Here's that 2nd chapter I promised! Were kinda rushing into the Grand festival because the contests are still just the rising action. In fact I think it is starting to rise a bit faster. Hehe!
Enjoy!
~XxStarzxX~
Chapter 4
Round 1: Single Appeals!
"Hello and welcome to the 21st annual Unova Grad Festival! I'm Meredith, here to make sure you have the best time EVER!"
The crowd screamed in anticipation as Meredith ran around on the three stages in a floor length purple gown that looked almost like Cinderella's.
"Now the rules may have changed, but they're still simple as ever! The first round is an appeal round where the top 32 coordinators will go on to the double appeal rounds where it will then be narrowed down to 8 trainers who will enter our battle rounds!"
Drew, Soledad, Ash, Misty, Dawn, Sonny, Lalita, Paul and Max all took their seats in the stands as they waited nervously for their friends to perform.
Meredith continued to say some of the rules for about 5 minutes and then introduced the judges, "Our 3 main judges this evening will be Mr. Contesta, Mr. Sukizo and the one and only Elesa, Gym Leader of Nimbasa City! Let's also welcome our 3 Nurse Joys to help with the judging! Now Without further waiting, LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!"
The three judges each grabbed a Nurse Joy and went to their respective fields.
It was about 45 minutes into the show when someone they knew was called to the blue stage.
"Now on the Blue Stage lets welcome little miss Kaitlyn Adams!"
Kat ran out waving her hands like an idiot in a jaw dropping blue gown that, at the top was solid and sequenced, once it hit the thighs it frayed into small sheets of fabric. Misty was shocked as to how she could run in the 2 inch white heels she was in.
Kat tossed a solid blue pokeball into the air, "Lets Party Abra!"
A small but adorable yellow fox pokemon popped out of a large star to land in the dead center of the blue stage.
Sonny gasped, "But that's only a baby pokemon! Why would she pick him! He could get hurt!"
Kat smirked as she began her single appeal, "Abra, have a psychic ready the whole show!"
Abra nodded as a faint pink glow surrounded the now floating baby pokemon.
"Now, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Water Gun, Ember, and Electro Ball!"
Everyone gasped as the attack was called out but even louder as it was carried through. Abra had obeyed and launched off every element it knew which were all compressed by the psychic into small spheres.
"Now Juggle!" Abra smiled a toothy grin as it controlled the psychic to look like it was juggling all of the spheres in a large circle.
"Finish with Hidden Power!" Abra lifted the spheres into the air and sent a small ball of glowing clear energy at each causing a chain of small fireworks within the stage area.
Abra jumped through the explosion, back flipped, and landed on its beloved trainer's right shoulder, "Thank you!"
The crowd screamed in excitement and admiration of the 4 time Ribbon Cup Champion.
Mr. Contesta and Nurse Joy, the judges for the blue stage, clapped in amazement at the miracle before them.
"That was wonderful teamwork and I loved how Abra smiled through the whole thing! 9", Mr. Contesta smiled
Nurse Joy on the other hand was still calmly clapping, "It was incredible how Abra learned to control so much power at such a young age! You've really trained it well! 10!"
Meredith's voice broke the judges, "Amazing! Kaitlyn comes out on top with an astounding 19 out of 20 points! A near perfect score! That's what you'd expect from a Top coordinator like her!"
Kat took Abra up on her arm as they took a final wave at the crowd before disappearing behind the curtains.
Soledad, Ash, Max, Lalita, Dawn and Misty were on their feet clapping at the wonderful performance their new friend had put on.
Misty frowned, "I know were suppose to cheer for all of them, but do you think May can beat Kat?"
Dawn nodded, "Of course she can!"
Sonny smiled, "Look! Over on the green stage! Kelly's coming out!"
"Next on our Green Stage, is the Spunk herself, Kelly Perk!"
Kelly strided out in a pinkish-purple ball gown with diamonds diagonally crossing the chest and matching white heels on her feet.
She tossed up a standard red pokeball, "Rock 'em Shock 'em Jinx!"
Jinx glided down to the stage with a polite bow as it waited for its first command.
"Shadow Ball!" Jinx launched the shadow ball into the air, but this one was much larger then a standard one and stayed floating.
"Now Ice Shard!" Jinx released the shards of ice which froze the shadow ball, causing a dark sparkly disco ball to hang in mid-air.
"Finish with Focus Punch!" With a leap, Jinx charged up her fist and let it connect with the ball of sparkling ice.
