September 15th (La Rousse City, Hoenn)

(May's POV)

"Objection, this information does not pertain to the case!" Jonathon shouted.

"Overruled," the judge called.

Crap, crap, CRAP, "No," I answered plainly.

Nr. Nesbit looked at me with a frown, "So you are saying that didn't drug yourself and your brother?"

"Yes."

"But you did, did you not?" Mr. Nesbit asked in annoyance.

"Objection you honor, Mr. Nesbit is badgering my client!" Jonathon shouted in anger.

"Sustained, the court will not take into account anything with the XSC39 drug," the judge called.

"No further questions your honor," Mr. Nesbit said through grit as he sat down.

Jonathon then took to the floor and we grinned at Nr. Nesbit's slip up before Jonathon faced the jury, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, moments ago, Mr. Nesbit asked my client why the mentioned criminals want a formula that was a virus. He admitted that the Ropex Formula is a virus giving my client reason to believe that formula would be best off destroyed."

He then turned to face me, "Did Mr. Nesbit admit when questioning you that the Ropex Formula was a virus?"

I smirked slightly, "Yes."

"Objection your honor!" Nr. Nesbit shouted.

"Overruled," the judge called.

"No further questions," Jonathon said as he took his seat.

"Does the prosecution call for any other witnesses?" Judge Edwards asked.

"No your honor," Mr. Nesbit called.

"Alright then," Judge Edwards said as he adjusted his glasses. "Time for closing statements."

I took to my seat and listened as both Nr. Nesbit and Jonathon gave their closing statements, "The jury will have until tomorrow morning to declare a ruling, court is dismissed," Judge Edwards called and banged the gavel.

I sighed, "You did good May, really good," Jonathon said proudly as he, Mr. Peabody, and I stood up.

"I'm glad that I looked convincing," I said with a small grin as we left.

Jonathon then helped me into the car and we drove back to Drew's house. When I arrived I saw everyone waiting out in front, "I'll see you tomorrow morning May."

"See you tomorrow," I called as Jonathon shut the door and had the driver drive off.

I was then captured in a hug by Drew, "You did great," he murmured before kissing me.

"Thanks, I just hope that the jury bought it," I said worriedly before smirking. "It was their own fault for slipping up that the formula was a virus."

"We're sorry we came late," Dawn said apologetically.

"I understand, Max texted me before the trial that you guys had missions," I said understandingly. "By the way, what were they?"

"The guys have to get back a stolen computer chip and the girls and I are looking into the disappearance of Karen of the Elite Four," Leaf explained.

I frowned, "Was Karen kidnapped?" I asked.

"Looks that way, but we won't know for sure til the results from the lab come back," Misty said.

Two beeping noises then broke the conversation, "Speak of the Giratina," Dawn muttered as she pulled out her compowder and Drew pulled out his wallet.

They both started tapping buttons, "I take you have your results now," I said with a smirk.

They both nodded and Dawn frowned, "What's up?" I asked her.

"Leaf was right about those pills looking funny, the drugs in the pill bottle were barbiturates," she reported.

"So I guess that means that someone premeditated her kidnapping," I said.

"But how would the kidnapper switch out the meds?" Leaf wondered.

"I'm not such, but I guess the next place to go is the pharmacy in Ecruteak City where the meds came from," Misty said.

The girls nodded, "You want to come May?" Dawn asked.

I shook my head, "I'm beat, I think I'll take a short nap before dinner."

"No problem May," Leaf said understandingly as the girls changed into their catsuits.

"Gardevoir can you come here for a sec," I asked telepathically.

She then appeared next to me, "You mind teleporting the girls to where I'm thinking?" I asked.

She nodded and the girls disappeared, I turned to face the guys, "So where are you all off to?" I asked.

"To some small convenience store in Len Town," Drew said.

I nodded, "Gardevoir?" I asked.

She nodded and soon the guys disappeared as well, "Thank you," I said with a small smile.

"How was the trial?" she asked.

