GAME FREAK.
NINTENDO.
CREATURES INC.
A HELLO12 ORIGINAL STORY…
"I'm so nervous, Rime!" Falia expressed, looking at her friend. She had thoughts of her Pokemon losing battles to many of the Pokemon that are here. It scared her to death, and she didn't like it one bit.
"Nervous, why are you nervous Falia?" He asked, worried about his friend.
"Well, I really don't think I'm that good enough of a battle. I haven't won many battles." She confessed something that was hard for her to do.
Rime smiled and grabbed her hands. He looked into her eyes, hoping that he can level with her on a personal reason. "You shouldn't talk like that, Falia! You are a smart, talented and awesome young woman. You can do anything you put your mind too.
Falia blushed. "Thank you, Rime! That was something that I needed…"
The fireworks go off, displaying various colors and shapes of Pokemon. The students, as well as the spectators, were waiting for Principal Duvall Wilcox, to give them the basis of the tournament. He had a smile on his face. Seeing all the trainers pumped, filled his heart with joy.
Waiting with intense anticipation; the gray-haired man tapped on the microphone first, to see if it was working before using it. "Attention everyone!" He said. He got the full attention of all the students who were talking amongst themselves. "As I just recently announced, the Orientation Battle Tournament has begun." He stared.
He begins walking back and forth on stage, needing some type of movement to help keep him focused. "Our tournament will begin with a preliminary round." As he started talking, the television screen turned to a Pokeball. "The preliminary round will have all 809 of taking a test to see if you qualify for the Top 16."
The majority of people ground, from students to audience members. "A test? I thought this was going to be a battle tournament only!" A boy commented. He was wearing rugged Blue jeans, had emerald green eyes and was wearing a red cap. Resting on his right shoulder was an Eevee. His girlfriend was standing next to him. His name was Keifer and her name was Alexus.
Various students voiced their opinions:
"Boo!"
"I didn't sign up for this!"
"I'm leaving!"
"This suck!"
"I've been lied too!"
"This is worse than the Fyre Festival!"
Principal Duval clears his throat. He could sense the anonymity in the air with the students. "Now, now...I know most of you were expecting a full-on battle tournament, and well was going to get to that. But the idea of the entrance exam is to test and see what all of you know about Pokemon, but only 16 people with the highest scores will make it to said round." He explained to the students hoping that they would get a good understanding of what was going on.
"Boo this suck!" A guy said to himself. He was wearing a leather jacket with an emo style to match it.
"Shut up Jason!" A girl with blue hair and purple highlights replied, slapping Jason on the back.
"Ouch Allie. Why did you do that?"
"Because you're being a doofus Jason." She replied. She closed her eyes and turned to the side.
A skinny boy couldn't help but laugh at the interaction between the two of them. The two people he was laughing at, clearly knew him because they got up in the skinny boy's face and glared at him. "Shut up Shane!"
"Okay!" The frightened boy replied.
Hearing the crowd not listening to him and arguing amongst one another, wasn't something that the principal had in mind when he announced the tournament. So, he had to think of something quick in order to shut them up.
"This is bogus, we're out of here." Alexus grabbed her boyfriend's hand and she along with some of the other students started to walk, protesting because they felt like they were being lied too.
"You need to think of something quick, you're losing them." A lady whispered into his ear. She had blonde hair that was tied up into a bun and was dressed up in a stereotypical secretary way.
"Thank you, Crabapple, but I'm trying my best." He replied to her.
Duval knew he had to do damage control. "Well, if you don't take this test...or participate in this tournament, then that means that you will be expelled from the school!"
This shut the students up, and they started walking back to where they were originally standing.
"I mean, what's so wrong with taking a test?" Felix asked, not wanting to get expelled.
"Yeah, taking a test is a good thing." A toned built boy chuckled, feeling uneasy. He had short brown hair and was around the same height as Felix. His name was Alex and was a good friend to Felix.
