Hey everyone :)

I know I'm a day late...but here's the next chapter.

WARNING! It's actually not very good...at...all...but I had to put it in because it kind of fills in some holes. Also you get to see snippets of each character and what they plan on doing at this school. The next chapter will have more drama, for sure. :) I'm really sorry about how horrible this chapter turned out :(

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Here we go!

Chapter 3

Hectic First Days

Room 204

Girl's Dorms

Even after the eventful night that passed yesterday – May, Misty and Dawn were all up as soon as the sun had risen, to prepare for the school year ahead. It was a good thing they did that, too, because as Dawn had warned – Misty had gotten up in the morning only to be trapped in the bathroom for an hour. On the bright side, at least her stomach had cleared and her diarrhoea had passed. That still didn't mean that she'd forgiven Dawn for giving her Piplup's remedies.

'Pokemon and people should never be mixed up,' she'd proclaimed, before once again hogging the bathroom for another twenty minutes as she had a quick morning shower. Breakfast was only supplied on every alternate day of the week – so Dawn had been in the kitchen, whipping up a small hot breakfast for all of them to enjoy. May in the meantime, was busy writing desperately in her journal.

Dawn was slightly surprised at the devotion May had shown to her journal, especially since the previous night when she'd rushed out of dinner after shouting, "I'll see you back in the dorm!" Dawn didn't want to come across as rude so she didn't ask what had happened in that space of time. However, she happily hummed a tune with her angelic voice.

Yesterday

Dining Hall

May had just dashed out of the hall, leaving Dawn behind – who awkwardly sat by herself at the very corner of the space. She was finally able to analyse all her soon-to-be peers, and doing that made her realise just how much competition she would be facing in every aspect of her new teenage life.

Her thoughts were interrupted when a blonde-haired boy decided to take the seat in front of her. "Hey there! Is this seat taken?" the boy asked her. She happily told him that it was free and slid down on to the chair opposite her.

When Dawn finally got a look at his face, she felt something else. Her heart strings gave a strong pull and her brain suddenly zoned out for a few minutes. He was extremely familiar, however she just couldn't understand why. The familiarity was so strong that her head went unsteady for a few moments. However, she finally returned to her sense when he waved his hand in front of her face. "How many fingers am I holding up?" he asked with his nice, smooth voice.

"I'm fine. No need to worry about me." She said, giving him a half-hearted smile. Barry happily nodded, "Anyways, I never got a chance to introduce myself. I'm Barry P-! Actually, just call me Barry." he said. His orange eyes now had a dull glow.

"I'm Dawn Berlitz. It's nice to meet you Barry. Where are you from?" Dawn asked politely.

"Well, I'm from Twinleaf Town but I moved to Pastoria Town when I was six. I guess I don't really remember Twinleaf. Have you ever been to Pastoria? It's got some really nice marshlands."

Dawn eagerly continued the conversation, but at the corner of her mind she was trying to put two and two together. Barry was from Twinleaf Town, and she was from Twinleaf Town. Maybe, they'd met before? The familiar feeling in her gut told her there was a lot more to Barry than she realised however she pushed this feeling away and just continued to engage in the conversation.

8.00 AM

Room 204, Girls Dorms

"Wow, these are looking delicious Dawn!" May exclaimed. She was sitting on their miniature table holding a fork and spoon, slightly drooling over the sight of breakfast. Misty had finally opened the bathroom doors and wore her signature yellow outfit (her hoenn outfit). Her hair had been tied up into a ponytail on the side, and she immediately took the seat next to May and prepared for breakfast.

As soon as Dawn had placed an even portion of the bacon strips, scrambled eggs, raisin toast on May's plate, she immediately shoved it all inside her mouth. Misty stared with her mouth wide open. "Let's go guys!" May happily shouted after placing her plate in the sink.

8.30 AM

Lance Hall

All the students had gathered in the Auditorium for the opening assembly. May, Dawn and Misty sat in the middle of the students and turned their attention to the stage. The principal, better known as Cynthia, was woman with an incredible sense of fashion. Her long wavy blonde hair was worn down, and she wore black heels, with a black fur coat and black clothes.

