Chapter 2: It's strange that nothing strange is going on
In trainers class (normal POV)
"Students. All of you will have to battle today. I would list the parings on the board. Start thinking what Pokémon you will be using. It would be a one on one battle." Mr. Drake said as he started writing the parings on the board.
"Hmm...I'm choosing espeon. What are the rest of you using?" Amelia asked. "I'm going to be choosing piplup." Dawn declared proudly. "I'm choosing glaceon." May said. "And I'm going with starmie." Said Misty.
Just then, Mr. Drake finished writing the pairings. "OMG! Guys! I'm battling against Justin!" Amelia shrieked in alarm. "No way! Not grass head!" May groaned. Dawn and Misty weren't having good news to declare too. "I got that anti-social butterfly." Dawn complained. "And I got the dense Ash!" Misty mumbled.
"Why? Are you guys scared that you would lose to us?" Drew mocked as he overhears what the girls were talking about. "Ooh! You eavesdrop! How dare you!" May was beyond furious. "Well, you boys are going down!" Misty declared, pumping her fist in the air.
"Hmm? You newbies are saying that you can beat them?" A familiar voice said. The Maple Sisters and The boys turned around and saw Cornelia and her crew (Candy, Apple and Megan). "Forget it. You girls will never beat them." Apple stated simply. The snobs turned around on their heels and stalked off. After a few steps, Candy turned around and said, "We will be cheering for you my darlings!" She and her friends winked at the boys.
The Maple Sisters stared at the boys. Paul took the chance to annoy the Maple Sisters out. He smirked and said, "I guess ladies just adore us. Prepare to lose later." "That's not going to happen!" Dawn shouted back at him. "Calm down, troublesome." Paul sneered at Dawn.
The fan girls around the boys sniggered. Dawn turned crimson. "That's it! I'm so beating that jerk!" Dawn yelled. "We all will beat those jerks and show the snobs who's the boss!" Amelia stated. The Maple Sisters nodded in agreement.
At the battle field, the competition was heating up. Finally, Mr. Drake announced, "Next up! Amelia VS Justin!" As soon as he says the word Justin, Justin's fan girl shrieked, "Go Justin GO! We love you!" Amelia rolled her eyes. Please, this is pathetic.
"Let the battle begin!" Mr. Drake shouted. "Espeon! Charm up!" Amelia shouted, throwing a pokeball in the air. The sun Pokémon appeared in a flash.
"Espeon huh? Alright then. Bayleef, let's hit it!" Justin said, throwing a pokeball into the air. "Espeon, use swift attack!" Amelia started. Justin smirks. This is so easy. He thought. "Razor leaf!" He calmly said. The razor leaf and swift collide in mid air. "Espeon, power up the swift with psychic!" Amelia shouted with a flip of her hair.
The swift overpowered Bayleef's razor leaf and it scored a direct hit thanks to the psychic controlling it. Not bad. Looks like I better beware of that psychic. Justin thought. "Bayleef. Are you alright?" Justin asked. Bayleef nodded and jumped back into position.
"Use body slam." Justin instructed Bayleef. Bayleef jumped up and was about to land on Espeon when Amelia screamed, "dodge that!" Espeon dodge that body slam speedily. OMG. What now? Not only am I having a disadvantage with my opponent being a psychic type, but Espeon is so fast too! Justin thought in panic. Amelia smirked. Just a little bit more. Best in contest battle huh? I'm taking his position soon!
"Now Espeon, use psychic to immobilize Bayleef. Then finish it off with psybeam!" Amelia calmly said. Uh-Oh. Immobilize? What can I do? Justin thought in panic.
"Come on Justin! Call your move now! Before it's too late!" Ash screamed from the sidelines. "Ashy boy. Can't you see? There's no way Justin could avoid that hit. His Bayleef is immobilized! How can it protect itself if it can't even move?" Paul said gruffly.
