March 22nd (Way Away Island, Johto)
(May's POV)
I woke up on cloth and careful placed my hand on the ground next to me and sensed that everyone was sleeping. Guess it must be late at night.
I carefully stood up and snuck my way to the shore where I picked up the faint noise of what sounded like a running boat.
I frowned, "I summon the power of Arceus for the element of water," I called under my breath.
My clothes changed to what I wore for the element of water. As I stood on the beach, I heard the sound of the boat more distinctly and from the noise, it sounded like there was more than one. I was torn because I wanted to investigate, but I couldn't do much off solid ground. I then heard pokemon cries coming from the ocean meaning the poachers came back with more help. I started to pace angrily not knowing what to do. In the end, I decided to be gutsy about it and took off onto the waves and raced my way to the noises.
Suddenly the Gyarados from yesterday came swimming next me, I hopped on as he continued to race forward. I then started to see the aura forms of pokemon and people in the distance. I sent a wave at the ship causing it to rock back and forth allowing some of the captured pokemon to escape. Due to the wave hitting the ship, the horn then sounded loudly causing me to smirk.
Hopefully this'll wake everyone up.
(Drew's POV)
I suddenly bolted up along with everyone else as we heard a loud noise in the distance, "What the hell was that?!" Leaf yelled.
I looked around to find that May wasn't here, "I don't know, but May isn't here."
Dawn groaned, "Why do I get the feeling that May had something to do with that noise," she complained.
"In any case, we should investigate," Ash called as we grabbed our pokemon and sprinted to the shore. We looked in the distance to see some boats and the waves hitting them, May's work no doubt.
"Are you kidding me?! The idiots May fought last night came back with reinforcements!" Gary said annoyed.
"Looks like it," Misty said flatly as she called out her pokemon. "We better help out. May's at a disadvantage since she can't see."
She jumped on Gyarados along with everyone else while I called out Flygon. As we got closer, we could see May sitting on the Gyarados that she rescued last night looking frustrated. I could tell she really wanted to give these guys a beating, but it was impossible to do so if she couldn't see.
"Drew, help May with the ship she is attacking. We'll handle the other two," Misty called.
I raised my hand in acknowledgement before she had Gyarados head to the other two ships. I then had Flygon swoop down to May who turned to look at us, "I take it you heard the horn."
"Who didn't hear it?" I teased before turning serious. "Any particular reason why you didn't come wake us up before attacking like an idiot?"
May sighed, "I wanted to but I was afraid the poachers would have slipped away by the time we showed up so I counted on something like that horn to alert you guys. Thank goodness that idea worked."
I nodded, "You lucked out big time. Anyways, I think you've made most of the crew sea sick by now so it's safe to say it's okay to board."
May nodded as I had Flygon fly next to May so she could get on behind me, "Thanks for the help Gyarados," May called before we flew to the ship.
We landed and May hopped off and started to attack people with water while I called out Absol and Roserade to help attack.
"Drew, look out!" May shouted as a Dragon Breath attack was about to hit me. She stood her ground and then fired Aurora Beam to stop it before whipping some water at the bad guys pokemon to knock them out.
She then froze there in shock at what she just did, "Nice one May, but keep your head in the game. We don't need your airhead side right now," I teased.
May glared and did a small water whip at the back of my head before continuing to attack one of the bad guys. After a while, we got control of the ship, freed the captured pokemon, and rounded up the criminals.
I then called the authorities in Goldenrod City to come pick them up. Afterward, we met up on the middle ship with everyone else, "I'll let you guys talk to the authorities, I'm gonna head back to the island and try to heal some of the injured pokemon there," May said tiredly.
"Shouldn't you stay and help tell the authorities what happened?" Dawn asked confused.
May shook her head, "It'll be hard to explain that I attacked people with water. Besides, no one should really know what I'm doing though I think blew it with this idiots," May said gesturing to the tied up poachers behind us.
"I wouldn't worry about it, no one will probably believe them," I said reassuringly.
"You're probably right," May agreed.
"You know I'm right," I said arrogantly as I flicked my hair fringe.
May rolled her eyes as she stepped up to kiss me before diving off the ship. She then swam up and started to use a wave to ride back to the island.
