September 23rd (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
(Dawn's POV)
Maybe there is reason to worry.
"Troublesome," Paul said as he snapped his fingers in front of me.
"Huh?" I asked dazed.
"That is the third time you've been in la-la land," Misty said annoyed. "What's up?"
"I'm worried about May, has anyone seen her since yesterday after school?" I asked.
Everyone frowned, "Now that you mention it, we haven't seen her after that or at all today and it's 10:30 at night," Leaf agreed.
"We better check on her," Drew groaned as he got out of his chair.
We followed him upstairs, we stood in front of May's door and heard soft mumbling, "Hey May, you doin' okay?" Drew asked.
She didn't answer and Drew tried to open the door, but discovered that it was locked.
"May, open the door," Drew said a little louder.
She didn't causing me to sigh, "Step aside," I muttered as I grabbed a bobby-pin from my hair.
I broke it in half and picked the lock to open the door, Drew walked in first and gasped, "Geez…."
We all stepped in were in equal shock, papers, diagrams, and notes were spread out all over the room. May was pacing back and forth while muttering to herself and taking a sip from a mug before a look of displeasure crossed her face as she continued to mumble.
"It looks like a tree barfed in here," Ash commented.
May didn't look up as she continued to mumble and pace, "Oi, Miss Doctor, anyone here?" Misty hollered.
May stopped and glanced at us before looking at us fully, "When and how did you guys get in here?" she asked as she walked to her desk with a coffee maker on it.
"Uh….. just now and I had to pick the lock," I explained before looking at her concerned. "You okay?"
"Oh yea, peachy," she muttered as she took a sip from her mug and grimaced in displeasure.
"What are you drinking?" Gary asked.
"Coffee, stuff tastes terrible," May said with disgust as she placed the mug on her desk.
"Then why are you drinking it?" Misty asked.
"I need the caffeine to stay awake," she muttered as she walked to a part of her room and started to pick up a few pages of notes and started pace again.
I frowned, "Dare I ask how long you've been awake?" I asked.
May stopped and looked up to start counting on her fingers, "Over forty hours, had to start drinking that disgusting crap around 7:00 this morning. Ugh, my head kills," she muttered as she reached a bottle of painkillers and swallowed two of them.
"How many cups of coffee have you had?" Leaf asked hesitantly.
"Working on my seventh now," May said as she went back to looking at her notes.
We just gawked at her, "How are you not dead?!" I spluttered as she walked to a wall that had a diagram of the human skeleton.
"It'll take more than this to kill and I'm not stopping either, I still have a fifth of the material left to study," she said as she pointed out bones and muttered their names. "Thank Mew I already knew a third of the material before I even started studying."
"So you haven't slept at all?" Drew asked.
"Nope," May said as she popped the 'p'.
The girls and I looked at each other, "Time for an intervention," Leaf muttered as she walked up to May and dragged her from her notes.
"Hey!" May protested.
"Sorry Doctor, you have been doing malpractice on yourself and you are banned from studying," Leaf called as she continued to drag May.
May then started to fight back causing me and Misty to try and drag her away, "Guys, find Gardevoir's pokeball?" I shouted as I tried to help pull May away.
"Why?" Paul asked.
"Don't ask, just do it!" I snapped.
He looked at me with raised eyebrows, but the guys did as I asked soon Gardevoir appeared and did Hypnosis on May, "Order her to go to the bathroom and take a shower," I told Gardevoir.
She nodded and gave the order. May then acted like a zombie and walked to the bathroom. I quickly then ran around her room and grabbed some clean clothes for May to change into and had Gardevoir teleport them into the bathroom.
"Gardevoir, you better guard the door and keep tabs on May," I said tiredly.
She sighed and nodded in agreement as she left to do her task, "That girl, she takes studying for a test to a whole new level, she's now worse than you Leaf," I muttered as I looked at all of May's notes and diagrams.
"Tell me about it, but then again, this is practically a medical school exam and those things are a living hell to study for," Leaf pointed out.
"This is still insane as to what May is studying, look at this, how to identify blood types in pokemon," I read.
"This one is pokemon diseases and cures," Misty called.
"This one is medical terms, good Mew," Ash spluttered. "I can't even pronounce even a fourth of these."
I looked at the list, "Huh, Otolaryngology," I said correctly before turning to look at something else.
