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Five Days from Merry to New Years, and One Branch of Mistletoe

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"It's mistletoe mister, no matter how long you stare at it, it's not going to change." The florist muttered. His nose was a lovely shade of red and he was mostly certain he'd be running a fever when he got home because the boy with the mistletoe hadn't decided weather he wanted it or not. Secretly, he thought that maybe he should just give the kid the plant and let him deal with his inner turmoil later.

"I know what it it. . ." The kid flashed him an arrogant smirk and the florist's previous thought flew straight out the window. "How much does it cost?"

"200 PokeDollars."

The young man nodded, fishing out some cash from his coat pocket and handing it to the florist.

"Enjoy your stay in Snowpoint City." The florist announced as the kid walked away. When he was out of sight the florist began shutting down shop. "I feel sorry for the girl that has to deal with him. . ."

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"Here we are in Snowpoint. . ." May looked down at the map in here pokegear once more before putting it away and smiling. Snowpoint city of the Sinnoh region was everything May had remember it was. Cold, snow coated and remarkably pretty. The perfect place to hold a holiday contest. Grinning in a way only May could pull off, she retrieved a pokeball from her bag and released Glaceon, noting that if they were in the city where it had evolved, it might as well be out and about with her. From the way Glaceon was jumping around it obviously had no problems with the idea. "Alright!" May declared, "Let's go get some food!" Glaceon cried it's own name in conformation and the two marched further into the town.

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Drew ran his fingers across the leafs of the mistletoe, in his head counting the days from Christmas to New Years. A smirk crossing his lips as he entered the city, Roserade at his side, taking notice but not really focusing on the calm and collective movement of the atmosphere. It was apparent that everyone was readying themselves for the holidays. Christmas was tomorrow, New Years five days after that, and that left Drew in a very sticky predicament. He had less than six days to find his blue-eyed, brown haired rival, masterfully position his newest plant, avoid mobs of desperate holiday-spirited fans, compete in his upcoming contest and ultimately accomplish his own secret holiday wish. He smirked. He was Drew Hayden! He made Gary Oak seem flawed! And he could most certainly handle everything that the next few days would bring. Naturally.

With the renewed vigor that Drew seemed to literally thrive on he walked a little taller, the wind blowing his bangs back and ruffling his coat as he did so. He stuffed his hands, along with the mistletoe branch into his pockets and began scheming. Not that he hadn't already made up his plan on the way into the city. Because really, it wasn't going to be that hard. He'd already decided that Masquerain would be the main focus of his plot, more so because he knew that Masquerain could blend into the snow better than any of his other pokemon, excluding Absol who was out of the question simply because this task required flight. At his side, Roserade seemed to be in a sour mood because of this. Earlier, when she had learned that Drew wouldn't be using her she'd gone into a mini tirade, throwing her petaled hands about and screeching her name over and over until finally Drew had threatened to put her in her pokeball.

Drew looked down and let out a chuckle, raising one of his eyebrows.

"You're not still upset about this?"

Roserade responded by folding her arms over her chest and turning her head. With a sigh that was more out of amusement than annoyance, Drew shook his head and returned his gaze forward. If it wasn't bad enough he'd fallen for a girl denser than lead, now he had pokemon more stubborn than boulders.

This was going to be an intresting adventure, he decided. Incredibly interesting.

Holy cow, an actual story? o.o Well no, not really. This'll be about three chapters as best I can figure right now, and the next one will be a bit longer than this.

Now, there is a story as to why I'm writing this. See, I have a friend (and fellow writer on this site) Who made me a challenge I couldn't refuse, though I'm not typically one to refuse challenges anyway. . . Still, she told me to write a seasonal fic with May and Drew (her favorite couple) and then to avoid making it a one shot. Naturally, I would go and choose a theme of mistletoe, simply because I can be mischievous with mistletoe. . . and I can make Drew mischievous with it. Which means this'll be a bit OOC I'm sure, if only partly because I'm not a great writer of contestshipping. So sorry Ally ^^;

But, I hope you all enjoy and the next chapter should be out in a day or two. ((Sorry that this'll be going on after the actual holidays, and double sorry to those who don't celebrate the holidays.))

Please review, and correct any mistakes you see!