Hey guys! Here's the real first chapter. I say the girls' age in this chapter. And wow, this chapter is four thousand words! A big accomplishment for me. I actually wrote this chapter write after I finished the prologue, but I wanted to see what you guys thought. Thankfully those who read it enjoyed it. Thanks to those who reviewed!
I retyped this chapter since I noticed I used the word "says" a lot. I wonder why I didn't notice that.
And a reminder for those who are worried: I do not support any other shippings that hurt Contestshipping, Oldrivalshipping, Ikarishipping and Pokeshipping.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Pokemon, songs mentioned, The Hunger Games or Chanel No. 5 perfume.
October 15
"Wake up, Dawn!" she yelled. "Hurry up; you have an hour until we have to leave school!"
Her name is May Maple. She has shoulder length chestnut hair with sapphire eyes. Her age is sixteen and she's in the second year of high school. She and her three friends go to a boarding school, and they're all roommates. At the moment, she was trying to wake up her friend Dawn, who has her door locked.
"I'm serious Dawn," May yells. "You've got to look nice today. We have our first recording after school! We have to practice a little, talk about what we're going to put on our albums and we have an interview, too! Get up!"
"I'm up, May!" she yells back. "Is anyone using the bathroom?"
"No," she answers. "I'm going to wake up Misty now. Leaf is already up, she's making breakfast today."
Dawn opened the door. She has long blue hair with blue eyes to match. Her skin was pale and she was a little short for her age. Dawn's the same age as May. It takes her an hour to get ready. She has to pick the perfect outfit, take her morning shower, put on her makeup and she has to do her hair. "Kay, I'm heading to the bathroom now."
"Hurry up," says May. "Be ready in thirty minutes."
"Thirty?" Dawn exclaimed. "You're kidding me."
"Nope," she replied, winking. "Now I'm off to wake Misty."
Misty is the orange haired girl, or a redhead, who always has her hair up in a side pony. She has teal eyes with pale skin, and was tall. She swims all the time, so that's probably why she was tall. She's the most sporty girl, unlike May and Dawn. "I'm up," Misty says when May slams her door open. "I'm up and ready to go."
"When?" May asked.
"When you were trying to wake up Dawn," she answered, grabbing her cell phone and shoving it in her pocket. "What's for breakfast?"
"Ask Leaf," May turned to start walking to the kitchen. She could hear Leaf in the middle of cooking, and it smelled great. "By the way, what's your album going to be called?"
"Umm," Misty says. "Maybe 'One of the Boys.' What about you?"
"Mine's not going to have a name," May put her finger on her chin, thinking. "It's just going to be called 'May Maple,' I guess." Misty laughs. "What? Is that weird?"
"I guess," she shrugs. Misty turned on her iPhone and went to her notes. "I'm going to put on One of the Boys, She Kissed A Girl, Waking up in Vegas, Thinking of You, Mannequin, Ur So Gay, Hot N Cold, If You Can Afford Me…"
"Woah Misty," she says. "When did you write all those songs?"
"I wrote three of them last night," Misty laughs. "I guess I'll tell you all when we're together eating breakfast. And who's driving today? Because I want to."
"I guess you can," May said. "I don't really care." They heard the shower in the bathroom pour out water. "Oh, Dawn's finally taking a shower. I should've wakened her up at five."
"What time is it?" Misty clicked her phone's home screen. "Oh. Five fifty. It's early." They entered the kitchen and Leaf was setting plates on the dining table. "'Morning Leaf!"
Leaf grinned. "Hey guys. Bacon and eggs today."
"It's smells so good!" May yells. "I want some now."
"We have to wait for Dawn," Leaf quickly said before May could snatch some bacon of the large, white plate. Leaf had long chocolate brown hair and brown eyes. She was the smartest out of all the girls, she never has to study. She's not single, she has a boyfriend. Leaf was the second oldest. Misty is the oldest and Dawn is the youngest.
