Chào các bạn! Vì nhiều lý do từ nay Truyen2U chính thức đổi tên là Truyen247.Pro. Mong các bạn tiếp tục ủng hộ truy cập tên miền mới này nhé! Mãi yêu... ♥

Chapter 21: It's Finally Over

October 27th (Galin Kingdom, Kanto)

A Few Minutes Earlier

(Leaf's POV)

"The heir will fall," the man before said with a grin as I zip-tied his hands.

"We won't let her," I gritted as I kicked the man behind the knees to make him fall forward.

"You know we aren't supposed to hurt after we caught them," Ash said as he made his bad guy sit on the ground next to mine.

"I think we got them all," Gary reported as he arrived with his knight.

"I think so to, we got the other four," Misty reported.

I then heard an explosion and saw something fly off with a 'we're blasting off again'.

"Was that Team Rocket?" I asked.

"Lottie!" we heard May shout followed by a gunshot causing me to gasp.

"What was that?" I heard Paul ask.

"What that a gun shot?" Dawn asked worriedly.

I looked at Gary and Ash in fear when I noticed a figure running away.

"Stop!" I shouted as I started to give chase.

Of course they didn't stop and they dropped something which looked like a hand gun causing me to run faster in anger.

"You won't get away!" I screamed as I activated my nails to grow seven inches before swiping my hands in front of me trying to scratch the figure.

I heard him groan signaling me that I hit my target and saw them fall a few feet later.

"You have nowhere to run," I said as I walked around to see that the figure was none other than the house keeper Mrs. Wemble.

"Down with the heir," she hissed in pain.

I glared as her as I placed a tracking chip on the back of her neck.

"Why...can't.....I.....move," Mrs. Wemble strained to say as she tried to move.

"You're in paralysis and for a good fifteen minutes," I snapped as I zip-tied her hands behind her.

"Lance, there's a suspect captured northwest of the castle, sending coordinates now," I reported as I sent them over my compowder.

"I'll have agents pick them up," he said letting me run back to find out if any damage was done.

"Ash, Gary. Have you located May?" I asked as I ran.

"Why do you need to find May?" Misty asked.

I stopped and bit the inside of my cheek as I carefully picked up the handgun.

"I don't know. When you ran off, Ash stayed behind to watch the knights while I took off in the direction the figure came from. I found the 'May' we saw in the ballroom stabbed with a knife," Gary reported causing me to tense in fear.

"Oh my Arceus!" Dawn gasped.

"What are you saying?" Drew demanded anxiously.

"Relax man, the 'May' I found is a fake. It's something similar May used when she faked her death," Gary said causing all of us to sigh in relief.

"Thank heavens it was a fake," Misty sighed in relief as I finally got out of the forest and up a small hill to see the castle.

I then noticed a figure lying on the ground and a small figure crouched near her.

I took off to investigate and the closer I ran, I could make out who it was causing me to run faster.

"Oh my Mew," I panted in fear.

"Leaf? What's wrong?" Gary demanded.

As I ran, I hit my distress button on my compowder which automatically sent my coordinates to the others.

"May might have escaped the knife, but not the gun," I said hoarsely as I got within earshot to hear Charlotte crying and gently shaking May.

"Wake up Angel, please!" Lottie cried.

I then knelt beside May as I looked to see blood coming from her chest, "Oh my Mew," I whispered again as I felt tears begin to sting my eyes.

"May!" Misty and Dawn cried in unison as the others arrived and gathered around May.

"Please, not again," Drew murmured in sadness as he raised his hand over her to read her aura.

"Don't worry my love, I'm not dead yet," May said faintly as she blinked her eyes open.

"Angel!" Lottie cried as she hugged May's neck.

"Shhh, sweetheart. I'm alright," May murmured as she pet Lottie's head with a free hand. "It's all over."

Drew then called for medical help which soon arrived in the form of a helicopter.

"Will she be okay?" Lottie asked as paramedics helped carry May into the helicopter with Drew following them.

"She'll be fine, she's as tough as an Ursaring," Dawn said confidently. "Now, let's get you to your parents."

She took Lottie's hand and led her away with Paul following them as the helicopter took off for the hospital.

"We better make sure everything is secure around here," Misty said as the helicopter was out of sight.

She and Ash left as I then turned around and picked up the gun I had placed down next to me when I knelt down next to May.

