Hroondeel's Notes

I've decided I'm going to make a sequel to Battle Girl, and if you like, you can 'audition' a character in your review. Include a character description, any relationships with bg characters, character traits, flaws, appearance…etc. I won't be taking too many, so don't be so down on yourself if your character doesn't get in. I'll warn you, I hate Mary-sues and Barbies, except if they're bad characters (evil grin)!

MAY'S POV

Even I was tired from Brendan's 'workout'! He made us run through the whole village, and usually I never get tired! Why am I even following him! Fine, I admit, I'd be lonely by myself. Sure, I don't have any friends, and barely ever had my whole life, but traveling alone would be rather lonesome. I doubt he was listening to my word-by-word description of my battle, but oh well, at least he doesn't make fun of me…much. But traveling together has some disadvantages, as two runaways are easier to find than one, but we'd have each other's backs I suppose. Finally, Petalburg's buildings cleared out and more trees were visible.

"Whew! We're finally out of the city!" Brendan burst out. I didn't answer, still panting. Brendan ignored my silence, and walked happily further out of the city. I followed, lagging behind.

"Wow!" Brendan had exclaimed. I groaned, and caught up. Brendan was gazing at a sparkling blue ocean. My mouth fell open. Before I could stop myself I charged into the water, splashing and soaking Brendan. I dived into the water, feeling so relieved. I loved the ocean, ever since I was a tiny toddler.

I was walking on a sandy coast of a route below Goldenrod's city, not noticing I had strayed off. I looked around, seeing grass taller than myself. Some bushes rustled, probably because Pokemon were moving through them. I walked some distance more, and found a stream.

"Wow! Water!" I squealed, I approached the water, sat on my knees, and touched it. Suddenly, the current washed over me and pulled me into the stream. I screamed, shrieked, and flapped my hands, trying to swim. I flailed, splashed, and flapped, but it all had no use. I thought I was going to die! But then I noticed I wasn't drowning at all. In fact, the current was pulling me gently along. I relaxed, and noticed how relaxing it was. After a while, I got a hang of it, and mimicked a few Goldeen swimming past me, and from the Goldeen, I learned how to swim. Then, the current dropped me off at a bank, and I noticed how far away I had drifted. Normally, I would've panicked, but now, I surprisingly felt relaxed. I jumped back into the water, fighting the current without a single strain, and arrived at where I was washed away. I ran back home, finding my way back because my mind was clear, and when I came home, my mom cried,

"May! Where have you been?" I smiled and said, "Today I learned how to swim." Calmly. My mother gave me a funny look, and asked me a clear explanation, but I merely said, "The Goldeen taught me how to swim."

"MAY! GET OUT OF THAT MUCK!" Brendan cried, and I smirked, how a second ago, he was so admiring. I laughed, and stuck my tongue out at him.

"MAY! GET OUT! YOU'LL GET YOUR CLOTHES ALL WET!" I ignored him, and dived into the water, feeling once again so relaxed and happy. When I came out, Brendan was still screaming.

"Or what?" I challenged. Brendan clenched his fists and cursed at me.

"Ha! You're afraid to get your own clean little clothing wet!" I sneered.

"That's it! Zuzu, go!" He let out a pokeball containing Zuzu, his Mudkip. "Get May out of the water!" but it was too late, as Zuzu had happily joined me, finally back in the water.

"ZUZU! NOT YOU TOO! GET MAY OUT!" Brendan cried, his voice getting hoarse. Zuzu didn't hear him, as he was under water. I swam close to where Brendan was standing, playing with his nerves.

"Finally!" Brendan said in relief. I ignored him, and stayed where I was. He gritted his teeth, and he caught me by the wet collar of my shirt, completely surprising me. He struggled to bring me out, but I grabbed his

hand away from my collar, and wrenched backwards and flailed him into the water. He was flung deep into the water, and didn't come out for some seconds. When he did, he was outraged.

"HOW DARE YOU! I HATE GETTING WET!" He hollered, between gasps of breath. I stuck my tongue out. He grabbed me, pulled me out of the water, but I was still laughing.

