Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon!

Okay, let's get this race, er, chapter started!

"The Ponyta you have is pretty," said Rose admiring it. Everyone was trying to decide which Poke'mon they're going to use for the race.

"Yeah…" said Amy agreeing and reached her hand towards it.

"Don't touch Ponyta!" Julie exclaimed. Too late, Amy reached for the manes only to scream in pain. Krabby uses water gun to put out the fire.

"You are such an idiot!" said Isaac and shook his head, disappointed at his cousin.

"I am not!" Amy argued standing up and facing him.

"Everyone knows that Ponyta burns whoever they don't trust. Uncle Ash and Aunt Misty was over at the gym once and I overheard them talking. They said that one time your father did the exact same thing as you did. He touched a Ponyta and got burned," said Isaac flatly.

"…SO? MY FATHER IS STILL THE POKEMON MASTER!" Amy exclaimed while blushing from embarrassment.

"Yeah, but that doesn't really effect your rep now does it?" Isaac asked.

"Of course it does!"

"It will until you do something completely idiotic like that," said Isaac while still keeping his cool.

"You are such a jerk!"

"Yeah? Well I'm just letting you know right now who's going to win the race!"

"That would be ME!" Amy exclaimed proudly.

"Yeah right!"

That night, Amy, Isaac, and Rose were enjoying themselves at the festival.

Isaac even caught a few goldfish. (There's this game that when you catch fish with this paddle, you get to keep what you caught.) Rose bought tons of toys and dolls.

"Look Isaac!" said Rose cheerfullyshoving a cute Smoochum plushie in Isaac's face.

"What the? Get that thing away from me!" he said angrily shoving the Smoochum back to Rose.

"But I have enough toys as it is," said Rose. Isaac looked behind her (Isaac anime freak out). Rose has about 6 large bags containing who knows what!

"Did you seriously buy ALL THAT?" Isaac exclaimed.

"Yeah! Toys, dolls, clothes, you name it! So here's one for you!" said Rose handing the Smoochum to Isaac this time.

"Uh…thanks," said Isaac and took the Smoochum. He had to admit, it was cute.

"Where's Amy? I have to give her this Hoppip plushie," said Rose reaching in oneof the bags to pull out a Hoppip plush.

"How do you carry all that?" Isaac asked.

"I had my Rhyhorn and Onix help me. I put them back into their balls when I found you. People were complaining on how they're taking up space. So you're going to help me carry them!" said Rose cheerfully.

"WHAT?"

Amy was back at the Ponyta ranch. The festival was fun but she had something to do.

"Excuse me; are you one of the travelers that Julie has met?"

Amy turned around from where she was standing (which was in front of the Rapidash). There was a woman with long flowing blue hair. She resembles Julie a lot…

"Um, yes m'am," Amy replied.

"Where's Amy?" Rose asked again.

"I don't know!" Isaac angrily replied. The two along with Isaac's new Scyther, his Sandshrew, and Rose's Nidoran that evolved to Nidorino somehow (Rose won't tell) were carrying all of Rose's stuff while walking through the crows of people to locate their friend. Isaac was allowed to carry one less bag than he had to because he still had to hold his new pet fishes.

"She's going to miss all the fun here," said Rose.

"Well that's her problem," said Isaac who was starting to lag behind.

"But Isaac, what if she found something more fun?" Rose asked.

"Rose! Wait! Let's take a break! Please!" Isaac cried.

That night, Rose, Isaac, and Julie went back to the cabin they were staying at.

"Amy's not here?" Rose asked looking around.

Isaac collapsed on the floor from exhaustion.

"She better have a good excuse for not helping us," Isaac mumbled.

"In here," said Julie in a whisper pointing to the bedroom. Amy was in her bed already sound asleep.

The next morning, Isaac, Rose, and Julie wasted no time to prepare for the race. Before they knew it, the race was about to begin. Rose was on her Nidorino, Isaac was on Scyther.

"I'm not too heavy for ya, buddy?" Isaac asked. Scyther just looked away and toughened up.

"I guess that's a no," said Isaac.

"Isaac, Amy's not here yet," said Rose.

"Hm…oh well! Less competition!" said Isaac and laughed.

Rose picked up a rock off the ground and threw it at Isaac (anime style).

"I say one of us should go get her," said Rose angrily.

"Well, I think we're a little late for that," said Isaac pointing to the lights.

"GO!"

The race was on. Rose and (secretly) Isaac wondered: Just where the heck is Amy?

Donato and his Dodrio took the lead, but soon after, Julie and her Ponyta caught up.

"Come on, Isaac! We can do better than this can't we?" Rose asked but before she knew it, Scyther and Isaac shot up to the front of the group and was willing to catch up to Julie and Donato.

