Hey, welcome. The epic Alder Cup begins this episode and will continue on for another two episodes after this. I'm glad that I was able to get this episode up before Christmas, and maybe I might be able to get another one up today if you're lucky! So you get two Christmas presents from me. I'm high on unicorns this morning since I only got 6 hours sleep last night and I'm tired, but I've got my dog to keep me awake…
Episode 36 – On Towards Floccesy Town!
We had left Virbank City already, since there were happy yet very sad memories there. I hadn't told my mum or May and Max about finding dad, all I said was that I found out that Corless isn't my real father, and luckily they didn't ask for any other information. We had been slowly trailing along Route 20 for a while now and not much was here. They were all amateur Pokemon, and none up to my level.
"Just another 20 minutes of walking according to my C-Gear," I told them while looking down at the vast map on my C-Gear, and directions for where we needed to go.
"Yay! Only another 20 minutes and then we can get battling in the Alder Cup!" May roared.
"What? You're entering the Alder Cup?" I asked.
"I am too," Max interrupted.
"Nick, why shouldn't we? I have the Bolt Badge so I meet the qualifications."
"And I have the Trio Badge, when both of us took down Chili and Cress," Max reminded me.
"I suppose it'll be fine…" I sighed. May and Max smiled at me and were obviously excited about entering the Alder Cup, just like I was. We were walking beside a peaceful river that supposedly wound its way all the way to a small forest behind Floccesy Town called Pledge Grove, when suddenly. SPLASH! We couldn't see what was making the splashing but a big wave came and saturated all of us fully.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" two voices laughed. We all turned to see that two people were standing on two jet skis. It was the deadly duo of Team Rocket...
"I haven't heard those voices in a long time…" Amy murmured.
"Yes, and I remember that scent; twerps are nearby…" Trent muttered.
"A white fire in me, blazes on throughout my life," Amy told us.
"And black lightning, strikes me close to my heart," Trent recited.
"We were brought together because," Amy started.
"Of our frozen grey souls," Trent finished.
"Now let the Dragon Trio come forward!" they both shouted.
"I'm the fierce blazing Amy!" Amy screamed.
"And the thundering Trent electrifies all!" Trent yelled.
"Now surrender, and bow before Team Rocket!" they both exclaimed.
"Amy and Trent?" we all questioned, having not seen them since that shipwreck. Actually, that's when I last saw them, May and Max haven't seen them since Relic Castle!
"We've been sent on a mission to try out some of our new devices that Team Rocket have created, and we thought that you three were the perfect Guinean Pigs," Amy explained.
"So give us your pokeballs!" Trent demanded. All of our sweats dropped.
"Do you really think that we're going to hand them over to you Trent? Blaziken, finish the job!" May screamed and was just about to throw Blaziken's pokeball when it was sucked up by a vacuum like machine. "Blaziken!" Trent then got out a metal thing which he wrapped around the pokeball, clenching it together.
"We call these Rocket Seals, and any Pokemon in a pokeball with one of these on them can never escape," Trent snickered. Amy grabbed the vacuum that Trent used to get Blaziken's pokeball and she must've turned it up to full bore because a fierce wind was blowing and all of our pokeballs were getting sucked out of our pockets.
"Ehh!" May and I grunted as we jumped forward and grabbed one of our airborne pokeballs, but Max didn't because he's just stupid… "GO!" we threw out the Pokemon that was in the pokeball and who else to come out but our two Psychic-Types.
"Solo!" Solosis screeched.
"Goth," Gothita said and winked at her opponents.
"Olu!" Riolu screamed. I yanked my head around, forgetting that Riolu was there to see that a giant hand was around him. We was the pulled back by Amy and Trent and was held captive while all we had was the power of Psychics.
"Leavanny, get in battle!"
"Scolipede you go too." As the two Bug-Types entered from their pokeballs our Pokemon became timid since they're already fully evolved whilst Solosis and Gothita are still in their first evolutions. "Now Scolipede, Sludge Bomb!"
"Counter with Energy Ball!" I retaliated.
"Pede, Pede, Pede!" Scolipede spat as he launched his Sludge Bomb attack, and purple blotches of sludge rocketed through the air. Solosis greeted them with his own attack of Energy Ball, colliding and creating a miniature explosion.