"It was tiring, we'll hear the jury's verdict in the morning," I said. "I'll let you on your own, I'm off to take a nap."

Gardevoir nodded and teleported me up to my room, I lay down and immediately conked out.

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

(Drew's POV)

Before I knew it, we were in Len Town, "Thanks for the head's up," Paul muttered.

"Where's the convenience store from here ?" Gary asked.

I typed in the coordinates and it gave me a map, "It's a few blocks from here," I said.

"Food...," Ash muttered dreamily.

"Dude, knock it off," Gary muttered as he slapped him on the upside of the head.

"Hey!" Ash shouted as he rubbed the back of his head.

"If you two morons start another pointless argument, I'll murder the both of you," Paul threatened.

That shut Ash and Gary up making me sweat-drop, we are ssooo the best of friends.

A few minutes later, we walked in and Ash immediately started going after the food causing me and Gary to sweat-drop, "Who gets Ash duty?" Gary muttered.

"I'll just get him," Paul muttered as he went after Ash.

Gary and I just shook our heads and made our way over to the cashier, "Excuse me, we have a few questions to ask you," I said courteously.

"What can I do for you kids?" the guy asked.

"Has anyone been buying Totter Chips recently?" Gary asked.

"Totter Chips?" the guy asked to clarify. "Well, to be honest, I'm surprised some people will still eat those."

"You're not the only one," I mutter as I saw in the corner of my eye Paul dragging Ash by his collar over here.

"But has there been anyone?" Gary asked again.

The guy started to think, "Well now that you mention it, there is this one guy that comes around and buys a bag," he admitted.

"What does he look like?" I asked.

"Oh early thirties, black hair, well-built, almost six foot," the guy described.

"Do you have security footage from when the guy last came in?" Paul asked as he looked at the security camera by the door.

"Yea, follow me," the guy said as he lead us to a back room with two small TV and a video player.

He put in a tape and fast-forwarded it and stopped at the guy, "That's him," the cashier said.

I felt that he looked familiar, but I couldn't put a name to the face, "Is anyone here?" a guy hollered.

We looked the TV screen with the live security feed to see that guy that we were looking for, "Act normal when he pays, we don't want him to know that we're here," Paul directed.

The cashier nodded and went to the counter, "Sorry to keep you waiting, I was checking stock in the back," he lied.

"Hmph, whatever," the guy muttered as he paid for his chips and walked out.

We then walked to the front as the guy left, "Thanks for the help," I called as we left.

We then started to keep our distance as we followed the guy. He walked into an abandoned building causing some red flags.

"We better split up," I said as I put the contacts in again.

The guys nodded and did the same before we split off, I went in the same way that the guy did and saw nothing in the musty place.

"Nothing on the roof" Ash reported.

"Nothing in the back," Paul grunted.

"There's absolutely nothing," Gary called.

"Same, let's meet in the middle," I called.

We meet in the middle puzzled, "Where did the guy go, he couldn't have just walked away," Gary muttered.

Suddenly the floor opened up and we fell down a shoot to land in a heap on the floor below, "Well, well, well, looks like I was being tailed," our target said with an evil grin.

"I told you," a woman's voice called as she walked up.

I looked around and saw two people attached to the wall causing me to look in shock, looks like we stumbled onto something bigger than we thought.

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

(Leaf's POV)

Gardevoir dropped us off a few blocks from our location and we quickly walked inside, "Excuse me," Dawn called as she got ahold of a pharmacy tech. "Do you mind answering a few questions?"

"Go for it," the tech said pleasantly.

"We're wondering if you remember anyone picking up these meds," I said as I gave the tech the pill bottle.

She looked at it, "Hmm.......I do remember a woman picking up two bottles of these a few weeks ago," she recalled.

"What did she look like?" Misty asked.

"Hmm....late twenties, short red hair, killer figure, five foot seven," the tech said.

I mentally groaned, the description was too vague to be of help.

"Hang on a second," the tech called as she disappeared.

