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A bit longer?
Wow i'm gonna like this fic much more and more!
Sorry that I have not posted much but, I posted know...
And of course must I tommorow looking at your fic
See Ya!
A bit longer?
Wow i'm gonna like this fic much more and more!
Sorry that I have not posted much but, I posted know...
And of course must I tommorow looking at your fic
See Ya!
I want to take this time out and say welcome back QuixMystique647! I hope I can see post up more reviews in the future!
So anyway, Chapter 8 is basically done, I just have to add a few things so I'm gonna take this time and post up Chapter 7! Aren't I nice? Chapter 7 is the decisive point as Misty is going to be making her final decision. As Chapter 6 was the climax, Chapter 7 is the falling action and the resolution to this 7-part introduction to the real journey of souls! Nothing else to say so without further ado...
Chapter 7-The Plan
Ash awoke the next morning with a gentle breeze running around the room. The curtains moved delicately from the window as Ash got out of bed and stretched. He gazed outside at the calm and tranquil day then looked at Pikachu. He was curled up comfortably as he slept at the edge of the bed. He shook him and Pikachu got up slowly and greeted him with a smile. Ash greeted him back and he put on some jeans so he could go downstairs for breakfast.
During the night, Misty stayed downstairs because he knew his mother would have a heart attack if they slept in the same room. He climbed down the stairs and he was greeted by the delicious smell of cooked bacon and fried eggs. A smile spread across his face as he entered the dining room. Misty was waiting for the food to be served as she sat on the table playing around with a fork in her hand.
"So I see that you decided to give up cooking?" Ash said as he sat in the chair right across from her. Misty looked up at him, apparently having just noticed him.
"Yeah, I didn't want to get in your mom's way so I decided I would sit this one out," she said with a faint smile as she tapped the fork on the table. She was still thinking about last night and for a way she could go with him to Muntein. She had a plan already, but it was her last resort and she was trying to come up with other plans first.
"Good thing! I wasn't looking forward to putting out a kitchen fire if you were going to cook," he said. Misty kicked him in the shin underneath the table. He winced in pain as he grabbed his leg and Misty smiled mischievously. Just then Delia came in with two steaming plates of food as she said,
"Dig in you two! I hope you like it!" They both looked at the deliciously cooked meal and thanked her quickly as they began to eat.
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After breakfast, they both went outside to get some fresh air. The sky was clear blue and other than a few white clouds, it looked like it was going to be a perfect day. Misty looked over at Ash as he walked through the front door. He had a dark blue t-shirt on with a red stripe that ran across his chest. He had on a new hat that was red in color with a white arc shaped stripe on the front with a black pokeball design in the middle of it and a similar, but smaller pokeball design on the back of his hat. He had on blue shorts that barely ran past his knee with black and white sneakers on his feet. He had his bare hands behind his head as he looked up to the sky, dazing off. She nudged him in the side playfully with her elbow and she said with a wink,
"Since it's such a beautiful day why don't you show me around Pallet Town?" He looked over at her and nodded in agreement. She was dressed in a white t-shirt with her signature blue short shorts on her. Her hair was worn up in a ponytail and he looked at the necklace that he had given her as a present which she seemed to never take off. He smiled back at her then waited for Pikachu to come join them; they left for the small town on the dirt road.
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He showed Misty the restaurants, the clothing stores (which he regretted as they wound up staying for three hours even though she didn't buy anything…), and the park. They were reaching the end of the dirt road and it was now about 4 o'clock as the sun shone high above their heads. The wind blew gently from the north as they headed to a big clearing at the beginning of a big forest.
In front of the small park was a big wooden sign that hung over the entrance that read: "Pallet Park." The park was a vibrantly green circle that stood at the entrance of a deep forest that lay close to Pallet. It was completely flat with the exception of a mound of grass that stood directly in the middle of the park; a small tree in the middle cast a shade on the mound. The park was completely empty, due to the fact that it was lunchtime. He explained that everyone in Pallet Town were big eaters just like him and she grinned. They approached the mound in the middle of the park and Ash laid down on it as he looked up at the sky.
"This is what I used to do all the time when I was younger after I stopped hanging around with Gary. I would go to this park, sit back and relax and watch the day go by…" he said dreamily as his eyes glazed. She lay right next to him and she used her arms to support the back of her head. It was completely silent and everything moved slowly: the clouds, the sun, the trees in the wind…
Misty felt herself dozing off so she turned to Ash. His eyes were hidden under his cap, but she could tell that he was taking a nap. She was tempted to crawl up next to him and sleep by his side, but their time apart had caused them to lose a little of that closeness they had before.
Instead of thinking about him she began to think about her plan of how she could join him on his journey. She would have to make a few a phone calls and upset a few people, but by now she had her mind set. She knew that if she wanted to go on this journey, she was going to be making a big sacrifice.
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They had returned home during the late night. His mom was in the kitchen preparing dinner as Ash closed the door behind him with Pikachu on his shoulder. Misty climbed up the stairs quickly to use the bathroom. He went into the living room and lied back on the couch and turned the television on. As he flicked through the channels to look for something to watch, Misty walked down the stairs and asked his mom if she could use the phone. After his mother's approval, she went to the videophone that was in the living room in a corner beside the television.
She began dialing a number and Ash's curiosity began to spark. He raised his head to get a good look at who she was calling, but because it was hidden behind the TV, he couldn't get a good look… She greeted the person in a low voice and the whole time she was speaking on the phone, she spoke only in quiet tones. After she had hung up, she seemed a little shaken up. Ash was very curious by now as to what was bothering Misty and who she had called. She stood up from the chair and Ash stood up as well as Pikachu stayed sleeping on the couch. He approached her as she made her way to the stairs, wearing an expression of utter disbelief on her face.
"Who were you speaking to?" Ash asked as he blocked her from going up the stairs.
"N-No one in particular…" she said as her hand fidgeted with her shirt.
"Then why are you acting so nervous?" Ash asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about Ash… Can you please let me go upstairs, I need to use the bathroom…" Misty said while trying to walk past him. He still didn't move though.
"I thought you just used the bathroom Misty…" She pushed him out of the way and ran quickly up the stairs, closing the bathroom door hard. Now his suspicions were only worse; the curiosity was eating away at him like a parasite.
"Dinner's ready!" Delia said in a cheery ringing voice as she called Ash from the kitchen, disrupting his train of thought.
"Ok Mom…" He slowly walked towards the kitchen as he continued to stare at the staircase.
"Won't Misty be joining us dear?" Delia asked with curiosity.
"She said she had to use the bathroom," he replied while taking a seat at the table. Pikachu looked up at the stairs with worry, mirroring his thoughts.
"I hope she's feeling okay." Ash nodded,
"Yeah, me too…"
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During the whole week, Ash and Misty spent most of their time outside, exploring Pallet Town as Ash recounted his old memories to her. They would arrive home very late in the evening to eat dinner and Ash would always sit on the couch to watch TV to catch up on the latest pokemon news. Misty would also make the same mysterious phone call every night.
She would talk quietly as Ash would try to listen in on the conversation, but he never seemed to be able to understand her no matter how close to her he was. And always at the end of every phone call, Misty would be quiet for the rest of the evening. Even when he would confront her and ask her what she was so sad about, she'd always smile and tell him nothing. He eventually gave up trying to force the answer out of her, but he remained quiet whenever she would make her phone call; listening hard, trying to discover who it was she was calling…
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The week quickly passed and the day had arrived when Ash would leave on his journey to Muntein. He was first going to visit Brock, partly because it was a while since he last saw his old friend and partly because he wanted to see if he was going to go with him…since Misty had told him she wasn't going to with him to Muntein. The disappointment still stung in his heart but he respected her decision.
After seeing Brock, he was planning on heading straight to Johto so Ash was packing up everything he would need for his big journey. After he finished he walked outside as his mom and Misty walked along with him. Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder and he turned to face his mom and Misty as they looked at each other quietly.
"I have to go to back to Cerulean City so do you think I can go with you?" Misty asked him as the sun shone from high in the sky in front of her.
