The Princess and The Togepi

The gang had received news that their friend, Misty, was coming to see them. She was going to stay in the Hoenn Region for a few days.

"I can't wait to see Misty again." Ashlyn said, smiling.

"So Misty is the gym leader of Cerulean City, right?" May asked.

"Yeah, she's a great one too." Ashlyn replied.

"Raichu! (Look!)" Tesla spoke up, pointing her paw in a certain direction.

The gang followed her line of sight and saw Misty coming towards them.

"Misty!" Ashlyn called out as she waved her hand.

"Raichu!"

"Hi, Ashlyn and Brock how've you been?" Misty asked.

"Toge toge toge!" Togepi chirped.

"We've been doing great." Ashlyn replied, "You must be pretty busy at the gym, huh?"

"Tough, my sisters like to give me all the work." Misty stated.

Then she noticed Alain, May and Max.

"Oh, you must be Alain, May and Max, right?" Misty asked.

May was instantly right in front of Misty, "Hi to you too! We've heard so much about you!" She greeted.

"It's an honor to meet the gym leader of the Cerulean Gym." Alain greeted.

"Nice to meet you too, Misty." Max greeted. Then he noticed Misty's Togepi, "Wow, you have a Togepi?"

"Yup, I've had him for a while, and he means a lot to me." Misty replied.

"He's so cute!" May squealed.

May took out her Pokédex and scanned Togepi.

"Toge togephriii!" Togepi chirped.

"It was thanks to Togepi that I was able to meet up with you all." Misty said.

"What do you mean?" May asked.

Misty gave Brock an envelope. He opened it, "An invitation to a Togepi Festival? A gathering of all Togepi trainers." He read.

"And it's being held in this hotel." Misty added, looking at the building next to them.

"Interesting." Alain commented.

"Luckily, they can allow guests. So I thought that I should invite you all." Misty stated.

"Thanks, Misty." Ashlyn thanked her.

Suddenly two priest-looking like people arrived, dressed in clothing with triangular marks, appeared. Elena could easily tell that it was Jessie and James.

"Welcome my children." The red triangular priest greeted.

"We're from the Togepi Festival Community. It's our greatest pleasure to be your guides today." The blue triangular priest added as he rubbed his hands together.

"A darling Togepi." The red triangular priest complimented.

"Yes indeed." The blue triangular priest agreed.

The they took Misty and Togepi into the hotel, ignoring the presence of the others.

"Something isn't right here." Ashlyn said.

"Let's follow them." Alain decided.

Then she and the others went followed after them. Ashlyn and the others quickly got into the blimp just before it took off.

"Phew! that was close." Max said, relieved.

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

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

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The blimp flew over a desert and over a mountain, until at last, it arrived at a kingdom. Alain looked out a window flap and gazed at the kingdom below them.

"That must be a kingdom." Alain guessed.

"Amazing." Ashlyn commented.

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After the landing Jessie and James, still in their disguised forms, lead Misty out of the blimp.

"Welcome to the Mirage Kingdom!" James greeted.

Just then the gang got out of the blimp and rushed to Misty's side.

"Reveal yourselves now Team Rocket!" Ashlyn shouted.

"And tell us why you brought Misty and Togepi here!" Brock demanded.

Jessie and James chuckled.

"Prepare for trouble, now there's a surprise.

"And make it double with our brilliant-"

"Can we just skip the motto and you tell the reason for taking Misty and Togepi?" Ashlyn interrupted.

"Would you stop interrupting us?!" Jessie exclaimed angrily.

"We rather you get straight to the point." Alain deadpanned.

Jessie grunted in anger, "All right, fine!"

"Hand over that Togepi!" James commanded Misty.

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

"All right then we shall swipe it from you!" Meowth declared.

Meowth was just about to go in for a swipe, but then he got held back by an elderly man. This man was wearing a dark purple uniform and he had a big moustache.

"Colonel Hansen?" Jessie blinked.