"But Dawn takes a long time," May whines. "Let's just eat. Dawn probably just wants a little bit of eggs since she's a vegetarian and she doesn't like eating a lot. So can we eat now?"
"Okay, gosh, May," Leaf rolls her eyes. They take their seats and May puts loads of bacon on her plate. "Not too much, May. You're going to get fat!"
"I don't care," May retorts. "It's not like I ever get fat from eating too much."
"Shut up!" Misty yelled. "Damn, May, I'm so jealous. "Leaf, want to hear the songs I'm putting on my album 'One of the Boys?'" Leaf nods. "I'm going to put on One of the Boys, She Kissed a Girl, Waking up in Vegas, Thinking of You, Mannequin, Ur So Gay, Hot N Cold, If You Can Afford Me, Lost, Self Inflicted, I'm Still Breathing and Fingerprints. I wrote Fingerprints, Thinking of You and Lost last night."
"I know," Leaf says. "I heard you."
"What?" Misty yells. "When did you sleep?"
"One," Leaf answered. "I wanted to finish writing Whiplash. What time did you sleep?"
"One-ish," Misty said, turning to May. "May, what's going to be on your album?" This was May's first album, besides her Christmas CD. Leaf and Dawn already released two albums. Misty has one single out, The One That Got Away and it's a hit.
"Umm," she says. "Picture to Burn, A Place In This World, Cold As You, The Outside, Tied Together With a Smile, Stay Beautiful, Mary's Song, Our Song, I'm Only Me When I'm With You and Invisible."
Leaf smirks. "Why not Teardrops on My Guitar?"
"Because I don't like Drew anymore," she answers, blushing.
"Really?" Misty frowns. "Don't tell me… you like Brendan?"
"Eww!" Leaf made a face, wrinkling her nose. "That guy is weird!"
"He's not weird!" May defends. "That guy is so sweet!"
"That's exactly what you said when we called Peeta annoying," Misty said, rolling her eyes. May was still reading The Hunger Games trilogy. Leaf and Misty already read it and they both hate Peeta. Dawn didn't read them because she hates reading.
"Peeta is sweet though," May says dreamily.
Leaf gives her another a disgusted look. "Anyways, you have to put Teardrops On My Guitar on your album. Besides Picture to Burn, that song was my favorite."
"People at school are going to get the wrong idea, though," May pointed out. "Drew and Brendan will get the wrong idea, too!"
"But in Stay Beautiful you said 'Cory,' didn't you?" Misty says. "I think you should replace that with 'Drewy.'"
"What?" May yelled. "No!"
Leaf laughs. "You totally should!" they heard the shower turn off. "Seriously, Dawn just finished showering and we're already done eating. She's so slow!"
"I know right?" Misty agreed. "May, you have to put Teardrops On My Guitar in your album. If you ask Dawn, she'll make you."
"Okay, okay, fine," May said, resting her cheek on the palm of her hand. "Leaf, what are you putting on your album?"
"Well my album is going to be called When The Sun Goes Down," Leaf said. "Love You Like a Love Song, Bang Bang Bang, Who Says, We Own the Night, Hit the Lights, Whiplash, When the Sun Goes Down, My Dilemma, That's More Like It, Outlaw and Middle of Nowhere."
"I don't really like Whiplash," May said.
"I don't like Love You Like a Love Song," Misty says.
Leaf laughs. "Dawn loves that song, Mist. And Gary helped me write Whiplash, so maybe that's why it's terrible. Actually, he wrote almost all the songs with me, except Hit the lights and Middle of Nowhere."
"Aww, he helped you write it?" May squeals. "That's adorable. No wonder you're putting it on your album." Dawn's door opened and she skipped down the stairs. She entered the dining room. "Hey Dawn. Nice outfit."
"Thanks May," Dawn says. It was black tights with a pink and white top that was low and long. It was tight and she had a black leather jacket on. She had pearl necklaces on and her hair was down with a pink headband. "Bacon? Gross."
"That's because you don't eat meat," May says, rolling her eyes. "If you did eat meat, you'd love it."
