All who guessed were correct!!! It was the Vultures, and here are the people who guessed: SurferGirl14, Ikarishipping4ever, Jellyfur, Inuyasha-and-Pokémon Girl, and imsunprincess54.

But none of you guessed the right ones! My beta-reader and friend, shortnsweet615, guessed it correctly! It was a hard one too, and Jellyfur and imsunprincess54, it wasn't either Hailye or Enga, but Kyra! Remember? The one who introduced the May to the Vultures? Great job, shortnsweet615!But all of you guys, great job!

So this chapter is dedicated to SurferGirl14, Ikarishipping4ever, Jellyfur, Inuyasha-and-Pokémon Girl, and imsunprincess54.

Also, forgive my French! I may be wrong! Just bear with me and correct me if you know, and if you don't know then don't be taking my 'French' words for granted because I might not be accurate.

Leaf's POV

I watched Misty twirl her blue mechanical pencil in between her slender fingers idly. Sighing, I turned away and looked out the window.

Gosh! Can't school ever end? It was the last period of the day and I was itching to just get out of there! Not to mention I was pretty steamed about May going back to the Vultures. It was all Kyra's fault – that's who had been calling her.

"Class is dismissed," my teacher said with finality and frustration when the bell rang. All the students immediately shot up and raced out the door, and I hid a smile.

Misty walked alongside me as we walked to our lockers. "I still can't believe the field trip was canceled,"Misty grumbled, shoving through the anxious crowd.

"Me too," I agreed. At the beginning of class, our teacher had announced they had canceled the field trip. There was a chorus of disappointment but our teacher had stood firm and wouldn't tell us the reason.

"They did?" one of the girls in our class who came late, Jenna, I believe, asked with disappointment.

"Yeah, that's right," Misty muttered. "Great, great, great."

"At least Dawn doesn't have to be so freaked out at the prospect of being with two guys," I piped up helpfully, and Misty nodded.

"Good for her and not for me," Misty added dismally. "I was looking forward to it." I rolled my eyes. Typical Misty: always ready for a school thing.

"Hey, Leaf!" Gary shouted from the other end of the hall. I looked up, surprised he was that far already. Then I shrugged; the students had no respect and ran throughout the corridors like they were at track. "What?" I called, irritated.

"Don't forget soccer practice! The game is tomorrow!"

"Oh, darn it!" I complained. "Stupid, stupid soccer…"

"I thought you liked soccer?" Jenna asked with surprise while gazing dreamily after Gary. Oh yeah, I forgot to add that she's a fan girl of Gary…

"Yeah, I do, but I lightly twisted my ankle yesterday," I explained. Jenna nodded.

"Misty! Leaf!" Marina yelled, running towards us.

"What?" Misty questioned.

"I'll be late at home today," she answered, breathless from running from the other side of the school, where she had been.

"Why? What's wrong?" I inquired. She shook her head.

"Nothing's wrong. I just have a longer dance practice," she said.

"Oh, alright," Misty nodded. "See ya!"

"'Bye," Marina lifted her bag onto her shoulder and raced down the hallway again.

"I have to race Ash again…" Misty grumbled.

With Marina

Marina walked out of the school after slowing down to a leisurely stroll. She couldn't wait! Dancing was her thing, and she was ready to go perform! Her teacher, Ms. Melissa, agreed that she had a natural talent for dancing.

"Marina!" She looked up and saw Jimmy waving to her. A smile crossed her face as she walked over to him.

"Hi, Jimmy," she greeted. "What is it?"

"Nothing, I'm just saying hi," Jimmy said. Marina smiled, but didn't say anything. Jimmy grew awkward and he cleared his throat.

"I'm going to be late for dance class," Marina said worriedly, looking at her watch. "If I walk…I'm going to be late…" Jimmy was broken out of his trance.

"Oh. Um, I could take you there," he offered. Marina looked up, her aqua eyes sparkling with gratitude.

"Would you? Thanks!" she exclaimed, giving him a hug before realizing what she had just done. Jimmy returned the hug carefully and led her over to his car.

"Ohmygosh!" a girl screamed. Marina sighed.