"That's that. Bayleef's out for the count. Amelia and Espeon wins!" Mr. Drake announced. The Maple Sister cheered wildly. "Espeon, let's go and watch my sisters perform." Amelia said while patting Espeon. "My, my. That was OK. Guess I was going easy on you. It would not be so easy the next time." Justin said to Amelia with Bayleef by his side.
"Humph! Like real!" Amelia retorted. Justin just smirked and flips his hair (Its no wonder he and Drew are cousins!). "Next we have Misty VS Ash!" Mr. Drake announced. "You go get them sis!" Amelia encouraged Misty. "You got it." Misty said with a grin.
"Pikachu! Let's go!" Ash shouted. Pikachu hopped off his shoulder and landed safely on the ground. "Starmie! Let's shine!" Misty said softly. What? Starmie? Doesn't misty know that Starmie is weak against electric types like Pikachu? Guess this would be an easy battle. Ash thought.
"Pikachu! Use thunderbolt!" Ash started. "Starmie. Block it with water pulse!" Misty said. When the thunderbolt and water pulse met, the attacks created an explosion. "Starmie, use psychic to immobilize Pikachu till the smoke clears!" Misty instructed.
Uh-Oh. Ash's in trouble. Misty's using the same method as Amelia. Immobilizing. Justin frantically thought. When the smoke clears, Pikachu was hanging in mid air. "Pikachu! Try and break free!" Ash pleaded.
"Please. There no way it could escape." Drew scoffed to Paul and Justin, whom both nodded in agreement. "Hey, Misty's using the same method I usually uses." Amelia whispered to Dawn and May. May said, "Awesome. With Pikachu immobilized like that, I know what Misty would do next." "Yup. There's no way Misty would pass up this chance." Dawn said with a giggle.
"Starmie! Use confuse ray!" Misty said with a grin plastered on her face. When Pikachu's confused enough, Starmie let go of Pikachu. "Pikachu! Use Iron tail!" Ash desperately shouted. But, unfortunately for Ash, Pikachu is too confuse. For it uses iron tail on itself. And Pikachu fainted on the ground.
"Pikachu's out. The victory goes to Misty!" Mr. Drake announced. "Next up, Dawn VS Paul!" "Good job starmie. Now let's cheer for Dawn!" Misty said. "That was a great battle Misty." Ash said. "Oh erm well. Thanks." Misty said red in the face.
"And now. Let the match begin!" Mr. Drake shouted. "I'm prepared for any psychic attacks thrown at me. So go Torterra!" Paul shouted. "Oh my. I sure hope Dawn's ready for this." May say worriedly. "That Torterra looks tough." Amelia noted. "Babe, you are right." Justin said, having overheard what the Maple Sisters were talking about. "Torterra was Paul's first Pokémon." Drew told the Maple Sisters.
"Piplup, spotlight!" Dawn cried. "Humph. A pathetic Pokémon for a pathetic trainer." Paul mocked Dawn. Seething, Dawn shouted, "Piplup, so that Torterra who's the boss with bubblebeam!" "Humph. Block that." Paul simply said. Torterra blocked the bubblebeam. "Good. Now use earthquake." Paul said. "Use bubblebeam! And jump on it!" Dawn frantically instructed piplup. Piplup safely dodge the earthquake. "Beautiful. Now use whirlpool!" Dawn shouted.
"Use leaf storm." Paul said. "Not a chance!" Dawn said, grinning from ear to ear. "Ride the whirlpool. Spin and use bubblebeam!" the spiralling bubblebeam blocked the leaf storm and hit Torterra. Then, Piplup's whirlpool hit its mark. "Torterra is out. Dawn's the winner!" Mr. Drake said.
Paul stared in shock. No way. How that newbie could beat me. Especially my Torterra! Torterra, my first Pokémon! Paul thought. "OMG! Dawn defeated Torterra!" Ash said with his eyes wide. "Drew, it seems that all the Maple sisters are tough. You better watch out." Paul advised Drew.
"Oh. No worries. I'll be fine. After all, I'm the Drew." Drew complacently said. "Hmm..." Was all Justin said. Justin and Drew flicked their hair at the same time, which made the fan girls shrieked.