"Where did you get that?" Gary asked.

"Mrs. Wemble dropped in when I chased her in the woods after she shot May," I said quietly.

I then trembled slightly as Gary took off his suit jacket to drape over my shoulders before giving me a side hug while kissing my temple.

"Everything will be okay Leafy," he said gently as he guided me back inside.

"I pray to Mew it does," I whispered.

Gary pulled me closer as we reached the ballroom where agents were walking around taking control of the situation.

I then handed the gun to an agent for evidence before we walked over to Ash and Misty talking to Lance.

"And Maple has been flown off to the hospital?" Lance asked.

"Yes," Misty answered tiredly.

Lance grunted, "That girl really goes all out and has little concern for her life. Anyway, I'll have the agents take it from here. You are to be teleported back to Lilycove where you can rest."

"Lance," I spoke up. "The seven of us request a three weeks leave of absence."

"Why? You've already had two weeks off," Lance asked with a raised eye brow.

I opened my mouth to answer, but was cut off, "Don't worry, you may have it," Clair said as she walked up to us.

"Clair, that's a bit ridiculous," Lance argued.

Clair frowned, "They are shaken up by what's happened in the last month and need down time to recover. Besides, we've never given them much of a break."

Lance grunted but said nothing, "We can take over from here, you all should try and get some rest."

The four of us nodded and we started making our way to our rooms.

"We'll join you girls in a few minutes, it's best if we wait in the same place for when Dawn and Paul come back," Gary said as I gave him back his suit jacket.

"Alright," I agreed as we split our ways to change out of our dress wear into something more comfortable.

Half an hour later, Misty and I had changed and sat on our beds waiting for the guys.

"I think at this rate, I'll get gray hair before I'm forty," I muttered as I flopped back onto my bed.

Misty chuckled, "With May around, I think all of us will."

We heard a knock at the door, "Come in," I called as I raised an arm over my eyes.

I heard the door open and shut as wells a shuffling footsteps. Then I felt a shadow cast over me, "Can I help you?" I asked.

Suddenly a pillow was dropped on face causing snickers, "Yes Gary," I muffled.

"What makes you think it was me?" he teased. "It could have been anybody."

"First off, Misty doesn't play that trick. If she wanted me up, she would have thrown the pillow at me while shouting at me to sit up," I started to explain as I took the pillow of my face.

"True," she agreed.

"Second, Ash wouldn't do it because he would fear my wrath like that last time he pulled that stunt when we were kids," I further explained as I sat up.

"True," Ash said sheepishly.

"Lastly, you love to torture me and don't fear my rage because you think I'm freakin' cute when I'm mad," I finished in a slight snap as I flung the pillow behind me.

Gary sidestepped out of the way causing the pillow to hit the wall and fall with a soft thud.

"All very true," he agreed as he smirked at my glare before pecking me on the lips and stepping out of reach.

I huffed in irritation as I crawled to the back of the bed and laid against the pillows before looking at Misty.

"You're lucky Misty. May, Dawn, and I have to put up with men who don't fear us when we're mad. They just stare and smirk when we glare," I complained as I shot Gary an annoyed look.

"You do know they do that to egg you girls on. Besides, they probably have some sort of masculine instinct which tells when you are really mad. Well, mostly Paul and Drew, Gary's works only half the time," Misty explained.

"Hey!" Gary shouted in protest causing Ash to snort.

I chuckled, "Point taken," I agreed.

"Leafy!" Gary whined.

I laughed as I patted the space next to me letting Gary know it was safe to come over.

"Anybody have an idea as to when Paul and Dawn will be back?" Ash asked.

"It's hard to tell. They might not even be back until tomorrow," I said as Gary sat next to me and laid an arm out so that I could move closer and snuggle into him.

Suddenly someone's compowder/wallet began to ring.

"Hope it's not mine cause I am not planning on moving," I muttered.

"No need to worry Leafy, it's mine," Gary said as he pulled his wallet out of his sweatpants and sat up causing me to groan.

"Hey man, how's May?" Gary asked causing the rest of us to sit up.

"She's fine. Apparently May had layers of silk in her dress which helped protect her from the bullet causing serious damage. She still has the bullet penetrate her slightly so she had some stitches put in. She can be released from the hospital tomorrow," Drew reported causing all of us to sigh in relief.

"Thank goodness," I murmured.