"I don't think so," Dawn twirls her hair and rolls her eyes. "It's all oily. And Misty, I'm dying to know what you're putting on your album. I heard you singing some new songs last night."
"You heard too?" Misty yelled.
May laughs. "I didn't hear! I slept at ten!"
"Oh yeah guys," Leaf says. "I have an interview at seven tonight. It's about that movie that came out in July. I didn't want to be interviewed because I'm too lazy."
"You're lazy?" May yells, shocked. Dawn put some eggs on her plate and started eating slowly. "Hurry up, Dawn. We only have ten minutes till we have to leave."
"I know, May," Dawn says. "Misty, what are you putting on your album?"
"One of the Boys, I Kissed a Girl, Waking up in Vegas, Thinking of You, Mannequin, Ur So Gay, Hot N Cold, If You Can Afford Me, Lost, Self Inflicted, I'm Still Breathing and Fingerprints," Misty answered. "Gosh, that was my third time saying it."
"I love Hot N Cold," Dawn says. "And Ur So Gay. Wanna know what I'm doing?"
"No," Leaf said bluntly.
"Shut up Leaf," Dawn says.
May laughs again. "I wanna know!"
"Girlfriend, I Can Do Better, Runaway," Dawn opens her Smartphone, which had a pink sparkling case, to her notes section. "The Best Damn Thing, When You're Gone, Everything Back But You, Hot, Innocence, I Don't Have to Try, One of Those Girls, Contagious and Keep Holding On. Does that sound good?"
Leaf nodded. "Sounds great. I bet you wrote most of the songs for Barry, huh?"
"Don't even say his name," Dawn growls.
"I really like the song Innocence," May said to Dawn, smiling.
"Want to be featured in it?" Dawn offered. "I wouldn't mind."
May grins. "Okay! Thanks."
"I need someone to be featured in We Own the Night," Leaf says. "Misty, can you do it?"
"Ask Dawn," Misty poured herself some orange juice. "She loves that song."
"I will!" Dawn says.
"I want Misty to though," Leaf argued.
Misty rolls her eyes. "Fine. It won't hurt."
"You're mean, Leaf," Dawn whined. Dawn turned off her phone and she noticed the time. "Guys, it's six thirty. We have to go now!" Dawn filled up her water bottle and threw it in her backpack. "Who's driving?"
"Me," Leaf and Misty yells at the same time. "Rock, paper, scissors!' they yell at the same time. "I win!" Misty says. "Hah. In your face!"
"Shut up, Misty," Leaf said. "Off we go!" they grab they bags or backpacks and run to their car. Misty takes the driver's seat, Leaf sits in the passenger's seat and May and Dawn hop in the back. Leaf's phone starts to buzz. She turns on her black iPhone and it was Gary. Want to hang out after school? We can go to the park for a romantic walk or something.
Leaf giggles and texts back. Sorry, I have to go to the studio today. The girls and I are recording our albums. And wouldn't it be bad if we went to the park? Your fangirls will be chasing after you. They'll also be throwing shit at me.
Dawn looked over Leaf's shoulder. "Who are you texting?"
"Gah!" Leaf yelped, startled. "I'm texting Gary, gosh!" her phone started buzzing again. Can I come? Leaf texts back saying no. "What, Dawn?"
"Nothing," Dawn says. "I'm just jealous that you have a boyfriend."
May nods. "I'm jealous, too."
"Me too," Misty says.
"Misty, you have Ash," Dawn says. "So you're not single. You guys are pretty much together; you're just not 'official' yet. Hurry up and confess to him!"
"No!" Misty says. "That guy isn't ready to be in a relationship. And I don't want to ruin our friendship. If he rejects me it'll be all awkward and it won't be fun anymore."
"Don't be worried," May says. "It's obvious Ash is in love with you."
"Shut up guys! I'm driving!" Misty yells, taking a sharp turn.
"Guys," Leaf turned around to look at Dawn and May. "Gary wants to come with us to the studio."
"That guy is just going to attract more people," Misty said immediately. "He shouldn't come."
