How do you like that? I'm updating before a month is over!...Um…at least…I think I am…Huh…wouldn't you know it, I confused myself without even trying…oh well, let's get on with the chapter!

……..stalling……

Oh, question! Should it be Misty and Ash, or Misty and Gary? Your choice, I can hardly care less…

………stalling again…………

Let's go!

Chapter 17: Long-awaited Arrival

"Oh no, oh no, oh no! I have to get ready! It's the day of my wedding!" panicked Officer Jenny of Cerulean City.

"Calm down, Jen." said Maxie. "We've got a few hours. Let's go watch the Grand Festival and cheer for the really cool contestant named Drew. We have plenty of time to set up afterwards, and we can boo this unimportant person named…um…something to do with fire…ah, Ash! He's battling the gym leader."

"Why are we booing him?" asked Officer Jenny of Cerulean City.

"Because, the gym leader's giving out free ice-cream to whoever cheers him!" answered Maxie, otherwise known as The Boss, patiently.

"That's a good enough reason for me!" said Officer Jenny of Cerulean City enthusiastically.

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Drew rubbed his eyes and stretched a little. He just woke up, and decided to get some breakfast. He knew that they would land in Sootopolis soon, and there wouldn't be much time to grab something to eat. Drew groaned, and slowly got up from the bottom bunk, careful not to wake up May.

Meanwhile, May was having a stupendously exciting yet stupifying and incredulous and incredibly marvelous but wonderfully simple dream.

Begin Dream (Not stupendously exciting yet stupifying and incredulous and incredibly marvelous but wonderfully simple enough to have a division blob)

May was at a meadow filled with trees and flowers and many other things that would be in a meadow. She was sitting down and having her dream picnic, which consisted of a sandwich filled with ten different types of cheeses and a slice of chocolate fudge cheesecake for dessert. Suddenly, someone walked up to her.

"Hello…May." said a someone who had greenish hair that walked up to May.

"Oh, hi Drew! What are you doing here?" asked May.

Suddenly, someone else walked up to her who also looked like Drew.

"What's up, May?" asked a second, but smirking Drew.

"Um…but, he's Drew." said May, confused.

"I'm Drew too." said the second Drew.

"No, I'm Drew." said the first.

A third Drew walked up to May and the two Drews.

"May." said the third Drew.

"Wha—huh?" May was very confused now.

"May, don't waste your time talking to those losers." said a fourth Drew, walking up to May.

"Yeah, talk to me instead." said a fifth Drew.

"Hah, don't bother talking. Let's play a game of cards!" said a sixth.

And it went on till there were twenty Drews…

End Dream

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" screamed May. "IT'S THE ATTACK OF THE DREWS!" May rolled over in the top bunk, and ended up falling on top of Drew, who was just about to walk away to get breakfast.

"Ack…Oow…" Drew moaned in pain. It wasn't everyday that someone fell on you from the top bunk. "Mind…getting off of me?" May quickly got up and blushed, emabarrassed.

"So, what was that all about?" demanded Drew.

"It…it was horrible!" May said sadly. "First there was one of you, then two, and before you know it, you just kept coming! You ruined my wonderfully thought out picnic!"

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"Rise and SHINE!" yelled Max, to Ash who was trying to catch up on his sleep. Max had been singing for a large part of the night, and all the passengers complained. For some odd reason, Misty and Gary didn't meet them yet, and they were going to land in an hour or so.

"Pika, pi pika chuu! CHAA!" yelled Pikachu, agreeing with Max as they earnestly tried to wake up Ash.

"Whaa…." Ash groaned and slowly opened his eyes. "Okay, I'm awake…what do you want…"

"We have to sing you our new song!" said Max enthusiastically.

"No! Please, please don't! I'll do anything! I have a family, you can't do this to me! Think of the children!" begged a passenger behind them. He was nearly in tears.

"Yes Max, listen to him! Your singing isn't really…it's not…" Ash didn't know how to break it to Max.

"What? I know my singing is great!" said Max, confused.

"No, it's just that…your singing….is…theworstI'veeverheardinmylife!" said Ash really fast. Then he took a deep breath.

"I didn't catch that, but I think I should just start my song now. Ready Pikachu?" asked Max.

Pikachu nodded.

Ash dug in his backpack for a set of ear plugs. Several other passengers did the same.