"Anybody know who shot May?" Drew asked.

"It was Mrs. Wemble, she was hiding in forest. She was probably waiting there as the knights back up plan in killing Charlotte," I explained.

Drew sighed, "Figures, she was an evil old lady."

We then heard a ding, "I better go, May's coming out of surgery," Drew said tiredly.

"K, keep us posted," Gary said before shutting his wallet.

I then fell backward to hit the pillows, "Thank goodness May stuffed silk in the bodice of her dress," I sighed in relief.

"What good does silk do?" Ash asked.

"Silk was one of the first cloth materials for bullet proof vests," Misty explained. "She probably figured that someone might have a gun and she couldn't hide wearing a bullet proof vest so she went with the next best thing."

"Way to plan ahead," Ash said thoughtfully.

We heard the door open causing all our heads to turn and see Dawn and Paul come in.

"Charlotte and her family are safe. They are being protected by agents outside the castle for night, they'll be back here tomorrow," Paul reported.

"Has anybody heard anything about May?" Dawn asked.

"She stuffed silk in the bodice of her dress which helped the bullet from causing serious damage. It only partial penetrated her so she just needed a few stiches and she'll be released tomorrow," I relayed.

Dawn sighed and hunched over slightly, "Thank goodness," she said as she sat in front of the mirror to start pull out the pins in her hair.

"Hey, were you able to take off the nail polish okay?" she asked.

I nodded, "I also scanned my nails to show that there was no trace of the drug left behind on my nails either."

"That's good, did you use the nails at all? I only had the opportunity to use the tracking chip," Dawn said as she pulled the finally pins which let her hair spill over her shoulders.

"All the functions worked as we wanted them to. I used it when I chased Mrs. Wemble in the forest," I reported.

"Can you girls please explain what you're talking about, we're a little bit in the dark," Gary asked slightly confused.

"Dawn, mind explaining since you're the only one with nail polish still on?" Misty asked.

"Sure," Dawn said as she finished removing her makeup before turning around to face us.

"To summarize," Dawn said as she flicked her wrist causing her nails to growth seven inches before swiping her pointer finger out to throw her nail out and hit the pillow next to Paul. "This nail polish allows our nails to grow and become a throwable weapon. The nail polish also contains a paralysis agent that can leave the target paralyzed for fifteen minutes if the nail cuts their skin and the gems on our nails are throwable tracking chips."

Gary and Ash looked at us in shock while Paul looked indifferent, "We asked Max and Lizzy to invent it because we figured it would be a good defense for us as well as an offense. Never underestimated a girl with a wicked mani," Dawn smirked with a wink as she got up and grabbed some stuff before going in the bathroom.

I heard the chiming of the hour and looked at the nearby clock to see that it was midnight.

"We better call it a night, it's late," I said as I yawned.

"True, see ya in the morning," Gary said as he kissed me before getting up and leaving with Ash and Paul.

"Now this whole thing is over, I wonder what May plans to do next?" I asked.

"Who knows, she's expelled from school," Misty pointed out.

"Well, I guess May will figure something out," I said as Misty turned the lights off and we fell asleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

October 28th (Galin Kingdom, Kanto)

(May's POV)

After being dismissed from the small hospital in town, Drew and I began making our way back to the castle.

"Are you alright, you're awfully quiet this morning?" I said softly.

Drew sighed, "I just have a lot on my mind."

I nodded and said nothing. I figured that what was on his mind was me and the pain I caused him.

After a minute, I sighed and stopped walking, "Drew, can you stop for a second?"

Drew stopped, but he didn't turn around, "I know that I've caused you pain for you this whole time and I am really and truly sorry that I did."

"Can you tell me why you left?" he whispered though he still didn't look at me.

"Yes," I murmured. "But it's best to tell everyone at once."

"No," Drew said quickly before turning to look at me. "I want you tell me now."

"Alright," I agreed as we reached the palace. "I left because I didn't want my life reflected onto someone else."

Drew said nothing causing me to sigh, "It's best to show you," I said as I raised my hand above the ground to make a time flower grow.

It then began to play my comparison memory as we continued to walk. I then moved my hand across to replay all the events that happened since we heard that cry for help in the woods.

