Everyone soon came into the palace to change their clothes.

"Isn't it lovely?" Giselle smiled to Eloise and the other younger girls as she wore a beautiful baby pink dress that came with elegant white gloves, golden earrings, and a shimmering crown. "Nanny wore this for her festival when she was my age."

"Aw!" Eloise smiled.

"It's so pretty, Giselle," Margarita also smiled. "Just like you are."

"We hope we can look just like you when we grow up." Yuko added.

"Aw, you girls are sweet." Giselle smiled to them before she went to change into her dress.

Akito soon caught up with the others along with Brock, Max, May, Ash, and Emi. Everyone then introduced themselves to each other, and of course, being a cute girl, Brock came toward Giselle and fell in love with her.

"Brock, what about Lucy?" Emi whispered to him while pulling him away by the ear.

"Ah, I just wanna get to know Eloise's mother first!" Brock yelped.

"I'm not her mother, I'm her sister," Giselle giggled. "You must be Brock."

"That would be me." Brock said.

"Yes, Eloise has told me a rather bit about you," Giselle replied. "You remind me of Walter the Concierge back at the Plaza. He has a crush on our mother. So, who's this Lucy person?"

"She's one of The Frontier Brains." Brock said.

"She sounds interesting..." Eloise replied as she brought out her princess outfit that she packed to wear to the festival while Estelle took out her purple dress that was a lot like Princess Sofia's. "Where is she anyway?"

"Back at her hometown." Brock said.

"Well, try to remember her while out here, okay?" Yuko told him.

"All right." Brock replied.

Everyone soon got dressed and once they were dressed, they then dressed up their Pokemon, and where most of them were in ridiculous outfits. There seemed to be a mysterious Pokemon who kept changing into other Pokemon which was very surprising, but at the same time, mysteriously confusing.

"I look ridiculous." Raichu groaned as he was dressed as a jester.

"My outfit's starting to look pretty good now." Pikachu smirked as he was dressed the same way.

"Oh, you wanna start somethin'?!" Raichu glared at the younger Pokemon.

"Guys, don't fight," Espeon told them as she sounded peaceful and in zen due to being raised by Yuko and her family. "It's not wise, and it can be dangerous unless the humans want us to fight."

"Oh, it's so filthy here, I hope I don't get my clothes dirty, I have to be clean!" Minccino scampered around anxiously while dressed like a bard, being raised by Margarita's family who were maids for the Plaza Hotel really made him paranoid about cleanliness.

"I'm not coming out!" Surge's voice glared as he hid behind some clothes which was easy due to his Pichu size.

"Aw, come on, Surge, come on out!" Sparky told his twin.

Bruce and Bobby soon came over to the Pichu who was out while waiting for the Pichu that was hiding.

"Never!" Surge glared.

"Your Pokemon seems to be as stubborn as you are." Bruce teased his twin brother.

"Very funny..." Bobby rolled his eyes before he soon went and got Surge out of his hiding place.

"No, don't, stop, put me down!" Surge begged.

"Come on, Surgy boy!" Bobby told his struggling Pichu.

Surge was soon shown in a princess outfit.

"Aww!" The girl cooed while some of the other Pokemon laughed at Surge who looked embarrassed.

Next was the rest of the group's turn to show their outfits. Eloise and her friends were princesses and young princes. Emi came out in her princess dress which made her smile since she was going to be the Pokemon Princess someday.

"Wow... Emi..." Akito whispered while blushing. "You look so... So... Wow..."

"Thanks," Emi smiled with a blush. "And you look pretty wow yourself."

Akito smiled back shyly to her.

"Interesting costume, Ash." Felicity commented.

"Thanks," Ash replied. "I'm an Aura Guardian."

"I wonder what Lt. Surge is wearing?" Estelle said.

"Hmm... I guess I'll take the green... "Lt. Surge decided. "Green is my color."

"Hey, mine too." Vincent smiled to the man.

"Cool." Lt. Surge smirked as he playfully hit him on the shoulder.

"Ow!" Vincent complained.

"Ah, kid, I didn't hit you that hard." Lt. Surge chuckled as he went to change.

Akito sighed. "I love Vincent, he's my brother, but... Sometimes I wish I had a brother who was big and strong like me... Like when Dad would fight with Grandpa Patrick or Goku just for sport."

After a short while, Lt. Surge came out with his outfit's sleeves gone. Everyone looked to him.

"Well, how do I look?" Lt. Surge asked for their approval.

"Oh, you look simply très handsome and strong." Eloise commented.

"Oui." Felicity agreed since she was the only one who understood Eloise's French mannerisms.

"You do look nice, sir..." Giselle agreed.

"Why thank you." Lt. Surge winked.

They soon went out to join the festivity once they were all dressed and ready to go. Lt. Surge seemed to be looking around for someone as they were about to sit down in the audience as there was going to be a great Pokemon battle.