Ten minutes later, Officer Jenny arrived to take over and arrest the poachers. The poachers were trying to explain how a crazy girl was able to attack them with water as they were being dragged away causing Officer Jenny to turn to look at us with a raised eye brow.
"I think they got hit really hard in the head during the fight, their brains are probably rattled," Leaf explained.
Officer Jenny still starred at us for a second before she sighed muttering something about crazy criminals while we got off the ship on Gyarados and headed back to the island.
We didn't find May, but we were too tired to try. Besides, she could handle herself. We walked back to camp, collapsed on the ground in exhaustion, and fell dead asleep.
(May's POV)
After I finished healing the wild pokemon, I went back to where I set up camp while returning back to my normal state and decided to get a few hours' sleep before waking up in a bit.
I woke up to the sun rising and Suicune sitting nearby, "You did well last night, the wild pokemon express their gratitude," Suicune said once they noticed I was awake. "Also, your training with me is now complete. You are to proceed with your training under Articuno at the top of Snowtop Mountain."
I nodded in understanding as I walked up to Suicune and bowed, "Thanks for training," I said respectfully with a smile.
Suicune stood up and bowed in return before running across the water. I quickly knelt down in the sand to write Articuno and Snowtop Mountain before I felt a cold wind causing me to shiver. I looked up at the sky and then saw the aura outline of Articuno.
I shivered again and groaned, I hope I don't catch a cold from this.
Articuno then landed in front of me sending a cold blast of air at me, "Are you ready to begin your training?"
I nodded, "Good, before we leave I suggest you change into your form for the element of ice that way the cold won't affect you as badly."
I nodded and took a few steps back, "I summon the power of Arceus for the element of ice," I called.
I felt my clothes change and felt some fluff on my wrists and on my chest along with what felt like a necklace. I also noticed that boots covered my feet. Guess that means it's gonna be harder to see.
I then climbed onto Articuno and flew to where I would begin my training.
(Drew's POV)
I was sleeping peacefully having a nice dream about May when I felt I was being shaken awake, "What?" I mumble sleepily.
I blinked my eyes a few times to regain my vision to see that it was Lucario who was shaking me awake. Once he saw that I had woken up, he pointed his paw in the direction where May set up camp.
"Let me guess, May's not there?" I guessed as I yawned.
Lucario nodded, "Okay, I'll check it out once I wake up fully along with everyone else," I said tiredly as I returned Lucario to his pokeball.
I stretched and then gently shook the guys awake so they could wake up the girls. I looked at the sky to see that the sun was almost straight up in the sky meaning it was either late morning or early afternoon. Either way, how did we sleep for so long?
As everyone else started to make lunch, I walked down with Roserade to where May set up camp. Like I guessed, she wasn't there. I walked up closer when I saw that it looked like someone wrote in the sand. It said Articuno and Snowtop Mountain, Guess it's gonna get cold where we're going.
"Roserade rose?" Roserade asked. (What's it say?)
"It says Articuno and Snowtop Mountain, guess that's where May went. At least she was kind enough to tell us where she was going," I said tiredly.
"Drew, lunch is ready," Dawn called from up near the trees before turning back to camp.
Once we got back to camp, we grabbed our food and sat near everyone else, "Where's May?" Dawn asked as she noticed she wasn't around.
"She went off to her next destination to train, she wrote Articuno and Snowtop Mountain in the sand," I explained before taking a bite of my sandwich.
Leaf shivered, "Ugh, why does she have to go where's it cold? We just finished winter a month ago," Leaf complained.
"Don't worry Leafy, I'll keep you warm," Gary teased as he wrapped his arm around her.
"Either way, we should shop for warmer clothes so we don't freeze to death," Misty pointed out.
Dawn then looked excited, "And we're not going on a shopping spree," Misty said sternly causing Dawn to pout.
"Come on Misty, Goldenrod City is supposed to have some of the best clothes in Johto," Dawn whined.
"We're shopping for what's necessary Troublesome, that's it," Paul said flatly.
Dawn pouted again, but stayed silent causing the guys and I to exhale in relief. A shopping trip with Dawn is a one-way ticket to hell.
We finished eating and packed up camp before I called out Gardevoir so she could teleport us to Goldenrod City. We then walked to the mall to find the right stuff and it didn't take very long for the guys and I to finish. It took longer for the girls because they had to keep Dawn from going crazy. It took five hits from Misty's mallet for Dawn to finally stop.
