This is the 'last night' that is mentioned in Ski Trip. I mentioned some events in Ski Trip about the 'last night' but left out the details because they were there at one point, but cut out because it was getting too long.
Primary: Diamond & Platinum.
Playing the Game:
All 13 Dex Holders sat around the living room of the lodge, taking a look around the inside. Platinum dug into her purse and withdrew 10 sets of keys.
"I am terribly sorry, but the biggest lodge that I could rent only had 10 bedrooms," she said, standing in the middle of the room. "Since there are 13 of us, six of us will need to share rooms."
"Who's going to share rooms?" Red asked.
"I do not know. I was hoping that there would be a suggestion."
Blue stood up. "I got it; rock-paper-scissors. The loser will have to pick someone, from the same gender, to share a room."
Everyone agreed, so the first game of the day began. In the first round, Pearl lost. And as expected, he chose to share a room with Diamond.
"We might as well practice some comedy acts for the upcoming show," he said as he tapped Diamond on his shoulder.
In the next round, Yellow lost. She turned to look at Crystal, but remembering that she was the birthday girl, turned to face Blue. The older girl smiled and nodded. In the final round, Platinum lost, thus she had to select Sapphire.
Platinum handed out the room keys, and once everyone found their rooms and put their bags away in the rooms, all headed outside to the large field. While Platinum divided the large field into four equal segments (a large X starting from the middle to the 4 edges of the field), Blue turned to face the rest of the Dex Holders.
"Alright everyone," she said, gaining everyone's attention. "I know you're all hungry. I am too. But Platinum and I planned a game that we're going to play. The game will be a snowball fight. We'll divide into 4 groups and we'll all have 30 minutes to create walls and other covers that will be used during the game. The rules are simple. If you get hit by a snowball, you're out. The first team to be completely eliminated will be in the last place, then the third, and so on. The team that gets the first place will get to eat full 5 star quality lunch. The second place will get 3 star quality, and half of the amount of the first place. The third place just gets to eat dessert, and the last place gets an apple and a glass of water."
"The last place just gets one apple and one glass of water? That's harsh!" Gold yelled. He turned to face Crystal. "Sorry, Super Serious Gal. But neither of us can really throw that well. It looks like we're going to be last."
"And you think that we'll be in the same team why?" she said, crossing her arms.
Blue smiled. "The teams are simple. We'll divide by regions. So Crys, you're with Gold and Silver."
"Oh…" Crystal groaned. She glared at Gold. "Just don't screw it up."
"And to ensure that no team stalls unnecessarily," Platinum said, joining Blue after dividing the field evenly. "We shall have one hour for this game. If no teams are eliminated by that time, every team is considered to be in the last place. If three teams remain, then the three teams are in the third place, and so on."
Yellow raised a hand. "Um… I don't like throwing snowballs at people… do I have to play?"
"You can be the referee. And pick a team that you think is going to win, and whatever place that team scores, you'll be considered to be in it as well, so you'll get the same lunch as them," Blue said. She handed Yellow a whistle and a watch. "Here, blow the whistle to start the 30 minutes to create cover then blow the whistle again the start the game. When the time is up, blow the whistle again."
"Okay. I think that the Kanto team will win. And…" Yellow suddenly blew into the whistle.
The Kanto Dex Holders quickly rushed to their corner of the field and began building a series of covers of varying heights. Platinum, copying her Kanto seniors, got her two friends to build a series of covers as well. While Gold built a giant wall, Crystal and Silver built a different shaped wall to protect against snow-mortar shots. Ruby and Sapphire built a large barricade while Emerald made ammunition for the snowball fight.
Yellow, watching the four teams building their bases, blew into the whistle when 30 minutes passed. The other 12 Dex Holders quickly dived into their covers.
"Remember, you can't leave your team's corner and avoid hitting people in the face!" Blue yelled from behind her cover. "And pretend to be dead if you get hit!"
Red and Green exchanged looks and nodded. Red picked up several snowballs and randomly hurled them towards the other teams while Green moved closer to the farthest cover in Kanto team's space. He peeked around the wall and took cover just in time to avoid a snowball. He took a large snowball and tossed it towards Crystal, who was the one who attacked him.
