Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon

Author: Pokiwar AKA Dylan A. CJ.

Author's Note: Sorry for late posting. It might turn to one a fortnight unfortunately. Sorry D:

Breaking the Night 31 Days a Year

Chapter 3 – Bubbly Beam

If I haven't made it clear that I know May is crushing on me… then now you know I know… that May is crushing on me… That was badly phrased… Anyway…

May was very closed about it, I think she knew I knew she liked me (I am awful at this whole knowing thing) but was still trying to conceal it. I mean it is obvious… right? I'm just not obsessively observant… am I? I'm confusing myself now, I should stop.

"You're cute!" Dawn exclaimed, looking me up and down for the second time in about 2 minutes. Mostly up. I couldn't tell if she was short in Sinnoh terms or I was a fucking giant to them.

"Um… thanks, I guess?" I spoke nervously for some reason, she wasn't threatening and I was sure I didn't like her. I rubbed the back of my head awkwardly whilst May gave her the death stare from under a fringe of brunette hair. "I guess we should get to Homeroom then. I can show you guys the way if you like…" I offered, in which Dawn must've have seen as some excuse to cling onto my arm… which she did.

I tried to ignore and started walking back to the main entrance, with May following angrily. She slithered up to Dawn's ear, whispering something in a hushed tone. She's not very good at whispering though.

"You got Ash! What are you doing with mine?!" she hissed. I was slightly insulted at being objectified, but meh, she was trying to get her point across, might as well just humour her and pretend I can't hear.

Dawn tilted her head slightly, her grip slacking slightly.

"I've got Ash? Really? He's already all the way past Kalos or something like that. Probably got some new girl a sleeping-bag protecting her from his eyes. I ain't got anybody. And that pervert never will!" she retorted. Seriously, who was this Ash?

Dawn's a nice girl. Funny, bubbly and damn she's fine. However, there is a point where it can become a bit creepy, staring at me from across the Battle Strategy class room, waving whenever I turn around to see if she's still staring. She's very open, I can tell you that. But maybe a tad bit enthusiastic.

"Dawn…" Professor Redwood called out from her desk. "Dawn?!" she called again. Dawn turned rather begrudgingly and distastefully towards the Prof. "Please get on with your work, you have been distracted for the entirety of the lesson and it is rather out of character considering your career as a coordinator," she continued.

Dawn rolled her eyes and turned towards her blank page. Honestly, I didn't see the reason in writing in a class on Battle Strategy, I thought it would be purely practical. Dawn seemed to be thinking the same thing, clicking her pen in and out constantly, drawing sketches of what I could make out as either a stripper or a Lopunny – honestly couldn't tell – whilst it was seemingly dancing. Maybe she was a coordinator. I should battle her soon and see…

"People always use the excuse of 'You're a Coordinator' to make me concentrate… you know?" Dawn asked as we walked down to May's class, "I mean… I still want my free time and to be able to do whatever! I mean come on!" I just nodded and 'yeah'-ed. I couldn't be assed, I had a bleeding headache and I just wanted to get quietly to the Break Area. I could battle Dawn after I had gotten some painkillers from Chancey.

"How about a battle Dawn?" I asked after downing the painkillers with some of May's water.

"Huh? Sure… I only have Lopunny with me though," the blue-haired girl said as we wondered over to the dusty battlefields. Most kids where hanging around on benches and the grass.

"No problem, I'll just use my Averock then." I sated as I retrieved my Pokeball.

"Cool! I'd love to see those two in battle!" May jumped beside Dawn in enthusiasm.

"You seem cheerful…" I queried as we reached the battle arena fence, walking round it towards the gate,

"I really like this school! It's so fun!" she answered, I was rather confused by that.

"Really? This school's dull. I just try to past the time by absorbing myself in Battle Strategy, the only good lesson. However, I can't wait until the Tournament."

Dawn had wondered over to the opposite end, Lopunny's Pokeball in hand. May was walking to the edge for referee.

