Ash wins a ticket to the wealthy Platinum City on one of the most expensive trains in the world, the Excess Express. On the train he meets both old and new faces. Both friends and enemies will be made, and romance is sure to happen! Pokeshipping, possible contestshipping and penguinshipping, and maybe OC/OC too. Please review! I want to know what you think!
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Time for another story! This one was also thought up when playing Paper Mario. The plots are just so good in that game! Anyways, I'm not gonna explain the level to you, but I'm hoping this will turn out to be a good fic! At least read it and find out!
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Okay, so here's what happened and what everyone's age is.

Ash is 16

Misty is 17

Brock is 24

Dawn is 13

Kenny (don't know if he'll end up here) is 13

May and Drew (same as Kenny) are 14

And what happened was Dawn won the grand festival and went off to Hoenn to start doing contests there, Brock had to go home to take care of his siblings, Ash won the Sinnoh league and became the youngest champion ever, but because of that he had to stay in Sinnoh.

And out entire story begins with food.

That's Ash for ya.
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Prologue: Anyone can be a winner!

"Great day, isn't it, pikachu?" Ash Ketchum said to his little yellow buddy as they walked through the market.

"Pika!"

Suddenly, Ash smelled something. Since it smelled like food, it was one of the laws of science that Ash had to follow it. Ash followed the smell until he saw where it was coming from.

"Hey, look, a hot dog stand!" He said enthusiastically, already running towards it. "Ya hungry?"

"Pikachu!" The yellow mouse replied, which meant, "Actually, I just ate a really big breakfast, and if I eat another thing my stomach will probably explode, but that's what I get for picking you as a trainer!". Don't ask me how he fit all that into one word.

So Ash and pikachu went over to the hot dog stand and bought two hot dogs.

"Pika!"

"What is it, pikachu?" Ash looked where pikachu was pointing. There was a lottery a few stands down. It was only 15 dollars.

"Good idea! We've got more than enough to pay for that!"

Ash and pikachu went over to the lottery. "Give it a try!" The man at the stand was saying. "Anyone can be a winner!"

"Excuse me," Ash said, "what's the prize?"

"The prize is a free all-expense-paid trip to Platinum City! Not only that, but you'll get to ride the extravagant Excess Express! The finest train in the world!"

"Will my pikachu be able to come?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid he'll have to stay in the pokémon carriage during the train ride. Now, don't worry, there will be plenty of other pokémon to play with!"

"Alright, I'll take one!" Ash paid for his ticket. I really don't know how lotteries work but I'm just gonna say he won immediately once the dude saw his ticket number.

"We have a winner!" The lottery dude shouted to nobody. "Congratulations! Now, here is your ticket!" The man handed Ash a blue ticket for the Excess Express. "Enjoy your trip!"

"How long will it be?"

"You'll spend the first few days on the train, and then you'll be able to spend the weekend in Platinum City. Then you'll get another few days on the train! The train will leave 10:00 next Wednesday."

"Sounds like fun! Thanks!" Ash ran off. "Man, this is gonna be awesome, pikachu!"
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"Let's go! We're gonna miss the train!"

"Pika pi!"

Ash and pikachu ran up to the…person…who takes the tickets…for the train…I don't know what it's called, okay?

"You got here just in time," he said. "The train's about to leave."

"Yeah, I noticed that. Here." Ash gave the person his ticket. The person punched it and handed it back.

"Thank you, and have a good trip, sir. You'll be staying in cabin 05. I'll take your pikachu over to the pokémon carriage."

"Pika!" Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder and followed the person.

"Bye, pikachu! Have fun!" Ash said, and stepped onto the train. The door closed shut behind him. A man's voice echoed through the speakers.

"Welcome to the Excess Express! Today we're headed for the beautiful Platinum City! The train will now disembark."

Ash felt the train start to move.

Ash had nothing better to do, so he went over to his cabin and checked it out.

"Wow!" Ash was stunned. This really was a great train! His room had very expensive-looking, fancy lamps and beautiful rug. There was sofa too, and a bed. Ash sat down.

It was really comfy. Way comfier than Ash's bed back home in Pallet town! Everything looked so expensive and great! Ash felt like a billionaire!

"This is gonna be awesome!"

Ash stepped out of his cabin later on and ran into someone in the hallway. They both fell down.

"Oomph! Hey, watch it, bub! Who do you-"

Ash looked at the person he had run into. He recognized her face. He could never forget that face. He had seen it many times, and every time it looked even more beautiful.

It was the face of the person he loved the most. The person he had never told his feelings too.

It was the face of Misty Waterflower.

"Ash!"

"Hey, Mist! What're you doing here?"

"What do you think? I'm going to Platinum City!"

Ash helped Misty up. "Me too! But how did you afford this?"

"Well, my sisters one two beauty contests in the same day, and decided to be generous and give me one of the prizes-which was a ticket on this train!"

"Really? If didn't know any better, I'd say you won the beauty contest yourself!" The words came out before Ash could stop them. They were like a bunch of pigeons flying out of his mouth. If he could, he would have stuffed them back in and acted like nothing had happened. But he couldn't

Misty looked shocked. "What?..."

"Well, I mean, you would win!" Ash said, trying desperately to do damage control and failing miserably. "Because-because your beautiful! Well, kind of! I mean, kind of…beautiful! You know, cause if the others…if the others were just…normal…th-then you would…you would win! B-because you…your more! more beautiful…then them…normal people…your more beautiful then is normal! …For a girl…who's your age…I mean, like, if…if all the other people…in the contest…were like, a 5-you know, like, a 5 out of 20…I mean 5…I mean…whatever's normal! You know, if they were like, one half…stars…then you would be…6 tenths…stars…in the contest…so you would win…"

Misty raised an eyebrow. "Ash, what the hell did you just say?"

"Uh, yeah, you know, I didn't really have any breakfast, I slept in, and I kinda had to get out the door like, really fast, and since I didn't have pop tarts, I couldn't just microwave on high for 3 seconds like it says on the box-cause you know, it was one of those mornings where I had to zap-fry my pop tart…anywaysookaybye!" And on that note, Ash bolted.

Misty stared. "I'm not quite sure what he meant," she said, "but I think he said I'm beautiful…maybe he does love me…"
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Well, that was fun, wasn't it! Yeah, I know, I'm not too good at explaining things. This would be better with visuals and stuff, but I did my best to describe it in words. Please review! I wanna know what you think!

-Fwingsnitch=D