Double trouble

No-one's POV

The group walked along towards the Pokémon museum, all with an ice-cream in their hands (and yes, Drew did get his strawberry).

"Wow!" Ash exclaimed when they got close.

"This place is huge!" Misty added.

"Hey guy, would you mind if I just sit out here?" May asked, pointing to a bench just outside the museum.

"Why?" Ash asked, "Don't you wanna come in and see all the cool stuff in here?"

"No," May said, "I'm feeling a little light headed."

"Are you ok?" Misty asked.

May nodded.

Brock handed May a bottle of water.

"You stay here and sit then," he said, "You don't have to come in. Be sure to drink lots of water though."

May nodded again and sat down on the bench.

"Do you want some company?" Misty asked, "I'll stay behind if you want."

"No," May said, "I'll be fine by myself. You guys go ahead."

They nodded and started to go in.

Drew shot one last worried look at May, before it disappeared and he followed everyone else.

The group all walked around, amazed by the beautiful architecture.

"Wow," Misty exclaimed, "Check out all the stain glass painting of water Pokémon! They're so beautiful!"

"Yeah," Ash agreed, "They must get a lot of water Pokémon through Alto Mare."

"I'd love to live here," misty sighed.

"Watch it Ash," Drew warned.

Just as Drew said that, Ash tripped over a groove in the ground and landed straight on his face.

"Ouch," Ash mumbled, pushing himself back up.

His eyes widened went he saw the ground he was lying on and he jumped back up.

"Hey cool," Brock exclaimed, "Is this a Pokémon fossil?"

"You might say that."

The group turned to see a chubby older man with a bald hair, but a white beard and moustache. He had on a red shirt and blue overalls.

"It's also a reminder of our past," the man said.

"Really?" Ash asked.

"Yeah," the man said, "These fossils are of Pokémon that once terrorized Alto Mare."

"What Pokémon are they?" Drew asked, "I can't recognise them."

In truth, Drew was more interesting in knowing the names so he could annoy May when she would no doubt ask.

"One was an Aerodactyl and the other was Kabutops," the man said.

"You sure seem to know a lot," Ash said.

"I have been in Alto Mare for quite a while," the man said, "My name is Lorenzo."

"I'm Ash!" Ash exclaimed enthusiastically, "And that's Misty, Brock and Drew. Do you think you could tell us some more?"

Misty rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything.

Lorenzo just chuckled.

"Come this way," he said, leading them into a large wide room, "This is the DMA. The Defence Mechanism of Alto Mare."

"Wow!" Ash exclaimed.

"It's huge!" Misty said.

"AH! I have seen the light!" Brock exclaimed, spotting a stain glass window with two ladies depicted on it, "I will definitely meet a girl in this town."

"Just don't hold your breath," Misty muttered.

"Long ago the Aerodactyl and Kabutops were trained by an evil trainer to attack people," Lorenzo said, "So everyone lived in fear. Then Latios came and brought the water to this town. It flooded the streets and drowned the Pokémon."

"And that's why the streets are now canals right?" Misty asked.

"That's right," Lorenzo said, "That's when the town was named Alto Mare, which means high sea. That's also when they built the DMA. They wanted to make sure no-one would ever disrupt their peace again. Fortunately, they never had to use it."

Ash's eyes drifted to the side, instantly losing interest in the story once he heard the bit about the Pokémon was over. He wanted to know Pokémon, not history.

"Hey!" he suddenly exclaimed, "It's her! The girl that helped May!"

Misty and Drew looked up to where Ash was pointing.

"Come on!" Misty said, "Let's follow her."

"Right," Drew said, "I need answers."

"Where are you going?!" Brock yelled as the three others ran out.

"To find something out!" Ash yelled back, "Go check in the Pokémon centre, we'll meet you there later. I promise!"

"There she is!" Misty exclaimed, pointing, "We gotta go!"

Ash, Misty and Drew all followed after the girl.

"Hang on," Drew said, "there's May."

He pointed down to where May was cheekily waving at him. She'd since removed her bandana and was now apparently deciding to play games.

Misty and Ash stopped for a moment.

May smiled at Drew and waved again before running away.

"Hey!" Drew yelled, "you'll get lost!"

May didn't turn back around.

"You guys follow the girl, I'll get May, we'll meet back at the Pokécenter ok?" Drew said, before taking off after May.

Misty and Ash kept chasing after the girl.

"Hey!" Ash yelled.

The girl turned around, looking at Ash in confusion.

"Why'd you help us?" Ash asked.

"What are you talking about?" the girl yelled back, "I don't know you."

She turned and started to walk away.

"Hey wait!" Misty yelled, "It's rude to walk away you know! HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU!"

Misty and Ash once again chased after the girl.

