Right, again, I'm sorry for the lateness. I've been busy with college work. I have read your reviews and thanks once again for the feedback.

To the one who gave me that massive chapter suggestion, thanks! I was really finding it hard to think of what to write and you brought me the idea. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Also, to you the guest who goes by the name Arceus, I have not been slacking off. I have been extremely busy with college. I had to rehearse for a showcase, which was on the 2nd Dec and on the 8th, I have to do a show called Everyman. Plus, I'm now moving out of my carers home and moving into my own place so that will take a bit of my time. So I give you a MASSIVE apology, so this chapter is dedicated to you and the one who suggested this suggestion.

I don't own pokemon! *Breaks down crying*

Read on.

"Just you wait Ash! May will be mine and see you for the pathetic loser you are! When I'm out of here, you'll be wishing you stayed in hiding!"

And so he went to sleep, dreaming of May leaving Ash for him and her doing what he wanted. He sneered in his sleep.

What Drew didn't know, is that Ash was still awake and heard every word he said. Getting a smirk on his face, Ash thought to himself Just try it Drew. You have no idea what will happen to you in the morning.

So Ash closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day

Ash woke up the next day in the hospital bed with May in his arms. He smiled, wishing he could stay like this forever. Unfortunately, he had something to do. So he unwrapped his arms around her and walked out the room and made his way to the video phones.

When he got there, he dialed the number of the nearest Officer Jenny and explained the situation.

"Thank you young man. We'll be there in the next ten to twenty minutes"

"Thank you Officer Jenny. See you soon"

When he was done and he had hung up, he made his way back to May's room. As soon as he arrived, he found May was awake and looking out the window. She seemed to be in deep thought and he didn't want to disturb her, so he slowly sat down next to her and waited for her to come back to earth.

She seemed to snap out of her thoughts as soon as he sat down. She looked at him and gave him a smile. She asked him where he went. "Where did you go to mister? I woke up and found you weren't with me. I felt a little lonely"

Ash smiled bashfully. "Sorry May. I had to make a call. I didn't want to leave you but it was important"

"Who was it you called?" But then she realised that Drew was still in the room and was possibly listening to the conversation. So she quickly added in a whisper "Was it Officer Jenny?"

All Ash did was nod his head, which brought a smile to May's face, glad Drew was going to get what he deserved for trying to attack her boyfriend.

Ash added "They'll be here in around twenty minutes. Giving us plenty of time"

May then tilted her head in confusion. "Time to do what?"

Ash smiled before answering. "To get you ready for your appeal of course"

What they didn't know, was Drew had been awake for the passed five minutes and heard the gist of what they said. He was shocked May was still able to perform in the Festival after getting hit in the stomach like that, which he says was her fault for protecting a worthless, useless piece of shit like Ash who is getting no where in life.

As soon as I'm out of here, I'll make sure to make May choose me. If she doesn't, she'll be in for a nasty surprise hehehe.

He closed his eyes and took a nap as the pain meds were making him very sleepy. He was dreaming of May giving in to him and becoming his to the end.

Twenty minutes later

Drew was woken up abrubtly by the sound of something clicking and a cold feeling on his wrists. When he opened his eyes, he saw Officer Jenny in front of him and a pair of handcuffs on him.

Scowling, he demanded what was going on. "What is the big idea!? Why are you arresting me? I didn't do anything wrong!"

Officer Jenny just gave a serious expression and said "Drew, you are under arrest for attempted assault on Ash Juniper-Fennel, assault of May Maple, the murder of an unborn baby, emotional abuse and cruelty towards pokemon"

Drew became shocked. Stuttering, he replied with "M-murder? Unborn b-baby? But I never...!" Realisation dawned on him. May was pregnant! He then scowled even deeper. How dare Ketchum take May's chastity! He's going to pay for this! Not just for taking May from me, but for impregnating her and taking her! You'll pay in ways you can't imagine!

As Officer Jenny was about to pick him up and take him away, he decided to get Ash arrested too. "W-wait Officer! Ash isn't innocent either! He's eighteen and May's sixteen! As she was pregnant with his child, that means he is performing peadophilia! And, consent or not, i-it counts as rape! Surely you need to arrest him as well?"

Out of the corner of his eye, he swore he saw Ash and May smirk. "Actually Drew. I already know about that. But what you don't know is that if you are over sixteen, you can have sex with anyone older than you. It only becomes peadophilia if one of them is under sixteen, not eighteen. So try as you might, Ash is completely innocent and will not be put under arrest"

Drew became extremely angry and scared. Damn it! I hoped Ash would get arrested so I could get my revenge on him personally! But now there is little I can do!

So on that note, Jenny stood Drew up and took him out of the hospital to her car, with Ash amd May close behind. When Drew was in the car, Ash asked "So what are we looking at Officer? In terms of charges, what's the likely outcome going to be?"