"Zuzu! Come out!" Zuzu came out, and gave a sad look at the water, longing to stay in there. We then walked to a path leading to 'Petalburg Forest'.

"Petalburg Forest? Is that also your property?" I asked. Brendan didn't reply, probably still mad at me. Oh well. I guess the further we get from Petalburg City, the better. We entered the forest, and the further we got, the more trees were covering our heads, and the more the forest became darker. We were walking a while, not really knowing where we were going, when we bumped into someone.

"Oh! Sorry!" I started, as the person revealed to be a man in a fancy green suit.

"Never mind me." He laughed. "I love seeing young little rookies." My face flushed, as I hated being called a rookie.

"By the way, have you seen a Pokemon called a Shroomish around here? Do you know what that is?" I didn't but nodded, so I wouldn't seem more like a rookie to him.

"Oh! Good! I really love that Pokemon, you know-"

"Hand them over pretty boy!" We spun around, seeing a young man wearing a blue bandana with an 'A' in skull print on it and wearing black pants and a blue-striped shirt.

"What things…? I don't have anything…!" the man nervously sputtered.

"Is that so?" The young man said, sneering. The man childishly hid behind Brendan and I.

"Help! Fight him off for me?" Without hesitating, I released Chaka, and I was just about to say 'Ember!' but I noticed Brendan had Nana out.

"Great! A double battle!" the man cried enthusiastically, forgetting his fear.

"We're…"

"I…" But the young man had released a Poochyena, like Nana, and a Zubat. I figured we just better fight.

"Okay! Chaka, ember at Zubat!" I ordered, and Chaka sprung into action, shooting the Zubat with hot orange spheres of fire.

"Nana, tackle the Poochyena!" Brendan ordered. But Nana wasn't budging, her back to us.

"Nana?" No response.

"Nana!" Brendan ran to his Poochyena, and spun her head around. Nana had huge red hearts in her eyes, and was gazing at the other Poochyena dreamily. "NANA! WE'RE IN A BATTLE! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Nana said, "Yena…" dreamily. Brendan lightly slapped Nana on the cheek, and Nana came back into action. "Yena!" she said, and was about to tackle the Poochyena, but stopped. She had a funny expression on her face, and if she were human, she would be blushing.

"Pooch…" she said in apology. The Poochyena looked confused.

"Ignore that lollygag! Bite attack!" The man ordered, slightly kicking his Poochyena. The Poochyena yelped in pain, but bit Nana on the ear, and Nana yelped. She took a step back, whimpering.

"Nana…?" Brendan asked, Nana whimpered in reply. He approached his Poochyena, trying to comfort her.

"Nana…these things happen…and this is a battle." Nana looked at him, tears of heartbreak in her eyes.

"You'll find another nice Poochyena, I-" But suddenly, her tears were gone. But suddenly…instead of tears, there was a flame of revenge!

Nana fiercely thrashed and flailed at the Poochyena, biting and snarling. Brendan's mouth hung open, the young man was pale. Finally, the Poochyena fell in defeat, just at the same time as Chaka finished off Zubat. Nana gave the Poochyena one last shove, and went back to Brendan, her nose in the air.

"Damn! I screwed up…again!" He cursed, returning his Pokemon. He ran away, leaving the man squeezing Brendan and I so much we could hardly breathe.

"Thank you so much! You rookies are really impressing me!" I gritted my teeth, "Oh I know!" he said, releasing us, returning our ability to breathe.

"I'll give you two great balls!" He said, handing each of us a blue pokeball. "See you around, kiddies!" When he was gone, I imitated his voice, "See you around, kiddies!" Brendan didn't laugh.

"C'mon, you can't stay mad forever!" I cried. He sniffed. I grumbled, shooting him an angry look. Finally, we were getting out of this forest. But I had just messed up a friendship with Brendan…just as I was starting to get to know him.

Poor Nana…she got her innocent little heart broken…snort She is a fun character to write about, you know. Anyways, see you in the next chapter, and if you want to audition, do it now!