Legends on Earth: Chapter 4

A/N: Thanks again for the reviews and such. Hope you like this chapter. From this point on, I'll mostly be using the "human" names for them. Hope that's okay with everyone.

Disclaimer: In no way could I own Pokémon.


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Legends on Earth: Chapter Four: Mattle DamAsh
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Mattle woke up just as the sun was creeping in the window. She looked around the Pokémon Center’s hotel-like room that she and Ash were sharing. As she got up, she saw that Ash and Pikachu were still asleep. Walking quietly, so as not to wake them, she made her way to the other side of the room where the connecting bathroom was. As she was about to open the door, she heard something behind her. Looking back she saw Pikachu standing there with a smile.

“Chaa!” Pikachu said cheerfully.

“Shh! Be quiet Pikachu!” she whispered.

“Pika?”

“Just, go back to sleep, okay?” Mattle said as she went into the bathroom and closed the door. Inside, she changed into the new clothes that Ash had bought for her. She now wore a knee-length yellow-gold skirt and a light green T-shirt. Ash had told her that the clothes brought out her eyes, which produced an odd burning feeling in her cheeks. She wasn’t sure why that had happened, but she trusted Ash’s opinion so she got the clothes. Returning to the main room, she was surprised to see Ash standing there.

“Well you’re up early,” he said with a smile. “When Pikachu woke me up and I saw that you weren’t in your bed, I was almost afraid something had happened to you.”

“Thank you, but I’m okay.”

“I can see that. So, you want to get breakfast or something?”

Mattle hesitated. She was afraid that if she stayed with Ash too long, she wouldn’t want to leave him.

“You don’t want to be with me, do you?” Ash asked before she had a chance to respond.

“No, it’s not that!” she replied anxiously, “It’s just that…”

“What?”

“I… I don’t want you to get hurt.” Mattle looked down, her eyes watering.

Ash laughed. “Now, why would I get hurt?”

“Because that’s what you do. You run in to help not caring about what happens to yourself. That aspect of your personality is admirable, but it’s what gets you in danger. I can’t be the one to put you in that danger.” The water in her eyes was beginning to form into tears. She didn’t want to cry. She wanted to show Ash that she was as brave as he was, but her emotions were harder to control in her new body.

“What? I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Ash couldn’t understand why she was so emotional.

“Ash… there’s something I need to tell you,” she said quietly, making up her mind, “You know that ho-oh you saw when you first started your pokémon journey?”

“Hey! How can you know that?! Have you been stalking me?!” Ash’s voice was getting louder which was making Mattle feel worse.

She pushed back her tears and responded, “No! Ash, look in your heart. Can’t you tell? Can’t you tell who I am?”

“What do you mean?”

“Please, Ash, just do it.” She looked into his dark eyes and hoped he would understand.

“Alright, if you insist,” Ash said.

He closed his eyes and started to think. His thoughts ended up on Ho-oh and the feeling he got when he saw it. Opening his eyes, he looked into hers, which were red from her trying to wipe away the tears before they could fall. Looking into those eyes, he got that same feeling. Although he didn’t understand what it was, he knew what it meant.

“Wait, so you’re Ho-oh?” he said in shock.

“In the human flesh, unfortunately.” Mattle replied, putting on a weak smile.

“But… But how?”

“I’m not really sure. I was flying around when I heard a psychic call in my head. I think it was Mewtwo.”

“Mewtwo? Why was he contacting you?”

“He was asking for help. I’m not sure what trouble he was in, but I know it must have been pretty bad for him to actually ask for help.” She looked worried at the thought.

“Then what happened?” Ash pressed.

“Then I felt my body changing. When it was done, I realized that I was falling.”

“So you have no idea what caused it?”

She shook her head. “No, but it must have something to do with Mewtwo.”

“Do you think Mewtwo was the one who turned you into a person?”

“I don’t think so. He wouldn’t have any reason to, and I don’t think he has the ability to be able to do that.”

“So, what do we do now?” Ash inquired.

“‘We’? We don’t do anything. You go back on your journey, and I try to find Mewtwo and figure out how to change back,” Mattle practically shouted.

“I’m not going to let you go and face unknown dangers alone.”

“Pi-ka,” Pikachu said in agreement.

“No, I’ve already told you, I won’t be- I can’t be the one responsible if something happens to you. I’m supposed to protect you and guide you the right way. I’d be going against all of that if I led you into danger.” She was shaking all over, trying not to cry.

“If there’s really no way to convince you…”

Mattle shook her head.

“Alright, I guess I’ll just have to trust that you’ll be okay.” He hugged her and then said, “Now, how about we have some breakfast. I’m starving!”

She smiled and nodded. “Yes, that would be nice.”

