"Petalburg City. Home to the royal family," the sign read. It hadn't always like that, though. When I was a kid my family and I would come out here in the summer. That was when it hadn't been a city, only a quiet, out-of-the-way village. The last time I read that sign it said "where people mingle with nature".
But then the war began. The Kanto Royal Forces attacked La Rousse. The Hoenn royal family had no choice but to leave La Rousse and hide out in a quiet, out-of-the-way-place.
Like Petalburg.
I put my hand in my brown satchel and pulled out an old photograph, yellowed with time. My father stood behind my mother, arms wrapped around her waist, while she cradled a small bundle in her arms. They were both smiling brightly at the camera.
On the back, in my mother's handwriting, was scrawled Andrew, Leslie and Drew Hayden- Petalburg.
I shoved it back in the bag. I had to keep moving forward.
In the square there were farmers calling out their wares and woman trying to haggle with them. Some things never change.
I tilted my hat a little lower so it was covering my eyes. Slowly, sound was being drowned out. I didn't know why I was getting so worked up. Petalburg was just another city I was passing through.
I couldn't hear anything now. That's how I ended up walking into her.
I took my hat off and I saw her land on her butt.
She was pretty- brown hair and bright blue eyes. She was also mad. I offered her my hand but she just slapped it away.
"ARE YOU BLIND OR SOMETHING!" she yelled, picking herself up from the ground. I smirked. I hadn't even opened my mouth yet and she was upset. New record.
"What are you laughing at?" she whispered, on the verge of tears.
"Aw geez, don't cry!" I said, losing the smirk.
"I'm not crying!" she argued. I rolled my eyes. "You owe me now. You look like a traveller. Tell me a story!" She squealed, "by the way, my names May."
"I'm Drew, and a story?" I was confused.
She nodded. "Yeah, a story! But not here. C'mon!" she grabbed my hand and started dragging me off.
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Way shorter than the last one ^^; Cookies to all who reveiw!
