May's POV

This girl is something new. It's very rare to see Ash like a girl, which technically is never. That means this girl's special. There's something in her that he sees that other people don't see. Plus, she's ton of fun. That's an extra.

I walked over to my friends who are sitting on a circular bench that's surrounding the tree. You get the picture, right? I walked over to Zoey, Misty and Leona.

"Hey guys!" I waved at them.

Misty came running to me. "I've missed you so much!" she exclaimed, hugging me.

Zoey laughed. "But it's only been the weekend Misty. You can't keep missing her."

Misty lets go of me and frowns, then mumbled something like, "Show-off."

I looked at Leona, who was staring at Dawn. Then I looked at Dawn, who was staring back at her.

"No way! Leona? What are you doing here?" Dawn exclaimed from beside me.

Leona shook her head in disbelief. "Me? What are you doing here, Dawn?"

"Mom transferred me to Kanto when she heard that Professor Rowan was going to teach here for a couple years. Then she heard it's one of the best schools in the world, so that's how I got here. How about you? The last time I've seen you was at your parent's resort back in Sinnoh!" Dawn explained. Wow. Small world, I thought to myself.

"My mom thought I needed to learn to be a better breeder and sent me here. Who knew that we'll meet here?" she laughed.

Apart from me, Dawn and Leona, the others looked confused.

Zoey was the first to speak up. "Wait, you're from Sinnoh? I'm from Sinnoh too!"

"Hey! You're that coordinator who's always appearing in 'Sinnoh Now!'" Dawn exclaimed, clapping her hands to celebrate her new discovery.

Zoey nodded, a little shy. "Thanks for the praise." Suddenly, Zoey's eyes widened. "You're Johanna Berlitz's daughter! The daughter of the famous top coordinator!"

Dawn laughed. "Yeah. I'm Dawn, nice to meet you all."

Misty, who finally had the courage to speak, replied, "I'm Misty."

"Zoey," Zoey replied clearly.

Dawn's POV

It's nice to finally meet some old and new friends at this completely bizarre school. Suddenly, someone sneaked up from behind and said, "It's been a long time, hasn't it, Dee Dee?"

"KENNY!" I practically screamed, turning around s l o w l y. But unlike my old school, nobody stared and watched you go wild until the principal comes. Instead, everyone actually doesn't care.

"So you still hate that name, huh, Dee Dee?" Kenny mocked.

"Drop that already Kenny. You know she hates it," Leona said, coming to my defense.

"But you're the one who came up with the second part. Isn't that right, Dee Dee?" Kenny mocked again.

I was furious. May, Misty and Zoey watched this commotion, basically not understanding a thing. "Seriously, Kenny, if only I could choke you, I would!"

"Then why don't you give it a shot, Dee Dee?"

Suddenly, Ash, a green haired guy, a dark haired guy wearing a green tee and a blonde guy joined Kenny.

"What ARE you doing Kenny?" Ash asked, looking at me.

"I was just telling Dee Dee here that her nickname actually suits her," he mocked.

This time I was furious. "SERIOUSLY KENNY! JUST DROP IT, WILL YOU?"

But Kenny didn't have enough. "It wasn't my fault that Minun and Plusle… and then…" he trailed off, hiding sniggers.

Leona, who couldn't stand the humorous flashback that suddenly popped in her head , bursts into fits of laughter. Kenny joined in less than a second after that.

I sighed. This is getting nowhere.

Ash appeared next to me. "What are they laughing about?" he whispered, staring at Leona and Kenny rolling on the floor laughing.

"We were best friends back in Kindergarten, until now. And then…" I trailed off, 'cause they're laughing harder now.

Kenny's POV

Seriously! Dawn gotta lighten up a bit. It was just a joke! Finally I decided that it has to stop, at least for now. "Sorry Dee," I said.

She sighed. "Fine. But don't do that again!"

All I do is grin. "Anyways, these are my buds, Ash, Drew, Tracey and Barry," I pointed to them one by one. She looked at each one with curiosity, and then giggled.

"I didn't know there were going to be lots of people from Twinleaf Town here," she said.

Leona was confused. "Huh? What'd you mean?"

Dawn pointed to Barry. "You're the one who likes to karaoke in the Twinleaf Town Festival, right?"

Barry looked shocked. "How… how did you know? I never told anyone I come from Twinleaf besides to Kenny! Did he tell you?" he said, looking angry with me.

"No. My mom's Johanna Berlitz. You know, the-" Dawn began.

"-the famous top coordinator and the planner of the Twinleaf Town Festival!" he grabbed Dawn's hand and started to shake it furiously up and down. "That is so cool! You get to try out all the food before they're sold, right? And you get to play all the games, and sing along to the songs and even have pre-battles! You're so lucky!"

All Dawn replied was a "hehe". Then Barry continued, "My dad's the owner of the Battle Tower, and completely unbeatable! If you wanna beat him, you'll need to be able to beat me first! He's..."

Nobody listened to Barry after that. We all just hurried to class.