Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own the national anthem…ha, wouldn't it be scary if I did?
On with the story! No stalling this time! And thanks to reviewers who usually have this section to themselves! Really sorry, just too lazy to write to them right now…
Chapter 20: "Finito"—Drew (Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut Episode)
Recap:
"So the three that are moving on to the next round are…"
Going on:
May suddenly had a coughing fit, thus delaying the announcement even longer. Everyone in the crowd was biting their fingernails in suspense, and to make matters worse, May began to talk even slower.
"The three that are moving on are…Wintra…" said May slowly.
"Hurry up!" yelled Drew from the back.
"But, the crowd likes it this way!" May yelled back.
Everyone in the crowd glared daggers at her.
"Um, now that I was so rudely interrupted, I have to start over!" said May, grinning nervously.
"So Wintra is going on to the second round, and so is Leo, and last…" May paused for dramatic effect.
"Last…is…DREW!" May yelled. The audience cheered.
"As a side note, the judges chose Leo because of his pineapple hat!" explained May.
Leon looked rejected, and took his banana hat off sadly.
"Leon, Autumne, Spring, and Summer…please get off the stage and go to the seats marked 'I lost the first round of the Grand Festival' in the first row of the auditorium," ordered May.
The four mentioned dejectedly walked to their seats.
"And now, moving on!" yelled May. "Since Cantaloupe and Ted are gone, I'm going to have to do the second round myself!"
The judges nodded, since they obviously had no intention of helping out.
"So, here it is…if your pokemon can say one word in English, then it passes to the third and final round! You only get one try! And you can't tell your pokemon which word to say!" explained May excitedly.
"First up, Wintra!" said May.
Wintra released her Regice.
"Come on, Seashell, you can do this!"
The Regice made a metallic sound. It didn't have a mouth, and was confused at what Wintra wanted it to do.
"AW, TOO BAD! You get to sit at the seat labeled 'I tried' in the second row of the auditorium! Now it's Leo's turn…if you mess this up, Leo, Drew wins! Unless he messes up too, which is kinda impossible…" May said thoughtfully.
"It's FAVORITISM AGAIN!" yelled a member of the audience, prompting the crowd to cheer again.
Wintra dejectedly left the stage while Leo released his Swablu.
"Sorbet, take the stage!" said Leon.
"Hey, that's what I always say!" complained May.
"Swab?" Swablu looked overly confused.
"Darn, Leon won this round…" May groaned. "Whatever…it's Drew's turn now!"
"Roselia…" said Drew, in a bored tone.
"Rose!" exclaimed Roselia.
"Wow! What an exhilarating performance by Drew! What do the judges have to say about that?" May looked over at the judges table. Every single one of them had gave Drew a '10'.
"And Drew recieves a perfect score! Marvelous!" said May, getting into the moment.
Drew did the Drew thing. "Final round?"
"One sec…I don't feel like announcing anymore. Anyone want to take over?" asked May.
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"Psst…Gary…" whispered Ash.
"The crowd loves you…" whispered Misty.
"I know!" said Gary, pleased.
"So do a great job and announce…" whispered Ash.
"Why are you two whispering?" asked Gary.
"Because it's more dramatic this way…" whispered Ash.
"It was Ash's idea…" whispered Misty.
"And you're actually listening to him?" asked Gary.
"Um…" said Misty.
"Wow," said Gary.
"Are you going to go up or not?" asked Ash.
"What's in it for me?" asked Gary.
"What do you want?" asked Misty.
"Why do we care so much again?" asked Ash.
"Gary hasn't announced yet, that's why…" whispered Misty.
"I'm still here," said Gary.
"So go and announce!" whispered Ash.
"Fine…I don't need to stay with you two losers anyway…" said Gary after a moment's silence.
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Gary walked up to the stage calmly, and May waved at him.
"Have fun!" said May, and then she walked off the stage.
"Maybe I should be an announcer too…" said Gary thoughtfully. "Hm, the final round is a battle between the green dude and the pineapple dude. The judges all seem to be rooting for Drew, although it's hard to tell…they're wearing shirts that say 'Drew's got style' but they're also wearing pineapple hats…I think Leo started a trend."
Leo and Drew walked up to each other and released their pokemon.
"Great, so let's start the battle! Drew has that rose thing, and Leon has the flying cotton ball," said Gary.
Leo looked emotionally wounded at what Gary called his pokemon.
"Ready, begin!" said Gary.
"Go Roselia! This one's going to be easy!" said Drew.
Leo sniffed. "Those words bring back memories…"
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"I can paint a better portrait of my pokemon than you can!" said a little Leo, pointing at an artist rudely.
The artist laughed. "Do you really think so, kid? Five bucks says you can't."
"Deal!" said little kid Leo.
"Go Roselia! This one's going to be easy!" said the artist, releasing his Roselia.
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"And then, and then…I owed the artist five bucks…good times, good times!" said Leo, wiping a tear from his eye.
Drew yawned. "You done yet? Roselia, 'Solar Beam'!"
"And Drew starts the battle off with a 'Solar Beam'! He clearly doesn't expect much from Leon because that attack is more of a finisher!" exclaimed Gary.
"Ah, that artist was such a good painter…" said Leo, lost in his own world.
The 'Solar Beam' inched towards Sorbet…
And it was a critical hit! Sorbet took a lot of damage because everyone knows that a pokemon won't dodge unless you tell it to, unless it's the video game which of course differs from the show…
"What was that artist's name again? Hmm…" said Leo.
"And Leo is having another flashback!" announced Gary.
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"Here's five bucks!" said little kid Leo.
The artist looked down at Leo. "What's your name, kid?"
"Leo!" said little kid Leo.
"Would you like this pineapple hat? I think it suits you," said the artist.