Red looked around his cover at Sapphire. She waved at him and lifted a huge snowball, which appeared to be twice as big as the girl herself. With both hands, she threw the snow-bomb directly at him.
"Holy crap!" he exclaimed as he took cover. With a loud thud, the snow-bomb impacted with the cover. "Did you see that?" he asked his teammates.
"Red, I'm taking fire from the Johto side," Green said.
"I was just attacked by a massive snowball from Sapphire. I can't give you covering fire!" (Thud) "There's another one!"
Sapphire grinned as she gathered snow to create another giant snowball. Suddenly Emerald tapped her shoulder.
"Hey, look over there," he said, pointing towards the cover Platinum was hiding behind. "That wall looks awfully weak. Do you think you can break it?"
Sapphire glanced at the wall before she took cover again. "Yeah, I think I can."
Emerald gave her 3 snowballs, which were compressed tight into essentially ice. She examined one then whipped it towards the weak cover. The ice ball punched through the weak wall and barely missed Platinum.
The heiress shrieked in surprise. She quickly tried to move to a different cover when Ruby threw several snowballs at her. Diamond saw the motion from his cover.
"Look out!" he yelled as he dove towards Platinum.
He embraced her and spun around, taking the 'shots' instead of her. Platinum shrieked again as Diamond went limp and collapsed onto her.
"Dia, no!" came Pearl's hollering. He rose to his feet and starting throwing the snowballs towards the Hoenn Dex Holders.
Gold, noticing the distraction, threw a tightly compressed snowball at Pearl and hit him right in the chest. The Sinnoh Dex Holder fell backwards and hit the ground with a thud.
"Wait a minute…" he started, still in his 'dead' position. "Why the hell did I do that? Damn, that was stupid…"
Platinum tried to regain balance as Diamond leaned against her. "Diamond, hang in there, please!"
Noticing that her junior's back was turned, Sapphire threw an ice ball. At the same time, Blue tossed a snowball and Silver whipped one as well. The ice ball hit Platinum in her lower back and the other two snowballs hit her in the shoulders. She yelped and gasped in pain (acting, yet the ice ball did hurt) as she dropped to her knees. She groaned a little before she collapsed to her side.
"Wow… that's some good acting…" Blue muttered. "Maybe a little too much, though."
Platinum opened her eyes and looked at Diamond, who was looking at her. "Did I do well?" she asked.
Diamond nodded and gave her a thumbs-up.
"Why the hell did you do that?" came Pearl's voice from behind.
Platinum remained silent for a short while. "I am really sorry. I must have gotten carried away… We lost because of me…"
"It's not your fault," Diamond said with a smile.
"I am sorry, Diamond, Pearl. It appears that we shall only get an apple and a cup of water for lunch."
"Don't worry, I got plenty of snacks in my bag," Diamond said. "I have more than enough for all three of us."
"So… how long do we have to remain dead?" Pearl yelled.
"Until the game's over!" came back the reply from Blue.
Meanwhile, Sapphire turned to look at the Kanto team. She picked up the last ice ball and whipped it towards Red. He took cover and the ice ball almost pierced through the snow wall.
"Uh… Blue, I could use some help," Red said as he began reinforcing the wall.
Blue, who had created a huge pile of snowballs while staying under cover, began to use them to rapidly bombard the Hoenn team. The Hoenn Dex Holders took cover from the raining snowballs. Ruby and Sapphire glanced at each other to ensure that they were alive. Emerald, however, remained motionless under a large pile of snow.
"Ow… I'm hit… a lot…" he muttered.
Sapphire gritted her teeth and began to build another snow-bomb. Gold poked a hole through his cover and looked at the Kanto team. Taking aim properly, he tossed several snowballs like mortar shots. Shortly after, he could hear Blue's shriek, and Silver suddenly threw a snowball at his head.
"Ow, friendly fire!" the goggled boy yelled. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
Gold and Silver both rose to their feet and started to yell at each other. Crystal also rose to her feet and tried to calm her two friends.
Meanwhile, Blue crawled from her cover, with her hands clutching her stomach.
"Green… Help me," she said in a dying voice.
Green sighed as he slowly shook his head. He scooped some snow and tossed it on her face. "Dead people don't talk, Blue."
