Counting Stars and Roses
Another one shot! This seems to be mostly one shots... o.o
This was inspired by a certain explosive. Mwehehehe... :D -cough- Um, anyways... as its definition claims, this explosive is used for celebrations. If you guessed fireworks, congratulations! You're correct! :)
Please enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon
May's POV
It was my fourth Grand Festival I attended. I lost. Again. This time I was in Kalos, competing against many of my friends and rivals. It was all really exciting because of that. I managed to get into the semi finals. Sadly, unlike last time, Drew won. Not only against me but in the final round as well. He achieved the title... Top Coordinator. I managed to keep on a smile while congratulating him.
That had been hours earlier.
After getting my Pokémon healed and I headed to a small empty clearing not far from the training fields and park. I let them all out.
"Blaze!"
"Beaut, Beautifly!"
"Nya!"
"Venusaur!"
"Tortle!"
"Glace!"
I bowed to them, feeling sad. "I'm sorry, everyone! I... I wasn't able to win again."
Suddenly I was overwhelmed by my Pokémon and their reassurance. It was like anytime I felt down, they were there for me. No matter what. Tears spilled out of my eyes, a smile slowly growing as well.
"We'll all work together to win next time, right?" I asked.
Various happy cheers answered my question.
The ground hit my back. Wartortle tackled me into a hug, Skitty happily ran around me, Blaziken and Venusaur stood aside watching, Beautifly hovered above my head and Glaceon rested a paw on my leg. I grinned, we were a team, we all stuck together.
My Pokégear buzzed, alerting me there were two more hour until the after party.
Sitting up, I turned to my Pokémon. "Okay guys! Looks like it's time for me to get ready for the party. Get a good rest until then, okay?"
They all returned to their pokeball except for Beautifly, who decided to stay out and keep me company. This year's after party had a theme, medieval. Looks like it was time to find a costume shop.
What felt like a few hours later...
I managed to make it to the party just on time. Barely. The party took place in a nearby old castle. So we would be an actual ballroom. How cool was that?
Taking a deep breath, I stepped through the large castle doors leading into the ball room. Everything here looked so pretty, almost as if nothing changed over the past few hundred years. The gardens were in full bloom outside the castle, they were probably carefully tended after... like the roses Drew always gave me.
Taking my time walking to the ballroom, admiring the paintings and decorations. Finally after a few minutes, I hesitated but entered the ballroom.
The room literally took my breath away. Everything looked as if it were out of a photograph. It was... amazing.
Before I could take the chance to look around, I was suddenly pulled into the party by Dawn and some friends. We spent most of the night dancing and playing around with our Pokémon.
When someone announced it was almost time for the fireworks, I took this chance to slip away unnoticed. I wandered around the castle trying to just get away. I smiled when I spotted the balcony. I don't think anyone would come out here, and it had a great view of the fireworks.
I walked over to the railing and carefully leaned against it. The cool night air was refreshing compared to the inside of the castle where everyone was excitedly still buzzing about Drew's win.
"July?"
Startled I spun around and fell forward.
Then caught in someone's arms.
"Falling for me, April?" Drew teased.
"N-no!" I exclaimed, jumping out of his arms. "Of course not! I was... testing gravity."
"Ha, right," he replied, doing a hair flick.
I scanned over his outfit, he was dressed almost as if he were royalty. Didn't see that coming.
"You look... nice," I complimented, returning my gaze back out to the night sky.
Drew joined me. "I could say the same to you."
"Good job on becoming Top Coordinator," I said. "You beat me, again."
"I had some trouble against that Dedenne though," he admitted. "Electric types are pretty shocking after all."
I smiled, "As shocking as your win?"
Just then I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders and get pulled towards them, I turned to see Drew smirking.
"Not at all."
"H-hey," I tried to push him away only to get pulled in closer.
"I've been thinking about something recently," Drew whispered.
I turned to look at him. "Hm?"
I knew my cheeks were flushed, we were so close to each other.
"Most people feel sparks between the them and the person you like," he explained. "Like how electric types can communicate their feels through electricity. Do you feel anything between us?"
Sparks. That might have been one of the words I would use to express the feelings between me and Drew. I didn't get the chance to respond.
"Let's see then," Drew mumbled.
He leaned to kiss me, just as fireworks exploded behind us. There were definitely sparks.
I felt a calm, happy feeling wash over me as Drew leaned back.
"Yes..." I nodded, feeling breathless.
Drew smiled, pulling me into a hug as we watched the fireworks. "Looks like there were enough sparks to start the fireworks."
I grinned. Although I might have lost this Grand Festival, it was probably the most memorable one yet. And hopefully many more to come.
Aw... how sweet! :)
Haha, these ideas all were originally meant for Contestshipping Day and I'm still working on them. :) I promised myself I'll write ten of these before July is over, so there's still more to come.
I'm glad you guys are enjoying them, thanks so much! :)
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!
~Skitty13