"Mmm, pineapples…" said little kid Leo, who started to have a flashback.
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"Dinnertime!" sang Leo's mother.
Everyone in Leo's family took a seat.
"Mom, can you pass me some pineapple pizza?" asked even littler Leo.
"Sure Leo," said Leo's mother.
Later that night…
"Mom, can you pass me the pinapple lemonade?" asked even littler Leo.
"Of course, Leo," said Leo's mother.
Later that night…
"Mom, can you pass me a slice of pineapple cobbler?" asked even littler Leo.
"But, we bought that from the bakery! Wouldn't you like some of the peach cobbler that I baked?" asked Leo's mother.
"I want pinapple cobbler!" whined even littler Leo.
Leo's mother sighed. "Fine, be that way…"
Later that night…
"I want to try that pinapple ice cream," said even littler Leo.
"Sure…" said Leo's mother.
Later that night…
"Mom, get me some pinapple cream pie!" ordered even littler Leo.
"GO TO SLEEP!" yelled Leo's mother, who was in bed. "IT'S 2 A.M!"
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"You okay kid?" asked the artist.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I was thinking about pineapples," said little Leo.
"You can have that hat for free," said the artist.
"What's your name?" asked little Leo.
"Piña. Well, see ya later kid…" said the artist.
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"Hmm…" said Leo.
"Magical Leaf, Roselia," said Drew.
"Leo's still not paying attention, and his Sorbet is taking in a lot of damage!" said Gary.
"Roselia, finish it off! 'Petal dance'!" said Drew.
Sorbet fainted.
"Piña…wonder if I'll ever see him again…" said Leon.
"And Leo loses! Drew is the official winner of the Grand Festival!" said Gary.
The audience cheered the loudest it has ever cheered before.
"I…lost? When did that happen?" Leo stalked of the stage, deep in thought.
"I'm through announcing! See ya!" said Gary, also walking off the stage.
Everyone cheered for Gary too, and some people threw him flowers. Gary gave the crowd a winning smile. "I'm Gary Oak! Read my books!"
May jogged up to the stage. "I'm taking over again! You win, Drew!"
"Of course I did," said Drew. "Shouldn't I get the ribbon cup now?"
"I…don't see it anywhere…" said May.
"WAIT! Before the ribbon cup is awarded, Pikachu and I want to perform a singing duet!" yelled Max, running onto the stage.
"Max? Since when do you sing?" asked May.
"Are you saying I can't sing?" asked Max, stung.
"I bet I can sing better than you!" said May.
"Later, I have to get famous first! Pikachu too. C'mon, announce this!" said Max.
"Um, right…Max is going to sing with Pikachu!" said May.
"And Pikachu wrote the song!" said Max.
"Ohh, saay can you heaaar! Pika by the moonn'sss dull lighhttt! What so stubbooornllyyy we shouted at dawn's early seemiing? Pika Pika Pika Piii, Sand and soot maarrkk piii Soottapollis!
All thrrouugh the nigght, ashes fall from the skyyy!
Pikaaa pikka pii pi chuuu
Only the besst things happen heerre!
Free from all worriesss!
Sometimes pi, chuuu
Nothing wrong happensss heerreee!
Pika PI, because thisss is!
Sootapolis!
Greatesst city of them all!
Pika chu pi! And do yoouuu knoww whyy?
Becuasse it's the placcee!
That's the home of the braaavee!
Pika chu pika pi chu kachu!
PIKA PIKA CHUUU! SOOTAPOLIS,
SOOTAPOIIS,
THE BLESSED LANNNND SOOTTAAPOLISS!
Pika, chu, pii, pii! It's the best city there isss!
Soottaapollisss!
Wheerreee heroes areee born!
Pika pi chuuu!
"Thank you, thank you…" said Max bowing.
"Chu, pika!" Pikachu bowed as well.
"That was…unique! I think Max has a real…unique talent on his hands…" said May.
"We'll start our album by next month! We hope you liked this free presentation! See you all soon!" said Max.
"Pika!" waved Pikachu.
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When Max and Pikachu got off the stage, they made a new mark in history after they sang the anthem of Sootopolis City.
They soon received a high honor for making the 'weird genre' more popular.
Soon, they became world famous, and everyone wanted their autographs. They became the youngest singers seen in the pokemon world.
Max and Pikachu became inseparable, and were always seen together.
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"That was fairly invigorating…" said May, trying out a new word. "But we have to wrap up the Grand Festival! So, um…now I have to find the ribbon cup."
"I can help you with that!" said Grant calling from the audience. "After such a grand peformance at the Grand Festival, the grand ribbon cup must be presented in the grandest manner possible! The grand ribbon cup isn't here…it's…in the grand, grand seventh floor, which is haunted by the grand ghosts which stole the grand ribbon cup because it is so grand that the grand ghosts felt with their grand feelings that it should belong in the grand seventh floor which is very grand."
"So…beautiful…" said May, wiping a tear from her eye.
"I agree…" said Drew, doing the same.
"May, I now pronounce you the grand announcer of the Grand Festival which is taking place in the Grand Mansion where the Grand Festival is Being Held Because It is So Grand. Now that you have such a grand title, you now have the grand permission to go to the grand and haunted seventh floor which is haunted by the grand ghosts that haunt the seventh floor because they are so grand. Now that you are also grand, you must retreive the grand ribbon cup so that we may grant the award to the grand winner of the Grand Festival whose name is the Grand Drew!" said Grant, the grand tourguide.
End of Chapter 20!
Note: Piña means pineapple in Spanish if you didn't know.
Note 2: Try reading the 'grand paragraph which was said by the grand tourguide Grant who is very grand' out loud
Note 3: Max and Pikachu's song doesn't make sense because Pikachu wrote it. It's modeled after the National Anthem of U.S.A.!