"So cold… literally…"
Green shook his head and peeked around the corner to his Johto juniors. Red also peeked around his corner. They exchanged looks and each threw a snowball.
Silver got hit on the shoulder first and he dropped to the ground. Gold quickly ducked behind his cover, dodging the snowball that Red threw. But unfortunately, Crystal was standing right behind him, thus when Gold ducked, she got hit instead. The snowball that Red threw hit her right in the face.
Gold quickly checked on her. She had her hands on her face and when she moved them away, he could see a big cut on her cheek. Apparently there was some ice in that snowball.
"Crys, you okay?" he asked.
"I think so…"
"Medic!" he yelled. "She's bleeding!"
Surprised, Red looked around the snow wall. He could see Yellow helping Crystal up to her feet, and he could see some blood on the younger girl's cheek.
"Sorry, Crys!" he yelled.
"I'm okay!" she yelled back.
Gold jumped up and started to throw snowballs towards the Kanto team, so that he may 'avenge' Crystal. Red and Green took cover to avoid the rapid fire. Sapphire, taking this opportunity, threw the snow-bomb with both hands towards Gold.
Crystal turned to look just in time to see the snow-bomb explode all over Gold. The impact pushed him backwards and he ended up tripping over the snow walls and eventually hit the ground with a thud.
"Holy crap!" he muttered as he unburied himself from the snow. "That hurt like hell!"
Sapphire grinned and exchanged a high five with Ruby. Emerald, still under a pile of snow, did not appreciate them stalling.
"Would you two hurry it up? I'm freezing and starving here."
Meanwhile, Platinum started to shiver. Lying on the snow for a long time (and not moving), and the fact that the wind was blowing snow up her skirt, was making her very cold.
Diamond, seeing her shiver, thought for a few seconds before he crawled towards her. He lay on the snow right beside her and unzipped his coat. Platinum looked at him, wondering what he intended to do. He signaled her to come closer, and after several moments of hesitation, she carefully rolled towards him so that she now lay on top of one side of Diamond's coat, had her back pressed against his chest and the other side of the coat on top of her like a blanket.
"Feeling better?" Diamond asked. His face was completely red from the extreme proximity. This was one of the stupidest things he's ever done… What would everyone say if they saw him do this? He was sure glad that Platinum couldn't see his face. He hesitantly put an arm over her waist in order to close his coat and to keep her warm.
Platinum too, was blushing from the proximity. She was glad that Diamond couldn't see her face, and she was also glad that no other Dex Holder could see the situation she was in.
"Y – Yes… this is… much better. Thank you…"
Meanwhile, Sapphire glanced over at the Kanto team. It was getting ridiculously cold, but she needed to fight for the sake of a good lunch… Suddenly a snowball flew over her head. She looked over at Ruby and pointed to the other team. Ruby nodded and prepared a snowball while Sapphire prepared an ice ball.
"On the count of 3," she whispered.
She raised 3 fingers and started to count down. When she folded all 3 fingers, she rose to her knees and threw the ice ball while Ruby jumped up to his feet and threw the snowball. The ice ball punched through the cover Red was hiding behind and hit him in the ankle while Ruby's snowball forced Green to take cover again.
"Ow," came Red's voice from behind the cover. "Green, you're on your own!"
Green threw a snowball at Sapphire who seemed preoccupied at the fact that she hit her role model. The snowball would've hit her right in the eye if Ruby hadn't stepped in and took the hit. Sapphire snapped out of her thoughts and saw Ruby starting to fall towards her. Unlike Platinum (who 'died' with her protector), she grabbed him by his coat from behind and began to use him as a shield. She threw an ice ball towards Green's cover, who jumped out of the way just as the ice ball pierced through the snow wall. While Sapphire prepared another snowball, Green had jumped behind the corner where Blue had been hiding before she got hit.
By the time Sapphire was prepared to throw, Green was on his feet, throwing a series of snowballs. It seemed that the ammunition Blue had created was still there. Since Sapphire was using Ruby as a shield, all the snowballs pelted him instead of her.
"Ow, ow, ow… Sapphire, can't you just lose?" Ruby asked, groaning from continuously being hit.
"Shut up! You're supposed to be dead!" Sapphire yelled.
