Here's chapter 11! THE CONTEST!!!!!!!

May: Yay!!!!

Drew: Why am I here?

Me: You're here under contract!

Drew: What contract!?

Me: The contract that states that if Drew does not show up every chapter he will be dragged into an ally and Rolyn will release her dragonite on him!

Drew: Oh….that contract…..

Me: I do not own pokemon!

Keychimp Take the Stage!

The next morning May woke up extra early due to the fact she set her alarm earlier then she would usually. She had to wake up at least an hour earlier then she should because her fractured ankle slowed everything down. May took a shower and got dressed in her usual clothes while putting her hair up in its usual style with her blue gemmed chopsticks. Drew woke up some time after and sat up in bed and watched May hobble back and forth through the hotel room.

She looked so helpless and desperate for help but Drew just watched her, enjoying himself. May felt his eyes following her and flushed while rolling his eyes. Keychimp followed its trainer back and forth and Roselia was just awakening when May had finished getting ready for her contest which was going to be held at 10 that morning. Drew glanced at the clock and noticed that it was now 9:30. He quickly got up and began to get dressed in his normal jeans and black and green hoody.

"I see you're finally out of your daze." May muttered as she stuck a crutch under each arm. Keychimp jumped onto her shoulder and she made her way to the door.

"I was never in a daze." He said as he shoved his hands into his pockets then opened the door for her. She walked out the room muttering a thank you then he and Roselia followed.

"Then why were you staring at me?" She asked raising an eyebrow as she pressed the button for the elevator.

"It's a free country; I can do what I want." He muttered rolling his eyes. May frowned at the off course answer and entered the elevator which had just arrived. "So are you ready for today?"

"Of course! I don't have a single doubt in my mind." May said confidently. Keychimp pumped a fist up in the air enthusiastically. May smiled at the small pokemon. Drew smiled softly as well; he loved to see May in such high spirits, it made it seem like she had no faults and to Drew, she really didn't.

The two of them made it to the contest hall fifteen minutes before the contest. In the back room many coordinators waited for the events to begin, Drew went into the stands to find a seat. May scanned over her competition but never lost her confidence and determination, no matter how intimidating any of them were. Keychimp looked around curiously due to the fact that it had never been to a contest before.

"Well, look who decided to show her face." A cold voice sneered. May grit her teeth and turned around.

"What do you want Vanessa?" May said through clenched teeth. Keychimp glared at the bratty girl and waved a fist at her.

"I really have nothing to do with the likes of you……except the fact that if you get paired against me…. that is if you even pass the showcase round….then you won't stand a chance." May rolled her eyes.

"Me and Kechimp took you on before and we'll do it again!" May said glowering at Vanessa. The black haired girl laughed.

"Yea….sure." She scoffed. "When Drewsy witnesses my greatness in action, he'll dump you in less then a second." May gripped her crutches tighter and glared so harshly at Vanessa, that if looks could kill Vanessa would be dying the most painful death possible.

"Drew isn't as shallow as you." May muttered. "Besides, he would never leave me for a jerk like you"

"We'll see…."

The lights dimmed in the main arena and everything fell silent as they looked to center stage where a spotlight was. A puff of smoke appeared out of nowhere and once it cleared a woman stood there with a baton in one hand and a black top hat in the other. She had orange curly hair and sky blue eyes and she was wearing a leotard with a suit jacket with a red bow tie. She winked to the crowd and everyone erupted into applause, except for Drew who just sat back casually.

"Hello people of Lackworth and welcome to the official Lackworth city contest!" The woman said twirling her baton and tossing her black top hat on her head. "I'm your Champix contest master of ceremonies, Julian!" She added with another wink. "Now let's welcome our judges, Mr. Contesta!"

"Pleasure to be here." He said.

"Next up, the wonderful Mr. Sukizo!"

"This is such a remarkable experience."

"And last but not least, Lackworth's very own and loved, Nurse Joy!"

"I'm so excited to see what these coordinators have in store." Nurse Joy said with a sweet smile.

"Well now that we have everyone introduced, why don't we get this show on the road!!!?" Julian said getting a wave of cheers in response. "First up is a Champix region rookie, Riley Simmons!"

"Oh wow Riley is up first." May thought out loud as she focused on the screen. Riley came running out and twirled before ending on a pose that had her giving a peace sign and her tongue was hanging out.

