(me no own anything but plot and OC people. :( yeah)
Colors ch.3:
~We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky. Cause we got the fire, fire, fire. Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire. And we're gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn~ Ellie Goulding- Burn
I stand there, my red and white dress falling around my knees. It's a bubble skirt, made of silk. The white sash is tied at my right side in a big knot, and the ends of the huge ribbon are dip-dyed red, that fades to pink and white as you go up the fabric. The top of my dress is red, with pink to white transparent sleeves. It's one of Marietta's old ones, according to Brant, and it used to be just pink and white but he thought it would look better red so he had someone dye it.
It's been nice to have someone helping me. As much as I know about Pokémon, I'm still a beginner. Brant only has one badge, but he's still better than me.
I hum quietly as I wait for my turn to appeal. I'm so nervous, I might just faint out there. But my name is called, and I will my legs to move.
"Okay, Astin, it's show time!" I call, my Kirlia appearing in a flurry of flower petals, "now Magical leaf, straight up!" the petals circle at the leaves scatter them, creating a beautiful effect as Astin lands, "okay Astin, catch those leaves with a Shadow ball!" he charges up the attack, and holds it up to attract the leaves, which fill it with an eerie glow. "Now Astin, heal pulse!" the whole thing is coated in pretty pink sparkles and light, and Astin holds it high before letting the attack explode.
"A performance worthy of a girl named Sparkle! I couldn't take my eyes off of it, like a sunrise of purple and pink!" "A remarkable use of color in an appeal." "Your Pokémon's moves are wonderfully diverse, making your Pokémon able to pull of dazzling combinations!"
I head back, confident about making it into the next round. Marietta's appeal is next. She is wearing a yellow and pink dress, fairly simple and very pretty.
"Kiru, it's your time!" she calls sending out a Flareon in a glittery cloud, "Iron tail!" the Flareon cuts a hole in the blob, allowing a clean entrance. "Shadow Tail!" the Flareon charges up a will-o-wisp, then hits it with an Iron tail to create a violet-red glow. "Shadow ball!" and now it's bouncing a shadow ball somehow.
"Using Will-o-wisp to keep the shadow ball from exploding on contact with the iron tail was genius!" "Remarkable knowledge and grace." "Once again an appeal that shows off how moves can work in perfect synchronicity!"
She smirks at me as she exits the stage. I resist the urge to react, and instead go back to brushing Luna.
"We'll make it; ours was ten times better than hers." I whisper. Luna nods in agreement. Soon enough, it rings true; both Marietta and I make it, along with some others I don't know.
My battle is first, against a boy with a Mothim. "Mothim, use Gust!" "Luna, send it back with psychic! Then rush for a bite!" the boy, who I just remembered is named Adam, scowls, "Mothim, dodge and use Air Slash!" I gasp as Luna is thrown to the floor, "Get up and use Flash to cover your movement and use Bite again!"
"Mothim! Hang in there and use gust again after the hit!" the Pokémon both slide back a bit, "Mothim, finish this with Bug bite!" "Psychic, send it flying!" my attack wins, and the super effective attack never completes itself. The battle ends there, and I win by a nose. Neither of us lost a ton of points.
Needless to say, it's Marietta and I in the finals. She's still using her Flareon. "Looks like it's a battle of evolutionary proportions here folks!" The announcer gushes, "Two evenly matched Eevee evolutions squaring off in the finals! This will be a battle for the ages!"
"Okay Kiru, let's give 'em a show! Use will-O-wisp, follow up with shadow Ball!" I laugh, "Combine all of them into a huge ball with psychic and mark return to sender!"
Marietta squeaks "minimize damage with Iron tail!" "Flash while it's busy, and then rush in to Bite!" "Fire fang!" I roll my eyes, "Okay, now you're just being annoying. Luna, I'm getting bored. Use Psychic to bash it out."
"Kiru, iron tail and shadow ball!" the fluff ball whacks Luna over the head, but leaves a bite open, "Don't let go Luna, shake it!" the poor Flareon starts to whimper, and scramble, losing his trainer a lot of points.
"Kiru, fire fang, bite back!" I grit my teeth, "don't let it Luna, Psychic!" and the timer runs out. All eyes are on the board… somehow I have half my points left and Marietta only has a fourth.
I accept my ribbon, holding it high in the air, smiling at the cameras. "Sparkle, anything you want to say to all the viewers." I giggle, "Well for starters, sorry for running away Dad. I was going to chill in the forest for a while with my stuff and train, but Astin and Luna brought a flyer for the contest, and I knew that if I wanted to get here on time I had to leave right away." The announcer laughs heartily, "It was a good idea apparently." I nod, and the smile plastered on my face gets even bigger.
