Hey readers, this is my first Pokemon Fanfic, though I have created a few others stories, this is my first story in this category. Anyway, this story has been bugging me in my mind, so I had to get it out. And I will only make 1 chapter first caused I have my other stories that needed to be finished. And most of all, I needed to know how many people would support this story, with how many favs, follows and reviews. Enough about that, I better get started then.

Anyway, the time of this story happens after the events of the Wallace Cup. This didn't actually happen in any of the original series, caused you will know why once you read to the third quarter of the story. And also, this involves one of the movie which involves May and Max. You will have to guess caused I will be sending out some questions for you readers to answer. Anyway, on with the story...

Chapter 1 : A Tragic Incident

It was a peaceful morning in Rustboro city as people were getting ready to go into business. As well as Pokemon Coordinators getting ready for the upcoming contest that's being held at the city. One specific girl with a green bandana was helping one of her pokemon, which was a Blaziken. "Sky Uppercut!" the girl instructed the pokemon as it did as it was told. After that attacked, the pokemon landed a few metres from the girl.

"Great job Blaziken, you can take some rest," the girl said before recalling its pokemon back into the pokeball. "I so going to win this contest, and no one else is going to stop me," the girl said confidently before an explosion erupted in the contest building.

"What's going on?!" one of the coordinator asked as the whole building began to crumble.

"Wh...what is happening?" the girl asked before she took a glimpse of two figures and a pokemon standing in the dust. As the dust settle, the girl was shocked as she didn't expected that the bad guy came here.

"Prepare for trouble as we demolish!"

"And make it double, our motto's been polished!"

"To protect the world from ugliness unestimateable!"

"To unite all peoples at the Grand Festival!"

"To denounce the evils of ribbons a bit!"

"To extend our reach in the contest circuit!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Meowth's da name!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"So surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, dat's right!"

"Wobbufet!"

"Team Rocket, what are you guys doing here?!" the girl asked as she took out one of her pokeball.

"Duh, isn't it obvious, you little twerpette. We came here to steal the ribbons to make them ours," Jessie stated as she showed her the ribbon.

"Well, I will make sure you give that back! Venusaur, I choose you!" the girl called out before the pokemon emerged from the pokeball.

"Seviper, poison tail!" Jessie called out as the pokemon emerged from its pokeball.

"Cacnea, use Pin Missiles!" James commanded as the said pokemon emerged from the pokeball. But towards James's dismay, Cacnea went to hug him. "Not me! Attack her!" he said desperately.

"Venusaur, use Razor Leaf!" the girl commanded as leaves started to shoot at the two pokemon. It managed to deflect Cacnea Poison Spikes and dodged Seviper poison tail.

"Seviper, use tackle!" Jessie commanded.

"Venusaur, use Petal Dance," the girl commanded as petals came out of its back before hitting Seviper. While Team Rocket and the girl were battling it out, Meowth went to rummage through the girl's bag, which she left it on the ground while training her pokemon. Meowth took out a green bandana, which he figured she could had bought two, a picture of her family and some ribbons. As he was about to call out to the others, Venosaur's Petal Dance hit him, which caused him to drop the ribbons back into the bag.

"Now Venosaur, use Vine Whip!" the coordinator commanded as the pokemon uses its vines to grab both of the pokemon before tossing them towards Team Rocket. "Now, Venosaur! Use Razor Leaf!" the pokemon then shoot at the team before an explosion erupted.

This sent the team flying high into the sky. "Great, at least I still have my ribbon," Jessie stated before realising that it was gone.

"Now we gotten nothing," James sighed.

"We're blasting off again!" they yelled as they flew up into the sky.

"Finally, some pease and quiet," the coordinator stated before calling back her pokemon. She then went back to her bag before realising that it was opened. "Oh no, please don't let any of my ribbons been stolen," she went to look for her ribbons and was relief that all of her ribbons wasn't stolen by them. But she realised that there were two things that went missing, her second green bandana and a picture of her and Dawn.

"Well, at least my ribbons wasn't stolen," she said, looking on the bright side. As she placed the bag back to its place, she took a glimpes of someone looking at her. As she turned to face him, she grew mad.

"What do you want, Drew," the girl said as Drew jumped over the rail before landing on the ground. He then walked up to her with his signature smirk.

"Just wanted to congratulate you, but you still not a great coordinator," Drew commented.

"Hey! At least I managed to defeat them with me just using one pokemon!" the girl commented back.

"Yeah, but I can see the gap of experience between you guys," Drew teased.

"Why you..." before she could finished her sentence, a rose was handed to her, which made her zip up before blushing.

"Now, now, we don't want you to get all thirsty before the contest start, or you would go speechless, May," Drew teased as he flicked his hair. "Well, see ya later. And by the way, they said that the contest would be postponed to another day," after he said that, Drew walked away, leaving a very frustrated May.

