Chapter 7 – The Opening Ceremony
Outside of the Mt. Silver Elite Four's home, a bright light appeared, once it had died down, Ash, Pikachu, Lucario and Mewtwo could be seen, the four of them went to enter the house, but a small blue blur rushed out of the door and jumped onto Ash which caused him to fall over on his bum.
"Papa, your home." Manaphy said. Mewtwo, Lucario and Pikachu were laughing at the scene until the three of them were also knocked over by three other Pokémon, Mew had charged full pelt into Mewtwo, a Shiny Gardevoir had tackled Lucario and was currently hugging him rather tightly and Pikachu had been smacked by Latias whilst she was invisible.
"Oh you are so on Latias." Pikachu said as Latias turned visible and giggled, Latias and Pikachu liked to play Tag, at an extreme level, Latias would be invisible and Pikachu would constantly use Volt Tackle or Discharge to make it harder for Latias to hit him.
"Just don't electrocute anyone this time." Ash shouted after the two Pokémon as they ran off, the last time they had played their game, Ash had to calm down all of his and Steffan's Water Pokémon after Latias had 'accidently' pushed Pikachu into the Lake where they were all resting, "Have you been a good girl Manaphy? I hope you weren't trouble for Anti Milotic and Uncle Blastoise."
"Yep!" Manaphy said with a smile.
"Can we play now Big Brother? You said we could play once you got back!" Ash and Manaphy looked over at the two Psychic Pokémon to see Mew dragging Mewtwo by his tail towards the house. Mewtwo's eyes said "Help me! Please!" Ash chuckled at this and said, "Mew, you can play for half an hour because Mewtwo, Lucario, Pikachu and I need to go to the Opening Ceremony."
Mew said "OK." And continued to drag Mewtwo who's eyes now said, "I'll get you for this." The Shiny Gardevoir had gotten off of Lucario by this time, the two of them were standing in a gentle hug and Gardevoir was resting her head on Lucario's shoulder.
"Do you have to go to this Opening Ceremony Luca?" Gardevoir asked the jackal like Pokémon.
"Yes Garde, this is what we have all been aiming for these past years," Lucario said causing Gardevoir to pout a bit, "But tomorrow, after Ash has battled, we can spend the rest of the day together going what we want."
"OK, but you better make it really special Luca."
"You have half an hour to have some fun, I'll meet you back here," Ash told the two Pokémon, once they had walked off, Ash called out, "Don't even think about it Gallade." Then a normal coloured Galled jumped out of a nearby tree, this was the brother of Gardevoir, their parents wanted to abandon Gardevoir when she was a Ralts because of her different colour, but Gallade as a Kirila at the time refused to let their parents abandon her, so the two of them were abandoned together, from then on Gallade became over protective and hostile to any human or Pokémon that came near, after Gallade had actually became a Gallade and Gardevoir had fully evolved, Giovanni had captured Gardevoir due to her Shiny appearance, Ash, who was hunting down Giovanni for Looker at the time, rescued Gardevoir and reunited the two Pokémon together, this lead to Gallade wanting to challenge Ash to a battle to see if he was strong enough to become their trainer, after they became Ash's Pokémon, Gallade started to lose the over protective image, until Lucario and Gardevoir started to show feelings for each other, he became over protective again, but more of an older brother wanting to make sure his younger sister was ok with her boyfriend.
"How did you know I was there?" Gallade asked.
"Only one so silent could be so obvious when you are not clouded by love." Ash replied with a smirk on his face.
"Whatever, I still think I should be there just in case." Gallade retorted.
"They are not in the same egg group Galled, they will be fine, you should relax more," Ash said, when he saw that Gallade was not going to listen to him Ash made a compromise, "Leave them for tonight and you will be able to follow them tomorrow."
Gallade finally relaxed at those words, only a bit though, "Fine, but I want a one on one with you next training session as well."
"That's fine with me." Ash replied with a soft smile, Gallade then bowed and walked off in the opposite direction to Gardevoir and Lucario, he was most likely off to fine his best friend Aegislash, Ash knew that he was not going to circle around to follow the two Pokémon because Gallade was a Pokémon that believed in his word and never went back on it.
Ash stood and carried Manaphy inside saying, "Come on, let's get you to bed."
"Will I get a Mama soon Papa?" Manaphy asked as Ash carried her up the stairs.
"I hope so Manaphy." Ash said as they entered his bedroom, "But you will be getting a Grand Mama soon."
"Really!" Manaphy said in a happy voice, Ash was placing her in a water basin that he had installed in his room for Manaphy to sleep in.
"Yes," Ash replied with a smile, "Now what story do you want for your bedtime story?"
