OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Alight Tournament time. Book Finale is in two chapters
Ash: Where are we going to after we finish this story.
UO: That is a secret my friend, but if you follow my stories you might figure out where I am going to. Actor check.
Misty: Here.
Anabel: Ready
May: (Hugging Dawn and nuzzling her face.) Here
Tori: Let's go
Brock: Let's rock
Max: Time to Fly
Tori: Uh we might have a problem.
UO: What now? 'So Close'
Gabby: We can't find our weapons.
UO: Damn it. (Spins random wheel of blame)…RUBY! I WANT THOSE WEAPONS BACK! Disclaimer please!
Tori: UnitedOsprey1991 Does not own Pokemon or Kamen Rider. He would be a billionaire and he would have paired Ash with at least Misty and May
Normal: Dialogue
Italics: Thoughts, Flashbacks, and telepathy.
CAPS: Attacks
Bold: Yelling and Belt Noises
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Chapter 46: Festival of Sparks (Elements of DP 172)
Three days after the previous chapter.
When we last left our heroes, they had knocked some sense into the Sunnyshore gym leader Volkner as he had seemingly stopped battling trainers. They were set to battle him, but an attack on Sunnyshore Tower delayed the battle. Then Dawn and May competed in the Daybreak contest where Dawn's past nearly ruined her chances to get into the Grand Festival but with her friend's encouragement was able to win her fifth ribbon over her heated rival, Ursula. Afterwards, Princess Salvia who looked like a mirror image of Dawn, asked to switch places with her so she could compete in the local contest. After going through the obligations and nearly being kidnapped, Dawn gained a new appreciation for the royal life. As a reward, Dawn was given Salvia's Togekiss to take on her journey with her friends.
They had stopped at a nice little field for the night and the blue haired coordinator was in her training gear next to Togekiss with Sylveon drawn. On the other side was Ash with Raikou drawn.
Dawn turned to Togekiss. "Now I know this may not be a contest, but this could be a good experience Togekiss. We need to be in sync."
Piplup walked up to the Flying type and chirped to it. Togekiss nodded and patted Piplup on the head.
"Thanks Togekiss now let's do this."
Drew was on the side in his training gear. "You two ready?"
Ash closed his eyes and then opened them and got into a fighting stance, Gible matching it. Dawn pulled out her sword and got into her stance. "Togekiss, this will seem a little weird, but it won't hurt you."
Togekiss nodded and then felt the connection between the two establish. The link was relatively weak in comparison to the others but it was there.
"Alright, let's go." Drew said waving them to begin.
Ash charged at Dawn who blocked the attack. Gible launched a Dragon Claw at Togekiss who danced out of the way.
The two clashed for a couple of minutes using a combination of kicks and punches. One more clash and they jumped back. Gible launched a Dragon Pulse at the same time as Ash who's sword glowed with power. Dawn and Togekiss danced away again knowing she didn't have the strength to take many attacks.
"Alright Togekiss let's use Air Slash."
Togekiss nodded and Dawn's sword glowed. Dawn charged at Ash, but Togekiss decided to do some aerial maneuvers and then somersaulted towards Gible. The attacks connected but it did not have power backing it. Ash quickly recovered and fired off a Dragon Pulse.
"Alright, let's try Sky Attack." She said. Her body started to glow as she prepared to attack Ash again. Togekiss however tried to show off an appeal and then followed with her own Sky Attack. Though Gible was hit, once again the synchronicity didn't do the damage intended. But from the expression on Gible's face, it was starting to get tired.
"Alright Gible, let's try Draco Meteor again." Ash said holding up his hand and firing a purple ball with Gible. But the attack sputtered out and began to fall and predictably hit Piplup. (It was hilarious)
Drew winced. "God, how many times is that?" He asked the audience.
Max scratched his head with the handle of his sai. "Uh…think that's twenty."
Drew sighed. "Stop. Both of you."
Dawn and Ash eased their stances. "Dawn you and Togekiss need to get in sync." He said as the Jubilee Pokémon scolded Gible.
Dawn rubbed her eyes. "Your right, Togekiss is trained for contests, not fights. I've only know her for what maybe two days tops?"
Drew looked at Togekiss. "Why don't we do this? Take Togekiss somewhere and talk to it for a bit. Take Anabel with you. Get it to understand what you want from it and possibly strike a compromise. Meantime, Brock why don't you spar with Ash."
Dawn nodded and walked over to Togekiss and walked with the flier. Anabel quickly ran over and joined the two.
They found a nice try to lay under and all three enjoy the shade. The late winter coolness made them shiver but it was comfortable.
Dawn turned to Togekiss who was sitting between the girls. "Togekiss…I guess I should start by saying it's a pleasure to have you along."
Togekiss nodded and chirped. Anabel spoke up. "She says she's happy that she is with you as well. She wants to be the big sister for your pokémon and doesn't want them to be hurt."
Dawn smiled. "That's good." Dawn looked at the camp where another Draco Meteor was attempted blowing up Piplup, which led to an argument about training away from the camp.
"I know your trained for contests and all. But, there are some times where we won't be in contests."
Togekiss looked curious. "Like when?" Anabel translated.
"Well…if you remember when I was nearly kidnapped and those riders saved the arena." Dawn said pulling something out of her pocket. "I'm one of them. I go by Hanabi. What that means is I can use your abilities, like Aura Sphere and Air Slash."
Dawn looked the flying-type. "What I am trying to say, that while your moves are flashy, they might be best suited for combat. And I think it threw off our Link. I would love to fight alongside you but I don't have the confidence to do so yet, probably a result of having recently acquired you."
Togekiss looked at Dawn and the coordinator wondered if she made a mistake. A happy chirp and a hug confirm the opposite.
"Thank you."
Anabel was silent as she thought what had transpired today and suddenly had an idea. "What if we use that as your fighting style?"
Dawn looked at her with a curious look. "May has a style that incorporates different affects to disorient her opponents. What if these dances and appeals can be used to throw off your opponent?"
Dawn looked at the empath and then smiled. "Why didn't I think like that? Instead of pushing my style, I should be adapting to use your abilities. You have something that I am not used to and I should have be accepting of that. Sorry Togekiss." Dawn said. The flier just wrapped a wing around Dawn and trilled. Dawn brought Anabel over and hugged her in between the outstretched wings. Kissing her cheek they relaxed for a little bit as Togekiss watched over them.
"Hey you two." A soft voice called out. The two looked up to see Misty in her training gear, a blue tank top and shorts that showed off her long swimmer's legs.
"Hey Misty, what's going on?" Anabel asked.
Misty groaned. "Ash's attempt at Draco Meteor got Drew mad and then May and Gabby got involved and let's just say I am glad they are away from the camp." She said sitting down between the two girls and hugging them close.
