Chapter 3- "Rules, Rules, Rules"
{A/N: Thank all of you guys who are now following my story! It makes me feel so loved. I can't thank you guys enough!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, nor its characters. But a girl can dream, right?}
Ash grabbed the bag he had packed when Gary told him he got a spot in the competition. Gary took out his Fearow and Ash whistled. His old Pidgeot soared out of the branches of some trees about a mile away. They both mounted their respective Pokémon and flew to Saffron, where Ash, since he was secretly a contestant on a game show to find love or work with others, was led by one of the assistants running the show. He landed and said goodbye to Gary, who had just come to support Ash. He walked over to a man with a clipboard and was led to a table in a clearing in the woods. "Ketchum?" The assistant asked him. Ash just nodded. He then got a number to pin to his chest and a blindfold he would have to put in when instructed. The assistant then led him to a jeep which Ash climbed into the passenger seat of. "Alright, put on you blindfold." He instructed and Ash did what he was told. The purple bandanna over his eyes matched the number 5 on his chest. "I'll take you to the starting line, where you'll wait for the other contestants, and you'll be filled in by our judge."
"Alright." Ash just agreed with the man. But inside he was wondering- Starting line? Is there a race before the tournament or something? And why in the name of Ho-Oh am I blindfolded?
"I can't wait!" Misty said, jumping in the back seat while Daisy drove and Violet fixed her lip gloss in the passenger seat
"Chill girl. You're so like, hyper." Violet said, capping the cosmetics for now.
"I can't help that I'm excited, Violet." Misty said. She was nearly bursting with excitement. "See? This is something fun that I'm doing." She said, remembering their conversation.
"Only after we like, told you to. Kay? So this doesn't really count." Violet pointed out.
"Whatever." Misty said and rolled her eyes before they pulled to a park along the skirts of Saffron. "Yay!" Misty cried and hopped out of the car. "Right that way, sis." Violet pointed to the edge of a forest where a few people were standing with clipboards. There was a sign over them that said- 'Contestants- This Way! "Alright!" Misty said, running towards them. She looked back and waved to her sisters. Once she was talking to a girl with a clipboard, Daisy held out her hand and Violet hi-fived her.
"We officially, like, rock." They both said, smiling at their accomplishment.
Misty greeted the girl with the clipboard. After telling the woman her name, the assistant led her to the same clearing Ash had been only about ten minutes ago. "Alright Ms. Waterflower." The girl pinned a red number 3 to her shirt and handed her a red bandanna. "Just follow me and I'll lead you to the starting line." The girl brought her to a jeep on the line of many. She climbed in and put on her bandanna just like Ash had done. "Just follow me, and then you'll just wait for the other contestants."
Eight more people showed up with numbers and blindfolds after Misty. "Hello, My lovely contestants!" The judge said enthusiastically. "Now, you all know why you're here, but what you didn't know is that we are starting the games with you first challenge!" It was obviously a woman with too much coffee in her cupboard. "First, as you all know, you have numbers pinned to you. But what you might not have known is that someone else here has the same number as you. This challenge will begin with you all finding your perfect match. Once you have found each other, you can remove your blindfolds and get a good look at your partner. You will be living with them for your whole time on the show.
"After you find that lucky person, the two of you will run to the shore and swim out to a buoy 200 meters out into the current to retrieve a necklace with your number engraved in it! From that buoy you must swim back to shore, and meet me here, at the finish mat. First couple to get back to the mat gets first choice of your cabin. Remember- all cabins are the same. But some have better locations than others. First couple to make it to the mat may also get an advantage in the next challenge!" The host said with a little too much pep.
Neither Ash or Misty, who were standing three people away from each other, liked how the woman referred to teams as couples. It just didn't seem right.
They didn't have much time to think when the host started talking again. "Alright, sweeties. Your first challenge starts…. Now!"
{A/N: muahaha I caught you with a quick upload! Even though its a short chapter... And I've already started on the next chapter, so today might be a triple-chapter day! Woo!}