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Information:
May Maple~ A cheerful and happy girl. Blue, striking sapphire eyes with two brown pigtails. She has a younger brother named Max and her parents, Caroline and Norman. Her childish and positive attitude and atmosphere attracts people around her. Senior year at Cynthia High School. Age: 17
Misty Waterflower~ A spirited and passionate female. Three older sisters, Daisy, Violet, and Lily, who are better known as the Sensational Sisters. Turquoise, azure eyes with fiery red hair to match her fiery attitude. Senior year at Cynthia High School. Age: 17
Dawn Berlitz~ A bright and lighthearted senior at Cynthia High School. Sparking cobalt eyes that matches the dark shade of blue of her hair. No father or siblings, only has a mother named Johanna. Age: 17
Drew Hayden~ A green haired boy whose attitude is as big as his ego. Attracts many girls with just his looks and his hair flip. Emerald eyes with a trademark smirk. Used to attend Alder School but is now joining Cynthia High School as a senior. Age:17
Paul Shinji~ A lavender haired senior who always has a dark and antisocial atmosphere. Although, the atmosphere doesn't stop girls from attacking him ^-^ Used to attend Alder School but is now joining Cynthia High School as a senior. Age:17
Ash Ketchum~ A optimistic and dense teenager with spikey, black hair. Warm chocolate eyes and always wears a smile. Quick on his feet for her needs to watch out for girls who chase him. Used to attend Alder School but is now joining Cynthia High School as a : 17( P.S. Flamecom, thank you for reminding me :) )
(Misty's POV)
It was only 5:00 am and Misty was already awake sitting on her bed looking out the window in deep thought. Camping. How hard can that get? You just hike, talk to kids, yell at kids, talk to friends, yell at friends…
" MISTY!" Dawn yelled, suddenly popping out of nowhere. Her high-pitched voice almost made Misty fall out of the bed.
" Don't scare me like that!" Misty gasped, putting a hand over her heart.
Dawn giggled and rested her chin onto the back of her hand. When Dawn raised one her hands, Misty saw an envelope resting on top of her palm.
" What's that?" Misty asked.
" They sent over the tickets for the subway. We're leaving tomorrow so you'd better pack."
After that, she went on to May's bed to wake her up and tell her the news. Grumbling, Misty reluctantly dragged herself off the bed and went through her drawers. She opened her blue colored suitcase and took out all the objects that were still inside.. After taking some time on deciding what she should bring, she settled in bringing a few shirts, jeans, shorts, jackets and a bikini just in case they went swimming.
" That should do it," she muttered zipping up her suitcase.
She dragged it in front of her bed and looked over at her other friends to see them packing too. Well Dawn was. May was still waking out, trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes. Dawn paced back and forth muttering words.
" Let's see. Eyeliner, lipstick, eye shadow, a spare mirror.." Misty heard Dawn mutter.
" Dawn," Misty said exasperated. " We're going to a camp. Not a fashion show. Pack light and useful objects."
" That's exactly what I'm bringing!" she squealed.
Misty rolled her eyes and knelt by Dawn's light pink suitcase grabbing out her makeup and tossing them onto her bed.
" Hey!" Dawn protested.
Misty ignored her and went to her closet.
" Jacket. Clothes. Shorts. Jeans." she stated tossing them towards her. Dawn looked longingly at her makeup and Misty threw a sweatshirt at her face.
" Ow!" Dawn cried out pushing the sweatshirt out of her face. "Why can't I bring my makeup?" Dawn whined throwing her hands in the air.
" You'll survive," Misty said.
" No I won't," she muttered back.
Misty sighed and pointed a finger at her.
" If I catch makeup in your luggage, I don't care if it's your most valuable, I dumping it out into the woods."
Dawn gulped and nodded. Misty smirked in satisfaction and went to the bathroom to change out of her yellow tank top and shorts. She emerged wearing black sweatpants and a blue jacket.
" Where're you going?" Dawn asked.
" Going for a run," Misty called back turning the doorknob.
