Pokemon Summoners



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This is a story of the Pokemon Trading card game (PTCG). As Pokemon do not live on Earth, the PTCG is the only game that most of us Pokemon fans play and collect. This is not like the anime about any journey or whatsoever but a story that is inspired by Pokemon! Enjoy.

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Please do not criticize my typing, as I'm not very, very good at English yet. You may find a bit of Singlish in this story as I haven't taken my 'N' Level and also my 'O' level. This is a fan fiction and I'm typing this to improve my English. And finally, please consider the time frame of this fic, it's starting at 2001, March. For any Questions, E-mail me at holydra_mon@yahoo.com .

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I did not create any Pokemon and Pokemon is not my creation. I do not own Pokemon and I am using it as a fan fiction only. Please do not steal this story, which is original (except for the Pokemon and the names of the places).

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Chapter One: The Tournament

It was at the Serene Centre, a place where the Pokemon Trading Card tournaments are held. It was already in the finals and the last match was about to begin.

"Rachael, you must win the last round in the tournament!" said Yvonne to her friend getting ready for the final round.

"I don't think she would win against him," said another friend, Irene, "he's been the tournament champion for more than four times."

"Irene!" said Yvonne worriedly, "Don't put too much stress on her."

"It's alright," said Rachael confidently, "I'm sure to win this time with my deck."

"Go Rachael!" shouted Yvonne and Irene as they followed her to the tournament room.

"Alright, this is it," said Rachael as she turned and looked at her friends, "I come out the champion!" and she went into the tournament room while the door was shut making sure that no one could help the two opponents.

Yvonne and Irene went to the live screen at the 'tournament live preview' in the centre as they anxiously watched to battle start. The players both drew their hand of 7 and begin to place their active, bench and finally their prizes. The coin was flipped with Roderick (Rachael's opponent) starting first.

"Oh no…" murmured Yvonne as she knew that Rachael would easily lose the match.

Rachael's first active, Bulbasaur, was defeated leaving only Charmander and Clefa on her bench. She quickly sent out Clefa as the active, attached a Grass Energy and used the 'Eek' attack to draw two cards. It was Roderick's turn and he flipped the coin with a heads and Clefa received 20 points of damage. It was a tough gamble.

It was almost after 30 minutes and only one active remained on both sides. The spectators watched with anxiety as they made their final moves, Blastoise, Roderick's active with 100 HP left, and also with a defender he just attached, attached a Water Energy to his Blastoise. Then Rachael thought, "Charizard will be defeated by the next turn and I can't stop it with my hand, and the only way I can beat him is now and not in the next turn, but…" she continued to think as she looked at her hand. "I'm going to lose," she continued thinking, "if only," then she stared at her Computer Search as she thought about finding a basic to hurt Blastoise first then to send out Charizard again but it wouldn't work as Blastoise would easily wipe out any Basic except Chansey, which she doesn't have in her deck.

Then suddenly, a thought struck her, she used her Computer Search and discard away her last two cards, then she started searching frantically in the remains of her deck, leaving tension on her friends as they thought that she was crazy. Then suddenly, Rachael drew from her deck, the card that every Trading Card Game master and Collected wanted (AT THAT TIME!!!), the Drakness Energy, and attached it to Charizard, leaving Roderick stunned and beaten by a Charizard which did 120 damage with 2 Fire energy and 2 Darkness energy

"Yes!" Yvonne and Irene shouted happily as they ran up to the new champion, "those two cards were really something!" said Yvonne.

"Yeah, and if you two hadn't mange to get those cards for me, I would have lost," said Rachael as she remembered the person who taught her how to play the Trading Card Game, her older sister. It was also her birthday today, the 15th of March, and all she wished was for Rachael to win the tournament. They celebrated the occasion until late and Rachael went home with the good news. Her older sister was fast asleep, as well as her older brother. She just went to bed and waited for the next day.