Hello again everyone! Here is the next Chapter of Champions! My writer's block is officially gone! But I have to write a couple essays for IB LA 11, so it will be going slowly. I really don't have much to say up here apart from thanks for reading, following, favoriting, reviewing if you do that stuff... so I'm going to rant about X and Y and the news that came out at the bottom, so that's a thing.

Thanks for everything,

Court

Chapter 16

The Twilight Party

The mansion was lit with a color scheme reminiscent of a dusk over the sea, the bottom lit with an aquamarine layer, transitioning to orange and then a dark purple at the very top, melding with the dark sky behind the manor.

The first of the guests were arriving to the Unova Champion's Court party, held by the grand master of the court, Ash Ketchum. The black haired gym leader walked up and knocked on the door. He was annoyed with the protocol for the arrival of the VIPs. The gym leaders were the first to arrive, in order of the difficulty of their gyms. Then the Elite Four. And finally the last to arrive were the media and other high ranking people. He was greeted by the three pokémon league champions; Ash Ketchum, May Maple and Dawn Berlitz.

"Welcome Cheren of the Aspertia City Gym." He shook hands with all three.

The next group showed up, their bow-ties matching their hair colors.

"Welcome Cilan, Chili, and Cress of the Striaton Gym." He noticed that Dawn and May hugged Cilan, while shaking hands with the other brothers.

Next came Burgh, the energetic artist who used bug pokémon.

"Welcome Burgh of the Castelia City Gym." Burgh grinned, ruffling Ash's hair. Ash grumbled, fixing his carefully combed hair. Burgh walked over to Cheren, holding his hand out. Cheren took it.

"That was hardly professional, Burgh."

"Ah, lighten up. By the end of the night, we will all be drunk! Besides, it's memorable."

"I hardly think I'll be getting drunk tonight, Burgh."

"Bickering again, boys?" The beautiful Nimbasa City leader walked up in an electric yellow skin tight dress. Her eyes sparked. Cheren put a hand out.

"Always a pleasure, Elesa." She took it, shaking it. She turned to Burgh, a slight smile on her face.

"Drunk? Tonight? I'm in." Burgh laughed.

"As am I! The perky Mistralton Gym leader had just walked up. She swooped over to Burgh, kissing each cheek. She did the same for Cheren. As she and Elesa walked over to the drink table, Burgh and Cheren looked at each other, grinning.

"Now why are you two standing there, grinning like idiots? We are supposed to be having fun tonight." Marlon had just walked up with Roxie, the Virbank Gym Leader. They shook hands with the Humilau City leader and Roxie. They all walked over and joined the growing crowd near the bar.

Ash sighed. Finally. He turned around and pointed at Dawn.

"It's your turn to be responsible. I'm gonna get drunk, that was the worst fifteen minutes of my life." He pulled a bottle of vodka out of the inside of his jacket, taking a swig. He grimaced at the bitterness. He turned to find something to mix with it. Dawn and May laughed, pulling the bottle away from him.

"Nope, you're the host. It's your job to make sure we don't have to find a new Unova Gym Leader." May held out a can of soda. He sighed, taking the drink.

"Don't forget, you need to do this two more times." Dawn placed her midnight blue nails on his chest.

"Well you guys have to do it too."

"But only once."

"I guess that's the downside of being an awesome trainer."

Cilan walked up with a couple girls.

"Hey guys! You all know Bianca and Iris." They smiled at their old friends.

"Let's have some fun!" Bianca raised her glass. The group laughed and walked over to the living room, Dawn dragging Ash by the hand behind her.

The night grew late, but the party went on until only Ash, May, Drew, Dawn, Cilan, Iris, Bianca, Cheren, Burgh, Elesa, Skyla, Marlon, and Roxie sat around the living room. No one else remained in the house, Alder and Cynthia having left an hour ago. The guys were the only ones awake, the girls having drunk heavily and falling asleep on the guys. Ash and Drew had Dawn and May laying their heads on their chests, while Bianca did the same with Cheren. Cilan had Iris laying on his lap. Elesa and Skyla lay on each side of Burgh while Marlon had arm around Roxie. The guys were discussing the most recent Junior Cup, where a Samurott fought a Haxorus in the final battle.

"...actly! The Haxorus was a power house! That's why Samurott's speed was so vital in its win!"

At the mention of a Dragon pokémon, Iris groggily woke up.

"Ish no bettar dergan perkermern thern Axew!" She slumped back down on Cilan, having been exhausted by the brain power the formation of that simple sentence took. They guys just laughed at the dragon master's enthusiasm.

"We might want to get them to bed." Drew stifled a yawn with the back of his hand. They agreed, groaning at the possibility that they need to carry the girls. Everyone except got up, picking up their date. As Burgh got up, he didn't know which leader to take, so Elesa and Skyla fell towards each other. Time slowed down. All the guys ran away as fast as they could before the two leaders bashed heads and tore the house down. Burgh raced to put his hands between their heads. He managed to barely prevent the collision, propping their heads up with his hands. Everyone froze, not believing that he did that. Cilan was the first to react.

"Well, fuck. That was really close. Count yourself a lucky bastard, Burgh. Those two are not anyone you want to anger by themselves, let alone together." Everyone laughed, leaving to a different guest room.

"Wait! Someone help me!" Burgh panicked.

"I'll help. Let me put Dawn to bed first." Ash promised the mortified leader. Ash walked up to the master bedroom. Second time in as many weeks I had to put Dawn to bed like this. Sigh... What I'll do. He carried her over to the soft bed, placing her on the bed. He pulled the blanket over her. He leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.

"Sleep well Dawn." She smiled in her sleep.

Ash walked back down to the living room to find the Castalia Leader still in his funny predicament. He chuckled at Burgh for having this problem. He went over and picked up Skyla, while Burgh picked up Elesa.

"So, how should we do this? Put them in the same room, or what?" Ash thought for a second. How many guest rooms are there? Seven? One... Drew and May. Two... Cilan and Iris. Three... Bianca and Cheren. Four... Marlon and Roxie. Five... Skyla. Six... Elesa. Seven... Burgh. He nodded.

"Let's put them in separate rooms and you sleep in your own room." Burgh nodded, he understood the reasoning behind it.

Ash carried Skyla over to an empty room while Burgh did the same with Elesa. Once the two were tucked in and dreaming away, Burgh and Ash met up with the rest of the guys in the living room.

They sat, watching contest reruns until, one by one, they retired to their rooms. Ash was the last to leave, plodding up the steps and down the hall to the master bedroom. He set his phone alarm and put it in the pocket of his pajama bottoms. He then climbed in bed carefully as to not awake the sleeping beauty in his bed. As he pulled the covers over himself, Dawn shifted, laying her arm on his chest. He sighed with content, falling into a deep sleep.

So some stores in Italy and Canada released X and Y early, earning a very angry tweet from the Pokemon Headquarters. This marks quite possibly the first bad thing that Canada has ever done to the world. Anyways, I'm really tired so... Goodnight