Ch 36:Charmander's firey performance (please review or comment)
May and charmander were in the coordinator's room with every other coordinator competing, as they waited to see who would be advancing to the next round. "And these contestants will move on to round two" The announcer said.
Because this was a higher grade contest only 4 of the contestants would advance to round two. The first coodinator shown on the screen was Harley. "Ha" Harley said when he saw his picture. The next picture shown was a young man who performed with a sceptile and a blaziken.
The third picture was a woman in her late twenties who used a Meganium and a Skitty. The last picture showed May. "Char char!" Charmander said excitedly when he saw May's picture. "We did it charmander" May said. "Congratulations you made it past the first round" Harley said.
May ignored him and watched who she was facing off against in the next round. The screen showed she was facing off against the woman. Twenty minutes later she was standing on the left side of the stage with her opponent on the right side.
"For our first round two match up we have May of Petalburg city against Christina of Slateport city" The announcer said. Christina had blonde hair and green eyes. She wore a red trench coat and had her hair tied back into a poney tail. "I chose you Skitty and Meganium" Christina said throwing two pokeballs.
Her skitty and Meganium took the stage in front of her. "I chose you charmander, Glaceon" May said. She threw out charmander's and glaceon's pokeballs. Charmander and Glaceon were in front of May waiting for her instructions.
"The timer has started, coordinators begin" The announcer said. "Charmander use firespin and glaceon use icy wind inside it" May said. Charmander spun his head and unleashed firespin. Glaceon carefully aimed her icy wind through the inside of the firespin.
"Dodge that attack" Christina said. Her Meganium and Skitty both moved away from the combined attack but the icy wind's gust made the firespin even widder than it normally would be. The edges of the fire hit both skitty and Meganium, this caused Christina to loose some points.
"That's is May!" Ash said. "Well that won't do. Meganium use magical leaf, Skitty use hidden power" Christina said. Skitty unleashed a dozen small glowing spheres as Meganium unleashed dozens of magical leaves. "Quick dodge it" May said.
Glaceon avoided the hidden power but was hit with the magical leaves, while charmander avoided the magical leaves and was hit with hidden power. "Nice work" Christina said. May lost some points. "Follow up with petal dance and copycat" Christina said.
Meganium unleashed pink petals with Skitty doing the same thing. However, the copies petals were blue instead of pink. When the two combined they created a colorful and beautiful display. "What a lovely attack combination" Nurse Joy said. May lost more points because of this.
"Glaceon use blizzard and Charmander use flamethrower" May said. Charizard watched close as charmander used the move that he taught him. Glaceon first used blizzard which froze all of the petals coming at her and charmander. Charmander took a deep breath then unleashed a jet of fire that destroyed the frozen petals.
When the petals shattered they created a sparkling display of colored ice. "Incredible" Wallace said. Christina lost some points because of this. Charmander's flamethrower didn't stop it continued on and hit Meganium. "Meganium!" Christina said.
Christina lost a few more points. "Meganium use sweet scent" Christina said. Meganium let out a haunting aroma that reached both glaceon and charmander. "Skitty use assist" Christina said. Skitty used assist and conjured up the move waterpulse.
"Waterpulse Charmander get out of there!" May shouted. Charmander and glaceon were both too overcome by the sweet scent. Charizard saw the water pulse and roared in terror as charmander was hit. May lost several points when charmander was hit. "Oh no" Ash said.
Charmander got up and ran back beside glaceon. "Meganium use sweet scent again" Christina said. "Glaceon use icy wind" May said. Glaceon's icy wind blew the sweet scent away and at skitty. Skitty was hypnotized by her own partner's move. When the judges saw this Christina lost a couple of points.
"Charmander use dragon rage" May said. Charmander gathered up dragon energy for a minute, then unleashed a massive burst of violet dragon energy at skitty. "Skitty move!" Christina said. Skitty was under the trance of meganium's sweet scent.
Dragon rage hit skitty and knocked her our. "Skitty is unable to battle" The announcer said. Moments later the timer sounded off and the final scores were up. Christina and May turned to the screen to see who won. May had a few more points then Christina.
"The winner of round two is May of Petalburg city" The announcer said. "We did it!" May said. Charmander and glaceon both ran over to her and got into her arms. "Way to go May!" Ash shouted. "Pika chu!" Pikachu shouted after Ash. Charizard joined in by roared happily.
Christina returned her pokemon then approached May. "Congratulations May you are a very good coordinator. I hope you win" Christina said. May and Charmander were watching as Harley faced off against his opponent. It was a close match but Harley beat the young man.
"I guess that means i'll have to beat Harley to get to the grand festival" May said. Twenty minutes later May was on the right side of the stage while Harley was on the left. "Now for our final round. A one on one match up between May and Harley" The announcer said.
