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Chapter 59 - Chapter 59: The Ghost Of Maiden's Peak

(One moonlit night, there is a tall cliff side, and on the cliff is a figure of a young woman that has a red flower in her stone hair.)

(Suddenly, that same girl begins to appear outside of the statue in the form of a ghost.)

(Then the voice of a young woman calls out.)

???: "I've been waiting for you. Come back to me. Return to your beloved."

(Suddenly, the voice changes to a male.)

???: "I'm waiting for you."

(The ghost then changes form into a purple round ghost that begins laughing.)

(The very next day, a blow horn of a boat blows, and a ship is making its way to port to the next town.)

(On it are Mew and her friends who have left Ports Vista and are heading to the mainland.)

[Suddenly...]

(Misty spots a landmark.)

Misty: "Hey! Look over there!"

(Pikachu, Eevee, and Mew join her.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "Great! That must be Maiden's Peak, that's where we get off. We'll be landing soon!"

(However, Brock sighs and says.)

Brock: "It wouldn't matter to me if I never saw land again. I just wasted another summer."

Mew: "But we had a whole summer of adventures."

(Mew replies confused.)

Brock: "For you, summer means adventures and whatever that second thing you look forward to is. To kids, summer means playing on the beach, splashing around and having fun, but for me.."

(Brock says, depressed.)

(Then says.)

Brock: "Summer means, bathing suits and girls to wear them!"

(He then falls to his knees.)

Brock: "Now bikini season's over and I'll have to wait another year to meet a girl!"

[Meanwhile...]

(not far behind, Team Rocket is still sitting in the barrel that is still tied to the stern of the ship.)

(They are still moping about what happened back at Porta Vista.)

Meowth: "We're really at the end of our rope!"

(Meowth says.)

(James whines.)

James: "No room, no room service."

Jessie: "Stop whining. We don't have a cent and at least this beats swimming."

(Jessie bluntly says.)

(Later, the faerie stops at the port and everyone leaves the ship, including Mew and her friends.)

The announcer: "Maiden's Peak welcomes the passengers arriving from Porta Vista! We invite you all to attend our annual Summer's End Festival, now in progress!"

(The announcer says.)

Mew: "Cool! A festival!"

(Mew says, excited.)

Misty: "It looks like fun! Let's check it out!"

(Misty says.)

(Brock continues to mope and says.)

Brock: "I'll ride the Ferris wheel all alone."

(Suddenly, Brock notices something.)

Brock: "Huh? Who's that?"

(Pikachu and Eevee look at the direction Brock is looking at.)

(What he sees is a young woman that has long light purple hair, and wears a white dress, a blue rock necklace, and a flower on her head.)

[Soon...]

(Brock has once again been struck by Cupid's bow and arrow.)

(He shouts.)

Brock: "Whoa! What a knockout!"

(And in a second, Brock is trampled by the passengers of the ship.)

(Pikachu and Eevee look confused towards Brock, and then turns to see the strange girl.)

(Suddenly, she changes into some round ghost, and vanishes.)

(Brock soon notices she isn't at the spot anymore.)

Brock: "Hey. She's gone!"

Pikachu: "Pikachu?" (What was that?)

(Pikachu wonders.)

Eevee: "Eevee," (That was very strange.)

(Eevee replies.)

(Mew kneels to Brock and says.)

Mew: "Cheer up, Brock! We're at a festival!"

Misty: "Yeah! Let's have some fun."

(Misty says.)

(Mew and Misty then drag Brock to the festival as Pikachu and Eevee follow the humans to the festival.)

Brock: "She was the most beautiful girl I ever seen."

(Brock says, depressed.)

(The girls and Pokemon look at Brock with confused expressions.)

(Suddenly, someone steps forward.)

???: "Hey, you there!"

(Brock quickly turns his head with excitement.)

Brock: "Are you the.."

(But instead of the young girl he has seen at the docks, it's an elderly woman with long white hair and wears a purple robe and carries a staff.)

(Brock screams in shock.)

Brock: "You're not the beautiful.."

old woman: "Who's not beautiful?"

(The old woman questions.)

(Then she holds out a magnifying glass and gets closer to Brock.)

(The old woman says.)

old woman: "Beware, not of an old beauty like me, but a beautiful young woman. Or you'll meet a cruel fate."

Brock: "That girl on the rock! I have to meet her!"

(Brock quickly says.)

Misty: "I must be the beautiful girl she's talking about. But I'd never hurt Brock."

(Misty says.)

(But the old woman turns to Misty.)

old woman: "I was talking about an elegant young woman, not some scrawny little blabbermouth like you!"