"Sure," Ash replied with a smile. He then turned to his mom, "Alright, Mom, I have to go now…"
She sighed, but she knew that it was eventually going to happen and by now she was used to it so she gave him a good luck hug and told him to take care of himself and that he should call every once in a while just to check up. He simply nodded and said goodbye as he turned around and began to walk down the road with Misty by his side. They waved back at his mother with wide smiles on their faces. She waved back and saw them off as they walked down the long dirt road to their destination…
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During the walk to Pewter City, they passed in front of the lake in which she had fished him out of. Ash was walking closely by the shore which lay to his left with Misty walking by his right side. She smiled as she remembered the first time in which she had first met him. She looked at him to see if he had noticed this as well, but he continued to walk along as if nothing was happening. She was a bit mad that he hadn't noticed, but she decided to try and see if he recognized the lake.
"This sure is a beautiful day isn't it? The warm sun, the calm wind, the beautiful lake…" Misty said. He merely looked around and smiled in approval. She frowned and tried again,
"There is just something strange about that lake… You know as if I had seen it somewhere before," she said hinting at the lake yet again. He looked at the lake with a vague hint of curiosity and then he looked back at her. Misty stared at him expectantly, waiting for his answer.
"If you say so…" he said as he turned to look forward on the road. Misty sighed in exasperation, amazed at Ash's denseness.
"What's the matter?" he asked as he looked at her. She didn't answer and instead shoved him into the lake with one hand. He fell into the chilly waters and was shivering as soon as he surfaced.
"W-what d-did you do th-that for?" he said annoyed at Misty. She continued to walk on, so frustrated with him that she ignored him. He looked at her sourly,
"Who can understand her?" he muttered to himself as he climbed out of the water of the lake in which their lives had been intertwined.
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They approached a fork in the road that divided it into to two paths: one that lead to Pewter City and the other lead to Cerulean City. They stopped at the fork and they each faced each other. The sun was quickly coming down in between them and they looked at each other, embedding the other's image into their mind.
"I have to go back to the Gym, but you're going to visit me again before you leave right?" she said looking him straight in the eyes with a small grin. He smiled back at her,
"Sure Misty, no problem. Brock will probably be with me by then so you can say goodbye to him too. It'll be just like old times," he said with a wink. She smiled widely and nodded her head. She didn't want him to leave, but if her plan was going to succeed, she needed all the extra time that she could get…
He sighed as he began to turn around. She stepped forward to him to give him a hug, but she stopped herself. He faced the road to Pewter City without noticing her and she stepped back, staying still as he walked down the road. She then turned around to go to Cerulean City after watching him disappear behind the hilly road. What Ash didn't know was that Misty's plan was already in effect and he would be in for a rude awakening once he came back to Cerulean…
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Two days later, Ash was already on the road to Cerulean City. He had invited Brock along to the journey after their reunion, but he surprisingly turned it down. Brock simply said it was because he had to take care of his siblings now that his parents were gone. They had left for vacation, leaving Brock to care of all of his siblings, much to Ash's dismay.
At least, that's what Brock had told Ash when he was in Pewter. In reality, Brock's parents were still in Pewter City and they weren't planning on leaving any time soon…
Brock waved goodbye to his old friend as he began his voyage back to Cerulean City. After Ash was out of sight, Brock entered the Gym to make an important phone call. From the videophone in the main lobby, an old man looking identical to Brock down to his squinty eyes, appeared on the screen and greeted him.
Brock told him that Ash was gone and it was safe to come back to the house. His father Flint smiled happily and said he would be returning shortly and he hung up. Brock turned off the screen and dialed Misty's phone number. Her image appeared on the screen and she greeted Brock warmly.
"So what did he say Brock?" she asked, her curiosity eating away at her.
"Well he wasn't happy, but he accepted it so he's on his way there now," her spiky haired friend replied.
"That's great it's going just as I planned then!"
"What's this plan of yours anyway, you keep mentioning it but you haven't explained it to me yet." She hesitated and looked uneasy.
"Alright I'll tell you Brock, but it might shock you…"
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It was cool and getting darker as the afternoon was coming to a close. The orange sun readied itself to crawl back into the horizon as Ash reached the hill that overlooked Cerulean City. He stopped for a moment to observe the surroundings. He continued to walk towards the center of town with Pikachu walking beside him. As they began to get closer to the Gym, he could see a huge crowd gathered around it. Ash looked on curiously and he got closer to the crowd.
He pushed his way through until he got to the front where it was blocked off by a metal guard rail to prevent anybody from getting any closer. There was a big opening that separated the crowd and the Gym and in this gap was Misty and her sisters gathered in front of it with sad and serious expressions on each of their faces.
"What's going on?" Ash wondered as he looked at them; meanwhile the crowd was complaining loudly at him for pushing his way through.
"Hey Misty!" he yelled loud enough so he could be heard over the noise of the crowd. She looked back at him slowly and saw him waving his hands in the air. She signaled to the police officers controlling the crowd to let him through and they nodded as they went to let him in. They opened the rail just enough so he could pass through and the crowd began to protest.
"Who's the loser in the red cap?" one of the guys in the front said. Ash turned to look at the guy,
"Who are you calling a loser?!" Misty placed her hand on his arm and held him back,
"He's my friend so mind your own business!" The guy sneered as he nudged the guy next to him,
"I think he's more than just a friend if you know what I mean!" He burst out into laughter along with a few people who giggled along with him. She blushed in embarrassment and turned away from them as they shouted and jeered at the two of them. Ash walked right beside her and asked with concern,
"What's happening here?" She opened her mouth to speak, but stopped as she couldn't find the words to describe the situation. She lowered her head but faintly smiled for him. He was confused by now and turned to ask her sisters what was happening when a large truck came barreling down the road and stopped in front of the crowd.
It honked impatiently at them to move and so the police began to part the crowd to give the truck space. It passed before the people slowly casting a black shadow on the front entrance of the Gym. A chill ran down Misty's spine and she shivered as she saw the truck.
Tears began to well up in her eyes and the smile had disappeared from her face. Ash was focused entirely on her and was going to ask her again when a wide and muscular man with a yellow construction hat on his head stepped out of the driver's seat. His light blue jumpsuit was stained with sweat and he wiped his rugged and wrinkled forehead with a massive and hairy arm. He looked over at the smaller red pickup trucks that stopped behind his as various men dressed in the same blue jumpsuit walked out of the cars.
"Start unloading this truck! We need to be out of here in ten minutes to be able to make it in Vermillion City by 6 o' clock!" he barked back at him. He walked closer towards Misty and said in a rough voice,
"Are you Miss…" he glanced at the clipboard in his hand, "Misty Waterflower?" She nodded slowly without uttering a word. "Good; I need you to sign this contract of liability before we can begin any type of demolition."
Ash's eyes widened in shock as Misty signed the paper that would knock the Gym and her house down. She dropped the pen to the floor after she finished signing and she clenched her shaking hand tightly with a sigh. The man picked up the pen with a grunt and he addressed his workers,
"OK, let's do this! Open up those crates and let's get started!" One by one, they opened up the crates loaded on the back of the truck. Each of them held an Electrode and they rolled out of the opened box as they were guided by a demolition man to a predetermined spot on the plan. A few of them entered the Gym as the rest of the Electrode surrounded the outer wall, waiting for the boss's command.
He glanced at his workers who had all returned from moving the Electrodes around. The green truck was completely empty, the crowd was completely silent, and the sun had already made its way halfway down the horizon. He looked over at Misty and he spoke,
"Are you ready?" She nodded as tears began to roll down her eyes and her lip quivered. Her sisters were standing quietly to the side of them as they held hands tightly waiting for the ordeal to be over with. Ash moved closer to Misty as the man yelled,
"OK THEN! ON THE COUNT OF FIVE! 5…4…3…2…" Misty latched onto Ash's chest as she closed her eyes. Everything had gone completely silent as she blocked everything out with the exception of her own heartbeat that pumped loudly in her chest.
The man bellowed "ONE!!!" and at that exact moment all the Electrodes glowed in bright light. They prepared to simultaneously use Explosion as they had practiced countless times before. Misty clung onto Ash closely as her heartbeat began to beat deafeningly fast in her body until the deafening explosion that shattered her mental soundproof barrier and her heartbeat sounded.
