Wallace Cup

(Advanceshipping Style)

Our heroes have decided to stop at Lake Valor, as the famous Wallace Cup is going to be held on the lakefront.

Also receiving a phone call from Snowpoint city, leaves them waiting at the harbour for a ferry. And on it, an old friend.

"Any sign of the ferry, Brock?" Ash asked eagerly, looking out at the water.

"Not yet, Ash. But I do see something." the older man squinted his eyes, and saw a pokemon flying towards them. Ash looked out, and saw a butterfly pokemon land on his head.

"Hey, a beautifly! I wonder if that means..." he started, but Dawn cuts him off.

"That's a beautifly? I'll look it up." she said, pulling out her pokedex and pushing some buttons.

Beautifly: The butterfly pokemon.

It is said that the scales covering it's wings can be used as jewlery. When the trainer falls in eternal love, Beautifly will learn bug buzz.

(not a real pokedex entry, but trying to make it interesting.)

"(It's been too long, guys! She'll be here soon.)" Beautifly said in its pokemon language.

"Great, Beautifly! And... I think that's it!" Ash said, pointing to the water. In the distance, the ferry was visible. And one single person was on the deck waving like crazy. Dressed in a green bandana with a matching fanny pack and orange shirt, Ash still recognized her immedietely.

"Hey, May! Over here!" Ash called, waving his arm. May ran off the deck and stopped right infront of Brock.

"Hey, Brock! How are you? Know any more recipes?" she asked him, making him sweatdrop. Dawn, of course, was excited because from what Ash told her about May, she thought she was a contest princess.

"Hi, May. I've heard so much about you! I'm Dawn." Dawn raised a hand, which May shook.

"Hi, Dawn. Ash has told me you're a big fan." she said. Then, there was a rumbling noise.

"Hey! Why don't we eat?" Ash rubbed the back of his head.

"Oh, Ash. Always hungry." May giggled. Then there was another rumble, but it wasn't Ash.

"Looks like I'm not the only one, May!" Ash laughed at her, causing her to blush as she thought of how much in common they were.

(We'll skip most of the episode since it would be boring for me to write about. So let's go to the dinner they won.)

"Hey, May, what's up? You haven't eaten like usual." Ash said to his friend, who was staring at the food. Everyone laughed, even May giggled a little.

"Well... there's something on my mind since I got to Sinnoh." she replied.

Ash went back to eating, but was unaware that May had been staring at him almost the whole dinner time. Brock snapped her out of her trance and she went back to eating, trying to hide her blushing face.

Later, on the hotel balcony... they stared at the arena on the lakeside, and were silent until May spoke.

"Hey, Ash, still got this?" she asked, holding up a half-ribbon.

"I sure do." he said, taking the other half out of his pocket and holding it next to hers.

"So, you both won? Ash, why were you in a contest?" Dawn questioned.

"It was way back, in Tericotta Town. Ash wanted to try out since he had nothing else to do, after he beat the battle frontier. We tied, so Ash cut the ribbon in half for both of us. I've had this half as a good luck charm, remembering all the experience and memories I got from Ash on our journey together." May explained to the other girl.

"Come on May. You're making me sound like a superhero." Ash rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, causing May and Dawn to giggle.

"So, May, I'll be seeing you compete tomorrow. And same for you, Ash." Dawn told the both.

"Yeah... wait, what?" May turned to Ash. "Ash, you're entering?" she asked him.

"Wallace said I should enter it with Buizel and Pikachu, since he thought they was so strong and elegant." Ash informed her, making Pikachu rub its head in embarrassment. May just giggled how Pikachu copied Ash's behaviour.

"So, as of today, you're all rivals." Brock told them.

"Yeah!" the three cheered, but May blushed as she said the same thing and at the same time as Ash.

END