Dream

May's POV

It was dark and I really wanted to get some sleep. I could tell the others were the same. Ash was rubbing his eyes sleepily, Max was almost dropping out of his chair, Brock was yawning loudly and Misty was trying to keep her eyes open. What time was it anyway?

"I suspect you kids are tired now," Meredith said. We all nodded and Brock yawned again as if to prove the point.

"I'll show you where you can sleep," Lizabeth said.

"Tha-" I was cut off by a loud thump. I turned around. Max had finally fallen off his seat. The impact must've woken him back up because he was looking around dazed.

"Yeah, that would be a good idea," I laughed as Max slowly stood up. He looked shocked. A lot more shocked than you would have expected from a fall.

"Max, what's wrong?" Ash asked, apparently noticing as well, "you look like you've seen a ghost."

"I swear I saw someone out there," Max answered, pointing out the window. I turned. There was no-one there. At least no-one I could see. I felt like there was someone out there. My eyes caught movement, but when I looked in that direction, there was nothing there again.

"I doubt it Max," Brock said, "you must've fallen harder than you thought." Max shook his head. I don't know if he was trying to clear his head, or if he was disagreeing with Brock, but it wasn't mentioned again. I shrugged. Maybe Brock was right, but I couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching me.

"C'mon, let's get you to bed then," Lizabeth said. She walked forwards and we followed her. She opened one door. It had a bunk bed in the corner and a mattress laid out on the floor.

"For the boys," she explained, seeing our confused expressions, "May and Misty will sleep in my room." They nodded and headed in, Max instantly claiming the top bunk. Ash pouted and exclaimed indignantly as Max poked out his tongue. Misty threw Brock a sympathetic look before we followed Lizabeth further down the hall. Lizabeth had a single bed in the corner. On the floor were two mattresses, both next to each other.

"I hope you don't mind them being so close," Lizabeth said, "I don't have much room in here."

"It's fine," Misty said, smiling.

"Yeah, just as long as Misty doesn't roll over in her sleep," I teased. She rolled her eyes at me.

"Whatever May," She said. I couldn't help but notice that her reaction to my teasing was a lot different to Ash's. If Ash had said what I did, she would have blown up at him. I'd asked her once if she had a crush on Ash. She said no. I wanted to believe her, honestly. Who was I kidding, the girl was in denial. I wasn't sure if anyone else had noticed it or not.

"May? Are you still there?" Misty snapped me out of my thoughts by clapping her hands in front of my face. I blinked and jumped.

"I'm fine!" I exclaimed quickly, "I just spaced out that's all."

"Alright May," Misty mumbled. I yawned sleepily and realized just how tired I was. Forget brushing my teeth tonight. I was tired. I groaned as I flopped down onto the mattress. I snuggled in quickly and closed my eyes. Misty and Lizabeth both shrugged and did the same. The light was switched off.

"Goodnight guys," I whispered.

"Goodnight May," was the reply.

I turned over again, making sure that I was still on my own mattress. I was so tired, but I couldn't sleep. So many questions were bouncing around in my brain. What was the Pokémon that was inside that egg? I'd never seen an egg like that before. Why did it have to be kept such a secret? Why wouldn't anyone let me see it? Who was that mysterious person? What were they doing here? Did Max actually see someone outside? It would explain the feeling I had gotten. I felt a sudden warmth come over me. It felt peaceful. I slowly felt myself relax. Maybe I could sleep now. I opened my eyes just a crack. There was a red glow in the room. Normally this would freak me out, but it was calming. I slowly closed my eyes again, finally drifting off into sleep.

*May's dream*

I opened my eyes. I gasped in surprise. I was in water. My shoes and my bandana were both gone. All around me were different water Pokémon, all swimming the same direction. I smiled, seeing a group of Luvdisc swimming next to me. A group of Remoraid circled around me and I spun around with them as they passed. I laughed. This was great. I could breathe underwater and it didn't even feel wet to me. It felt like I was flying. I gasped, seeing something up ahead. It was a structure of sort in what looked like a huge bubble. Getting closer I saw that it was a massive, diamond shaped spiral building of sorts. It had many pillars, columns and great big arches. It looked like an underwater sea temple. It had a soft pink glow reflecting onto the white, marble-like surface. Wow. I heard a cry and I turned my head slightly. A little Pokémon, glowing white swam towards me.

'Mana' it cried, 'mana, mana, mana!' It swam around me and I laughed again. It was like a little child. I saw the two long antennas on its head and a red jewel in the middle of its chest. Out of the corner of my eyes I spotted movement. A girl swam passed me. She turned to face me. She had long orange, wavy hair. Her eyes were blue and her skin was pale. On her head was a tiara. She looked a lot like Misty.

"Misty?" I questioned. She laughed, shook her head and continued to swim. Maybe she just looked a lot like Misty.

"Wait, don't go!" I yelled. I swam faster, kicking my legs behind me in a furious attempt to keep up. I couldn't match the girl's speed. As I watched her elegant movements, I was reminded of a mermaid. Something brushed up beside me. I turned quickly. The mysterious person from before, still clad in all black had swam next to me. He turned his head to me. I gasped in surprise. Instead of green, I was looking into turquoise coloured eyes. The Pokémon next to me darted out and away from me, following after the mermaid-like girl.

"Wait!" I yelled, "Don't go! Please!"

"Stop!" I yelled, "Don't go!" I sat up and opened my eyes. I blinked in surprise. I wasn't under the water anymore. I was in Lizabeth's room, on one of the spare mattresses. Sunlight shone through the window.

"What's wrong May?" Lizabeth asked.

"Uh…Nothing," I mumbled.

