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- So, our lovely bunch is taking a stroll to Shalour City, when they come across the acclaimed Mirror Cave. Oooo shiny...!
- Ash at one time decides to head off into the cave headlong ahead of the group to find their way through, or out. I sure know how that's going to end...
- He eventually end up getting lost, but at one time, one of those natural reflective surfaces end up revealing a portal into another dimension, with another version of Ash looking straigh at him. What the bloody hell is going on here??
- Ash looks at the mirror surface again, & sure enough, the portal opens again, but this time, his Pikachu gets taken by the other Ash! Not having any of it, he dives right in to Pikachu's rescue, not knowing what lies in store for him...
- Once he manages to find a way out, he's greeted by his group, but this is not the same group of people that he was with. No, they might be the same people, but they've got different personalities. Serena, in particular, end up being more hot-headded in this alternate realm.
- Despite this, the bunch was happy to have him back. However, the alt-Serena wasn't happy that he doesn't have his Pikachu with him, & starts calling him a cry-baby.
- Wait what?? Ash isn't like that at all! If he were, all the other sensible trainers & especially Gym Leaders would be like...
...Then again, Whitney was like that when you beat her in G/S/C/HG/SS, but those are the games, here - we're talking about the animé for this one.
- Ash tries to convince her otherwise, but she isn't going to have any of it, & thus will only believe him if he wins a Pokémon fight with her. Guess what that means??
- Fennekin VS Froakie.
FIGHT!!
- Fennekin starts off with a monstrous Flamethrower, however Froakie manages to intercept it with a Water Pulse.
- Froakie then throws her in for a loop with DT, & mixes that up with a spray of bubbles. That ends up being too much for Fennekin, & this it succumbs to this onslaught.
- So, now that Alt-Serena believes him, she then told him of this other Ash, who wound up losing his Pikachu, & thus started looking for it in the Mirror Cave.
- At that time, Clemont tells him about this legend in the Mirror Cave, in which one of the reflective surfaces happens to be a gateway to an alternate dimension, & if one has a strong wish, the gateway opens.
- Shortly afterward, the Alt-Ash shows up with Ash's Pikachu. Ah, sweet reunification...
- Meanwhile, back in the real world, the other bunch is worried for Ash's safety, rightfully so. Clemont then decides it's time to showcase his dimensional gate opener!
- As soon as he activates it, sparks fly, & then...
- Self-destruct in 3, 2, 1.
KABOOOOOM!!!
- With that in smoldering bit, all they can do is hope & pray...
- Back in the alternate dimension, The alt-Clemont uses his magical mumbo-jumbo to try & locate the alt-Pikachu, but when they do...
- They get stopped by Team Rocket, who manages to have both the Pikachus in tow.
- & they're reciting their motto again... *mutes television*
- Once Ash tells the alt-bunch who these guys are, they mention that they usually happen to be a bunch of do-gooders. ...Wait, what?!
- So in this case, the TR that's here is in fact, the one from the real world.
- They all end up doing the usual quibbling, & alt-Clemont seizes the opportunity to yank the two Pikachus right from under TR's noses. Very clever.
- TR gets two Thunderbolts shoved into their faces, & all is well.
- Except for one thing: Nighttime is approaching, & the legend states that if someone in the real world doesn't get out of the alt-world by nighttime, they're stuck in the alt-world forever! That's definitely some bad ju-ju.
- Thus , they waste no time to get back into Mirror cave, find the reflective surface in question, & start hoping for the best.
- Sure enough, the gateway opens. However, the gateway between the two worlds are starting to separate in this dimensional rift!
- Ash makes a jump of faith towards his real group, narrowly grabbing onto the edges, & is pulled up by his friends.
Talk about a close shave...
- So yeah, everything's back to normal, except for one thing...
- TR's still in the alternate dimension, when lo & behold, they come face to fact with Pseudo-Team Rocket! You know, those do-gooders that alt-Clemont talked about? He wasn't lying...!
-Wait... if I wrapped my head around this correctly, anybody that came in here from the real world & is still in this alternate world by night, they're stuck in here forever... If TR is still here & it's nighttime, that means... NO MORE TR FOR THE REST OF THE ANIMé!!
Ahem, even though it was a filler, this one was better than I thought. Made things very interesting.