Sorry for not updating earlier, I was pretty busy with school. To make it up to the readers, I'll upload two chapters today.
Telepathy
Thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
The next morning... Skyala's POV
Skyala's alarm clock rang at exactly 6.30am. Skyala woke up and rubbed her eyes before turning off the alarm on her alarm clock. She went to the walk in closet that she and Misty shared and picked out her clothes and face towel before heading to the bathroom. Skyala picked out a teal off shoulder top, a knee-length black pleated skirt and white heeled wedgies. She placed her shoes beside her bed and walked to the bathroom. Her towel was already in the bathroom. After 20 minutes, Skyala exited the bath fully dressed. Skyala bumped into Misty on her way back to the room. Skyala grabbed the hairdryer in her room and started blowing her hair dry. After drying her hair, Skyala pinned her hair back with her daisy hairpin. Skyala slipped on her bedroo
slippers and made her way to the dining room for breakfast.
In the dining room... Skyala's POV
Skyala walked into the dining room only to find Kenny eating his pancakes. Skyala glanced around the room. Kenny noticed her confused look.
"The others aren't here yet. Gran and Gramps are out for a morning walk." Said Kenny.
Skyala nodded and picked up a plate. Skyala took two waffles and one pancake. Kenny handed her the butter and maple syrup, which she accepted. Lyra, Misty and May all came in individually fifteen minutes later. Breakfast was mostly a quiet affair. Within 20 minutes, everyone had finished breakfast. The five spies headed back to their room to get their luggage and met Leaf at the door. They would be heading to school to board a bus that would send them to the airport, where they would board a plane to Hearthome City. They made sure to check their passports, their plane tickets were with the teacher who would be accompanying them through out the transfer program.
The six boarded a limo scene that drove them to school. Leaf gave all of them a goodbye hug before heading to her class. The other five headed to the auditorium, where they would be gathering. At about 8am, the group the group boarded the bus to the airport. Their flight was scheduled at 10am, but they had to check in an hour before the plane takes off.
Skyala couldn't figure it out. If they were going to take a plane, why not ask everyone to gather at the airport instead? Meeting at school would be too troublesome, especially with all that luggage. Within ten minutes, the bus arrived at the airport. The teacher went to check in for them after collecting their passports. Everyone checked in their suitcases, and kept their bag packs. Lyra yawned as the five sat down on the chairs in the airport.
"What do we do now?" Asked May, speaking softly so that only the five of them could hear.
"We wait, I guess." Shrugged Kenny.
The group waited for another 20 minutes, before the teacher gathered them. The group headed to the departure hall, to wait for their plane.
Inside the departure hall... Normal POV
Their teacher, Miss Elesa, brought the group to their boarding gate. After waiting for another fifteen minutes, they were allowed to board the plane. They were lucky to be sitting together. May, Misty, Lyra and Skyala shared the first four seats in the middle row. Kenny sat to Skyala's left, the window seat row. Skyala nudged Lyra and sent a secret signal to Kenny.
"I have a weird feeling about this while thing." Said Misty.
"I know, something is going to happen soon." Said Kenny.
"Haven't you guys noticed anything weird?" Asked Skyala.
"Like what?" Asked May?
"Like asking us to meet at school, when we would be boarding a plane. Why not just ask us to meet at the airport instead?" Said Skyala.
"I noticed that too. And going on a Monday is weird too." Said Lyra.
"Now that you mention it, most transfer programs in our school usually ask students to meet at the airport on Sundays, if we need to take a plane. If not the school would bring is there by bus on Monday morning." Muttered Kenny.
"We shouldn't leave our guard down at all times. If something happens, just blend in with the crowd." Said Lyra.
"Especially when the targets are nearby." Added Misty.
"Let's stop this mental conversation here; the other students might suspect something." Said Lyra.
The five cut the conversation and adjusted their seats. Lyra buckled her seatbelt and the other girls followed suit. They waited for another ten minutes, the other passengers were scrambling to keep their stuff in the above compartments and find their seats.
