Hello everyone! Okay, before I get to the chapter, I have a few things to say, so please bear with me!

It's December, which means I have winter break. So does this mean I'll get more time to write and update? Well, no. I'm going on vacation soon, so, I'll probably disappear off of until I come back. Meaning I won't be updating again until January. Sorry, guys, but you're going to have to be a bit patient for the next chapter.

Next thing, I'm trying something a bit different for this chapter. I'm switching the focus from characters included in the main-eight to someone else. Just thought it would be interesting to see how this works out.

Okay then! Happy Reading!

Today's topic was suggested by QUEENSPELLER67.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon in any way, shape or size!

Glasses

Grade Three

May (8), Dawn (8)

Kindergarten

Max (5), Bonnie (5), Tommy (5), Lyn (5)

"Come on, Max!" May said, wanting her little brother to hurry up. But Max, who was busy reading a thick book in his hands, didn't increase his speed.

"Max!" May called out again.

"Yes, May?" Her five-year-old brother finally lifted his head to look at her through his large, black-framed glasses.

"You have to hurry up! It's your first day at kindergarten, so you can't be late. And after I take you to class, I have to go to grade three."

It was Max's first day at kindergarten, and May had proudly taken it upon herself to see that her little brother got to class. Since kindergarten started a few days after other grades, May had already begun grade three.

"Okay." Max nodded, and tucked his book under his arm.

"You can't get distracted." his big sister told him. "When you get there, you have to act nice, and proper, and - Oh hi Dawn!" May was distracted when a girl with blue hair passed by. Dawn was new that year, and she and May had gotten along perfectly on their first day. May had dubbed her her newest friend.

"Hi May!" Dawn walked up to her. "I was just going to class!"

"Yeah, me too!" May said, her brother forgotten.

"So you wanna go together?"

"Su-"

"May!" Max whined. "I have to go to class!"

"Oh, right!" May blushed. "Sorry Dawn. I have to drop Max off to his class first."

"No need to worry! I'll see you in class, then!"

"Yeah, see you!" May waved as Dawn walked away.

"Come on, May!" Max urged, pulling at her hand.

"Okay, okay! I'm coming! No need to be so rushed!"

The walked until they reached a room with bright decorations and pictures on the wall, and tables with four chairs at each. May smiled fondly as she entered her old class. Her smiled widened when she spotted the young woman who had been her teacher when she was in kindergarten.

"Come on, Max. I'll introduce you to Ms. Kelly!" She hurried him along, more because she was eager to say hi to her previous teacher rather than introduce her little brother.

"Hi, May! Wow, you've grown so much!" Ms. Kelly greeted her when she came into sight.

"You still remember me?"

"Of course I do! I love all of my students, and your little group with Drew, Gary and Paul was especially... memorable."

May beamed, but before she could say anything more, she felt a tug on her arm. She looked down to see a pouting Max.

"Oh!" May suddenly remembered the reason she was there in the first place. "Ms. Kelly, this is my little brother, Max, and he's starting kindergarten today."

"Hello, Max." Ms. Kelly bent down to his level. "I'm sure we'll have a great year together. My, that's such a big book you're carrying!"

Max looked at the book in his arms. "Yes." he said, nodding. "I can read it all by myself."

"All by yourself? Wow, that's impressive!"

Max suddenly felt proud of the fact that he could read like the big kids did. Not many five-year-olds could read like he could!

"Okay, May." Ms. Kelly stood up. "I can take it from here. You hurry along to your class."

"Okay! Bye Ms. Kelly! Bye Max!"

Max waved his sister goodbye as she went out the door, but once she was gone, he felt an anxious feeling creep up on him. He didn't have his parents or sister to turn to anymore. What was he supposed to do? He looked around to see how the other children in the class were noisily chatting, making friends, and playing, but still wasn't sure where he fit in.

"Why don't you go find a seat?" his teacher suggested. "I'll go greet some of the others, and once everyone is here, we'll all do something together as a class. Okay?"

"Okay." A seat would be nice. Maybe he could find a good place to read his book.

"You're a keeper!" He turned suddenly when he heard someone yell out in a loud, clear voice.

"Huh?" Ms. Kelly was looking very confused. A little blonde girl with blue eyes and a large clip in her hair was kneeling down in front of her, holding out her hand.

