Hey! My Christmas present to you guys! I was supposed to catch my flight to Frankfurt yesterday, but THERE WAS A FREAKING POWER FAILURE! I WAS SO MAD! I mean, Sweden NEVER has power failure. Not that I'm complaining (much), because then I wouldn't be here, writing this chapie!

Paul: We get it! Now be quiet! We want some peace and quiet! I would prefer Antarctica right now.

Me: What'd ya know, the crew is back.

Dawn: You bet we are and we're mad as well.

May: Who told you that you could ship us to Antarctica anyway?

Leaf: Exactly! Who do think you are? *thinks a few seconds as I open my mouth to respond* Don't answer that.

Gary: You messed up my hair! It was floppy for who knows how long! And it took me 4 hours to straighten out the tangles once we came back!

Drew: Not to mention that the cold weather made my roses wither! Not to mention poor Roselia who turned into an ice cube!

Misty: The water was frozen! You told me that we were going to a tropical place, like Brazil for example, but nooo, you SEND US TO FREAKING ANTARCTICA!

Me: Is it just me, or is it only the girls who are complaining?

Gary and Drew: *Glares* Just you.

Me: *smirking* you sure? I was certain that it was only the girls.

Drew: Exactly, you were certain, and whatever you think is right, is always wrong since your better judgment is way off by miles.

Me: MISTY! I WANT YOUR HAMMER! DAWN AND LEAF! OPEN THE DOOR OF DOOM! MAY, HELP ME RESTRAIN HIM!

Drew: What? No! What did I say?

May: You put your foot in your mouth again.

Drew: Come on May, help me out here! I won't tease you again!

May: *An evil look passes her face* this, will be sweet revenge!

Me: *Hit's Drew with hammer*

Dawn and Leaf: *opens the Door of Doom*

May and I: *pushes Drew inside*

Ash: Gary, be glad that you didn't say out loud that she was a diva.

Gary: SHUT UP ASH! *Sneaks a peek at me*

Me: Leaf, looks like we have one more passenger to the World of Doom. Let's take him to the door that leads to the World of Doom. (P.S: The Door of Doom and the World of Doom are different,).

Leaf: Understood.

Me and Leaf: *Grab Gary and push him into the World of Doom*

Me: Anyway, we have two more guests staying with us now, so let's give them a round of applause!

*everybody, except Paul, start clapping as White and N enter.*

White: Hello everybody?

N: What's up? Weren't Drew and Gary here a moment ago?

Paul: You don't want to know.

N: That's a first, the stone dude speaks.

Me: Carrying on, let's begin!

DISCLAIMER: Forestrose10 does not own Pokémon.


Chapter 9: And the Rest of the Jolly Crew.

Misty POV

I walked down to the little cove that belonged to the school. It was amazing that the school had a cove of its own. Most academies don't even have cabins for each student! I sighed as I followed my rather small group to the cove. I would have thought that crowds of people would charge to the beach, but now I see that only about 14 people (not including myself) are attending.

"Ok class," boomed a voice out of the blue, making me and others jump slightly. "My name is Wallace, and my companion you're about to see is my trusted Milotic."

Ahh, Wallace. The guy we saw on the first day with the cape and barrette. Also, he was the water technique field's teacher, so bound to become one of my favourites. And did he just say MILOTIC? A pokéball was thrown up into the air, a sea-serpent like shape glowed brightly before fading away to reveal the stunning and gorgeous Milotic. I stared at it all starry-eyed before I spotted someone familiar with a cap that had a pokéball logo on it and a Pikachu on his shoulder. I gasped involuntarily as I recognized that person to be Ash.

"Is anyone here a water-type Pokémon fan?" Wallace asked. I instinctively raised my hand, though only half my mind was paying attention while the other half was wondering why Ash was here. "Yes, you with the fiery orange hair?" That brought me back to Earth. I looked around and saw that I was the only one who had raised my hand and that Wallace was informing me.

"My name's Misty, Mr. Wallace and I'm one of the Gym Leaders at Cerulean City. I love water Pokémon and I'm aiming t become a water-Pokémon master."