"All passengers, we will be taking off in 20 minutes. Please fasten your seat belts and turn off all mobile devices." Came the announcement on the intercom.
A video proceeded to play on how to fasten their seat belts and what to do in case of an emergency. After waiting for half an hour, the plane was finally in the sky. It was a ten hour flight, from Nimbasa City's airport to Hearthome City's airport. Lyra fell asleep almost immediately after the plane took off. Lyra had always been a light sleeper, someone who sleeps and awakes easily. Kenny shook his head at his sister, and soon fell asleep as well. The only one who didn't sleep was May. You could say that she was worried, May sat there worrying. May stayed in that state for the next three hours, before Misty woke up and saw her.
Misty tapped May's shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. Misty unbuckled her seat belt as gave May a hug.
"Don't worry, you'll do fine. The rest of us will help you too." Smiled Misty.
Misty continued her conversation with May, hoping that it will keep the mission off May's mind for a little while. The pair stopped their conversation when the flight attendant approached them and handed them their lunch. Misty woke up Lyra who in turn woke up Skyala. Kenny had woken up not too long ago. Kenny and May chose chicken while the other three chose fish. The meal was fried chicken or fish with rice. The flight attendant also handed them their eating utensils. Each of them had a set of utensils, a glass of juice and an ice cream. All of them had chocolate flavor.
After the flight attendant cleared their trash an hour later, May could finally fall asleep. The others did the same, except Skyala, who eventually fell asleep as well. During the flight, Lyra had a very interesting dream.
In her dream, Lyra was sitting in the middle of an underwater palace. Someone was talking to her; she couldn't quite make out the voice. But it sounded like it was a male's voice. The voice kept repeating, save me, save me. These two words kept repeating in her dream. Lyra couldn't quite make out the meaning of her dream and blinked several times, which caused her to wake up. Lyra blinked several times and glanced around. The others were still asleep, she wondered if the others had similar dreams. Lyra glanced at her watch, it showed 6.47pm. The plane would land soon, so Lyra decided to wake the others up.
"Guys, I had a weird dream just now." Said Lyra.
"You too?" Asked May, surprised.
"What kind of dream?" Asked Kenny?
"I heard a voice, asking me to save him." Replied Lyra.
"Mine too!" Added May.
"Same here, but the voice I heard was female." Said Kenny.
"I had that too." Said Misty.
"Same here." Said Skyala.
"What does it really mean?" Sighed Lyra.
"Let's discuss this later; the plane will be landing soon." Suggested Kenny, and he cut the conversation.
The others heeded his advice and stayed quiet. When the plane landed, the group picked up their bag packs and headed to the baggage claim with the rest of their group. They picked up their respective baggage and went to wait for the bus that would bring them to Hearthome High. Luckily for the group, Hearthome High was only half an hour's drive away from the airport. Most of them were tired from jet lag as well as hungry. During the bus ride, they were introduced to their dorm partners. Lyra and Skyala shared a dorm with Misty and May respectively. Kenny was with one of his schoolmates, Hilbert Black. The four girls shared a secret smile; all of them were tired due to jet lag, despite having slept through out most of the journey.
At Hearthome High...
The group for off the bus and were greeted by the students of Hearthome High. A girl with green hair, Cheryl, greeted the four girls. While Kenny was greeted by a boy with orange hair, Buck. They two led Kenny and the girls to their dorms.
