A/N: Wow I actually finished this. It didn't take too long to finish compared to the last one but it was certainly the most difficult. I did a very obvious cop out but it was either that or spend another month thinking up a battle. I like what I did. Well anyway, thank you all for reading. There will be one more chapter after this one. It should be out in August. Special thanks to my friend that beta read this. I think it makes them cry a little to see how I write thoughts.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. Though it would be cool if I did.

May walked through the door. Once again, she was in a dark room with a path leading to next room. (Is it my imagination, or is this path longer than the other ones?)

There is no doubt that May is thinking carefully about her confrontation with the Champion. Soon May will face her greatest challenge yet. This is the battle we've been waiting for. This is the end of May's journey. Let's see what happens.

The long path was starting to make May feel nervous. It felt as if the path would never end. May and her pokemon went through so much. They got through tough battles and even life threatening situations. If she quit now, it would all be for nothing. May refused to let everything they worked for to go to waste.

They reached the end of the path. May walked through the doorway and saw a well decorated room. The room was covered in short pillars with designs of different pokemon on it. May was impressed. (This is a lot different than the other rooms. For once, I'm actually comfortable.) May thought.

On the other side of the room, Steven walked down a flight of stairs. He was a little disappointed that May wasn't surprised to see he was Champion, but that didn't matter. Steven happily greeted her, "Welcome, May. I was looking forward to seeing you here one day."

"I feel the same. I've always wondered what it would be like to battle you, Steven." May said.

Steven pulled out a poke ball and continued, "You… What did you see on your journey with pokemon? What did you feel, meeting so many other trainers like you? What has awoken you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!" Steven released his Skarmory.

May let Arcanine out of his pokeball and shouted, "You can do it! This is the last battle!"

Arcanine nodded and started running towards Skarmory. Skarmory threw spikes all around the arena. Arcanine easily avoided them and shot a Flamethrower at Skarmory. However, Skarmory dodged the attack.

Arcanine figured that he had to get much closer to land a hit. His speed started to pick up and then he used Extreme Speed. He disappeared and Skarmory closed his wings over his body for protection. Arcanine hit Skarmory a few times before appearing again. Skarmory barely felt that and spat out Toxic on to Arcanine.

May knew that was a huge problem. (Oh no… he's poisoned.)

Arcanine tried to shake off the effects for a moment before he used another Flamethrower. Skarmory was blasted back by the flames, but he flew up to avoid further damage. Then Skarmory quickly flew at Arcanine using Aerial Ace. Arcanine was hit and fell to the ground. Skarmory took that time to scratch at his fallen foe with his talons.

Arcanine got up and shook his opponent off. He was very sluggish due to the poison hurting him. Skarmory went for Another Aerial Ace, but Arcanine quickly shot another Flamethrower. The fire hit Skarmory, but the metal bird did not stop. He hit Arcanine and they both fell to the ground. Skarmory was knocked out, and Arcanine stood up on wobbly feet.

May knew what would happen if Arcanine kept fighting, "You've done well. Return for now." She recalled Arcanine.

Steven recalled Skarmory and softly said, "You did well, my friend. Your efforts were not in vain." Steven took out a different pokeball and out came an Aggron.

"Flygon, Aggron is a steel type." May told her pokemon.

Flygon knew he should use Earthquake in that case. He started to fly up, but Aggron wouldn't let him. Aggron grabbed him by the tail and swung him into one of the pillars. Flygon stood up from the rubble in time to see Aggron stomping towards him.

May noticed how fire surrounded Aggron and his claws extended. (That looks familiar… oh!) "Flygon he knows Dragon-"

Aggron hit Flygon as hard as he could and poor Flygon was slammed into another pillar.

"…Claw." May finished.

Aggron quickly uprooted a different pillar and chucked it at Flygon. Flygon barely stood up from the other blow. He noticed the pillar and destroyed it with his claws before it could hit him.

