May Balance:

I just finished up from practicing with my pokemon for tomorrow's contest when Nurse Joy came. "May," she said "it's a phone call coming from Littleroot town, from a boy named Ash Ketchum."

Ash! My heart thumped like crazy. I miss Ash so much that I couldn't stop thinking about him. I quickly went to the phone and answered it.

"Hi May." Ash said. "Oh wow! Hi Ash! It's great to hear from you again. What's up?""I'm going to visit you there in Johto. I will be there by tomorrow.""Oh, um... okay. Where will we meet?" "Isn't your contest in Olivine City?""Yeah...""There's a dock there where boats, well, dock. I'll meet you there by morning." "Hm, that works for me. The contest starts in the afternoon anyways." "Great! So I'll um...see you tomorrow?" "Yes.""Okay, goodnight May." "The same goes for you too, Ash." And our conversation ended.

I felt light and happy. I can't believe I will be able to see Ash again! I pulled out a ribbon that was cut in was this contest before in Kanto, wherein me and Ash battled in a contest and ended up in a tie. We then decided to split the ribbon in half; half of the ribbon is with me while the other half belongs to him.

But then, I wondered to myself, how come I feel like I love someone else and not Ash? It was a question that kept boggling in my mind. As I lied down in bed and closed my eyes, I saw two kids in my dream, playing.

The girl was small and wore a frilly dress while the boy was wearing a jacket which was unbuttoned. Funny, I used to also have a dress just like that..., I thought to myself. The girl and the boy were playing with pokemon and that I could see them smiling. Just who are they?

Brendan Birch:

My dad told me to go to my room to sleep. I lied down in bed, but I didn't go to sleep. I tried to, but I kept thinking about why my dad got surprised that I didn't know who May was. She's just a trainer like me, right? What's so special about her?

I tossed my wig in frustration. It accidentally hit my drawer. I stood up and got my wig, but I didn't place it back on. I looked at myself in the mirror. I have a scar on the corner of my forehead, which was from an incident with a Salamence.

I got struck by its Dragon Claw when I was little, but I couldn't even remember why I even got near it and fought it. I opened my drawer and much to my surprise, I found photos in there. Did I already have this before? I'm not quite sure.

I went back to bed with the pictures in my hand. I looked at all of them. One was me and a girl running around the fields of Littleroot Town. Another was me with my dad and that girl again. These must've been when I was young. Who was that girl that was in these pictures? Is she...May?

I looked through my old notebooks to see if my hunches were right. I was right. "July 21: A new girl came to our lab, together with her dad. My daddy knew who the two were. The dad was Norman and his little daughter was May."

I gulped. No wonder my dad got so uptight with me earlier ago. It was because May was my childhood friend! I sighed. I wonder if I will get to see her again after all those years. I let my mind drift and soon fell asleep.