Green took aim and threw a snowball… directly at Ruby's face.
"Ruby, duck!" he yelled.
Ruby turned to look just in time to see the snowball flying straight towards his face. On instinct, he ducked, and the snowball flew over his head and… hit Sapphire on the top of her head. She staggered backwards and soon fell.
Yellow blew into the whistle, signaling the end of the game. Platinum quickly rose to her feet and Diamond did as well after he zipped his coat once again.
"Alright, everyone," Blue yelled, getting back up. "Kanto team wins! Hoenn team is second, Johto third, and Sinnoh last! Now let's eat lunch!"
"You betrayed me…" Sapphire said to Ruby on the way back to the lodge.
"Hey, you're the one who used me as a shield," he argued back. "Seriously, I'm probably covered in bruises thanks to you. Besides, it was either that, or have my face ruined. I need my look for contests, you know…"
Several hours later, 11 pm...
Platinum sat beside Diamond in the living room of the lodge. Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Crystal, and Emerald have already gone to sleep in their rooms. Pearl was busy writing down some ideas for a comedy act, Sapphire appeared to be dozing off in front of the fire, Green was reading the newspaper in the corner of the room, Ruby was looking at Sapphire with a smirk on his face, and Gold was drinking hot chocolate while looking back and forth between Ruby and Sapphire. Diamond was eating some snacks before Platinum sat beside him.
"Do you… want some?" he asked, offering some of the chocolate snacks he was eating.
Platinum smiled and shook her head. "No thank you, Diamond." She covered her mouth for a yawn and somewhat leaned against Diamond. "How do you like this trip so far?"
"I – I like it very much," he replied, his face turning red. 'This is one of the happiest moments of…'
"Diamond, I wanted to ask you," Platinum started abruptly.
"Uh… what is it?"
"During the snowball fight earlier today… why did you get hit instead of me?"
Diamond swallowed the food in his mouth. "Uh… I've been protecting you since we met, and I guess when I saw the snowball about to hit you, I just acted without thinking. I made a vow a long time ago," he said nervously. He took a deep breath and turned to look at Platinum, whose face was very close to his. "I will protect you, no matter what happens."
"Do you mean… if I were to get attacked by a wild Pokémon, you will protect me, even if it means that you will get hurt?"
"Of course I will."
Platinum seemed very touched by his care for her. She put a hand on his shoulder.
"Diamond, please do not do anything reckless. If you were to get hurt, I shall never forgive myself… So please, promise me that-"
Suddenly, Sapphire's shriek and Gold's laughter interrupted her.
Ruby, noticing Sapphire dozing off in front of the fire, decided to play a prank. He went outside of the cabin, made a big snowball, and after getting back inside the lodge, dropped it high above her head.
Sapphire, enraged, jumped to her feet and glared at Ruby. Seeing the deadly look, he stopped laughing. The snow seemed to instantly melt and evaporate in her fiery temper. Every other Dex Holder rose to their feet, wondering what would happen.
"Crap…" Ruby quickly spun around and ran.
Sapphire chased him with all her might, knocking over chairs, sofas, and people in her way (Gold and Pearl, for example). She even pushed Platinum out of the way, who tried to calm her.
"Get back over here! I'm going to F*CKING MURDER YOU!" Sapphire screamed, almost shaking the whole lodge with her voice.
She chased him as he ran out of the lodge and ran into the forest. Ruby ducked to avoid the various low-hanging branches, but he had to push one away with his arms, as it was too low to duck but too high to jump over. His choice proved to be bad, as once he let go of that branch, it acted like a whip and struck Sapphire who was chasing him. Hearing her yelp, Ruby stopped running and looked back. He could see her lying on the snow with her hands over her face.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked as he knelt beside her.
Sapphire carefully sat up and moved her hands away from her face. She winced in pain and kept her left eye shut, as it caused severe pain when she tried to open it. Much to Ruby's horror, there was a big gash over her left eye, from the cheek to the forehead. Sapphire had shut her eye before the branch hit, but there was a big cut on the eyelid. There was blood trickling down her cheek from that cut.
Sapphire wasn't wearing any winter clothes (she was in her regular attire), but she wasn't shivering at all (too fired up). She looked at the blood on her gloves and clenched her hands into fists.
