September 26th (Valley of Steel, Hoenn)

(May's POV)

"Wait.....what do you mean a 'bunch of very territorial Steelix?" Dawn asked nervously.

"Just that, we're placed in the Valley of Steel," I explained. "A lot of them live around here."

"Other steel pokemon live here as well so we need to be careful," Drew added.

"Great," Dawn muttered as I took off my socks and shoes before putting them in my backpack.

"Uh.....May, what are you doing?" Drew asked confused.

"I won't be able to see as well with them on," I explained only to have everyone stare at me as if I was crazy.

I sighed, "When I was training with the legendaries, the first one I trained with was Entei. He was blind and the first thing he taught me was to see without the use of my aura by using the vibrations of the earth to help me see," I explained. "This will help me be able to detect if any pokemon are nearby. That way we can stay clear of them since I'm the only person who has a pokemon with a huge type advantage."

"Guess you have a point," Dawn agreed.

I nodded and we began to trek through the valley, "I wonder where the others got placed?" Dawn wondered.

"They probably got placed somewhere different as well," Drew theorized. "Makes you wonder where though?"

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(Leaf's POV)

We were teleported out after receiving our backpacks from Solidad. I looked around to see that we were now in a forest.

"Huh....this is weird?" Misty said puzzled.

"What makes you say that Mist?" Ash asked.

"You would think they would place us in a dangerous spot right off the bat, but here we are in a forest," Misty said with suspicion.

"You do have a point Red, last year we were all placed on a snowy mountain," Gary agreed as Misty glared at him for use of the nickname.

"Wonder how we can tell where we are?" I murmured before throwing my pokeball. "Tropius, lets go!"

He then appeared and flew into the air, "Mind flying up a bit and telling us what you find?"

He nodded before flying up, "Hopefully Tropius will stop something that will be recognizable," I hoped.

"Whatever he tells us, I'm sure it will be helpful," Misty said with a nod.

"What's this?" Ash asked as he walked up to a tree and plucked a circular green berry with red dots.

"Uh.....Ash?" I called out hesitantly and cringed as he took a bit of it.

"Hey this doesn't.........bleh!" he cringed as he stuck his tongue out.

"That's a Liechi Berry," I finished.

"Figures you would just take a bite out of something that you have no clue as to what it is," Gary muttered.

"What a minute? Didn't we learn that Liechi berries grow on some island?" Misty asked.

I snapped my fingers, "Yea, Mirage Island," I said remembering.

"Didn't they also say it's impossible to get here and off the island?" Gary added suspiciously.

I groaned, "Yea, so how are we going to get off it?" I wondered.

"I'm sure Gyarados can help us out, but the question is, how do we know where to go from here?" Misty asked.

"Wyn," I heard something say.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Wyn," it said again.

I looked behind me and out popped a Wynaut, "Cool a Wynaut," I said with a grin.

"Wyn," it called as it walked toward us. "Wyn?"

"Hi there Wynaut," Misty said cheerfully as Pikachu hopped down to it.

Soon the two spoke their names happily and started chasing each other.

Tropius then came back, "What did you see?" I asked.

He trilled and said that it looked like we were in the middle of an island, "Thanks Tropius," I said with a nod before turning to face everyone else. "Guess this confirms it, we're on Mirage Island."

"Now we just need to figure out where to go from here," Misty added.

Gary nodded and pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket showing the whole Hoenn region, "Way to come prepared Gare-bear," I complimented.

"But of course," Gary bragged as we looked at the map.

"Looks like our best bet is to go east and island hop all the way north til we reach Lilycove City," Ash said before looking at Misty. "Can Gyarados carry us around like that for the whole time?"

Misty nodded, "We just need to make sure we give him a break every now and then."

"Now we just need to figure out as to where East is," I said.

Wynaut stopped playing and looked sad causing Pikachu to ask what was wrong. It said that it was separated from its herd and it couldn't find its way back.

"Well help you find your herd," I promised before I looked at the Liechi Berries again and face-palmed at my stupidity. "Idiot."

"What's up Leafy?" Gary asked concerned.

"Liechi Berries grow on the Eastern part of the island," I explained. "All we need to do now is find the coast."

Tropius then trilled saying that he saw the ocean when we was flying earlier, "Mind leading us there?" I asked.