Ash threw on his hoodie and put his hat on. Pikachu climbed up on top of his shoulder. Then, they left the room and headed to the lounge area of the Pokécenter.

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In the bushes outside of the Pokémon Center, there were two people and a meowth. They were all asleep in various positions. One person was a guy who had eye-length blue hair. The other was a girl who had very long red hair that stuck out in one direction and ended in a curl. They wore matching white uniforms with a big red “R” on the front.

The girl was the first to wake up. Getting up, she blinked a couple times before turning back to the other two. “Get up!” she called to them.

The meowth just rolled over and the guy muttered in his sleep, “No, Mother, I don’t know how Jessibelle ended up in the lake…”

The girl grew angry with the two. “I said, ‘GET UP!’!!!!” She hit them both on the head, hard.

“Ow! That hurt, Jessie!” the guy said, rubbing his head.

“That’s because it was supposed to hurt, James.” Jessie said angrily.

“Why’d ya get us up so early anyway, Jess’?” Meowth asked with a yawn.

“We need to make sure we don’t miss that girl we saw with the twerp last night,” Jessie explained.

“Why?”

“Because the boss told us to.”

“I know that,” James said back, “but why does the boss want us to watch some girl?”

“Dey mus’ be pretty impoitant,” Meowth answered, “like some big enemy of da boss’s or sometin.”

“If she is so important, why doesn’t he just have her captured? That seems like it would easier,” James said, setting up their pathetic breakfast on a small picnic blanket.

“I’m sure he wants to capture her, but he needs to get ready first. Until then, we’re here to keep track of her,” Jessie said matter-of-factly.

“‘Ay, I’ve got an idea,” Meowth said, biting into a cracker, “‘Ow abouts we go an’ capture ‘er?”

“What?” Jessie and James said together.

“Tink about it. Wouldn’t it be great if we walked into da boss’s office wit’ da girl in tow. We’d probably all get promotions.”

“Yay! Promotions! Money! Respect!” they all cheered together.

“Look, there they are now!” James pointed to where Ash and Mattle were coming out of the Pokécenter.

“Let’s get ‘er!” Meowth said as they all emerged from the bushes.

Mattle, noticing Team Rocket, said, “Ash, isn’t that Team Rocket?”

Ash looked over. “What are you guys doing here?”

“You already know us but prepare for trouble, none the less!”

“Though, we aren’t here for Pikachu, I confess!”

“An evil as old as the galaxy…”

“…sent here to fulfill our destiny!”

“Meowth, dat’s me!”

“To denounce the evils of truth and love!”

“To extend our reach to the stars above!”

“Jessie!”

“James!”

“And Meowth are the names!”

“Anywhere there’s peace in the universe...”

“Team Rocket...”

“...Will be there...”

“To make everything worse!”

“Wobbuffet!”

“What do you want?” Mattle asked.

“And what do you mean you aren’t here for Pikachu?” Ash asked. “You’re always here for Pikachu.”

“Not this time, twerp,” James responded, “We’re here for the girl.”

“What?” Mattle looked confused.

“Why do you want H-” Ash caught himself before he said Ho-oh, “-er?”

Jessie was getting tired of all this. “Enough talking! Just hand her over, twerp!”

“There’s no way! Pikachu, thunder!”

Pikachu jumped from Ash’s shoulder. “Pi…ka…chu!” it shouted as it released the electrical energy stored in its cheeks. Hitting Team Rocket dead on, the electrical blast caused a large explosion. Team Rocket was sent flying high in the air.

“This is what we get for being ambitious!” Jessie shouted.

“Looks like Team Rocket’s blasting off again!” They all shouted. A final twinkle indicated their complete disappearance.

“Well, that certainly doesn’t help my fear of you being alone,” Ash told Mattle.

“I’ll be okay,” Mattle assured him.

“How can you be sure?”

“I just have… a feeling.”

They looked into each other’s eyes. The link between them comforted them both.

Ash sighed. “I don’t like this, but I guess I should respect your wishes.”

Mattle nodded. “Thank you.”

“No, I should thank you,” Ash said, smiling when he saw her questioning look, “For watching over me.”

Mattle felt that burning feeling in her cheeks again. She looked down, afraid of what was coming next.

“It’s okay to say goodbye,” Ash comforted her, “Especially because we both know that we’ll see each other again.”

His confidence helped her. She looked back up and smiled. “You’re right,” she told him, “I’ll see you again.”

“Yup,” he responded, giving a nod, “See you later.”

With that, they walked off in oppisite directions. Mattle felt sad and a little scared to leave Ash. She knew, though, that they would both be okay. The link between them would stretch to the far reaches of the Earth.


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