Aggron charged and attempted to use Dragon Claw again. Flygon managed to stop him by locking his claws with Aggron's. Fire surrounded the both of them, but Flygon was hurting more from the experience. He cringed while Aggron was perfectly fine.

Aggron opened his mouth and Flygon noticed light starting to gather. He wasn't sure what that was, but he didn't want to find out. Flygon harshly kicked Aggron in the stomach and forced him let Flygon go. Aggron fired a Solar Beam while Flygon flew away to avoid it. Flygon barely avoided avoided a strong beam attack. He was lucky this time.

Flygon used his newfound freedom to slam down on to the ground to create a fierce earthquake. Aggron was caught up into it as fissures formed. May and Steven had to hold on to a wall to keep from falling over. The attack was so strong that a few pieces of the ceiling fell down on top of Aggron.

The earthquake stopped and everything was quiet. Flygon slowly approached the rubble. He wasn't sure if Aggron was knocked out or not.

"Be careful, Flygon. He's probably still conscious." May warned. "You need to attack quickly while he can't move."

Flygon suddenly sees movement, and was about to fly away when Aggron burst out and grabbed him. Aggron had gripped Flygon by the arms and pinned him to the wall while surrounding himself in the fire of Dragon Claw. Aggron looked beat up and incredibly angry. His claws were locked on to Flygon.

Flygon could not even dream of escaping from that death grip. The fire was hurting him again. Aggron raised his arm back to land a devastating close range Dragon Claw. Due to Aggron letting one arm free, Flygon grabbed Aggron's arm before it could hit him.

Aggron was overpowering Flygon, his Dragon Claw kept getting closer. Flygon turned and bit the arm that had him pinned. Aggron was surprised and wasn't expecting a Crunch attack. Flygon bit as hard as he could. Aggron was losing control of the situation. It was he, whose arms were both gripped. In one swift move, Aggron lifted Flygon over his head and harshly tossed him to the ground.

Flygon was down, but he was at least free. He got up in time to be hit by a Solar Beam. Flygon was knocked to the ground again. Aggron stood still as he gathered energy. Flygon was having difficulty standing up and leaned on a pillar for support.

May encouraged Flygon, "You can do it. Aggron is charging his attack. This is your chance!"

Flygon nodded to her and then spread his wings. After hearing that, Aggron stopped charging Solar Beam and charged with fire surrounding him. Flygon flew up high just in time to avoid being hit again.

Aggron watched Flygon's movements carefully and followed him on the ground. He was waiting. Flygon had to come to the ground to attack. Whenever he did, Aggron was not going to let him go unharmed. The flames grew stronger around Aggron.

Flygon circled around the room a few times, but Aggron followed his every move. Well, if Aggron wanted a close range attack then he'd get one. Flygon quickly flew towards the ground and Aggron.

Aggron raised his extended claws and the two of them clashed. Flygon cried out in pain the second before a powerful earthquake shook the entire room.

Everything settled down and Aggron was on his back inside a dent in the floor. Flygon was not too far away and he laid on his side. Flygon stood up and held his left side. He was barely staying conscious. To his surprise, Aggron sat up. He was so sure that his Earthquake would finish Aggron off.

Aggron stood on shaky feet. He was having a difficult time keeping his balance. The two pokemon stared at a moment before Aggron unleashed a Solar Beam. Flygon was surprised, but found the strength to fly up and barely managed to avoid it. Aggron was done for now.

Flygon flew at Aggron and hit him with a very weak Fly attack. That was enough to topple Aggron. Aggron hit the ground and Flygon sat down. Flygon couldn't move anymore. He used everything he had in that battle.

Steven recalled his Aggron and said, "Our pokemon are fighting their hardest. They know this is the final battle. They don't want to lose the chance to be Champion."

(Yeah no kidding. It's only the beginning of the battle and his pokemon are so brutal.) May thought as she had Flygon return. "Thank you, Flygon. You hung in there much longer than anyone could expect. You did so well."

