(A/N): Hello, LilDBZLover here! Not much to say here except this is only my second Pokemon fanfiction so please… cut me some slack! But I do take constructive criticism! Just no flames please! Oh, and here's a little rule… If you want me to update, then review! Simple as that! Well let's head on to the disclaimer!
Me: Today, we only have May and with Max us, the rest of the gang cant be bothered to come! Let's make the introduction a quick one… So, read that disclaimer girl!
May: Hi!
Max: Yo. :P
May: Sadly, LilDBZLover doesn't own Pokemon :D Read and enjoy!
Me: Thank you, now on with the fanfic!
Important to me
Chapter 1: A shocking surprise…
The story begins as our four heroes, Ash, May, Brock and Max are waiting for the Verdanturf Town Pokemon Contest to begin! While Ash, Brock and Max were being seated in the stadium, May was cramming in one last training session.
"Go… Squirtle!" May shouted, putting her PokeBall infront of her. Out of it shot a red light which formed the shape of a small turtle. Then Squirtle appeared.
"Squirt!"
"We haven't got much time now so quickly Squirtle! Use bubble!" Almost immediately a shower of bubbles shot out from the Pokemon's mouth.
"Now use Ice Beam!" May commanded.
"Squirtle Squirt!"
The turtle Pokemon charged up for a few seconds, and out of his mouth came a powerful beam of ice. In a split second it turned all of those floating bubbles to beautiful ice crystals.
"Now use Rapid Spin on the bubbles! Hit all your targets!"
Squirtle then went inside his shell and started spinning like lightening to hit all of the ice crystals. Since the two had practiced the move so many times, Squirtle hit every single bubble, resulting in a beautiful shower of ice flakes. May jumped up and down happily.
"You were perfect Squirtle! Return!" The Pokemon turned around staring at some bushed before being returned into a hazy red figure, disappearing into the ball. Proudly, May rushed to the Contest Waiting Room, determined to win.
She was really hoping to show everyone her new techniques, hoping they'd be surprised. But someone had been watching her in the shadows…
"May Maple…" a voice said, "She seemed good, don't you think?"
"Ros."
"You know what we have to do," the voice replied once more.
"Ros."
The Contest had now begun. Vivian ran onto the stage waving as she went.
"Hey everybody! Are you ready for the best of the best contests ever?!" Vivian shouted with excitement. The crowd yelled loudly, sitting at the edge of their seats to hear more.
"Today we have hundreds of gifted children ready to strut their stuff on this here stage. But the question is…" Everybody chanted along with Vivian.
"CAN… YOU… HANDLE IT?!" The crowd roared, ready to watch the show.
At last May's name was called.
"And now we have… May Maple!"
"GO ON MAY, WE'RE ROOTIN' FOR YOU!" Ash shouted.
"YEAH MAY! DO YOUR BROTHER PROUD!" Max encouraged.
"KEEP YOUR FOCUS MAY!" Brock advised. May winked at her friends and waved to the crowd.
"Squirtle… Take the stage!" Out came her Squirtle. May breathed in, and then out.
"Like we did earlier," she commanded, "Use bubble!"
Ash nudged at Brock and Max, "Does it seem like the spotlight is really shining down on May?" Max looked and saw the light getting brighter and brighter, he nodded his head in agreement. "Must be special effects or something."
Brock looked up. It wasn't special effects. A whole clump of stage lights were dropping down on May, and with rapid speed! "MAY! LOOK OUT! ABOVE YOU!" Brock shouted as loud as he could. May looked up, cowering at what she saw.
-BANG! CRASH!-
"AAHHH!" A piercing scream echoed throughout the contest hall. Everyone fell silent. The only thing you could hear were the soft steps from Vivian who was heading up to May. She looked downwards, gasped and shouted, "SOMEBODY GET ME AN AMBULANCE!" Nurses and Officers ran towards the stage, throwing away all the objects piled onto May. Sirens were blaring loudly, and many medics headed towards May. Immediately she was rushed to hospital.
"Maayyyyy!" Max cried, running over to where she was. People kept him back; the area was now shut off. You could hear Max sadly crying, "She's my sister! That's my sister!" Brock and Ash raced to where he was and pulled him back, trying to bear breaking down along with the sorrowful little boy.
Meanwhile at the Maple residence, Norman switched on the T.V. "Sadly, it seems a young girl was struck by lights in the Verdanturf Co-ordinator Contest a few hours ago…" a reporter announced. Norman listened to the television with interest.
"Hey Caroline! Some poor girl got hurt in the Verdanturf contest." He called to his wife. Caroline came into the living room, with a soapy dish in her hand and a sponge in the other. She sat down next to Norman.
"I heard May and the others were in that area… I hope they're safe…" Caroline replied, staring at the television.
"Sources tell us her name was May Maple. She had bee-"
-CRASH-
Caroline's dish fell from her hand and broke on the wooden floor. She stood up, shaken and bewildered that her child was injured. Norman was still sitting down on the sofa with shock. Caroline screamed and shouted, "My little girl's hurt!" She ran to her husband and hugged him hard as she could then ran out of the door saying, "I have to go and see her!" before she left. Norman raced after her.
-Waiting Room-
Max, Ash and Brock had been waiting for over three hours for the surgery to finish. It seemed that May had been hurt extremely bad. A doctor came out of the room and announced, "She's going to be fine… except…" Max looked at the doctor earnestly.
"Except…?" He asked. The doctor bowed his head.
"She can never and I repeat never become a Pokemon Co-ordinator again."
(A/N): BREAK! I reeeeeally wanna write more because Drew is in the next scene. This chapter may be a bit longer than expected. So if you want, take a break for this is the next half! This is only happening once though because I completely forgot to include Drew in the first half of the chapter :D If you're ready… Let's continue! On with the fanfic!