A couple of minutes later, she came back with a piece of paper with the woman's picture on it, "This is her," she said.

"Thanks," Misty said as we left quickly for a nearby park and Dawn pulled out her compowder.

"Let's see if we can identify our mystery person," Dawn muttered as she took a picture and pressed a button for the compowder to start a search for a match.

A few minutes later, we found a match, "Says here that her name is Sham, but her real name is Chermaine. She has a criminal record from her past from when she was a teen, but otherwise she's clean," Dawn reported.

"Do you think she's fallin' back into the criminal ways?" Misty asked.

"It's hard to say, this scenario doesn't fit any of the past crimes she's committed," Dawn said as she skimmed the file.

"If she drugged Karen, do you think she's after someone else too?" I asked.

"What makes you say that?" Misty asked furrowing her eyebrows.

"Well, the pharmacy tech that she bought two bottles," I said.

"Well, maybe she had a headache?" Dawn guessed.

"I doubt that," I muttered as I got out my compowder to call Claire.

"Hey Claire, has anyone else not been heard from in a while?" I asked.

"Not really, everyone else been checked in except Will, but he said that he wouldn't be reachable for a few days," Claire said before looking suspicious. "Why do you ask?"

I shrugged, "Just a hunch, thanks Claire," I said as I closed the compowder to prevent any further questions.

"You think that this 'Sham' woman went after Will?" Misty asked.

"Well, she did buy two pill bottles," I pointed out.

"Leaf, she could have bought some for herself," Dawn said tiredly.

"Okay, before you toss my theory out, can you see if there is a connection between Karen and Will?" I asked.

"Ugh, fine," Dawn groaned as she typed on her compowder.

A minute later her annoyed face when to her thinking face, "Whatcha find?" Misty asked.

"Apparently Karen, Will, Sham, and this guy named Carl knew each other when they were younger and Team Rocket took them in to be sub commanders, but they all left because they didn't want to be a part of it anymore," Dawn reported causing me and Misty to look surprised.

"I did not see that coming," Misty admitted.

"I told ya!" I shouted.

"Alright calm down," Misty muttered.

"We should check to see if Will is okay," I suggested. "Claire said he hasn't checked in when he said he would."

Dawn typed on her compowder, "Will's residence is outside of Len Town."

"Hey, isn't there where the guys were heading?" I asked.

The girls nodded, "Let's go check out Will's place and see what we can find," I said as we changed into our catsuits and activated our jetpacks.

After twenty minutes, we reached Will's house and didn't find anything except the same pill bottle by Will's bed with the barbiturates.

"You guys want to say something?" I asked with a grin.

Misty and Dawn looked at each other groaned, "Fine, you were right," Dawn muttered.

"The question is though, where are they being held?" I asked in thought.

"Hey, what's that?" Misty asked as she pointed behind me.

Dawn and I looked to see where she was pointing to see some form of powder on the ground, she took a sample of it and placed it on her compowder.

"This is getting weirder," Misty muttered.

"What is?" I asked.

"This powder, it's Totter Chip residue," she said.

"That can't be a coincidence," Dawn said.

"So both our missions are dealing with the same person?" I asked in thought.

"It seems that way, but I can't make the connection," Misty muttered.

"Me either," Dawn agreed.

"Let's call the guys and see if they found out anything," I said as I tried to call Gary but got no answer.

"That's strange, he didn't pick up," I muttered.

"Paul and Ash didn't either," Misty and Dawn reported.

"Guess we'll have to hunt them down," I huffed as I imputed Gary's coordinates into my compowder causing me to frown. "That's strange, there nearby in the city."

"Let's go find them," Dawn called as we reached outside and activated our jetpacks.

We flew for a few minutes before we got close, "Apparently, they're in that abandoned building," I said as I pointed ahead.

We handed on the ground and walked inside to find nothing. Suddenly the floor disappeared and fell through screaming. We landed in a heap and I saw Will and Karen attached to a wall and the guys in the corner with their hands and feet tied together.