"What took you so long?" Gary asked once the girls met up with us.
Leaf sighed, "Don't ask," she said tiredly as we turned to see Misty dragged Dawn from behind.
"Was it that bad?" Gary asked.
"It's like Ash on a sugar high," Leaf said with a sigh.
Gary shuddered in understanding and gave a side hug while kissing Leaf's forehead in sympathy, "Please, that store looked so promising," Dawn begged.
Misty gave her evil look, "If you say one more thing about stores or clothes, I'll sic my Gyarados on you and don't think I'm joking," she threatened.
Dawn 'eeped' and hid behind Paul causing Misty to smile in victory, "We better get going," I pointed out. "It's after 3:00."
The others nodded and I called out Gardevoir, "Use Teleport," I ordered.
She nodded and soon we felt a dramatic change in temperature and we started to shiver, "Gardevoir return," I said hastily.
"I knew it was gonna be cold, but this is ridiculous," Leaf complained.
I had to agree with Leaf on that, it was wicked cold and the wind was howling like crazy. I then threw Lucario's pokeball, "Lucario, come on out."
He then appeared and shivered slightly from the change in temperature, "Can you sense May's aura from here?" I asked.
Lucario paused for a moment as he lifted his paw and his flaps levitated. He then looked at me and nodded before sprinting in the right direction. We followed quickly and a few minutes later, we saw May with Articuno below us. I returned Lucario before we slid down the slope and walked into a cave that was nearby where we could shelter ourselves from the cold, but still get a good view of May.
Her outfit changed to where it was a light blue, sleeveless, knee length dress with slits on the sides and fluff on the top and bottom. She had arm warmers of see-through material with fluff at the wrists. She wore white leggings and light blue boots that reached her calves. She also wore a snowflake necklace and her hair was put into a braid behind her.
I shivered as I looked at her, how was she not freezing? I was wearing a thick lime green coat, thick pants, and black boots along with a hat scarf and mittens and I was still shaking.
"How is May not cold? She's wearing less than any of us," Leaf shivered.
"Who knows," I said in wonderment as Dawn took off her gloves and reached into her backpack to get out her sketch pad and colored pencils.
As she was drawing May's outfit, we started a fire in the middle of cave and left Magmortar, Blaziken, Arcanine, Infernape, and Quilava out to help warm it up.
Leaf was still shivering so she was cuddled next to Gary with Arcanine lying behind both of them. Then again, Leaf was the one who got cold the easiest.
I turned to watch May again as she stood out in the cold. I watched her as she practiced Blizzard, Ice Beam, Ice Shard, and Icy Wind. After a while, she then started to bend the snow and ice at will. It came to her quickly probably since she learned how to manipulate water first. After what seemed like a few hours, it finally grew dark. I noticed Articuno leaving and I left to help guide May into the cave.
"Thanks Drew," May said to me as she kissed my cheek in thanks.
"May….hhhhoow can you dddreesss like that and nnootttt freeezze," Leaf shivered.
May shrugged, "I'm not really sure, I feel warm actually despite what I'm wearing."
"You're crazy," Leaf stuttered.
May gave her a sympathetic look, "I'm sorry you're freezing your butt off. Good news is that I'm done learning all I need to for ice. So in the morning, I'll start learning how to manipulate air at the base of the mountain meaning no more freezing for you guys."
Leaf eyes shined knowing that we wouldn't be here for long, "What are you doing Dawn?" May asked as she turned to face her.
"I'm sketching Articuno for my paper," she said cheerfully before she put her stuff away and sat next to Paul.
"Out of curiosity May, which element do you like using the most?" Misty asked.
"Hmm…..I'm not sure. It's hard to pick a favorite one since I haven't learned them all yet," May said thoughtfully. "There are a lot of aspects to it. Each element has a different fighting style along with a different personality."
"That's interesting," Leaf said with a yawn before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Eventually everyone else followed Leaf's lead and fell asleep. Due to it being cold, we paired up in sleeping bags so that we'd be warmer.
May and I were the only one's still up, "You okay May?" I asked as I noticed she kept staring at the flames.
She nodded, "I'm fine, my mind just keeps wandering is all."
