How different would the journey to Hoenn have been if Misty had not returned to Cerulean City to become the new Gym Leader, and instead carried on travelling with Ash? In this variation of events, Misty goes along with her friends to Littleroot Town...
"Yikes! A ghost Pokémon!" yelped Misty with a little alarm.
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"Haunter, haunter!" said the Haunter, as two beams of black light zapped out of its eyes, just narrowly missing Misty's head!
"Hey, that's not nice!" rebuked Misty irately, only to have to duck as the Haunter fired another Night Shade attack at her.
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Seeing that this particular Haunter seemed to be in the mood for a fight, Pikachu leapt defensively in front of Misty and fired a thunderbolt at Haunter. The bolt hit Haunter dead-on, stunning the ghost Pokémon as electricity danced all over its form. As it recovered, the Haunter seemed somewhat shaken by Pikachu's attack, and thus floated down the alley away from them.
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"Yay, Pikachu! You scared it off!" said Misty jubilantly.
"Pikachu!" said Pikachu happily.
As the Haunter disappeared from sight, there came a number of rustling noises from the crates against the walls. To Misty's surprise, a number of Pidgey, Oddish, and Rattata emerged, having apparently been hiding behind the crates.
"Oh, hi there," said Misty a little nervously. "Um, you're not going to attack us too, are you?"
The various Pokémon shook their heads and began making various squawking noises at Misty and Pikachu. Pikachu went over and began talking to them, and as they replied, Pikachu turned back to Misty.