"Girls, look out!" Gary shouted.

We turned and gasped as a heavy cage fell from the ceiling trapping us in, "So we have even more spies to deal with," a woman's voice called.

We turned to see Sham and some guy grinning evilly, "Care to explain what's going on here?" I asked annoyed.

Sham shrugged, "Why don't you tell us what you know?"

I shrugged, "Fine." I challenged. "You, him, Karen, and Will used to be leaders of Team Rocket in this region til you all broke away. I'm guessing you want to restart Team Rocket and wanted Will and Karen to join, but they refused to join up with you. After your pokemon battles with them, you snuck into their houses and switched out their meds for barbiturates to drug them except Karen wasn't quite knocked out when you tried to kidnap her. So you both fought and she cut you with the knife you tried to attack her with before she fully knocked out. How close am I getting?" I asked with a grin.

Both Sham and the guy frowned but said nothing so I continued, "After kidnapping Karen and Will, you sent your friend here to steal the newest hacker computer chip from D.O.R.C. headquarters and you plan to use in on the PHPA computer to find out the locations of the Team Rocket Elite and start up Team Rocket again and force Karen and Will to join you," I summarized.

Sham and the guy glared while everyone looked at me in shock for figuring it out.

"Well, looks like we need to get rid of you three since you all figured it out," Sham snapped as she pulled out a remote and pushed a button.

Suddenly spikes appeared inside the cage and started to come towards us causing us to gasp, "Have fun girls," she called as Sham and guy walked out laughing evilly.

Think Leaf, think! "Did this cage fall from the ceiling?" I asked.

"Yea and it weighs more than Aggron meaning we can't lift it," Dawn snapped.

"We can't, but our belts might be able to," I said as I quickly wrapped the heart a few times around the bar in front of me and aimed the heart at the ceiling.

"Quick, tie your belts around a corner aim for the ceiling," I shouted.

Dawn and Misty did as I said and aimed their hearts, "Ready.....NOW!" I shouted as the hearts hit their mark and I pressed a button on the belt to start reeling in the cable making the cage life up.

We then rolled out as our belts gave way and the cage thudded to the ground, "Nice one Leafy," Gary shouted as we made our way to the guys and undid their ropes.

We then helped Karen and Will down only for the nine of us to suddenly be surrounded by thirty grunts, "Great," Dawn snapped.

"You didn't think we'd let you go scott free did you?" Sham asked over an intercom. "Sorry to leave you, but we have a computer to hack."

"Now what?" I muttered.

"Need a hand?" I familiar voiced asked.

We looked and smiled, "May, how did you know we were here?" Misty asked in surprise.

"Max detected your adrenaline levels extreme high and said I should investigate, guess he was right," May said as she came down from the ceiling.

"Who are you?" a grunt asked.

May chuckled, "I think you can figure that out on your own," she said with a smirk.

She then used Psychic on all of them and threw them into a nearby corner, "Pikachu, mind helping me out?" May asked.

"Pika!" it shouted as it leapt into the air and used Thunderbolt on them knocking them out.

"Thanks Pikachu," May called.

"Pika," he said with a grin as he scampered back to Ash.

"You guys better go after them," May called.

"You coming with?" Misty asked.

May shook her head, "I'm still winded from the past few days and I don't think I have the energy to put up with Lance yelling at me as to why I'm in 'his' territory."

"Good point," Drew agreed.

"I'll help with getting Karen and Will to a hospital. You guys get going," May called.

"Gotcha, see ya later May," I called as we left through the tunnel that we fell through earlier.

We flew to headquarters, snuck in, and were currently hiding in the rafters of the main part of the agency. We looked down to see that Lance and Claire were tied to chairs as Sham and the guy, whose name was apparently Carl, were on the computers.

"So what's the plan?" Misty asked in a whisper.

"Half the group deals with stopping the hacking while the other half stops Sham and Carl," Drew planned.

"I'm up for that," Dawn agreed. "We can take the duo and you guys can deal with the computer chip."

