This chapter begins with Max and May walking towards their house after the ship sailed into their town. They barely said a word to each other on the way home. Mostly because they were lost in thought about their new quests that they are about to start. May knew exactly what she wanted to do. Max also knew what he wanted to do. He just didn't know about how he was going to do it.
As Max and May open the door to their house and walked in at exactly 11:11 am, they were squeezed with hugs by their mom and dad.
NORMAN: (hugging Max) Son it's so good to see you and i'm so happy that you've grown a few inches taller.
CAROLINE: (hugging May) May darling, you're growing up looking more and more like me every day.
MAX and MAY: Thanks for the warm welcome.
All 4 of them go to the table for a late breakfast.
NORMAN: So how did that contest with you and Ash turn out May?
MAY: We both won it meaning that it ended in a tie.
MAY: So we both split the prize winning ribbon in half.
NORMAN: That's an excellent way to end a contest.
CAROLINE: It's kind of romantic that you kept one half of the ribbon and Ash kept the other half.
MAY: (blushing) No, it's not like that at all.
MAX: Yeah mom, she's more hung up on dreamy Drew.
MAY: Hey Max, how old are you?
MAX: I turned 8 very recently.
MAY: (stareing at him) Do you want to live to be 9?
MAX: (thoroughly scared) I'll be quiet now.
NORMAN: (nicely) Now kids, don't fight and try to be nicer to each other!
MAX and MAY: Fine!
CAROLINE: Now that all that's settled, what's next for you kids?
MAY: If you and dad would let me, i would like to board a ship alone towards Johto tomorrow.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: Since you've matured so much since you first left, we'll let you go on another journey.
MAY: (relieved) Thank you.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: But why and why do it alone with out Max?
MAY: I want to grow stronger as a coordinator and i don't want to start to depend on Max.
MAX: So she says.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: Normally as parents, we would ask what's that suppose to mean when you say something shady like that, but this time we're staying out of it.
MAX and MAY: No arguments here.
NORMAN: What about my favorite little dude?
NORMAN: What's next for you Max?
MAX: If you and mom would let me, i would like to catch a plane to Kalos the day after tomorrow to go on a new journey full of thrills, learning, excitement, and new beginings.
CAROLINE: You're asking a lot Max.
NORMAN: Caroline, i know mothers have a bad habit of being over protective, but our son is years beyond his age and is quite cool, calm, and collected.
CAROLINE: Well as long as you know what you want Max.
MAX: So can you send me to the airport the day after tomorrow, so i can start a new quest for say about 5 years?
NORMAN and CAROLINE: No!
NORMAN: However, since you are very mature for your age, will let you stay there for 3 years at the most.
MAX: (relieved) Thank you so much.
MAY: Well i'm not.
MAX: Who asked you anyway?
MAY: As your big sister, i forbid you from going to some far away region all by yourself.
MAX: Hey, you ain't my mother and besides, you're going to start a different quest some where else.
MAX: So what's it to you if i get my own life and live it?
MAY: You and i may argue a lot and we may hurl insults at each other, but you're still family and i don't think i'll be able to concentrate on defeating my rivals Drew, Harley, and Solidad or sleep well at night knowing that my younger brother is on the other side of the world, all by himself, doing who knows what.
MAX: Could you stop being so over protective of me and let me go my own way with out you always having to hold my hand.
MAX: I need to start doing, acting, and thinking for myself.
MAY: Fine, but i still don't like it.
CAROLINE: May i think it's admirable that you are so over protective of Max, but in some ways, he's more mature than you and he has grown up a lot.
MAY: Whatever!
NORMAN: You 2 are more alike than you know.
MAX and MAY: No way.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: If you say so.
MAX and MAY: One thing we do agree on is that this food taste great.
Later that day, at about 6:30 pm, Max, May, Norman, and Caroline get in front of the TV and watch a movie together called Pokemon Peace Paradise. They drink and eat soda and popcorn. They laugh and comment about the characters. Finally, the movie ended at 9:00 pm and every one went to their rooms, not going to bed yet and thinking a little about what was going to happen in the future.
NORMAN: (knocks on Max's door and then enters) Max it's 9:39 pm and i know you're going to go to bed soon so i thought we'd have a man to man talk.
MAX: Sure thing pops.
NORMAN: You said this morning that you would like to catch a plane to Kalos the day after tomorrow to go on a new journey full of thrills, learning, excitement, and new beginings, but i get the feeling there's more to it than that and that you're not telling me, May, and your mom the full story.
MAX: Well truth be told, i mostly want to go to Kalos to make a fresh start for myself.
NORMAN: Did you and May have a big sibling argument?
MAX: Yes, but believe me, she and that argument of ours had nothing to do with it.
MAX: I don't want to be bound to my big sister my whole childhood and i certainly don't want to be considered a sister's boy, on account of she's bossy and over protective.
NORMAN: I understand your point of view.
NORMAN: Well good night Max and shoot for the moon.
NORMAN: Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
MAX: Thanks for the words of wisdom dad.
NORMAN: Sure thing son.
He walks out and closes the door.
CAROLINE (watching Norman walking into their room and closing the door) Kids sure do grow up fast.
NORMAN: They sure do.
After Norman closes his and Caroline's room door, May comes out of her room and knocks on Max's door.
MAY: (knocking on Max's door) Can i come in?
MAX: Yes!