He nodded before flying up. We then followed him as I carried Wynaut concerned as to how the heck we were gonna get off this island.

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(Dawn's POV)

So far, we had only encountered a few Magneton and Magnemite which Blaziken quickly burned away. With May's freaky way of seeing with her eyes, aura, and feet, we were able to avoid two Steelix so far.

May then lifted her arm to stop us, "Another one?" Drew asked.

May nodded and nudged her head left meaning we needed to go right.

We avoided the Steelix and continued to walk through the valley. We then stopped for a small break to get some rest.

"Way to avoid the Steelix," I praised as we finished eating.

May sighed, "I don't know if we can really avoid them forever, but we should almost be out so maybe we'll get lucky."

We then heard a growl in the distance, "Or not," May muttered as we quickly gathered our stuff and returned our pokemon.

"May, where is the noise coming from?" I asked nervously as May stomped her foot on the ground with her eyes shut in focus.

She then opened her eyes a second later and frowned, "We have a problem," she said annoyed.

"Why do you say that?" Drew asked.

Suddenly four Steelix appeared in a semi-circle in front of us, "That's why," May said frustrated as she called out Blaziken to Fire Spin.

As Blaziken covered us, we booked it and ran. He then joined us as smoke appeared giving us some cover.

We only ran a little before the Steelix appeared and used Stone Edge, "Piplup, use Whirlpool," I shouted as I threw his pokeball.

"Piipppplup!" he shouted as he threw Whirlpool to counter Stone Edge.

The force of impact was great knocking both me and Piplup over a nearby ledge, "DAWN!" everyone shouted.

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(May's POV)

Dawn screamed and I dove over the edge after her, "Please work please work please work," I muttered in prayer as I summoned my aura in the shape of wings while still diving down to her. Dawn placed Piplup on her head and reached both arms out to me. I grabbed them and opened my wings to soar back up. We rose up to see that Paul and Drew had called out Elective and Roserade, but they weren't doing much damage while Blaziken was getting exhausted.

I quickly set Dawn on the ground, "Piplup, use Hydro Pump," she shouted as I started to throw Aura Spheres rapid fire.

The attacks hit sending the Steelix back some and we booked it after we quickly returned our pokemon til we were out of the valley about ten minutes later.

Suddenly Dawn and I were attacked with a hug by Paul and Drew which we gladly returned, "May, what the hell were you thinking?!" Drew said angrily.

"Well I couldn't let her fall now could I," I retorted before turning to look at Dawn. "You alright?"

"A little shaky, but otherwise I'm okay," she said in slight shock.

"You better sit down," I said as I plopped down on the ground. "The adrenaline will wear off soon."

She just sank down on the ground, "Too late," she muttered as Paul and Drew sat down next to us.

"I think you have some explaining to do," Drew said with a frown as Dawn and Paul gave me looks as well.

I sighed, "Okay, first off," I said while showing my power inhabilitator, "This only cuts down my powers to a minimum, it doesn't control my aura. My aura is a separate power of its own, it can't be controlled the same way as trying to control my other powers. A separate power inhabilitator is needed for that."

"Okay, then what about the flying? You said when you were training that you could shape wings, but you couldn't fly," Dawn pointed out.

I nodded, "I didn't think I could til Articuno kept telling me that I would later learn to fly and apparently, he wasn't kidding. I decided to try it while training this summer and I could fly for like twenty seconds before I felt my aura drain away and I had to stop. It takes a lot of aura to be able to create wings and fly so it's a cool ability but with a limit. The most flying time I've been able to manage from training right now is about a minute and a half to two minutes," I explained.

Everyone nodded in understanding and amazement, "Next time, please tell us before you go diving off cliffs," Drew said tiredly.

I gave a small smile and pecked his cheek, "I promise," I agreed as I took his hand and squeezed it.

"Let's hope the others are having a better time than we are," Dawn said tiredly as she rested her head on Paul's shoulder.

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(Misty's POV)

I grit my teeth as I held onto Gyarados, we've been battling whirlpools for the past twenty minutes and I could tell he was getting tired.

"Come on Gyarados, we're almost out!" I shouted encouragingly as we tried to keep dodging the whirlpools.