The guys nodded and walked on the rafters til they were right above the computer. The girls and I attached our hearts to the rafters and counted to three before swinging down surprising everyone.

"How did you escape?" Sham shrieked.

"We had some help," Misty said with a grin.

"Ugh, time to get rid of you," Sham snapped as she and Carl charged at us.

Dawn took on Sham and Misty took Carl while I went to the Claire and Lance to untie them both. The guys then came down and started to mess with the computer and stopped the hacking along with removing the chip.

We then surrounded Sham and Carl, "Give up already, you're outnumbered," I called.

"Never," Sham hissed as she and Carl used a grappling gun type thing and started to slide up.

Dawn took off her barrette and activated it before throwing it at the cables. The buzz saw then cut through them causing Sham and Carl to fall as Dawn caught the clip and clipped it back into her hair.

"Way to accessorize," I praised.

Dawn beamed, "Just doin' what I do best, better thank Max big time when we see him next."

We nodded as Claire and Lance took control of the situation and called for agents to arrest Sham and Carl. Lance took the chip from the guys and said that he would take care of its return.

Misty's compowder then beeped and she opened it to reveal May, "Did you guys catch 'em?" she asked.

"What kind of a question is that?" Drew teased.

May stuck out her tongue childishly, "I take it that all is now well?" she guessed.

"Duh," Dawn emphasized as she rolled her eyes. "How are Karen and Will?"

"They're stable, they'll be in the hospital for observation and rest for a few days, but they should be fully recovered when they are released in a few days," May reported.

"That's good to hear," I said relieved. "We'll see ya back at the house."

"See ya," May said as she ended the call.

"What are you using?" Lance asked suspiciously.

We groaned and took deep breathes ready for the argument that we were about to engage in.

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

(May's POV)

After ending the call, I had Gardevoir teleport me back to Drew's house and I used my compowder to change into some sweats before putting on the hoodie that Drew left in the room that I was staying in.

I walked into the main hall to see Lizzy, Max, and Lizzy's parents, "You're back already?" Max said surprised.

I nodded, "I just had to help them escape from a huge group of grunts, otherwise they were doing fine," I reported. "They went to stop Sham and Carl from hacking PHPA while I admitted Karen and Will into the hospital."

"Pfft, those losers probably couldn't hack their way out of a 1980 baseball computer game," Max scoffed.

"Well not everyone can hack into anywhere at any time they please," I retorted.

"How was the trial?" Jennifer asked interrupting our argument.

"It went well, but we'll find out the jury's verdict tomorrow morning," I explained.

Lizzy's parents nodded before they walked off somewhere, "Is that Drew's hoodie you're wearing?" Lizzy teased.

"Yea, so?" I said raising an eyebrow.

Lizzy smirked, "I don't recall Drew saying you could wear it," she teased again. "Besides, I don't see the point in wearing a guy's hoodie."

"When you get a close boyfriend, you'll understand," I said knowingly as I patted her on the head.

"Stop that," she whined as she smacked my hands away and covered her head protectively.

I laughed as she tried to smooth her hair out, but was having a little bit of difficulty, "What's going on here?" Drew asked as he noticed that Lizzy looked ticked and I was smirking.

"I was trying to tell her that she would understand a certain concept when she gets a boyfriend, "I explained. "Then I frazzled her hair."

"The girl wearing her boyfriend's hoodie concept?" Misty guessed.

I nodded, "Yeah, you wouldn't understand it til you have a boyfriend," Leaf agreed.

The guys just looked at us, "Are we missing something here?" Gary asked.

Leaf shrugged, "I don't know about you all, but I'm up for a movie marathon," I said with a smirk.

"Count me in," Dawn called as she changed out of her cat suit to some sweats and baggy t-shirt.

Leaf and Misty did the same and we started walking toward Drew's game room, "Did we just get ditched?" Drew asked.

"If you recall grasshead, I didn't say anything about you guys not joining us," I hollered with a smirk.

