Disclaimer: The world is telling me to tell you that I don't own Pokemon.

Hey guys, new chapter. Nothing much to say except terror in this one. I apologize and would like to thank Afsana for noticing the error I made.

Well enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 37:

"Welcome to the Goldenrod City's Contest!" I'm your announcer for this event- Laura!" The same person from Violet City was once again, announcing for this contest. The crowd screamed with excitement and though there were quite a bit of young teenagers and parents with their children, there were quite a bit of excessively well dressed business man and wealthy women. Most of the rich ones were sitting on top of the first class. Of course it includes a better view of the T.V. screen and more comfortable seats.

It was in one of these seats that Jimmy was sitting in. Jimmy sighed as he looked at Laura's enlarged head on the screen. He wasn't in a good mood. His ordinary clothes caused a lot of people to stare at him rudely, wondering if he had stolen money to buy the expensive seat. Of course that wasn't true.

"The three judges are Mr. Pokefan, the president of the Pokemon fan club, the mayor of Goldenrod, and of course our lovely gym leader, Ms. Whitney!" The young pink hair gym leader girl gave a warm smile to the crowd before seating back down.

"Now let's continue with the contest!" Laura continued, "Let the first round of dancing begin!"

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"Krystee and Kina! You guys are in the first round right?" Ana called as she watched the screen.

"Oh shoot!" Krystee yelled, tripping over her pink dress as she hurried down the hall to the back of the stage. Kina hurried after Krystee. Carmine sighed as he sat on one of the chairs.

"Those two really know how to stress a guy out," Carmine lied down, "Wake me up when I'm next." Ana shook her head and noticed Crystal sitting by herself, not even looking at the screen. Ana walked over and sat down next to Crystal.

"What's up? I'm getting a feeling that you got into another fight with Jimmy," Ana said, hoping Crystal would explain.

"Yeah, we did," Crystal admitted, "But I kinda feel bad for yelling at him. But knowing him, he's not the kind of guy who'll forgive easily." Crystal sighed, regretting that she had lost her temper. After a while of thinking, she knew that none of this was completely Jimmy's fault.

"I'm sure he'll accept your apology," Ana said, after thinking a bit, "He's not the kind of guy who would keep bottling his anger inside. He'll forgive you and let everything go."

"I think you forgot that he's following me because I destroyed his bike."

"Oh, yeah..." Crystal and Ana sighed simultaneously as they watch Kina use her Clefairy and Krystee used her Roserade for the dance. Both of them did pretty well. Compare to the other twelve coordinators, they were at least in the top five.

"Anyways, you got to concentrate. You won't win if you don't focus."
"Yeah, you're right," Crystal dispelled her sadness and tried to pull herself together, "I'll focus on the contest and then I'll apologize."

"OH NO!" Crystal and Ana looked up and saw to their horror, one of the coordinator holding up a ripped up dress. "NO! I was just going to change! How could this happen!" Crystal noticed that the coordinator was also holding up scratched up and ripped shoes.

"Oh my!" Ana gasped. Carmine woke up disgruntled until he saw the situation. The girl with the ripped up clothes started crying. And things wouldn't have gotten worse until there were more screaming and crying.

"AHHH! Who put whip cream all over my shoes?!"

"Why in the world is my Pokeblocks scattered all over the floor?!"

"HEY! Who ate my Poffins?!"

"Has anyone seen my Snorlax?"

"AHHH! A Spinarak! Get it off of me!"

"There's a Spinarak? Well that certainly explain the STICKY WEBS THAT RUINED MY SUIT!"

Ana and Crystal looked at each other, quite shocked. What in the world is going on with all of this vandalism?

"Oh on, I hope Kina and Krystee are okay," Ana muttered, "I'm going to check on their stuff." She hurried off along with Carmine who was checking to make sure HIS stuff wasn't destroyed as well. Crystal got up as well but was immediately knocked down to the ground.

"Ouch!"

"Oh geez sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!" Crystal looked up and saw a strange brown hair girl with an unusual bucket hat. "Didn't notice that bright blue head of yours." The girl laughed at her own strange joke. Crystal gave a weak and confused smile before the girl continued talking. "Anyways, got any of your stuff ruined?"
"Well, no," Crystal shook her head, wondering why this girl was the taking the situation lightly, "I usually hold my stuff together with me."

"Well in that case, you have a good chance of winning, unless you suck in Contests, then in that case its better to just give up," the girl laughed again, but this time Crystal didn't laugh or smile. "Anyways, I suggest you watch your back. I'm afraid this is only the beginning." Crystal looked bewildered as the girl left. It was as though this girl knew something about this whole mess.

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"AHHHHH!" Krystee yelled on the top of her lungs, "My backpack!" Krystee revealed ripped yellow scraps that were suppose to be what's left of her backpack.

"No! My Pokeballs!" Kina cried. The Pokeballs were fully functional but large ugly scars were stained upon it. It would certainly lose points for appearance.

"Hey! At least you don't have your stuff hosed down by water!" Carmine snapped. His backpack was completely wet as if it just survived a huge storm.

"I don't understand... how?" Crystal said shocked. Ana instantly clutched her pack tighter to herself. Luckily for her, Ana only had her pencil box stolen. Though, the same can't be said for the other three.

The contest will put on hold for an hour already. The people were trying to investigate the situation, though they still haven't caught the perpetrator.

"I wish they hurry up with their decision," Ana muttered, "I hope the contest isn't canceled." Crystal nodded. There was a rumor going around, saying that there was a high chance that they will cancel the whole thing.

