Advanceshipping Week 2016
Chapter 3: Theme 3: Festival
May stood there as she was watching the busy sights of the plane grounds with a smile of excitement as she was eagerly waiting for the plane to touch down. Today was the day that the Rainbow Festival was being held in Ecruteak City, and she had been looking forward to a special someone's arrival as he had promised that he would come visit to spend time at the festival with her. As she was looking through the window to find the right plane, Drew, Harley and Soledad were sitting in one of the waiting seat rows as May had dragged them along to come with her to see him. After a few moments, Harley let out a sigh of annoyance before turning his head to May. "May, I don't know why this is such a big deal. How do you know he's even going to show up for this festival?" Harley asked. Drew and Soledad turned their glances up to Harley in surprise, while May quickly turned her head to him upon hearing this question, and she showed an expression of annoyance before crossing her arms.
"Hey, Ash promised that he would come to spend time with us at the festival! And you can be sure that he never breaks a promise when he makes it, especially when it's to me." May retorted. Harley nearly jumped out of his seat from alarm at this outburst, while Drew simply turned his glance to Harley with a smile of amusement.
"She's got you there, Harley. There's no fury greater than a girlfriend who doesn't enjoy having someone who has no idea what they're talking about criticise their boyfriend the way you do." Drew commented. Harley shot Drew a glare of frustration at this statement, while Soledad showed a smile of amusement as she watched this before she stood up from her seat and walked over to May as the latter was keeping a lookout through the window.
"Don't worry, May. I'm sure the plane will be here before you know it; after all, the next landing shouldn't be too long now." Soledad said. May turned her head to Soledad and nodded in agreement, as she had a feeling that she would be right about that. As May turned her attention back to the window to keep looking outside, she let out a gasp of excitement as she could see a plane coming down towards the landing area, before she turned around to the others.
"Guys, look! There it is! There's the plane!" May exclaimed, pointing out towards the window before turning back around to look for the plane as it was coming towards the landing station. Drew and Harley both stood up from out of their seats and walked over to notice that she was right, as they could see the plane coming towards where they were. As May was looking through the window, her smile immediately grew as she spotted the face of someone in one of the seats. "Look, there's Ash! Hey, Ash! We're over here!" May called, immediately starting to wave to try and get his attention.
From his seat inside the plane, Ash turned his glance with an expression of surprise and looked out through the window to see May waving to him with a smile of excitement while Drew, Soledad and Harley were standing beside her, and he showed a bright smile as he turned his head to Pikachu who was sitting beside him. "Check it out, Pikachu. We're here and May is already waiting for us. I'll bet she's probably been here for a while." Ash commented. Pikachu hopped up from his seat and climbed up onto Ash's shoulder and he had a look through the window to see that he was right. Once he took notice of this, the two turned their glances to each other. "You looking forward to some festival fun, buddy?" Ash asked.
"(Am I ever?)" Pikachu replied, nodding in agreement with a big smile on his face. Ash couldn't help but smile back at this reply, as he could tell that Pikachu was as excited for this as he was. Now all they had to do was wait for the plane to stop so they could get off and meet up with May and the others.
Back with May and the others, they were waiting for everyone to start departing from the plane and arrive inside the airport. As the group watched, they could see that the people on the flight were starting to come in from the take-off area and making their way inside the airport. May rushed over to keep a look out for the person she had been waiting for since he called to let her know that he would be coming, and she was met with a surprise to see none other than him walking over to where she and the others were, and it didn't take long for her to show a big smile of delight. "Ash!" May happily exclaimed, before she started to run over to him while the other three followed suit behind her.
As Ash was making his way through the tunnel that led towards the inside of the airport, he could see someone running towards him and he stopped in his tracks as he could recognise who that was right away: it was May, and she had the biggest smile on her face that he had ever seen from her. Ash showed a bright smile in return and waved to her as she was running over to him. "Hey, May! Great to see you." Ash called. "(Hi there, May!)" Pikachu added, happily waving along with Ash. However, the two were met with a surprise as May ran over and threw her arms around Ash, causing him to take a few steps back from shock. Once he was able to stop, Ash turned his glance down in surprise to see May, with her arms wrapped tightly around him as her big smile of joy that he was here didn't seem to fade.
"Ash, you made it!" May excitedly cheered. Ash stared down at her in surprise before he showed a smile in return as she let go of him to turn her glance up to him, while Pikachu watched in amusement.
"Of course. What made you think I wouldn't make it to something special like this, especially since you'll be there as well?" Ash asked. May let out a giggle at this question, as she knew that he was right, before she could hear three pairs of footsteps from behind her and turned around to see Drew, Harley and Soledad walking over.