She then yawned and we crawled into the sleeping bag. She immediately fell asleep and I couldn't blame her. She must have been exhausted from having to train so much. I put my arm around her and pulled her close so that her head was underneath my chin. I kissed the top of her head before closing my eyes and falling into a peacefully sleep.
March 23rd (Snowtop Mountain, Johto)
(May's POV)
I woke up the next morning feeling a warm breath gently hit my face. I opened my eyes to see that Drew's face was a few inches from mine and that he had pulled me close with his arm around my waist. As much as I wanted to just lie there, I had to get up and train. I tried to move gently without waking him up, but his grip around me tightened.
I groaned slightly as I saw Drew smirk. I tried to move again, but couldn't budge. I then noticed that Drew opened one eye, "Drew, come on. I need to train," I whispered.
"I don't see why you need to leave so early," he whispered back.
"Drew," I whined in a whisper.
"Alright fine, but you're gonna have to convince me to let you go first," he teased.
I rolled my eyes before I kissed him. After a while, he finally let me go. I put on my boots and Drew helped guide me outside where I saw Articuno waiting for me.
He then pecked me in the head causing me to wince, "That's for being late," Articuno said sternly. "Also, for getting down the mountain, I'm not helping you and you and your friends can't use the help of pokemon either."
He then flew away leaving me in disbelief, "What was that about?" Drew asked concerned.
"Well, let's just say that that arctic bird brain has a few pecking issues. Anyway, he won't help me down the mountain and we can't use our pokemon."
"So how do we get down from here?" Drew asked.
I sighed, "I have no clue, but we need to figure that out soon or I'm gonna suffer more pecking in the future," I complained as I put my hands protectively on my head.
Drew chuckled and kissed my head before we walked back into the cave to find everyone awake and Leaf sneezing, "You okay Leaf?" I asked.
"No, I think I caught a cold," she said with a stuffed up noise before sneezing again.
I frowned in concern, "You should go back home if you're not feeling good."
She shook her head, "No cold is sending me home, but I would like to get off this mountain asap," she said tiredly.
I sighed, "You and me both," I said tiredly.
While we were eating breakfast and everyone else was packing up camp, I kept trying to think of ways to get down the mountain, but I kept getting stumped at every turn.
An idea formed in my head, but it would be tricky, "Got an idea May?" Drew asked.
I nodded, "I think I've got something, but it'll be tricky," I said thoughtfully. "Can you take me close to the ledge?"
I sensed Drew was a tad bit confused but did as I asked, "What's it look like over the edge?"
"It's really steep with ledges going down," he said. "Why do you ask?"
I smirked, "I think I've found a way down," I said as I took a stance.
I put my hands in front and started to create an ice slide so we could slide our way down, "Ice slide anyone?" I asked.
I slid down first making sure there was enough of the slide in front so no one fell off. After sliding down for thirty minutes, we finally made it the ground.
"Finally, warmf," Leaf said happily as she sat on the ground before sneezing.
"You're not there yet, keep walking til you find a huge open meadow," Articuno said sternly causing me to stop walking. "Also, switch elements while you're at it."
"What's up May?" Misty asked as everyone noticed that I wasn't moving.
"Articuno just told me we're not where I need to be yet. We need to keep walking til we find a huge open meadow," I explained before taking a few steps back. "I summon the power of Arceus for the element of air."
I felt a change in power and my clothes disappeared with different ones. An asymmetrical high-low dress with a sheer material flowy sleeve that ended at my elbow. At least I was barefoot meaning I could finally see better.
"That's better," I said happily.
"Why's that?" Dawn asked.
"I can finally see better now that I'm barefoot," I explained. "We should get going, I don't want be pecked for being late."
Soon we started walking straight with the wind picking up slightly. After walking for about an hour it, it was getting pretty windy and I heard Dawn gasp, "Oh my gosh, it's so pretty here," she said in awe.
"Care to describe it for me, I can't really see," I said quietly.
I could sense a pang on guilt go through Dawn before she smiled, "Sure, the meadow is open as far as the eye can see with a boulder a little ways away and slightly hilly with patches of flowers spreading across the whole thing" Dawn explained.
"Does sound like a picturesque scene," I agreed. "Anyways, you guys can set up camp, I've got training," I said after I sensed Articuno was flying nearby.
