Heh. Would you look at this, another fic. So here's the deal:
I wanted to write a fic for a friend's birthday.. but I had a huge block after only the first couple paragraphs. Then unexpectedly this story idea just came to me. (Doesn't help when everywhere I go there's something Christmas related staring me down in the face. xD)
But THEN I was like; "A Christmas fic as a birthday present, weeks before the holiday?.." So then another idea unexpectedly hit me. Make it a two-shot. The first chapter posted today on my friend's birthday, and the last one uploaded on Christmas Eve! So that's the end to that.
Now that you listened to that insane ramble.. Let's all wish a Prongs .xo a Happy Birthday, eh? ;D This is for you girl. c:
Summary;
Last Christmas Eve Drew unexpectedly ran into May, where she had surprised him with a very thoughtful Christmas gift. This Christmas Drew plans to be the one to surprise her.. But how is he suppose to do that? Contestshipping.
Disclaimer;
Pokemon, the characters, locations, and other various items mentioned in this story do not belong to me, and belong to Satoshi Tajiri.
Running, panting, losing my balance on the ice, completely losing my cool... not how you would usually see me, Drew Hayden, acting. But come on, these girls were insane! Ever since my first contest win I seem to attract complete lunatics to me. I love coordinating, I love competing, I even love the attention.. but the fangirls? Seriously?
"DREW! Sign my Budew?!" As I ran, the mob of girls continued to yell out the craziest requests.. the one just heard probably being the most normal and reasonable one yet. But come on! I'm not going to sign her Pokemon.
It seems that the girls behind me have just as much energy as they did when they first spotted me, but I'm running out. If I had to guess I'd say I've been running away from them for a good 25 minutes now, and I can't take it anymore. Reaching into my pants pocket I pulled out a Pokeball and threw it into the air. This action alone made the girls stop and stare in awe, probably thinking I was about to put on a show for them. Fine then.. I'll give them a show.. a disappearing act sounds appropriate.
When the fair sized Pokemon fully materialized it showed to be my ground and dragon dual-type Pokemon, Flygon. When his eyes glanced behind me he seemed to understand. Turning around and lowering himself, I climbed on and he started his ascent through the large pine trees that seemed to surround the area. The cries of multiple girls sounded throughout the air, but as we got higher all I could hear were Flygon's wings.
Where was I? I didn't even know. I guess I hadn't been paying attention where I was going, only wanting to get away from all the noise. Well, mission accomplished. But I would still like to know where I was. Snow fell lightly from the sky and I could only see the blanket of white and the green from the trees from my position in the sky.
As Flygon continued forward, I began to think about her. Her, as in May Maple. I haven't seen her for about a year now.. almost exactly a year actually. The last time I saw her was last Christmas Eve. It was a freak accident, I wasn't expecting to see her. Since I didn't think I'd see her that day, I didn't have a gift for her. But she had one for me. I had felt slightly guilty but with just a smile on her face she told me it was no problem and left me with wishes of a happy holiday. I did have a happy holiday, thanks to her. She still hasn't realized the impact she has on me. I laughed bitterly as the full memory came back to me.
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(Flashback - Christmas Eve)
I was weaving my way through a crowd of people, just trying to find my way to the Pokemon Center. It was Christmas Eve and the last minute shopping was absolutely nuts. Why did people have to wait until last minute? Was it seriously too problematic or inconvenient for people to do all of this throughout the month, instead of the day before?
After awhile I had finally managed to make it to the Pokemon Center without pushing anyone or telling them off. I would had patted myself on the back if it wouldn't earn me weird stares. Now then. What city am I in again? I could had sworn is started with a 'P'.. hm. I was about to walk over to Nurse Joy's desk and ask her when another body suddenly collided into me.
Both of us fell to the floor from the impact and the other person, a female I guessed by the voice, started to apologize. "Ah, I'm so.. so sorry. I was in a hurry and I-" The girl was already standing with her head bowed down. I looked up at her with a weird look on my face when she stopped in the middle of her sentence and her puzzled face turned into a happy one. "Drew!"
Ah. May Maple. My rival in contests, and my friend everywhere else. We were both fifteen years old now, and neither of us have won a Ribbon Cup yet. The Sinnoh Grand Festival, the last place we saw each other, ended in us getting defeated by natives of the Sinnoh region. Defeated by people we had never went against previously, but it served as a good lesson to both of us. The next contest season won't start until the new year starts, and I vaguely remember May saying she would be going home until then.
