Hroondeel's Notes
Hello again! Thanks for all of the reviews. Ohohen, thanks for telling me that. I hope I don't do that again…Only one audition post? Oh come on, people. You can do better than that! XD I decided to take Etherelemental's word for adding a GSC character: Crystal! I don't know if most of you know her, but she'll probably be one of May's friends, since she's from Johto.
MAY'S POV
Now, I'm all by myself. Of course, I don't know why I started following Brendan, but now I'm going solo. The damn pretty boy left me lost here too. Maybe I should ask for directions? I walked around a little bit, peeking around trees to find any signs of people. Finally, I noticed a straw hat sticking out from the bushes.
"Hey!" I called out. The hat turned around, revealing a boy around ten with mousy brown bangs sticking to his forehead.
"Huh?"
"Would you know how to get to the next town from here?" I asked.
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"I mean, to get out of here."
"To Rustburo?" he asked. What?
"Uh, sure." I said, anyway out was fine. He came out of the bushes, and I noticed he was wearing khaki shorts and was holding a net. Yep. He was a bug catcher. How did I know? We had enough of them in Goldenrod.
"My name's Rod. What's yours'?" he asked, giving me his hand. I shook it enthusiastically.
"May." He then motioned for me to follow him until we reached a clearing.
"Keep on going straight, and cross the bridge until you reach Rustburo City." I nodded.
"Thanks!"
That kid was right. I passed a floral shop, a kid trying to teach Chaka and me how to spit seeds, (I learned successfully, I loved spitting seeds at the table, Chaka didn't get too much progress) and a few trainers. Once on the bridge, I couldn't fight a double battle because I only had one Pokemon…But who cares? I'll catch one when the time is right!
"Tor-chiic!" Chaka chirped, pecking lightly on my leg.
"Hunh? What is it, Chaka?" I asked, and Chaka motioned to the clearing ahead.
"Oh! Yeah!" I said, blushing a bit in embarrassment, and continued on to Rustburo.
Rustburo was pretty…gray. All of the buildings were made of stone, and they were all very tall. Many people were walking about, and I noticed many kids running around, wearing backpacks crammed with books. School? I'll follow them. As I did, I noticed they were all heading to a large building with a fountain engraved, "Rustburo Training School" Aha! They're going to some school! Maybe I'll drop in…I entered, and I saw a large hall with some coat racks, and many kids were depositing off their jackets there. There was a bulletin board with a few notices stuck onto it as well…Inching closer, I read a few of them.
School experiences not enough?
Come learn a clever cutting technique at 8669, Slakoth Avenue! Bring a Pokemon to teach the technique as well! Don't just learn about Pokemon in books…se them in person!
Hm. Maybe I'll come with Chaka? That cutting technique could be useful…
What's up, guys? This is Brad! I need a Slakoth rilly badly! I'll trade you my Makuhita! Ignor it's nickname, my Makuhita is rilly strong! I've got only one, so come fast! Remember, nicknames are nothng!
Haha, I wonder what nickname did he name it? And it's written so messily and with some spelling errors…definitely a little kid. Next one…
Learning from textbooks isn't enough…experience live battle! Come to the Rustburo gym and battle Roxanne! But you can't be anyone to battle her…you have to have experience!
"Experience! Ha! I have plenty!" I scoffed. A little kid tapped me on my shoulder.
"Huh?"
"Don't think it's so easy to battle Roxanne…"
"What's so special about her?" A few other kids started to gather around me.
"What's the deal? I mean, anyone can battle a gym leader if they want to!" The kids glanced at eachother, and finally, a little girl came up and said, "No…Roxanne is really, really strong…"
"I don't give a damn about this Roxanne! I just want my gym battle!" I cried, my voice rising. Even more kids gathered around.
"Hey! Move it! What's goin' on?" There was only one person with that accent I knew…
"Crys!" The girl's expression changed from surprise to a big grin.
"May! What's up?"
"I've got so much to tell you!" Crystal was probably the only nice person in all of Goldenrod. She worked at the 'Lala Flowers' and as her parents were poor, living in a one-room apartment, she was required to work. Crystal, or Crys, as I like to call her, had a Violet Town accent, and people liked to tease her about that. But…not in front of her face. She'd yell at them, when people would whisper and giggle, pointing at her. No matter what, Crystal was a tough cookie. But what was she doing in Hoenn!
"I've got a lot to tell you too! But not now. Word here is that you want to challenge Roxanne, the gym leader."
"Well, who does she think she is, having 'special' people only challenge her?" Crystal shrugged.
"You gotta prove yourself to her, I guess."
"Well, I'm going to prove myself to her once and for all!"
"Ahem…" Crystal's eyes became wide as I turned around, expecting to see an annoying little kid.
"What do you want, you idiot?" I snapped, but I stopped, seeing a girl a bit older than Crystal and me, with dark hair in pigtails, and wearing a short dress. It was indeed, Roxanne.
Cliffhanger! I'm reviewing less often, don't worry! Two stories are hard, y'know!