Gary Oak is probably the most famous singer. His worst song, in May and Misty's opinion, Baby, made him super famous. He has around two hundred million fans and he's still getting more fans. Everyone knows that Leaf Green and Gary Oak are in a lovey dovey relationship and yes, Leaf has a lot of haters because of Gary. Gary's working on a Christmas album before December comes.
"I don't want him to come," May whines. "He's annoying. And mean. And arrogant and so full of himself. I don't understand why Leaf likes him so much."
"Shut up, May," Leaf said. "We're at school now. It's six fifty, so we better run." Misty parks and they run to their lockers. They got to choose their lockers so all their lockers are next to each other's. "I'm going to math now. Hurry up, Dawn!"
"Kay, have fun," May says. "Let's go Misty." May and Misty run to their science classroom and May takes her seat. Misty sits in the front while May sits in the back, next to Brendan. Drew sits in front of May, so he gets to hear their conversation all the time. "Morning, Brendan," May greets.
"Hey May," Brendan greets back.
"Morning, Drew," May then said, turning to Drew.
Drew turns around and smirks. "Morning, January. What did you have for breakfast today?"
May ignored Drew's teasing. "I had bacon and eggs."
"Ooh, make sure you exercise tonight," Drew continued to tease.
"Shut up, Drew," May mutters. "Drew, what was the answer to number four?"
"Why didn't you ask your friends?" Drew asks.
"Because they were busy last night," she answers.
Brendan taps her shoulder. "May, I can help you."
"No, I'll help her," Drew says, glaring at Brendan.
May grins at Brendan. "Really? Thanks, Brendan." Drew glares at both of them and turns around.
After class, May puts her stuff away. "See you at lunch, May," Brendan says waving. May says bye to him and Drew walks up to her. "Hey Drew."
"Kay, ready for gym?" Drew asks.
"Noo," May groaned. Again, May sucked at sports so she obviously hates P.E. "I hope we play dodge ball. That's like the only thing I'm good at."
"You just want to play dodge ball to get me out," Drew pointed out, smirking.
May grins. "Of course, Drew. What else do you expect from me?"
Drew Hayden is May's best friend. They've been together since elementary. They met when Drew mistaken her as April. Then he called her March. Then September. August. The only comebacks May could think of was Grasshead or Cabbage Brain. May used to have a tiny crush on him back in middle school, but then she met Brendan.
Brendan Birch is May's other best friend. They met on the first day of high school in science class since they sit next together and it's their first class of the day. May is in love with him. Brendan always has that white hat on and May kept trying to tell him to take it off. He didn't listen. May entered the women's' locker room and Drew went to the men's.
"Hey Leaf," May greets. Leaf threw her backpack into the locker.
"Hi," Leaf said. "You're a little late."
"Mr. Schid held us in a little," she says. The way you pronounce the teacher's name is Mr. Shid. He's a devil, so at their dorm, the girls make fun of him and call him Mr. Shit, just to be funny. "Some girl named Brianna was arguing with him about something and he got really made and gave us this pop quiz. Isn't that stupid?"
"Did you fail?" Leaf asks.
May grins. "Of course. What do you expect?"
"That's not a good thing, May," Leaf says. "I tutored you last week! Don't tell me you forgot everything already."
"Sorry!" May yelled. "I'm not smart like you and Misty!"
"Then how come your mom is a professor at a university and your dad is a scientist?" Leaf asks. "You're probably an embarrassment. If you're willing to study, then you'd be a straight A student, May. It's your fault for fooling around in middle school."
"Shut up, Leaf," May said. "Being a professor or doctor or whatever requires the brains aren't my thing. I want to sing. Sing, act or dance. I do not need science, math or history for that."
"If you want your doctor's degree in singing you'll need history, right?" Leaf asks.
May rolls her eyes. "Well, maybe I'm not going to get a degree in singing. Why would I do that?" May put her bag in her locker. "Okay, done changing. Let's go."
"I want to play dodge ball today!" Leaf says.