Everyone nodded and then I left for the boulder as I saw Articuno land there, "So….you figured out a way to get down. Now, I want you to sit on this boulder and meditate focusing on the wind," he said sternly.
I climbed onto the rock and sat lotus style before I got pecked in the head causing me to clutch it in pain, "Ow! What was that for?!" I shouted.
"That's for being late," Articuno said sternly before flying off.
"Well sorry, it's not like I could fly here," I said sarcastically.
I felt Articuno smirk, "Don't worry, the flying part comes in later," he said causing me to almost fall off the boulder. "Now meditate until I return."
I felt his presence disappear and then began to focus meditating. What the heck? That was some joke. Me flying, pfft, as if.
"I wasn't joking," he said sternly causing me to fall off the boulder.
"Seriously," I whined from my uncomfortable position on the ground.
March 26th (In an open meadow, Johto)
"I can't do it!" I exclaimed in frustration.
"Try it again," Articuno said sternly.
I pushed my hand forward trying to shot a puff of air and nothing happened. I was about ready to break something. For the past three days, I haven't been able to manipulate any air or do any flying type moves.
In frustration, I started to throw angry punches into the air, "Stop, you won't get anywhere doing that," Articuno said sharply causing me to stop but huff in frustration. "You can't summon any air because you have a heavy burden/darkness inside you. You need to find the light inside of you before you can continue your training."
He then flew away and I dejectedly made my way back to camp to find everyone eating, "How was training?" Ash asked as I flopped onto the ground beside Drew.
"Terrible, I still haven't been able to create a single puff of air and it's been three days," I said annoyed.
"Don't be so hard on yourself May, this is the first anyone has been able to do what you're doing. It's not like you can master an element every day," Misty said gently.
I sighed, "I know, but I can't help but feel something blocking my ability to do it. Articuno said it was a burden inside of me. I can't help but feel my personality clashing with the one associated with the element."
"That makes sense, people normally associated air with freedom, balance, and spirituality, some things that you don't necessarily align with," Leaf pointed out. "You are burdened by worries and fears that tip the balance of harmony inside you."
We stared at her in awe, "Wow Leaf, since when do you have an understanding of stuff like that?" I asked surprised.
"Well, ever since you explained your journey was to master certain elements, I decided to do some research on the subject and its ties to personality traits and characteristics. So that's what I was doing after I got home from spring break. I did more research than I originally planned, it was really interesting to read," she explained.
"Why am I not surprised," Gary muttered playfully causing Leaf to smack him on the upside of his head.
"My point being, my research made me predict that air and earth meaning rocks/ground and such were gonna be the toughest elements for you to learn because it has characteristics and traits that clash with you," Leaf explained.
"That makes sense," I agreed. "But how am I going to find the light inside me, I'm not necessarily sure what to do."
Dawn has a thoughtful look on her face, "Hmm…as Leaf said, you need put yourself back into balance. Let go of your worries and find out who you are as a person."
"Again easier said than done," I sighed as I yawned.
"Ruh," Lucario said. (You need to go meditate deep within yourself to face your fears and conquer them.)
Pikachu then relayed the message to Ash who explained it to everyone else, "Lucario seems to come up with a solution. Maybe something like being under Hypnosis will help identify what your fears are," Leaf suggested.
I looked down at my hand in my lap as I yawned again, "As much as that sounds like a good idea, I'm not necessarily comfortable with it. It'll be like you have access to all my personal thoughts, I'll be at my most vulnerable."
Drew scooted closer to me and took my hand and squeezed it gently, "You don't have to that, it was just as a suggestion."
I shook my head, "I feel like I should do something like that. For too long, I've never had any deep connections with anyone. You guys are the people I trust most besides Max, I should be willing to open up," I said before sighing which turned into a yawn. "I'm just so used to dealing with all my problems alone with no one to lean on."
"We understand May, we are all sensitive in one way or anyone. It's not like you are comfortable with sharing everything for having known us for half a year. I think you're still hesitant to open up to us because you don't necessarily feel like you can trust us completely," Drew pointed out.
I then felt everyone's aura's pulse in agreement as Misty continued, "I think you're also scared because you're afraid to build deep connections with anyone because you feel that every close relationship that you make will be severed in a painful way like with your parents. But at the same time, you want to have relationships with people because you are tired of being alone," she said gently.
