Why Can't I
By: esmtz
A few days later everybody was finishing their practices for the contest that was happening that day. May, Dawn, and Misty went to go change into their outfits and met up with all the other contestants that were participating.
"Hey there Dawn it's nice to see you here!" Zoey said smiling as she walked up to them.
"Yeah you too Zoey. Guys this is Zoey I met her in my very first contest I participated in and is my rival!" Dawn said as she introduces her friends to her.
"Nice to meet you I'm May" May smiled.
"My name is Misty" Misty said also smiling at Zoey.
Zoey looked at them in shock.
"Really Dawn you're friends with May Maple and Misty Waterflower?!" Zoey asked surprised as she shook their hands.
"Yeah why you heard of them?" Dawn asked as she sighed.
"Of course everybody knows of the great water Pokemon master, Misty as well as one of the most famous coordinators May from Petalburg City!" Zoey exclaimed making both girls blush.
"Um thanks!" Both May and Misty replied embarrassed.
"Is everyone ready for this?" Brock asked as he, Ash and Pikachu came up behind them.
"Oh you bet we are! I can't wait to win my ribbon!" Dawn said confidently.
"Don't forget who you're up against" Paul replied as he showed up with his hands in his pockets looking at Dawn.
"What?! You're participating?! This is a surprise!" Dawn yelled as she clenched her fists.
Everyone sighed.
"Well looks like we got another hot tempered coordinator here don't we?" Drew said smirking as he showed up looking at May's face turning bright red.
"Looks like everyone showed up huh man this isn't going to be easy you guys" Ash said as he looked at the girls.
"Yeah we know Ash since when has anything been easy anyway?" May replied looking back at him but mostly kept glancing in Paul's direction.
"Well anyway we should go find us some seats right Ash?" Brock said as he turned and walked off "good luck you guys"
"We'll be rooting for all of you!" Ash quickly replied as he took off after Brock.
"Well I suppose this is it. I'm not going easy on anyone here!" Misty said.
"Don't worry you wont need to." Zoey replied as they all waited for them to be called up.
As people were called for the first part of the contest, the group watched as other Pokemon did their moves to try and impress the judges. Finally it was Drew's turn, then Misty's, then Dawn's, Zoey's, and Paul's turns were called. After awhile May's turn was up as she went up to the stage and called out her Pokemon.
"Glaceon come on out!" May yelled tossing her pokeball into the air.
As Glaceon came out it was surrounded by a nice blue mist that was shining all around it even as it landed on the ground.
"Use Water Gun above your head then go directly into blizzard!"
Glaceon responded with raising its head and using its water attack making it look like a water fountain and then used its ice attack freezing the water into what looked like pieces of hail and everyone watched as it came down.
"Awesome! Good Job Glaceon!" May exclaimed as the crowd shouted and applauded.
May left the stage and went back to where her friends were at as they all sat and waited to see who was moving on to the next stage.
"May that was great it must have taken along time to perfect that!" Zoey said grinning "I know you will move on I just know it!"
May blushed "Thanks Zoey and yeah it did…actually" she was distracted when she saw that Paul was coming up to her but Drew beat him to her as he flicked his hair.
"Looks like you're getting better May I actually may have a hard time beating you if we face off." Drew said smiling at her as he held out a rose.
"You notice now Drew?!" May yelled a little angry as she took the rose. Drew just laughed.
"What do you mean just now May? I've always known that you would get better."
"What do you mean better? She was and always will be great at being a coordinator!" Paul growled angrily as he stepped closer to Drew, glaring at him.
"That's not what I meant!" Drew gave him a look that anyone who saw it would cower in fear from it as well as from the anger in his voice.
"Oh really what did you mean then?!" Paul yelled not phased by Drew's anger.
"Guys cut it out or you might get kicked out of the contest!" May told them as they both sighed.
"Yeah ok sorry about that May I didn't mean it the way it sounded…" Drew said.
"I know you didn't…" May said but sweat dropped when she saw that both boys were still glaring daggers at each other.
Misty and Zoey shook their heads but Dawn just looked absolutely furious.
"We now have the results…." The announcer said making everyone in the room quiet down "the final eight that will be participating in the next part of the contest are…."
May gasped as she saw who was moving on.