"Ahh, so you're a Gym Leader for Cerulean City? I've met your sisters then, Violet, Daisy and Lily. The Sensational Sisters, they are. If you're a Gym Leader at your current age, then I can promise you a bright future Misty," Wallace gleamed. I smiled brightly back before thanking him. He told us that we were about 5 minutes away from the beach, so if anyone wanted to change into their swimsuit, they should do it now in the changing rooms. Since I had prepared for this occasion back in our dorm room, I continued straight towards the open water. It's going to be so great to feel the water splash against me again.

I felt someone tap my left shoulder, drawing me to a stop, making me turn around and face said-someone.

"Hey, you're Misty right? I'm Ash, if you remember, and this is my buddy Pikachu" Ash smiled and waved with one hand. He was...okay...I'm not going to be like everyone else and call him cute...even if it's true. He was wearing a white polo shirt with a blue vest jacket on top. He wore black swim shorts and blue flip-flops and was carrying a small backpack and a towel hung around his neck. Heck, even his Pikachu had matching shorts and towel in same manner. That, my friend, was adorable.

"Yes," I answered warily.

"Did you hear what Wallace just said?" Ash asked, looking sceptical. Shoot, no I didn't. I was busy daydreaming about the cove, water that lapped around my ankles, the white, sandy beach by the shoreline. I started to drift deeper into my own world, only to be shook back to reality. Literally. Ash was shaking me like crazy. Once I came back to my senses, I whacked him with my mallet.

"What was that for?" I yelled. Hasn't anyone told him not to mess with a red-head?

"You wouldn't listen to instructions! Wallace said that you need to have a buddy in this trip, if not now, you will need one later for the activities. And I don't know anybody here, and the girls would kill to be my partner, and I find that creepy, not to mention the guys are weird. So, can you be my partner?"

"Wait, you need a partner? Well..." I sighed. This wasn't how I'd plan my vacation, but orders are orders. "Fine, since we have to have partners, I'll be your partner."

"Great! We're going to have so much fun! Hey, who's your Pokémon partner?"

"My partner? Let me see, I don't really have one specific Pokémon that I use all the time, but if it has to be the one I have out for almost all the time, it has to be Togepi. I have Togepi out right now, so yeah. Next would be Poliwhirl and Gyrados. I also have a Starmie and a new Lapras. And of course they're all high levelled, well; maybe not Togepi since it's still a baby Pokémon. But I like to think that all my Pokémon are number one ya know?"

"I hear ya. It's the same for my Pokémon. I have Lucario, Grovyle, Charizard, Buizel and of course my partner Pikachu. Say, you said that Togepi is out of its pokéball right now. So where is it?"

"Ohh, Togepi, it's taking its afternoon nap, so it's sleeping in my backpack," I explained as I shrugged of my orange backpack to show Togepi's sleeping egg form. Pikachu climbed onto Ash's hat to get a better view of Togepi. Then, Togepi's form started to alter from sleeping mode to normal mode. Togepi gave a cute sleepy yawn before rubbing the rest of its sleep from its eyes. Togepi looked up at me and cried happily. Then it looked around and saw Ash and Pikachu smiling down at it.

"Toge, Togepriiiiiii?"/ Who are they?

"They're new friends of ours, Togepi. This is Ash and Pikachu." Why did I just call them friends? I barely even knew them. Well, you got to start of somewhere.

"Pika Pikachu Pipipi"/ Nice to meet you.

"We should head down to the beach ya know, since everyone's headin' down there," Ash said, scratching his neck while at the same time wearing a broad smile.

I rolled my eyes before answering. "Gee, how'd ya work that out Einstein? Anyway, thanks for pointing out the obvious by the way,"

"Are you saying that I'm stupid?"

"Ashy boy, I'm saying that you are. Now let's go."

As I marched down the cobble pathway that gradually merged with the silky, soft white beach, I thought that I heard Ash mumble something.

"What's that?" I snapped at him. Immediately his head snapped up.

"Nothing, I just said that I never met anyone with your...personality in about 570 years," Ash chuckled.

"Ha, 570 ye- say what?" I froze, as I re-thought about what I was about to say.

"570 days. What's wrong with that?" Ask inquired, looking completely natural as if I was the one who was weird. Though, I could see a bit of nervousness in his eyes. Hey! Not my fault that I (and my BFF's) see people's souls through their eyes!

