Hey, guys this is the chapter of the first task. Well, the beginning of the first task! Let's begin! Oh, no one has gotten my name right, so I'm thinking of a little contest. I have to think of you first though, right? By the way May's in her Hoenn outfit!
Okay, guys is it me or do the characters in Pokémon that only show once make you love them so much! That one guy who had a Torterra in The Rise of Darkrai! I love him! That episode with Erica and Joshua. I love them! There's a hundred more, but I can't remember their names.
101berrycake, your last guess was closer than the most recent one, btw. She/he also still holds the record for the closest guess. :D
Chapter 27
May's POV
I wasn't exactly feeling like the most hopeful person right now. I sighed. I stared at the side of Drew's face that wasn't facing the side of his limo's window. Next to me was Leaf, then Gary, and then Ash sat next to Drew. I felt inside my fanny pack, where I shoved my pieces of paper with frustration and around my wrist was the necklace that I thought looked better as a bracelet, since I didn't wear any blue or green.
"Why are you staring at me?" Drew gave a smirk.
"I wasn't! I was thinking!" I protested.
"You were thinking? That's a surprise." He flicked his hair.
"Why you little…." I gave glare.
"Hey, May, you said you needed to tell us something right?" Leaf said interrupting my one sided death glare battle with Drew.
"Oh, yeah." I said. Over the rest of the car ride I gave a quick summary of Hera's story, the shape shifting thing Drew and I saw, and then the last thing was about the five tasks and I didn't mention the kiss since it didn't mean anything, right? Leaf was the only one that seemed to be paying attention, so I gave her my full attention.
"Well, don't worry! Dawn, Marina, Misty, and whoever else who wants to come are going to cover you one hundred percent! There's no way I'm letting one of my best friends go off into some impossible journey without me plus skipping school, count me in!" Leaf engulfed me in a hug. I happily returned it. I looked past Leaf's shoulders and through the window.
I wondered where the others were right now. I got of the hug and dialed Dawn's number. When no one answered I just left her a text. I looked at everyone in the limo. Gary was playing with a gray, black, and white shadowy bracelet, Leaf was distantly looking through a window, Ash was playing rock, paper, scissors with Pikachu, and Drew was staring at me?
"Look, who's staring now." I said interrupting the silence.
"I was thinking." He mocked.
"Jerk." I huffed and we went back to silence until the end of the ride. I got out of the green limo and went into my house. As soon as I entered I smelled something burning.
"Max, what'd you burn this time?" I heard no response.
"Hello, is anyone home?" My voice echoed throughout the house.
"This is creeping me out! Mom! Max! Anyone!" No one answered. I heard a loud shifting noise, like the ones you hear in movies.
"Hello?" I managed a squeak.
"May, is that you, dear?" I heard my mom's voice and breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Mom, where are you?" I screamed.
"Promise, you won't scream?" She asked.
"What'd you do?" I shifted around nervously.
"Nothing, bad, just promise me, you won't scream, okay?" My mom's voice was distant.
"Okay, I promise." I said. The shifting sound started again. It was coming from the living room! I rushed to the living room and saw a stone stairwell opening up. My mother soon came out as if this was normal.
"Mom, what's this?" My heart was beating quickly.
"Come here. I've got some explaining to do, haven't I?" She went to sit on the couch and patted the seat next to her. I nervously walked up to her, but looked down the stairway and saw nothing, but darkness. Then when something skidded across the floor I screamed and leaped onto the couch seat.
"Close it! Close it! Mom, close it! There's a monster in there!" I screamed.
"Relax, May. They're just rats. It's not like they're Cyclops." My eyes widened.
"Does Max know about this?" I asked.
"No, and you weren't supposed to either." She frowned.
"Umm, sorry?" I said.
"You must be curious why there's a stone stairwell in the middle of our living room" I nodded in response and she continued, "Well, let's start from the beginning. You see when I was about eighteen I met this boy named Norman. He and I started dating and soon enough we had you, but when I told him I was pregnant with you he left me. I was heartbroken. I almost decided to get an abortion, but thank god I didn't." She gave me a hug.
"When you were born these items appeared and I didn't know what I was supposed to do with them, so I just left them in a closet. When you were three and we at a store I bumped into Norman again. I wasn't sure what to do. At first I was angry and gave him a slap. Then I started crying and he hugged me while I was crying.
You were crying too May." Her voice wavered and I saw that tears were threating to spill from her eyes. She continued again, "We got back together and I made the mistake of having another child, but I don't regret anything, not even now. He left me again. I knew I should've expected it, but I was heartbroken again.
