Chapter 19: Showcases, Megas and Whip

Ash and the group have met up with Gardenia on their way back to the city, as she is playing with a wire like Pokemon that reminds some of them as Xurkitree. Ash tells them that the Pokemon is Wirgrass, and it is a Grass and Electric Type Pokemon that is also a helpful Pokemon, so Professor Oak decides to capture this Pokemon so as to help with his equipment back in the lab.

Wirgrass: The Wire Plant Pokemon: Grass and Electric Type. Its root are capable of powering up the devices, which makes a lot of people liking this Pokemon.

And then they meet a butterfly Pokemon which has the green wings and it is spreading something on the trees, causing the flowers to bloom on them. Lillie says, "This Pokemon is a Sprepollen, it likes to spread pollens so that flowers can grow."

"Those flowers sure are pretty if you ask me." Mallow says.

"I know, Sprepollen's flowers are said to be one of the kind and they are also good for garden decorating." Ash says, and Dawn wants to capture this Pokemon as she sends out Lunbug to battle, with the help of its Phantom Force, it manages to give a lot of damage to the Bug and Grass Type Pokemon and then they capture the Pokemon in the end.

Sprepollen: The Pollen Butterfly Pokemon: Grass and Bug Type. This Pokemon carries a lot of pollens to spread out in the wild, those who are allergic to the pollens might need to be careful about their appearance.

Then they are also passing through a den, and Ash says, "Oh, by the way, we also have some new Mega Evolution and some new Gigantamax Pokemon as well."

Then they show them the Mega Evolution of Venusaur, Sceptile, Abomasnow, Herpeed, and the new ones like Quetzawer, which has a lot more flowers on its body and they are different colors, Fruihead, whose body becomes smaller and the basket becomes bigger and Scaregrow, which has a pumpkin head and some vines like hands.

Milo says, "And we also have some new Gigantamax as well, right?"

Ash nods and he shows them the Gigantamax Pokemon, there is Gigantamax Venusaur, which uses the G-Max Vine Lash. A move that not only deals the damage, but also acts like a Grass Type Fire Spin, and a Gigantamax Torterra that uses the G-Max Forest Shake, it also lowers the accuracy of the opponent's moves. Gigantamax Kartana has the move G-Max Razor Blade, which always become a Critical hit when using this move. Gigantamax Rillaboom has the move G-Max Drum Solo, ignoring any effects of the target's Ability.

"We also have some new Gigantamax Pokemon as well." Milo says as he shows them the Flapple and Appletun, a lot of people don't know about the Pokemon and Gardenia asks, "Are you serious? You mean apples can become Pokemon as well?"

"Of course." Ash says. "These are Grass and Dragon Type, and they have their own special moves. Flapple has the move Grav Apple, which lowers the defense by dropping an apple, and Appletun has the move Apple Acid, which lowers the special defense instead."

"And when both of them Gigantamax." Milo says as he shows it off, and then they become the same Pokemon, much to the other Grass Type Specialists' amusement, Flapple uses the move G-Max Tartness, which reduces targets' evasiveness, and G-Max Sweetness from Appletun, which heals the user and its currently-active allies of their status conditions. And eventually Max decides to capture the Pokemon as it is special, and he caught the Flapple.

On their way back, they see a lot of elves with flowers on them, Erika asks, "What are those Pokemon with flowers?"

Ash sees the flowers on the elves and says, "Oh no, they are Flowelf! If you don't want to get any trouble, don't touch the flowers."

"Flowelf?" Sidney asks in confusion as Serena scans it to learn about it more.

Flowelf. The Elf Pokemon. Grass and Dark Type. Flowelf often likes to trick others by giving them poison flowers.

"So they are poisonous flowers?" Serena asks.

"Yes, everyone, don't accept their flowers until it is safe." Ash says. Then Gladion decides to capture the Pokemon, as he sends out the Speecar to battle, with the steel body, the poison attacks from the Pokemon aren't going to affect it. In the end, Gladion manages to capture the Pokemon.


Once they are back at the Greeny City, they go to the Showcase Theater in the next day, already there are a lot of people buying tickets and entering.

"Wow, there are so many people." Bonnie says. "I can't believe that there are a lot of people that are coming to watch the Showcase even here."

"This is the second season of the Showcase this year, it is obvious that there are a lot of people here." Lillie says.

Serena says, "Regardless of how many people are there, I can't wait to get the Princess Key."

"You are going to win it for sure." Gladion says, "We will be rooting for you."

As Serena leaves, they all head to the audience and sit down. Mallow asks, "So what is the Showcase? Is it famous?"

Lillie says, "Of course, it is a thing that was only from Kalos, as females are the only ones that can attend it and they compete with performances and other stuff, you will see it eventually since we are already here in the theater."

As the opening starts, a man with a Klefki appear on the stage. Bonnie and those from Kalos recognize that the man is no other than Monsieur Pierre, as he is also the host in the Kalos Region.

"Welcome to the Grenny Showcase, and I am your host, Monsieur Pierre. As you know, this is the second time in the first year in Sevestar we have this showcase, so please give all of your attention on these performers."