The Gym imploded into rubble from the explosions and the dust blew into sky. Her sisters huddled together as they cried silently and Ash stood in disbelief as he saw the Gym fall to pieces right before his eyes. He wrapped his arm around Misty and began to comfort her as she couldn't bring herself to look at what remained of the Gym.
The blue letters that used to be displayed at the top of the Gym proudly were now scattered in pieces amongst the rubble, with the only visible letter being the 'U' in the name 'CERULEAN.' The crowd began to scatter slowly after the dust had settled and soon the officers began to shoo away any stragglers so they could leave the group alone. The truck drivers picked up the fainted Electrodes, packed them back in their crates, and drove off to Vermillion City without another mention to the women.
Misty was still in Ash's arms and slowly a tear slid off her cheek and fell onto her Mystic Water necklace. The jewel glowed brilliantly as the tear slid down slowly against the side. It dripped off the end of the jewel and fell to the floor with a loud splatter, twice the size it was when it fell off Misty's eye…
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They were in a wooden cottage by the outskirts of Cerulean City above the city on a hill after leaving the site that used to be home to the magnificent Cerulean City Gym and the Sensational Sisters. They had all gathered downstairs in their new home as Misty explained to Ash what had just happened:
During the first night that Misty had spent in Ash's house, she had come up with the idea to put the Gym on sale. Tired of solely being with left with the responsibilities of a Gym leader while her sisters traveled around, she persistently tried to convince her sisters until they finally gave in.
A short boy in his early teens with blue-green hair in a bowl cut style who had eyes that matched with his hair had approached Misty's sisters the very next day with an interest in the Gym. He offered to take over as the Gym leader, but he wanted to build his own Gym, not the buy the one that they had made. He agreed that he would pay for everything; all they needed to do was agree to sign the contract.
Misty's sisters were hesitant, but they knew they had no real say over it as Misty was the true Gym leader of the city. She agreed with the deal in reluctance, knowing that he was probably the only person that would buy the Gym on such short notice even though it was at the cost of its demolition.
After the deal was settled, the media had gained coverage on it and soon it was all over the news in Cerulean. She sold the Gym and used the money to move everything out of the Gym and bought a new house on a hill by the vigilant river that overlooked the city.
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After their dinner meeting, Misty was upstairs in her room crying silently as she held the remaining letter from the rubble in her hand. She was going to keep it as a reminder of the old Gym now that construction of the new one was going to begin. Ash knocked quietly on the door and she wiped away the tears.
"Come in…" He opened the door and entered the room slowly as Pikachu closed the door behind him. Misty was sitting on her new bed in her new room that had a window that faced the new location the new house was situated in. It was completely dark outside with the exception of the moon that shone brightly through the window with the lights of the city shining back at it. He smiled at her gently,
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine I guess…" Her voice was quiet and her expression was enough of an answer for him. He took a seat next to her as she continued to look at the concrete letter in her hand. He took off his backpack and began to rummage through it as Misty was lost in thought. He pulled out a shiny black box and stole her attention as he opened it carefully.
"I'm sorry Misty, especially because I can't really say much since I've never been in a situation like this before…" He slowly looked at her with a gentle look in his eyes that melted through her icy cold depression.
"But I want you to have this…" He unclenched his hand to reveal the Cascade badge that she had given to him many years ago. Her eyes widened in shock,
"Ash… I can't take this… It's yours…" He shook his head.
"I want you to have it Misty. I want you to have it so you can remember the Gym and the memories that we had in there together." He smiled as he placed the badge in her hand. She looked at it as it shone in under the lamp light without saying anything. A strange feeling went through her stomach though, making it feel as if it were doing flips and a tear slid down her cheek as she smiled. He smiled back at her and exited the silent room to give her some time alone.
He closed the door behind him as Pikachu exited beside him, leaving Misty in silence as she sat on the bed. She turned off the light and sighed happily as she clenched the badge close to her chest. What he didn't know (and she didn't plan on telling him either) was that everything she did was for him.
She placed the badge by her alarm clock and began to drift off into a dream in which she revisited the Gym for one last time…
Author's Notes
Just an FYI, I had to type the intro and notes all over again because the page decided to freeze up! Anyway, that's it! Misty has made her decision and is going to start traveling with Ash! As I said before, the wait between chapters might start to become a bit longer because I'm going to be drawing the unique pokemon of Muntein one by one as they see them in the story. You can only imagine that this will take longer on my part because I have to hand draw and color each individual picture after I finish writing a whole chapter! I'm doing this because it will make not only my life easier, but yours as well as you can easily imagine what the pokemon looks like without having to read a detailed description that I find to be pains in the ***es if you know what I mean. Besides that, I was pretty pleased with this chapter as I wrote it in one single day! I'm sorry it took so long, but now that Chapter 8 is practically finished, I'll start working on Chapter 9 and once that is finished, you'll be taking the trip to Muntein alongside Ash and Misty in Chapter 8!
So hopefully I won't take too long on these new chapters as I hate making you guys wait (ironic huh?) and I hope you guys are enjoying this fic so far!
Last edited by el_toro; 16th November 2011 at 2:18 PM. Reason: Clean Up
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awww, he was there to comfort her when the gym got demolished! T_T great work, as always ^^ looks like things won't be so bad for them, now that they'll travel together yay! Can't wait for the next chapter
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OMG! Ash stayed home for more than a day! O.o
j.k, but seriously, Ash never stays at home long...
Soooo, Misty sold the gym, eh? Didn't see that coming. I love it where Ash gives Misty his Cascade Badge! That is soooooo sweet!
Anyways, I don't mind if it takes too long, so long as you put effort into the chappies to make them good. Looking forward to next chappie!
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Ok im kind of confused as too why she got demolition people to destroy the gym and her house. I mean arn't there other ways to be able for Misty to go with Ash.
Oh well it was still a great chapter.
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*in shock* they demolished the gym?
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This chapter was spectacular!! I really liked how Ash gave Misty the cascade badge?
But, imagine if you were a Gym Leader, would you do it, i wouldnt!
The thing that intrigued me greatly was when the necklace became bigger? Does it react weirdly to tears? Anyways i still looove the chapter!
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Maybe there are other ways, but by leaving her position as Gym leader, she now has all the time she wants in the world to do whatever. Also, she didn't plan in destroying the Gym in the first place; the boy who is going to replace Misty as a Gym leader wanted it demolished so he could build his own. Glad you liked it though.
The part about the necklace is the fact that if water comes into contact with the necklace, the WATER that touches it becomes bigger, not the necklace. So in the part when the tear from Misty hit the necklace, the teardrop got bigger. Hopefully that made enough sense.
I'm glad everyone is liking it so far, I'll start work on Chapter 9 really soon now that Chapter 8 is done...
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AWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!! That's so cute... Omg I am feeling so depressed right now... my b/f just broke up with me, just now ='[I want you to have it Misty. I want you to have it so you can remember the Gym and me in case if Im never there, he said smiling as he placed the badge in her hand. She looked at the badge as it shone in her hand without saying anything as a strange feeling went through her stomach, making it feel as if it were doing flips. He smiled back at her and exited the silent room, deciding that she needed time to recover from this great loss. He closed the door behind as Pikachu exited beside him, leaving Misty alone. She turned off the light and sighed happily as she clenched the badge close to her chest. What he didnt know (and she didnt plan on telling him either) was that everything she did was for him She placed the badge by her alarm clock and began to drift off into a dream in which she revisited the Gym for one last time
Thats so sweet of Ash! Ashy are you know understand 'love'?Well I cant really say much Misty because Ive never been in a situation like this before He said slowly looking at her with a gentle look in his eyes that melted through her icy cold depression. But I want you to have this He unclenched his hand to reveal the Cascade badge that she had given to him many years ago.
Just to give an update on the current status of this fic, I have completed writing Chapter 9, but I have to:
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Once I have that done, I'll post up Chapter 8 and start working on Chapter 10! Chapter 9 is pretty long (so far 12 pages!) and I plan to add a bit more detail into it so it might stretch longer! I will most likely have Chapter 8 up by this Friday so I hope you guys are looking forward to that!