When Max was born strange things started happening. For some reason for a whole year wherever I went with Max it'd start raining the moment I got outside, so I had to keep Max inside in fear of him getting sick. The second year when Max started to walk, he would somehow always find sharp items. I put all of the things sharp in high places that I could barely reach, but every time I left Max alone he would find the sharp objects." Mom's eyes glanced at a scar on her arm.
"I got suspicious that someone was doing this, so I put up cameras all over the house. When I watched a video when Max got close enough the sharp things just came to Max. When the third year came, out of paranoia I put Max in a safe room, hoping nothing bad would happen to him. Thankfully by then bad things stopped happening and Norman appeared again. He told me he could only visit every three years.
I slapped him again, but didn't cry. He told me how sorry he was about leaving me a second time and I didn't believe him. Then he told me this story about Greek Mythology and I asked him why he was telling it to me. He said it was because he was Zeus. At first I thought he was crazy.
Then he brought me to the woods and he shot a bolt of lightning at a tree and it caught on fire, so then I wasn't sure what I should believe in anymore. When I marched off back to the house leaving him, I made sure to hide the items that magically appeared. That wasn't enough, though. I ordered the carpenters to build this secret storage that was just barely enough room for the items. When I finally got enough money I found this house far away from there.
I had a secret storage prebuilt and hid the items in the stairwell, so now here we are. When you're gone sometimes I check on the stuff to see if anyone had stolen it." Mom finished and went over to the kitchen where the burnt smell was coming from. I followed her to the kitchen. The haze of smoke was almost too much for me to breathe.
"Mom, what'd you burn?" I coughed. The fire detectors finally started working and soon enough the kitchen was just a sopping mess. I looked over to the stove to see what my mom had burnt. It was charred, so cookies, maybe brownies, never mind it was too hard to guess.
"Oh, just some cake. Nothing to worry about." She grabbed two mops and handed me one. We spent the rest of the afternoon drying the kitchen. Mom took a break to close the stairwell, so Max didn't see it and started cooking dinner again.
Misty's POV
I wonder what May was doing. Maybe, I shouldn't have been so mean to Lisa, but we can't just tell her our secret! I looked at the dress Nurse Joy had loaned me and I was hating every inch of it! Why can't dresses all be casual and sporty? Instead we get short, dressy, and just plain weird ones.
I sighed. "Stupid, dresses." My hair was out of the usual side ponytail because my hair had been soaking wet and then I had to shower, so as soon as my hair dries I'm grabbing my clothes and running away from here as soon as I can. Well, I guess I could just use the limo, but it was at the park…..
I sat down uncomfortably due to the short dress, so I had to cross my legs like a girl every time I sat, just great! I walked out of the room I was sharing with Dawn and into the main room. Apparently Marina and…..Lisa had the same idea. They were watching TV.
"Mind if I join?" I asked sitting down next to Marina.
"Sure." Marina said not glancing my way. I sat down to see Zombieland playing. Dawn came out in the same outfit as anyone else except she was actually wearing the matching hat with a high ponytail.
"Dawn, you're actually trying to be stylish in that nurse's outfit?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. I think it's kind of cute." Dawn made a pose with her hand on her thigh and the other on the side of her head.
"You're strange." I slumped into the couch cushion that smelled strangely like strawberry shampoo. Dawn sat down next to me, not crossing her legs.
"Dawn, aren't you afraid someone's going to see your underwear?" Lisa asked.
"You can't see my underwear." Dawn looked at the short dress and blushed. Then immediately crossed her legs.
"Hey, is this Zombieland?" Dawn said changing the subject.
"Yeah, you want to watch?" Marina said.
"Sure, hand over the popcorn." Marina held a bowl of popcorn in the air for Dawn.
"Is this her favorite movie or something?" Lisa said whispering over to Dawn and me.
"Oh, no need to worry. She's always like this when we're watching movies." Dawn said.
"Oh, okay?" She gave a questioning look.
Marina's POV
I felt two arms grab me. I screamed.
"Relax, come with me. I need to show you something." It was Jimmy. I looked around to see all of my friends sleeping and my scream didn't wake a single one, well, Lisa stirred, but went back to sleep. Jimmy outstretched a hand and I took it. He pulled me outside. I looked up at the starry sky.
"Wow, you never get to see this kind of stuff in the city." I said taking in the blanket of stars.
