Broken promise

No-one's POV

Inside, Drew and May were staring at the last hole with sadness.

"We need one more," May whispered. Drew looked around one more time, hoping that they just accidentally missed it. There were no more crystals.

"I think Phantom might have taken one," he said. May gasped as she felt water seep into her shoes.

"Let's get out of here," Drew said.

Meanwhile Lizabeth was having trouble controlling the sub.

"I can't get in there anymore," she cried out in distress, "the current's too strong. It's pushing me away."

"They might've been able to get out with Jackie," Brock said hopefully.

"All I can do is head back to the ship and hope that they got out," Lizabeth sighed dejectedly.

"May…" Max trailed off, pressing his hand to the window.

Inside the temple, Drew and May were desperately running away from the water that kept filling up the rooms. It just kept rising higher and higher. All May was thinking about was how she couldn't swim, but Drew had other things on his mind. There was no doubt that they would eventually have to swim out, but he didn't know how far underwater they were, or how long they could hold their breath for. This looked like the end. May panted, her breath becoming shorter and her face paler than ever. Drew looked to her in concern. She'd lost a lot of blood. She wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer. He stopped May, taking only a moment to swing her back into his arms before he started to run again. He ran up another set of stairs.

"Wait!" May called. Drew paused, wondering what she was on about. May pointed to a fountain where the last crystal rested. Drew placed May down and pulled it out. This was going to be his only chance to save both of them. The sound of rushing water filled their ears as the room started to flood.

"May keep going," Drew urged. They ran up and out the closest arch to find themselves at a dead end. This room was already filled with water. The stairs leading down were covered with water and a capsule rested against it. Drew put the crystal down for a moment. This was as high as they could get. He dragged the capsule onto the shore. He had one chance to return everything back to normal and if he didn't succeed, both of them could die. He wanted to make sure that May would be alright. He opened it.

"May, get in," he commanded.

"What about you?" she asked, eyeing the capsule. It was only big enough for one person.

"Don't worry," Drew assured, "I'll put this back if I can, but you gotta get in here." He pulled her forwards and May leapt into the capsule to avoid tripping over. Drew gently pushed her down so she was sitting and them lying. Manaphy snuggled down in her arms. Drew took his Pokéballs from his pockets and tucked them in next to her.

"Drew, why are you giving me those?" she asked. Drew smiled dryly.

"You guys will all be safe in here," he told her, avoiding her question, "I promised I'd protect you and so that's what I'm doing." Tears formed in her eyes as she held onto Manaphy tightly. Drew leaned down and kissed Manaphy's head gently.

"You'll look after her won't you?" he asked the blue Pokémon.

'Mana,' Manaphy cried, nodding, 'Mana, mana.' He looked at May. He bit his lip gently.

"Drew…" she trailed off. He leaned closer to May. Gently he kissed her forehead, letting his lips linger on her skin for longer than they did with Manaphy.

"That's in case I don't come back," he murmured. May realized in horror what he meant. Before she could move, Drew closed the case and locked it. Drew picked up the crystal again.

"I'll go put this back now," Drew said, turning and running away.

"Drew!" May screamed.

Drew climbed quickly to avoid getting caught by the water. He watched as May's capsule was buried under the water. Inside May gasped.

"Drew…" She sighed, "Hurry back." Drew climbed up to the rafters and ran along them as best he could. He took a deep breath and dived into the water. He swam until he came into the room with the sea crown. He moved up to the surface to take a breath.

Meanwhile up above near the ship, Jackie sub just surfaced. Shep, Meredith, Kyle, Lizabeth, Brock, Max and Ash looked at him curiously as he opened the hatch. The Chatot flew out and away, free for the first time.

"Jackie, are you alright?" Shep asked.

"I'm fine," he said.

"Is May and Drew with you?" Max asked. Jackie shook his head.

"Weren't they with you?" he asked. Lizabeth sadly shook her head.

"Then they're still down there," Brock muttered.

"There's no way they'll survive!" Ash exclaimed in horror.

"Has anyone of you seen Mistiquellenne?" Kyle asked, "We haven't seen her since she threw that mask at Jackie."

"No," everyone said in unison.

"Where could she be?" Meredith pondered, "I've checked the whole ship and I haven't found her yet." Jackie got on board.

"Arceus did you say Drew and May are still down there?" he asked. Lizabeth nodded.

"Arceus," Jackie muttered. It didn't seem like he cared, but he did. Drew was his brother after all.

Down in the sea temple, Drew gasped for breath again. He looked up and saw that he wasn't that far from the roof. This would be his last breath. He took the largest breath his lungs would let him before diving under again. He grabbed the crystal he had dropped down the bottom and swam towards the sea crown again. He got to the platform. His lungs burned for air. Where was that hole? He swam around searching desperately. There it was! He pushed himself closer and lifted the crystal. He was about to push it in when everything turned black. His hands went limp and bubbles of air escaped his mouth as he closed his eyes. The crystal slipped from his fingers and landed next to the crown and he limply floated in the water.

