Chapter 38: Mermaid Misty!
The gang were on the way to Viridian City so Lyra could get her eighth badge.
Lyra was polishing her seven Gym badges. Tomo was playing with Pichu, Pikachu, and Growlithe, and Brock was drinking from his water bottle.
Misty was checking out her six Pokémon to see if they were all right.
But Seel was looking a bit unhappy. "Hey, something's wrong with Seel," Misty said worriedly.
Brock examined Seel. "I think Seel wants to swim in something bigger than a fountain," he said.
"But we aren't anywhere near any oceans or lakes," Misty said.
Then Misty had an idea. "We can take Seel to Cerulean Gym."
"That's a good idea," Lyra said, "after all, your Gym 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 to Cerulean City before heading 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 poster on a billboard. "Look at that," he said.
The poster was a picture of a mermaid with Water Pokémon surrounding her.
"Looks like my sisters are putting on another one of their shows," Misty said.
Lyra took a good look at the mermaid. "Hey, Mist," she said, "but doesn't she look a bit like you?"
Misty looked at the mermaid. "I think you're right, Lu," she said.
When they entered the Gym, Misty's sisters were happy to see Misty.
"Thank goodness you're here," Daisy said.
"We thought you would never get here," Lily said.
"You made it here just in time," Violet said.
Misty was puzzled by this. They had never welcomed her home like this before, and the sisters greeted Lyra, Brock, and Tomo as well.
Misty went straight to the pool and took out Seel. "There you go, Seel," she said. "Enjoy a swim in there."
Two more Seel popped out of the water and greeted Misty's Seel.
Misty saw all the other Water Pokémon were doing okay. She saw her Finneon, 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 Krabby, two Slowpoke, and Lapras.
To Misty's surprise, she saw three Poliwag with two Poliwhirl and two Poliwrath. "Some of the Poliwag 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 sighed, "so what am I doing? And who's playing the mermaid?" she asked.
"You are, Misty," Daisy, Lily, and Violet said in unison.
Misty gasped. "What?" She couldn't believe it.
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 said, "the stadium has been nearly empty for a while."
"So we decided to do 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 said, "and I can't believe you did this without my permission."
"Sorry, Misty," said Lily, "but we had already advertised you, and the tickets are already selling out."
"And the people will be disappointed if you don't do it," said Violet, "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 gave up.
"Then let the rehearsals begin," Daisy cheered happily.
The underwater show was called The Magical Mermaid.
The story was that the mermaid was happily swimming with her Water Pokémon. Then two evil pirates grabbed her and demanded she give them all her Water Pokémon. Then a handsome prince came to save the day, and he and the mermaid fell in love and lived happily ever after with the Water Pokémon.
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 they had ever seen.
Lyra, 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 Cerulean Gym's enormous pool rose up from the floor to nearly the ceiling; that way, the audience could see what was happening underwater.
The audience gasped at the clever effect. Then the lights dimmed—it was now the start of the show.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, peaceful lagoon that was home to all sorts of Water Pokémon.
A spotlight showed some of Cerulean Gym's Pokémon. There was Misty's Seel, Horsea, three Magikarp, Seaking and three Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie, Wartortle, two Tentacool, a Slowpoke, a Krabby, and three Shellder. The others were all in their PokéBalls.
These Water Pokémon 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 Pokémon.
The audience loved the performance so far.
All day long, the Magical Mermaid would play with the Water Pokémon until late at night.
Misty fell asleep inside a fake clam, while the Water Pokémon slept outside. In the clam was a mouthpiece that could help Misty breathe and talk underwater.
Everything was going great so far—but trouble was occurring.
Team Rocket had arrived. They were planning to steal both the show and all the Water Pokémon. They tied and gagged Violet and Lily and hid them in a locker. Then they dressed up in pirate costumes and got ready for their cue.
The Magical Mermaid and her Water Pokémon lived a peaceful life—but one day, two nasty pirates arrived.
This was Lily's and Violet's cue—but Team Rocket appeared instead.
Brock and Lyra saw them. "We need to stop them, Brock," Lyra said.
Lyra told Tomo, Pichu, Pikachu, Growlithe, and Togepi to stay in their seats, and she and Brock ran to the stage.
Jessie and James jumped into the pool and threw a net over some of the Water Pokémon. Tentacool, Goldeen, Krabby, and Shellder were caught.
"These Water Pokémon are now ours," Jessie said.
"Oh no you don't!" Misty shouted. She grabbed the net, trying to free them, but Jessie and James resisted.
The audience clapped—they thought it was part of the show.
Meowth stayed in the balloon above, avoiding the water.
Lyra and Brock jumped into the pool with mouthpieces.
"We are here to help you, Mist," Lyra said.
Misty nodded. "Wartortle, Finneon, Starmie, Seaking, and Seel—battle!"
Jessie sent out Arbok.
Arbok attacked—but Slowpoke used Disable.
Then—
✨ Evolutions began:
Slowpoke → SlowbroSeel → DewgongWartortle → BlastoiseFinneon → Lumineon
"That's amazing!" Lyra said.
The audience went wild.
"Finish it!" Misty shouted.
"Ice Beam!"
"Psychic!"
Team Rocket was blasted off again.
The crowd cheered loudly.
"I hope you enjoyed the show!" Misty shouted.
Backstage—
"Thanks to you, our shows are popular again!" Daisy said.
"Sold out for six months!" Lily added.
Misty left Dewgong, Blastoise, and Starmie at the Gym.
Her new team became:
StaryuTwo PoliwagTogepiPsyduckGoldeen
With farewells said, the gang left for Viridian City.
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