"She never… ever…" Brock said, unable to utter the words that the Doctor had just said. The doctor nodded his head.
"This is the complete truth. Sadly I assure you that she can never fulfil her dream to become Top Co-ordinator. I'm sorry. Neither can she leave this hospital for she is in a terrible state, please ask the nurse if you want more information." He said as he walked away.
He turned round again and said, "You can see her if you like, but she is a bit tired so talk quietly please." And once again walked off. Max ran into the room to see his sister. Brock and Ash followed.
There she was, smiling weakly, unaware of what the future would bring. She quietly said, "Hi guys…" Max rubbed his eyes, hiding his tears. He ran over to May and hugged her. "May… You… Are you okay with what the doctor said?" Max asked his sister. May shrugged, staring downwards.
"I think I'll be fine, just need a bit of company now and then since you'll be on your journey," she said, twiddling her thumbs. The others stared at her with pity. Ash shook his head.
"Friends do not leave friends behind, I'm staying. Forget the battle pyramid." Brock nodded his head in agreement, followed by Max. They all hugged each other, happy that they wouldn't be separated. Nurse Joy came into the room.
"I'm sorry but we need to move May from the Surgery Room to a proper Room," she said, supporting May out of bed. Brock held May as well, unable to go into "Gaga mode," because he was too upset about what happened to his friend. May was seated in a wheelchair and pushed to a ward.
"So what's happening to my sister?" Max asked, "Why does she need a wheelchair?"
"Since many objects hit your sister, especially her bottom half, she's unable to walk, which is why she cannot travel with you all and compete in her contests," Nurse Joy replied, with a more serious tone to her usual voice. They were all silent until Nurse Joy arrived into the room. "Here we are," she said, "But I'm afraid you three must leave, May needs her rest." The others hugged May, said a quick, "Bye," and left the hospital.
May was all on her own now, the other patients were all fast asleep. She was wondering why visiting hours closed so early in the day, it was only 3:00pm. She then saw nurses and doctors hurrying to clean the hospital, "Quick! Get this place Cleaned up! He's coming!" she heard a nurse say. Patting the person next to her she asked, "Who's coming?"
"Some rich man, he's always donating money to the hospital but only if he's pleased by what he sees," the patient replied yawning. May nodded her head. The nurses and doctors were all lined up down the corridor, it seemed he was here. She was expecting a big fat pervert of a man, who would take after Brock, flirting to all the nurses.
But he wasn't...
Instead he was a young man, the same age as she was, but with beautiful green hair. (I HAAAATE describing what people wear so just search Drew on the internet! You know what he looks like! Joking, joking.) He wore a black turtleneck jumper with a purple jacket over it. He also wore light sea green trousers and black shoes. (Black? Forgot :S)
As soon as he walked, Nurses and Doctors bowed to show their respect. May just stared at him unaware of her rudeness. Still staring, she didn't notice that he was coming over to her bed. "Do you know it's rude to stare?" He told her, tutting. May shook her head and said, "Oh yeah, sorry. By the way, who are you?" she asked. The comment hit one of Drew's nerves hard.
"Who is this…?" he asked. Immediately a dozen nurses ran over to him handing him a clipboard with information about May. Drew stopped as he looked over the information. May looked at him, "What are you so shook up about?" she asked, but didn't receive an answer. Drew waved his hands at the nurses and muttered, "Leave." The nurses left and closed the door.
"So you want to be a top Pokemon co-ordinator huh?" he asked, looking at May in the eyes. She flushed a bright pink and quickly turned to her bag, "M-my Pokemon…" she said, letting them out. From her four red balls came a Combusken, Skitty, Squirtle and a Bulbasaur. They all stretched about, except Squirtle. He stared at Drew, as if he had seen him from somewhere...
Drew got out one of his PokeBalls and out came a Roselia. It was a beautiful green Pokemon with three horns for hair and two beautifully bloomed flowers as hands.
Instead of smiling at May, she stared at her angrily, as if she had seen her somewhere…
"Roselia…?" (So that's her?) Drew patted his Pokemon on the head.
"What's done is done…" he replied. May stared at him with a puzzled look on his face. After returning her Pokemon, she changed the subject by asking him, "So what is your dream then?" He sat on her bed and answered, "The same as yours." May beamed happily. 'This guy seems like good company,' she thought.
After hours of talking, May yawned, "I'm getting a bit tired," she said, staring at the time. It was quite late. "Well look at the time! It seemed we were having too much fun!" she continued, laughing. Drew looked at the time, it was 7:30pm. He blushed, wondering why he spent so much time with the girl. He got up quickly, brushed his trousers and began to leave. May grew sad. She was enjoying his company.
"WAIT!" she shouted, waking up a few patients. Drew turned back and walked over to her. "What's your name?" she asked.
"Drew," he replied, returning his sleeping Roselia. "Well goodbye." May held his hand and pulled him over for the biggest hug she could give him. Winking she said, "Can I see you tomorrow?"
Drew smirked and replied, "Bright and early." He left the room.
The nurses and doctors walked over to Drew. "So Mr. Drew sir, how do you think of the hospital?" they asked. Drew smirked, walked past them all and muttered, "May… May Maple," before leaving the hospital.
He then muttered, "I'm sorry," before getting into his limousine and going home.
Me: Didn't really expect to make the chapter that long. :S
May: Why did I have to get hurt?
Max: Yeah! Why didn't you hurt Brock! He'd be surrounded by nurses!
Me: Because this story is not about Brock. Oh and guys, if you find this story confusing, just email me, I'll fill you in :P Well until next time! Read and Review Please!
All: Bye for now!