Johto: A New Beginning!
Chapter One: The S.S. Aron
The sea was shimmering a brilliant blue and the waves gently crashed upon the helm of the S.S. Aron. A young lady with chestnut brown hair and sapphire eyes quickly adjusted her green bandana as she made her way across the ship to check in and find her room.
"Ticket please," said the attendant, "Oh, Miss Maple. I've seen you perform before, I'll be sure to look out for you in Johto." She said as she punched her ticket and handed her a key.
"You have? Wow! Well thank you," May said with a cheery smile.
"Oh, and to warn you, we're a little over booked. You'll be sharing your room I'm afraid." She warned.
"No worries! I've shared rooms before, it's no issue." And with a smile and wave, May was off to find her room.
"Hmm...19B...Kind of lonely..." May continued to look for her room. "Blaziken, come on out!" She called and soon she had her loyal companion by her side. "I need help finding my room, can you help?" She asked "Blaze," he answered looking at the door numbers. He led her across a hallway and pointed to a door. "Oh right, B section," May sweat dropped as she entered her room, Blaziken following after.
"Hello?" She called as she entered.
"Rose-Roserade!" She turned to the bunk beds to see a Roserade looking cheerfully at her.
"Why hello," she said to it, "that's weird, it's like you recognize me. Where's your trainer?" She asked. Before the Roserade could respond, a familiar green haired coordinator entered from the bathroom.
"May, May, May. I see you couldn't resist following me the Johto region. Now tell me, what are you doing in my room?" He said as he flipped his hair. He wore his familiar light turquoise pants, black shoes, and a purple button up shirt.
"For your information," May began after the shock wore off her, "I came to Johto because all my rivals were coming here, I didn't want to go to Sinnoh with Ash and Brock, Max will be starting his own journey soon, and this is my room too!" She said getting flustered.
"Jeeze May, calm down." He answered after a moment. He looked over at her, as she wasn't wearing her usual outfit. She had new black biker shorts and an orange tank top with a black collar which was zipped ever so slightly down. Her gloves had green stripes and black and her bandanna was also in green.
"What are you staring at?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"It's just odd not seeing you in Red," he then tossed her a rose over his shoulder as he left the room, "I always thought that was your color. Or perhaps you just don't look as bad in red." He smirked and left, with Roserade trailing behind.
May flopped onto the bottom bunk and sighed, "Stupid green haired jerk…" she observed the rose, "How does he always make them look perfect..?" She quickly went into her green fanny pack and pulled out a notebook. It was plain and red, but inside were a few pressed roses throughout the pages along with a few notes about her Pokémon. She took the newly given rose, gave it a final smell and placed it into the notebook, then back away into her pack. "Well Blaziken, we might as well settle in."