"Lieutenant, who are you looking for?" Estelle asked.

"Oh, um, no one." Lt. Surge replied.

"Sir...?" Akito asked and crossed his arms as he knew that was a lie.

Lt. Surge sighed sharply as he saw he couldn't lie. "Well, to be honest, I came all this way because I'm looking for my son."

"You have a son?" Emi asked.

"It's a long story, but yes..." Lt. Surge sighed sharply. "His name is Samson."

"What happened?" Felicity asked him. "Sil vous plait, tell us."

"Yeah, maybe we can help you find him." Akito said.

"I haven't seen him since he was a baby..." Lt. Surge frowned. "He has a dog though named Goliath."

"So, how long has it been since then?" Vincent asked.

"Too long..." Lt. Surge replied. "He probably wouldn't want to see me anyway, I mean, I left him and his mother just to work in the Vermilion Gym."

"Oh, my..." Estelle frowned.

Lt. Surge frowned back while staring down. "I heard that Ash and the others were traveling, and I decided to go with them to maybe find my son and bring our family back together... I haven't seen young Samson since he was a baby and when his dog was just a puppy."

"Do you have a picture?" Bruce asked.

"Just baby pictures..." Lt. Surge frowned. "I must be a terrible father."

"Not if you keep the baby pictures of him." Bruce said.

"Well, I do have one that I've been keeping for good luck, I think it even helped me earn my Thunder Badge." Lt. Surge smiled.

"But aren't you the gym leader?" Emi asked.

"I had to work my way up," Lt. Surge told Emi. "I had to earn my own badge before handing it out to others. Now, shall we get to the arena?"

The others agreed with him. Akito looked curious and wondered about this son of Lt. Surge and his dog. It made him think of that time when his father was secretly helping Zadavia get to her brother Optimatus which is why the 'Boss Lady of the Loonatics' couldn't meet them in person and why his dad was gone so often during that time, and where he knew what he had to do for Lt. Surge.

"That's a really nice princess dress, Eloise." Bruce smiled bashfully.

"Thanks, Bruce," Eloise smiled back. "My mother's new friend in New York made it for me. Her name is Michelle Tanner."

"Our family knows her and the rest of the Tanner family." Estelle smiled.

"Your family knows Michelle Tanner?" Eloise gasped.

"Oh, yeah, Aunt Jessica went to school with Stephanie," Vincent replied. "I've always wanted to meet them."

"Amazing." Eloise smiled.

Ditto smiled as he climbed up on top of Eloise's head as always.

Giselle held Eevee in her arms and gently stroked her fluffy fur. "Oh, Eevee, your fur is so soft and warm... Just like our winter coats when we went to visit Zhenka in Moscow."

"Fur coat?" Eevee asked.

"Yes," Giselle replied. "Our grandmother sent us a Rolls by rail and these mink fur coats to keep warm in Russia. She wanted us to be comfortable."

"W-Were they from real animals?" Eevee trembled.

"Well, I didn't want mine to be..." Giselle replied. "I'm a pescetarian."

"Whew." Eevee smiled.

"What's a pesk... A... Tarium...?" Yuko asked.

"Pescetarian," Giselle pronounced slowly for the Japanese girl. "That means I don't eat meat, but I do eat fish, and eggs, but not like steak, chicken, or pork. I also don't like to wear actual fur because I don't like harming animals... I guess you could call me the opposite of that devil woman, Cruella deVil."

"Yeah, that woman was evil." Estelle said.

Giselle soothed her Eevee and began to stroke her fur. Eevee giggled and nuzzled up against her new trainer.

"Presenting Her Royal Majesty, the illustrious ruler of Camaran Palace: Lady Ilene!" A man announced.

The queen was soon shown.

"Oh, she's so beautiful... Like Queen Elizabeth..." Eloise smiled.

Giselle smiled back to her little sister as she stroked Eevee's fur. Lady Ilene smiled to the crowd as she held a Mime Jr in her arms before letting it step on the balcony.

"Aw!" The girls smiled.

"Oh, just look at her..." May smiled to the queen. "She's beautiful."

"And now, in honor of Sir Aaron and his noble deeds, we will begin our annual Pokemon contest!" Lady Ilene announced.

"Go, Ash!" Emi cheered.

"You got it, Emi!" Ash smiled to his sister as he went out to the battle field with Pikachu.

"This is going to be fun to watch." Vincent smiled.

An opponent soon joined Ash on the field and released his Pokemon that was a Breloom. Pikachu glared to his opponent before flying off of Ash's shoulder. The entire contest was intense, but also very fun.

"Take that, Toadstool wannabe!" Bruce laughed at Breloom's defeat.

Of course, Lady Ilene enjoyed the match as she watched with her Mime Jr before it was with another Mime Jr, but it was actually the shape-shifting Pokemon. Ash cheered and hugged Pikachu as they won the first battle. A knight soon came next with his Pokemon which was a Weavile.

