Yes, I'm actually updating after the longest time ever! I am very sorry, it must be disappointing that this story gets updated so rarely…wow, that sounded pretty formal! I'm getting there!

Hey, hey! See if you can decode this! This is the idea of the next story that I'll write after Uncoordinated! Here's the code:

Thanks for reading tHis. I'm going to do rEviews NEXT So sTay tuned fOR those people who reviewed anonYmously. I ShOuldN'T takE too long. I promise. Don't give up on me now! Plea'Se stAy till I actually get to it! Don't worry, almost there. I'm taking Voraciously long arENT I? As long as yoU see the code! RESt assured, almost there!

Great, now I hope you saw through that code! Now for the anonymous reviews:

To Shattered Emotions: Thanks for those attacks, but I'm just going to use the ones that I made up 'cuz they are SO much easier! But it's the thought that counts, so I'm counting your thought because I'm being thoughtful in response to your thoughtfulness that really counted! Haha, in other words, thanks for the review! It was really nice of you to take the trouble of typing all that! Okay, and I admit it…I exaggerated A BIT! Drew still has a big head, literally!

To Canyx: Hey! I saw you around! Anyway, wow, I think you're the first one to say that my story's making sense! Congrats on that! You're showing INDIVIDUALITY, yay! And that means you're cool 'cuz you're an individual! Alright, my story may make sense, but I'm not…

And now, the story!

AFTER I tell you how hungry I am! You see, it's been a very sad, sad day…I've finally got internet connection on my laptop, it's the best feeling in the world…I MEAN today is very sad because now that I have internet even more I am too lazy to get up and have dinner…and now I'm hungry and stuck writing Uncoordinated because of my laziness…

TO THE STORY!

Chapter 19: Appealing appeals with Appeal

"The uh…what's the word…layout…goings-on…" Ted thought hard and paused in his sentence.

"Um, setup?" tried Miranda.

"Ah, setup! The setup of the Grand Festival will be tons different from the regular contest," said Ted.

"Ted, I have a confession to make," said Miranda.

"No! You can't possibly mean…you're not going to learn how to fish are you?" asked Ted fearfully.

"NO! Miranda is not my real name!" exclaimed Miranda.

The audience gasped. Even Ash and Misty stopped being interviewed by Gary so that they could listen.

May's jaw dropped. There was tension in the air.

"And…and you were going to tell me this now? After all those twenty minutes we've known each other?" asked Ted, tears pouring.

"I am so sorry, Ted. I thought that maybe I should…maybe I should…" Miranda broke into tears.

"Miranda, tell me! What is your real name? Tell me before it breaks my heart!" said Ted.

"It's…it's...Cantaloupe," said Miranda with a trembling voice.

"Miranda, Cantaloupe, how could you! What should I call you? I am so terribly confused!" cried Ted in agony.

"Please, just call me Cantaloupe and get it over with," Cantaloupe cried harder.

"Cantaloupe, I trusted you…I can't believe it…" Ted said sadly.

"I knew her name wasn't Miranda," muttered Drew to himself.

"I'm sorry Ted, so sorry…" said Cantaloupe tearfully.

"I can't go on…not after that…" said Ted.

"Neither can I. I…I am so ashamed of myself! I shouldn't have lied to you, Ted, and the world…" cried Cantaloupe.

"I need to be alone for a while…" Ted ran off the stage.

"Ted, wait!" cried Cantaloupe. She rushed after him.

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The audience cried for two minutes, and then clapped for the performance. They threw flowers onto the stage, but after ten more minutes and nothing happening, someone called out:

"Hey, who's going to announce the Grand Festival now?"

There were titters in the crowd. No one knew what to do. They also didn't know the 'different' setup of the contest.

"Misty, Ash…you two losers should go cover for the announcers," said Gary.

"Why us?" asked Ash.

"I have to write the soap opera we just saw! It was beautiful…" Gary wiped a tear from his eye, as he got a pen ready.

"Do we both need to go?" asked Misty.

"Yes," said Gary.

"Why?" asked Misty.

"Because I said so," said Gary.

"Okay, Gary," said Misty.

Misty and Ash walked to the stage.

"Hi everybody! We're the new announcers!" said Ash.

The audience booed.

"Uh…what do you get when you cross a bug and a carrot? A Misty!" said Ash.

Misty hit Ash with her mallet. Then she giggled nervously. "Ignore him. Ash is just an idiot! But we all knew that!"

"I am not!" argued Ash.

"Uh, anyway, let's just start the show! First I'll show off all my water pokemon—" said Misty.

"Misty, we're supposed to announce the Grand Festival," interrupted Ash.

