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I don't own Pokemon, however, the main protagonists in this story are mine!


Trainer Cards:

Damian
16 years old
Male
Son of Iris and Ash Ketchum
Pokemon: Oshawott

Marion
16 years old
Female
Daughter of Dawn and Gary Oak
Pokemon: Bulbasaur

Nathan
16 years old
Male
Son of Misty and Barry
Pokemon: Charmander

Rosabelle
6 years old
Female
Daughter of May and Drew
Pokemon: Mudkip

Adrian
16 years old
Male
Son of Angie and Brock
Pokemon: Piplup

Scarlette
16 years old
Female
Daughter of Zoey and Kenny
Pokemon: Chimchar


"I can see it! I can see it!" Rosabelle announced, hopping up and down with excitement. "Itor City, dead ahead!"

"Estea League, here I come!" Damian announced.

"There's no gym in Itor, idiot." Rosabelle retorted, flipping her hair.

"Man, are you ever like your dad, Rosabelle!" Scarlette commented with a smile. "I watched a contest battle between your dad and my mom once, and seriously, I lost count of how many times he flipped his hair over the span of five minutes."

"Well, my dad is an awesome coordinator, so being like him isn't a problem." Rosabelle retorted, flipping her hair again.

"Hey guys!" Nathan called all attention to himself. "Race you to the Pokemon Center!"

"All Pokemon out!" Damian exclaimed, tossing his Oshawott's Pokeball into the air to let it out. Within seconds, six starter Pokemon stood with the six new trainers.

"One-two-three-go!" Nathan exclaimed, not even pausing for a breath between numbers, and everyone was off at a sprint.


"So, you'll be competing in the Estea League?" The Nurse Joy asked, tilting her head to the side. When both Damian and Nathan nodded enthusiastically, she smiled at the two boys and spoke. "Sounds like so much fun!"

"I know something we could do that would be fun." Adrian said, leaning over the counter and catching hold of the Nurse Joy's hands in his own, making her cheeks turn pink with embarrassment. When Adrian winked suggestively at her, the young Nurse's face coloured red.

"No you don't, Captain Hormone." Rosabelle said, grabbing Adrian's ear and dragging him off the counter, thereby freeing the Nurse Joy. "You're not the only one here, you're just the only one who doesn't require registration for your chosen path."

"Sign me up for the Estea Pokeathalon League, please!" Scarlette was next in line, and she wasted no time in shoving her Pokedex on the counter, sliding it across to the Nurse Joy, who still looked rather stunned by Adrian's comment. Looking as though she were still a bit numb, the Pokemon Nurse entered Scarlette in the Pokeathalon League of Estea.

"Pokefashions!" Rosabelle announced, striking a pose with her hand stretched out to the Nurse Joy, handing her the Pokedex she'd received with her starter. The Nurse Joy looked a little less out of it as she entered Rosabelle's information.

"Contests for the win!" Marion exclaimed, the spark that she seemed to have lost on the boat trip now having returned to her eyes. The Nurse Joy quickly took Marion's Pokedex. With lightning fast speed, the Nurse Joy entered Marion's information and synchronized Marion's Pokedex with her new contest profile.

"Now that's the Marion we all know and love." Nathan commented, resulting in him getting a funny look from Scarlette. Marion however, didn't seem to notice.

"Like I told you, Nathan, no need to worry!"

"So are you going to be watching the Itor Contest?" The Nurse Joy asked, smiling brightly at Marion and avoiding looking in Adrian's direction.

"Watching? She's going to win it!" Nathan exclaimed, earning him another funny look, this time from Rosabelle.

"You should better hurry then! Registration for the Itor Contest ends in-" The Nurse Joy paused for a moment to check her wristwatch. "-four minutes."

Marion's face paled, then snatching her Pokedex up off the counter, she bolted from the Pokemon Centre, running as fast as she could to the Contest Arena that was only a few blocks away from the Pokemon Centre. Hastily, Marion's friends thanked the Nurse Joy and took off running after their friend.


"We probably missed her performance in the first round!" Rosabelle muttered, scowling.

"Seriously Adrian, is it really necessary to hit on every single female between the ages of fourteen and thirty?" Scarlette added, looking as though she wanted to slap Adrian as hard as she could.

"If we missed her performance, it'll be all your fault!" Damian said, looking quite peeved with his friend. Nathan looked just as angry.

"Hey, blame the girls here. If they didn't wear such short skirts-" Adrian's voice was cut off by the sound of Scarlette's hand across Adrian's face. "There is nobody else to blame but you."