"Uhh nothing, except who counts the amount of days has passed...each day," I asked sceptically. No way was he going to squirm out of this one. Last time, he sounded as if was going to say 120 years rather than days.

*Flashback*

The battle between May and Drew was ragging on as if there were no end. I looked to my right and saw Gary silently shaking his head

"It happened again," he had said, with disbelief as he stared at Drew, who was now shocked in place. I got the feeling that I had missed something.

Then I saw Ash run up to Gary and say in an unbelievable tone, "But he had stopped with it! This never occurred in the past 120 ye- Ouch! Paul! Stop hitting me! I meant days you know!

*Flashback end*


Ash POV

That girl. She has a unique personality that fits only for her. She loves water Pokémon, cares for others, and has a position as a Gym Leader. So could it be that maybe, just maybe that she's the one? The keeper of the Waterdrop?


May POV

"My dad said that Unova was a whole new world to him, and that he' love to go there for a longer time the next time he goes there. He had planned to stay there longer, but he started to miss his family, so he got each of us back a souvenir as a 'please forgive me' present as to staying there weeks longer than attended. We didn't mind, well, at least mom and max, my little brother, didn't. I had to be Gym Leader for those 2 weeks instead of following my true passion; participating in contests. My mom got an Audino to help her with her work, my brother got an Oshawott and I got...guess," Currently, I was talking to White about what I know about Unova so far from what my father old me. We still had another 5 minutes till arrival.

White had told me that she, along with her friends Cheren and Bianca, had set out for their journeys to explore Unova more thoroughly. During their journey, they had to split up to walk their own separate ways. Bianca had aimed to become a professor since her battling skills weren't nearly as good as White's or Cheren's. Cheren is aiming to become champion of Unova, and White wants to explore the other regions. White had said that along her path to the future, she had bumped into an organization –known as Team Plasma- that was said to be working for what's best for Pokémon by liberating them trainers. She met up with N on her way to challenge Striaton City when she found out later that he was supposedly the king for Team Plasma. But she defeated him after befriending a very close friend of hers now. She wouldn't tell me what Pokémon she befriended because she thought that it was best that way, so I naturally didn't press her about the topic any longer and moved on to what I knew.

"Let me see, a Tepig?" she guessed.

"Nope," I answered, popping the 'p' in 'nope'.

"Excadrill?"

"No"

"Lillipup?"

"Not even close"

"Give me a hint"

"It's a fire and psychic type Pokémon and it's rare."

"Rare huh? Let me see. Volcarona?"

"Uhh, I know that that's a fire type and it's rare, but it's not psychic"

"Victini?"

"Bingo."

"Oh my Reshiram, you got Victini? Can I see it? Do have any idea how hard they are to find now days?" White squealed with joy.

"Sure. Victini! Come here, and turn visible please," I called out. I had let Victini out earlier when I went to get a sandwich. Victini appeared in front of me and looked at White with outmost curiosity.

"Victini, I'd like you to meet White. White, this is my Victini," I briefly introduced.

"You've got yourself a very happy and energetic, not to mention healthy Victini here May," White complemented as she inspected Victini.

"Your name's May huh?" Interrupts an arrogant voice. I groaned in frustration as I recognized Drew as the owner to said voice.

"Hello to you too Drew," I mumbled. Great, the seizure has begun.

"Stop mumbling February and speak out loud for a change."

I snapped my head up in response. This was what I was bullied upon in 4th grade. Especially by one kid with a green headband, who kept on beating me up once every Friday. Why he hit me, I have no clue.

"What did you call me?" I growled. I had forgotten all about White for a moment and concentrated on the jerk in front of me. I didn't even that green haired shadow behind him that went towards White because I was too blinded by rage.

"Oh, nothing that you would ever have to worry about March," Drew replied smugly. He apparently found his new game or whatever. In any case, he found this amusing.

"Why you-"

"Attention students. We are docking at Mt. Magi, please prepare your luggage and line up with camping partner of your choice. Not that you have to be in groups of four. Mr. Blaine, Ms. Flannary and Mr. Brock will be waiting for you at shore. Thank you."