Obviously, this had all the hormonal teenage boys swooning over, except Ash and Red who sat silently next to each other amidst the large audience of adolescents. Red kept checking his watch, impatiently as he had Practical Battles class, with Marshall and he was absolutely itching to see some of the Pokemon from the other regions.

Meanwhile, Ash was staring at the back of a girls head. It was bright orange, slightly spiky and was tied into a small ponytail at the side. He couldn't control his curiosity as he gave her 'tail a slight tug. Obviously, Ash was stronger than he realised so when he pulled all of her hair fell out of her ponytail on to her back. He was mesmerised at how beautifully orange and smooth it was, however the girl definitely was not amused.

"WHAT THE HELL?" the girl said turning around to see a raven-haired boy who was looking at the hair closely. Unfortunately, she had quickly tied it back once again but not before giving Ash a death stare. He then focused on the stage where Cynthia had approached the microphone,

"Welcome to JAE. I promise, that we're going to make sure you have the best time here. That's all I have to say, really. I don't want to make the first day too boring for you. Don't' forget to go to the right classroom. Anyways, let's have a great year! Off you go!"

The very short speech from Cynthia had motivated many students, so they all excitedly got up from their seats at the same time and rushed out the back door to Lance Hall. Ash checked his timetable. His first class was Maths (Class A) taught by Lucian, and he scanned the room, trying to spot his roommate Richie. "Can you move out of the way, please? I need to get to my class." An annoyed, feminine voice complained. Ash turned back to see the girl with the pretty orange hair. "Oh, it's you again," he mumbled stepping aside. However, as she walked past – her ponytail slid past his cheek which made shivers go down his spine for a few seconds. She really was one of a kind.

8.54 AM

Health and Nutrition

"You do realise that is a Pamtre berry. The recipe says we need four belue berries blended two Rabuta berries. Can't you tell them apart?"

May regretted being in Dawn's group for Health and Nutrition class because it happened to be her worst subject (which strangely contradicted her love for food). "Dawn, I really was not cut out for this class. Just tell me what they look like," May nervously asked. Dawn sighed with frustration, "I'll just get them myself."

Beads of sweat glistened on May's forehead as she placed the aspear berry in the mortar and started crushing it. Their unit for the first semester was focused on Pokemon food. They had been given a Pokeblock recipe to complete within an hour, and this had driven them into an absolute frenzy.

May was a hopeless cook and being with Dawn, only made her feel even worse. She looked up to the front corner of the large kitchen area, where a green-haired boy was placing his berries in the Blender. "Drew…" she muttered to herself, as she watched him walk back to his stove top where a blonde boy was waiting for him.

"What are you looking at, May? Keep grinding those Aspear berries!" Dawn barked and May with a quick whimper, resumed the activity.

9.30 AM

Poke Literature

"I already know all this." Drew muttered to himself blankly staring at the textbook which sat in front of him. "I don't believe this…"

"Andrew Hayden! Would you like to explain the deeper meaning of line 2 in 'An Eevee of Elation'"

"Oak wants us all to relate to the elation the eevee feels when it confronts the choice of which evolution it wants to choose." Drew confidently replied before closing his eyes and stretching his arms back behind his head.

The teacher, Lorelei seemed slightly alarmed at his response and nervously deemed him to be correct. Everyone stared at him in awe of his intelligence however he simply flicked his hair and leant back in his chair. He was always the centre of attention at this school. Everyone knew him as THE Drew Hayden, but it hadn't always been that way. ]

Drew found his sudden popularity to be rather shallow, and surface-level. Most people didn't take notice of his coordinating skills. It was usually about his face and gorgeous emerald eyes. That was going to change because he wanted to prove to everyone that he was much more than just a pretty boy.

However, he hadn't realised that the brunette girl had been watching his facial expressions change from the corner of the classroom and this simply made her curiosity grow even larger.

10.20 PM

Swimming Pool

One satisfaction Misty had, was the large Olympic-sized swimming pool which was located outside the gymnasium and her physical education lessons for the semester were between a choice of swimming or athletics.

