Chapter 2M

May walked out of her house slowly and carefully, trying her very best not to stumble. With Brendan controlling half her legs, she couldn't afford to fall and then take hours getting up. To prevent odd dialogue randomly, she had Brendan wear a high-collar sweater, just like her. She had the sweater tightly muffling Brendan so he wouldn't sound like he was talking to ghosts. She walked over to Paige's house.

Paige noticed her first. "May! Great you're here! We were just about to start without you."

Holly exclaimed "Yeah, ready to get our pokemon?"

May smiled, and said "Paige, Holly, you bet i'm ready!"

The three of them walked to the place, and she slowly muffled herself. Paige looked at her curiously, and she just gave her a friendly wave to deter her. She quietly muttered "Ok Brendan, you can go now."

She saw a young boy walk up to Brendan and ask if he was finally getting his pokemon.

She said "I sure am... sorry I forgot your name. What was it again?"

The boy said "Really Brendan, you forgot Ethan? Did a pokemon cast Amnesia on you or something?"

"Uhh, amnesia is a self-inflicting move"

"Yeah, just jerking your chain. Anyways, i'm choosing Torchic as my starter."

"I'm choosing Mudkip, sounds like I have the advantage."

"Yeah, I know. You've talked about it all year. I wanted to choose Treecko just to counter you, but... that Torchic's actually pretty nice."

May sighed relief, knowing how close she had come to blowing their cover. She sighed with relief when both of them got to the Lab. She undid her sweater slightly so she could talk, and they all entered the lab.

The professors had some small talk with them, and although they sounded a little stilted, the conversation went fine until the pokemon were ready. May was urged by her friends to choose the starter. She knew all three, and knew that whomever she didn't choose would end up with her friends, so it just mattered what type she wanted. She initially thought of Treecko, but knew that not choosing Mudkip for Brendan would be suspicious. She looked at all three, and to her relief, noticed that they were in the same position in the different eyes. She reached out with her hand as Brendan reached for it as well and grasped the pokemon. Ethan, Holly, and Paige smiled brightly as they chose their pokemon, Paige picking Torchic and Holly picking Mudkip. As they gave nicknames, she feigned forgetting the name of what she wanted to name them, and opened her phone to "check."

Brendan typed in "I don't think we can name them differently. Whatever you name Treecko, I name Mudkip"

"But I don't have any names set for them. I just couldn't figure it out."

"Maybe Treekip? It combines both our pokemon names."

"Yes, that sounds right" she said, and she certified the name for both of them.

Authors note: Yay, chapter 2 for May came out! (Just realized it might be a little hard to remember all the timelines, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT I NEED TO SHOW BOTH SIDES OK?!)