*Contest arena*
The contest to become the Ultimate Coordinator had begun with a Coordinator from Pallet Town who started the competition off with an Eevee.
After various Coordinators performed their preliminary act…
"Next up is a woman from Kanto who placed 3rd in the Sinnoh Grand Festival. Jessalena!" shouted Marian
Jessalena came out the entrance door and was dressed in a similar outfit she had during the Sinnoh Grand Festival. She was wearing large circle shaped glasses around her purple eyes, had her hair in a wavy pattern and was holding a Pokeball with a heart shape on the top.
"Come on out Gourgeist!" shouted Jessalena
She threw her Pokeball into the air and it opened, releasing a female Gourgeist with purple leaves around it.
"Gourgeist use Shadow Ball, then Psychic!"
Gourgeist shot a Shadow Ball into the middle of the leaves and then used Psychic to stop Shadow Ball from ascending any further. This also caused the leaves to rotating around the Shadow Ball, similar to the planet itself.
"Good, now Gourgeist. Finish this off with Charge Beam!"
Gourgeist flew into the air and aimed her Charge Beam at the Shadow Ball covered in leaves. When the Charge Beam hit, it resulted in the Shadow Ball exploding, creating fireworks in the air.
The audience was loudly cheering after seeing Jessalenas' performance.
*Coordinator Waiting Area*
May and Dawn had just finished witnessing Jessalenas' performance and were shocked.
"She has really improved since our last battle." Said Dawn
"Agreed." Said May
"Is she really that good? "Asked Trish
"Granted, that performance was fantastic. But I don't think it's enough to advance past preliminaries."
"I'm not sure about that Trish. Compared to the acts before her, she's fantastic. I don't think she has much to worry about." Said Suzy, spinning a Pokeball on her finger.
Jessalena came back into the room after her performance and took a seat on the bench.
"Good job Jessalena on your performance. " Said Suzy
Jessalena then smiled
"Thank you. I have plenty more where that came from in this tournament."
Dawn then walked over to Jessalena.
"You have really improved since last time we competed Jessalena. I am excited to compete against you in the ring again." Said Dawn
"Thanks Twirpette."
Meanwhile, the Black Greninja was polishing a Love Ball and overheard the conversation, while Nando was glaring at him in suspense.
The next couple of Coordinators were nobodies from the Hoenn region who had Poison type Pokemon on them.
"Next up is Dawn!" shouted Marian
Dawn ran out onto the stage and began her performance.
"Come on out Lopunny!" shouted Dawn
She threw a Pokeball up into the air, releasing a Lopunny and a lot of stars behind her.
"Lopunny, use Jump Kick!"
Lopunny began to fly towards the stars and kicked each and every one of them, releasing cosmic dust all over the arena.
"Now Lopunny, use Blizzard!"
Lopunny fired her Blizzard attack into the air, resulting in the arena getting colder.
"Allright Lopunny, finish this off with Sunny Day!"
Lopunny nodded her head and performed her Sunny Day attack, thawing the area and creating a beautiful rainbow in the air.
The audience applauded as Dawn left the arena.
"That was amazing." Said May
"Yeah, that was good." Said Trish
"She's not too bad." Said Frank shrugging
"Oh come on Frank, she did great." Said Suzy nudging Franks' shoulder
Frank then let out a deep sigh.
"You're right. She did do well in that performance."
Ursula was glaring at the screen.
"DeeDee can't be that good. That has to be a trick." Said Ursula in her head.
"I'm impressed Dawn, you really have improved since Sinnoh." Said Nando smiling
"Yeah, Deedee did great." Said Kenny
"Of course she did."
Kenny turned his head and saw a blue haired woman in the shadows before disappearing.
"Something wrong Kenny?" asked Zoey
"It's nothing."
"Dawn is pretty good. But let's see if it's enough to advance." Said Drew
As Dawn returned to the room to be congratulated by her friends, the Black Greninja got out of his seat and proceeded to leave.
"Next up is the Black Greninja." Shouted Marina
The audience then booed in reaction to the announcement of the Black Greninja appearing on stage.
The Black Greninja walked on stage holding a Love Ball in his hand.
"Nessy, show them my aggression."
He threw the Love ball onto the stage, revealing a Lapras.
"Mist."
Upon hearing its trainer's request, Lapras tilted her head to the ceiling and began to emit its Mist attack, covering the arena in the fog.
"Nessy, begin plan Elsa."
All of a sudden, the mist around the arena began to light up in a light blue color, as if Lapras was shooting off Ice Beam.
This attack continued for a few minutes until the Black Greninja called off the attack.
When the mist was cleared from the arena, the audience was stunned at what they saw.
Lapras had large angel-like wings made out of ice; a crown on her head also composed of ice and was standing on what appeared to be a pedestal made out of her Ice Beam attack.
"Mission:Complete." Said the Black Greninja as he returned Lapras to the Love Ball
As he left the stage, the audience cheered.
"I can't believe this, he was able to turn his Lapras into an angel!" shouted Dawn in shock
"This is insane." Said May scared
"So this is the power of that guy? What a joke." Said Frank
Dawn clenched her fists and turned towards Frank.
"A joke! A joke! Did you see his act! I have never seen someone do that before, and he was able to turn that crowd to his side in just one act!" shouted Dawn
"Dawn, calm down. Shouting about it isn't going to help your performance." Said Nando
Dawn took a deep breath and exhaled.
"You're right Nando. I'm sorry for yelling, but I am terrified of this guy after what he just did." Said Dawn
"Dawn, I get that. But we can beat him." Said Trish
The Black Greninja walked into the room and took a seat at his usual spot.
"If you think that's all I got, you are solely mistaken." Said the Black Greninja
*Later*
May walked on stage and began her performance.