Togekiss saw the red head and chirped. Misty smiled. "You know I had a Togetic, which is your pre-evolution. I raised it from an egg like a mother would. I see you caring for Piplup and the others, it reminds me of when I was acting like a mom." Misty looked at the others who were snuggled into her. "Maybe, it's my time to take that up again. I am the oldest if not by much and I've done a lot for everyone."
Anabel took Misty's right. "You already have, we all benefited from your confidence and support. You're our own personal cheerleader. When we are fighting the bad guys, you're always there to spurn us on."
Dawn mirrored Anabel's actions. "Me and May have been dedicating our wins to you. The one who inspired us to keep going. Heck we dedicated our Wallace Cup match to you after the attack there. Where ever you go, we will follow."
Misty sniffled. "Thanks you too." She said placing a kiss on their foreheads. There was peace for a few moments, then there was an explosion and some swearing.
The girls sighed. "Come on. Let's go before they blow themselves to Tsuki's Kingdom." Misty said getting up. Hand in hand they headed back to the camp.
Next Day (DP 179. I'll be going to the Festival soon enough)
They had reached the Sunnyshore Gym in record time. With the festival in nine days, they needed to get the badge ASAP in order to travel and train for both."
Seeing as Drew went first in Snowpoint, Ash went first this time.
"This battle will be a 3 vs. 3 battle. No time limit, only the challengers are allowed to change pokémon." A robot said acting as the ref.
"Alright, let's Electrivire." Volkner called out.
"Type advantage will set the pace. Torterra I choose you."
The Grass/Ground type roared as he stood across from Electrivire. In the stands, Dawn had gotten May to don a cheerleading outfit to help cheer Ash on, hers being a blue and orange outfit.
"Let's Go Ash!
"Go Get Him Torterra!"
Drew shook his head. "Whatever floats your boat girls. Come on Ash, shown him you mean business."
"Alright, Torterra. Leaf Storm."
Torterra launched the Leaf Tornado straight at Electrivire. Volkner however was ready.
"Electrivire use Fire Punch." Electivire's fist glowed and burned the leaves. However, its stomach was exposed. Ash capitalized and ordered an Energy Ball to send Electrivire flying. He then ordered a Rock Climb to create a pillar toward Electrivire. But the electric type was quick to recover and to the shock of everyone, he fired of an Ice Punch. The move which dealt quadruple damage to the Grass/Ground type knocked out the fully evolved started.
Brock winced. "Volkner must have trained Electrivire to use Ice Punch to take on Ground Types. Now Ash needs to figure out what can match other electric-types."
Ash recalled Torterra. "Good job, Torterra." He said the poke ball. He looked at Pikachu. "Ready?"
Pikachu nodded and jumped out onto the field. The battle resumed with Pikachu launching a Quick Attack. Electrivire countered with a Fire Punch, which Pikachu dodged and fired off a Thunderbolt which did no damage. Confused, Ash ordered Pikachu to do it again and the same result occurred and Electrivire seemed to get faster.
"Motor Drive." Flint said getting the others attention. "Motor Drive makes Electric moves useless and ups the speed of the pokémon."
"That takes a lot of Ash's strategy out of his hands. Can't get close or Pikachu gets pummeled, can't attack from far away other wise he powers up Electrivire. Think Iron Tail is his only shot." Drew said crossing his arms.
Electrivire immediately went in for an Ice Punch, but Ash's infamous luck kicked in as Pikachu's ability, Static, kicked in and paralyzed the larger pokémon.
Volkner saw this and realized what happened ordered an Ice Punch. But as the large electric type came in, the paralysis froze it enough to get Pikachu out of the way. Volkner ordered another one, but Ash was ready and ordered an Iron Tai to deflect it and getting Electrivire to feel the effect of the paralysis. Taking advantage of the sudden speed advantage, Pikachu started somersaulting and using Iron Tail to strike the electric type until it toppled over knocked out.
The girls cheered as Electrivire was recalled. Volkner smirked. "This is getting fun. But this was just a warm up. Alright Jolteon let them have it."
Ash saw the Eeveelution. "Alright Pikachu, take a knee. Lucario, I choose you!"
The Aura Pokemon came out and instantly Ash went into a fighting stance.
"Lucario use Force Palm."
Jolteon was launched back into the wall but it recovered quickly and used Thunderbolt causing Lucario to stagger a bit.
"Alright Jolteon use Shadow Ball."
Jolteon fired right at Lucario. Ash and Lucario brought their arm up and thrusted it out to block it. Undeterred, Jolteon fired off more Shadow Balls, each was deflected expertly and throwing up smoke. Jolteon then jumped up to fire again but Lucario jumped as well and fired off a Force Palm that knocked Jolteon into the ceiling. Lucario landed with a smile as the Electric-type landed knocked out.
"Alright Lucario!" Ash said as Jolteon was called back.
Volkner smiled. "Unbelievably, you've made this fun. But now playtime is over. Go Luxray."
Luxray roared and stared down Lucario. Deciding to save Lucario, he sent Pikachu back out. Pikachu started with a Quick Attack but Luxray launched a Shock Wave that sent Pikachu back. Undeterred, Ash ordered Iron Tails which backed Luxray into a corner. On the fifth one, Luxray caught the tail with Thunder Fang and drove it into the ground. Before Pikachu could respond Luxray was on him with a Shockwave to knock him out.
Brock winced. "That was brutal even for Luxray."
Drew nodded. "It was…and it might have to do with the ability the Shinx family can get. My Luxio has Intimidate. I think this one has Rivalry, which increases attack when faced with the same gender opponent."
Ash carried Pikachu back to his side of the field and sent out Lucario. Lucario immediately formed a Bone Club and went after Luxray. Lucario's extreme amount of speed got inside Luxray's guard. The super effective move knocked it around and then a Force Palm forced it to the ground. Knowing who was left to fight, Volkner conceded getting Ash's girls to cheer.
"Good job Lucario." Ash said as he walked back to the bleachers. Drew was walking out to the battlefield and gave him a high five.
"Great job man."
"Thanks, let's see you try to top it." Ash said walking over and getting kissed sense less by his girls. It wasn't helped by Dawn's and May's outfits, which were causing arousal as he laid back into Misty who wrapped her arms around his chest.
"You girls are killing me." Ash groaned good-naturedly getting the girls to laugh as he pulled them close.
Drew had already removed his hat and jacket. Volkner healed up his Luxray and Electrivire. Both were raring to go again.
"Electrivire let's go."
"Let's Ride, Infernape."