I felt as if they read my soul, I was too shocked for words, "Besides your fear and battle between feelings for relationships, you fear this power that you're supposed to master. You have no idea what you are doing and you have to wield it while blind. You're afraid that it will be used for evil, but why think so pessimistically about it? You look in the beauty of everything and use whatever you can to help others. Think in that sense for your powers and you have nothing to fear," Dawn said with a small smile.
Again everyone nodded with agreement causing tears to form in my eyes, "You've shown us multiple times that you do everything in your power to help others even if it means to sacrifice yourself. You've shown us that you couldn't commit evil or do any harm even if you tried. Be yourself as you train. Don't think about how it can be used as a weapon, but as a tool to help in any situation. Don't fear what you have to do," Leaf said gently.
I then felt Lucario place his paw on my shoulder, "Ruh," he said with a smile.
I was speechless as a small smile appeared on my face and tears ran down. I didn't know what to say. All within a few minutes, my friends figured me out.
I felt relaxed knowing that they understood what bothered me, "I'm surprised you guys figured me out that quick," I said with a light laugh before turning quiet. "Didn't the 'I don't trust you' part completely bother you?"
Everyone laughed, "That's a silly question May. We're not mad, we're all like that one way or another. Besides, Paul's the biggest rock who refuses to crack, he doesn't trust anyone," Gary snorted only to be thumped on the head by Paul.
"I have my reasons about why not to trust people especially you, you moron," Paul muttered.
Everyone laughed while I smiled and wiped my tears away as Gary clutched his head muttering that Paul was a heartless robot. I then yawned again for the umpteenth time causing everyone to look at me in concern.
"Haven't you been getting enough sleep?" Drew asked.
I shook my head no and sighed, might as well be honest with everyone, "The nightmares I suffered when I was in the hospital are coming back to me. I guessing the darkness is feeding off my fears and worries since I can't seem to master air."
"Wanna talk about it?" Misty asked.
I shook my head, "It's not something that can be described verbally, it's something that has to be seen," I said quietly. "Gardevoir, Lucario, is there a way to establish a connection with everyone where they can see my dreams?"
"Yes," Gardevoir said as everyone jolted in shock. "For once, I'm communicating with you all at once to save time. Anyways, it is possible. Once you're asleep, everyone has to go into deep meditation within themselves while Lucario and I raise a psychic/interteleporting shield where everyone will be able to see your dreams. It's complicated, but if everyone is willing, it should work."
"Everyone up for it?" I asked.
"Do you even need to ask, we want to help you as much as we can," Dawn said firmly.
I smiled as we walked a little ways from camp where I laid down in the middle while everyone sat in a circle surrounding me. Drew then called out Butterfree so that I would fall asleep under the influence of Sleep Powder. I felt myself slip away into my nightmares and was ready to face the darkness.
(Drew's POV)
After we saw that May was asleep, I returned Butterfree while Lucario and Gardevoir created the shield. As they were doing that, I felt a certain rise in energy. Soon we went into meditation. As quick as I saw black, I appeared in a city that looked destroyed. I turned left to look and saw that everyone else was in shock as to what we were seeing.
"No wonder May said it was something you had to see, no words can describe this," Dawn said shocked.
I looked to the right and saw May a couple hundred feet away. Suddenly I saw another May shooting fire everywhere and I saw copies of all of us running away from the flames.
"Yes May, this is your destiny," a voice said evilly.
"Who's talking?" Leaf asked concerned.
No one answered as I saw May start to cry as she watched herself cause destruction. I tried to run forward to tell her it was all a dream, but I was stopped by a force field of sorts, "What the hell!" I yelled as I tried to push my hand through.
"What the heck?" Dawn cried as we all tried to break through. "Why are we trapped in here?"
We kept hitting the force field but nothing would break, "You can't save her," the evil voice said causing us to stop.
"So you're the one who trapped us in here," Misty said angrily.
"I wish, your friend's pokemon's shield is preventing my darkness from spreading into you. Though…. if you keep pounding on the shield, it'll help me greatly," the evil voice said.
We immediately stopped, "Well you're no fun," the voice complained. "Well….…back to torturing my victim."
Soon the scene of May's dream changed where she was now surround by dream versions of us and was getting beaten up by us and our pokemon.