"I had a feeling this would be coming. Leave it up to you to get the most excited out of all of us over his visit, huh, May?" Drew asked, showing a smile of amusement as he and the others stopped once they got close to where Ash and May were. May turned her glance to the others with a nervous smile before she nodded in agreement, while Ash walked over to the others as she followed suit with him. "Hey, Ash. It's been a while since I've last seen you." Drew commented.
"Yeah, you too, guys. I'll bet you're all heading to Ecruteak City, right?" Ash asked in response, to which the others nodded in agreement while May rushed over to him, while he turned his glance to notice her now standing beside him.
"That's right! I wanted to make sure everyone was here to see you when you arrived here for your visit. And now that you're here, we can all go to Ecruteak City and enjoy the fun of the Rainbow Festival together!" May explained, with a smile of excitement showing on her face before she grabbed Ash by the hand while he watched in surprise. "Come on, what are we waiting for, guys? We need to get moving before they start without us!" May stated. So without a moment to spare, she started to rush off ahead, dragging Ash behind her as he was struggling to keep up with her.
"W-woah! May, slow down!" Ash called, as he was struggling to keep up with May as she was dragging him along. "(Yeah, we can't keep up with you!)" Pikachu agreed, with an expression of alarm showing on his face. As the pair disappeared, the others could only stare in stunned silence for a few moments before they started walking to try and catch up with them.
"I think it's safe to say that Ash coming here was what May was looking forward to the most about this festival, wasn't it?" Soledad asked, turning her glance to the others with a smile of amusement. Drew turned his head to her before nodding in agreement.
"Yep, it looks like it. Though I don't know why she brought us along as well; I think she could have just come by herself…" Drew added, showing an expression of puzzlement as he started to scratch his head, as he was wondering why May had insisted that they all come to the airport to meet up with Ash once he arrived. Soledad could only shrug in response, as she was just as clueless as Drew was. As the two turned their attention back to resume walking, they could then hear the sound of Harley's mischievous laughter.
"Uh, Harley? I don't like the sound of that laugh…" Soledad stated. "You're not up to another one of your tricks, are you?" Drew asked, crossing his arms as he already had a feeling that he knew where this was going. Harley then spun around to face the two, showing a cheeky grin on his face that seemed to prove their suspicions correct.
"Oh, you know it! I plan on making this festival a little more… eventful for those two. They'll be thanking me by the time this is over. Don't wait up, you two!" Harley cheekily replied. So with this, he started to speed off to catch up with Ash and May, while Drew and Soledad stared in silence for a few moments before turning their glances to each other as they knew just they had to do.
"Whatever it is Harley's up to this time, we'll need to make sure he doesn't get too carried away like he always does." Soledad commented. Drew could only nod in agreement with a firm expression on his face. "My thoughts exactly." Drew agreed. So with this, the two started to continue their way to catch up with the others, since they now knew that it would be up to them to make sure that Harley wouldn't get in over his head with his new plan.
Back with Ash and May, the two had arrived on the outskirts of Ecruteak City, where they could see that the whole city seemed to be set up for this festival: they could see lovely rainbow banners placed around the city along with various different stalls prepared. "Here we are, Ash! Let's get going!" May happily stated, turning her head to Ash with a big smile on her face, as she was really looking forward to this day. Ash simply nodded in agreement with her, so with this, the two started to make their way into the city. As the two were walking, Ash was having a look around the city in surprise while May had grabbed a brochure to find out what was happening, before Ash turned his head to her in puzzlement.
"Hey, May? Just what is this Rainbow Festival about, anyway?" Ash asked. May turned her glance up to him from reading the brochure, before she showed it to him, to which Ash and Pikachu lowered their glances to have a look at what it said.
"Oh, it's really amazing. The brochure says that this festival is dedicated to the Legendary Rainbow Pokemon, Ho-oh. They have all kinds of things set up for this, like special food stalls, traditional clothing displays, and I hear they even have a special performance in the Dancing Hall! So there's a lot to look forward to!" May excitedly explained. As Ash was reading the brochure to himself, he showed a smile of fascination before turning his glance upwards.
"Well, whatever this is about, I'll bet we'll have a lot of fun here. Right, buddy?" Ash asked, turning his head to Pikachu. "(That's right!)" Pikachu happily replied, nodding in agreement with a big smile of anticipation on his face.
May let out a giggle upon seeing the two's excitement, so with this, the pair started to set off to start their tour of the city, eagerly awaiting the wonders that the Rainbow Festival would offer them.