"May, you're up next." Amelia said with a smile. "I'm so gonna beat that grass head!" May declared, pumping her fists into the air. "Yeah! That's the way!" Dawn encouraged.
"The last match of the day is, May VS Drew!" Mr. Drake said. "Let's begin!" "Go Roselia!" Drew said. "Beautifly! On stage!" May shrieked. Both Pokémon appear at the same time. "Use sliver wind!" May said. "Use petal dance!" Drew said. May frown. The petal dance looks strong. I think it would overpower my sliver any moment now. May thought. "Now spin!" May instruct Beautifly. Beautifly added a little spin that turned the sliver wind into a sliver whirlwind.
"Roselia! Magical Leaf!" Drew shouted. Beautifly was hit with that magical leaf. "Beautifly! Hang on! Try an aerial ace!" "Roselia, use petal dance." Drew calmly said. It was a direct hit. Garr...Come on May. You know you can win this round. Just focus. Dawn thought. Hmm...It's over. Drew thought. "Use stun spore!" The stun spore landed on Beautifly.
"Yes! Drew's gonna win this round!" Ash excitedly yelled. "Use morning sun!" May yelled. In a few seconds, beautifly was healed completely. "Now finish up with psychic!" May shrieked. "No! Roselia!" Drew shouted.
"Roselia's down. Winner's May and Beautifly!" Mr. Drake announced. "Now all of you can go for lunch." "Good job May!" Amelia praised. "Let's go. I'm ready for lunch." Dawn said.
"Wow. Those Maple Sisters are pretty amazing." Paul commented. The rest stared at him. It's not every day that Paul praised somebody. "Yeah, you're right. They are not only beautiful. But strong too!" Justin added. "I'll like to get to know them better. Let's sit with them for lunch." Drew said. Ash added, "But let's scare them on our way there." The boys smirked. Ahh yes. They thought.
Behind them, four girls, Candy, Apple, Cornelia and Megan overheard the boys' conversation. They do not look too happy. "We got to do something to it." Cornelia said determinedly. "No way are we taking this lying down." Candy agreed.
(At the cafeteria) Normal POV
The girls all got their trays of food. On misty's tray were a bowl of Mac 'n' cheese, an energy bar and tomato soup. On both Amelia and Dawn's trays were a small garden salad and energy drinks. On May's plate were a slab of chocolate cake, two energy bars and a huge bottle of coke. They begin to eat their meals...
...Suddenly, someone put his hands on Misty's shoulders. Misty screeched. Someone slapped May's and Dawn's butt. Both of them yelped. And someone pecked Amelia's cheek. Amelia shrieked in horror.
The boys chuckled. It is just so fun to play with the girls. It must be those jerks! I can't believe that we were assigned to protect them! The Maple Sisters thought. Let's all slap the boys' cheeks on the count of three. Misty said to her sister's thorough telepathy. 3...2...1...GO! The Maple Sisters turned around and slapped the boys hard on their cheeks. "OWW!" Were the boys' comments to their slaps. "That stings! What did you guys do that for!" they all protest. "Who tells you to tease us in those ways!" Dawn demanded. Paul just shrugged and said, "Look troublesome. We just want to eat lunch with you guys." "Fine," May huffed. "But no funny business!"
Cornelia, Apple, Candy and Megan had witness the entire showdown between the Maple Sisters and their idols. They all had murderous looks on their faces.
"Gee June, how did you managed to be as thin as a rake if you eat so much?" Drew questioned May, looking at the amount of food on her plate. "Mind you! The name's May. M-A-Y! And I do exercise." May shout at Drew. "Whoa. Calm down November." Drew teased. "I said, my name's MAY! M-A-Y! May!" May yelled, red in the face.
"Paul! Stop Drew from teasing May!" Dawn asked Paul. "Why should I do that, Troublesome?" Paul replied. "It is Dawn. D-A-W-N! Not troublesome!" Dawn screamed. Dawn was getting pretty annoyed herself.
