As with Pokeshipping week, I had intended to do all new pieces for this week, but it just so happened that I have a one-shot that I wrote awhile back about May and Drew and their twin daughters getting ready to start their journey that I actually really love, so I'm going to use it!

Some background on my future HC's here to give this piece some context: May and Drew have three kids, identical twin girls named June and Juli (pronounced Julie) and a son, Braylen. Also, June's favorite color is pink, and she wears it almost exclusively. For Juli it's baby blue, and the color difference is how most people tell them apart.

"We have something for you!" May beamed, and June's face took on a mixture of confusion and delight that really only she could pull off. Juli shrank back a little farther, not wanting to be seen as her father moved around to her twin's other side. She knew she shouldn't be spying; their parents had asked to speak to June alone. That almost never happened. The two of them separate from Braylen sure, but try as she might Juli could not come up with a reason her parents would need to speak to just June.

Then she remembered that they would be leaving home soon, and even though they were going together, they wouldn't be doing the same thing. June would start entering contests, following in their parent's footsteps with her dream of becoming a top coordinator. Juli would be challenging gyms, hoping to dethrone Uncle Ash as Pokémon Master. She'd never given it a second thought, that maybe her parents would have more interest when it came to June's journey. As soon as it occurred to her however, she could think of nothing else and had high tailed it back to eavesdrop.

Now she tried to reign in whatever it was that was bubbling up inside of her (jealousy? anger? sadness?) and not give herself away.

"We wanted you to have something very special to us." her dad said, reaching for something she couldn't see.

"Sort of like a good luck charm!" her mom added. Her dad shot her a look of mingled exasperation and adoration, the default look he had with her.

"Or inspiration, because-"

"Luck is just good preparation." June recited out loud as Juli mouthed along out of habit. Drew nodded, and May rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, we thought you'd like…" Their parents each held a hand out toward June, but Juli couldn't see what was in them. June filled in the blanks.

"Are these your ribbons?" she breathed, reaching out to touch their mother's.

"Our first ribbons." May clarified. Juli's eye's narrowed as June squeaked excitedly.

"That's so amazing!" June looked up at their smiling parents. "and one is pink and the other is blue; it's perfect!" Juli straightened, more curious now.

Blue and pink…just like..

"We thought you'd like that." Drew said. "Here." They each stepped toward June, and they pinned the ribbons to the straps of her tank top. The pink one blended in, but the blue one stood out against the pale fabric.

"We're so excited for you." May said, standing back and admiring her handiwork. "You're going to have so much fun." June beamed at her.

"You're a natural, you'll have your own ribbons in no time." Drew put in, looking prouder than Juli could ever remember seeing him. She bit her lip, then scurried off back to their room. She didn't think she could watch anymore without giving herself away.

She hadn't thought her parents would show a bias like that. Of course she knew they were both top coordinators, and that they'd probably always have more insight into June's journey than hers, but she had been expecting equal investment in her own. Their father talked to Sakura about her gym challenges almost every two weeks for goodness sake! Obviously she had been wrong. Obviously June following in their footsteps meant more to them.

She flopped down on her blue bedspread and glared over at the pink half of the room. How could she have been so stupid?

The door opened, but she didn't look up. She didn't want to take this out on her sister, after all this wasn't her fault, but if she looked at those ribbons she wouldn't be able to stop herself from snapping at her.

"Jules."

It wasn't her sister.

She sat up sharply, not bothering to hide her glare.

"Done with the heir to the contest throne?" she said airily. Her parents exchanged a look, then fixed their confused gazes on her.

"What is that supposed to mean?" her father asked gently. Juli glared at him some more, and didn't reply.

"Okay…" he said, looking imploringly toward May, who stepped forward.

"We just wanted to give you a going away present." she said.

"Oh?" Juli spat. "and what might that be? A new watch? Some Pokeblock…no, sorry, that's for contests." she huffed, ignoring the looks of comprehension that flashed on her parent's faces.

"I knew we should've given them their stuff together." Drew said. Juli glanced at him from between her green bangs.

"I thought it would mean more if we gave them theirs individually." May pouted. Juli felt guilt wash over her in spite of herself.

"Juli, you saw what we gave June, didn't you?" her father asked. Juli nodded.

"And I guess I should've known better than to think I could not do contests and still be just as important. But gyms weren't your history. Gyms aren't you, so-"

"Gyms are just as important." May interrupted. "I grew up in a gym after all." Juli frowned. She had chosen to ignore that detail in her rush to feel slighted. "And your uncle Max is a gym leader now too." Juli blinked.