"Oh, right. Ahahaha," Misty laughed embarrassedly, and stuffed her pokeballs in her bag. "Okay, so I guess…all the contestants can release their one contest pokemon and we get to vote for the top three."

"And the rest of them get disqualified!" put in Ash.

"Obviously Ash! Get with the program!" said Misty rudely.

"That wasn't obvious! What kind of announcer are you?" asked Ash.

"I'm a good one, thanks," said Misty.

The audience booed again.

"Oh, maybe we should start…" said Misty hesitantly.

"Fine. Um…what were their names again?" asked Ash.

"I only remember Drew," said Misty.

"Wasn't there a Leon?" asked Ash.

"I thought it was Leo," said Misty.

"No, no, it must've been Leon," argued Ash.

"Okay, let's call Leo and see what happens!" said Misty.

"No, let's call Leon," said Ash.

"Leo," said Misty.

"Leon," said Ash.

"Rock, paper, scissors…" Misty chose paper, and Ash chose rock.

"Ha! Cooommmeee out Leeeoo!" sang Misty.

At this point, the audience is just staring at them.

Leo reluctantly came out.

"Now tell this kid here that there's no Leon competing!" said Misty.

"But…there is a Leon," said Leo slowly.

"Kid?" asked Ash, stunned.

"I'm older than you," said Misty, sticking out her tongue.

"So Leo, show your pokemon!" said Ash.

"One of your pokemon," elaborated Misty.

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"My little boy's growing up…now he's a bad announcer, going up on stage…oh the bravery!" said Ash's mother.

"Ah, Ash and Misty are equally bad," said Professor Oak.

"Ash is horrible at jokes," said Ash's mother.

"Misty seems abusive," said Professor Oak.

"Ah, they're perfect for each other," chorused the two, and they sighed pleasantly.

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Leo steadied his pineapple hat, and then he said, "Go Parfait!"

He released a Nuzleaf, which is a quaint pokemon with a leaf on its head. As the pokedex would say: NUZLEAF live in densely overgown forests. They occasionally venture out of the forest to startle people. This POKEMON dislikes having its long nose pinched.

"It's ugly," said Misty.

"Misty, don't say that in front of Leo!" reprimanded Ash.

"Oh sorry," said Misty. She turned around. "It's ugly."

"Er…Parfait, show them a 'Bullet Seed'!" said Leo. Parfait shot seeds at Ash, knocking him down.

The audience cheered.

"You're sure there's a Leon?" asked Misty.

"I hate you Leo," said Ash.

"Not in front of Leo!" reprimanded Misty.

"I hate you Leo," said Ash, when he turned around.

"Well, Leo, keep standing there with Parfait out, and ignore Ash. Next up is Leon I guess…if Leo's telling the truth," said Misty.

Leon came out and steadied his banana hat. "Hi everyone!"

"Release your pokemon!" said Ash.

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"They can't announce for their lives," said Gary.

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"I think May may be smarter than them," said Drew.

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"Go Sorbet!" said Leon. He released a Swablu which is a fluffy bird thing that has wings that looks like cotton swabs.

"Sorbet, use 'Strawberry Milkshake'!" said Leon.

"That's not an attack!" yelled Ash.

Sorbet grabbed a strawberry milkshake from Leon's outstretched hand and poured it over Ash.

"I hate you Leon," said Ash.

"Now Ash, that's just plain rude," said Misty.

"Sorry Misty. No offense Leon, but I hate you," said Ash.

"Uh, thanks?" tried Leon.

"Leon, keep standing there with Sorbet! Now it's…Autumne's turn!" said Misty.

"Wow Misty, you remembered!" said Ash.

"Of course I did!" said Misty, giving Ash a thumbs-up sign.

Autumne stepped forward. "Go, Pumpkin Pie!"

She released a Gloom, which is a drooping plant, basically.

"Pumpkin Pie, 'Stun Spore'!" said Autumne.

"Hey, that matches your hair color Misty!" said Ash, right before the Stun Spore hit him.

"Does not!" said Misty, punching him in the face. The punch stopped the effects of the Stun Spore.

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"I think I'll take over the stage! I'm better at it!" said May, who was being egotistical. She hopped onto the stage.

"Hey guys! I'm taking over! Bye now!" said May.

Misty and Ash grumbled but went back to their seat next to Gary, who was busy writing all the new material.

"Okay, on with the Grand Festival! Autumne's just went, and her Stun Spore was so cool that it knocked Ash out! Figuratively! Uh, I mean literally! No wait…" May looked confused and utterly puzzled.

"Go on, May!" cried out a member of the audience.

"You know my name!" said May, awed.

"Yeah, you're the one who has blue pajamas! We got free eggplants that day!" said the member of the audience.

