Eva: I felt really bad for not updating this story, so I decided to add another chapter even though it's been over a year since I've updated. I've become incredibly lazy on updating my fanfiction account since I usually write my fanfiction on Quizilla. Anyway, I'm sorry for the wait, but I hope you enjoy the next chapter I added.
Serena let out a small gulp as the crowd began to chant her name. 'Don't be nervous, don't be nervous...' Vivian looks at Serena in disbelief.
"What is Serena planning to do?" Serena thought about what May had told her earlier.
'Don't think about it! Just ignore the crowd and you'll do fine! Ignore the crowd.' Serena suddenly felt her nervousness disappear.
She calmly took out Mudkip's pokeball and threw it in the air.
"Let's go Mudkip!" Mudkip did a small backflip and landed on all fours before looking up at the crowd with confidence knowing Serena felt the same way.
"Mudkip watergun!" Mudkip unleashed his watergun into the air and water started hitting the ground as if were raindrops.
"What an interesting way to show off a watergun attack!" Vivian commented.
"Now finish it off with bide!" Mudkip's body began to glow and unleashed a bright light releasing a glowing ray hitting the watergun.
The watergun soon changed into sparkles floating down on the ground and onto the audience.
"Amazing use of bide! Now lets see what the judges have to say!"
[9] [9] [9.5]
"And its a total of 27.5 points!" The crowd roared in excitement and Serena smiled to herself.
"Nice job Mudkip." She returned him to his pokeball and walked off the stage with a proud smile. May stood in front of the doors smiling.
"See, I told ya you could do it!" May said happily.
"Yeah, I just thought about what you said earlier and it worked."
"Hm, not bad...for a rookie." Serena turned around knowing it was Drew.
"So what if I froze up on stage, everyone gets nervous every now and then!"
"Not everyone." The television screen popped up again showing Vivian standing in front of the audience.
"Our next contestant will be Drew!"
"If you'll excuse me, I have a contest to win." He walked onto the stage and the crowd cheered even more than before.
Mostly because of his group of fangirls. Serena rolled her eyes as he calmly and swiftly threw a pokeball into the air
unleashing his Roselia.
"Roselia, petal dance!" She nods and releases a numerous amount of petals onto the stage.
"Gorgeous!" Vivian complimented in awe.
"Finish it off with Sweet scent." The roses on Roselia gave off a nice fragrance adding the perfect touch to the petal dance attack.
"And Drew makes a finish with a sweet smelling sweet scent! Let's see the scores!"
[10] [10] [9.5]
"And its a total of 29.5 making Drew in the lead!" Serena's jaw dropped still gaping at his score.
"29.5, how am I supposed to go to the final round?"
"Don't worry about it Serena, I'm sure you'll make it into the next round."
"But even you earned a higher score than me just a while ago May! How can you be so sure about that?"
"Just trust me." Serena sighed and looked back at the television screen.
"I just hope your right."
"It's time to announce the final four of the competition! Each contestant will be put up against another one and whoever
makes it to the next round gets to play in the final round! Now let's see who's in the final four!"
Serena bit her lip anxious to know if she was in the final four. Slowly they showed four different pictures of the contestants.
First Drew, then a lady named Jessible, May, and finally Serena's picture appeared.
"I'm in the final four!" she cheered.
"See, I knew you'd make it to the final four!" Serena nodded and looked back at the screen showing May going against Drew
and Serena against Jessible.
"Augh, I'm against Drew!" May cried out.
"Don't worry May, you have the advantage over his Roselia with your Beautifly so you've got a pretty good chance."
"I highly doubt that." Serena rolled her eyes knowing the comment came from Drew.
"Don't be so sure Drew, I bet she could beat your Roselia in a heartbeat."
"Fat chance, our battle won't last very long."
"Would the two of the final four contestants please come up stage!" May gave a small wave to Serena
before walking off next to Drew and getting on the other side of the battle field. May took out her pokeball and threw it in the air.
"Beautifly take the stage!" Beautifly was released from its ball along while leaving a trail of sparking dust
as it flapped its wings. Drew seemed unaffected by her little performance and released Roselia in a 'cool yet collective' manner.
"Beautifly Silver Wind!" May commanded. She flew towards Roselia at great speed while unleashing her attack.
She managed to take a few points away from Drew although he didn't seem to care.
"Use Mega drain!" Beautifly suddenly stopped and slowly floated down as she felt her energy get drained by Roselia.
By this time, May had lost half her points.
"Beautifly try to use morning sun!" Beautifly had obviously been too drained of energy to obey May's commands.
"Finish it with Solarbeam!" A bright beam was unleashed from Roselia's flowers and hit Beautifly sending her to the ground.
"B-Beeeuu.." she moaned.
"And it looks like Drew is the winner and will be moving on to the final round!" May ran over to her pokemon and held her into her arms.
"Beautifly.." Serena looked at the tv screen in disbelief. The fact that Drew could beat May so easily made her more self-conscious about winning.
'I can't believe Drew beat her so easily. If he can beat her what chance do I have?'
Eva: Will Serena ever gain the confidence to beat Drew in the next round. Find out in chapter 7 of Love is like a Rose!