He roared in determination and kept plowing through. After a few minutes, we finally got out of the whirlpools' reach and started to make way toward a small island that was in the distance.

"I could really use a hot spring," Leaf shivered through chatted teeth as she held onto one of Gyarados' fins.

"You'll be fine Leafy, my body heat will suffice much better than a hot spring," he teased as he sat next to her and hugged her close with one arm while still holding onto a fin with his other hand.

"Pervert," Leaf muttered as she snuggled in closer.

"You doin' alright Mist?" Ash asked.

I nodded and sighed, "I'm fine, if we stayed near those whirlpools for much longer, we would have been swallowed in. I just hope that Gyarados can make it to that island," I said worried.

I felt Ash take my hand and squeeze it, "I'm sure we'll make it and we'll rest for the night before we try to do anymore traveling over water."

I smiled and squeezed back as we continued to make way toward the island. After over an hour, we finally made it and I returned Gyarados for a much needed rest. It was still light out and we decided to look around the island for any berries that were editable. We found some Lum and Mago berries before finding a decent place to make camp.

Leaf was still shivering and began to sneeze, "Looks like you're the one that's sick this time," Gary teased gently.

"Sh...sh...shut....*achoo*...up," Leaf snapped with a sneeze as she sat on the ground and hugged her knees.

"You guys go look for firewood," I ordered as I rummaged in Leaf's bag for her sleeping bag.

As I dug through I was surprised to find an extra change of clothes with a note from Solidad saying that we might need it.

"What did you find?" Leaf asked.

"Apparently Solidad packed you an extra set of clothes," I said as I tossed them to her before getting out her sleeping bag.

I then looked inside my backpack found some extra clothes as well, "Thank you Solidad," Leaf praised as we quickly changed into bermudas and a tank top.

I wasn't complaining, at least it was dry clothes. Gary and Ash then made their way back with firewood as I was wringing out my wet clothes.

"Where'd you get the change of clothes?" Ash asked as Gary called out Arcanine to start a fire.

"Apparently Solidad was kind enough to pack us some," I explained as Arcanine sat down behind Leaf much to her happiness and she sat against him.

"He's so warm," she murmured contently.

Gary frowned at Arcanine, "Thanks for stealing my girlfriend," he complained.

Arcanine just huffed paying no mind and laid its head on its paws.

"You guys go elsewhere and change so we can start drying our clothes," I ordered as I whispered something in Arcanine's ear.

He nodded and I opened up Leaf's sleeping bag to drape over Arcanine to warm up as the guys left. Leaf then sneezed again causing her to whine, "Why me?" she groaned.

"You're just prone to getting colds from getting wet or cold," I said knowingly.

"Ugh, this stinks, Gary's probably gonna make fun of me for the rest of the trip," she complained.

I rolled my eyes, "I'm pretty sure Gary won't do that."

Leaf yawned and then sneezed again for the umpteenth time as the guys came back. I took off Leaf's sleeping bag and zipped it up before placing it close to the fire.

"Crawl in Leaf," I told her as I took a step back.

"I don't want to move," she moaned as she crossed her arms refusing to budge.

I sighed, "Do it now or I will go to extreme measures to do so," I threatened.

Leaf grumbled and stood up, "Oh bite me," she snapped tiredly.

"If you say so," Gary said teasingly as he got close to her neck causing Leaf to jump to the side freaked.

"So not what I meant," she snapped tiredly as red appeared on her face and she crawled into her sleeping bag.

She then sighed happily at the warmth and was out like a light, "Thank goodness," I muttered tiredly as I started to dry our clothes. "It always amazes me to see how many colds that girl can get."

"She got them a lot when she was younger, it was almost like she was sick every other week during the winter back in Pallet Town," Ash explained.

"No kidding, she's never been fond of the cold at all," Gary added as he sat down next to Leaf and moved some of her hair to behind her ear.

"Speaking of cold, I wonder if everyone else got placed on the mountain or if they got placed elsewhere?" I wondered.

"Guess we'll just have to ask them when we see them in a few days," Ash decided.

I nodded as I finished drying the majority of everything before starting to get dinner ready from the stuff in our backpacks.

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September 27th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

(Dawn's POV)

We were making good progress as we were walking through the forest and we seemed to have recovered well from the scare yesterday. I still found it hard to believe that May could actually fly, even if it was for a short time. It must be an amazing feeling.