Misty: "Scrawny?!"

(Misty says, shocked and displeased.)

old woman: "And neither is your young friend. Although she is young and pretty, she will not lead your friend to a cruel fate."

(The old woman says.)

(Mew sighs.)

Mew: "That's good."

Misty: "Not for me! I don't have to stand around here and be insulted! Let's get out of here!"

(Misty angrily says.)

(She grabs Brock and walks off in anger.)

(Mew and her Pokemon quickly follow her.)

(Still daydreaming, Brock says.)

Brock: "The beautiful woman, a cruel fate. The cruelest fate, would be never to see her again."

(Meanwhile, Team Rocket is trying to look for loose change on the ground.)

(Yet, their search is very thin.)

(Jessie screams.)

Jessie: "Nothing! There's no money anywhere at this festival!"

James: "Not a quarter, nickel, or dime! Not even a penny!"

(James adds with the same expression.)

(Meowth turns to them, and asks.)

Meowth: "What kind of cheap festival is this? We gotta keep looking till we find something!"

[Sure enough...]

(James sees a penny on the ground and picks it up.)

James: "A penny!"

(Suddenly, a voice of an old woman says.)

old woman: "Hold it right there!"

(James turns his head to see the old woman Mew and her friends have seen earlier.)

(James says.)

James: "I dropped this."

old woman: "I've been watching you, you're up to know good! And there's no good in your future."

(The old woman says, holding a magnifying glass at James.)

(James leans forward and asks.)

James: "Who? The police? The sheriff? The FBI?"

old woman: "I see a young and beautiful woman who will lead you to a cruel fate."

(The old woman says.)

Jessie: "What does that mean?"

(Jessie asks, confused.)

Meowth: "Who knows?"

(Meowth replies.)

(Suddenly, they hear a familiar voice.)

???: "Good afternoon. I'm with the local police department and I know exactly what you all are doing."

(They soon see Officer Jenny, and they begin to panic, due to their villainous career.)

(Jenny then walks to James and says.)

Officer Jenny: "I see you found some change that someone dropped. Whenever money's lost, even a penny, it must be reported to the authorities."

(As she speaks, James then puts the penny in Jenny's hand.)

(Jenny stands and says.)

Officer Jenny: "Thanks for being such an observant citizen. Now, if you'll just follow me, we'll file a report at the station."

James: "The station?"

(James asks, panicking.)

(Jessie panics and says.)

Jessie: "We don't want to get in your way, so why don't you go ahead and file it without us and keep the change?"

(She picks up James and Meowth and leaves as she calls out.)

Jessie: "Bye-bye!"

(A little later, Mew and the others are at a shrine to see a priest talk about a maiden.)

(Team Rocket is there as well.)

(The Priest says.)

The Priest: "Welcome! To celebrate the Summer's End Festival, we will now display the Shrine of the Maiden's greatest treasure! For two-thousand years, this painting has hung within the Shrine of the Maiden. Once each year, it is removed from the shrine and displayed to the public during this festival. As I unveil the painting, please gaze with reverence."

(The priest removes the cloak to unveil the painting.)

(Soon, everyone in the audience is amazed.)

(Jessie asks.)

Jessie: "Who's that?"

Meowth: "She's cute."

(Meowth replies.)

(Everyone continues to see the painting of the Maiden.)

(James gasps.)

James: "It's her!"

Brock: "But, it can't be!"

(Brock says, shocked.)

(Brock and James can't believe their eyes, the girl in the painting is actually the same girl they have seen back at the docks.)

(Brock begins to walk forward to see the girl painting.)

Brock: "She's so incredibly beautiful!"

James: "She's the girl of my dreams, don't wake me up!"

(James says, completely dazed.)

(James and Brock continue to walk forward to see the girl.)

(But the priest stopped them.)

The Priest: "Stay back! The woman in this painting perished over two-thousand years ago.

Brock: "Two-thousand years?"

(Brock asks, still mesmerized.)

(Then the priest says.)

The Priest: "She was in love with a brave and handsome young man, but he left her and sailed away to fight in a war. The maiden cries out, 'I'll wait for you forever! Come back to me! Farewell!' And she did wait for a very long time, hoping to see his ship on the horizon. But her true love never returned to that place again. Still, she waited and waited, never moving from that spot. Until, finally, her body was turned into stone, just like the cliff upon which she stood. To this day, she waits for her love to return."

(Mew sadly says.)

Mew: "That's very sad.

(Brock then asks the priest.)

Brock: "Just tell me, where's this rock?"

The priest: "Maiden's Rock is not far from this shrine,"

(The priest answers.)

[To Be Continued...]

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