October 17th (Somewhere in Kanto)

(May's POV)

"Hey Amy, you really have me worried. Please wake up soon," I heard a familiar voice say.

I slowly opened my eyes to see Katie standing nearby and watched as her eyes showed relief, "Thank goodness, you've finally woken up! How do you feel?" she asked anxiously.

I blinked the sleep away from my eyes and sat up. I looked around and recognized the room as the one that Katie and I live in when not working.

"I feel a lot better than I did," I said with a smile.

Katie smiled back, "That's good," she said cheerfully before frowning slightly. "Do you know if you were sick that it made you sleep for three days straight?"

I nodded, "I think it was a slight cold along with being extremely tired," I lied. "Is Charlotte and the royal family okay?"

Katie looked at me weirdly, but nodded, "I should think so. Nothing strange has happened besides you sleeping for three days straight. You're lucky Mrs. Wemble isn't firing you."

I chuckled, "How is the dear old housekeeper?"

"Grumpy and harsh as ever; she's ticked about you missing work. Thankfully her highness Charlotte overheard us talking about you, she told her ladyship and she told Mrs. Wemble to let you sleep til you were well," Katie explained before looking outside and looked worried. "Goodness, if I don't get downstairs in a few minutes, Mrs. Wemble will have my head. Your uniform is pressed in the wardrobe, I'll tell Lucia you'll be down in a little while."

"Thanks Katie," I said gratefully as she left and shut the door.

I then stretched and stood up to change into my maid uniform letting my mind slip looking back at everything that's happened since two weeks ago when this whole thing started.

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Flashback: September 28th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

We were currently walking fast through the forest in hopes of getting Dawn to a hospital. We left earlier than planned this morning because the pain Dawn was feeling was becoming unbearable. I had to force her unconscious so that she didn't have to be awake while in pain. Paul was carrying her while I carried Piplup as he refused to go back into his pokeball.

We were about an hour away from Lilycove and I looked at Paul carrying Dawn. I felt slightly guilty that I had to force her to go into an unconscious state, but I didn't want her to feel any pain as we were trying to move quickly in getting back.

"Help!! Someone help me!!" I heard someone shout somewhere far.

I stopped walking and turned in the direction of where I thought the shout came from.

"May, what's going on?" Drew asked.

"I hear someone," I said concerned as I tried to focus on the trees in the distance.

"May, we need to go," Drew said hurriedly.

"It sounds like someone's in trouble," I said determined while setting Piplup on the ground. "I'm gonna go investigate."

"May, you're hearing things. We have to get Dawn to the hospital," Drew argued.

I heard the cry again except that it was a little louder, "Fine, then I'm coming with you," he said determined.

I looked at him and frowned, "No, you need to go with Dawn and Paul. Paul has to take Dawn to the ER so he can't tell the school that you made it back," I argued.

"May, you aren't going alone," Drew argued again.

"I'm sorry Drew, but it's not your choice," I snapped while taking my pokeball and tossing it to Drew before giving a small smile. "I'll be back, I promise."

I then ran in the direction of the shout and about five minutes later, I stumbled upon a man whose leg was caught under a fallen tree.

He then turned his head and spotted me, "Please help me, I need to get help for my wife," he pleaded.

"Hang on, let me help you first," I said as I ran to the log and bent down in trying to pick it up.

"It's no use, it's too heavy," the man argued.

I tried again putting all my energy into it and felt it lift up slightly. The man quickly crawled his way out before I let the log fall down with a thud.

"Are you alright?" I asked as I knelt down next to the man and checked for injuries.

He nodded, "I'm fine except for my leg, I think it's broken," he said through the pain.

I looked at the leg that was crushed under the log and placed a hand over it to see if my aura picked up anything. I sensed pain in the area and could tell there was a fracture in the middle of his calf.

"You have a bone fracture in the middle of your calf," I said as I cut some on my pant leg to bandage his leg from too much blood being lost before helping the man sit up. "Do you live nearby?"

He shook his head, but looked extremely worried, "I can't go back, I need to get help for my wife," he said anxiously as he tried to stand up, but fell over.

