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Act 1- The Warning

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"Ash! Hurry up or we won't make it in time!"

May's voice sounded so far away. Ash sat down on the snowy floor. The blizzard was really starting to pick up and his body was getting numb. Right now he was glad that Pikachu wasn't with him, or else the poor little pokemon would've frozen to death.

Ash looked at his surroundings, although there wasn't anything but snow. He thought he heard Max and Brock shouting him, but he wasn't certain if it was them or the icy winds blowing by.

"Why? Why is this happening?" Ash asked himself.

For an odd reason, Ash wanted to remember past events since his pokemon journey began. He remembered when he and Pikachu first met. Pikachu never wanted to go back into its Poké ball, and ever since then it never had.

Ash also remembered all the rare Pokémon he and his friends had met such as Mew and Mewtwo, Lugia, Entei, Celabi and who could forgot cute little Manaphy?

"Ash! Are you ok?"

May's voice had snapped Ash out of his thoughts. May was kneeling in front of him, looking at him worriedly. Drew suddenly appeared too.

"Hey you guys! If we don't hurry then all hope could be lost!" Drew shouted over the roar of the blizzard.

"Where's Max and Brock!?" May cried.

"What? They were right behind me just a second ago!"

"You're right Drew," said Ash, standing up. "Whatever happened to Pikachu must've happened to Max and Brock."

"But there's just one question," Drew stated. "What 'is' it that happened to them?"

"I don't know but that's why we have to keep going."

"Whatever is causing this better not hurt Max or they'll have me to answer to," May said.

"Come on. If we all hold hands then we won't get separated," Ash said, holding his hand out for May who grabbed it and held hers out for Drew who grabbed it.

The three slowly began making their way through the blizzard. None of could feel parts of their bodies. They even looked at their hands sometimes, just to make sure that they were still holding the person next to them's hand. For what seemed like hours, none of them said a word. All they did was tread through the blizzard until May finally spoke up.

"How long do you think this blizzard's gonna last?" she asked the males.

"I'm not sure but we have to keep going," Ash replied.

"Well if we don't get out of it soon then we'll end up freezing to death," informed Drew.

"Wait! Stop!" May suddenly cried.

"What is it? What's wrong?" asked Ash as May let go of his and Drew's hands and knelt down on the ground.

"It can't be. No," May began sobbing.

"What is it?" Drew asked.

"Are you hurt?" inquired Ash. May showed them both a pair of glasses.

"These glasses," May whimpered. "They belong to Max."

Ash and Drew took a good look at the glasses May was holding up and they indeed belonged to Max. But why would they just be lying on the ground in the middle of a blizzard.

"Come on," Ash said. "I'm sure that Max isn't too far."

"For all we know he could've dropped those only a short time ago. If we keep going then we may find him," comforted Drew. May nodded and stood up, holding Ash's and Drew's hands. They were about to start walking again when they were stopped by the sound of a bird. "What's that?"

"I don't know but it sounded angry," cried May, whimpering in fear. Then an Articuno appeared.

The three heroes looked at the Articuno, unsure if it was going to attack or pass by. It looked at them. Its eyes began to glow a pale blue. May looked right into the Articuno's eyes. She saw nothing but loneliness and depression. She soon began to feel some herself.

"MAY!" cried Drew suddenly. May looked at Drew and then her feet. But to her shock her feet weren't there.

"Ah! Wh-what's happening to me?" May cried.

Soon, May's ankles had turned into tiny bits and blew away ing the storm. It was like data dissolving and then blowing away somewhere. May was really panicking now. Only the top part of her body was there, and that was dissolving fast. As whatever was happening to her reached her chest she quickly turned to Ash and Drew.

"You guys have to listen to me! I want you to save Max! Please!" she cried.

"But what about you, May?" cried Drew. May smiled.

"Don't worry about me. As long as my brother is safe."

Then May disappeared completely. Small particles of her began blowing around in the blizzard. For a moment, the two boys stood there, uncertain of what to do.

"Come on, Drew," Ash said, suddenly. "Not only are we gonna rescue our Pokémon and Brock and Max but we're also gonna save May."

"Yeah," agreed Drew. "Oh no! It's happening to me, too!"

Ash looked Over at Drew who's feet had began dissolving like May's had. Ash looked down at his own feet and saw it happening to him as well.

"What? No! We have to save everyone else!" Ash cried. But it was no use. Within less then a minute, only the boys' heads were left.

"Well Ash, It's been nice knowing ya," Drew said, sounding as though it was truly the end.

"I wasn't able to save them. I made a promise. I have to keep the promise I made to my frie-"

Both of the boys had completely dissolved. Their remaining particles were flying around the area. Articuno began flying further and further into the blizzard.