We then reached the garden where I sat on a nearby bench while Drew still stood and watched everything. When it got to the part where I was going to be shot, I raised my hand to stop the memory, but Drew grabbed my wrist to stop me. I felt Drew flinch as the sound of the gun shot was heard before he let go of my wrist and I stopped the memory bringing us back to the present.

After a few minutes, Drew still stood there and said nothing, "At least say something," I said as I didn't like how he gave no response to what I just showed him.

"You still haven't told me why you left," he said after a thirty second pause.

I took a deep breath and looked out into the garden of flowers, "I left because I saw myself."

I saw Drew turn to face me out of the corner of my eye though I still looked straight ahead.

"I saw myself when I was seven when my parents were killed and I held Max while watching my house burn. All that time, I wanted someone to help me save them and bring them back. When she looked at me and begged me to help her save her family, I had to because I couldn't watch history repeat itself and I promised myself that I would keep her and her family safe," I explained as I tried to keep my voice under control from displaying the angry, bitterness, and sadness that I felt.

I then stood up and walked to inspect a nearby bush of roses, "When I heard that PHPA refused to help them, I took up the responsibility with anger in knowing that they were refused protection. When I took down the knights following them, I vowed that I would have no one help me because I could trust no one and I refused to put you and everyone else in a compromise with Lance."

I brushed my fingertips against the petals of one of the roses as I felt tears appear in my eyes, "I wasn't going to let them get away with killing a little girl all because of some stupid prophecy." I whispered hoarsely in trying to swallow my tears. "I wasn't."

Suddenly I was pulled into a gentle hug which I gladly accepted, "I still wish you told me," Drew murmured.

"But I couldn't, I couldn't risk her safety. I'm sorry," I whispered through my tears. "I'm so sorry."

Drew said nothing as we stood there for a while taking comfort in each other.

"You said that making my aura invisible wasn't the same as disguising it. Was that what tipped you off in knowing that Dan was me?" Drew asked after some time.

I took a step back as I took his hands in mine while shaking my head and smiling softly, "Actually, it was your smirk that got me suspicious."

"Really now?" Drew said teasingly.

"I'm serious, you have a distinct smirk," I retorted before continuing. "Then I checked your aura to find it invisible which made me all the more suspicious. Later on when we met up at night, I noticed your ring and then I knew it was you."

"When I had you show me your hand that night, that was your ring wasn't it?" Drew asked.

I nodded as I let my hands slip from Drew's and reshaped it to what he saw that night using metal bending before changing it back, "I couldn't bring myself to take it off so I changed its appearance when you tried to find it."

Drew then pulled me close and kissed me, "Drew, are you sure you still want to be with me," I asked once we broke apart.

I sighed and looked down, "I know that I what I did hurt you and I don't want to put you in that position ever again, but I don't know what the future will have me do so I want to give you the chance to leave if that's what you want," I said quietly.

Drew sighed softly as he lifted my chin up before kissing me, "I went through hell and back to be with you. I'm not gonna give you up because of this. We made promises to each other to be by each other's sides in everything we faced and to never stop loving each other. I know you feel guilty for what you did and that it caused you as much pain as it did to me, but this pain isn't enough for me to break up with you. If anything, this makes me realize that I can't live without you."

If there was anything that Drew could do, he could very easily make me weak in the knees and lose my breath. I then leaned forward to kiss him, "I guess what they say is true, absence makes that heart grow fonder."

Drew gave me a soft smile before kissing me back.

"We better go inside, everyone's probably wondering where we are," I said as I grabbed his hand to go back inside

I felt my arm being yanked back gently before being hugged around from behind, "Or we could make them wait a while," Drew whispered in my hair as I leaned back against him.

"As much as I would love to, I have a lot of explaining to do. Plus I need to change out of the dress the hospital let me borrow," I said as I felt Drew's arms around relax.

"Must you always shoot me down," Drew grumbled as he crossed his arms.

I smiled softly as I kissed him, "Come on grumpy," I said as I grabbed his hand and started to pull him to follow me.

We then heard a fanfare, "We better hurry, the royal family is returning."

We quickly made it back inside in time and blended in with the crowd that greeted their majesties arrival.

I noticed Charlotte looking around anxiously before her eyes locked on mine, "Angel!" she cried as she raced forward and hugged me.

I smiled softly as I gently hugged her back as to avoid bumping my stitches and bruised ribs, "You're okay!"

"I don't go down easy," I teased. "And what did we agree on when to call me Angel?"