"We have no intention of battling, just getting our Pokemon back! So with that said freeze them with Ice Beam!" May called.
"Thita!" Gothita squealed as she sent out a crackling beam of blue ice, which froze the two Bug-Types cold. May started to run over to the two jet skis (the sack of pokeballs placed on the back) but was stopped when a sudden roar arose.
"PEDE!" Scolipede roared as he broke free of the ice, along with his partner Leavanny.
"Leaf Blade!" Amy commanded.
"Use a Steam Roller attack!" Trent added.
"Vanny!" Leavanny screeched as she jumped up, her arms growing in length and glowing a more forest green. Scolipede was starting to roll like Rollout but there was extra power in his horns which were sticking out. I looked down at our two baby Pokemon and they were shaking, scared of the two what they would think monsters. SLAM! Our Pokemon were hit and soared behind Max and I; May still freaking out near the jet skis.
"Stop being timid! We know you can do it!" May and I cheered. They stood up, but suddenly, both were drenched in a white light. Both of them were growing, Solosis turning into a weird shape, instead of as bigger circle and Gothita's hair growed, plus she had longer legs and longer arms. The light was a quick, bright flash before it stopped, revealing two brand new Pokemon.
"Duosion, the Mitosis Pokemon. When their brains, now divided in two, are thinking the same thoughts, Duosion exhibit their maximum power," Dexter explained. I could now see tiny little hands amongst all that jelly of Duosion, and he looked a lot stronger too.
"Gothorita, the Manipulate Pokemon. According to many old tales, Gothorita creates friends for itself by controlling sleeping children on starry nights." Gothorita now looked like a ballerina and was much more graceful with her moves, and would be great for contests!
"Alright, use Shadow Ball to send them blasting off!" May and I instructed at once. Gothorita and Duosion suddenly gathered purple and black energy and at a rapid pace they short them out, exploding upon contact with Scolipede, Leavanny, Trent and Amy. As they were sent blasting off all of the pokeballs dropped from the sky – along with Riolu (who I caught) – and landed on the ground, where we ran over and got them. May released Blaziken from the deathly Rocket Seal and we continued on towards Floccesy Town!
"You're all registered Mr. Batlam," a service lady told me after I had just finished my registration for the Alder Cup. We were in the main lobby of the arena and were just about to head over to the Pokemon Centre to get our Pokemon checked up.
"Thanks," I told her and then started to walk off. I was looking down at Riolu who was excited about entering the Alder Cup when suddenly… "Ow!" I screeched as I fell over, having banged into someone. I looked up to see that it was none other than Cheren.
"Oh great, you're entering too?" Cheren asked me.
"Yeah, for sure! And we're winning it, and wiping the floor with you!"
"Doubt it!" he retaliated and walked out of the arena's lobby. That guy gets on my nerves!
"Nick!" I turned to see Trevor standing with my fellow rival John.
"Hey Trevor, hey John," I waved to them as I walked over.
"You know this guy?" they both asked me in unison.
"Yeah," I answered.
"So I suppose you're entering the Alder Cup?" John questioned.
"Mon! Monferno!" his Monferno agreed and jumped around happily. Wow, he acts way more cheerfully that my father's Infernape did…
"Of course I am! Why else would I be here?" I asked him. He shrugged and then we all departed from each other. May, Max and I returned to the Pokemon Centre and were all ready for tomorrow; the starting of the Alder Cup!
It was 10am and we were walking through a small walkway to the stadium, along with all of the other trainers. I saw Trevor, John, Wes, that kid Bobby that battled May in the Wallace Cup and also Cheren. May, Max and I walked alone though discussing a pact we had made last night.
"So the Psychic Pact is still on?" I asked, referring to it.
"Yup, and with it we can't lose," Max agreed. We nodded before finally entering the vast arena, where all of the trainers entered and stood in the middle of the battlefield.
"Welcome trainers to the 9th Annual Alder Cup!" an announcer welcomed us. "Now hosting this tournament this year is none other than yours truly, but we have the tank of the Unova Region… Alder!" The crowd went nuts as Alder walked out into a little box where the main announcer already was standing (I truly forgot what it was called XD). "Everyone standing before you are established or amateur trainers, because each of them has at least acquired 1 badge!"