She closed the door behind her and started jogging down the dorm rooms toward the exit. The Alder kids had been offered a stay here for the night before they went out to their summer projects. Misty didn't even know this school had extra rooms. Their school only accepted one hundred thirty students out of millions of people who wanted to enter and had forty dorm rooms since each room held up to three people maximum. Waving the thought away, she took out her Ipod and plugged her earphones in. Turning on her blue Ipod, she picked shuffle and let the Ipod pick the song itself. Humming to the rhythm of the song, she jogged along the streets towards the park near Cynthia High School. As she jogged along the sidewalk of the park, she heard a voice call out her name.
" Yo! Misty!" the voice yelled.
Misty skidded to a halt and glanced over her shoulder to see a very cheerful face. As he ran towards her, Misty got a better glance at Ash. His messy morning hair had been covered in a red hat and was wearing a blue jacket and black sweatpants to keep warm.
" Oh. Hi Ash," Misty giving a half-hearted wave then resuming back to her jog. Ash caught up and turned around, running backwards to face her.
" Whatcha doing?" he asked.
" Running," she answered rolling her eyes.
" Do you this everyday?" he asked.
" Almost everyday," she replied.
" Mmm."
They went back to silence and jogged together peacefully. Ash suddenly pulled ahead and Misty tilted her head in confusion.
Trying to show off, eh? I'll show him.
Misty jogged a little faster and was soon ahead of him. Then Ash went ahead. Then Misty. Then Ash. Then Misty. Then Ash. Soon, they were sprinting so fast that they left dust scattering behind them. They kept trying to outpace each other until they ran out of breath. Bending over, Ash panted loudly like a dog.
" You run fast you know that?" Ash gasped.
" Thanks," she smirked slightly out of breath.
Suddenly, Ash's stomach grumbled. Misty looked at him questionly.
" Eheh. Guess I forgot to eat breakfast today," he said embarrassedly scratching the back of his head.
" I know a place here that's really good. Wanna go with me?" Misty offered.
Ash offered her a big smile and nodded his head enthusiastically. They walked together silently towards the restaurant.
" Sooo. Camping. What do you think?" Ash said trying to fill in the awkward silence in between them.
" It's going to be okay I guess," she said.
" There's going to be so many Pokémon out there! I'm so pumped!" he cried jumping up in the air. Misty rolled her eyes.
" I especially want to see a Pikachu.. or maybe a Caterpie!" he said.
" Ewww. No bug Pokémon please," she winced.
" Why not?" he asked cocking his head to the side.
" They're disgusting! Slimy, wet, icky, sticky creatures!" she shivered.
Ash snorted and Misty shot him a look.
" Who knew a girl like you would be scared of bug Pokémon." he teased.
" Ash Ketchum!" she cried, her face red.
Ash laughed loudly and had to hold kneel down on the ground so he wouldn't fall over. Misty grabbed out her mallet and Ash's face immediately paled.
" Who's laughing now?" she said smugly.
" AGHHH!" Ash cried running away from her.
" Get back here!" she yelled running after him.
Passersby were giving them weird and amused looks at the two. The restaurant was soon forgotten as the two ran down the streets with Ash screaming his head off and Misty right behind him with her mallet.
(Dawn's POV)
After Dawn finished packing all her materials together, Misty came back her face flushed and her hair a wild mess.
" What happened to you?" Dawn gasped immediately all over Misty trying to fix her hair.
" Nothing," Misty replied swatting Dawn's hand away.
Dawn pouted and put her hands on her hips. Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in her brain.
" Was it a boy?!" she squealed jumping up and down in excitement.
" NO!" Misty yelled. Dawn was sure Misty blushed but unfortunately couldn't tell for sure because of her red face. She wiggled her eyebrows and folded her arms unconvinced. Misty rolled her eyes and made an excuse to got to the bathroom.
" May! Are you done packing?" Dawn yelled from her bed.
" Yeah- almost… haha got it!" May's voice cried out from behind her bed. She came out looking proud with her red suitcase behind her. They dragged their suitcases next to Misty's for tomorrow's leave. It was lunchtime now and May was moaning.
" MISTY! HURRY UP! I! WANT! FOOD!" she wailed on the bed clutching her stomach.
Dawn rolled her eyes at May's childish behavior. Misty came out looking alerted but just saw May rolling on the bed and then fell off it when she rolled too far. Dawn and Misty shook their heads, exasperated.