Misty thanked Cheryl for showing them to their dorm. Skyala and Lyra entered through the left door while May and Misty entered the right one. The dorm itself was pretty well decorated, and wasn't dull like the four had expected it to be. After setting down their luggage, Lyra and Misty got to work hanging short clothing lines to dry their clothes. The dorm was big enough to have a mini kitchen and washing machine. The group decided to wash their clothes before they went for classes and return during lunch to take out the clothes. And iron the clothes after classes. Their dorm was one of the biggest; it was built to house about five people. They would love to have Kenny stay with them, so that they could carry out the mission more efficiently. But unfortunately, the school had a rule that boys and girls cannot share a dorm. Boys can go over to the girl's dorm, but cannot stay over unless it is during the weekends. Only blood related siblings were allowed to share dorms, but since May, Skyala and Misty weren't directly related to Lyra and Kenny, they couldn't do such a thing. But it was a good thing that the four girls were together, they could do missions better and Kenny could spy on others separately too. So it wasn't totally bad.
Suddenly, a knock came on the door. The four girls shared a look, before Misty glanced through the eye hole. She gave a sigh of relief when she saw that it was only Kenny.
"It's only Kenny." Said Misty, breathlessly.
The others nodded and went back to what they were doing previously. Misty opened the door for Kenny and Skyala helped Lyra put up the clothing lines.
"Hey, how about I help you guys grab some dinner. I think we're all tired and would like to stay in the dorm." Said Kenny.
"I'll go with you. So that the others can finish unpacking." Suggested Misty.
Kenny nodded and the two left to get some dinner. May was cleaning out the cupboards, so that the cupboards would be dust free when the unpacked their clothes. After fifteen minutes, Skyala and Lyra had finished putting up the clothing lines.
"Guys, we are going to do some shopping for the dorm. We are low on supplies." Said May, checking the mini kitchen.
"Ok, what do we need to buy?" Asked Skyala, pulling out a notebook from her backpack.
"Dish washing soap, cleaning supplies for washing clothes and cleaning the dorm. Food, bed sheets and spare table and kitchen cloths." Said May.
Skyala jotted in down as Misty returned with the food. Misty placed the food on the table and went over to Lyra.
"What are you guys doing?" Asked Misty?
"Making a list of what we need to but for the dorm." Replied Skyala.
"We can go during the weekend. We don't have classes during the weekend, only club activities." Said Misty, pulling out four cards from her pocket.
"Here are your schedules; I bumped into Miss Elesa earlier. And she told me to give them to you." Explained Misty.
Misty was right, there were no lessons on weekends, only club activities.
"Do you have any extras of our schedules?" Asked Lyra.
Misty shook her head. "I don't, Miss Elesa only gave me one copy of each. But she said that we could get them from the general office. I wanted to go there just now, but it was already closed. We should go there tomorrow morning."
"We should." Agreed Skyala.
May walked over to the group and nodded. "But first, let's eat."
The others agreed and May placed the boxes of food on the table. Misty had packed four boxes of rice with several side dishes, like fried chicken and vegetable salad. Misty had also taken plastic utensils too.
"Add utensils, plates, bowls and other stuff needed in the kitchen to the list." Said Lyra.
Skyala nodded and added those to her list before keeping them in her bag. Misty opened all of the plastic containers and set their covers aside. Lyra washed the forks and spoons before handing them out. The four sat down and ate their dinner while discussing about what they need to buy for the dorm.
After dinner, May washed the utensils and containers as they might need them in the future. The others proceed to unpack their clothes and other stuff. Misty placed their bathing things in the bathroom neatly. Skyala set up a charging point for them to charge their laptops and phones. Skyala then proceeded to set up a hidden camera using her laptop, while Lyra helped her unpack. None of them really brought a lot of clothing. Even Lyra and Skyala who were the ones that often brought a lot of clothes for a mission. This was because; they had planned to go shopping so that they would have clothes that wouldn't stand out too much.
"Guys, we have so much stuff to buy. We probably need a car to help is carry stuff." Said May.
"That's not a problem. Gramps lent us a car to use, so I can drive us there." Said Lyra.