Duval grabs a whistle. "Now...it's test time!" He blows his whistle and the stadium starts to shake. Multiple ovals appear from out of nowhere, scaring some of the students as desks with a computer and electronic pen appear. "Now everyone takes your seats."
Students start walking over to the desk and begin sitting down. Some of them start grabbing the pens. All 809 of the students sat in their respective desks and grabbed their pens. This was the signal that the principal needed to get the students to get going. "Now, if you want to log in, I need all of you to use your fingerprint. You can choose any finger you want."
The students did what he was told, and the computer greeted them with a welcome message that said their name. "Now, that you're all logged in, you may now begin your test." The principal begins walking back and forth once again. He snaps his fingers and the time of 1:00 begins.
"You only have one hour to complete the test. Remember only 16 people with the highest test scores may make it to the next round." He said. "Ready...set...go!" He breathes into his whistle once more.
The students start going in on their tests. "What is the evolution method for Wurmple to evolve into Cascoon or Silcoon?" A fair skin dark haired girl asked. She tried to think of the answer to that question. Come on Claire, I know you know this. A light bulb appeared over her head when she finally realized the answer. "It's the personality value!" She jolts the answer down.
Alex cracks his knuckles. "This is going to be easy…" He reads the test and sees the question on his test. "What is the evolution method for Wurmple to evolve into Cascoon or Silcoon?" He asked.
The question stumped him. "How am I supposed to know that?"
Alex tries to look over at Claire's answers, but Claire quickly blocks him from looking.
"I guess, I'm just going to have to do this on my own."
Falia was breathing through these questions with ease, knowing the exact answer to every question. She was answering questions.
"What is the reason as to why Mega Evolution exist?"
"How many evolutions do Eevee have?"
"Who discovered the apricorn Pokeballs?"
"Man, this test is so easy," Falia said. She started answering every question she came across.
Meanwhile, Rime was having a difficult time with the test. He was still stuck on the very first question:
"What is the evolution method for Wurmple to evolve into Cascoon or Silcoon?"
Rime was trying his best to figure out what the answer to that question was, but he just wasn't having the best of luck. "Come on...you know this Rime…" He said to himself. He slammed his head on his desk, hoping that it would help, but it didn't.
A girl who was wearing a long fire red coat with black stripes tried her best to fill out answers on her test. "I can do this in my sleep." She answered all the questions and pressed submitted.
"Are you sure your done Scarlet Noir?"
"Yes, I am." She pressed the finished button. She got comfortable on her desk. She puts her arms behind her head and her feet on her desk. She was one of the first to be finished with their test.
"Finished!" Falia said. She pressed the done button.
"Done." An olive-skinned boy pressed the finished button. His name was Aiden Aspen and one of the many students at the school.
More and more students started finishing up their tests. The time on the clock was starting to wind down, with it now saying "6" minutes. Time was indeed flying by, so some of the students started filling in random answers so they could make sure that they would finish up the test on time.
Rime froze up. He didn't think he could do it. He hadn't answered any of the questions on the test, and time was starting to go down. This wasn't like him. He didn't know what he was going to do, so he decided to do something he never thought he would do.
He gave up.
Rime presses the finish button.
"Are you sure you want to go through with this?"
Rime thought about it for a quick second. But decided his faith. He took in a deep breath and pressed the finish button. He knew that what he had done was stupid, but he had to go through it anyway, for sake of not making himself look stupid.
"5!"
"4!
"3!"
"2!"
"1"
Finished.
The fireworks go off and the crowd cheered yet again. "Alright, alright, alright." Principal Wilcox said, getting back on stage. "All 809 of you, have finished your tests. As we finish grading your tests, we hope that each one of you will use the rest of the night, to get some rest and relaxation. We will have the live results broadcast tomorrow morning." He explained.
The fireworks go off yet again, and the lights all go off, signaling the end of the first round of the tournament. It was time for the students and spectators to get a good night rest.
People started walking out of the stadium. The stars were wide awake, bright and glistening with a white glow. It was a little chilly, but not too much. It was just perfect.