I put a hand on his shoulder to stop him from getting up, "What do you mean?" I asked.

"She's been in labor for the longest of time and the baby won't appear," he said worried.

I frowned, "How long has she been pushing?"

"Almost three hours," he said causing me to worry, it shouldn't take that long.

I mentally sighed, I've never helped deliver a baby, but I learned about it in having to study for that exam Nurse Joy wanted me to take. Hopefully, that'll be enough to help me out.

I then crouched next to him while putting his arm over my shoulder, "Don't worry, I'll do everything I can to help you and your wife," I said determined as I helped him stand up.

He looked at me concerned, "Have you delivered babies before?" he asked.

I shook my head, "But I have a lot of medical experience under my belt from helping in Pokemon Centers."

He looked worried, but I couldn't blame him, "Where do you live?" I asked.

He point to the left, "Over there, it's about fifteen minutes from here," he explained.

I nodded and we started to walk over there, "How did your leg get caught under the log?" I asked.

The man breathed in deeply and exhaled before explaining, "I was running to get help for my wife when I tripped and landed face down before the tree began to fall over and pinned my leg."

I frowned as I remembered the log, the tree looked healthy so it wouldn't just have fallen over. As we walked, I noticed some string on the ground that was tied to a small tree nearby by. Was this man tripped on purpose?

I then tried to focus on any auras that might be nearby, but sensed no one that I would deem strange. I did sense a woman's aura whose energy was incredibly low and an aura of a child who was scared.

I then looked at the man's leg and saw that blood was leaking through my makeshift bandage. After walking for ten more minutes, I saw a cabin hidden amongst the trees.

Suddenly I felt more weight on my shoulders and saw that the man was starting to go unconscious, "Come on, we're almost there," I said tiredly through grit teeth as I picked up the pace and made it closer to the cabin and saw the face of a child in the window.

We made it up the steps as the door opened and the man collapsed on the floor, "Daddy, DADDY!!! Please wake up," a little girl with brown hair a shade lighter than mine sobbed as she pushed his body in trying to wake him.

She then looked at me and I blinked in shock as I saw that her eyes were a shade lighter than mine. With her physical features and the emotion of pleading on her face, I immediately saw myself as if I were seven and it was the night my parents died.

"Please save my mommy and daddy, please......help me!" she sobbed.

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Back to the Present

I looked at myself in the mirror making sure that I was dressed neatly before going downstairs. While doing so, I placed a fist on my heart in remembering the little girl's sobbing face. I felt my life freeze in that one second and I vowed to help that little girl in redemption as to what happened to me.

I took a deep breath before straightening my lace headpiece before heading down to the kitchen to find Lucia. On the way down, I passed Bridget who was carrying a tea tray.

"About time you were up, thought we'd have to find a prince charming to kiss ya," she teased as she disappeared around the corner.

I shook my head while smiling as I made my way down the corridor to find Lucia talking to Alfred, the head butler.

"Well now, look who decided to finally wake up," Alfred teased with a glint in his eye.

I gave him a grin, "I suppose I decided I was tired of sleeping."

Lucia snorted, "If I were you, I'd still be sleeping for at least a week. Anyway, grab a bite to eat from Martha and then you'll be helping clean the ballroom."

I nodded and quickly went to find Martha. After eating what was left of breakfast, I went to the ballroom and began dusting. While doing so, my mind drifted back to two weeks ago after having the helped the man's wife Adeline give birth to their son. Not even a day passed when the family was hit with more problems. Two men tried to kidnap the little girl and we had to escape on wild Altaria that were nearby. To say the least, it was a crazy twenty-four hours. After having been convinced not to go to Lilycove City, we flew to a small clinic so that Adeline, her husband, and the baby could be checked over.

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Flashback: September 29th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

Half an hour passed after arriving at the clinic when Adeline came out with the baby, "Thank you so much for helping us, how can we repay you," she said gratefully.

"You don't need to give me anything, I was happy to help," I said with a smile. "But if you don't mind me asking, what's the story with your family? Why did someone try to harm your husband and kidnap your daughter?"