Lyra was the only one out of the five that could drive, as she was the only one who had a driving license. Kenny, May, Skyala and Misty couldn't take the test yet as the four of them have yet to turn 16, which is the legal age for driving. Skyala will turn 16 in a few months, but unfortunately she can't take the test before her birthday. After another hour, they had finished unpacking and May went to shower first. Skyala was still setting up the camera and they had already put up an aura barrier around their dorm. After fifteen minutes, May came out and Lyra went to take her own bath. May was dressed in a simple red tee with black shorts and she sat beside Skyala.
"How is it going?" Asked May?
"I'm almost finished." Yawned Skyala.
Misty was currently boiling water, and handed Skyala some warm water to keep her awake until she took her bath. Lyra came out from the bathroom ten minutes later, dressed in a sleeved white night dress and her hair let down. Misty quickly took a shower while Skyala shut down her laptop after installing the camera. Misty came out ten minutes later dressed in a yellow shirt with blue shorts. Skyala grabbed her clothes and went to shower. The other three went about doing some other stuff that would keep their dorm protected. Misty kept their laptops in their respective cupboards, well hidden behind their clothes. Lyra and May were putting up a soundproof barrier using their aura powers, so that sound waves couldn't travel outside their dorm. This is done to ensure that they won't be eavesdropped on so easily. Skyala came our fifteen minutes later, with her messy strawberry blond hair. Skyala handed May her towel, which was placed on the washing line to dry. Skyala proceeded to comb her messy hair.
The middle of the dorm which had the mini kitchen, a fridge, the washing machine and an overhead fan. The clothing lines were placed below the fan, so that the clothes would dry quicker. Misty had checked the fridge earlier and it was empty, save for several bottles of water.
"Guys, we might not have enough supplies to last us till Saturday. We might need to have a supermarket run tomorrow." Said Misty, worriedly.
Lyra walked over to Misty, who was at the mini kitchen. "You're right; we could go right after lessons. We only have classes until 1.30pm. We should only buy things from the supermarket; we can buy the other stuff during the weekends."
"I'm fine with it." Shrugged May.
"Me too." Said Skyala.
"So we're all agreed on this." Said Misty.
The other three nodded in response. "So we'll meet back here after classes to change and put down our stuff. We'll probably leave at 2.15pm." Said Lyra.
After talking a bit more about tomorrow's plans, the girls for ready for bed. Within half an hour the girls had already drifted off the dream land.
The next morning...
A loud alarm ran through the dorm. It was Misty's alarm clock. The alarm clock showed 6.25am. Misty and Lyra were woken up by the noise while Skyala and May still slept soundly.
Lyra picked out her clothes while Misty went to shower. Lyra picked out a white tank top with a jean skirt and jean jacket as well as a pair of light blue ribbon heels. Misty came out ten minutes later in her sleepwear. Misty always had a bath first before changing into her clothes later on. Misty proceeded to wake Skyala and May up while Lyra took her bath. Lyra came out 20 minutes later fully dressed and her hair let down. Skyala went to shower and Lyra helped Misty pick out her outfit. Misty chose a pair of black shorts and Lyra suggested that she match it with a yellow hoodie. On her feet Misty wore a pair of blue diamond sandals. Misty also brought along a sweater in her bag. Skyala wore an aquamarine minidress with skinny jeans and black pumps. May on the other hand wore a sleeveless red halter dress with shorts sewn on the inside, a dark blue sweater and black sneakers.
Lyra glanced at her digital watch, which showed 7.03am. Nimbasa and Hearthome had the same time zone, but oddly different seasons. So there was no need to set her watch to a different time.
"Guys, let's go grab some breakfast. Then, we'll go to the general office to get our locker numbers as well as extra schedules." Said Lyra.
"I'll text Kenny and say that we're meeting up in a few minutes." Said Skyala, not looking up from her phone.
