Every audience member was perched on the edge of their seat in anticipation. This was the moment of truth, the moment that the competitors would find out their battle matchup for the first round.
Everyone looked up to see the massive screen get lowered into the stadium. The seventy inch screen, assisted by a crane was floating in mid air.
Sixteen faces were shown on the screen, the faces of the competitors. Everyone stared in awe, this was the deciding moment.
"Who will be battling first, it's now time for the randomizer to choose." Michael raised his right hand in the air to almost prompt it to decide.
The picture were turned around and shuffled, and then two faces were selected at random.
"And facing each other in battle one is… Cissy and Phillipa." the crowd gasped at the discovery of this news.
"It's time to bring them out, here they come; Cissy and Phillipa!"
The two nervous looking girls emerged from opposite tunnels as they took their positions on the battlefield.
"The rules are simple, it's a three-on-three battle using a Pokémon whose type is your preferred type, no substitutions; understand?" The girls nodded.
"So let the battle begin!" Michael raised two newly picked up yellow and red flags in the air to signal the start of the competition.
"Swanna, I need your help." Cissy ripped the poké ball from her belt and threw it into the centre of the battlefield; it burst open summoning the Water/Flying type Pokémon, Swanna.
Swanna resembles a swan with a feathery white body with a blue chest and a beautifully yellow, pointed beak pointed from its stunning face.
"Swanna is no match for Mandibuzz!" Phillipa yelled as she threw her poké ball into battle, revealing the Dark/Flying type Pokémon, Mandibuzz.
Mandibuzz was airborne with a menacing look on its face; its pink body covered in cream and black feathers ending in tremendously sharp claws. Its grey beak shone and the hair flicking out of its head was penetrated by a pre-historical bone.
"It's round one, battle one, Mandibuzz V.S Swanna… begin!"
The two flying types stared at each other mid-air, waiting for their trainer's commands.
"Swanna, start off with scald!" Cissy yelled to her majestic Swanna.
Swanna opened its mouth and shot a swirl of boiling water at its opponent.
"Mandibuzz, faint attack." Phillipa asked, using the perfect offence as an amazing defence.
Just before Mandibuzz got scolded, it disappeared! Seconds later it appeared at Swanna side, surrounded in a black aura. It struck Swanna with its right wing and Swanna was plunging to the ground.
"A great attack, no-one can deny but still no contest for my Swanna. Use tailwind." Cissy said with a slight smirk.
Air surrounded Swanna before hitting the floor which kept it levitated. Just as Swanna rekindled its balance, he swooped away the air and shot back up towards Mandibuzz.
"Now Swanna aerial ace." Cissy ordered, now with power in her voice.
Streaks of air surrounded the speeding Pokémon as it flung towards its opponent.
"Mandibuzz, use faint attack again." Phillipa said preparing for the same sequence of events as her last attack.
Just before being hit, Mandibuzz disappeared.
"Not this time, Swanna; hurricane." Cissy bellowed before Mandibuzz's strike.
Mandibuzz quickly appeared at Swanna's side but Swanna was too quick; swirling tornadoes surrounded it, hitting Mandibuzz one by one; giving it no time to attack.
After the last tornado hit, Mandibuzz was now torpedoing directly to the ground.
Phillipa stood on her spot, shocked, she had overlooked a situation such as this, and she didn't know what to do.
Mandibuzz flung into the hard ground leaving a Mandibuzz size hole.
"Now, finish this off with scald." Cissy requested to her healthy, airborne Pokémon.
Swanna send a scolding stream of water in Mandibuzz's direction, Mandibuzz looked scared for the first time this battle.
"Mandibuzz, counter attack with shadow ball!" Phillipa shouted as a last resort.
Her Dark type Pokémon shot its Ghost type move in the scald's direction.
Upon collision, the shadow ball overpowered at first but the scald covered the ball which left the stadium in a stunning purple glow; the audience stayed silent as they stared at the dazzling collision in awe.
Then there was an explosion which left a covert of smoke in the arena but there was an attack shooting through the cloud… it was scald!
The shot of water plunged at Mandibuzz.
"Mandi!" the audience gasped simultaneously to hear the shriek of Mandibuzz echo around the stadium.