Steven was impressed by May again. She was still so kind to her pokemon despite the circumstances of this stressful battle. (Even so… I won't let up my attack for even a second.) Steven released his Cradily.

May let Grumpig out of his pokeball and just realized the spikes were still all around the area. "Oh watch out for-"

Grumpig yelled in pain as many spikes were stuck to his body.

"…the spikes." (Wow I need to warm my pokemon about these things faster.) May thought.

Cradily decided to test to see if Grumpig had the ability Thick Fat or Own Tempo. Cradily flashed a light on Grumpig with Confuse Ray, but Grumpig spun around and was unaffected. Then Grumpig used his own Confuse Ray.

Cradily was confused, but he managed to use Sludge Bomb. The ball of sludge hit Grumpig, but he retaliated by taking the spikes out of his body and threw them at Cradily. The spikes barely did any damage to Cradily. Suddenly, Cradily rammed his own head against the floor. Clearly the confusion was getting the best of him.

Grumpig ran up to get closer and shot a psychic blast. Only Cradily's head swung to the side from the hit. That plant really was rooted in place. Cradily shook off his confusion and chucked rocks using Ancient Power. The rocks levitated and shot towards Grumpig. Grumpig was hit and fell to the ground. Meanwhile, Cradily powered up thanks to Ancient Power. Then Cradily shot another Sludge Bomb.

Grumpig got up in time to bounce up to avoid it. He used that momentum to crash on top of Cradily. That plant barely felt the hit and harshly knocked Grumpig to the side, and then used Ancient Power. The rocks flew towards Grumpig, but he used Psychic to blast through them and hit Cradily. Then he charged forward.

Cradily was getting hurt, so he used Giga Drain. Grumpig glowed green and stopped in his tracks as he felt the energy leave him. Cradily felt that he absorbed enough health for the moment, and stopped to use Sludge Bomb again.

Grumpig was knocked on to his back after the attack and nearly hit a nearby pillar. He got up and cringed. That Sludge Bomb had poisoned him.

May knew he wouldn't last long. (It might be better for him to stop for now.) "Grumpig, I think you should return for now."

Grumpig shook his head. He wanted the satisfaction of knocking out the one that poisoned him.

"Okay… then let's finish this quickly." May said.

Grumpig agreed and hit Cradily with another powerful Psychic. Cradily used Giga Drain again to help recover some of the damage. This battle was tough for Grumpig. He was quickly losing health while Cradily was gaining it.

Grumpig was about to use Confuse Ray when May spoke, "Wait, please pay close attention. Use Psychic."

Grumpig complied and shot a psychic blast at Cradily. Cradily took enough damage that he went to use another Giga Drain.

"Now Bounce." May continued.

Grumpig bounced on his tail and high in the air to avoid Giga Drain. Then he slammed into Cradily as he landed.

"Okay now use Psychic again."

Grumpig did a close range Psychic and Cradily took harsh damage. However, now Grumpig was an easy target. Cradily took a lot of damage from two psychics, so he really wanted to get his health back. Cradily used Giga Drain again. Grumpig couldn't take much more. The poison was quickly spreading, and he'd be surprised if he'd still be standing in the next few minutes.

Cradily was about to use Giga Drain again, but May told Grumpig, "Bounce again!"

Grumpig bounced up high and Cradily's attack missed. He crashed into Cradily and stood up in time for another Giga Drain. However it didn't come. Cradily had unknowingly used up all his energy to use that attack.

May sighed in relief. (I'm glad that worked. I knew if he kept stalling and attacking like that, Cradily would keep using Giga Drain until he couldn't.) "He's open! Go for it!"

Grumpig used Psychic one more time and Cradily fell over in defeat.

May quickly recalled Grumpig. He'd faint in a few more seconds if she didn't. "Good job, Grumpig. You deserve to rest after that."

Steven had his pokemon return as well. May had beaten three of his pokemon, but this was far from over. Steven tossed a pokeball and his Claydol appeared.