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I know that I promised that I would have it up by today, but I didn't expect to be so long from my computer (my sis needed to do school work T_T). So anyway, here is the first chapter in the Muntein saga! This acts like a prologue similar to the first chapter in which it sets up the background. Chapter 9 is when the real action starts when they start battling and encountering wild pokemon so Chapter 8 is just to set the mood. Hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 8-Over the Threshold
The sunrise was lazy in the morning and began to scatter its light over Cerulean City. Misty was lying in her bed staring up at the ceiling in silence as the golden light entered through her window. She sighed and stretched as she looked at the digital clock on her bedside table with bags under her eyes.
In the dream that she had last night she was swimming in the pool of the Gym when the earth began to shake violently. The waters of the pool threw her side to side as she screamed out loud until the roof of the Gym collapsed on top of her and she woke up with a fright. After that nightmare she wasnt able to fall asleep again since 2 oclock in the morning.
She threw the warm blankets off of her and felt the cold air of the room hit her bare legs. She shivered and put on a pair of dark red sweatpants quickly. She walked out of her bedroom with a pair of furry light blue slippers on her feet and she went down the cold hardwood stairs to the kitchen. Everyone else was sleeping in their rooms so the house was completely quiet and empty. She sat on the couch that was originally in the Gyms living room as she gazed at the unlit fireplace sitting in the middle.
The house looked very colonial and old with everything completely made out of wood. They were only going to rent this cabin though and buy a much nicer house in a year or so as they needed someplace to stay so they could get reorganized. But by then it would be Mistys sisters problem as she would be in a far off region with Ash She smiled at the thought and lay down on the couch. Slowly she closed her heavy eyes and fell asleep
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She awoke as soon as the light hit her squarely in the face from the window. She was still drowsy as she looked around at her sisters preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
Finally! Its about time you got up, Daisy said as she turned around. Misty looked back at her with droopy eyes and she slowly yawned out loud as she stretched her arms.
What time is it? she said with her hand in front of her mouth to cover yet another yawn.
Its 1 oclock in the afternoon, Daisy said as she looked at the grandfather clock in the corner of the room.
WHAT?! Misty screamed out loud. She jumped off the couch and sprinted up the stairs to go to the guest room in which Ash was sleeping in. She opened up the door abruptly and the room was completely empty, with the blanket on the bed neatly made and the blinds drawn. She stared on in horror then she slammed her head against the wall.
After everything I did, he left without me she said as she felt her eyes sting.
Who left you? She turned around suddenly and jumped back in shock as he stood standing directly in front of her with just a towel on and a curious look on his face.
Ash?! What are you doing here? Misty said grabbing her heart with her hand as it throbbed in her chest from the shock.
Well I just finished taking a shower after I saw that you were asleep on the couch. You didnt think I was gonna leave without you, did you? he said with a smile. She lowered her head in embarrassment as her cheeks turned red.
Um breakfast is almost done so come downstairs once youre ready, she said as she walked past him and down the stairs.
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They had just finished eating breakfast and Ash was now outside waiting for Misty as she got ready to leave. Pikachu had been playing with the other pokemon from the Gym outside in the backyard and he had now rejoined Ash. They stood in front of the house while looking up at the clear blue sky as the cold wind chilled them.
Misty opened the door and walked outside and Ash turned around to look at her. She had a white hoodie on with her hands tucked in the pouch as she shivered from the cold. She had on tight dark blue shorts that reached the middle of her thigh with her red and white sneakers on her feet. Her hair was worn up in its usual ponytail and as always, the necklace hung from her neck, sparkling in the light of the brilliant sun.
Ash was dressed in a blue denim vest similar to the jacket that he had when he traveled to Kanto, but this vest was reversible with the inside color being white, contrasting the dark blue t-shirt he wore underneath it. He had on tight black gloves that had openings for each one of his fingers and blue pants that reached his black and white shoes.
He smirked back at her, his red and white cap casting a shadow over his dark brown eyes. She smiled back at him then sighed. They had already said goodbye to her sisters so now all that was left for them was to get to Johto and board the Magnet Train to begin their long winding journey
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Several weeks had passed after traveling through Johto until they reached their destination of Goldenrod City. The train they had to get on was leaving in 2 minutes as they entered the city and the next one wouldnt come until six hours later. They ran across town and into the train station as they screamed at the attendant to hold the door for them, waving the gold-rimmed tickets in the air. The mustachioed middle aged man waited for them as they burst through the door and hunched over to catch their breath.
ALL ABOARD! he screamed back at the captain of the train and the automatic doors closed.
May I see your tickets please? the man said with a smile accented by the tiny mustache curled up underneath his nose.
Sure, Ash said breathing hard as he handed him the tickets. The man took them and, with a hole-puncher, punched two holes into each ticket.
Here you go; please have a seat in the main cabin. The train will begin to move as soon as we have checked every passenger aboard the train. He slid a door open for them that lead to one of the main cars of the Magnet Train. The lights of the train shone with a bright white on the silver colored leather seats of the train. They picked an empty three-seater and Misty took the side closest to the aisle while Ash took the window side as Pikachu sat in Mistys lap.
She lied heavily on the comfortable seat and was anxious for the train to start moving. Ash was staring out of the window and was beginning to daze off when yells could be heard from the next car. Everyone in the car peered out of their seats curiously at the scene happening.
A man with burgundy colored hair was in hysterics as the attendants didnt accept his tickets and attempted to kick him off of the train. Apparently his tickets were fakes and they had found him out, but he was unwilling to admit so and claimed that they were 100 percent real. They attempted to calm him down, but once they saw that he was not cooperating, the attendants surrounded the man, grabbed him by the arms and threw him out of the train. He pounded on the doors and windows screaming obscenities, but he was soon carried off by security. Ash and Misty looked on bewildered as he tried to free himself from their grasp, kicking and screaming, but to no avail as they exited the station.
Some people must really want to go on this trip, Ash said looking back at the screaming man amazed. Misty smiled back and closed her eyes so he returned to looking out of the window and thought of what possible adventures he could have in Muntein. The loud speaker came on as it interrupted his daydream,
We have now checked all passengers on board and will now begin to move. All the attendants must find their seat as well as the passengers before we start to move A few minutes later, the captain was given the all clear and the train began to move, slowly speeding up.
The scenery began to go out of focus as the train sped up until it reached unbelievable speeds and the outside world blurred past them. He looked at Misty to see if she was observing the scenery but she was sleeping peacefully leaning over the side of the chair. He smiled and he pulled her back in, but he had pulled her too hard and her head fell onto his shoulder.
She adjusted herself on his shoulder and then wrapped her arm around his. Ash tried to free himself from her grasp by shaking his arm, but she held on tightly with a faint smile as she slept. He gave up and looked out at Pikachu as he also rested on his lap. Ash rolled his eyes at the two; there was no way he could sleep with how excited he was.
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Two hours had now passed on the train and Ash was becoming restless. Misty was now awake and she was staring down the aisle with a bored expression. According to the captain they were about to reach Muntein, but Ash was skeptical as he looked outside. It was now noon yet the sun could be barely seen shining from the gaps between the trees they had been passing the last half hour.
Suddenly, the trees disappeared and they began to pass in front of a desert-like region. The ground was bare and the heat could be seen bouncing off of the ground as they passed through the barren wasteland. Just then the loud speaker was turned on,
Right now we are currently passing the other half of Turbane, the region that neighbors Muntein. Ash looked outside in wonder and amazement as they rocketed across the land. Gradually Ash could feel the train slowing down as he felt his stomach being pushed back. He grabbed it in nausea and then he looked at Misty. She obviously could feel it too as she began to turn her head in a panic. An announcement was made yet again,
Right now we are currently preparing to enter the tunnel that passes into Muntein. We will have to slow down as we are actually traveling underwater. We will be arriving in at least ten minutes The speaker turned off and Ashs heart began to pound in excitement. The train jerked forward and he grabbed onto the seat in front of him in shock. Pikachu flew face first into the next chair and stood up with a groan.