The smoke cleared and a swirly eyed Mandibuzz lay unconscious.
"Mandibuzz is unable to battle; the winner of the first battle is Swanna." Michael screamed, lifting the red flag to represent Cissy's win.
"It's okay Mandibuzz, you tried you best, now return." Phillipa softly exclaimed to her weak Pokémon as she summoned it back into its home.
"Great battle Phillipa, but Swanna is just the better battler." Cissy smugly exclaimed.
"You caught Mandibuzz at a bad moment; now face the wrath of Emolga!" Phillipa yelled as she summoned her Electric/Flying type Pokémon into battle.
Emolga resembles a squirrel, its body is mostly white, and its small wingspan contains lovely yellow wings. Its eyes are adoringly black like its tail which is abstractly shaped with three differently lengthed spikes and a hemispherical curve. The outline of its round face is black with circular yellow cheeks that are electrical sacks. Its ears both have a black, yellow and a white layer.
"Battle two, Swanna V.S Emolga…begin!" Michael yelled, raising both of his flags.
"Swanna, you can beat Emolga; it may be cute but it's not as strong as you are, use aerial ace!" Cissy screamed, beginning the next battle.
Streaks of white surrounded Swanna as it dashed towards Emolga at an epic pace.
"Don't worry Emolga, use thunder wave." Phillipa asked calmly.
Yellow waves radiated from Emolga to Swanna, it was stopped in its tracks. First of all it seemed as if it done nothing…but then.
Swanna's shriek echoed around the stadium as the same yellow waves jolted around it, it was paralyzed!
Swanna was thrown to the floor at an amazing speed; it couldn't do anything but fall.
It hit the ground hard and Phillipa took the chance to attack.
"Emolga, use electro ball!" Phillipa commanded, ready to finish the battle.
Emolga lifted its right arm high and created a magnificent, yellow ball. It grew to a massive size then Emolga lobbed it at the paralyzed Pokémon.
The super effective ball was flying towards Swanna and Cissy had no idea what a paralyzed Pokémon could do…then she realized.
"Swanna, use protect!" Cissy yelled knowing that Swanna could still use defensive moves in paralysis.
Swanna swung its barley mobile arms out to create a dazzling, blue force field, the electro ball hit fiercely but it was no match for protect, it was destroyed.
Swanna yelled its name proudly as its trainer had a gleaming smile on her face.
"You can't keep protect up forever, use thunder shock!" A still confident Phillipa yelled.
Emolga pointed its right index finger forward and shot a strong thunder shock out.
It dashed towards and hit the protect.
"Before long, the protect will break and we will then finish this, Emolga keep it up." Phillipa smugly exclaimed.
Dozens of electric volts hit the protect when a slight crack appeared, Phillipa took this chance.
"Emolga, electro ball." She bellowed to her airborne Pokémon.
Emolga made the yellow ball again and threw it at Swanna.
Swanna's protect shattered upon impact with the electro ball, now it was Swanna's turn to take a blow.
Swanna was flung across the stadium, hitting a wall which rendered it unconscious.
"Swanna is unable to battle, so the winner of battle two is Emolga!" Michael squealed raising his yellow flag to signal Phillipa's win.
"You got lucky, now Seismitoad, I need you!" Cissy bellowed as she threw her second poké ball into the battlefield.
The ball opened to release the Water/Ground type Seismitoad.
Seismitoad resembles a toad, the amphibious Pokémon is "4'11" in height. Its body consists of different shades of blue; dark blue covers the majority but light blue covers its belly and the peaks of its warts. Seismitoad has many a wart around its arms and they begin with a black bottom and a light blue top. It has menacingly deep red eyes and a scarily confident smile.
"None of Emolga's electric type moves will affect Seismitoad." Cissy smugly exclaimed.
Phillipa stood frozen not knowing what to do.
Then Emolga had a yellow aura that shrouded it. It started to fly towards Seismitoad.
"Emolga, what are you doing? It won't work!" Phillipa screamed, and then she looked closer. It's a new move she thought as she wasn't familiar with this move.
Seismitoad stood on his spot confidently, thinking nothing would happen.
Seismitoad was pushed slightly back but took no damage, and then Emolga was sucked back into its poké ball and the Normal/Flying type Pokémon Unfezant was released.
