Chapter 13 – The cat is out of the bag

"Never thought that we will actually win…" Paul stated as he was walking with his friends back to their hotel while looking at the light blue ribbon in his hand.

"They were amazing! Never thought that Gallade will listen to Sara and Gardevoir will listen to Ryan" Ash stated.

"They are amazing but there is something that they are missing…" Drew said.

"What do you mean?" Ash asked, Paul and Gary looked at Drew. Drew stopped and think for a while.

"It's… it's as if… they were focused on beating someone more than having fun the contest…" Drew replied.

"They entered the contest because they love it, they don't mind winning or losing, they enjoyed the contest until they met a certain person" Paul explained, everyone looked at him.

"What?!" Paul asked when he noticed their gaze on him.

"How much do you know about those twins?" Gary asked

"More than you"

"Where did you get these information?" Ash asked

"Troublesome and Maria"

"You know something that we don't know" Drew stated

Paul just grunted and continued to walk. "HEY PAUL!" Drew called out as he ran up to him and forced Paul to look at him.

"What do you want Hayden!?" Paul asked annoyed.

"Tell me!"

"Tell you what?"

"Tell me what you meant by saying that I need to get Ryan and Sara to acknowledge me!?" Drew asked angrily. Gary and Ash looked at Paul with questioning look.

Paul pushed Drew away and said "Why should I?"

"Cause I want to know! Who is their father?" Drew asked

"What are YOU going to do once you know who their father is? Are you planning to kill him?" Paul asked back

"I feel like that they are -"

"They ARE May's children and they ARE your children as well" Ash cut in.

Drew faced Ash with wide eyes and Paul face palmed and Gary gave Ash the look of 'Nicely done you idiot'

"What? What did I do?" Ash asked when he noticed Paul's and Gary's reaction. "Is that true Ash?" Drew asked

"Isn't it obvious? Ryan and Sara has some features that resembles you" Ash replied. "You're not lying?" Drew asked once again.

Ash opened his mouth to reply but he noticed the death glare from Gary and Paul and so he shut his mouth again.

"He's not lying" a voice said. Everyone looked turned their head and saw Ryan walking up to them with a bag of something in his hand. "Ryan…" Drew said slowly.

Ryan looked at everyone and said "Ash isn't lying, the name is Ryan Hayden, however, since you were never there when we were brought to this world, I never ever considered you as my father. Why should I consider a man that were never there when we brought to this world as my father?" Ryan then focused his attention and said "Uncle Paul, everything in this bag is made by Maria and it's all for you" Paul took the bag from Ryan and nodded at him.

Ryan turned around and started to head leave. "Come Arcanine let's go" Ryan said as he got onto his Arcanine and ran off.

Drew looked down at the ground not knowing what to say. Ash, Gary and Paul looked at Drew and then at each other not knowing what they should do to help their friend.

"The CAT is out of the bag" Paul said as he walked up towards Drew.

Drew looked at Paul with disbelief and Paul continued "Drew go and tell May the tr-"

"PAUL!" Dawn cried out as she ran up to him. Paul turned his attention to Dawn and held her close. "What's wrong troublesome? Why are you crying?"

"Maria… Maria… Maria is missing! I can't find her in our hotel or other places that she would have gone to but… but…" Dawn in a panic tone. "Shh… Troublesome, stay calm we will all find her together alright?" Paul said as he hugged Dawn to calm her down. Dawn took deep breaths and nodded.

"Where are you searching right now?" Gary asked.

"Misty is at the lake, May is at the night market, Leaf is at the flower beds, Kenny and Daniel are asking other people. Jessie's family is looking for her from above… and… the children has all been looking around in the forest separately. Right now I…" Dawn replied as she looked at Gary. "For now let's all search for Maria in the town, the town is quite big so it'll be best if we all go our separate ways." Drew stated. Everyone nodded and went off to find Maria.

After an hour… with Paul

'Shit… where could she be?' Paul swore in his mind as he walked deeper into the forest. He has left Dawn with the girls so that she won't get hurt and get in his way for searching their daughter. As he was walking, he heard a small crying sound. Paul turned right and saw the little girl he was looking for sitting under the tree. Paul sighed a relief and called out "Maria!" Maria looked up and turned her head.

Maria smiled brightly and ran up to Paul. "DADDY!" Maria cried as she jumped into Paul's open arm. "Where were you? You made everyone worried about you" Paul asked.

"I'm sorry, I just found lovely flowers for Ryan and Sara since they lost their battle and I want them to be happy instead of being sad." Maria explained as she wipes off her tears.

"You know, for being a 10 years old girl, you are much more like a 5 years old girl" Paul stated as he carried Maria back to where everyone else were.

"MARIA!" Dawn cried out as she ran up to her lover and her daughter. "Mommy, I'm sorry" Maria apologized. Dawn hugged Maria tightly and said "Thank god you are safe and sound sweety"

Everyone smiled and was glad that Maria was safe, Sara then looked around her and asked "Where's Ryan?"

DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN! Where IS Ryan? They just found Maria and now Ryan is missing!

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