"See, you can't even master airbending, talk about pathetic," evil Misty jeered.
"How are you to save the planet if you can't even finish your training," evil Dawn taunted as she kicked May in the head causing the real Dawn to start crying.
"May, snap out of it! We would never do this to you!" Dawn shouted as tears streamed down her face.
"May, we would never hurt you!" Leaf cried.
"May, please listen to us!" we screamed as we watched her continue to get beaten.
"It's no use you fools, she can't hear you. You can't do anything to help," the evil voice taunted.
"We'll see about that," I retorted as I tried to focus on overtaking the evil me.
I could see the evil me phase slightly as he was fighting to stay in control, "Guys, try to take over your evil double," I strained to say as I continued to try to take over mine.
(May's POV)
I was still stuck in the same horrified nightmare, everyone taunting and jeering while physically beating me. My friends wouldn't do this to me, would they?
"Of course they would, these aren't your friends, they pretended to befriend you," the evil voice said slyly.
I then felt the beatings and taunts become less as I looked up to see everyone start to phase, "How dare you think we would do this to you," Misty scoffed. "We never would."
"Come on May, you should know us better than this," Gary strained to say.
The beatings and jeers stopped as everyone looked like they were having an inner battle with themselves.
"May, I love and care about you too much to even do anything like this," Drew begged as he helped me stand up. "Please believe me."
Something in his voice got to me, "No, he's lying, he'll dump you in the end," the evil voice said trying to change my mind as a black shadow of a person came into view next to me.
I smiled softly at Drew as I looked into his eyes before I raised my hand in front of the shadow and shot a fire ball at him causing the shadow to cry in pain.
Everyone then stood next to me as we watched the shadow wither in pain, "You have won this round, but you haven't gotten rid of me yet," the shadow spat before he faded away.
I then turned to face Drew as I attacked him with a hug who gladly accepted, "I'm sorry," I whispered as tears began to fall down my face.
Drew didn't say anything as he held me tightly. Then we all faded out and I woke up to find everyone peering at me.
I closed my eyes as tears began to show, "I'm sorry," I said quietly.
Everyone looked at me in surprise, "What are you sorry for May, you beat that creepy dude!" Ash exclaimed.
I sat up and looked at my lap, "I didn't fully believe that you would treat me like your dream selves did, I had doubt," I said shakily.
Drew sat next to me and pulled me into a hug, "It's okay May, all that matters is that you now believe that we would never do that to you," he said softly as he stroked my hair while I cried in his shoulder.
After a few minutes, I was able to regain my composure. I then kissed Drew and smiled softly, "Thanks."
He smiled back until I heard Gardevoir, Lucario, and Pikachu shout in surprise causing us to look up in shock to see that Team Rocket captured them.
"Haha, we finally scored big," Meowth boasted.
"Let our pokemon go!" Ash yelled angrily. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt."
"PikaCCCCHHHHUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried as he used Thunderbolt only to have no effect.
"I can't use Teleport and aura attacks won't work," Gardevoir and Lucario told me angrily.
"Hahahaha," Jessie laughed. "Our pokemon cages are unbreakable.
I stood up angrily, "You better give back our pokemon or you're going to be sorry!"
"Haha, like you can do anything twerp, you got nothing," Meowth jeered.
I smirked, "Watch me."
I took a deep breath and charged forward to punch up and release an attack of air making the cages shake out of the mechanical arms grip. I then made a cushion of air and the cages landed safely.
"Hhhow did you do that?" James asked in shock.
"That's my little secret," I said as I started to spin quickly creating a tornado causing Team Rocket's balloon to get caught in it.
The balloon then was flung far away as I heard a "we're blasting off again….". I then charged into the tornado to create a counter one with the opposite rotation to stop the flow of wind.
"May, you did it! You finally can manipulate air," Dawn cheered.
I smiled at her enthusiasm, "Good, now you can sit back on the boulder and start meditating until I return, then the training begins," Articuno said sternly.
I sighed, "I'll see you guys later, I've got to meditate on my boulder," I said tiredly.
Everyone chuckled, "Don't have too much fun," Drew teased as he tossed me a rose.
I smirked, "I'll try not to," I teased as I walked to the boulder while sticking Drew's rose in my hair.