The first round is the Pokepuff baking contest, Serena uses Pangoro and Possedoll to help baking the deserts. Bonnie says, "It is a good thing that my brother's Chespin is not here, or else that he will try to make a ruckus in the theater."

"He isn't that bad, is he?" Ash asks in confusion.

Then after the time is up, they see that Serena's Pokepuff is chocolate flavor with some Pecha berries as decorations. The beauty of the Pokepuff has already stand out to the others, and it is the reason why she is the one that advances in this team.

"The winner of the match is Performer Serena!" As Pierre announces, Serena jumps in joy and hugs Pangoro and Possedoll.

Erika says, "This sure is amusing." Aurora says, "I know what you mean, my mother sure knows how to make those challenges."

In the next round, Serena uses Sylveon and Comfey, both of them use Fairy Wind and Petal Dance to add the dance with Serena. And then she finishes it with the Moonblast and Energy Ball, which bursts into sparkles.

After seeing the others' performance, they all get to vote. Max looks at the Glow Caster in his hand and asks, "So how are we going to vote?"

Ash says, "Just turn on and choose the color, if you like Serena's, you will choose Pink, and there are other colors that represents other performers."

As they try it out, the device sends out small luminous balls of light that connect to the keys of the participants according to the color of their key. Mallow says, "This sure is cool..."

Then in the end, Serena gets the most votes as she is the winner, she is awarded the Princess Key.

"I did it!" Serena says happily once she goes to meet up with the others.

"Way to go, Serena." Lillie says as she high fives with her, then Dawn also does the same.

Flora says, "Indeed, that performance is quite spectacular."

Geo says, "I agree, sounds like Ash is going to worry about his Sevestar Queen title."

Ash blushes and says, "I am not going to hand it easily, you know?"

Mallow asks, "Wait, you mean Ash is the Sevestar Queen of the Showcases? But isn't he a boy?"

Aurora says, "He is an Arceus after all, so he can switch his gender on his free will."

"Mom, don't say that out loud, or else they want me to change in front of them..." Ash groans as everyone laughs.


After leaving the area, they go back to the Gym as they are now at the Garden, which is split into three parts. "Why is there three parts of the garden? That sure is big." Dawn asks.

"The central one is for the Knight Challenge, as we hide a lot of golden flowers inside. And the right one is closest to the clothes store, that will be the Gym battlefield. And for the left one, it is for the Warrior Task."

"Warrior Task? What is that?" Erika asks, and then they decide to answer for her with the same explanation back in the Resout Town. And they all get the same shock as well.

"Now this garden has the Grass Gem, the Meadow Plate and the Miracle Seeds to give you the Pokemon powers, like the other places that is capable of giving out the Warrior Tasks. But for the Grass Type, we have these things."

Lillie takes out a Whip and then she starts to crack it, causing a Frenzy Plant to appear. This causes them to be surprised. "You mean this time the weapon is a Whip?"

"That's going to but hurt if you get hit by it..." Professor Oak says.

"That is why you need to use it wisely, and like the Horn and the Sword, if you drop it to the ground, no matter how you do it, then it means the same as you are knocked out. Meaning you are going to switch a Pokemon or lose the battle...depending on which one did you use." Aurora says.

"And from here is the real challenge for you, as you have three weapons to switch. You have to think carefully and fast, or else your opponents will beat you to it." Ash says. "But I am sure that the Warrior Bag can help you out as well."

Then the others decide to try it out with the Whips, they manage to use some moves such as Power Whip or Vine Whip, and then Ash also teaches them how to spin around in the air, creating the Leaf Storm or Leaf Tornado, this causes them to feel great to use the moves.

"Wow. This sure is different from other Pokemon battles." Mallow says. "I think I might enjoy this."

"I am sure that you might." Lillie says. "Now that it is done, the only thing left to do here is Max and Bonnie's Gym battle."

"You're right, I can't wait to have my match." Max says as they decide to leave the leftmost garden to the rightmost garden.


Here is a new chapter, and I have written the first showcase for Serena, and she gets her first Princess Key. Not only that, I also introduce the new Mega Evolution and the new Gigantamax Pokemon in this chapter. In the next chapter, it will be the Gym battle against either Max or Bonnie. I hope you like this chapter.

New Pokemon:

Cilan: Greedent, Bottly, Unihorn, Studybee (Gigantamax), Withewer, Fruskit

Max: Sevestar Form Slaking, Icargle, Sucmos, Spihorse, Plancat, Flapple (Gigantamax)

Professor Oak: Farmouse, Offigirl (Gigantamax), Carriant, Boxterfly, Wirgrass

Serena: Duplicat, Possedoll, Coldant, Butterfree (Gigantamax), Sevestar Comfey, Quetzawer

Dawn: Sevestar Form Ambipom, Evoleon, Lunbug, Sevestar Sunflora, Sprepollen

Gladion: Speecar, Silvally (Gigantamax), Sevestar Form Ariados, Popworm, Scaregrow, Flowelf

Bonnie: Joggant, Gardebed, Snorlax (Gigantamax), Spispy (Gigantamax), Flousic, Perfumouse