Chapter Four:

I returned Sableye to his pokeball once we got out into the sunlight. I guessed we got through Victory Road a lot faster than it seemed. I mean, the sun was setting, but that only means we were in there for about 8 hours.

We walked up the beautiful pathway that was covered with flowers and arches. I was almost spinning in cricles to look at everything. Walking this path was the best feeling I could ever ask for!

"This is gonna be great!" Brendan said suddenly as we got to the door.

"I can't wait! Do you think they'll let us start tonight?"

"Of course, they can't turn away competitors!"

We walked inside and basked in the glory of the Pokemon League.

I walked over to the counter to heal my pokemon while Brendan reserved a room. Next, we stocked up on as many revives and hyper potions we could afford.

After a long, long, long period of discussing, and a game of rock, paper, scissors, we decided that Brendan would challenge them first.

"I'll be here waiting for you. I want to see your face when you become champion!"

"I'll be back in a bit!"

Brendan walked through the double doors that shut tightly behind him. I stood there and looked at them for a while. Nobody said anything, but I could tell I looked like a real freak.

Finally I decided to sit down. It was incredibly lonely without Brendan there to talk to. So I let out my Swampert.

"You're my secret weapon, dude." I told him. He looked up at me lovingly. I remember getting Swampert when he was just a Mudkip. But that was almost ten years and 95 levels ago.

I trained Swampert harder than any of my other pokemon. Mainly because I knew he was special. I knew he was meant to be a Hall of Fame pokemon.

But I was the only thing holding him back. He had the skill, the power, and the overall talent to beat the Elite Four. The only thing he was missing was a trainer who was brave enough to take the challenge.

"I'm so sorry..." I said quietly. "I know I've been awful. Making you stay in Dad's Gym all this time instead of making you the Champion you deserve to be." A single tear streaked down my cheek. Swampert lifted his massive hand and placed it on my knee. Well, actually it was my entire lap. I wiped my face off and patted Swampert's head. We were here now, and that's all that mattered.

We wasted about thirty minutes just scrolling through my pokedex. It was really quite entertaining. Finally, though, I heard the doors open.

I turned around to see Brendan... Walking.

He was only walking out to me, not running, not celebrating. I walked over to meet him.

"They obliterated me..." he said smally. I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed.

"Don't feel bad for me, I got to the fourth one... But I don't want to stop you. Go for it!" He said after squeezing me back.

"Okay, I'll be back!"

I returned Swampert and strolled through the giant double doors that slammed behind me.

To be honest, the first member, Sidney, was incredibly easy. Swampert crushed his Mightyena, Cacturne, and Shiftry. Then Sandslash took care of his Absol and Sharpedo.

I was feeling pretty confident. In the hallway before the nest opponent I healed up Swampert and Sandslash. Then I walked through another set of huge doors.

Phoebe was pretty easy as well. All I had to use was Sableye. He is my little master of darkness. So all her ghost types were down in a matter of minutes. Even her Sableye was no match for mine. Upon leaving, Phoebe congratulated me and encouraged me on.

Next up was Glacia, who used Ice types. Flygon was perfect for this because he knew earthquake. Which took out her two Sealeos and Walrein. Then I used Sandslash and his digging against her two Glalies. Once again, I was victorious!

The last member was Drake, who had a bunch of Dragons. For him, I used a combination of Psyduck's water and psychic and Alakazam's pure power. He took the longest out of the four, but I still had him beat. Drake congratulated me and told me to move onto the champion.

I walked down an incredibly long hallway to get to the Champion's room. Then I had to walk up about a million stairs. Finally though, I made it to the Champion. but I couldn't believe my eyes...