I know I'm doing three stories at once but I can't ignore the inspiration!
May: I think working that hard is good for you
Drew: Eh….
Me: And I'm sorry about not updating May Poke but I've been having Volleyball practice a lot and well I'm going into high school soon so I have to go shopping, see my family and do my homework for the summer so don't worry it'll be update soon. Oh and in this story May is more out there and edgy.
May: That's good! Rolyn-Ro-Roserade does not own Pokemon! Oh and I don't own the song Like it or Leave it.
Normality is Overrated
Normality. A word that describes a small portion of all of us but in a town called Alcedor City being normal is what everyone wants to be. But what if you didn't want that? What if you were like the young fifteen year old girl named May Maple? Normal is what she wasn't. She was that unique, out going girl that was also spotted in the mob. Instead of normal pants and a shirt she would rock a black and red plaid skirt, black leggings, a white button up shirt, a red and black tie that hung loosely around her neck and black and red vans. Instead of listening to the rap or hip hop that most people listened to she went to rock and pop. In fact May had an all girl band with her two friends Misty and Dawn.
No Limitations was the name of that band and music was May's passion next to writing love stories. She played lead guitar and was the lead vocalist while Dawn played base and Misty played drums and sometimes she would play the piano. Most of her songs were break up songs after her ex Brendan cheated; she said that whole ordeal was good inspiration. Being "available" every boy tried to get a chance at May but this rebel wouldn't settle for anyone unless they were looking for true love, not after her stupid dumb ex. May wasn't your normal student either; even though people say that her out going playful attitude got in the way of her studies she was really a silent genius.
May had haters of course due to her intelligence and looks that constantly changed. She said herself one day by standing on a lunch room table that she was not the average girl who had brunette hair and sapphire eyes and she proved her sayings by coming to school the next day with black streaks through her hair and pale contacts. Out of jealousy of the attention this young beauty received many people would spread rumors like "May is gay" or "She's not a virgin" but May would just shout to everyone she could that any rumor didn't bother her cause she knew that it wasn't true and it didn't matter what others thought of her. The only thing that mattered was what she thought of herself.
"Okay let's do like it or leave it." May ordered picking up her guitar from its stand and plugging it into her amp. She was currently in her basement with her band and her other four friends Ash who had a yellow electric mouse perched on his shoulder, Brock, Zoey and Aly. May began strumming her guitar while Misty came out with the back beat to the song. She then began to sing.
You say you don't know me
You say you don't owe me
You say that you won't be
Dawn then came in with the base but only for one part of the verse.
Happy waitin
You think that you're worth it
You think you deserve it
You want it all right now
Your way
Misty and dawn both came in singing the backup vocals.
Together we're one
There is no finish line
Together we're one
Why don't you realize
Together we're one
I know that everything's gonna be fine
Together
Together we're one, one in a million
Don't be afraid, don't say
It can't play out the way that we want
Its gonna be brilliant
Like it or leave it, I can't help but feel like I'm one
One in a million
I'm worth all the crap that I'm putting you through
I'll be blunt, be honest to you
Like it or love it or…leave it
May then began to go into another solo.
You decide, you decide
Don't waste my time
Sit back and unwind now
Its gonna be fine now
You can't justify your
Impatience
Together we're one
There is no finish line
Together we're one
Why don't you realize
Together we're one
I know that everything's gonna be fine
Together
Together we're one, one in a million
Don't be afraid, don't say
It can't play out the way that we want
Its gonna be brilliant
Like it or leave it, I can't help but feel like I'm one
One in a million
I'm worth all the crap that I'm putting you through
I'll be blunt, be honest to you
Like it or love it or…leave it
What was that line in that one movie
When he looked at her like it would last forever
Said it to her face that he'd do whatever it took
To be her love above all what he wanted most
Credits roll, curtains close
Then you whispered in my ear
Together we're one in a million
Don't be afraid
Together we're one in a million
Don't be afraid
Together we're one, one in a million
Don't be afraid, don't say
It can't play out the way that we want
Its gonna be brilliant
Like it or leave it, I can't help but feel like I'm one
One in a million
I'm worth all the crap that I'm putting you through
I'll be blunt, be honest to you
Like it or love it or…leave it
You decide, you decide
Don't waste my time
You decide, you decide
Leave it……
"Awe, that was awesome!" Ash said
"Another song based off my infamous ex." May said bowing like a debutante.
"I have to say, it sounded like one of your best guys." Brock said.
"Thank you." The three said in unison.
"We plan on burning onto a CD." Dawn said placing her base guitar in its case. May set her guitar on its stand while Misty put her drum sticks in their case.