"Whoa." Estelle said.

"Oh, I like that one." Felicity smiled to the black cat Pokemon.

More and more Pokemon fought against each other. Eevee, despite being a Pokemon, didn't seem to like the violence, and buried her face in Giselle's shirt. Giselle understood why Eevee didn't like to watch.

"Oh, Dios mío, this is a pretty intense Pokemon battle!" Margarita gasped.

"Don't worry, Margarita, everything will be fine." Eloise soothed her best friend.

"Yeah." Ditto added with a smile.

"Look, Felicity, a Misdreavus." Mismagius smiled to her trainer.

"Hey, you're right!" Felicity smiled back. "That's so cool."

Mismagius smiled back to her trainer.

"I don't believe I've seen another Misdreavus..." Felicity replied.

The Pokemon matches went on for a while. Each one seemed even better than the last, but in the end, Ash had won.

"Way to go, Ash!" Emi beamed. "That's my brother!"

"We have a new guardian of the year!" The host announced. "Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"

The crowd soon cheered for Ash.

"Yeah, we did it!" Ash cheered for himself and Pikachu.

Pikachu was about to go up to Ash until an Aipom came from nowhere and came between the two to cheer with the electric mouse Pokemon.

A knight soon came up to Ash before removing the helmet and revealing a female face. "That was a great battle," she smiled to the winners of the battles. "Congratulations, you two."

"I did not see that coming." Vincent said.

"The knight's a girl!" May gasped.

The others wondered how that could be.

"Nice to meet you," The knight smiled to Ash and Pikachu. "I'm Kidd."

'That's an interesting name.' Akito thought to himself.

"And I'm Brock, at your service," Brock bowed as he came up behind the female knight and took her hand. "I'd like you to know if you're ever in need of a squire, you can count on-"

"Good grief!" Max groaned as he tugged Brock away from Kidd. "Even a suit of armor can't protect a girl from you."

"How many times does he do that?" Bruce asked.

"Every time Brock sees a pretty girl, it's kind of a routine at this point." Vincent replied.

"Uh, where did Lt. Surge go?" Estelle asked.

"Down there." May groaned.

Everyone then looked to see where Lt. Surge had gone off to with his Raichu, and they saw him with the queen.

"Um, hello there." Lt. Surge greeted Ilene.

"What is he doing over there?" Emi groaned with May about Lt. Surge.

"Hello." Ilene greeted back.

"Hello there." Lt. Surge bowed with his Raichu.

"May I help you, sir?" Ilene asked the man and his Pokemon.

'Please don't try to hit on her.' Emi thought to herself.

"Lovely day, isn't it?" Lt. Surge asked Ilene.

"Yes, it is..." Ilene smiled as she held Mime Jr in her arms. "Oh, what a handsome Raichu you have."

Raichu smirked to that as his yellow cheeks glowed from admiration.

"Thanks, he gets that a lot." Lt. Surge said.

Ilene looked over as Lt. Surge appeared which worried the maid.

"Shall I call security?" The maid asked the Queen and Ilene.

"I'm sure he means no harm." Lady Ilene smiled nervously.

Guards soon came over and tried to get him away from Ilene.

"Shall we dispose of this gentleman, Lady Ilene?" A guard asked.

"Let him go, boys, we were just talking." Ilene told her guardsmen.

"You were?" The second guard asked.

"Yes, please, boys, let him be." Ilene requested.

Mime Jr agreed with her as it even seemed to like Lt. Surge and his Raichu. The guards soon backed off and let the two talk.

"I'm so sorry; they were just doing their job," Ilene said. "Though, it looked like you weren't even moving when they tried to escort you out."

"Heh... Well, I'm a pretty strong man." Lt. Surge chuckled.

Mime Jr. started to mimic him as it flexed its arms.

"I think Mime Jr agrees. "Ilene giggled.

Lt. Surge smiled.

"So, what brings you to Camaran Palace?" Ilene asked Lt. Surge as she let Mime Jr sit on the floor with Raichu.

Lt. Surge started to explain why he was there.

"You lost your son?" Ilene frowned. "Oh, that sounds so sad."

"I haven't seen him since he was a baby." Lt. Surge nodded.

"I'm sure you'll find him here and if not, there's plenty of other places to search." Ilene said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lt. Surge smiled at her support.

"Huh, looks like he's not trying to hit on her." May said.

"Maybe he's trying to woo her." Emi replied.

"Yeah, possibly." May said.

"I hate to cut this short, but I must let the others into the palace, maybe you'd like to join us?" Ilene invited.

"Oh, I wouldn't want to impose..." Lt. Surge replied before he realized what he said. "Wait, what am I saying? I came here with the Ketchum siblings to escort them!"

"So, then, shall we?" Ilene asked.

"We shall." Lt. Surge nodded.

Everyone then came into the palace and Ilene smiled to Lt. Surge as she let him come with her.