"Yeah, I know." Jimmy stood next to me. I sat on the grass with the palms of my hands on the dirt and gravel that was still wet and gooey from the rain, but I didn't care. The dress wasn't exactly what I called 'cute'. Jimmy copied me.
"Hey, look at shooting star!" I pointed at the sky with a muddy hand.
"Make a wish." Jimmy said. I closed my eyes and thought hard. Then I wished. I opened my eyes to see that the shooting star was already gone.
"What'd you wish for?" Jimmy said.
"That's not how it works. You wish and then you see if it comes true. Did you make a wish?" I asked.
"Yeah, but since you won't tell me your wish I won't tell you mine." Jimmy said.
"Okay, whatever." I leaned my head on Jimmy's shoulders and he automatically put his arm around me.
"Don't you wish we could just stay in this one moment forever?" I asked looking at the dazzling stars.
"No, then I wouldn't be able to see your face." I blushed. Then I looked at him, he was staring at the stars with a goofy, but cute grin.
"Awwe." I hugged him.
"Wow, I sounded cheesy, didn't I?"
"Yeah, but it was sweet and you just ruined the moment." I laughed.
"Hey, want to get some decent chairs before we become mud monsters?" Jimmy stood up and gave me a mud covered hand. I grabbed it, but almost slipped. Good thing he had a good grip on me.
"Whoa, there. Don't fall." He said.
"Too late for that." I took a peak at my outfit. It was stuck to my skin with mud.
"C'mon, let's get you out of 'that' before, you freeze." Jimmy led me back to the Pokémon Centre.
"Nurse Joy said there weren't any more clothes. Where are we going?" I whispered.
"To my room." I'm glad it was dark because my blush would've shown.
"Okay." I squeaked in response. I honestly couldn't see a thing. Jimmy was guiding me with ease, though. How'd he already memorize where his room was? I barely remember my room number!
"We're here." He announced. He started walking and was still holding my hand. When he stopped I nearly bumped into him. He flipped on a light switch and soon enough, we could see his room that he shared with Paul.
"Wait, here." Jimmy said. He ran into the identical bathroom, I had in my room that I shared with Lisa. After a few moments he came out with a plain white T-shirt and some blue jeans.
"Where'd you get those?" I asked.
"I asked Nurse Joy for all the white T-shirts and jeans, so Paul would have to wear something for the girls." Jimmy said. I giggled.
"Wait, where's Paul, anyway?" I asked.
"He said something training and not wasting his time."
"Okay, well, thanks." I took the clothes and went to change in the bathroom. After I changed I got out of the bathroom to see Jimmy lying on his bed staring at the ceiling.
"Hey, what do you want to do now?" I asked.
"Good question, too bad I can't answer it." Jimmy puffed his breath at his hair that was still in his hat…..
"Well, I'm tired. See you tomorrow." I gave him a quick peck on the cheek and dashed out of the room blushing. I ran into my room panting. Hard.
"I can't believe I just did that." I blushed. Then I dropped onto my bed letting the darkness called sleep engulf me.
Dawn's POV
I woke up groggily.
"Wha-" I rubbed my eyes. I looked around to see Lisa sleeping on the couch, Misty on the floor, and Marina missing?
"Marina?" I said. I got up and went into the room I shared with Misty. Then I asked Nurse Joy for a key to Marina's room. After she gave it to me I went to go check in her room and was relieved she was there.
"Hehe, I'm the only one awake." I whispered. I got a bucket from Nurse Joy and filled it with ice cold water. I poured the first one on Marina, so Lisa and Misty wouldn't wake up.
"AHH!" Marina's scream echoed through the room and probably hallways. Marina gave me a death glare. I started laughing.
"Dawn, why am I soaking wet?" She said viciously.
"Never mind that, help me pour some cold water on Misty and Lisa." I took her hand and got her a bucket. We filled them with water and poured the water over the two other girls heads.
"Oh, my gosh! I'm freaking soaking!" First was Lisa's voice.
"I'm going to kill you guys!" Then an angry Misty's filled the room. I shot Marina a 'help me' look then ran. Marina ran alongside me.
"Oh, man, she's going to kill us!" Marina said running even faster.
"No kidding!" I started to go into a sprint. When we were outside against a brick wall panting really hard, we started feeling the ache in our legs. The adrenaline wore off like a sudden drop on a roller coaster.
"Okay, maybe doing that to Misty was a bad idea, but she loves water, right?" I said.
"I'm…Too….Tired….To…..Talk." Marina panted.