Infernape roared and got into Drew's stance. It was like a small wrestler vs a giant in a ring. Infernape went into a Flame Wheel that bounced off. Electrivire then used Fire Punch which was countered with a Mach Punch. He used the smoke to duck underground with Dig. He snuck behind the Electric type but he was ready for it and the he bear hug hugged it.
"Come on Infernape. You can break this hold." Drew said.
Infernape cried out as more pressure was applied. Those cries turned feral as the flames came out of the monkey indicating blaze was active. The Activation caused Electrivire to let go and then was punched in the stomach with a Fire Punch. A Flame Wheel finished it off.
Calling back Electrivire, Volkner wasted no time sending his trusty Raichu. Raichu began by using Quick Attack to hit Infernape back. Infernape got a couple of Mach punches off but the Raichu was obviously more experienced and Iron tail brought the empowered monkey down.
Returning Infernape, he sent out Haryiama to battle. This quickly became a mismatch as Haryiama grabbed Raichu and slammed him into the ground when tried to use Quick Attack. A few Arm Thrusts later and Volkner decided to cut his losses.
Calling back Raichu, he sent out Luxray which was able to out speed Haryiama enough to get it on its knees with Iron Tails and Thunder Fangs. A full charged Spark knocked the large fighting down and forced Drew to pull out.
On the sidelines, Tori and Gabby were a little worried. "What do you think he'll bring out? Flygon?" Gabby asked.
"Or Swampert. Both are ground types." Tori theorized.
The choice however shocked everyone when Drew sent out Luxio.
Luxray took one look at Luxio and something came over it. It was not helped by the look that Luxio was giving it.
"What just happened?" May asked.
Brock smirked. "Its Luxio's ability kicking in combined with Luxray's. Luxray has the ability, Rivalry, while Luxio has Intimidate. Intimidate cuts attack power of any opponent the user sees upon coming out. Rivalry however has a different effect. It normally gets a boost if it's facing the same gender opponent. But if it's facing the opposite gender, the power gets cut."
"So with Luxio being a girl, Luxray suffers from both abilities kicking in. Drew played Volkner for a fool." Ash said.
Flint chuckled. "Even with the power cut, Luxray is very powerful."
Luxio stood on the other side of Luxray growling. Luxray though grinned and walked up to it and growled in a non-threatening way.
"What the heck is Luxray doing?" Max said.
Anabel though light face palmed. "Luxray is smitten with Luxio. He is trying to get her to surrender and wants her to be his mate."
Drew though took advantage of it. "Luxio use Iron Tail."
Luxio's happy growl was followed by Luxray's face getting bashed in.
Volkner groaned. "Luxray, snap out of it and use Thunderbolt."
Luxray did that, but Luxio was too quick. Luxray then fired of a Shockwave which did hit and tripped up the smaller pokémon. Before Luxio could recover, Luxray rammed into with Spark and pinned her against the wall.
Volkner turned to Drew. "Call your Luxio off, she can't-"Whatever was going to be said died on his lips as Luxray cried out in pain. They turned to see Luxio with her jaw dug into Luxray's shoulder and sparks were flying.
"Call Her off! She's hurting Luxray!" Volkner yelled.
Luxio let go and growled as Luxray jumped back to avoid the sparks.
"Luxio…calm down. Its alright." Drew said calmly looking at Luxio in the eye.
Luxio looked over at her trainer and saw the smile on his face. The sparks died down and Luxio roared and glowed indicating it was evolving into Luxray.
Drew's Luxray growled and sparkled with controlled electricity. Drew ordered a Thunder attack and the attack hit her opponent. The damage seemed minor, but combined with Luxray being scared to the point he couldn't fight back forcing Volkner to concede due to this.
"That was a good battle, sorry about Luxray, he saw Luxio and thought about making a move on her."
Drew waved it off as Luxray walked over to Pikachu and Buneary. The two smiled and nuzzled the larger electric type. Volkner gave the two trainers their Badges and they celebrated knowing they qualified for the League which was to be held next month on Lily Island.
One Week Later (Elements of DP174-177)
They had gotten back to Lake Valor in time for the Grand Festival and May and Dawn had done a lot of practice in the ensuing trip from Sunnyshore City. The two girls were confident in their abilities and they had confidence to get to the finals of this festival depending on the placement of the brackets.
They were now at the dinner for the contestants and their friends. The press was going around interviewing the various coordinators and the security staff as after the attack on the Wallace Cup, it was decided to beef up security at the event itself.
"Well thanks for the interview Nando. Good luck both here and the pokémon league. It could not be easy getting here for training in both disciplines." The reporter Rhoda said.
"A pleasure as always. I hope the winds of fortune blow my way." Nando then looked and saw the heroes. "Salutations, my happy friends. Madam Dawn and Madam May, I take it you are here to compete in the Grand Festival."
"We are. Congrats getting this far Nando." May said.
Rhoda's eyes sparkled, which was killed by the sound guy hitting her in the head again. After recovering, Rhoda walked up the group.
"Can we take these two to be interviewed? I am sure two popular coordinators like yourself would want to talk to their fans."
Dawn smiled. "Sure. Let me check my make-up. May do I look good?"
"Honey, you don't need anything else. What about me?"
"Pretty as a picture May." Dawn said as they followed Rhoda to get interviewed.
Misty sighed and leaned back into Ash's arms. "They've grown up so much."
Ash smiled. "They have. Hard to believe they were so shy when we met them. You brought their real personalities out."
Misty looked at her boyfriend. "Not just me. You helped train them, you encouraged them when they were down. Not just them, Anabel too." Ash looked at the empath to see her smiling at the couple and scooted over. "All of them are where they are because of you."
"And I will keep helping you, supporting you and more importantly…loving you." Ash said kissing Misty tenderly. "Where ever you go, I will follow you."
Misty giggled. "Sounds like a marriage proposal. Oh well, that will happen in time."
May and Dawn were laughing at Rhoda's question as they ended the interview and Rhoda went to talk to other people.
"Hey Dee Dee." Kenny's voice called out.
Dawn looked at Kenny. "Hey Kenny, sorry that name doesn't bother me as much. Heck even Plusle and Minun don't bother me as much any more." As she said that the two named pokémon showed up. Realizing who it was, Dawn groaned.
"Well if it isn't Dawn?" Ursula's voice sounded. Dawn and Kenny turned to see the peach haired girl approach. She tossed her hair over her shoulder. "I hope my rival doesn't embarrass me. This is the Grand Festival after all."
Ursula walked away. Dawn sighed and then heard Zoey's voice. Dawn laughed and hugged Zoey. "Zoey you're here! Awesome!"
Zoey laughed. "I wouldn't miss this for the world."
Dawn nodded. "If there is one person other than May I would face in the finals it's you."
Zoey agreed and caught up with Dawn. A couple of hours later Dawn was on a balcony at the hotel they were staying at in her pajamas. She released all of her pokémon and sat down amongst them.