"Why that! Grr!" Rose was angry now. The other competitors were either behind her or in front of her. She looked ahead, it was an uphill climb. Scyther was slowing down by a lot.

"I guess Isaac was kind of heavy," Rose thought.

"Donato and his Dodrio are currently in the lead with his sister, Julie right behind him with her Ponyta. Isaac and his Scyther seem to be falling out of third place on his way up. Looks like-wait! What's this? We got a late racer coming into the race!"

"Alright! Let's do this!" Amy shouted as she and Rapidash jumped into the race track and took off from the starting line.

As the crowd talked in confusion, Lara, Julie and Donato's mother was holding Pikachu.
"Pika!" Pikachu cheered Amy on.

Next to her was Dario, Donato and Julie's father.

"You sure it was okay to let her ride Rapidash. I mean, it's been a while since Rapidash raced," said Dario.

"You should've seen her determination to ride the same Rapidash that her father has ridden. She's just like her father, they both have such determination and spirit," said Lara.

"Huh, I guess. I'm just surprised she was able to ride your Rapidash," said Dario.

"It wasn't that easy…" Lara sighed.

Flashback:

"AAAAAGGHHHHH!" Amy cried out in pain after she got burned by the Rapidash. Krabby used water gun to save her hand again.

Then later, after she was able to get on without getting burned, Amy went flying off the horse after Rapidash went from trotting to running. Followed by a scream, she landed with a thud.

Then she had a hard time keeping up with the speed Rapidash was going at. So there was a lot of falling and screaming.

Present:

"Oh yeah, she sounds like her father all right," said Dario agreeing.

Meanwhile, the competition is still tight as they head downwards. Then they reach the lake and immediately Dodrio and Ponyta jumped the rocks.

"Dang!" Isaac cursed as his Scyther is still behind them. Rose is also a bit angered that she's still behind them and two other racers.

Then suddenly, Rose saw Amy rush right by.

"What the?"

"Keep going, Rapidash!" Amy encouraged.

While jumping the rocks, Scyther fell in.

Isaac rose from the water,

"How did that happen?" he asked out loud and looked to the front where a flaming horse just finished jumping the rocks.

"That Poke'mon's heat was too much for Scyther…but who was the rider?" Isaac asked out loud.

Rose was coming up as Isaac returned Scyther,

"Isaac! Did you see Amy?" Rose called.

"AMY?" Isaac exclaimed.

"Don't think you're going to win this sis!" said Donato over his shoulder.

"We'll see about that!" said Julie and Ponyta sped up.

"Hey! Siblings shouldn't be fighting over a victory of a race you know!" said Amy. The two looked behind them to see her riding…

"Hey! That's Mom's Rapidash!" they both exclaimed at the same time.

"Hey, why are you guys slowing down? You guys don't want me to win that easily do you?" Amy asked grinning.

"…NO!" the two exclaimed and it's a straight out run to the finish line.

Out of all the Poke'mon, these three were the fastest with the most determined people on their backs.

"Now Rapidash!" Amy cried. Rapidash cries out and did one strong leap and was able to reach the finish line before the other two. This shocked everyone and I mean everyone!

"Great job, Rapidash," said Amy patting Rapidash. The crowds cheered for her victory and they continued to cheer as the rest of the racers came to the finish line. Isaac had to take a ride with Rose.

"What? Don't tell me that Amy…" Isaac was speechless.

"Let's give up for Lara's Rapidash and winning rider, Amy Ketchum!"

The racers clapped in good sportsmanship.

"I guess neither of us wins this year," said Julie to Donato.

"Guess so, but next year, it'll be one of us!" said Donato agreeing with his sister.

"If you want to go to Saffron City, head this way," Julie pointed.

"Thanks!" said Rose.

"And thank you for your hospitality," Isaac added.

"Yes, thank you!" said Amy. She went up to Rapidash,

"See? You can still race. Thanks for letting ride you!" said Amy petting Rapidash. Rapidash neighed and started licking a very bruised up Amy.

"Oh hey! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Okay, Amy, time to go!" Isaac reminded.

"Okay! Sheesh! Goodbye, Rapidash. Say bye to Lara and Dario for me!" said Amy. The three and Pikachu waved bye.

"Wait a second guys," said Isaac stopping next to a steam.

He releases the fishes he caught the day before into the stream.

"Why are you letting them go, Isaac?" Amy asked.

"They can't live forever in a bag. Besides, I don't have time for pet fishes when I travel around. Boy, I felt like I paid for their freedom," said Isaac.

"Okay guys! Next stop! Saffron City!" Amy shouted!

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