Her smile disappeared as she looked with a sad face at the baby, "No, it's fine. Having helped us like this, I think it's okay to tell you," she agreed.

I nodded and waited til she was ready to tell me, "For starters, my husband Stephen is next in line to be King of Galeran, it's a small kingdom in the northern part of Kanto. For the past seven months, we've been on the run from people trying to kill Charlotte," she explained.

I frowned, "Why are they after Charlotte?" I asked.

Adeline sighed, "Centuries ago, there was a bad ruler in our kingdom who treated his subjects terribly. A group of knights tried to overthrow him, but they were stopped and their hatred for the royal family has continued on since then."

"So a group of knights are trying to get revenge, but why now and why Charlotte?" I asked again.

"Because this year is the 500th anniversary of the kingdom's existence," Adeline answered. "And they are after Charlotte because her name is the feminine version of Charles, the name of the bad ruler from long ago."

"How do you know that's why they are after Charlotte?" I asked.

Adeline sighed, "When the first couple attempts on Charlotte's life were made, thankfully she was asleep when they happened. Knights would hear something and investigate causing the bad men to leave before they could do anything. One time, a note was left warning us that they would stop at nothing to fulfill their ancient prophecy."

I frowned and made a fist, "Did you try contacting PHPA for help?" I asked.

Adeline nodded, "We did, but they never responded to request for help so we were forced to leave and live in hiding all this time in multiple places since they keep finding us," she said as she began to cry. "It's been so hard on us and we can't go home."

My heart went out to them as I watched Charlotte look at her mother with a sad face. At this moment, I was now more determined than anything to help them out especially since PHPA has done nothing to help.

"I'll help you, I promise," I said as I placed my hand on hers.

She looked at me with teary eyes and mouthed "thank you".

Stephen then came out with his calf in a cast and walking on crutches, "Daddy!" Charlotte shouted in happiness and she gave him a hug.

As the family reunited, I secretly paid the bill and we then walked out, "Do you have anywhere to go now?" I asked.

The family looked sad and worried giving me the answer that they didn't, "Don't worry, you can stay at my place, it's not too far from here," I said as I called for the Altaria.

"We don't want to burden you," Adeline said worried.

I smiled, "It's no trouble at all."

Before we could take off, a laser blast came from nearby causing all of us to look around in panic. The two thugs from attempting to kidnap Charlotte from earlier came out of the trees causing me to groan, "You have got to be kidding me, how hard is it to shake these guys?"

I then ran toward them as they ran toward us, I kicked the staff out of one of the knight's hands before throwing a punch in his face causing him to stagger back. I grabbed his hand and threw him into the guy causing them to fall to the ground. They got up, but I quickly fought the both of them before Officer Jenny arrived and arrested them.

After they were taken away, I went to the royal family and asked if they were okay.

"We're okay, but how do they keep finding us?" Stephen muttered in frustration.

I sighed as I looked at Stephen's foot and noticed a chip of silver, "Can I see your shoe?" I asked.

He gave me a weird look, "What?"

"Can I see your shoe?" I said again as I pointed to his foot.

He still looked confused, but did as I said. I looked at the shoe closely and saw that a tracking device was hiding on the side since the paint hiding it was chipping away.

"I think I figured out how those knights keep finding you," I said as I took the chip and broke it between my fingers before giving back Stephen his shoe.

Stephen frowned at the ground angrily as he put on his shoe, "So that's how they have been finding us."

I sighed, "I'm afraid so."

"But at least this nightmare is over. Since the men were arrested, we no longer have to be on the run," Adeline said relieved.

I gave her a confused look, "What do you mean?"

"Only those two were the ones that constantly followed us and I don't think there are any other descents of the knights out there," she explained.

I nodded, but inwardly frowned, this was far from over.

After escorting the family to the bungalow to rest, I flew to the outskirts of Lilycove City and walked the remaining way to school. As I entered the academic building toward Steven's office, I looked at a nearby clock to see that it was a little after 10:00.

As I got to Steven's door, I heard him and Solidad talking.

