Disclaimer: Own Pokemon. Now that's a laugh.
Well, like I promise a new chapter that HAS the Contest in it. I almost cried from writing this nonstop for so long...
Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 22:
"Shopping, shopping," Dawn sing as she flitted around the store that specifically sold Pokemon clothing. It was one of the largest buildings in the town and also the fanciest. It looked like a cross between a salon and a clothing area.
There was one place on one half of the store where trainers could place there Pokemon in little barber shop looking chairs that were in front of giant mirrors. Trying out different products they bought or chosen, the trainers could practice dressing up their Pokemon, while timing themselves. In the center, there were varieties of clothing, ranging from small to large, piled up and it was basically first come, first serve ordeal. Lined up along the wall were shelves of small accessories such as feathers, cotton balls, crowns, etc. On the other side of the room were tall swiveling stools for Pokemon sit down on while they wait for their trainer to finish buying.
It was there Piplup was sitting quite impatiently, spinning around in its stool till it was quite dizzy. Nevertheless, it stood quite tall, with its beak high in the air. Piplup wanted to show off its 'superiority' compare to the other Pokemon, who looked at him with disdain.
"Piplup! I got it!' Dawn waved, showing the outfit she had chosen. Piplup chirped happily but waited and didn't budge until Dawn was right next to him before allowing her to pick him up. "Seriously, can't you walk over? It's a bit of a hassle." She picked Piplup up and placed him in one of the small chairs in front of the mirror.
Piplup chirped happily as Dawn started to apply the accessories and makeup. Finally, it was truly being treated as it deserved - a superior leader.
CRASH! Dawn, who was about to put on the necklace on Piplup, jumped up in surprise. There were more heavy sounding crashes and a couple of loud screaming. Piplup turned around, furious at the disruption when a large hand pressed against its face, pushing off and causing Piplup to fall to the ground.
"Pip! Piplup!" Piplup squawked in anger. It looked around and saw that on top of one of the shelves stood the perpetrator.
"Aipom!" The little purple monkey grinned. It was waving its tail which had a little paw like hand at the end and making a very rude gesture with it. That sign was enough to tick Piplup off.
"PIPLUP!" A shot of Bubble attack crashed on to the shelf Aipom was on. Luckily for Aipom, it managed to jump out of the way and doge the attack. Unfortunately for Aipom, the shelf collapsed from impact, sending thousands of merchandises to the ground, along with the little purple Pokemon. It had a tiara on its head, a scarf on its tail and blue sprinkle on its fur.
Dawn groaned at the mess. She was definitely going to be paying more than she should. "PIPLUP! STOP!"
"GRAB THAT MONKEY!" the store owner yelled and all of the employees ran to the monkey. Aipom giggled as it jumped out of the way, climbing up the shelves, using its tail as a way to move up. Piplup rushed passed the employees, pecking each shelves until they tipped over like dominoes. Aipom kept jumping on one shelf after another. Together, the two Pokemon caused more chaos.
"GRAB THAT PENGUIN!" the store owner added, so now the employees were split into two groups- one to catch the wild Aipom and one (along with Dawn) to catch Piplup.
"Piplup Return!" Dawn screamed, trying to return her Pokemon. But the little Piplup was evasive of the attacks.
"That darn Aipom!" one of the employees cried. It always sneak in here from that stupid honey tree!"
"Honey tree?!" Dawn asked surprise.
"Yeah," the girl sniffed as she jumped over a pile of clothes, "It lives there. It Aipom's favorite food is honey." Something clicked in Dawn's head. Aipom was about to jump down onto the window sill and out when a large handful of yellow substance slapped onto the wall next to it. Surprised, Aipom inspected it and to its surprise the substance smelled like... like... honey! Aipom, feeling greedy, stayed put and licked the sweet viscous liquid. It was so absorbed with eating that it didn't notice Dawn right behind it.
"Pokeball go!" Before Aipom could react to what was going on, it was sucked it in a bright red light into the Pokeball. It rolled slightly, flashing red repeatedly before finally the ding sounded and it was over. "Phew, that's a relief," Dawn sighed as she picked up the Pokeball. Good thing she bought honey from that guy next to the forest.
Piplup, furious that it didn't get a chance to fight, tried to peck the Pokeball.
"Stop it!" Dawn ordered. Piplup frowned like a child who candy has been stolen, but nevertheless, halted. It pouted a while, refusing to look at Dawn. "Don't cause more destruction."