After the contest, I find myself sitting in a field, remembering that Adam guy and his Mothim. "That thing was cool… I wonder where he got it." Randomly, I see them a little way away. "Hey Adam, where'd you get that Mothim?" he looks up, "Oh hey Sparkle! Actually, south of the city there's a ton. They migrate here every fall, so there's a good chance you could find one."
"So you just caught him?" he nods, "Yeah, I have a Piplup too. Got it from an older cousin." I get up, "Awesome! Maybe next time I see you we'll see whose Mothim is stronger!" he smiles, "Sounds like a plan!"
I then proceed to the other half of town, where my quest for a Mothim is cut short by the sudden and inexplicable arrival of my family. "Sparkle! You won!" Mars squeals, picking me up and turning me around. "See Cyrus, I told you she'd be just fine!" Paul sends his famous half-assed smirk my way, "That last battle was ruthless! Good luck getting your little boy toy to come around with THAT on the internet!" I roll my eyes, "She's a weirdo! And I just don't like her!"
"Not a good enough excuse!" "Keep it up and I'll throw you under a bus… first figuratively then literally." I fight back.
"Both of you be quiet!" Dad orders. "So what have you been doing?" I think of how to word my thoughts, "Uh, I met Marietta's brother Brant, he helped me train. I asked that guy with the Mothim where he got it, and now I'm going to catch a Mothim."
Dad nods, "Okay, I'll live with it. I'm sure your responsible enough to talk to people." I chuckle, "You know I have a clear goal, and no one gets in the way of it. Now LETS GO STALK SOME BUGS!"
It took all afternoon, but I found the perfect Mothim. Knows a status move, one physical offensive move, one special offensive move, and one wild card pretty move. And his name is Xanto! It was really easy to catch him too.
That night I end up not being able to sleep. I go down to the Center lobby and Nurse Joy makes me some hot chocolate. "Anything on your mind dear?" I shrug, "I had a rough day, and I should be exhausted. I just can't sleep. Maybe Paul's just getting inside my head about my battle." Nurse Joy raises her eyebrows, "You did fantastic, what could he possibly be saying?"
"I did good, amazing actually. I won. Is that getting in the way of my REAL goal?... which is getting a boyfriend. A certain boyfriend. He's… not exactly a fan of hard beatings." Nurse Joy nods her head, "You want to be known as Sparkle, the nice sweet girl who loves her team, not the vicious competitor." I nod, "Exactly."
"Well I think you need to keep getting your name out there; do what you love and be happy. There's nothing more attractive than confidence!" "And nothing less attractive than arrogance." Another voice finishes the old saying.
I look at Mars, who is smiling at me (she has glasses on!) and I look at my feet. "D-did I wake you up?" She laughs, "No, I've been awake all night myself. Reading." She holds up a book, "come on, we'll take a walk and I'll tell you how I met your father."
We end up walking through the field where I saw Adam today. "I met your father at a high school science fair. He built a robot, and it handed me a flower when I walked by. I was embarrassed beyond belief! I was always the popular, prissy girl. No time for nerds, right?" Mars pauses to twirl a flower in her hand, and sighs, "Then I needed a math tutor. He said that he'd only help me if I went on a date with him. And it turns out he really wasn't a cold hearted weirdo with no concerns other than grades. He just didn't like to trust. I think you have a boy in mind with a similar problem. You need to help him figure out his dreams Sparkle. For your father, that was protecting the people he could trust from all the liars in the world. But even he fell for some tricks in his time."
She must be talking about my mom. What else would she be referring to? "Speaking of mistakes, what AM I to you?" Mars looks taken aback. "Sparkle you are not a mistake. You are a beautiful, powerful young woman! Whatever Paul said it's not true! You are as much of my child as either of your brothers, and I love you just as much."
"Did you ever meet my real mother?" Mars nods, "She left a long time ago, she was a scientist too, and she was exploring a cave in Unova. Chargestone I think. Sophie was always married to her work. There was no custody battle, from the moment she found out she was pregnant she signed custody to us. It wouldn't be fair to have you constantly moving and only have one parent." I bite my lip, "But I was taken then… right?"
Mars nods slowly, "You were only a week old. But somehow your subconscious was still here. You trained Luna while asleep." I bite my lip again, "so… can I call you mom?" "please." We head back to the center and I fall into a deep, dreamless sleep.