The four met up with Kenny in the hallway that led to the cafeteria. The cafeteria was smack dab in the middle of the school; it was the only place that connecting the dorms and academic buildings. The five made their way to the cafeteria. Kenny wore a dark blue jumper with jeans and brown sneakers. The cafeteria was still empty as classes don't start until 8.30am. So most people only grab breakfast at 8. They each grabbed a plate and filled each plate with something different, so that they would have a variety of food. The group had a simple but delicious breakfast, before heading to the general office. The lady on duty gave them extra copies of their schedules as well as their locker numbers. Everything that they would need can be found in their lockers. They headed to find their lockers which the found after looking for ten minutes. All their lockers were beside each other's. Misty opened her locker and found all the books that she would need placed neatly. The locker itself was brightly painted, actually all of them were. So Misty decided not to decorate it, most of the students chose not to decorate the outside apparently. The others too decided not to decorate their lockers.
"What's your first class?" Asked Kenny.
"English for me and Misty." Was May's reply, I nodded along.
"Lyra and I have math." Replied Skyala.
"I have Chemistry." Said Kenny.
"So we will have separate homerooms, Lyra and Skyala are in the same class. So are May and I. Kenny will be on his own." Said Misty.
"This is most likely the case." Replied Lyra.
"We're still early you know." Sighed Kenny.
"How about we get to our classes early, so that we can spy on our targets earlier." Suggested Skyala.
The others agreed and set off for their respective classrooms.
In class 4-7, Skyala and Lyra's class...
4-7's homeroom teacher, Miss Roxanne, was surprised that a student was so early. Lyra and Skyala introduced themselves to Miss Roxanne. Miss Roxanne told the two that she didn't assign seats for the class during homeroom. Almost none of the teachers who taught the class never appointed seats of everyone. So they were free to choose their seats. Skyala and Lyra chose the seats beside the window, directly behind their targets. They had managed to hack into the school's system, the previous night, and get the seating information of their targets. Although the several classes didn't have fixed seating plans, the teachers still submitted a rough plan where the students would usually sit. Most of the students only started to come into class at about 8.20am. Skyala spotted their targets and nudged Lyra. At the same time Miss Roxanne signaled for the two girls to stand next to her. They would probably need to introduce themselves to the class later on.
Skyala and Lyra went up to Miss Roxanne and stood beside her. Miss Roxanne got the class to quiet down, before speaking.
"Class, today we have two new students that have temporarily transferred to our school under the "Gifted Talents' Program". A program between our school and Nimbasa High. Let's have them introduce themselves shall we?" Said Miss Roxanne.
"I'm Lyra Oak, I major in music." Smiled Lyra.
"I'm Skyala Oak, I major in science." Said Skyala.
"Thank you girls, please return to your own seats. I'll ask one of the students to give you a tour of the school; you will be excused for the next hour of classes." Said Miss Roxanne.
Miss Roxanne proceeded to go through some admin stuff with the other students. This lasted for about fifteen minutes until the bell rang, signaling the end of class.
"Girls, this is Ethan Berlitz and Sky Danner. They'll be the ones showing you around the school." Said Miss Roxanne, handing out hall passes for the four.
Lyra and Skyala nodded. They followed the two boys out of class.
"They are awfully quiet." Murmmered Lyra.
"They are quite not what I expected them to be." Replied Skyala.
"Let's just observe them as we go." Said Lyra.
Skyala didn't nod neither did she respond to Lyra's statement. Skyala was being careful not to nod, as they were having conversations inside their heads. It would seem that she was crazy if she nodded her head if no one was saying anything, it would cause others to have suspicions if she did that. Lyra turned her attention back to the school tour.
"And this is our indoor battlefields, we have more outside and upstairs. This is usually used when it is raining outside and for tournaments." Explained Sky.
"Do you have annual tournaments?" Asked Lyra.
"Actually we do, there is one coming up in a few weeks. Prelims start tomorrow. It's an annual affair, everyone is involved. There is a students' tournament and a teachers' tournament." Replied Ethan.
"I see, so it's compulsory." Said Skyala.
"Yup, everyone is required to participate. The tournament is hosted by the principal." Said Sky.
"Do you guys have tournaments back in your school?" Asked Ethan.
