"And now, trainers please send out your first Pokémon!" The call of the referee prompted Alan to pull out his Pokéball. He was now battling his second opponent of the tournament, who was incidentally glaring at him with a fierce intensity. She was a young, fiery girl named Sarah, it seemed, from Lumiose City.
"Go Conkeldurr!" The Muscular Pokémon emerged with a battle roar, swinging its concrete slabs threateningly.
"In that case, I'll lead with you, Dusknoir!"
"Conkeldurr, lead off with Knock Off quickly!" Conkeldurr charged towards the ghoul, batting its concrete pillars, trying to knock away Dusknoir's Leftovers. However, Dusknoir was ordered to dodge by floating into the air.
"Cripple him with Will-O-Wisp!" To Alan's shock, Sarah stood there smiling knowingly. Alan realised his mistake, that he had actually just gave the Guts-ability Pokémon a huge attack raise. Sarah ordered a Thunder Punch. Dusknoir was flung all the way to the opposite end of the field, shocking the entire stadium as to the sudden strength displayed.
Suddenly, Conkeldurr roared in pain as the burn took its toll. Alan realised that he had to defeat the Conkeldurr quickly, before it further damaged Dusknoir. He commanded Dusknoir to use Psychic, lifting the opponent high up into the air and smashing it to the ground, as Conkeldurr roared again from the burning pain. When the dust cleared, Conkeldurr had already passed out.
"Oh man, return, Conkeldurr. You battled hard. Go, Gengar, finish Dusknoir with Shadow Ball!" Gengar's speed made it impossible for Dusknoir to react. With alarming speed, it floated over to Dusknoir, and defeated it with a swift attack.
"Greninja, let's go! We'll counter speed with speed," Alan said. Greninja easily landed an Ice Beam, but not before taking great damage from an opposing Sludge Wave. Both Pokémon were hard hitters, but had fragile defenses. They had to land a deciding hit.
"Gengar, use Shadow Ball!" Gengar fired the attack at Greninja, but Greninja revealed that it had Shadow Sneak, and easily took out Gengar without taking any damage on its side.
"All right, Dunsparce, it's up to us," Sarah called out. The Land Snake Pokémon wriggled on the ground, determined to win the match. "We can counter speed too! Glare!" Dunsparce's eyes glowed red, emitting a strange energy that rooted Greninja to the spot. It got paralysed!
"Now, let's hit him with a Headbutt!" Dunsparce wriggled towards the toad, tackling it hard. Greninja was ordered to retaliate with Surf, but it surprisingly did not even respond to Alan's commands. Instead, it just cowered, seemingly terrified of Dunsparce. It had flinched from the previous move. It was eventually finished off with another Headbutt.
"Now, Sableye, let's win this!" Sableye growled at the opponent. Alan tapped at the Mega Stone on his wrist, starting to Mega Evolve his Sableye. "Let's Mega Evolve!" Its ears also became longer, and with the Cheshire grin, gave it a cunning appearance. The audience gasped again at the display of another rare Pokémon.
"Dunsparce, Glare again!" However, this time, the attack not only didn't affect the Sableye, but actually caused Dunsparce to stiffen and get paralysed itself! It appeared that Sableye's Magic Bounce had actually activated.
"Sableye, finish it off with a Dark Pulse, go!" The attack from Sableye, with its strengthened attack power from Mega Evolution, easily caused the Land Snake to faint.
"And the win goes to Alan from Goldenrod City!"