"Are you ready to see your chances at the grand festival go down the drain" Harley said. May didn't say anything back to him. "I choose you charmander" May said throwing charmander's pokeball. Charmander came out and took the stage facing Harley.
"Charmander" Harley said. He grinned and took out a pokeball "Big mistake" Harley said throwing his pokeball. Harley's milotic came out of her pokeball and looked down at terrified charmander. "Oh no not Milotic" May said. "This is going to be easier than I thought" Harley said. "May don't let him scare you. You can beat him and you know it!" Ash said. Charizard also roared something to charmander following Ash.
Charmander heard charizard then turned back to milotic with a deterimined look on his face. "Ash is right, I'm not afraid of you Harley" May said. "The timer has started , coordinators begin" The announcer said. "Milotic use waterspout" Harley said. Milotic opened her mouth and shot water straight up into the air. Water droplets sprinkeled all around the stage.
"What a lovley display" Mr. Sato said. May lost a few points because of this. "It's ok charmander , fire type moves weren't going to do us much good anyway" May said. "Charmander use dragon claw" May said. Charmander held his claws close together until they glowed violet. He ran at milotic as fast as he could. "Is that the best you can do. Milotic my dear show him your water fun" Harley said.
"Dodge it!" May shouted. Milotic opened her mouth and unleashed water gun at charmander. Charmander dove forward and landed beyond where the water gun hit. "We missed!?" Harley said. Charmander continued toward milotic , and when he was close enough he slashed her with dragon claw. "That's it charmander!" May said.
Harley lost many points when milotic was hit. "Lucky shot kid but I'm far from beaten. Milotic use twister" Harley said. Milotic unleashed a small tornado which flew at charmander. "Charmander move!" May said. Charmander tried to run but the power of the twister sucked him in. May lost a few points."This isn't good, charmander is trapped now" Ash said.
"Now milotic show hydro pump" Harley said. Milotic took a few moments to gather up the water and then unleashed hydro pump. Charmander was hit and swept out of the twister by the hydro pump. "Charmander!" May said. "Oh no" Ash said. Charizard was horrified when he saw charmander get hit.
May was down to only a few points. "Charmander are you ok?!" May said. Charmander struggled a bit, but he got back onto his feet. "Char char" he said breathing deeply, hit tail fire was quite small. "Milotic finnesh this up. Hydro pump again" Harley said.
"Charmander use sunney day!" May said. Charmander looked up at the open cealing and opened his mouth. He shot a fireball into the sky that burst into a warm aura of sunlight. Charmander felt revitilized when the sunlight hit him. The small flame on his tail burst into a large flame. "Char!" Charmander roared.
"What an incredible display of courage" Wallace said. Harley lost a few points. "Hydro pump" Harley said. Milotic unleashed a massive jet of water at charmander. "Dodge and use dragon claw" May said. Charmander dove to the side avoiding the hydro pump and then charged at milotic.
When he slashed across her with dragon claw Harley's points dropepd down to May's amount. "She tied it up!" Ash said. "No! Milotic enough of this nonsense hydro pump full power!" Harley said. "Charmander use dragon rage!" May said. Both charmander and milotic gathered up their power. Milotic unleashed hydro pump first and it almost hit charmander.
Charmander opened his mouth and unleashed dragon rage. The massive violet burst of dragon energy struggled with the hydro pump for a minute. Charizard roared again saying something to charmander. "Don't give up charmander you can beat her!" May shouted. Charmander gave all his power and the dragon rage ripped through the hydro pump and impacted milotic.
"Milotic!" Harley said. Milotic fell to the ground uncounsious. "Milotic is unable to battle" The announcer said. "The winner of the Sootopolis city contest is May of Petalbug city" The announcer said. "We did it!" May said. "Pika chu!" Pikachu shouted happily. "Yeah May!" Ash said. Charizard roared with joy and charmander ran into May's arms.
"Milotic return" Harley said. He looked back at May and said, "This doesn't change anything. I still have five ribbons and I will win the grand festival". Harley walked off the stage and out of the building. Wallace came up to May with a ribbon in his right hand. "May congratulations on your victory today. I am proud to give you this ice ribbon" Wallace said.
The ribbon was shaped like an ice burg and was silver with two light blue tassels attacked to the end. After the contest May and Ash were at the pokemon center. After nurse Joy looked at May's pokemon , her and Ash were in their room. You and charmander were incredible out there May" Ash said.
"Ash I couldn't have won that one without your and charizard's training. It's because of you I won" May said. May put her arms around Ash's shoulder and kissed him. Later that night Ash and May were close to falling asleep.
"Now that I have five ribbons all that is left is the grand festival" May said. "You'll win May I know you will" Ash said. "And I'll have you there to help me train" May said. Ash and May kissed one more time before drifting away into the night.