Giselle took out a pocket mirror as she checked her face before powdering her nose while everyone else went ahead inside, and where soon enough, everyone was going inside. When Giselle looked behind her reflection, she thought she saw a boy and a lion, but when she turned back, no one was there which made her shrug and put her mirror away and continue to go inside with her Eevee.
"I sure hope Nanny isn't too, too, too lonely without us back at the Plaza." Eloise pouted.
"I think a certain old man is keeping her company." Giselle said.
"Giselle, do you know Sir Wilkes well?" Eloise asked.
"A bit, yes," Giselle replied. "Nanny and Sir Wilkes used to spend a lot of time together before you were born. Also, he's a much better match for her than Lord John Covington. I haven't met him, but Nanny says he was a 'rawther' terrible man who only used her before Mother hired her to be our nanny when you were about to be born."
"Oh, my..." Eloise frowned.
"Let's not worry about the past now," Giselle soothed her younger sister as she knelt down to her height. "Let's go show what a beautiful Princess of the Plaza you are with that dress that Ms. Tanner made for you."
"Do I really look pretty?" Eloise smiled to her big sister.
"Absolutely and perfectly pretty," Giselle smiled back. "You look cuter than when you danced with Leon at the Debutante Ball."
"Aw!" Eloise smiled.
Giselle smiled back and hugged Eloise. Eloise hugged Giselle back and giggled up to her big sister.
Everyone soon came inside and all together. Ash was asked to come to the front with Pikachu.
'I wonder what he'll get as a prize?' Emi thought to herself.
"This is the staff of the guardian that once belonged to the great Sir Aaron," Ilene told Ash as she approached him. "According to our tradition, the winner of the Pokemon Contest is named The Aura Guardian for the year, and is presented with this staff."
"Awesome." Both Ash and Pikachu whispered in awestruck.
"On behalf of my people, Ash, it's yours." Ilene smiled to the boy.
'Ooh.' Estelle thought to herself.
"This really belonged to Sir Aaron?" Ash smiled as he accepted the staff.
There seemed to be a sparkle in the gemstone which puzzled both Ash and Pikachu.
'Why did you betray me?' A dark voice asked Ash.
Hearing this caused Ash to be confused. "Uh, did you say something, ma'am?" The Pokemon trainer asked the maid.
"Not a word." The maid replied.
"Is someone else here?" Mime Jr replied as he looked around with Pikachu.
'I hope it'll be time to dance soon.' Estelle thought to herself.
"Now we will begin the Grand Ball, honoring Sir Aaron and our new guardian, enjoy yourselves, everyone!" Ilene announced.
Akito bowed to Emi and kissed the back of her hand.
A new knight soon came over to Kidd with his eyes and hair covered with his helmet.
"About time you got here." Kidd smirked playfully.
The mysterious knight nodded to Kidd in silence.
"Aw, come on, take that helmet off," Kidd smirked. "You know you can trust me~"
"Yeah, but he's here and I don't want him to recognize me." The mysterious knight said, sounding like a teenage boy.
"He's here?" Kidd asked. "He who?"
"My father." The mysterious knight told her.
"Oh, I see..." Kidd replied.
The mysterious knight nodded as he kept his helmet on.
"Um... Eloise..." Bruce nervously came up to the blonde girl. "Would you... Uh... I mean, if you'd like... Will you... Would you want to... Uh... D-Dance... With..."
"I'd love to." Eloise smiled.
"R-Really?" Bruce seemed to blush.
"Yes, let's!" Eloise beamed and soon went out onto the dance floor with him.
"Um, great!" Bruce smiled sheepishly and began to dance with Eloise.
"Aw!" Giselle smiled.
"Excuse me?" Brock blushed and shook to Kidd who was now in a dress and out of her shining armor. "May I have this dance, Kidd?!"
Kidd looked at him before seeing the mysterious knight asking Giselle to dance. Giselle stood by as she smiled to her little sister.
"Pardon me, mi'lady, but would you like to dance?" The knight asked the girl.
Giselle looked around before pointing to herself.
"Yes, you." The knight replied.
"Oh, um, I don't know..." Giselle blushed.
"I have a feeling you might be a lovely dancer." The mysterious knight smiled as he held his hand out to her.
"Well, I did sometimes study ballet at my school in London." Giselle smiled bashfully.
"Let's see what you got." The knight told her.
