I started to head to the arena when a man stopped me and said "show me your hand" I did and he nodded with approval and opened the door. When I walked through it the whole building was packed with people cheering. I could also see a camera crew (this must be on T.V) I thought. A man with a microphone said "TRAINERS PLEASE GO TO YOUR STATIONS!" as we reached the arena the crowd got silent "NOW THE MATCH IS OVER WHEN THE OTHER IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! BEGIN!" After he said this the arena became extremely loud. My opponent then threw her pokeball saying "Oddish its time to play!" then a little green grass looking pokemon hopped around with excitement. "go Sarah!" Sarah then hopped off my shoulder then assumed the battle stance.

"Sarah use double team!" Sarah then became three ralts.

"Oddish use vine whip!" then vines were whipped at Sarah. "Sarah use confusion!" then the vine whip was interrupted by Oddish getting slammed into the ground three times. *due to there being three ralts* Smoke was then formed from the attack. When the smoke cleared there was a big crater and the Oddish was knocked out. "ODDISH IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! THAT MEANS RALTS IS WINNER!" the crowd cheered extremely loud. Then the announcer said "let's see what our judge thinks." When I turned to look at the judge I was surprised. He was the man at the pokemart. "I liked your battle. You had a good plan and you won without taking a hit. Good job. I am completely surprised who the judge is! After the judge finished talking I was told to go to the trainer lobby. When I got there I saw multiple trainers there. "NUMBER 49 AND 24 PLEASE HEAD TO THE ARENA" Then a boy who looked around the same age as me stood up and started to head for the door. He had a red and black hat on with a half pokeball emblem on it. He also had a yellow mouse looking pokemon on his shoulder. As he walked out "he said are you ready Pikachu?" Pikachu!

After a while I saw Donny come in from the battle arena, come to think of it…what pokemon does he have? "Donny what pokemon do you have?" "It's about time you asked me. Come out Machop! " Out came a pokemon that looked strangely like a little kid on steroids. "wow when did you get a pokemon?" "I've had one since I was five bro." "oh….how come you never told me?" "well I knew you weren't allowed to have a pokemon and I didn't want you to feel left out." I guess its ok that he didn't tell me...I mean it was for my wellbeing.

I saw the same trainer from earlier come back smiling. "Good job Pikachu you did great!" He seems to be happy I guess that means he won. I decided to talk to him and try to make new friends "hey you what tournament rank are you entered in?" He smirked and said "Masters of cores don't you know who I am?" "no?" "I'm Ash Ketchum from pallet town!" "sorry I still don't know.." "I saved the world a thousand times and beat the elite 4 in kanto!" He seemed like he was getting mad so I just agreed "oh ya! I remember! I'm so happy I can finally meet you!" Just after I said that the announcer came on "NUMBER 35 AND 63 PLEASE ENTER THE ARENA" I did as I was told and once again we were ready for battle. Only this time I was facing a boy, "Rattata lets win this!" then a purple rat pokemon came out and did a battle cry. "Aright Sarah lets show him who's boss!" Sarah then got in position and was ready for battle. "Rattata use quick attack!" then Rattata then sprinted at Sarah with a white stream behind it. Before I could tell her to dodge she was hit. "Sarah use confusion!" the Rattata was then slammed in the ground. It stood up wobbling. "crap! Rattata use hyper fang attack!" The pokemon then ran at Sarah and attempted to bite her. "Double team!" she then became three. "Now confusion!" Rattata was then knocked out cold. "RALTS IS THE WINNER!" I returned back to the trainers lobby and while I walked through the door Donny walked passed me. "Wish me luck." He said smiling. After 4 minutes I was called back up for the semifinals . "NOW STARTS THE SEMI FINALS, THE MATCH IS OVER ONCE THE APONENT IS OUT OF POKEMON! BEGIN" instantly the boy yelled "Nidoran lets win this! " Out came a purple pokemon that had a horn on its head. "Sarah we can't lose we've come too far!" Sarah was ready for battle. "Sarah use confusion!" The Nidoran was then slammed into the ground. "Nidoran use poison sting!" purple needle like projectiles were then shot at Sarah.

