What's going on?

Misty's POV

"Ash!" I yelled.

Where was that boy? What was he doing?

"Ash!" I called again, "Where are you?"

I was sure he'd been pulled down this side street.

I lay back, floating on the water to catch my breath. How long had I been searching for?

I reached my hands slowly above my face to look at them. They were all wrinkled now.

May had long since collected Drew from the water and was waiting with Brock on the bridge for us, but I was still stuck, swimming and looking for Ash.

I jumped as something nudged my back from underneath.

I started to paddled, looking around.

"Ash, that's not funny," I said, "you don't scare me."

My foot budged something. Alright, if he was going to play like that.

I swung back and kicked hard.

Ok, ouch, that hurt a lot more than I thought it would.

A fin appeared above the water and my eyes widened.

That wasn't Ash! I'd just kicked a Pokémon. And now it was angry.

I screamed and started to swim away.

My ankle stung. I'd obviously injured it.

I looked over my shoulder, seeing the angry Sharpedo.

Of all my luck. I was just trying to find Ash for crying out loud and now I was going to get eaten by this Pokémon.

"Totodile! Use water gun!"

A sharp splash of water hit the Sharpedo and then a Pokéball was thrown at it.

It floated at the surface, rocking back and forth until it clicked.

"Whew, Misty, are you alright?"

I looked to see it was Ash who'd rescued me.

While some part of me was annoyed, I was actually mostly relieved.

"Thanks Ash," I said, "Dunno what I would've done if you didn't help me."

He swam and grabbed the Pokéball.

"You want it?" he offered, holding out the Pokéball, "I know it's half dark, but it's still a water Pokémon."

I looked at the ball and shivered.

"No thanks," I said, "I don't think it'll like me very much."

"Why'd it attack you?" Ash asked.

I flushed slightly.

"I may have accidentally kicked it, thinking it was you," I said.

Ash looked horrified. I knew he hated Pokémon cruelty, but that was just an accident!

"You were going to kick me!" he exclaimed.

"I thought you were playing tricks on me," I huffed, "and it's taken ages to find you."

"I got lost," he said sheepishly.

I rolled my eyes. Of course he got lost. That was such a typical Ash move.

"Come on," I said, "we're all waiting for you. We're going on a tour!"

Ash looked slightly puzzled. I grabbed his shirt and started to drag him.

"Don't question," I snapped, "Just do. I'll explain later."

We weren't waiting long before Ross came back with the boat he was talking about. It was some sort of long canoe or something.

"Hope in," he said, "there's plenty of room."

Brock sat up the front as Pikachu and Togepi went to the end to look out the front.

I got in next, sitting down just in time before Ash tumbled in after me.

"Surprised that wasn't you May," Drew said.

May huffed and stepped down.

Before tripping over much like Ash did.

She muttered something under her breath and sat up straight as Drew smirked at her. He got in with no troubles.

Ross pushed away from the edge and started to paddle down the streets.

"The buildings are really beautiful here," I said.

"Yeah," Ash agreed instantly.

"Hey thank for the tour," I said to Ross.

"No problem," he said, "so how'd it feel to win?"

"It's great!" I exclaimed, "And I beat Drew and May which is a plus."

"We would've won if someone didn't push me off the wave racer," Drew said, glaring at May.

"Well you were being arrogant," May huffed, "you deserved it."

I rolled my eyes and instead looked at the medallion I was given for getting first place.

"Hey," Ash said, "Why didn't I get one?"

"Because you didn't cross the line Ash," I said.

"No fair," he said, crossing his arms.

"Do you like it Misty?" Ross asked from behind me, "The symbols tell the story of our town."

I held it up to the light, admiring the way the sun reflected through it.

"It's beautiful," I said, "and the symbols…They sort of look like Pokémon."

I spotted two tall statues on the gateway towers.

"Look, there they are again," I said.

"Oh yeah, those are known as the guardians of Alto Mare," he said, "that's Latios of the left and Latias on the right. Legend had it, they watch over our town and protect us in case of danger."

May nodded.

"That's right," she said.

"Oh, have you heard that before?" I asked.

She flushed red, for reasons I couldn't guess.

"Yup," she said, "a few times."

"Are they just statues?" Brock asked, "Or do they really exist?"

"Of course they exist," May scoffed.

We all looked at her.

"How do you know?" Drew asked.

"Legend only says so," Ross added, "No-one's ever seen them before."

"I just…Have a feeling they do," May said, looking down.

Drew gave her a funny look.

"I'd sure like to see the real ones," Ash said.

"Me too," I said, agreeing, "I'll bet they're really cool."

"I guess we never see them because Alto Mare is so peaceful all the time," Ross said.

May's stomach growled loudly.

"Uh…Is there by any chance a place we can stop for lunch?" she asked.

