Summary-It’s been two years now since the great battle at Mirage Kingdom. 
Ash has
won first place in the Hoenn League and is now back in Pallet Town with the 
others.
Misty has also joined them and they receive an invitation from now Queen 
Sarah to visit.
But little do they know that Cornel Hanson is on the loose again… Extended 
off of the
TV episodes “The Princess and The Togepi” and “The Togepi Mirage”

The Return to the Mirage Kingdom
Pikachu
Prologue
Gen.

Saturday October 9, 2004

Hey everyone! I liked that two-episode return of Misty that I decided to 
extend into the
future although I highly doubt that they will return to Mirage Kingdom in 
the future. Oh
well. I don’t expect this to be a massive 20 part story but maybe 5-10 parts 
depending on
how creative I get. One last note. I’m not sure if it’s Togetick or 
Togechick but I’m going
to go with Togetick. Enjoy! ^_^

	The sun dawn bright into Ash Ketchum’s bedroom as he tried as hard as he 
could
to block out the sun without waking up. Turns out of course he fails and 
slowly gets out
of bed mumbling.

	“I hate morning. Why do I always have to wake up to that fireball?” Ash
mumbled.

	“Well, maybe if you closed the shades before going to bed it might help.” 
Said a
sarcastic voice. Ash turned around and did a double take. Misty was standing 
in his
doorway. Ash rolled his eyes.

	“Misty? I thought you had went back to take over the Gym? What are you 
doing
here?” Ash asked, slightly confused. Pikachu had woken up by this time and 
was staring
with tired eyes at Misty. At Ash’s question, she just grinned.

	“I got a letter from, er, someone so I decided to come here and tell you, 
Brock,
May, and Max. The others are already downstairs. And unless you want to miss 
it, you’ll
hurry down to.” Misty told him. With that, she walked out the door and down 
the stairs.
Ash shook his head and quickly hurried down the stairs into the living room. 
Misty had
already opened the letter but obviously hadn’t started reading it.

	“Morning sleepy-head.” May said happily. Ash just grunted. Max rolled his 
eyes.

	“Well, now that we are all present here…” Misty quickly shot a side-glance 
at
Ash “…I can read this.” She opened the letter and began reading.

	“Dear Misty,
Hi! It’s Princess Sarah! Or should I say Queen Sarah now? Well, anyway it’s 
been awhile
since we’ve seen you guys and you should come and visit. Hanson is still 
thankfully
locked away so all has been peaceful here. Togetick is doing great here but 
I think it
misses its trainer. Well, hope to see you soon!

	Best wishes, Sarah”

	“I say we should go!” Ash said happily.

	“Yeah! Me to!” Brock said with a lightened voice and a little redness under 
his
eyes. Misty rolled her eyes again.

	“It would be nice to go but there’s one problem. How are we supposed to get
there? It’s way over in the Hoenn Region which is on the other side of the 
ocean!” Max
exclaimed. Misty smiled.

	“Sarah worked that out to.” Misty replied. She reached into the envelope 
and
pulled out 5 tickets to a luxury ship liner. Ash, and especially May, gaped.

	“Great! The harbor is within walking distance!” May exclaimed happily.

	“Not only that, but the ship arrives in an about 45 minutes.” Misty told 
May.
Brock’s eyes were hearts by this point so Misty pulled his ear.

	“Brock you know you need to stay on this planet.” Misty said. The others 
sweat-
dropped.

	“Well, it’ll take us about half an hour to get to the port and then 
probably about
another 6 hours to get to the Kingdom.” Ash said. Ash quickly ran upstairs 
and grabbed
Pikachu, who had fallen back asleep.

	“Hey buddy! Wake up! We’re going back to Mirage Kingdom!” Ash said happily.
Pikachu sighed and just let Ash carry him. They quickly made their way out 
of the house,
saying good-bye to Ash’s mom first, and then rushed out the door.

********************A short time later…********************

	“Here we come Sarah!” Max yelled out. Other passengers on the boat stared 
at
him. The mainland of Pallet Town was slowly retreating onto the horizon as 
they had set
sail about 15 minutes ago.

	“I wonder if much has changed since we’ve been at Mirage.” Max asked.

	“Apart from the fact that Sarah’s the Queen, I doubt it.” Misty replied. 
After
about an hour, the mainland of Pallet Town was no longer visible. There was 
just ocean
all around for miles and miles. The wind was a bit gustier as well. Either 
that or it was
from how fast they were moving. After all, they were on the fastest ship 
that was ever
built. Finally, they fell quiet and just stared at the ocean waves many 
hundreds of feet
below them. Every once and awhile, one of them would go to the cafeteria to 
grab a bite
to eat and then shortly return afterwards. Sometimes near the ship, a whale 
or a dolphin
would swim close to the surface or do a spectacular jump out of the water. 
One thing was
the same out of each and every one of them though. They kept their eyes 
fixed on the
Eastern Sky, waiting to see the great palace to slowly peep above the 
horizon. Then
finally, after about 5 and half hours, they saw a mirage of the castle 
glimmering slightly
above the horizon. Brock was the first one to spot it.

	“Hey you guys! Look over there!” Brock said excitedly, pointing into the 
Eastern
sky. It was close to sunset now so the combination of the upside-down palace 
and the
brilliant shades of orange, red, and purple on the clouds was quite breath 
taking.

	“Well, we are almost there. We are almost to the Mirage Kingdom.” Ash said.

To be continued…

Yay! I new story! He he he. Well, I hope you liked it. I have somewhat of an 
idea about
what I’m going to do for the plot but it’s not completely worked out yet. 
Well, review!
^_^