The lights had all gone out and everyone began to mutter. From the window, Ash could see they had now reached the coast of this wasteland of a region and the car that they were in began to enter the tunnel. The walls were clear and the passengers from the train could see into the depths of the ocean.
The waves of the current beat ferociously against the walls, but they did not give way as the train continued to descend into the tunnel until it was completely submerged. The car was cast with the dark blue colors of the sea and the three of them looked on in wonderment.
They were far underneath the surface and the underwater world outside them was eerily similar to the desolate one on the surface. It was calm and abandoned with gigantic rocks that lay scattered throughout the dark blue sea. There was no life at all because the fast currents of the sea made it impossible to live in. The train was now traveling in a straight line at a slow pace, allowing everyone on the train to explore the sea visually.
Ash looked on with his face pressed to the window in amazement then he turned back to look at Misty. She was looking out the window as well when their eyes met. They smiled at each other then continued to admire the outside view. Ash was about to look away when something caught the corner of his eye. Off in the far distance he could see something moving. He focused his vision and could vaguely make them out to be brightly colored dots that floated about aimlessly.
He took out his Pokedex to check if it was a pokemon, but before he could, everything went completely dark. Everyone screamed and Ash began to look all around him in panic when he felt Misty grab his arm. The lights suddenly turned back on and Ash looked at Misty as she looked back at him.
She let go and turned away as she blushed in embarrassment. Ash looked at her with a confused expression, but he turned away and looked outside the window, frustrated that the sea had now disappeared from their sight and he missed the pokemon. The train was still moving underwater as he could see tiny bubbles from the water, but it also seemed that they were underneath the ground as they traveled through stone. The loudspeaker clicked on again,
We are passing through the massive rocks that surround this island like a barrier; in a moment we will be surfacing again so I would like to take this time to thank you all for riding on the Magnet train and to please remain seated until we come to a full stop. The front of the train began to ascend and soon enough their car began to move up as well as they passed the dark tunnel and entered the dark sea once again. The train was picking up speed until they had finally surfaced again.
Bright light flooded the inside of the train as the remaining cars left the water. Ash looked outside to catch his first glimpse of Muntein. The land before him was filled with trees, but as they traveled along the coast he only see the trunks of these trees. The train continued to ascend at a rapid pace until they passed above the trees on a bridge. He caught a glance of this new world.
It was completely covered by lush green trees with a great mountain that loomed over the land to the northeast and everything seemed so alive. He opened his mouth in amazement as the train began to straighten out and prepared to slow down once again. Misty tapped her foot as her heart beat thumped in her chest. She didnt know why she was so nervous, she had traveled with him to new regions all the time and she had never felt a reaction like this. Maybe because this time it was going to be just her and Ash; her heart skipped a beat as the thought crossed her mind.
The train was approaching a platinum building that was supported by steel beams to keep it from touching the water. Upon entering the station, the train came to a screeching halt. Ashs hands shook with excitement as he could barely contain himself anymore. He stood up as soon as the doors opened and Misty followed suit. They gathered their backpacks and exited the train.
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The floor below the docking station for the train was the main terminal in which various other trains were available for traveling to different parts of the Muntein region. The room was brand new, shiny and clean, almost futuristic-like as Ash and Misty walked down the stairs and looked around bewildered. They had no idea where to start or even go. Misty spotted an information center in the distance.
I bet we could find where to go if we looked over there, she said as she pointed to the booth. He nodded and they began to walk towards the info booth. It was a plain white counter in the shape of a circle with a silver sign that ran through the middle of the big circle. Black letters that ran across it, labeling one side: Trainers Info and the other side: Tourists Info. Misty smiled in joy at the tourist booth and she turned to Ash.
While you go check out the Trainers booth Im going to go look something up she said as she began to walk away from him and he looked back at her wondering what she was going to check out.
Dont forget to get a map! she yelled back at him. Ash frowned at her comment.
Like I would be that stupid to forget a map he thought. Ash and Pikachu walked up to the receptionist after she had just finished attending to a group of trainers. She had light brown hair that was hidden underneath a blue and white cap and her ponytails stuck out to the side. She was young and pretty and had light blue eyes; if Brock was here, he would be all over her.
How may I help you today, sir? she said smiling. Ash clenched his fist as he said,
Im a pokemon trainer and I want to enter the league! But first I need to know where the Gyms are. She reached behind the counter and pulled out a small pamphlet.
This is an official Muntein League pamphlet that will explain all the rules and requirements of this league. Its very similar to the other leagues outside of this island, but there is one small change: there are 12 Gyms that you need to go to before you are allowed to participate in the league. In this pamphlet, you will also find a very detailed map that has the location of every single Gym in each corresponding region.
She flipped to the middle of the pamphlet and unfolded the map. In each region there were three Gyms whose types were in some way related to the region around it. The map was almost identical to the one that Ash had seen in Professor Oaks lab and he spotted out the train station they were in; they were currently in the waters between the Evergreen region and the Mineral region.
Which Gym is closest from where we are? Ash asked.
There is the Gym thats in Conifer Town, said the woman as she pointed out where the town was on the map. It lied a little bit to the north from the train station.
Its in the middle of the forest, but theres a path that will lead you there once you exit from here. You should have no problem finding it as long as you exit through the side entrance, she said pointing to a door that was at her left side.
Will that be all?
Yes, thank you very much! he said with a sincere smile.
I wish you the best of luck on your journey, she said as she smiled back at Ash.
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He was circling the booth and was about to start looking for Misty when he bumped into her. He eyed her suspiciously,
What were you doing at the Tourist booth? She avoided his gaze and said,
Nothing as she hid something behind her back.
What are you hiding behind you? he said looking at her hands that were held behind her back. He reached forward to see, but she stepped back. He then lunged at her with both hands, but she side stepped out of the way and he fell face forward. He stood up and reached forward with his left hand so she turned to the right. With his other hand, he grabbed what she was hiding. He held it in his hands and it read: Tourist Attractions.
Give me that! she yelled at him as she snatched the pamphlet out of his hand.
Dont tell me that you want to see stupid tourist attractions! Theyre a waste of time and money! Besides, I have to get started on my pokemon journey and I cant waste any valuable time-
Hold it right there Ash Ketchum! Misty said clearly annoyed at his attitude. I came thousands of miles away from my home just so I could come here with you! There is no way I traveled that far just so I can watch from the sidelines as you battle against other trainers. Besides you have plenty of time to collect badges, dont you?
Well yeah He knew the league was going to start in a year according to the pamphlet.
So loosen up and enjoy this island! Everything in life isnt always about pokemon; which is the whole reason were going to these attractions whether you like it or not! she said waving the pamphlet around in her hand. He backed away.
Alright Misty you win But first, were going to the Gym!
Fine. But right after that, we are going to start looking for the nearest tourist attractions! she said, putting her foot down.
Good; now where are we going first? she said. He pulled out the map from his backpack and showed it to her.
The lady in the booth told me that the quickest way to get there is through this exit, he said as he pointed to one of the entrances to the side. After that, all we have to do is follow the path and wed get there no problem.
Alright so then give me the map, she said outstretching her hand.
What?! He clutched the map in his hand.
Ash if youre the one thats going to read the map, youll get us lost! she said a bit annoyed at him. So give me the map!
No way! I can read the map just fine and I wont get us lost. Besides if you had the map, youd probably burn a hole right through it just by looking at it, He stuck his tongue at her then turned and sprinted for the exit with Pikachu on his shoulder.
Ash Ketchum you get back here! She ran after him waving her fist in the air as he exited through the door. Their first step onto the new world was at breakneck speed, never stopping to look behind them as their eyes were fixed on what lay ahead of them.