"Hey guys. So this is it, the Grand Festival. We finally made it. I would not have made it without you."
Her pokémon chirped getting Dawn to giggle. She reached into her pocket and pulled out another ribbon. "This was my mom's first ribbon. It was my good luck charm. Guess I don't need it anymore."
The four small pokémon hopped in her lap and she hugged them close for a few moments and watched the stars.
"There you are honey." Dawn looked up and saw May in her tank top and shorts. She blushed as the moonlight showed of her taut tummy and long legs.
Dawn looked at her pokémon and said good night to them and sent them back to the room. "What's up?"
"Nothing, just seeing how your holding for tomorrow."
Dawn smiled. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous."
May nodded. "I was the same way in Hoenn. But Ash calmed me down and I actually did well. You'll do fine. Even if we get attacked."
Dawn nodded as she looked at the stars. She gasped and then moaned as May took the opportunity to sneak up behind her, hug her and laid her head on her partner's shoulder.
"Those outfits we got from your mother are so pretty. We are going to have some fun getting ready with the make-up and clothes." May said sweetly. Then she turned seductive. "But I bet I know what you want. You want to be our modelling doll and being displayed in cute outfits, I bet you would enjoy that. We are going to have so much fun in the future and it won't just be in the bedroom."
Dawn moaned. "Darn…it May, I should have never told you my fantasy."
May giggled and let go enough to take her hand. "Come on, we should go to bed, we have a big day tomorrow."
Dawn nodded and headed to the bed to see their other bedmates snuggled in and a spot waiting for their coordinators on Ash's right. Dawn got in first and then May after pulling the blanket over them. Dawn snuggled into May's chest while Ash brought the two closer and fell asleep.
Next Day
Despite the pep talk, Dawn was still a little nervous. Granted she had every right to be considering it was her first festival. But with the girls and even Zoey in her room, it helped ease her worries.
Currently, she was in her undergarments, with stockings up to her thighs and her elbow length gloves. All of it was white with pink lace and with her skin color she looked almost translucent. The girls were finishing up hers and May's make up and making sure their outfits were clean.
Zoey smiled as they finished the job. (All the contest clothes are those in canon save May's) "Man Dawn, you look amazing. Your complexion works for you. I would go lesbian for ya."
Dawn giggled. "Thanks." She said as Misty finished her hair. May was already and was getting into her dress. It was what Gabby and Tori called a Cheongsam, a Chinese style dress that was full length and fit May's body like a glove. It was red and green with lotus flowers decorating it. Underneath was a pair of biker shorts and a pink bra.
"This feels so comfy." May said spinning around and posing.
"It's made of silk. Its really soft." Tori said.
Dawn was out of the make-up chair and the other girls helped put on her dress. It was an ankle length yellow and red dress with ruffles on the edge of the coat and sleeves. Her parasol only added to her allure.
"All set. I hope Ash likes it."
Gabby shook her head. "Dawn you and May will be the best dressed ones there." She said taking pictures of the two and then helped escort the two into the lobby.
The boys were talking with Kenny as the girls came out. Ash took one look at them and the blush he had could be seen from space. May and Dawn giggled as they came over to take some pictures with the boy who's ears were steaming.
After pictures, Ash hugged them and gave them a kiss on the cheek. "You girls have spare clothes to change into in case it gets ugly right?"
"Yes. Got them right here." Dawn said holding up two plastic bags. She turned to Zoey. "Zoey, can I trust you with these?"
Zoey blinked. "Uh sure. Why? Wait…does it have anything…" The look on everyone's face told her all she needed to know. "Right."
Kenny grinned. "Don't worry, we'll make sure we help everyone out."
Drew shook his head. "You two are really our good friends with Dawn aren't ya? Good. It's nice to have friends outside of our group." He looked at the clock. "It's almost show time."
Dawn and May kissed Ash and then walked with Kenny and Zoey to the lockers.
Max looked at Drew and Ash. "You think something will happen? Even with all of the security."
"Max even with all of the security, I have a feeling something is going to go wrong." Drew said as they made their way to the seats.
An hour later, fireworks went off as the Festival was opened to grand applause. With the amount of coordinators there was the need for a preliminary round. Leading off was Ursula with two Eevees. She them use Iron Tail on each other and then ordered a Hidden Power. She then pulled out two stones, which upon further focus were Fire and Water Stones. The two pokémon reacted the stones evolving them into Flareon and Vaporeon. The Hidden Powers created water globes around Flareon and fiery orbs around Vaporeon and exploded into sparkles which set the crowd into a frenzy.
Kenny whistled. "Never thought to evolve pokémon like that."
Zoey agreed. "It was impressive but it was a one-time deal."
After a couple of performances, Nando came up. He sent out an Altaria and a Kricketune. Using Altaria's Perish Song and Kricketune's Sing they created visible music notes with a haunting yet beautiful melody.
Ash smiled. "It's just like Nando to use music in his appeal. That was cool."
Jesse in her disguise was next. She had Seviper use Haze and then jumped on Seviper's head while Yanmanga used Sonicboom to disperse the smoke and creating a brilliant glow and revealed Jessie's new outfit.
May was next up. She released Beautifly and Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur began by using Sleep Powder and then Beautifly used Gust to cast it to blow it around. Then taking her sword out she had them use Silver Wind and Petal Dance respectively and started to spin gently around as the Sleep Power, the sparkles from the Silver Wind and the petals from the Petal Dance created a scene out of an action movie as she went into her stance and stood with Beautifly on her shoulders and Bulbasaur using Vine Whip to create a heart.
Zoey went after May and had the pool ready for her performance. She sent out Lumineon and Gastrodon into the pool. She had Lumineon use Aqua Ring and then had Gastrodon use Water Pulse at Lumineon. The two attack burst into a brilliant light and formed flying discs which the two water types began jumping through. The discs landed in the water and created whirlpools. Zoey jumped onto the platform and posed with the two pokémon getting the crowd to nearly deafen themselves.
Kenny was up next with Empoleon and Floatzel. Floatzel started off with an Aqua Jet and had Empoleon fire off Hydro Cannons to create a huge Waterfall. Floatzel then used Razor Wind to split it into disks and had Empoleon break them into a mist. To top off the performance, he had Floatzel use Whirlpool and Empoleon use Flash Cannon. The Steel Type attack though was too much for the Whirlpool and it broke apart and knocked Floatzel back disrupting the move.
Up in the stands, Brock shook his head. "That didn't look good. Kenny might be in trouble getting through to the knockouts."
"He tried to do too much and his concentration was thrown off a bit resulting in the power being too much for Floatzel." Drew said.