"This iiis the soong that neeverrr ends! It goooesss onnn and onnn myyy friends!" started Max.

"Pikachu pikkaaa! Pika pii, cha!" continued Pikachu.

Ash's earplugs hadn't blocked all of the sound. "Why have you betrayed me, Pikachu…" he said out loud.

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Why haven't Misty and Gary talked to Ash and Max yet? They were in a discussion of their own, after hearing Max's and Pikachu's horrible singing last night.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" asked Misty out of the blue.

"Me?" Gary smirked. "You should know already. I'm famous beyond your wildest dreams."

"I don't know much about what's going on lately." confessed Misty. "I usually stay in the gym. I only came out because I had this feeling about Ash getting his final badge for the Hoenn League. But it's none of your business!"

"Hmph. Have it your way. How about I enlighten you a little? I'm Gary Oak!" Gary grinned a winning smile.

"Nice to meet you Gary Oak!" Misty held out a hand. Gary shaked it.

"I'm also an archaeologist, a writer, a professor, a bilingual, and a beedrill keeper!" continued Gary.

"You're a beedrill keeper?" asked Misty, dumbfounded.

"Yes. It's my part-time job besides being an archaeologist, a writer, a prof--"

"Okay, I get the idea!" interrupted Misty rudely. "How do you have time to do all that stuff?"

"Hi! I'm Gary Oak!" said Gary with a winning smile.

"Nice to meet you Gary Oak!" said Misty, holding out a hand. Gary shaked it again.

"I could've been a pokemon master, but I decided that job was too lame."

"How come?" asked Misty. "I thought it was your dream, along with Ash's?"

"Hi! I'm Gary Oak!" said Gary with a winning smile.

"HOLD IT! I'm experiencing serious déjà vu!" said Misty, irritated.

"Hi! I'm--" Gary started, but was interrupted.

"549 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL!" yelled Max from his side of the plane.

"PIKA PIII!" yelled Pikachu.

"They're still at it…" muttered Gary. "Hey, Misty. I'd like to interview you for my next book, entitled How to insult anyone who likes Ash without them Realizing It. Would you mind helping me?"

"WOW!" Misty had stars in her eyes. "Do you know what this means? I'll be FAMOUS! I'll actually be in a BOOK!"

"Yeah, that's kind of what I just said…" muttered Gary.

"GREAT! When do we start?" demanded Misty.

"How about right now?" Gary got out a clipboard and a pencil, and they started the interview.

When Gary was satisfied, it was late at night, they had to go to bed. That's why they didn't meet up with Ash and Max. Maybe in the morning…

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Gary and Misty overslept.

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"We will blast off in 3…2…1…oh, I'm sorry, wrong job. I just got transferred here, you know." said the flight attendent through a microphone. "We will begin landing soon. Please put on your seatbelts."

"COOL! We get to put on seat belts!" said Max excitedly. "Seatbellllts aarrree coool!" He sang offkey-like.

"Pikachu!" agreed Pikachu.

"Please…be…quiet…" said Ash, trying to stay calm.

"If you look to your left, you'll see a window. If you look to the right, you'll see another window." said the flight attendent helpfully.

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Gary and Misty just woke up. They put on their seatbelts. Thirty seconds later, the landing was finished anyway, so they got to take the seatbelts off.

"We have now landed. Please take off your seatbelts and leave in an orderly fashion. ORDERLY! No—hey! Wait, you shouldn't…Aahh!" The flight attendent got knocked down and stampeded over while everyone ran off the plane.

"Thank you…for…riding…" the flight attendent started before fainting.

Misty and Gary stepped over her while they ran out of the plane. Misty bumped into Gary who bumped into Ash's mother who bumped into Professor Oak, who bumped into Ash, who bumped into Max, who bumped into Pikachu who was all the way down on the floor.

Everyone fell.

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"What would you like to order for breakfast?" asked Lance bracingly.

"I'm Lance's cooking assistant, Ted! I'll take your orders instead to annoy Lance!" said Ted.

"I remember you! I gave you that hockey puck." said Drew.

"Yes! So what would you like to order?" asked Ted.

"I want a glass of milk!" said May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"…and french toast…" said May, wondering what to add.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"um…and…a….berry." said May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"And…a lifesaver."

"And then?" asked Ted.

