Hello, and welcome to part seven plus ten of my fifteen times ten and then add on a one-part story adventure! Now, this chapter will be a shorter one because, as of the day this chapter comes out to you fanfiction readers, I will not be home. I will be on vacation with my family, and it will cover two Saturdays, this one and the next one. Anyways, this section is inspired by an event that happened to me during one of my other vacations, so I hope you enjoy this chapter! Let's get going with Story 18!


Ash Ketchum and his friend Misty Waterflower smiled as they boarded their gondola of a Ferris Wheel at Kanto's Whimseyland. You see, Ash has recently won top place in the Indigo League. And part of his prize was an all-expenses-paid trip to the major theme park with one guest of his choosing. Naturally, he went with the person who helped him on his first journey, and his secret crush, Misty. It would be her first trip to Kanto's Whimsyland, so of course, she happily agreed to go with Ash! Who knows? Maybe she would tell him how she felt sometime during the trip.

"Ready to get a good view of the whole park?" Ash asked his friend from Cerulean City.

"Yeah!" Misty said with a smile as they got onto the gondola.

"Please remain seated with your feet on the floor," the park employee operating the ride said to Ash and Misty as they boarded. Ash and Misty simply nodded as they got onto the Ferris Wheel, both with smiling faces. It then started to move as the gondola moved higher into the air, making routine stops to allow passengers to disembark and board. Ash and Misty did not mind this, however, as they would continue to get great views of the park for longer. Pretty soon, the ride stopped while they were at the highest point the trip went, which was 100 meters.

"Well," Ash said, "While the ride operators allow more people to get on, how about we take in the best view?"

"Yeah," Misty said, "That sounds like a good idea." They then got up (against the wishes of the operators) and took pictures of the surrounding area on their phones.

"Alright," Misty said, "I think the passengers are already loaded on, so we should probably sit down."

"Yeah," Ash said, "After all, I don't want to get hurt when they start to move again." The two friends then sat back down and waited for the car to start moving again. And waited. And waited. And waited.

"Mind if you see what's going on down there?" Misty asked the trainer with ebony hair sitting across from her after waiting but not moving for a solid five minutes.

Ash nods and sees that nobody was coming onto the Ferris wheel. He was also confused as hell as to what was going on. He could barely hear an announcement that was being made. The operator was holding a megaphone and telling, "The Whimseyland Fun Wheel is experiencing technical difficulties! Thank you for your patience, and we will get the ride back and running soon!"

"Oh, crap!" Ash said as he looked back at Misty, "The ride. It broke down…"

Misty wasn't that scared, though, "Oh well. Rides break down all of the time. All we have to do is wait. It should not take long for us to get moving again…"


Thiry minutes later, Ash and Misty were still in their gondola, one hundred meters above Kanto's Whimsyland. And they were starting to get bored from being trapped high in the sky for so long. At least they could have gotten an update. What's going on, and when they are coming down from now?! But no. As they were at the highest point, this wheel went, any progress reports on when they would get moving again were challenging to obtain. Too bad, they didn't install speakers on the gondolas so that messages from the ground could reach the top.

"What now?" Misty asked Ash.

"I don't know," Ash said before he looked out of the gondola, "Maybe watch the clouds?"

"Great idea!" Misty said as they looked out into the blue open at what designs they could see in the clouds. "That one over there kind of looks like Togepi." She smiled at the memories of her little baby Pokemon. She sighed, knowing that she has been taking good care of the baby Pokemon in the Mirage Kingdom right now.

Ash nods in agreement, "Yeah, I can see that." He then pointed to another cloud high in the Kanto sky and said that it kinda looked like Pikachu.

"You're right," Misty said, "It does look like Pikachu!"

"I wonder how he and the other Pokemon are doing back in Pallet Town right now?" Ash asked. One of the guidelines set when visiting the theme park for winning the league is that he could not bring any of his Pokemon with. Ash sighed, knowing that they would have enjoyed being with him and Misty. But alas, rules are rules.

"I think they are doing good," Misty said, "I know that the rules say that you can't bring your Pokemon, but that doesn't mean we can't contact them!"

"Great idea!" Ash said before pulling out a phone that his mother gave him before he left for Whimsyland so he could talk with her while traveling. He then punched in her number and waited for her to pick up. Eventually, she did.

"Hello!" Delia said over the phone, "How is your trip with Misty?"

"Good," Ash said.

"Except that we are trapped a hundred meters in the air!" Misty shouted. Delia gasped.

"Sorry about that," Ash apologized, "I forgot to tell you that you are on speaker with us."

Delia recovered from her state of shock and nods, "Okay. Thanks for calling me!"

"Yeah," Ash said, "Is Pikachu with you right now?"

Delia nods and asks her son and his friend for a moment. She then called Pikachu out and said that Ash wanted to talk to him. Pikachu smiled and ran up to Delia.

"Hello!" Pikachu said into the phone, "How is your trip?"

Ash and Misty smiled and talked about everything that they did at Whimseyland from the time they arrived until now.

"Well, I am sorry this ended up happening to you two," Pikachu said, "I hope you get down soon…" He then whispered, "And maybe even confess your true feelings to Misty!"

"What was that, Pikachu?" Ash asked.

Pikachu just smiled and said, "Nothing!" Before wishing them luck on getting back to the ground.

"Alright," Ash said, "Nice talking to you, buddy! I will see you again in a couple of days!"

"Bye!" Pikachu said as his best friend hung up.

Misty smiled before asking Ash, "Now what to do?"

"We wait." Ash said, "And Misty, there is something I want to tell you. I might as well tell you now as we are trapped one-tenth of a kilometer in the air with nothing to do."

"What might that be, Ash?" Misty asked her best friend, curious, "What do you want to tell me?"

Ash was silent for a moment before he cleared his throat and looked at Misty. "Misty Kasumi Waterflower," he said to the girl that was sitting in front of him. "Ever since you fished me out of that river all of those years ago, I have had a special feeling inside of my heart. It was a feeling that only Arceus high above knows about. A feeling that I have been having to myself towards you since that day. That feeling is love. Misty Waterflower, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Misty was silent for a full minute before smiling the widest grin anyone had ever grinned. "Of course!" She screamed before leaning into the lips of her long time friend. Right now, Misty did not care. She and Ash have been trapped a hectometer in a gondola. Neither did Ash. All that mattered was showing their feelings for each other. The two continued to lock lips for a long time, not even thinking about stopping even as the wheel eventually started to move again.


And that just about does it for chapter 17! Again, sorry for the shorter section. I promise the next one will be MUCH longer! Now, the question for this chapter is, what is your favorite theme park memory? Mine is the one this chapter is based on, but I took a few liberties to make it more Pokeship-y! (If you want the full story, please PM me. I will be happy to tell you all about it there once I am done with my trip.) Anyways, I will see you next time, have an excellent spring break, and dare to Pokeship!