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Chapter 4:

Barry dragged Dawn all the way to the massive Poketech Company building, him chattering away about the devices, Dawn listening politely. The sliding glass doors opened for the pair, and the two entered it and kept walking until Barry approached a man with a nice business suit on who appeared to be the president of the Poketech Company. He started chatting with him, going a million miles a minute until very slowly settling down, and then presented the coupons to him.

"Thank you! Now which colors would you like?" The president asked, pocketing the coupons and surveying the two children and bringing out a tray full of the Poketechs,

"I'll take the orange one, and Dawn? What color do you want?"

"I'll take the pink one," She replied, and received her Poketech alongside with Barry. She fastened it on her wrist and held it up to the light a bit. It looked really nice, and it would definitely come in handy as her journey progressed! And it matched her outfit, what could be better than that?

"Thank you for using Poketech, it's nice to see young spelunkers out adventuring!" The president remarked to the duo.

"Um yeah, now we have to register for a Contest!" Barry yelled giving the president a quizzical glance, and not wavering from tradition, grabbed Dawn's hand and dragged her out of the Poketech Company, as most of the employees stared in wonder after them.

"Barry, why are you in such a rush?" Dawn asked, plainly exasperated. To tell the truth, she didn't even know why she kept asking these questions at her best friend of so many years. It was his personality, not to mention his father was a lot like him as well.

"I just need to get to Orebugh City so I can do my first Gym Battle!" Barry exclaimed, pumped.

"Well, if you want to do it so badly, just go!" Dawn said with a laugh, rolling her eyes at the same time.

"Nah, if I'm going to support you, you're going to have to be my personal cheerleader!" Barry whirled around, and pointed at Dawn, a troublemaking glint in his fiery eyes.

"Who said that?" Dawn blinked, frowning slightly. Since when did I agree to that nonsense?

"I did!" Barry smirked, trying to supress a laugh at Dawn's frankly ridiculous expression.

Dawn sighed. When was Barry going to settle down? He was so overconfident and hyper.

"Barry, you go somewhere, anywhere, I don't care, I need to practice and register for the Contest, and I want it to be a surprise." She sighed, partly telling the truth. She also needed a break from the noise, the being dragged around,

Barry recoiled. "Sure, um, okay, I'll I um go somewhere now." With that, he turned around, and started walking away, shaking his head, like in disbelief. Dawn heaved a sigh of relief. She turned around, and started walking north, to where the beautifully decorated Contest Hall was.

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"So which Pokémon do you want to enter for the appeal round, and the battle round?" The lady behind the counter asked. She pushed a piece of paper towards Dawn

"For the appeal round, I'm entering Shinx, and for the battle round, I'm entering Piplup." Dawn said, filling out the form quickly with her pen. Sure her handwriting wasn't the best, but at least it was legible and people could read it.

"Alright, you're all set!" the lady said cheerfully. "Here's your ribbon case, and your ID for future contests. Next in line please!"

Dawn held the ribbon case and the ID gently. She was going to be a Coordinator, she was sure of it. At first, she was unsure, but seeing everyone so excited and pumped, it just made her join the buzz. Now, what to do next. Then Dawn remembered. Her mother was sending her a package for the Contest after she called her and told her she was going to be a coordinator. Her mother was overjoyed, so she immediately sent something to the Jubilife City Pokémon Center, so quickly in fact, Dawn wondered if she had been planning this moment.

As she neared the Pokémon Center, anticipation got the best of her and she broke into a run. She burst through the doors of the Pokémon Center and ran to the counter.

"Hello!" Joy greeted cheerfully, just as she did to anyone and everybody who entered the center.

"Hi Nurse Joy! Do you have a package for me?" Dawn asked, gripping the counter. Why was she so excited? She was acting like a giddy schoolgirl, or when she was six and couldn't wait to go downstairs to

"Let me check," Nurse Joy said, and checked on the computer, the screen reflecting in her eyes. "Yes we do, let me go get it!"

"Thank you so much!" Dawn gushed. Nurse Joy went to the back and was there for about a minute. When she returned, Joy had a medium-sized package in her hand and gave it to Dawn.

"There you are!" She exclaimed. "Would you like to stay here for the night?"

"Yes please, one with two bunk beds." Dawn had told Barry she'd get them a room, so she did.

"Okay, you are Room 23." Nurse Joy said. Dawn thanked her then went to the upstairs where the rooms were. She kept walking down the hall until she reached number 23. She unlocked the door using the hotel-room like key Joy had given her. Dawn opened the door and stepped inside, then closed the door so she could see whatever her mom gave her.

Dawn tore open the package and inside was a white dress with coral colored straps and a coral colored ribbon that made a huge bow around the waist. In the middle of the bow on the ribbon was a place where you could insert your Pokeball for the Contest. At the top of the dress was lime green strip of cloth. Next to the dress were two butterfly shaped bows, with spirals at the bottom. For shoes there were white sandals.

"Mom! Thank you so much!" Dawn said to herself. She folded the dress back up and put it back it its box, and at good timing too, for Barry had just come in through the door, looking his usual self.

"Hey Dawn! Did you get any practicing done?" He asked, crashing on the lower bunk and watching Dawn as she set the box aside and grabbed her other things.

"No, I'm about to go." Dawn said, and picked up her bag. "I'll be back in about a half-hour."

"The Contest is tomorrow, right?" Barry asked, already fixated on his Poketech.

"Yes, but I've seen enough of them on TV and I already know what I'm going to do, so I don't really need to fret." Dawn said, and then she exited the room, with saying an absentminded goodbye to Barry, who grunted something in response.

"I'm going to sweep that Contest, just you wait and see," she said to herself, and proceeded down the hallway, feeling overconfident that she would win the Contest and make her mother proud.