--MISTY'S POV--

Me, Dawn, and all these other noble women and children were in this huge room at the top of some tower. And an evil one I'd presume. The land outside was dead, and the sky was always dark. Dawn and I stayed together for comfort.

"Oh this is hopeless," I said, "We're never getting out of here."

"Don't be so down Misty..." Dawn said in a somewhat calm and soothing voice. I cocked my eyebrow and turned around, seeing dawn sitting on the flow in her meditating form. I sweatdropped.

"Dawn how could you meditate in a time like this?"

"Meditating I am not. I am using my psychic powers to search for our answers by focusing my chakras..." she explain in that voice. She had her eyes closed too. This just made me sweatdrop more. Her "psychic powers" never did work back home.

"Ok how about we just-"

"Shhh, I am sensing a preseance in the air afar..." she stated, still eyes closed. I sighed and sat down in front of her, trying to read her face.

"So what is it then?"

"It is Drew and Ash... They have been captured..."

I starred at her weirdly. This was strangely a different "prediction" than from what she usually says back home. "What do you mean captured?"

"The Royal Knights... shall send them to war with the male commoners... to save us..."

"War? Are you sure this prediciton of yours is right? You're never that specific-"

"And so will one girl..."

"A girl?" I asked. It was unusual for a girl to go into war during this time period

"Yes... and that one girl... is May..."

"May?" I asked, my fact astonished. But for some reason, it didn't surprise me that much. May would do anything to rescue her friends.

"Although... she is undercover... I also sense something else..."

"What is it?" I asked. I've never been this interested in Dawn's predicitons since they were always false. But this one seemed different from the others.

"A dangerous path she takes... if something is not done soon... there will be-"

"Cacturne use Pin Missile!" shouted Harley from outside. Cacturne's Pin Missile attack hit the tower, making it shift a little. I ran up to the window and looked down outside. There stood Harley and his Cacturne. "You laddies better not cause any trouble up there."

I growled at him, "Stupid Harley. If he wanted to keep us in this tower, he could at least give us some peace and quiet."

"AAAH!" whined Dawn. I turned around and saw her hitting her head. At least she was talking normally again. "I've lost the connection! Oh and I've never meditated so well before!"

"Ha, you could say that again."

"No seriously Misty. I mean, I felt like it was real, the prediction," Dawn explained, "Couldn't you tell? My other predictions are usually different and less specific. I think... I think Ash, May, and Drew really are going to battle."

"You're not joking are you," I assumed. She nodded sadly as she stood back up, dusting off her dress. "DO you at least rememeber what you were gonna say before Harley shot the tower?"

"Hm... I can't remember what it was. I about about to say it until that block head, argh! I just hope May gets us out of this place before my head explodes!"

I sweatdropped, "Too late for that."

--MAY'S POV--

It was now the third day. And I had gotten past all three without being foud out, which was a relief. We were going to invade Kurai tomorrow. I've gotten a little better, but I still had a big problem holding the sword for long periods of time.

I was sitting at the corner of the cellar away from Drew and Ash. I was holding my sword on the table and a hard hammer in my hand. I was trying my best to carve my sword. At least so I could fight better. The Royal Knights jst thought I was sharpening my sword. Little did they know I making something way new. And two swords at that. Each person was given a spare sword just in case. I was working on both swords. Eventually, Ash and Drew walked over to me since I was real quiet.

"Miles what are you doing?" Ash asked.

I turned around seeing my two friends, who were still fooled.

"You know you'll get busted if the Royal Knights catch you. Your swords are so small now, both of them," Drew said.

"Yes, but does size really matter?" I asked. yes both my swords were small, but they were lighter. And they were carved a bit so it wasn't all straight up forward, almost like a scythe. Next I got a chain from the cellar and hooked my weapons together at the bottom. I held one of them and twirled the other. "Works perfectly."

"Wow, creative," Ash complimented.

"Yeah," agreed Drew. I didn't know it, but Drew was starring at me with curiosity. "How'd you come up with that?"

"Um, I..." I tried to find the words, " Just came to me I guess? Hehe..."

"MEN!"

We all turned around and stood on a line, with priceless looks on our faces. That booming voice of the Royal Knights always shocked us when they appeared out of no where. I was kinda glad there were bars in between us. But then I got really nervous when his eyes landed on me with my new weapon in my hands.

'I'm dead' I thought.

'She's dead' Ash and Drew thought.

"What have you done with your swords?!" he demanded.

"I made a weapon." I replied. Ash and Drew sweatdrpped at how naive I was acting.

"Ha, and you presume that this "weapon" will be of use to you in battle tomorrow?" the knight asked with a smirk on his face.

"As a matter of fact I do," I replied with confidence.

"Very well then Miles If you feel so victorious, how about we test out that little "weapon" of yours on the battle field!!"

"What?" I asked.

"And against the toughest Royal Knight."

"What?" Ash and Drew asked? They were probably wondering what trouble I've gotten myself into. But me, on the other hand, was quite confident. They had no idea what I could do.