"Uh…a…piece of cereal." said May. Yes, a piece.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"A….waffle." said May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"Um….another glass of milk?" asked May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"Ah…string cheese…" said May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"Grilled cheese?" asked May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"……" May couldn't think of anything else to say.

"And then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then—" said Ted.

"I'd like to order now, please." interrupted Drew, annoyed.

"And what would you like to order, kind sir?" asked Ted.

"A cereal bar, thanks." said Drew.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"NO! PLEASE!" yelled May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"STOP!" yelled May, frightened for her life because of the killer 'and then's.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"Shut up!" yelled Lance, who was listening in. "As much as May and Drew annoy me, you're only annoying ME that way! That…doesn't make sense, does it…" Lance lost his nerve.

"Lance, have you ever considered therapy? I know a good place. It's right next to a beauty parlor." suggested Drew.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"It's owned by someone named Jessie." continued Drew.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"She is supposedly a Team Rocket member." finished Drew.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"I'd like to meet her someday. She's a rolemodel…" said May.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"You have met her! I'm sure you did, you followed Ash!" said Lance.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"And I did go to that same place for therapy. I think I need another session." admitted Lance.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"I even wrote to 'Greetings, Betty' for advice!" said Lance.

"The moment of truth." said May, a rhetorical statement.

"Enough of this! Let's go without breakfast, May." said Drew.

"THE BLIMP'S LANDING! AND THEN?" asked Ted.

Captain Mona's voice spread through the intercom. "We're done landing. Too bad there are no windows. If I didn't say anything, you could stay here forever. Muahahahahahaha!...cough…please exit the blimp."

"And then?" asked Ted.

"You're fired!" yelled Lance.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"I never want to see you again!" yelled Lance.

"And then?" asked Ted.

"I don't want to see your purple hair either!" yelled Lance.

Ted sniffed. "My mother said that it was cute…Oh no! I left my mother at Pacifidlog town!" said Ted, panicking.

"Pacifidlog town? Does she know you're here?" asked Drew.

"No." answered Ted.

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"Mommy…Ted's gone." said Ted's twin sister, Fin(which means 'end' in Spanish!). Fin had purple hair in two braids, and orange eyes, like Ted.

Fin was wearing yellow sweatclothes like Ted.

"Ted? Where is he? OH NO!" Ted and Fin's mother just realized that he was gone. She was busy counting the number of polka dots on her dress for the whole night and into the new morning.

Start Flashback-

"Hey, Ted, I dare you to swim to that little island over there where they're holding the contest and never come back." said Fin.

"Okay, Fin!" said Ted.

Ted swam to the island. He got there when they were boarding the blimp.

A crew member stopped him before he entered. "Name." said the crew member.

"I'm Ted!" said Ted.

"Hi Ted! Come on in!" said the crew member.

Ted went in the blimp. Fin heard all this because she has extra good ears.

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"Fin, do you have any idea where Ted went?" asked their mother.

"Ted? No idea. But maybe you should ask an Officer Jenny." said Fin.

"Oh, Fin, how rude. It's the Officer Jenny. You can say an when we're on the road." said her mother. "Anyway, they all took the day off because of the Officer in Cerul—oh no! We have to get to that wedding! We can't miss it for the world!" said Fin and Ted's mother.

"How are we going to Officer Jenny of Cerulean City and Maxie's wedding? And do we have a wedding gift?" asked Fin.

Fin and Ted's mother grabbed a hat from a passersby. "Now we have a wedding present! But I don't know how we'll get to that wedding…"

"Hello, Ted's mother! I am James from the JMJ company, and this is Meowth and Jessie! We all got together to go to the wedding. I heard your plight, and we decided to give you a ride in our space-lacking hot air balloon!" said James enthusiastically.

"Yes! We have a ride!" said Fin happily.

"Yes! Maybe we'll find…uh…what's his name again…oh, Ted!" said Ted and Fin's mother.

"Forgive mommy. All she can remember is polka dots." said Fin.

"Would you like to sign up for therapy?" asked Jessie.

"Would I ever!" said Ted and Fin's mother.

"Let's speed this thing up!" said Jessie, when Fin and her mother went into the hot-air balloon. Rockets popped out of a compartment of the hot air balloon and they blasted off again!

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Sixty seconds later, they landed in Sootapolis.

Or, rather, a minute later.

Now everyone is in Sootopolis!

First up, Grand Festival!

The chapter is done now! Breathe in, breathe out….okay, you're good!