(Okay this is way too even. I need to get a lead on him if there will be any chance of winning.) May released her Lapras. (Lapras should be able to quickly take care of a Claydol.) May thought.

Claydol immediately used Light Screen as Lapras used Surf. The damage was halved and Claydol hit Lapras with Ancient Power. Lapras started to sing, but Claydol wasn't getting sleepy. Rocks levitated and hit Lapras again.

Lapras was getting tired of that, so she used Surf again. However, Claydol floated behind some of the rubble that Flygon caused to fall earlier. The water crashed down, but Claydol was completely unharmed.

(This is going to be harder than I thought.) May thought.

Meanwhile… Brendan and Prof. Birch arrived at the Pokemon League.

"Victory Road was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. It took us forever to get here." Prof. Birch said.

"I don't know why you are complaining. I was the one that had to deal with all of those trainers." Brendan replied.

The two of them walked inside and started walking up some stairs.

Prof. Birch tried to talk some sense to his son, "Brendan, I'm sure May will be fine on her own. Why don't we just wait here for her."

"I already told you that Steven is the toughest trainer in Hoenn. I have to warn May so that she'll have a better chance." Brendan said.

Prof. Birch sighed and then asked, "Is that really your only reason?"

"Well… no. There is something else." That was all Brendan said before they reached the guard.

"Do you have all of the badges?"

Prof. Birch stepped up, "He doesn't have them all, but I am Prof. Birch of Littleroot town. This is my son, Brendan."

The guard shook his head and said, "I can't let either of you in. You need special permission to enter if you don't have eight badges. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Brendan decided to do what he said and walk back down the stairs. He wasn't too happy about that.

Prof. Birch tried to comfort his son, "Well we did everything we could. May is probably almost done with her challenge anyway. We can just wait here." Brendan suddenly pulled out a pokeball. "Brendan, what are you doing?"

"I have to see May." Brendan released a Slugma. "Slugma, knock out that guard."

Prof. Birch stared in shock when Slugma went up the stairs. (Surely, he gets that from his mother.)

Slugma reached the guard and let out a big yawn. A cloud formed and surrounded the guard's head. The guard yawned for a moment and then fell over to sleep.

Brendan ran up to his pokemon and picked him up. "Good work. Now lets do this to everyone in our way to seeing May." He turned to Prof. Birch and said, "Come on, Dad. If someone sees us here we'll get in a lot of trouble."

Prof. Birch was amazed at how focused Brendan was on finding May. It was too late to stop him from doing something crazy, so he followed his son into the next room.

Meanwhile… back with May and Lapras. Lapras froze the rubble that protected Claydol from most of her attacks. Lapras rammed her head into the ice and broke Claydol's last line of defense. She quickly used Surf and the water crashed down on top of Claydol. The battle was finally over and Lapras barely had enough strength to lift her head after all of that.

Steven had his Claydol return. "Amazing work, Claydol. Lapras is no longer a threat."

May hated to believe it but what Steven said was true. Somehow Claydol turned the most one-sided match up into a fierce one Lapras barely managed to survive. (I have to remember that type advantage isn't everything. Oh that reminds me of my battle with Brendan at Mossdeep city. I hope he's okay. …No! Bad May! This is not the time to be thinking about him!) May had Lapras return. (Okay, I'm running out of options so I need to bring her out.)

May let Miltank out of her pokeball. Then Steven decided to let out his Armaldo. "Miltank, use Heal Bell."

Miltank's tail glowed for a moment and her healing powers showered over her teammates. Armaldo took that chance to use Ancient Power. He hit Miltank repeatedly with rocks and powered up in the process.

Miltank rammed into Armaldo with Strength. He barely felt that and slashed at Miltank. Slash knocked Miltank into a pillar. Miltank needed a moment to recover, so she grabbed the pillar and chucked it at Armaldo. He easily cut the pillar in half while Miltank used that time to use Milk Drink. She recovered some of her health and barely managed to avoid getting slashed at again.