I cringed slightly as the pain in my stomach started to get a tad bit worse. It was weird, I wasn't hungry when we had a late lunch five hours ago so I didn't eat and then my stomach started to hurt an hour ago. I made sure that I didn't show any pain because that would cause us to stop and at this point, I just wanted to get back to school.

I felt a suddenly pin prick of sorts and flinched slightly while stopping which Piplup saw, "Piplup?" he asked quietly so no one else heard.

I nodded and gave a small smile, "I'm fine, no need to worry," I said with fake cheeriness.

He gave me a skeptical look before shaking his head and we ran to catch up with everyone else though each step caused the pain to hurt a little more. Okay then, no more running.

May then turned to look at me with concern seeing me and Piplup catch up to them, "You okay?" she asked.

I nodded with a fake smile causing her to just frown, curse her ability to read people's emotions.

"You sure?" she asked to clarify.

"Yup, no need to worry," I said with fake cheeriness.

She gave me a look, but left me alone much to my relief. About two hours later, the pain was getting worse and it was almost impossible to not show I was in pain.

We were walking by a river when suddenly a Feraligatr and a Swampert that appeared to be doing battle. "Wonder what's going on?" I wondered.

"Must be fighting for this territory," May said before frowning. "I'm more curious as to why a Feraligatr is in this region?"

Suddenly they noticed us and then shot a double Water Gun at us, "Great, now we're their target," Paul muttered annoyed as he tossed his pokeball. "Electivire, stand by for battle."

"Roserade, let's go," Drew shouted as he tossed his as well.

"Use Thunder," Paul ordered.

"Use Petal Dance," Drew shouted.

Both attacks hit, but caused little damage. They retaliated by using Hydro Pump, "Protect," Paul shouted as Roserade went behind Electivire.

"Piplup, use Ice Beam," I shouted.

He chirped and shot Ice Beam only for Swampert and Feraligatr to counter with Water Gun. The Water Guns soon overpowered Ice Beam sending Piplup back from the force of the hit causing me to catch him in my stomach hard which then smacked us into a tree behind me. The force of the impact hit my stomach causing a huge amount of pain to erupt causing me to cry out in pain.

Piplup jumped out of my arms and looked at me in concern as I keeled over gripping my stomach while being hit with sudden nausea. I then turned to side and vomited as tears fell down my face.

"Piplup!" Piplup shouted in huge concern before running over to May and tapped her leg with his beak.

She looked at him as he pointed at me causing May to look at me in major concern, "Blaziken and Piplup, Bubble Beam and Fire Spin," May shouted as she then rushed over to me.

"Are you okay?" she asked worried.

I just shook my head as I covered my stomach in pain while holding back tears, "Dawn, lie down, it'll help," May said gently as she rubbed my shoulder.

I just shook my head, I didn't want to move fearing that it would cause more pain. May sighed and I noticed that the battle had finished and everyone had now surrounded me, "Dawn, it'll help, trust me."

I took a deep breath and lay down like she said, "You've been trying to hold up a brave face for the past hour, what's going on?" May asked as Piplup walked up to my head looking really worried.

"I don't know, my stomach was starting to hurt and then when Piplup and I crashed back into that tree from that attack's impact, it just hurt like hell," I said trying to calm myself down.

May placed a hand on my forehead and looked at where I'd thrown up, "You didn't eat anything this afternoon, that's probably why you're sick," Paul said gruffly.

I shook my head, "You don't get this bad of a pain from not eating and I'm still not hungry," I protested.

"You have a slight fever," May said concerned.

She then raised her hands above of head and they glowed blue, she then guided them down to my feet, but stopped to look at my lower right more closely.

"Where does the pain hurt the most?" she asked once she stopped.

"It was at my middle, but it's hurting more towards the bottom right," I said as I winced when another wave of pain shout through me.

May looked worried, "Have you ever had your appendix out?"

I felt myself begin to panic and myself go into shock, "No, but it can't be that," I protested as I suddenly sat up causing pain to shot through me causing me to scream and protectively cover my side.

"Dawn calm down, panicking is not going to help," May said with a slight snap. "Now gently sit up and hug your knees, it'll help with the pain slightly."

