Chapter 3: The Talent Contest
A week passed and the anxiety kept building up as the tri-pokemon battling tournament drew nearer. Zoe (without the others permission), had signed up the typhlosion trio in the talent contest. The three decided on doing an original song, with some help from Sirius. Lockhart had been fired when Professor Oak saw all the violations on his computer screen, meaning the plan had worked. They were now in the library, Phoinex writing down the lyrics.
"TTT! Number One! I'll… leave your pokemon stunned!" He chimed. "Now you, Selena."
"TTT! Number Two! Umm… I always know what to do! Ok, you next, Zoe…"
"TTT! Number Three! You wont be able to beat me!"
"Okay, three lines, that isn't much of a song." Said Phoinex.
"And together we're the typhlosion trio!" Suggested Si- Pisces, as the bell rang. Phoinex put the piece of parchment and the rest of his stuff into his bag and then the three said goodbye to their friend before going to their pokemon biology class.
"Pop quiz!" Announced Professor Vector, as the students filled into her class. Everyone groaned as the quizzes were passed out, but just then Alex Night, Selena's brother, came in and handed a slip of parchment to the professor, before leaving.
"Halliwell, Night, Turner, Ketchum, Finster, and Gilmore, you're wanted on the Pidgeitch field." She said gloomily knowing they were excused from the exam. They gathered their things quickly and walked toward the stadium. Inside, they found around 20 table with a piece of paper saying a team's name. Zoe found the one labeled "The Typhlosion Trio", and led her teammates to it. When everyone was seated, Oak got onto a platform and said, "Welcome, competitors. We've brought you here, so that you may prepare for the talent contest. Carry on then." As he finished, the stadium filled with the buzz of planning students.
"Let's make another song. An idea's been playing over and over in my head all day…" Started Phoinex.
"Will you make the song?" Asked Selena.
"I think it's a good idea." Implied Zoe.
"Oh, alright. But remember that you only have a little bit of time."
"Don't worry." Reassured Phoinex as he scribbled down the new song. He wouldn't let Selena or Zoe see. A man walked over with a clipboard and asked what they were going to do, Zoe replied as Professor Oak got back on the platform and said, "It's time for lunch. We'll meet here again in a day, during the same time. So long now."
Phoinex, Selena, and Zoe were sitting at the Gryffindor table in their usual seats once more, when they received startling news. Pisces came running up to them, trickles of sweat running down his face, panting every second. He had to lean on the table a few minutes, the three watching him all the time, until he finally caught back his breath.
"I… I've… I've found out one of… team rocket's suspected… suspected plans." He began to saying, pausing every few words to take deep breaths.
"… Right, and what is it?" Asked Phoinex. Pisces lifted his right hand in a signal to tell them to give him a bit more time.
"They're… they're planning to attack the tournament… and… and… steal as many… pokemon as… possible." He replied, still pausing for breath.
"Hmmm… I see. And where did you find out?"
"I can't tell you right now, just go on with your lives as usual, and let me handle this."
"Oh no, Pisces, we couldn't do that!" Selena said.
"Well, for now you just worry about the talent show, alright?" They gave them those please-change-you-mind-and-let-us-help looks, but he refused them. "Alright?"
"Alright…" They grumbled together at once. He turned to go back, with one of those remember-you-promise looks. When everyone had finished lunch, it was one more class before the learning day was over and then to the common room to practice for the talent contest. Instead of another original song, Phoinex had found one of his CD's and they had decided to sing along to that. They practiced for two hours every night before the talent contest, until at last, the contest came. The day went on as usual, students went to classes, teachers taught their lessons, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner past. Then came time for the talent contest.
All the other groups did their performances, and somewhere in the middle came The Typhlosion Trios. Selena walked up onto the dark stage first, soon followed my Zoe, and lastly, Phoinex. Selena went off to the left part of the stage, Zoe to the right, and Phoinex right in the middle. The music started, and went off for a few second, then in a sudden flash of lights, the three started singing together:
"Well, I wont back down! No, I wont back down!
You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I wont back down!
Well, I'll stand my ground! Won't get turned around!
And I'll keep this world from dragging me down, gonna stand my ground!
And I wont back down!
Heeeeyyyy, baby! There ain't no easy way out!
Heeeeyyyy, I will stand my ground! And I wont back down!
Well, I know what's right, I got just one life!
In a world that keeps pushing me around, but I'll gonna stand my ground, and I wont back down!
Heeeeyyyy, baby! There ain't no easy way out!
Heeeeyyyy, I'm gonna stand my ground! And I wont back down!
In a world that keeps pushing me around, but I'll gonna stand my ground, and I wont back down!
Heeeeyyyy, baby! There ain't no easy way out!
Heeeeyyyy, I gonna stand my ground! And I wont back down!" And so it went on. Phoinex had thought it to be an appropriate song to show that TTT wasn't going to give up and they'd stay strong. Of course everyone saw this, and applauded just the same, the song in their hearts. The three members of TTT had huge grins on their faces and walked to each other ending up in one amazed hug. Soon they got off the stage, and let the rest of the competitors perform. TTT didn't win, but they were proud and happy… Or so they were until a day before the tri-pokemon battling tournament….