Sorry I haven't updated in so long! I've been busy.

League Fatigue

Chad's POV

Since the amateurs now knew what they were doing, Joy left for her rightful place at the Pokémon league. Because of that, I convinced Sonny to go to the Pokémon league. I wanted to finally battle Joy. By the time we got there, it was already getting dark.

"Chad, we should rest awhile. It's getting really late," Sonny said, panting from exhaustion. We just crossed an ocean, ran through fields, and climbed a mountain. We have the right to be tired. Looking back, I wonder how this was for Joy, going through all of this only hoping she would be the next champion. I know I'm going to be.

"Yeah, you're right Sonny. The league's right there so why don't we see if we can stay there the night," I said, wiping sweat off of my face.

As it turns out, they only had enough rooms for the elite four and the champion. They also didn't believe Sonny was Joy's sister, so they wouldn't let us speak with Joy.

The morale of this story: The Pokémon league has no rooms so don't plan on staying there!

Sonny and I set up a tent at the end of Victory Road. I cooked up a dinner from whatever food I could find between our two bags. Between the two, I gathered some trail mix, half a granola bar, and some ketchup packets. We left out the ketchup.

After dinner, we slipped into our sleeping bags (in the same clothes as we traveled in. We were too tired to change.)

"Chad?" I heard Sonny say.

"What?" I asked resting my hand on top of hers so that we were sort of holding hands.

"Let's continue our game," She said smiling, "it's your turn."

"Okay," I smirked. I thought for a second before conjuring a question.

"If you were rich before you came to Hollywood, why did you leave?" I asked. Sonny gave a small grin before speaking.

"I was rich because of my sister. I am inept at battling pokemon. I can't enter contests either. The one thing I was good at was acting, so I wanted to follow my dreams. My mom and Joy supported me and offered to move to Hollywood, but I insisted that Joy stay here. I mean, she is the champion. The last thing Joy told me before I left was 'I've accomplished quiet a lot since I started my journey. So much, in fact, that I have unintentionally overshadowed you. Well, it's your time to shine now Sonny. No matter what obstacles you face, no matter what enemies you make, just stay optimistic. Stay Sonny. For me, please.'" Sonny paused a minute and a tear streaked down her cheek.

"Joy's words confirmed everything I was unsure of. Mostly, they reassured me that I was following my destiny by going to Hollywood. I have tried to live her words everyday I've been in Hollywood, but some people (Sonny gave me an It's-all-your-fault look) have made it hard to not have my spirits crushed."

"I… I never thought that maybe… you had to leave someone dear to you behind," I said, stroking the side of her face with my hand.

We fell asleep that night hand in hand in paw (Tyler refused to stay in his pokeball because he was anxious about fighting Joy.)

I had a sweet dream about Sonny, or at least I did before I was awoken by a loud BANG!

Like I said, sorry for the long wait! I'd like to know what the other three pokemon are that Chad carries with him, wouldn't you? So why don't YOU tell ME? Come on! Just clickie that greenish button down there. No, not there, THERE. No, Ther- wait! YES that one! Now, click! No, LEFT click, not right. There you go!