Excelsior Emerald Academy

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Chapter 10: For You I Will (Part 1)

"Hey we're still on good terms, right?" the white-haired trainer asked as he looked back at his roommate.

The green haired coordinator put on a deep silver tie and a dark jet black tuxedo over his white suit shirt. He checked his collars and looked at the corsage on the table. He wondered deeply and sighed softly. The beautiful rose was a deep dark red and he looked at it wistfully. He always pictured it to be on May's wrist…but-

"Hey," Brendan said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah…we're good," Drew said sadly.

"You aren't mad cuz I stole your girl right?" Brendan asked with a grin.

"She was never my girl," Drew replied.

The coordinator hated this more than anything… Arrogance. Sure he was once like that, but after a string of lost battles, he learned that the attitude had to change. Gary had taught him that. Brendan was still smirking and looking at the time. It was only about a few minutes from the time he said he would pick May up. Drew's anger died as he walked by Brendan and slid his ID card through the slot. The door opened almost instantaneously. The emerald-eyed boy stopped and slightly turned his head.

The top coordinator walked two steps out as the door across from him opened. A young and beautiful girl was standing in the doorway. She was wearing a strapless, long dress with layered ruffles of black and white towards the bottom. Drew looked the tips of her slender feet wearing pearl-white high heels. He looked into her sapphire eyes with a kindness in his emerald ones.

May looked back at him and never saw a more handsome figure. His eyes were filled with the same serenity she had fallen for. His deep black tuxedo made the young man even more attractive. Unfortunately, she lost her breath and a deep crimson blush crept across her face. Drew looked at her puzzled, but then moved aside as he closed his eyes and Brendan stepped out from behind him.

"May! You look beautiful tonight!" Brendan shouted in glee.

"Uh, thanks Brendan… You too…" May said with a forced smile.

"Am I missing anything?" Dawn asked, poking May from the back.

The young brunette turned around and saw the Dawn. The blue-haired coordinator from Sinnoh was wearing a peachy pink dress and looked very cute. Drew chuckled to himself as he walked towards May. Brendan raised an eyebrow as Drew bowed. He reached out and took May's hand. Dawn beamed… Drew knew that May was trying to gather to courage to speak to him.

May could feel her face blush even more as the boy kissed her hand. Drew felt her soft skin brush against his lips. The green-haired coordinator lifted his face slowly and looked into her eyes. The feeling was mutual as he lifted his head up again and-

"Shouldn't you go find your date now?" the white-haired boy said hastily.

"What? er…Okay," Drew said.

The handsome young boy then walked away. May reached out her hand to him, although she knew that he would never turn back. Brendan mistook this as he caught her hand out before her and handed her a corsage. May looked nervously at it, but then smiled once more. This was a night to remember right? Dawn sighed behind her. Why was fate playing against May and Drew?

"All right, shall we go?" Brendan asked.

"Yeah," May replied.

"Hey, I'm going to go with Ash, Misty, and Paul on Ash's Lapras. Are you two coming or do you have another mode of transportation?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah! Let's go!" May shouted happily.

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May stared at the amazing palace before her. Technically it was a vineyard, but the most magical of all. The young girl's eyes sparkled at the glittering rows of grapes by the side of the well-lit dream-like palace. Ash, Misty, May, Brendan, Dawn, and Paul all walked in through the magnificent mahogany doors.

"Wow, Drew has spared no expense…" Dawn said in a dreamy voice.

"What do you mean?" May asked, trying to be careful not to trip… These shoes were…difficult.

"Well technically, our class was supposed to raise the money for our dance, but since Drew offered to pay for it all, our treasury went to building contest and battling stages in Excelsior," Dawn explained.

The brunette walked inside and looked around. It was a magical night… The halls were decorated with sweet scented candles and there were tables covered with silk covers with a small bottle of apple cider for each person. May's eyes gleamed at the crystal stone. Someone shone a light towards it and a blast of beautiful rainbow colors lit the room. The young girl walked forward and couldn't help her sadness… She was supposed to go here with Drew. Deep down, she wondered if he did all this for her… May took a seat at the front table right below Drew, who stood stoically on the stage.