Dawn was the last one up. She waved to the crowd and then using a line seal on her poke balls she sent out Buneary and Cyndaquil.
While the line seal popping out, she ordered Buneary to use Ice beam on the lines. Then Cyndaquil used Flame Wheel to cut a slide through the ice, which Buneary happily followed behind the fire type. Charging up another Ice Beam, Buneary and Cyndaquil were covered by Cyndaquil's Smokescreen. There was a glow in the smoke and then in cleared showing Buneary in a large Poke ball of ice on top of a mountain. She curtseyed as Cyndaquil used his flames to create feathers of flames and creating snowflakes in the arena. The fans went nuts as the judges praised the beauty and cuteness of the performance.
Dawn walked back and Zoey and Kenny walked up to her to congratulate her. May ran up to her and hugged her gushing over the performance.
Jesselina walked over as well. "That performance was spectacular dearies. I could not have done better myself." She grabbed their shoulders gently and whispered. "We need to talk now."
She brought the two girls into the restroom. "Alright, enough of niceties. There will be a huge attack by what's possibly left of Glenn's forces. He is down to possibly eight to ten thousand troopers in his army, plus about 15 Kaijuu. The good news is he cannot commit himself fully to this operation because he wants to send the rest to attack the tournament. The bad news is both he and Paul I think have a huge power boost possible from that attack on Mt. Coronet,"
Dawn nodded. "We figured there would be one here and one at the league. But we just don't know when."
"Money is on sometime before the finals and probably after Jessie either loses or beats one of us." May theorized.
Jessie grimaced. "Yeah. The moment I do that I am supposed to send a signal to let the attack begin."
"We need to get the message to our friends.
They headed back to the locker room in time for the announcement of the second round participants. May, Dawn, Jessie, Nando and Zoey all made it in while Kenny had a defeated look on his face as he was eliminated.
He made a move to go get changed when Dawn stopped him. "Kenny, before you leave I need you to take this to our friends. Give it to either Drew or Ash. And stay near them." Dawn said holding up a note in her hand.
Kenny nodded. "Will do. Just be careful I don't want you dying before you become a Top Coordinator." He said running out of the locker room.
Zoey looked at Dawn and May. "Are you sure something will happen?"
May turned serious. "If Jessie says so, then we believe it. Let's say she works really close with our enemies."
(DP175)
Up in the stands the heroes saw that Dawn was matched up with Ursula. Looking at the rest of the bracket, May was going to face Zoey and Nando while Dawn would get Jesselina in the semifinals.
"Looks like a tough draw but if Dawn can get past Ursula, I don't see her losing till the finals tomorrow. No offense to Jessie or Nando, but my sister and Zoey are probably going to get to the finals." Max said.
Drew nodded. He turned and saw Kenny walking up to them.
"Hey Kenny, you here to watch the others."
Kenny shook his head. "Where's Ash?"
"He's out practicing Draco Meteor what's up?" Misty asked.
Kenny pulled out the note and gave it to Drew. "Your friend Jesselina wanted to give you a special autograph."
Drew widened his eyes and took it. Seeing the note, he crumbled it up.
"Gabby, Anabel. Get to the rafters. Max back them up." Drew said as the three looked surprised but nodded and quietly slipped out.
On the stage, Dawn and Ursula stood across from each other. The contempt for each other palpable.
"Alright on my left is Dawn of Twinleaf Town. To my right is Ursula of Jubilife City. Five minutes on the clock and Begin!"
"Flareon, Gabite let's do this!"
"Pachirisu, Mamoswine Spotlight!"
"Pachirisu use Discharge." Dawn commanded.
Ursula scoffed. "Like that would work. Gabite get in front of Flareon!"
Dawn grinned. "Thought you would do that. Discharge hits everyone on the field including my own. Mamoswine, Take Down." She said holding out her sword to direct the attack.
Mamoswine charged and hit the dragon and sending it into Flareon knocking points off of Ursula's score.
The two downed pokémon were far from finished. Ursula smiled. "Alright, you want to play that game. Gabite use Sandstorm."
The large wave of sand covered the arena. Flareon and Gabite jumped out of the way headed towards Mamoswine after blowing through Pachirisu.
"Mamoswine use Ancient Power, break through the Sandstorm."
"That attack won't work. Flareon use Scary Face on the sand."
The Sand took Flareon's face and glowing red eyes. The move froze Mamoswine in its place and the Sandstorm swallowed them up cutting Dawn's points by 25%.
Dawn shook her head. "Guys stay calm. Pachirisu use Super Fang on Flareon, Mamoswine use Ice Shard on Gabite."
Pachirisu began spinning around and Mamoswine cha. Ursula though was still confident. "Gabite use Double Team."
The dragon split up into several illusions confusing the big pokémon. Dawn immediately tried to connect and feel where the real one was. Then she heard Ursula order a Shadow Ball through the illusions. Reacting quickly she connected to Pachirisu and swung Sylveon, making Pachrisu bat it back. Dawn's points took a hit but it also took a little bit off of Ursula's score. Not willing to let go of the momentum, Ursula ordered more Shadow Balls. Pachirisu dodged them but Mamoswine kept getting hit and eventually dropped to the floor.
Ursula laughed. "That's enough Gabite end the illusion." The dragon did so and Dawn tried to fire off an Ice Shard but Flareon used Fire Spin to counter it. Dawn's points were drained to about a tenth of the score she started from. The Ice Shards broke up and Dawn ordered another Ice Shard to charge.
"Don't let them attack, Gabite use Dragon Claw. Flareon Fire Fang."
Dawn smiled. "Pachirisu, use Spark." Flareon get the brunt of the attack sending it back. Dawn too advantage. "Mamoswine use Ice Shard fire it at Pachirisu."
The two attacks merged. "Now Discharge."
The combination shot out and struck Ursula speechless and knocked points a quarter of her points off her score.
Ursula shook her head. "Alright new tactic. Gabite get underground. Flareon follow him."
Gabite and Flareon did so making the Chandelier miss and taking some points off of Dawn's score. Flareon then started jumping out of the holes and firing Shadow Balls which began exhausting the two.
"Got to think of something…got it. Pachirisu get in the holes. Mamoswine use Ice Shard fire it into the holes.
"Your too late. Dragon Claw and Fire Fang." Ursula commanded.
Mamoswine took the hit and stubbornly stayed standing with sliver of points left for Dawn.
Dawn though never lost her smile. "Discharge."
Large bolts popped out of the ground startling Ursula.
"Ancient Power on the ground." Dawn said stabbing towards the ground.
The attack split open the floor revealing Pachirisu in an Ice Chandelier. Wasting no time, Pachirisu charged and struck both pokémon.
Ursula was now desperate. "Sandstorm and Fire Spin quick!"