Rime had a lot on his mind and Falia realized that something was going on with her friend. She turned to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "How are you doing buddy?"
"I'm doing fine." Rime lied. "I'm just anxious about the results for tomorrow."
"Me too!" Falia was pumped up! "I know I got every question on the test correct."
Rime chuckled. "You're quite confident, are you?"
"I sure am! I get it from my father!"
Rime and Falia laugh it off.
A lanky boy with an athletic built and vibrant messy blonde hair was walking with his friend who had a dark tan and long dark brown curly hair. They were chatting, laughing and having a good time. But all that changed when out of nowhere a boy with a mild tan scream.
"AHH!" The two boys screamed and shivered.
"Haha!" The boy said. "Palmer, Edwin, you two are easy to scare."
"Michael, I told you, I'm easy to frighten," Edwin said.
"Why would you do that?" Palmer held his hand to his heart. The beat of his heart accelerating fast.
"You know, I like a good scare." Michael slaps the two boys on the butt and trio of friends start moving along, going to go and get some rest before tomorrow's big tournament.
Claire and a girl with auburn colored hair with red tips walked out of the stadium. Claire was shaking and a little nervous too. Her friend tried to calm Claire down, but she couldn't because it was just too much. "I can't breathe Alexia." She warned her friend.
"I know, I know." The two girls sit down on a bench nearby. Alexia rubs Claire's back, trying to help calm her down. "But it took a lot of courage for you to get up there and try to step on stage!"
"But...But...I...I... I don't think I can do it, Alexia. It was so hard getting up there and standing there in front of a large group of people. I hated it!"
"Come here." Alexia hugs her friend Claire.
A raven-haired girl and her posse of friends walked up to Claire and Alexia. She had a strong demeanor about her, towering about the two girls. "Well...well...well...If it isn't dumb and dumber."
"What do you want Cassandra?" Alexia asked, ready to stand up for her friend. Alexia rolls up her sleeves, showing how serious she was about the situation. "Leave us alone."
"Leave us alone! You sound like a little brat."
Claire didn't want to look at Cassandra. She looked over to the side, not wanting to make any eye contact with her. She instead put her hoodie overhead hoping that it would make her invisible.
Cassandra looks at Claire. Her and her friends start laughing at her. "Wow, I didn't think you can get even uglier Claire. I had no idea it was possible." The three girls point their fingers at her and laugh.
But Alexia growls and glares. "Leave her alone or else!"
"Or else what?" Cassandra asked. "What are you going to do about it?" Cassandra gets up in Alexia's face and the two have a stare off.
But Claire didn't want to be involved with conflict. She grabs her friend by the arm and pulls her to the side. "We have to get going, Alexia."
Alexia growls. "No Claire. I'm not going to let people walk over people who can't defend themselves. I'm going to get stronger...no matter what it takes!" She screamed. She really meant it. But Claire wasn't lying, she didn't want to be involved in this conflict, so she dragged her to the side. But Alexia kept staring at Cassandra, who had a smug look on her face.
The night was starting to dwell down. But Rime couldn't sleep. He kept tossing and turning in his bed at home, causing Venus to wake up. "Brr...brr."
Rime gets out of his bed and walks over towards his window. He looks at the moonlight, something that he always does when he has a lot on his mind. Rime looks down and he starts crying. "Venus...go back to sleep!"
"Brr...brr…" Venus refused to go back to sleep.
"I don't want you seeing me like this!" Rime tries to wipe away one of his tears, but it wasn't working. The tears kept flooding and flooding. One of the tears ends up dropping on Venus.
Feeling the emotional support of her trainer. Venus body starts to glow blue. Rime looked at the shine of the light and watched as Venus started morphing. He recognized what the light away. "You're evolving…"
He was right. Venus finished evolved and the light disappeared. Venus was now Pidgeotto, which meant that flying type was a lot stronger and faster. "Otto!" Pidgetto spreads out its wings.
Rime smiles and hugs his friend. "Look Pidgeotto a lot is going on right now, but I'm not sure if I want to talk about it."