"How you met Brock please." Was Manaphy's choice, Ash chuckled at this, Manaphy asked for this one on a weekly basis because it was her favourite story. Ash proceeded to tell her the story and as he finished Manaphy fell asleep, great timing too because the half an hour was up, he told Latias to get Pikachu back to the front entrance of the house so they could go to the Opening Ceremony VIA telepathy link. Once he was outside, it took another minute for Mewtwo, Lucario and Pikachu to turn up.
"Let's go guys." Ash said, Mewtwo then proceeded to teleport them to the stadium, but, as revenge Mewtwo had teleported Ash into a toilet (A/N Like in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1), "Ha-ha very funny." Ash said as he came out of the stall, he let out his Infernape so he could dry off before heading off to the trainer locker rooms where the rest of his Elite Four were waiting.
As Ash arrived, he saw Brock talking to a woman in a white dress that had wings sticking out the back, Ash recognised her as Diantha, the Champion of the Kalos Region.
"Hey Red, are you ready for this?" Ash turned to see Steffan with his Feraligatr by his side, he was dressed in his usual outfit made up of a blue sports jacket which was slightly open to show off his swimmers build, blue sports, flip flops and goggles on top of his head.
"I am," Ash said thinking about his entrance, "Are you?"
"Yep, I'm ready for the whole Tournament, I've got a good partner for the Tag Battle rounds as well."
"Phoebe is a nice girl." Ash commented with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah, she sure is," Steffan replied with a far off look upon his face, realising how he had just said that, Steffan quickly tried to cover himself up, "N-not like that though."
"Well as long as you don't act like Rocky used to then you will be fine." Ash said patting a now blushing Steffan on the back.
"Thanks Red." Steffan said with a smile.
"Red, is that you?" Ash turned around to find out who was the source of the question and he saw Clemont, Bonnie and Serena standing there in the doorway, they did know that he was Ash Ketchum, but Diantha didn't so they used his cover name.
"Hey guys, how are you doing?" Ash asked, Steffan decided to go over his final preparation so Ash could catch up with his Kalos friends.
"Great thanks." Serena said, she was in her original Kalos outfit, she was stood next to Clemont and was holding his hand, 'So they got together after I left Kalos.' Ash thought. "So Clemont, how is the gym back in Lumiose City? I'm guessing Clembot Mark two is in charge at the moment."
"It's become the best gym in the region thanks to our journey, and yes, Clembot Mark two is in charge, not that there would be that many challengers due to the event here."
"Yeah, Clemont's gym is the best, he lets new trainers battle against his new Pokémon and then brings out Luxuray, Heliolisk and Mega Manetric for those who are there for their seventh or eighth badge."
"Bonnie also started her Pokémon journey recently as well." Serena said with a smile.
"That's great Bonnie, who did you pick as your starter?" Ash asked.
Bonnie looked down with a sheepish expression on her face, "I actually woke up late on the day I was meant to start my journey, so I ran through the city to Professor Sycamore's lab in my Tyrantrum onesie, when I got there, Professor Sycamore showed me the starters PokéBalls, he got me to open them all and they were all empty, but then a flash of light appeared from the Pokémon habitat, we rushed out to see what was going on and we saw that an egg was hatching, the Pokémon was a Tyrunt, it saw me and thought I was its mother because I was in my Tyrantrum onesie, so Professor Sycamore said I could take Tyrunt as my starter, but I had to wait a bit longer so Tyrunt could grow up a bit first. A week later I finally started my journey with Tyrunt and Dedenne."
Ash laughed at this, when he calmed down he said, "Sorry, it's just that you almost explained the day I got my starter word from word. I too woke up late and ran through Pallet Town in my Pyjamas." Everyone laughed at this. "So how is Pokémon Performing then Serena?" Ash had watched when he could, but he had been very busy, so he couldn't watch as often as he had wanted to.
"It's going great, I'm the current Kalos Queen and have been for the past two years, but the first time I won was really thanks to Delphox evolving."
"Serena, it was due to all of you that you won, not just Delphox." Clemont said as he put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders, "Any way, we best be off so we can get to our seats in the VIP section with Diantha."
"All right, hope you have fun, you'll see what position that I am soon." Ash called out as his friends walked off. He had told them all about his past and what he was up to in Mt. Silver, but no matter how much they nagged him, he did not tell them which position he was.
Once it was only the Mt. Silver Elite Four and their Pokémon gathered around and Ash said, "Its time."
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Up in the stands which was packed, thousands upon thousands of people and Pokémon which belonged to the trainers there were talking about what the new Elite Four were going to be like, then it was time.
"Hello and welcome to the Opening Ceremony of the Mt. Silver Pokémon League debut, I am your Host Ken and this lovely lady next to me is my Co-Host Amy!" Ken said into his microphone, everyone was now silent so they could listen to the announcers.
