I woul like to thank bluejay511 for giving me the idea for this story durring one of the reviews. About time I got off my writter's block. And thanks to everyone else reviewing and supprting me in my stories!

Oh, and I know I frget this a lot: I do not own pokemon or any of the characters except the ones I made up.

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"So what happened again?" Daven asked.

"Last night, I had this strange dream. It was like I was fighting with myself," I said, pacing left and right. Me and the guys were hanging out in the living room.

"You sure you weren't just going crazy?" Ash asked.

"I don't think so," Drew answered for me as he flipped through pages of some of my books from Petalburg for research. "She was crying last night. I think this is serious."

"Still, I don't know what would have happened if I lost," I said, finally stopping my pacing.

"I mean, the more I begun to loose myself, the more I started to forget my priorities. Like my friendship with you guys." I tried remembering more. "All I can think up right now is why would I have that dream that night?"

"Ever think it could be because of that weird gem we found in Dawn's locker?" Daven asked. "Or did you forget all about that?"

"Oh yeah, that gem," I said. "Maybe you're right. You think that's what's causing Dawn and all the other girls to act so weird?"

Ash shrugged his shoulders. "Could be."

"But how come you and Zoey still act, oh I don't know, sane?" Daven pointed out. He got me there.

"Hey May, this look familiar?" Drew asked, stopping at a page. I sat down beside him and looked. My eyes widened when I saw the same gem on the page as a lot of writing in the background.

"What is that thing, anyway?" I asked.

"Says here it's called the Malum Stone," Drew read. "I've heard about this before from Soladad. It's a special kind of resource found in Petaburg."

I narrowed my eyes at the book. "Told ya it had something to do with that place. Kai's behind all this, isn't he."

"We can't jump to conclusions, May," Daven warned. "What other info does it show, Drew?"

"It's magic is used solely on females," Drew continued. "But it couldn't have been Kai. Any guy who touches the stone, well, bad things happen."

"Um, care to narrow that down a bit?" I asked.

"Here, let me try," Ash said. I took the stone out from my pocket and I still saw that weird aura around it. I squinted my eyes so I wouldn't see into it fully. I held it out to Ash. When his finger touched the gem, he looked like a huge bolt of electricity just shocked him. Ash instantly pulled back, grabbing his hand. Pikachu started licking it. I guess that's the bad thing Drew was talking about.

"Woah, I guess Kai seriously didn't do it unless he wanted to fry his hands off his wrists," Daven said, looking at Ash.

"I warned you," Drew said. "The only people imune to the power of these gems are the royal family and... this other family with the last names of Salvus. Actually, the Royal Family is only somewhat immune to it."

I looked won, thinking. "Guess that explained the inside fighting in my head last night then."

Drew chuckled at my comment. "It's the Salvus family that's completely immune to it's power. Luckily, that gem wasn't in your's and Zoey's lockers yet."

"But basically, it wasn't Kai who did it," Ash said, finally letting go of his hand. "It had to be a girl, right?"

Once again, we were stumped for an answer. Man how confusing this all was. Suddenly, Torchic came out of my pokeball. We all starred at it as Torchic began trying to pull me.

"What's gotten into Torchic?" Daven asked.

I was wondering the same thing until my eyes widened. "Oh my god! I forgot! I have a meeting with the Royal Court! You guys stay here and try to think of something. I'll be back later!"

The three boys sweatdropped as I ran frantically out of the living room with Torchic in my arms. I got the golden pokeball from my dresser and used my necklace to get to Petalburg. We arrived there in a flash, literally. I started running down the long path I happened to land on.

Meanwhile, a group of men were chatting when all of a sudden, the two corridors open up to reveal the princess, trying to catch her breath, along with the Torchic in her arms. Most of them sweatdropped at the scene since she was still in her modern clothes, unlike most meetings when she'd be wearing dresses.

"S-Sorry," I apologized as I got up, walking to a desk in the center of the room. In the front of the room was Dacian. Remember? the head of the Royal Court? "So? Why'd you guys call me here?" Whenever no other royal people were here, I acted as these guys were just, you know, guys, except really old. So I didn't have to act or talk proper.

"Well May," said one of them, clearing their throats. "We know you are only at the age of 14 years old, but, after a long period of deciding, we have come to a decision."

I blinked. "Uh, mind explaining what the decision is and what it is for?"

Dacian was the next to speak. "You see Princess, our world of the Past is much more complicated than your Future Home World is. Unfortunatly, our army is in the middle of war. Luckily nothing to big."

"As susual," I mumbled under my breath.

"But," Dacian resumed. "We were lucky enough to come to a deal with their Rulers."

