Hello everyone Madame here giving out a nice one shot for christmas this year. This is short and sweet with something during the after years with May retiring as champion and Maxie leaving Team Magma to live a quiet life exploring together. Hope you enjoy and happy holidays! ~

Small sparking snowflakes began to fall at Snowpoint city. A small cottage stood lonely atop the snowy mountains where Maxie and May were celebrating their 3rd anniversary together. A cold chill blew through the house while the fire kept them warm side by side. The couples' Mightyena at by their feet as nice foot warmers.

"This house is beautiful Maxie I was so happy we could get away for a weekend." May was so beautiful at Christmas time. Dark chocolate hair hugged her cute round face with pale pink lips. Her oversized sweaters were one of Maxie's old ones he had worn 15 years ago and her dark plum leggings hugged her well tone legs perfectly. Truly Maxie was gifted to have such a beautiful wife.

"Yes it is, I had it built back when I was just starting Team Magma in case I ever needed to flee Hoenn for a while. My dad built this here when I was a child when we vacationed here every winter. We would watch the Sawsbucks and Stantlers play in the snow a lot. I often helped him chop wood and I even learned how to make quite the delectable vegetable stew from my mother." His memories were warm and comforting thinking about running around with his poochyena in the snow building forts and training against the wild snovers that ran around.

"Maxie, let's open presents now." May whispered cuddling closer to her newly wed.

"May darling it's only Christmas Eve, you always want to wait till Christmas morning."

"Ah okay I guess I can wait." She sighed giving Maxie a kiss on the forehead. "I'm gonna head to bed okay?"

"Alright my angel I will see you tomorrow morning." His hand brushed back her bangs and he kissed her back tenderly making sure his eyes met hers for a while. "Be sure to be fully rested. I have a big day for us planned." May nodded back and headed to their bedroom. He couldn't help but peak through the crack of the door while she changed. It was amazing how she was only a child when they first met but now a full grown adults. Her perfect hourglass figure almost made the gentleman drool every time he had looked at that perfect body. He looked back to the two mightyenas by his feet. His mightyena was growing in age with him grey streaks had begun to coat the beast's fur. May's mightyena was a smaller female with brighter coat. Maxie grabbed a book off the shelf and began to reach a classic Christmas novel with the tale of a couple who sold their most valuable possessions so they could get another a Christmas gift that year.

Maxie awoke the next morning with a book sprawled across his chest and a few strands of drool connected to the couch pillow. He yawned stretching and wiping his mouth off to hear some distant sick noises in the other room. He could hear May in the bathroom puking.

"May are you okay sweetheart?" He rose up quickly to stand next to locked door as their two dogs did.

"….fine….just…leave me alone I don't feel well." She muffled silently crying behind the door. The puking sounded violent as she puked more and more bile up through her throat. The pain was intense like no other. But she wasn't sick so why was she puking so much?

"Alright…if you need a doctor or anything let me know." What a way to spend Christmas. She could hear Maxie begin to leave as she pulled out her pregnancy test to reveal a positive symbol and tears began to form even more. She was only 25 she hadn't imagined being a mother already. Damnit it all. She rose up composing herself and rinsed her mouth with some mouth wash, meeting maxie out by their Christmas tree.

"Maxie I have something to tell you." She said siting down sighing next to him.

"What May?" Maxie had always been oblivious to things like this from when May had to tell him flat out she loved him in the first place to even telling him she wanted him sexually in the first place. "You aren't hurt are you?"

"No Maxie but first let's open gifts so we both can be in a pleasant mood before this all starts."

May opened a beautiful obsidian necklace in the shape of a heart which complimented her beautiful ruby wedding ring on her hand. She cried a few tears at the sheer beauty and proceeded to give Maxie's his gift which held some sort of item finder specifically for valuable rocks. She didn't know exactly what it was just Maxie picking it out and telling her it would be the best present ever.

"AH thank you May! I've always been wanting this!" His eyes marveling at the shiny piece of new technology. The years of Team Magma were far over but he still did would he could researching ways for humans and pokemon both to have more land to live on. Maxie reached over giving May another present. She opened the box showing some beautiful new sweaters along with some new jeans. May had never been one for fashion or clothes. She just threw on what she had and went out the door. Maxie could pick out the best top brands of Silcoon and Sons.

"Thank you so much Maxie Merry Christmas." She held her hands gently on his face giving him a soft smooch.

"Merry Christmas May my darling" His hands pulled her hips in more giving the two barely any space between them. "But what is it you wish to tell me?"

May looked at Maxie directly bringing his hand to her belly. He looked confused at first but then his eyes widened. It was all coming to him the sickness, the moodiness, and the way May had a certain glow about her. "We….are going to have a baby?" He chocked each word. He had never even imagined himself with a beautiful wife but now children had made his heart warm. For years he had felt closed off from everything and everyone until May came along and made him realize each extreme of an emotion to hold.

"Yes, we are."

"May my sweet that is wonderful!" The sheer excitement overwhelmed him as he held May crying made her cry as well. He was old enough to be a dad and it was about the time he did settle down. Maybe that's why their mightyena's had made sure to follow May everywhere she went. The smart beasts could tell she was having a child and made sure they kept her safe at all times. Wolf creatures had a tendancy to do that. "Ah but when do find out the gender!? And how far along are you?!"

"Easy Maxie I just took the test today. Hehe we'll go to the doctor in Lilycove in a few months to see everything. For now let's just enjoy Christmas."

OH BOY MAXIE AND MAY ARE GONNA HAVE A BABY~~ I couldn't help myself I've really wanted to write something about this for a long time and what not I just would scream at the two's adorable babies...even though i hate children myself.