"Will you take care of my brother?"

"Bonnie, I told you to stop that! Oh, this is so embarrassing!" An older boy, who looked about May's age, was red in the face, trying to get Bonnie to get up and act normal.

"But Clemont, she's so nice and pretty!"

"Oh my..." Ms. Kelly watched with a bemused expression, as if unsure on how to respond.

"I'm so sorry!" Clemont apologized, blushing. "My sister, she's taken to watching princess movies lately, and she keeps doing this now!"

Ms. Kelly chuckled. "It's quite alright. Hello, Bonnie. Welcome to kindergarten! I'm Ms. Kelly, and I hope you and I will have a great year together!"

"Hi Ms. Kelly!" Bonnie said brightly, standing up straight.

"How about you find a seat, and we'll all get started once everyone is here."

"Okay!"

Max watched the whole scene, feeling glad he didn't have an little sister. As he spotted an empty table, and began heading to it, he heard a cheery "Hi!" behind him. He turned around to come face to face to the large-eyed Bonnie.

"Hello." he replied, to which she gave a huge, toothy smile.

"We're going to be best friends now!" she proclaimed. Max blinked. Had he missed something? Or was this how you usually made friends?

"Okay." he said hesitantly.

"Wow, you have very big glasses!"

Her comment suddenly made Max feel self-conscious. Were his glasses really that big? No one had ever pointed it out before. He wasn't even sure if Bonnie was complimenting him or just stating an observation. Should he say thank you? He didn't get to decide because the next thing he knew, he was being dragged to a table.

"Whatcha wanna do?" Bonnie chirped.

"I'm going to read my book." Max declared.

"Wow, you can read? All by yourself?" The admiration in her voice ignited a sense of pride inside of the glasses-wearing boy, and he felt his ego swell within him.

"Yes." he confirmed. "It's really hard, but I can do it!"

"That's so amazing! Wait, is it because you have glasses? Do your glasses give you reading powers?"

"Yes!" Max said without thinking. "They help me read extra-fast, but I can read without them, too."

"Wow! Show me! Read without your glasses!"

"I can't because I can't see without my glasses."

"Why?"

"I had to get glasses because I couldn't see, and then when I got them, I could suddenly read extra-fast."

"How could you read before if you couldn't see?"

"Um..." Thankfully, he was saved from having to answer because just then, the teacher spoke up.

"Okay everyone! Now that we are all here, how about we all gather together and introduce ourselves!"

Everyone took a seat on a large mat while Ms. Kelly stood before them. She explained what they were all going to do. Apparently, they had to go in front of the class and tell everyone about themselves, which sounded simple enough to Max. He had plenty of interesting things to say! How many of the others had a gym leader for a father? How many of them had a mother who could cook amazing meals every day? How many had a big kid sister in grade three? How many of them could read? Max was willing to bet he was the only one.

"Hi, my name is Bonnie! Nice to meet you" Max heard someone say. He looked up to see that the girl he had befriended was taking her turn to introduce herself. "I have a big brother in grade three, and his name is Clemont! He is soooo smart, and he's gonna be a gym leader when he grows up! And my dad is the coolest! And I love Pokemon, like really cute ones! And, um... oh! I made a new friend today, and he is super-smart too, and his glasses give him super powers!"

All of a sudden, Max found everyone's attention directed at him. While he was a bit annoyed that Bonnie had introduced him before he could himself, he also felt embarrassed. Bonnie pointing at him like that, and everyone staring at him... It just made him uncomfortable!

"What's him name?" someone asked Bonnie as if Max wasn't sitting right beside him.

"I don't know. I didn't ask him yet!"

"I know." Ms. Kelly said. "How about you go next, Max? If Bonnie's done, of course."

"Yup! I'm done!" Bonnie excitedly hurried back to her spot and eagerly waited for Max to go up.

When Max reached the front, some of his confidence had been lost. He had imagined himself walking up all by himself, then telling everyone about what he had planned to tell them, and then leaving them in awe. But Bonnie had spoiled it.

"My name is Max." he said without the self-assurance he had possessed just a while ago. "And, um, I have a big sister, and a mom, and a dad..." He suddenly remembered the impressive fact about his father. "And my dad's the gym leader! And I... I can read..."

