Chapter 3: Plans and Pranks
The rest of the day went by smoothly...with a few arguments in between. But nothing major. Finally, it is the end of today's lessons.
In the Maple Sister's Dorm
"Sign...today was quite interesting." Dawn said. "What do you mean by interesting? We did not see anything strange!" May pointed out. "You're right. And that's weird." Misty added. "Come on. We might as well take a shower before our dinner." Amelia pointed out. She was right. There's no point contemplating about this matter now. But it's still weird.
After 30 minutes, the girls were finally ready. Misty was wearing a yellow hoodie with orange short shorts and blue sandal with diamond. May wore a red tank top with white biker shorts, her red bandanna and track shoes. Dawn wore a white cashmere top with pink mini skirt and pink sandals with diamond. Amelia was deck out in rhinestone loungewear and purple sandals with diamond.
"OMG Misty and May!" Dawn shrieked as she saw what Misty and May were wearing. "What's wrong?" Misty and May chorused. "I think we need to give you both a wardrobe make over." Amelia said, as she eyed Misty's and May's clothes. "I sure don't mind. As long as you guys don't choose anything too revealing." Misty said. "I second that." May said.
The Maple Sisters where heading out of their dorm door. "I know!" Amelia said suddenly as they were nearing the canteen. "Let's go shopping!" Dawn, Misty and May cheered. They do not have much time to shop because they were busy with their missions. Their partners, beautifly, togepi, piplup and Azuril cheered as well.
The Maple Sisters were so busy talking that they did not watch where they are walking. The Maple Sisters all banged into somebody. All of them fell on the ground. "Watch it Maple!" Apple chided. "Erm..." May did not know what to say. "We're sorry." Misty said. "Humph!" Candy huffed. "You guys ruined my hair!" Megan whined. "As Misty had said, we're so sorry." Dawn said in a sarcastic tone. Amelia rolled her eyes. So vain. She thought.
Cornelia finally voiced out. "For your information," she said, getting right up to Amelia's face. "I'm Justin's girlfriend. Megan's boyfriend is Paul. Even though Ash and Drew are still single. They will not be for long. Candy has her set her sights on Ash and Apple is after Drew. So back off!" With that, Cornelia spun on her heel and sauntered off to the cafeteria. Cornelia's crew followed her, shooting the Maple Sisters death glare. The Maple Sisters were surprised that they did not drill a hole in the ground.
"Come on. Let's get to the cafeteria." Dawn said. "Yeah. I'm hungry." May added.
At the cafeteria... (Normal POV)
The Maple Sisters are finally at the cafeteria. When they finally emerged from the food line, they spotted Ash and his friends waving to them. Misty mumbled, "Must we sit with them?" "We are supposed to protect them." Dawn said glumly. "Poor us." May mumbled.
"Hey. We thought you guys are not coming for dinner." Ash said. Ash eyed Misty's plate of food. He said, "Misty is that all you're gonna eat?" Misty stared at her plate of fried rice, mango pudding and orange squash. She responded, "Yup. It's a perfectly normal meal." "You call that normal? That's so little!" Ash said, looking a little worried. "Whoa Ash! You cared so much for Misty!" Dawn butted into their conversation. Ash and Misty both turned red in embarrassment.
Misty gave Dawn a death glare. Dawn respond with a cheeky grin. "Well. Ash. If you compare Misty's dinner to Dawn's and Amelia's, you'll find that even lesser!" Justin said, eyeing at Dawn and Amelia's plate. Dawn's dinner consist of a seafood salad, a small durian puff and diet coke. Amelia's dinner consist of a garden salad, a tiny tiramisu cake and banana milkshake.
"Whoa! Are you both on diet?" Paul asked, looking at Amelia's and Dawn's skinny body. "No. But if we eat too much, we will become fat." Dawn and Amelia both said at the same time. "Well. May's just like Ash." Drew snickered. May stopped eating for a second to glare at Drew. Drew shrugged it off.