"Pssh. One Badge, I have 6," Cheren muttered under his breathe. So he has six huh… I'm miles behind with just four, dammit!
"Now I'll hand over to Alder to explain the rules," the announcer told us all.
"Thank you Jeffery," Alder thanked him as he grabbed the microphone. "I would just like to say another welcome from me, and the main objective of this tournament is not to win but to have fun with your Pokemon, remember that! Now, in this tournament each battle will be just a one on one, and the winners will be on to the next round but, I must warn you, once you've used a certain Pokemon in the tournament you may not use that same Pokemon again." I heard a few grumbles from the crowd of trainers, obviously wanting to win this with their strongest Pokemon. "There's 32 of you here so if you make it to the final round then you will use a total of 5 Pokemon, but after winning the Alder Cup you're not only are given the Glory Cup, along with a year's supply of Pokemon food but you also get the chance to battle with me!"
"OH!" Cheren exclaimed in awe, his eyes twinkling as he thought of battling Alder.
"I'm so gonna battle him!" Trevor shouted, getting pumped already.
"So with the rules applied, let's let the battling get under way! The matchups are now on screen!" Alder yelled and pointed to a big screen that was above the announcing booth (I'm still not sure if that's what you call it :L). We all looked up and none of us were matched up with each other which was great, well, everyone that I knew wasn't matched up with each other anyway…
"Alright Duosion, finish this with Psyshock!"
"No! Liepard, use Scratch!" a boy I was facing screamed. Duosion sent out rainbow coloured rings which scattered through the air and hit Liepard, who was in the middle of trying to use Scratch on us. Liepard was hit back to Gerry once again and was knocked out cold.
"Even with a type disadvantage Nick pulls through for the win!" Alder shouted as my face appeared on screen, winner boldly underneath.
"Kirlia, Magical Leaf!"
"Alright Magmar, use Fire Punch!" Chard commanded. We had met Chard back in Virbank City and I didn't recognize him before on the big screen, only after they started battling. He had apparently gotten his first badge finally in the Castelia Gym and made his way back here for the Alder Cup. Kirlia gathered leaves around him and span, releasing the leaves from his grip. Magmar lurched forward, his hand engulfed in a red blaze but it was to no success as the mystic powered leaves slashed him until he was no longer to battle, leaving scars on his fiery face.
"Max wins!" Alder announced.
"Alright Gothorita, use Ice Beam!" May instructed.
"It's time to use Shock Wave Blitzle!" a girl, about 11, exclaimed. Blitzle pounced up, her two hind legs still firmly on the ground though, and then slammed her front hooves back down to the ground where she released a wave of yellow and green electricity. Gothorita shot out her Ice Beam majestically by turning around and firing it, her head upside down. As the two attacks clashed only one succeeded, and that was Ice Beam. It broke through the Electric-Attack and pummelled Blitzle, freezing her and sending her back into her trainer.
"Blitzle's out cold meaning that the winner is May, our last contestant through to the Top 16!" Alder told us all. After that battle all of the trainers that had successfully made it into the Top 16 gathered onto the battlefield which had some potholes and burnt patches on it already. I looked around to see that every single one of my rivals had made it through. "Now the new Top 16 matchup's!" I was getting pumped, battling in the Top 16 with decent trainer would be fun. May, Max and I gathered.
"The Psychic Pact worked like a treat!" I whisper-screamed.
"Yeah, and it was fun too!" May agreed. Suddenly the faces stopped swirling and they revealed who we were battling this round. But then, something dreadful happened…
"Alright, Dwebble, X-Scissor!" Trevor called.
"We're gonna have to end it here Trevor. Alright Lucario, Force Palm!" Wes commanded. It had been an intense battle so far between Wes and Trevor and I found out new Pokemon of each of theirs. Trevor has a Dwebble and Wes has a Lucario, who he caught in Sinnoh whilst journeying through there.