Officer Jenny gave him her best answer. "Well, with the charge of abusing his pokemon, he will lose his trainers license, with the other charges, he will be getting at least six months, twenty years at the most. But, since I personally know the judge, I can pull some strings to get him a longer sentence. That way, he will be unlikely to bother you again" She finished with a smile.

Ash and May thanked her, but then Ash asked "What about his pokemon? What will happen to them?"

Jenny thought for a moment. "Well, since he's now lost his license, they'll either be released into the wild, or go to other trainers who will take care of them"

Ash nodded, happy the pokemon will be taken care of by trainers who will treat them right. "That's great Officer. Thanks again for this. You enjoy the rest of your day"

She saluted them before getting into her car and driving off to the precinct. As soon as the car was gone, Ash and May made their way to the stadium for May to make her appeal.

Later

Ash and May met Dawn and Max at the hotel. As soon as they caught up and they told them what happened at the hospital with Drew, May went to their hotel room to take a shower and get ready.

As soon as she was finished and was wearing a fresh set of clothes, they mad their way to the stadium for the Grand Festival's second round of appeals.

Meanwhile

While Officer Jenny was booking Drew into the system, Drew was thinking of ways to get back at Ash. How can I make Ash pay for what he did to me? There must be some way or someone who... That's when it hit him. Of course! Delia is still wanting to know where her good for nothing son is! Perfect! He sneered. Ash, prepare to feel my revenge! hehehehe!

As soon as Jenny was finished, Drew said he wanted to make a phone call and that it was important. Sighing, Jenny couldn't refuse him as he had a right to make one.

She lead him to the video phones and sat him down and gave him little privacy. She watched Drew dial the number and watched the phone ring. As soon as it answered, she walked to the end of the room and watched Drew carefully.

"Hello, Ketchum residence" Delia answered with little enthusiasm.

"Hello Delia, it's Drew"

"Oh, hello Drew. What do you want huh? Calling to tell me how useless my son is again?" Delia was obviously not happy to be getting a call from him.

"Actually Delia, I'm calling to tell you I have found Ash"

Delia perked up but then became suspicious "If this is a joke it isn't funny Drew!"

Drew just snickered. "It isn't a joke. Ash is here in Hoenn with May and Dawn. May is competing in the Grand Festival. Not only that, it turns out they've been living in Unova this whole time and Ash has been adopted by Prof. Juniper and her wife Dr. Fennel and is now called Ash Juniper-Fennel"

Delia started to get angry, but you could see tears in her eyes. "Ash is MY son! Not theirs! Thanks for the call Drew, I'm catching the first Red Eye to Hoenn today! Goodbye!" She hung up to start preparing for the trip.

Drew chuckled darkly when he put the phone back. "Ash, you are in for a big surprise in the next few hours. As soon as Delia finds you, she'll forbid you from being with May and get me out of here and May will be mine!"

Officer Jenny then took him to his cell. He was cackling the whole way there, making the other inmates and Jenny to wonder what was so funny. He didn't stop until he saw his cellmate.

With Ash and the gang

Dawn and Max were sitting in the audience, waiting for May to do her appeal for the Festival and Ash was backstage with May, making sure she was ready. Max was bouncing up and down in his seat he was so excited.

"I can't wait for May to do her appeal! It's been ages since I've seen her in a contest live. I saw her when she was in Johto on T.V, but you can't beat seeing it live!"

Dawn giggled. She found Max was kind of cute when he acted like a child in a candy store. "Calm down Max. May hasn't been in a contest for a while, so she's bound to be very nervous. Even though she's been practicing, she hasn't put it to the test so there's no telling how well she'll do. But as Ash is with her, she's definitely going to get through"

Meanwhile, Ash was trying to calm down a slightly frantic May. Actually, frantic might be pushing it. Panicking is more like it.

"May! Calm down. You'll do fine!"

May was pacing back and forth, wringing the hell out of her hands. "I can't Ash! I haven't done a contest for months! Sure I've practiced, but I haven't put it to practice! What if I mess up? What if I choke!? What if...!?"

Ash stopped her by wrapping his arms around her and kissing her. She melted straight into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. When they parted, Ash told her "Trust me May. You'll do great. You've been practicing with Dawn none stop these past few months so don't think about what could happen. Think what will happen, and you'll do it"

May smiled before giving him a kiss again. When she parted, she had a slight sad look on her. "Listen Ashy. You need to know..."

A voice over the intercom interrupted her. "Can May Maple please make her way to the stage? You're appeal is about to start. I repeat..."

When the message was repeated two more times, Ash looked back at May. "You were saying May?"