"I don't think so. Hidden Power Mamoswine." The attack hit the Ice Chandelier and sped it up hitting the two pokémon again.
Dawn was about to order another attack but then she smiled and put her sword in her sheathe.
"This is your curtain call Ursula." She said as the smoke cleared revealing that Gabite and Flareon were knocked out giving Dawn the win.
Ursula growled and stormed off mumbling something about luck and storming off.
Two hours later the semifinals were set. After Dawn's victory, she cruised into the Semifinals as she kept the momentum going especially with Buneary and Togekiss.
In the B block, Jesselina had some trouble getting to the quarterfinals using Mime Jr. and Seviper. But a lucky hit managed to knock out her opponent and then she easily outperformed her opponent and earn her spot in the semifinals.
Nando's path was difficult, but his performance in both the Round of 16 and the quarterfinals endeared him to fans. His quarterfinal match had his Kricketune and his evolved Roserade knock out his opponent and clinching him a spot as the C block champion.
D Block was the group that concerned their friends in the stands. It contained Zoey and May on different sides of the bracket. True to Max's prediction, May and Zoey marched their way to the quarterfinals and face off against each other. It was Glameow and Gastrodon vs, Wartortle and Glaceon. The battle's outcome was in doubt right up until the last second as the two coordinators stole the show with ice, geysers, rainbows, shadows and a whole bunch of other effects. In the end May eked out the win by the slimmest of margins and the crowd gave them a standing ovation, with both bowing and shaking hands.
Up in the rafters, Max was sitting on one of the beams. "Man, I wish we were down there. May is doing so awesome."
Anabel looked at the young man as she kicked her feet. "Its alright Max. We are at least watching it and we got a cool perspective."
"It like being in a blimp. We have blimps that fly around sporting events and get an aerial perspective." Gabby said taking some photos. Looking around the arena she spotted something in the shadows. Zooming in she spotted figures looking towards the stage with the semifinalists.
"Look sharp guys. I think we are about to go on stage." Gabby said forming Sagittarius and pulling out her belt with the others following suit.
Max groaned. "Bad pun, Gabby." He said pulling his sais, the Cyclonic Wind.
Anabel hopped over to another rail and unfolded Royal Circle. "This is going to be very tricky. Being this high up might give us an advantage."
On the stage, Marion got the crowd's attention. "Alright with the last match of today, the four semifinalists are set for tomorrow's final rounds. From the A Block, its Dawn Berlitz of Twinleaf Town."
There were whistles as fans cheered for the shy beauty as she waved.
"Her opponent From B Block, its Jesselina of Jubilife City."
Jessie kissed to the crowd and waved as well as they applauded. An extra kiss was given to the side of the room as a signal for something.
"Block C's Winner is Nando of Eterna City."
Nando gave a small wave and a bow as the crowd cheered. It was really hard not to like the man. (A/N He was hard to hate unlike Paul. Wished he showed up a bit more.)
"His opponent is Group D's winner May of Petalburg City."
May kissed the crowd and waved as well as the whistles were as loud as Dawn's response.
"Join us all tomorrow, as we crown this year's Sinnoh Grand Festival Top Coordinator."
After Marion said that there was explosion over by the preliminary stages. Out of the smoke, close to a thousand troopers, and five big kaijuu were seen that looked humanoid versions of very powerful pokémon. One looked like a Dragonite, one a Tyrannitar, one a Metagross, One a Salamence, and one a Slaking,
Coming up behind them was Dante in his armored form, though it looked a bit different. It looked more streamlined and it looked more draconic.
"This little festival is over. I hope you've said your prayers because this lake will be your grave."
The fans were already panicking but quick thinking by the cops was able to get them out in a orderly fashion.
Dante looked over to see the semifinalist. "Who better to destroy this festival, then those who made final round." He said holding up his lance. "THUNDER BOLT!"
May grabbed Marion and hopped of the way. Dawn quickly pulled out her sword and deflected it away from Nando and then jumped off the stage with him in tow.
Before Dante could launch another attack, he and several of his minions got struck by arrows from above. Looking above him, he saw Anabel, Gabby and Max falling towards them with their belts already on.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
ORION
The shields went in front of the falling riders while Gabby's armor formed around herself. Anabel and Max fell through the armor and then fired off their weapons. Dante had to jump back to avoid the weapons.
"Riders…I figured with your friends competing you weren't that far behind." Dante said.
Orion swung her bow. "You got that right. Time to hunt some dragons."
Before Dante could respond the other heroes save for Dawn and May appeared their devices already in hand.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE/COMPLETE/SIRIUS
The riders pulled out their weapons. "Dante, we had a feeling there was going to be an attack." Aura said.
"We had prepared ourselves accordingly." Zodiac said. "Figured it would have been your employer. Not as many as we thought, you running out of manpower?"
Dante growled and the smirked. "Well, with the amount of firepower I brought with me, I don't think you will make it to the league, Zodiac and Aura." He pointed towards the riders. "Destroy them. Find the other two as well."
The battle was quickly joined as the two groups charged at each other.
Meanwhile Dawn and May had escorted Nando back to the locker room. Zoey looked up. "I saw what happened. Clothes are on the bench."
Dawn and May nodded and May helped Dawn strip out of her dress. Nando averted his eyes. "My apologies May and Dawn I do not want to watch young girls changing."
"Its fine Nando. Just keep an eye out for anything coming this way." May said slipping out of her dress.
Nando looked down the hall. He spotted some soldiers coming down the hall.
"How much time do you two need?" Nando said motioning Zoey to come up to the door.
Dawn was slipping on her skirt. "Thirty seconds."
Zoey and Nando shut the door and held onto it. The door was slammed into but the two held the door.
"Alright, let it go!" May called out. The coordinators jumped out of the way. The doors slammed open and the troopers came in.
SOLARBEAM
ICE BEAM
Only to be destroyed by the combined attacks of May and Dawn. The two coordinators looked to see Dawn and May with their swords pointed to the door.
"You guys alright?" May asked.
"Yeah, thanks."
Nodding, the two riders walked out and checked the corridors. Finding no one, Dawn turned to Zoey. "Stay here guys."
"Be careful." Zoey said.
"May the winds of fortune bring you good luck." Nando replied.
The girls nodded and ran down the halls and put on their belts. Going through their hand motions they activated their belts.
HENSHIN
EVOLVE
Hanabi and Kusa quickly made their way to the arena.
Out in the arena there were craters and small fires everywhere as the battle had spread out. With most of the troopers defeated the Riders could focus on the Kaijuu.