"Behold, this Togepi is for you." James said.

"I ordered you three to bring me a Togepi, not a lot of trainers." the man stated to Team Rocket.

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

"Who are you?" Misty asked.

"I'm Colonel Hansen, the leader of the Mirage Kingdom and I need a Togepi. I demand that you hand over your Togepi to me and leave my kingdom at once." Hansen ordered.

"No way!" Misty refused.

"Since you won't give it to me willingly, I'll have to use force." Hanson stated and snapped his fingers and three bug Pokémon that looked like big flies appeared.

"Shedinja and Ninjasks." Max gasped.

Then May and Max noticed that Misty was shaking with fright.

"Uh, Misty, are you alright?" May asked.

"Misty has never been a big fan of bug Pokémon." Brock stated.

"Bugs really bug me!" Misty admitted, completely scared.

Ashlyn, Alain, and Brock sighed at this while May and Max had looks of disbelief.

"May, Max, get Misty and Togepi out here." Alain ordered.

"We'll take on Hansen." Ashlyn declared.

May and Max nodded, "Right."

"Shedinja, After them!" Hansen ordered his Shedinja to follow Misty, May, and Max, "Ninjask, Shadow Ball!"

Alain and Brock quickly let out Torchic and Mudkip.

"Tesla, Thunderbolt!"

"Torchic, Flamethrower!"

"Mudkip, Water Gun!"

All of the attacks caused an explosion which gave the perfect cover for Ashlyn, Alain, and Brock to follow after Misty, May, and Max.

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Ashlyn, Alain, and Brock soon met up with Misty, May, and Max at the castle just when Colonel Hansen left the room. Luckily Misty was reunited with her Togepi.

"I sincerely apologize to you all," The king apologized to Misty and the gang, "Hansen has been causing trouble in the kingdom," he turned to Misty, "and I fear that he was trying to take your Togepi to plot against me and my family. You all must leave the kingdom at once. I will send transport for you right away."

"Excuse me your majesty," Ashlyn interrupted, "but we can't leave not knowing why Hansen was desperate to take away Misty's Togepi."

"I agree with Ashlyn," Misty agreed, "as Togepi's trainer, I want to know what's going on, please."

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

"Sara's father found a Togepi too before he became king of the Mirage Kingdom," Miranda stated, "and that Togepi proved that Sara's father had the right to the throne."

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

"So that's why Hansen tried to take my Togepi," Misty realized, "he wants to use my Togepi to make himself king of Mirage Kingdom."

"A crook like him has no right to be king." Ashlyn stated, angrily.

"Yeah, he's not even an heir to the throne." Alain added.

"You're correct about that Ashlyn, Alain," Miranda agreed, "Only Sara is an heir to the throne."

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

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

Suddenly everyone saw a mirage of the Togepi temple in the sky. Togepi somehow flew out of Misty's arms and stared at the mirage temple. At that moment, Hansen's Shedinja showed up and started to use Solar Beam. Hansen and Team Rocket showed up.

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

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

Hansen growled angrily at that, "Shedinja, Solar Beam!" He ordered.

"Tesla, Thunder Shock!" Ashlyn commanded.

The Solar Beam and Thunder Shock collided.

Hansen clicked his tongue in irritation, "Ninjask, Hyper Beam! Shedinja, Solar Beam again!" He ordered.

The three Pokémon launched their attacks towards the group. Suddenly Togepi started to use Safeguard and protected everyone from the attacks. Just then a sort of doorway on the mirage Togepi Temple opened up and then Sara, Miranda and the gang got sucked into the doorway.

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

"Wow, what is this place?" May asked.

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

There were lots of the trees were dead and most of the grass and flowers were all wilted. Togepi flew over the paradise and found a dozen of wild Togepi, but these Togepi were really weak.

"Why are all of these Togepi so weak? Isn't this their paradise?" Misty questioned, worried.

