YAY!!! It's summer, so I am finally able to publish my first Contestshipping story! So anyway this is my first story under my changed username. Also, I write quite a few Author's Notes, so please just put up with them. Please read this, otherwise you will be confused when you read this story.

Note: This takes place after May finishes traveling with Ash and Brock and Misty, because Misty rejoined Ash and gang when May was 12. May has been living in Petalburg city for 4 years, and her parents said that when she turned 16, she could travel and/or live in a new region if she wanted to. Misty and May have become the best of friends, since they were the only girls for a while. So this story starts on Saturday, May 16. (Get the joke?)

Disclaimer: I have recently bought Pokemon!!! No, I haven't, so I don't own Pokemon…

Chapter 1: Happy Birthday!

It was a huge deal for her. Her 16th birthday, her sweet sixteen, had arrived. May decided that she really only wanted one thing for her birthday. May wanted to see a new region. She didn't care if she traveled or stayed in one place, although she preferred to try living in one place. So she looked up regions with good contests and found the perfect region.

The Sinnoh Region. May had heard some things about their prestigious contests. She wasn't exactly sure how to get there, and where to stay but she intended on settling in one city. Another thing that our stubborn brunette decided was that she was going to stay in Hearthome city, because all the contests were held in their Contest Hall. (A/N Yes, for this, I'm going to base this off of the game)

After May woke up, cleaned herself up and got dressed, she decided to head downstairs for breakfast. (A/N In my story, when you come down the stairs, you have to go through the living room to get to the kitchen.) In the living room she found all her friends waiting for her. They had all come to wish her "Happy Birthday" and to give May her presents.

All except for that shiny green haired boy. (A/N I originally wrote emerald haired boy but my 2 of my editors started ranting about how his hair was shiny green, not emerald, and they then proceeded to give me a lecture on different shades of green… so to stop them from going on, I wrote shiny green. Sorry, just had to tell you that. On with the story!) May decided to, as hard as it may be, try and forget about him.

Misty chose to give May her presents first. The first gift that Misty gave her was The Pokemon Trainer's Guide to Sinnoh Contests. This handy book had all the information that May would need to compete in Sinnoh contests. Misty also gave the brunette two pokeballs. One contained an adorable Azurill, while the other contained a Luvdisc. "So, do you like my presents?" Misty asked with a smile. Misty was knocked over in response by May who gave her a huge hug while thanking the water trainer.

"Oooh! Oohhh!!! Let us go next!" May's 3 best friends from school said. The first of her friends, Melissa, gave her a makeup kit and an Oddish. Tina, another of May's BFFs gave her a Plusle and a Minun. May's last best friend, Connie, gave her A Traveler's Guide to the Sinnoh Region and a Mareep. May was so happy that her friends supported her and gave her great stuff and Pokemon that no one could wipe the grin off her face.

Brock decided to give May the presents that he got her, next. First, he handed May this month's Coordinator's Monthly. " Oh and May, you have a full year's subscription to that, already paid for." Brock said, explaining his gift. Next, he handed May two pokeballs. May called out the mysterious Pokemon to find that Brock had given her and Onix, who she quickly called back, seeing as it didn't fit inside, and a Vulpix. But this Vulpix wasn't an ordinary Vulpix. It was a shiny Vulpix! " Oh. My. Gosh. Brock! How did you get a shiny Vulpix?" May asked in shock. "Seeing as I'm a breeder, I hatch a bunch of shiny Pokemon." Brock stated as if it was basic. May then called back her new Vulpix, like she did with all of her other Pokemon that she got. Brock then proceeded to place a Brown Pokemon egg in May's lap. " Take good care of it ok?" Brock asked, smiling, knowing that she would. May nodded.

Ash, as dense as he is, figured that it was time for him to give May his presents. Ash first placed in front of her a Pokeblock kit. "Since you'll be competing in contests." Ash grinned. May whispered to misty, " maybe he isn't as dense as we thought." Misty shook her head and whispered back, " He came and asked me what you would like." The two girls giggled. Ash, oblivious to Misty and May, put 3 pokeballs in front of May. " Are any of these Pokemon big?" May asked, remembering Brock's Onix. " None are big." Ash said, knowing his Pokemon stuff. Satisfied, May called out all three Pokemon. The Pokemon that appeared were a Pichu, a Charmander and a Pidgey. "Awww…Ash, they're sooo cute!" May gushed, going up and hugging all her Pokemon. "Thanks Ash!" May said. " Your Welcome."

Pikachu then approached May and gave her a giant ketchup bottle and a green Pokemon egg. Following Pikachu around was Togepi. (A/N I've heard that Togepi leaves Misty after it evolves or something, but in my story, that never happened) Togepi gave May a hug and gave her a Pokemon egg that looked liked it's own shell. May hugged Pikachu and Togepi to thank them.