Orion and Sirius were facing the Slaking monster Ape Fist. They had dodged a couple of its fists and left large craters. Knowing they would not survive big hits in their base forms, they went for their bulkier forms
HERCULES
Kamen Ride: U-U-URSA MINOR
Now in their seemingly stronger forms, they went after the Ape monster and began their struggle. Despite the power difference between the two girls and their opponent, they were considerable faster and definitely more flexible and they used it to their advantage using hit and run tactics and pushing it back. But it would not go down and it roared tryi
Ape Fist swung and Orion caught the fist as it over reached. Using the added momentum she brought it close and hit the Kaijuu in the face sending it staggering back..
Orion pulled her bow back and fired off multiple arrows. Sirius swung her staff to cast a spell.
ATHENA'S BLESSING
Feeling empowered she ran and delivered an uppercut straight to the beasts jaws. It crashed into the bleachers dazed and confused.
ORION MAXIMUM DRIVE
FINAL KAMEN RIDE: U-U-URSA MINOR
COMBO: HUNTER CLAW BREAKER
"HERCULES METAL BREAKER"
"URSA CLAW STRIKE!"
Orion leapt up and reared back with fist glowing. Sirius did the same and came from the bottom. Both struck at the same time and landed behind their opponent.
"This hunt is over."
"One Ape fully caught."
They said simultaneously as their opponent blew up. They high fived and headed back to the fight.
Near the water, Kyokan was dancing over the water as they faced off against the Metagross, dubbed Mind Drone. Underwater Triton was firing the water at the metallic Kaijuu but it did not appear to do anything.
PSYBEAM
The multi-colored beams struck the metallic monster. Seeing it did little damage she scanned another card.
SHADOW BALL
Drone punched the dark colored balls back and charged it with an Iron Head. Kyokan jumped up to dodge it but Drone was quick to activate another attack. Based on the glow it was a Hyper Beam and Kyokan was not in the position to dodge.
Before the attack fired, the water froze and the kaiju lost its footing sending the attack off course. Kyokan landed on the ice as Triton landed next to her.
"This guy is tough." Triton commented as they watched their opponent try to get a grip on the ice.
"Its based on a Pseudo-legendary pokémon, kind of expected it to be tough. We might need a bit more firepower.
"Right. Time bring in the Queen." Triton said holding up her card.
"Right behind you," Kyokan said holding up her Seer card. Both of them scanned their cards.
QUEEN
SEER
Now in their evolved forms they quickly headed towards the downed Kaijuu.
ICE BEAM
The cold attack struck their opponent and pushed it back. The two girls scanned another set of cards.
ZAP CANNON
HYDRO CANNON
COMBO: POWER CRASH
The two attacks combined and struck their opponent electrocuting it. Triton then unfroze the ice and dropped them into the water causing more damage.
AQUA JET MAXIMUM ENERGY
AURORA BEAM MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: AURORA DRILL
ZAP CANNON: MAXIMUM DRIVE
DOUBLE COMBO: AURORA STORM
Kyokan jumped up and held her chakram in front of her with Triton already in her finisher jumping onto it. With a push off the three attacks combined and Triton crashed into her opponent blowing it up. The water rider jumped up onto the platform and caught Kyokan.
"May the water be your grave." Triton said with a cold smile.
"No hard feelings." Kyokan said. The empath looked at Triton. "Not that I mind you holding me like this but we have a job to do."
Triton for her part blushed. "Not my fault you're huggable. But you're right. Let's go."
The two went out to search for more opposition.
Up in the air Ace was already in Maverick form, trying to out run his draconic nemesis, Red Fang. The battle had started off well enough, but a Dragon Claw to the chest forced him into the air.
Turning around he began firing off Thunder Shocks and Air Cutters which hit the Dragon but he shrugged it off. Focusing forward he increased his speed. Looking behind him and seeing he lost him turned around to see his opponent preparing a Hyper Beam. Before he fire it off, the jaw got kicked from its right and crashed into the dome.
Ace looked and saw his sister in her Kokiri form fluttering next to him.
"Kusa!"
Kusa gave Ace a thumbs up. "Got your back little brother."
Their opponent roared and charged at them. Kusa quickly scanned a card.
STUN SPORE
Her wings fluttered as orange sparkles dropped. She climbed higher as the dragon flew right into the paralyzing it. Ace immediately scanned a card.
METEOR MASH: MAXIMUM ENERGY
Up top Kusa scanned a finisher card as well.
BLAZE KICK: MAXIMUM ENERGY
The dragon turned around to see a glowing fist and kick coming right at him. The impact tore through it and blew it up.
"Show's over."
"Splash one bogey."
The two flew to each other and gave each other a sibling hug before descending to clean up the mess.
Zodiac was not having as difficult a time with Serpent Wing. The big dragon was trying to overwhelm the solo rider, but an expert use of the Virgo Shield deflected the initial charge in. Then switching in Libra form, he manipulated the gravity around the dragon and crushed it to the ground. Switching into Capricorn pounding the dragon in the belly. As the dragon stood up, he swapped into Leo form and activated his Leo Finisher.
STANDBY LEO: FINISHER
Serpent Wing looked to see the glowing sword come towards him and bisect him.
"Yippie Kiya loser." He said as his opponent blew up. He turned and saw that Aura was in a heated battle with Dante. Based on the armor color, he was in his mega form. Zodiac sighed and charged after the battle.
Onyx was having a slugfest with his opponent, Dark King. Both heavily armored opponents had punched, slashed, kicked, swung and slammed their opponent. Onyx had gone into his Diamond form but even then it was getting to be difficult to hold up as the diamonds were beginning to crack. As King was about swipe again, he felt two feet slam into him and heard a girlish giggle.
"Up here big guy." Hanabi said as she hopped back up and used Latias' levitation to fly around and stab their opponent. She landed and back flipped away from a swipe.
"Onyx are you alright?" She said landing next to him.
Onyx grunted. "I've been better."
"Let me help. HEAL PULSE."
Sylveon glowed pink and Onyx glowed as well as some of the damage repaired itself.
"Thanks. Care to help me finish this guy off?"
Hanabi nodded holding up a card and charging it.
DRILL PECK: MAXIMUM ENERGY
She hopped into the air and then pointed her legs towards Mortar while powering up another card. Onyx charged up his card.
IRON TAIL: MAXIMUM ENERGY
Onyx swung and connected with Hanabi's legs which wer glowing.
BOUNCE: MAXIMUM ENERGY
Hanabi spun in the air and struck through Dark King's heart.
"This is your curtain call." Hanabi said as their opponent blew up.
Hanabi looked at Onyx and gave him a thumbs up as she started to heal him.
Aura and Dante clashed for what seemed to be 100th time. Aura had gone into his Mega form to combat Dante who had assume a Mega form as well. It resembled Dante's Torterra and that gave him a defensive edge.