Dawn sighed as she looked at the ruin store. Either she was going to be praised for stopping the perpetrator, or she was going to be taken full responsibility for what it has done.
...
"Hi Dawn!" Lucas said excitedly as Dawn walked into the Pokemon Center. He had waited for almost three hours and hoped that Dawn had bought food. Dawn, as though reading his mind, hold up her grocery bag, filled with snacks.
"Honestly, I'm starting to believe that you're only here for the food."
"Well, sort of," Lucas admitted as he took a bite of his hamburger, "I didn't have money, so I couldn't eat." Dawn groaned.
"I'll give you some money later," Dawn promised.
"Muhkay," Lucas said through a stuffed mouth before he swallowed his food.
"Anyways, I got to get ready for the contest," Dawn said as she walked off, "Got to train my new Pokemon." That last sentence had the effect she wanted from Lucas.
"New?" Lucas asked amazed, "What kind of Pokemon?" He acted as a little kid waiting impatiently for his birthday presents.
"Oh, you'll see tomorrow," Dawn said slyly, as Lucas face dropped in disappointment.
"You're no fun," Lucas mumbled.
"That's your opinion." Dawn smirked as she left the Pokemon Contest. Lucas sighed. Guess he'll try to train Shinx... though its probably safe to bring gloves.
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"Piplup Bubble!" Piplup shot a stream of bubbles into the air. "Now use Peck!" Piplup's beak glowed bright white and immediately started to pop all of the bubbles it created. The small droplets of water created tiny rainbows that flashed in the air.
Dawn surveyed her appeal. It wasn't too bad, but it definitely won't stand out unless she added more spark to it. Unfortunately, Piplup doesn't really know anymore moves that can do that. Water Sport was still hard for it to control. I'll try Aipom then...
"Aipom use Sand Attack follow by Swift!" Aipom, clearly, trying to show off, threw a handful of sand into the air before sending yellow stars toward it. The stars crashed upon impact with the sand, but continued to move upward. Dawn gasped at the final part of the appeal. This was perfect! It needed work but it surely can bring in points. Piplup frowned at the attention Aipom was getting as it jumped up and down, clearly happy at succeeding.
"All right, I figured out how we're going to do this. Aipom will do the appeal part, and Piplup, you'll be in charge of the first two parts of the contest. I'm going to count on you to do your very best." Piplup puffed its chest in importance.
However, Dawn was still concern. The contest was tomorrow and there was no time to fool around.
"Okay, let's try this again."
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Dawn sighed as she walked back into the Pokemon Center. After a long day of work, she was exhausted. The practice wasn't too bad. Dawn hope that it was good enough. She was about to turn in bed when she noticed Lucas coming in the Pokemon Center as well... with a Shinx biting his head.
"Lucas!" Dawn gasped, "What happened to you?"
"Ha...ha..." Lucas grinned weakly, "Shinx hates me." He pointed to his head and Shinx growled as if to prove it.
"Don't say that," Dawn shockingly said as she looked at the baby Shinx, clenching Lucas' hair as if it was going to rip it out. "Get it off!"
"It's too hard," Lucas groaned, wanting to go to bed, but Dawn grabbed Shinx and pulled hard to let it go. Shinx dropped to the ground, with a couple of black tufts of hair in its mouth. "Owwwww... Shinx return..." Lucas sighed as he looked at Shinx's Pokeball. "I think it hates me..."
"Don't say that," Dawn said, though she felt doubtful as well, "Shinx is just... well... uncomfortable. That's all." Dawn couldn't help but yawn. She was exhausted. "I'm going to turn in. Shinx will trust you soon." She was about to walk off, until Lucas spoke up.
"Oh Dawn."
"Yeah?"
"Good luck in the Contest tomorrow."
"Thanks," Dawn grinned, "I think I'll need it." She walked off and Lucas couldn't help but feel a surge of pride within him.
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"Hello everyone! Welcome to the Floaroma City's Pokemon Contest. I'm your host, Marian!" The lady's short brown curly hair had a pink headband on top. She had on a yellow collared sleeveless long dress like jacket. It looked a bit like a raincoat. She had on a mini pink skirt and brown hiking boots. She was holding a microphone to her mouth. She waited for a moment, listening to the loud applause.
The Contest area was enormous. Huge amounts of chairs were lined up neatly in horizontal rows, each filled with excited audience members. On the oval wooden stage, there were big cameras and lights that shined the area. The cameras were all turned to Marian, magnifying her face onto the large screen just above the stage. On the side of the stage, there were three judge podiums for the three judges to sit in. They will determine the points and who will go on to the next round.
