Everyone was in their styling booth, waiting for the signal. When Pierre says,"It's time to style away, s'il vous plaît," everyone got to work. Serena kept a vigilant eye on the supplies as she debated on the best looking ribbon for Fennekin. Going with the pink one, she made it into a little bow as she then focused on the minor details. She says to her partner,"We've been reparing for this for a long time. You remember what Ash said. Remember? He said that nothing we do is ever a waste of time. That neans...I'm going to use everything I learned into this." Soon, the few minutes signal chimed as it was time for the secret finishing touches. With one final rubbon, she says,"There, you're all set Fennekin," as the timer went off. Now, it was time to display the work. Blanche and Meowstic displayed a cute look while Clarissa displayed a smart look on Fletchling. When it was finally Serena's turn, she and Fennekin walked on the runway as Fennekin looked adorable. She had on a mini performance outfit with a tiny hat, beads on her tail and a beautiful bow. It was so cute as Rotom Dex took a few photos to commemorate it. Even Pancham, Skiddo and Shauna were impressed. As they walked, Serena says to her partner,"Fennekin? I think I'm having the most fun I've ever had," with Fennekin agreeing. Suddenly, Fennekin stepped on her ribbon and tripped, spilling the beads and messing up the outfit. Fennekin rushed to her partner's side and picked her up as Fennekin chirped an I'm sorry. We were all schocked as I felt scared for Serena, who was silent for that duration. When the votes came in, Serena came in last, which was totally unfair.

Backstage, Serena held Fennekin in her lap, apologizing to it as well as Pancham and Skiddo. Shauna tried to help cheer her up, but Serena interrupted her and said,"I guess I overdid it. I should've considered Fennekin walking next to me." Shauna then says,"You did a great job showing Fennekin off though." Serena thanked Shauna before standing and saying,"I'm going to get changed. I'm going to be cheering for you in the next round." Although she thanked Serena, she still remained concern as Pancham and Skiddo anxiously followed her. Meanwhile, it was time for the freestyle round as a few performers went before it was Shauna's turn to go. Her performance made her resemble a fairy fluttering about. Serena watched from a distance, still in thought about earlier. With me, I really wasn't enjoying myself. Even though Shauna's performance was excellent, I still couldn't get over the fact of how all of Serena's hard work got down graded by a simple mistake. I was really hoping she'd win. Not even a nuzzle from Snowflake was enough to cheer me up. I just stood up and headed outside, with Serena, who caught a glance of me, seeing the hurt I felt in my eyes.

Outside, I just sat on a bench as Snowflake tried to cheer me up, but with little effect. The others came outside soon, with Bonnie congratulating Shauna on winning. Serena sat next to me, placed a comforting hand on my shoulder and says,"You don't have to be upset for me. It's my fault. I made a simple mistake." I just sighed and say,"I'm not upset about that, though I was hoping you'd win. I'm mad about how you worked so hard and because of something like that, you were last! Can't people show a bit of sympathy around here"?! I had to take a couple deep breaths to calm down after that small reaction. Serena then says,"I appreciate your feelings about this, but you don't have to worry. Really. Besides, there's always next time." I finally was able to relax as the message seemed to seep in. Soon, Shauna had to go as we gave her our farewells. Soon, Serena and Bonnie started the walk to the pokemon center as the rest of us tagged behind. We were all a little for Serena, but Ash says,"Don't worry. After all, she's strong." I still couldn't help but worry. At the pokemon center, as we ate, we were talking about going to Lumious City next for Ash's next gym battle. I was silent as we ate with most of the pokemon wondering why I was quiet. We all turned in later that night, though some of us had a harder time sleeping than others.

Around 6am, I woke up, unable to fall back to sleep. I was about to try again when I caught from the corner of my eye Serena walking out with her pokemon. I slipped out quietly, changed pretty quick and followed her. We ended up by the docks, much to my surprise. Why would Serena want to be on the docks at this hour? With her, she reminisced on the small incident from yesterday. Then, she just broke down and began crying. Her pokemon tried to cheer her up, but it was hard with tears welling up in their own eyes. I couldn't take it as I just ran to her, tackling her in a hug, which seemed to work. Her pokemon joined in as she started to feel a lot better. Meanwhile, in the limo, Palermo seemed to catch us from the corner of her eye. With us, Serena says,"I'm sorry Fennekin, Pancham, Skiddo, Liz. It's all my fault." We stayed by her side with comforting words to cheer her up. She then says,"But, you know what? You see, I never felt this way before. Know why? I'm a performer now. I'm finally at the starting line to the race to my dream." Seeing the determined look for victory was enough to get me smiling. Then, Serena seemed to be getting an idea as she placed her pokemon down and I stood up and backed away a bit. Serena got her fashion kit and pulled out a pair of scissors. She then grabbed me by the hand and sort of pulled me to almost the end of the dock. I was confused, especially when she gave the scissors to me. Then, I remembered the words I said back in the town near the Kalos Canyon. Next time you want to cut your hair, let me do it. I instantly almost screamed in schock as I shakily say,"You really want me to do it"? Serena nodded and said,"Yes, and, just like with you, I'll be happy with however it turns out." I instantly gulped, but grew a coueageous smile as I took a deep breath and relax. When Serena knelt down to a level I could work with, with her pokemon watching, I got the scissors ready and let the magic happen as the sun started to rise and all while Palermo was watching. In the limo that drove by later on, a worker asks,"Palermo, did you see anyone of interest"? She just tipped her glasses and smiled, saying,"It's a secret."

Back in the pokemon center, everyone was prepared to go. When Bonnie asked,"Where's Serena and Liz," it got them confused as Ash was willing to go look. Then, we appeared, but with a huge surprise for them. Serena had a whole new outfit with a pink dress and a red waistcoat over it. Boots and a bright red fedora over the hugest part of the surprise, her once long honey blonde hair now shortened to almost past chin length. She smiled and says,"Sorry we're late. What do you think"? Fennekin, Pancham, Skiddo and I were with here in a sort of Tada! sense. Everybody was in absolute schock as Bonnie was more or less displeased. Serena just smiles and says,"Time for a change. I think it looks kind of cute." Ash definitely agreed, making her blush. When he saw the blue ribbon pn the dress, she says,"It's the present you gave me." It looked great as he compliments about it looking great. I then say,"Let's head to Lumious City," as Serena challenged us to a race as we all ran out. It's one small step to an accomplishment, one giant leap to Kalos Queen!