Second chapter! Alright!
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Chapter 1: Sandwich

"It's amazing what a simple sandwich can do."

Fwingsnitch
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Ash stopped when he reached the restaurant carriage. He leaned on his knees, panting.

"Phew! I think…I lost her…"

"Ash?"

"Huh?" Ash looked up. He saw another familiar female face.

"Dawn! What are you doing here?"

"Well, I won a ticket, what about you?"

"Same here!"

"Well, that's awesome! We can-Ash, what's that in your hand?"

"What, this?" Ash said, holding up a wrinkly, stale, green sandwich. "I found it under my bed."

"Eew! And you kept it?"

"Well, I-"

"Ooh, free food!" A tall kid with orangey-red hair walked up and grabbed the sandwich over Ash's head.

"Who the hell are you?" Dawn said as the kid kept walking.

"Uh, I wouldn't eat that," Ash said. "That's been under the bed for who knows how long."

The kid turned around. He had taken a bite and was chewing. "Still tastes good."

"Eew, gross!" Dawn said, grimacing. "Do you even know how long that things been on the floor?"

"If you ask me, if something tastes good and doesn't make you sick, it's edible."

"And that won't make you sick?" Dawn said, still looking disgusted.

"C'mon," the kid continued, walking up to them, "the most it can do is give me a stomach ache. Besides, haven't you ever heard of the five hour rule?"

"It's the five second rule! And that things probably been on the ground for more than five years!"

The kid took another bite. "Well, it still tastes good."

"Hey! Kid!"

Ash and Dawn turned to see a beautiful girl standing in the doorway looking furious.

"Uh oh." The kid stuck his hand out. "Here, have a sandwich."

"I'm not touching that!" Dawn said.

"Fine, you take it." The boy handed the sandwich to Ash and ran off. "Later!"

The girl kept running, but stopped when she saw Ash and Dawn. She had long, dazzling blonde hair, and looked like she was Ash's age. She was wearing a pink V-neck T-shirt and denim shorts, and was quite thin. She looked like something someone pulled out of a clothing catalog.

"Ash?"

"Fire?" Ash replied.

"What?"

"Carbon dioxide?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"Soot?"

"Okay, now you're just saying random crap."

"Crapén."

"What, are you speaking German now, Ash?"

"German-Germane! Germane-Jackson!"

"Excuse me?"

"Jackson five tito!"

"Ash, what the hell are you talking about?"

Ash shrugged. "I dunno."

"Wait, who are you?" Dawn said. "And how do you-Ash, what are you doing?"

Ash was tearing off one end of the sandwich. "Taking off the part he bit."

"You're not actually going to eat that, are you?"

Ash shrugged again and took a bite. "Mmm! He's right, this is good! Way better than those normal sandwiches! Or that one purple sandwich!"

"Oh! Yuk!" Dawn said, grimacing once again.

The kid from before walked up again and turned to the girl. "Hey, are you going to actually chase me? Cause if not, I'm gonna go back to my cabin."

The girl turned and slapped him.

"Okay, can I go back now? Is the punishment over?"

SLAP!

"Apparently not."

SLAP!

"Okay, just throw in one last bitch-slap for good measure and I think we're done.

BITCH-SLAP!

"That's good."

"Wait…who are you guys?" Dawn said.

"Oh, sorry," the girl replied. "I'm Andria Susan Meredith Alexandria Rash Smith the third."

"I'm…Scott."

"Well, Ash, you know me!" The girl said, ignoring the fact that Ash was eating a sandwich that had been under the bed for a few years.

"I do?"

"Yeah! Remember? We were friends in grade school!"

"Oh yeah!" Ash said, his memory starting to finally come back (I guess that sandwich helped). "Andy!"

Andria blushed at being called Andy.

"Hey!" Scott said. "I called you Andy and you bitch-slapped me! What's up with that?"

"Only Ash is allowed to call me Andy."

"Well, that's stupid! What is he, you're boyfriend?"

"No," Andy said, blushing. "But I bet you'd be jealous if he was!"

"Shut up!"

"No. I can talk whenever I want."

"Hey, Ash!"

"Huh?" Everyone turned to see Misty running up to all of them.

"Figures you stopped in the restaurant. What's that?" Misty was looking at the sandwich in Ash's hand.

"What, this? I found it in my room."

"You found it under your bed, and it looks like it's been there since the train was made," Dawn said, still looking disgusted.

"Really? I didn't know any sandwich could survive that long! No wonder it tastes so good! It must be some kind of super sandwich!"