Misty, Dawn and Amelia gulped at May's plate of food. May's dinner was just like Ash's. They all had a helping of everything. "Anyway," May voiced, "When shall we go shopping?" Dawn and Amelia immediately brightened up at the word shopping. "We could go shopping at Hearthome Departmental store!" Dawn said brightly. "We can go this Saturday or Sunday." Amelia said. "Yeah. On Saturday and Sunday, we only had morning lessons. After that, we are free to go wherever we want." Misty said.
"But, we still have curfew." Paul said. "So Troublesome, do not get overboard." He added icily. Dawn shoot him a glare. "What I do is of no concern to you." She replied hotly. Justin suddenly had a good idea. "Hey! How about we follow you guys to shop?" He suggested. Everyone at the table groaned.
"I don't want you to be with us while we shop!" Amelia protested. "But I want." Justin said slyly, getting right up to her face. "It's a good idea." Drew said, after thinking over. "WHAT?" The Maple Sisters shrieked. "Not you too!" May grumbled.
"You guys do not know Hearthome City as well as we does." Ash pointed out. "You guys might get lost."Justin sniggered. Paul smirked at this. Dawn and Amelia both glared at them. "No need to worry!" Dawn said. "We have our iphone with us." Misty said. On cue, the Maple Sisters showed the boys their phones.
"Hmm..." Drew said. "May we have your number?" He asked, throwing on a cocky smile. Justin and Drew flipped their hair in sync. "NO!" The Maple Sisters shouted together. "Oh. Alright then." Justin said. Drew stared at him in awed. "Why not? I thought you will argue with them till you get the number like you always do." Ash said.
Justin gave the boys a wink. Drew understood what Justin means. He has a plan. Drew thought. Amelia narrowed her eyes. She saw the wink. She through telepathy to her sisters. They are up to something no good. I saw Justin winked at the rest! Misty, Dawn and May stared at Amelia curiously. "Anyway, we better get going." May said, getting to her feet. As they were about to go, Drew tossed May a rose. May stare at Drew curiously. Drew just smile.
Across the cafeteria, Apple saw that. She glared at May. May catch the glare. "By the way Justin and Paul, are Cornelia and Megan your girlfriends?" She innocently asked. That question cause Amelia to spit out the sip of banana milkshake that was in her mouth. Dawn spit out her durian puff and Misty just stopped in her track.
"What?" They aren't our girlfriends!" Paul spluttered. "Yeah. " Justin added. "Hmm. If that's so, then why did Cornelia and Megan tell us that when we met in the corridor?" Dawn said sarcastically. "Well, whatever they told you, it's not true." Ash said. "Humph! So you are admitting that they don't have their sights set on you four?" Misty questioned sarcastically.
"Hey, a lot of girls have their sights set on us." Drew said, with a smug grin. Amelia frowned, "Well, we certainly do not have our sights set on you guys!" She huffed before saying, "Let's get back to our dorm." The rest followed her to Dialga block.
"They were right about one thing." Justin said. "What?" Drew asked furiously, clearly annoyed that they had not fall for their charm. "They have not had their sights set on us. They certainly have given us a challenge." Justin said. "So are you guys trying to say we are going to make them fall for us?" Ash asked. Paul whacked his head. "Yes we are!" Paul said.
"Anyway, let's go to the receptionist." Justin said with a smirk. "I got some questions for her."
In the girls' dorm...
"Alright. Let's train our Pokémon!" Misty declared brightly. "Yeah! Let's do it!" May said, smiling away. "Alright! Azuril! Let's work on our – " Amelia started to say. But stopped in shock. "What's wrong?" Dawn asked sympathetically. "I can't find Azuril! Azuril is gone!" Amelia shouted frantically. "Really?" May asked. "OMG! Togepi is gone too!" Misty said worriedly. "My piplup is missing!" Dawn shrieked. "Beautifly disappeared!" May say quietly.
Suddenly, the room was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. The girls all stared at each other in panic. "Actually, I have not seen them since we left the cafeteria." Misty said suddenly. Everything clicked into place.