" Alright, let's go eat downstairs. I think they're serving ice cream and pizza for lunch," Dawn said.
" Yay!" May cheered rushing past Misty and flinging open the door. There was a sudden oof! and hey!
Exchanging worried glances, they rushed outside to see May on top of a body.
" Get off airhead!" a voice cried from beneath her.
Dawn and Misty had just stepped outside the door to see May blushing madly and pretending to look busy by brushing imaginary dust off her clothes. Drew rolled his eyes and stood up shaking his head. Behind him was a laughing Ash and a bored looking Paul.
" Hi Paul!" Dawn said waving her hand enthusiastically.
Paul grunted and turned his back towards them. Dawn pouted and muttered," Rude."
" What are you guys doing here?" Misty asked.
" We were going downstairs to eat when that monster jumped out and attacked me. Of course, I'm not surprised but I didn't expect her to become a fangirl of mine," Drew smirked, flipping his green bangs.
May looked like she was going to attack Drew any second now so Dawn held her back from turning Drew into green mush. Rubbing her temples, Misty sighed and said, " Whatever. Let's go girls."
Dragging May down the hallway, Dawn and Misty were greeted by the smell of food coming from outside the doors of the cafeteria. Immediately, May perked up and yanked herself from Dawn's grasp sprinting towards the door. Right behind her was Ash who was also running towards the food like his life depended on it. Amused, Dawn watched them grab every piece of food on the counter.
" Idiots," a voice said next to her.
Dawn jumped, turning her head to see Paul standing next to her. She didn't see or hear Paul stand next to her. She frowned at her obliviousness. Usually she could tell if someone was behind them or not by their presence like she did with that creepy Connor. But Paul was silent and quick despite his muscular frame. Paul turned his head slightly, raising his eyebrows when he saw Dawn staring at him. Caught, Dawn blushed and quickly headed to where Ash and May were having a contest on who could eat the fastest.
" Is that the way May always eats?" she heard Drew say as she got near the table.
" Yeah. That's May," Misty replied.
Dawn slipped into a seat next to Misty and grabbed an apple from May's tray ignoring her protests. Paul soon appeared sitting next to Drew, his purple bangs covering his eyes. They ate their lunch silently as they watched May and Ash eat till their heart's content. The lunch lady always made extras just for May everyday but was horrified when Ash wanted extras too. Suddenly, a splat of mustard fell onto Dawn's cheek.
" Hey!" Dawn protested wiping it off her cheek gingerly.
" Sorry Dawf," May apologized mouth full of food.
Dawn sighed and accepted the apology. Just when she did, another flick of food had been flung onto her forehead. Misty, Drew, and even Paul looked up at her in amusement. Gnashing her teeth together, she flung the food at May. Splat! May looked up to see Misty, Drew, and Dawn laughing their heads off. Turning red, she grabbed a spoonful of mashed potatoes and flung it at Drew. Then Drew grabbed Misty's water and attempted to splash it all over May but she dodged and hit Ash instead. Looking up incredulously, he grabbed one of his milkshakes and flung it at Drew which bursted open before it reached him and hit everyone at the table. Soon, a food fight was happening at the table and then the whole cafeteria. TWEET! Everyone froze in their places and glanced up to see a very, very angry principal.
" What is going on?" Cynthia roared.
Everyone's head turned accusingly at a multicolored group. Cynthia's eyes narrowed at Paul, Dawn, May, Drew, Ash, and Misty.
" My office. Now."
" It was Misty's fault!" Ash said childishly crossing his arms.
" I didn't even throw anything!"
" Did too!"
" Did not!"
" Did too!"
" Did not!"
On the other side, May and Drew were also arguing.
" Why did you throw mashed potatoes are me?!" Drew roared.
" Because you were laughing!" May yelled back.
" Did not!"
" Did too!"
" Did not!"
" Did too!"
Paul stood at a corner with one of his foot against the wall, rolling his eyes at the commotion. Dawn felt guilty. She was the one who had started everything. If she had just calmed down and not throw food at May, this would've never started. Cynthia was sitting in front of her desk, looking ready to explode. Finally, she did.
