Hi everyone, DisneyAnimefan94 here and welcome back to Serene Performance Team Up. At the time of this chapter's relase no new episode of Pokémon has been aired yet so in the meantime here we go with the fourth chapter and the showdown between the Flower Garden Trope and Team Serena. And as always I hope you all enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon!
Chapter 4: Showdown Round 1: Reflection
Morning had arrived in Paris Town as May, Iris and Serena were getting ready for their battle against the Flower Garden Trope, while Ash and the others were waiting outside their rooms. After they got dressed, May and Iris came out of their room showing off their dresses. May was wearing the dress she wore in the Wallace Cup during her visit and Iris was wearing a dress similar to the one she wore the first time she went up against the Flower Garden Trope.
"Wow, you two look so pretty." Shauna said as May smiled.
"Thanks Shauna." May said.
"Hold on where's Serena?" Miette asked as everyone was wondering the same thing.
"I guess she must still be in her room." Iris said as they all turned to her room.
"I'll go get her." Ash volunteered as he walked over to her room, as he knocked on the door.
"Come in." Serena said from the other side of the door as Ash opened it and walked in. When he walked in he saw Serena sitting in front of a mirror wearing her showcase dress alongside her three Pokémon. "Hi Ash." She said with a small smile as Ash smiled back. "Never thought I'd be wearing this again so quickly." She said as Ash approached her.
"It still looks great on you every time you wear it." He said as Serena's cheeks turned a light pink as she blushed at his words.
"Thanks." She said as then a frown as Ash looked worried.
"Hey is something wrong, are you worried about leading a team?" He asked her as she shook her head.
"It's not that Ash." She responded.
"Then what is it?" Ash asked as Serena turned around to face him.
"It's going up against those girls." Serena answered, as Ash put a hand on her shoulder as she looked at him.
"Hey, don't let those girls bother you." Ash said. "And if they do anything to you or the others, I'll let Pikachu give them the shock of a life time." He said with a wink as Serena giggled.
"Thanks Ash." Serena said as Ash smiled.
"So are you ready?" Ash asked as Serena nodded as she turned to her Pokémon.
"Are you guys ready?" She asked as her Pokémon nodded.
"Alright." Ash said. "But there's just one more thing." Serena looked at him confused.
"What is it Ash?" Serena asked.
"These girls will only accept female Pokémon." Ash pointed out as Serena looked at her two Pokémon.
"Female huh?" Serena said as she looked at the panda like Pokémon. "Sorry Pancham but it looks like I'm going to have to use either Sylveon or Braixen." She said, Pancham looking a bit sad but he understood. "And I have already made my decision between the two." She said as she looked at Braixen. "Braixen, you've been there for me since day one." She said. "So how about we get some payback for our friends?" She said as a confident look was on the fire fox's face as Serena nodded as she faced her fairy type. "Sylveon, you're welcome to come along as well, to cheer us on." She said as Sylveon let out a happy cry. Outside of the room, the others heard the door open as Ash , Serena, Sylveon and Braixen walked out, Serena having a confident look on her face. "Are you guys ready?" She asked as Iris, May and the others nodded. They had walked from the Pokémon Center to the mansion where the Flower Group Troupe were staying at. When they arrived they found the trio standing right outside their gate alongside their Roserade, Cinccino, and Lilligant.
"So you showed up after all, thought you might have backed off after yesterday." Moira said, Cher and Mona giggling as Serena stepped forward.
"We would never back down from a challenge, a good friend of mine thought me that." She said giving a quick glance at Ash who smiled and nodded back to her.
"Well, if you three ladies are ready to begin, follow us." Moira said as Serena, May and Iris were behind them followed by Shauna, Miette, Bonnie and Nini. Clemont was about to follow his little sister, when Ash put a hand on his shoulder stopping him. The gym leader look behind him as Ash shook his head. Serena then noticed that neither Ash and Clemont were following them as she stopped.
"Ash aren't you coming?" She asked.
"I'm afraid this is far as we can go Serena." Ash said with a frown on his face. "Only girls are allowed here."
"That may be true." Moira said as Serena looked back at her. "While most of the troupe's property only allows girls and female Pokémon, I'll make an exception for these two to come along with us."
"Wow Moira, that might be the nicest thing you've ever done so far." Iris said sarcastically.
"Of course." Moira said. "But it won't matter since you three will be humiliated like your friends here." She said as she let out a hysterical laugh, as she turned around and her two companions followed her.
"Why I ought a!" Iris said as she looked like she wanted to run over an punch Moira, but May held her back.