Everyone just looked at me, "It's a person who studies a person's ears, nose, and throat," I explained.
They still gawked at me causing me to roll my eyes, "I had a lot of ear infections and throat infections as a kid, had to see a specialist."
"Oto…Otolar….I give up," Ash muttered as he put the paper down.
"May sure got into detail with her diagrams," Drew commented causing us to look her skeleton, muscle, and nerve diagrams.
"No kidding," Gary muttered.
Gardevoir then appeared in the doorway, "She just finished and she's breaking away from my hold."
Leaf sighed, "Figured she'd do that," she said. "Keep an eye on her, we'll be out in a second."
Gardevoir nodded and left, "Drew, you might want to find Butterfree," I said.
He sighed, "I'd better."
We then heard the door open in the hall and we looked to see May, "You feel any better?" I asked.
"Yea, but now it's back to studying ," she said determined.
"No, it's time for you to go to bed," Misty said sternly.
"Sure mom," May said sarcastically as Drew appeared with Butterfree.
"Hate to do this May," Leaf said as she snuck up behind and pressed a pressure point on the crook of her neck to knock her out. "Better douse her with Sleep Powder just in case."
Drew sighed and ordered Butterfree to use Sleep Powder, I yawned, "Time for bed," I muttered.
"Who's gonna watch May?" Misty asked.
Drew picked her up bridal style, "I better do it, she'll listen to me."
I didn't really believe that, but he probably would have a better time making sure she would get sleep than any of us.
Everyone said their 'goodnights' and we split off to go to bed.
"Piplup?" Piplup asked as I got into bed. (Think May will be okay?)
"If she gets some sleep she will, otherwise she'll be incredibly tired when she takes that test," I muttered with a yawn as I let my head hit the pillow and fall asleep.
September 25th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
(May's POV)
I woke up and noticed that I wasn't in my room or in my clothes from studying. I was wearing some sweats and was lying in Drew's bed. I turned to look left and saw Drew sleeping peacefully. I looked over the other way and saw that the time was 2:00 AM Monday. I stared at it in shock. Crap! I've been asleep for over twenty-four hours, is that even possible?!
I felt Drew's aura to see that he was in deep sleep. I smiled, kissed his cheek, and placed a rose on the pillow next to him before I snuck out and made my way to kitchen. I grabbed some berries, left over takeout, and two water bottles before I crept up to my room to finish studying. I finished studying at around 5:30 and decided to try and get some meditation in before I went back to the house. Thankfully, there are no classes today because it's the day for everyone to plan before the camping challenge. Apparently Steven thought it would be better to do it earlier this year.
I changed into some yoga pants and a tank top before sneaking out for the beach that was a couple minutes away. I sat on the sand and focused on the sound of the ocean waves as I meditated. As time went by, I felt the sun's heat as it rose. After I thought I meditated enough, I just sat there and watched the sunrise along with the waves of the ocean.
"How long have you been up?"
I smiled as I felt Drew sitting next to me, "Since 2:00."
"Seriously, how are you not tired?" he muttered.
"Well I did sleep over twenty-four hours and you can only sleep for so long," I pointed out.
"Why did you study for that long?" Drew asked.
"I didn't have much time, we did have the senior class battle tournament on Friday," I reminded.
"I guess," Drew agreed before looking at me. "You ready for the test?"
I sighed, "It doesn't really matter whether I say I'm ready or not, I studied as much as I could, that's all that counts."
Drew gave a small grin before he kissed me, "You'll ace that test, I know you will."
I rolled my eyes, "Well if you say that I will pass this test, then it must be true because you know all," I said sarcastically.
"But of course," he teased as he flicked his hair.
"Egotistical jerk," I muttered with a small grin as I playfully shoved him over and ran away.
I didn't get very far and he grabbed me from behind, "Ah! Drew, let me go!" I shouted.
"I don't see why I should," he teased.
"Come on Drew, I need to get ready to take my test," I whined. "What do you want from me?"
"You can figure it out," Drew whispered huskily into my ear causing me to shiver.
I rolled my eyes and shifted around so that I was facing him. I brushed my fingers through his hair as I kissed him and he responded by holding me tighter.
"We need to go out more," I muttered into his chest after we finished making out. I missed these moments of intimacy with him like this.
