Dedicated to that special person that keeps you up at night.
PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, this fanfiction is done for my own entertainment, nothing money-related and no copyright infringement is intended by the writing of this fanfiction. All rights go to GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company, and Nintendo wherein they may apply.
Hey everyone, welcome to "How May Became the Princess of Hoenn" or HMBtPoH for short, this chapter is just introductory, so you can skip straight into chapter 2 if you don't care about my rambling. Be warned however that reading this will clear up some important aspects of the story.
Story Notes:
Title: How May Became the Princess of Hoenn
Author: Mbg07
Publish Date: November 21st 2016.
Chapters Estimate: 58 Chapters as of the Outline (July 5th 2016).
Word Estimate: 180k.
Rating: T (Use of foul language).
Schedule: Weekly Chapters.
Summary:
A novelization of May's Johto journey. We all know that Ash leaves his friends behind after each region, but what adventures do they get into once he leaves? Have a look at the anime's first coordinator's life after separating from Ash. Slight AU.
Full Summary:
May Maple has recently suffered a monumental defeat at the hands of her fellow coordinator Solidad. This battle left the girl with a bitter truth to swallow, her style for battling wasn't suited for contests. After an encounter with Drew, a rival of hers, she chooses to follow him to Johto in order to become her own person. May's journey isn't without its perils however. When the girl crosses paths with a criminal organization that even her own father fears, will she come out unscathed? May will form new friendships and rivalries along the journey, but the question remains, will this be enough to attain her own battling style and defeat Solidad? A novelization of May's Johto journey.
Why I'm writing this story…
So I recently remembered I had a fanfiction account, and decided to give a read to the fanfictions I posted, which aren't necessarily bad; but I abandoned them(more on that in a bit). My old computer recently stopped working so I had to pass some archives to my new one and as I checked up on my archives I found an outline for a Pokémon story written way back in 2012, but I thankfully I never published that. So this story is being done out of my own curiosity to see if I can write something good without abandoning it, and because I am really obsessed with Pokémon as of right now. Another of the reasons why I'm writing this is out of frustration at other people's work on this site. There's a trope over on TV Tropes called a Dead Fic, read that and you'll understand my frustrations with my fellow authors.
Anyway that is not my point, my point is that if you write something you should finish it, no matter how little you care (but why would you write it in the first place then?). Because you wrote it for you, not for people reading it. Because you got an idea and wanted for it to come to life.
Bottom line, I want to write this fanfiction because I have this idea that I wish to share with the world, taking place in the wonderful world of Pokémon and following one of my favorite characters in the anime, May.
So now that we got that little bit out of the way, let's move on to some information for this fanfiction's world.
We all know how all of Ash's companions leave and it's never shown what they did after going away, this is a fanfiction which explores the life of May after she left Ash to go to Johto. The story will be close to canon, with some slight AU events taking place in order to give readers a more exciting narrative.
There will most likely be no pairings in this story (I personally love shipping shit, but I find it incredibly awkward to write), so don't expect that. May went to Johto to train and she will develop as a character in a believable way. Actually, most characters in the story will receive development because I personally think that Ash and his friends should mature and learn from all their travels.
Assumptions…
With that out of the way I will be making some assumptions of the anime, because we all know that Ash never aging is quite dumb.
Assuming each series in the anime takes a year to be done I have come up with the ages for some characters that will appear in the story. Each series as previously stated meaning the divisions fans call "The Original Series" (EP001-EP274), "The Advanced Generation Series" (EP275-EP466), and "The Diamond & Pearl Series" (EP467-EP657). The following were characteristics I assumed for characters relevant to the story:
When leaving for Sinnoh (EP466)
Concerning Ages…
May: 11
Drew: 12
Solidad: 17
Ash: 12
Brock: 17
Dawn: 10
Harley: 17
Zoey: 11
Lyra*: 10
Khoury*: 10
Lance: 22
*The kids that went to Sinnoh in the anime to promote HG and SS. (EP609-EP613)
The ages were based on the character's respective Bulbapedia pages and the information on them, I determined some of the ages by logic, such as Solidad's who it's stated was a friend of Brock. Lyra is another example, seeing how she has two badges I concluded she was just starting her journey.
Concerning Battling Abilities…
In this story a trainer who has traveled through two regions will likely be more skilled than a trainer who is just starting their adventure. The battles and skills of trainers are based off the anime, where types and such don't have as much influence as the trainer's skill. Pokémon will only know four moves(unless of certain circumstances ;), at times the trainers will be able to switch the Pokémon's move-sets. In accordance to what is shown to the viewers by the anime, Legendary Pokémon are far stronger than the rest, so May won't catch any legendary.
By this logic, as we have seen in the anime the Champions and Elite Four are very much above the average trainer, for example:
-Cynthia will be a powerful trainer, being able to handle herself against any other trainers individually such as Cyrus or any team boss. But no trainer is powerful enough to take down a criminal organization themselves (looking at you game protagonists).
-Elite Four will usually beat trainers easily, such as the Drake vs Ash battle.
-An experienced trainer (Alain, Solidad) are above most other trainers, minus those mentioned above.
-A somewhat experienced trainer (May, Ash) will usually lose or struggle against admins or elite officers of criminal organizations, such as Mars or Proton.
-While a beginner such as Lyra or Dawn will struggle against Gym Leaders.
Concerning the setting for this story…
It should also be noted that this story will be taking place after AG 192(EP466), or in layman's terms after May and Max leave Ash and Brock.
Here is May's team so that readers won't get lost:
May's team (start of story):
-Blaziken, Eeevee, Munchlax, Beautifly, Skitty, Squirtle
At Oak's ranch: Bulbasaur
A Final Thank You…
Given how I've read up on the Johto manga, anime episodes and videogames and will be pulling content from all three sources, a special thanks is extended towards each of these series creators. In the following order they'd be: Hidenori Kusaka (Pokémon Adventures), Pokémon Anime (TV Tokyo), and the man who created this wonderful franchise to begin with, Satoshi Tajiri (Pokémon Franchise).
I'd also like to thank Bulbapedia and all its staff members for their huge wealth of knowledge, seriously, without it there would be so many contradictions in this story it wouldn't even be funny.
And I want to thank you the reader for clicking on this fanfiction, I truly hope to give you a memorable experience in reading my work!
So without further ado, let's get into the story…