The shattered ice and shadows dripped onto the stage in a beautiful mix as Jinx gracefully landed on her feet beneath it all.
The crowd roared in admiration of the Pokeblock maker.
Mr. Sukizo and Nurse Joy smiled and clapped for the purple aired girl until Mr. Sukizo spoke up, "Remarkable! 8.0!"
Nurse Joy grinned as she praised the girl before her, "The sparkles kept me captivated the whole time! 9.5!"
Meredith hopped over and smiled, "That gives Kelly a total of 17.5 out of 20! This score should definitely get her into the next round"
Kelly squealed as she hugged Jinx and ran off stage.
Ash and the others clapped joyfully, except for Paul, and smiled as they discussed her performance.
About an hour later Meredith hopped out and called Brianna to the Red Stage.
"Lets welcome little rookie coordinator Brianna Smith!"
Brianna in pale green gown walked to the center of the red stage. She, being incredibly nervous since Drew was watching, gained confidence when she told herself that if she wins this Drew has to be hers. (A/N: Like that'll ever happen LOL)
When she had finally lost her nerves she threw her pokeball in the air and screeched, "Dustox! Come on out!" Her pokeball flew high in the air when it opened revealing a red light which morphed itself into a Dustox.
The crowd cheered although a pokemon like Dustox wasn't one that was usually chosen for contests such as these. It was still flying in the air when it used Silver Wind to mask itself then whirlwind to create a beauteous sparkling silver whirlwind exactly above the water, and then suddenly vanished leaving the ground with a shimmering silver mist.
The crowd watched in awe as Dustox created such beauty. The Dustox took off once again for its finishing moves. It was floating gracefully above the water in a way that pulled away from its looks.
It raised it's wings used the move Bug Buzz creating ripple to crease the once still water and creating a halo-like affect above and below her due to the sound waves. The female Dustox then shot up and glided its way back to the side of her owner, Brianna.
The Crowd stayed silent in awe for a moment making Brianna worry if she and her Dustox were good. Then the crowd broke out in cheers and chants. Brianna was sure she'd win.
Elesa smiled, "That was creative, but maybe since I'm an electric type trainer the act didn't seem very lively compared to the pokemon I'm used too. 7.0"
Nurse Joy smiled at Elesa, "Yes it was, but it was indeed beautiful! I'm surprised to see a Dustox here. 8.0"
Meredith smiled, "That gives Brianna 15 out of 20! A standard score that could make or break her chances here at the Grand Festival!"
Brianna sighed but headed toward the curtains with her Dustox.
15 minutes later the first round was coming to an end with only a few more routines to go.
Dawn frowned, "May must be freaking out since she's one of the last to go…"
Soledad nodded, "Maybe, but sometimes it's the best because you get to see your opponents.
Meredith grinned from ear to ear, "Now let's rap up this Round one with an appeal on the Blue stage by none other then 5 time Ribbon Cup Winner, May Maple!"
Drew's jaw dropped as soon as she stepped foot out of the blue colored curtain.
May's dress was a strapless red gown that frayed into a white skirt underneath. White sequence led up the sides which matched a gorgeous red and white studded choker around her neck.
May took a deep breath, "let's hope all our training didn't go to waste…" She took out a sparkling red pokeball from her dress pocket and closed her eyes.
Sonny smiled, "Do you think she'll use someone playful like Beautifly or Glaceon?"
Lalita sighed, "Or something beautiful like Venusaur or Dragonite!"
Ash grinned, "Or even something strong like her Blaziken or Blastoise!"
Paul growled, "Why don't you guys shut up and watch?"
May took a deep breath and tossed the pokeball into the air, "Stage….ON!"
The red light disappeared to show a pokemon that shocked everyone, the crowd, the judges and even her friends.
"Snorlax!" It yelled out its name as it yawned.
Dawn screamed, "SNORLAX? WHY WOULD SHE CHOOSE THE MOST UNGRACEFUL POKEMON SHE HAS?"
May smirked at the crowd's reaction. It had been what she was aiming for, working with the impossible and if the appeal went through without problems then Snorlax's would no longer be declared 'not contest material'
"Start off with Earthquake and Psychic!"
Snorlax hit the ground and created a large moat circling it. Meanwhile its eyes glowed pink as it prepared a psychic.
"Surf!"
Snorlax summoned all the water it could which flowed into the moat with help of the psychic and continued to spin around Snorlax causing sparkles to spread around the stage.
