Me: A happier chapter with a little shock, and no extra OC other than Tiny and Hope! Whoop! Phew, thank god. Oh! Check out my profile, I have links to a couple of things I made for this and also a poll!

Destiny: Don't call me tiny!

Me: I'll do what I like, young lady! Go to your- wait! I'm the young me, WTH am I doing? GEM!

Gem: What? I AM YOU!

Me: I'll sort this out whilst you read. *sigh*

Episode 13- Fighting the Enemy you don't realise you have

"I am not supposed to comment on last chapter... The contest is beginning! Destiny has actually decided to try and prove her mom wrong and entered. Will the authoress do proper full contest battles? Will she make proper appeals? Will Scarlet win?"

"He's alive?" Scarlet exclaimed, adjusting her knee length red dress that had straps holding it up, and a ribbon tied around it under the chest. Yup, I didn't feel like killing him yet, I need him to do the narration. "Are you going to put that dress description every time?" Yep, unless I change your outfit.

"I hate you, mom." Destiny hissed as she walked out, holding a coat over her outfit. Hey, take the coat off! Reluctantly she pulled off the coat and showed her outfit. A white, strapless, knee length dress that ruffled from the waist down, there was a blue section from just under the bust to the waist (just before the ruffles) and she had light blue flats on.

"You look great, Destiny. Don't worry." Scarlet smiled. Destiny sighed and turned to the screen. "Who're you using?"
"Bubbles and if I get far enough my new Seedot." She replied. "I caught him near Eterna."

"Eterna?" Scarlet exclaimed, earning a few strange looks from people. Destiny nodded.

"We got a lift on Dad's Dragonite to Eterna, the only place the damn thing remembers in Sinnoh. So, naturally, it was where we had to get off." Destiny said. I hate that thing... "Tell me about it."

"Right..." Scarlet said.

"Welcome to this year's Floaroma contest! I'm your MC, Lillian! And here are our judges!"

"I'm ignoring the judges calls, they annoy the hell outta me!" Scarlet said. I agree.

"I've never heard them but I'll take your advice." Destiny said. That's a good idea. "One of many." Sure... whatever you say.

"Hello." Someone said, the two girls looked to their right and saw Dax, standing there in a full tux.

Theme: Third Generation of Pokémon,
Comin' at you we're number one!
We're better than ever and we're never givin' up,
Gonna keep on fightin' 'til we reach the top!
Cos' we still gotta catch 'em all,
Never gonna let you fall!
Third generation of Pokémon,
Comin' at you we're number one!

In the stands Jaspa was colder and quieter than usual, head buried in his magazine and ignoring everything around him, even the annoying tapping Nevee was making on his shoulder. Indigo was leaning on the rail, short hair covering the sides of her face more than normal, eyes focused on the appeals going on below, the blue duller than usual.

"Are you OK, Indigo?" Hope asked. Indigo gave her a smile and nodded, resting her head back on her arms- which were on the rail- again. "OK."

"You do seem quiet, Indigo." Auberon commented. Indigo shook her head.

"I'm just focused on the appeals, elf. I'm fine." She lied, casting a short glance at Jaspa before looking back to the stage again. Just as she did Dax walked on.

"And here we have Dax Sketchit!" Lillian announced, look at her, not even a wrinkle! You aren't vampires are you? "No, I am not a vampire." Good. "They don't exist." *nervous laugh*

Dax flicked his hair, his bloodline's trademark, and then calmly threw a Poké ball. Out of it popped out an Absol, his eyes were darker than others of his kind, his fur black and the blue on him a dark navy blue.

"Shadow, use Thunder." Dax said calmly. The dark type fired off the powerful thunder attack, leaving a large ball of electricity sitting in the air, covering most of the stage. "Razor wind and then leap."

Shadow threw his head back, then swishing it roughly making a large white, arched light fired from his horn. Just as the attack lost contact with him Shadow leapt in front of the attack, jumping into the electricity ball. A few people gasped in shock as the second attack collided with the electricity with the Absol still in it.

The thunder attack burst out, sparkles and sparks flying everywhere. Shadow stood in the middle of it all, feet safely on the floor and looking straight at the judges.

Claps echoed through the building. (Stupid people...)

"Amazing performance."

"Outstanding!" Yay! Good job, Sukizo.

"Brilliant." You too.

Dax took a very overstated bow and then walked of, casually returning Shadow with no thanks to the Pokémon.

"He never ceases to amaze me with his performances." Scarlet said. "Thank god that and the eyes was all he inherited from his father." The eyes are all it takes... I love green eyes but the vile shade of lime he has disgusts me. "Hey! Don't judge him on his dad!" I'm not.

"I'm dreading my turn." At what? "Appeals, duh!" Sorry, I have my mind set on the planning of a new region and the NEXT generation. I'm making Pokoh official now! Whoop! "Where?" Nothing you need to know, only your kids. "I don't want kids to go through your torture, so I won't have any." Don't bet on it. I already have the next gen planned! Well, four of them.