I turned my attention away from the overhead speaker and spoke to Drew instead.

"Listen, I've got to go find White. This isn't over by the way!" I stomped off, but not before Drew walked past me and threw another rose at my face. I stared at the red rose, yet again, stunned by its beauty. I heard Drew say 'It's for Victini' before walking off, most likely searching for his friend. I took the rose gingerly in my hands and walked off to find White.


White POV

"We meet again, White," says a recognizable voice next to. I had walked to the back of the ship when May and the green haired guy started arguing. I currently was leaning onto the cold railing and staring out into the horizon where the golden sun merged into the ocean. I could see a few Lapras' swimming towards the sun and even a few Wingulls. I turned around to face N when I heard his voice. He still looked the same, with his long, tea green hair and matching soulful, understanding and caring eyes. He wore a black long sleeved turtleneck with a white/ off white collar shirt with a few buttons unbuttoned at the neck. He had beige jeans and a black and grey cap to top it off.

"Hello, N," I replied. "It's been a while, hasn't it? What have you been up to? How's...you know who? And what is Ghetsis up to?"

"My, my White, you haven't changed. I've been busy travelling around, just like you and wanted to try out at this Academy. Didn't expect to see you here though, that was a pleasant surprise. And Zekrom is absolutely fine. He sends his regards to you and Reshiram. I don't get it why you won't say their names. And my father- I mean Ghetsis- he-he-he," N sighed and gave up with his sentence. I knew that this was all hard for him with his father setting him up and everything. We had just received a call from Looker last month that someone had gone over to the prison and demanded Ghetsis to be freed. That didn't work with the guard, so they forcefully took him out. "Honestly, I have no idea what he's up to. I mean, he has always kept me in the dark, I didn't even know his real intentions as he planted the idea of Pokémon liberation into my head."

I immediately felt bad for him and gave him a small, friendly hug. He relaxed a bit and also put his arms around, returning the hug. Some people might think that this was 'more than friends' sort of thing, but hey; you do hug your best friend right? Most of the time everybody thinks that Cheren and Bianca are my best friends, but they're not. Sure, we've been together through thick and thin, but they didn't understand me that same way as N does.

"Attention students. We are docking at Mt. Magi, please prepare your luggage and line up with camping partner of your choice. Not that you have to be in groups of four. Mr. Blaine, Ms. Flannary and Mr. Brock will be waiting for you at shore. Thank you."

I pulled away from the hug and looked up to him. "Wanna join me and May?" I asked. I was not sure if my best friend had found a friend here or not, but just to be safe.

"Sure, why not. I just have to tell my friend. It did say groups of four, right?"

"White!" I looked over N's shoulder to see May running over to me.

"Hey May, I would like to introduce my best friend, N. N, this is may, who has a Victini that her dad, the Petalburg City Gym Leader, got her when he visited Unova," I quickly introduced. "Oh, and can he join our group?"

"Of course! We have to be four, so we need to find one more person though," May pouted stroking one hand under her chin.

"Oh, I need to find my friend; he will be joining us, if that's okay with you," N asked May.

"No problem! In fact, problem solved, I mean, the more the merrier, plus, I'll bet that he's great!"

"N! There you are. For a second I thought that you had left me," said the same green haired boy May was arguing with earlier. Oh boy, this wasn't going to be pretty.

"Drew! Guess what, we're part of a group already. Meet my best friend, White, and my new friend-"

"April, what a pleasant surprise," Drew greeted. I could see May steaming with anger.

"May," N finished, obviously lost to the situation. I briefly explained what had happened before to May and Drew, only to have him groan slightly as we watched the two go at it again.


May POV

No. Way. I'm going to be stuck with Seaweed Head for 1 and a half weeks. Could this trip get any worse? Of course I just had to ask that, because things were going to get much worse. And somethings that were out of our wildest dreams, were about to come to life.


And that's a wrap!

Drew: Finally, we've started. Though at this pace, a snail would out run you!

Me: Whatever, I'm tired. I started to write this at 12 o'clock and now it's 23:42! Good night! Hopefully, I'll be able to catch my flight tomorrow, because it just had to start snowing... a lot! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

Forest-Rose