"Cario!" Lucario roared as he started to sprint for Dwebble, who was a duel Bug and Rock-Type. Dwebble crossed his arms to make an X but before any power could form there Lucario was up in his face, and an intense amount of energy suddenly erupted from his palm. Dwebble was sent flying and he was knocked out cold.
"Oh and Trevor has just been knocked out of the tournament," Alder sadly said. "But congrats to Wes on his victory." I had already won my Top 16 match easy with Oshawott along with all of my other rivals Cheren, John and now Wes. This was the final match and I was excited about it, the tension was high and people's nerves were crackling. "Once again May is in the final battle of this round, so please welcome her to the battlefield!" May walked on but she wasn't smiling, more frowning. "And our second trainer of the battle… It's Max!" Max walked on, and I could see that he was forcing a confident look onto his face, obviously nervous about facing his older and more experienced sister.
"Now begin the match!" Jeffery the announcer instructed.
"Alright, Grovyle, I choose you!" Max called and threw out his powerhouse, putting everything into this battle.
"Alright Beautifly, take the stage!" May shouted as she threw out one of her most trusted most, the beautiful butterfly; Beautifly.
"Beaut-i-fly…" Beautifly whispered as she flew out into the open air of the Alder Cup.
"Vyle!" Grovyle screeched intimidatingly to the Hoenn-native Pokemon.
"Ok Grovyle, start by using Leaf Blade!" Max commanded. Grovyle jumped up into the sky and his leaves grew on his two forearms, shining neon green. Grovyle then shot down from the sky like a rocket, its two leaves near its head.
"Quiver Dance!" May instructed. Then, Beautifly started to majestically dance, but red and blue sparkles came off of her as she was dancing, obviously creating some sort of power. But, Quiver Dance served as a defence too because Grovyle's attack completely missed.
"Errr… Use Pound!" Max grumbled.
"Vyle!" Grovyle roared as he jumped up to beautiful, getting ready to whip his head leaf forward.
"It's time for another Quiver Dance!" Beautifly started to dance again just in time as the first movement came just as Grovyle was using his Pound attack. After a second dose of Quiver Dance had finish May was ready to order another attack. "Do you realise that Quiver dance raises the Attack and Speed stats? Even if you don't we'll attack again anyway! Use Silver Wind!"
"Fly!" Beautifly squealed as she started to flap her wings, sending out a line of air filled with buggy power. It started to wind itself around Grovyle until it was trapped in a tornado of it, where it then closed in on him and made the attack.
"And now Aerial Ace!" Beautifly shot through the gusting winds, with her own wind currents following her, and slammed into Grovyle who was flung back to Max's side.
"And it looks like this battle could already be over, Max not even landing a single attack yet!" the announcer, well, announced.
"Grovyle, get up! I know that you can do it!" Max cheered on. Grovyle slowly rose to his feet and he stood strongly, crossing his arms in a dramatic pose. "Bullet Seed!"
"Psychic to send them back!" Beautifly's eyes shone blue just as Bullet Seed was being fired, and they were soon encapsulated in it too, the green glow around them quickly fading. Then they were shot back at full speed towards Grovyle and that surely would be the finisher attack. But then, I saw Max snicker.
"Mega Drain!" Max called.
"Gro-vyle!" Grovyle roared as he sent out a green transparent beam from the two leaves on his forearms, clashing with the seeds and adding them to its power. It drenched Beautifly who had no time to dodge and her energy was being rapidly sucked, while Grovyle was regaining a heap.
"And now use Leaf Blade!" Max commanded. While Beautifly was still defenceless, Grovyle took the chance and jumped up to her level, slashing and swiping her over and over with his vicious Leaf Blade. "Now finish the job with a close range Bullet Seed!"
"Oh no you don't, use that extra speed to dash out of there with Aerial Ace!" May told her Pokemon, Beautifly started to flap her wings and then quickly escaped from the Mega Drain power and rocketed away, avoiding every last seed that was being fired her way. "Now Morning Sun!"
"Fly-ee!" Beautifly chirped as she got into the sun's rays and started to shine yellow, healing as she did so.