Armaldo used Water Pulse. Miltank jumped behind a pillar just in time to avoid getting hit by the strong stream of water. Armaldo slowly approached and kept up his Water Pulse as he got closer. Then he raised his scythe and was about to Slash right through the pillar to hit Miltank, but she used Strength on the pillar and shoved it in Armaldo's face. His Water Pulse was interrupted, and Armaldo pushed back on the pillar for a moment. However, Miltank's Strength was enough to push him back significantly.

Miltank used a boost of power to shove the pillar back hard enough to knock Armaldo down. She rushed forward to hit him again, but Armaldo jumped back and used Aerial Ace to hit Miltank flawlessly. Miltank was tossed in the air and couldn't do anything to attack. She decided to use Milk Drink again. Armaldo leapt up to meet up with and slash at Miltank. The moment he tried to hit her, Miltank grabbed his scythe with her hooves. Armaldo was caught off guard and Miltank threw him to the ground.

Armaldo started to get back up just as she landed. Miltank rushed at him again and Armaldo used Ancient Power again. She barely avoided the flying rocks and kept charging. Armaldo decided to use Aerial Ace instead and rushed at her. The two clash, but Miltank endured the attack and stood her ground as she tried to hold Armaldo back.

The two attacks plus their own power made them equal in strength. Neither pokemon budged for a moment. Armaldo eventually broke that by jumping back and using Water Pulse. Miltank didn't have enough time to react. She was caught up in the water, and she was blasted against the wall on the other side of the room. Miltank slowly slid down and hit the ground. She was really beat up and started to use Milk Drink again.

Armaldo went to slash at her again. Miltank doesn't have enough time to fully heal and just ducked. Armaldo's scythe got stuck in the wall. Miltank took that chance to distance herself and then fully heal her health. Armaldo shot Water Pulse at her as he attempted to free himself. Miltank avoided it and happily uprooted a pillar. She threw it at Armaldo and it hit harshly on his back. He put his leg against the wall and forced his scythe out.

Armaldo faced Miltank and went to use another Aerial Ace. Miltank stopped him in his tracks again, but she was starting to waver. She was getting really tired, and was reluctant to continue using Strength to match Armaldo in power. Miltank's Strength bagan to lose power, and she is pushed back.

May noticed that Miltank was having a lot of trouble. She gave Miltank the perfect motivation, "Miltank! The reason why I had you use Heal Bell right away was because Arcanine and Grumpig were poisoned."

Miltank couldn't believe her ears. Her beloved Grumpig was poisoned! She went into a rage. Miltank stopped them in their tracks and punched Armaldo to the side. Armaldo hit the ground and barely had a moment to think before Miltank jumped on him and started pummeling him. Armaldo slashed Miltank and knocked her a good distance away.

Miltank slowly got up and charged towards Armaldo without fear. The thought of Steven's pokemon seriously hurting her friends, and especially Grumpig was unforgivable.

Armaldo shot off another Water Pulse and hit Miltank square on. To everyone's surprise, Miltank didn't stop. She somehow pushed through the water and trampled over Armaldo. Armaldo didn't get up after that. Miltank had won. She was glad she got revenge, and then she fell over. Her rampage made her forget about health and healing herself. Miltank was conscious, but far too weak to even stand up.

May recalled Miltank and said, "You were perfect. Thanks to you, we have a much better chance. Thank you." (The only pokemon I have that can probably still fight is Arcanine. He's beat up, but he's in way better shape than the others since he's not poisoned anymore.)

Steven recalled his Armaldo and told May, "Well I'm down to my last pokemon. You have gotten much further than any other trainer I've seen. Is Kyogre your last choice?"

"Actually he hates me. I only took five pokemon in here after Victory Road." May replied.

"I see… I wonder what you will do now. My final pokemon is Metagross!" Steven released his pokemon.

