….. I guess my last chapter was kinda short, ryu…. Oh well! Hopefully this chapter will be longer!
The mysterious voice continued, "This is a test Contest, partners have never been allowed before. Once you receive your partner, you may go practice and come up with a team name. The Contest will be at 10;00 AM tomorrow morning. The appeal will be done individually with two pokemon each, and the scores of each parner will be added together. Those who make it to the Battling Round will partake in a double battle with their partner, one pokemon each. Without further ado, I give you the pairings."
The speaker disappeared, and was replaced by a giant holographic screen. Faces with names below them started to appear in two's on the screen. Tatani waited patiently for her picture to pop up on the screen, unlike the rest of the fidgety crowd who made comments such as:
"How the heck did they get my picture?"
"I'm paired with that guy?"
"What's a 'Contest'?"
"BERRIES ARE AWESOME!"
"Do I really have to get up at 10?"
"Yay! I'm paired with you! Let's go practice!"
Tatani's attention was grabbed when the faces of a green haired teen named Drew and long purple haired man named Harley showed up on the screen. The pairings were most likely rigged. Those two had been finalists in Grand Festival. The next pairing was two girls named May and Dawn, well known Coordinators from Hoenn and Sinnoh, respectively. Zoey, Sinnoh's Top Coordinator, and a boy named Kenny, appeared next. Yup. Definitely rigged. Tatani's face appeared shortly after that, along with a young silver-haired boy by the name of "Tam." Once all the partners had been announced, chaos began as each person tried to find their ally.
Judging by the photo, Tatani figured that the boy must be pretty short. And pretty hard to find in a crowd. So, she did the sensible thing, and sent Togetic to go out and find him, she then sat down and waited. Soon enough, the crowd parted as an eager Togectic charged through with a boy in tow, say thing things like, "Uh, sorry! Whoa! Oops! Excuse me!"
"Heh, sorry about that…" said green haired girl sheepishly, "Nice to meet you, I'm Tatani!"
The boy gingerly took her outstretched hand, "Uh, hello… I'm Tam!"
Tam wore a pale-blue shirt and jeans, and his silver bangs hung loosely over his face, much like Tatani's did on hers. Tatani smiled warmly, "So, I guess we should go and practice?" she asked cheerfully. Returning her grin, though a bit weaker, "Yeah, but—" he was cut off when Tatani grabbed his hand and ran all the way to an open courtyard, leaving them both out of breath.
"Sorry," Tatani apologized again, "but I'm really not good with crowds."
Tam nodded quickly, but before he could say much more, the girl spoke up again.
"So, what pokemon do you have?"
Tam sighed and looked at the ground, "I don't really have any pokemon, I've been trying to tell you that…"
"That could be a problem… Well, I'll just lend you some of mine!" Tatani concluded.
"Really?' asked Tam, looking up at the greenete. Tatani nodded with a kind smile. She took out two of her pokeballs, "Here," she said, handing them to Tam, "These should be the easiest to control."
Tam returned her smile, "Thanks, so should we start practicing?"
"Yeah, but first…." Tatani answered, extending her index finger. Tam's gaze turned to where she was pointing; a seemingly blank wall.
"Hello!" she called out, "Person! Please stop spying on us!"
A tall, lanky figure, with long purple hair and a cacturne costume, which both kids recognized as Harley, fell out from behind the wall.
"Owww…" said the man as he got up. He then smiled sweetly, "You must be mistaken hon, I wasn't spying, I was merely walking past!"
"Yeah sure, well please keep moving," stated Tatani, rolling her eyes, "Okay back to practicing…."
Yay! This was longer, ryu! …I can't wait until the Contest starts, that should be more fun to write about. Drew is Harley's partner, but Drew doesn't seem like the kind of person who would agree to spy on someone, not to mention with Harley. He'll appear soon, though!