I did as told and placed my forehead on my knees as I began to slightly shake with sobs, "Piplup," Piplup murmured sadly as he patted one of my legs.

I then felt Paul sit next to me and drape his arm around my shoulder carefully while kissing my temple.

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(May's POV)

As Piplup and Paul tried to calm Dawn down, I was worried, really worried. Appendicitis, if the reason, is something not to be taken lightly, it could lead to death if we didn't get Dawn to a hospital soon.

"Roserade, you mind using Aromatherapy?" I asked.

She nodded and did as I asked, "Will it help?" Drew asked in a whisper.

I sighed, "It'll help calm Dawn down, but it won't heal her condition. At this stage, they would try to treat it with antibiotics, but we're in no location to get that or have the stuff for me to try to make it. So our best chance is to get back to Lilycove as soon as we can and admit her to a hospital for surgery," I explained.

Drew frowned and looked worried same with our pokemon who heard me explain, "If we don't get Dawn to a hospital soon, she'll have a ruptured appendix and soon die afterward."

The pokemon looked at me in shock since they don't really understand the different diseases of the human body, but they could understand the meaning of death well enough.

"What do you mean?" Roserade asked. "Can't a berry heal her?"

I sighed, "It's not that simple. Appendicitis is when the Appendix becomes blocked or infected. As I just said, they've recently started treating people with an antibiotic if they detect it being Appendicitis early to avoid the use of surgery, but it's still unknown as to whether Appendicitis can come back at a later time. I would try to give Dawn that, but we're in the middle of nowhere and I can't make an antibiotic with what's around here so the next thing to do is surgery, something of which, I am not really comfortable or capable of doing because the Appendix needs to be taken out. When infected or blocked, it fills with pus which infects the body. If the Appendix bursts, then the poison will be released all at once causing death within a very short period of time."

Everyone looked concerned even Drew, "What worries me most is that Dawn took a huge impact from Piplup hitting her stomach, it might leak more poison," I said worriedly.

Drew sighed, "We can't do much now, we might as well make camp for the night and keep an eye on her. We'll leave first thing in the morning and try to get back as fast as we can."

I nodded in agreement, "Why don't you try to find some firewood, I'll find some water."

Drew nodded and kissed me before going off and looking with Roserade, I then turned to Blaziken, "Stay here, I'll be back."

He nodded and I grabbed a pail from my backpack and went to the nearby stream. After filling it, I went back to camp to see that Drew had Blaziken get a fire going. Paul was able to get Dawn to move into her sleeping bag and sat next to her looking passive, but I could tell he was worried more than anything.

I got out a bowl and filled it with water, "Piplup, do you find using a small Ice Beam?" I asked.

He nodded and did as I said freezing the water, "Thanks Piplup," I said as I formed an aura knife and started to hack at the ice to chip it into pieces.

I put some in a cup and gave it to Dawn, "Chew on this, it'll help satisfy your hunger."

She nodded and started to chew a little. I started to make dinner while Drew fed the pokemon. After the soup was simmering, I poured it into bowls for us to eat.

"Shouldn't Dawn eat some as well?" Drew asked in a whisper as I sat next to him.

I shook my head, "We need to keep her stomach empty in case of surgery," I explained in a whisper.

Drew shook his head in understanding and continued to eat. After we cleaned up and Dawn fell asleep, we all divided up the time to take shifts in keeping an eye on Dawn. Paul agreed to take first watch so Drew and I crawled into our sleeping bags and tried to get some sleep.

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September 28th (Somewhere in Hoenn)

(Leaf's POV)

We were making pretty good time despite me being sick. We were currently walking along the beach by Mossdeep City and would reach Lilycove in a couple of hours. I was greatly excited that I would be able to soon take a nice, long, hot shower when we got back. I shivered again as the wind hit me and sneezed.

"Bless you," Gary called.

I moaned and threw a shaking fist in the air, "Curse you wind!"

Another gust hit me and I sneezed again, "Apparently it doesn't like you either," Gary teased.

I stuck my tongue out as I pulled my sweatshirt closer and pulled up the hood so I could try to conserve body heat. I then felt Gary drape his arm across my shoulders and pull me into him.

"Well get back soon Leafy, then you can warm yourself up to your heart's content," he promised.

