A Christmas story from me. Short but I hope you'll find it fun to read. Contest-shipping as usual.

Please enjoy

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It was Christmas eve and snow fell gently down. Everyone was together and the families were happy and content.

Well that's for except one person. Through the woods of the Johto region ran one person that carried the name May. She was the one traveler that dared to be outside and braved the cold weather.

"Tell me again why I chose to continue on Christmas eve?" she muttered, but May knew the answer to that.

She was alone. She traveled alone. Her family was home in Hoenn, her friends in Sinnoh. And she didn't see the point of celebrating Christmas alone.

But now she was trapped in the woods with the snow falling not so gently as thought on her head. 'I need to find a shelter and quickly' she thought as she rubbed her arms to stay warm. Sadly enough May hadn't studied the map good enough to exactly pit-point her location, let alone one of a shelter.

Suddenly May tripped and fell face-down in the snow. She sweat dropped at her own clumsiness.

Then a hand was taken out for her to grab and howl her up. Surprised she looked up. There was her biggest rival looking down upon her, a smirk playing around his lips and eyes shimmering with silent laughter.

"Wha..." May said. The boy gave a short laugh; "What? Can't help my clumsiest rival of the ground?" he asked snickering.

"Drew!" May growled, but grabbed his hand even so. Then she shivered.

"I don't know about you but I'm going to find shelter" and then she ran off.

Drew frowned before running after her. "What are you doing?" May asked as she kept her face at the road before her.

"Helping to find you shelter" he answered.

"Why are you even outside?" May asked curiously. After all it was Christmas for him as well and she would bet on the Grand-Festival cup if there wasn't some sort of Party he could attend to.

Drew raised his brows on the question; "I could ask you the same" he said.

May muttered something under her breath as she kept running. "What?" Drew said teasingly. May groaned; "I said; you have parties to attend to, unlike me" she admitted softly.

Drew widened his eyes; he had never thought May would be outside because she was alone on Christmas.

Then he grinned; "Way too many party's if you ask me" he said airily.

Suddenly he stopped. May, who noticed him too late, continued to run. And crashed into a huge metal gate.

"Well done May" Drew teased as she fell down again. 'Obnoxious guy' she thought grouchy.

Out of the nothing they heard a crunching noise and before their eyes the gate fell down. "Very well done" Drew said amazed as he walked to the now worthless piece of metal.

"Oh No! I broke it! It's broken! I did it! What will the owners say" May panicked as she sat straight up.

"Calm down May" Drew interrupted her; "It was all rusted; you could nothing do about it. Eventually it would have fell down even so" then he glanced up "I even thing this mansion isn't even inhabited"

Now May looked closely through the darkness she also saw the huge mansion at the end of the lane.

"You don't think people still live there?" May asked.

Drew studied the gate some more. "No" he finally concluded. "The lock was completed rusted through. My guess is that this lock hasn't been touched for at least 50 years.

May coughed harshly. "Do you think they mind if I went inside?" she asked hoarse.

Drew looked back to see a blush spreading over her face; none not caused by cold or embarrassment.. He walked up to her and felt her forehead. "May, you're burning up!" he said warned.

May nodded; "That's why I asked if..." she coughed "they would mind"

Drew frowned; he had either way now two choices; he could walk away and leave May sick behind, Or he could choose to stay with her until she was better.

And even for Drew, the first option was too cruel, so he chose to stay.

He pulled her arm around his neck and his own arms around her waist as he helped her stand up. "I don't think they would mind" he muttered as he dragged May with him over the snowy lane.

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For those who don't like the story so far, and decide to quit, A Merry Christmas so far.