Giselle and the knight soon joined together on the dance floor with the other dancers.
"Sure." Kidd said to Brock.
"Wooow!" Brock beamed with hearts in his eyes before he danced with Kidd.
Jessie, James, and Meowth also seemed to be at the palace, and to everyone's surprise, they had a little visitor with them.
"Molly!" The others called in surprise to the imaginative young girl from the Spell of the Unknown.
"What are you doing here?" Estelle smiled at the young girl.
"Aunt Jessie and Uncle James brought me here while Mom and Daddy are having a second honeymoon," Molly smiled back. "I'll be here all week!"
"Aw!" Estelle smiled.
"Uh... Who's your friend?" Bobby asked.
"Bobby, this is Molly Hale," Estelle introduced. "She's from Greenfield, and is the daughter of Spencer and Amy Hale. Molly, this is Bobby Applewitz, he's from the Plaza Hotel in New York City where Eloise and Giselle live."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Molly smiled at Bobby.
"Uh, nice to meet you too." Bobby replied.
"Oh, is that a Pichu?" Molly smiled down to the Pokemon beside the brunette boy.
"Oh, yeah," Bobby said. "My twin brother and I got Pichus for Hanukkah."
"Hanukkah...?" Molly tilted her head at the holiday name.
"It's kinda like Christmas." Bobby said.
"Oh... I see..." Molly replied. "I've never heard of Hanukkah. Um... Would you like to dance with me?"
"What?!" Bobby's eyes widened.
"Would you like to dance with me?" Molly repeated.
"Uh..." Bobby stammered before shrugging. "Okay..."
Molly smiled as she then began to dance with Bobby. Everyone was soon dancing. Well, almost everyone. Jessie and James even seemed to be dancing with each other while Meowth was looking for the food. The Pokemon were even going to enjoy the festivity along with a dog.
"Ash, Akito and I are going to dance, okay?" Emi told her big brother as he sat on a throne.
"Go ahead," Ash smiled to her. "Have fun, you two."
"Try and have fun too." Emi said.
Ash nodded to her. Emi giggled as she soon moved out to dance with Akito. Ash soon decided all his Pokemon should come out and have fun at the party too, so he threw his Pokeballs out to join Pikachu, and where he was going to join them.
The others soon decided to let their own Pokemon join in on the fun. Eevee hid behind Giselle's legs as she looked shy to see the other Pokemon. Teddy understood why Eevee was shy. Eevee looked over to the formerly shy Pokemon.
"You nervous about seeing other Pokemon up close?" Teddy asked her.
Eevee nodded.
"Don't worry," Teddy smiled. "Everyone here is nice."
Eevee still hid away.
"Come on, don't be scared." Teddy soothed as he helped her out from behind Giselle.
Eevee seemed to trust Teddy. Teddy smiled to Eevee and Eevee soon smiled back to him.
"Hang on, guys, don't forget about me!" Ash smiled to the Pokemon and was about to join them, only to be stopped by the maid.
"You're not allowed to leave your chair!" The maid told Ash. "As Guardian, you must sit still, and look dignified."
"Bummer." Emi told Ash as Akito dipped her in their dance.
"All night?!" Ash groaned before sulking with Mime Jr.
The only ones that weren't dancing as well were Ilene and Lt. Surge.
"Oh, such a lovely evening." Ilene smiled at the sight. She soon noticed Lt. Surge and decided to go talk with him.
Lt. Surge sighed as he looked isolated.
"Are you all right, sir?" Ilene asked the man.
"Yeah," Lt. Surge sighed. "Just still thinking about my son."
"I'm very sorry," Ilene frowned. "What separated you two anyway?"
"My job..." Lt. Surge sighed. "I promised to be back at a moment's notice, but... I feel I've let him down."
"Well, you're looking for him now, so that's good." Ilene said.
"I suppose so," Lt. Surge replied. "Oh, listen to me go on about my boring story..."
Ilene soon decided that now would be a good time for a dance. "Would you like to dance with me?"
Lt. Surge's eyes widened and he looked to her and she smiled to him. "Uh, well, if you insist."
The two of them soon went to the dance floor and danced though was a bit of a challenge with how big Lt. Surge was.
"Have you danced before?" Ilene asked.
"Uh, well, I can always try." Lt. Surge smiled sheepishly.
The two of them started dancing, though he did have to bend down.