"Welcome, juniors of Excelsior Emerald Academy. I am Drew, for those who do not know, and I have been your class president for the last three years," Drew announced.

May soon heard an eruption of applause and cheers. She sat quietly towards herself, and thumbed around with her corsage.

"The theme of tonight's dance is 'For You I Will' and we're going to show Excelsior that we will throw the best junior prom ever!" Drew shouted.

More applause and louder cheers. Drew smiled as May looked up at him. Was there something in the air? May herself was always good at being oblivious to these things.

"And before we start our night, I have the great honor of presenting this year's Prom King and Queen," Drew started and soon paused. "Jimmy and Marina!"

Jimmy walked up the stage with Marina as the two stood up on stage and the emerald haired boy placed a crown on Jimmy's head and Darra placed one on Marina's. Jimmy looked at Marina and Marina stared back into him. Suddenly, Jimmy embraced Marina and they kissed passionately. Everyone started to holler and scream loudly. May stood up and applauded them as tears came out of her eyes. She couldn't tell if it was of joy, or it she was saddened because Drew vowed with her to get that title.

"Now, I've been talking for way too long," Drew said. "All right, as class president! Here's my gift to you!"

The music blasted out of the speakers and May got up from her seat. She couldn't enjoy this night with Brendan. Her heart hurt too much for anything right now. The young brunette lifted her dress slightly so it would not drag across the floor and walked towards the beautiful balcony.

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"Drew?" May asked softly.

She hadn't realized it, but the young green haired coordinator was sitting off the edge of the balcony, staring out into the skies. Everyone else was inside dancing and having fun. The boy had a bottle of apple cider in his hands and he chugged it down like beer. May walked over to the damaged boy and stared into his once lively, now blank eyes.

"Drew," May called out.

"What?" the boy replied coldly.

"I wanted to tell you, that I'm sorry for what happened with Brendan that same night. But he's the one who kissed me, not the other way around. I tried to get away from him as soon as possible, then you showed up in my dorm," May explained softly.

"It's not that," Drew said finally.

"What?" May asked, totally confused.

"I did this all for you May. The vineyard, the decorations, the candles, the crystal, this balcony, everything…" Drew said hazily. "I just wished we could've… could've-"

"Came here together?" May asked hopefully.

"Yeah, well, why don't you go in? Have some fun?" Drew asked.

"I'm fine out here."

"Where's Brendan?" Drew asked. "Thought he should be drooling all over you now."

"I'm feeling just dirty about that, thanks," May said annoyingly, but then smiled.

"Since when are you afraid to get dirty? As I recall, that thing in Goldenrod-" Drew said with a cocky grin.

"Be quiet. That was only because that…necklace you gave me fell in the swamp…" May reminisced.

Drew laughed at his own comment and sipped his cider once again. May brushed away strands of hair from his eyes, like he used to do when they were kids. May sat down next to him and placed her hand on his cheek. The brunette pulled the bottle away from his mouth and leaned into him. She kissed his lips passionately and the boy kissed back. Neither wanted to pull away or look away. May had fallen into his charm and his spell as she held his face tightly towards hers.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!" shouted a voice.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Drew felt some fist fly across his face. May opened her eyes and saw Brendan punch Drew. The brunette screamed as the green haired boy hit the stone wall behind him. May saw every inch of the scene in slow motion. Blood had trickled down his head and he gently, fell off the balcony. Plummeting to his death, May screamed again and tried to catch him. His hands slipped through her grasp and the boy with green hair, fell…

"Drew!" May shouted. "DREW!"

She glimpsed Drew fall through towards the darkness and tears formed in her eyes once again. His head was bleeding and he fell down from the fourteenth story of the building. The brunette started to scream and cry at the same time, praying that Drew would be okay.

"May! May!" Brendan said. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean for that to happen."

"Get the hell away from me!" May screamed as she tried to rush towards the elevator. "DREW! DREW!!"

"May! Stop!" Brendan shouted.