It took about five seconds before the boys changed, snuck up behind us, and grabbed us from behind.

"AH!" we shouted from surprise.

"Geez, why not give us a heart attack," Leaf muttered.

Gary buried his face in her neck before kissing her cheek, "I couldn't give you a heart attack, you love me too much," he teased.

"You just keep telling yourself that," Leaf huffed as red splashed across her cheeks.

Gary smirked as he picked her up and draped over his shoulder, "Garrison Samuel Oak, put me down now!" Leaf shouted as she pounded her fists against his back.

"Sorry Leafy, no can do," Gary teased as he took off for the game room with Leaf shouting for him to put her down.

I just shook my head in amusement as I watched them disappear. Ash then did the same causing Misty to gasp before she started shouting for Ash to put her down as well.

"We have the weirdest of friends," I smiled.

"You don't have to tell us twice," Dawn agreed with a smile.

"We better get going to make sure Leaf and Misty don't murder them," I said knowingly.

Dawn nodded in agreement and before we could take a step, we received the same treatment just like Misty and Leaf did, "Paul, what the hell!" Dawn shouted. "Put me down!"

"Sorry, no can do Troublesome," Paul said with a smirk.

"Screw you," Dawn muttered as he left for the game room.

"Seriously grasshead?" I asked.

I could sense him smirking, "Might as well join them," he teased. "Though I might let you walk of your own free will if you tell me what you and the girls were talking about earlier."

"Seriously?" I asked. "You really want to know?"

"Take it or leave it," he said.

I laughed, "Fine I'll tell you, but would be so kind as to put me down."

Drew did as I asked and I pecked his cheek in thanks, "On the list of things that makes a girl happy, one is when her boyfriend gives her his hoody," I explained.

Drew looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "I'm not joking, girls like it because it's a sense of security wearing their boyfriend's clothes making them feel like they're with their guy. It also comforts girls and makes them feel secure and the smell of their boyfriend's cologne from it calms a girl's nerves." I stated.

"Do you agree with those statements?" Drew asked with a smirk.

I gave him an 'are-you-serious' "Do you not see me wearing your hoodie?" I retorted as I pointed to myself.

"Yes, I do, but I want to hear you admit it," he teased.

I rolled my eyes, "Fine, I like wearing your hoodie because it gives me a sense of security and it smells like you. You happy now?"

Drew then kissed me fully catching me by surprise, "You tell me," he teased. "Also, it's yours."

I smiled and kissed him again, "Now you can understand why I told Lizzy she wouldn't get it til she got a boyfriend," I explained.

"Do all girls that have boyfriends believe that?" Drew asked.

"Yea, it's like one of the top ten things to make your girlfriend happy and I'm sure Leaf, Misty, and Dawn will agree. The reason we didn't say anything when Gary asked is because we just don't like proclaiming it to the world," I explained. "It's more of a private thing."

Drew nodded as we entered the game room to see Dawn snuggling into Paul while Misty and Leaf were arguing as to what we were gonna marathon on.

"A perfect picture of normality, wouldn't change it for anything," I sighed happily as Drew hugged me from behind and kissed my cheek in agreement.

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

September 16th (La Rousse City, Hoenn)

I woke up the next morning and quickly changed into a red silk, short sleeve, empire waist top, black dress pants, and my black flats yesterday.

I decided to curl my hair slightly and put it in a low ponytail. I was putting on a necklace when I heard a knock on the door, "Entrer," I called in French.

I heard the door open and smiled as I sensed who it was as they walked behind me, "Bonjour belle," Drew whispered in my ear as a rose appeared in front of my face.

"Aren't you a flirt this morning," I teased as I took the rose from him and smelled it.

"It's my job," he teased as he kissed me. "You ready?"

I sighed as I trimmed the stem and placed the rose in my ponytail, "As ready as I'll ever be."

Drew gave me a small smile, "Don't worry, everything will work out in your favor."

He took my hand and walked with me to the dining room where everyone was eating.