"No you can't! It's too hard; you can't read!" someone yelled out, surprising him. Some others shouted their agreements, leaving Max standing at the front awkwardly. He hadn't expected that they wouldn't believe him...

"Yes, he can!" Bonnie backed him up. "I saw! And his glasses give him super-powers, so he can read extra-fast!"

"Bonnie? Glasses do not give super-powers. They only help someone see better." Ms. Kelly corrected, assuming her beliefs had been influenced by some movie.

"They don't?" Bonnie said in puzzlement. "But he said they did."

Max felt his face heat up, and he felt even more awkward. Ms. Kelly must have noted his discomfort, because she decided not to question him about it. Instead, she encouragingly told him to continue.

But Max couldn't continue. Everything he had wanted to say seemed to escape him. He could even find the words to say he was done!

"Um, uh, yes, I can read." he managed to get out. "And... um..."

"So you can only read because of your glasses?" someone asked.

"No, glasses don't give you powers! I have them, and I can't read!" someone else pointed out.

"I can read." a smug voice rose up. "And I don't have glasses." Max turned to the boy who had spoken, who had dark eyes and brown hair, and a quite cocky look on his face.

"You can?" Bonnie turned to him interestedly.

"Yeah." the boy said as he smirked, evidently bragging. "It's easy."

"But Max said it's hard."

"Yeah, but then that means I'm better at reading than him."

"No it doesn't!" Max spoke up. He felt angry that this boy was stealing his spotlight. It was his turn to talk right now!

"Oh yeah? Then what does C-A-T-C-H spell?"

"That's easy! Catch!"

"What about M-O-V-E?" The boy was sounded a bit irritated that Max got it correct.

"Move, like Pokemon moves!" Max answered with a much more confident demeanor.

"Then what about-"

"That's enough, Tommy." Ms. Kelly interrupted sternly. "You'll get to speak at your turn." She turned to Max. "Is there anything else you wanted to say?"

Max shook his head, and went back to his seat on the mat. As a girl went up next, he felt someone poke him on the shoulder. He turned to come face to face with Tommy.

"Hey Bug-Eyes!" he whispered. "I'm still smarter than you!"

His claim about being smarter was not what bothered Max. It was his first comment. By 'Bug-Eyes', was he referring to Max's glasses? Yes, they were kind of big, covering up most of his small face, and yes, they did magnify his eyes. But did it really make him look like a bug? Max began feeling self-conscious all over again, like the time Bonnie had mentioned how big they were before.

Finally, when everyone had had a chance to have something to say, their teacher told everyone to find a table, with only four allowed at each. At this, Bonnie immediately dragged Max to where they had been seated before.

"Hello!" A girl with orange eyes and a red ribbon in her teal hair arrived by their table. "Can I sit here?"

"Of course!" Bonnie agreed enthusiastically without hesitation. "I'm Bonnie! What's your name?"

"I'm Lyn." Lyn sat down, and the two girls began their chatter, becoming instant friends.

"There's an empty seat." Max heard Ms. Kelly say. She was pointing to the last chair at his table to a boy. And not just any boy. It was Tommy.

"There? I don't wanna sit with him." Tommy said, scowling petulantly at Max.

"Tommy." Ms. Kelly said sharply. "In kindergarten, we don't treat others like that. Or else you have a time-out!"

"Okay, okay." Tommy conceded, sitting down at the table.

"Good." The teacher then announced to the class that they were going to start today by drawing. She passed out paper and boxes of crayons to all her students, and everyone got to work, creating their works of art.

"That's a really nice picture!" Bonnie said to Lyn.

"Thanks! I'm drawing my big sister!" Lyn replied.

"Really? I'm drawing my big brother!"

"What are those big round things on his face?"

"His glasses. They're really big, like Max's!"

Tommy smirked, and Max saw that he was holding back a laugh. "Yeah. Max has really big glasses! Bug-Eyes!"

"I am not a bug!" Max said angrily, unsure of how else to respond to his comment.

"Stop being mean, Tommy." Bonnie said, frowning. "It's not nice!"

Tommy shrugged, continuing his drawing. That made Bonnie curious.

"Whatcha making?"

"Torchic. It's a really cool Pokemon."

"Ooooo, I've never seen a Torchic before!"

"It's a fire type!" Max said, quick to fill her in. "My dad's friend, Professor Birch, will give it to you when you're ten. But I want a Treecko. It's much cooler."

