Starting New:The New and the Old

"Drew! You are not going to believe who just got off the ship and is here in Sinnoh!" Bellowed Harley.

"Harley leave me alone. I could care less who is here...oh wait you are here so how about you leave me alone you gay weirdo." shot back Drew, even though he was a little curious to who it was.

Harley was surprised but kept on talking. "I'll give you some clues, Its a girl, has brown hair, wears a lot of red, and...you like her. Can you guess?"

Drew was getting pissed off now. Not only was Harley making him mad, but that he had a bad feeling he knew who was in Sinnoh.

Harley was getting impatient. "Wow, you really are clue less...its--"

Before Harley could finish his sentence he got interrupted by someone behind him. To his surprise, and Drew's, a soft voice spoke.

"Hi Harley and Drew. I haven't seen you two in a while. How are you?"

Drew was in shock. Not only was the voice from who he thought it was, but it was a lot quieter than he had remembered. "May..." Drew said a little unbelieved. "What are you--"

Harley now but in. "May darling! How are you doing?" he gushed as he gave May a bear hug.

May just look frightened and Drew realized this right away. "I'm quite alright, but I would be better if you would let go of me Harley." May said in a soft voice.

Drew just looked at May as she talked with Harley. She never got mad once, even when he said he would beat her in the Grand Festival. All she did was smile. May had changed a lot, to Drew that is. Her hair was a little longer but you couldn't really tell. She had a change of outfit too. It was still its normal red, but was sleeve less, with a black collar and black tank top was under the shirt. To his surprise she didn't wear her black shorts any more, and what took the place of them were black and red pants. At first he didn't spot her bandanna, but when she moved to look somewhere else, he found it, around her neck. He spotted her tacky gym shoes were not on her feet, but instead found boots, red and black to exact. She wore her usual gloves and carry sack. Drew just couldn't look away. She looked ... what was it...cute.

'Wait Drew! Don't think that! This is May, your rival! You can't and won't think that, not about her' Drew thought to himself.

"Drew...are you ok? May questioned quietly.

Drew nearly chocked. "Yeah I'm fine May. What have you been up to?"

Before May could answer, Harley hugged her again. "May darling, I need to get going. I hope I can talk to you a little later" he smiled and winked at May. "Bye!"

May just watched Harley run off, and then turned to Drew again.

"What was your question again Drew?" she asked in a soft voice.

"You are still an air head! You forget everything so quickly, don't you May?" Drew teased but got a shocking response he wasn't expecting.

She only frowned a little and then smiled responding to his insult, "I guess I still am. Well I need to check into the Pokemon Center, see you later Drew." May said softly and turned to walk off, leaving Drew alone. She only turned back once, smiled, and continued to walk off.

Drew only stood there, dumbfounded. She hadn't gotten mad at him like she use to. She seemed more fragile and quieter.

So Drew decided to get some training in before the first Pokemon contest. It was in two weeks and he had a lit to catch up on.

"Come out Roselia. " Drew said as he threw Roselia's pokeball into the air. Out popped the rose Pokemon.

"Roselia?" She looked confused as if to ask Drew, 'you have some thing on your mind, don't you? Why don't you tell me.'

'I don't know Roselia...its just...

"Rose?" she said, as in 'go on.'

Drew decided to tell her, "It's complicated you know? I mean at first May told me she was going to stay home and not come to Sinnoh, and what do you know she is here now and..."

"Rose, Roselia" she was saying, 'You will figure it out Drew you always do. Now are we going to train or what?'

Drew sighed. "Yeah, Lets get going Roselia"

Back with May in the Pokemon center

May was happy to be in the Sinnoh region and not on the boat any more. She checked into a room at the Pokemon center and sets her things down. Reaching into her bag and she pulls out a pokeball containing her Glaceon. She had her for about a year, from the time Eevee was in the egg to the evolution of the beautiful and gracefull Pokemon. She puts the pokeball back and decides to train.

As May walks out of the room she accidently bumps into a boy with black hair and a Pikachu on his shoulder.

"Sorry, I really should be watching where I am going."

The boy looks up. "May? Is that you?" he asks.

"Ash? What are you doing here?" May asks in her soft voice.