"We do, we have four every year, one for single, double, triple and mixed battles." Replied Lyra.
"We only single and double battles." Said Ethan.
Just then the bell rang, signaling the end an hour. Lyra and Skyala were surprised; an hour had passed by so quickly.
"What lesson is it?" Asked Skyala.
"Battles." Replied Ethan.
"We have the same lesson as the other levels right?" Asked Lyra.
"Yup, battles and gym are the only classes that have a mixture of students from different levels." Replied Sky.
"We are using the battlefield on the top most floor." Said Ethan, leading the group to the staircase.
They were currently on the third floor, so one more level to go. When they arrived at the field, several students were already. Lyra could spot Kenny amongst the students, but she failed to spot May and Misty. Skyala nudged Lyra when she spotted May and Misty coming in through the doors.
Ethan nudged Lyra when their teachers Mr Brawly and Miss Cynthia arrived. The two teachers got the class to quiet down, before proceeding with the lesson.
"I'm sure that all of you know that the preliminary round for the upcoming battle tournament starts tomorrow. And I know that we have some new students, why don't we have watch them have a battle,, to test their battle ability." Said Mr Brawly.
"First up, Miss Oak." Said Miss Cynthia.
Four heads turned to her and Miss Cynthia sweat dropped. "Eldest Oak."
Lyra shrugged and stepped up into the field, while the other three snickered. There would always be confusions as to which Oak teachers were referring to. That often caused very funny situations.
"Who would like to be her opponent?" Asked Mr Brawly?
Ethan raised his hand and murmurs came from the class. "She'll never win; Ethan is one of the most powerful trainers in our school."
"Come on up, Ethan. Only one Pokemon can be used. No substitutions are allowed." Said Mr Brawly.
"Let's go Beautifly!" Said Lyra, throwing Beautifly's Pokeball into the air.
Beautifly emerged from the Pokeball with pink flower petals surrounding her. Lyra had obviously put seals on Beautifly's Pokeball. Ethan rolled his eyes before making his choice.
"Come on out Typhlosion!" Said Ethan.
Ethan's Typhlosion gave a loud roar when it came out of it's Pokeball.
"Ethan's gonna win this. He does have a type advantage after all." Said Ash.
"Don't be too sure, Lyra is pretty tough too. I'm sure she has a couple of tricks up her sleeve for dealing with Pokémon that have a type advantage against hers." Retorted Misty.
"Can the two of you keep quiet?" Hissed Skyala.
Misty sent a glare towards Ash, as if telling him to keep quiet.
"Please begin!" Said Mr Brawly.
"Typhlosion, use flamethrower." Said Ethan.
"Dodge it, use pyschic." Said Lyra.
Beautifly dodged the flamethrower attack and lifted Typhlosion up using its psychic attack.
"Use flamethrower upwards." Said Ethan.
"Spin!" Said Lyra.
Beautifly started spinning creating a tornado with fire sparks flowing downwards slowly. Several gasps could be heard from the crowd.
"Throw him!" Said Lyra.
Beautifly sent Typhlosion smacking into the ground. Typhlosion stood up slowly, regaining its balance.
"Are you alright Typhlosion?" Asked Ethan.
Typhlosion gave a cry in response, saying yes. Ethan smiled and ordered Typhlosion to use flame wheel.
"Let's finish this with Flame wheel!" Said Ethan.
"No way, Hydro Pump Beautifly!" Said Lyra gleefully.
Time had literally stopped when Lyra ordered her Beautifly to use Hydro Pump. Beautifly sent a strong pump of water from its mouth towards the incoming Typhlosion. Due to sudden contact with water, the flaming barrier disappeared and sent Typhlosion flying into the wall rendering it unconscious.
"Typhlosion is unable to battle; Beautifly and Lyra win this battle." Said Mr Brawly.
Ethan smiled as he returned Typhlosion to its Pokeball. "You did great buddy, have a good rest."