I felt Drew's chest rumble with laughter, "We don't out as much as we would like," he agreed as he kissed my temple. "We'll go out after we get back from the challenge."
"It's a date," I teased as I pecked his lips one more time.
I then looked the time on my poketch and freaked, "Crap! I only have an hour before the test!"
I then ran back to the house dragging Drew by the hand. After getting to the house, I pecked his cheek and raced to my room to get ready.
(Dawn's POV)
I was sleeping peacefully when I heard a bunch of talking and running around causing me to grumpily wake up. I looked at the clock to see that it was 7:30, who is the freaking idiot that make this much noise when everyone's trying to sleep! I sat up and got of bed. I felt my hair to feel that it was sticking up all over causing me to grumble and try to tame it in a messy ponytail.
I then went downstairs to find Drew and May in the kitchen, "So you're the one responsible for waking up," I accused with a pointed finger.
May looked at me in concern, "What?" I asked annoyed.
"Your hair is sticking up all over and you're not freaking out, are you sick or something?" May asked as she felt my forehead.
I swatted her hand away, "Quit it, I'm not sick. I'm just too peeved to care," I grumbled.
"Well in any case, sorry for waking you up, I'm running late for my test since Drew held me up," May said with a glare as she looked at him.
"If I recall, you enjoyed the hold up as much as I did," he retorted with a smirk.
"Shut up grasshead," May snapped causing me to grin evilly.
I 'tsked', "For a girl who can disable a bomb, you have horrible time management when you're with Drew," I teased.
She glared, "Who says that you can pin the blame on me?"
I gave her an 'are-you-serious' look, "Out of the both of you, you're the more responsible one and you still fall to his charms every time."
"Hey!" May and Drew shouted in retort as they glared at me.
I shrugged at them, "Just sayin'," I said calmly as I grabbed some frozen waffles to stick in the toaster.
They glared before they continued to eat, May then quickly finished and kissed Drew's cheek, "See ya later guys, wish me luck," she said as she left.
"Good luck May!" I called.
"As if you need it," Drew teased.
I rolled my eyes as I went back to eating, then everyone started to trickle in to eat, "So much as for sleeping in with all this noise," Leaf muttered.
"Blame May, she woke me up," I retorted.
Misty and Leaf stared at me in surprise, "What?"
"You have bed head and you're not freaking out, you must be sick," Misty muttered as she and Leaf started to feel my forehead.
"Will you quit it already," I snapped as I swatted them away. "Why does everyone declare the world is ending when I don't do something normally, jeez you guys are a bunch of morons."
"Paul, you poisoned our best friend," Leaf complained.
"Leave him alone Leaf, he has nothing to do with my attitude," I said tiredly. "I'm just peeved when I wake up earlier than I want."
"We know that, but you don't call us morons, that's Paul's terminology for Ash and Gary," Misty pointed out.
"Hey!" Gary and Ash protested.
"Suck it up," Paul muttered.
I just rolled my eyes, "Has Steven sent out the email with the pairings yet?" I asked.
Leaf pulled out her compowder, "He did a few hours ago, looks like the emails are individual because the email isn't one that's automatically sent to the whole grade. It says that I'm paired with Misty, Ash, and Gary."
Misty raised an eyebrow, "He must expect us to be really responsible if he's doing mixed gender groups."
I nodded in agreement as I pulled out mine, "Looks like I'm paired with May, Drew, and Paul. It also says that the test is basically survival this year because we will be placed in parts of the world with dangerous terrain."
"I wonder if the switch up in plans is about teachers extracting revenge on students?" Gary wondered.
"Wouldn't surprise me, there are a lot of idiots at this school," Paul muttered.
"They also didn't list the starting places making it more difficult for us to plan ahead," Leaf added as she put away her compowder.
"Cool, guess that means we can…..," Ash started to say before Misty cut him off.
"If you say play videogames all day and pull an all-nighter, I will personally make your life miserable," she snapped.
"Heh heh, looks like you read my mind," Ash said sheepishly.
Misty buried her head in her arms that were on the table, "It's too early for me to deal with this," she moaned. "Why me?"
Leaf patted her shoulder sympathetically, "It's okay Misty, everything will be alright."
"Does anyone have any idea when May's supposed to be finished with her test?" I asked.