"Great, first is Team Rocket ruining everything, next is that both of my bandana and my picture is missing, thirdly, the contest has to be postponed and why does Drew always shut me up with his stupid rose!" May stated as walked away. But she kept the rose instead of tossing it into the bin.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket landed just out of Petalburg City. "Great, we went through everything to get those ribbons and we always came out empty handed," Jessie complained.

"Well, not this time as I have something to show you guys," Meowth stated before taking out a green bandana and a picture of May and Dawn. (From the episodes which May and Dawn were together.)

"Why are you showing us these? They aren't worth it," Jessie stated.

"Don't you get it, we can have our revenge on that girl. All we need now is a matching clothes, a bag that looks like hers and a wig. And voala, an exact look of the real twerp!" Meowth stated Jessie and James thought about it.

"You know what, that is a great plan," James commented as they gave each other a looked as they smirked.

They then headed into the city to get the items that had the same stuff as in the picture. They wanted to get the real May in trouble before they plotted out their crimes. Meowth managed to find the exact copy of the bag and the clothes while Jessie bought a hair net and a brown wig. James went to look for something that they could steal without much trouble. He spotted a small pokestore, which would work. As they all gathered up together, they planned out their strategy as to get back on May.

Back with May, she finally made it back to her hometown, Petalburg city thanks to her new bike that her dad bought it for her. She quickly paddle down the hill before entering the city. She got off her bike before pushing along with her. While she was walking, her stomach began to growl, which she laughed out of embarrasement. She took a glimpes of a small food stall and figured she could have a small snack. She locked her bike up against a pole before buying some snacks.

As she was about to take a bite, an alarm was heard before an explosion erupted again. And it was close by as she ran towards the source of the explosion. She found out the source was from the pokestore main entranced. And she was shocked as what was in front of her, an exact copy of her was stealing some pokeballs. "Well, hello, May," the copy said before running away from her.

May was about to give chase when a security grab her arm. "Excuse me miss, but you're coming with us," the security said as May struggled on the gripped.

"The real person that stole those pokeballs was running over there," May said as she pointed towards the direction of the said person.

"No, you were the one that stole those pokeballs. And I have proof that you were the one," the security said before showing her a video in the store using his pokedex. May was shocked as the figure does look like her, her green bandanna, the exact clothes, the exact bag and the exact hair style. No doubt that it looks like her, but she was innocent as she didn't break into the store. The security then took her to the police station for the crimes that she didn't commit.

In the Petalbrug Gym, Norman and his family was having their dinner when the television reported of a break in. Normally, they would ignore the news, but this time they were shocked at what happened as May's picture was shown on the screen. "Yes, this young girl broke into the store and stole some pokeballs. The young girl name is May, who is the daughter of the Petalburg Gym Leader, Norman..." after hearing those, Caroline fainted as Norman caught her.

"Dad, did May really done it?" Max asked before a video was recorded on the theft of the store.

"I don't want to believe it, but I do hope she didn't," Norman said before he placed his fainted wife on the seat before grabbing his coat. "You wait here and take care of your mother, I will have a word with our daughter," Norman said sternly before leaving the house.

In the police station, May was being interrogated by Jenny. "I can't believe that you actually attempted to steal those pokeballs, May. I thought you're a good girl," Jenny stated.

"I didn't break into the store, you have got to believe me. I was about to have my snack when there was an explosion. I didn't do anything," May protested.

"I want to believe you, but the evidence says another things. May, I'm sorry but in order for you to learn your punishment, I will need you to hand over you pokemon licence," Jenny said as May was staring at her, shocked at what she just heard as tears was visible.

"Wha..what? You mean I'm ban from being a coordinator?" May asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid so. Sorry May, but rules is rules," Jenny said. May doesn't want to hand her licence card, and what's more, she won't be the greatest coordinator. As she was about to take her card, one of the policeman barge into the room.

"Excure me, but the Gym leader is here. And he wants to have a word with the girl," he said as Jenny nodded.

"Let him in," she said as the policeman let Norman entered. May couldn't believe that things just got from bad to worse.

"What you got to say for yourself, young lady," Norman stated, as he was angry at May.

"Dad, you have to believe me. I didn't break into that store, honest," May protested, but Norman just shook his head.

"May, lying isn't going to work, now please tell us the truth," Norman stated as May was getting frustrated at everyone who doesn't believe her.

"I'm sorry dad, but I have nothing else to say," May stated, as she looked away from her dad.

"Now, listen here May. You better tell us what really happen or you're never going to see your pokemons again," Norman said, sternly.

"Isn't banned from being a pokemon coordinator bad enough?" May said as she looked up towards her dad, tears were now streaming down her cheeks.