"Personally, I always prefer dining to dancing!" Meowth smiled as he was under a table with a bunch of food for himself. He soon saw a dog, and being a Cat Pokemon, he panicked.
The dog blinked at him.
"Uh... Meow?" Meowth smiled nervously.
The dog soon barked and chased him.
"Yeah, should have seen this coming." Meowth sighed before he screamed as he ran.
The dog barked loudly as he chased Meowth.
"Eloise, did you bring your dog?" Felicity asked.
"No, no, no, that can't be," Eloise said as she danced with Bruce. "Weenie is back at the Plaza with Nanny, Skipperdee, and Sir Wilkes!"
"Besides, Weenie is a pug," Mismagius said. "Though... I do wonder who that dog is that is chasing Meowth?"
"Well, he sure has interesting fur color." Felicity said.
"JESSIE! JAMES! HELP!" Meowth cried out.
"Um, is that your dog?" Giselle asked the mysterious knight.
The knight looked over. "Goliath?!"
Hearing this caught Lt. Surge's attention. The dog continued to chase Meowth. The knight soon came toward the dog and stopped in front of it. The dog soon stopped in front of the knight and quietly whimpered while Meowth kept running.
"Goliath, I thought I told you to stay put." The knight whispered to the dog.
"Sorry..." The dog whimpered. "But I saw a cat."
"Would you please excuse me?" Lt. Surge asked Ilene with a bow.
"Of course." Ilene approved with a curtsy.
Lt. Surge soon went to Goliath and the knight. The knight looked up with Goliath as Lt. Surge came by.
"Excuse me, could I talk with you, young man?" Lt. Surge asked the mysterious knight.
The mysterious knight simply stayed silent.
"I believe I asked you a question." Lt. Surge told him.
The mysterious knight turned around, ignoring him and soon walked off with his dog.
"It's you, isn't it?" Lt. Surge asked to make them stop walking. "Samson?"
The mysterious knight seemed to stop at the mention of that name before sighing.
"It is you, isn't it?" Lt. Surge asked.
The mysterious knight sighed again before taking off his helmet to reveal a youthful face with black hair, though he did look a bit like Lt. Surge in some places.
"Hey, Dad." Samson sighed.
"So, you are my son." Lt. Surge replied.
"Yes, I am, and you're my father who left me!" Samson glared slightly.
Goliath simply growled and barked in agreement.
"Samson..." Lt. Surge frowned.
"What kind of real father would abandon his son?" Samson glared. "Why don't you do us both a favor and get out of the way before Goliath turns into a lion?"
Goliath soon reminded his boy about his magic gold bracelets as he put his right paw on one of them. Samson pet Goliath before glaring to Lt. Surge.
"Please, let me explain..." Lt. Surge told Samson. "I'm sorry I hurt you and your mother... Where is your mother anyway?"
"She died when I was younger." Samson softly told Lt. Surge.
Lt. Surge went wide-eyed as he didn't know that his wife was dead. Samson soon bowed his head in silence for his mother's respect.
"I-I'm so sorry..." Lt. Surge said to his son. "And I'm sorry that I abandoned you and your mother, but I had to take care of some things in my Pokemon Gym. It wasn't because I didn't love you or your mother."
Samson could tell his father was being sincere. Goliath looked up to Samson and seemed to have the same thoughts and feelings as his master. Everything seemed to be quiet now. Giselle looked around for her dancing partner.
"I must be getting back to my lady." Samson said.
"Oh, you have a girlfriend?" Lt. Surge asked while Raichu snickered.
"I just met her." Samson blushed.
"Oh... I see..." Lt. Surge replied. "She's cute."
Samson soon put his helmet back on before going back to Giselle. Lt. Surge and Raichu decided to let Samson go back to dancing with Giselle.
Giselle smiled before she looked as cute and innocent as her little sister. "Here's what I like: A charming boy to dance with." she then told herself like when Eloise first danced with Leon.
Samson soon started to dance with Giselle again. Giselle smiled to Samson like he was the boy of her dreams. Goliath soon saw Meowth again and followed his instincts.
"Man, I can't believe what I just saw," Meowth frowned. "I gotta tell the others."
Goliath barked and soon chased after the Cat Pokemon.
"Yow! Not you again!" Meowth yelped before running from Goliath.
Goliath continued to chase after him and where they were running upstairs now.
"Why won't you leave me alone?!" Meowth complained. "What did I ever do to you?!"