"Morning May," Dawn called with a smile.

"Mornin'," I called as I grabbed a waffle and put some berry sauce on it.

I then heard a signal beep coming from my compowder causing everyone to stare at me, "It's not a call, it's an email," I said trying to calm everyone down as I opened it and read it.

I then closed it before I sat down to it and still felt everyone staring at me, "It was nothing bad, just an email from Steven saying that I'm caught up with all the homework."

This caused everyone to be relieved, "That's good, at least you'll be caught up when you come back Monday," Leaf said with a small grin.

"Thank goodness," I muttered as I took a sip of my milk.

I finished the last bit of my meal when George came in, "Miss Maple, Mr. Randel's car has just arrived."

I looked at my poketch, "Jonathon's timing is impeccable as always," I commented before looking at George. "Thank you George."

He bowed and left as I stood up and walked for the front door with Drew walking with me.

"We'll see you there," he promised. "Nothing will stop us this time."

"Don't jinx it," I teased before I kissed him and left for the car.

Eventually we made it to the courthouse and sat at the table from yesterday. The judge then appeared and I breathed in deeply waiting for this to end.

"Will the defendant please stand," the judge directed.

I stood along with Jonathon and Mr. Peabody.

The judge then turned to face the jury, "Has the jury reached a verdict?"

The head Nurse Joy stood up causing me to feel nervous, "We have your honor," she stated. "We find the defendant not guilty."

That's all I heard and I immediately relaxed and smiled, I hugged Jonathon and thanked both him and Mr. Peabody for defending me as Nurse Joy continued to read the verdict.

Officer Jenny then walked over and asked for me and Jonathon to meet with the judge and the head Nurse Joy in a few minutes for a private meeting. Once the room cleared out, Jonathon and I followed Officer Jenny to a small room where Judge Edwards and Nurse Joy were waiting.

"What's this about?" Jonathon asked.

"It has come to my attention that this is your third time in court for some charge having to do with these missions you have and there must be some punishment," Judge Edwards stated.

I sighed, I figured as much and waited for him to continue, "I don't think jail time is a good punishment for you so Nurse Joy here has come up with a proposal."

I froze, oh Arceus help me, "Your punishment would be that you are suspended from working in any pokemon centers for the next week and in take time you will study for a test on this book on Monday the 25th," she explained as she handed me a thick heavy book.

My eyes widened at it, it was a copy of the Nurse Joy's medical book containing medical information about people and pokemon, it's almost 1000 pages long.

"If you fail this test, you will be forbidden to help in any pokemon centers ever again," she said sternly.

I just looked at her big eyed, "This is my punishment?" I asked.

"Yes," the judge said. "This works for me."

"As it does for me," Jonathon agreed.

The judge nodded and signed a paper before having me sign it as well, "Good luck Miss Maple," he said before he and Nurse Joy left.

I took the book and left with Jonathon, he dropped me off in front of Drew's house and I trudged my way up the steps.

George let me in and I found everyone in the parlor, "Why do you look like someone died, you won!" Leaf said excitedly.

"That's not what I'm upset about," I groaned.

Everyone frowned at me, "What's wrong?" Max asked.

"This," I said as I handed him the book.

"Care to explain?" Drew asked as I took a seat next to him.

I leaned forward and rubbed my face in my hands before explaining, "So since this is my third time in court due to some charge and not being found guilty so I need to have some sort of punishment. Nurse Joy decided that being suspended from working in pokemon centers for a week and studying this book for a test on the 25th would suffice as punishment."

"That's not so bad," Dawn pointed out.

I gaped at her, "It's almost a thousand pages long and if I don't pass this test, I'll be forbidden in helping in pokemon centers ever again."

Everyone just looked at me, "She can't really threaten you like that," Misty said jokingly.

"Misty, she is the head of the pokemon centers, she hates me. No doubt she thought my face of fear as amusing," I said exasperated.

"Relax May, you can do this, no need to worry," Dawn said with a smile.