Out of nowhere, literally, Medicham made a flip to center stage. It looked like it had appeared from thin air but May presumed it use teleportation.

"Alright Medicham! Let's get this party started!" Riley said gaining her focus. "Use Shadow ball then hit it with a Hi-Jump kick!" She ordered.

Medicham lifted its hands above its head, palms up, and the dark orb of energy began to form at a moderate speed. Once the attack was formed it was shot upwards into the air. Without a moments hesitation Medicham launched itself off the ground and did a flip in mid air before letting its leg impact into the shadow ball with intense force.

"Quick, now use ice punch on the ground and use psychic to control the shadow ball!" Riley ordered. Medicham nodded and obeyed quickly moving away from the shadow ball that had a pink aurora around it now due to psychic but it still looked like it would erupt any minute. The pink aurora that was holding off the shadow ball's explosion disappeared and just as the shadow exploded; Medicham's ice punch hit the ground of the arena causing ice spikes to form, looking to be jerking out of the ground. The shadow ball exploded into colors that reflected off the ice spike's, making the colors float around the room beautifully.

"What an astounding performance by such a talented coordinator!" Julian said gazing at the ice spikes and colors that were fading. "Such pretty colors, now let's see what the judges thought of this performance."

"It was very well thought out and showed Medichams strong points very well, but it wasn't the most original thing I've ever seen." Mr. Contesta said. "I'll give you an 8."

"Remarkable! Medicham is very skilled and has such great focus. I give you a 9." Mr. Sukizo said

"Medicham looks very healthy and well trained. I have to agree with both Mr. Sukizo and Mr. Contesta; Medicham has great focus but it wasn't the most original. I'll give you a 9 as well."

"And Riley gets a total of 26 out of 30!" Julian said. "What a wonderful way to start off a contest! Now let's move onto our next person Malcolm!"

Riley jogged off stage with her Medicham close behind and she headed to the back room. May saw her come in and got up from her seat and crutched her way over to her. Keychimp still stayed perched on her shoulder.

"Riley, your performance was so good! You must have trained really hard." May commented. Riley smiled sweetly.

"Thanks May, that means a lot coming from my inspiration. I'm not to surprised that they didn't think my appeal was too original. I got the idea from when you performed with your Espeon and Wartortle in the Cyryn region in one of the contests that were on television."

"I'm glad you can find inspiration from me Riley but you can't look to someone else for the individuality that makes your appeal more captivating." May explained. "That talent comes from you and it's your style."

"I guess I need to find my own style soon. I lost my first grand festival by not working with my own ideas, I guess….or at least that's what Ray yelled at me when I lost before we could even battle." May smiled sympathetically, knowing the feeling of being yelled at.

"Don't worry, it doesn't happen over night. You just have to train and have faith in your pokemon."

"Keychim!" The small pokemon added in smiling reassuringly. Riley smiled then nodded.

"Thanks May! You're the greatest role model!" Riley chimed before looking to her Medicham who was smiling as well.

"Next up we have a Champix resident and a very talented young lady, Vanessa Ortiz!" Julian announced catching the attention of May. She directed her gaze to the screen in the back room and Riley did as well. May scowled as Vanessa skipped out on stage giving everyone a fake smile that she could easily see through.

"All right!" Vanessa giggled enlarging a pokeball. "C'mon out my faithful Dusknoir!" She said tossing the pokeball. A tall and wide ghost pokemon came from the pokeball and its red eye glowed with intensity.

May blinked at how serious the pokemon looked and began to strategize in her head. She had underestimated Vanessa's capability in pokemon choice. She already had two third evolution pokemon and May didn't even want to guess what else she had hidden up her sleeve. But even though Vanessa exemplified how well trained one of her pokemon were just by releasing it and showing it off didn't mean she had what May had throughout her six years of coordinating; heart and passion for the game.

"Okay Dusknoir, lets show 'em what a great performance is! Use night shade!"

"Dusknoir…" It said in its eerie deep husky voice. Its eye began to glow a bright red and soon the entire arena was swallowed up in darkness. Gasps could be heard and people began to murmur into the darkness.

"Well this is interesting. I wonder what Vanessa and Dusknoir have in store for their performance." Julian said through the pitch blackness.