Misty went for the obvious choice, and did not feel any regret as she dove into the crystal clear blue water. It welcomed her as she gracefully completed 100m before leaning against the lane rope to catch her breath. She had just completed a time trial, and was nearly out of breath.

"58 seconds," Marlon happily said, "You should consider joining the JA swim team. We could use a fast one like you."

Misty happily slunk into the stands. 58 seconds definitely was one of the best times she'd ever achieved and she realised that it could be her best opportunity to really excel at something. "I'll be there!" she shouted to Marlon before heading back to get change.

At that time, she was stopped in her tracks. "Nice swim out there," a well-toned, tanned boy said giving her a wink.

"Um, thanks…and you are?"

"The famous Rudy Trota, of course,"

His arrogant attitude was annoying her once again so she tried to walk past him. "I know who you are. You're Misty Waterflower from the Cerulean Gym. I'm a big fan." He said with a mischievous smirk.

"Yeah right," she chuckled to herself, "Look, I have to get to my next class. Can we continue this later?"

"You can count on that. I'll see you at swim practice." He said winking at Misty. Misty gave a disgusted look and walked away towards the change rooms.

She had changed quickly, and headed towards the track to watch the time trials for some of the events. The first week of physical education always involved picking out the best athletes and swimmers to join the team. She saw 100m sprints commencing and leant over the railings to the spectator's stand.

The boy from Lance Hall had just begun running and he was atleast ten metres ahead of his competitors .She saw 11.04 seconds displayed on the board and knew he would be chosen to trial for the team.

Just how talented were the people at this school?

3 PM After-school

Bleachers, Football Field

"Ugh. Today was the worst." Hilda complained to Leaf, who rolled her eyes, "I don't have a single class with Hilbert, but I have to partner up with this green-haired creep for biology and he was totally smiling when Grimsley was talking about Seismitoad body parts with the whole class. What a freak,"

"Wow, Hilda your life is so bad…" Leaf sarcastically remarked. Hilda laughed and lightly punched Leaf's shoulder, "Shut up! Maybe if you had a boyfriend you'd know what it feels like,"

Leaf suddenly froze on the spot, while Hilda walked ahead. "Leafy! Are you alright? C'mon it was just a joke!" she said calling back at Leaf. As soon as her muscles relaxed she joined Hilda in the bleachers. "So what exactly are we doing here?" Leaf asked crossing her left leg over her right. "We're watching the boys play football! Hilbert and Gary said they got challenged."

Leaf laughed at the brunette's confidence, and she recalled something about Gary wanting to try out as well. She always thought soccer was Gary's scene so it surprised her how he was transitioning into soccer all of a sudden. "Look! They're here!" Hilda squealed.

The green-eyed brunette simply chuckled along at her enthusiasm but then she saw Gary run on to the field and she felt something different. He waved in Leaf's direction and she waved back, but then turned around to see a brunette girl waving back to Gary and giving him a wink. Her insides burned but she focused on the game. Soon enough, Gary was speeding down the field whilst balancing the ball between his two feet, and soon enough he'd scored a goal. Leaf heard the girl behind her cheer, "Nice on Gare-Bear!"

Gare-Bear? Gare-Bear? That was her nickname. Her insides burned even more and she quickly excused herself to go to the bathroom.

She quickly ran into the girl's bathroom where she saw Ursula in front of the mirror, fixing up her mascara. "So that's where you were!"

Ursula gave a cheeky smile, "Oh girl, of course I had to make myself look decent. I can't look bad in a field full of hot football players can I? Anyways, why are you in here?"

"My stomach feels sore," Leaf lied through her teeth.

"Right, it's the time of the month isn't it? You should get some meds from the nurse's office, you know." Ursula suggested pointing her manicured nails.

"Good idea, I'll just go now. Tell Hilda I'll meet you guys back at the dorm." She muttered before stepping out. The nurse was a good cover, and she decided to take a walk around the school campus. "Perfect…" Ursula muttered, "Now that she's gone, I can keep working on it…"

What is Ursula planning and who does it involve?

Why is Leaf so jealous? The chick only called him a stupid nickname, right?

What does Misty feel about Ash and Rudy?

Why is May so curious about Drew?

It will all be revealed...eventually :O

Peace and love,

Rupee

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