Chapter One: The New Student, Enter Drew

May yawned as she woke up. Stretching her arms up into the air, she took a deep breath and looked at herself. Okay, nothing out of the ordinary, she thought to herself. She looked at her alarm clock and nearly choked on her saliva.

"8:00?!!" She screamed, nearly waking her Beautifly, which was sleeping peacefully in the pillow next to her. May let out a sigh of relief when she saw only her Beautifly shift her position. She ran to her bathroom and quickly brushed her teeth, combing her hair in the process. When she stepped out of her bathroom, she hurried downstairs.

"Oh, hello honey!" Mrs. Maple said as May rushed downstairs. "What's the hurry?" She asked, a puzzled face forming.

May grabbed a piece of toast and hurried out the door. "MOM! You didn't tell me to wake up! Now I'm late!" May said, munching on a piece of the bread.

"Oh, school starts at eight? I'm sorry honey, I didn't know!" Mrs. Maple said, grabbing May's backpack and handing it to her. But she was already out the door. The door opened and the brunette grabbed her backpack, running towards her school.

This is going to be interesting, May thought as she raced down the sidewalk.

**

After entering Hoenn Junior High, May rushed to the office. She stood at the doorway, panting as she spotted a bald man in a suit.

"You're late." He said in a calm tone. The bald guy turns his chair around and faces May, his hands together. He leans on his desk, his elbows squishing the papers beneath it. "What is your name?"

"I-I'm May, May Maple." May stammered. This guy scares me! "Umm, I'm a new student, from Petalburg Junior High?"

The bald man stood up. "Oh, May Maple? My name is Principal Rogers." He fiddles around with the papers on his desk. "Ah, there you go. Here is your schedule."

May looked at her schedule and nearly choked, again:

Schedule
Period 1 – Advisory
Period 2 – Pokémon Coordinating Class
Period 3 – Pokémon Care
Period 4 – Pokémon History
Period 5 – Girls P.E
Period 6 – Drama
Period 7 – Art

"WHAT?! DRAMA?!! I-I didn't sign up for this! This must be a mistake, Principal Rogers!" May looked up at her principal with pleading eyes.

"Hm? I'm sorry May but we don't make mistakes here at Hoenn Junior High."

May looked at her schedule, then at her principal, then back at her schedule again. "But I don't want Drama! I mean, I can barely act!"

Principal Rogers went to his computer. "Ah, yes, you see, we just ran out of spots for Orchestra. We are very sorry but it seems we have a large selection for Orchestra this year."

May banged her head against the wall. "Oh great."

**

The brunette walked through the empty hallways, clutching the Tardy-Excuse Pass in her right hand, her binder in her left hand. Well, this is it, May thought as she stood in front of her first classroom. She gripped the handle and slowly pulled it down.

The class was full of teenagers, teenagers staring at her. She walked up to what looked like the teacher and gave her the Tardy-Excuse Pass.

The teacher held out her hand. "My name is Miss Johnson." May shook her hand and she turned to her class. "Everyone, this is May Maple. May, this is everybody. You can take a seat beside Misty." She pointed to a redhead sitting beside an empty seat. She took the seat next to her and smiled.

"Hey, I'm Misty!" The redhead said.

"May." May said, shaking her hand.

Misty looked over to the raven-haired boy sitting in front of May. "That's Ash. He's a popular guy, but he's nice and he's friends with us." Misty said.

"Us?" May asked.

Misty nodded. "My friends: Dawn, Zoey, and Soledad." Misty looked at the guy supposedly named "Ash" and hit the back of his head.

"Hey!" Ash said, turning around and spotting May. He looks at May and stares, making May blush.

"Ash!" Misty said, hitting his head again. "Staring is impolite! Say hi to May, the new addition to our group!" Misty said proudly.

"G-Group?" May stammered, still recovering from Ash's stare.

Misty smiled. "Yeah! We're friends now, right? And when you're friends with me, you get to meet the rest of my friends!" She turned to Ash. "Like little weirdo Ash here." She said, hitting Ash's head again. May giggled and turned her attention back to the teacher. Finally, something is going right!

**

BRIING!!

The lunch bell rang during 5th period, signaling lunch was over and 2nd Lunch students to go and eat. Mrs. Eley dismissed the group and May ran to the cafeteria, entering it with a group of students bustling.

She sat on a bench, waiting for her table to be called. She looked around and didn't see Misty and her "group". Guess they have a different lunch. Too bad. May walked over to the ordering station as soon as her table was called and ordered a pizza, accompanied by juice, and an apple. When she was about to sit down, May felt a tap on her shoulder.

"May!" Misty said, holding her tray of food.

"Misty? I thought you were at a different lunch." May said, careful to not spill her juice.

