Kyaa! It is cold! No heat in my room!
May: Why
Me: Dunno….maybe it's because Drew is here that it's so cold.
Drew: WHAT!!!???
Me: Heh, I'm evil.
Drew: Got that right.
May: Rolyn does not own pokemon or anything related to pokemon.
Water: Memories
May's mind went blank as the oxygen was drained from her body and water entered her lungs. She was beginning to lose feeling but she could feel the presence of another person with her. These were the times she wished she had learned to fly without a glider or be water manipulator like Misty was. She was probably going to die right there and leave the world to fall into the clutches of Giovanni. How many times was she going to let someone down?
May struggled to hold on to the small amount of consciousness that remained and soon enough she let go.
Drew opened his eyes under the water to see a dragon surrounded by a bubble heading towards them. He gripped onto May tighter and managed to swim to meet the bubble. Misty shifted the water around them so that they were on the inside of the bubble where there was air, compliments of Rebecca and Max.
"G-Get to the surface." Drew order as he shivered. May laid on Gyarados' back completely blue and lifeless. The giant dragon made its way to the surface. Max and Rebecca made the bubble disappear and the gently drifted across the surface of the water.
"May! May wake up!" Rebecca ordered as she tapped May on the face. Drew lifted up her wrist and felt it but there was no sign of a pulse. His heart dropped.
"Move!" Misty order as she put her hands just over May's chest. A bright blue glow came from under May's chest and Misty moved her hands up to her throat and to her mouth and the glow followed. Once the glow reached May's mouth May cough and the water came up. May jerked forward as she began to cough violently.
"May!" Max cried grabbing his sister in a hug. Rebecca did the same. May was lost for a couple of minutes but finally returned the hug. Drew, Misty and Ash stared at the three intently, mostly Drew.
"We thought we lost you!" Max said.
"Don't scare us! You are our family and if you were to have died I would have kicked your butt once I did too!" Rebecca cried as she wiped away some stray tears.
"I'm fine…" May said in a hoarse voice. "I guess the first thing that I should avoid is arguing on a pokemon at least 200 ft in the air over the ocean." She added laughing lightly.
"May, you are such a ditz." Max laughed giving her a hug again. Drew smiled lightly but winced when he coughed.
"You stupid! You're probably gonna catch a cold!" Misty scolded him as she bended the water out of his clothes. She did the same for May and May looked at Drew with concern.
"Why did you do that?" She asked. Drew glared at her before turning away knowing exactly what she was referring to.
"I didn't do it because I care…I did it because I want the honor of killing you myself." He whispered to her harshly. May pouted at his words and turned away.
Instead of flying, Gyarados slithered over the water. Most of the travels were rather quiet with the occasional fight between Ash and Misty but that didn't matter. The silence would also be broken by Drew's coughs and each time he did May would wince just like he would. May felt so guilty but she wished she didn't….not after how he treated her.
"Hey May…" Becca said tapping the brunette on the shoulder. May turned to her friend and smiled weakly.
"What's up?" May asked turning completely so that they were facing each other. The order of where everybody sat was different. To make sure no more arguments came up they separated May and Drew and put May in front of Becca.
"I think Drew is hiding something….he would not just save you and say that he did it because he wants to kill you, that's just plain stupid!" Recca said scrunching up her nose. May shrugged with and emotionless expression.
"It may not be what he actually meant but it's probably how he feels. I mean he was sent out to kill me and nearly got the job done. He aided in the destruction of Vayu and our lives….and I'm slowly giving my trust to him. Maybe what Mikiko said was wrong. Maybe people can't be changed by showing kindness and maybe everyone isn't my friend despite their position." May muttered staring at her reflection in the water. Becca gave her a sad expression and shok heer head.
"Now Paul, would you like to explain your reason for coming before me without being summoned." An agitated voice said. Paul got down on his knees and bowed to the person.
"You're greatness, we have hit a hard patch on retrieving the air talisman and the water talisman. When we infiltrated Vayu we exterminated all the air monks, nomads and leaders like you have instructed but we were mistaken to target people over the age of 17." Paul said avoiding to look at the intimidating shadow that was before him sitting on the throne. Paul was one of the most cold, distant, and hardest to scare manipulator in all of Pao and now he shivers under the gaze of one man.
"Really? Why was this order such a mistake?"
"The Ping Heng, is only fourteen and she survived the attack. Her and two other air minipulators escaped and and left the skies to come look for the talismans. She already has the air talisman." Paul said awaiting the Lords rage but it didn't come.
"She's still alive….that is a minor set back if she's only fourteen. What happened in Zuan?"
"Well you see, we sent Drew out to get her with the fire talisman you had given him and he never returned to the ship. We went back to Zuan in search of him, but he and the water talisman are gone."