Now we were all in the battle field in the main room. Everyone was seated around. I had me, my weapon, and the clothes on my back. In front of me, a really big guy in armor, holding a big sword, and a shield. I could hear many of the boys saying how I was gonna die. If you didn't know the whole story, you'd think that. And no one dared cheered for me, otherwise who knew what would happen to them.

"BEGIN!" shouted one of the knights. The man charged at me with his sword pointing at me, ready to thirst it. I kept my serious face and jumped up into the air, jumping way over him. I landed behind, leaving everyopne with surprised faces, even the knights. Drew and Ash especially.

"N-No way," Drew said.

"He's incredible," Ash added, "Did you see how high he jumped? I didn't know you people had that much skill."

"We don't," Drew told him.

Well I don't like going into details, so I'll just say I beat the knight in a very cool, and fascinating way. And karate. But not until there's at least one bad thing. Right before the end, his sword scraped my arm above my elbow, but I was way into the battle to notice. I stood on top of the knight in victory. Everyone was clapping, even the knights. Everyone was brought back to the cellar to get some sleep. We were going into battle tomorrow.

Once the door closed, I slid down onto the ground exhausted. " Man that was awsome!"

"What do you mean awsome. You almost got killed out there!" yelled Ash.

"So? I've delt with much worse before," I said, leaning back with my arms crossed behind my head. 'Or did I?'

"In case you haven't noticed," Drew started, "your arm's bleeding.

"Huh?" I looked at my arm, seeing blood gushing out from a large cut. "Oh, I didn't notice that."

"Come on, you better take off your jacket so we can clean that up," Ash told me.

But then I remembered if I took off my top, well, you know girls wouldn't wanna do that. Especially when they're posing as a boy. "Um, it's fine! I'm ok! Really!"

"Just do it before you really get hurt," Drew said, "Otherwise you'll be too injured to battle tomorrow. And knowing those iron head knights, they won't care if you're hurt."

"It's ok, I don't really notice big injuries anyway." I assured then. Although, I received a strange look from Drew.

"Ok come on, just get it bandaged at least," Ash said. Then he looked at Drew, "Drew you got take a loot at her cut while I go look around something we can use as a bandage."

"Wha-" Drew started, but didn't finished because Ash hit him in his back, making Drew fall onto me. And even worse, his head was on my chest. You can only imagine, how nervous I was. How nervous he was! She lifted himself off me as we both grew red. "Y-You're..."

I dared not say a word. He probably knew now.

"What is it Drew?" Ash asked. Oh Ash, I will kill him after this little adventure is over.

"Y-You're a-!"

I covered his mouth, "Shut up and don't say a word."

"What, I don't get it!" yelled Ash. The both of us glared up at him. Drew explained to him quietly that I was a girl while I tried to stop the bleeding.

"Seriously? He's a... girl?" Ash asked, saying that last part in a whisper.

"For the last time yes," Drew said, sounding annoyed. I winced and made a small hiss, which Drew and Ash heard. They went over to me. Apparently the wound was starting to get to me, now.

"Ow..."

"You ok?" Drew asked?

" Yeah," I told them with a scrunched face, "Just hurts a little. It's still bleeding.

Drew ripped off a small part of his clothing and tied it around my arm as a temporary bandage. "Here, keep it there until the bleeding stops. We'll put water on it later when the knights give us some."

"Thanks"

"So..." Ash started, sounding a little nervous since I was a girl. It was weird since they didn't know I was May yet. "If you're a... girl, is your name really Miles?"

"Hehe, not really-"

"Wait! T-That bandanna! Ma-"

I covered his mouth before he could say my name. Ash shut up and don't say my real name!" I yelled at him in a hushed whisper.

"You idiot, you didn't know it was her when we found out she was a girl?" Drew asked, looking at Ash.

"Wait so oyu already knew who I was?"

"Only when I fell on you. Who else would you be?" he explained, "Plus you're wearing my clothes."

I looked at myself, remembering what Soladad told me before I left. "Oh yeah."

"No to mention your necklace," he added.

"Hm, now that I think about it, " Ash started, "that fighting style you used back earlier. It was karate. And no one around here except you knows how to do that."

"Now you get it." I said.

"But you're not going into battle tomorrow." Drew said.

"What?" I asked in shock.

" It's as I said, you're not going into battle. It's too dangerous."

"Now I know how Max feels. Listen Drew, I didn't come all the way here and pretend to be a boy for nothing."

"Then why did you come?" Drew asked.

"Well, Soladad, Max, everyone in the town, were worried about all the men and boys going into battle. By what I heard, you guys were sure fire goners."

"So how does it help you come along. You might die too." Ash mentioned.

"Maybe, but I'm determined. And I wasn't just gonna stand back and let my friends die." I told them, looking down. They starred at me then each other. "Please, I need to help my people. And trust me, I can fight. I beat that Royal Knight like stepping on grass. Defeating an army will just be saving time."

Drew sighed, "You're not taking no for an answer are you."

I nodded no, "I'll save Petalburg's people if it's the last thing I do."

"Well then, I guess there's no stopping you," Ash said. "You're coming."

"Alright!" I cheered.

"Yeah, take her side," Drew said, glaring at Ash.