MAY: (comes in and closes the door) I know it's 9:51 pm and you're about to go to bed, but i got something important to say and you're going to listen.
MAY: Got it?
MAX: Yes, but make it quick your rudeness!
MAY: (serious, yet calm tone) What ever it is you plan on doing in Kalos, you can't run away from your problems and you can't change the past.
MAX: (nervously) Just what is it about my past you keep bringing up?
MAX: (nervously) Do you know something about me that you'd be better off not knowing?
MAY: (nervously) I, you see, i kinda, never mind.
MAX: (talking in a serious, yet calm tone) Listen May, i don't know what you think you know about my past, but what ever it is, it's wrong and that you should focus on your own past.
MAX: It's like the expression goes "Ignorance is bliss.", meaning that sometimes it's better to not know something.
MAY: Of course.
MAY: Well i have a big day ahead of me tomorrow, so good night Max.
MAX: Nighty night.
She opens the door, walks out, and closes his room door.
MAY: (talking to herself silently) Yeah, ignorance is bliss, but once you discover a deep dark secret about someone, you can no longer act, feel, and think the same way you did about them.
After that, Max goes to bed at 10:02 pm. May goes to bed at 10:10 pm. Norman and Caroline go to bed at 11:35 pm after watching TV.
The next day at 8:30 am, May is at the door getting ready to go to the docks by herself.
NORMAN: I don't want to go to long with out getting a visit from my little girl, so please stop by for a visit soon!
MAY: Sure thing daddy.
CAROLINE: Good luck May.
MAY: Thanks!
MAX: Give us a shout out on live TV when you win your next contest ribbon.
MAY: Count on it bro.
MAY: (cheerfully walking over to Max and starting to hug him very tightly) Oh i'm going to miss you so much you little brat.
MAX: (getting crushed) May, i can't breath.
MAX: (getting crushed) You're crushing me.
MAY: (killing him with her love) I'm going to miss rubbing this cute little dark blue head of yours.
MAX: (getting crushed) Tight tight tight!
MAY: (finally letting go of him) Bye everyone.
MAX, NORMAN, and CAROLINE: Good bye May and good luck.
MAY: Thank you all.
She walks out the door and closes it.
MAY: (running cheerfully towards the docks) It's time for a new adventure.
Later, Norman and Caroline ask Max a question.
NORMAN: Son, your mother and i were just wondering, what is Kalos like?
MAX: Noted to look like a star, the highly urban Lumiose City, Miare City, features a large tower that is at the region's center.
CAROLINE: Fascinating and what pokemon and other significant land marks are there?
MAX: A lot of pokemon that are rare and a golden palace near a barren waste land with pod-like buildings are also seen.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: We can't begin to tell you how interesting that sounds and how dangerous.
MAX: I will exercise caution.
NORMAN: Good to know son.
CAROLINE: Sometimes i worry about what goes on in that little head of yours, Max.
MAX: It's filled with TV and pokemon facts.
That same day from 11:11 am to 5:55 pm, Max stays up in his room in peace, quiet, and solitude. Waiting, plotting, thinking, and talking to himself. He goes through it in his head over and over again. What he's going to do once he gets to Kalos, who he's going to do it with, when will he get to Kalos after the plane takes off, where he will go once he gets there, how will he travel around, why should he even consider traveling with someone, and what is it about his past that his sister kept bringing up? Just a dude and his thoughts, all alone in his room. He was having some serious ideas and thoughts about his future.
At 6:00 pm that evening, Max and his parents have dinner, not really saying anything at all to each other. At 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Max sits in front of the TV all by himself watching his still favorite cartoon, Wackside. At 8:00 pm, Max goes to his room to find a new bigger and better backpack on his bed his father bought for him that same day. He starts packing clothes and objects for his journey tomorrow. He goes to bed at 10:02 pm.
In the morning, Max gets up at 7:00 am and eats breakfast with his parents while only saying a few words.
MAX: (singing) Today is the day that i will make my day.
NORMAN: Well son, you're in a good mood.
MAX: Yes!
CAROLINE: We hate to see you go, but we're happy to see you happy.
MAX: Thank you both.
At the airport at exactly 8:52 am, Max says good bye to his parents and gets a few words of wisdom in return.
NORMAN: Max, what ever you plan to do once you're in Kalos, just remember 3 important things.
NORMAN: Do good, learn from others while teaching them too, and above all, stay true to yourself!
MAX: Yes i will.
CAROLINE: Give us a call every now and then and try to make at least one friend.
MAX: Yes!
CAROLINE: I hope you'll keep in touch with May too.
MAX: (sarcasticly) Yeah, if i get around to it.
NORMAN and CAROLINE: Good!
MAX: (walking toward the plane door) Bye!
NORMAN and CAROLINE: Good bye and good look Max.
The plane lifts off the ground at exactly 9:30 am. Max's plane ticket allows him to sit first class at a window seat. As he sits in his comfortable chair, he looks out his window seat and sees all of Petalburg City, getting farther and farther away and then he says to himself with a peaceful content feeling:
MAX: It's time for a new me.
After saying that, he peacefully drifts off to sleep for the entire plane ride.
Well i hope you all loved this one, even if it was a little too long and lacked humor and drama. I promise you all, the story of Max only gets better as the story continues. Please bear with me, keep reading, and type up your reviews for this chapter and others! Thank You! Stay curious my friends!