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~Drew's Memories~

Drew's POV

~A few weeks ago~

"What? She's dead?!" My eyes widen at the news. She couldn't be! "There's no way! What happened?"

"There was a fire in the kingdom. Apparently the whole royal family died because there were no survivors. None of the bodies were identified either." My father said stiffly. He knew it was a sore subject to me, seeing how fond I was of Maybelle.

There was no way. No way at all would Maybelle die. I don't believe it. I clenched my hands as I paced around the throne room. Tears gathered in my eyes. I tried to grasp the feeling I had the first time I met her…

~Flashback~

10 years ago

"Dad, I don't want to go meet some dumb princess." 6-year-old Drew mumbled as his father pulled him into his lap. His father laughed at the young prince's nervousness, considering how many maidens he had already met. They were off to meet another possible bride in Petalburg Kingdom.

"Drew, it's not right to call someone dumb." Drew pouted in slumped father down in the carriage.

"But it is true isn't it?" Drew said to himself as in prepare himself for the torture that would come.

Finally, the carriage arrived at its destination, Petalburg Palace. Drew hopped out of his seat and ran into the forest before his father could scold him.

Meanwhile, a small girl played at the edge of the forest with her torchic. She lifted her head as she heard a shifting in the bushes. A small boy with green hair popped out.

"Are you lost?" the small girl asked.

"No way, I am definitely not lost." the boy said roughly to the girl. He didn't want a girl to think he was a wimp and definitely not this one. He thought she was cute, in fact she radiated cuteness. She had big sapphire blue eyes and her brown hair was had a doggy style to it. She wore a short pink dress with grass stains all over it.

"You're so mean! Just because you might be a prince, you shouldn't be rude to people!" she stuck her tongue out. "Grasshead!"

The boy scowled. "My name is not Grasshead, Airhead!" Secretly, he was very amused at how the girl was reacting. Every mean comment he made caused her to turn red and puff out her cheeks. Somehow, he found it cute.

"I am not an airhead!" the girl protested. "I have a name!"

"Well so do I!" the boy yelled.

Unnoticed to them, Drew's and May's Dads were watching them from up the hill. May's father, Norman, chuckled. "They sure get along well." He said. Drew's father agreed. He never saw Drew that enthusiastic to meet someone before.

"You're so annoying lettuce head!" May screeched as she tightened her hands into a fist. She tripped over a tree trunk as she tried to walk away.

"Clumsy."

"Stupid."

"Glutton."

"Waah! Daddy! He called me fat!" May wailed as she pointed at Drew. He tried unsuccessfully to calm her down.

"I did not!" Drew protested.

"Yes you did!" May argued.

"Drew? Did you?" Drew's dad asked.

Drew lowered his eyes to the ground. "Yes, father."

"Apologize to Maybelle right now!" His father said sternly.

"I'm sorry airhead."

"WHY YOU!"

~Flashback Ends~

"What are we going to do? I mean my fiancé is dead…" I manage to choke out.

"I think it is a good idea to have contests to see who is most talented." My father said thoughtfully.

I grimaced at the idea. "You mean to have millions of girls in this palace trying to compete with each other?"

"Of course! How did you think I met you mother?" my father chuckled at my expression. "Besides we will have to employees and Pokémon check their true nature when they are in the halls."

"What about me?"

"You will use a fake name and wear commoner's clothes so they don't pretend to be nice to you."

I smile slightly. "This could work." I said to father. Secretly, I didn't know what would happen.

And thus was how the idea started.

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