"Does Jimmy have a girlfriend?" another cried.

"Are you seriously that popular?" Marina asked. "I don't believe it."

"Believe it," Jimmy replied, pulling the car out of the parking lot and driving onto the street. "Where to?"

"Fantina's Danseurs," Marina answered. "Translated from French to English: Fantina's Dancers."

"It's sounds better in French," Jimmy commented. Marina nodded with a laugh.

"I agree."

"…"

"…"

"So…where exactly is it?"

"Not too far from school…in fact it's right there!" Marina gestured wildly to a tall, painted white building in front of them.

"Hey, are you taking French?" Jimmy asked suddenly.

"Yeah, why?" Marina said, surprised.

"No reason. Who's your teacher?"

"Ms. Melissa, my dance teacher. She's from France." Marina pushed the car door open and grabbed her bag.

"Hey, do you mind if I stay and watch?" Jimmy inquired. "I've got nothing to do today: it's my teacher's day off."

"Sure. If Ms. FantinaMelissadoesn't mind," Marina replied.

A/N: Okay, so now the French words come in. The translations will be like [this], okay?

"Marina!" a heavy French-accented voice called from the doorway. They looked up to see a tall, slender woman with purple hair in four buns. She had on a purple, puffed up dress with sparkling fabric and a yellow cross on one side. "Bonjour!"

"Bonjour," Marina replied. "It means 'good afternoon', in this case," she added for Jimmy's benefit. He nodded.

"Is this your ami? [boyfriend?]" the woman asked. Marina flushed.

"Oh no! No, he's not!" Marina cried rapidly. "He's just a friend." The woman smiled knowingly and Jimmy got the feeling he knew what the woman was talking about even though he didn't understand French. A heated flush spread across his face as well. "This is Ms. Melissa."

Ms. Melissa walked forward and shook hands cheerfully with Jimmy. "Good to meet you," she smiled in her accent. "Come to watch?"

"Um, yes…"

"Parfait! [Perfect!]" Ms. Melissa gushed, casting a smug look at Marina, who bit her lip. "Come to the back, yes?"

"Okay…" Jimmy allowed himself to be propelled to the room where he could sit on the bench and watch. Is Marina doing ballet or what?

"Marina, go and change, then dance," Ms. Melissa commanded. Marina nodded, walking to the back and emerging a few minutes later in a blue outfit of a skirt, shirt, and tights with slipper-like shoes.

"So, how do you dance?" Jimmy queried.

"I just dance," was Marina's response.

"Twirl and duck and twirl again!" Ms. Melissa called out, and Marina obeyed. Ms. Melissa called out some more commands and turned on music that Marina responded to. Jimmy didn't take his eyes off of her while she twirled and swayed to the music, a fixed pleasant look on her face as she continued.

She's amazing…Jimmy couldn't help but think.

He's nice…Marina was saying to herself. I don't want them to like us though, because it's due for heartbreak when we leave…back to Vera Town.

With Dawn

Dawn's POV

"Stupid teacher, stupid class, stupid school, stupid everything!" I raged, running over to the gym. I was so focused on my indignant anger that I didn't pay attention to my surroundings and I smacked into something – or someone, but that was unlikely – stone-hard. I landed on my back. "Ow…"

"Watch where you're f*****ggoing, troublesome girl." A cold voice growled. Déjà vu. Is this going to be a regular occurrence?

"Um, hi, Paul," I greeted meekly, looking up. To my surprise, he was wearing the violet jacket I had given him for Christmas! "You're wearing my gift!"

Paul looked at his jacket. It was similar to his regular one except it was just more purple instead of blue and navy. It wasn't a pure purple like a girly kind, but a more neutral and boyish shade.

"So what?" he asked finally.

"I didn't expect you to wear it," I answered honestly. Ugh, he looks so…No, Dawn, you do not go thinking these thoughts!

"D**n troublesome girl…" Paul grumbled, walking away from me. I realized that I was still on the ground and he hadn't offered to help me up. I also realized that he had just swore. TWICE!