"This Vanessa girl is really catching my interest." Riley muttered. "I really do wonder what she's gonna do. Don't you May?"

"Yea, she probably has something good planned." May admitted watching the pitch black screen intently.

"Now, Fire punch in one hand and thunderpunch in the other!" Vanessa's voice called out from the darkness. Soon enough, instantly, one of Dusknoirs hands could be seen balled into a fist with fire completely surrounding it. Dusnoirs other hand cut through the darkness as well but this fist clench hand had sparks of electricity popping from it. Both hands crackled with fire and electricity and everyone stared at the two fists with anticipation.

"Now! Interact the two elements!" Vanessaa ordered. Dusknoir's low grumble could be heard. And in a blink of an eye the two fists came together with extreme force. The combined fire and electricity caused a sort of red and yellow fire works that lit up the entire arena gaining cheers from the awed crowd. Once the display faded and the light was restored to the arena, Julian applauded with a surprised face. Vanessa gave a bow then winked to the crowd.

"What an amazing appeal! I bet it kept the crowd on the edge of there seats! Now lets go to our judges and see how they respond to this wonderful performance!" She said.

"That did keep me on the edge of my seat and I was very saticfied with the outcome. I'm giving you a 9."

"Simply remarkable! It was such a lively display that had me applauding. Dusknoir seems very dedicated. I give you a 9 as well."

"Well that was a wonderful performance that exemplified Dusknoirs strengths, showing that it is very strong and healthy, so I'm giving you a 9 too."

"That gives Vanessa a well diserved score of 27 out of 30! Now lets move on!"

"Wow……I hope I'm not the first one to go up against her." Riley said looking towards May.

"Trust me, She may look tough but she has no real connection to her pokemon at all." May muttered as the next coordinator went up.

"What makes you say that?" Riley asked raising an eyebrow.

"Just trust me." May said with a smile. Riley shrugged and went back to looking at another girl perform with her Gible. A silence hung over the two as they saw three other coordinators perform.

"So, how exactly did you fracture your ankle again?" Riley asked cutting through the tension that hung in the air.

"I was in a battle with one of Drew's fangirls and it sorta got out of control." May explained.

"Drew's fangirl?" Riley questioned.

"Yea, they sorta have a grudge against me since me and Drew have been friends for a while."

"So you and Drew have a strong relationship?" Riley asked with a sly grin. May flushed scarlet and pushed her hair behind her ear nervously.

"N-No……well yea…..but not in the romantic kind of way….h-he…..well we did know each other for a while and maybe I did…but…no…..well…..I like him……but not like that….we're just…..close, okay?" May rambled. Riley nodded not really understanding where May was going with her entire explanation. May mentally sighed with relief, glad that the subject was dropped.

May never liked to go into how she felt towards Drew. Of course she did find him attractive, but most girls did, which didn't matter. She knew a lot about Drew that no one else knew and she was the only one he actually spoke to without being so secluded and distant. She always had a fascination with Drew due to the fact that he always kept her guessing and soon that fascination turned to interest and admiration. Drew had so many good qualities that made her even more interested in him, but his cocky attitude and toying ways kept her from showing any emotion related to romance. She knew she had a crush on him at one point but now she wasn't sure what she felt.

"And last but not least, we have the top coordinator of Airi and an awesome coordinator over all; C'mon out May Maple!" Julian announced. May let out a sigh then began to crutch her way into the arena with many people cheering for her. She smiled brightly as she made it to center stage and waved to the crowd.

"Looks like we have some fans of this brunette." Julian laughed. May scanned the crowd and imidiatly located Drew sitting by Riley's friends. His expression was simple; a calm smirk. His eyes held interest and she stared at him for a bit, her expression blank. He winked at her and she flushed before smiling brightly again.

"All right Keychimp! Take the stage!"

Hahahahaha! I bet you weren't expecting this cliffy! I wonder whats gonna happen next chapter!

Drew: That's the chapter?

Me: Yea.

Drew: You're just gonna end there?

Me: Yea.

Drew: Your not gonna explain her appeal.

Me: Yea.

Drew: Really?

Me: Next chapter.

Drew: Oh….

May: Please review.

Me: Where did you come from !? OMGZ MAY CAN TELEPORT FROM PLACE TO PLACE!!!!!!