"Hello Unova, I am Michael Withers and welcome one and all, to the annual Nimbasa city type battle tournament, where trainers who battle using a preferred type of Pokémon are put against each other to discover which is the best type!"
As the fat, smartly dressed announcer yelled the opening speech the crowd roared with excitement.
Everybody across the Unova Region would agree that this was the highlight of the year in the Pokémon universe.
"Unova, are you ready to BATTLE?" The announcer bellowed to an ecstatic audience.
The crowd simultaneous rose in applause as they welcomed the type representatives of this year.
"Representing the water types this year; chosen by the Striaton City Gym Leader Cress, it's Crissy."
As Crissy's name was revealed, the area was covered in a shroud of smoke as she arose from the floor with her mentor, Cress.
"Here she is now. Crissy, how do you feel about competing in the competition?" Michael asked the girl wearing the official, ocean blue uniform for the water team, as always; with a Keldeo, the legendary water Pokémon badge on her right breast.
"It's just a true honour to have been chosen and to train aside Cress; he has just given me the most amazing advice with handling my Pokémon and how to exploit their powers correctly and for that I'm truly grateful."
"And Cress, what made you choose Crissy from all the other contestants?"
"Well it's quite simple really. Her audition was truly astonishing, her grace was as elegant as a swan, it's was simply amazing."
"One last question, can you win?"
"OF COURSE!" they screamed in unison.
"Here is the second representative now, chosen by the Striaton City Gym Leader, Cilan, for the grass types; it's Flora."
The crowd roared as a stunning young woman arose from the floor with her mentor, Cilan.
She wore the green uniform of the grass types, wearing a badge that held an image of the legendary grass type Pokémon, Virizion.
"Our second contender, Flora." The announcer told the audience as he walked towards her.
"Hey Flora, how are you feeling?"
"Just nervous, I guess, it's just astounding to actually witness a stadium this big, I must admit it's pretty scary."
"Just relax Flora, it will all be okay. Cilan, what was it about Flora that made you choose her to battle for the grass types?"
"Her energy just amazed me; she was just so dynamic that when she showed me her battling skills, I immediately saw the potential within her power."
"Flora, it sounds like he has a lot of faith in you. So Cilan, can Flora win it."
"I think this year; it's the grass team's time to win!"
With that the audience cheered as loud as they could.
"So, I guess you want contestant number three now, yes?"
"YES!" the audience bellowed back to Michael.
"So here he is, our third contestant, representing the Fire types; chosen by Chile from the Striaton City Gym, it's Liam."
A Mexican wave began to surf through the audience as a teenage boy rose from the floor with his coach, Chile, wearing the red fire type uniform with a badge of the legendary fire type, Reshiram.
"Hello Liam, how are you."
"Well, to be honest, I just want to get into the battles, I just think that it's not about this entire introduction, it's about the battle styles and about the battle techniques."
"Do you feel the same way Chile?"
"Well I do agree with Liam, it is about the battles but I also think it's important to let the public at home and here in the stadium know what the people are like who are battling; you know, so they can have their favourites."
"True words, spoken by a master. So, what was it like working with Liam?"
"He has a superb talent for battling and I'm proud that he is representing the Fire types this year and I think the Fires deserve a win."
"Good luck to you Liam, now go and get ready for Round 1."
"I will get fully prepared for my first battle."
"Now it's time for our forth battler; the winning team last year, representing the Normal types, it's Jim; chosen by the Gym Leader of Nacrene City, Lenora!"
The crowd swirled into a whirlwind of applause as an elderly man arose wearing the gray coloured uniform with a badge of the legendary Normal type Pokémon, Meloetta on it.
"Hello Jim, are you looking forward to competing in this competition?"
"Of course I am, I've been perfecting my method of battle for years now and I am now ready to compete this year."
"Lovely to hear that. Lenora, being the eldest competitor this year, what can Jim do to defeat the younger participants?"