"We have a whole new League and Elite Four for all of you Pokéfans, but this league is unique, to enter this league you need to have place in the Top 16 of any of the other leagues or earned any 4 of the 7 symbols available in the Battle Frontier," Amy said, "But before we get the Tournament under away, we need to introduce the Mt. Silver Elite Four, so hold tight to your seats because here they are!" With these words a platform rose from underneath the battle field which was there for the new Elite Four and Champion to stand upon, currently, there were only two people and a Pokémon on the stage, as the stage rose, dramatic music was being played, music that went with.
"Prepare for Battle."
"Make it Double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all Trainers within our Nations."
"To be rid the world of Evil using Truth and Love."
"To extend our reach to the Stars Above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Meowth now that's a Name."
"Team Trainer battle at the speed of light."
"So get ready for a fight fight fight."
"Meowth that's right."
"Wobbaffet."
As they finished their 'Motto' people in the stands started to scream 'Team Rocket', allot of the spectators recognised them from wanted posters or from seeing them around the regions up to no good.
Ken and Amy tried to regain control, but it was taking some time, once they regained control, they started to explain about how the two of them were a double battle team and together counted as one Elite Position.
"Well, somethings certainly don't change do they." Lance said out loud, he and all the other Champions on Elite Four members were gathered in the V.I.P. stands, there were others like Mr Goodshow, Scott and Ash's Kalos friends there as well.
"What do you mean?" Diantha asked, Jessie and James had stayed to help at Mt Silver instead of following Ash around Kalos.
"There is a boy who we all know called Ash Ketchum, he and his friends travelled every region bar yours and probably met every Pokémon you could think of, now these three chased them and tried to steal Ash's Pokémon nearly every day, they would appear out of nowhere with their 'Motto' and some big Machine before being struck by one of Ash's Pikachu's Thunderbolts and as I quote 'Blasting off Again!' How they have become members of the Elite Four I don't know." Lance answered, when Diantha saw Cynthia, Wallace, Steven and Alder nodding in agreement with Lance she wondered about who this boy was.
As Lance had been talking Ken, who was now telling everyone about how Meowth was the manager on the Elite Four, was suddenly interrupted by Amy who by squealing into the microphone saying, "I think he is, OMG HE IS!"
Most of the people were wondering what Amy was going on about, but Jessie was not listening to Amy, Sabrina's old Haunter could have let one of his bomb's off next to Jessie's head and she would not have noticed, what she would have noticed was the sole thing she was focused on, she was looking at James, who was down on one knee, with a ring box in his hands "Jessie, you are the love of my life, I have never been happier than by your side, so will you stay by my side for eternity, will you marry me?"
Jessie stood their shell shocked for a minute, before answering, "Why the Hell did you wait so long!" Before she kissed her, now, fiancée not caring that there were people watching them.
"Wow, what an opening to the Opening Ceremony." Ken exclaimed into his microphone.
"I agree, this truly is a marvellous way to start the Tournament," Amy said, "Now one to the second position of the Mt. Silver Elite Four."
Once Amy had finished talking there was a loud thud that sent a shockwave through the Stadium which was followed by a loud roar which could have been heard by the resting Pokémon all the way in Lavender Town. More thuds came after that, suddenly, the Legendary Pokémon Groudon appeared from under the stadium with Paul standing on top of his head.
"What an entrance from the Heavy Pokémon Specialist Paul with none other than the Heaviest Pokémon known to man, Groudon." Once Paul had gotten off of Groudon, it let out a roar before disappearing down the massive hole it made which sealed itself up as though Groudon had never been there.
In the stands, Barry was yelling his head off, again. "Oh my God, why didn't he tell me he was part of the new Elite Four," Barry screamed, "Paul I'm fining you!" The people near Barry looked at him whilst sweat dropping, the group of traitors and Dawn just ignored him.
"It's funny, the first two slots are filled by people we know thanks to Ash" Dawn thought, "Does that mean Ash and Brock are here too?"
Somewhere else in the stands sat a Pokémon breeder, "So my brother is second," Reggie said to himself, "Wish he would tell me more about the rest of the Elite Four and Champion though."
"And now for the third member of the Elite Four." Ken, announced.
From the edges of the battle field Geysers erupted from the stadium and then a Pokémon appeared from a tunnel under the stands, it jumped on a rising Geyser and rode it up before jumping across the rest, once it had finished its circuit it landed on the platform, now that it was standing still, everyone could see that it was the Legendary Pokémon Suicune, a man got off her back and then recalled her.
"What an entrance from the third position on the Elite Four and Water Master Steffan, riding Geysers of boiling hot water upon the Legendary Suicune's back." Amy said.
