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"And with that, it's time for the semi-finals!" Marian winked.

Cass and I hugged each other, nervously. Neither one of us wanted to be paired with Max; he was an excellent battler. The cards spun and dropped. Showing me with the guy with the Happiny and Croagunk, and lucky Cass with Max. I sighed, "Good luck." She shook her head and Fritz yawned, pushing out of my sister's tight hands. He launched into the bag, but was sent into his pokeball.

A wave of sorrow washed over Cass, because she knew she was going to lose.

-(-)-

"Well, Nick won over the first battle! Let's see who's going to become victorious in this battle: Cass? Or Max?" the host smiled and winked. The crowd cheered for either side, and Cass shook nervously.

Cass tossed out Fritz and Chloe, both who smiled as they appeared. Max smirked, "Alright, Ralts, Mothim! Let's go!"

My eyes widened as I listened and watched. I took out my pokedex and it blurted out, "Mothim, the Moth pokemon. Mothim steal from Combee nests to get delicious honey. It evolves from a male Burmy."

The time beeped and started.

Max made no hesitation and called, "Let's go you two, Double Team!" Clones of Ralts and Mothim went one after another, closing in a circle around the poor Joltik and Cubchoo. "Ha!" Cass laughed, "Back to back you two, Icy Wind and Signal Beam!"

The two attacks slammed into the real ones eventually, with Mothim and Ralts crying, "Tss!" and "Ral…" respectively. Max's points shrank.

"Get up!" Max warned, "Double Confusion!"

The two jumped up, and a blue wave of energy and a pink wave came from Mothim and Ralts. It twirled around and was about to hit Fritz and Chloe. Cass rubbed her head, "Alright you two, ThunderSnow, right now!"

Chloe jumped on Fritz's head, and used Signal Beam. Whilst a cloud of snow hurtled towards it, a Powder Snow. A fast storm of snow and electricity slammed into the double Confusion, but it came back to them. Chloe and Fritz were both buffeted with the attacks. Cass hissed, "Up! Fritz, use Hail, and Chloe, go for Thunder Wave!"

Fritz jumped and spun, creating a hail storm, shrouding the stage. It was hard to see, but judging by the noise, Mothim was hit by Chloe's attack. "Now, Fritz, Icy Wind!" Ralts's shadow slammed into earth.

"Mothim," Max called, "Flap your wings to get rid of the Hail!"

It worked successfully, and Cass lost points dramatically. "Ralts, Teleport and use Confusion behind them!" Cass smiled, "That's not gonna work! Fritz, use Growl, then Chloe use Electroweb!"

Ralts appeared right by Fritz, but faltered and covered it's ear because of the loud from Fritz. Ralts was wrapped in electrocuting webs, taking serious damage when Max called, "Mothim, Confu-"

"AND TIMES UP!" Marian shouted. Everyone looked at the points.

Max was clearly the winner.

-(-)-

Max and I glared at each other, and so were out pokemon. The finals had come, I was only a step away from winning the Sandgem Ribbon.

"And now," Marian smiled, "Five minutes on the clock… BEGIN!"

I smirked, "Saria, Work Up! Angel, try for Extrasensory on Mothim!"

Saria jumped and spun, a red aura enveloping her. Angel focused but Max screeched, "Protect!"

A green barrier shielded Mothim and it took no damage. I sighed.

"Saria, Dig!"

"Now Ralts, use Confusion!"

It was the same strategy I used before with Deanne. Distracting Max, then swooping in with Saria. "Angel," I yelled, "Wish, then Extrasensory!" Max looked up as a star appeared over head, then burst over from the Extrasensory. Angel was healed after the Confusion slammed into her. "Angel get up, and Saria go for it."

"Hu?" Max pondered, but Ralts was tossed into the air as Saria came out. She slapped down on the earth and struggled to get up as Saria devilishly smiled. "Mothim, Double Team! Do Teleport, Ralts!"

Mothim cloned around Saria and Ralts was nowhere to be seen. "Angel, Metronome, please."

The attack was… Wild Charge. Angel bolted around, slamming into Mothim. Ralts reappeared, only to be trucked by Mothim. Time was ticking and Max was losing.

"Humph," he moaned, "Aerial Ace let's go Mothim! Ralts, attempt Confusion on his wings."

"Mohhhhh…" Mothim came in like a speeding bullet, and it's wings flew pink as Confusion hit it. "Angel!" I barked, "Protect!" She jumped and a green barrier appeared, "Yeah!" she smiled as the moth screamed, "THIM!"

I turned to Saria, "Facade on Ralts!" A grey shadow slammed into the weak Ralts. Before Max could say anything. Time beeped. It was over.

I won.

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"Congratulations of winning!" Marian smiled. Angel, Saria, and I all stood on a podium, being presented with our ribbon.

Each of the judges congratulated me in their own way, too. "You did great, you remind me of someone I know, you know!" Zoey smiled. Mr. Contesta just gave me a wink and thumbs up, and Professor Rowan… he laughed and shook my hand.

Marian flipped her hair, "We now present to you, the Sandgem Ribbon! And we'll see you all next time!"

Saria, Angel, and I all hugged and left the stage, looking at the green ribbon resembling an emerald.

A/N: Saria is the rival to Ralts and Angel is the rival to Mothim.