"Sarah dodge!" Sarah then ran to the side and avoided them. "Use double team!" She then became three ralts. "Nidoran use tackle!" The Nidoran then charged at Sarah. "Use confusion!" Nidoran was then slammed into the ground three times and still got up. "Nidoran use poison sting!" "Double tram!" She then became nine. "This should finish it Sarah use confusion!" Nidoran was then slammed in the ground nine times. Finally Nidoran did not get up. "darn I was hoping I would have to use this...Nidorino finish this! Out came another purple pokemon. It looked like the same thing except had spikes on its back and was looked stronger and bigger. "Sarah use double team!" Sarah then became 27 ralts! "Nidorino use double kick!" "I don't think so! Use confusion!" Nidorino was then slammed 27 times! And yet still got up! "crap it must be a high level…

"Nidorino use double kick again!" "Use confusion!" Nidorino was again slammed 27 times, this time when it got up it was wobbly. "crap he's confused….Us poison sting!" Purple needles where once again shot at Sarah "Sarah use double team!" Then there were 81 ralts! However when Nidorino used poison sting it swayed its head and the needles still hit Sarah. "Sarah use confusion!" Nidorino was then slammed in the ground again. "Use headbutt!" instead of charging for Sarah it bashed its head in the ground over and over. I just told Sarah to use double team until the arena was full of her. By then then Nidorino snapped out of confusion but it was too late. "Sarah finish it! It was then slammed into the ground so many times the arena was surrounded with smoke. Once it cleared the Nidorino was finally knocked out. "NIDORINO IS UNABLE TO BATTLE RALTS IS THE WINNER!" I ran to ralts and gave her a big hug. "good job Sarah you're the best!" She smiled and hugged me tight. I looked at Steven and he just nodded and smiled.

I went back to the trainers lobby and saw Donny sitting there smiling. "Guess what bro, me and you are about to duke it out!" "Really?" I didn't want to face my best friend but there was no choice. Donny took me to nurse joy to have my pokemon healed then we went back to the gym to finish the tournament. "NUMBER 35 AND NUMBER 5 PLEASE ENTER THE ARENA!" "well I guess good luck" Donny said smiling. "yes good luck." We went to our battle station and waited for the announcer to tell us to start. "THIS IS THE FINAL BATTLE WHO WILL WIN!? WELL I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT! BEGIN! Donny then smiled and threw his pokemon in the air "Machoke wreak shit!" Then out came a bulky pokemon that was taller than me.. "When did it evolve!?" "last round bro!"

"crap…Sarah lets finish this tournament!" Sarah was then ready for battle. "Sarah us double team!" She then became three. "Machoke use focus energy!" he then flexed and an aura of red surrounded it. "Ralts use double team!" she was then 27 ralts. "Machoke run up to them and use close combat!" Machoke then started punching every one until Sarah was hit. She flew back a couple of feet and rolled. "Now Machoke seismic toss!" Machoke then ran to Sarah and picked her up and slammed her on the ground. "Sarah!" Sarah then stumbled to her feet. "Sorry bro…but I have no mercy in battle Machoke use mega punch!

"Sarah dodge!" Sarah then rolled to the side and barley dodged the punch that made a crater in the ground. "Sarah use confusion!" Machoke was then slammed into the ground. "Machoke use strength!" Machoke then ran at Sarah and punched her. She was then shot across the arena. "No Sarah!" Suddenly ralts started to glow blue. "Sarah?" Sarah then turned into a girl like pokemon with blue "hair" that hung down in two streaks, she also had red horns and a tutu like outfit. "Yes! I EVOLVED!" said a voice

(what who's there?) -oh good! I can now speak to you through telepathy!- (well that makes things easier for conversations.) -No time for talk lets finish this with my new move Psybeam !- "OK use Psybeam!" Sarah then formed a purple ball in her hand until it grew to the right size, then shot it out in a wave of purple rings. When it hit Machoke it seemed to do a significant amount of damage because it sent it flying. When it tried to get up it wobbled. "crap….Oh well all or nothing! Machoke use mega punch!" Machoke the recklessly ran at Sarah with a glowing fist. "Sarah use Psybeam!" It hit Machoke but it didn't stop it from running at ralts. "oh no! use confusion!" Then Machoke was picked up and slammed on the ground. Machoke was struggling to get up when I yelled "NO MERCY! SARAH USE PSYBEAM!" Sarah ran to Machoke and jumped on top of it and used Psybeam to the face. The Machoke yelled as it was knocked out. The crowd then screamed in satisfaction to the battle. "MACHOKE IS UNABLE TO BATTLE SARAH IS THE WINNER!" The crowd then cheered. I ran to Sarah and she ran to me. We embraced each other happy that we won. I went to the judge and he handed me 1,500 dollars a pokeball and a trophy. Steven stood up and walked to me saying "you did great kid, I will look forward to fighting you in the pokemon league." I smiled at him when he said that and went to Donny. "well shit Sam I didn't think you would win." "Well I did and you did one hell of a job." I said smiling as I shook his hand.