"I think I know why," Ashlyn stated, "Togepi and their evolved forms Togetic and Togekiss store energy when they are around happy and kindhearted people, but if they're near bad evil people their energy disappears and that's why these Togepi are weak."

"This is because of Hansen and his evil plot of taking the throne by force that the paradise is like this." Alain added.

"I agree with that," Miranda agreed, "Hansen must be stopped otherwise this paradise will be completely ruined."

Everyone agreed with Miranda.

Unexpectedly, Togepi and the humans heard the commotion and saw what was happening from inside the paradise. Togepi went through the opening to stop Hansen from damaging the paradise more. Ashlyn tried to get through to help Togepi, but the opening was blocked and Ashlyn couldn't get through. When Hansen saw Togepi, he ordered his Ninjasks to attack Togepi with X-Scissor. Togepi got struck by the two X-scissor attacks and fainted from defeat.

Hansen laughed darkly as he picked up Togepi, "Now I can claim my rights to the throne." He declared.

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

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Sara, Miranda and the gang soon arrived near the castle and were thinking about what to do with Hansen as they walked in the town.

"We need to watch out for the two Ninjask and Shedinja," Max decided, "those three are strong especially that Shedinja."

"You can leave them to Torchic and me," Alain decided, "He'll easily burn those bugs."

"Torchic!" Torchic chirped with determination.

At that moment, they came across a screen in the middle of a town square that showed Jessie with a microphone.

"[Attention please! I have an urgent announcement from the Mirage Kingdom! A brand-new king has been chosen mere moments ago. He is none other than your region tine mind, Colonel Hansen! Let me hear that applause!]" She announced.

The crowd gasped.

"I must be dreaming!" Miranda gasped.

Almost as if Jessie heard Miranda, "[And no it's not a dream! Even your guardian Pokémon, Togepi, gives a big thumbs up! How's that? In just a few moments, we'll be taking you to the big coronation ceremony going on right now at the temple! Have a nice day!]"

The screen went blank.

"Where are my mother and father?" Sara asked with worry.

"Settle down, Sara. Everything with be alright." Miranda assured her.

"Don't worry, Hansen will not be getting away with this, Sara." Ashlyn assured the princess.

"Then we better act fast." Alain stated.

And so, Ashlyn, Alain, Misty, May and Sara went off to rescue Togepi and stop Hansen, while Miranda, Brock, and Max went to find the king and queen.

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Meanwhile Hansen crowned himself king thanks to Misty's Togepi. But then Sara, Ashlyn, Alain, Misty and May turned up.

"Stop this, Hansen!" Sara shouted, "Your cruelty has gone on long enough!"

Hansen ignored Sara, "Ninjasks, attack!" He ordered.

"Torchic, use Fire Blast!" Alain called out.

Torchic breathes in deeply, gathering fire in his mouth. Then, he releases a blast of fire from his mouth at the opponent in a 大 shape. The attack hit both Ninjasks and were both defeated.

Hansen growled angrily, "Shedinja, Solar Beam!" He commanded.

Ashlyn and Alain were about to order Tesla and Torchic to counterattack the Solar Beam attack, but then a bright shield appeared and protected Sara and the gang from the attack.

"That was Safeguard." Ashlyn said.

"But where did it come from?" Alain asked.

A Togepi appeared right in front of them, followed by a few more from the Togepi Paradise.

"They're from the Togepi Paradise!" May gasped.

"But what are they doing here?" Misty asked.

Then the Togepi's started to use Metronome.

"No! You must go back to paradise! It's too risky!" Sara pleaded, worried about the wild Togepi.

The Metronome became an attack that helped Misty's Togepi recover. Togepi used Safeguard to free himself from Hansen's arms. Suddenly he started to glow and evolved into Togetic. Misty was relieved that her Togetic was okay now. Togetic and the wild Togepi turned to Hansen to fight.

Hansen wasn't willing to give up. "I shall capture all of you! Shedinja, Solar Beam!"

But Togetic and the Togepi used Safeguard to block it.