" STOP ARGUING! YOU WERE All WRONG!" she roared. The yelling immediately stopped as they all looked down at their feet in shame.
Taking a deep breath, Cynthia looked hard at every one of us.
" Do you know the reason why Ms. Mayfield assigned you that project?" she asked quietly.
" Because she's mean?" Ash answered dumbly earning himself a cold glance from Cynthia.
" It's because the Alder school and Cynthia school are joining together as one. Maybe. That's why we assigned you a project over the summer. To get to know each other so Alder and I can decide if we really want to combine schools together. However on the first day, all of you already started food fights all over the cafeteria!" she said slamming her palm on her desk making us flinch. Cynthia was usaually not like this. She was usually calm and collected. Probably nervous about the big decision of joining schools. Especially since we already started a food fight. Dawn thought wincing.
Then her mind just processed what Cynthia had just said. The room was still. Dawn could see everyone's face, including hers, mixed with confusion and suprisement. Cynthia sat at her desk, observing everyone's face with hands folded on the table. Then the bubble burst when-
" Whoa, you mean me and you joining together? Like as one school?!" Ash cried out holding each finger up and putting them together.
" Wait is that why we now have extra rooms in this school?" Misty interrupted.
Cynthia nodded, knuckles turning white.
" Both Alder and I had a conversation when his students arrived at the school. We both agreed we were tired of trying to outdo each other and debated over which school to go to. Finally, we agreed on taking my location because this school is bigger and there are more individuals who live around here that are aiming for this school. So if we joined together as one school, we would be able to combine all our great ideas as one and become the greatest school in history!"
She stood with one leg on the desk and the other on the chair. Her arm was in the air and she looked like she had just won the Championship again with her famous Garchomp. Realizing her position, Cynthia quickly tried to regain her composure. As she struggled to get down without her leg slipping of the chair, her leg wobbled and she fell off her leather chair. Sweatdropping, Dawn and the others rushed to help Cynthia.
" I'm fine," the principal said, holding out a hand to stop them.
Plopping her butt onto her chair again, she straightened her back and began to talk like nothing happened.
" Anyways, your punishment for starting all this drama is for all of you get back to the cafeteria and clean it up."
Immediately, there was protests from the group. Cynthia slammed her fist on her desk making them shut their mouths close.
" Go," she said.
Dejected, everyone except Dawn all turned around ready to go clean up.
" Is there a problem, Ms. Berlitz?" Cynthia asked quietly.
" I-it's not their fault. It's mine. I started it. Please don't make them do something they didn't deserve." Dawn said bowing down slightly in apology.
There was a moment of silence and then Cynthia said, " Everyone but Ms. Berlitz leave the room and wait outside for me."
Misty and May looked like they were going to protest again but Dawn shook her head. They trudged outside with their heads down and shut the door quietly behind them.
" So ," Cynthia said folding her hands and leaning forward.
" Was it really your fault?"
" Yes. It was." Dawn whispered. She told Cynthia the whole story with her head down in shame. When she finished, Cynthia nodded her head.
" I admire your honesty Ms. Berlitz but we can't just have the janitor clean up all of that and it was true that even though you did start it, the rest of the group fought back too," she reasoned.
" Please. Don't make them do it. I'll clean the whole cafeteria. Please. I'll do it during the night," Dawn begged.
Cynthia hesitated and then finally agreed.
" Don't push yourself okay? We'll cancel all breakfast and lunch tomorrow and you better get some sleep because tomorrow you're leaving for camp. All the supplies will be ready for you. The key to the cafeteria will be under the welcome mat." Cynthia informed.
" Thank you very much!" Dawn said bowing down.
" Tell the others everything is solved."
Dawn nodded and headed out the door. May's and Misty's face lit up as they rushed over giving her a tight hug.
" What happened? What'd she say?" the two asked simultaneously.
" No need to worry! Everything's all under control! Cynthia's taking care of everything. No punishment!" Dawn said giving them an encouraging smile.
Everyone looked at her curiously for a moment but must have not looked close enough and smiled relieving. Ash and May started talking about food while Drew and Misty were close behind them talking about sports. Dawn fell behind the group, her smile disappearing. She knew that she had just lied to her friends but she didn't want them to be joined into the punishment too. If Dawn had told Misty and May the truth, they would've refused to let her do all the work by herself. Of course-
" You were lying weren't you?" a voice came from behind her interrupting her thoughts.