A dark figure swam up to Drew, horrified with what they saw. They turned and saw the last crystal. Snatching it in their hands they slotted it into the last hole. Everything started glowing gold. Golden swirls of light beamed from the crown and swirled around the person, revealing it as Misty as she had her hands on the crown. The swirls wrapped tightly her. She glowed, feeling energy flow through her. She closed her eyes, letting the feeling swirl over her. Soon the light died down a bit. She had to protect the temple now. She focused her thoughts on the barrier. It started to repair itself and the sea temple started to rise up again from the depths of the ocean. The water started to drain from the temple back down to the normal level. The people on board the ship gasped in shock as they saw the sea temple surface. The bubble around it opened up. Now that the water was not covering her capsule, May finally managed to open it. Manaphy jumped out and looked around excitedly. May hopped out herself, smiling as she saw the temple back to normal.

"Drew did it!" She exclaimed. She waited patiently for Drew to come find her. He was going to find her right? He wouldn't just leave her stranded here. She didn't realize that someone was creeping up behind her until it was too late. Phantom came out of the water and grabbed Manaphy from behind.

"Mana!' Manaphy cried out. May turned only to see Phantom riding away on some sort of turbo engine.

"As long as I have Manaphy," Phantom yelled, "I can always come back here and take the sea crown again."

"Manaphy!" May yelled. A bright gold light burst from the water in front of Phantom and someone leapt out, covered in gold light.

"What the!" Phantom exclaimed, swerving out of the way.

"That must be Drew," May sighed, "and he's trying to rescue Manaphy for me." The person in the gold light wrestle around and chased Phantom.

"Wow!" Ash breathed, spotting who the person was. The person eventually grabbed Manaphy and Phantom lost his balance, falling into the water.

"Drew got him!" May exclaimed in relief. A huge submarine emerged from the water, Phantom on top.

"I will return one day!" he threatened, "Just wait until then!" The submarine turned and jetted away.

"Arceus," Jackie cursed, "He got away."

"Oh well," Lizabeth sighed, "let's go pick up May." They climbed back into the mini sub and headed as fast as they could to the ocean temple.

May's POV

I waved to Drew as he came towards me, holding Manaphy in his arms. Thank goodness he was alright. The submarine came next to me and out came Lizabeth, Brock, Ash, Max and Jackie. Max ran to me and gave a tight hug.

"Oh May!" he exclaimed, "I thought you were a goner."

"No," I laughed, "Drew protected me."

"Drew?" Max questioned.

"Yeah," I confirmed, nodding, "he locked me in that case there so when the water came higher I wouldn't drown." I pointed to the case.

"Drew…" Jackie sighed, trailing off. He looked pained and I had no idea why.

"Look, here he comes now," I said, pointing. The golden light dimmed down as he landed until it was completely gone.

"Um, May," Max said, "That's not Drew." I blinked in shock. He was right. It wasn't Drew. It was my sister.

"Mistiquellenne!" I exclaimed, "You saved Manaphy!" Manaphy wriggled in Misty's arms and jumped out into mine.

"Don't you ever call me by my full name, ever," Misty growled, "that goes for all of you!"

"Misty!" Ash yelled, running to her. Misty froze as Ash pulled her into a hug.

"Ash?" she questioned.

"Misty I'm so sorry," he apologized, "for everything that you thought. I forgive you and I wasn't freaked out by you being the princess or anything. I just needed a little bit of time to process it."

"Um…Ash?" she repeated, sounding confused, "What are you trying to say?"

"I love you," he said softly, "nothing will change that."

"Oh Ash," Misty sighed, "You know I'm the sea princess and all."

"I know," he said, "weren't you just listening to me? I said I don't care. I want you to know that I love you."

"I love you too," she said so softly I barely heard it. Ash grinned.

"I know," he said, "you are my girlfriend after all."

"But Ash, you never asked me to," she protested.

"I did, a while ago actually," he said, "don't you remember Misty?"

"Oh that," she sighed, "I thought we broke up?"

"No," Ash said, "you just assumed. I never said that I wanted to break up therefore we're still together. Right?"

"You're such a silly boy," Misty laughed, wiping her eyes, "of course we're still together." They leaned up to kiss each other and so I looked away. That's when I realized something.

"Hang on," I said, "Where's Drew?" Jackie looked down. Max bit his lip. Lizabeth turned away and Brock twiddled his thumbs together. Ash looked at Misty. Misty locked eyes with me. Well, they were acting funny.

"He's in the room with the sea crown still," she said eventually. I turned, about to go find him.

"Wait May," Misty called, "Don't go in there unless you're prepared for what you're going to see." Huh?

"I'll go with her," Jackie said quietly. Why were they acting so strange?

"Alright," Misty said, "We'll come as well. Just maybe let May go first." I shook my head. My friends were so confusing. I walked towards the room where he would be. I don't know why I was the only one excited to go see him. Manaphy whimpered slightly and nestled into my arms. What was wrong with him? Even Manaphy was being funny about this. And then I understood. My heart stopped when I saw him. He was lying on the ground next to crown. His eyes were closed and his face was pale. Oh Mew.

"Drew!" I screamed. I ran to him and knelt down next to him. I shook him. He didn't move. I put my fingers shakily next to his neck. Exactly what I feared. No pulse. He had drowned.

"Drew!" I screamed again, "Oh Drew." Tears filled my eyes and I didn't even try to push them away. I flung myself over his body, crying into his chest, not feeling the familiar feel of his heartbeat.

"Drew, you can't be dead," I cried, "you promised Drew. You promised you'd always protect me. You promised. You broke your promise Drew."

A/N: I cried writing that last bit. :'( So sad. Don't hate me for making Drew die. And don't hate me for making Phantom get away like that. There could possibly be a sequel. At least Ash and Misty are back together right?