"Treecko has really big eyes." Tommy said. "Like you."

"Stop it!" Max said loudly.

"Is there something wrong here?" Ms. Kelly had appeared.

"Tommy keeps saying I have big eyes like a bug!"

"Tattletale..."

"Tommy, it's not nice to say mean things! I have already told you this!" Ms. Kelly scolded. "Since it's the first day, I am going to give you one more chance. You have to apologize, or else I will give you a time-out!"

"Fine." Tommy said, folding his arms. To Max, he said, "Sorry." But after the teacher left, he stuck out his tongue at him.

Later, at snack time, Max, along with Bonnie, Tommy and Lyn, sat at his table, eating the sliced apples his mother had packed for him. He, being the observant boy he was, noticed how talkative and lively Bonnie was, as she seemed to be doing most of the talking in her conversation with Lyn. Lyn was also very bubbly, and she seemed to have a lot in common with Bonnie, as she kept agreeing to everything she was saying. Tommy, on the other hand, looked bored, kind of like he thought he was too smart for everyone.

When snack time ended, while putting his lunchbox away, Max hid his glasses in them too. It made his whole world look blurred, but he knew Tommy hadn't meant it when he had said sorry, and he didn't want him to make fun of him again.

"Where are your glasses?" Lyn asked.

"Yeah, you should put them on." Bonnie chimed in. "My brother can't see without his glasses. Sometimes, he thinks trees are people."

"It's okay, I can see." Max assured her, though it was far from the truth.

"You look so weird without your glasses." That was Tommy, and his comment confused Max. Weird? He looked weird without his glasses? But... hadn't Tommy been saying he looked like he had bug-eyes before?

"Max, where are your glasses?" He turned at his teacher's voice.

"I, um, forgot them in my bag." he said quickly. "I'll go get them!" He hurried to his lunchbox and back, stumbling a bit as he went.

When he came back, his eyewear on his face and his vision cleared, he glanced anxiously at Tommy, expecting him to make some sort of mean remark.

"What?" Tommy said, noticing his watch.

"...Nothing." Max turned away.

"You look much better now!" Bonnie exclaimed. "I think glasses are so cool! I wish I had glasses."

This surprised Max. Did Bonnie just say she thought he looked cool?

"I don't want glasses." Lyn said, disagreeing with Bonnie for the first time. "But they look nice on you, Max."

Max was filled with pride, and he felt his ego being revived. He stole one more glance at Tommy, who responded with an irritated "What?"

Max grinned. "Nothing." He had a lot more haughtiness in his voice now (though Tommy couldn't figure out why). He had won! He, Max, had been told he looked cool in his glasses.

Haha, take that Tommy! I'm not Bug-Eyes! Max adjusted his eyewear so the lenses flashed light.

"Max! You're mother's here!" Max frowned as the teacher called him. He was really starting to like kindergarten, and now it was time to leave already!

"Bye Max!" Bonnie said in her perky voice. "See you tomorrow!"

"Bye Bonnie! Bye Lyn!" Max waved to the two. He hesitated. "Bye Tommy." he said in a duller voice. It was just to be fair.

"Hmph."

Max went to his mother. He really enjoyed kindergarten, he decided. He liked meeting the teacher and drawing and snack time and making friends and yes, he didn't mind Tommy so much either.

And off he went, flashing his glasses proudly, ready to tell his mother every detail of his day.

And done! I've actually had this idea of having a Max-going-to-kindergarten chapter for a while. The topic was glasses, so I combined the two, and voila!

By the way, there is more than one character in Pokemon who goes by the name 'Tommy'. The one I'm referring to in this chapter appears in the episode 'Gonna Rule The School!', which is the 15th episode from the Advanced Generation series. And Lyn is a character of the day who appeared in the Series XY, episode 16, 'A Jolting Switcheroo!'. We don't really get to know too much about her in that episode, but I just thought she'd make a nice friend for Bonnie, like Tommy would be a good rival for Max.

So what did you guys think? Did you like giving someone else a little focus? Or do you think I should stick with writing about the main-eight?

Like I said, I'm going on vacation for the rest of December, so this is going to be my last update this year. So happy holidays, and see you all next year in January 2015!

Please review, and thanks for reading!

Bye bye for now! And have a smiling holiday! :D