"I-" she took a deep breath. "Still; it's not like you can give me-"

With his ever present flair for the dramatic, her father cut her off by holding out his hand, something small and silver resting on his palm.

"My first gym badge?" he said with a smirk. Juli's mouth opened and closed like a Magikarp out of water. Her mother giggled.

"But…you never…" she squinted at the badge, which was two circles connected by a thin bar. "That's a balance badge!" she exclaimed. Drew's smirk morphed into a smile, and May grinned.

"But that can't have been your first. You have to have four badges to be able to challenge the Petalburg Gym." Juli pointed out.

"Very astute." Drew commended. "I was a bit of a special case." he glanced toward his wife who was still smiling immensely.

"Your grandpa accepted his challenge without the other badges. He seemed to think he needed to prove that a coordinator could be just as tough as a gym leader." she sounded amused, and Juli couldn't help but grin at her parents.

"So you beat grandpa Norman in a gym battle?" she clarified. Drew nodded, and Juli reached forward and took the badge, studying it.

"You come from a long line of gym leaders." May said. "It's just as important as contests."

"You come from a long line of strong trainers," Drew pointed out, "who can do anything." Julie sniffed, and blinked rapidly, refusing to cry.

"So, you don't care more about June's contests?" she asked. Her mom surged forward and engulfed her in a smothering hug.

"Of course not!" she shouted. "All three of you are important, no matter what you do." Juli peaked up at her dad over her mom's shoulder. He nodded and smiled. Juli buried her head into May's hair.

"Oh, what did they give you?" June entered the room and strode over, plopping herself down next to her twin. Juli held out the badge as their mother released her.

"So cool!" June clapped her hands together, then threw her arms around her sister. "I'm so excited!" she yelled, laughing. Juli joined in.

"Me too." she returned the hug, noticing as she did the small flash of movement from the doorway. She frowned a little.

If her parents were giving them their firsts as good luck charms to start their journey…

What was going to be left for Braylen?

May and Drew sat in bed that night listening for the twins excited chatter to die down. May, for one, couldn't be prouder of herself. They had managed to come up with the most amazing good luck charms for the girls. But, as usual, Drew had to spoil her fun.

"You know we just painted ourselves into a corner, right?" he said, glancing at her.

"What?" she asked, putting on her best confused face.

"May, I know you saw him too." Drew observed. She bit her lip, but Drew continued. "Don't try and pretend, I'm serious. How did we not consider that?" May frowned.

"We've still got at least three years to think of something." she ventured. Drew scoffed.

"Three years doesn't make new firsts appear May. We both know he's going to want to battle too, and the badge thing was already a stretch with Juli." May scrunched her face up in concentration.

"Maybe we can…um…we could…" she had nothing, and Drew knew it. "Why is this so hard?" she pouted.

"Hey, you're-"

"Nu uh!" she cut him off. Joking or not, she hated when Drew pointed out that he'd only ever wanted one kid in the first place. He frowned, but his face did hold a hint of an apology, so she let it go.

"Okay, but the point stands. We don't have anything left for Braylen." he said.

"Juli was really upset." May changed the subject, though admittedly probably not in the right direction. She didn't want to dwell on Braylen anymore, and she was actually really worried about what Juli had said. Drew only shrugged.

"We should've done them together." May added.

"That would've only made it worse." Drew said. May looked at him quizzically. "She wasn't upset because we did them separately. She was upset because she thought our first ribbons were more meaningful."

"To our careers maybe, but that badge means way more to us." May said. Drew raised an eyebrow at her.

"How is a ten year old supposed to realize that on her own? Someday she'll understand, but today she was just a kid who saw her parents giving her sister something with much more obvious emotional value." May huffed.

"I thought we made it perfectly clear that we are just as supportive of her gym battles. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want anything to do with Pokémon." Drew rolled his eyes.

"May, you lied to your parents about your journey to keep them happy for how long?" she smiled sheepishly. "Exactly." he added. "We just have to give her more time, and make sure we show just as obvious of an interest in her progress as June's, give her just as much help and advice." May looked up.

"Are you sure she's going to be alright?" a loud peal of laughter echoed through the walls, and Drew smiled at the sound of his daughters.

"I think she'll be fine. They've got each other after all."