AERIAL ACE
Aura ducked out of the way of the attack and scanned more cards.
FORCE PALM
He force Dante back. As he recovered, he had to duck out of the way of Zodiac crashing in.
Zodiac jumped back to Aura. "You alright."
"Yeah, he's got nothing on me. Stay back I got this." Aura said.
Dante just spit. "You think you can take me one on one? Your delusional. I've got power from Dialga and Palkia."
Aura smirked. "Yeah, well you seem to forget I have this." He said holding up his Master card.
"Careful Aura, cockiness cost us last time we face him."
Dante laughed. "Oh yes, I forgot about that." He said charging up an attack an pointing towards Hanabi and pointed his hand at Sirius.
FIRE BLAST
Aura watched as the stream of hot fire went towards Hanabi. To Dante's astonishment the attack was blocked by a green barrier. Kyokan had landed and used Safeguard.
Dante growled and used his right hand to fire a Dark Pulse at Sirius. A dome of water protected Sirius as Triton appeared swung her trident.
"KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME!" Aura said now in Master form who slashed at Dante blind siding him. He rolled back but Aura kept on him.
AURA SPHERE
The Aura attack struck true and forced him onto the ground.
Aura quickly scanned his two finisher cards.
THUNDER: MAXIMUM ENERGY
LEAF BLADE: MAXIMUM ENERGY
COMBO: LIGHTNING BLADE
Dante held up his lance to try and block the attack but it broke through and slashed through his armor causing him to cry out.
"AUGGHHHHH!" Dante screamed as his armor sparked blew up. The explosion knocked him out of the gear. The belt survived if barely. Paul looked and saw all of the riders with their weapons pointed at him.
"Your power trip is over Paul. Surrender and maybe we can get you off with your license being revoked." Aura said.
Paul looked at the riders and laughed. "You stupid riders. You have no idea the power that is promised me. But that's for later. You won't catch me anytime soon especially with the cameras destroyed.. I will see you at the league Aura, no Ketchum." He said as the shadows consumed him.
Aura sighed as they all powered down. "I don't think Paul is ever going to get his head straight."
Drew patted his shoulder. "I don't think that's the last we'll see of him. And I pretty sure that we will have to worry about something at the league. But for now, we got a competition that two of us want to win." He said looking at Dawn and May who smiled.
Next Day
After working overnight to clean up the arena, the Grand Festival was back on track. With Jesselina having disappeared and disqualified, Dawn got a free ride into the finals to await the winner between May and Nando. A magnificent battle resulted in May's Blaziken and Glaceon beating Nando's Lopunny and Roserade. Nando gracefully bowed out and congratulated May and Dawn reaching the finals.
Now the two graceful coordinators stood across from each other.
"This seems familiar. It was at the Wallace Cup." Dawn said holding up her sword.
"You won then, but I don't think it will be the same result. Whatever happens, this will be a final to remember." May said. She then mouthed 'I love you' to Dawn who returned the reply.
"Now it's time for the Finals of this Grand Festival. On the left, making it all the way to the finals in her first Grand Festival, it's Dawn Berlitz of Twinleaf Town. On the Right, can her third festival appearance be the charm? Its May Maple of Petalburg City. Let's have 5 minutes on the clock and BEGIN!"
"Blaziken, Glaceon, Take the Stage!"
"Buneary, Togekiss Spotlight!"
"Blaziken, Fire Punch, Glaceon Ice Shard!
Blaziken Fire burst file Glaceon fired multiple ice shards which surround the fire giving off a sparkling effect.
"Togekiss, use Aura Sphere, Buneary Ice Beam."
The rabbit created an ice shield which blocked the attack. Togekiss then fired off the blue attack and struck Glaceon.
Dawn kept up the pressure. "Buneary hop on Togekiss, Togekiss use Sky Attack."
"Blaziken use Fire Spin Glaceon Shadow Ball try to corral them."
The attacks looked spectacular to the audience but Dawn had to pilot their way around the attack and struck Blaziken. But thanks to their training, they held but their poins suffered.
"Hang in there. Blaziken use Blaze Kick, Glaceon use Ice Shard surround the leg."
Blaziken charged at Togekiss and struck hard depleting her points with the combination of Ice and Fire. May however noticed Buneary was missing.
"NOW!"
Buneary had used Bounce and jumped off Togekiss and struck Blaziken in the head. She then went after Glaceon and used Dizzy Punch to strike Glaceon. Looking at the points and the time it was too close to call.
"Buneary use Ice Beam, Togekiss Aura Sphere!"
"Blaziken use Overheat, Glaceon Shadow Ball!"
The two different types of attacks collided and fought for dominance as they made a beautiful light show. They only let up when time was called. The crowd who had been on its feet since about two minutes into the battle applauded and cheered.
"THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!"
"After this battle I don't think the crowd cares who won. But there must be one. Let's find out who it was!" Marion said as they looked the screen. By the absolute slimmest of margins, Dawn's points were ahead of May's.
Dawn looked and saw the screen flash her name. At first she was stunned. Then she gasped and she brought her hands up as if to not believe it. Then happy tears started to flow. It was only when Buneary hopped up to her with a happy cheer was she able to move. She knelt down to grab the rabbit and hug it with Togekiss coming over and hugging the two close.
"I can't believe it! I won. I won! I WON! MOM I DID IT!" She said laughing and crying happily.
May sighed and walked to her pokémon. "You two did awesome. It could have gone either way. I am very proud of you both."
She walked over to Dawn who was still delirious. "Come on sweetie, someone needs to be crowned champion."
Dawn was led to a podium as Mr. Contesta brought out the runners-up and winner's trophy. After May's award, Dawn who was still in tears walked up to the podium.
"On behalf of the Sinnoh Contest Association, it is my honor to present this year's Grand Festival Trophy, to Dawn Berlitz. Congratulations young lady. Your family and friends must be so proud."
Dawn nodded and accepted the trophy. Dawn raised it above her head to mass applause and jubilation. She looked and saw her friend and in particular Ash, Misty and Anabel. She smiled as she spotted them whistling and shouting praises to her and May. For one night or at least a little while, she was the queen of their little group.
But the threat from Paul seems real. And with the group's focus on Pokémon league, it will only be a matter of time before they make their move. This time the fate of the Pokemon world hangs in the balance. What will happen? Find out in the exciting conclusion to book one of Journeys of the Dreamer.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: WANTED THIS OUT THIS WEEKEND. PURE LAZINESS
Preview: As the Pokémon league gets underway, Glenn launches his attack on the league and threatens the world with destruction. Will the riders win? Find Out in the Two-Part Conclusion of Journeys of the Dreamer: Riders Of Aura
UO: The next chapter in this will be delayed due to traveling so sorry
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