"Jerk!" I proclaimed loudly and angrily, getting up and slipping on the wet grass. "Ugh!"

"Are you okay?" I looked up and saw Barry's concerned face. He offered me a hand and I took it, getting up. I dusted myself off and smiled, adjusting my hat on my head.

"I'm fine, Barry," I replied. "Today's just not my day." That was true. I had gotten a C+ on my math test, stumbled through science with the lab substance getting on the floor, misread a history passage and gotten a B- on the questions, and didn't understand the concept we were learning in Language Arts. Not to mention the run-in with Paul earlier.

"So you're fine?"

"I'm fine." I blinked at him, smiling gratefully. "I just have to go to gymnastics now and hopefully I'll do fine on that."

"Good luck," he agreed, giving me a smile.

"See ya!" I called as I walked into the gym.

Maylene met me with a smile. "You're right on time."

I would usually come a bit earlier.

"Sorry," I apologized. "I got held up." Maylene nodded.

"It's fine," she replied. "Let's go."

"Okay then…" I raced into the changing room. I didn't want to be late!

"We are so ready to play the soccer game!" Leaf declared, pumping her fist in the air. She pulled off her jersey and throwing it on the ground. Her turquoise tank top that was underneath was sticking to her back because of her perspiration, and she was thankful for the cool breeze that blew her hair back and cooled her bare shoulders and flushed face.

"We're playing Citrine High," Khoury told her. He was rolling a soccer ball back and forth with his foot with anxiety. "And I've heard they're really good."

"C'mon, buck up, man!" Lyra called, running over to them from the track. She wasn't wearing her uniform so Leaf assumed that the track people had finished about ten minutes ago. "You've practiced for so long it would be a shame if you weren't confident!"

"Yeah, I guess…" Khoury still looked uncertain. Gary sighed.

"Listen to your girlfriend, Khoury," he grumbled, twirling the ball on his finger. Show-off, Leaf thought with amusement. "Hey, Leaf, nice moves you got there," Gary added. "It was great when you kicked the ball."

"Thank you, Oak," Leaf responded coolly. Gary walked towards her but she immediately stepped away and knocked the still whirling soccer ball from Gary's hand – to slam against his face.

"Ow! Leaf!" Gary shouted, holding his face. "What the h**l was that for?!" Leaf stiffened at the swear word in his sentence but responded coolly as before.

"You were being a jerk," she stated coolly, and Gary sensed that Leaf had changed. He also realized that he had just sworn in front of her and he remembered – too late – that Leaf and the rest of the Tigresses did not like swearing in any form.

"Leaf, let's go before you kick his butt," Misty suggested, coming up and nodding to Lyra, who took Leaf's other arm.

Ash stayed behind with Gary. "Looks like she nearly kicked you're a*s," Ash chuckled.

"Shut up, Ashy-boy," Gary muttered.

May hissed as she slammed the tennis ball back at her opponent.

"That's it, Maple, keep hitting!" her teacher encouraged.

May sighed and hit it back, scoring her final point. "Hah!" she taunted her opponent, a short, freckled girl with a red mess of hair. The girl stuck her tongue out at May and walked to the side.

"Who's next?" she challenged. So far she was undefeated and she was planning on staying that way.

"Hayden! You're up next!" Winona called. May looked with shock at the boy walking towards his side of the court with a racket in his hands. He looked back at her coolly and flicked his hair.

"Drew! Drew! Drew!" his fan girls cried. May rolled her eyes.

"Serve," she invited. Drew's green eyes narrowed and May's heart fluttered.

"Focus, Maya!" a sharp voice commanded. May looked up and saw Hailye's smoldering eyes glaring at her with a look that seemed to say Drew's my guy! May sighed and readied herself for the match.

Drew's emerald green eyes were blazing with emotion, and May wondered idly what emotion it was. He was too far away for her to distinguish his features except for a set jaw and clenched teeth.

"Ready or not, Maple," he called.

"I'm ready!" May shot back. Drew shrugged and served. May hit it back beautifully and Drew gave more power to the return.