I nodded before covering my nose and sneezed again, "Has anyone told you that you have the cutest sneeze?" Gary teased.

I blushed slightly, "Not really," I murmured.

"Well, now you've been told," he teased as he kissed my hoodie where my temple was.

We then saw that Misty and Ash stopped in front of us at the waves, "We hitting water again?" I asked.

Misty nodded with a grin and called out her Gyarados, "Great," I muttered in a whine as I sneezed yet again. "This sneezing is really becoming annoying."

I heard Gary chuckle as he hugged me before helping me onto Gyarados. He then sat beside me and pulled me close again, "Why don't you try sleeping, it'll help pass the time," he suggested.

I shook my head, "I'm hesitant to because I'll fall off," I murmured as I looked at my lap.

I felt Gary's arm move from around my shoulders to wrapping around my waist, "There, now you can't fall off," he said as he pulled me up against him.

I softly smiled and leaned back against him, "Thanks Gare-bear," I murmured as I closed my eyes and let myself fall asleep.

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(Misty's POV)

I looked behind to see that Leaf was sleeping with Gary keeping an arm wrapped around her protectively as he watched the ocean in front of him.

"Whatcha thinkin' Mist?" Ash asked.

I smiled lightly, "It's interesting to see how Gary can go from being a playboy jerk to being such a nice guy."

Ash smiled and nodded in agreement as he took a quick glance at him, "You girls have that effect on us?" he said absentmindedly.

"What?" I asked him.

"You girls have an effect on us that makes us much more protective and caring, you've all literarily turned us all into a bunch of softies," Ash chuckled.

I gave a small smile as I kissed him, "If it makes you feel any better, you guys have an effect on us girls."

"Care to elaborate?" Ash asked curiously.

I looked out at the ocean in front of me, "You have a tendency to make us putty in your hands and yet you have respect for us by making us feel safe, protected, and loved. What more could a girl ask for?" I said contently.

I felt a hand turn my head and lips placed on mine, "I think we both agree that statement goes both ways.

I nodded and sighed with a smile. Three hours later, we made it to the shore near where the house was. Gary gently shook Leaf awake and helped her down as Ash and I climbed off.

"Thanks a lot Gyarados," I said gratefully as I returned him.

"We better head to the school to check back in," Leaf said with a yawn.

I nodded in agreement, "Have a nice nap?" I asked.

She nodded, "It was great though I feel a lot sleepier now," she said as she yawned again while pulling her hood down.

Gary then whispered something in her ear making her blush slightly, "You just like to say everything I do is cute, don't you?" she accused slightly flustered.

"It's the truth though," he retorted with a smirk.

Leaf muttered something as she tried to put her hood back up though Gary prevented her from doing so.

Ash and I rolled our eyes at their actions and started making our way to campus. Gary and Leaf soon caught up to us as we reached the arena where Steven was waiting.

"You guys made it back in good time," he said with approval as he wrote something on his clipboard.

"Have May, Drew, Paul, and Dawn made it back yet?" I asked.

He shook his head, "It's still early so why don't you go back to your dorm and wait up for them there," he suggested.

I was surprised but looked at the wall clock to see that it was in the late afternoon proving that we did come back here early.

"Alright, see you later Steven," we called as we walked back to the house.

"Finally, a nice, warm shower," Leaf said dramatically before sneezing.

"And then a nice warm bed, you're grounded missy," I said sternly.

"Yes mom," Leaf said sarcastically as she climbed upstairs.

Ash and Gary gave me an 'are-you-serious' look, I rolled my eyes, "Whenever we order each other around like that, we always call the person mom. The majority of the time it's me," I explained.

"Weird, you don't seem like the motherly type Red," Gary teased.

"Can it hedgehog," I snapped with a glare.

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(Drew's POV)

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. May had to force her unconscious so that she didn't have to be awake while in pain. Paul was carrying her while May carried Piplup as he refused to go back into his pokeball.

We were about an hour away from Lilycove when I turned around to see that May had stopped walking, "May, what's going on?" I asked.

"I hear someone," she said concerned as she kept looking to the left.

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

"It sounds like someone's in trouble," she 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," I argued.

Suddenly I heard a faint cry, "Fine, then I'm coming with you," I said determined.

May looked at me 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," she argued.

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

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