"What?" Norman asked as he looked at Jenny, not know what had just happened earlier.

"Sorry, but yes, she is ban from pokemon coordinating," Jenny confirmed.

"Then, that means..." Norman was about to say something when the whole room blacked out.

"Hey, what's going on?!" Jenny asked as went to look for her torch.

"I don't know, but I think the whole building just blacked out," Norman stated. They then heard a door opening before it closes.

"Oh no, May is escaping," Jenny stated as she finnaly found her torchlight. She then went to turn the doorknob, but it was locked from the outside.

"Damn it, I should have brought my pokemon with me," Norman stated as he clenched his hand, regret on not taking his pokemon with him.

May was running down the hall thanks to her pokemon. She managed to get out of the building before realising that the whole city was dark. "We better get out of this city," May stated as she recalled her pokemon back into the pokeball. She then headed towards the harbour, trying to catch a ferry.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket managed to cut the main wire that powers the whole city. "Great, now that everything's dark, we can steal those pokemons and get out of here without being seen," Meowth stated, but as soon as they were about to leave, a couple of security guards spotted them.

"Hey you! Stop!" one of the yelled.

"We better get going," Jessie stated.

"Yeah, I think we better leave the city, since we have three Master Ball," Meowth stated before they ran into the city.

May managed to reach the harbour. She spotted a small ship, that is small enough to just carry a couple of dozen people. She headed into the ship, trying to look for a place to sleep while waiting for the sailors to sail out of the city harbour.

After May gotten into the boat, Team Rocket emerged from behind a building before they spotted a boat by the harbour. "Hey, we can use that to get out of here," James stated.

"Then c'mon, we need to leave this city immediately," Jessie stated before they got onto the boat.

They headed into the room where the sailors would start the ship. While they were looking for the keys, May found the perfect spot to hide from anyone. As May took a seat, her Skitty came out of its pokeball, but May didn't care as she leaned against the wall. "Skitty, I don't know what I need to do now. I was framed for a crime that I didn't commit. What am I going to do now," May said to the Skitty as it looks cheery.

"Oh Skitty, you look too adorable to be left alone," May stated before she cuddled her Skitty.

"I know, I will go find Ash and Dawn for some help," May suggested as she stroke Skitty's head.

She then heard some footsteps on the upper deck of the ship. She figured it could be the sailors, but wondered why were they doing this late at night. The next thing that she didn't see it coming was that the ship's engine start up. "Maybe some late night fishing," May thought out loud before getting up with Skitty in her hands. She then called back her Skitty into the pokeball before headed up into the upper deck.

Meowth found a way to start the engine before they left the harbour in top speed. "I can't believe that those sailors could be so stupid," Meowth commented.

"Yeah, leaving the keys in the ignition was such stupid," James confirmed.

"Yup, but nothing beats us stealing those pokeballs and framing that little twerp," Jessie quipped. Suddenly, the door slammed opened, revealing a really angry May. But instead of loss of food, this is an anger of being framed.

"You guys are so dead for framing me! You are never getting away from this!" May yelled at them before taking out two of her pokeballs.

"Seviper, use Poison Tail!" Jessie commanded as her pokemon emerged from its pokeball.

"Cacnea, use Pin Missiles," James stated as his pokemon came out of its pokeball. But this time, Cacnea didn't hug James as the pokemon did as it was commanded.

"Meowth, I will be using Scratch!" Meowth said, joining in the battle.

"Blaziken, Beautifly, I choose you," May said before two of her pokemon emerged. "Blaziken, use Blaze Kick. Beautifly, use Silver Wind!" May instructed her pokemon as it did as it was told. Both of them managed to deflect both Seviper and Cacnea attacks, but missed Meowth attack. But May didn't expected what happens next, instead of hitting her pokemons, Meowth went to scratch her face.

"Kya!" May cried out of pain as her face was covered in Meowth scratches.

"Meowth, direct hit," he said, this made May even angrier as it glare at him.

"Blaziken, use Sky Uppercut on Meowth!" May instructed as her pokemon did as it was told, thus Meowth regretted doing that on May. Blaziken hit Meowth with his attack before sending him towards the ceiling before crashing down back onto the ground, behind Jessie.

"Seviper, use tackle!" Jessie instructed.

"Cacnea, use Needle Arm!" James instructed.

"Beautifly, use Gust!" May commanded. Beautifly managed to blow the two pokemon away, but unfortunately, it hit the control panels.

"Blaziken, use Fire Spin!"May instructed as Blaziken used the command. It hit the pokemon, but the force was powerful enough to not only destroy the control panels but to also create a hole in the hule.

"Oh no, the ship is sinking," Jessie stated before calling back her pokemon.