May's long time friend, Brendan chose to go next. To start, he pulled a beautiful bouquet of carnations. It was made up of red, pink and those really pretty carnations with the pink coming out of the middle. He then gave May a kiss on the cheek, which made her blush out of embarrassment and shock. Brendan Then gave May a pokeball. May called it out to find an adorable Dratini in front of her The silver haired boy then handed May a gift and whispered to her "Don't open this until you are in Sinnoh, got it missy?" May nodded, detecting that he was joking about the "missy" part, seeing as that was her childhood nickname. " Ok, good!" Brendan couldn't stop smiling because he thought that May liked him. (A/N Poor, misled Brendan)

Tracey, whom May befriended when she went with Max to visit Professor Oak, gave May a sketchbook and three pokeballs. The sketchbook that Tracey gave May was beautiful. It had all the Ribbons that she'd won so far, and all the Pokemon she had caught, until today. "Oh my gosh Tracey! It's absolutely beautiful!" May said in awe, while lovingly gazing at the beautiful gift. Tracey blushed at the compliment as usual. (A/N Sorry about all the notes but no. Tracey doesn't like May or vice versa) After carefully setting down the sketchbook, she called out her new Pokemon. She soon found that Tracey had given her a Venonat, a Lapras, and a Feebas. " Thank you sooo much! I'm going to raise and use Feebas in competitions!" May said.

Since, May was close to Professor Oak he came to wish her a happy birthday. He gave her a bunch of presents. The first was a pokeball containing a shiny Ponyta. Professor Oak also gave her a Ponyta saddle, saddlebags and bridle. "Professor? How did you get a shiny Ponyta?" May curiously asked. "Well, one day when I was conducting research on the interaction between humans and bug Pokemon. It is really interesting---" Professor Oak then noticed that he was rambling "So I saw it out in the wild so I caught her, figuring that a certain someone might want her." Professor Oak smiled, seeing May's grin, then he snapped his fingers as if remembering something. He pulled out a pokeball from his coat pocket. He handed this new pokeball to May, who took it with natural curiosity. She soon discovered the she had gotten a Porygon! "Thank you Professor Oak!!!" May said delighted.

Professor Birch was intent on giving May more Pokemon. The birthday girl received a Tailow and a Trapinch. Both were a great source of happiness for her, since now she had even more friends. To add to that group of friends, he also gave her a Scyther and a Shuppet. "Thank you Professor! I love the Pokemon you gave me!" May sort of figured that the professors would give her Pokemon.

"Happy Birthday May!" Max said, setting down four presents down in front of her. Max's sister opened her first present to find a Pink Poketch. May found that, along with Poketch to Poketch chat, and a built in phone, it had a map of Sinnoh, the friendship checker, the dowsing machine, and the Pokemon list (A/N review or message me if you have any Poketch questions) already on her Poketch. "Now we can communicate, and you have a map too so you wont get lost!" Max said excitedly "Do you like that it's pink?" He was about to fire a billion more questions at his sister, when she replied, smiling. " Max, calm down. Yes the Poketch is wonderful Max, thank you!" Satisfied, Max said, "Open the other presents!!" May, starting to get annoyed, said, "I'm going Max!!" May was delighted to open another present and to find that she got a beautiful Ralts. The next gift was a new laptop! It even had a bunch of interchangeable faceplates! (A/N They are covers that you put of the front or top of the laptop) One had a beautiful shimmering pearl background, and a perfect, thornless, red rose. Another had a flame background and all the evolutions of Torchic in a triangle shape. The next had all the Kanto, Hoenn, Johto, and Sinnoh ribbons on it. One of the other plates had a huge sparkling heart in the middle with lots of hearts surrounding it. The next one was a very detailed map of Sinnoh.

The last faceplate had a picture that May remember clearly. It had a picture of her and Drew, asleep together on a bench, with May's head on Drew's shoulder and Drew's head on top of May's head. The picture was taken when Team Rocket attacked May, Drew, Ash, Misty, Max, and Brock when May and Drew were fighting and arguing on the bench. No one really knew what they were fighting about but Max and Misty had pushed the two onto the bench so they weren't standing in the middle of the sidewalk, drawing more attention. So team rocket attacked in another one of their machines, but May and Drew didn't notice. May's Munchlax released itself from its pokeball and used Yawn. Unfortunately, (or fortunately. However you wish to look at it) the attack was deflected and since may and drew was too busy fighting, they didn't notice it coming directly at them. The rest of the group wasn't able to warn them fast enough, so the fighting two were hit with Yawn and they immediately fell to sleep. Apparently Max had taken a picture and had it put on a faceplate. It was beautiful, May had to admit. The background shimmered so May and Drew really stood out.

May blushed at the last faceplate, but she loved it. She opened the (almost forgotten) last present from Max and she found yet another pokeball. The Pokemon that max gave her was a Shroomish. May ran over to the boy in glasses and hugged him, while thanking him.

