Hi everyone! I forgot to write the update yesterday, so I will cover the things I forgot to in this update. Which is literally nothing. So... I guess I should tell you that this was my least favorite chapter to write cause nothing exciting really happens due to this chapter being just for context and stuff. But since it's pretty short, I'll update again tonight and I think that you Pearlshippers out there will really like it. ;) And after that, I really started writing a lot and I really enjoyed writing the more and more chapters and I'm still on that streak of inspiration. So, I hope that my inspiration translates to better story for you guys. I think that I will do one of my speculations/rants about X and Y (Both the game and the anime) at the bottom of this chapter and I'm running out of topics to point out and speculate on, so if you guys have some ideas, feel free to message me or to put them in a review or however you want to get them to me. Again, favorites and follows are greatly appreciated and reviews are awesome!
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Chapter 11
Preparation
The tents were gone. The crowds dispersed. Pallet town was once again quiet. The only suggestion of the Champions Court have being held was a statue in the center of town. The group of friends stood around it, reflecting on the events of the last week. After the ceremony, Ash fixed a massive dinner with lots of pasta and salad. Much to the surprise of the skeptical crowd, the food was edible and actually pretty good.
"Wow, Ash. Where did you learn to cook like this?" Brock was greatly surprised.
"Cilan taught me after I decided to go off on my own. He knew that I would be quite unhappy with poor cooking so he taught me to cook." Ash looked almost surprised as Brock. They finished the dinner and cleaned the table before sitting down to talk about the next Court.
Ash explained the circumstances. He was looking for judges and offered all of them a spot on his panel.
"You all have shown great promise as the face of the Court. I extend this offer to all of you. But there is another option. You can compete yourselves. But you will still have to obtain your own ticket."
Very few had accepted at the spot. "You can count me in, Ash." Dawn was the first to respond. May nodded and held her hand out as well. Brock and Misty had both accepted there also. Ash gave them gold cards.
"Those are your ID cards. They will get you VIP access to any tournament or contest where you will evaluate the contestants." He then turned to the remainder of the group.
"If you choose to accept, let me know by the end of the month. If you haven't responded, I will assume that you are meaning to compete." Over the week, several more accepted.
Cilan knocked on the door. "Ash? I'm in." Ash opened the door, card in hand. He smiled and handed it to him. "Thanks Cilan."
Then Tracey asked Ash as he was visiting his pokémon. He walked away with a card also.
By the end of the week, Leona, Wallace, and Lyra had a golden card in their pockets. By the end of the month, only one more had accepted, Iris. The friends gathered around the statue and said their good-byes before heading out to earn one of few coveted tickets. Those who had accepted had stayed for information about their roles. They met the day after Drew, Paul, Barry, Trip, Zoey and Kenny left. They had gathered around maps of the regions and schedules of the tournaments and contests.
"You all will have your own region you are responsible for coordinating the efforts of determining who is worthy of the glory of earning a ticket."
He pointed to the Kanto Region. "Brock and Misty, you two should be here. You have twenty contest tickets and thirty battle tickets. I trust you to grant them fairly. Know this, all hosts of these events will be able to give them in your stead but I would expect you to attend the large events where you will award wild cards to those who proved themselves worthy but didn't win. Limit of one per event."
Ash pointed to the map of Johto. "Wallace and Tracey, you are stationed in Johto. The same things go for you." They nodded.
"Hoenn, May that's you. I want you to have Max help. I've called him already." May groaned.
"Why Max?"
"Because I trust him and his judgement." The door opened abruptly. Gary stood in the void.
"What about me? I want to help." Ash grinned.
"Great! Gary, you will be going to Kalos and working with Professor Sycamore to plan the Court. That leaves Lyra and Leona to Sinnoh and Cilan and Iris to Unova!" Everyone looked happy with their jobs. Misty spoke up.
"Ash what are you and Dawn doing?" Everyone looked up from the packages that Dawn had just handed them. Ash laughed.
"We will be traveling around the regions, advertising and spreading the word about the Court. After the Wallace Cup, we will be traveling to Kalos with Professors Oak, Elm, Birch, Rowan, and Juniper to personally help Gary and Sycamore in preparations. Then we will probably take a break to explore Kalos." Everyone nodded.
Dawn spoke up. "In the packages are the tickets, airline, ferry and bus passes, all unlimited. Also there is a list of region specific events. There are also several thousand dollars in each, to be used for business expenses only. Most of your planes and ferries will be departing with tomorrow except for you, Gary. You will be leaving tonight and Sycamore has promised to help you get situated."
Gary looked up, opening his mouth. "And you will be able to bring one pokémon of your choosing. The rest you should catch in Kalos." He nodded. Ash smiled.
"With you guys, this will turn out great! Thank you all! Now, Dawn we should get packing. Our plane to Goldenrod City leaves at midnight."
Hey guys! Welcome to my speculation/rant section where I will be talking about the upcoming releases of Pokemon X and Y and the accompanying anime series and plans for the story.
So, it's been revealed! The story will be taking place in Kalos and we will see a lot of the characters who have been revealed already and I will be trying to write them as accurately as I can. (i.e. Serena will be fashionable and Clemont will be tech savvy) Also, I will be writing characters as I see them. (Shauna will be VERY similar to Bianca but more romance savvy, Tierno will be funny but clumsy and Trevor will be like Max.) And the Kalos characters will be showing up around Ch. 18-19 in a way that you probably won't expect. ;)
And the explosion in Ch. 8 had nothing to do with Kenny, though I understand how you could see that. Trust me, Kenny has something much more devious up his sleeve. (Though I'm not quite sure what yet...)
So, in case you couldn't tell, I'm really excited for X and Y and the new anime series. I really like the new companions from the descriptions I've read so far and I've come up with a new Ship! FashionShipping! SerenaxCilan! I don't know if I will implement this in the story but this is the first place you heard it!
I've also come up with a good last name for Serena. Yvonne. Due to the original naming of her character and the french connections of Kalos and her fashion sense which is a very stereotypical french thing. Plus, it sounds good! Serena Yvonne... I like it. Let's try and make it catch on!
Thanks for listening again and I'll hopefully have some good new questions for tomorrow's update!
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