3: What Do You Know?

May and her friends had explored Ambarona's shops and stores. They had filled up on supplies and May had tried to sweet talk the boys into buying her stuff with little success.

After they had gone back to the small area where they had been training earlier in the small green. May had trained her beautifly some more. The guys had to admit she had improved hugely since her first contests. The techniques and skills she had learned had not gone to waste. She was feeling more confident than ever that she had nothing to worry about.

As the afternoon went by, Ash, Brock and Max got tired of watching May train. Ash was hungry and wanted something to eat.

May however was enjoying herself too much to stop and told the others she would meet them back at the pokemon centre, where they were staying.

It was now late afternoon. The blue of the sky had deepened slightly and the wind had picked up. The small place she was practising was surprisingly empty; though May expected they were all out looking for something to eat. All accept one.

In the shadows behind the trees eyes were watching May, judging May and reading her inner most thoughts. Suddenly though, there was a sharp snap from behind May and whatever was watching her. The thing disappeared, as Drew came, unaware, through the trees. May had also heard the twig snap beneath the boys feet, and she spun round.

'Drew?'

Drew snapped out of his daze and looked up, surprised. He had thought May would be gone by now. And whatsmore, she was alone with no other boys around. 'Training I see May.'

Drew leaned against a tree, the same tree in fact, that he had been leaning against watching her before. He stared up at the sky.

Drew's mysterious aura intrigued May.

'So Drew, why are you here?' May asked.

Drew shrugged. 'No reason, it's a free country people can walk where they want.'

May was slightly irritated by Drews answer, but chose to ignore it. 'So why aren't you training Drew? I thought you would spend all the time you had on your pokemon.'

'I've been training hard all day non stop, for your information.' Drew replied.

Not true, thought May, you weren't training when you walked into that café earlier.

'Anyway,' Drew continued. 'I wanted to give me and my pokemon a break.'

They stood in silence for a while. May seemed slightly uncomfortable and searched for a subject to talk about. Drew however, seemed completely at ease, and stood calmly looking up at the sky.

From a little way a way, in a different patch of trees, the eyes had returned, watching both of them now.

Drew was the first to break the silence. 'So, you think you're ready for the contest yet?' he asked, keeping his eyes averted upwards.

'I hope so,' May answered honestly.

'You need more confidence in yourself,' Drew advised.

May raised her eyebrows. 'Like you, you mean?'

Drew smiled. 'Yeah, like me.'

May smiled too. 'Well, I don't want to overdo it and become over-confident, do I?'

May's remark had been intended as a joke, but Drew was offended by it. 'And what do you mean by that?'

May looked at him surprised, realising he hadn't got the meaning of her joke. She shook her head 'Nothing.'

Drew had now taken his eyes of the sky overhead, and was looking directly at May. There seemed to be some sort of spark in them that hadn't been there before.

Seeing May hadn't meant any harm, Drew sighed. 'Well I'm ready for the contest,' he replied.

'Well I'm not so sure. But it sure is a lot of help to have so many people behind me, cheering me on and encouraging me. Do you have anyone to cheer you on Drew, apart from the MFP girls?'

Drew shook his head. 'Don't need it. I'm fine on my own.'

'Really? I thought, because of you being so famous and all, you'd have tons people by your side to cheer for you. I mean, I know you Drew and you seem to like attention like that. Doesn't your family even try to see your contests?' May immediately knew that she'd said something wrong, because Drew suddenly stood up straight at the word 'family'. His expression changed completely.

'No, they don't, and I'm glad. And I don't like attention, I prefer my own company. And you don't know anything about me. So don't say you do.'

'Sorry,' May mumbled, astounded by Drews amazing mood change.

'Well see you at the contest then,' Drew said, turning and walking back through the trees...

May stared at his back in confusion. Then she too retreated through the trees, away from the green, no longer wanting to train.

Back in the trees, the creature who had been watching stared out. Then it to turned to depart, leaving the quiet green completely empty and deserted.