Caroline (May's Mom) came over carrying a huge stack of presents. " May I got you some things for your trip!" Caroline said, beaming. " Open them up!" May wasn't exactly sure what to expect from her mom "Er….ok." May was thinking though, 'Hopefully it's nothing embarrassing…'

May cautiously opened the first gift to find a Berry Guide. It had all the regions, the berries that grow there, their tastes and benefits. It was a great thing for a person who enters contests often. The next present she opened t find a beautiful, red, flowing dress with heels to match. It also had matching hair ribbons, discs, and Pokemon accessories. May's favorite accessory was the fake, red rose to go in her hair. It even had little water droplets on it to make it look like crystals. To May's delight, she got a Pokemon grooming kit next. It had all the essentials to well groom you contest Pokemon. The next thing that she received was a Fashion Case. The Fashion Case had a heart in the middle with all of the Sinnoh ribbons around it. Inside the Fashion Case, there was a perfect rose on the case. In Sinnoh, the Fashion Case is where you keep all the accessories that you collect. (A/N For Sinnoh Contests you compete in Visual, dressing up your Pokemon, Dance, copy the moves of the main dancer, and Acting, performing moves to impress the judges.) "May, go look outside," Caroline said softly. May jogged outside to find a beautiful Ruby Red Bicycle with a Beautifly on the front, in between the handlebars. It was a fabulous bike and it was shock-proof! May hugged her mom so hard that she almost hurt her.

Norman, May's dad, was the last to give May her presents. The gym leader first presented May with a Slakoth. May was glad to have a Pokemon that reminded her of her dad. Next he gave her a new backpack. " This is the newest, coolest style in Sinnoh!" Norman proclaimed proudly. After, May got a Journal for her to record all her adventures and to vent her feelings. The girl's father then gave May a Sinnoh Ribbon Case. Her Ribbon Case even matched with her Fashion Case. With a huge smile, Norman handed May an envelope. In it was a credit card! It was for her to use however she wanted and her parents would pay for it all. Last but not least, her dad gave her a boat ticket for the S.S. Lapras. The S.S. Lapras was a boat that left from Cerulean City and docked at Canalave City. Once the boat docked, May could bike to Hearthome from there. Her ticket said that the boat was scheduled to leave in one week (so the next Saturday). May hugged her father really tightly. "Thank you sooo much!!" May said.

"Honey, your father and I have another surprise for you." Caroline said grinning. "Huh? But what else could you have possibly gotten me?" May asked, confused. "May dear, we are paying for you to stay in your own condominium, right near the Contest Hall!" Caroline said holding up a signed paper. May's jaw dropped. She couldn't believe that she already had a full paid Pokemon Condo waiting for her in Hearthome. "Oh and your father and I supplied you with tons of furniture, Poke food, food and well everything that you'll need. All of it is already there! Everything that you don't take with you we'll have shipped there. (A/N Ok so this next part is only true in my story) In and around Hearthome City, you can let out and carry as many Pokemon as you want." Caroline finished with a smile.

May then went and hugged everyone and made sure to thank them for the presents. Suddenly Max told her that a Flygon and a Masquerain were outside. May curiously went to find out why they were there. May opened the door to find that the two Pokemon looked awfully familiar, but she couldn't remember where from. But even more noticeable than that was what they brought. They brought a beautiful bouquet of long stem, thornless, pearl white roses, with one perfect, red rose in the center. Attached to the roses was a note on green stationery with a rose on the side. It read:

May,

(As represented in my bouquet to you)

You are One of a Kind.

Happy Birthday!

Best of Luck in Sinnoh!

I hope to see you in Sinnoh!

I'm not telling you but you do know me!

May happily danced back in to the living room as the two familiar Pokemon flew away. She was holding her bouquet to her chest. She was a romantic, so this was like a picture perfect fairy tale for her.

Since May's boat was leaving from Cerulean City, Misty decided to accompany her. Of course, when Misty said that, Ash and Brock chose to go too. Then May's parents and Max said that they would go too, since May was family. So Misty, Brock and Ash decided to sleepover. Ash was sleeping on the couch in the living room with Pikachu. Brock was sleeping in Max's room on the floor, in his sleeping bag and Misty was in May's room sleeping on one of those inflatable beds. For the next two days everyone helped May pack and get ready for her trip. They sent all her Pokemon, except her Blaziken, to Professor Oak's lab since most of May's Pokemon were friends with Ash's Pokemon, who stayed at Professor Oak's lab and because Max visited often. They then sent all of her other things that she wasn't taking with her on the boat to her condo. She packed her new bag with the essentials so she was ready. On Tuesday morning the group started towards Cerulean City. Since it only takes four days to get there, they got there on Friday afternoon. Misty went to her gym with everyone else and May went to the Pokemon center where she would stay until the next morning. Misty took everyone else to the gym because she wanted company while her sisters were away and she also needed help cleaning up, since she hadn't cleaned the gym since… well… she couldn't remember so it was time to clean it.

The next day, May woke up to the sound of a boat's horn. May scrambled out if bed, got ready, gave Nurse Joy her room key and dashed to the docks. May got there just in time to see the ship leave. May, Still in shock, sank to her knees, not believing that she missed her boat. All she could think of was: Now how will I ever get to Sinnoh?!?!