"Now that you mention it, I don't think she told us anything about the test. All we know is that it's about medical stuff," Gary said thoughtfully.
I mentally sighed, guess that means we'll have to wait to plan anything til May gets back. I stood up and placed my dishes in the dishwasher before going upstairs and have Piplup help fix my hair. After changing, I decided to practice with my knives so I grabbed them and made my way to the woods by the house.
"Piplup?" he asked tiredly. (Practicing again?)
"Well I'm not gonna get better if I don't," I pointed out as I placed paper targets on the trunks that were on the straight line path I would run.
Piplup just sighed and walked with me to the starting point of my "run". Basically, my training was to run a certain path with the targets randomly placed and the goal is to hit all the bull's-eyes. I started to run and threw knives every time I saw a target til I reached the end. I was on my fourth run when Paul suddenly appeared in front of one the targets as I threw a knife.
"Paul!" I shouted.
He just caught the knife between fingers and remained passive, "Are you okay?" I asked as I walked to him.
"I'm fine Troublesome," he said gruffly as he handed me back the knife. "What are you doing?"
"Practicing," I said as I started to collect all the knives that I threw.
"Why?" he asked.
"Why what?" I asked confused.
"Why do you this?" he asked.
"I told you all before, I thought it would be best if I picked up an extra skill," I said tiredly as I continued to collect my knives.
Paul gently grabbed my wrist to stop me, "What's the real reason?" he asked.
"The first one not good enough for you," I asked in annoyance.
Paul frowned at me, "Explain."
I sighed as I put my knives away, "I don't really know why I wanted to this. I guess it started with the battle in May when I was able to form knifes and snowflake stars out of ice to throw at the enemy. I felt a sort of thrill when I did that and even after I lost the ability to do that, picking up a small knife gave me that same thrill. It was exciting and terrifying. I thought about making it a skill to help defend myself since I'm always the target to be held at gunpoint, knife point, etc. I was sick, and still am, of being the girl who gets the jab of having a cute, naïve persona defining that I'm stupid and can't do anything. I just want to be able to defend myself and prove that I'm not just a girly, goody two shoes."
"It's just frustrating!" I shouted in a mutter as I threw a knife hard into a tree trunk.
Piplup waddled up to me in concern, "I'm fine Piplup, just peeved," I said as I knelt down to pet him on the head before going to get my knife.
Suddenly I was pulled into a hug causing me to freeze in shock, "Well this is a surprise?" I murmured softly as I relaxed into the hug.
"You don't need to be frustrated over this, it's a little shocking to people who first see you doing it, but everyone accepts it," he explained. "Everything you do makes you unique and each new thing I learn about you makes me realize how lucky I am that I get to know the things that you normally don't show anyone else. If anything, it makes me feel some relief that you can protect yourself okay."
I was surprised by his words. He rarely, if never, said anything like that. I smiled softly as I kissed him causing Piplup to mutter his name and then waddle elsewhere.
"Thanks," I murmured before smirking. "So is my new skill a turn on for you?"
Paul just glared at me though a slight blush appeared, "What the hell Troublesome?!" he shouted.
I smirked and turned away while feeling accomplished that I made him blush.
I was about to walk back to the house when Paul trapped me against a tree, "If you think you can walk away after asking that, you're gravely mistaken," he grunted.
I smirked, "Whatcha goin' do about it?" I challenged.
He smirked back and captured my lips his causing me to run my fingers through his hair. So much as for getting in some practice.
(Misty's POV)
After recovering from my 'moment' this morning, I changed and decided to train with Golduck. He finally evolved over the summer making me incredibly happy.
I walked to the beach and threw his pokeball, "You up for some training?" I asked as he appeared.
"Golduck" he said with a nod.
"Alright, let's work on Psychic," I suggested.
He nodded and suddenly I felt myself floating, "AH! Golduck, not funny!" I shouted.
"Looks like you're having fun."
I frowned as I saw a grin on Leaf's face, "Does it look like I'm having fun?" I retorted.
She shrugged and smirked, "You tell me."
I rolled my eyes, "I swear that Gary influences you too much," I mutter as Golduck finally set me on the ground. "So what are you doing?"
Leaf shrugged, "Ash and Gary are playing video games, Drew is in his room, and Paul and Dawn are somewhere around here."