Unfezant soared in the sky with its pheasant-like stature. His wings were black and grey and his flat tail shaped the same pattern and colour as his body. Unfezant's claws were extremely sharp and could slice a brick wall with a simple slash. The bottom of its body was green and looked like he wore trousers. Unfezants are special because there is an obvious difference between female and male, this one was male. You could tell because he had a masquerade-like head which had ribbons flowing down to his tail.
"Yes, Emolga knows volt switch!" Phillipa screamed knowing that she now has a chance of beating Seismitoad.
"Impressive, but still not enough to win." Cissy replied seemingly confidently.
"Okay Unfezant, use brave bird." Phillipa asked her newly summoned Pokémon.
Unfezant dived towards Seismitoad with a red aura. Once he got close the aura covered him in a powerful red.
"Seismitoad, rock slide!" Cissy demanded in repliance to Phillipa's powerful attack.
Seismitoad raised its arms to summon dozens of rocks. They appeared in mid air, interrupted Unfezant's attack and pummelled him into the ground.
"Excellent Seismitoad, now use hydro pump!" Cissy told her confident Pokémon.
Seismitoad opened its gigantic mouth and shot a powerful sea of water at Unfezant.
Phillipa knew what to do, use defence to dodge then attack.
"Unfezant, use detect!" Phillipa ordered without hesitation.
A glint sparked from Unfezant and it quickly dodged.
"Now Unfezant, use double team!" Phillipa asked nicely.
Unfezant disappeared for a split second then reappeared, this time there was eight of him.
"Don't worry about it Seismitoad, use hyper voice!" Cissy demanded.
Seismitoad lifted its head up to the eight Unfezant and let out a fierce screech. The screech was so loud that the echoes could be seen.
It hit all of the holograms but there was no sight of the real Unfezant.
"Now Unfezant hit it with brave bird." Phillipa yelled to the skies.
Then suddenly, a red bullet could be seen diving from the air. It was so fast, Seismitoad had no time to react, and it was knocked to the floor.
"Now Unfezant, finish it off with air cutter!" Phillipa screamed.
Unfezant quickly reacted, swiping his wings open, releasing powerful blades of air at Seismitoad.
"Seismitoad!" Cissy bellowed, not knowing what attack to call, but it was too late; Seismitoad lay on the ground. Swirled eyes. Unconscious.
"Seismitoad is unable to battle which means that Phillipa and Unfezant win battle three." Michael said, raising the yellow flag once again to signal the flying teams win.
"Good battle, Phillipa but you won't defeat my next Pokémon with Unfezant or Emolga…go Carracosta!" Cissy roared as she summoned the Water/Rock type Carracosta.
Carracosta resembles a turtle with a contrast between a light a dark blue body. Its chest, face and back were covered with an extremely hard, deep blue carapace. Its flat boomerang-like arms ended with sharp claws, almost as sharp as its eyes, baby blue but brutal.
"Carracosta is a fierce battler, a tough opponent for any foe, try to beat us now." Cissy explained.
"We can take it, Unfezant, take down."" Phillipa confidently yelled to Unfezant.
Unfezant dove fiercely down to Carracosta who was eagerly waiting to deflect the attack.
"Carracosta protect." Cissy requested, knowing she would tire out Unfezant.
Carracosta spread its arms out and built a blue barrier. Unfezant's beak hit the barrier but just fell to the floor, it was injured!
"Now use rock slide." Cissy bellowed as Carracosta raised its arms in the air to summon large, pointed rocks.
The rocks fell from the sky directly at the weakened flying type.
"Detect Unfezant!" Phillipa shrieked using her last hope to dodge.
A flash of white gleamed from Unfezant's left eye and just before the rocks hit, Unfezant hastily dodged to the left.
"That won't stop us, Carracosta, rollout!" With that Carracosta curled up into a solid ball and sprung in Unfezant's direction.
"Fly!" Phillipa shouted as Unfezant flew high into the sky.
Carracosta released itself from its ball to jump into the air, once airborne; it curled back into the rollout and hit Unfezant.
Unfezant was now heading for the floor at immense speed. As it crashed, fog covered the stadium, the battle was all over.
Cissy had won!