"Sapphire, are you okay?" Ruby asked again. "You're bleeding a lot, but I don't think your eye is damaged. Come, let's get you healed."
Sapphire gritted her teeth and jumped to her feet. Ruby could see the fire in her open eye, and it felt as if he was looking at his own death… She swung a fist for a punch, and he ducked out of the way. The punch hit a tree instead, and the tree snapped in half.
Ruby ran again, and Sapphire chased him once more with even more energy.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he yelled desperately as he ran back towards the lodge. "It was an accident! An accident, I tell you!"
"Shut up! I'm going to grind your face on a F*CKING HEATED CHAIN-LINK FENCE and pour SALT ALL OVER IT!"
Crystal, who was reading a novel (one she received for her birthday) in her room, quickly ran downstairs to the living room, upon hearing the furious screaming of horribly painful torture.
In the living room, she could see Ruby cowering behind the couch while the other Dex Holders tried to hold Sapphire down. The enraged Dex Holder and blood trickling from the big cut on her face, and kept her left eye shut. Gold and Green each held onto an arm, Diamond and Pearl were each holding onto a leg and Platinum was trying to calm her down with words.
"What did you do?" Crystal asked Ruby.
"Uh… a prank that led to an accident," he replied.
Crystal turned to look at Sapphire, who was thrashing around, trying to free herself. The blood was trickling down her cheek and onto her shirt. Platinum never saw her senior this scary before. She made a note to herself to never make her angry.
"Come over here and take your F*CKING BEATING LIKE A MAN!" Sapphire roared. Platinum covered her ears with her hands and staggered backwards. "I'm going to pull out your F*CKING SPINE AND F*CKING CHOKE YOU WITH IT!"
Green shook his head. "Crystal, come here and hold her arm."
Crystal ran towards him and took his place. She didn't know whether she could hold her junior down, though. Green slowly walked in front of Sapphire.
"Alright, Sapphire," he started calmly. "I will give you 5 seconds to calm down."
The Hoenn Dex Holder seemed to calm down slightly, as she started to thrash less. Crystal figured that it was the calmness and the invisible pressure her senior always had that calmed her junior.
"Now, we're going to treat that cut, and it'll help all of us if you're calm," Green said again. "Once we treat that eye, you will go to sleep, and tomorrow, you can do whatever you want to Ruby (Ruby: "WHAT?"). Just don't actually murder him or cripple him."
Sapphire took a deep, deep breath and stopped thrashing. She nodded and after one more deadly glare at Ruby's cowering form, went upstairs to her room. Platinum and Crystal followed.
While Platinum carefully cleaned the injury and put antiseptic on it, Crystal watched. She was originally going to do the treating process herself, but apparently the Sinnoh Dex Holder knew a lot more than her. Sapphire explained what Ruby did to her, and what happened when she chased him.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
"Sapphire?" came Ruby's voice.
The door slowly opened and he stepped inside. Sapphire glared at him.
"Look, I'm really, really sorry about this," he said, sitting on the bed beside her. He noticed her trembling with rage and could hear her gritting her teeth. He swallowed nervously ('gulp') and grabbed her ungloved hand. To his surprise, she stopped trembling, but looked rather surprised. "I'm really sorry."
Platinum accidentally poked the cut with the tool she was using to apply the antiseptic. Sapphire hissed in pain and clenched her hands into fists, really tight… and she was grabbing Ruby's hand.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow… Sapphire, you're breaking my hand!"
"I – I am terribly sorry!" Platinum stammered hastily.
"Just be careful," Sapphire said through clenched teeth. "And relax. It's not like I'm going to snap you in half."
Platinum swallowed nervously (another 'gulp') and continued the medical treatment.
"… Sapphire, can you ease off on the hand?" Ruby asked from the side.
Sapphire grinned. She clenched her hand as strong as she could. The treatment of her wound was quite painful, and now she had a method of somewhat alleviating that pain… or rather, transfer it to someone else.
An hour later, once the wound was fully bandaged, Sapphire decided to go to sleep. Ruby, feeling guilty and afraid of what would happen to him, went to sleep as well, with an ice pack tied to his hand. But he remembered to lock his door and barricade the doorway with a small bookshelf… just in case.