"Hello again ladies." Dax said as he walked over. "The voice still bothering you?" *snarl*

"Yes, she is." Ow! Did you seriously just virtually elbow me? "Yes." Destiny added with a smirk on her face. I would ground you, but you're not home.

"You two are strange..." Scarlet said. Yeah, I should not have included my children in this. "Not what I meant but, whatever makes ya happy."

"I'll take all that as a yes." Dax said. "I can't express how glad I am to know I don't have to suffer narration all the time." I can't express how glad I am that I don't have to see you every chapter! *snarl* "Whatever do you mean?" *snarl*

"O....K.... go spy on the guys in the bleachers, you obviously have something against Dax." Scarlet said. No need.

"And next up is Scarlet Stone-Ketchum!" Lillian announced.

"Oh." Scarlet said, running off.

"Buneary, let's go!" Scarlet called. She had trainer Buneary especially the evening before, and she was prepared to compete. Buneary popped out surrounded by a group of pink hearts, blowing kisses.... is this one related to Dawn's? Seriously. Asher was hopping up and down on the bleachers. Aw, love 'ey?

Buneary hopped onto the floor, bouncing up high once before landing with a flip on the ground, winking at everyone. Scarlet rolled her eyes at the Pokémon before calling out the next move.

"Use swift, Buneary!" Whoa, you got lucky catching her! "I know."

The gold stars flew through the air, curling into shapes.

"Ice beam!" Ruby- I mean Scarlet called. Whoa... how did I get that wrong? I must miss the last bunch too much... "Hey!"

The beam of ice, as suggested by the name (*sweatdrop*), fired and hit all the stars, but instead of freezing all of them some burst into sparkles whilst some, frozen, made a pyramid of stars. Buneary used bounce and hopped onto the top of the pyramid, surrounded by sparkles. And as if that wasn't enough she used dizzy punch on the miles, breaking it into shards of ice all around her as she landed on the floor and bowed. Scarlet sweatdropped. Not planned?

"Nope." Scarlet replied.

"Beautifully performed."

"Extraordinary!" Whoop!

"Very nice." So boring that time, Joy.

On the edge of the bleachers the two designers, Hope and Nevee, had poor Mudkip, Flower, Eve and even Asher in little cheerleader outfits. Mudkip in orange, Flower in pink, Eve in white and Asher in... a flowery print. Nevee made that?

"Sure did." Auberon snickered, earning a glare of extreme hatred and fire from Asher, and I mean the fire bit. He had fires burning in his eyes. Auberon backed off, making him fall over the back of his seat and onto the lap of the person behind him. The woman had purple hair back in a bun and wearing a very conspicuous outfit of a hot pink top and mini-mini skirt. "Sorry." Auberon said as he scrambled back to his chair. The woman gave the man with blonde hair beside her a look and the two ran out, a tiny 'toddler' running behind them. Oh boy...

"That was, strange." Indigo said, now not looking at the stage as Destiny still had a while to wait to come on.

"Tell me about it." Auberon said. "But not as strange as that." He added, pointing to Asher being forced to dance with the female Pokémon. "I am so glad I left my Turtwig's Poké ball in the storage in the foyer." Uh oh... be right back.

"Where ya going?" Nevee asked. Need to know, and you don't need to know. Bye!

"Hurry up, Gareth!" The woman from earlier yelled at the blonde man. "Those Poké balls won't steal themselves!"

"I am!" Gareth shouted back, putting lots of Poké balls into the bag with help from the 'toddler'. The disguises were soon discarded revealing TRm3. Typical, 'ey?

"Dis is ridiculous!" Meowth said. "We shud beh makin' millions in Chicago or sumfin'!" Chicago? What the hell, Meowth, you guys shouldn't even know Chicago exists! "Eep!" HA!

"Ignore her, she can't do anything." Gwen said. Oh, so who is this?

Gem dropped into the foyer, smirking at the team.

"Shit." Gareth said. Gem chuckled and threw a Poké ball, and her Jolteon (Jolt) appeared. Gem, before attacking with Jolt, made a blue sphere appear around the bag of Poké balls, bringing them over to her.

"How...?" Gareth explained.

"I've been able to use it for a good decade now, thank god TUA can't get to me." Gem said. "Jolt, thunderbolt."

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN! I NEVER WANTED TO FEEL THAT ATTACK!" Gem disappeared, the Poké balls all appearing in place.

I just couldn't not have aura now almost everyone else has it, hee-hee.

Back!

"Damn." Jaspa said, glaring at me with my own death glare! How dare you! Good to see your voice box still works anyway.

"Where did you go?" Auberon asked. His Poké ball dropped into his lap from nowhere. "Huh?" TR. "Oh."

"Again?" Indigo said. As always.

"Look, Destiny is coming on!" Hope said, leaning over the side slightly. That is the most excited I have seen you since your dad last visited. "I miss dad." I know, me too.

"Go Bubbles!" Destiny called, throwing her Poké balls and almost tripping up. "Damn heels." You don't have heels! "Look, Scarlet made me put some on." Oh boy... She is going girly.

Bubbles popped out surrounded by bubbles from a borrowed seal, popping all of them with his tail.