"Well when you left I decided to come here to Sinnoh and along the way I met this girl, Dawn. She also is competing in Pokemon contests." Ash explained. "What about you? I thought you weren't coming to Sinnoh. You were going to take a break."

"I changed my mind." May said shyly. "Where is everyone?"

"Outside. Dawn is practicing for the up coming contest. You should watch her sometime." said Ash.

"I'll see to that but I have some training of my own to catch up on, but I'm sure that I'll see her at the contest. Bye Ash" May said as she walked off.

'She's changed.' Ash thought.

Somewhere Else outside the pokemon center

"Come out Blaziken and you to Glaceon." May said softly.

"Blaze" "Glaceon"

"Hey are you guys ready to train?" May asked her Pokemon.

They both nodded. May called out attacks, left and right and each one was preformed with both beauty and grace. After about an hour of training they took a break. Blaziken leaned up against a tree and Glaceon rested her head on May's lap. It was pretty late so they just watched the sunset and she feed all her Pokemon. During that time she couldn't help the fact that she had Drew on her mind. He hadn't changed one bit. He was still mean and ignorant towards her...but she didn't yell at him this time. She shook off his insults and let him be. She really was not thrilled when she was taking to Harley though and it felt like someone had their eyes on her the whole time. must have been her imagination. She sighed and called back her Pokemon but left Glaceon out she she slept on her lap.

After the sun went down and it got dark, May started to head back to the Pokemon center. Even though she was now 15 years old, she always went back early, now that she was on her own. Glaceon walked at her right side but along the way, Glaceon scattered off.

"Glaceon? Where did you go?" May asked little worried.

"Glace!"

May turned on her heals at the source of the noise. "Glaceon?! Where did you go?

"Love the Glaceon kid, but I think it needs a better trainer, like all your other Pokemon." A girl no older than May jumped down from a tree with Glaceon in a cage. She had long red and black hair and was wearing an outfit with a red "R" on it.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" May slightly yelled as she reached for her other pokeballs but found they were not in her bag. May was a little panicked now. She was defenseless without her Pokemon.

"Pleased to meet you! I'm Ucarie, a Team Rocket member." said the girl with a smirk across her face. "Now if you will excuse me, I'm off to deliver these Pokemon to my boss. Too-da-loo!"

"Get back here! Glaceon use ice beam and get out."

"It won't work you brat! You can't get you Pokemon back. Now, Rapidash, keep this brat at bay!"

May panicked now. 'What can I do? What can I do?' she couldn't think of a thing.

"Flygon, use flamethrower!"

May knew that voice anywhere. It was Drew. 'He came to help.'

"What the hell? Rapidash, Dodge it!" Ucarie commanded and Rapidash obeyed.

"Drew, What are you doing here?" May asked in her soft voice.

"What does it look like? I'm helping you." Drew said coldly.

"Well, well, well, look at what we have here?" Ucarie said mysteriously. "A Flygon and Roselia, hmmm, haven't caught them befor but there is a first for every thing! Rapidash, get me that Roselia and Steelix come out and get me that Flygon!"

"I don't think so." Drew said. "Flygon, Get Glaceon free now and Roselia get May's other pokeballs."

"Rapidash use flamethrower on that Roseila now!"

"Solarbeam now Roselia!"

Through the distraction, Flygon got Glaceon free.

"Now Glaceon, ice beam!" May shouted to her Pokemon.

Rapidash was hit head on and went flying back hitting her trainer. Ucarie lost her grip on May's pokeballs and Flygon got a hold of them, bringing them back to Drew.

"Here May." Drew said while trying to contain a blush.

"Thanks Drew." May said in a sweet voice.

Ucarie got up and recalled her Pokemon. "I'll get you for that!" and with that she runs off.

"May, are you ok?" Drew asked in a concerned voice.

May blushed, "I'm alright, don't worry Drew.

"I'll have you know I was not worried. I still am going to beat you in all the contests we are in and I doubt you will win with that small brain of yours." Drew said.

"Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Good Night Drew." said May with a smile on her face.

To Drew.. she looked..well a little sad even with the small smile on her face. Before he could say anything else, she was already out of his sight.

'May... I wish I could tell you how I really feel..."

With that, Drew walked off to the Pokemon center.