"Come on, you still have to meet the group, don't ya?" Misty started heading towards the other side of the cafeteria.

"It's okay, really, Misty. I don't want to bother you guys. I'll just sit somewhere else. Besides, I don't think …" May was about to sit down on the bench near her when she felt a hand on her arm. She looked sideways to see Misty dragging her towards where she was headed.

"You're coming with me!" Misty said, almost spilling her food. May held her breath as the juice almost toppled over, but was peacefully fixed back in place by a hand.

May looked up to see a young chartreuse-haired boy, his emerald eyes gazing at May.

"You'd better be careful. You wouldn't want to spill it on the floor, causing us cool kids to slip." He grinned and looked at May, flicking his hair.

May rolled her eyes."Whatever." She said, causing the boy to frown and chuckle.

"Quite feisty, aren't we?" He asked.

May scoffed. "Whatever," She repeated, "Just get away from me."

This time, the boy frowned harder and stayed that way. "I'd watch your language if I were you. You wouldn't want to get me mad." The boy said.

May's temper rose. She 'accidently-on-purpose' picked up her juice and dumped it on the boy's hair. "Oops." She said, shrugging.

"ARGH!! WHY YOU LITTLE …" The boy, Drew, said, before he was interrupted.

May shoved her pizza into his mouth. "I guess I like you better this way. You look way more weird than you were before. And besides …" Misty dragged May off to her table before she had a chance to finish, leaving the students to laugh at Drew. Some girls giggled at Drew's wet hair, apparently thinking it was cute.

Drew pointed his finger at the laughing group. "If you don't stop laughing, you'll all be dead by tomorrow." The group immediately stopped laughing.

Ash walked casually over to Drew, biting his lower lip to keep from laughing. "…What happened … to your … hair … Drew?" He asked, now grinning wildly.

Drew looks over to May, who was talking to Misty. "She happened." He said bitterly. Ash's eyes widened.

"May? But she looks so innocent." He caught on to what he said and quickly shook his head. "I-I mean, she looks like it."

Drew growled. "Well she isn't." He clenched his fist.

Looking at Drew's fist, Ash decided it was time to change the subject. "Where are the others?"

"I don't care about them!" Drew hissed at Ash. "I've decided I'm going to get my revenge, whether she likes it or not."

"Well obviously she won't like it!" Ash says 'dumbly'. "So, what are you going to do?"

"It'll be something she'll never forget." A smirking Drew says, looking at May.

"Well what are you going to do?!" Ash asks, a little impatient. He looks at Drew, expecting an answer.

Drew stares at Ash. "You'll see." He says calmly as he walks away, snickering.

Misty's Group's Table

"NEVER, and I mean NEVER, talk like that to any of the poplars. They have the ability to control the school!" Misty said, exaggerating.

"Yeah right, like I will ever believe that. I'll never back down to the "so-called" poplars. I'll even fight them if I have to!" May said, pumping her fist into the air to make her point.

Misty was getting angry. "You wouldn't!" Misty said, May nodding. "And look where that's gotten you! You got one of them mad! Look May, there is no telling what will happen to you for the rest of the year. They might dunk your head in the toilet, steal your Pokémon, or even …" She gulped, "They might even put you on the "non-poplars" list." She replied.

May looked confused. "What? Non-poplars list?"

Misty nodded. "It's this list. The teachers don't know about it, but the poplars use it to criticize people and embarrass them. Trust me, been there, done that." Misty said, shaking her head.

"Whatever." She says, crossing her arms. "I don't care if someone does that. I believe I'll get through it. And it I don't, you don't have to hang out with me, you know. It'll just ruin your reputation; you'll get dragged down." May said.

"That's not the problem! I would never leave you! I'm just worried about you. I mean, what if they 'accidently' burn your house?" Misty asks.

"They WOULDN'T!" May yells. Misty nodded.

"They would."

May's eyes widened. "But … but the police will track them down and put them in juvy for the rest of their little bad lives, won't they?"

Misty closes her eyes and thinks for a moment. "Well, I'm not really exactly sure, but I heard that Drew's parents are part of the PokePolice, and they're the head police officers. Well if that's really it, then that explains why he got away with burning down Leaf's house."

"Well I guess I just have to come up with my own devious plan …" May said, pressing her fingertips together, smirking.

Misty smiles. "Well if they don't find out it's me I'd be happy to help!"

"They will find out, but they don't know it's a plan." Like an accident maybe, May thought, her smirking growing wider. "BTW, where are your friends?"

"Oh, them? They're on vacation on the Orange Islands." Misty said, chewing on her pizza. She grabs her juice and starts drinking it.

"Okay, so this is what's going to happen to my plan," May said as she leaned in and whispered something to Misty.