"Oops," Charlotte blurted.

I smiled as I looked up to see their majesties coming towards me, "I want to thank you for rescuing us and saving my daughter," Adeline said as she shifted her hold of Nicholas. "But I must say, you have a lot of explaining to do."

I sighed and nodded, "I expect you for tea in a little while, I'll send a maid to tell you. Also, I would like you to appear as yourself. It's not good to hide who you are."

"Yes your majesty," I said with a slight curtesy.

Adeline then turned to Drew, "You and your friends are also welcome to join us."

"Thank you your majesty," Drew said politely with a slight bow.

Adeline nodded, "Come along Charlotte."

Charlotte took a hold of her father's hand as they walked away.

"May!"

I turned around to see the gang walk up to me, "How are you feeling?" Dawn asked.

"I'm feeling alright, a little sore, but otherwise I'm good," I answered.

"Good because the lot of us are ready to kill you!" Dawn snapped angrily. "What the hell! You let yourself get shot you idiot!"

I sighed, "I had no way to stop it otherwise and I couldn't push Charlotte out of the way."

"Even with your powers?" Misty asked with a raised eyebrow.

I nodded, "I've been feeling weak in regenerating my powers to their normal standards so I didn't have enough to do anything when it came to jerking Charlotte out of the way with Psychic."

This caused everyone to frown, "Why are your powers weaker?" Gary asked.

"I don't know, I assume it's from teleporting to Hoenn and back a week ago. It took a lot out of me," I explained. "Anyway, I need to change and dye my hair back."

"How are you going to do that when you're not supposed to get your stitches wet?" Drew asked.

"I'll think of something," I said while shrugging my shoulders.

Dawn groaned, "Come on, I'll help."

"You don't have to," I said as she walked in front of me.

She stopped and turned around, "It's fine. Besides, I want to make sure you look good for this tea," she said shortly.

I rolled my eyes, "I know how to look appropriate."

"Well, I'd rather play it safe," she insisted. "Anyway, grab what you need and come to our room. I can help change your hair back."

We then started upstairs and split ways as Dawn went to the room where she was staying and I went to the governess's room to get what I needed. Five minutes later, I appeared in Dawn's room. After a few hours, my hair was back to normal.

"Thanks for helping me with my hair Dawn, it looks great. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you could be a cosmetologist," I teased.

"I'm not that great, I can just do the basics. Besides, it would have taken forever to die your hair back if we didn't trim your hair," Dawn pointed out.

"True," I agree. "But you still did a great job."

Dawn gave a small grin and helped me change into the governess dress I brought with me since I couldn't move my arms up without hurting my ribs and pulling at my stitches.

"Thanks for the help, the stitches make it very hard to move around," I said as Dawn zipped up my dress.

"No problem," she said as she went to pick up my cut hair.

"Don't throw it out, we'll have to burn it somewhere later," I said as we walked out of the bathroom.

"Why?" Dawn asked.

"Clones," I muttered as I sat down in front of the mirror in the room.

"What you talking about?" Leaf asked as she looked up from the card game that everyone was playing.

"I need to be careful with my hair whenever I cut it. Someone might try to steal it and make clones of me," I explained.

"You're very paranoid about that," Gary commented.

"I'm paranoid because it has happened before. Ask Max," I said tiredly. "Hey Dawn, do you mind doing a French twist?"

"Your wish is my command," she said as she picked a hair brush.

"Oh come on! How come you let her get away in picking how she wants her hair?" Misty groaned as the group put away their cards.

"Because she actually styles it multiple ways all the time while you live with either your side-ponytail or your hair down," Dawn retorted.

Misty rolled her eyes as Dawn finished doing my hair.

"Thanks Dawn," I said as I checked myself over.

"No problem, you look gorgeous," she complimented dramatically.

I rolled my eyes as I heard a knock on the door. Leaf got up and answered it to see Lucia.

"Their majesties invite you to tea," she announced.

"Thank you Lucia," I said as I got up and walked over.

"Oh, you're in here too. Well that saves me a trip up the stairs," Lucia said with a grin.

"We'll be down shortly," I said as Lucia gave a brief nod before leaving.

"I'll meet you guys downstairs, I have to grab some something from upstairs," I said as I started to leave.

"I'll come with you," Drew said as he walked fast to catch up to me.

I turned to look at him, "You don't need to."

