Lost and found

Misty's POV

Tears formed in my eyes. Ash was looking at me in shock, concern and disbelief.

"May, you remembered me," I whispered.

"Why wouldn't I?" she laughed, "You are my sister aren't you?"

"I am," I confirmed, "It's true. I'm the older sea princess."

"So that's how you knew so much about the sea temple and Manaphy," Shep pondered out loud.

"Misty's a princess?" Brock questioned.

"I am," I confirmed, "My full name is actually Mistiquellenne."

"Mistiquellenne?" Ash questioned, "You mean you're not actually Misty?" He backed up a bit.

"No Ash," I cried out, "I'm still Misty. I'm still the same." He took a few more steps away. Arceus this is exactly what I thought would happen. Everyone would get freaked out, but it didn't stop from it hurting. I swallowed deeply. I turned to Shep.

"You'll still help me to the temple right?" I asked. He nodded.

"You guys, I'm sorry for lying," I apologised, "I was never here for the water Pokémon. I was on my way to the ocean, but I had to lie to protect May and my identity and the ocean and even Manaphy. Please guys. Forgive me. I'll be in my room until we come to Samiya." I turned and ran to my room, tears falling softly from my eyes. I wasn't usually one to cry, but this hurt so much. I'd just had a few days of happiness with Ash and now I was afraid it was ruined. I shut the door behind me, locking it so no-one could come in. I guess May had been wrong after all. Ash did hurt me again.

Drew's POV

As soon as Misty left the room, May looked distressed.

"Oh I didn't mean to cause trouble," she wailed, "don't be upset with Misty. It's not her fault. I couldn't remember anything." Ash was blinking stupidly at the closed door.

"Should I go after her?" Ash asked.

"Not yet," May said, "let her calm down first. You guys aren't upset with her or anything, are you?"

"No, just shocked," Ash replied, "This is just…Wow…" May's eyes widened.

"Oh gosh," she whispered, "I just messed things up didn't I? I'm so sorry Ash." May's eyes started to fill up and I knew she was upset. She could feel other people's pain and took it on herself.

"I can't believe it!" Brock exclaimed, "Misty and May are sisters. No wonder they look so alike."

"Yeah," Max agreed, "Actually now that you mention it, I think May looks more similar to Misty than she does to me."

"Ok, I think we've all talked about this long enough," Shep said, "why don't you go find Manaphy. It's about time we head out to the sea temple."

"Ok," Ash said, nodding, "I'll just go find him now." Brock, Lizabeth and Max followed.

"Well we gotta go check the radar again," Shep said, nodding to Kyle.

"Well I guess I'm stuck doing dinner by myself then," Meredith sighed.

"I'd offer us to help," I said, "but May can't cook and I can't just leave her alone can I?"

"Oh no," Meredith quickly said, "I wouldn't keep you two apart." She left before I had a chance to ask what she meant. May sniffed quietly. Jackie eyed me and I threw him a pleading look. He rolled his eyes.

"I'll go talk to Mistiquellenne," he sighed. Thank goodness. He left the room.

"Drew," May whispered, "I think I messed it up. I messed up Ash and Misty. Drew it's all my fault."

"You didn't mess anything up," I assured, "You know that Ash is just a little overwhelmed. As soon as he can, you know he'll go and straighten things out with Misty."

"You think?" She questioned.

"Pretty sure so," I replied with a shrug, "you know I'm not Ash so I can't exactly tell what he's going to do, but he's a pretty predictable guy."

"And you're not?" she asked, with raised eyebrows.

"You should know by now May," I chuckled, "I'm full of surprises." She giggled and looked up at me, her bright blue eyes locking with mine. I froze, her blue eyes taking me into some sort of trance. Without thinking I stepped forwards and cupped her cheek with my palm. I pulled her closer and lowered my head slightly. My lips moved closer to hers and….

"Guys!" Someone come back in and I jumped back, surprised at both myself and the sudden entrance. I turned to see Ash, Brock, Max and Lizabeth all looking at us.

"I hope we didn't interrupt anything," Brock said. My face heated up. Max screwed up his nose.

"Please Drew, tell me you weren't about to kiss my sister," he groaned, "Because that's disgusting."

"No way!" I exclaimed. I refused to look at May. Instead I just stared at the ground.

"S-so guys," May stuttered, "W-what bring you b-back in here s-so quickly?"

"Manaphy's missing!" Ash exclaimed, "We couldn't find him anywhere. He wasn't answering our calls." Arceus, that was not what May needed now. I turned to see that her face was one of pure horror, her hands clamped over her mouth.

"Oh my poor baby!" May cried, "Lost out in the big wide ocean by himself."

"It's ok May," Lizabeth said, "We'll take the mini sub and go looking for him."

"Really? Thanks Lizabeth," May said.

May's POV

Shep led us down to the very bottom level and opened a door at the very end. He turned and flicked on the light, revealing yellow mini submarine.

"Now don't do anything rash," Shep warned, worry in his voice.

"Of course not," Lizabeth assured, waving her hand at him. I gasped. Wow.

"Well, we're not going to get anywhere just standing here," Brock pointed out.

"You're right," Lizabeth exclaimed, "get in everyone." Shep unlocked the door and opened it for us. Lizabeth pushed me from behind and into a seat. Someone else was pushed next to me.

"Hey what's with the shoving?" demanded Drew. I froze. That's who was next to me. Lizabeth giggled in response and I had the feeling she did it on purpose. Soon the door was shut behind us. I looked back to see if there was a different seat, but they were all taken up. Arceus. This was going to be awkward. I was meant to be focused on finding Manaphy, but now I was going to be distracted. I looked out the window, deciding to keep a look out for any sign of the little blue Pokémon. The sub was launched from the bottom of the ship. Lizabeth flicked a switch and the head lights came on, lighting the way in the dark ocean.