"Blaziken, use Mega Kick!" May instructed before hitting its target, thus sending Team Rocket blasting into the sky again. But as she recalled her pokemon, she noticed that the ship was sinking. "Great, I overdid it," May stated as she ran out of the ship. As she was about to exit the hallway, a support beam fell, which pinned her down onto the ground. She tried to move it, but it was too heavy. She then noticed that the water was rushing in too quickly as she tried to get one of her pokeballs, but she couldn't reached them.

"I can't believe this is happening! I shouldn't have ran away!" May stated out of panic as she struggled to free herself when she felt the water with her legs. The ship was sinking fast, which was a really bad situation.

Outside, one of the sailors on the cruiser spotted the sinking ship. "Sir, there is a small ship over that's sinking," one of the sailors stated.

"Go and send someone there to check," the captain instructed before the sailor nodded. He quickly formed a small rescue team to the ship. Then, a boy and a girl emerged from behind the captain.

"Hey captain, what is going on here?" the boy asked while a yellow pokemon emerged from behind him, before resting on his shoulder. "Pika," the pokemon stated.

"There is a ship sinking, don't worry, I already send a rescue team to check on the boat. So, you can rest up, Ash," the captain stated.

"Oh, that's great news," the girls stated.

"Yeah, Dawn, great news," as soon as Ash said that, an explosion erupted on the ship, which caught their attention.

"What happened?" Dawn asked out of surprised after the explosion. The captain used his binoculars to check on the ship, but all he could see was smoke emitting from the ship.

"How's the ship, captain?" Ash asked.

"I don't know, the smoke is blocking my view," the captain stated.

"Well, we don't have time to wait for it to clear up. Dawn stay here, if Brock ask where am I, tell him I'm out in sea," Ash stated before taking out one of his pokeball.

"Corphish, come on out," Ash stated before the said pokemon emerged from its pokeball. "Corphish" it stated.

"Hurry, take me to that burning boat," Ash stated as the pokemon nodded. The pokemon then jumped down into the sea before Ash followed it. Corphish then support Ash before they headed towards the boat.

Inside the boat, May was still able to breath, barely as fire was now everywhere. "Somebody, please, somebody out, please help me!" she called out as she struggled under the beam. Out all of a sudden, another explosion erupted, which shook the whole ship as water was now coming from the other side. "He...!" before she could out for some help, water rushes in, which engulf May. But luckily she managed to hold her breath in time as she struggled to get any of her pokeball while trying to free herself from the tight situation.

Outside, Ash, had finally reached the ship, but he only saw the pole of the boat as it was almost fully sunk. "Here goes nothing, Corphish, take me under," Ash commanded as the pokemon nodded. They both then headed underwater to find if anybody was still on board of the ship. He saw a door opening as he pointed to show his pokemon the way. The pokemon nodded before they both headed into the doorway.

May was running low on air as she struggled to breath now. She was about to lose hope when a shadow was looming over her. She looked up and to her surprise, Ash and his Corphish were there. They both quickly tried to move the beam, but they couldn't as it was too heavy. Then, out of a sudden, another explosion erupted. They were all shocked as how there was another explosion, even though they were underwater. The forced of the blast not only broke the ceiling of the hallway, but also sent Ash and Corphish upwards before the boat sunk all the way to the deep sea. Ash took out his hand as well as May, trying to save each other as they were drifted apart.

As Ash and Corphish emerged from the sea, Ash was still shocked at what happened. He couldn't believed that May would be gone forever as he hit the water. "Why can't I save her!" he yelled out of frustration.

Just then, the boat from the cruiser arrived before taking him and his pokemon out of the water. Ash then later spotted May's green bandanna as it emerged from the sea. He picked it up before they all headed back to the cruiser. Ash just looked at the bandanna, wondering how would May's family handle the lost of their daughter, and the Princess of Hoenn.

May couldn't see Ash anymore as she, along with the ship, slowly sank to the bottom of the sea as she still tried to free herself. She didn't realised that her bandanna came off, but she didn't care as she tried to free herself. She was now starting to black out because of lack of air. She then took a glimpse of something approaching her from her left, as it looks like it had a pair of antennas and no legs before she blacked out. But without hearing it said out loud, "Mana?"

Well, this is the first story I will be writing for pokemon. I know that some of you know what pokemon that said that. So, here is the question:

-Which Pokemon said "Mana"?-

I won't be putting out answers, because this is the easiest one. The answer for the question would be reveal on the next chapter, I hope. Anyway, what do you think of this story? Is it bad? Did I use the wrong pokemon? Is it too fast? And why am I asking so many questions?

R & r please.

P.S. : If there is any typing error, then forgive me as I'm actually too lazy to check on it.

P.S. 2 : To some of you that I actually either fav, reviewed or followed, I would like to say you're welcome. That's all. ;)