"But I want to," he insisted.

"All right," I agreed as we started walking.

"What is it you need?" he asked.

"I need to return some books to their majesties," I explained.

"Why not just return them to the library later?" Drew asked slightly confused.

"Because I want to make their majesties aware of these books," I said making Drew more confused.

"You'll understand in a little bit," I explained as we reached my room.

After grabbing the books, we made our way to one of the bigger sitting rooms where the gang, their majesties as well as Clair were.

"Angel!" Charlotte cried excitedly as she attacked me with a hug.

"Charlotte, be careful! May isn't a stuffed animal you can tackle," Adeline scolded.

"I'm sorry," Charlotte apologized as she let go.

I gave a smile as I knelt down to her height, "It's alright, I like hugs anyways," I said with a wink causing Charlotte to smile big and hug me again.

Charlotte then let me go and took her seat next to her mother while I grabbed a cup of tea before sitting next to Drew.

"You wished to see me," I said to Adeline.

"Yes, I believe you have quite a bit of explaining to do," she said.

I nodded and sighed, "To make this easier, I better start it at the beginning. When returning to Lilycove City with Drew, Paul, and Dawn. I heard Stephen cry out for help causing me to separate from everyone to investigate. I discovered his lower leg caught under a log and helped him out. I then noticed that the tree had been cut on purpose as I helped Stephen back to the cabin that he and his family were staying at. When I got there, Adeline was ready to pass out from labor. After helping Adeline deliver Nicholas, I quickly helped heal Stephen's leg."

"How did you do that?" the king asked.

"I'm an aura guardian and I have some healing abilities," I explained

"Can you heal yourself?" the king asked.

"Not with my aura," I said while shaking my head. "Anyway, the next morning, some knights came in and tried to kidnap Charlotte. We were able to escape from them on pokemon, but they found us later on. After finally beating them and having them arrested, I noticed that there was a miniature tracking device on Stephen's shoe. After their majesties left, I went to Lilycove to show that I made it back. After I got expelled....."

"Wait a minute, why did you get expelled?" Stephen asked.

"The school has started the tradition of a 'camping challenge' to test us as trainers and coordinators. We're given a few days to make it back or we would be expelled," Dawn explained.

"But since I came back late, they expelled me," I said.

"They did give you a chance to explain yourself," Leaf added.

"Yes," I agreed, "but I decided against saying anything because I knew that the business with the knights was far from over and for the safety of their majesties I said nothing to know one."

I then got up to refill my cup, "To continue on, I then changed my appearance and disguised myself before following the royal family to the castle. I heard from people in town that the castle was hiring extra help to prepare the castle for the anniversary. I faked some papers and got myself a position as a maid."

I then turned around to look at Adeline and Stephen, "I apologize for the dishonesty in that, but I had to make sure I could a suitable cover in where I could keep an eye on Charlotte."

Adeline waved her hand in the gesture of it not mattering, "You did what you had to do, go on."

I then sat back down, "Anyway, I was then promoted to being Charlotte's governess after a few weeks. During the time when I was a maid, only small instances occurred in trying to hurt Charlotte such as sneaking into her room when she was asleep. Then it escalated when your majesties left for a few days," I said with a sigh. "Charlotte was poisoned with Cicuta, a poison found in water hemlock."

This caused everyone's eyes to widen, "Was that why I felt ill and fell of Starlight?" Charlotte asked.

I nodded, "You were very ill sweetie and the pain was so intense that you didn't notice that you fell off."

"Is Cicuta dangerous?" Stephen asked.

"It is," I said with a nod. "It's one of the most dangerous plants in the Kanto region. It causes seizures, vomiting, dizziness, etc. It is deadly unless treated immediately."

"Oh my baby," Adeline breathed as she hugged Charlotte.

"I didn't know what she was suffering, but I brought her back to the castle as fast as I could. After the doctor finished checking Charlotte, he diagnosed that she had food poisoning even though I told him that she had a seizure. In knowing that, I decided to treat Charlotte myself since I couldn't alert anyone without tipping off the knights. I then teleported out to snag a small lab kit from an acquaintance as well as snagging some Benzodiazepines from the Pokemon Center in Petalburg," I explained.

"What are Benzodiazepines?" the king asked.