"Well, here." I tossed her the water I was drinking from. She chugged it down like a wilting plant.
"Well, let's go back. Misty's probably calmed down now." Marina started walking back to the Pokémon Centre, which was at least a good mile away.
"How about we go to the park that's around the corner and take the limo that we ditched?" I said. Marina turned on her heel.
"Okay, that sounds good." She said. We walked around the block and sure enough the hot pink limo was still there. We hopped in to see my limo driver sleeping.
"Hey, Joshua, can you bring us to the Pokémon Centre that's around the corner?" I said. He woke up and apologized.
"Yes, ma'am. I'm extremely sorry for snoozing Ms. Berlitz. I will fire myself." Joshua said.
"It's okay; we kind of ditched you anyway. Now let's go!" I cheered. He let us off at the Pokémon Centre and we got off.
"Ready to face the most vicious of our friends?" I said nervously.
"Ready as I'm ever going to be." Marina gulped. We embraced for impact when we took one step into the Pokémon Centre. Nothing. I breathed a sigh of relief then took a second step. SPLAT! A bucket of something unmentionable landed on my head.
"Ew, what is this? This better not be Milktank manure!" I screeched.
"It's not Milktank manure it's Rapidash manure. I couldn't find any Milktank, so I settled for second best." Misty laughed evilly.
"This is going to take forever to wash out of my hair!" I was practically wailing now.
"That's the point. That's what you get for messing with me!" Misty smirked. I knew I wasn't ever going to mess with Misty again if it meant that my hair was going to be involved!
"Okay, fine. I won't dump water on you anymore, truce?" I said holding out my pinky finger. She interlocked my pinky with hers and squeezed.
"Truce. You're too easy to prank anyway." Misty said. I glared.
"Well, better someone else than me, right?" I said with a little venom in my voice.
"Well, let's go. I think I'm ready to make truce with May again. I've missed my clumsy and fierce best friend." Misty ran outside and got in through the limo's window.
"Misty, there are doors for reasons." I called.
"Yeah, but this way it's more fun." Misty said putting on a pair of sunglasses that I bought at the mall yesterday. I got Marina and Lisa, who was still soaking into the limo. Marina was with Jimmy, so all that was left was Paul. Jimmy told me he was training.
"Paul, even when we're relaxing you have to go training." I mumbled angrily. I walked into a clearing to see a Dusknoir. Paul's Dusknoir.
"If you're here then where's Paul?" I asked more to myself than the Pokémon.
"I'm here, Troublesome. What do you want?" A monotone voice asked.
"We're going. C'mon, let's go." Paul returned his Pokémon wordlessly and followed.
"Oh, by the way, Troublesome, you needed help with the smoke ball, right?"
"Yeah?" I arched my eyebrow.
"Well, do you have it now?"
"No, it's in my bag, but once we get to the limo, we can try it again if you want." I said.
"No, I'll just do it the hard way." Paul said.
"What's the hard way?" I asked.
"If your thoughts are completely focused on finding that one thing, then you'll be able to see it." Paul said as if he ignored me.
"I already knew that, so what's your advice?" I said.
"That is my advice. I was forced to do this, you know?" He said in a monotone voice.
"Oh." I felt hurt inside.
"Let's just get back to the limo." I said scrunching up my hands into fists. I was angry for the rest of the walk, so when we actually got to the oversized car, I almost ran into it. I hopped in and sat right in between Lisa and Misty. Marina and Misty shot me a look saying 'We'll talk about this later'.
Drew's POV
School passed by like a blur. All I could think about were the dangerous tasks I was going to go on with a complete newbie.
"Something on your mind, Drew?" Jimmy asked, speaking of which, he just randomly appeared this morning, really late.
"No, so what were you guys doing yesterday?" I asked.
"Well, we went to the park and Misty and Lisa battled. Dude, you should have seen it! That chick's Pokémon were super strong! She pretty much destroyed Misty's Pokémon in one blow! I wonder what the rest of her Pokémon are! They're so strong! In the end she lied, though. She said it was a tie, which was only the last battle." Jimmy kept ranting on about the battle.
"Okay, so Lisa has strong Pokémon? " I asked.
"Yeah, they were fully evolved and everything!" Jimmy said excitedly.
"Lisa just got a lot more suspicious." I said.
Well, this is the end of my chapter, sadly. I almost continued, but then I don't even know how much longer this chapter is, by the way I still haven't thought of another little contest, so the name one is still on! Review, my chickadees!
