After Ash's victory in the Pewter City gym and a new friend joining his quest, Ash, Misty, and Brock now head to Cerulean City for Ash's second gym badge. But on their way, they stop at Mount Moon, the home of the Clefairy and their Moonstone. Many tales have been told about this mysterious landmark, but very little has been proved about it.

"Hey Brock," Ash started to say, "do you know anything about Mount Moon?"

"I actually do," Brock replied. "There was a meteor that the ponies back in Pewter say it crashed into it back in prehistoric times."

"Is it really true?" Misty asked.

"Misty, if a meteor hit a mountain, I bet their wouldn't even be one," Ash replied.

"That meteor is called the Moonstone," Brock continued. Misty blushed because she thinks the name sounds romantic.

An earth pony screamed for help. "Hey, what's going on over there?" Ash asked himself as he ran towards the earth pony. He was blocked by a flock of Zubat that was attacking the pony. "Oh no you don't! Pikachu, I choose you!" He threw Pikachu's Ponyball and Pikachu appeared. "I heard about these Ponymon, they like to stay in caves and go through night areas. But why are they attacking that pony in the daylight?" Pikachu shrugged. "Pikachu, Thundershock now!" Pikachu suddenly charged up and shot a lightning bolt at the Zubat making them fly away except for one which got paralyzed.

"Go, Ponyball!" Brock suddenly through a Ponyball that caught the Zubat without fail.

Ash walked up to the Earth Pony which had a gray color to his skin, a brown mane and tail with brown eyes to match, as well as black rimmed glasses, and a gray shirt. "Are you okay?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, thanks a million," the colt replied. "Most ponies say their best friend is a Ponymon. With you two I totally believe it now. I'm glad that when you took out those Zubat I was able to see that very moment!"

"Why were the Zubat attacking you anyways, and who are you?"

"I am Seymour, a scientist. Who are you three?"

"I'm Ash, Ash Ketchum, and those are my friends Misty and Brock."

Seymour smiled in delight. "Follow me Ash, I wanna tell you why the Zubat attacked me." Ash, Seymour, and Pikachu walked into Mount Moon's Cave.

Seymour pointed to the lights on the cave's top. "The cave is all lit up here. Somepony must have strung these lights through one end to another. The Ponymon here really need the dark and the light is upsetting them and making them extremely confused."

"I guess that's why they left the cave and attacked you," Ash replied.

"The Paras are planting their mushrooms here and the Sandshrew are all dried up. I am here to protect them from troublemakers who attack these caves. I'm afraid it is all because of the Moonstone. It is able to evolve certain Ponymon into stronger forms according to the professors and the scientists in Kanto. The troublemakers must be after it for that reason alone. May you and your friends help me out today and keep them away?"

Ash nodded and said, "Alright Seymour, I'll help you out as much as I can." A Clefairy suddenly passed by holding a Moonstone. "Huh?" He got out his Ponydex to analyze the Ponymon.

"035 - Clefairy is a Fairy Type Ponymon (originally Normal Type). This is a rare Ponymon that is believed to live in Mount Moon. First one met - Level 31."

"It is best if we let it stay here with the others," Seymour said to an extremely happy Ash. Ash suddenly calmed down hearing this and nodded in agreement. The Clefairy suddenly cried out for help. "What the--?"

A Meowth suddenly appeared in front of the Clefairy. "Alright Clefairy, hand over the Moonstone and no Ponymon gets hurt," it said. Ash and Seymour suddenly rushed to the rescue.

Seymour gasped. "It's a talking Meowth!"

Ash shook his head in an unsatisfied way. "Let me guess, Team Rocket is the one's behind this?"

"Let us stop them before more trouble is caused," Seymour added.

"Trouble?" said a voice.

"Make it double," said another. Jessie and James appeared as they started their self-introduction.

"To protect Equus from devastation. To unite all ponies within our nation. To denounce the evils of truth and love. To extend our reach for the stars above. I am Jessie, and I am James. Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight! Meowth! That's right!"

"Don't you two get tired of saying the same thing over and over again?" Ash said smiling weirdly.

"You're just jealous because you're not on our team," Jessie replied.

"Well I'd never join you two... Besides, with those lights you confused all the Ponymon in Mount Moon."

"Oh the ungreatfulness, what ever shall we do?" James said sarcastically.

"Anyways, with the Moonstone we can evolve Team Rocket's Ponymon. With the Moonstone, nopony can stop us!" Jessie explained.

"You'll never get away with this!" Ash replied.

"You wanna rock? Let's rock!" Jessie and James sent out their Ponymon Ekans and Koffing.

"Stand back, I've got a Ponymon too! Zubat, I choose you!" Seymour said as he threw his Ponyball. It opened and a Zubat appeared.

"Pidgeotto, the spotlight is on you!" Ash threw Pidgeotto's Ponyball. Pidgeotto then appeared out of it.

"Koffing, use your Smog attack!" James commanded. Koffing suddenly emitted smoke through the cave.

"Alright, use Gust!" Ash and Seymour said in unison. Pidgeotto and Zubat flapped their wings as fast as they can to make the smoke disappear. Ekans took the chance to then use Bite on Pidgeotto. The Ponymon dodged just in time. Koffing then tackled Zubat at the same time Pidgeotto dodged. Meowth then made a run for it.

"Zubat, use Supersonic!" Seymour called out. Zubat then sent out a signal that confused Ekans and Koffing into attacking each other. Ekans used wrap on Koffing as it used Smog.

"What's wrong with you two? Stop!" James said.

"Now Pidgeotto, use Whirlwind!" Ash commanded. Pidgeotto flapped its wings that caused the air to move through to another part of the cave. Koffing and Ekans got blown into Jessie and James and they flew out of Mount Moon.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" James said.

"This isn't over, be ready for Round 2!" Jessie called out to Ash before the four disappeared.

Twinkle!

"Wait a second, Meowth didn't disappear with them..." Ash said to himself. Pikachu pointed to where Meowth went. "Oh no!"

Misty and Brock followed the Clefairy up to a bridge. On the other side of the bridge, Meowth guarded the other way. "I have you now!" he said. Clefairy jumped to the side and Misty tried to make Clefairy break its fall. Meowth then landed on a rock. "Okay, now give me the Moonstone."

"No way Meowth!" Misty threw a Ponyball and a Staryu came out. I hope Ash can't see this... she thought. "Alright Staryu use Swift!" Staryu then emitted a bunch of stars that hit Meowth. "Now use your Water Gun attack while its mouth is open!"

"Wait don't do it!" Meowth replied in shock. Staryu then fired a water stream at Meowth causing him to fill up with water. He couldn't resist the pressure and he blasted away as the water went out of his mouth. "I'll remember this Misty!"

Twinkle!

"Staryu, return!" Staryu went back into Misty's Ponyball. "Great job out there. Take a good rest."

Ash, Pikachu, and Seymour were then seen running to them. "Is everypony alright?" Ash asked.

"Yeah, Brock was able to send Meowth flying with his Onix," Misty replied, hiding the truth of what really happened.

Author's Note

(I have decided that even though Clefairy is really a Normal Type in Gen 1, it should be a Fairy Type instead.)