Welcome to Chapter 3! Thanks for your reviews and patience thus far. To be honest, I didn't think I would be this creative with these chapters. Let's see what Calem and the gang are up to!

Chapter 3:

Stubborn Egos

Suddenly before anyone else could speak Shauna yelled as she pointed forward, "OH MY ARCEUS! LOOK WHO IT IS!"

When everyone looked there was a boy with a jean inspired outfit along with a hat and sunglasses on his head (Know where this is going?). He also had a Ledian sitting on his shoulder.

He calmly turned around and saw the friends staring at him. "Oh; it's you four he said." Weird part was he wasn't even smiling.

Suddenly Serena, Shauna, Trevor, and Tierno yelled at the same time in shock, "Calem?!"

Calem remained still while his four excited "friends" charged him. As Tierno grabbed him for a hug from the front, while Trevor and Serena hugged him from the back and one of his sides respectively. Shauna simply watched from a few feet away. Fortunately for Ledian, it flew and landed on Shauna's shoulder; unfortunately for Calem he was getting the life squeezed out of him.

"So great to see you buddy!" Tierno told his friend.

"Yeah! It's been so long!" Trevor exclaimed.

"How have you been?" Serena asked.

The hugged boy was trying very hard to breathe at this point. "Guys, as good as it is to see you, you know how I feel about hugs."

The three quickly retreated off of Calem and apologized. "Anyways," he continued before looking over at Shauna and Ledian. He walked over to them and the closer he got, the deeper Shauna blushed.

"You look well, Shauna." Calem said.

Shauna hung her head and tried to speak, "C-C-Calem I-I-I just-just," she was about to continue her talking, or lack thereof, before she was cut off by Calem grasping her hands.

She gasped and looked up to see his face, "You don't always have to be so nervous around me." He then gave her a smile. "I'm not that special."

"Calem." Shauna said with a small smile on her face.

"It's good to see you too." Calem responded.

After a few more moments of silence, Ash finally spoke: "So who are you exactly?" Calem looked past Shauna and began walking towards Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie.

When he got close to them he extended his hand to them, "Xavier. Calem Xavier."

Clemont then shook his hand, "My name's Clemont, and this my little sister Bonnie."

Bonnie smiles at Calem, "It's nice to meet you, and this is Dedenne." Bonnie said as her Dedenne crawled onto her shoulder and greeted Calem.

"And I'm Ash, and this is my partner, Pikachu."

"Pikachu!" it greeted.

Calem spoke, "So are you the one's traveling with Serena? You're exactly how I pictured you."

The three sweat dropped at that moment, "Thank you?"

"Your welcome. To be honest, I was actually just about to get some lunch so-"

"Why don't we join you?" Tierno and Trevor asked excitedly. "

Well I-" Calem tried to continue but was cut off by Serena.

"Come on it'll be fun!" she said while dragging Calem off while Trevor and Tierno pushed him along.

"Food? Wait up!" yelled Ash following them with Clemont and Bonnie in pursuit.

"Wait up, Ash!" Bonnie cried out. "Why is there so much running?" Clemont asked as he tried to keep up.

At that point only Shauna and Ledian were left. Shauna was still frozen, as Ledian flew around her head to get her attention. Finally, Ledian's arms began to glow blue as he rapidly stuck Shauna to snap her out of the trance.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" she yelped. Finally she realized where everyone else was she soon ran off to catch them. "Thanks Ledian!" she said while running.

"Ledian." It responded while flying after her and the rest of the gang.

Meanwhile...

The smoke had cleared after the explosion. Afterwards there lied a Gallade unconscious after a long battle. "Looks like we win again Wally." said Brendan while rubbing his Swampert's head. "Good work, buddy!"

"Swamp!" Brendan's Swampert replied before he was recalled.

"Gallade return. Good try pal, take a rest," Wally said to his Gallade while placing it in the Poké ball.

After a trip to the Lilycove City Pokémon Center they exit; Wally then sighs; noticing this Brendan speaks, "Hey don't worry, you'll be champ someday. Every battle is closer and closer; don't give up!"

Wally then smiles, "Hey thanks Brendan. Hey we should probably get going to catch the ship." The two boys hurry to the ship, flashed their tickets, and took their seats. After about an hour of talking, they got hungry and decided to have a snack. Luckily they heard about the amazing dumplings the ship had and Brendan offered to treat himself and Wally. When Brendan arrived at area where the dumplings were being sold, he noticed the long line.

"Man. Knew the battle was a bad idea; had we waited, those dumplings might have been in our stomachs by now. Oh well." Brendan then pulled out his Pokénav and began to play with it.

Unfortunately as he was getting in line, there was a girl about his age who was messing around with her Pokédex. "Now let's see if I jus- oof" the girl was cut off by Brendan and herself crashing into each other.

"Ow. Why don't you watch where you're going?" Brendan asked.

"Excuse me?! You weren't exactly paying attention yourself Mister!" she said with a lot of sass.

The girl stood up and Brendan noticed her appearance: she wore a red sleeveless shirt, with white shorts, and very short leggings. She also had a kerchief tied around her head; and to top it off, she had a Mega Stone on her left wrist. Even though she looked angry as she shot up, Brendan had to admit he found her incredibly cute; even though now wasn't really the time for those thoughts.

"Well excuse me, princess! You're not exactly taking this with grace, are ya?" Brendan asked as he got in the girl's face. They both continued to glare at each other until they heard a voice.

"Sold out!" said the salesperson. "WHAT?" they both yelled. "Sorry," the salesperson said before leaving. Both Brendan and the girl face's dropped. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" they both yelled at each other. Suddenly the girl balled up her fist and smacked Brendan on the top of his head and left. "OW! Son of a bitch!" he said as he rubbed his head. He sighed and went back to Wally.

Wally looked at him as he rubbed his head, "No dumplings?"

"No," Brendan says. "Some girl bumped into me and they sold out while we yelled at each other. She was a real pain."

"Oh well. You probably won't ever see her again," Wally said reassuring his friend.

"Yeah, you're probably right," Brendan said as he pulled his hat over his eyes signifying he wanted to sleep. However little did the boys know, two girls were having the same conversation.

"No dumplings?" the blunette asked.

"Yeah, sorry Dawn. There was some jerk who cut me off before they sold out. He was so rude!"

Dawn sighed, "Well that's too bad, May. Not everyone's perfect."

May then held the fist she had hit Brendan with in her hand, "Yeah; even if he was kind of cute."

"What was that?" Dawn asked.

"N-Nothing." May said embarrassed.

Well that was Chapter 3. We met some new friends, had our dumplings stolen, and got hit by a girl. Will Brendan see May again? Why are May and Dawn travelling together. Will we meet their Pokémon? And lastly, how does a ship big enough for multiple people run out of a special food? All of these questions (except that last one), will be answered next time!

Big Tasty 3:16 says: "I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say."