"We've reached the final round of the Lilycove City Pokemon Contest!" The MC, Vivian, announced.
After Davin and Maura had exited the department store, they saw that it was getting dark and went back to the Pokemon center to rest. The next day, Maura entered the contest, with Davin watching her from the audience, and she had made it past the appeals round using only her Volbeat.
"Now, for the final battle to this contest, we have Jenna from Pacifidlog Town versus Maura from Blackthorn City!" Both girls had determination in their eyes as they stared at each other. "5 minutes on the clock. Begin~!"
"Volbeat, steal the show!" She tossed the Poke ball in the air and the Firefly Pokemon made its appearance.
"Kirlia, to the stage!" Jenna released her Pokemon: A white, human-like figure that looked like a ballerina.
"You can do it, Maura!" Davin cheered.
"Volbeat, Captivate!" It danced around a little, releasing pink hearts from its antennae at the opponent.
"Kirlia, use Teleport!" In the blink of an eye, the Emotion Pokemon vanished before everyone's eyes; Maura's points slowly decreased.
"Where is it now?" Maura said, looking around to find it.
"Shadow Ball!" A black and purple ball of energy came from behind and struck Volbeat to the ground, Maura's points decreasing even more. Kirlia returned to its original spot.
"Use Flash!" Volbeat faced Kirlia with its tail and a bright, blinding light emitted from it, making Kirlia unable to see; Jenna's points decreased.
"Signal Beam!" A rainbow colored ball formed between its antennae and a beam shot out, hitting Kirlia. That, with the combined power of Flash, made Jenna's points lower more.
"Kirlia, Psychic!"
"Volbeat, Thunderbolt!"
The horns on Kirlia's head glowed blue and it shot out a beam of energy while Volbeat released a blast of electricity from its body. Both attacks exploded on contact, decreasing both participants' points.
"Ladies and gentleman, we've just passed the 3 minute mark! Both coordinators have lost a fair amount of points! How will they respond?"
"Kirlia, dance while using Shadow Ball!" The Pokemon obeyed and began doing a pirouette, firing multiple Shadow Balls as it started to spin.
"Dodge them, Volbeat!" The bug Pokemon did some unique dodging by doing back flips and side steps in mid air. Both of their points began to fade away.
"Time to end it. Volbeat, Captivate, then use Signal Beam!" The multiple pink hearts fired from its body, making Kirlia feel dizzy when they hit. Next, it fired the rainbow beam from its antennae, striking Kirlia in the middle and making it faint.
"And that's that!" Vivian announced. "With only 1:01 to spare, the winner of the Lilycove Pokemon contest is Maura!"
Everyone cheered for her as she stood there in disbelief.
"I won?... I WON!" she ran on to the stadium and trapped Volbeat in a tight hug. "Thank you so much, Volbeat! You were awesome!"
"Volbeat, Volbe." It smiled.
"She did it! She really did it! I'm so proud of her!" Davin shouted. Great happiness filled his thoughts over Maura's success. He was truly glad that his friend reached her goal.
At the ribbon ceremony, one of the judges handed out a ribbon to Maura and Volbeat. "I understand that this is your fifth ribbon. Best of luck in the Grand Festival, Maura."
She took the ribbon in her hand. "Thank you very much." She held the ribbon in the air and rejoiced, "It finally happened. I got the Lilycove ribbon!"
"Vol-beat!" Volbeat cheered.
Vivian signed off, "And that ends the Lilycove Pokemon contest. Until next time, folks!"
"Congratulations, Maura! You did it!" Davin cheered as they exited the contest hall.
"Thanks." She opened her ribbon case and placed the Lilycove ribbon in it with her other ones. "Five ribbons... I'm finally going to the Grand Festival. This feels like a dream."
"It's 100% reality, Maura." Davin smiled. "So you said you were going to Mossdeep city after this, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, let's go together. That way, we can challenge the gym at the same time."
Maura beamed. "I'd love to!"
Davin nodded. "Great. We'll leave first thing in the morning."
As the sun began to set, the two of them headed back to the Pokemon center to rest up for their voyage across the sea towards Mossdeep City.