The music was insanely loud and it was lucky for Brendan that no one could hear May screaming. He ran up to her and clasped his hand over her mouth. May tried to scream, but it was all muffled and she could not even breathe a word anymore. Brendan tightly held her close to him as he frantically looked around. He couldn't have May shouted out to the world that he had killed Drew… The truth seemed hard to believe, but Brendan knew that he could not reverse time.

"I'm sorry May," he whispered softly.

May wondered what that meant as he hit her head. The powerful blow made her vision hazy and soon enough, she was unconscious. Brendan carried her to the elevator and pressed the 'down' button. Soon enough, the door opened and he walked inside with the beautiful girl in his hands.

"Hey, is she okay?" a student asked.

"Yeah, yeah, she's just dizzy from the lights and loud music," Brendan said, faking a smile.

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The girl's vision returned to her as she frantically looked around. She tried to scream again, but she couldn't. There was a cloth bound around her mouth. She tried to move, although her hands were tied behind her with terribly rough rope. May tried to resist her bindings as she realized that her feet were bound to separate legs of the chair itself. Suddenly, she saw Brendan and cold sweat began to drop down from her forehead. The boy walked up to her and pulled the gag away from her mouth.

"If you promise not to scream, I will keep that out of your mouth," Brendan warned.

"What…what are you doing?" May asked. "Untie me Brendan!"

"If I do that, you'll go running to tell the authorities about Drew. I'm sorry, but I have to stay in school. The story is that Drew drank too much and knocked his own head on the wall and fell down," Brendan said. "We'll just go with that, okay?"

"Yeah…he got drunk off apple cider," May said sarcastically. "Let me go Brendan, your stupid story isn't going to work. And if you want to keep me silent, you'll have to kill me," May said menacingly. "You killed him! And you deserve more than expulsion!"

Suddenly, May began to scream, hoping someone nearby would hear… Wherever they were. She knew that she was in a supplies closet but not much else. Brendan then walked up to her and placed the gag back in her mouth. The young girl could feel the cloth tightly against her mouth and she tried to wiggle it off, but he had tied it too tight.

"Hey, hey, we can still have the junior prom you've always wanted," Brendan said brightly. "Forget about Drew, he's gone… I mean, it's not like I intentionally tried to kill him. So we should try to enjoy the prom we have now."

Brendan took out his knife and May tried to back away from him. The boy lifted the gag off her mouth and kissed her passionately. May tried to squirm away, although her hands were just bound together too tightly. Tears formed in her eyes as she thought of Drew…lying lifeless, where ever he had fallen to. Now Brendan was delusional, thinking May had truly loved him. The boy placed his hands around her face and held her close to him.

-ring-

Brendan looked at her purse and realized her phone was ringing. He opened it up and saw that Dawn was calling. The boy replaced the gag on her mouth and slowly opened up her phone.

"Hey, May! Where are you? There was this cool song and I think-" Dawn started.

"May is unavailable at the moment," Brendan replied.

"What? Where is she?" Dawn asked with alarm.

"She went back to the school. Seeing Drew with Brianna must've hurt her. She dropped her phone on the way out. But you and Paul enjoy your night," Brendan replied.

May tried to scream as loud as she loud, hoping that even a muffle would've made it through the phone speakers. Brendan then walked away from May, hoping Dawn didn't hear any of that. Dawn heard a slight scream and imagined May… Could Brendan have done something to her?

"What was that noise? Are you sure May isn't with you?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Listen Dawn, Paul is waiting," Brendan replied as he closed the phone.

Brendan kneeled down towards May and then took out the gag once again. He continued to kiss her with fervor and May could not help but cry. The tears streamed down her cheeks like a flowing river. Someone please help! Anyone! May screamed in her head. Dawn! Paul! Ash! Drew! Anyone!!

Author's Note: Ahh, yes the suspense is growing. And I updated quicker since I waited so long the last time. haha. Anyway, I hope you review and there is only one more chapter after this one! Within the next chapter some questions will be answered like what happened to Drew and what will happen to May. Some other questions that will be answered include who the real admin of EE is and why Brendan can't escape his fantasy world where he thinks May loves him back!

I hope you had a lot of fun reading this as I have, writing this! Thanks again for your support and please REVIEW!