The Lie

Extra Credit: The Winners and A Decision To Be Made (Part 4)

Recap: Mary Anne is about to announce the winner of Battle of the Bands.

Don't look at me that way, I don't do recaps (just this once though).

~May's POV~

"... The PokéKnights-" She yells, her voice cut off from the crowd of girls screaming in adoration once they see the guys go onstage. They all smirk passing by us, saying 'We knew we'd win' minus Ash who smiles but sends us an apologetic look. Though I can see him trying to hold back a smirk of his own.

I look down, my heart sinking though I'm happy for them, I just wish they wouldn't have been so rude about it. "Well, at least we tried," Misty sighs, giving us all a forced smile to hide the tears in her eyes. We allow our arms to drop, looking down in defeat, about to leave and explore Bella and E's house more.

"-And Melodic Hearts!" She finishes, throwing the letter carelessly behind her, the crowd erupting into louder cheers and screams (if that's even possible). My eyes widen, we all glance at each other, walking up to the stage somehow.

"But I thought you said it was a tie," I state, confused.

"It was a tie... Between The PokéKnights and The PokéGuys to go up in first place alongside you girls," She tells us, smiling brightly, "Besides, it was very clear that there had to be two winners rather than one considering the fact that you girls were spectacular out there and that The PokéKnights and The PokéGuys were great as well, though not as great as you girls."

We smile widely, receiving a trophy with music notes made from multi-colored glass on it, as well as the boys. "We just won... Battle of the Bands!" Both our bands announce, all holding the trophies up in the air, making for an epic pose.

"Well, that was it for this Battle of the Bands, see you all next time!" She shouts, waving at the people in crowd with the rest of us.

"Let's go girls!" I yell, waving them over to follow me, all of us bursting into speed, arriving at someone's house in no time.

"Okay, we'll explore it but we need to keep this hidden," Leaf tells us.

"But it's a fair distance away from the academy, no one's gonna find it," Dawn points out, placing her hands on her hips and looking around the forest we're in.

"Well, what if someone starts snooping around? Like you said, it's a fair distance away, we won't be able to protect it if we're at school," Leaf reasons, gesturing around.

"Leaf's right, we need to hide the house. The only question remaing is where?" Misty asks, looking up at the tall trees, its leaves barely letting in the moonlight. I bite my bottom lip, scanning my surrounding's feature.

"Hey, what about there?" I ask, pointing at the waterfall I was near last time, when Drew caught me swimming there.

"That looks like a good spot, if you want to drown the house!" Dawn whisper-yells, aware that anybody could be out here.

"There's a cave behind the waterfall, we can move the house in the cave and come and go as we please," I explain, jumping over a thick log and standing in front of the shimmering lake.

"How are we supposed to do that exactly?" Dawn continually questions.

"Leaf can lift up the ground underneath the house in order to move it. Misty and I can help by parting the water and using it to help out with moving it." I explain my plan further, jumping back to my friends who are on higher ground.

"Well, what about me?" Dawn asks.

"When Leaf lifts up the house, you surround the house with air. Misty will use a strip of water to surround it, protecting it. Leaf will then quickly create a circle of rocks and I'll surround it with a ring of fire, we'll all use our powers to help in lifting the house."