"Now use Bubble and then Ice-Beam!" Destiny called. Bubbles blew bubbles, hee-hee, and then fired off ice-beam, freezing them all in mid air before 'swimming' in the air and then popping them all with ice-beam, making water droplets surround the water type.

"Beautiful." Not you now, seriously.

"Cool." Trying to 'get down with the kids' now are you, Mr Sukizo?

"A great performance."

"Yeah right." Destiny mumbled as she walked off, tripping a few times because of the heels.

A little while later it was time to find out who got through, Dax had a confident smirk on his face, Destiny looked bored and Scarlet had her fingers crossed.

"C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon." Scarlet said over and over.

"Sorry for the long wait! Here are the four people progressing to the next round!" Lillian announced. Scarlet's jittering got worse, bouncing slightly like she needed the toilet.

On the board four cards appeared, back to us. Then the first turned.

Dax.

The next: Frankie

Then: Lucy.

And finally....

Scarlet Stone-Ketchum.

Scarlet let out a squeal so high it couldn't be heard by humans. Wow...

"Good for ya, Scarlet." Destiny said whilst holding her ears. You do realise that it wouldn't have hurt your ears because you can't hear it? "Yup." OK then.

"I actually got through!" Scarlet cheered. Don't act so happy, look at the match ups... Both girls did so and Scarlet was not happy. Dax Sketchit was her first contest battle opponent. "OK, that was unexpected and unwanted. I never thought I'd have to battle someone as strong as him this soon!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Dax said as he walked over. "Now, I think we better head to the stage."

"Yup. Cya in a bit, Destiny! Go to the others when you've changed back!" Scarlet called as she followed Dax to the exits.

"Let's, Get, Busy!" Lillian called.

"Go Asher!" Scarlet called, throwing her Poké ball. Asher, now rid of the dreadful outfit, popped out surrounded by flames which he caught with his tail flame, making it burn bigger and brighter. He put on a cute face, but he's already cute so it made a lot of people 'aww'. I heart Asher, I really do.

"Roserade." Dax said, idly tossing the Poké ball. A majestic Roserade appeared surrounded by flowers it casually blew away with a breath. "Weather Ball."
"Dax, I thought you were smarter than that." Scarlet called across the field. "It's sunny, fire attacks do next to nothing on Asher!"

Dax smirked. "Rain dance first."

"S-..." FINISH THAT SENTENCE AND DIE! "S-... Sugar?" OK, I'll let that one slide. "Use Smokescreen!"

Smoke covered the field, leaving Roserade unable to see where to aim the attack she held between her 'bouquets'.

"Just fire, Roserade." Dax said. Still reluctant the Pokémon fired off the attack, and by some sheer bloody luck it his Asher directly. Scarlet screamed when the water came dangerously close to the fire on his tail.

"Stop!" She yelled, the rain was making the clothes they all wore stick to them, her hair flat and messy from the moisture. "Asher was almost killed then!" Scarlet exclaimed, running onto the smoke covered field, grabbing Asher and hugging him close. "If that water had hit his tail..."

"I'm sorry." Dax said. Gasp! I can't believe I just heard someone from the Blackthorne bloodline say sorry!

"No matter." Scarlet sighed. "Second contest, second loss. I can deal with it, Aunt Alex did."

Dax won. *snarl*

"Oh stop it." Scarlet said. Jaspa was walking, hands balled into fists, hidden in his pockets, as he heard Dax mentioned. Indigo gave him a glare.

"Ah well, Scarlet will win next time." Auberon said, arm friendlily around her shoulder. Scarlet rolled her eyes and shrugged out of it.

"I don't think he shoulda won!" Nevee said. "He almost killed Ashy!"

"Its fine, N-...." Hope started.

"No it isn't!" Nevee snarled. Everyone looked at her, her eyes had gone red, voice (whilst still angry and sinister) musical. This wasn't the Nevee we are all used to.

"Nevee?" Destiny said. Then Nevee was back to normal, like nothing had happened, big grin on her face.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" She asked.

"Why the hell did you just snarl at us?" Scarlet said. Jaspa was looking at his sister with wide eyes, confused. He had a theory, but wouldn't tell. It was worrying.

"I didn't." Nevee said, confused face on.

"Yes you did!" Indigo said. Nevee shook her head. "Never mind... must be the medication Gem gave her the other day or something, come on."

Slowly the group walked off, Hope and Destiny walking off a separate path halfway toward the horizon.

"Where now?" Auberon asked.

"The next route for sleep and then Eterna City." Scarlet replied.

"Whoop!" Nevee cheered. Everyone laughed, determined to forget what had occurred with her a minute ago.

This is worrying... really worrying. Jaspa?

We both know what's happening, don't we? He thought. Yes. I'm scared.

Me: Whoop! Chapter at last! As I said, for the past couple of days all my efforts have been on making Pokoh properly, plenty of Fakemon to make and town and a MAP! Also, everyone guess what's happening to Nevee! It won't happen properly for a while yet, but still. It's fun to see people's guesses. R&R!