Author's Notes
Yeah I know not a lot happened in this chapter, but like I said it's just a prologue/chapter. Anyway, now that Ash and Misty are going to be traveling together again you can expect to see more fights between them (as well as a couple of tricks I've got up my sleeve ) I hope you all got a pretty good idea of what the Evergreen Region of Muntein looks like. If you're a bit puzzled, just imagine a BIG forest on a BIG mountain
Anyway, just as an FYI, I've finished Chapter 9 and the picture of the new pokemon (just need to color it...) so I'm going to start work on Chapter 10 where a good friend of mine *coughshoujaoi-fangirlcough* will make an appearance! If you would like to be included into the fic, simply send me a PM with a name (it could be your real name or one that you choose; just keep it appropriate people, I don't want any 'Seymour Buttz' flying around ...) and I'll gladly include you in the fic. It could be the next chapter or it could be the WAY next chapter, I can assure that I won't know until I reach that chapter or have at least a good idea in which chapter. Once I do find out, I'll send you a PM back with which chapter you can look forward to! Thanks for everyone who is been reading so far and I look forward to any posts you will write!
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Great work again! I'm glad she ended up going with him ^_^
my favorite part:
as usual, you're keeping them in character, that's why your fic is so awesome XD each chapter is always worth the wait ^^
Aww, yay! and I'm giving you a cameo in my school one :3 Be sure to portray me as the impatient cold hearted moster I really am xDD lmao jk
"When you're miserable, you need to make someone even more miserable than yourself" ~ Lucy, Elfen Lied
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You have a thing about Ash and only wearing a towel...if you were a guy in a house with 4 women, would you walk out of the bathroom in only a towel if you weren't asking for trouble??She turned around suddenly and jumped back in shock as he stood standing directly in front of her with just a towel on and a curious look on his face.
How'd that happen? she only got up at 1pm...It was now noon
Err yeah, as you said there's not much happening i this chapter, but still good cos we're just getting to the main part of your fic. Can't wait for the next chapter!
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Im happy that Misty is coming with Ash, its more fun that way and the fighting is humor. All in all, the ideas were creative. Wondering if May is going to join them, I like her
Actually if you see in the paragraph before, you'll see that they traveled two days after they left from Cerulean City so it was a new day. And as for the whole towel thing, I actually live in a house full of women so I'm used to it by now and I see no problem in walking outside in just a towel. Besides that, I think it makes for some great awkwad situations between them.
As I've said before, there will be no other characters joining them along the journey. It's just going to be Ash and Misty (and maybe a couple of other characters... I'm keeping that all a secret for now ).
I'm glad everyone liked this chapter! Like I said, Chapter 9 is already done so all I need to do is write out Chapter 10 and draw out some of the pokemon. Once that is done, I can assure you that things will start to change around here...
And don't worry shoujaoi-fangirl, I'll make sure you get what you rightfully deserve...
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AWW FAV PART ^!!! ^^ That is so cute, yey Misty wins! I would do the same thing if I had to stay in the sidelines all the time lol hehe^____^;;He looked over to Misty to tell her to look out of the window, but she was sleeping peacefully leaning over the side of the chair. He smiled and he pulled her back in, but he had pulled her too hard and she landed on his shoulder softly. She moved around slightly on his shoulder as she made herself comfortable and she wrapped her arm around his. Ash tried to free himself from her grasp by shaking his arm slightly, but she held on tightly with a faint smile as she slept soundly. He gave up and he looked out of the window uncomfortably as Misty rested quietly on his shoulder.
yayza, happy happy happy! After my 4 day hiatus, being greeted by a new chappie makes me really happy!
I love the little fighting scene in the end, it reminds me of why I became a Pokeshipper in the first place!
Proud member of the Pokeshipping Authors Club!One of the Original Five!
That makes me really happy to hear as well!
Just to give a brief check-up on Chapter 10, I haven't really gotten that far in writing it... Even though I had all day to work on it... Yeah, I know... But! I'll work really work hard on it tomorrow (and for the rest of the night if I'm up to it) so that I can finish early to be able to give myself enough time to draw out the three new pokemon in this chapter:
Spoiler:- New Pokemon:
So far impatient people (like shoujaoi-fangirl ), I'm sorry, but I haven't gotten too far into this Chapter just yet and I still have to color the new pokemon, COVVUL (still keeping it mystery! ), so I'm a bit behind. But I promise I'll try my hardest to have Chapter 9 up by the end of this week.
By the way, is any one interested enough to be included into this fic??? I haven't gotten any PMs yet...
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As it happens – now that Henrico has received state and national recognition for the NHDB – it's quite likely that other localities will create similar databases, using Henrico's as a model. The National Association of Counties recently awarded Henrico County Public Library its Outstanding Achievement Award for the NHDB, while the Virginia Public Library Director's Association awarded HCPL its Outstanding Public Relations Award. The citations noted that while the information about local individuals had previously been scattered throughout various documents, it is now easily accessed through the database, and will serve as a model for online publishing of local historical information. Officials at Henrico County Public Schools have also taken notice of the NHDB's usefulness, and will introduce all fifth-grade students to the NHDB when they study Henrico County history at the beginning of the school year. Servants, generals and queens The NHDB has proven useful not only for schoolchildren, library patrons, and local officials looking for a model system. Committee members who researched the nominees and wrote the entries said they also found it an enjoyable learning experience. Lead Research Librarian Mike Shoop counted Jane Bolling Randolph and Herman Melton among the favorite subjects of his research. Randolph, an 18th century descendant of Pocahontas, left behind the earliest surviving culinary manuscript in America, while the African-American Melton worked as a lab assistant at the Medical College of Virginia during the era of segregation. In addition, said Shoop, "It was surprising to discover that General George Pickett [famed for Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg] was born and raised in Henrico – I had not been aware of that." He also enjoyed his research on John Minor Botts, a Henrico lawyer and politician jailed by the Confederate government for his Unionist leanings, and on Abraham Wood. "[Wood] arrived in Henrico as an indentured servant," said Shoop, "and had a successful career that included discovering and naming the New River in 1654." Among other interesting notables Shoop cited were John Pleasants, who donated land for the first Quaker Meeting House in Henrico; Opossunoquonuske, a.k.a. "Queen of the Appamattocks," one of the first Virginia Indian leaders to meet with the English in 1607; and Alice Proctor, "who managed to repel her attackers during the Indian Massacre of 1622 and save her home." Christmas mothers, explorers, governors Committee member Andrea Brown remarked that she especially enjoyed researching John James Beckley and Mittie McGraw Nelson. Appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the first Librarian of Congress in 1802, Beckley – the man for whom Beckley, West Va. is named – served as clerk of the House of Representatives as well. Beckley has also been called the first professional campaign manager for his efforts to organize support for Thomas Jefferson as president. Mittie McGraw Nelson, the first Henrico Christmas Mother, was somewhat of a challenge for Brown to research. "I had some difficulty obtaining her first and last names due to the custom of married women being listed as a 'Mrs.' and not under their own names," said Brown, who eventually found Nelson's first and maiden names in a 1978 newspaper obituary. Then she used a number of newspaper articles to research the origins of the Christmas Mother program and the reasons Nelson was elected as the Mother. Other librarians remarked that they enjoyed learning about John Garland Pollard, the 51st governor of Virginia, and Thomas Batte, who explored the New River Valley in 1671 looking for a path through the Appalachians. Kay-Lyn Merritt noted that a favorite subject of her research was John Cussons of Glen Allen, who built the 125-room hotel named Forest Lodge at the intersection of Mountain Road and the railroad tracks. "In the summers when my children were young, we drove to the swimming pool on Brookley Road and passed the old building almost every day," said Merritt. "I knew it must have an interesting history and enjoyed finding out about how Cussons worked to make Forest Lodge a destination resort, and how his cantankerous personality alienated his neighbors." As a member of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (LGBG), Merritt said she also took a personal interest in the story of Grace Arents, whose Bloemendaal Farm began as a rural retreat for sickly youth and is now the site of LGBG. "I hadn't realized," said Merritt, "the extent of her philanthropy and what a difference she made in education and social improvement in Richmond." A third favorite of Merritt's was Edward Thurston Mankin, who owned the brick foundry in eastern Henrico that supplied bricks for the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and is today owned by a couple who operate it as a bed-and-breakfast and wedding site. Bound to grow Perhaps the best thing about the database, say librarians and committee members, is that it is an ongoing, living thing with ample opportunity for public interaction. Each month, for example, the library includes a "tidbit question" in its online newsletter to promote the NHDB. Drawn from information in a database entry, the question wins the first correct respondent a prize. What's more, says Campbell, the database is in no way complete. Aware that they may have missed notable Henricoans – and that future notables are still living and therefore ineligible – the designers made it easy to submit corrections or nominate others for inclusion through the website. Before they can be included in the database for public access, however, the entries must first be approved by the Commission. Of 233 entries in the database, 149 have been approved to date. "I always like to state that notable Henricoans from Pocahontas to Jimmy Dean, and everyone in between, are represented in the database," says Christine Campbell. And as Mike Shoop points out, the list will continue to grow and get better. "We have quite an assortment of other interesting folks waiting in the wings for addition to the database as well," says Shoop. "So there's more to come!" |
Weekend Top 10
By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 05/23/2013
Henrico has several fun family-friendly activities to offer this weekend – check out the butterflies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, play games at The Armour House & Gardens and walk or run in support of the Autism Society of Central Virginia. If you're looking to celebrate Memorial Day, Rocketts Landing has fireworks and Sandston has a parade. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Raiders help 'Stir It Up!'
