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Day Three Blockbusters
Alec's POV
Alec was immediately awakened by something slamming him onto the floor. Opening his eyes, he saw that Ethan had used Psychic to do it. "Why do you wake me up like that?" Alec asked, a little anger in his voice.
[Because it's entertaining for me. Also, Serena told me to,] Ethan answered.
As if his words summoned her, Serena came into the sleeping area. "Good, you're awake. Everyone's getting ready for a morning run so come on," she said.
"Might as well start the day," Alec muttered. The run started off well, with Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin out of their balls to join them. Alec, Ash, and Bonnie were able to keep pace with Serena, whose whistle was tweeting every time she exhaled. Clemont, unsurprisingly, was falling behind.
"Clemont, come on! Hurry!" Ash called back.
"Serena's not fooling around is she?" Clemont asked exhaustedly.
"That's because she's excited for what we're going to be doing in camp today," Bonnie told him.
"Right! Today's the day we get those 10 points!" Serena shouted.
"You're going to get left behind big brother," Bonnie called back. Personally, Alec felt a little cheated from yesterday's activity. It had the teams in a fishing competition and Alec had managed to snag a Gyarados, which promptly attacked him and Ethan before Lifesaver came out and drove it off. Then Trevor surprised everyone by reeling in a Wailord, causing Team Froakie to get second place.
Once they finished their run, they got fully ready for the day and headed down to breakfast. The food was good and Trevor had taken a picture of it. Once everyone finished, Sycamore stood on the podium and gave off the morning announcements. "What a lovely day, it's perfect summer camp weather. Today, you'll all be making Poké Vision videos," he told them. Alec felt a little unsure about that, but Serena and Shauna looked really excited. "I'm pretty sure some of you have made Poké Vision videos before. But just in case, it refers to making a Pokémon promo video. I'd like to show you a video I made as an example." The video played and mainly talked about Sycamore's daily route at his lab, though Alec was glad to see that the Gible he saw when he arrived there was now a Garchomp. "As you just saw, Poké Vision lets trainers and Pokémon show what makes them special to an even wider audience. And so for today, each team is going to make their own Poké Vision video. We also do have all the materials to make Poké Puffs, so please put them to good use. Now, you must have these videos done by this evening. Then we will take a vote right here to see which team won," Sycamore finished. The groups then headed out to make their videos.
"Serena has the most experience with this stuff, so she'll probably handle all of this," Alec thought. Once they were back at the cabin, Serena revealed her idea.
"It's called 'Friends'," Serena told them as she showed a rough drawing of it with Pikachu, Froakie, Fennekin, Chespin, Dedenne, and Ethan on it.
"Those are our Pokémon," Ash noted.
"Yep, the six of them are our stars," Serena told them.
"I don't know… Ethan's more of a battler than a movie star," Alec stated.
"And that works. The only thing he'll have to do is be himself," Serena reassured him. "And I'll be making some beautiful Poké Puffs."
"Then let's aim for the top," Ash said.
"We'll take everything we've learned on our journey and put it all in our Poké Vision video. It's going to be great!" Clemont said confidently. "I've learned from my past mistakes. Of course, the future is now thanks to science! Clemontic gear on!" Clemont said as he magically pulled out a robot with film items attached to it. "Revised and better than ever. My latest invention: The Poké Star Shooter Mark II! Ash, Alec, I still need to make some minor adjustments, so could you two help me out?" Clemont asked.
"Sure, no prob," Ash answered. After the adjustments, which mainly involved doing things to get the camera to react, they waited for Serena and Bonnie to finish making the Poké Puffs.
"So, what now?" Alec asked when Serena and Bonnie arrived.
"Now, location scouting," Serena answered.
"What's that?" Ash asked.
"Gee, if only its name didn't explain it," Alec said sarcastically. Their search took them deep into the forest, and Serena was yet to be satisfied.
"I think we're getting pretty far away from camp," Clemont said after a while.
"If we go a little farther, I think we may find the perfect spot," Serena responded.
"You've been saying that for the past few minutes and we haven't found anything. At this rate, we won't have time to make the video," Alec told her.
"Yeah, you're right," Serena said, slightly miserable.
"Now what?" Ash asked. Serena then gasped and Alec followed her gaze to see a small field through the trees, but something seemed off.