"Rulers?" I asked. As far as I knew, usually it was only one ruler per kingdom.

The Royal Court sweatdropped. "Do you not remember our last meeting with you and your Grandmother the Queen?"

I pondered for a second before making a face and growing a sweatdrop. "Hehe, I think I fell asleep that time."

Most of the Royal Court groaned. Dacian only chuckled at the reactions of his fellow judges. "Anyway, the Kingdom of Aimer is ruled by its three rulers. The eldest being the Prince. The middle child being the Princess. The third and youngest is a Prince as well. Their parents have passed recently."

"Oh, how sad," I said with concern.

"They're managing," said one of the judges. "But they can't rule for too long, since they aren't as experienced in ruling a whole kingdom by themselves all of a sudden."

"So, uh, where is this coming at?" I asked.

"Like I said, we've come to a decision," Dacion announced. "You will be set to marry their prince and become Queen. And as for their Princess, Ash shall marry. And Dawn shall marry the youngest Prince.

My face fell. Not because I was about to unexpectedly become queen, but because of, well, everything. "WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING?!"

All of them starred in shock. They're never seen me this angry before. Some were actaully a little scared.

"I'M ONLY 14! AND YOU EXPECT FOR ME TO MARRY ALREADY?! AND NOT TO MENTION BRINGING ASH AND DAWN INTO THIS! THEY'RE NOT EVEN PART OF THIS WHOLE ROYALTY THING!"

Dacian cleared out his ear with his pinky since I pretty much broke a glass vase with my yelling. "Your marriage may put an end to the current war. It is your duty as a Princess. And Ash and dawn are eligible since one is a skilled swordsman while the other of a powerful sage in training."

"They're only 14 like me! And they can't just leave the future to stay here!"

"They'll be married legally here. They may still reside in the Future, but shall take upon royal duties as the six of you rule the Kingdom of Aimer. As with that, your transports shall no longer be to Petalburg, but to Aimer."

"But-"

"The marriage is scheduled for next week. You are dismissed, Princess."

I was lost for words. I sure didn't take this well, so I was pretty sure the others weren't gonna either.

--FUTURE WORLD--
"WHAT?!" Ash exclaimed. Drew and Daven covered his mouth before anyone in class could notice.

"I know, that's exactly how I reacted," I said, rubbing my forehead.

"Don't you two have any say in this?" Drew asked worryingly.

"Apparently to the royal Court, we don't," I sighed.

"Well What about me? They can't just say I have to marry!" Ash retorted, obviously not admiring this idea.

"Well, look to the bright side," Daven said with a nervous smile.

"What bright side?" Ash and I asked in a pissed of kinda sound, scaring Drew and Daven a little bit.

"Well, for May it's not really considered a bright side since you're already with Drew."

I grew an anime vein as I glared at the dark-green haired boy.

"But for Ash, this might not be so bad," Daven said. "I mean, you might actually find a girl. And who knows. She might actually be a good match for you."

Drew and I starred at Daven with sweatdrops. Didn't he know at all Ash had a thing for Misty. I guess he was oblivious to it.

"Well, I'm not gonna get married," Ash said with a cross of his arms. "And what about Dawn?"

I sighed. "I'll talk to Dawn eventually about the marrage. If she'll ever listen. That stupid gem, it's all Kai's fault."

"And whoever he's working with," Drew added in. "High School sure is hectic compared to life back in Petalburg."

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"What do you think those guys meant by marriage?" Paul asked all of a sudden, surprising Zoey enough to get her out of her book.

"Curious, aren't we," she said, starring at the purple haired boy. "Why?"

He didn't answer, making Zoey narrow her eyes. "You say you're annoyed with them, and yet you're so curious as to what they're up to."

"I swear, those guys, they're not normal," Paul said, still glancing at them across the room. "And May said something about a gem and Kai."

That caught Zoey's attention. "Gem?"

Paul sighed. "Zoey, you're one of the only people I ever talk to, since you never seem to go away."

Zoey grinned. "Let's face it Paul, we're stuck. And apparently, you've gotten stuck with those guys too."

Paul glarred at the red-head. "I'm just saying. Something's up with that gang, something they're hiding from us."

"And what do you suggest you do about it?" Zoey asked, reading her book again.

"Let's try to get to Misty and Dawn. Those two girls hung out with them on the first day, right?"

Zoey nodded. "The only time of the day all the girls ever acted sane." 'But Paul does have a point. Those guys... they're different, way different. And they seem to know what's going on too.'

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"You mean I'm getting married?" Dawn asked as me, her, and Misty ate at the food court in the mall, as usual.

"Aren't you mad about this at all?" I asked, expecting some outburst Ash and I had before.

