It's the morning of the Coumarine Showcase and we are all very excited. Serena shows us the dress she's wearing today as Fennekin shows off her ribbon, Skiddo its little top hat, and Pancham with its sunglasses. They all looked really good as Serena was determined to win. As we walked over to the stadium, we were looking for registration when a voice interrupted us. It turned out to be Shauna, who was also entering. She says,"I can't just stand by and let Serena win. Because from this point on, we're rivals." With this in mind, both fellow trainers shook hands, aiming for victory. Inside, the stage looked amazing and incredibly different from a contest stage. Even May replied,"The arena here is much different from a contest." I added,"Here, you have a platform to perform on while with you and me, we had a floor to do everything on." Serena and Shauna were amazed, but a little nervous about doing this as a whole. Outside, Jessie, who was planning to enter the showcase as well under the name of Jessilee, already thought she had Kalos Queen in the bag. Of course, James and Meowth were behind with support. When Shauna and Serena entered the waiting room for the performers, both were ready to do their best. Of course, "Jessilee" barged in like she owned the place. Soon, a limo appears as a middle aged woman named Palermo comes out and gets swarmed by reporters. They wanted to ask her questions, but she just ignored them and headed inside. A few minutes later, the showcase was about to begin as we were all in our seats. Pikachu, Chespin, Dedenne, Wartortle and Snowflake were on our laps watching along with us as Rotom Dex floated above me in excitement.
Suddenly, a voice came out of nowhere, saying,"Bonjour, people of Kalos, devoted fans of pokemon. The Coumarine Rookie Class Pokemon Festival Showcase, the celebration of beginnings, is about to begin with elegance and grace"! A guy then appears and removes his mask, revealing to be Monsieur Pierre. As he does the introduction, Palermo was watching from her seat above, saying to herself,"No, there will never be another Kalos Queen like Aria." Backstage, the performers were watching from the screen while Serena was getting changed in the back. At the moment, she was tying a ribbon in her hair, along with making sure the dress was ok. Back in the audience, a pokemon appeared by Pierre, which got Ash interested. Rotom Dex snaps a quick photo and says,"I believe that's my cue. Klefki, the key ring pokemon. A fairy/steel type. Klefki love to collect keys and will confront opponent with a fierce jingle of their collection." Klefki then gives Pierre the princess key that will be given to the winner of the showcase. Backstage, the performers were impressed at how awesome the key looked. Then, a staff member called for Shauna, Jessilee and Alouette to come on stage. Serena wishes Shauna and Bulbasaur luck as Fennekin looked up at its trainer with a bit of concern. On stage, Pierre was explaining the concept of the keys. When a performer earns three keys, they get to participate in the master class and the winner of that earns the title of Kalos Queen. Then, Pierre revealed today's theme performance, which was pokemon styling. Once that was cleared, the first group appeared, which were the performers called earlier. Jessie soaked up the attention, much to the others' chagrin. We were in the crowd, cheering for Shauna.
The gist was that performers had to style their pokemon to the height of fashion within a ten minute time limit. This was going to be eaay for Serena since she knew a lot about style. When Pierre says,"Time to style away, s'il vous plaît," a magical hourglass appeared as they began the challenge. Pierre says while the performers styled their pokemon,"Pokemon styling, a performer's sense of style, combined with the chemistry between a performer and their pokemon, is put to the test. You are witnessing a veritable performance fantastique! These performance extraordinaire...as our competitors work with their pokemon, are truly works of art in themselves." When the hourglass turned gold, signaling a few minutes left, the windows in each workspace grew obscure, meaning that performers were adding secret finishing touches. Once the hourglass disappeared, time was up as kt was now time to model the pokemon on the runway. Alouette went first as she displayed her Furfrou, who was groomed in a pharaoh style. Watching from backstage, Serena grew nervous at the competition she was facing today. Next was Shauna, who showed off Bulbasaur, who resembled a bouquet of flowers. It was so adorable as May says,"It's so cute"! When Jessilee came out to present Pumpkaboo, it resembled a scary beast, which was not too crowd pleasing. When it came the time to vote, we were holding glowsticks that glowed a colored light depending on the performer we thought was best. On the count of three, everyone pointed them with their color of choice as the lights floated to the performers.
Alouette and Shauna were receiving a lot of votes while Jessie barely got anything. In the end, Shauna ended up moving on to the second round. As Alouette congratulated Shauna, Jessie stormed off the stage with Pumpkaboo behind her. James and Meowth grew worried as they called for a desperate measures moment. More and more performers went and continued as the theme performance kept up. With each passing minute, Serena grew more and more nervous. Luckily, Shauna was able to calm her down by saying,"You'll be great. Don't worry," which seemed to work. Soon, Serena, along with 2 other performers were called to the stage. Skiddo, Pancham, Shauna and Bulbasaur wished her luck as she carried Fennekin and went to the stage. It was finally time for the last group to go up as we waited for Serena to show. Clemont sighed and said,"I'm getting nervous and I'm only in the audience." He wasn't the only jitterbug. I was nervous for Serena as well. All it took was one nuzzle from Snowflake and I felt a bit better. When she did appear, we all cheered loud for her. Fennekin looked up at Serena, ready to win as Serena thought That's right. I'm not alone. Fennekin is with me. They were both ready to take their first step towards their dream.
Will Serena win? What will come of the winner? We'll find out...soon.
