'Holy- What on Earth did they do now?' May stared at the trashed school that greeted her in the morning. Her jaw unhinged and she laughed an uncertain sort of laugh.

Struggling to find words to speak, May slowly took in the toilet papered, egged roof and walls, as well as the rubbish strewn across the courtyard.

Gathering her books shakily, May flipped open her phone. Pressing 1, she held it up to her ear and began to back away from the school as the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Dawn, I think you'd better get here, right now. Get the others too, I'm gonna need backup."

"Why? What's wrong? MAY!"

May hung up and whirled around, quickly stumbling out of the gates. Or at least, she tried to. Screeching to a stop, May's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You have got to be kidding me," May spluttered as Principal Spade pulled up in the carpark.

Stepping out of his car, Principal Spade slowly took in the same sight that was bestowed on May ten minutes earlier. He then let his gaze drop onto the girl in front of him.

"May Maple? Are you responsible for this?"

May gulped, took a deep breath and opened her mouth, before dropping her books in panic and running for her life.

Yep, a wonderful start to a brand new day! May thought sarcastically. Glancing over her shoulder, May almost fell over in shock. A Manetric and a Beautifly were both coming after her, and May sighed and slowed down, knowing from past experiences that fleeing was painful.

"Well then, Manetric, Beautifly, do your thing," May stood in front of the two Pokemon. "Although, I swear I didn't do it. The ones you're supposed to be busting are those four. Trust me, you're wasting your time chasing me."

Beautifly and Manetric ignored her and surged forward, Manetric readying a Thunder Wave, and Beautifly getting ready to fire a String Shot.

"So, May Maple, do you have anything to say about this?" Principal Spade turned around and observed her.

"I didn't do it," May stood up proudly and faced him.

"If you didn't do it, who do you think did it?" Principal Spade clasped his hands together.

"S.H.O.K," May declared confidently.

"Excuse me?" He sat back in his chair and raised his eyebrows.

"Shinji, Hayden, Oak and Ketchum. S.H.O.K. I still don't know why they chose that name. It's terrible, I mean, seriously? S.H.O.K?" May snorted.

"May Maple. Please stay on track and tell me the troublemakers," Principal Spade sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Oh, right, sorry. S.H.O.K? Don't you know them?" May asked him.

"Not by their group, no, but if you'd tell me their individual names…"

"What? The whole school knows them!" One glance at his face told her that he didn't know them. May sighed. "Paul Shinji." Principal Spade's eye's narrowed.

"Drew Hayden." His hands tightened.

"Gary Oak." His ears turned red.

"And Ash Ketchum." At that name, he sighed, muttering to himself and shaking his head.

"Miss Maple, you are to see me with them as well at lunchtime. Can you get in touch with them?"

May sagged and groaned silently to herself.

"Good. You may go," Principal Spade turned around and grabbed the phone. Three notorious pranksters had joined up and made a team, grabbing Ash Ketchum with them for his ability to…actually he didn't really know why they took in Ash, but they were still trouble. Not to mention May Maple and her friends also enjoyed a little prank here and there.

Eight pranksters in his school. He could only hope for the best and pray that they didn't decide to prank the other team.

"Hello? It's Justin Spade. I need all the janitors and cleaners you can supply to me in ten minutes."

May sighed as she stepped out of the office and made her way to the oak tree, where the other three girls were waiting for her.

"May! Are you OK? Are you hurt? What's wrong?" Dawn pounced on May and examined her.

"Dawn, I'm OK," May laughed. "You guys took your own sweet time to get here, huh?"

"Uhh, that's not my fault," Leaf nudged Dawn.

"Yea, not mine either," Misty pushed Dawn back, and the two Pokemon trainer proceeded to push Dawn back and forth between them.

"You guys are so mean," Dawn smiled.

"Did you guys see the school when you came here?" May asked them, flopping onto the grass and starting to tear the leaves around her.

"Yea, it was all egged when we arrived and there were a whole bunch of cleaners walking around carrying toilet paper. It was kinda gross," Misty nodded to herself.

"Yea, but you know, at least I got to watch Mr Spade's face when I told him that S.H.O.K formed. It was amusing, to say the least," May smiled to herself.

"And we don't exactly have proof that S.H.O.K did the trashing of the school, so Mr Spade asked me to see him at lunch, which also destroys our plans to put decaf in the teachers' coffee. Sorry," May added.

