Our first time to shine

by CauseChicasLoveStarmen

10-year-old Berry Richardson is eager to be a Pokémon Coordinator, and enters her very first contest along with Pulsar, her Rotom. She, along with five other rookie coordinators, faces 6 experts. How difficult (or easy! ;)) will it be for them? (Note: contains some hints of Kantocontestshipping and Festivalshipping.)

1. Introduction

Note: if the text is italic, it's the exact translation of what a certain Pokémon is saying or trying to say!

Short intro

Time drastically went by since Berry found Pulsar, her Rotom, in one of the alleys a while ago. They became really good friends ever since. Berry promised to enter her first official Pokémon Contest with Pulsar, and no sooner said than done, she went to the Hearthome City contest hall to apply for her very own Contest Pass, of which she's more than proud now. Just as soon, her siblings started making miscellaneous preparations for it.

At school, Pik made her a special contest garment during art class (after having measured her nearly thoroughly, of course), as he always loved to get creative with fabric and everything.

Back at home, after either training or earning another badge, Heart always turned on some EDM and/or techno music as Berry and Pulsar practised their improvised poses and move combinations in the backyard.

Even Chap planned a surprise dinner along with uncle Henry and aunt Alice, with all of Berry's favourite foods, in case she would become one of the chosen ones after the appeals round.

Of course, the garment and dinner were kept a secret, and Berry expected her first day at the Hearthome City contest hall to just be an ordinary one… or was it?

((Also, are you curious about what the Richardson siblings look like? On Instagram, you should look for the tag #barbotsOCs, with the most prominent tag being #barbotsOCBerryRichardson, in this case. This is an official (not anime-ish, sorry) art piece made by me.))