"We'll have to be quick," Lizabeth said, "the eclipse is starting."

"Please be ok Manaphy," I whispered, "You know I'm right here." I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"It'll be ok May," Drew whispered in my ear, "We'll find him."

"It's because of the way I treated Manaphy," I cried, "If I hadn't let himself get so attached to me, he wouldn't have run off by himself."

"You can't blame yourself," Drew said fiercely. I turned and gasped in shock. Drew had never used that tone of voice on me before. His eyes were dark and he looked really serious. I dropped my head. He put his hand under my chin and brought it back up.

"I told you before May," he said a little softer, "you were the only one who could've hatched him. It's not your fault that the bond formed between you two, no matter how much Jackie says otherwise." Max reached over and tapped Drew's shoulder.

"We'll look out for Manaphy," Ash whispered loudly, "you distract May so she won't be upset." Drew nodded.

"And also Drew," Max added in a harsh whisper, "Don't you dare kiss my sister." I blushed. I don't think they realized how loud they were. I turned to the window, pretending not to have overheard. I felt Drew's gaze on my back. I waited for him to say something. Surely he wouldn't sit there just watching me. I looked out for any sign of Manaphy. My poor little baby was out there alone. I eventually felt Drew tap my shoulder. I turned.

"Hey," he said softly.

"Hey Drew," I greeted back, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," he replied, "I just thought maybe you would want to talk. The silence is a little eerie don't you think?"

"Yeah…" I trailed off.

"Want to know about Jackie?" he asked.

"Jackie?" I questioned, "What's he got to do with anything? Why'd you bring him up?"

"Well, I figured you'd noticed the way he's so cold towards me and you're a curious person," he shrugged, "but if you don't want to know then that's ok as well."

"Oh no tell me," I begged, "you brought it up and now you have to tell me."

"Jackie's my brother," he admitted. My eyes widened. No wonder that smirk of his had reminded me of Drew. No wonder his green eyes were the same.

"Wow," I breathed.

"You can't tell anyone. He hates people to know that we're related," he whispered, "only a few select Pokémon rangers know."

"Why?" I asked, "Why wouldn't he want anyone to know?"

"He hates me," Drew shrugged.

"Why would he hate you?" I asked.

"That's easy. You," he answered

"Me?" I squeaked.

"Yeah, he was going to be the one chosen to look after you, but then I came along and well, he's always resented me for 'stealing' his mission," Drew explained, "He just sees me doing what he should've been doing and hates it. He hates me for it."

"That's a silly reason," I giggled, "So is that why he was so sour at you coming on board?"

"Yeah," he replied nodding, "You see, Jackie's a proud ranger. He's never had any help from anyone and he always completed his missions on the first try. He hated the fact that I had come here to 'interfere'."

"Oh Drew," I sighed, "Does it annoy you that he doesn't want anything to do with you?"

"I dunno," he shrugged, "Hasn't really bothered me honestly. He doesn't really feel like a brother to me you know?"

"Oh Drew, that must be horrible for you," I sighed. I couldn't imagine what it would be like if Max or Misty hated me and couldn't stand the thought of me.

"Don't worry about it," he said, "I'm used to it."

"Look it's Manaphy!" Ash exclaimed.

"Where?" I asked, looking around.

"There!" Ash pointed out the window. I spotted him, swimming towards us at a fast pace. He came around to my window and I saw something in his hands. It was red with a white marking. He rubbed his face against it.

'Happy. Mama happy' he cooed. I smiled slightly. It was my bandana.

"That's what you were looking for Manaphy?" I questioned.

"Happy love you,' he responded.

"I love you too," I said, putting my head against the glass.

"And that's what happened," I heard Lizabeth say over the radio, "Manaphy was just looking for May's bandana." She paused for a moment.

"Don't worry," she assured, "Brock and I will cook as soon as we get back." The mini sub lurched and I was thrown forwards from my seat.

"We're caught in a riptide!" Lizabeth exclaimed, desperately pulling at the controls, "I've lost control." I gripped the seat tightly at we were roughly thrown against a rock. The light flicked out. Arceus this was bad. I couldn't swim very well. What if we had to get out of here? I was thrown again to the side and the seatbelt cut into my side. I hissed in pain. Drew reached over and unbuckled me. He pulled me closer and wrapped his arms around me tightly.

"Just hold on May," he whispered, "we'll make it out of here." I cuddled closer. He made me feel safe. It was his job to protect me after all. I saw Manaphy to the side.

'Mana!' he cried, pointing.

"Manaphy wants us to go that way!" I exclaimed. Lizabeth nodded and shakily directed the sub to follow Manaphy. I breathed a sigh of relief as we got out of it.

"Thanks Drew," I whispered.

"You're welcome May," he whispered back, but he didn't let go…And I wasn't about to ask him either. It felt right.

A/N: Well I'm back. I hope you all had a good Christmas break. Well, here's the next chapter for you. Firstly I would like to say oh my goodness you guys are all amazing! This story has gotten twice as many reviews as my last one; Roses, Sabotage and Drew (If you haven't read it, please check it out because I'll probably be doing a sequel soon). Thank you so much. I mean 50 reviews! wow! You make me so happy. I'm glad you all liked it. Second, this chapter is again a little dramatic. Misty is so emotional. Ahhh Please don't hate me for breaking Misty and Ash apart again. It was for a reason. And Drew has finally revealed his dilemma with Jackie. I realized you guys hadn't found out why he didn't seem to like Drew much so now you know. Well that's all from me for now.