I then saw Piplup along the edge of the wood, "What are you doing by yourself Piplup?" I shouted. "Where's Dawn?"
Piplup looked at me and shivered, "Piplup," he muttered. (I don't want to know.)
"Well I guess we can assume Dawn's with Paul," Leaf said with a shake of her head in amusement.
I looked at her with a brow raised, "Why?"
"Piplup only looks disgusted when Dawn and Paul are making out," Leaf said with a grin.
I grinned back and nodded in understanding, "That he does," I agreed.
"You up for a battle?" Leaf asked.
"Sure, one on one?" I asked to clarify.
"Sure," she called as she tossed a pokeball. "Furret, let's go!"
Furret posed for battle along with Golduck, "You can go first," I shouted.
Leaf nodded, "Furret, use Quick Attack."
Furret then raced ahead toward Golduck, "Stop it with Confusion," I shouted.
Furret was then stopped in its tracks and thrown backwards.
"Furret, use Hyper Voice," Leaf called.
Before I could counter, Golduck got hit with Hyper Voice causing it to be thrown back some.
"Alright Golduck, use Water Gun!" I shouted.
Golduck then shot out water, but it came out more powerful than a regular Water Gun.
"Furret, use Dig," Leaf shouted quickly.
Furret nodded and used Dig to dodge the attack, "Looks like Golduck learned Hydro Pump," Leaf commented.
I nodded and smiled at Golduck, "Awesome job, use Fury Swipes when Furret appears."
He nodded and movement appeared beneath him, "Furret dodge and use Slam," Leaf shouted.
She did as told and pounded Golduck hard on the head, I smirked, "Big mistake Leaf," I warned knowingly.
Leaf looked at me confused and then frowned in understanding as that Slam helped make Golduck's headache worse, "Alright Golduck, use Psychic and lift Furret into the air."
He nodded and did as told, "Now throw it back on the ground," I ordered once Furret was high enough.
Golduck then threw Furret into the ground causing dust to appear. Once it settled, we could see that Furret had swirls in its eyes.
Nice job Golduck, return," I praised as I returned him to his pokeball.
"You did well Furret, return," Leaf said with a smile.
"We should find the boys and start planning," I said tiredly.
Leaf sighed, "Why do I get the feeling that's going to be a harder task than it sounds?"
I sighed as well as we walked back to the house, we then walked into the living room to find both of them locked in virtual combat.
I muttered under my breath as I walked behind the TV and pulled out the power cord causing the TV to shut down.
"What the hell Red!" Gary shouted angrily.
"Yea seriously Mist, I was close to kicking his ass," Ash complained.
I felt a vein throb, "I wasn't joking when I said I'd make your lives miserable," I snapped.
"And I'll happily join her," Leaf added sternly.
"Seriously girls, do we have to start planning now?" Gary complained.
"Well excuse us for caring about everyone's wellbeing," Leaf snapped. "Especially since it was you guys who planned poorly and got pneumonia."
The boys looked at each other and sighed, "Alright, since we don't want to become sick like last year, we'll start planning now," Gary agreed.
I looked at Leaf and we nodded agreement at a sudden idea, "And if we finish before too late, we'll play Zombie Wars with you," I promised.
The guys looked at us in surprise as Leaf nodded that she was willing, the guys than ran upstairs to get their laptops and we burst out laughing at their actions.
"We so have them wrapped around our fingers," Leaf laughed.
I nodded with a grin as we went to grab our laptops as well.
(May's POV)
I finished answering the last essay question and handed my test in to Nurse Joy who smiled at me, "Don't worry May, I'm sure you did really well," she assured me.
"I sure hope so," I said tiredly. "When will I know the results?"
"Tomorrow morning, Martha will call you personally to give the results," she explained.
I shuddered at the thought of the head Nurse Joy calling me, "Must she?" I asked hesitantly.
"May, she is not out to get you," she said with a light laugh.
"How is she not? That woman hates me, she's made life miserable for Nurse Joy back home ever since she started teaching me things about healing people and pokemon," I argued. "I bet she'll personally flunk me."
"May, she made it difficult to challenge you and to help you learn more than you've previously learned," she explained. "Did you learn more from studying for this test?"
"Yea, but…..," I tried to argue.