"Easy Iris, we don't want to get in trouble." May said calming Iris down. Soon the group had entered the building as Serena walked closer to Moira.
"So where's the stage?" Serena asked only to have Moira sticking her closed fan in front of her face.
"Not so fast, my dear Serena." Moira said. "There are a few things we need to do before we all take center stage." She said as then they stopped in front of a door. "And here's one of them." She said as she opened the door as it led into a rehearsal room with a large mirror in front of it. "Now bring out the female Pokémon you will use in our little contest." She said.
"Alright, come on out!" May said letting out a feline Pokémon with purple ears, and purple tuffs of fur around its tale.
"Wow May, I didn't know you're Skitty evolved into a Delcatty." Ash said in surprise as May nodded.
"And you know who I'm going with so come on out!" She said as her Emolga appeared as it glided its way onto Iris's shoulder as Moira looked at Serena.
"So where's your Pokémon?" She asked as Braixen stepped forward with her twig in her paw looking confident.
"Right here Moira." Serena said as Moira, Cher and Mona glanced at the three's Pokémon.
"Well I must say, besides Iris's Emolga, you have some pretty good Pokémon." Moira observed. "Not beautiful, but not ugly nor unattractive either." She said May and Serena looking a bit insulted by her words as well as Delcatty and Braixen. "Now one rule before we get started, you each must identify your Pokémon with –ette at the end of their name." She said as she pointed to May and Serena's Pokémon "In other words Delcatty is Delcattette and Braixen is Braixenette." She said as she then turned to Iris. "And you already know the –ette name for your Pokémon." She said with a smirk on her face.
"Let's just get this over with." Iris said looking annoyed.
"Very well." Moira said as she held up her finger in the air. "Rule Number 1!" She announced. "In a performance, it is the up most importance to be aware of whom you are performing in front of, that way you and your Pokémon make the best impression." She said.
"This is exactly what she told us." Shauna whispered to Ash, as he remembered the first time he heard those words.
"For example," Moira said as her and her Cinccino stepped up to the mirror. "Just look at me and my Cincinno, we are both beautiful." She said as Mona and her Lilligant stepped up to the mirror.
"And look at how magnificent my Lilligant and I are." She said as Cher and her Roserade stepped up last.
"Don't forget me and my Roserade, aren't our beauty simply to die for?" She said as the six of them closed their eyes.
"So as you can see we're are all beautiful to perfection!" She said Iris getting irritated once again by their vanity.
"That may be true." May said speaking out as the Flower Group trio looked back at her. "But you and your Pokémon's first impression is also based on the reflection of your relationship." She said as she stood in front of the mirror and then looked over at her Delcatty. "Delcatty, I can never forget the day you evolved from Skitty. We had arrived home from Johto and my dad wanted to battle me to see how far I come as both a coordinator and a trainer. I wanted to use you since you improved a lot during our Johto journeys. And the battle was very tough against my dad's Slakoth, but you didn't give up and when you evolved it showed how far we've come." She said as Delcatty smiled. It was then Iris's turn as she stepped up to the mirror and looked at Emolga who was sitting on her shoulder.
"Emolga you too have come a long way in our relationship." She said looking at the electric flying type. "You've matured a lot in our travels through Johto and Hoenn, you barley use your looks to trick other Pokémon and stealing their food. And you always took one for the team whenever we're in danger." Emolga blushed at her trainer's kind words as it was Serena's turn to step up in to the mirror with her Braixen. Serena looked deeply in the mirror, lost in complete thought of what she's been through since she reunited with Ash and met Clemont and Bonnie, everything flashed before her eyes like the last time before she cut her hair.
"Braixen?" She heard her Pokémon called out to her as she snapped out of her trance and stared at the fire fox who looked worried for her. Serena smiled and kneeled down to her partner's eye level.
"You've always been there for me haven't you Braixen?" She told her as Braixen smiled. "You've not only been the leader of the team we build, but I've also seen a reflection of me inside of you." Serena continued. "And queen or not, I'm glad I made you my partner." She said as they turned towards the mirror. "And that's what we see that reflects inside us." Everyone minus the Flower Garden Troupe smiled at Serena's words, Ash especially knowing how far she had come. However Moira let out a humph ruining the moment as they all stared with angry eyes at the troupe's leader.
"Well it appears you all have fine impressions for your audience with your 'reflections of yourselves' but let's see how you do in our next challenge. She said as she and her companions led them out of the room as they walked to their next challenge.
So this would be a good place to stop. Let me know what you all think and I'll see you all in the next chapter.
This is DisneyAnimefan94, signing out.