In the corridor... (Justin's POV)
We were at the corridor. Hmm...Amelia will not give me her number huh? I guess I'll have to get it the hard way then. I thought. Suddenly, I felt a weight on my shoulder. "Argh! Can you just stop it?" I shouted, thinking that it was Cornelia's Plusle and Minun. But apparently, it was not. It was an Azuril. "Hey little pal, you belong to Amelia right?" I asked the little aqua mouse Pokémon. It replied with a nod.
"Hey Justin." Paul called to me. "What?" I asked him. "Looks like the Maple Sisters partner Pokémon decided to tag along with us for a change." Paul answered me. "Hmm... Beautifly, do your trainers know that you guys are with us?" Drew asked May's Beautifly. Beautifly shook its head. "Alright! If the Sisters don't know that they are with us," Ash started. "Then they will be freaking out!" I finished the sentence for Ash. "Come on; let's hustle to the reception counter." Drew hurried us.
At the receptions counter... (Normal POV)
"Excuse me Miss Whitney." Justin said politely. "Yes, how may I help you?" Miss Whitney replied. "I was hoping if you could give us the number of Amelia Maple, May Maple, Misty Maple and Dawn Maple." Justin said. Miss Whitney signed. "I'm not supposed to give out the students numbers." "Oh. I understand. But we have to do a project with them. And we need to contact them." Paul put in. "At this time?" Miss Whitney asked sarcastically. "We do need to tell them the things they need to bring." Drew said. "Alright." Miss Whitney gave in finally. "But tell no one I gave their numbers to you guys." She said with a wink. "Or else people will be running to me, asking for numbers." She finished. "We understand. Thank you for understanding our situation." Justin politely said.
"Phew. Thanks for your help." Justin said to the rest. "No problem. We want their numbers too!" Drew said with a chuckle. "Alright. Now let's call them and tell them to meet us in our dorm." Justin said. "Why should we?" Paul asked. "Because their Pokémon are with us and we want to talk to them!" Drew impatiently said.
In the girls' dorm... (Normal POV)
"Ring! Ring!" The Maple Sister's phone ring in unison. "Hello?" Amelia said into her phone. "Who are you?" "Hey babe. Justin here." Came the reply. "WHAT?" Amelia screeched. "How did you get my number?" She demanded.
Immediately after she demanded how Justin got her number, she heard 3 more shrieks. "Anyway, just come over to our dorm. Palkia block room 321. See ya." Just like that, Justin hangs up. "Hey Amelia, did Justin call you?" Misty asked. "Yeah. Why you ask?" Amelia answered back. "Ash called me!" Misty said. "Well, grass head called ME!" May say with an angry huff. "Poor me!" Dawn protested. "Anti social called me. Of all the people." She trailed off.
"Anyway, they told us to meet them in their dorm." May said. "I think our partner Pokémon has happily forgot about us and followed them instead." Dawn said. "Umbreon! Charm up!" Amelia said. The moonlight Pokémon appeared in a flash. "Teleport." Amelia instructed Umbreon.
Palkia block, corridor. (Normal POV)
The Maple Sisters appeared in a flash outside the boy's dorm. Misty stepped forward and knocked on the door. Ash was already behind the door. He and the boys winked at each other (Hmm...I wonder what they are up to...) and opened the door.
"Do you have our partners?" Misty asked, peering in. "Yup. We do." Ash said merrily. Misty narrowed her eyes. This is weird. Why is he so happy? Oh well, I must be thinking too much. Misty thought. The Maple Sisters walked in the wide door. All of them tripped over at the same time.
"AHH!" They shrieked. The Maple Sisters fell into the boy's chest. The boys snickered. This is going according to plan. They thought. Misty is heavier than Ash thought. Thus, Ash stumbled backwards. But unfortunately for him, Pikachu and the rest of their partner Pokémon happen to be playing chase. Ash tripped over Togepi and fell onto the ground with Misty on top of him.
(May and Drew's case)
"Gee April." Drew snickered. "Can't keep away from me huh?" He teased. "As I was saying, my name's May! Not April or other months!" May spat out.
(Dawn and Paul's case)
"Troublesome. You're so heavy!" Paul complained. "And annoying." He added under his breath. "You are not a walk in the park yourself!" Dawn protested. "And," She added. "Am I really that heavy?" Paul rolled his eyes.