"I'm already workin on this new song called Division." May stated proudly while taking a water out of the mini fridge. "Should be good considering I've been workin on it for the past four nights."
"Can't wait to hear it but I really have to head home cuz it's a school night." Zoey said heading up the stairs out of the basement.
"Me too, can't be late for dinner." Aly said
"She's right, we better go too Ash, I need to get back to my brothers and sisters and your mom doesn't like when you're out late." Brock said pulling ash out of his seat.
"You sound like my dad." Ash sighed stretching a little before turning to the three girls. "I guess we'll meet up at school tomorrow."
"Yup, see you tomorrow guys." Misty said waving as they left.
All of them in fact had school tomorrow. May, Misty, Dawn, and ash were all freshmen at Alcedor high while Zoey is junior and Brock was a senior. May fell on her side on the couch and let out a groan.
"I hate that torture facility they call school." She muttered turning so that she was on her back. "It gives me less time to train my pokemon. And write my music."
"School's only boring to you cause you learn things quicker than others." Misty said picking up her backpack. "I better go; my sisters are probably having a fit over where I am….or they are arguing which pair of stilettos to wear tomorrow, bye May."
"I should go too. Later May" Dawn said picking up her guitar and bag.
"Bye guys." May chimed as she pulled a pillow over her face. She then sat up and decided to check on her pokemon in the greenhouse. She ran up the basement steps and went through the large kitchen where she saw her mother, Caroline Maple, cooking dinner. She closed the back door behind her and went to the pool side as seven water pokemon swam over to her. A wartortle, Vaporeon, Golduck, Dragonair, Buziel, Lapras and her largest a Gyarados.
"Hey guys." She greeted with a sweet smile. They all smiled back at their trainer as she kicked off her vans and stuck her feet in the pool. She sat in peace watching her three water pokemon play with each other happily. Such joy brought a warm smile to her face. The sun was just setting and May didn't want to be out too long so she went to the greenhouse to check on the rest of her pokemon.
May and her family have traveled much over the course of the year and she always had such a great love for pokemon so she caught as many as she could. Her silent goal was to catch every single one but that seemed highly unlikely. When she entered the green house she was tackled by a small dog looking pokemon that walked on two legs.
"Hey Riolu!" May said to the baby pokemon. It just hatched from it's egg about a month ago and was becoming very strong, if all went well it would evolve into a great Lucario. Some other pokemon greeted her at the front of the green house such as Buneary, Pichu, Sandshrew, Persian, Rapidash, Beautifly, Delcatty, Treeko, Ivysaur, Monferno, Luxio, Butterfree, Pidgeotto, Budew, and Snover and that's only a fraction of the pokemon she captured. "Aw, all of you came to meet me?"
People think May was dumb, foolish or just plain stupid for having so many pokemon and that some of them get neglected but her family backs her up on this small little dream and always take care of May's pokemon when she doesn't have time to or isn't able to and of course her assistant Aly who her father hired to help out everyday was there to help, but of course she has to go home as well.
"Hey guys, where is Blaziken?"
"Buneary." Buneary said pointing over to the tallest tree in the greenhouse. May gave a knowing smile and casually strolled over to the large tree in the center of the greenhouse passing her Snorlax, Ninetails, Tropius, Quilava, Medicham, Charzard and Scizor. Some of her pokemon were gifts from family members or friends but May's closest one was her childhood companion that helped her in creating her wide collection and that was her Blaziken that she raised from a torchic at the age of six.
She looked up into the tree to see the fowl pokemon sitting on one of the branches as he scanned over the entire greenhouse. Blaziken was the strongest and oldest out every single one of May's many pokemon so May gave him the duty of being in charge when she wasn't around.
"Hello!?" She called up in the tree. Blaziken looked down and as soon as it saw her it smiled happily and jumped down using its great agility. "Hey buddy." She said happily while giving it a hug.
"Blaziken!" (Hello May!)
"So everything's good in here?" She asked. Blaziken grinned.
"Blaziken blaze blaze blazeken blaze." (Yea, I broke up a fight between Growlithe and Kirlia.)
"Oh okay, well I better get to dinner. Me and Aly set up some dinner for all of you near the little mini pond and tomorrow we have battles in school so be ready."
"Blaze." He said with a nod. (Okay)
May lest the greenhouse happy to see all of her loving pokemon. Having over twenty never was a normality but May didn't live by Normality. She lived by what she was taught and what she believed in.
"Normality is overrated." May scoffed before heading inside to eat her dinner with her family of four.