A fire erupted around the shadow making Paul shrink back. The shadow heaved a sigh and the fire went down.
"So we do not know where she is or where the talisman is? And now you tell me Drew is missing." He chuckled which made Paul feel uneasy.
"That's correct."
"No matter, Drew will fend for himself our main priority is the talismans."
Paul's scared expression turned to one of shock at those words.
"Wait, you're just going to leave Drew? What if he's hurt or the Ping Heng has him captive?" Paul exploded. "He's your son!" The fire exploded around the shadow once more.
"Paul, if you value your life you will leave my sight. You are going to the next closest region to get the earth talisman. I am sending Heng and I'm sending out two more teams to Pi and Beng. Now leave."
"Yes Lord Giovanni." Paul muttered getting up and walking out the room. He shut the door behind him and a girl with maroon hair latched onto him with tears in her eyes.
"What happened to Drew?" She asked. Paul glared at the house servant and pushed her away.
"That's none of your concern Brianna." He snapped as he left the palace.
"How long until we reach Beng?" Ash whined as he played with his mittens. The moon was high up but no one was able to fall asleep at all. It was a challenge to fall asleep on a giant dragon pokemon.
"Well it shouldn't take that long as long as Gyarados keeps going but sooner or later we'll need a time to rest." Misty said as she stroked the pokemon's scales. Ash groaned before blowing up at his messy black hair.
"I wonder how manipulating wood is like…" Becca said in a daze.
"That's where most wooden ships are made for the people who are fighting against the fire region." Misty explained.
"But why did the fire region have metal ships?" Max asked.
"Pao has control over the metal region so our ships are created there because metal is much more durable than wood ever could be." Drew responded out of nowhere. Everyone gazed at him, a bit surprised that he was finally speaking up due to the fact that he had been silent ever since her said that harsh thing to May earlier.
"That makes sense." Ash muttered.
"You know what, in Vayu we never worried about war ships or navy fleets due to the fact that our gliders were our ships and the open sky was our ocean." May said smiling contently at the memories of her and some other young air minipulators playing air tag.
"Yea!" Becca said giggling. "I remember the day May got her first glider. I had mine a year longer than her. Mikiko taught her how to use her glider but May was never good at it…she nearly fell out the clouds but Mikiko caught her. May trained day and night until she was able to soar. Ever since she was always flying and laughing crazily. At least ten minutes before May was told she was the Balancer of the cycle she was flying and laughing like any other day." Drew felt pang of guilt run through him.
"That sounds so fun." Misty said.
"Sure does!" Ash exclaimed.
"Yes, May was corwned the best at gliding. May was also a very violent girl as well. She got into so many fights and threatened to kill so many people cause she was picked on a lot." Max laughed. May smiled blushing in embarrassment.
Drew had a rush of familiarity in the whole matter and he understood why.
(Flashback)
"Hey look it's the Lord's son!" A eleven year old boy with fire red spikey hair said pointing at a seven year old Drew who was being escorted by one of his maids. Drew glared at them.
"Don't go near him or he'll call daddy or that creepy girl Rosalie." Another boy with long black hair chuckled. Drew clenched his fists.
"But he's such a small little punk. He can't do anything…." The red haired one said. Drew had it.
"IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT THAN LET"S DO IT!!!" Drew said as he created two whips of green fire in each hand. His eyes held anger and malice that made the two boy's back up.
"Uh no….sorry you're highness." The black haired one said grabbing his friend and running in a different direction.
" Master Drew, put those fire whips away." His maid scolded. The two whip's disappeared but the scowl on Drew's face didn't falter.
"Next time they mess with me I swear I'll kill them."
"Oh Master Drew don't say such things like that."
(End Of Flashback)
Drew smirked at the memory. He had always been violent and never hesitant with his anger. He had the rage and attitude of the very fire he controlled.
"May never faugt any girls…well not physically but she did beak a kids arm with a wind blade once." Becca said. May exploded into laughter at the memory.
"That was the greatest day of my life!" The brunette said. Her smile soon vanished when she had another memory. "The reason I was so sad when I was told that the weight of the world was on my shoulders I thought it was all going to end. But right now I think a whole new great day is going to be put in my record book." She said but than she looked at Drew and they locked eyes. "No matter what, that great day for me will come."
Drew looked away from her but not before he smiled softly.
"She has guts, I'll give her that." He muttered to himself.
"You called for me my Lord?" A boy with silver hair and ruby red eyes said bowing to the fire lord.
"Yes, we can put Drew under the category of dead and I'm giving you his job. Find this girl who is causing me so much trouble and kill her and anyone who gets in your way."
"I will honor your commands."
"Thank you Brendan, hopefully you'll be more promising than my son ever was."
Ooh scary!
May: Am I gonna die?
Me: Depends…do you want to die.
May: No thank you.
Drew: Pweez Review.