All things Pokémon 7

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(A/N. Okay so I didn't really edit this so like please pardon spelling/grammar mistakes)

"An underwater ballet?" Bonnie said, reading off of a poster on the wall of a building.

Ash sat on a bench polishing his badges, listening to Clemont y'all about his newest invention. Serena was the first to address Bonnie.

"What's an underwater ballet?" She asked, scanning the poster.

"I don't know..." Bonnie admitted, "But look at the pretty mermaid on the poster! And all the Pokémon!"

That got the boys' attention, "Did you say 'mermaid'?" Clemont asked, getting up from off the bench he shared with Ash to address his sister.

Bonnie pointed at the poster, "Yeah! See?"

Ash and Pikachu exchanged glances. Ash put his badges back in their case and stood up to read the poster. He froze.

"Looks like it's tonight!" Bonnie chirped, "Can we go please?"

Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie all turned to Ash, awaiting his response. Ash stepped forward and ripped the poster off the wall, reading its contents thoroughly.

Ash nodded, "We'll go," he said, "We have to go."

Pikachu nodded in agreement.

"Yay!" Bonnie cheered.

Ash smiled hopefully at the poster in his hands, praying to Arceus that it was really her.

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Ash tapped an inconceivable rhythm on his legs as he and his friends waited for the ballet to begin. Pikachu stared daggers at the pool, waiting for it to rise. He sat in Ash's lap.

The friends sat in an auditorium of bleachers, with a giant pool on the floor in the dead center.

Bonnie couldn't wait to see the mermaid, Serena was excited about the costumes, and Clemont was curious as to how on Earth someone could pull off an underwater ballet. Ash knew it was possible, though. He'd seen it. He'd been a part of it, unintentionally of course, but that didn't matter.

Finally, the pool rose from the floor, revealing itself to be more of a fish tank, and the lights in the auditorium dimmed. Only spotlights and the lights inside of the tank illuminated the stage.

Water types swam about the tank as a painfully familiar voice narrated the story. A shell in the middle of the stage opened to reveal a mermaid with flowing orange hair.

Ash caught his breath.

"She's pretty!" Bonnie whispered.

Serena nodded, "Yeah!" She agreed in a hushed tone, "How do you think she swims around with that tail?"

Clemont answered, "Well, the tail should restrict her movement, but-"

"Shh!" Ash hushed, "No talking."

When the ballet ended, the tank sank back into the floor and the lights flickered back on. The crowd rose from their seats to begin exiting the building.

When Ash's friends stood up, Ash looked up at them in curiosity, "Where are you going?" He asked.

Serena raised an eyebrow, "Um...it's over? We're leaving?"

Ash took her wrist and pulled her back down in her seat, "No we're not. Not yet."

Serena seemed too confused by Ash's odd behavior to process that he had touched her. Clemont and Bonnie exchanged nervous glances and sat back down into their seats. Pikachu sighed.