Misty stepped up to help Togetic, "I had just about enough of you! Go Gyarados!"

Gyarados roared as he appeared in the front of everyone.

Hansen laughed, "Hah! A water type won't do anything against my Shedinja!"

Misty smirked, "Who said I was going to use a water type attack? Use Flamethrower Gyarados!"

This was a surprise to Hansen. Gyarados' flamethrower attack struck Shedinja and Shedinja was defeated.

"No way. With just one attack?" May asked, shocked.

"Impressive." Alain commented.

"Wow Misty. Does your Gyarados know Thunderbolt as well like mine?" Ashlyn asked, impressed.

"Actually, yes." Misty smiled, winked.

Hansen was not happy with this as his left eyebrow and left side of his mustache fell off, "Why you sniveling-"

"Hansen!"

Just then the king and queen, with their guards, turned up; Miranda, Max and Brock had succeeded of finding them. Hansen gasped with shock.

"Hansen you're finished! Arrest him at once guards!" The king commanded.

The guards surrounded Hansen at once and Hansen surrendered at once, knowing full well that he had been defeated, and was sent to the dungeon at once. He was condemned to stay there for life for all the evil things he had caused.

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After Hansen's defeat, the wild Togepi started to go back to the Togepi Paradise.

"There they go, off to paradise." Brock commented.

"I'm very grateful to all of you." Sara thanked the wild Togepi.

"Time for us to say goodbye, Togetic." Misty said.

Togetic flew over to Misty, "Toge togetic tic togetic." He gestured to the opening to the paradise.

"You really want to stay?" Misty asked, surprised.

Togetic nodded, "Togetic."

"But why?" Max asked.

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

Togetic nodded yes.

"Well I don't want the paradise to end up dark and dread." Misty said, "So I understand that you want to stay, Togetic."

Togetic smiled, "Togetic."

Misty and Togetic held each other's hands.

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

Togetic smiled 'yes'. He and Misty tearfully hugged each other.

"Goodbye Togetic." Misty said.

The two separated and then Togetic went into the Togepi Paradise with the wild Togepi. Ashlyn, Alain, Brock, May and Max said goodbye to Togetic too. Ashlyn knew that Misty was sad to have released Togetic, but her memories of both Togepi and Togetic would be in her heart always.

"Misty, I promise you that I will always protect the Togepi Paradise, even if I don't become crowned queen." Sara promised.

"Toge!"

Sara then saw a Togepi at her side.

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

"Toge toge!" Togepi chirped.

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

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

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

Sara hugged her new Togepi, "Thank you, everyone." She smiled.

"Toghriii!" Togepi trilled.

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And so, both the Mirage Kingdom and the Togepi Paradise was safe again. Princess Sara became the new queen of the Mirage Kingdom and Togetic became the official protector of the Togepi Paradise.

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Misty and the gang decided that it was now time for them to leave, so they left the Mirage Kingdom. After leaving the Mirage Kingdom, Misty said it was time for her to get back to the Cerulean Gym in Kanto.

"Do your best at the Hoenn league and the contests, Ashlyn." Misty said.

"And you do well in your gym battles, Misty." Ashlyn said.

"And you do well in the contests too, May." Misty said.

"I will." May promised.

Then Misty said goodbye to the others and went back to Cerulean City, while the gang continued onto Fallabor Town where the next Pokémon Contest is.

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Pokémon Caught: Mightyena (Lela)(F), Marshtomp (Finn)(M), Shiny Combusken (Hestia)(F), Kirlia (Miku)(F), Kirlia (Lancelot)(M), Swellow (Percy)(M), Linoone (Ziggy)(M), Grovyle (Kazuki)(M), Beautifly (Willow)(F), Shiny Feebas (Ula)(F), Corphish (Sebastian)(M), Aron (Hagane)(M), Sableye (Jacinth)(M), Shiny Flygon (Libelle)(F), Shiny Electrike (Damini)(F), Shiny Bagon (Idris)(F)