Meanwhile, Drew was having his own problems. May was staying just out of reach and wasn't letting him get close. She wasn't answering him either.

"HEY!" Drew yelled, getting quite annoyed, "What are you doing?! I'll stop chasing you and you can get lost if that's what you want to do."

He stopped.

May ran up close to him, leaning close to his face.

Drew leaned away, a feint blush on his face.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

May grinned at him and then ran away again.

"May, I don't have time for games," Drew said.

May turned to him. She winked and ran away again.

"HEY! Where are you going?!" Drew yelled.

He groaned and chased after her down some more pathways.

After a few minutes, Misty and Ash had lost the girl.

"Where now?" Misty asked.

"I dunno," Ash replied, "It's weird. She acted like she'd never seen us."

The girl suddenly darted out from a side street, motioning to both of them and running away again.

"HEY!" Ash yelled, "What's the big idea?"

Both Misty and Ash chased after her again.

Eventually they came to a pathway with a garden beside it and vines crawling over the wires above.

"Hey, you made it here too."

They turned to see Drew, slightly out of breath also.

"Crazy May ran down here," he explained.

All three looked down to the end of the path.

Well, looks like a dead end there," Ash said, "We'll catch them now."

The three trainers walked slowly down, preparing for their plan of attack.

When they got to the end, they found May and the girl in the darkest corner. They were standing side by side, watching Ash, Misty and Drew.

"Nowhere to run now," Misty said.

The two girls turned around and walked through the wall.

"Except through the wall," Ash said, "Where'd they disappear to?"

Drew and Misty looked just as confused.

"Well if they can walk through the wall, surely we can too," Misty said.

The three trainers cautiously walked to the wall.

Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and ran through the wall.

"Pikachu!" Ash yelled.

'PIKA!'

The three could hear Pikachu beckoning for them to come.

Carefully Misty stuck her hand through the wall and then she walked through.

Ash and Drew followed and soon, the three of them found themselves in a beautiful garden.

Misty gasped.

"Wow," she said, "I never would've guessed this was here."

Drew's POV

There was May. I was so confused to what she was doing.

May and the girl joined hands and the twirled around, imitating 'ring-a-ring-a-rosy' without any noise.

"Why aren't you guys talking to us?" Ash asked, "You've gone awfully quiet May."

May grinned. She ran up to me and grabbed my hands.

"What are you doing?" I asked as she dragged me.

The other girl took my other hand and suddenly I was forced to join in their little game.

They let go and I was sent reeling backwards.

But then May was behind me, catching me before I could fall.

How on earth did she get behind me that quickly?

And I knew she was strong, but to catch my weight? That was strange. I definitely wasn't the lightest guy. Not the heaviest either, but not light.

May pushed me back upright.

"HEY! What are you doing here?"

I turned.

"Hey!" Ash exclaimed, "Those two girls losk the same."

Indeed, there were two girls now, that looked exactly the same except that the one who'd just walked in was wearing a white cap.

"How did you get here?" the girl demanded, "And what are you doing?"

"We followed the girl here," Ash said.

"And our friend," Misty said, pointing to May.

"That's your friend?" the new girl asked, "I highly doubt that."

"She is!" Ash insisted.

"You'll tell her won't you May?" I asked, "I'm your rival and those two are your friends."

The girl looked at us skeptically.

"I don't believe you," she said.

"Hmm…True. What they say is wrong. That's definitely not their friend, but you can't blame them for false perception."

That was May's voice. But I was staring right at her and her lips weren't moving.

There was a giggle.

"Behind you silly."

I turned to see that May was right behind me. This time, she had her bandana back on.

Wait a minute. There were two of each girl. Two Mays? Wait what?

"I don't get it," Misty said, "Why are there two of you?"

"This is making my head hurt," Ash said.

I groaned. One May was enough, I didn't need to deal with two.

Me: WOO! I managed to finish another chappie! I'm sorry this took so long to write. I've been struggling a bit. I'm starting to get a little better. Thanks to the advice of a friend I think I'm starting to get over my writer's block, but it's still really hard to tell.

Drew: Couldn't you have just forgotten about this story?

Me: NEVER!

Ash: Why would you want her to do that?

Misty: SHIPPINGS!

Ash:...Yeah! Couldn't you have forgotten it?

Me: NO!

Drew: What do you think May?

May: *eating popcorn* What? Sorry what did you guys say? I was busy watching Drew freak out over 'two Mays'

Me: *facepalm*

Anyway, I'm sure you guys can guess what's next. I haven't left it much of a secret. But just in case you haven't figured it out I'll leave it. I'm again, not confirming or denying ANY sorts of theories yet. ALl will be revealed. Even if it's super obvious.