"Anyway… let's go! Lopunny, Spotlight!" Dawn called forth the rather tall bunny Pokemon as it hopped back on forth, its large ears bouncing around and arms to breast as if hiding its chest. I was right, Lopunny looked uncannily like a stripper – very sexualised. I could understand why a lot of guys had captured Bunearies.

"Go! Averock!" I yelled, a human sized, bipedal rock Cyclops forming before me. I checked my data pad. "You can go first Dawn."

"Fine… Lopunny, Ice punch!" the rabbit leaped forward fist glowing an ice blue trailing snowflakes behind it. Averock stood still as it approached.

"Averock! Reflect!" The Cyclops' pinky-purple eye glowed a bright neon blue and a blue force field materialised in front of Lopunny, her fist crashing down onto the barrier, exploding it and sending her backwards a bit. "Now! Magnitude!" Averock smashed his fist into the ground, sending out ripple that spewed the dust from the field and rattled the fences. The wave met Lopunny, sending her flying in the air. But then I was sure Dawn was a coordinator.

"Ice beam on the ground!" Lopunny had turned the 'being-thrown-into-the-air' into a purposeful backflip before shooting a beam of ice towards the ground, creating a slide of sorts in which she landed on. "Now! Drain Punch!" she bent her legs as she reached the end of her ice slide before leaping forward with a direct hit to Averock. I looked down at my Data pad.

That hit had taken down over half of Averock's health, and sent Lopunny's back almost all the way.

"Now! Use Bounce then use Ice-Punch Lopunny!" Dawn called out. As Averock was recovering, the bunny leaped into the air, a trail of snowflakes from her glowing fist.

"Rock Wrecker! Now!" Averock nodded, his eye glow a beastly orange, the first remnants of a rock forming in front of his head. He looked upwards to the incoming Ice punch and fired the now large boulder at immense speeds to the high up Lopunny. The rabbit Pokemon hit the boulder directly with the ice punch, however, with the lack of strength to break it, it barrelled forward, doing Lopunny immense damage. She fell to the ground, struggling to get up. Now was my chance. "Giga Impact!"

Rock Head is useful here. My Averock glowed an intense white, before a shroud of purple encased his body. He charged forward to the Lopunny, orange streaks now twirling around the purple energy. Averock crashed into her, sending them flying backwards to Dawn's feet.

KOed.

Lopunny glowed a common crimson before returning back to Dawn's Pokeball. "You did good Lopunny, Alex is just a meanie." Dawn looked up and glared at me, deathly thoughts spouting from her dilated eyes… then it reverted, as fast a blink of the eye, to the normal, smiling happy and bubbly face Dawn normally wears. "That was AWESOME Alex." She turned to the smug May. "Has he battled you yet May?" May opened her eyes, a smile forming a frown.

"Uh… Yeah… Max and I battled him. He beat us with his Inink and Lunargon." May admitted, much to Dawn's surprise.

"Inink?" Dawn asked curiously.

"Yeah, my water/ghost Pokemon, caught him a week or so ago." I stated, she nodded.

"Cool. Anyway, break's probably ending soon, what you got next?" May asked through the conversation.

"We've got C&L May, what d'you have Dawn?"

May was sitting next to me as Professor Bonsai droned on about the Storm-caster and Ascension Legends. Something about two Pokemon called Navani and Thundrark… a legend in this region (oh… and if I haven't mentioned, is the Lanoa region, an Equatorial country south of Sinnoh.)

"Hey… uh Alex?" May whispered. I 'huh'-ed and turned slightly towards her. "Um… do you like Dawn?" I could see her cheeks flush a faint red.

"As a friend?" I whispered back.

"No… Like Li-" May was interrupted by Bonsai.

"Excuse me – May, Alex – unless you want to tell the class what you are discussing, I recommend shutting up." He thrusted his finger in our direction. We quietened down as the class turned back from us towards the board…