I'm so happy I finally got around to updating this story. It's one of my personal favorites out most of the stories I've written. I was just realizing what had got me inspired to write this story and I remembered it was a movie in school. Ew school…Well I hope you enjoy this next chapter. I'm sure I will…once I finish it.

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Chapter Twenty: Wall

"You're highness, we found these people have breached the palace walls and attempted to reach the palace to kidnap the princess." Brock's father, the army captain said bowing his head to the queen who was currently sitting on her throne. She had just been preparing for bed when she had been summoned to the throne room to give the verdict of what to do with some new found criminals.

She stared at the five teenagers with narrowed bright brown eyes that matched her the princess'. She was young looking but it seemed like her mouth was permanently pulled into a scowl. She leaned her head on her finger tips as she crossed her legs under her long silk night gown skirt.

"Really? You attempted to take advantage of my weak daughter? Was that your intentions from the beginning due to the fact that she is subjected to illness?" The queen inquired. The Princess stood by her mother and shook her head in disbelief. Her mother was completely unaware of just how strong and healthy her daughter really was.

"No! That was not our intentions at all. I'm the Ping Heng and we were simply coming to ask for the Princess' help."May retorted as she struggled in the earthen handcuffs that constricted her wrists and held them together. The queen lifted her chin in surprise by May's straight forward response.

"What could my daughter have to offer that could help you in your inevitable mission?" The queen asked. The Princess' eyes widened. Her mother had no clue what she was capable of and she intended to keep it that way. She locked eyes with May and May noticed the desperation in her expression so she simply lowered her head.

"Nothing…" May lied. Misty and Dawn lowered their heads as well and Drew clenched his teeth together as he shot a death glare in the Princess' direction. The Princess moved her eyes to her mother's annoyed, yet pleased expression as she gazed at May.

"Well then you are lying to the queen…" The queen said uncrossing her legs and slowly and gracefully standing to her feet. "Whether you are the Ping Heng or not , you will pay for your iniquities. Put them in the cells." The queen said before turning to leave. The guards acted upon the command and the Princess shook her head as the five of them were dragged away.

"Mother, they didn't actually come to kidnap me. They simply wanted to speak to me." The Princess said at her mothers retreating form.

"Get some rest sweetheart. You must have dealt with a lot tonight." He queen said paying no mind to her daughters protests as she left the throne room. The Princess was left standing in the throne room alone with only the silence to comfort her guilty feeling.

She clenched her fists and ran out the throne room and turned left when her room was in the other direction.

"This is not what I was expecting when I agreed to your teacher May." Dawn complied from her cell. She was alone in one while Ash and Misty were in the one next to her and May and Drew were in the one on the other side of them. May's gaze lowered as she pulled her knees into her chest. This wasn't exactly what she had been expecting either

"I can't believe Brock would sell us out like that to his father." Misty muttered clutching her hands into fists. She obvious did not like to feel betrayed.

"How long do you think we'll be locked in here?" Ash questioned as he held onto the metal bars of the small window that connected his and Misty's cell to Drew and May's. The cells were entirely made of earth and the only way to get out was to lower the rock wall that acted as the 'door'. That was the only part of the cell that was made of metal while the rest was completely made from earth.

"I don't know, probably life." Drew growled as he snapped a small flame into the palm of his hand. It illuminated the cell for Drew to see May's saddened expression. She was taking this harshly. "Fix your face Ping Heng." He said tossing a small flame at her foot. She quickly stamped it out before narrowing her eyes at him.

"Can you not? You're not the one who just failed your entire destiny by getting sentenced to life in jail." May muttered as she wrapped her arms around her legs and rested her chin on her knees. Drew gave her a sympathetic look.

"I wasn't serious about the whole life sentence thing and you didn't fail. We're gonna get outta here." He said making his way over to her. She looked up at him, her frustration and sadness apparent in her expression.

"How!? There is nothing we can do! Getting outta here is impossible." May exclaimed gesturing to the earthen wall that separated them from the rest of the world. Right as she did so a piece of the wall seemed to slide into the earth to make a large enough entrance for the Princess to slip though.

"Not unless you're an earth manipulator." The Princess said with a bright smile. May quickly jumped to her feet when she noticed the Princess was without her night attire and was dressed in one of her royal dresses, however she had a side bag hanging from her shoulder. It was dirty and old, clashing with her elegant dress entirely. Her feet were bare, without shoes of course.

"Princess! What are you doing here!?" May exclaimed. The Princess shrugged her shoulders with a nonchalant look on her face before she stomped her foot causing the walls of the cells the five of them were in to fall.

"C'mon! I'm bustin you out!" She responded. Ash grinned as Misty nodded in satisfaction. Dawn beamed happily and Drew gave the Princess a smile of approval. For once she felt accepted for who she was. "We have to hurry though. I took out most of the guards but you can never be too sure. This palace is the most heavily guarded place in the world."

"No I think the fire palace is." Drew corrected her. She smiled sheepishly at him and shrugged.

"Just come on before my guards realize that I'm missing and tell my mother." She said taking May by the wrist and pulling her along. The others quickly followed as the Princess led them down a hall and down a flight of stairs into a tunnel deep into the earth. Drew snapped his fingers and opened his palm creating a flame that lighted the way.