"They're a drug used to help prevent epileptic episodes," I explained. "Anyway, I tested the food we ate for lunch and found that Cicuta was laced in Charlotte's. At that point, I read that activated charcoal was used to help draw poison out of the digestive system, but that it also had side effects. I had no other option so I teleported to the Cerulean Pokemon Center to borrow some since they keep stock of it since water hemlock is common in the area."

"When you say teleport, do you mean as in you teleported?" the king asked surprised.

"Yes, I have the ability to teleport, but that's a whole 'nother story," I answered.

The king still looked at me surprised, but said nothing which allowed me to continue, "After treating Charlotte with the activated charcoal, I kept a close eye on her to make sure that she didn't suffer any side effects. Thankfully she didn't and she got better after a while. Over the course of the next couple of days, the knights were suspicious of me when Charlotte was well after being poisoned. Small 'accidents' began to happen such as pushing me down a flight of stairs or throwing a dagger at me. At that point in time, I was trying to figure out a plan for the ball to ensure Charlotte's safety, but it was hard because I had no idea who the knights were. When I was in the library, my Skitty escaped her pokeball and discovered a hidden room in the library when she knocked a statue over to open the door. While in there, my Skitty evolved into the Declatty by touching the Moon Stone on the display of your Evolution Stones. I still need to replace that," I said slightly sheepish.

"Don't worry about it," Adeline said with a wave of her hand. "While in the secret room, did you find anything important?"

"Yes," I said as I handed her the books I brought down. "One is a family history of all the nobles of the kingdom. When held to a flame, a symbol appears next to the names of those belonging to the knights. The other book is one that holds the original blueprints of the castle which was how I was able to route our escape last night."

Adeline handed the books to Stephen, "Keep the blueprints hidden, they are a resource and a weapon depending upon who reads it," I advised.

"So what happened after the secret room?" Clair asked.

I sighed, "While in there, I had to hide when Mrs. Wemble came in."

"What a minute, she knew about the room?" Stephen asked surprised.

"Yes, she was probably told of it from one of her ancestors because her family has ties to the knights," I explained.

"She also was the one who shot you," Leaf said bitterly.

I looked at her surprised before looking away in thought, "She must have been the one to poison Charlotte as well since she had access to the kitchen," I murmured.

Adeline fell back against the couch where she sat, "My Mew, our own housekeeper," she said in shock.

"Continue," Clair said shortly.

"After almost being discovered, I decided that Drew needed to leave and that I wanted a source of back-up to play it safe so I called another acquaintance of mine who is a buff of old spy play. I had him send PHPA an anonymous message while calling a friend to send a message to Clair as to where Drew was," I said causing the gang to look at me as well as Clair.

"After that and having to give myself away since someone was noisy," I said with a slight snap before looking at Dawn.

"What can I say, I'm a natural detective," she said slightly bragging.

"I set my plan in motion. I arranged for a holographic double of sorts to take my place in appearing as me. Meanwhile, I hid in the shadows til the knights appeared. When they did, I helped the royal family escape and had them taken to a safe house arranged ahead of time. It didn't quite go as I planned when Team Rocket tried to kidnap Charlotte so I had Cynthia take his majesty and his family to the safe house while I rescued Charlotte. In the process, I couldn't move her out of the way fast enough when I saw the moon reflect off the gun so I jumped in the way," I said quietly. "More or less, you know the rest."

"That my dear is quite the story, but you never told us the reason in why you helped us," the king pointed out.

I sighed, "The day Charlotte begged me for help when I got Stephen to the cabin. I immediate saw myself as seven again the night my parents were murdered. At that moment, I vowed to myself that I would do anything to keep her safe as I wouldn't let anything happen to her or her family like it did to mine. I wasn't going to stand by and let history repeat itself to someone else."

"So you gave up everything for her," Misty summarized plainly.

I nodded, "But I don't regret it, all that matters was that I was able to keep Charlotte and her family safe."

I then looked at Adeline, "I also apologize, but I will be resigning as Charlotte's governess."

Adeline sighed while Charlotte looked saddened, "I understand and I appreciate all the service you've done for my family as well as the kingdom."

Charlotte then leapt forward and ran to me to hug me tightly causing me to wince in pain, "You can't leave, I won't let you!" she cried.

I gave a sad smile as I hugged her back, "All good things must come to an end," I murmured.

"No!" Charlotte shouted stubbornly.

I sighed, "I've done my part in watching over you, but I have to go where the wind takes me," I explained gently.