"No buts," she said firmly. "Now go back to the dorm and get ready for tomorrow's challenge."
I sighed, "Alright, see ya Nurse Joy," I called as I walked out.
I then walked outside and looked at my poketch to see that it was 6:00 PM. I quickly walked back to the house and went inside to find Gary, Leaf, Misty, and Ash playing Zombie Wars which was an interesting sight to say the least. I then smelled food coming from the kitchen and saw Dawn and Paul cooking dinner which was also weird. I shook my head at all the weirdness and walked up to my room to clean up all my notes.
While doing so, Drew walked in and sat in my desk chair, "When did you get back?" he asked.
"A few minutes ago, the weirdness from downstairs freaked me out so I decided to hide out in here," I said as I set my pile of papers in the corner of my room to deal with later.
Drew gave me a confused look, "Define weird?"
"Weird as in Leaf and Misty playing Zombie Wars with Gary and Ash while Dawn and Paul are making dinner and I could have sworn to see Paul smiling a little," I said thoughtfully.
"That is weird," Drew agreed.
"Hence why I came up here when I got back," I explained as I sat cross-legged on my bed.
"So how was the test?" Drew asked.
"I'd rather not say. If I say anything, I'll jinx myself to fail," I said firmly.
Drew tsked, "How many times have I told you that you'll pass that test," he scolded teasingly with a smirk.
I fake gasped, "What was I thinking to not believe in the all-knowing grasshead?!" I said dramatically with sarcasm while I rolled my eyes.
"Scoff all you want, you know I'm right," he said arrogantly while flicking his hair.
I then hear Dawn yell dinner and I stood up to go downstairs. I was then trapped as Drew grabbed me from behind.
"What is it with you and trapping me all the time," I whined as I tried to break free.
"Because I don't see you enough," he complained.
I forced a laugh, "We see each other every day, we live in the same house," I argued.
"I still don't see you enough," he said again as I turn around to face him.
His hold then loosed as he held me in place and I placed my hands behind his neck, "We can't do much about that," I said gently as I kissed him. "At least you're paired up with me for the challenge so you'll see me constantly for the next few days."
"Thank Mew," he muttered as he kissed me again.
I then hugged him tight before letting go, "Time to face the strangeness," I said as I pulled him to follow me.
Drew gave a light laugh as he followed me downstairs.
I looked at the table to see homemade pizza which looked really good, "Looks really good you two," I complimented Dawn and Paul as I grabbed two slices.
"Thanks," Dawn said cheerfully as she grabbed two slices herself, "How was the test?"
"I don't know and I don't really want to know," I said tiredly as I took a bite of pizza.
"Do you know when you'll get the results back?" Leaf asked.
I nodded, "Martha is going to tell me personally tomorrow morning," I said with a shudder.
Everyone looked at me confused, "The head Nurse Joy who hates me," I clarified causing everyone to nod in understanding.
"I'm pretty sure she doesn't hate you," Misty said knowingly. "She just likes to challenge you."
"And torture me," I added with a mutter before talking normal. "Why are you and Leaf playing Zombie Wars especially since you said no video games today?"
"Well, we finished planning early and we agreed to play if that happened, it's actually not that bad," Leaf admitted.
"That's because you're winning," Gary muttered.
"Alpha?" Dawn asked.
"Alpha," Misty confirmed causing me and Dawn to nod in understanding.
The guys gave us confused looks, "What the heck are you talking out?" Ash asked confused.
"Is it a cheat code?" Gary asked suspiciously.
Dawn rolled her eyes, "If you guys paid attention when playing, a number is displayed in the top left corner at the beginning of each round as its loading."
"That tells the player what district the zombie hub is," I finished explaining with a smirk.
The guys just looked at us in astonishment, "So that's how you two are kicking our butts," Ash complained.
"So not fair, why didn't you tell us?" Gary demanded.
Leaf shrugged, "You would have figured it out eventually. And as I've said before sweetie, all's fair in love and video games," she said with smirk before continuing to eat.
I snuck a glance at Gary to see a playful gleam in his eye, something tells me he'll get back at Leaf later.
After we finished eating, Drew, Paul, Dawn, and I grabbed our laptops and finally began strategizing for the challenge as well as choose which pokemon we would bring. We decided that Dawn would bring Piplup, Paul would bring Elective, Drew would bring Roserade, and I would bring Blaziken.
