Hey, guys! I'm back again with another chapter! It's not long after I posted the last one. In fact, I'm writing this directly after posting the last chapter. It feels as if I've got the opposite of 'writer's-block,' because I have the overwhelming urge to spew out more and more words. Anyway, enough with all that, let's get straight to the chapter!


Everyone ran forward, each group dispersing from the crowd gradually. Seeing as everyone had a Pokémon with them, most people realised that they could most likely snap a picture of the Pokémon with the other groups. However, some people caught onto this and kept their Pokémon in their Pokeballs; a strategy that Ash and Pikachu could not use due to the fact that Pikachu loathed his Pokeball more than everything.

"So, what's the plan?" Clemont asked Ash, knowing that he had the most knowledge about Pokémon out of the four of them.

"We should jog around, and if you hear any noise that isn't from us, you should signal for the rest of us to stop," Ash said, addressing the three of them.

Serena, Clemont and Bonnie nodded, signalling that they understood before the four of them started jogging off, with Clemont comedically starting to jog in the wrong direction before realising the error he had made and rejoining the other three.


Three hours later, Sycamore blew his whistle and everyone returned, some scratched a little from all the branches and brambles.

"So, did you all get some good pictures?" Sycamore asked the campers, to which they all nodded, some of the groups holding up their cameras as if Sycamore could telekinetically see the images captured by said cameras.


Three hours later, Sycamore and his assistant had gone through all of the pictures, choosing the best one and calling everyone back, as they had gone for a three-hour long break while they waited.

"So, we have chosen the best picture, or, at least, the best picture in our opinion, which actually has three Pokémon in it," Sycamore said before showing a bigger version of the picture, to which everyone applauded.

The picture showed a birdseye view, presumably taken from the top of a tree, of a Zigzagoon laying on it's back, a Fletchling halfway across the frame, flying to another tree, and a Shellos resting in a small pond that was visible in the top-left corner.

"It has come to my attention that Harry's group owns this picture," Sycamore said, to which a kid around the age of eight stood up along with the other three members of his group.

Everyone applauded them again, watching as the group made their way up to the front to shake hands with Sycamore before Sycamore told everyone to go and get dinner before the end of the day.


Four hours later, everyone was in bed, Ash and Serena included, in separate beds this night, as they had decided that if they were to get used to it, they'd want to do it more often, and then there would be a big problem when they went on their journey after the camp, as two people in one sleeping bag doesn't work well, presuming that the sleeping bag is regular size.

The night went by quickly, everyone getting out of their cabins at ten for their activity. People got coffee and had their breakfast before everyone headed over to Sycamore to hear about the activity for the day.

"Okay," Sycamore said as everyone approached. "Today, we will be doing an exciting activity, and this activity will last all day, with breaks for lunch and dinner along with an hour-long break in the middle to give you all a rest."

People looked confused, unsure about what the activity could possibly be. But that question would be answered a few moments later.

"We, me and my assistant, have created a few obstacle courses over the time that the camp has been running, and by a few, I mean five," Sycamore explained, causing some people to look shocked, as they must have been up since five AM every day to make five obstacle courses; maybe even earlier than that. "Today, you will all do the obstacle courses, and you will do each of them twice, the first time you go across them, you will be making up your own path by trying to figure out the best way to get through it, and the second time, you will be timed."

A buzz of excitement flew through the crowd as they were all led over to the first obstacle course.

"Um, Ash," Serena started, a random question popping into her head.

"Yeah?" Ash asked.

"How long have we been here?" Serena questioned, scratching her head as she tried to figure it out.

"This is the fifth day, I think," Ash said.

"It is?" Clemont piped up, trying to figure it out. "The first day was spent getting to know everyone and settling in, the second day was archery, the third day was Rhyhorn racing, the fourth was that jog and taking pictures of Pokémon, and that was yesterday, so... Yeah! This is the fifth day!"

"When does the camp end?" Serena asked him, thinking she knew the answer, but unsure.

"Sunday night," Clemont said. "It's Friday now."

"Oh, okay," Serena muttered, noticing that the first course was right in front of Sycamore before he turned around to address everyone.

"Here we are! This is the first course, and, as you can see, it's quite short, only fifty metres long, in fact. That's why we've chosen it to be the first one; it acts like a warm-up."

Some of the campers nodded emotionlessly, some others gawped at the course, wondering how they'd get through it, while others like Ash and Bonnie looked more excited than ever.

"Um, Ash! How about you go first? I understand that you've got a lot of experience with travelling around the regions, so you must have been put to the test of Parkour at some point?" Sycamore asked him, pointing at Ash and gesturing for him to come over to the front.

"Sure! It looks exciting," Ash said, chuckling a little.

"Okay, place your non-dominant foot on the starting line," Sycamore instructed, to which Ash obliged. "Oh, by the way, all of these courses are made out of concrete, slabs and blocks of them used together to make it better. Don't worry, though! If you don't want to try, you don't have to," Sycamore said, addressing the crowd before turning back to Ash. "Are you okay with risking the chance of getting hurt?"

Ash gulped but nodded, knowing that he didn't have the best luck in the world.

"Okay," Sycamore said before turning to the crowd. "Countdown with me. From three!"

"Three!" Everyone shouted. Ash stiffened. "Two!" Ash bent forwards, ready to spring forwards using his left foot. "One!" Ash took a deep breath. "Go!"

He darted forwards, running up the ramp and jumping across a gap onto a bar, placing a hand onto the bar and kicking his legs off, landing on the ground gracefully. Ash kept on running, jumping and kicking off a wall before grabbing onto the top of said wall, pulling himself up in more moments before dropping three times, each time landing on a block a metre lower than the last. Finally, he made the last jump, going over the last gap and grabbing onto the wall and pulling himself up and over, landing on the slanted concrete and sliding down, running the last five metres before crossing the finish line.

The crowd applauded, a few people like Serena slightly shocked as they didn't know Ash was so agile. Sure, he had travelled across five regions, but seriously?!

"Well done, Ash! That was very impressive," Sycamore said, congratulating him. "I actually timed that, and you got through the whole thing in twenty seconds!"

This earned more applause from the crowd, who were shocked at that, for obvious reasons.

"Right, seeing as we don't need to time you, you don't have to go again, but you can if you want to," Sycamore said, to which Ash nodded.

"I think I can go faster than that."


There we go! Another chapter! As you now know due to part of this chapter, the camp is almost over. Anyway, leave a review with anything you want in it, as I will approve. Yes, even 'hate.' It's merely constructive criticism, so I'll be happy to hear about what I need to improve. BYE!