Chapter V

I sighed quietly. I'd worried that I'd be found, but, it seems things have worked out. No sooner had I thought that had I realized I had a new problem I was stuck. I wiggled and tried to turn for about twenty minutes, but to no avail. I pushed myself back trying to find more room to move around and then I started sliding. At the end of the hole I hadn't realized was another hole that went down and I was sliding into it. I clawed at the dirt and stone before finally sliding down into the hole. I let out a yelp as I fell about ten feet and landed on my feet then fell over. I groaned. Why do things like this always happen to me. I sat up and looked around, it was dark, but I was certain I was in a cave. I climbed forward over a small stalagmite and saw a light. Down a slope I saw a couple of Pokémon. "Uh, oh."

At the bottom of the slope, about ten feet down I saw a group of about four Pokémon. A Sandslash stood next to a Durant, a Golurk, and a Charmeleon, they all seemed to be talking about something. I leaned in closer to hear. The Charmelion was talking to the Sandslash loudly, "listen Neo, we need to be absolutely sure about this. If we're wrong about this it could ruin the Fair. So, I want you to be absolutely and completely sure about this." The Sandslash named Neo held out it's claws as if pushing the Charmeleon away, "hey, I told you that thing with Jacks basement wasn't my fault if Oris hadn't messed up his calculations I wouldn't have ended up there. But, I checked and double checked this time. There is no error. Ok, Warner?" The Charmeleon named Warner narrowed his eyes, "alright then." The Golurk stood silently saying nothing next to the Durant who seemed to awkwardly be shifting its legs. "So, Warner, when are we supposed to start?"

"Ten minutes," Warner said.

They all seemed to have resolved whatever problem they'd been talking about and they all walked away. I counted to one hundred then slid down the slope to the bottom and felt the ground creak under my feet. Wait, I thought creak? I crouched down and realized that the ground had some sort of wooden platform on it. I examined it more thoroughly and realized that it was some sort of lift. There were pulleys and ropes leading up about ten feet to the top of the cave. The lift had three crates set on it and rails around the edge of the platform. I opened one of the crates and saw it was full of berries of all colors, I opened another crate and noticed some necklaces that looked to be made of colorful string and flowers, the last crate was mostly empty with the exception of a small glass case with a small medal medallion inside it. I picked up the case and was about to open it when I heard, "it's time!" I turned and saw a Pokémon rushing towards me. I looked around for somewhere, but, to no avail, then I looked down. I climbed inside the crate and pulled the lid back down over me.

I felt a jolt of movement beneath me as the platform started to rise and I peeked out from under the lid of the crate and saw the Pokémon that had running towards me. A Gardevoir. I felt my face flush. Gardevoir is a psychic type, meaning it could sense me. The Gardevoir would of too had we not reached the ceiling of the cave and I saw it open up. Wait what, I thought. The platform went through the newly opened hole in the ceiling then stopped. Then I realized what the lift had been for. I sat on the platform in a crate which was on a huge stage.

At the edge of the stage stood hundreds of Pokémon. The Gardevoir walked to the edge of the stage and yelled, "welcome Poké-Ladies and gentlemon to the annual Legends Fair!" The crowd roared cheers and applause as the Gardevoir said this, then she walked over to the other two crates and opened them, then threw out the berries and necklaces to the Pokémon in the audience before she continued. "As you all most certainly know this year is in honor of Palkia the Legend of space, and of course we will be giving out the Medallion of Palkia to one lucky 'Mon who has been selected randomly, so, before we start with the festivities we will call up the winner." The Gardevoir pulled out of somewhere an envelope and opened it up. "And the winner is…" she paused dramatically, "Felix!"

I felt as if someone had just stabbed me in the gut. From under the crates lid I saw Oscar run up some stairs onto the stage. "Sorry," he said. "I'm here to get it for him, he wasn't able to come today, he's… sick." The Gardevoir smiled, "of course, it's right here." I slouched down into the crate. I was safe. Oscar would come over, open the crate, see me, I'd hand him the medallion, and then hide in the crate until the lift goes back down. No sooner had I finished that line of thought when the crate opened up an I looked up into the face of a familiar Pokémon. Familiar only since I'd gotten onto the lift with her. I looked up into the face of the Gardevoir.