Arcanine was truly her last chance. May released him from his pokeball. Arcanine appeared and looked a little better from before. Though he was still weakened from the fight with Skarmory. Arcanine was the last hope for them to with the title of Champion of Hoenn.

Arcanine ran forward to attack. Metagross stayed in place and just lifted up his leg. His leg crashed down and created an Earthquake. At this point, the arena was completely destroyed. No one would believe it was a well decorated room before this battle. Arcanine was hit by the earthquake and fell to the floor.

Metagross was about to use Earthquake again, but Arcanine suddenly vanished. He used Extreme Speed to get behind Metagross and blasted him with a close range Flamethrower. Metagross turned around and swung one of his legs and knocked Arcanine to the side. Metagross followed up with a Psychic blast. Arcanine stayed on his feet despite getting hit by Psychic. They both knew the moment Arcanine fell and let his guard down, there would be another Earthquake.

Arcanine charged forward and shot another Flamethrower, however that was interrupted by Metagross using Hyper Beam. The beam shot through the flames and hit Arcanine. Arcanine fell to the ground, but Metagross needed to recharge. That gave him enough time to get up and use Extreme Speed again. The moment Arcanine wasn't in sight, Metagross swung his leg behind him and hit Arcanine in the middle of Extreme Speed.

Arcanine appeared as he got hit, and he fell to the ground again. Metagross used Earthquake again. Arcanine got up and ran as fast as he could away from the approaching quake. He reached the wall and jumped towards it. Arcanine bounced off the wall and back towards Metagross. He did all of this while not touching the ground.

Arcanine successfully used Flamethrower again, and Metagross used Hyper Beam to stop the flames and knock him back again. Arcanine landed shakily on his feet. He wasn't getting hit by Earthquake, but two Hyper Beams were a lot to take. Plus he was already tired from his battle with Skarmory.

While Metagross charged, Arcanine chose to use that time to make it difficult for Metagross to see him. He used Flamethrower directly on the ground and moved it all around the roome. Before long, the room was filled with flames and smoke. It was a good thing that there was a hole in the ceiling from Flygon's attack earlier. There wouldn't have been any air otherwise. May and Steven just enough air to breathe. The only problem was that they couldn't see their pokemon well.

Metagross was fully charged. He couldn't see Arcanine, but he could still attack. Metagross used Earthquake and the entire room shook violently from the force. Arcanine suddenly jumped out of the flames and crashed into Metagross. Metagross knocked Arcanine back again and used Hyper Beam. Arcanine glowed from the power of all the fire around him, and he shot one last Flamethrower. The attacks clashed for a moment before the Flamethrower overpowered Hyper Beam and knocked Metagross down.

Arcanine couldn't stand for another moment. He laid down and carefully watched Metagross. Metagross slowly stood back up. Arcanine wasn't even sure if he had the strength to use another Flamethrower. Metagross raised his leg for another Earthquake, but he just tipped over and fainted. The long battle was over.

May and Arcanine sighed in relief. It was finally over and they won. May recalled Arcanine while Steven recalled his Metagross. "You won it for all of us. We're Champions now."

Steven pressed a button and the sprinkler system activated. The fire started to go out and Steven spoke. "I, the Champion, fall in defeat… Kudos to you, May! You are truly a noble pokemon trainer! Congratulations! The feelings you have for your pokemon… And the pokemon that responded to those feelings with all their might… They came together as one, and created an even greater power. And thus, you were able to grasp victory today! You are rightfully the Hoenn region's new…"

Brendan suddenly burst into the room. "May! How would you like some advice before you battle the Champion?…" Brendan looked around in shock. The room was completely destroyed and no pokemon were in sight.

May wasn't sure how to react to seeing Brendan. Of course, she was glad to see him alive and well, but she wasn't mentally prepared for this sudden reunion. All she could get out of her mouth was, "Um… Hi. I sort of already…"

"May… Are you trying to tell me… You've beaten the Champion?" Brendon asked.