"Oh no. He did not ask you to spend lunch with them!" Leaf gasped. "Doesn't he know that he's practically messing with us too?"

"That means all eight of us are gonna go into his office?" Dawn groaned. "Not good. He's definitely gonna get bald listening to us argue."

The girls giggled at the mental image of Principal Spade pulling out his hair and turning bald.

"Well, we'll give him some trouble all right. Just enough to make sure that he doesn't summon us all together," Misty smiled, and it spread through the group like wildfire.

"This will give us a headache though," Leaf muttered.


"Dude, was that awesome or what?" Drew crowed in triumph as they spread out on the school roof.

"Yea, but I'll bet that one of the girls will rat us out to the principal. One of them always comes early in the morning," Paul lay out on his back and watched the clouds float past.

"Well, let's just go and talk to them. I'll bet ten bucks that they have a nice friendly message for us," Gary said sarcastically, standing up and heading towards the roof door.

"Nah, let's just stay, they'll probably talk to us in class or something," Drew flicked his green hair arrogantly.

"All right then," Gary sat back down, before adding, "I bet they're not even by their tree anymore, anyway."

"Well then, we're getting screamed in class and being embarrassed among our peers," Ash frowned.

The two boys pondered over this for a second, before sighing and standing up.

"Come on, Paul. We don't want the girls to yell at us. It'll damage our ears in an enclosed space," Drew called out to the purple haired teenager.

Paul stood up silently and walked over to the door.

The four boys trumped down the stairs and headed for the oak tree. They could faintly see four silhouettes under the tree as they walked to it, and Drew turned to Gary.

"Guess you're wrong, huh? The girls are by their tree," Drew smirked.

"Hello ladies," Gary ignored Drew and addressed the girls.

"Let me guess, that trashing of the school was your idea," Misty turned and faced Gary.

"No actually, it was Paul's idea," Ash spoke up.

"Really?" Leaf raised her eyebrows and turned to face Paul, who remained passive throughout the exchange.

"Well, you guys are gonna have to come with us to the Principal's office at lunchtime," May tilted her head as she spoke.

"Lunchtime? Are you kidding?" Drew snorted.

"Nope. Don't worry, we aren't too pleased with this either, so back off. We had no say in this," Dawn scoffed, turning around and grabbing her bag just as the bell rang.

"See ya later guys, at lunchtime. Don't be late!" Leaf smirked and headed for the doors, leaving the four boys standing in shock.

"We've got to start learning how they manage to get the last words in all the time. Seriously," Ash spoke up from the silence.


At lunchtime, the four girls headed straight to the Principal's office. Pushing open the door, their laughter faded when they saw the four seats already occupied.

Smiling politely at Principal Spade, the girls milled around the door uncertainly, wondering what they were doing here.

"May Maple, I don't remember inviting your friends to come along with you," Principal Spade's eyes were unnaturally wide with shock.

"Well, they're here to give me support," May smiled sweetly.

"Yea, as if you need support," Gary scoffed.

"Do you really want to go down this track, Gary. What's this group you're in, huh? S.H.O.K, right?" Leaf quickly retorted back.

"Enough!" Principal Spade's sharp interruption cut off Gary's biting reply.

"Leaf, Gary, you are to-"

"To what? Serve detention? Cause that's pretty much the only punishment you can give," Dawn piped up innocently.

Misty only stood and watched with amusement as Principal Spade's face turned red.

"All of you are to clean up the classrooms after school! Now get out of my office!" Principal Spade roared.

"But we didn't do any-" Drew was cut off.

"Now!" All eight of them scrambled for the door, and May brushed herself off after leaving the office.

"Well, that was fun," She grinned.

"Fun? I'm sorry, but did you not hear what he said in the last few seconds?" Drew spat out at her.

May blinked, frowned and rubbed her eye. "You spat on me you know? Say it, don't spray it."

"He said cleaning!" Drew continued furiously. "You'd better be there, all four of you."

Misty and Leaf exchanged glances, while a slow smile was spreading on Dawn's face.

"Sure, we'll be there, no need to worry!" Dawn winked as she dragged May away.


How was it?

I'll try to update in a month or so. I can't help it if it's a bit late, my sister took away my wireless, so I have to update this on my family computer.

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