"Otto." Pidgeotto respected that and the two stood there for the rest of the night.
Flying-type Pokemon chirped as the crack of dawn rose. The skies were a little orange and the weather was a little warm. Everyone who was everyone in Kanto was awaiting the results to see who was going to make it to the knockout round of the Battle Revolution tournament.
Thank Arceus for the variety of electronic devices.
A video popped up on the screens of the people in Kanto with Principal Wilcox and Crabapple on screen with a flat screen television behind them. Wilcox clears his throat. "Good morning Kanto! I hope all of you are having a great day." He started.
"Now, now, enough with the small talk. I know why most of you are here this early, and that is because you want to see some results. Well, guess what, I have them and I know all of you are going to be ready!" He said.
He turns around to look at the screen. "The first battle will be…Falia VS. Felix." He said, the screen changed and reflected this by showing two pictures of them.
Rime and Falia where at Rime's house. The two high five each other with Rime being happy that Falia made it to the next round. "I made it!" She hugs her friend who couldn't help but, just smile.
Felix was at Sawsbucks and watching the announcement from his phone. He had his headphones in his ear as he takes a sip of his coffee. "She's going down!"
"The second battle will be Shane VS. Allie." The screen changes to reflect this, by showing pictures of them on the screen.
Shane was in his room. His room had many pictures of Allie in his room and that warmed his heart up, causing his eyes to turn into hearts and his heart starts beating fast. "I get to battle against my queen!"
Allie was in her room and rolled her eyes. "Ugh, I'm up against him!" She grabbed her pillow and screamed into it.
"Third round will be Keifer VS. Alexus."
Keifer and Alexus were sitting at a picnic table, as they were watching from their tablets. The two of them were in shock as they couldn't believe what was happening. Both having one headphone in their ear.
"Alex VS. Jason is the fourth round."
Alex and Jason exchanged glances in the hallway. "No matter what happens, let's agree to have a good battle," Alex said, holding his hand out.
Jason shakes Alex's hand showing a sign of respect. "Let's do this!"
"The fifth round will be Scarlet VS. Claire."
Scarlet and Claire were both in the school library. She turns around and glares at Claire, which scares her.
"Sixth-round will be Michael VS. Palmer!"
Michael and Palmer high five each other, as they were playing Super Smash Bros at Palmer's house.
"Seventh round will be Edwin VS. Aiden!"
Edwin was happy that cons he made it to the next round and started cheering with his friends Michael and Palmer. He throws the joycon's on the ground and spins around in a circle.
Aiden was in the bathroom watching the announcement from his Nintendo Switch.
"And the last battle will be between Cassandra and Alexia."
Cassandra shrugged her shoulders as her lackies clap in the lounge of the school.
Alexia was glad she was having a battle against Cassandra. Alexia bends down and takes out a bag of candy. The bag of candy says, "Rare Candy". She was hoping that the candy was going to help her win the tournament and she smiled.
"And that is the top 16." He said. Pictures pop up of the people who made it to the top 16. "Battles will begin later this afternoon, so make sure you train and ready for battle. Everyone, go and catch Pokemon!" He finished with the live stream cutting off.
Rime looks down and Falia looks at him. "I'm so sorry, that you didn't make it to the Top 16."
"Don't worry about Falia," Rime said. "I'm doing great!" He lied. Things weren't fine, even though he knew that he was going to make it to the next round. He turned to the window as a single tear shed.
Special Thanks to:
SerpentFeather: Falia
ShadowWolf223: Rime
MaMcMu: Felix
Chaoslord678: Keifer
Chaoslord678: Alexus
Guest: Shane
EeviumZ: Allie
nintendogolfer: Alex
Daggerstar of Riverclan: Jason
pokegabert: Scarlet
THE ULTIMATE BROOM HATTER: Claire
Moclab: Michael
primalfreak: Palmer
Mach Tails: Edwin
SnowBranwen: Aiden
Hello12: Cassandra
Dralic0rn: Alexia