"Now here comes the hard part…" She whispered to herself, "Flamethrower, Thunder, Water Gun, Shadow Ball, and Solar Beam!"
Everyone gasped at the idea of the appeal. Kat had done it earlier, but on a much smaller scale with a smaller pokemon. Nobody knew the outcome that would come from a Snorlax.
All the elements were turned into columns with the help of the psychic, and began to look as though Snorlax was at an altar.
"Now Belly Drum!"
Snorlax patted its belly letting out sound waves that bounced off the elemental columns creating the most beautiful sounds anyone had heard. Each element let off a different song, but when it was all together the harmony was incredible. Also since the surf was still letting sparkles into the air, it looked as though Snorlax was the center of an ancient prophecy.
"Now Clean It up Snorlax!"
Snorlax used its continuing psychic to control the water in the moats to swirl around it. The swirl was gradually getting bigger until it had sucked up all of the columns and became a rainbow wave of powers.
Snorlax compressed the wave into a large ball and lifted it high into the air where eventually the pressure of the psychic imploded the ball into a large firework, sending multicolored sparkles in every single direction.
Snorlax smiled largely as it and its trainer took a simultaneous bow toward the judges.
The crowd was silent for a moment before erupting into a louder applause then they had heard all day. The two judges stood from their seats and clapped along with the crowd.
Mr. Contesta was amazed, "Incredible! Simply incredible! I would have never thought of using Snorlax in a contest, but you have proved me wrong! 10!"
Nurse Joy had composed herself after all the excitement, "I don't know a better way to describe it then just calling it astounding! Considering how energetic the normally asleep pokemon is shows what an incredible trainer you are! 10!"
Meredith was still clapping, "and that gives May a perfect score of 20 out of 20! She's definitely headed to the next round!"
May's eyes watered in happiness as she jumped into her Snorlax's open arms, "We did it Snorlax!"
The whole group had left the stands soon after May's appeal and were currently waiting in the trainer's area for their friends to change from their formalwear.
As soon as May and Kat stepped out of the girl's locker room they were tackled to the ground by an overly excited Dawn.
"HOW DID YOU GUYS DO THAT? I WANNA TEACH ONE OF MY POKEMON TO DO AN ELEMENT TRICK LIKE THAT!"
Kat sweatdropped, "I've been training Abra since he was a baby"
May smiled, "And me and Snorlax have gotten lots of needed help from my dad in perfecting it."
Max nodded, "Whenever dad didn't have a battle, he was training with May."
Misty grinned, "Well it's about to pay off! Look!"
Misty pointed to the TV where the pictures of the 32 coordinators continuing on were displayed.
Kelly and Brianna sprinted out of the locker room right as May's picture appeared first.
Second was Kat's picture and then a boy named Adam in third.
Kelly waited in anticipation as the first 20 pictures came up, hers not being one of them.
Brianna was biting at her nails, with a score of 15 she could have easily not made it.
Finally in 23rd place Kelly's picture showed up with Brianna's following in 32nd.
Kelly let out a huge breath as Soledad gave her a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Why don't we get out of here and go to the beach?"
Ash, Misty, Brock, Max and even Paul seemed happy for this suggestion. Even though they thought the contests were interesting, they were battle people and were struggling to understand the concepts of appeals.
"Well let's go!"
"So have you found out which ones we need?" A man in black and gray stroked his Houndoom.
The young men in front of him nodded, "When we collect them all, all of the elements will be under your control along with the legendaries Master Cyrus."
Cyrus smirked, "Good…"
The left henchman spoke up, "We've tracked 2 of the targets to Hoenn, 1 to Sinnoh, 2 to Johto, 3 to Kanto and 6 of the targets to Unova."
Cyrus nodded, "We'll start in Kanto and Johto, and then we'll get the rest on the way back to HQ."
The henchmen nodded and left the room. Cyrus grinned at the ancient tablets that sat on his desk. To he normal eye they were just shapes, but once decoded they stated-
'The legendaries share their heart with a human. They are one: Their senses, hearts, minds, feelings, and emotions.'
"Soon all these legendaries will be under my control." Cyrus cackled.
OHHHHH! BAD CYRUS! Lol! Comment who's appeal you love the most! Once again thanks to Yara for writing Brianna's Appeal! Hehe!
~XxStarzxX~
(P.S. Nobody has entered the contest for 'whoever can guess which character came from which movie gets their character in the story' thing. I would like it if people entered. It is explained I think back in the beginning of chapter 1.