"We'll hear her out, I'm sure she has a good reason for not returning on time," Solidad pointed out.

I knocked on the door and heard Steven say to come in. I walked in causing Solidad and Steven to look at me in surprise, "Talk about perfect timing, we were just talking about your late return," Steven said as I shut the door and took a seat in front of his desk.

I said nothing as I waited for him to continue, "Now May, everyone from school, with the exception of Paul and Dawn, made it back to school with the given amount of time," Solidad reminded.

"And according to the rules May, you had to be back yesterday in order to remain here at school. Now I will let you stay here if you explain as to why you ran off from your group," Steven proposed.

"I have nothing to say," I stated since I decided that for the sake of the royal family, I would tell no one as to what happened or what I planned to do.

"May, I suggest you take this chance to explain yourself," Solidad urged.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you where I went or what happened," I said again getting slightly annoyed.

Steven then leaned forward on his desk, "May, did something happen?" he asked in a stern, quiet tone.

I then stood up since I didn't want to keep being interrogated, "We're done here," I said curtly. "My things will be gone before the end of the day. If you don't mind, I would like the key for the power inhabilitator."

Suddenly the door opened and I turned to see Drew walking in and take the key from Steven, "Sorry May, but you're not getting it til you explain yourself," he frowned.

I glared at him but said nothing as I left the office and stormed past Misty and Ash. I quickly walked back to the house and ran past Leaf and Gary before going up the stairs two at time. I went into my room and locked the door before racing around digging out everything that was mine and placed it in the middle of the room.

I heard the door knob rattle slightly, "May, what's going on?" Leaf asked as she then knocked on the door.

I then called out Gardevoir as I wrote a brief note for the gang, "Teleport everything to the bungalow," I ordered in a whisper as I placed my poketch and compowder on the bed with the note.

"May, let us in," Gary said getting slightly annoyed as he banged on the door.

Gardevoir gave me a look, but did as I asked. I then took all my pokeballs and handed them to her, "Teleport out of here and stay with Max until I come back."

"May," she said with a surprised look.

"Don't ask, just do it," I said quickly.

She nodded and did as I asked as I heard multiple footsteps and talking outside the door, crap.

I quickly did a quick look over to make sure all my stuff was gone before escaping out the window and ran toward the cave where I hid out at the beginning of the school year.

As I was catching my breath, I looked at the inhabilatator on my wrist and sighed in frustration. I had to get it off because it was too risky to wear it for a long time. After getting back to the bungalow with the help of a few wild pokemon, I took a quick shower and called a florist in Lilycove to make a flower arrangement to send Dawn before spending the rest of the day planning as to what I needed for getting the key for the inhabilatator and going undercover to protect the royal family.

After everyone was asleep, I dressed all in black and made my way to campus with the Arcanine that I helped heal from the poacher last year. After having the Arcanine wait in the shadows of the cave, I snuck my way up to Drew's window and crawled in. I quickly checked to see if Drew was sleeping when I was grabbed from behind and pinned on the floor.

I saw that my attacker was Drew and struggled to get him off me, but he held his grip as he took off my mask covering, "You're not leaving here without an explanation," Drew said with a frown as I glared back.

"I'm not telling you anything," I repeated angrily.

"Can't or won't?" he shot back.

I looked at his face to see that he was angry and hurt. I couldn't blame him as I didn't want to hurt him, but I made a promise and I can't break it.

"I'm sorry," I said angrily as tears began to appear and I kissed him hard and angrily.

I took my chance to deliver short quick punches to his arms and legs so that he couldn't move. I rolled him onto his back and then grabbed the key that was in his hand. I unlocked the bracelet and took it off causing a huge change of energy in the room.

I then knelt down and kissed him again for a couple of seconds and I felt him kiss me back hard, pleading for me not to go.

Tears fell down my face, "I'm sorry," I murmured in a choked whisper.

I quickly made a rose to place in his hand and teleported out of the room to the cave where Arcanine had laid down. He raised his head as he noticed me standing there trying to not break out crying.