"Go, Glaceon!" shouted May
She threw her Pokeball into the air and released Glaceon.
"Glaceon, use Shadow Ball and Ice Shard!" shouted May
Glaceon nodded her head to May's request and shot a Shadow Ball up into the air and then fired Ice Shard at it, creating a frozen Shadow Ball with spikes coming out of it.
As it descended towards the ground…
"Glaceon, use Iron Tail!"
Glaceon then jumped into the air and aimed her Iron Tail at the Shadow Ball, destroying it and creating an Aurora Borealis like effect in the air.
Glaceon then descended to the ground and completed the performance.
May walked back to the waiting room, where her friends congratulated her.
"That was amazing May!" said Dawn in excitement
"Great job May." Said Drew smiling
"If that's what you can do for a prelim, I am excited to see what you can do in the later rounds." Said Trish
"Thanks guys." Said May smiling
**Later**
Drew was the next to perform, and completed his performance with his Roserade.
Following that was Kenny, who performed with his Empoleon, and then Zoey with her Glameow.
After a bunch of nobodies performed, Nando appeared on stage and began his act with his Kricketune, followed by Ursula and her Flareon, and then Suzy with her Shiny Delcatty.
(A/N: I skimmed through their performances because it would take forever to cover them all.)
"Next up is Frank!" shouted Marina
"Wish me luck." Said Frank
He then got out of his seat and walked towards the arena.
"All right people, it's time. Time to rock!" shouted Frank as he threw his Pokeball into the air.
"Wow that's pathetic." Said May face palming
The Pokeball opened up to reveal a Chesnaught charging towards the ground like a Homing Attack.
"Chestnaught, start off with a Missile combo."
Chesnaught nodded his head and fired a Pin Missile attack into the air followed by a Seed Bomb attack, creating a big explosion of lights in the stadium.
"Now Chesnaught, use Dragon Claw."
Chesnaught jumped into the air and used Dragon Claw to slash through the remains of his earlier attack, creating miniature explosions in the process, but also leaving the audience amazed at the same time due to the Dragon Claw attack blending in with the earlier attack.
"Finish it Chesnaught." Said Frank as he turned around
Chesnaught curled himself into a ball and charged at the ground.
When he landed, the remains of his attack hit the arena, creating Roses in the process.
Frank returned Chesnaught to its Pokeball and walked off the stage as the crowd roared in applause.
When he returned to the waiting room, Suzy was waiting at the entrance.
"Great job Frank." Said Suzy smiling
"Thanks, Suzy." Said Frank patting her head and smiling
Frank turned his head and noticed that May and her friends were surprised at his performance.
"That's the power of Chesnaught for you." Said Frank as he walked back to his seat
When he took his seat, the Black Greninja spoke.
"Impressive performance, I hope there's more than that though."
Frank smirked.
"Yeah? Well here's hoping that you show your face one of these days."
Black Greninja didn't respond.
"Something seems odd about that guy." Said Trish in her head
Trish just shrugged it off and walked towards the arena.
"Our final competitor is Trish!"
Trish walked out onto the stage, holding a Moon Ball in her hand.
She took a deep breath and exhaled.
"You can do this Trish. I can do this." Said Trish in her head.
She tossed her Moon Ball into the air, revealing a Shiny Espeon.
"Espeon, start this off with Shadow Ball."
Espeon tilted her head to face the ceiling and shot a Shadow Ball into the air, before stopping it's ascension with its Psychic abilities.
"Now Espeon, enlarge that Shadow Ball with Psychic."
Espeon began to glow with Psychic energy as the Shadow Ball enlarged to the size of a yoga ball.
"Now jump into the air and complete with Morning Sun!"
Espeon then jumped into the air and began her Morning Sun attack, combining with the Shadow Ball and transformed it into a mini Sun for a few seconds before it decreased in size and created fireworks in the air.
Espeon landed on the ground and the audience cheered.
Trish then smiled and returned Espeon to its Moon Ball.
When she walked back to the waiting room, May, Dawn and Suzy were waiting.
"That was fantastic." Said Dawn, giving her a high-five.
"That was a really good performance." Said May
"Great job Trish." Said Suzy smiling
"Thanks girls." Said Trish
Before they could continue their conversation however, Marina appeared on the television.
"Hello everyone, and thank you for watching the preliminary rounds. After talking it over with the judges, we have decided out of 320 competitors the Top 32 to advance to Round 1!"
The audience then applauded.
"Turn your head to the screen." Said Marina
Some of the Coordinators were terrified, including Dawn who was sweating.
The screen was covered in purple cards for a few seconds before revealing the Top 32.
The cards spun around to reveal:
Kenny
Dr. Abby
Dawn
Rebecca
Frank
Timmy Grimm
Harley
Wallace
Drew
Robert
Kelly
Ursula
Jessalena
Fantina
Jasmine
Mario
Black Greninja
Yuma
Lila
Allegra
Krys
Solidad
Suzy
Anthony
Janet
May
Princess Salvia
Trish
Johanna
Nando
Zoey
Grace
"That concludes the preliminary rounds! Stay tuned for Round 1."
The audience then cheered.
As the eliminated Coordinators went home, the ones remaining were getting ready for their rounds to begin.
"I didn't think some of the veteran Coordinators we would be fighting would be people we knew years before." Said May
"Agreed." Said Dawn
Dawn then walked over to Kenny.
"Hey DeeDee." Said Kenny
"Hey Kenny. Listen, I just wanna wish you luck in your match." Said Dawn holding out her hand
Kenny smiled and grabbed her hand.
"Thanks DeeDee, I am going to need it. Good luck in your match as well." Said Kenny
"Thanks."