"What is this place Princess?" May asked as the Princess quickly led them down the tunnel. She glanced back at the brunette before answering.

"This is the escape tunnels that my mother had someone make in case we needed to evacuate the palace, oh and by the way call me by my name. Princess is what the people call me when they don't know me. My name is Roanne."

"Okay Roanne." May said with a bright smile. Roanne smiled in return and the continued their rush down the tunnel. After running for at least three minutes the tunnel abruptly stopped coming to a complete end; there appeared to be no way out.

"Stand back…" Roanne instructed bringing her arms up, slightly bent, palms facing upward. She moved her arms in a circular motion before taking one step forward and punching out. The tunnel continued as the earth moved at her will until the outside gardens of the palace became visible. Roanne smirked and jerked her head in the direction of the exit.

The pulled each other out the hole one by one into the night as they entered the gardens however their plans to escape had been found out because many guards, and the queen were looking about the garden before spotting them as they came out of the underground tunnels.

"Seize them! They have my sweet daughter!" The queen said pointing at them. Roanne's eyes widened before she glanced at May who looked just as afraid as the guards went after them.

"RUN!" may yelled as she took off for the wall. Drew quickly followed her and Misty and Ash did as well. Dawn grabbed Roanne's hand and dragged her along.

"Ah!" Dawn yelped as her feet were encased in earth by a guard. Roanne quickly released them as they continued towards the wall which would act as their escape. Each time anyone got stopped by an attack by one of the guards Roanne would release them and as the neared the wall Misty brought her fingers to her lips before letting out a loud high pitched whistle.

They reached the wall just in time for Gyarados to fly down to their level and allow them on. May turned to Roanne who was looking abck at the oncoming guards and her mother.

"C'mon Roanne! We need to leave now!" may said reaching out her hand to said girl. Roanne looked at the offered hand and shook her head.

"There's something I have to do before I leave this place for good." Roanne said as she gave May a determined smile. May stared at her for a moment before nodding. She knew what Roanne had to do. "Get at a high altitude away from the wall."

Misty complied and instructed Gyarados to get at a higher altitude away from the large wall that surrounded the grounds of the palace and the palace itself. The wall stretched for miles around the entire area and was taller than any other wall in the entire world, but not for long.

"This wall is coming down." Roanne said as she cracked her knuckles. She had to work fast if she didn't want to get caught though.

She quickly spread her legs apart before bending her knees slightly, getting into her hoarse stance. She brought her fists to her sides before she raised them above her head in one sharp and firm movement. Her stance didn't falter and she only moved what she wanted to move.

May watched as she punched forward then to each side. May could hear the wall crack slightly as Roanne remained completely focused. Her expression was determined and she was staring straight forward, keeping her eyes locked on what she was working with. She punch forward and opened her fists and as soon as she did so the earth began to shake. The guards and the queen all stopped as they watched in shock as Roanne brought her arms down and out to her sides in one swift motion.

The wall almost automatically sunk slowly into the ground. Roanne kept her stance and her arms remained out at her sides as the earthen wall began to slowly lower in both directions. A small gust came up from the sudden destruction of the wall and dust flied everywhere. May's eyes widened as she realized this was the vision she had been having. It had come true.

The wall complete sunk into the ground with a deep thud and Roanne smirked as she turned back towards her former guards and her mother who were staring at her in pure shock.

"Let it be known that Roanne destroyed the royal wall! Not the Princess, not the Rock Princess, but me!"She said pointing in their direction. She did a quick jump causing the earth to sink in and shoot back up like a spring board sending her flying into the air. She did one flip before Gyarados came around and caught her on its back so that she was sitting behind Drew and in front of Dawn. "Bye!" She called out as Gyarados flew off away from the palace.

"My goodness Roanne that was amazing! You took that wall out!" Dawn complimented as Gyarados' flying pace had slowed down. They were outside the city limits and hidden by the mountains so it was safe to take it easy now.

"That was some interesting manipulating you did! Dawn's right, it was amazing!" Misty complimented. Roanne smiled brightly as her cheeks flushed. Drew glanced back at her, offering her another smile of approval.

"I was wrong…I guess you do have the guts to leave your palace for more than an hour. Welcome to this team of misfits and rejects." Drew said. Roanne blinked in surprise, caught off guard by the odd welcome but grinned nonetheless.

"Yea! Welcome to team Balance!" May exclaimed as she opened her glider and launched off of Gyarados. Roanne watched in awe as May soared the skies slightly ahead and as she glanced at each person she knew she found where she really belonged.

"So where to next?" Ash asked

"Well I should get my lost teacher in the metal region, but since it's so close by we have time to spare so I was thinking we could relax in the earth region for a while." May said.

"Yay! Vacation!" Dawn exclaimed.

I hope that this chapter was good. Now May has an earth manipulating teacher. Yay. One more teacher to go and she's ready to train for her new destiny. Well she had already started training with Misty so things shouldn't be that hard. Well I hope you liked it and do what ya gotta do and review.

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