Secret of the Earth and Sky!
Chapter 10- Realization
"That's what the story was…"
"So my parents… they are 'presumed' dead?" May glanced solemnly.
"That's what Diane and I know. After all, they could have probably faked it and then worked undercover as someone else while they're still here. But I do know that they have given their whereabouts to certain people."
"Such as?"
Butler hesitated. "I shouldn't be telling you this, but even if you did know, these people wouldn't give it away anyways… Dawn knows… Wes and Rui know… um… The Dex holders know…. Well, some of them… But I don't think any of the Union knows… Nor do they know about you…"
"What?!" Barry exclaimed. "The Union doesn't know that Kate and Keith have a child?"
"I don't know why they didn't tell Erma, Hastings, or Looker, but I bet it was for May's security. But they'd eventually find out."
May wasn't listening anymore. She was spacing out. She had remembered learning about Kate Smart in school once. That book… about Rangers… She was rather interested in that page the most… But she didn't know that she had any relation to this woman… Then she remembered reading about how Kate had stopped Team Dim Sun by uniting the Tears of Princes… Wait… Just like the dream she had! She wondered…
"My powers…" May startled the silence. "How did I get them if I was not related to Dawn?"
"You're now related to Rui. That counts?" Barry joked. "But… she is Kate's distant cousin, so maybe that's impossible… But I know that Rui mentioned that a Gifted person always shows first signs as a baby, but you had none of those signs. And besides, that fireball thing was probably something no Gifted person can do… Well, Dawn doesn't like to use her powers anyways, so no comparison for that."
May looked away.
"I think I'll need some fresh air." May got up from her seat to exit the wing, where it lead immediately to the main hall. Just as she was going outside to train, a small pair of arms flung around her waist.
"May!"
"Max! What are you doing here?" May looked down at her once- brother.
"Hello! Brother!" Max waved his hand at her face. "Mom and Dad said that I could some see your Gym Battle and Contest for real here, so they dropped me off here!"
"You came just to see me?" May looked at Max with pleased eyes. He nodded, and was given a warm hug. Then a voice interrupted their reunion.
"Um… Are you forgetting someone? I need a hug, too…"
May spun around, her sapphire eyes meeting the emerald eyes.
"Drew!"
Drew got a hug, too, and a smug smile from Max. The green-haired Coordinator flushed red.
"You came for the contest?" May broke away, still smiling. Drew smirked again.
"Of course. I'd beat you now in the finals." He then brushed away a lock of hair that fell on his face with his right arm, causing May to gasp in horror.
"Drew…" May grabbed his arm. "What happened to your hand?"
"Oh. I fell of a tree trying to catch a Trapinch."
Max raised an eyebrow. "Trapinch don't climb trees."
"Well, it was actually a Ditto and-"
"Anyways," May cut off the lame explanation. "As long as you're here, all is well!"
She was rather happy to see her brother and her rival, but her head was flooding with questions.
Why did Norman not tell me about my parents?
What were those shocks she had the previous nights for?
She then remembered the package that Norman had given her… She had let go off Drew as she headed to a bench to open her backpack, revealing the brown package. She then closed it again and decided to retreat for the dorms… Diane, Barry, and Butler watched May go up to her room.
"I guess I'll be leaving… Dawn was heading for some non-Pokemon region. Some place called Japan and then Italy…" Barry was gathering his stuff as everyone else looked at him in confusion. "What? She didn't tell me anything much about what she was doing there!"
They all brushed off Barry's sudden digression. Drew went outside to train, Max ran after May, and Barry was already out the door, leaving the magician and his assistant alone.
"I wonder how May is doing with her contests…" Butler suggested to Diane. She nodded.
"May! Open up! It's Max!"
May fell onto her bed with the package in her arms, ignoring Max's protest to enter the room. Carefully, she tore open the paper that covered it to reveal a strange red device among the items.
The young trainer had no idea what it was, but it looked like something to put on the arm at the wrist. A small circular probe-like object was attached to the top end of the device, while a flap-like computer took up the rest of the space. She flipped the device over in her hands, noticing several dents beneath. She placed it aside and began to examine the other contents of the parcel.
"So this was what they were…" May talked to herself as she observed a picture of a couple in a red, black, and white uniform. The woman she recognized so clearly as the older version of the young female Ranger she saw in her textbooks. Now not only was she "that ranger in the book." Kate Davies Smart was her mother. She was the daughter of a historical figure… May quickly put it aside. It was too overwhelming for her to realize this. Then the final item caught her eye. A Pokeball.
"What's this doing here?" May picked it up and opened the capsule.