"I'm fine, let's go back," I whispered as I tried to stop crying.

He gave me a look, but said nothing as he let me climb onto him and he began to run for the bungalow. As he picked up the pace, I let my face hide in his fur as I let my sobs be drowned out by the wind.

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Back to the Present

"Amy?"

I snapped out of the memory and noticed a tear was resting on my cheek causing me to quickly wipe it away.

"You alright?" Katie asked as I turned around to see her looking at me with concern.

I gave a small smile as I wiped my eyes, "I'm fine, just got caught up in a bad memory."

She looked worried as she placed a hand on my shoulder, "You want to talk about it?" she asked.

I shook my head as I placed a hand over hers, "No, I'm fine. No need to worry," I said as I gave a small smile.

Katie sighed as she took a step back while placing her hands on her hips, "Amelia Maylen Plenble, I swear one of these days, you will tell me what's troubling you."

I gave a small laugh, Katie has been a good friend since I started working undercover here. After having said goodbye to the royal family as May Maple, I changed my appearance by dying my hair a dark shade of brown and growing it to mid-back. I added contacts to make my eyes a hazel color and wore a pendant to disguise my aura.

I then followed the royal family at a distance to make sure they made it back to their kingdom safely. While there, I noticed that the castle was hiring maids to help prepare for the events to take place at the castle for the anniversary. After having forged my papers needed to be hired, I was giving my maid uniform of a long sleeved, ankle length, black dress, a crisp, white apron, a lace headpiece, and plain black shoes. I was introduced to Katie who was extremely friendly and showed me the ropes.

While working, I've kept an eye on things and have thwarted some attempts made in the night on Charlotte. In my spare time, I studied the hidden passages of the castle as well as researched about the prophecy. I've also made my way in Charlotte's attention as she called me Angel the first day she saw me working and have been close to her ever since.

"Amy............Amy! I swear to Mew that I will hit you with this feather duster if you space out again," Katie threatened as she pointed her feather duster at me.

I snapped out of it and raised my hands in defense while sweatdropping, "No need to go all out."

She shook her duster at me, "We'll see about that," she said before she set it at her side. "Anyway, as I've been trying to tell you. Lucia wants us to make a few flower arrangements for the sitting room."

"Okay," I said as I picked up my cleaning supplies before heading downstairs to put them away. We then made our way outside to the gardens as Katie put a spring in her step, "Did you hear that we have a new gardener?"

I raised an eyebrow, "I thought the castle was done hiring people to help prepare for the festivities in a few weeks?"

"Well, the new gardener was insistent in saying that he could do better than any other. If you ask me, he's just as normal as the rest of them, but I have to admit, he's handsome," Katie gossiped.

I smirked slightly, "More handsome than your Lewis?" I asked.

Katie gasped, "Of course not, no one is!" she retorted as a blush appeared on her face.

My smirk widened, "You're picturing him the time he was shirtless, aren't you?" I accused teasingly.

Katie's face went a deeper shade of red, "I never should have said anything to you," she snapped.

"It's not like I asked, you just couldn't stop talking about him like everything else," I pointed out. "You are quite the chatter box."

"My mother says that that will be my downfall," Katie admitted before grinning slyly. "But back to the point, maybe we should pair you up with the new gardener. You'd be a perfect pair."

I looked at her in surprise, "How do you even picture that, I haven't even met him?!" I argued.

Katie waved her hand indifferently, "I just know, trust me. By the time of the ball, I'll have you paired with him."

I snorted, "Good luck with that," I muttered as we walked outside.

Having her say she'll pair me up with someone reminded me of Drew and the bad memories I left causing me to sigh.

"How about we put together a rose bouquet, that ought to look pretty don't you think?" Katie asked.

I nodded, "That'll look good, maybe a bouquet of burgundy and yellow if they're in bloom," I agreed.

As we approached the roses in the garden, I saw a guy with dirty blond hair on the ground pulling out weeds.

"Oh look it's the new gardener," Katie pointed out as picked up the pace to talk to him.

I shook my head in amusement, but followed her as she stood over the guy.