"Don't let her heal fully, another Mega Drain!" Max ordered. Grovyle landed on the ground and then shot out his attack, which quickly reached Beautifly and caught her in his grip. As Beautifly was healing, she was getting her energy sucked so it all turned out to be even Stevens, apart from the point that Grovyle was healing up. "Now Quick Attack!" Grovyle sped up, a trail of silver and white following him and then SLAM! Beautifly was shot out of the sky and landed on the ground.
"I've had enough of this! Silver Wind!" May exclaimed. Beautifly sent out that same shiny wind of silver as before, which shot over at the direction of Grovyle in a flash.
"Use Bullet Seed!" Max retaliated at just the right time, making Grovyle shoot out small bullets that were encapsulated in a green power. The two attacks collided and made a big, BOOM! Making a smoke cloud cover the entire field.
"Head into that smoke, Aerial Ace!" May commanded.
"Use Quick Attack!"
"Vyle!" Grovyle hissed as he sped forward, dashing throughout the thick smoke as he headed towards his opponent, Beautifly, who was somewhere throughout the smoke.
"Fly!" Beautifly screeched as she whisked through the black as night smoke, creating a vivid trail behind her since the Aerial Ace gusted up a wind. Then, suddenly you heard a slam and then there was a BOOM! Yet another explosion occurred and Beautifly and Grovyle were sent flying back to their trainers, and when the smoke finally cleared it revealed Beautifly still airborne while Grovyle was down, unconscious.
"And that's it! Beautifly wins this epic match of siblings!" Alder declared. Max sadly returned Grovyle and complimented him on how well he fought, standing up to May's first caught Pokemon like that. "So that ends the Top 16 battles and from there we get the Top 8, and they are… Cheren, Felicity, John, Hannah, Bobby, Nick, Wes and May. Now we will randomly match all of the trainers up from our super computer!" the faces swirled around on the screen. "… … And our four battles are… May vs. Bobby, Cheren vs. Felicity, Nick vs. John and Hannah vs. Wes!" I looked over at John and he returned the look, and we both smiled, knowing that we were finally going to battle one another. "But I'm sorry, that ends the first day of the Alder Cup because as all of you may tell it is 5:30pm, and we did start at 10am so it has been a long day. Tomorrow we have decided to just do the Top 8 battles and after that, on the third day, it's the semis and the finals! I guess we'll see you all tomorrow!"
"Bye ladies and gents!" the announcer Jeremy added. We exited the vast stadium and returned to the Pokemon Centre where we all decided to have our dinner, although it was only quarter to 6...
"On my right it's May!" Alder pointed to his right where May was. "And on my left it's Bobby!" Bobby's eyes had fire in them, he obviously wants vengeance for the Wallace Cup. "Now, let the battle begin!"
"Marshtomp, I choose you!"
"Blaziken, take the stage!"
"Tomp, Tomp!" Marshtomp cheered as he jumped up and down from leg to leg.
"Blaziken!" Blaziken roared and looked down at his opponent. "Blaze!"
"Alright Blaziken, Fire Spin!"
"Use Mud Shot!" Bobby commanded. Blaziken shot out a spiralling fire which swirled over to Marshtomp, who was retaliating with a muddy Mud Shot. The two attacks collided and created an explosion. BOOM. The explosion and smoke clouded over the two Pokemon and neither side could see.
"I don't want to drag this battle out Bobby. Overheat!" May told Bobby before ordering a deadly attack.
"Blaze!" Blaziken roared as he shot out a column of fire over towards Marshtomp, who was surrounded in one of the most powerful Fire-Type attacks. Marshtomp soared back to his trainer but then stood back up on his two feet, not going to give in.
"Use Hydro Pump on Blaziken!" Bobby ordered and Marshtomp quickly did so, sending out a big pump of water which had waters currents running down the sides of the cylinder attack. It slammed into Blaziken but he just took it, and savoured the pain.
"I told you that I wasn't mucking around! Blaziken, Brave Bird!" Blaziken sprang into the air and he was drenched in a fiery coat, but as he surged from the sky it turned into a different blue power that was shining heavily. BOOM. Marshtomp took ANOTHER attack without dodging and he was looking pretty warn down.
"This is turning out to be a battle of the wills, neither side is dodging!" Alder explained to the crowd.
