"Breakfast time guys!" Yelled Mac, pouring some pokemon food into the various bowls situated around their fold out table.
"Awesome, come on out guys!" Cried Nate; throwing out his four poke balls. Charmeleon, Taillow, Buizel and Machamp appeared, jostling for prime position in front of the food bowl.
"There's food for you as well!" Laughed Zoe, hurling her four pokemon out. Wartortle, Solrock, Nidoqueen and Poochyena burst from their poke balls and began to chow down.
"You three as well!" Cried Mac; chucking his three poke balls into the air. Bulbasaur, Pachirisu and Corphish appeared. Corphish pushed the other two out of the way as it scuttled quickly over to its food.
"Corphish!" Giggled Mac, as he, Nate and Zoe sat down to eat their breakfast.
"My Thunder badge is so awesome," said Nate, gazing down at his badge case, at the same time spooning cereal into his mouth.
"Hey, I've got one as well you know," replied Zoe, her mouth full.
"Well, I've got my first ribbon," gloated Mac, "and my second one is going to be just around the corner!"
"Hey Zoe, I can't believe that your Squirtle evolved as well, that's awesome," grinned Nate.
"Your Charmeleon's pretty awesome too," Zoe admitted. Then both trainers turned to look at Mac.
"I'm happy with my Bulbasaur just the way it is!" Yelled Mac, slamming his spoon down.
"Stressy…" mumbled Nate under his breath.
"Alright time for some training!" Announced Nate. Zoe nodded her agreement and began organising her pokemon.
"Solrock, start practicing your fire spin. Nidoqueen, focus punch training. Wartortle, you work on your new skull bash attack and Poochyena, carry on training up your dig attack." Ordered Zoe, her pokemon instantly launching themselves into their training.
"Charmeleon why don't you spar with Machamp?" Suggested Nate, "Buizel, you can practice your water gun and Taillow you can keep working on your wing attack!"
Mac left the two trainers to practice their battling techniques and went to explore the forest around them. Corphish, Pachirisu and Bulbasaur followed behind him, sniffing around at interesting bits of foliage.
"We might find some interesting pokemon here," mumbled Mac to himself, looking around the undergrowth surrounding him.
Suddenly a streak of red flitted across between a clearing and Mac jumped through the bushes to catch it. He landed on top of the pokemon and brought them both crashing to the floor. However upon studying the "pokemon" Mac discovered it was in fact a very familiar freckled red head.
"Allegra?" he gasped.
"Mac?" she shrieked back, jumping to her feet and hugging him tightly. "I don't believe I found you all the way out here!" she exclaimed.
"Me neither, what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Well, after I lost my most recent contest I decided to go and capture some new pokemon for my team." She explained.
"Oh Allegra look," Mac said, pulling out his ribbon case, "my first ribbon!" He said proudly, showing Allegra his yellow Vermillion ribbon.
"That's awesome Mac!" said Allegra happily, "I've got three now!" she grinned, flashing her three sparkling ribbons snug in their ribbon case.
"So have you caught any new pokemon for your next contest?" Questioned Mac; slightly put out that Allegra already had three ribbons.
"I've managed to get one!" Smiled Allegra, throwing out a poke ball. The poke ball burst open to reveal a green plant with two roses for hands.
"Wow, a Roselia!" Remarked Mac, "You know I have a pokemon egg as well," Mac said, eager to impress Allegra.
"I think we should have a battle Mac," said Allegra.
"What?" he replied, confused.
"It's been a while since that Pewter contest, I want to see how much you've progressed," she explained.
"Fine, but don't think you'll win," grinned Mac.
"Awesome, I'll use Roselia and Espeon!" Allegra cried, throwing out another poke ball. Another pokemon appeared beside Roselia, it resembled a purple fox with a red dot on its forehead; its tail had a split in the end so it looked like two tails.
"So your Eevee evolved!" Exclaimed Mac, "don't think you'll win because of that though, Bulbasaur, Pachirisu, lets go!"
"Bulbasaur, you show them that you can win without evolving!" Yelled Mac.
Bulbasaur nodded and prepared for battle, Pachirisu grinned mischievously, electricity sparking off it.
"Roselia, start things with off with toxic!" Cried Allegra. Roselia brandished its roses and unleashed a wave of purple liquid.
"Pachirisu, Bulbasaur, dodge it!" Both of Mac's pokemon leapt out of the way, dodging the toxic attack narrowly.
"Now Bulbasaur, razor leaf! Pachirisu, spark!"
Bulbasaur shot out a line of spinning leaves at Espeon. At the same time Pachirisu began to run towards Roselia, electricity crackling at its cheeks.
"Espeon, use confusion on the leaves!" Commanded Allegra. The spinning leaves began to turn slower and slower until eventually grinding to a halt.
"Now, send them right back!" Mac gasped as Bulbasaur's attack was sent back at him. The leaves crashed into Bulbasaur, throwing it to the floor.
Meanwhile Pachirisu was racing towards Roselia, "Roselia, sleep powder!" Yelled Allegra. Pachirisu was immersed in an orange fog; it crashed sleepily to the ground.
"Now throw it back with petal dance!" Roselia let out a whirlwind of pink petals, hurling Pachirisu back towards Mac, where it landed with a thud.
Mac's pokemon rose slowly to their feet. Mac gritted his teeth nervously as he felt the déjà vu of his last battle with Allegra.
Suddenly the bulb on the back of Bulbasaur's back began to glow. Mac gasped with excitement, "YAY, Bulbasaur's evolving!" He chanted, watching as Bulbasaur's entire body began to glow.
As the glow faded, it revealed that the bulb on Bulbasaur's back had opened to show a brilliant pink flower.
