I've been told that I'm not supposed to reply reviews anymore, so I won't! Here's Chapter Ten, and if I'm true to my word, there's five chapters left. Yeah right!
Yeah, and my chapters might be getting shorter…I might be getting writer's block. Might.
Have fun reading! And if you're nice enough, review! If you're really nice, flame, 'cuz I still haven't even gotten one of those that I know of.
Chapter Ten: Second Important Contest
It was 10:30 A.M. May was still in bed.
It's not like Drew didn't try to wake her up. He was awake since 7 A.M. For an hour, he drew a portrait of May sleeping, and for some reason she was drooling. It was kind of disgusting. For another ten minutes, he tried to wake her up, then gave up and went to rehearse with his contest pokemon. Later, he went to the contest right on time.
So at 10:30, May woke up and stretched. She yawned and then looked at the bedside clock.
"10:30! Oh no, I'm late!" May hurriedly ran out in her pajamas, and grabbed her pokeballs for Torchic and Beautifly. She looked really awkward with her hair all messy, with no bandana and carrying two pokeballs in her hands, not to mention her sleeping clothes and slippers.
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The announcer was really peppy and cheery, back at the contest area.
"And now, contestant number 5, May!"
That was at 10:20.
"May?"
10:21
"Instead of asking for May again, I'm going to stall! Let's sing a song!" The announcer grabbed a guitar from nowhere.
10:22
"I like apples, I like pie,
I like to eat apple pie!"
The audience booed.
10:23
"How about a riddle? What comes once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a month?"
That got the crowd thinking.
10:25
"The letter 'E'!" cried a member of the audience.
"Hmm…What else did I learn in stalling class…?"
10:26
The crowd started yelling at the announcer.
10:27
"Juggling!" The announcer grabbed a few spare microphones and started to juggle. The microphones were on, so there were loud screeching noises.
10:28
Everyone in the audience screamed and clutched their ears.
10:29
The announcer put away the microphones.
"Normally, I would disqualify her, but…Think fast!" The announcer pointed at someone.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Eggplant!"
She pointed at someone else.
"What's 2+2?"
"Seven!"
"What would you like for dinner?"
"Blue!"
10:30
"If May gets here in seven minutes wearing something blue, I will give you all free eggplants!"
The audience cheered and threw her flowers.
10:31
"Let's see…Let's play charades! You there, in the audience, come up on the stage!"
The announcer had picked someone random from the crowd.
The judges groaned, but since the audience loved this, they didn't complain.
A Parasol Lady came up and pretended to pick something heavy up.
"Oh look! She's sitting down!" yelled the announcer.
10:32
The Parasol Lady shook her head. She picked the "thing" up, and then pretended to wipe her forehead.
"Now she's hungry! I know, she's sitting at a restaurant and waiting for her food!" yelled the announcer.
"No! I'm picking this heavy box up and sweating!" yelled the Parasol Lady, angrily going back to her seat.
10:33
Next up was a little kid.
He pretended to be shoveling something in his mouth.
10:34
"He's drinking tea!"
The kid nodded his head enthusiastically.
"You win this tiny zucchini!" The announcer handed him a zucchini that fit in his hand.
The Parasol lady shot him a furious look.
10:35
"2 more minutes till May's time is up! She'll be disqualified if she's not here soon!"
The judges sighed in relief.
"57, 56, 55, 54…"
10:36
The announcer got the audience counting along.
"43, 42, 41, 40…"
10:36:50
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, -----"
10:37
May came in running in her blue and pink striped pajamas. The crowd looked delighted, and the announcer threw eggplants for everyone, who caught them happily.
"And now, May and her…oh yeah, Beautifly!" yelled the announcer into the microphone.
May yawned. "Go Beautifly!"
Beautifly flew out of the ball and swirled around, and made a perfect landing on May's head.
"Okay Beautifly—" Beautifly practically jumped off May's head, and flew in front of May.
" 'Sleep Powder' Beautifly! Then do a quick 'Gust' and spread it so that everyone feels it!"
Beautifly did so, and everyone yawned including May, everyone but the announcer, who was naturally peppy, and Drew, who was standing conveniently next to a fan.
"Now" yawn "'Morning Sunnnnn'…." She drifted off to sleep.
Beautifly did that, and slowly everyone rubbed their eyes and stretched a bit.
After the judges gave their scores, the announcer moved on to the next contest.
"And now we have Contestant number 6, Winona and her Skarmory from the Fortree Gym! This is bound to be exciting!" said the announcer.
Winona released her Skarmory and jumped on it, and then Skarmory swirled in the air, making a great entrance. Winona told it to do a 'Light Barrier' and then fly right into it with sheer force with her still on it. The judges gave her perfect scores when that was done, because it was so amazing how the Skarmory could just break its own barrier so easily.
"Next up, Number 7—Drew! The number's lucky, but will he be?" asked the announcer.
Drew scowled, but went on the stage anyway.
He released his Absol. This was going to be a challenge, because it was freshly caught with minimum training. Drew was at an disadvantage, but was fully confidant.
"And yet another flying pokemon! This one looks really cool with the 'dark glasses'!" screamed the announcer. Drew inwardly thanked May.
The crowd agreed with her, cheering Drew's pokemon on.
"Go Absol, you know the drill!" Drew exclaimed. Absol nodded, immediately doing a 'Faint Attack'. At the end of the attack, it executed a 'Bite' perfectly. The judges gave their scores, and Drew moved up to the Second Round along with May, Winona, and Summer—another contestant who was slightly less popular than May, if possible.
The contest progressed, and the final battle was May against Winona.
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"Remember Ash? He fought you for a badge. I'll fight you for a ribbon." Said May, confidant that she'd win.
"Oh, hello May. Yes, I remember Ash. This battle won't end the way his and mine's did, however."
"Well, what are you two waiting for? Start already!" yelled the announcer.
"Yipes! Yes, ma'am!" shrieked May.
"Good…START!" yelled the announcer again.
May and Winona battled it out. Guess who won!
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"With an impressive win against Fortree's very own Gym Leader, May wins this perfectly new and spotless ribbon, making this her fourth!" said the announcer, handing May the ribbon.
"Now, please join us at the next contest area—the final contest before the Grand Festival—at…" May zoned out, picturing Drew in a leprechaun costume. May's eyes were glazed.
Ten minutes later, Drew was shaking May awake.
"I'm leaving, and if you don't come soon, I really will leave you here on your own."
"Aw, you always wake me up when I'm having the greatest dreams!"
"Yes, I really do care." said Drew sarcastically, dragging her along out of the contest area.
"You're just mad that you lost the contest! You're a sore loser!"
"I'd watch who you're flinging those insults to if I were you. Listen, we both have one more ribbon to get. Don't you think that I could've just as easily used my prize-winning Roselia?" asked Drew.
"I…um…"
Drew did the Drew thing. "Face it. I lost on purpose. I needed you to catch up."
"You…You knew I'd win!" May beamed. "You had faith in me! This is so cool!"
Drew sighed. It's like May only heard half of what he said.
"Say, where are we going?"
This is all getting way too familiar, thought Drew.
"Drew? Drew!" May yelled, alarmed
"I…am…still…here…" said Drew though clenched teeth.
"Ooh! I want to try that! So…am…I!" said May, not clearly getting why Drew was mad.
"Drew? Maybe a cookie will cheer you up!" May brought out a cookie from her bag. (author's note: What does she not keep in there?)
"I bought it from the gift shop right outside the contest place!" May shoved it in Drew's mouth before he could reply.
