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Chapter 7
The group awoke to the sound of a computerized voice in the air.
"Good morning passengers. Sorry for the early announcement but we are arriving at the Sinnoh Grand Festival and Conference in just over an hour, despite the delays. We advise you to gather your belongings and other items you hold in your possession. Thank you for riding with us and have a nice stay!"
Everyones excitement pulsed at the thought of arriving to their destination. However, May stayed in her same, dreary mood. Brock reminded everyone, via notions, to not pursue the topic just as yet, but curiousity began to eat away at Ash. He made a mental note, to ask her later when they are alone.
The group repacked their bags with its previous contents and ran down to the cabin serving food, to grab a quick bite to eat before the train arrived at the station.
They got off of the train and a man directed them to the hotel that was built to accompany both coordinators and trainers in their premises. Dawn was required to show the man her ID and her ribbons while Ash had to show his ID and his badges.
"Are these three with you, Ms. Berlitz and Mr. Ketchum?" asked the man in charge of directing people to their hotel, as he pointed towards Brock, May and Max.
"Yep" they replied in unison.
"All right"
The man gave them a map of the site and pointed to where their hotels were on the map. He gave them a room key.
"Due to the large number of people that make up your group, you will reside in the master suite, located on the top floor. Have a nice stay!" said the man politely.
"Awesome!!!" yelled Max as he motioned for the group to get to the hotel as quickly as possible.
Brock interpreted the map as he lead them to the hotel in which they would stay, for a prolonged period of time. He also took into account, the location of the other various attractions that the area had to offer.
"There's a massive shopping district located on the site! The map is also littered with stadiums and contest halls! They sure took a lot of time into the construction of this site!"
Everyone was pleased with the thought of hundreds of shops and facilities. They took in the spectacular sights as they walked to their hotel.
Rows and rows of buildings covered their views expanse in all directions. The street was filled with coordinators and trainers walking. Some had their Pokemon out, training or practicing performances. Gardens and parks could be seen as the sun brilliantly shone upon them.
They arrived at their hotel, which was a very tall building. Its top breaking through the clouds, like a mountains peak.
The lobby was a grandiose design, its luxury fit for kings and queens. The group ascended in elevation by means of an elevator and reached their master suite on the top level. The suite was remarkable. It consisted of many rooms, containing comfortable beds, sofas and chairs. Every piece of modern technology accompanied the extravagant furniture. There were three bedrooms which contained numerous beds. Another distuingishable feature was the walk-in closets that could be found in the bedrooms and to top it off, a beautiful view reached out to the horizon.
The group stood in awe, as they took in the breathtaking suite. Everyone rushed to a certain aspect of the suite. Max jumped on a bed, Brock looked through the kitchen, May and Dawn admired the walk-in closets, Ash checked out the TV and even Pikachu found content with a sofa.
Ash found two pieces of paper that was placed neatly next to a computer on the desk. They contained information on the many rules, regulations and schedules of both the Sinnoh Conference and Grand Festival.
According to the sheet, Dawn's Grand Festival consisted of the regular performance and then battles to attain the prize. But due to the large amount of people, the way in which these evaluations were to be carried out, were different. The pack of coordinators were to be seperated into many groups, for the performance aspect of the contest. Only half of the coordinators advance to the second round, in which there will be more groups consisting of 10 -20 coordinators in each. The group will undergo a round robbin, facing two random coordinators. Each coordinator will receive three points for a victory and one point for a draw. The top five of each group will progress to the quarter finals and the contest continues until the final.
The Sinnoh Conference was similar to the battling section of the Grand Festival. In the preliminaries the trainers were divided into groups consiting of a large amount of trainers. In each group each trainer will randomly face three other trainers in the group. The point system is identical to the one in the Grand Festival and the top five of each group advance to the quarter final. The tournament then continues to the final.
"Wow, this is an elaborate system this year", stated Brock, "Why don't we get you two signed up and then check out the sights?"
The group whole heartedly agreed and they headed towards the main battle stadium. They entered and Ash quickly got signed up before heading off towards the main contest hall. As Dawn entered to sign up, Ash motioned for May to take a seat with him on a bench outside of the hall.
"Hey May I noticed you were a bit down. Mind telling me about it?" Ash asked with a slightly puppyish face.
"Umm well" May said, with a quiver of uncertainty in her voice.
May......He's a really good friend of yours and you need his comfort.....Tell him, May's conscious spoke inside of her head.
May told Ash everything leading up to today's events. She broke down. She couldn't hold it inside of her any longer. The pain still lingered, pacing around her heart.
She cryed into Ash's arm as he tried to soothe her. His words worked, like a medicine to a cure.
"It's alright, it's alright. He didn't deserve someone as special as you. You're a really good friend and don't deny it."
It was at this moment that Dawn chose to walk out of the contest hall and see May in Ash's arm. Her anger rose and she ran over thinking of a way to get them apart.
"Heyyy Ash and May!!" said Dawn, emphasizing May's name with a sense of hate, "Ash do you want to come shopping with me?"
Before Ash could get a chance to answer he was pulled off of the bench. Dawn grabbed his hand and lead him to the shops.
As he was pulled away from May he shouted to her, "I hope I helped!!!"
Ash's words did in fact help May as she sat there on the bench. She felt a feeling of comfort, of which she hadn't felt in quite a while run through her. However, she was a bit upset over the fact of Ash's quick departure from her, due to Dawn. Her heart and mind both acted insync and told herself that Ash was the person who would truly get her out of her misery..
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