Dawn jumped and turned around. Cold, scrutinizing onyx eyes stared into her navy blue ones. Dawn frowned again realizing that Paul had sneaked up on her again without her noticing.
" Haha," Dawn chuckled nervously scratching the back of her neck. " What're you talking about? Of course everything is solved. No need to worry!"
Paul's eyes narrowed further as he bent down until his face was only inches away from hers. Dawn's cheeks blushed furiously.
"Hmn,"
He gave her a look from top to bottom before leaning back up again to his height.
" Hey! Are you saying I'm not capable of convincing the principal?" Dawn challenged folding her arms across her chest.
" Hmn,"
Dawn tried to glare at him but the icy stare and the atmosphere around him was too negative and scary. Suddenly, Dawn felt like she couldn't breathe and quickly turned her head around to free herself from Paul's glare. When she looked behind her again all she saw was an empty street as though Paul was never there.
It was 8:00 pm and everyone had gone to sleep early because they needed to wake up early the next day. Once Dawn made sure May and Misty were asleep, she threw on a pair of grey sweatpants and a blue tank top. Before she went out the door, she grabbed her pink beats so she could have a little motivation. Then, Dawn quietly crept down the hallways and grabbed the key under the mat in front of the doors. She clicked the doors opened and stepped into the dark cafeteria. The smell of food overwhelmed Dawn's senses as she avoided stepping on anything. She found the buckets and mops on a high shelf in the kitchen.
Did Cynthia really think I could reach up that high?
Taking a deep breath, she jumped and reached for the shelf. Her fingers barely grazed the top shelf and she pouted, tapping her foot impatiently. She searched the cafeteria and finally found a ladder leaning on a wall. Grabbing it, she quickly placed the ladder and stretched the two legs so it could stand on its own. Dawn climbed up the ladder and picked up the mops and buckets. Carefully climbing back down, she grabbed one of the buckets and filled it up with water. Straining her muscles, she hauled the bucket of water outside the kitchen doors and settled it onto the floor. Then, she dipped the mops inside the bucket that was filled of water and squeezed it into another bucket so it wouldn't drip. Putting on her beats, she listened to a soothing song and worked hard. She scrubbed, rubbed, cleaned, and washed the tables and floor. Glancing at the clock, she realized it was past midnight. Wiping her forehead, she placed everything in its original place and dragged her sore muscles out the cafeteria. Placing her beats around her neck, Dawn decided to go outside for fresh air. Stumbling out the school, she took a deep breath. Dawn didn't want to go back in, but she really needed to sleep. Thinking hard which was hard because her brain had turned to mush, she suddenly came up with an idea. Weaving her way towards the lake near Cynthia High School, she saw a slanted and long tree that was rustling in the breeze. Dawn climbed up the truck and onto the one of its sturdiest branches. Lying down, she closed her eyes and relaxed her tense body. Dawn listened to the sound of leaves rustling and the sound of wild Pokémon playing and sleeping. She listened to-
" Aren't you suppose to be in bed?"
Surprised, Dawn almost fell off the branch but quickly gripped the trunk to steady herself. Looking down, she saw Paul looking back up at her.
" I needed to go for a walk," she replied waving her hand dismissively.
Please please please don't question me any further.
" At one?"
Argh.
" Yeah. I wake up pretty early." Dawn said. " What are you doing here anyways?"
" Hmn,"
Dawn bristled at the short response and jumped down the branch to stare hard at Paul. It seemed kind of silly though because of their ridiculous height difference. If Dawn were to stand right next to Paul, the top of her head would only go up to his chest.
" Can't you say anything that's more than five words in a sentence?" Dawn said angrily placing her hand onto her hips.
" I don't need to," Paul replied shortly shoving his hands inside his pockets.
Before Dawn could open her mouth, Paul walked away.
" Hmph. How can he be so rude to a girl?" Dawn muttered crossing her arms.
She leaned against the tree's trunk and closed her eyes. Slowly, her eyes drooped and she fell asleep peacefully.