Hello everyone and welcome to an idea that I've had for about a month now and I've decided to write it now just for something different than Hoenn Adventures! But, if you are not up-to-date with the Japanese dub on the XY anime, this story has some spoilers. For those of you who want to know, I'm writing this just after Ash has beaten Olympia in the Anistar City Gym Battle so he'll have the same pokemon as he does there. Without further ado, enjoy!
It was a shining, and warm, day in the region of Hoenn as a young, fourteen year old brunette was on the ferry home from her latest journey, Sinnoh. This brunette was known as May Maple and lived in the city of Petalburg with her father, the gym leader called Norman Maple, mother, named Caroline Maple, and brother, Max Maple. Her mother and father had told May that Max will be unable to see her due to him being in the middle of Unova and it would take and cost too much for him to come home. May had placed second in the Sinnoh Grand Festival losing to one of her biggest rivals, Solidad, and her Slowbro but, unlike her other battles with the coordinator, May came really close to winning and one simple mistake cost her her defeat though, she was comforted by Solidad to which comforted her enough but she knew that only one person could comfort her more, a Kanto native named Ash Ketchum.
Ash was currently in the region known as Kalos known for its beauty, fashion sense and classiness. May hadn't heard from the boy for a long time, before he left for his journey to the region, but figured that it was going well due to keeping in contact with one of her and Ash's best friends, a breeder named Brock who was spending his time in Pewter City, the home of his family and Gym.
May had changed her attire from what she usually wore when she started her journey. She now wore an orange tank top with a black undershirt, white shorts with black bike mini-leggings underneath, yellow and black ankle boots with orange soles, a red and white bandana/handkerchief and a yellow and green fanny pack. She had received many positive opinions on her new clothing choices and decided to stick with it.
The sun was going down as May entered her home town of Petalburg but she easily found her house. She was about to knock on the door, but her mother beat her to it and pulled the girl into a hug. Caroline was a middle aged woman in her mid thirties but she looked like she was in her early twenties. She wore a bright orange dress and orange hair. She had bright blue eyes, much like her daughter, and an energetic attitude.
"May!" Caroline exclaimed in pure happiness "It's so good to see you!"
"Good…to…see…you…to!" May replied trying to catch her breath "You…may…be…the…last…if…you…keep…this…up!" Caroline giggled and let go of her daughter allowing her into the house to which her father to see her.
"May! Welcome home!" Norman exclaimed hugging his daughter put not as tightly as his wife. Norman was also middle aged only being a year older than his wife though, like his wife, he looked and acted much younger than a man of his age would. He had very short, navy blue hair, red jacket with black borders and thin lines down it and grey pants. He also had black eyes and a strong and overprotective attitude. May returned the hug that her father had given her "We're so proud of you for getting second place!" May smiled and nodded before looking down, seemingly ashamed.
"Yeah, but first place would've been better…" May sighed causing Norman to make eye contact with her putting his hands on her shoulders.
"May, second place is great! You almost won as well! Just a little more training and you'll wipe the floor with your opponents!" Norman told her with a smile to which she returned. As soon as Norman stood up straight, May's stomach growled.
"Some things never change, do they?" Caroline joked as she led her husband and daughter to the kitchen where she had made a literal buffet not only for her daughter coming home but also for the girl's appetite. May's eyes widened at the almost completely filled table "Well, don't just stand there! Dig in!" That was all May needed to begin her rampage of the table.
During dinner, May told her parents all about what had happened in Sinnoh. She had met up with Dawn and Zoey, two Sinnoh natives who were also coordinators, and travelled with them rather than her two Hoenn rivals, Drew and Harley. Her and Dawn had become fast friends after seeing each other during the Wallace Cup two years before and May had become friends with Zoey during their travels. It was sad to leave them but they promised to keep in contact wherever they went.
"Have you heard from Ash recently?" Caroline asked and May shook her head.
"No, I haven't heard from him since he began his journey in Kalos." May replied seemingly down about the subject.
"I'm sure he's accidentally forgotten about calling all of his friends! You know how he is more than anyone, right?" Norman asked rhetorically cheering his daughter up. May smiled and nodded putting that as the answer and not anything else.
"Maybe you could visit him?" Caroline suggested "I'm sure he'd be more than happy to see you again! Especially since it's been so long since the two of you met up in person and not on the phone!" May smiled at her mother nodding in agreement.
"Maybe I will!" May declared smiling, making her parents smile at her in return. The rest of dinner was May's parents telling May about what they had done recently. Norman boasted that he had only lost to two challengers in the past year using only his Slaking but Caroline shot him down saying that he was fighting inexperienced trainers who thought that the Petalburg Gym was the first Gym to which shut the Gym Leader up.
The next day, May took her father's advice and decided to call the pokemon breeder. She had learnt his number nearly off by heart due to how many times the two have spoken. Brock was currently in med school training to be a pokemon doctor and, luckily, today was the weekend so Brock had the day off. The phone picked up with the exact person May wanted to see. It was a boy who was about two years older than May, sixteen to be percise. He had very tanned skin, squinty eyes and spiky, brown hair. He was wearing an orange t-shirt under a green jacket with multiple pockets and grey pants.
"Hello? This is Brock of the Slate residence." A slightly deep voice answered before the screen came up. "May! How are you?"
"I'm fine Brock! How about you?" May replied with a smile to which the former Gym Leader returned.
"Good!" Brock replied "Medical School is difficult, but I'm managing." Brock chuckled slightly "What's up?"
"Well…" May began "…I've been wondering if you've heard from Ash recently?" Brock nodded.
"Funny you should ask that, I was just on the phone to him." Brock replied.
"How is he? Where is he?" May asked almost instantly causing the breeder to be taken back a bit.
"He's his usual energetic self and that'll never change! I think that he said that he's in Anistar City right now." Brock replied and May nodded "What's with all the questions, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well…" May began again seemingly embarrassed "…My Dad suggested that I surprise him by meeting him in Kalos since I haven't heard from him in ages." Brock nodded with an evil smirk.
"And tell him how you feel about him." Brock stated evilly making May go bright red.
"H-How did you-" May asked in complete shock.
"Easy. I know how you've been because he isn't around and I should know more than anyone that there's love in the air between the two of you." Brock told her "I'm sure he feels the same. He's probably missing you alot, too." May was still red, but it had died down and there was now a smile on her face "You go out there and you don't come back until you get an answer, you hear me?" Brock jokingly ordered and May nodded.
"Will do! Thanks Brock! I owe you big for this one!" May praised as she ended the call excitedly and ran into the kitchen where her parents were currently "Mom! Dad! I'm going to Kalos!" Norman and Caroline both looked at their daughter and smiled seeing the smile on her face.
That's the end of the first chapter! It's nothing much but a good first opening to the story. Gotta say, feels weird writing Norman as a good guy rather than a bad person. Would you guys rather me finish this story before I go back to Hoenn Adventures or post a chapter of this one day and then Hoenn Adventures the next? Review with your opinion! Stay tuned!