Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon.

This is my first ever Contestshipping story so it is a little rough. It will probably have a lot of chapters. And if there are any grammatical or spelling mistakes, plz just point them out to me. And finally thank you to Arsyd for helping me have the confidence to post this story.


Dried Roses

May Maple woke up to the sound of the phone ringing. She quickly glanced at the small clock that was sitting on her bedside table. It read 4:23 AM. Who could be calling at this hour?she thought as she grumpily got out of bed. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen where the phone was. "Hello?" May asked. "May, it's mom, Max is missing." Suddenly, May wasn't tired anymore. "What do you mean he's missing? I just talked with him yesterday." It had been 7 years since she moved away from her family's home in Hoenn and moved to an apartment in Jubilife City, Sinnoh. She was now 19 years old. "I know you talked with him yesterday sweetie, but there was still time for him to leave." her mom replied. "I talked with him at 7:30 at night, mom! It was nighttime and traveling after dark is really dangerous! Please tell me that he left with my Munchlax!" May was on the verge of panicking. "Yes. He took Munchlax with him, but I need a favor from you May." her mother said. "You want me to come home and help you look, right?" May asked, already guessing her mother's thoughts. "Could you? It would be such a big help." her mother replied. "Yes mom. I'll be there in a couple of days." "Oh and May, if you could get some of your old friends to come and help you with the search that would be even more wonderful." "Sure thing mom. I'll see you then." As May hung up the phone she tried to think of people she could ask to come with her to the Hoenn region to help look for her brother. It had been 5 years since she had last seen Ash or Brock. The only person she saw anymore was Dawn, but even then it was only occasionally at Contests. A lot of her older rivals/friends had decided to explore different regions. Most of them where in Kanto or Johto at the moment. "Great. Now I have to find my old scrapbook. Why did I put all of my friends' numbers in a scrapbook? It seems like such a stupid idea now that I am older." she said aloud.

Once she found the scrapbook she started flipping through the pages and calling her old friends' numbers. She soon had Ash, Brock, Misty, and Solidad on their way to her families home in Petalburg City. May thought that that would be enough people, but for some reason she continued to flip through the pages. The page after Solidad's had a single picture of Harley when he had won a contest. That was all there was on his page and May quickly continued on. The next page wasn't as empty. It had pictures of a green haired boy winning many contests on it. And there were also four dried red roses. Ah, yes. The roses. She remembered each and every detail of the four times she recieved the roses. Three times given to her in person, and one as a gift from a secret admiring fan. Each rose was meant for her pokemon. Or at least that is what he had said. May now knew better, and she decided that she would definetely have to give Drew a call.


Drew Hayden woke up from a nightmare. At first the dream had started out nicely, another pleasant dream where the Grand Festival had just ended and he was talking with Harley and May. Harley had just suggested that the three of them travel Johto together. Both May and Drew didn't like the thought of traveling with Harley, but if May went he wouldn't mind. But May refused the offer and decided to continue traveling with Ash and Brock. Drew had simply shaken his head no, and then walked away. But the dream didn't end with what actually happened. The dream continued on to when Drew left the other two and to when he arrived at a Pokemon Center. The Nurse Joy there had given him a room number and a key. That is when his dream turned into a nightmare. He walked down the hallway to the number of the room he was supposed to stay in. He put the key in the lock and opened the door...only to find Ash and May sitting on the bed kissing. He quickly said he must have the wrong room, closed the door, and ran down the hallway feeling horrible. After that, however, he woke up and realized it was just a dream. The last part of the dream hadn't been real. When Drew had gotten a room at the Pokemon Center and opened the door, there had been no May and Ash. He tried going back to sleep, but soon realized that that would be impossible. So he was preparing to go for a really early morning walk with his Roserade when the phone in his room started ringing. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall of his room. 5:37 am. "Is that clock wrong, or is the time in Hearthome wrong?" he wondered aloud. "And who could possibly be calling?"


Thanx for reading everyone :D reviews would be nice and a little constructive criticism would be much appreciated. This chapter is a lil short i know. it is just to explain what is happening in the beginning. oh and i may not be able to update before friday because i have a very busy life! One question is that i was wondering if i should make the story have a lot of chapters, or if each chapter should be long?