"For this Contest, the winner will receive a beautiful Floaroma Contest ribbon!" Marian held up a forest green ribbon up like the one on the poster Dawn saw.
"Wow it's so beautiful," Dawn sighed, "it looks better in real life." Lucas looked confusingly up at the ribbon on the large television screen in the waiting room where all the coordinators were staying. To him, Lucas just thought it was just green cloth tied neatly to make it look pretty, but he didn't say anything. He was more interested in looking at Dawn and her beautiful sky blue dress.
"All right that ribbon is mine!" Dawn looked around and saw a jade eyed fourteen year old blond teenager looking at the screen as well, a wild excitement in his eyes. "Don't expect me to let you win it," the boy noted to Dawn, winking. Lucas noticed that this guy was wearing a white uniform that look like it came from the navy along with white pants and black boots. Two contest ribbons were pinned on the left side of his white navy looking jacket. Lucas looked wonderingly at the ribbons, it was obvious that this guy was no rookie.
"Dream on blond boy, that ribbon is mine!" Lucas turned around and saw that it was an eight year old with emerald hair girl and matching color eyes who said this. She had on a long green dress with a purple ribbon tied around her waist. Her pigtails were looped into circles and tied neatly with the same color ribbon. "Don't expect to win this contest Jeffery."
"Whatever Kenna," Jeffery shrugged his shoulder, grinning in an easy going manner, "Don't expect me to go easy just because you're little."
"HEY! I don't expect you to go easy on me! I can take you down anytime." Jeffery laughed at Kenna's pouted face, but he smiled and nodded his head to show that he understood.
"Say, we haven't introduced ourselves have we?" Jeffery looked at Dawn and Lucas, "I'm Jeffery and this here is Kenna."
"Please to meet you," Dawn said, "I'm Dawn and this here is Lucas."
"You both competing?" Kenna asked.
"No, I am, but Lucas here is my cheerleader."
"Oh, I could use one as well," Jeffery grinned.
"Do you want me to cheer for you as well?" Lucas asked confused. Jeffery and Kenna laughed.
"It's a joke," Dawn muttered, trying to keep a straight face.
"Oh," Lucas said. He continued to watch the screen as Marian finished the rules of the Contest and started to introduce the judges.
"Introducing the judges, Mr. Pokefan, the president of the Pokemon fan club..." Behind Marian, a short almost balding man appeared behind her. He wore a very nice gray tuxedo and he walked to the judges' podium before seating down. "Next is Mr. Contesta, one of the well known judges for Pokemon Contest!" A gray hair man wearing a red tux appeared on stage and after waving to the audience walked and sat next to Mr. Pokefan."
"Oh, I'm so scared," Dawn muttered. She felt like there were Beautify in her stomachs.
"Don't worry," Lucas grinned, his stupid grin, "You'll do fine. You just need to focus."
"And finally!" Marian concluded, "Please let me welcome you our final judge - the Elite Champion Miss Cynthia!"
"What?" Dawn, Kenna, and Jeffery gasped as the long blond hair woman came out. Her mysterious eyes twinkled under the light and smiled at the bewildered crowd.
"Cynthia," Lucas said, confused, "Why is she here?" He watched the young lady sit next to Mr. Contesta.
"You know her?!" Jeffery gasped staring at Lucas. Lucas shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah, I talked with her while she bought ice cream." Dawn stared at Lucas' unconcern face.
"Lucas, you just talked with the most famous and strongest Pokemon trainer in the world!" Lucas stared at Dawn who was obviously waiting for effect. Lucas thought back to yesterday. Now that he thought about it, it does make sense.
"Well I guess that explains a lot."
"Lucas I can't believe this! You act as though this is nothing."
"I can't believe it! You talked to Cynthia! And... Oh my gosh! She's the judge! If I want to impress her... I can't mess up! I need to go over my routine again! Presenting... your biggest fan... no wait that sounds too desperate..." Jeffery muttered as he walked off. Kenna stared amazed at Lucas.
"I'm impressed," Kenna said, "you obviously don't know how lucky you are. Speaking of which I need to practice as well. With an Elite Four here, I can't screw up..." She hurried off with Jeffery.
"Oh, dear, I didn't expect this," Dawn muttered. The Beautify in her stomach now turned into large Politoed that seemed to jump around in her stomach. "Now with a Elite Champion as a judge... I..."