Among the activities featured at Stir It Up!, a fundraiser and awareness raiser held May 5 at Deep Run H.S., was the opportunity for youngsters – including this young fan pictured with player Raibonne Charles – to play catch with members of the Richmond Raiders professional indoor football team. > Read more.
Henrico Junior 4-H camp registration open
By Ben Panko, Special to the Citizen 05/19/2013
For parents looking to keep their kids outside and away from the video games this summer, the Virginia Cooperative Extension is still accepting registrations for the 2013 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
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Mother and son open new restaurant in Sandston
A new restaurant has opened in a well-known Sandston building.
The Sandston Kitchen will celebrate its official grand opening on Memorial Day, May 27. The restaurant is located in the site of the former Sandston Pharmacy at 2 West Williamsburg Road. It serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week and dinner Tuesday through Saturday. > Read more.
Whale of a treat
Ironfish delights with a variety of tasty catches
I was overjoyed to head back for another meal at Ironfish by Pescados, considered the Best New Restaurant in 2011 by both the Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond Magazine. I agree whole-heartedly with their ratings. Since I first visited the restaurant for my birthday in January, I was waiting for the perfect special occasion to return. I couldn't wait another year, obviously.
Run by the same restaurateurs as Pescados Latin Caribbean Seafood in Midlothian and Eat in Oregon Hill, Ironfish offers the same unique dishes and top-level customer service. > Read more.
Veteran restaurateur set to open in Short Pump
Tran's Pho 1 Grill will serve Vietnamese fare
After nearly a year out of the restaurant industry, a well known 30-year Henrico restaurateur is ready to open up his fifth venture in Short Pump.
Paul Tran, along with his wife Ellen will open up Pho 1 Grill, a Vietnamese restaurant, in June in the Towne Center West Shopping Center.
Tran has been serving up Vietnamese food since the mid-'80s, his first being Que Huong on Rigsby Road. He also owned Mr. Chan's on Horsepen Road and Saigon Gourmet on Hull Street Road. > Read more.
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Philip K. Dick dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and divine. Dick's two daughters and novelist Jonathan Lethem- Exegesis co-editor-serve as guides to exploring the magnificent final work of the author.
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories over a three decade writing career, in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably, Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly.
Jonathan Lethem is the critically acclaimed author of eight novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and his latest, Chronic City. He has published and spoken widely on Dick and is the editor of the Library of America editions of Dick's novels. His new book of essays, The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc. is due out this fall.
David L. Ulin is a book critic for the Los Angeles Times. From 2005-2010 he served as the Times' book editor. He is the author of The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time and The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith, and the editor of Another City: Writing from Los Angeles and Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, which won a 2002 California Book Award. His essays and criticism are widely published.
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Results tagged "Bamboo" from Fabric.com Blog
A knitter's needle is as personal as a favorite pair of pants or how one takes coffee. It is a tiny piece of your personality and thus very important. You will spend many hours with your needles. Picking a tools that can make or break your knitting (and in the end your sanity) is important and should not be rushed into. As a new knitter, I tried everything as I discovered it but I was like a 10 yr old on a shopping spree. As I taught myself, my first needles were metal so I bought a bunch. As I explored more forums, I discovered bamboo so I purchased a set of straight and DPNs. Then I came across my first set of interchangeable in acrylic so that was another chunk of change. After that it was magic loop and the purchase of 40 in. plus cable needle since my Interchangeables were not compatible with magic loop. It went on and on until I finally settled down and found the perfect set for me. I still have many of my original purchases but I only use my "married set": I call them my "married set" because I dated all the others and finally fell deeply in love and have not strayed since.
Many knitters are monogamous with their chosen set but others have not settled down, changing from needle to needle depending on the project and what is new. If you know you are destined to be a monogamous knitter than it is important to find your needle. You may choose to follow my path but there are easier ways to find your needle.
1) Do you have any allergies or arthritis? This will rule out some needle right away. I am allergic to nickel so that was an early indicator and why I was drawn to wooden needles. Wood or bamboo is also key for older knitters.
2) How do you knit? Fast or take your time. If you prefer fast, there are many "turbo" needles out there made with nickels and have pointy tips and slick finishes. If you like to take your time, maybe not slow but not super fast, and precise stitches then wood or bamboo may be for you. Some are well varnished and can be as fast as nickel but I often find that wood and bamboo grip more and prevent slipping stitches. Do you knit more in the round than straight? Then a set of circulars or Interchangeables are for you. My mother in law knits more flat than in the round and sticks to her straight needle and rarely touches her Interchangeables. I knit more round but I only use my interchangeable no matter what the project.
3) Visit the forums and read what others have to say. You might find someone who knits like you and find your perfect needle without spending time and money on others.
4) Do you like trends? Then, my friend, you are probably not a monogamous knitter but enjoy new needles with jewelry on the end, Knit Lite, and anything new and exciting. Go to it if you love it. There is no shame in "dating". If it keeps you knitting and happy- where is the problem? You might have less money for yarn but you do have some really awesome needles!
With our great selection of needles you are sure to find the right one for you. Plus, with our free return shipping if you don't- it's not problem to try them out to make sure. Make sure and ask for a Fabric.com gift card for Christmas so you can pick your favorite needle!!!
Pictured: my fave needles- Lantern Moon
Lantern Moon Palm Wood Needles shall be from this point forward be called Turbo Moon. These are smooth, slick and great for speed knitting. Wait; let me back up to my first impression. Gorgeous. These needles are art in themselves. The grain and color of the wood plus the style of the needle makes for a very stylish needle. I felt very posh just knitting with them.
Now for the knitting. They were fast; I mean fast. I first tried them with S. Charles Sahara yarn but the needles were too slick for this yarn (Viscose, Bamboo and Linen). My loops kept sliding off and I felt unwieldy. I had a few balls of some bulky mohair, so I cast on with it and felt back in my element. This yarn has always been a little difficult for me since it seemed so slow and snaggy. Not with my Turbo Moon's. The yarn seemed to flow from one needle to the next. Even tricky stitches, like SSK, were cake with this combo.
I highly recommend these needles because they are so great for difficult yarns like novelty yarns, mohair, angora and thicker wools. The needles felt soft but solid in my hands. I felt no fatigue after a little over an hour of knitting and no aches (I often get aches from hard woods and some metals). The weight was good but even better was the tips. The Lantern Moon tips were not so sharp to split the yarn but not so dull to make picking up loops frustrating. In fact, I thought the tips so perfect that I completely forgot about them altogether until now.
I say buy for 2 reasons 1) they are super fast, smooth and comfy b) they are so beautiful that even if you never use them, they will make an excellent center piece.
KAL Progress
My Wisp is (NOW) going along swimmingly. I will confess a secret: I have made this once before and hated it. I just didn't understand the pattern. I read it over and over and it just didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to blame the designer ("Ugh- can't she just make it simple! I must drink wine") I knew in my heart of hearts that it was reader error. So I wanted to try it again. I knew I needed support so I would not get to row 15 and throw it down and stomp up and down swearing my undying vengeance upon it. I smite thee! So I decided I would throw it into the KAL poll and see what happened. The rest is current history and happily it worked out because I cleaver knitter, codename: Cape Maui, joined our KAL. She unlocked the pattern for me and though I feel like a dunce for not seeing something so simple, I know I never would have seen it without someone else pointing it out to me. My husband has told me that often enough.