"Why don't we just ask Kat?" asks May. Kat is their gym teacher, who is carefree and nice. "If we ask her, she'll probably say yes."
"Okay," May agrees. "You ask."
"No, you," Leaf argues.
"No. I asked last time!" May yells.
"Fine!" Leaf snapped. "No need to yell." May grins in satisfaction and the two enter the gym. Leaf walks up to Kat, who's checking stuff off her clipboard. "Kat," Leaf says. "Can we play dodge ball today? We haven't played in a month and May and I were waiting patiently."
"Okay, but I have three makeup tests to take," she says. "May and Matt were absent that day and Brianna has to retake it. Are those three here today?"
"I don't know if Matt's here today, but Brianna and May are here today," Leaf answers.
Kat nods. "Can you get those two for me, please?"
"Okay," Leaf says. "May, go to Kat. You need to retake a test. Let me go get Brianna, she's probably still in the locker room." Leaf went into the locker room and saw Brianna in the mirror, combing her hair. "Brianna, you have to retake a test. I think you failed."
Brianna turned around and glared. Brianna had short brown hair and she was pretty short in general. "I didn't fail; I didn't want to do it."
"Whatever," Leaf says. "Quit staring at your ugly self, Kat is calling you."
"Ugly?" Laura, Brianna's best friend, gasps. Laura has blond hair with dyed green streaks and green eyes. She was as tall as Leaf and was a flirt. Laura's father is a lawyer and her mother is a doctor. Her parents are very successful but Laura herself isn't. She only cares about fun. "Brianna isn't ugly."
"She's pretty," Ivy added. Ivy's natural hair color was blond but now it's purple. She completely dyed it all purple just to match her crush. Not her crush, the person she was currently stalking. Ivy sees Brianna as a perfect leader, an older sister or a queen. She'll always follow Brianna's orders and once she finds something she's interested in, Ivy will forget about everything else and only focuses on that. "Brianna, you should go or Kat will get mad at you."
"Where's Maggie?" Brianna asked, putting pencil eyeliner back in her cosmetic bag.
"Maggie's not in this class," Ivy answers.
"I knew that," Brianna says. "Can you put this in my locker, Ivy? Thanks. Bye." Brianna walked right past Leaf and Leaf plugged her nose. That's sick, Leaf thought. Is she wearing that Chanel No. 5 perfume? That's disgusting, the principal where's that.
Laura smirked. "Don't you feel so low, Green?"
"No," she says. "I think I'm the actress and singer Leaf Green who's dating Gary Oak. Isn't Gary your current target, Laura?" Leaf smirks and walks out of the locker room.
Brianna was talking to Kat and May. "So how many sit-ups do I have to do to pass?" Brianna asks.
"Thirty," Kat answers. Kat turns to Leaf. "Is Matt here?"
"No, I asked the guys and he's not here today," Leaf says.
"Thanks Leaf," Kat says. "May, I need you to hold Brianna's feet, okay?"
"Alright," May says. Brianna lied on the ground, and she was totally disgusted with the ground. "I'd like to see you try and do thirty sit-ups, Brianna."
"I could do it, Maple," Brianna snapped.
"I know you can," May says. Leaf laughs. Brianna did one sit-up. Two. Three. Four. Five. When Brianna was starting to do another one, May let go of her feet. Brianna fell back. "Oops!" May exclaims. "Sorry, dear!"
Brianna hissed. "You totally did that on purpose."
"Well your sweat from your legs was starting to fall on my fingers," May says. "It was disgusting, mostly because it was your sweat."
Kat walked up to May and Brianna. "How many did she do, May?"
May smiled. "She did five!" she says. "And Kat, can Leaf hold my feet when I do my sit-ups?"
"Yes, May," Kat says. "Brianna, you can go over to your friends." Brianna glared at May and left to go to her friends. May lied on the ground and Leaf bent down to hold her feet down.