"I'll check with the judges," Crystal said, "I'll let you know if there is something going on." She hurried off, leaving four disgruntled coordinators.

"I just came back from the first round, ready to win and all of a sudden, my stuff has been destroyed!" Krystee growled in anger, "I'm going to find this person and when I do..." Flames of anger could be seen in her eyes as she marched off to the restroom, clearly ready to scream off her lungs again.

"Don't worry about her," Kina said, mad as well at the situation, "I'm not going to let this... human get away with these... inhumane things..." She got up as well. "I'm going to fix these. Give me a call if the second part of the contest is starting."

"Will do," Ana said, completely lost in thought. Carmine muttered something about a blow-dryer and walked off to the bathroom.

"Ana, I got some good news and some bad news," Crystal muttered running back. "Hey where are the others?"

"Fixing up their stuff. What's the verdict?" Ana asked warily. Ana sincerely hoped that the contest could still go on.

"Well, because the vandalism happened before the Contest and so many stakes are on this Contest...."

"Wait stakes?!" Ana repeated, clearly trying to understand if she heard correctly.

"Apparently, there are a lot of people gambling," Crystal complained, "They certainly not going to be happy if they lost their winnings."

"Oh great," Ana grumbled, "This is definitely Goldenrod. So what's the bad news?"

"Well, so many people's stuff have been vandalized that they quit. According to the judges, thirty out of the forty quit."

"WHAT?!" Ana exclaimed, "But then that means we're-"

"Yeah, we're next," Crystal said grimly, "I suggest you bring your bag with you just to be on the safe side."

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"What's taking them so long," Jimmy groaned. After the first round of dancing, the whole contest halted. Couple of people were already screaming and yelling for an explanation. Laura was completely baffled and tried to calm the audience down.

"Please ladies and gentleman! There's a situation! Allow the judges to determine the situation and – STOP THROWING THINGS!" Laura yelled, dodging a watermelon.

"Stop!" Another voice yelled. A sudden hush fell through the crowd as the mayor came up on the podium, "Clearly I'm ashamed of my town for their rude behavior!" A couple of murmuring and embarrassing voices could be heard before it finally settled down. "Anyways, some problems have arisen from the contestants and because of that, three-fourths of the contestants decided to drop out."

This time a murmuring of concern and scared voices filled the crowd. Jimmy gasped in shock. Was Crystal okay? And what about her friends?

"We," the mayor continued, raising his voice and the audience immediately fell silent, "decided to put up extra precaution and will allow the contest to continue for those who still want to compete." The audience was still uneasy. "Let us continue the second round of contestants!" There was a hearty cheer as the next round of coordinators appeared on stage. Jimmy sighed in relief as Crystal appeared. A little shaken, but other than that, she was perfectly fine. Ana was behind her, looking warily at either side of her.

Strangely, all of the coordinators were carrying their bags. Some, Jimmy noticed as he looked closer, looked completely ripped and destroyed. Jimmy immediately felt puzzled and confused.

"Let's go!" Laura announced, "Coordinators take your places and summon your Pokemon!" Ana released her Roserade and Crystal summoned out Feraligator. The two Pokemon gave each other a respected nod before they started the dance. Jimmy thought that it was going quite smoothly. Crystal was more in sync than last time though Ferligator's size made him a little bit clumsy looking and Ana's choice for Roserade made her dance appeal more graceful and charming.

"Wow! The dance moves from all five coordinators are quite skilled. This is going to be a tough one for the judges!" Everything was going fine, but then suddenly, when it was Crystal's and Feraligator's turn to be the leader and dance under the spotlight, the whole stage suddenly turned dark.

"What the-" Jimmy gasped. There was a loud crash and couple of glass breaking. There were screams as more crashes came from the stage. "CRYSTAL!" Jimmy jumped down from the balcony and landed near the side of the stage.

"What's going on!" Laura screamed trying to get off stage and find the lights. The judges got up immediately and followed Laura as well.

Suddenly, the lights turned back on and on the floor were huge pieces of shards mixed with blood. Ana gasped as she felt her gashed cheek. Roserade was already tending the wound of its trainer. All of the other coordinators seemed fine, just a little bit shaken. They had a couple of wounds but nothing serious. To Jimmy's horror, he saw that the large lights, hanging from the stage's ceiling came crashing down, and the largest one was on top of Crystal.

"CRYSTAL!"

Author's Notes

Well, this is an unexpected twist...

Anyways, we'll just have to see what happens in the next chapter.

Now to thank my reviewers.

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Jarkes

yeah, uh oh is right. thanks for reviewing.

Dreamedsong

hahaha, its okay to not remember your OC. if you need her again, tell me and I'll send it to you again. thanks for the review.

Ketchum Kid

Thanks for reading. Glad to know that this is not too bad. Just send an OC whenever you feel like it. thanks for reviewing.

X-Spark

yo thanks for reviewing.

writer's block 2000

O.O I'm suprise at your relationship with other girls. Anyways, I hope things will be okay from now on. Knowing this evil business, there will be no end to it...

PerlaNemesis

thanks for the review. Its okay if you don't have time to review. totally understandable.

shooting2stars

Yay! thank you for reviewing. Hope you'll continue to in the future.

SportyGurl1997

Oh, dear, candy is the source of destruction. (in hyper mode that is... lol). thanks for reviewing.

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thank you all for reading and tune in for the next unpredictable turn of events. Who knows? Maybe the contest will be cancelled...

-JapanDreamer