"Well done Lyra. Not many people can beat Ethan, you know. How did your Beautifly learn Hydro Pump?" Asked Miss Cynthia.
"Actually my Beautifly was crossbred from a male Masquerain and a female Beautifly. Since Masquerain knows Hydro Pump it should be right that it's child be able to learn it as well." Replied Lyra, with Beautifly sitting on her head. [1]
"Well, it is still a unique combination I must say. I have never seen a Beautifly use Hydro Pump before. It's very rare that a Beautifly gets to learn a move like Hydro Pump." Shrugged Mr Brawly.
"You're right, it's rare. But not impossible." Smiled Lyra.
Lyra smiled and went back to her friends. This time Misty came up onto the field and Ash followed her. The two stood on opposing sides of the field. Misty unclipped a lure ball from her belt, while Ash pulled out a pokéball from his hoodie pocket. Misty smiled lightly and threw her Pokéball. An energetic Corsola jumped onto the ground. Ash smirked and threw his own pokéball, out came a Bayleef.
"Please begin!" Said Mr Brawly.
"Bayleef, use razor leaf." Said Ash.
"Shoot them down with spike cannon!" said Misty.
Corsala's horns glowed white, and white spikes were released. The spikes hit Bayleef's razor leaf attack head on, sending them back to Bayleef.
Taking advantage of the situation, Misty ordered her Corsala to use blizzard. Corsola blew and icy cold breath the extra wind power sending the razor leaf attack back and hitting Bayleed in the face. Due to the strong blizzard wind, Bayleef was sent flying back, smashing into the wall. Due to the cold temperature and strong impact, Bayleef had fainted.
"Bayleef is unable to battle, Corsola wins." Said Mr Brawly.
Ash smiled sadly and returned Bayleef to its pokéball, Misty did the same. Skyala and Sky came onto the field next.
"If her friends are that strong, I shouldn't underestimate her as well." Thought Sky.
Skyala released her Delcatty and Sky released his Gabite.
"Please begin!" Said Mr Brawly.
"Gabite, use Dragon Claw!" said Sky.
"Dodge it and use Iron Tail!" said Skyala.
Delcatty dodged Gabite's Dragon Claw and swung its tail and which narrowly missed Gabite who managed to evade the Iron Tail attack.
"Gabite use dig!" said Sky.
Gabite used its claws to dig a hole and disappeared into it.
"Delcatty, be careful. We don't know where it'll appear." Said Skyala.
Delcatty meowed and Skyala felt the ground rumble. "Delcatty use Iron Tail on the ground!"
Delcatty used Iron Tail to jump up to avoid Gabite's attack.
"Use Assist!" said Skyala.
Delcatty let out a gust of silver wind that threw Gabite back briefly.
"Gabite use Dragon Claw!" said Sky.
"Delcatty, stop him with Bilzzard." Said Skyala.
Gabite managed to land a hit on Delcatty, before the latter recovered enough to use a Bilzzard attack.
"Use protect." Said Sky calmly.
Skyala gritted her teeth. "Delcatty use Assist!"
"Gabite use Dragon Claw!" said Sky.
Delcatty's Assist turned out to be Leaf Blade. The two attacks collided and when the smoke cleared, both Gabite and Delcatty lay on the floor unconscious.
"Both Delcatty and Gabite are unable to battle; this battle ends in a draw." Said Mr Brawly.
Skyala held out Delcatty's Pokéball, "You were great out there, have a good rest."
"Good job Gabite, have a good rest." Said Sky, returning Gabite into its Pokéball.
Skyala returned to the other Oaks and Kenny came up onto the field. Drew followed suit and stood opposite of Kenny.
"Don't worry; Sky is one of the best battlers in the school. A draw is pretty good too." Whispered Misty.
"I'm not mad because of a draw, but how he managed to corner me during the battle. It's like he could read my moves." Replied Skyala.
Lyra nudged the two, she pointed to Ethan who was holding a video camera.