"It's just a shame I won't be marrying Kai," Dawn sighed, making me sweatdrop as Misty nodded.

"May, you should be happy. You're getting married."

"And why exactly is it happy?" I asked with a sweatdrop. "I know almost every girl looks forward to getting married, but I'm dating Drew. And I'm marrying a complete stranger, along with Ash."

I noticed Misty jump, her girlish expression all of a sudden vanishing. "W-What?"

I cocked an eyebrow. "I forgot to say. Ash is getting married too, to the Princess."

"A-Ash is..."

I starred at Misty for a moment. Was the thought of loosing Ash affecting the hold the gem had on her?

"Misty, like snap out of it," Dawn said to her friend.

"S-Sorry Dawn," Misty apologized. She no longer held that weird look in her that she's had for days. Has she finally realized everything and come back to her senses? If she has, it made me wonder about Dawn.

--DREW'S POV--

"But I can't get married," Ash groaned for the tenth time already. Me, Ash, and Daven were at the park, sitting under a tree, like May and I would back in Petalburg. Pikachu tried to comfort his trainer.

"We'll find a way around this," I said. "But we have a lot of problems on our hands right now. Kai, the girls, the gem, now the arranged marrages."

Daven looked at me. "I'm surprised you're not angry about May marrying someone else at such a young age."

"Why should I? Not like it was May's choice. She's against it just as much as I am." But it wasn't like I was gonna let it slide and let May go. "Same goes for Dawn. But she's too hypnotized to even worry about the marriage."

Ash thought for a moment. "Makes me wonder if she's into anyone."

"I always thought she was interested in Paul," Daven said randomly.

Ash and I starred at our friend curiously.

Daven starred back at them. "What? It's what I think. I mean, at the first day of High School, haven't you guys noticed how Paul was blushing around Dawn and vice versa?"

Ash and I looked at eachother wondering. "No not really."

Daven sweatdroped at his two guy friends. "And you say I'm the oblivious one."

--MAY'S POV--

I walked back home with Drew. It was getting late. And I told Dawn and Ash to come over so we could go to Petalburg. We had to get to my palace because some of the Nurse Joys wanted to talk with us about our weddings or whatever, not that I was looking forward to it.

"I can't believe we're still at a dead end," Drew said with frustration. "We're not getting anywhere."

"I think I found out something," I said. "First off, I told Misty and Dawn about the whole arranged marriage event. Dawn didn't react so much as Misty."

Drew cocked his eyebrow. "Misty? She's not even getting married."

"Yeah, but Ash is." I can still remember she hadn't said much after our talk at the food court. "It's obvious Misty liked Ash before this whole Kai thing. Maybe the fact he's getting married is starting to break the hold that gem has on her."

"Hm, that is strange," Drew said, trying to think. "What about you? You still are getting married and you're more worried about the others."

I smiled. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. That fiance of mine won't be getting me to say 'I do' even on my dieing breath."

Drew chuckled. "So you'll be dying on your wedding day?"

I hit him in the arm as I started racing back home. He smirked and started running too. Little did we know some people were watching, and the least people we expected too. As we ran, I suddenly felt my body come to a halt. I stopped running suddenly, having Drew crash into my back and fall down. Kinda ironic since it would usually be me who fell down.

"May? What's the matter with you?" Drew asked rubbing his head.

"I-i don't know," I answered, a little bit if fear in me. "I-I can't move my body."

"What are you talking about now- Woah!"

I turned around swiftly and almost punched Drew on the ground with my fist until he rolled over, inches away from my hit. "May what's gotten into you?!"

"I don't know! I can't control myself!" I continued trying to fight Drew as he continued dodging and blocking my attacks.

"That's it! Roselia come out!" Drew threw his pokeball into the air and our came Roselia. Over the past few days, we were able to get Roselia her own pokeball. And to her surprise, Rosellia was wondering why I was fighting Drew. "Rosellia use Stun Spore!"

She hessitated at first, but obeyed Drew and shot a yellowish powder towards me. Within no time, I lost all feeling in my body. I started to fall until Drew caught me. I breathed out a sigh of relief. "Boy am I glad that's over with."

"What happened?" Drew asked worryingly.

"Dunno, but something took control of my body and I began to fight you. I couldn't do anything to stop myself."

Drew narrowed his eyes. "Just when I thought things couldn't go weirder. Rosellia, take May's Bag."

Rosellia nodded and got my school bag. I starred in confusion. "Why?"

"Obviously, you can't move. So what use is it in carrying your own bag? I'll just carry you back to the house. The Stun Spore should wear off in a little bit. We shouldn't keep Ash and Dawn waiting."

I blushed and smiled as he stood up, walking. But, we were still being watched.