The water turned off and Prof. Birch walked in. "See? What did I tell you, Brendan? Didn't I tell you that you don't need to worry about May?"

"Yeah but-"

Birch interrupted, "May, you've finally done it. When I heard that you defeated your own father at Petalburg Gym, I thought perhaps you had a chance… But to think that you've actually become the Champion! Anyways, congratulations! Now, go proudly into the final room!"

Steven decided to continue where he left off. "May… No, the new Champion! Come with me." Steven led May up the stairs and Brendan started to follow. Steven had to stop him. "I'm sorry, but… From here on, only those trainers who have become Champions may enter. You'll have to wait outside with the Professor. …And that camera crew."

"Brendan, I'm sorry." May said.

"…It can't be helped if that's the rule. May, way to go! Congratulations!"

"Thanks, Brendan. Go on ahead. I promise I'll catch up with you soon."

"Okay, I'll hold you to that promise. I have a few things I'd like to say to you." Brendan said.

May wasn't sure if she should be worried about that before she and Steven walked into the next room.

Brendan looked over to Prof. Birch and said, "Let May know I'm taking the bike. I think its better if you and I don't leave together."

"Because you want to talk to May alone or because its easier for us to leave separately after your stunt?" Birch asked.

"A little of both." Brendan replied.

Meanwhile, Gabby finished off her special.

And there you have it! We just witnessed the crowning of a new Champion. Everyone! Introducing Champion May Sapphire!

All of May's friends and family clapped as they watched the live broadcast.

Thank you all for watching. I'm Gabby and the man behind the camera is Ty! We're signing off!

Meanwhile… May followed Steven in a strange blue room. She was amused by the fact that she could see her reflection of the floor.

Steven stopped for a moment and said, "This room… This is where we keep records of pokemon that prevailed through harsh battles. It is here that the League Champions are honored."

He started walking again and led May to a large machine with five t.v. screens and flashing green lights.

"Come on, let's record your name as a trainer who triumphed over the Pokemon League, and the names of the partners who battled with you."

May placed the pokeballs for Arcanine, Flygon, Grumpig, Lapras, and Miltank on the machine.

A little later…

May rode on her bike on the way back to her house. She knew she would eventually meet up with Brendan. Though for the moment, she would think about how she got to where she was. She remembered when she first got Growlithe, Lapras and Miltank.

Growlithe was always helping her out when she had nightmares. He even came to her defense whenever someone attacked her. She still had no memory of when he evolved, but he became even stronger and loyal. Arcanine always was there for support.

May remembered Lapras not really liking her much at first. When they did become close, Lapras had helped her sleep when she was freaking out. May could never forget about that. Lapras even helped out a lot when they needed to cross the ocean.

Miltank was always an oddball. She was sweet though, and always provided a good laugh whenever she chased Grumpig. Miltank even helped her when May was about to battle her father. She would never ever forget how sick she was at the time. Miltank really helped with that.

Spoink was caught out of annoyance, but he turned out to be really reliable. It wasn't until he evolved into Grumpig that May knew how he and her other pokemon felt about her. Having him talk in her mind was oddly comforting at the time.

Trapinch was very annoying at first. However, May learned that he was actually very nice. When he evolved into Flygon, he took her all around Hoenn. Flygon was a softy, but very powerful in battle.

May remembered all the pokemon she worked with. Castform, Wynaut, that annoying Kyogre, Brendan's Taillow and Wailmer… Oh and speaking of Brendan, May spotted him. She rode next to him on the bike.

"Hey, Brendan. I'm… sorry about everything. I should have visited you but-"

"Oh actually I'm not mad about that. I know you had your reasons."

Now May was really confused. "I thought you said you wanted to talk to me about something."

"Yes well actually…" Brendan started.

Preview: One week has passed since May became Champion. She faces a pokemon that gives her a lot of trouble. May also has a difficult time admitting something out loud. Next time the final chapter… Chapter 47 Yet another reality.