"Awesome, Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur!" Cheered Mac, "Now, Ivysaur… uh?" Mac trailed off as Ivysaur's flower began to glow once more.
"Is it evolving again?" said Mac to himself.
"No Mac, its using synthesis," explained Allegra, "anyway don't think just because your pokemon evolved you'll win! Espeon, Swift! Roselia, Magical Leaf!"
Ivysaur and Pachirisu found themselves under a barrage of stars and leaves.
"Pachirisu, use bide! Ivysaur, get behind Pachirisu!"
Ivysaur darted behind Pachirisu as the small squirrel began to take in energy.
"Pachirisu, unleash that energy!" Yelled Mac. Pachirisu squeaked furiously, letting out a wave of white energy.
Both Espeon and Roselia were thrown backwards by the force of the attack.
"Now Ivysaur, vine whip on Roselia!"
Ivysaur leapt out from its hiding place and unfurled two long green vines, ensnaring Roselia and lifting it into the air.
"Pachirisu, discharge!"
"Espeon, Shadow Ball!" shrieked Allegra.
Pachirisu let out a huge surge of electricity, shocking all the pokemon on the field including Ivysaur. Moments later a swirling ball of purple energy slammed into Pachirisu, sending in skidding across the forest floor.
"Looks like Roselia's down and out." Conceded Allegra, returning the thorn pokemon to its poke ball.
"And Pachirisu's gone too," Said Mac, returning his Pachirisu as well.
"Well its one on one now," said Allegra, "Espeon, psywave!"
Espeon shot out a multicoloured beam of energy, which slammed into Ivysaur, throwing it back.
"Ivysaur you have to hang in there!" Yelled Mac, "Now, razor leaf!"
"Espeon, Double team!" Suddenly the field was covered in dozens of Espeons, all of them watching Ivysaur avidly.
"Just hit them all Ivysaur!" The leaves flew through Espeon after Espeon. However every time they just disappeared.
"Espeon, shadow ball!" The fakes vanished to leave the one real Espeon. It leant back on its haunches and charged up a ball of purple ghost energy. The shadow ball flew towards Ivysaur at incredible speed.
"Ivysaur, use vine whip to stop that shadow ball!" Ivysaur's vines crashed into the shadow ball, making it explode noisily.
"Now, tackle!" Yelled Mac.
"Espeon, Swift!"
Ivysaur charged towards Espeon, its feet pounding loudly on the wet ground. Espeon unleashed a line of shimmering stars, which smashed into Ivysaur's legs bringing it to its knees.
"Now Espeon, use tackle!" Commanded Allegra.
The sun pokemon crashed into Ivysaur, sending it flying onto its back. Ivysaur then lay still.
"Ivysaur…no…" whispered Mac. Reluctantly, Mac returned Ivysaur to its poke ball.
Allegra stroked Espeon behind its ear before returning it to its poke ball. "That was an awesome battle, Mac." Smiled Allegra.
"Thanks. Well at least you were awesome…" he muttered.
"Mac, that was a really close battle!" Insisted Allegra, "I got lucky, the battle could have gone either way."
"Thanks Allegra. So are you heading to the Celadon contest?" Asked Mac.
"Can't," replied Allegra simply.
"Why not?"
"Don't you know the specifications of the Celadon contest?" Allegra asked incredulously.
"Um…no…" Mac admitted sheepishly.
"You have to perform a double appeal and then do a double battle," she explained, "so you need four pokemon."
"But I've only got…" began Mac.
"Three." Finished Allegra.
"Aw man, I really wanted to get my second ribbon," moaned Mac.
"You could try and catch a fourth pokemon by then," suggested Allegra.
"You're right!" Shouted Mac, "I'm going to catch myself a fourth pokemon!"
"Oh Mac," laughed Allegra, "Your so confident, if anyone's going to get to the Grand festival its you."
"The Grand what?" Asked Mac.
"The grand festival!" Allegra repeated, shocked that Mac didn't know what it was. "The grand festival is the biggest event of on the co-ordinating calendar! Its where all the best co-ordinators go to compete for the ribbon cup, the most prestigious prize a co-ordinator can win."
"That sounds awesome, I totally want to enter!" Exclaimed Mac.
"You can't just enter like that. For the Kanto grand festival you need to win four ribbons from official contests. Which means you need three more."
"I see…" said Mac slowly. "So three more ribbons and I'm in, that doesn't sound too hard!"
Mac began to run off back towards his camp, before suddenly sliding to a halt and running back to Allegra.
"Um, do you want to come with me?" He asked shyly.
"Sorry Mac, but I have to find some more pokemon and train my Roselia up some more."
"Oh…" replied Mac sadly, "oh never mind."
Mac began to walk off towards his camp, waving back to Allegra.
"I'm sorry Pachirisu, I'm sorry Ivysaur, next time we'll win," he whispered to his poke balls.
Suddenly from up ahead he heard the sound of a pokemon battle.
Pushing through the trees he walked onto the site of Zoe and Nate battling, Wartortle versus Charmeleon.
"Wartortle, bubble beam!"
"Charmeleon, fire spin!"
The two attacks collided in mid air, letting off an enormous cloud of smoke.
"Hey you guys," yelled Mac, making his presence known. "I'm back and I've got a surprise!" he announced. Nate, Zoe, Wartortle and Charmeleon stopped battling and walked over to Mac to see what he wanted.
"Say hello to my newly evolved Ivysaur!" He grinned, releasing his new pokemon.
"Wow," gasped Zoe, "that's awesome, now we all have evolved starters!"
"Damn," cursed Nate, "That sucks, now we all have evolved starters!"
Hope you enjoyed that chapter!
I know that it is meant to be five wins for the grand festival, but I decided to change it for my story
Allegra made another appearance and showed off her new Roselia
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