"Ash! Get your hands off my energy bar! Go get your own!" Misty shrieked. "But I'm still hungry and I'm lazy to get it!" Ash grumbled. "Ash, you can have mine." Justin offered his energy bar to Ash, which Ash greedily took.
"That's nice of you, Justin." Amelia said as she ate her salad. "Well," Justin coyly said. "Would I get a kiss for stopping the argument?" He asked Amelia sweetly. Amelia glared at him. "Dream on." She hissed.
"Dude, you will not get a kiss by asking the girl nicely." Drew said. "Yeah." Paul added. "As a matter of fact, you should not even ask for her permission. You should just kiss her." Drew added, smirking.
"Come on. Let's get to history class." Amelia said. "Yeah. I've heard enough. But I'm heading over to the science lab." Dawn mumbled. "I'm going for maths." Misty said. "And I'm going for boring old geography." May grumbled. Before the boys could say anything more, the Maple Sisters leave. "Aww Man." Paul muttered. "You know, they aren't falling for our usual tactics." Drew said. "So we must change our tactic." Justin said with a smirk.
(In history class) Amelia's POV
"Hello Ms. Maple!" My history teacher, Ms. Roxanne said cheerily. "Welcome to our class! Please take a seat next to Justin Hayden!" I groaned inwardly. Oh man. I'm sitting next to Justin in history... I said through telepathy to my sisters.
May reply me instantly. I'm with cabbage head! Dawn's message's next. Anti-social is my science lab partner! And Misty's message is the last. I have to sit beside Ash as he is horrible in maths!
I groaned. Justin looked at me. I glared back at him. He smirks and says, "Well, I like the strawberry blonde hair." He flicks his hair and gave me a peck on the cheek again. I glared savagely at him before pinching him. Justin had to bite his lips to refrain from howling in pain.
Across the aisle, Cornelia sent a text message to Candy, Apple and Megan. Keep an eye on the other Maple losers and we desperately need to have a meeting!
(In the science lab) Dawn's POV
Argh! I thought to myself. Of all the people I can work with, I can't believe teacher put me with that anti-social butterfly! Not only that, but I still receive death glares from all his annoying fan girls!
"Come on. Let's do that experiment quickly, troublesome." Paul gruffly said. "Why don't you read out the instructions while I set up the experiment?" I tried to calmly suggest, but Paul can still hear the irritation in my voice.
Paul stares at me. Do you have any feelings at all? I wanted to scream that at him, but I had to keep my mouth shut. After all, it would be considered as mission NOT completed if Paul gets mad at me and refuse to be anywhere near me for me to protect him. "Good thinking troublesome." Paul said. I stared at him in shock. Unfortunately, Paul decided to choose this time to rub it in. He smirked and said, "But you do need to loosen up a little."
I gave him a death glare. And continue setting up my experiment. "Paul, would you like to work with me instead of Troublesome?" A sweet voice behind me said. Paul and I both turn around. Behind us sat Megan and Apple. "No worries Paul. I don't mind working with Dawn if Megan works with you." Apple said, battling her eyelashes.
Paul spoke up, "Why not? It's a good idea. I can't seem to get along with Troublesome." I replied curtly, "For the record, I said, my name's Dawn!" Megan and Apple sniggered. "Why not? Troublesome kinda suits you! Right Paulie?" Megan coyly asked. "Do not address me as Paulie." Paul said with anger in his voice. "Sorry." Megan said.
"So? Are we gonna swap partners?" Apple asked. "NO!" I said. "YES!" Paul and Megan said at the same time. "You see, its two to one. Majority wins." I desperately tried to find an excuse. But, in the nick of time, our science teacher, Ms Erika, approached our group and said, "Are you guys talking about swapping partners?" We all nodded. "Well, you can't do that. Rules are rules." She said before moving along.
Megan and Apple scowled. Paul and I get back to work. Hmm...This is strange. I thought. How come nothing has happened since we arrived in Hearthome High? I said to all my sisters through telepathy. It is strange that nothing strange is going on!