"Use Muddy Water!" Bobby was smart because since Blaziken was up close, he took major damage from the spiralling attack. A lot of muddy water formed all around Marshtomp and it span, creating a cone like shape, which trapped Blaziken in its pull.
"Blaziken, jump out of it and use Sky Uppercut, and then Blaze Kick back to back!" May exclaimed.
"Blaze!" Blaziken yelled as he jumped out of the spiralling waters and then shot down towards Marshtomp with a power-packed fist. "Ziken!" Blaziken slammed his fist across Marshtomp's face and he was sent back into his own waters.
"Use Iron Tail to defend yourself!" Bobby instructed.
"Tomp!" Marshtomp screeched as his tail became metallic and he took on the flaming foot of Blaziken. SLAM! They collided once, it being even and no one falling. SLAM! SLAM! It was still even and then both Pokemon lurched forward and looked like they were going to put everything into this last one. SLAMM! Both Pokemon were hit and were sent flying back to a wall behind their trainers. We all looked on in anticipation to see would rise, and who wouldn't.
"And the winner of this Top 8 battle is…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT EPISODE – Fierce Fighting for the Cup of Glory!
Hey guys – So the beginning of the Alder Cup and two whole new Pokemon! I actually do not like Duosion but I really like Gothorita so it's sort of confusing whether to make just Duosion evolve or Gothorita too (Because then she turns into an ugly ass Gothitelle). I actually do regret making them catch those two because otherwise I could've had WAY better Pokemon on Nick's team. Anyway what's done is done (I would've had him catch a Sandile so he'd have someone super-effective against Poison-Types anyway). Next episode I will have three battles (I actually didn't realise but I was going to have four and I was just about to publish this ep when I realised that I was, so I had to write a small Bobby vs. May battle into this episode) and there will all be at least one rival in a battle. I might be able to get another episode up today but it's only a 50% chance, so otherwise all of my readers Merry Christmas! If I don't get another ep up today then I won't be back until two days after X-mas (So the day after Boxing Day). You all enjoy your Christmas and I hope that you all get something good under the tree ;]
Nick:
(ON TEAM)
Riolu – Lv. 32 Sky Uppercut, Extreme Speed, Endure, Aura Sphere
Pignite – Lv.38 Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Tackle, Arm Thrust, Heat Crash
Tranquill – Lv.34 Quick Attack, Gust, Air Cutter, Aerial Ace, Air Slash
Oshawott – Lv.34 Water Gun, Razor Shell, Aqua Jet, Tackle
Duosion – Lv.35 Psychic, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball
Tirtouga – Lv.33 Hydro Pump, Stone Edge, Aqua Jet, Ancient Power, Sandstorm
(AT JUNIPER'S LAB)
Snivy – Lv.33 Leaf Tornado, Vine Whip, Tackle, Leaf Blade, Giga Drain
May:
(ON TEAM)
Blaziken – Lv.73 Fire Spin, Blaze Kick, Sky Uppercut, Overheat, Brave Bird
Munchlax – Lv.55 Solarbeam, Thunderbolt, Metronome, Focus Punch
Beautifly – Lv.46 Silver Wind, Morning Sun, Psychic, Aerial Ace, Quiver Dance
Chikorita – Lv.35 Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Petal Dance, Tackle
Gothorita – Lv.35 Telekinesis, Psybeam, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam
Emolga – Lv.35 Thunder Fang, Sky Attack, Electro Ball, Air Slash
(AT PETALBURG GYM - POKEMON IN THE UNOVA JOURNEY)
Minccino – Lv.34 Slam, Quick Attack, Tail Slap, Swift, Shadow Ball
Glaceon – Lv.45 Ice Beam, Mirror Coat, Icy Wind, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball
Max:
Grovyle – Lv.36 Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Pound, Mega Drain, Leaf Blade
Kirlia – Lv.31 Psychic, Teleport, Safeguard, Magical Leaf
Poochyena – Lv.29 Bite, Quick Attack, Roar, Shadow Ball
Joltik – Lv.28 Thunderbolt, Electroweb, String Shot, Bug Bite
Growlithe – Lv.36 Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Dig, Flame Charge, Fire Fang
Until next time – MonfernoFreak