In the stands, a man was having a serious rage quit, he wore a purple suit and a white cape, "How dare he capture Suicune," Eusine thought, "I have searched high and low for Suicune and he had it all along!"
"Another Legendary Pokémon," Max said, "I bet they poached it!"
"Yeah, there is no way that Suicune would go to a fake Water Type trainer when she could be with a real one like me." Misty said.
"Any now our Elite Leader!" Ken said.
Boulders appeared above the stadium and fell to the ground, then from underneath they were broken apart by a cream and brown coloured Pokémon, the Rock Golem Regirock. On its shoulder was Brock, still in his disguise.
"Wow, what a smashing (No pun intended) entrance by our Rock Type Specialist Rocky." Ken said.
"Another Legendary Pokémon," Trip said, "I bet they are only Elite Four members because of the Legendary Pokémon in their teams."
"Yeah, they must rely on their power alone." Iris said.
"And now for the strongest trainer of them all, it's none oth." Amy started to say, but she was cut off due to all of the power being cut out. It was so dark that the spectators could not see the bridge of their nose! Suddenly, there was a bright blue glow from the roof on the stadium, then from the opposite side there was a bright purple glow, the glowing lights grew in size before launching themselves at each other, meeting at the very centre of the battlefield, when the light connected, they exploded to leave blue and purple sparkles rain down upon the spectators, there was a single beam of light shining down on where the two mysterious lights connected, but there was smoke covering the area, when it cleared, three figures could be seen, Lucario, Mewtwo and Red Satoshi.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Ken began, "I give you the Mt. Silver Champion Red Satoshi and his partner Pokémon Lucario and Mewtwo!"
The audience was screaming 'Champion,' 'Lucario,' and 'Mewtwo.' But one group of people just sat there with their mouths open.
"That guy is the Mt. Silver Champion," Max said, "He must abuse his Pokémon."
"Yeah, there is no way that someone could beat you so easily." May said.
"We should tell Officer Jenny." Drew said.
"Guys," Dawn said "That Rocky guy said that Red will only make his Pokémon do what he can do."
"He was obviously lying to us Dawn." Misty said.
"Yeah, they all probably abuse their Pokémon." Trip added.
Barry looked at Dawn and wrote something on his Pokétch before sending it to Dawn's Pokétch, it said, 'The last time I heard someone talk the way Rocky did was Brock talking about Ash in the Sinnoh League.'
Dawn's eyes widened at this, but before she could reply, Amy had something to announce. "Now that we have our Elite Four and Champion, the Flame of Moltres can be brought into the Stadium by our Official Referee Zack." As Amy finished, a man wearing the Official Pokémon League Referee Kit ran out on to the battlefield holding a torch, he ran to the centre platform where he met up with Ash and the Elite Four, they all lit their own torches with their own torch with the Flame of Moltres before running to the stairs that lead up to the Torch Stand, as one, Ash, Brock, Steffan, Paul, Jessie, James and Zack lit the Torch the flames rose to form the shape of the Legendary Fire Bird Moltres before returning to its normal shape.
"And there we have it Ladies and Gentlemen," Amy said, "The Mt. Silver Opening Tournament has officially begun!" The crowd let out a cheer at Amy's words.
"Now, if you would all look at the board we will now present the double battle teams and the match-ups for the first round." Ken announced as the boards changed from showing the flame to the first round match-ups, casting a quick look, Ash saw that he and Cynthia were up against his first Pokémon League opponent Mandi and a random trainer, it would be a quick match.
"All right then folks, the first battle will be at 9am tomorrow which will be a three Pokémon each match between Elites Jessie and James vs Luke and Casey who are both from Maville Town, so with that, we will see you all in the morning," Amy said, "Good night everyone." And with that everyone began to leave, Dawn signalled to Barry for him to follow her and they started to make their way to the V.I.P. area as Jessie had said to Dawn, Brock went to see someone (A/N guess who), Steffan decided to go for a late night swim in the Sports Complex with his Pokémon, Paul walked off knowing that his brother would want to talk to him and Ash went to the big tree in the PokéPark so he could finally come clean to the two people he loved the most.
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Authors note
Hi everyone, thanks for the reviews, seven chapters in and the story is already at 115 favourites and 164 followers, I can't thank you all enough, I plan to update every two weeks roughly from now on, this was half done and I had a lot of time on my hands so I got it out early.
If you want, send in suggestions about who blackmailed Dawn, people to face against for random battles, you can guess who the two ex-leaders who don't like the new plan are (from the last chapter) and you can guess who Ash will face when he calls on Arceus, at this point he will reveal his identity, it will be the first round of single battles.
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