A little blue penguin stood before her, chirping uncontrollably. It then made eye contact with the trainer with some sort of recognition. It then jumped at her feet and began to hug them in fear. May bent down and picked up the penguin.
"Lup?"
"It's okay." May held it close. "No need to be afraid."
The penguin gave her a stare and leapt from her arms.
Since when did I get scared? And why are you talking to me?
May only stared. She could understand this Pokemon, too. The penguin looked into her sapphire eyes and then gasped.
You can't be… May, are you?
"Y-yes…" May answered, slightly shaken. "I guess you belong to Kate."
Right… your mom, of course! And I'm Piplup, by the way.
Piplup walked to the door in a usual manner and turned to May.
Now, can you please open the door?
"No, Piplup." May solemnly bowed down her head. "My brother outside would trample you."
Oh. Piplup gave an understanding glance and then jumped onto her bed, noticing that May was shoving the picture of her parents and the red device into her backpack.
You should keep watch on that red thing at all times. Piplup said in its proud informative way. Who knows how it can help you?
May just looked at Piplup in shock.
"How do you know about this?" May asked.
You don't think that a Pokemon Ranger's partner is ignorant of that red device!? Where have you been!?"I'm not a Ranger." May answered flatly.
Well, then I guess I'll have to help you with this Ranger thing.
"How are you, a Pokemon," May exclaimed. "Going to teach me to be a Ranger!"
You'll see.
"FINALLY! MAY! WHY DID YOU SHUT THE DOOR ON ME!?"
And Max had to resort to using his dad's Munchlax. May sighed.
"Take the other bed."
Back to the Villa where the Elite Four resided, Marley was reading some Edgar Allen Poe book, Dawn was going through some papers, and Barry, Buck, and Riley were shouting at the TV, watching some PokeFootball Game.
"Come on! That Scizor must be on steroids!" Buck started yelling random things.
"Oh! Be quiet, Buck!" Riley, who was usually calm, unless it was PokeFootball, lay back on the couch.
"Keep it down, will you?" Marley nagged at her two noisy friends. Barry only looked back at Dawn. She had been so hooked up about the papers she had been given. He had never seen her so serious in his life.
Ding-Dong!
Marley, being the closest to the door, got up and opened the door. A blond haired mailman was standing before her, holding a silver suitcase with him. Since when did mailmen carry suitcases? His eyes were of a dark brown color, and he had a crooked smile. Marley could notice that a mustached man clad in a suit was standing behind the gate bushes.
"I would like to deliver a package to Dawn Platinum personally." The man asked in a kind tone.
"Dawn!" Marley called to the Champion. "Someone is here to see you."
Dawn calmly got up and strode to entrance, immediately noticing the man at the door.
"This had better be important," Dawn sternly looked at the man.
"Don't want to end up in a hospital without a bad reason, Hikari?" the man looked down at her. She was head shorter, after all.
"No need to worry about that." Dawn smirked. "I just want to know what's going on before you pull me out the door and make my friends worry."
"He needs your help." The man said, trying to get the message through clearly without blowing his cover, for someone could be watching them any minute. Dawn completely understood the statement and headed back into the house into her room.
Grabbing a brown like box and a dark purple ring, she shoved the two items into the pocket of some utility belt. She took her black jacket and put it on, hiding the belt. She then came back to where her friends were still hanging around.
"Where are you going, Dawn?" Barry approached her as she was about to leave unnoticed through the doorway. He noticed the blond man.
"Oh, please don't tell me you're with that baby kid ten years ago." Barry muttered, but Dawn placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It's all right, Barry," She reassured him. "I'll be fine."
Barry sighed and gave an understanding nod as she exited the door with the blond mailman following after her. Barry could only raise his eyebrow in suspicion.
"Looks like she'll be coming back with more bruises and cuts like she did at fifteen." Barry spoke to himself as he retreated back to the football game, leaving Dawn and the mailman alone behind the gate.
"You seriously need a better disguise than that, Dino." She playfully slapped him. The man chuckled back and replaced his mailman coat into his normal brown leather coat. The other man hiding away behind the bushes came towards them.
"Shall we get going, boss?" the man asked Dino, who nodded in response. He then turned to Dawn.
"How long has it been since you retired, came back, and then retired again?"
Dawn only sighed. "I guess I'm out of retirement again, am I?"
Dino only laughed. "Come on, Hikari, we have a boat to catch, unless…"
"Okay. But away from the Villa." Dawn smirked at him. They walked to the town square and into the Pokemon Center where they found a way into the storage room. Dawn then put the purple ring on.
"Let's go." Dawn looked to Dino and the other man, and a purple sphere engulfed them, and within seconds, the sphere compressed itself, and the three of them were gone.