Pshaw, I say. This is different.
Now I am easily on the third repeat and there is no stopping me. I love it. LOVE IT. And the yarn. It was an excellent choice. While noticeably less fuzzy than mohair, it is unbelievably soft and shows the stitch pattern in a new way. I just want to cuddle in it. The Cashsoft feels good in the ball but awesome knitted up. The color, tricky to photograph, is perfect. So bold but the red is classic. I highly recommend knitting wisp it bright colors because it is so delicate and transparent. The lace pattern and a bright color are the winning combo.
I can't wait to see and hear about the other knitter's KAL progress. Post your pictures or Ravelry links on our Facebook page.


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Vasili and I visited this Bump Club VIP family not long ago to help capture their sweet Ava's arrival. After first getting to know her parents a few months prior I was so excited to come back and meet her. Not only was she as sweet and adorable as I imagined, but I was so enamored with how dainty and graceful she was, even at just 11 days old
Thanks so much Ava and to your mom & dad for allowing us the privilege of capturing this time for you all and looking forward to seeing you again soon hopefully! XO


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A Year's Worth of Ready-To-Go Programming
By Carol Garnett HopkinsPick this book up and be ready to conduct a story hour within minutes.
ISBN: 9781555707927Here are 52 ready-to-go storytimes with a difference – art activities – for use with toddlers ages 1 to 3 years old. Each plan is based around a theme familiar to children including bears, bugs, springtime, community workers, clothing and hats, flowers and gardens, weather, music, pets, transportation, pirates, and many more.
Art activities for toddlers are hard to find but important for developing impulse control, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor dexterity in the hands. The introduction discusses the differences between art activities and craft activities, a toddler's ability in creating art, and using different art mediums, such as food. Each plan includes a list of books, action songs or rhymes along with their words, a flannelboard experience, plus instruction for two to three art activities. These activities include directions as well as any drawings that may be needed to complete the activity. Each one offers an open-ended art experience, with no "one" way to complete the project at hand. Children are free to explore the process and tools used to make the art. A particular end product that looks the same as everyone else is not needed with the projects here.
The book also includes pointers on conducting storytimes with toddlers, information on why children this age should be exposed to art activities, and how to find inexpensive art materials. It also eliminates the need to search for the perfect drawing to use with a themed art activity by including 100+ drawings. In addition to providing fun storytimes, these art activities also promote pre-reading skills such as print motivation, vocabulary, and narrative skills.


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I seem to recall posting a crazy idea about moving atime out to its own separately managed data structure and keeping it out of the inode entirely. (I can't find the comment now, of course.)
But still... atime is broken. It turns reads into writes and is generally just nasty. Furthermore, most things just don't need it.
Here's a totally radical, unsellable idea:
Even in the absence of that crazy idea, it still sounds like having atime in the inode allows for trivial bandwidth and storage-size amplification attacks. If you could factor out atime updates to some dedicated on-disk structure that relied more on versioning semantics than COW, you could at least fix btrfs' immediate problem without totally ditching atime. With 8 byte atime and 8 byte inode numbers (let's say), The 2.2GB quoted in the article is enough space to store 128M atime updates if they were stored like a journal.
Atime and btrfs: a bad combination?
Posted Jun 1, 2012 4:51 UTC (Fri) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]
I don't use it a lot, but I certainly do use it from time to time to see what files are being accessed. Not a killer feature, but a valuable one.
I'm a big fan of keeping atime in a separate data structure. The liveness properties, stability requirements, and necessary precision are very different from other values in the inode and keeping it together with them is a simplification, not a requirement.
Posted Jun 1, 2012 5:06 UTC (Fri) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link]
It seems to me the other option, if you don't fix atime, is to mitigate it with hacks (relatime -- which doesn't work well for the attack against btrfs shown in the article) or outright disable it everywhere or almost everywhere.
My comment above was perhaps slightly over the top. Sorry for any confusion.
Posted Jun 1, 2012 14:10 UTC (Fri) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link]
Hah. I disable ataime on all my filesystems and the only use I have for it is a side effect: it functions as creation time, which is much more valuable for me than access time :)
Posted Jun 1, 2012 15:13 UTC (Fri) by jamesh (guest, #1159) [Link]
Posted Jun 1, 2012 7:53 UTC (Fri) by MrWim (subscriber, #47432) [Link]
One nice property about this solution is that reads being writes are now explicit and if disk runs out read isn't going to fail but the failure mode can be implemented in the watching daemon.
Potentially you could take the dconf like design where a convenient atime API is provided such that atime can be read synchronously by mapping the atime "database" into the process that is reading it read-only whereas the atimed process would be the only process with write access to this file.
Posted Jun 1, 2012 12:45 UTC (Fri) by ablock (guest, #84933) [Link]
Posted Jun 1, 2012 13:13 UTC (Fri) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link]
Of course, here's where it breaks: How do you export that over NFS? I guess nfsd would also need to talk to that infrastructure also.
My suggestion about doing it at the kernel level is that you retain the userspace ABI, and there's never an application that breaks because you've radically changed where atime gets monitored and recorded.
I guess you could provide a FUSE-like mechanism to hook userspace back up to 'stat'.
Posted Jun 3, 2012 22:39 UTC (Sun) by MrWim (subscriber, #47432) [Link]
As you say a FUSE filesystem could be offered to preserve the stat() interface but it would probably be less work to get the existing apps which use atime to use some new library. The only examples I ever hear of are tmpwatch and mutt.
Posted Jun 7, 2012 12:29 UTC (Thu) by MrWim (subscriber, #47432) [Link]
Posted Jun 1, 2012 9:41 UTC (Fri) by bergwolf (subscriber, #55931) [Link]
Posted Jun 5, 2012 10:25 UTC (Tue) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]
Posted Jun 1, 2012 18:48 UTC (Fri) by Yorick (subscriber, #19241) [Link]
In fact, once most people agree that there is no reason whatsoever not to mount everything with noatime, we can drop it altogether and start reaping the benefits. All operations are faster, the code becomes simpler, and we can put the now free space in inodes (both on disk and in memory) to more productive use. It is difficult to see any costs here—what would break? finger?
Then, once that has been taken care of, we can go on dealing with some other part of the baroque Unix legacy. Remove 99 % of the TTY options, perhaps? We can start slowly, by taking away the one that converts lower to upper case, and see if anyone notices.
Posted Jun 1, 2012 21:40 UTC (Fri) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link]
<stty olcuc>
Posted Jun 4, 2012 12:59 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Posted Jun 4, 2012 14:50 UTC (Mon) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]
One of our problems as developers is exactly that: one does not simply take features away. Lots of systems made me bury them exactly by trying to take "my" features (the ones I used and cared for and needed) away.
Posted Jun 5, 2012 12:19 UTC (Tue) by Yorick (subscriber, #19241) [Link]
To remove old cruft, a good start is quarantine. Simply don't implement atime in new file systems (btrfs); people who need it for their business-critical fingerd can run UFS or ext2 or something else. The important part is that we don't let use of a bad feature to spread, since that is only going to make it harder to get rid of.
Instead of making code worse for everyone for the (dubious) benefit of a vocal minority of cavemen, deal with the problem head-on. Give them a chance to adapt - help them all you can - but set a firm date for when the coddling stops.
Posted Jun 5, 2012 11:42 UTC (Tue) by roblucid (subscriber, #48964) [Link]
Rather than whinge about it on LKML (Kernel developers & casual enthusiasts aren't the ppl who find atimes useful) implementing atime's better ought to be the focus of discussion. Ppl think about advanced features like snap-shotting and ignore the basic POSIX requirements.
atime doesn't need synchronous update guarantees, in real use the fuzzy relatime (better 23hr min update than 24, to be predictable on daily jobs) would likely be adequate. If your FS can't stand some inode info updates, during reading, then it is what is broken, not the spec.
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