"But it's not fair," Charlotte argued.

I gave a small laugh, "Baby girl, I have learned throughout my whole life that it isn't fair, but it's something that we have to live with and continue on."

Charlotte frowned, "Do you remember the bedtime story I've been telling you for the past few nights?" I asked.

"Yea, the little girl who felt she was alone and had all these different adventures that put her in danger, but that she found friends and love that changed her life around and made her feel not alone," Charlotte answered.

"Did you ever figure out who the girl was?" I asked.

"No............wait a minute, was she you?" Charlotte asked.

I nodded, "The bedtime story that I told you was my story."

"But why did you tell me?" Charlotte asked.

"It's a lesson to show that no matter many times that life shows it's not fair, it still has its moments that make you glad that you keep fighting because those moments are worth living for," I explained. "I know that you don't want me to leave, but you'll be okay. You have parents and a little brother that love you very much as well as everyone you meet. You have the gift of getting people to like you just within ten seconds of meeting you."

"Really?" Charlotte asked with wide eyes.

"Absolutely," I said as I tapped her nose.

Charlotte then hugged me again, "I'll still miss you."

"I'll miss you too," I said as I hugged her. "But don't worry, I'll be here until Sunday."

"Yea!" Charlotte said excitedly before racing back to Adeline.

I shook my head slightly while smiling at her antics, "May," Clair said getting my attention. "I have nothing against what've you done to help the royal family, but Lance wants to have a meeting on Monday to discuss this with the other champions."

"I understand," I said with a nod.

"Good," she said slightly relieved as she looked at her majesties. "Thank you so much for your hospitality, but I'm afraid I must go."

"We understand," Stephen said with a nod. "Again thanks for your help."

Clair nodded before looking at the gang, "You are also free to leave now that everything here is settled."

They nodded as Clair got up and left, "Hey momma, shouldn't we do something for May since she did so much to help us?"

"Yes we should," Adeline agreed. "What do you think we should do?"

"We could give her a title like a Baroness," Charlotte suggested excitedly.

I slightly choked on my tea causing snickers to appear from the gang, "As much as I appreciate the idea Charlotte, that isn't necessary. Besides, titles can only be given to members of the kingdom."

"What about knighthood?" Charlotte then said causing more snickers and chuckles. "Grandpa knights people from everywhere."

My eyes widened while shaking my head in slight shock, "Giving me a title is not necessary Lottie," I lightly exclaimed.

"Nonsense, my granddaughter has a point," the king argued before looking at Charlotte. "Now women can't be given knighthood, but they can be given damehood."

"Then do that with a ball afterwards," Charlotte suggested.

"That sounds like a lovely idea," Adeline praised. "What do you say father?"

"I like the sound of it. I'll leave the arrangements to you Adeline," the king agreed.

"As you wish," Adeline nodded before looking at me. "May dear, will you be attending the servants ball tonight?"

"I think I have to unless I want to get an earful from Katie," I joked.

Adeline nodded before looking at Drew, "You are also welcomed to attend as you did work for us for a short while."

"Thank you your majesty," Drew said with a nod.

"If you don't mind your majesty, I would like to rest a little before the festivities tonight," I said as I stood up and placed my empty cup on the service tray.

"Of course," his majesty said with a nod allowing me and everyone else to leave.

As soon as we left, I let out a huge sigh, "What's the matter May?" Leaf asked.

"I'm getting a title which I find to be utterly ridiculous," I said with a slight laugh.

"What's wrong with it? Afraid to called Dame or Lady all the time?" Misty asked before smirking. "Huh, guess Lizzy could legitly call you Lady May."

I stopped and turned to face her with a glare on my face, "Don't you freakin' dare?" I threatened.

She smirked as she pulled out her compowder and began typing something causing me to roll my eyes and drop my head, "Do whatever you want, I give up."

I then turned around and began walking away, "I'll you guys later, I'm going to lie down."

"Sure you're okay?" Dawn shouted.

"I'm fine, just tired," I hollered back.

I then heard fast footsteps behind me before they matched my pace, "Are you going to follow me everywhere now?" I asked slightly amused.

"Something like that, I'm just gonna bug the crap out of you by following you around," Drew teased.

I laughed, "I think I can live with that," I agreed as I took his hand in mine as we continued walking.

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: Truyen247.Pro