Author's note: Sorry for the wait, it wasn't longer than a week, though. I'll try to post at least once a week so here it is!

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Chapter 3

The walls were garnished with soft yellow wallpaper that made the entire place absorb the morning's first beams of light. Misty was lying in the king sized bed in the middle of the room, wondering if she had ever been in a softest bed before. She was drowsily turning and tossing, way too tired from her trip to Pallet, as Togetic flew around, and nudged her head, neck, shoulder trying to wake her up. However, her pokemon was failing at the task.

There was a loud bang at the door, which made Misty startle awake and sitting up in a flash, unsettling Togetic who seemed to loose direction for a second. Misty grimaced, crawled to the border of the bed, and opened the door. A girl not two years older her, but a little taller was at the door, wearing what seemed to be a designer top and a very short skirt. The girl seemed to be judging her but soon realised she was staring. "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm May Oak" She smiled in a haste as she shook Misty's reluctant hand.

May. Misty's eyes wavered. Talk about ironic coincidences. May seemed to stare at her some more. "Hey, you're not a hellhound!" She protested referring to something that apparently Gary had mentioned to her. Misty seemed disoriented at the whirlwind May's personality was. May walked into her room almost pushing her aside. "My room's the one 3 doors down—Hey, we should totally go out shopping someday, what do ya say?" She nudged Misty in the arm.

Misty's smiled silently rubbing her arm. The girl was pretty strong "I kinda have to unpack today—"

May slapped herself in the forehead. "Of course, God, I'm stupid. Don't worry; I'll help you so we can go shopping later. However you seem to be very tired." May said leaning in close and placing her finger on her evident eye bags. "Hun, I have a cream for that"

"Uh…" Misty said, uncomfortable in the presence of the lively sister of Gary. Talk about being different. "Thanks" She said smiling. May was certainly talkative, but she could lighten up the mood pretty quickly. May winked at her and nodded. "We're gonna get along pretty well, I can tell" She did the peace sign with her right hand and drew her in for a quick hug. "I'll go get the cream!" May suddenly yelled out, rushing out of the door.

Misty stood there, her hair still tousled from the short nap, the interrogation mark heavy on her face. However she seemed amused but the quietness lasted little. May busted in the room again, as she slapped herself in the forehead again "I keep forgetting the reason I'm here" She said apologetically. "Samuel sent me to see if you wanted breakfast? It's breakfast time at the Oak house!"

"Oh" Misty said, smiling. The rumbling in her stomach seemed to answer for her. May laughed. "You look hungry" She assumed, taking Misty by the wrist. "Come on" She indicated as she dragged her out of the room and down the stairs. Pretty soon, they were in the living room, making their way to the dining room. May opened the door to the dining room revealing a table full of food and what Misty liked the most—desserts.

In the head of the table was Samuel Oak, whose face wasn't even visible. He was almost invisible behind a newspaper in which he seemed to be absorbed in. Every once in a while his hand showed as he took another sip of his coffee. Next to him, acting annoyed as usual was Gary still wearing his pyjama pants and grey shirt, dozing off. Mostly playing with his food, but at the door slamming open, he raised his head only a little intrigued by the sound. He raised an eyebrow as he saw Misty and May entering and sighed. "Great"

May and Misty sat right next to the other, and started eating.

"Samuel, pass the butter, would ya?" May indicated to her grandfather. Samuel Oak's face peeked out of the newspaper curtain. "Don't call me Samuel" May grinned, in her obvious attempt to irritate him. Professor Oak rolled his eyes and passed her the butter. "Thanks Samuel" Professor Oak exhaled deeply, already used to the same banter, every morning.

Misty tilted her head. Okay… so the siblings actually weren't that much different. A question popped up in her mind. "Are you the only ones living here? Seems an awful lot of space for three"

May took a bite out of her toast. "Well, technically our parents should be living here."

She raised an eyebrow. "And where are they?"

"Beats me. India last time we heard of them. Or was it Japan?" She asked Gary who glared back at his sister. He reluctantly answered. "India"

"Right! India. But that was like three years ago" May proceeded, filling her cup with coffee.

Misty's eyes widened. "You haven't heard from them in three years!"

May shrugged. "Seems about right" She said with a mouthful. "I don't really mind, though. Gary gets sulky somet—"

"May" Gary's voice broke through, making her stop her sentence. He glared throwing daggers at her. May blinked, uncertain, but recovered and stuck her tongue out and he almost fumed. May rolled her eyes. "Of fine, secretive you"

Misty watched the exchange with certain curiosity, as Gary let out a breath and stabbed the eggs in his plate some more, without actually eating them. She felt like she actually understood a part of him. Even if that part was a small percentage of the whole.

The clock on the wall ringed as it read 8am. Misty's face turned towards it and couldn't hide the surprise in her face. "It's still so early..." She muttered more to herself than the others.

May smiled triumphal. "The Oaks rise early". Samuel Oak chuckled from behind the newspaper, and Misty's eyes turned accusingly to Gary, for the second time in the same day He grinned but pretended to be offended. "It's the weekend!" his protest was met by silence. "Freaks" he added underneath his breath, loud enough for everyone to hear. Misty laughed softly to herself as Gary tried to hide a snicker.

May frowned and her eyes wavered. "Riiight…" she said, raising her eyebrow. Leaving her fork and knife on the plate, she sighed, feeling her stomach content. They fell into a comfortable silence, which was promptly broken by May. She looked at Misty. "Okay redhead, let's get you settled down" Misty nodded as they left in a rush, leaving the dining room seemingly deserted.

Gary sighed and looked down to his mutilated breakfast. 'Great, allegiances…' He crossed his arms over his chest, looking at his silent grandfather hidden behind the newspaper. 'As if this house weren't a battlefield enough...'

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A/N: Yes. Now introducing the character of May Oak. She will be a regular also, just as Gary, Samuel Oak and Misty. Since I don't know her character, I considered her as a blank character. xD So I colour as I saw fit. Any thoughts on her?

Thank you to:

Maia's Pen: -tear- Wah! I can't even begin to tell you how much that review cheered me up! Haha, yes, the Oak mansion is very big, and I might dwell on that later on. XD garr! Sexual tension! I'm counting on it! And the egoshippy addiction is something we both share. xD Even though WYB isn't an egoshippy (yet—maybe won't be).it still gives me an extra quota of egoshippy goodness my spirit craves for! Thank you for that!

Michelicious: May beat Ash? Gasp! I didn't know either! Well, that's certainly good. I don't dislike her or anything, just mourned for Misty. Hehe, yes, I updated that one kinda fast. I guess I had some spare time.

megs626: Gawd I hope so, But I do know there will be some character development some may think is OOC. Haha, don't really mind since I like to toy with my character's emotions and flaws. XD It's so entertaining.

MagCat:I'm glad you like the interactions! I'm fear they're bound to change sometime in the near future though. –evil cackle- I'm so evil and I'm not ashamed of it. Nyaaah!

DarkAngelTorchic: You have! Gasp! So proud of you! Where! Where! Why havn't you uploaded it yet –whines- I wanna read it and I can't find it. ..

Reanne1102: I'm glad you liked Pumpkin fights. D I'm attached to that fic as well, being my first one and all. Gawd, I love egoshippy too much not to write about it. I read your new fic as you already know since I reviewed. XD Update soon!

I'll update soon! Don't fret!

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