Hello, my long-suffering readers. I have (FINALLY) finished this chapter. It's going to be a quickie, but if you wait until the end, you'll get to see the return of a familiar friend. Well, have fun!

Dedicated to my cousins, Alex and Andy. Be good. ^^


When the woman stepped onto the porch, May could only stare. Her hair, the same shade of green as Drew's, stuck up in three points like a...

"Oh, is it my hair?" she asked, tapping her head knowingly, as May, embarrassed to be caught staring, turned red. "It's supposed to look like a Roselia. A throwback from my coordinating days" She laughed softly.

"That's what I was thinking!" May replied brightly. "Hi, I'm May. I'm a coordinator, too."

Mrs. Hayden smiled back. "Oh, yes, I've seen you on television. The way Drew talks about you, I've always wanted to meet you."

"Mom!" Drew said sharply, blushing only the tiniest bit.

She only laughed. "Look at the time. You two should hurry up or else you'll be late. And, May?"

"Yes?" she asked, still blushing from the last comment.

"Do come back again. It's always a bit lonely here." She grinned as she stepped inside and closed the door.


As they walked toward the moving sidewalk, Drew broke the awkward silence. "I'm sorry about that. She always takes things to the extreme." He swept his hair to the side. "Besides, all I talked about was how many times I beat you."

"You did not! I beat you, too!"

"Whatever." He smirked, then looked away.

Why am I disappointed? she wondered. He's always so aggravating. She frowned. He's the rudest, snobbiest boy I've ever met. He's just stuck up. Her featured softened. I

Stepping off the moving sidewalk, she followed him up a tall flight of stairs. (Are they marble? she asked herself in a mild fit of insanity.) Reaching the top last, she paused and let her mouth drop.

The Metro was a tall, white metal building that reminded May of ancient towers she had seen on her travels before. Its top was a dome and through the middle ran several train lines. It had many windows, wide and panoramic, made of reflective glass so that they couldn't see in from the outside. People streamed in and out of the building, the moving sidewalks barely keeping up with the crowd.

"Come on!" said Drew, gritting his teeth. It was rush hour and there wasn't much time left. Taking May's hand, he dragged her behind him as he wove through the crowds.

"Hey, I'm coming!" May protested.


Inside, it was similar to the terminal May, Ash, Brock, and Max had first arrived in more than a year before (Has it been two? May wondered): busy with crowds and block bots everywhere.

Drew steered her hurriedly to a gate, where he shoved his passport at the blockbot. It smiled, opening its mouth, then closing it. "Proper authorizations. Hayden, Drew." It brought up his photo on its screens. "Have a nice trip!" Its screens turned blue again and it smiled.

May fumbled with her bag belt, finally pulling out the card and pushing it against the blockbot. "Proper authorizations. Petalberg, May. Have a nice trip!" She scowled at the sight of her goofy photo from when she was younger but didn't have time to dwell on it.

They slid into the train, just as the doors closed and the train sped away.

Another card tapped the screen of the blockbot just as another train sped to take the place of the previous one. "Proper authorizations. Berlitz, Dawn."

The card's owner smiled as she stepped into the train. "See you soon, May."


Well...I've been waiting a while for this. Welcome back, Dawn! I'm going to have to do some more research (by the way, I get most of my info from what I've seen and Bulbapedia). Have fun. ^^