Pokemon: The Lost Quest

Strange Encounters

"I guess...an apology would be nice."

"But what about Dedenne and the other Pokémon?" Bonnie asked as she looked down at her friend. "We don't have a long past with Meowth like Ash and Pikachu."

"Hmm...could it be what Meowth said about being a 'brainless puppet'?" Clemont asked Dedenne.

"De, Dedenne!" "Pikachu!" The Pokémon chorused in unison.

"It goes both ways," Serena concluded.

"Dedenne," Bonnie started as she held Dedenne in her hands, " Pancham was able to look past that insult, maybe you can too. Would you rather have Meowth return to Team Rocket as our enemy or have a new friend that could change for the better?"

Dedenne looked back at the two Pokémon getting along as it thought about what Bonnie said. Dedenne beamed and leaped off to go join in on the conversation.

"What about you Pikachu?" "Pi!" Ash sighed to Pikachu's refusal.

"'Why should I even bother working with a team that clearly hates me?" Ash recalled. "What can I do to change that?" He watched Dedenne join the two Pokémon.

"What would a true Pokémon Master do?" He thought as he looked up to the sky as if the answer was somewhere in the clouds. He looked back at the three Pokemon conversing, more like two since Meowth seemed to be quiet for the most part. It was looking to its side, it didn't look like Meowth was really focusing on what Pancham or Dedenne were saying. It started to slouch as Ash thought he saw a slight quiver in its legs but Meowth quickly straightened itself out.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"De, Dedenne."

"Pancham, Pan." Meowth nods faintly to them. While the twerps went shopping the conversation prolonged as Meowth just continued to nod gently, trying his best to keep up with the small talk at hand. Hoping that this charade of how un-fatigued he actually is holds up.

**Tic-tock, tic-tock**

Meowth's ears perk up as he straightens his posture. "In that direction?"

"Pancham?"

"De?"

They looked at the scratch cat confused by the sudden change. Meowth turned as it took a few steps away from the group.

**Tic-tock, tic-tock**

"There it is!" Meowth darted off into the direction the mysterious sound was coming from.

"Pan!" "De!" The kids heard as they turned their attention away from the gift shop window.

"MEOWTH!" They screamed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"That sound..."

Meowth stopped as he entered the town's square. In the middle of the square was a memorial and a few fountains surrounding it. The monument was a tall limestone pillar with big clocks embedded on all sides, while on top of the pillar were two human statues. Were they supposed to be women? Men? Maybe both? Meowth couldn't really tell nor did he really care about that fact. Both statues had their backs to each other as one hand was holding the other. The one on the opposite side was holding the other statue's hand while its right hand was over its heart and the head was looking down. The human statue that Meowth was facing, while having its hand intertwined with the other statue had what appeared to be a blindfold that was slipping off revealing the left eye while still covering the right. The left arm of the statue was pointing forward.