Chapter 6: Was It Fate?
So far: Max has reluctanly agreed to meet with the girl he saw at the plaza.
Dylan's dragons returned with the girl. Max wasn't sure he was ready.
"What if she doen't like me" Max asked nervously.
"Maybe she won't, but it will all work out." reassured Misty.
"How do you know" asked Max, eyeing her.
"Well, when I first met Ash, I was angry at him for wreaking my bike."
"Hey, technically, it was Pikachu" retorted Ash.
"Pikapi" said Pikachu warningly, sparks flying from his cheeks.
"And if she doesn't like you at first, I'll help you try again" vowed Brock.
Max sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, Max." said May. "It'll work out."
Max turned and looked at his sister. "What do you know? You didn't tell Dylan about your crush on him until now"
Dylan's temper got the best of him. "Listen, squirt" he said, lifting up Max by his shirt collar. "You didn't have a crush on anyone until now"
May put a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. "You can put him down now."
Dylan set Max back down. "Sorry." he said.
A knock on the door made Max jump.
"She's here." said Dylan with a satisfied grin.
"I'll get you for this." muttered Max as he went to answer the door.
There was the girl, with her long, black hair, partly hidden under a winter hat.
She had a confused look on her face, but her eyes were
full of fear.
An Azurill was purched on her shoulder, sitting on
its tail, looking as confused and afraid as its master.
Her name was Carol.
She was sitting in her cabin with her big
brother when she noticed a Flygon looking at her through the cabin
window. The Flygon motioned to something out of view to come
closer. To Carol's shock and horror, a Charizard, Dragonite,
and Salamence came to the window. The three Pokemon got
excited when they saw Carol. The Dragonite, obviously the
gentlest one of the group, motioned for Carol to come
outside. Carol, nervous but curious, put on her jacket and
such, and went outside to the four awaiting Pokemon. The
Dragonite lifted her up, and placed her on the Charizard, which gave
a mighty roar, and flew off, leaving the three other dragons to
follow. The cabin door opened, interupting her thoughts. A
boy about her age was standing there. He wore black glasses, a green
polo shirt, and tan shorts. "H-hi." he
said. Max felt his stomach flip-flop like
it did when he first saw her. He never noticed the Azurill on her
shoulder. Max quickly turned towards his friends. They all
gave him a look that said Introduce yourself! "I'm Max."
he said, sticking out his hand. "Carol." said the
girl, shaking Max's hand. "Come in."
Carol entered the cabin, feeling very
nervous and afraid. One trainer,
the oldest, has spikey hair and dark skin. He was sitting on the
couch, reading a book. Another trainer, with dark hair and
blue eyes, was making something in a pot, then poured it into seven
mugs. A girl with brown hair was helping the dark haired boy.
Carol assumed she was the dark-haired boy's girlfriend. The
final two trainers were sitting on the loveseat. The boy had black
hair covered by a Hoenn League ball cap. A Pikachu was sitting on top
of the boy's head. The girl had red-orange hair and was
resting on the shoulder of the boy with the Pikachu on his
head. "I'm Ash." said the boy with the Pikachu. The
red-haired girl introduced herself as Misty. Max came up and
said "Why don't you take a seat" "I'm Carol"
she said as she sat down. "And this is my Azurill, Splish." The
Pikachu lept of Ash's head. "Pikapi" it said happily. Ash
laughed. "He wants to play with Splish" "Azu"
Splish jumped down to play with Pikachu. "Hot Chocolate,
everyone" called the dark-haired boy as Pikachu and Splish ran
off. "By the way" he said to Carol as he handed
out the mugs. "I'm Dylan." "I'm May, Max's
sister." said the brown-haired girl. The spikey-haired
trainer said he was Brock. "Carol,
would you like to spend the night" asked Max. "Sure!
I just need to tell my brother." "So"
asked Misty. "She should be with her family" Dylan
shook his head. "Nope, Christmas is a time to be with loved
ones. We spend time with our family on New Year's. It's no
problem." "Yeah" agreed May. "We could
have a slumber party"We can watch movies and eat
popcorn" "Sounds good to me" said Brock.
Max grinned. This was going to be a very
She spotted five other people in the cabin.
They were all Pokemon Trainers. Carol could tell by the Pokeballs
attached to their belts, just like her brother.
"Wait a sec"
intrupted Ash. "But tonight's Christmas Eve"
End of Chapter 6