"There! How does that look?" Serena asked. "It's the best place I've seen so far with all those flowers blooming," she continued and she started to run over there.
"Wait, Serena!" Ash called out as the group followed her.
"I'll just have a quick look and then we'll start!" Serena said. That's when the "field" turned out to be a cleverly concealed cliff. Serena stepped on a weaker portion and it collapsed under her weight. Ash and Alec tried to pull her up, but ended up going down the cliff as well.
"Ash! Alec! Are you alright?" Serena asked once they stopped sliding.
"I'll live. I've been through worse," Alec answered.
"Yeah, how 'bout you?" Ash asked Serena.
"I'm alright," Serena answered. Pikachu and Ethan then ran up to their trainers.
"Well, glad you're here Ethan," Alec said. Ash then picked up Serena's hat and handed it to her.
"Thanks, Ash," Serena thanked. Ash then tried to stand but he fell back down, holding his right ankle.
"Must have twisted it. Don't worry, I'll be fine," Ash said. Alec tried to head over to him, but his left leg didn't feel right. Looking at it, he saw that his leg was at an odd angle from the knee down.
"That's not the only problem. I've dislocated my knee. No matter," Alec said as he took off his jacket and bit down on the sleeve.
"Alec, what are you—" Serena started when Alec grabbed his lower leg and shoved it back into place. Letting out a muffled yelp of pain as he did so, but it didn't reconnect. He was about to try again when Serena stopped him. "Let me," she said. Alec nodded and Serena was able to get it fixed as Alec let out another muffled pain.
"Looks like that did it," Alec said, shaking his leg a bit.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault," Serena apologized.
"No! It's okay," Ash responded.
"Hey!" Clemont called from the top.
"Hey guys, you all okay?!" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah, don't worry, we're fine!" Ash answered.
"No, Ash hurt his foot and can't walk!" Serena told them. As she said this, Alec reached for his Poké Balls only to find them gone. Thinking back, he left them at the cabin. Otherwise, he would have Sandtrap fly them out of her.
"It gets worse, my Poké Balls are at the cabin! I can't fly us out!" Alec shouted.
"Understood! Serena, Alec, you two stay with Ash!" Clemont told them.
"We'll get help!" Bonnie added and the two headed off.
"I'll see if I can find us another way out of here. Serena, you stay with Ash," Alec said and headed off with Ethan right behind him.
Serena's POV
Once Alec and Ethan left, Serena got out a washcloth and dampened it in the river. "Ash, can you take off your shoe so I can get at the injury?" Serena asked. Ash did so and Serena placed the cloth on the injured spot. "I feel so awful about this," Serena muttered.
"I'm fine," Ash told her, but that didn't make Serena feel better.
"Okay, the swelling could go down after a while," Serena said.
"That's nice of you Serena. And thanks for worrying about me so much too, Pikachu," Ash said.
"Pi Pika Pikachu," Pikachu responded.
"Pikachu is so awesome. Coming to find you because it cares so much about you…" Serena said.
"Pikachu and I have been in a lot of tough spots, that's for sure," Ash responded.
"Pikachu," Pikachu agreed.
"As long as we're a team, we're fine," Ash told Serena. Serena then pulled out Fennekin's ball and let her out. Fennekin immediately jumped into Serena's arms. Serena gave her a twig to eat.
"You know, sometimes I wish I had Alec's ability to completely understand Pokémon," Serena said, looking in the direction Alec went.
"Yeah, it's quite cool. Though sometimes I feel like I'm listening to half a conversation," Ash commented. As if their words summoned him, Alec reappeared.
"Anything?" Serena asked once he got closer.
"No. All the ways out are too steep with Ash's foot," Alec answered.
"So, we're stuck here till someone comes back with a rescue team," Ash responded.
"Looks like it," Alec said grimly. The three sat for a while in silence till Ash broke it.
"We still have the Poké Vision video to do," he said.
"Right," Serena responded. She had been trying not to think about that, but how were they going to get it done in time?
"You know," Ash started, breaking Serena's thoughts. "We've done a lot at camp. And when I'm battling, I'll be able to use it all."
"Even the fishing contest? That's going to help you battle?" Serena asked, a little confused yet curious.