"Well, being the oldest, he has experience on his side and as he said, he has perfected his technique."
"Do you think that the normal team can win two years in a row?"
"I think Jim has an amazing chance of succeeding in this competition."
"Thanks for that… The normal team everyone!"
The applause continuously got louder and Michael was getting more enthusiastic as time got on.
"It's time now for the fifth contestant, for the Bug team, chosen by the Castelia City Gym Leader, Burgh; it's Simon!"
A middle aged man rose from the floor with the light green, bug type uniform wearing a badge with a picture of the legendary bug type Genesect.
"So, Simon, how does it feel to be representing the Bug types in this year's competition?"
"Seeing as the bug types don't seem to get much luck in this competition and are shown as the weakest team, I feel as if I have a lot to prove this year and I will try my hardest to get a win for the bugs!"
"Burgh, what do you think Simon can bring to the competition this year that the other bug type competitors haven't been able to?"
"I have trained long and hard with Simon and his energy is superb. He really wants to win and I think he can."
"Best of luck to you Simon."
"Now, onto the sixth contestant, chosen by the Nimbasa City Gym Leader, Elesa; representing the electric types, it's Kara!"
The attractive, twenty year old rose above the floor with her coach/model Elesa.
"Hey Kara, may I say you look stunning." Michael exclaimed referring to her low cut yellow uniform that showed a picture of the legendary electric type Pokémon Thundurus.
"Thanks very much, I thought I would take the normal uniform, which looks like a monks outfit and turn it into more of a fashion statement."
"Well that's a unique way to look at it. Despite showing your fashion on national television," He giggled. "What are the perks to being in this completion?"
"It's just nice for me to show everyone that I'm not just beauty, I am a good battler as well."
"Elesa, what pushed you to choose Kara from all of the other applicants?"
"She just had this certain oomph about her that made me see myself within her. She talked to me behind the scenes and told me about her passion for battling and not wanting to be the stereotypical beauty queen anymore and that's exactly what I wanted to do and look at me now."
"Well I really hope you show people that you can fight… Kara and Elesa everyone!"
"Now it's the time for last year's runner up, the ground type team and representing them this year, chosen by none other than the Driftveil City Gym Leader, Clay; it's Callum!"
The teenage boy and the forty year old Gym Leader rose from the floor, welcomed with a round of applause from the audience. He wore the Brown ground type uniform with a badge of the legendary ground type Pokémon, Landorus.
"Hey Callum, are you ready for the competition?"
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be; I've trained very hard alongside Clay to get as strong as I can."
"So Clay, you've been working hard to win this year?"
"For sure, I've done everything I can to make y'all realise that my ground types are the best around these here parts."
"I wish you the best of luck… Clay and Callum everyone!"
"Now, onto the eighth out of sixteen contestants, representing the flying type team, selected by the Mistralton City Gym Leader, Skyla; it's Phillipa."
The middle aged team rose, Phillipa wore a white uniform with a badge illustrating the legendary flying type, Tornadus.
"Hello Phillipa, do you think you can win this whole competition?"
"You know what; I believe that I can only do my best in the competition and if my best is enough to achieve gold, then I will be eternally grateful to Skyla who has helped me discover the true power of flying type Pokémon."
"So, it sounds like you've been working hard to perfect Phillipa's technique."
"I've shown Phillipa all I know, I've even taken her on a round the world trip on my Unfezant to show her how to master flight to ensure a win."
"So Skyla, are you confident you can win this year?"
"I think we've trained hard enough to get the best out of Phillipa's talent."
"Thank you Skyla and Phillipa."
"We'll be back after this short commercial break to show the representatives for the last eight teams, stay tuned."
I Hope you enjoyed the first chapter, please review and tell me: What is your favourite type of Pokémon? Who is your favourite Unova Gym Leader? Who is your favourite contestant so far and who do you want to win? I will update very soon!