"Cheer up!" Lucas said immediately. He looked right into Dawn's eyes. "You just need to have confidence in what you do. Don't worry about it! If you worry, you're not going to do well later." Dawn sighed in frustration.
"I know. I'm just under a lot of pressure," Dawn pushed back her hair and straighten her hat, "you better get back to the audience or else you won't find a good seat."
"Oh, yeah," Lucas jerked his head as if he just realized it, "I better go!" Lucas rushed off, leaving Dawn alone in her own thoughts. Not surprisingly, she wasn't the only one thinking deep in though.
Tory, a brown hair kid, was looking deep in thought at a piece of paper. He felt a deep remorse within him and great sadness, but nevertheless, he was determine to continue with the contest. He crumpled the little wad of paper into his pocket of his golden suit. On the paper was a picture of a little brown hair boy, laughing, next to a red hair girl named Marisa.
...
"Oh dear, I got lost again," Lucas muttered as he walked around helplessly. He was about to collapse from dizziness when he bumped into someone.
"Ouch! Watch where you're – Lucas!" Lucas looked up and saw Lindsay. Her black hair with highlights were tied up with chopsticks. Her purple inky strapless dress fit tightly around her body. A soft long rose pink scarf laid on her shoulder. She wore black high heels and pearl earrings. She looked really elegant and quite beautiful. "I was wondering where you were."
"Hello Lindsay," Lucas said politely, "Did you finish cleaning up the store?" Lindsay laughed.
"Yeah, took a while though, I don't think that guy wants me to come there again. Anyways, you better hurry," Lindsay said, pointing to the clock, "The Contest will start soon, so you better get a move on."
"Right," Lucas nodded and sped off. Lindsay smiled at the clumsy boy as he tripped over his own scarf. He was so cute.
In the corner, a shadow was watching Lucas running off. The shadow smiled and waved its long red hair. Shiki walked off, remembering encountering this boy in Jubilife City. Lucas... so that's what his name was.
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"Barely got a good seat," Lucas muttered as he sat down between two people. So many people came to this event that it was no wonder that most people were actually standing up.
"Now let the contest begin," Marian, "First we've already given the contestants 60 seconds to dress their Pokemon. Would the first contestant, Shiki please come out!"
The red curtains pushed back, revealing a shoulder length layered red hair girl. She was around Lucas' age and gave a cheerful smile to the audience. She had on a white buttoned up shirt and a long ocean blue skirt that reached to the ground. White flip flops could be seen poking out of the skirt. On her head was a tropical red flower. Her delicate arms had silver dangling jewelry that glittered underneath the light. She released her Pokeball to reveal a Linoone. Its sleek fur glistened. On top of its head was a pink flower. Feathers designed in a necklace was placed on Linoone's neck. It was sitting a pink colored mushroom. The unique designed of Shiki's Pokemon gave an approve roar to the crowd.
The judges nodded in agreement as they commented their opinions.
"I love it," Mr. Pokfan exclaimed, "Very remarkable!"
"Linoone's healthy appearance gives it a beautiful appearance. The feathers represent the quick agile body shape and the flower signifies the beauty," Mr. Contesta remarked, clearly impressed.
"I love the beauty and calm look Linoone gives," Cynthia said, smiling toward Shiki, "Its obvious that you trust each other."
"Well there you have it!" Marian exclaimed, "The judges love it! Remember my audience friends that you can help with the voting as well! Just cheer for the one you love!" The camera zoomed in on Shiki's blushing face.
Lucas almost dropped from his seat as he looked and gasped at the screen. Shiki turned her eyes and looked directly in front of the screen. There, staring back at Lucas, were two gray eyes. The same shape, the same shading, the same eyes staring back at Lucas'.
Author's Notes
"You have her eyes. Your mother's eyes." (I think that was in Harry Potter right?) lol.
Dawn gets a new Pokemon. Cynthia becomes a judge. Shiki is introduced...
I love adding so much thrill and unexpected plot twist.
Well, ALL of OC's will go next in the upcoming chapter. This contest might take four or five or six chapters... If that's okay with you guys.
Also, I decided to write about Damion's travel as a flashback.
Okay, now to thank my reviewers.
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Well, lots of stuff happened in this chapter. I wanted to make this two part but because I promised the contest to start in this chapter... oh well.
Thanks for reading and I'll see ya next time.
-JapanDreamer