Once we had a pretty good plan as to what to do for the next few days, I went to my room with Drew following me.
"You okay?" I asked as I set my laptop down on my desk.
He frowned slightly as he sat on the edge of my bed, "I don't know, I just feel uneasy, as if something is bad is going to happen to you," he muttered.
"To me?" I asked as I sat next to him.
He nodded and I sensed his unease, "Drew," I said gently causing him to turn and look at me.
"Nothing bad is going to happen to me, I promise," I said sincerely as I tucked a stray hair behind his ear before letting my hand rest on the side of his face.
Drew gave a small smile as I leaned in to kiss him, he then hugged me and held me close. I said nothing as I just leaned in and let him hold me in silence.
After a few minutes, I felt him kiss my hair and pull away, "Thanks May," he said with a smile as he kissed me one last time before I yawned causing him to smirk.
"Someone's sleepy," he teased.
I stuck out my tongue, "Well pardon me for being tired, I'll still trying to get back to a normal sleeping schedule," I retorted.
"And whose fault is that," Drew teased.
"Shut up," I muttered with another yawn.
Drew chuckled as he grabbed his laptop and left for his room. I then got ready for bed when I heard a knock on my door and Dawn came in with a pile of clothes.
"Here are some clothes for the challenge?" she said as gave me the pile.
"You were able to find everything within an hour and a half?" I asked in amazement.
Dawn nodded, "Paul made sure I didn't get sidetracked at the mall," she reported.
I nodded and yawned, "You ready for tomorrow?" I asked.
She nodded, "Let's just hope the guys don't pull another all-nighter," she muttered.
"I doubt Drew and Paul will, but Ash and Gary are another story," I said tiredly.
"Point taken, but I don't think we need to worry, Leaf and Misty will murder them if they try," she said with a chuckle.
I laughed, "Without a doubt," I agreed. "Night Dawn."
"Night," she called before I shut the door and set the clothes on my dresser.
I then climbed into bed and immediately fell asleep as my head hit the pillow.
September 26th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
I was sleeping soundly til my compowder started to beep. I yawned sleepily to see that it was 6:00 in the morning.
I opened it, "Hello?" I asked sleepily.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're being lazy," a voice snapped causing me to shout while falling out of bed in surprise.
"Ow," I muttered as I sat up and picked up my compowder.
"You awake now?" Martha asked.
"Yup," I said with fake cheeriness as I saw Martha's picture.
"Good," she said sternly. "Now for your test results, I'm pleased to report that you passed with flying colors. The only thing I'm displeased about is that you put shock therapy instead of its proper name."
"Not all of us remember the medical names," I muttered.
"What was that?" she snapped.
"Nothing," I said quickly.
She looked at me suspiciously but let it slide, "Anyways, congratulations on passing, I'll let you get ready for your "camping challenge"," she said stiffly before hanging up.
I closed my compowder and stood up as Dawn came in looking concerned, "Did you fall out of bed?" she asked confused.
"The demon lady scared me," I muttered. "She believes that all Nurse Joys rise early and don't need that much sleep."
"Wait, so you got the results of your test?" Dawn asked excitedly.
I nodded, "I passed which is good enough for me."
"Yea!" she shouted as she attacked me with a hug.
"You sure got cheery fast," I teased.
Dawn stuck out her tongue, "I have to be excited for you as well as myself so I have to be really cheery," she retorted.
I rolled my eyes, "Thanks," I said with a smile.
"No prob, well, we better get ready since we're already up," she pointed out before she left to grab her clothes and change.
I yawned and then followed her lead. I changed into a red and white striped tanktop, somewhat thick black yoga pants, a red sweatshirt hoodie, and comfortable walking shoes before going down to the kitchen to eat and feed my pokemon. When I got down there, I saw Dawn, Drew , and Paul feeding their pokemon as well.
"So I heard you fell out of bed this morning," Drew teased.
I glared as Dawn who pulled an innocent confused face, "Because I got freaked out by the demon lady, I didn't expect her to call me that early," I argued.
"Sure," Drew said with a smirk as he walked to collect empty bowls.
Once was he out of hearing distance, I glared at Dawn again, "Hate you," I muttered.