"There's a place there," Ross said, pointing, "That has great seafood. And just around the corner is a place for ice-cream."

"Ok!" I said, "Thanks."

"Yeah, thanks," May said.

"No problem," he said, paddling away.

"Ice-cream?" Brock asked.

"Yes!" We all exclaimed, running away.

"I hope they have strawberry," Drew said.

May nodded.

Suddenly a boat pulled up to the side of us, two girl inside. One had long curly blonde hair and the other had lavender purple hair. Both girls had brown eyes and were grinned mischievously.

"Mew Oakley," the blonde exclaimed, "I left the glasses behind."

"That's ok Annie," the one named Oakley said, "This girl matches the picture we got on the scanner anyway."

They both looked May up and down.

"What's your problem!" I yelled, "It's not nice to stare."

"Please," Oakley said, "you don't have to protect her so. We only want to play, don't we?"

She stared directly at May.

May gulped.

Oakley snickered.

"Come with us, we need you to do us a little favour," Annie said.

May rapidly shook her head and ran away.

"Wait! May!" Drew yelled.

We all chased after her.

"Ariados! Take care of these brats!"

"Espeon! You help too!"

I heard Brock and Ash cry out and stopped to look back. Ash was tied in spider web and Brock was unconscious on the ground.

"Keep going Misty!" Ash yelled, "Help May."

I nodded and continued to run.

May let out a sharp, loud, long whistle.

I had to cover my ears and saw that Drew had stopped to do the same.

"What are you doing May?" I yelled.

Another girl came running towards her. This one had brown hair like May, but her bits of her hair stuck up. Her eyes looked very dark brown, much like Ash's.

May and the new girl seemed to have a silent conversation with hand gestures.

May then nodded and ran towards Drew and I.

"Come on," she whispered, "We gotta go."

She grabbed my hand with one of hers and Drew's in the other.

She started running.

"Wait up May," I exclaimed as I was dragged along.

"Where are we going?" Drew asked, "What's going on?"

"Trust me," May said.

"What about Brock and Ash?" I asked.

"They should be fine," May said, "the girl don't want them."

She closed her eyes.

"May!" Drew exclaimed, "Open your eyes!"

"Look where you're going!" I squealed.

"Trust me," May said again, "I know what I'm doing."

"Watch out!" I exclaimed, seeing a turn.

Surprisingly, May just turned as if she'd seen it all along.

"Almost there," she muttered.

She opened a door and charged in, slamming it behind her.

Her eyes opened again and she looked at us.

"May!" I exclaimed, "You can't barge into someone's house."

"It's ok," May said, "I know the person who lives here."

"What's going on May?" Drew asked, "Why won't you answer?"

May smiled innocently.

"I'll explain later," she said, "I gotta go see if she's ok and get Ash and Brock. Stay here. I'll be back. If someone asks, just say May said you guys could stay here. Ok?"

Without waiting for an answer, she closed her eyes again and ran out.

What was going on?

Drew's POV

Eventually, May came back, with the girl from before, and Ash. They were carrying Brock.

"Whew," May sighed, "That's all of us."

The girl looked at May and made a few hand gestures.

May made some back and nodded.

The girl looked at us and circled each one of us, getting really close to look at me.

"Uh…Too close," I said, as the girl leaned close to look at my eyes. I liked my personal space.

May let out a sharp, short, but not as loud whistle and the girl turned. She looked at May and May made some more hand symbols.

The girl nodded, opened the door and ran out.

May sighed.

"I hope she'll be ok," she muttered.

"May?" I asked, "Can you explain what's going on now?"

It was rather frustrating actually.

May smiled sweetly at me and shook her head.

"There's nothing to tell," she said.

What? But…Everything that just happened…

"But!-" I started to protest.

"How about some ice-cream?" she asked, cutting me off, "I thought you wanted strawberry Drew?"

I clenched my fists and nodded. There was something she wasn't telling us and I was going to find out.

Drew: What? This is so confusing!

Me: I know

May: What was I doing?

Me: Something

Misty: Will you answer the questions?

Me: Eventually.

Everyone: *sweatdrop*

Me: Sorry guys if you think this is way too confusing, but this is the start of my twists. Yes! I am actually starting to twist this in the second chapter. That is a lot different to what I usually do. because I usually wait til like chapter 6 or something to start revealing my twist, but it turns out this plot moves a lot faster at the start.

I will explain these strange things later on. And maybe some of you, who know me and my writing and how I like to twist things, might already be able to guess what is going on. BUT I will not confirm or deny anything until I explain it in my story. Meaning that you can come up with all the theories you like, but I will not tell you whether they're true of not.

Ash: That's kinda mean

Me: I know, but that's the way I do things.

Drew: but you take forever to update

Me: I know guys, sorry about that. But until I next update, enjoy being in suspense :D