"...Are you going to keep smiling like an idiot, or are you going to help me off the floor?" I pretended to scoff. Out of the corner of my eye I saw her face go red with anger, red for forgetting that I was on the floor, and then frantic for forgetting I was on the floor. She began to scramble and now stood infront of me with her hand out for me to take.
"Again, I'm so sorry. I was in a hurry to deliver something to Nurse Joy." After taking her hand and lifting myself up, I looked past her and I could clearly see a wrapped present sitting infront of Nurse Joy on her desk.
"You got Nurse Joy a Christmas present?" At my question I could see her nod happily. This time I did scoff slightly. "Do you have little elves running around town delivering presents to everyone else?" I could sense her anger flare up a bit, but she seemed to bite her tongue to prevent any of her current thoughts about me to slip out in the form of yelling and cussing.
"Well aren't you just full of holiday spirit?" I smiled and nodded in response and she sighed in exasperation. "Nurse Joy is a family friend, so dad asked me to bring her the gift, okay?" Ah, so this must me May's home town. Makes more sense now, I guess. I just nodded letting her know that the subject can be dropped. I was about to walk away and hand my Pokemon over to Nurse Joy when I heard her suddenly call out my name.
Turning around, I looked at her expectantly. "What?" She signaled for me to wait as she pulled a backpack off from her back, this being the first time I've noticed it, and she placed it on the floor and began to dig through it. I crossed my arms as I waited. Finally after a minute she seemed to have found what she was looking for.
"Close your eyes and hold out your hands." I just gave her my 'what are you up to' look, a look I made especially for her. May rolled her eyes and just pouted. "Please?.." I faltered slightly and sighed, giving in. With my eyes closed and hands placed out in front of me, I felt her place something in my hands. It wasn't really heavy and it felt rectangular. "Okay, you can open your eyes now!"
Opening my eyes I could see that same happy grin on her face that she seemed to always have, and her eyes looked expectant. Drawing my eyes away from her face to my still outstretched hands, I saw I was right. Whatever it was, it was rectangular. A medium blue wrapping paper with a repeated image of a Munchlax eating a plate of Christmas cookies covered the paper and there was a silver bow in the center. I looked at it confused for a few seconds, but feeling May nudge me I finally opened it.
Opening it slowly, as I didn't want to seem too eager, I finally pulled a cold metal item from the paper. It looked quite sleek. Green in color with the design of a rose and his named engraved on the front. Opening the metal case up, the inside was lined with five places to place contest ribbons. May got me a personalized ribbon case?.. "Wha-"
Cutting me off, May put a hand up signaling me to stop. "When I was doing my Christmas shopping for everyone.. I had no clue what to get you. Something with a rose seemed appropriate. Or maybe a framed picture of Beautifly, since I know how much you like her and all." May stopped to wink and I visibly flushed. "But then I sort of figured you as more of a practical guy. A gift that you could actually use, instead of having it take up space and making it extra luggage to carry around. A ribbon case just seemed.. you." As she had carried on, I noticed her voice grew more and more soft. I smiled but then a frown instantly framed my face.
"May.. thank you for this and everything, but I.." I cut myself short. I didn't expect to see her here so I didn't get her anything. May waited for me to finish my sentence, but when I never did I think she understood. So she just smiled and nodded.
"It's no problem Drew. Just do me a favor?" I looked at her and nodded. A favor seemed like a good idea, something that would make me feel less guilty. She leaned forward slightly and kissed me quickly on the cheek and ran out the Pokemon Center's doors yelling, "Just have a happy holiday!", waving all the way. The feeling of her lips on my cheek lingered for a bit and I raised my hand to it. "No problem.."
(End flashback)
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When the contest season started up again, I went to the Orange Islands and she competed in Hoenn again. She had said something about going back to her roots or something, I don't know. All I know is that May isn't expecting to see me this holiday season. I know that she isn't, since I told her in a letter I would be spending it back home. Boy, she'll be surprised. I just need to find the perfect gift... and maybe a town. Yeah, I'm getting a little cold now. Civilization would be a good thing. "What's that?.." I directed Flygon towards some lights in the distance, and sure enough it was a town. Sleep and warmth now, think of a gift for May later.
Like I said, this idea just came to me out of the blue. So that means there's still a few details I have to think out for the next chapter, so. xD Now then, I should go and listen to some Christmas music and find some inspiration. ;D
I hope you have a very Happy Birthday Michelle. :D