, up to the sky, the breeze guiding them on to the east...
I...will follow them...I follow them on as a guide!
Seven seas together, they are paradise,
That will grant me peace in the midst of the storm
My broken spirit will rise again and will live forever just to say "I love you!"
The songs of seven countries will unite as one
Exactly as the dark night gives way to the dawn!
Everyone will leave their cares behind
And the greatest love of all, they won't forget!...."
Amazingly, Ami had fallen asleep just as Brock concluded the song. "Sweet dreams..." he whispered as he got up and left.
"...I got to the part about Lina singing, and right after I finished singing the song, Ami was out like a light!" Brock smiled as he spread sauce across the fresh pizza dough.
"Well, maybe you ought to invent more mermaid stories with a song in them!" Ash suggested. "Make up some friends for Lina!"
"Yeah, and make them sing too!" Misty agreed.
"Maybe I'll do that..." Brock mused. "But knowing Ami, she'll probably go to sleep right after the song!" With that, he set the first pizza pan in the oven.
"Morning!" Ash called as Misty and Brock trudged down the stairs, both groggy eyed.
"Mrrgh..." was Misty's only reponse as she set Ami on the table and began feeding her.
"Unnngh..." Brock grunted in agreement.
Ash was puzzled. "Why are you guys so tired this morning?"
"Ami kept us up late crying..." Misty groaned.
"Note to self: Don't tell Ami scary stories before bedtime..." Brock sighed before lying his head on the table, using a towel as a pillow.
Ash looked over as Ami, who was happily scarfing down spoonfuls of cereal. "What kind of scary story did Brock tell you last night?"
"Ri ri rill!" and Ami threw a napkin over herself to illustrate her point. "Ooooh...."
"The one about a scary ghost?" Ash asked, pausing to remove the napkin from Ami befor she crashed into the cabinet, disoriented.
"Next time..." Misty cautioned. "Sing for her or tell her a happy story, okay?"
"Okay..." Brock yawned before changing positions.
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Later, Ash relaxed on the couch, watching it rain. "I wish it wasn't raining...then we could go down to the lake and rent a sailboat..." he mused...until he felt the sensation of something climbing on him. "Huh?"
"Ril azu..." Ami sighed as she climbed up onto Ash's shoulder.
"You're bored? Then what would you like to do?" Ash smiled.
"Azu azu ri..." Ami replied.
"Go outside? Well we can't go outside right now, or we'd get all wet!" Ash laughed. At that moment, Ami burst out into a full volume wail.
"What's wrong?" Misty raced into the room, anxious about Ami's cries.
"She's bored..." Ash explained, setting some paper and a box of crayons before Ami. "There you go...you could draw pictures while we wait for the rain to stop..."
"Ril..." Ami set to work scribbling away at the paper.
"Pika pi..." Pikachu grabbed a stray yellow crayon and a piece of paper for himself, then began drawing a sun in one corner.
"Azu?" Ami asked, pointing at another yellow crayon.
"Pi..." Pikachu replied, offering Ami the yellow crayon he had been using...
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"So, you gave them crayons and paper and that quieted her down?" Misty asked.
"Yeah...they've been coloring for the past hour now..." Ash mused. "That should've been more than enough time to give us time to relax."
"Well, Brock is in there sawing logs..." Misty laughed as she gestured to the bedroom, where some soft snoring could be heard inside.
"I would be tired too if I had to get up and check on Ami every three seconds..." Ash replied, getting up from his chair and starting towards the living room.
"I think I'll go watch TV..." Misty agreed. "Besides, the Pokemon will be busy drawing pretty pict-AUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!"
"What?" Ash raced over and looked inside the room, where Misty stood agape at the mural of crude drawings gracing the front wall.
"Rill?" Ami smiled, proud of her's and Pikachu's masterpiece.
"Pika pi pi chu, Pikachupi, pi Pipika..." Pikachu explained, gesturing to stick figures of Ash, Misty, and Brock standing in a grassy field with flowers dotting it. "Pika chu Pipi..." A stick figure of Ami was nearby, splashing in a small puddle.
"Azu Ri!" Ami grabbed some crayons and drew a stick figure Togepi in the stick figure Misty's hands.
"Chu...pika chu Pipipi..." Pikachu giggled as he drew a hat on the stick figure Ash's head.
"What's the matter?" Brock asked as he trooped down the stairs. "What...happened...here....oh my..."
"I'll get the soap while you put those two in time out!" Misty called as she rushed out.
Day 5, Afternoon
"Hungry?" Ash cooed to Ami as he put some groceries in the pantry.
"Rill..." Ami replied...hungrily admiring the meat, cheese, and candy going on the shelves.
"Well, Brock promised us that he'd make pizza for lunch...and that it'll be ready by the time you wake up from your nap, okay?"
"Azu..." Ami yawned as Ash carried her upstairs to the back room--where Brock was waiting, guitar in hand--and tucked her in.
"Misty says no silly songs, Mightyena howls or yodeling..." Ash cautioned as he left.
"I know..." Brock assured Ash, then turned his attention to Ami. "The story I want to tell you...is about a young mermaid--we'll call her Lina--who wished to see the human world..." he began as he tuned his guitar. "Although try as she might, her father forbid her to even look upon a human..."
"Azu ri rill?" Ami asked.
"Then what happened?" Brock smiled. "One night, a great ship sailed through the mermaid's cove, just as Lina surfaced to sit upon her favorite rock. She noticed all the humans aboard the ship, and was fascinated by their songs and dancing...but before she could swim up for a closer look, a terrible storm swept through, knocking one particular boy overboard!"
"Azu?" Ami asked.
"What did Lina do? She swam out and helped the boy, saving him from a watery fate." Brock continued, beginning to play a relaxing melody as he continued the story. "However, the boy was badly wounded, and Lina wanted to do something to help him...so she took his hand in hers and sang to him...her song went something like this..." and Brock slightly quickened his tempo as he began singing:
"A rolling wind blows from the sea in so many colors...
Rolling on, towards the shore and to the sky...
The song that I hear in my heart, as the bright sun rises...
Is a song, that I've known, since my youngest days!
The birds they fly, up to the sky, the breeze guiding them on to the east...
I...will follow them...I follow them on as a guide!
Seven seas together, they are paradise,
That will grant me peace in the midst of the storm
My broken spirit will rise again and will live forever just to say "I love you!"
The songs of seven countries will unite as one
Exactly as the dark night gives way to the dawn!
Everyone will leave their cares behind
And the greatest love of all, they won't forget!...."
Amazingly, Ami had fallen asleep just as Brock concluded the song. "Sweet dreams..." he whispered as he got up and left.
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"...I got to the part about Lina singing, and right after I finished singing the song, Ami was out like a light!" Brock smiled as he spread sauce across the fresh pizza dough.
"Well, maybe you ought to invent more mermaid stories with a song in them!" Ash suggested. "Make up some friends for Lina!"
"Yeah, and make them sing too!" Misty agreed.
"Maybe I'll do that..." Brock mused. "But knowing Ami, she'll probably go to sleep right after the song!" With that, he set the first pizza pan in the oven.