"Yeah, you bet. Everything we do isn't a waste of time. Everything on our journey leads to the Kalos League," Ash responded.
"You really think that?" Alec asked.
"Yep," Ash answered.
"Never really thought of it all like that. The only experience I ever use in battle is what I do in battle," Alec told him.
"You've both always doing your best, and you've both done so much. Really put things into perspective for me," Serena stated.
"But I'm not done yet. After all, I've got to make my dream come true," Ash added.
"You really are an amazing person, Ash," Serena said without thinking. Ash looked at her in confusion as Serena realized what she just said. "Let me get some more water," she said as she saw Alec try to hold in a laugh.
"Thanks," Ash said, not realizing what just happened.
"A dream," Serena muttered.
"Serena, are you okay?" Ash asked. Serena didn't say anything as she put the washcloth back.
"Sometimes I wonder… What is my dream? What is it that I want?" Serena asked.
"That's something everyone asks at some point in their lives. But, one way or another, they will get the answer," Alec replied.
"And don't worry, you've got lots of time," Ash added.
"Hello!" a voice called out. The group looked up and saw Professor Sycamore with Clemont and Bonnie. "There you are! You alright?!" he asked.
"Yeah, we're fine!" Ash shouted back.
"The rescue team is on their way down now!" the Professor told them.
"Got it!" Ash responded.
"Thank you, Professor!" Serena said. The ropes then came down and the three rescuers helped them up. As that was happening, Serena noticed Alec giving an odd look at them, but she didn't think anything of it. After thanking the rescuers the group headed off and found a path to the field Serena saw earlier.
"It's beautiful!" Serena said excitedly as she ran out.
"Whoa, would you look at this place," Ash commented.
"And it was just off the main path," Clemont commented.
"This is a great spot. Time for Poké Vision," Bonnie stated.
"It's perfect. After what we've been through, we'll make the best Poké Vision video ever," Serena said.
Later that Evening
After many video's Team Froakie's video was finally about to play. Serena felt a little nervous as the group stood in front of the rest of the campers and the video started playing.
Had to get a bit creative with this, so bear with me please. This took almost an hour to think over, but I think I got it.
Video Starts
The group was sitting in a field of flowers with their Pokémon out. The focus goes to Serena as she makes a flower hat for Fennekin.
Serena: I'm Serena, and this is my partner Fennekin.
Fennekin: Ekin!
Serena: Today, we're having a picnic, so I made some Poké Puffs. Fennekin loves them.
Serena threw the Poké Puff to Fennekin, but it missed and started rolling down the hill. The Pokémon pursued the Poké Puff and it stops in front of Chespin, who eats it immediately. The Pokémon fall to the ground and Ethan uses Psychic to throw Chespin a bit.
Serena: Oh well. Here. I've got enough for everyone.
The Pokémon, minus Chespin, jump at the basket, sending the Poké Puff flying.
Video Ends
The audience gave their applause and Serena felt proud of the response. "Thank you so much everybody," Ash said.
"Yeah, thanks a lot," Bonnie added. The group then sat down as Professor Sycamore gave one last announcement.
"Now that we've seen everyone's videos, I want you all to pick the three videos you liked the most, other than your own of course," he said. Once everyone had voted, Serena stepped outside with Shauna and the two sat down on the beach.
"The idea for using the Poké Puffs in our video came from what we went through today," Serena told Shauna.
"Huh, no joke?" Shauna asked.
"Nope. Today, Ash said that there is nothing we can do that's a waste of time," Serena explained.
"That Ash is a pretty smart guy," Shauna commented. Serena stood up and took a few steps down the beach before stopping.
"You know, it would be beyond amazing to see a Pokémon showcase sometime, and see what a Pokémon performer does too," Serena told her.
"Then I'll go with you," Shauna said.
"Sure," Serena responded.
"Come on guys, they're announcing the winners!" Ash called out from the cafeteria.
"Okay, thanks!" Serena called back. She and Shauna then headed inside and sat back down.
"After counting up the votes we now have the winners. In third place is… Team Charmander," Sycamore announced. "In second place is Team Chikorita. And first place goes to… Team Froakie." After the applause were over, everyone headed back to their cabins and Serena fell asleep happily.