"That's gross," Misty and Andria said together. They looked at each other.

"Who are you?" The both said, again in sync.

"I'm an old friend of Ash's." Again, exact same time.

"Wow!" Scott said. "You guys are either instant friends, or instant enemies. And seeing as you both seem to have a thing for Ash, I'm gonna go with instant enemies."

"I'm Andria Susan-"

"She's Andy," Ash said, stopping her from going further. "She's an old friend of mine. And this is Scott. He's not."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Scott said.

"Shut up. We met in first grade, and we've been best friends ever since. But she had to move away just before my tenth birthday."

"But I thought I was your best friend," Misty said, starting to envy this Andy.

"Well, yeah, but a guy have two best friends, can't he?"

"Actually, no," Scott said. "Not if they're both girls. I guess it's possible if one becomes your girlfriend, but they can't both be your best friends. It's like, illegal. And probably impossible. One of them has to be your crush. It's one of the laws of fiction."

"So, Ash," Andria said, ignoring Scott, "what starter pokémon did you choose?"

"Actually, they were all out, and all that was left was a pikachu. At first, he wouldn't obey a thing I said. He was shocking me left and right! But then we got attacked by some spearows and-"

"Wait a minute!" Scott interrupted. "So you became best friends with a pokémon that hated you because you got somehow stuck in an Alfred Hitchcock movie." Scott chuckled. "Man, I'd hate to have that name. Hitchcock. Ha! Get it?"

"Yeah," Andy said, not amused. "So, then you guys just kinda bonded?"

"Yeah! Pikachu's my best friend! Well, best pokémon friend, that is. You'll always be my best friend. You too, Mist!" He added when he saw Misty's eyes widen.

"Yeah, and you'll always be mine," Andria replied, hugging Ash. You gotta give Misty credit. She did a great job of hiding the fact that she felt like ripping Andria's head off right now.

Ash and Andria stopped hugging. "Man, it's great to see you again, Ash," Andria said.

"It's great to see you too, Andy. By the way, what were you chasing Scott for, anyways?"

"Let's not go there," Scott said.

"Yeah. Let's just say I need to get a lock for my door." Andria turned to Scott, jabbing her finger at his chest. "And you need to erase that memory from your mind!"

"I dunno…it'll be pretty hard…a very happy memory…"

SLAP!

"Okay, I'll find a way!"

"Good." Andria walked away. "See you, Ash!" She said, going over to the next carriage.

"Yeah, I gotta go too, for an unexplained reason," Scott said.

"Will it ever be explained?" Ash asked.

"Probably not." Scott walked off over to the next carriage. Misty turned to Ash.

"Best friend? You never hugged me."

"That's because I thought you'd kill me if I did. You want a hug?" Ash hugged Misty, making her blush. "There, feel better now?"

"Much," Misty said, smiling.

"And I didn't hug her. She hugged me."

"Yeah, but you still hugged back."

"Wow, are you actually getting best friend envy? Over me? I'm flattered."

"Don't let it go to your head. And you must be Dawn." Misty turned to Dawn.

"Yeah, and you're Misty."

"Ash has told me a lot about you," They both said at the same time.

"Wow," Ash said. "I never really realized I was so popular."

"I repeat," Misty said, remembering Ash's ego, "don't let any of this go to your head. Just because you're the Sinnoh Champion doesn't mean you're any different to me."

"Or me," Dawn said.

"I know, I know. By the way, how do you know I'm the Sinnoh Champion?" Ash said.

"I do read newspapers, you know," Misty said.

"Really? I thought only old people and mothers read those. Unless…"

"No, I'm not a mother…yet."

"Wait-yet? What are you saying?"

Misty walked off, back to her cabin.

"Misty?" Ash called after her, getting no response. "Hey!"

Misty closed the door behind her. Ash turned to Dawn, who was smiling.

"I think she likes you."

"Maybe…"

"And Andria definitely likes you."

"Hmm…"

"Well, I gotta go unpack. See you later, Ash!"

"See ya!" Ash said as Dawn walked off. Maybe she was right. Maybe Misty really did like him.

But Andy…Ash had forgotten, but he also had feelings for Andy. He had known he for a long time-actually longer than he had known Misty. He just didn't know which one to choose.

"These girls," he said aloud, "they're gonna kill me."

Ash, stop quoting Ron Weasley. That movie isn't even out yet.
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And that's the second chapter! A lot longer than the first, but so what? Also, remember that quote at the beginning. It should end up being very helpful in life. I will also be putting more quotes up at the beginning of each chapter.