But May just shook her head and said it didn't matter. "Never mind sweetie. It doesn't matter right now" She smiled and gave him another kiss. "That was for luck" She then made her way to the stage.

Ash smiled. May was getting her confidence back. He was so proud to call her his girlfriend and true love. Shaking his head in amusement, he headed to Dawn and Max.

At the stage

"Hello everyone! Welcome to the Grand Festival! I'm your MC Marion!" The crowd cheered loudly.

"It's so good to see so many faces here today to support our contestants. And today, we have a little treat for you! She's not been in contests for a little while, but she's hoping to make a major comeback! She would have performed yesterday, but she had a little incident, which has been seen to, so she's here today instead! Please welcome to the stage, the royal of the Hoenn region, give it up for, MAY MAPLE!"

As soon as May's name was said, the whole crowd roared their loudest yet, so loud, you could hear it from Sootopolis City. May came running onto the stage and waved to the crowd before throwing her pokeballs into the air.

"Bulbasaur, Beautifly, take the stage!"

In a shower of sakura petals, Bulbasaur appeared with a "Bulbsaur!", and in a shower of silvery sparkles, Beautifly appeared with a "Beautifly!"

May gave both her pokemon their commands. "Bulbasaur, Sunny Day! Beautifly, Silver Wind!"

The combination of moves made the area get brighter while making it look beautiful. But May was just getting started.

"Now, Solarbeam Bulbasaur! String Shot Beatifly!"

Bulbasaur shot a ball of solar energy into the air and Beautifly surrounded it with a sticky thread. When the ball was at a decent height, May made her move.

"Now Razor Leaf Bulbasaur!"

Bulbasaur responded with a "Bulba!" before she shot a series of razor sharp leaves at the ball. As soon as the leaves made contact, the ball exploded into a series of rainbow coloured sparkles that rained down onto the audience, judges and stage.

"Wow! What a performance! The Princess of Hoenn definitely hasn't lost her touch after such a spectacular performance!"

After the judges had given their comments, Marion went up to May and asked her a couple of questions.

"So May, I'm sure all your fans out there would like to know why you disappeared for the past few months. Would you like to tell us?"

"Of course Marion. The reason we disappeared was because some close friends of ours, who will not be named as of this moment, decided to make Ash, my boyfriend, quit his dream of being a trainer. So we left and only came back to Hoenn three weeks ago so I can compete in the Grand Festival"

Marion nodded. "We understand May. We would all like to know as well, why you weren't able to compete yesterday? I know it involved another contestant, but what exactly happened?"

May sighed. "I didn't compete because Drew, who was the contestant that got disqualified, tried to force me to go out with him. I refused and he wouldn't accept it. He went to attack Ash, but I jumped in front of him and he hit me in the stomach. It was so painful I had to go to hospital for the night. Luckily, it wasn't too serious, just a bruise. Now he's in prison and awaiting trial"

May obviously left out the part about being pregnant and losing the baby as she didn't want everyone to know.

"Thank you May. I'm sure you must be tired so you can go back and rest for the rest of the day"

May nodded and made her way backstage. Marion ended with "Well that's all the appeals for today! All we need to do is choose the eight contestants who'll be going throught to the Battle Round! Everyone, please put your attention on the screen!"

The screen showed eight cards and the faces of each contestant that competed yesterday and today were shuffling until each one stopped on one person. May was the second to be chosen and, to her and Ash's shock, Harley appeared as the eighth contestant to get through.

The pictures then shuffled into a random order and showed that May was last to battle against Harley in the first round.

"Well there you have it! These lucky eight contestants will start to compete in just an hour, but since May needs time to rest, she will battle last against her opponent Harley. See you in a short while everyone!"

The audience cheered loudly before they calmed down and started to leave the arena.

Ash, Dawn and Max sighed. They knew May needed to rest, so they left and met her outside the stadium before heading to the hotel so they could eat and May could get a little rest. Unfortunately, fate was against them as they soon heard a familiar voice call them, or more specifically, Ash.

"Ashton Samuel Ketchum! Stay right where you are mister! You are in so much trouble!"

Everyone turned around and saw Ash's mom, Delia was storming up to them. May, Dawn and Max looked at Ash worriedly, and they saw he had a slight scowl on his face. As soon as Delia was close enough, he spoke to his former mother.

"Hello Delia"

And there is the chapter! Again, sorry it is so late! As I keep saying, I'm busy with college and have a performance called Everyman on Thursday 8th Dec, this Thursday basically.

So please bear with me! I will update when I get the chance.

And a very MERRY CHRISTMAS from the United Kingdom! That's right, Christmas is only 20 days away! Not that excited as this is the second xmas without my nan as she's been gone since 14th Dec 2015.

So again, I'm sorry for the lateness and will update within the new year.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, have a good day, evening or night.