Inspiration

Chapter 1

Hi people! I'm finally back! I missed writing so much! Anyways, I have a ton of stories I've been secretly planning for a while, you probably can tell since my profile now keeps tracks of upcoming stories and updates.

So, this story based off of the movie Another Cinderella Story, one of my favourite movies, Cinderella but with a modern day style take, I'll be using this story line and give it my own little twist and with more side plots. My summary took a while to figure out despite the simple plot, I'm really going to enjoy writing this story. :) Oh! One last thing, there isn't going to be any Pokémon in this story, I wasn't sure how to make it work... Either way, enjoy!

Shippings: Contestshipping, Ikarishipping, Pokeshipping and Frozenflowershipping

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or any characters except for my own OCs!

One more minute.

One more minute until the school day was over. Waiting was unbearable, especially during last period. May watched the clock, willing it to go faster so she could leave. The seconds mocked her, going even slower. Mentally grumbling, May knew staring at a clock would only make it look slower. Seeing that the art teacher had them all clean up five minutes before the bell in silence, there was nothing to do but wait. Finally after what seemed like forever, the bell rang, signaling the dismissal for most of the students. Dawn swept in, grabbing May's books and binders for her, adding it to her own pile of stuff.

"Thanks, Dawn," May said, flashing a smile at one of her best friends. She reached over and grabbed her crutches, standing up with them aiding her balance. "Where would I be without an amazing friend like you?"

"Still stuck in the classroom?" Dawn asked, giggling as May made a face of disgust. As they walked out of the classroom, May using her crutches, they headed to their lockers to gather their stuff. As always, the hallways were crowded after school but having crutches had their advantages, people made room for May to walk.

"Are we meeting Vi today?" May asked. Somehow managing to stay balanced on her crutches, she put her books into her backpack then zipped it up. Grabbing her jacket, she pulled it on to protect herself from the chilly temperatures outside. February in Petalburg City was occasionally chilly, but this winter had been warm.

"No, she has another long distance running practice," Dawn explained. The blue haired girl checked her hair in the mirror of her locker door once again, then closed it. "Ready to go?"

"Almost." May quickly locked her locker. "Yup! Let's go!"

"You're getting your cast taken off today, right?" Dawn inquired as they started to walk down the hallway. May nodded, looking relieved at the thought. "That's great!"

"I know!" May exclaimed. Not paying attention to where she was walking, she accidentally bumped into a certain pink haired girl and fell down.

"Walk much?" the rude voice asked. May looked up to see Brianna and Ursula along with their followers. Brianna and Ursula basically dominated the school, they were what the school considered 'popular'. Their lack of kindness was rarely showed through their sugar-coating, but from time to time it would come out to taunt anyone who crossed their paths. May couldn't stand people who were like that.

"I'm sorry," May replied, annoyance clearly showed in her tone. Getting up with the help of Dawn, she walked away feeling a glare directed to her from behind. She lowered her voice to a whisper, "How does Vi put up with those two?! Even though they aren't their usual trio, I can barely stand having two around, let alone one."

"With a lot of work," Dawn answered. Scanning the cars parked in front of the school, Dawn pointed to a familiar red car. "There's your mom's car!"

As the two girls made their way there, May waved to her mom.

"Hi girls!" Caroline smiled. "How was school?"

"Educational," May responded, climbing into the car. "What else?"

"Good, thank you!" Dawn said with a smile.

"Would you like a ride home, Dawn?" Caroline asked.

Dawn shook her head, "It's okay, I'm going to walk home."

"Alright, be careful sweetie!" Caroline smiled.

"Bye, Dawn!" May waved.

"See you tomorrow!" Dawn called out as they drove away.

Pulling out her music player, May put in her ear buds and she scrolled through her list of songs. Stopping at a song, she smiled seeing her favourite singer. Roses by Drew Hayden. Quietly singing along to his song as her mom concentrated on the road, May zoned out and stared out of the window.

Within a few short minutes of watching the busy downtown, they arrived at the doctors' office. An entire hour of getting the cast off and her ankle checked, May was finally free of using the disliked crutches and the doctors' office.

The moment May was in her bedroom, she dropped her backpack by her desk and grabbed the empty cardboard box that was resting on her bed. Turning to her left, May looked at the wall, her smile almost instantly turned into a frown. The walls were covered with picture framed awards, photos and many other achievements all involving one thing. Dancing. May took down everything down, the awards, trophies, everything that involved her past of dancing. All put into that one cardboard box then pushed under her bed.

Gone.

May sighed. Then reached over to her desk and replaced the empty spaces on her wall with happy pictures of her and her friends. Stuffed toys were carefully placed on to empty shelves and happy thoughts were there to replace the bad ones. Opening up her textbook, May started to work on homework. The perfect distraction.

After completing all her homework, she opened up a notebook to jot down some of her thoughts.

February 3rd

Today was pretty boring, I think it's because some of us were busy with things. Anyways, I finally got my cast taken off. I finally don't need those crutches anymore. Thank goodness. Although, they did help clear the hallways... I just redecorated my room, I think it'll help me forget about dancing. I've spent my entire life so far trying to reach that dream, I don't think I can keep going after that incident... What should I be doing now?

"I'm giving up on dancing," May declared, dropping her pencil. She felt tears stinging the back of her eyes, threatening to fall. "I... give up."

Rubbing her eyes with her wrists, May let out another sigh and tried to think happy thoughts. She put her books back into her backpack and locked away her diary.

"May, it's dinner time," Max announced, standing at his older sister's doorway. "Mom made ramen tonight!"

"Okay, thanks Max," May acknowledged. She stood up and headed downstairs, a small smile reappeared on her face. "Let's go eat then."

Max watched her walk down the stairs before shrugging and heading down himself. Usually May would be over the moon to hear it was dinner time, especially if it was her favourite food. Maybe she just wasn't showing her enthusiasm for food today.

The beginning is complete! :)

The next few chapters are going to introduce the other characters and then I'm going to start writing some chapters in first person.

I have a bunch of other stories and ideas as well, so if you like the same shippings as I do, you'll see a lot of them coming up. :)

Here's a short preview for Chapter 2:

"No way!" Dawn squealed, staring down at her phone. "She better not be joking!"

"Who?" May asked, as the two started to make their way to school.

Thanks for reading and have an amazing day!

~Skitty13