On Insect Pokémon Island—that was, on Makote Island—Misty, Ash, and Tracey had never run into Annie, whom they had agreed to meet on the island. Annie, meanwhile, had never gone looking for them. So it wasn't until the next morning, when bright sunlight bathed the whole island, that the three of them finally spotted Annie's familiar little red figure in a food shop near the pier. They had spent a whole day and night running around Makote Island, finished everything they needed to do, and were just about to set off again.
So!
After the three exchanged glances for a moment, they naturally cheered and hurried over to join Annie.
Then, while making it quite clear that they expected Annie to treat them to a lavish free breakfast, the three began chatting about what they'd seen on the island the day before and the interesting things they'd experienced there.
"Annie!"
"You won't believe what we ran into in the forest yesterday!"
"Just a little while ago, we even encountered a huge centipede Pokémon!"
"It was amazing! It had over a hundred legs, each one like a long, slender steel wire. You could tell just by looking that it was really powerful!"
Ash said excitedly, speaking with great animation as he shoveled food into his mouth.
"Nonsense!"
"That's not what happened!"
Before Annie could answer, blinking up at him, Misty, who sat beside him and was leisurely enjoying her "free" breakfast, pursed her lips and corrected him.
"That wasn't a Pokémon!"
"It was just a regular giant centipede!"
"But..."
"Please! Let's not talk about it. Let's hurry up and eat so we can leave. Just thinking about it is giving me goosebumps!"
"Anyway, I don't like this bug island!"
That was right!
Ever since they'd set foot on Makote Island yesterday