"Thank you, thank you!" said May, bowing. "I have orange pajamas too!" Then she looked around the stage and remembered that Leo, Leon, and Autumne were still there.

"Going on! Next is Spring!" said May.

"Go Mandarin Orange!" said Spring. Mandarin Orange was an Illumise, which is a pokemon that looks like a firefly except it's not.

"Use Will-o'-Wisp!" ordered Spring. Mandarin Orange's 'Will-o'-Wisp' formed circles in the air, bright, flaming circles.

"Great, now stand there while Summer goes! I mean, Summer competes! I don't mean that Summer's passing…" May faltered.

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"Nope, they're all the same," muttered Drew.

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Summer stepped forward and released a Magcargo which is a fiery snail type thing.

"Snow Cone, go! 'Water Gun'!" said Summer.

"And Summer decides to show off her Snow Cone's 'Water Gun'!" said May.

The fire pokemon ran over to Summer, who handed her a water gun. Apparently Summer took things literally.

Snow Cone fired the water gun up, and so it seemed like it was raining on the stage.

"Okay, next up is Wintra!" said May.

Wintra came up, and released a Regice which just looks like a big piece of crystallized ice with three quarters of a face.

"Seashell, try a 'Ice Beam'!" said Wintra. Seashell shot an Ice Beam at the floor of the stage, forming a small circle of ice around it, making a mini ice-rink on the stage.

"Lastly, we've got Drew! Drew's the best one from everyone here!" said May.

"Favoritism!" called out a member of the audience. Everyone cheered.

Drew did the Drew Thing. "Well, May. You've landed yourself the announcing job,"

"Yeah! I think I'm good at it! Or am I…I thought I was…but maybe I'm not? But it'd be nice to be good at it…I think…" May started to talk so much that she confused herself.

"Yeah well…I'm kind of hungry right now…" said Drew.

"But you ate breakfast!" said May.

"I could hardly eat anything with you telling me that lunch was more important than breakfast every two seconds!" pointed out Drew.

"Oh, right…" agreed May. "But I can help!" May threw a pokeball at Drew.

Out popped a riceball that flew into Drew's hands. Drew hungrily bit into it, but gagged two seconds later.

"May…" started Drew.

"Yes?" asked May.

"This is my cooking, isn't it…?" asked Drew.

"Of course! It was so good I decided to save it!" said May.

"When…" said Drew slowly. "Was the last time I cooked?"

"Oh I'd say…" then May gasped. "That was a long time ago!"

"YOU THINK?" yelled Drew, annoyed.

May laughed nervously. "You should go on with the Grand Festival before you get disqualified!"

The judges, who were quiet before then, exchanged a look with Drew that clearly showed that he would not get disqualified no matter what he did.

"Fine then," said Drew, swallowing his pride. "Go Roselia! 'Magical Leaf'!"

"Astounding, truly astounding! Drew pulls off a beau-tiful 'Magical Leaf'!" said May, trying her best announcer voice.

"And now it's time to vote!" said May.

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"Before we announce who is going to advance, I have a cheeseleading rhyme I have to share!" said May enthusiastically.

"This one's for Drew!" she said.

"Drew is cool,

but so is cheese!

Mozarella sticks make me drool,

So get me some please!

Drew won't lose,

His winning won't cease,

No one can do better in his shoes!"

"And now, the three contestants who are going to go to the second round of the Grand Festival are…" said May.

Suddenly, Ted and Cantaloupe ran back in.

"Cantaloupe, have you lied about anything else?" asked Ted.

"One thing…" said Cantaloupe slowly.

"Oh no, not another one!" Ted broke down in tears again.

"My clothes Ted…they're not blue, they're orange," said Cantaloupe.

"NO! You know I'm colorblind, how can you do this to me?" asked Ted. He was emotionally wounded.

"I thought you'd like blue better, but now I don't think so…I am very, very sorry Ted!" said Cantaloupe.

"Sorry's not good enough now, Cantaloupe. I don't think I can forgive you," said Ted.

"Please Ted!" begged Cantaloupe.

"Cantaloupe, I can't stand the pain anymore! I'm leaving for good!" said Ted. He stalked out of the auditorium.

"Teeeddd!" Cantaloupe cried after him, and lay down on the stage, crying.

"Follow after him, Cantaloupe," said Leo.

Cantaloupe nodded, and cried, "Ted, I promise I'm not lying about anything else!"

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After everyone aside from Gary and Drew wiped their eyes, May continued announcing.

"So the three that are moving on to the next round are…"

End of Chapter 19!

Please tell me who you want to go on to the next round! Don't include Drew in your review, because he's going through it anyway! So this is if you want to participate, because even if you don't give the review, that means I get to choose! So I'm giving you A SAY (Gasp)

Haha, so till next time!