Winona and the rest of the tennis players watched in awe as the two continued in a furious match. Drew had his anger fueled by an emotion that was steady and continuous while May's fury was short-lived and exhausting. Winona could tell which one would win the match.

As usual, the tennis teacher's prediction was right. May was so weary that she missed Drew's return, and it hit the court perfectly – resulting in Drew winning the match.

"Game, set, match!" Winona announced. "Andrew Hayden wins the match against Maybella Maple. Maple, please go into the right court while Hayden, you can stay in the center court."

May stuck out her tongue at Drew, and he half-smirked.

"What's wrong, Maple? Three years old at a loss?" he called smugly. May instantly glared at him.

"No!" she declared. "I was just tired from the other matches that I won."

"Of course, May, of course," Drew said calmly, "Use your excuses." May fired up.

"Those are not excuses!" she raged. "You think you're so great, and–"

"Maybella Maple." Winona interrupted their fast-growing argument. "I asked you to move to the right." May walked over to the right court sullenly while giving Drew another nasty look. He just smirked at her, but his eyes were distant.

May swung angrily at everyone who was her opponent. One of them was Brendan, and he swung at her, causing the ball to go high over her head. Determined not to let it go, she leaped off the ground in a bent and wrong position, and swung at the ball with all her might. The ball rocketed off of the floor, leaped into the air, and fell back on the ground, resulting in May winning.

But May had jumped in a bent position, and she fell, landing awkwardly on her left leg. There was a sickening crunch and May cried out in obvious pain. She fell forward, holding her leg with her hands.

Drew looked back at the field and saw May on the ground, her left leg bent irregularly in a position that made him shudder. Realization hit him and he took one fierce swing at the ball before running over to May.

"May!" Misty screamed, and Leaf was crying out the same thing.

"I'll bring her to Nurse Joy," Drew said, looking over to them. They nodded fearfully and Misty whipped out her phone, calling Ash and telling them to hurry, while Leaf phoned Dawn and then Marina.

Drew lifted May up gently, and decided to hold her bridal-style since it was the easiest. He looked anxiously at what he was afraid was her sprained leg, and he raced immediately to the nurse's office, ignoring the funny looks his schoolmates gave him when they saw one of the Lions running through the halls with a cute and unconscious girl in his arms.

"Nurse Joy," he panted at the secretary.

"Why?" the secretary asked, peering at him with blurred eyes. Drew groaned. Apparently Ms. Natane had been replaced by a half-blind substitute woman.

"I have an unconscious girl with an injured leg in my arms," Drew seethed through his teeth. "I would like to have Nurse Joy check over her."

"Oh my!" the secretary exclaimed. "I'm sorry, sir, but Nurse Joy is out running errands." Drew groaned.

"Drew? What's wrong? Why is May unconscious?" a familiar voice cut through and Drew sighed in relief as he recognized the voice.

"Solidad, thank God you're here. May hurt her leg during tennis," Drew explained, looking down at May with worry on his face.

"Well, has anyone called the doctor?" Solidad asked, sounding calm.

"Misty has," Drew replied, going out of the office and nearly running into Misty.

"Finally!" she burst out. "I've called the doctor and he's here, outside the school. Hurry."

Drew nodded in response and they took off down the halls, Solidad following.

"Oh dear," the doctor muttered, looking at May, who had been gently laid down onto the soft grass. He had introduced himself prior to the current time as Dr. Matthews.

"What's wrong?" Leaf asked, fearing the worst.

"Her leg is broken," the doctor reported. "In two places. Very badly."

"No!" Misty cried. "But she…"

"Ms. Maple has a 30% chance of not being able to walk properly again," Dr. Matthews continued in a low voice, not wanting to upset the others. "She may continue to walk at a limp for the rest of her life."

"What can we do to prevent that?" Gary questioned anxiously, afraid Leaf was going to cry. Leaf seemed to be on the brink of doing just that; she was worried immensely for her friend.

"I recommend she goes to a hospital," Dr. Matthews replied. "It lessens the percentage of her walking with a limp and who knows? Maybe they'll be able to fix up her leg completely."

"But I don't get how she could have broken her leg, twice, and very badly, on a tennis court with only a leap," Ash said, puzzled.