"Arceus, Adrian! If you made us miss Marion's performance, not only are we going to be so very pissed at you, but Marion is going to think that we don't give a damn about her because we weren't here to see her first fifteen seconds of fame!" Rosabelle's hand was the next that left a red welt across Adrian's face.

"Shut up guys! We just made it!" Nathan's voice silenced them all, and suddenly they were all leaning over the railing, realizing that their argument had not only attracted the stares of many spectators, but had also been loud enough that none of them – save Nathan, had heard the announcer's voice over the loudspeaker.

"GO MARION!" Scarlette yelled so loud that the rest of the hall seemed to fall silent for a moment, and Marion looked up into the stands for a moment and caught a glimpse of her friends watching her appeal.


She could see and hear her friends cheering her on from the stands. She wanted to feel confident and know that she was going to win this contest, but she was so completely unprepared that all thoughts of winning had fled from her mind.

"Just gotta make it to the next round." Marion whispered to herself. She took a deep breathe before throwing her Pokeball into the air in front of her, summoning it to the stage. Her mother had given her a bunch of seals for the contest, and she was using a leaf seal. "Bulbasaur, spotlight!"

The fluid platinum light from her Pokeball quickly materialized into a great ball of leaves, hovering several feet above the stage. After a moment, the ball of leaves burst into a shower of glitter and her newly acquired Bulbasaur landed on the ground in front of her.

It was then that something like a bucket of icy cold water washed over Marion. She didn't have a plan for the appeals round, she barely even knew her Bulbasaur's moves! She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to think of what her mother would have done. She could feel the first ribbon that her mother had ever won in her pocket.

She hadn't even gotten changed into her contest clothes, there hadn't been time for her to change. After another deep breath, she opened her eyes and was ready to try her best. "Bulbasaur-"

She stopped suddenly, her Bulbasaur poised and ready to obey her command. However, Marion herself wasn't completely sure as to what to start out with. Her mind had completely blanked at the last second. Fumbling for anything that could save this moment, she called out the first move of Bulbasaur's that she could remember.

"-Light screen!"

The judges clearly weren't impressed in the slightest by her stage fright blunder. She tried not to notice the glances that they exchanged. Hands shaking, she mustered up all the confidence she could and stepped forward, ready to command again the Bulbasaur which had obediently surrounded itself with a shimmering light screen.

"Now, erm. . .full power vine whip!"

Her Bulbasaur instantly obeyed her command and used vine whip to obliterate the light screen cube. Shards of light screen went flying into the air, creating a mildly impressive shimmering shower. The audience applauded as Marion's brain groped for something else that might help her get past the appeals round of the Itor Contest.

"Next, use tackle and vine whip simultaneously!"

Bulbasaur obeyed, but due to the fact she'd been unable to practice this combination beforehand, Bulbasaur was confused and appeared to struggle through the combination.

This is ridiculous, Marion thought, her wide blue eyes like storm clouds. "And finish it off with a light screen-tackle combo!"


Guess what everyone!

I decided to accept some fan characters! I won't be able to add all characters submitted to this fic, but I will certainly add two characters for sure, and maybe more in later chapters. However, to make things fair, I'm only going to be accepting one character per author, and all entries must be submitted via private message.

Please don't be discouraged if you character isn't chosen! I will probably be looking for more fan characters after another few chapters.

Update: April 7 2011, still looking for fan-characters.

Looking for: 1 Coordinator and 1 Estea League Challenger (both as rivals)

Name: (first and last please)
Gender:
Orientation:
(for shipping purposes)
Hometown: (where does this character call home? If you leave this blank, I'll give them a random hometown in the Estea Region)
Personality: (3 positive traits and 2 negative traits please)
Appearance: (hair colour, eye colour, hair style, outfit, etc.)
Training for: (Contests or the Estea League?)
Pokemon in Party: (please no more than four, no legendaries, no shinies, no evolved Pokemon. if you are not specific about nicknames, genders, abilities and moveset, I will choose this information for you. Please also be clear as to which one is this character's starter)
Other: (anything else that didn't fit in anywhere else)

Example using Damian
Name: Damian Ketchum
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Hometown: Unova Region & Pallet Town, Kanto Region
Personality: Impatient, courageous, stubborn, determined, lower than average intelligence
Appearance: Messy raven-black hair, brown eyes, tanned skin (looks exactly like Ash), wears baseball cap at all times, gray t-shirt, baggy blue jeans, black sneakers.
Training for: Estea League!
Pokemon in Party:
Splash (starter)
Species: Oshawott
Gender: Male
Moveset:
Other: He's Ash Ketchum's son!


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