"Morning," she said brightly. I looked at the bed next to me. It was empty and the bed sheets were messily thrown to the side.

"Good morning," I replied, still dazed, "Where's Misty gone?"

"She went outside," Lizabeth shrugged, "she was wondering if you had a bad dream about her or something."

"Why?" I asked.

"You were reaching out to her yelling 'don't go'," she explained, "you settled down again for a while when Dryden came in and then you started yelling again."

"Who's Dryden?" I asked, very confused. I don't remember anyone like that. Maybe it was the clown.

"You'll see him some time," she promised, "he told me he'd drop in again."

"Oh." That wasn't much to go from.

"Well you should probably get up now," Lizabeth suggested, "the rest of your friends are already up and about." I took her advice and got up. I yawned and stretched before heading into the bathroom. After a nice hot shower, I was dressed and ready to go. I looked around. There was no-one here. I shrugged and headed out. I jumped down the stairs, but as I landed, I wobbled slightly. Before I could fall, someone had caught my arm.

"Thanks," I mumbled. I looked up and gasped in surprise. It was the mysterious stranger again. Except, like my dream, turquoise eyes stared back into my own.

"I could have sworn your eyes were green before," I muttered. The person shook their head. I guess I must've been seeing things. His eyes weren't green after all. Maybe I just missed him too much. Drew. I hadn't seen him for ages. He'd mysteriously gone missing for the past 6 months and as crazy as it sounded, I missed him a lot. I would give anything to hear his voice, see him. I couldn't even call him. I didn't have his number. It was quiet between me and the other person.

"So, who are you?" I asked. The person shook their head and pointed down the hill where all my friends were. I got the message, even if they didn't speak. I had to go down there. I nodded and started walking towards them, the person following behind me.

"You don't talk much do you?" I questioned, breaking the silence between us. The person shrugged. I got down to where the rest of my friends had set up tables. Ash and Max were getting water from a nearby river. Meredith and Lizabeth were preparing some sort of soup while Kyle overlooked it, Misty was making a salad and Brock was with Shep by the fire. The clown sat nearby, juggling and the mysterious person followed me as I walked to Lizabeth.

"Can I help somehow?" I asked.

"I don't think so," she answered, "we've got it covered." Ash and Max lifted their containers of water onto the table.

"Got the water," Ash told us. I took a cup and poured some of the water into it. Lizabeth finally looked up.

"Oh, you've met Dryden May," Lizabeth said, "I'm glad."

"This is Dryden?" I questioned, almost choking on the water.

"Yeah," Lizabeth said, looking confused, "why? Didn't he tell you?"

"Nope," I replied, "this guy hardly talks at all." I jerked my thumb back in his direction.

"That's funny," Lizabeth ponder aloud, "he was talking before." Before I could reply, Brock ran towards us.

"Presenting your freshly baked pizza!" He called. I sighed. I guess mysterious guys who didn't talk would have to wait until after.

It was quiet around the table…A little too quiet. I had no idea what had come over us. Usually Ash would be making some comment about food or Max would be talking about some Pokémon he wanted or Brock would be talking about a pretty girl he met. There was nothing though. There wasn't even a childish fight going on between Ash and Misty about his table manners. Dryden still wasn't talking either. He just kept quiet, occasionally glancing over at me. Finally he got up and walked away again. That was confusing. He didn't even say goodbye.

"Last night I had the strangest dream," I spoke up, breaking the silence. I just couldn't take it any longer.

"Really?" Misty questioned, looking at me. It was obvious that she was curious as to me actions.

"Yeah," I replied quietly, "a Pokémon I'd never seen before was making its way to what looked like some underwater sea temple. And then a sea princess that looked lots like Misty swam around me and the Pokémon followed. Then suddenly Dryden was by me and I was trying to catch up to the Pokémon."

"I really wanted to go with it," I continued after no-one responded, "I felt like it needed me."

"An underwater sea temple," Brock muttered.

"I'd sure like to go there," Ash said.

"But it was just a dream," Max sighed, sounding disappointed.

"Well, not entirely," Kyle spoke up.

"You two girls explain," Shep said. Meredith nodded.

"Tell me, have you ever heard of the people of the water?" she asked.

"No," I answered.

"Who are they?" Brock inquired.

"You know, I've had a similar dream," Lizabeth admitted.

"You see, our family is made up of descendants of the ones who have been called the people of the water," Meredith continued.

"And there aren't many of us left," Lizabeth interrupted.

"Amazing," I breathed.

"The water people travelled together and lived in peace and harmony with the water Pokémon," Meredith explained, "so in order to receive the ocean's blessings and show their gratitude to the Pokémon, our ancestors built what has come to be known as the sea temple."

"That's the temple in your dreams May," Lizabeth cut in again, "you even got the name right."

"The people of the water still see the temple in their dreams," Shep sighed.

"A memory written straight into you DNA," Brock muttered, "that's just…awesome."

"The temple itself has been hidden for years and the people of the water have been waiting for the heir to return harmony once again," Meredith finished. I shivered, feeling something bad come over me.

"What's wrong May?" Misty asked, finally speaking up, "it's not cold."

"I feel…I feel like something bad is happening," I said slowly. I was sure that the others were going to laugh at me. The clown quickly got up. They ran up towards the caravan. Puzzled the rest of us followed. I froze, seeing three familiar figures holding the egg case.

"Team Rocket!"

A/N: I know I changed the dream slightly, but hey, it wouldn't be a twist if I didn't change it somehow. I hope it still makes sense though, especially with Dryden. He's the mysterious person with green eyes, though it turns out that he actually has turquoise eyes, not green. I know a couple of you thought it was Drew, well, there you are. May finally found out who it was.