"Ethan is videoing our battles, what should we do?" Asked May?
No one replied to May, but instead focused on Kenny and Drew's battle. They didn't want to distract Kenny during his battle, but it was something to worry about.
"Let's go Roserade!" Said Drew.
"Skarmory, you're up!" Said Kenny.
"Please begin!" said Mr Brawly.
"Roserade, use Magical Leaf." Said Drew.
"Air Cutter." Said Kenny.
Skarmory's Air Cutter sent Roserade's Magical Leaf back and sent Roserade flying back.
"Use Metal Sound!" Said Kenny.
Lyra, May, Misty and Skyala instinctively put on a pair of headphones, Kenny often used such moves in his battles and it had become a habit for them. Skarmory flapped its wings and a horrible sound was heard. Drew and his Roserade covered their ears as did everyone else, Kenny took this chance to attack.
"Skarmory use Sky Attack!" said Kenny.
Skarmory glowed white and flew towards Roserade with its wings still producing that horrible sound. Roserade was sent flying towards the wall and fell unconscious.
Mr Brawly shuddered, having not recovered from the Metal Sound attack. "Roserade is unable to battle; the match goes to Kenny and Skarmory."
Mr Brawly and Miss Cynthia stared at Kenny curiously, as did many students. Is this student really a coordinator?
"I must say that I'm very impressed by your battle skills, it is not often you see such skills from a coordinator." Said Miss Cynthia.
"Crap, I must have been too harsh." Thought Kenny.
"Well, I come from a family of battlers. I'm one of the few coordinators in the family, so I train with a lot of trainers." Said Kenny.
It wasn't really a lie, it was true though. Most of the people with the Oak name are trainers, Kenny and May were the few exceptions to that. So Kenny and May did train with mostly trainers. Kenny returned to where the others were and May stepped onto the battlefield. Dawn volunteered to be her opponent.
"Swellow, time to take the stage!" Said May.
"It's your turn Ambipom." Said Dawn. [2]
"Battle begin!" Said Mr Brawly.
"Ambipom, use swift!" said Dawn.
"Swellow use Agility to dodge it. Then use double-wing attack." Said May.
Swellow used its ability to dodge Ambipom's swift, before multiplying itself with double team. Swellow's wings glowed as it the other copies and charged towards Ambipom. Ambipom in a panic started hittng the copies with its tail, but didn't manage to hit the real one. The real Swellow charged into Ambipom sending it back, before doing to a cartwheel to prevent itself from crashing into the wall.
"Hyper beam!" Said May.
"Thunderbolt!" Said Dawn.
"Use agility to do dodge it followed by Mirror Move!" Said May. [3]
Swellow dodged the thunderbolt and Swellow created a black portal that sent Thunderbolt back to its attacker. Ambipom was hit by the thunderbolt and lay on the floor unconscious. [4]
"Ambipom is unable to battle, the match goes to May and Swellow." Said Mr Brawly.
The battle ended just in time as the bell rang shortly after.
"Remember to report to your respective battlefields after lunch tomorrow, the preliminaries for the upcoming tournament start tomorrow, more information about the tournament can be found outside the general office notice board." Said Miss Cynthia, before dismissing the class for lunch.
Lyra, Skyala, Kenny, May and Misty headed out the arena and headed to their lockers before heading to the cafeteria. Ethan, Dawn, Sky, Ash and Drew followed them and headed to their own lockers.
I'll end the chapter here; you can review this chapter if you like. You can submit a review for the next chapter along with this chapter.
Some points to take note:
[1] – Beautifly cannot legitimately learn Hydro Pump in the games, even through breeding. I've tried it but no success, so this part is made up.
[2] – I prefer Ambipom to be on Dawn's team.
[3] – Swellow can legitimately learn Mirror Move through breeding.
[4] – I'm using the description that is used for Sigilyph when it uses Mirror Move.
Anyway, continue reading the next chapter!