Since Sapphire decided to sleep, Platinum also chose to sleep. She let her senior take the bed, and kept the heater on at full power to make sure that the room was warm enough. The younger girl would've preferred to keep the heater on low, but she felt that her senior would snap her in half if she did so…
Crystal kept her heater on medium and tried to sleep. It was a tiring day (Blue had planned a game right before dinner and another one right after as well) and the next day was going to be tiring as well. Everyone was going to go skiing, and… she never skied before. She was afraid of what might happen and because of it, she couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned on her bed, desperately trying to fall asleep, but to no avail.
She checked the time… it was 2 am. Groaning, she shut her eyes and tried to avoid thinking of anything. She reasoned that thinking of all possible outcomes of tomorrow's event (technically today's event) would only prevent her from sleeping, so she tried to empty her thoughts.
And… it was working! Crystal slowly started to drift towards the state of 'sleep' after a long time of tossing and turning. Finally, she was going to fall asleep…
But someone knocked on the door.
Damn it…
'Go away, whoever it is… It's 2 in the morning…' Crystal thought miserably.
"Crys!" came a voice from behind the door. "Open up, it's an emergency!"
'That sounded like Gold… This had better be an emergency…'
Crystal groaned as she got off of her bed. She was just about to fall asleep… She grumbled as she turned the lights on, and groaned some more as the bright light hurt her eyes. Once her eyes got partially accustomed to the bright light, she opened the door.
"What is it?" she asked grumpily.
To her surprise, Gold had a grin on his face. That was never a good sign…
"What could possibly be funny?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"There's something really hilarious that I wanted to show you," he said, pointing down the hallway. "Look over there."
Crystal sighed as she stepped out of her room and looked where Gold was pointing. She couldn't see anything…
"I don't see anything," she said, squinting. She turned around to look at Gold…
Then it happened… the bone-chilling cold all around her, her sleepiness disappearing, and being completely drenched… Gold had poured a bucket full of snow and ice-cold water down on her head. Crystal shrieked as the ice water soaked her from head to toe… She staggered backwards and fell… This was one thing that she never expected. She was in a warm room, in her warm clothes, and Gold just had to pour that damn bucket of ice-water on her… Needless to say, it almost gave her a heart attack.
The next thing that came to her mind was… why. Why did he just do that? Crystal wiped the slush from her eyes and glared at Gold, who was laughing. Now she knew how Sapphire felt…
Crystal took the bucket and tried to smash the metal object onto Gold's head, but he was running away from her, still laughing. She wanted to scream out a threat, but since it was 2 in the morning, decided not to. Instead, she would murder him during the day…
Crystal sneezed. Grumbling, she shut the door and began to dry herself after removing her clothes. She had prepared a second set of night clothes (just in case), and she was glad that she did. But after fully drying herself and as she lay on her bed in her new night clothes, another problem occurred… she was no longer sleepy. That damned ice water had snapped her awake…
Again, she was going to kill him… unless, of course, he does something particularly nice for her… If not, then she would see to it that he gets buried by the end of this trip…
Added after SE #024: The Set Up II…
What Could Have Been:
Crystal sneezed. Grumbling, she shut the door and began to dry herself after removing her clothes. Gold just had to pour that bucket of ice water on her… in the middle of the night… just as she was about to fall asleep… It was a good thing she brought an extra set of night clothes…
The Johto girl put her pants on and was about to put the shirt on when the door burst open (Crystal forgot the lock the door). Gold stood in the doorway, holding a snowball (as if the ice-cold water wasn't enough).
"Whoa…" he muttered.
Crystal quickly covered herself with the shirt and glared at Gold. "GET OUT!" she screamed out. Sure, it was 2:30 am, but she didn't care anymore. "GET OUT!"
"Seriously, Super Serious Gal? Pink?" Gold said with a grin. "I'm not sure if that color-"
"GET OUT!" Crystal screamed even louder. Her face was completely red from embarrassment and anger.
"What the hell is going on here?" came Green's voice from outside the door.
Crystal groaned. 'This day just keeps getting worse!' She could only try to cover herself better with her shirt as the Viridian Gym Leader appeared in the doorway…
Next Up: my first attempt at Black & White.