A New Friend
Pikachu
Part 26

Sunday March 21, 2004

Well, I’m finally updating this story! Took me long enough. ^_^ Well, enjoy!

	The plane to Pallet Town arrived on Christmas Eve in what seemed like the 
beginning of a snowstorm.

	“Whoa. It’s coming down hard isn’t it?” Maggie said as they stared out of 
the lobby window.

	“Well, come on. We should get going to my house. If we wait much longer we 
won’t be able to see.” Ash said. They stumbled their way into the beginning 
snowstorm and began walking to Ash’s house.

	“Please tell me it’s not much further.” Misty said.

	“It’s not. Here we are.” Ash said. They made their way up what they thought 
was the walkup and rang the doorbell.

	“Oh Ash! What an unexpected surprise! Hello Misty! And Brock. And who are 
you?” Delia said.

	“Mom, this is our new friend Maggie. Now can we come inside before we 
become human snowmen?” Ash said.

	“Of course sweetie. Come on in.” Delia responded. They fast walked inside 
and quickly shut the door.

	“Wow. It’s coming down. This might actually be the first Christmas with 
snow.” Delia said.

	“Good. Listen mom. We weren’t going to stay long. After Christmas, we were 
going to go back to the Flag Lands.” Ash said.

	“Flag lands?” Brock asked.

	“Yeah. They finally named the region. There’s supposed to be a few new 
Pokemon there.” Ash said.

	“Well, we arrived a little later than we meant to. It’s like what now? 10 
P.M.?” Misty said.

	“Oh my! You’re right! We should go to bed so we can get up early tomorrow!” 
Delia said.

	“I’ll take my old room mom.” Ash said. Then Pikachu and him rushed upstairs 
and shut the door.

	“I think we’ll be okay sleeping in the living room Mrs. Ketchum.” Brock 
said.

	“Okay. Have a good night’s sleep!” Delia said. With that, she too went 
upstairs and went to bed.

***The next morning…***

	“MERRY CHRISTMAS!” Ash yelled, startling everyone. Misty got up with 
irritation.

	“Ash you stupid numbskull!” Misty yelled. Ash was wearing a weird Santa 
outfit with presents stockpiled in his hands.

	“Well ho-ho-ho to you to Misty.” Ash said sarcastically. He tossed two 
presents at her and went to wake up Brock and Misty.

	“Sometimes I truly hate him.” Misty thought as she began opening her 
presents…

	They spent most of the day happily munching on Christmas goodies that Ash’s 
mom had made. They laughed and joked as their stomachs became slightly 
bloated. Finally, at about 7 P.M., Ash went up to Delia.

	“Mom, can you drive us to the airport. We need to get back to the Flag 
Lands.” Ash said.

	“Sure honey. Just get the others and I’ll be more than happy to.” Delia 
responded. Ash rounded up everyone and before they knew it, they were back 
at the airport, getting ready to fly to Cloud City where the next Gym was.

	“You be sure to come visit again Ash.” Delia said.

	“Don’t worry. We will.” Maggie said. With that, they waved goodbye and 
boarded the plane.

To be continued…

Okay. I’m desperately trying to break the brain fart I have on this story. 
Well, review! ^_^