"She landed quite awkwardly and harshly," the doctor explained patiently. "Her leg had buckled from under her and her complete weight was balanced on that one leg. If it hadn't, then I'm sure the damage would be less. Also, a stress of something, or anger, might have caused her to fall harder than usual." Drew's fist tightened.

"Should I call an ambulance?" Khoury offered.

"That would be better than a car ride," Dr. Matthews agreed. "Do so, please." Khoury nodded and dialed his phone.

"Please send an ambulance to Diamondé High," Khoury said. "We have a student, May Maple, here, who is unconscious and has a badly broken leg. We have a recommendation to a hospital by a learned doctor…yes, it was sudden. Thank you." He hung up and pocketed the phone. "Two minutes," he stated.

"Thank you," Lyra said to Khoury, unusually serious.

"There's nothing to do but wait," Dr. Matthews reminded them. "We can try to straighten her leg – it might help." Drew nodded.

"Would a ruler work?" Ash asked. "I know it's not much but…"

"It would work," Dr. Matthews said, trying to hide a smile. "It's straight, so at least Ms. Maple's leg wouldn't be in an angle." Ash pulled out a long ruler and handed it to the doctor, who set May's leg straight and then tied it around her leg with Leaf's scarf.

"Ms. Maple?" a man asked, coming from the ambulance.

"That's Ms. Maple," Drew confirmed, gesturing towards May. The man (who's name tag said Sam) signaled to his companion, and they lifted May gently onto the bed in the ambulance.

"We have room for three people in the ambulance," Sam said. "Who's coming?"

"I am," Drew said, and glared at the rest as if daring them to defy. No one did, but Misty stepped forward.

"I'm coming too," she declared, but her voice was trembling and her eyes were filling with tears.

"So am I," Ash said, sensing Misty needed comfort.

"Alright, kids," Sam agreed. "Hop in."

At the hospital, Ash and Misty filled in the right forms for everything and got the information on where to locate May later if wanted.

Meanwhile, Drew stayed with May in her room, Room 23. He looked at her, wondering how on earth May could have joined the Vultures. Sighing, he leaned forward towards her cheek and he didn't pull away.

"Sir? I'd ask you to leave now," a nurse said. Drew jumped up, cursing in his mind.

"Okay then," Drew agreed. He left a rose (without the thorns) beside her bedside.

Thorns aren't always sharp…

Done with the chapter! I hope you liked it! CS a bit…though I think I failed….*hangs head sadly* Oh well! I'll do better!

Next chapter (12th chapter): Miss Independent.

The Tigresses – except for May, of course – volunteer to help Salvation Cross. Misty is the determined leader and goes around asking people for donations and doesn't care when they reject her. Ash sees the youngest Waterflower sister in a different light. POKÉSHIPPING.

In the B-story (thank you for explaining this, SurferGirl14), May gets two visitors: one when she's awake and begs her to reconsider, and the other when she's asleep. When she wakes, she finds a letter with a fresh and lovely bouquet of red roses, addressed to her, by her side.

What could be in the letter? Who is it from (I bet that's easy)? And what on earth is Salvation Cross?

Next, next chapter (13th chapter): Harsh to Gentle.

Yes, the number 13 is significant! Geez.

Anyways: May is now recovered and can walk perfectly fine as before. She ignores Drew for the fear of Hailye's anger turned on her and tries to avoid Gary at all costs for the fear of Enga's fury. Her friends are worried for her because they never get to see May at all. But her friends decide to stop their … well, nothingness and they forbid May to go to the second party Enga and Hailye have invited her to.

In the B-story, Dawn is getting more and more insecure about her friends. May is completely changed, and reverts to snapping and even hurting her friends physically. One night, she goes outside, not knowing where she'll end up. And she finds out she made a huge mistake.

Also, she finds out that someone (hint: not Paul) has been crushing on her and it breaks her heart to tell him she doesn't return his feelings.

Okay, one more thing!

Next, next, next chapter (14th chapter): The Robins Established.

I'm not going to tell you what this is about! I will later, though. Review please!!!