"Hey Dan," she called causing the guy to look up.

He smirked as he stood up, "Well if it isn't the chatty cathy."

I froze slightly as his smirk caught me off guard because it looked a lot like Drew's. I then tried to read his aura, but he didn't have any causing me to be surprised.

"Someone seems to be quite taken with you?" Kathy said slyly to Drew causing my face to blush at what she was implying.

"What the heck Katie!" I snapped. "I was just thinking about something, that's all."

She grinned playfully, "What were you thinking then?" she asked.

"About the bouquets Lucia wants us to make," I lied.

Katie tsked at me, "If you were thinking of the bouquets, why were you looking at him instead of the flowers?" she asked as she gestured to Dan.

I huffed, "Oh, I don't know. Maybe because he's a gardener who specializes at putting flowers together. We don't have time for this. If we take too much time, Mrs. Wemble will find out and put us on chimney sweeping duty," I said annoyed as I walked over to the right rose bushes and began to snip some flowers with the clipper that I brought out.

"You'll have to pardon her, she's normally not this rude," Katie apologized.

"I can hear you ya know," I called.

I heard Dan chuckle as well as Katie walking next to me before she started to clip roses as well.

"Ow!" she cried as she sucked on her thumb.

I chuckled, "That's what you get for teasing me just now."

She pouted me causing me to laugh, "You know you could have worn gloves you know," I pointed out.

"Eck, those things are gross though and it's not like I prick myself constantly. This is the first time that it's happened to me. What I don't get is why you wear hand coverings when you can? Are you trying to hide that pretty ring you wear?" Katie asked.

I looked at her in shock, "Katie," I said trying to shush her.

"I don't see why you need to. It's beautiful with the metal designed as a fl........AAHH!!" she screamed as a Caterpie appeared out of the rose bush.

I inwardly sighed at the distraction, I love Katie, but she doesn't know when to shut up.

"Everything all right?" Dan asked as he walked over to us.

"Yea, Katie got spooked by a Caterpie," I snickered.

"It appeared out of nowhere!" she retorted.

"Katie......KATIE!" I heard a voice shout. "Where are you? You are to report to the kitchen this instant!"

"Oh boy, the devil woman, I better get going. Can you handle the task yourself?" Katie asked me.

I nodded, "I'll be fine, get going before you get in trouble," I said shooing her away.

Katie sighed, "Fine, but our discussion is not over," she said while pointing at me before running to Mrs. Wemble.

I looked to see Dan still standing there, "I apologize for Katie, she's got a good heart, but she doesn't know when to stop talking," I said as I walked to the other rose bush.

Dan chuckled, "She reminds me of my younger sister. She always likes to chatter and get in other people's business."

I nodded as I continued to clip roses, "I couldn't help but overhear Katie say you always hide your hand when you get the change. Any reason why?" he asked with slight suspicion in his voice.

I shook my head, "I wear a ring that's special to me, I don't want it to get damaged when working," I said slightly lying.

Dan looked like he didn't believe me, but said nothing.

"When I met everyone, they said that you were ill because you'd been sleeping for a few days," he said as I picked up my basket.

"Yea, I was overworking and got exhausted," I lied getting a bit uptight by all the questions.

Since I was keeping tabs on the gang through a connection I had, I kept them safe from any real danger. In the recent events of the virus, I had to leave the castle and heal the girls. The power I used caused me to pass out when I returned and I had to rest three days to regain the power I used up.

"I can imagine, the head housekeeper sure sounds awful," Drew observed.

"You don't know the half of it," I muttered as I noticed him staring at me. "Do I remind you of someone, you keep staring at me?"

Dan sighed, "I'm sorry, you kind of do," he admitted. "Can you meet me back here tonight?"

I looked surprised, "May I ask why?"

He sighed, "I want to ask you a few things in private, will you come?"

I stood there thinking of the consequences. Katie would tease me endless if she found out and I could be punished because servants weren't supposed to be up after hours, let alone together with a member of the opposite gender. But......it would give me an opportunity to investigate him.

I nodded, "Alright, I'll meet you here at midnight."