(Amelia and Justin's case)
"Ouch!" Amelia grumbled. Justin sniggered. "I did not know that you are such a klutz." He said teasingly. "I'm not usually so clumsy." Amelia said out loud. "Neither am I!" Misty protested. "Same here." Dawn agreed. "In fact, the only one who is clumsy is May." Dawn added, smirking at May. Drew sniggered along with the Maple Sisters.
"Dawn, you're so dead..." May muttered. "HEY! The boys laid a trap for us!" Misty voice rang out as clear as a bell. "OMG! I can't believe you guys would do something like that!" Amelia spat out furiously. "What are you guys talking about?" Ash asked innocently.
"You guys know what we're talking about." Misty and Amelia said in unison fuming with anger. "What did they do?" Dawn and May asked, oblivious to their sister's discovery. "Look!" Amelia said, pointing to a string attached to the walls. Dawn and May understood it instantly. The Maple Sisters glared at the whimpering boys.
Misty smirked. "Good thing I'm always prepared!" She said. The boys gulped at that. What does she mean? Ash thought. Out of the blue, Misty whipped out a mallet and started whacking the boys. The boys started running around the room. "Oh no! You guys are NOT getting away!" May say firmly. Drew gulped. "Beautifly! Use psychic! Immobilize them!" May say gleefully.
Just like that, the boys could not move. "Now let's get the party started!" Dawn shouted, clearly enjoying how uncomfortable the boys were. "Piplup! Use whirlpool!" Dawn shouted. The boys were drenched in a few seconds.
"Now is my turn!" Amelia said, grinning from ear to ear. Oh no. Even though I don't know what's in store for us, I'm sure it's nothing good. Justin thought. "Go Altaria!" Amelia cried. The humming Pokémon appeared. "Use flamethrower to dry them up!" She declared. Now, the boys are not wet; they are toasted.
"Hmm...I think we have gone a little too much." Misty mockingly said. "Shall we give them a reward?" May questioned. The boys gulped. They were convinced by now that the Maple Sister's meaning of 'reward' is not the dictionary's meaning.
"Let's go! Azuril/Altaria/Togepi/Buneary/Starmie! Use Ice beam!" The Maple Sisters shouted. "Delcatty/Skitty/Glaceon/Dewgong! Use blizzard!" They added, smiling away. Now, the boys were dried. They were also not toasted. But they were frozen.
"Now for the grand finale!" Amelia yelled. "Azuril! Iron tail them!" Azurill's iron tail shattered the ice. With that, May instructed Beautifly to let the boys go. The boys lay on the floor, panting. All the Pokémon sniggered at the boys. (Not sure how they do it. XD)
"Traitors." Ash mumbled. "So are you guys gonna apologize?" May demanded. "What? Apologize? We, Haydens do not apologize!" Drew said. "As a matter of fact, none of us would apologize." Paul said coldly. "Fine!" Dawn said, looking at Amelia. Amelia nodded. "Delcatty! Thunderbolt!" She screeched. "Wait stop!" Justin protested. Delcatty stop. "Alright. We'll apologize." Drew said through gritted teeth.
"Now you boys would know that you can't mess with us." Misty said in a serious mock tone. "Please...It was just a practical joke!" Justin complained. "Practical joke?" Amelia yelled. The boys flinched. "We ended up landing on your chest! Mind you!" Dawn added.
"Anyway, we just want you guys to come and fetch your Pokémon." Paul said gruffly. "Alright. Thanks anyway." May mumbled. "Let you walk you guys back to your dorm." Ash offered. Paul glared at Ash. Paul obviously does not want to spend more time with the terrifying Maple Sisters. Not that he would actually admit them to be terrifying. He thought.
"That's a good idea." Drew chipped in. "Why? We can walk back ourselves!" Misty protested. More likely teleport ourselves back. Amelia thought. "Nah. There are a lot of creeps around." Justin said. "Takes one to know one." Amelia mumbled. "What?" Justin asked, confused. "Never mind." Amelia said.