"Love you too," she said with a grin as she continued to feed her pokemon.
I shook my head and muttered as everyone else came out and feed their pokemon.
"Did you pass the test?" Misty asked as we were eating.
I nodded, "Martha's words were that I 'passed with flying colors'. She then scolded me because I didn't name the proper medical term for shock therapy for Electric pokemon," I muttered.
"What is the proper term?" Drew asked curiously.
My face contorted as I tried to remember, I then snapped my fingers in recognition "Electroconvulsive Therapy."
"That sounds painful," Ash shuddered.
"Well it's not meant for you, it's for Electric pokemon," Misty muttered before she continued to eat.
I shook my head in amusement as we all finished eating and made our way to school. We then got to the gym where everyone got their stuff and were teleported off.
"See you guys in a few days," I said as Dawn and I hugged Leaf and Misty.
"See ya, try to avoid trouble," Leaf called.
"Same to you," Dawn shouted as Misty, Leaf, Ash, and Gary were called and handed their backpacks before they were teleported out.
"Let's hope we don't get stuck on a snowy mountain this time," Dawn said tiredly.
"We won't find out until we're teleported," I said as I suddenly heard my name.
I turned around and saw Steven, "Hey Steven," I said with a nod.
"Hey May, before you leave, I need to give you this," he said as he handed me a metal type bracelet.
"Power inhabilitator?" I guessed as I put it on.
He nodded, "Hate to make you do it, but using your powers are considered cheating," he explained.
I nodded in understanding as I put in on, "It's okay, I understand."
Steven then looked at Dawn with a hand out, "Dawn, if you please?"
Dawn played her confused face, "Please what?" she asked confused.
Steven frowned, "The knives," he whispered.
Dawn glared, "Why?"
Steven glared back, "You can do just fine without them for a few days. You should be lucky that I don't confiscate them when you bring them on campus," he said sternly. "Now if you please?"
Dawn grumbled as she pulled two from her socks, two her sweatshirt sleeves, four from inside her sweatshirt, and then one from her back.
Steven sighed as he hid them in his jacket while Drew and I stared at her incredulously and Paul sighed, "Seriously Troublesome?"
She glared at him as she rezipped her sweatshirt, "What? It's a rule of Shurikenjutsu to carry a weapon on you at all times," she snapped.
I shook my and sighed, "Dawn, you are not a ninja, you an agent and second, did you seriously need to have nine?"
She rolled her eyes, "I carry that many because I may not get some back after I throw them," she retorted.
"You're crazy," I mutter.
"As if you're one to talk Miss 'I-know-at-least-seven-forms-of-martial-arts, can-fight-with-multiple-weapons, and know-techniques-of-paralysis'," she again retorted.
I sighed, "Alright you have a point, what are you asking for, that I teach you my ways?" I asked sarcastically.
She smirked and nodded, "Dawn, you already have a well-balanced know how at how to defend yourself, why do you want to learn more?" I asked.
"Because you prove that it's useful," she argued. "Which is why you need to teach us girls your ways."
I rolled my eyes, "Let me guess, you're the one out of the three to convince me to teach you girls my 'supposed' ways?"
She nodded and I smirked, "Why not, but I can't guarantee that you'll like the training," I teased.
Dawn rolled her eyes, "I think the phrase 'no pain no gain' comes into play here," she retorted smirking back at me.
"Should we be worried?" Drew asked Paul.
Paul grunted, "We already were when Troublesome got inspired to start playing with knives," he muttered.
Dawn glared at him, "I don't see what you're complaining about," she muttered before smirking. "What happened with you admitting that it…."
He then cut her off by kissing her, "Don't," he glared when then broke apart. "And for the record, I never said anything to make that true."
"Your slight blush said otherwise," she retorted with a smirk.
He glared at her while she smirked causing me to shake my head before leaning into Drew's ear, "And everyone says we're bad."
He nodded in agreement while we watched them stare at each other. Suddenly, our names were called and we walked up front to receive our backpacks from Solidad before we were teleported off. We then looked around and I saw that we were in a valley.
"Well this'll be fun," I said with a sigh as I looked into the valley recognizing it.
"Why do you say that?" Dawn asked.
I gave a tired smile, "What's more fun than navigating through a valley that's home to a bunch of very territorial Steelix."