"Do at least forty, May," Leaf says. "One. Two. Three. Four. Five." She kept counting and May didn't stop to rest. If she stopped, then she'd have to be done. May kept going, and when she was at fifty three, she stopped. "Woah, good job, May! You beat me!"
"I didn't beat Misty yet," May said. Misty did ninety one.
"It's impossible to beat her," Leaf says, laughing. "She does swimming, push-ups, running and sit-ups every day, May. You can't beat her. To top it off, you can't do any sports besides gymnastics."
"I know and it sucks," May says, wiping some hair off her face.
Kat blew her whistle. "Listen up, people!" she yelled. "Today Leaf and May requested to play dodge ball. Who's up for it?" There were roars in the gym and Drew walked to May.
"Really, May?" Drew asks.
"What?" May asked back.
"Where's Gary?" Leaf then asked Drew.
Drew points to the back of the gym. "There."
"Ready boys and girls?" Kat yells. "Pair up with someone and come over to me so I can divide you guys into two groups!"
"I call May!" Leaf yells, grabbing May's arm. Leaf grins at Drew and Drew rolls her eyes.
"Drew, wanna be with me?" Gary says, walking up to them. Drew nods and when the teams were teamed up, Kat threw a ball at the ceiling and May caught it. Kat threw a couple more and May and Leaf were throwing them and random classmates.
May saw Brianna leaning down to get a ball and she threw it at her. "Hah," May says, grinning. Brianna glared and went to all the other people who were also out. "Leaf, get that purple haired freak!"
"Who's a purple haired freak?" Ivy shrieks. Leaf laughs and threw a ball hard at her. "Damn it!"
Leaf grins. "All we need is Laura. Can I get her out?"
"Of course, since she wants your boyfriend," May replies. "I'll get the other people out. Let's save Drew and Gary for last."
"Don't let them get you out, May!" Leaf says. May nods and throws a ball at random people.
Then it was two on two: Gary and Drew against Leaf and May.
"Get Leaf out, Gary!" Laura yells.
"You can do it, Mr. Drew!" Brianna yells.
May turns to Leaf. "Leaf, did you just hear twerp yelling?"
"I sure did," Leaf says. "Ready? Gary first. You throw a ball to distract him and I hit him. Understand?" May nods and grabs a ball from the floor. May threw a ball at Gary, who dodged and Leaf threw a ball at his other side and he was out. Then May threw a ball at Drew and it hit his face.
"Head shot!" Brianna yells. "That doesn't count!" Right when she said that, Leaf threw a ball at Drew's side and he was out.
"Woo!" May exclaims, high-fiving Leaf.
Yes, this chapter was eleven pages on Microsoft Word. People could write longer, but this is pretty long for me. So good job to me!
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, reviews are highly appreciated! Tell me what you think, and I know that I got this dodge ball thing from some fanfiction… I forgot what. The next chapter will be the girls recording their songs and some other events happening.
For those who haven't smelled the Chanel No. 5 perfume or hasn't heard of it, it was made by Coco Chanel, I believe it came out in 1919 or 1920s. It was supposed to make you ageless that time and it's very expensive. It's still out now. You can find it at Macy's. It smells terrible. I did research on Coco Chanel for a history project so that's why I know. XD
I hope the four love rivals aren't too bitchy. I'm not a fan of bitchy girls since I've met two in my life. So here are my bitches in the story: Brianna, Ivy, Laura and Maggie. Brianna's obviously aiming for Drew, Laura wants Drew, Ivy wants Paul and Maggie wants Ash. Ivy and Maggie aren't that bitchy, they stick around with Laura and Brianna since they are also aiming for guys.
Wow I said bitchy a lot.
I also changed Katy Perry's song I Kissed A Girl to She Kissed A Girl just to make Misty seem a little more clean. As you can see, Misty is Katy Perry, May is Taylor Swift, Dawn is Avril Lavigne and Leaf is Selena Gomez. Oh, and Gary is Justin Bieber. LMAO!
Ash and Paul didn't show up yet. I kind of miss them! Okay, the more reviews the faster updates! I'll see you guys later!
~Citra
