Another HatThiefShipping story I've thought of. Sorry I haven't written in such a long time. This story will be taking place following the events of "Aipom and Circumstance" but my story is going to include a twist. What if the group hadn't gotten the crown off Aipom and she had to become the queen of that village (they called whoever wore the crown "king" in the episode no matter if the person who had the crown was male or female, but I'm choosing to that differently). Overtime, Aipom thinks about how she's been acting around Ash, and she realizes her actions aren't ideal and she needs to just explain her feelings. What will happen after Aipom explains her feelings to Ash?
Here's the original ending to "Aipom and Circumstance"
Ash and his friends finally found Pikachu and Aipom and the sun was going down quickly. Aipom began to cry as she ran into Ash's arms hugging him just looking for some comfort.
Ash commented "It's okay, Aipom. If they make you become their king, I promise I'll stay with you until the whole year's done."
Max spoke up reminding Ash of what the gang set out to do when he stated "But Ash we're really close to the Battle Pyramid."
Ash looked down at the ground and commented in a disappointed voice "Oh yeah," Aipom looked worried about what Ash was going to say next and then she heard him state "Hey, we can't just leave one of the family behind."
Aipom smiled when she heard this from Ash because she knew in that moment he did care about her which wasn't what she had originally believed. Just then Team Rocket showed and tried to take the crown away from Aipom.
A friend of Ash's, who was named Hank, questioned "Hey, by any chance can your Aipom use Double Team?"
Ash looked completely and utterly baffled as he queried (meaning questioned) "What for?"
Max explained, "By using Double Team you confuse the enemy."
Ash still completely baffled responded "Oh yeah, I was just thinking that," he then instructed the Long Tail Pokémon "Aipom, use Double Team."
Aipom did as Ash instructed and soon several copies of her were created. Unfortunately, Team Rocket had a robotic Fearow flock, so the Double Team was easy come and way too easy of a go. Hank then got another idea and called out his Nosepass which he instructed to use Thunder Wave on the remote control Team Rocket was using to control the robotic Fearow, and Nosepass' Thunder Wave successfully shorted out the remote and disabled the Fearow flock causing an explosion that sent Team Rocket blasting off. After that Ash noticed how quickly the sun was going down so he and his friends tried once again to get the crown off Aipom, this time by each grabbing onto her arms, legs, and tail and they all pulled as hard as they possibly could, but it was no use.
Ash told his friends to stop and he said "Looks like I'm staying here with Aipom for the next year."
Hank mentioned, "I might have something else that could help," he went up to Ash and handed him a berry and instructed, "Have Aipom eat this. It's a Belue Berry."
Ash took the Belue Berry, handed it to Aipom and advised her, "Aipom, you gotta eat this."
Aipom took the Berry and put it in her mouth, and she immediately puckered up and began cringing her head.
"Looks like it's pretty sour," Max noted.
That successfully got the crown off Aipom and it landed in Hank's hands just as the other villagers showed up. Since the crown had been in Hank's hands at the time of the sunset, he was made king of his village for the year, which he happily accepted.
After the villagers carried Hank away Ash hugged Aipom and stated, "Please stop doing crazy stuff." Ash then laughed as Aipom blushed.
That was the original ending to the episode "Aipom and Circumstance". I'll write my alternate ending and then get into the actual story tomorrow. I hope this wasn't that big of a spoiler for anyone, and if it was, sorry about that. I just don't want to confuse everyone when I write my alternate ending to the episode.