Pokemon

I know I said I would update last week but I was enjoying my time off and I was kind of pissed...Ok, that's a bit of an understatment. I had no classes last week because of mid-term exams, and I only had to write ONE exam. It was math and I'm a natural at math so I thought it was pretty decent. Of course, only with my luck, I should learn that the one day that week I had to get up and go to school was January 28. My Birthday. Then I try to update my story, and it wouldn't let me! I'm not even going to re-live that...so as far as I can see everything is back to normal. Haha and then it's embarrassing to say, but I uploaded the document onto here, and then forgot to update my story -.-' ...hehe oops. I had also written two possible chapters for this and I hope I choose the better one. If it seems a little out of character I really don't care because I like it. Haha okay then.... my lovely reviewers!

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Chapter # 11 - Scares

Alex sat lazily in her room, twirling a spoon in one hand and holding a large container of ice cream in the other. She still wasn't sleeping the best, but knowing she was all ready for the upcoming contest eased her mind and gave her quality sleep at the very least. For the energy she was lacking, she made up by living on caffeine and sugar. Then she trained a bit, relaxed, and then attempted to sleep more again.

She loved her body, she could eat as much as she wanted and never gained any weight. But, despite her efforts, Alex's mood didn't improve. She was actually feeling slightly guilty about ditching jerk face on the way there, and to top it all off, she had a severe feeling of being watched. She shook this off however, as a side effect of everything else.

The big day was drawing near and she decided she some shopping might take her mind off things. As she carried her bags her nose led her over to a stand that was selling huge, yummy looking cookies. As she was about to rush into another boutique, she spotted a familiar face. It was May! Out of all the people Ash had met or traveled with, May was definitely the best in her opinion, and the two had easily became friends.

She watched her walk past and noticed that Ash, Brock and… the girl with the blue hair and too short mini-skirt were with her as well. She shrugged guessing she would see them later at the contest and ran off to buy some amazing seals for her performance.

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Paul, could not find, her anywhere! He had even called out his honchkrow to aid him in his search. She could barely stand on her own two feet so how did she disappear so quickly? He finally got fed up with scouring the area multiple times to see if she passed out somewhere, and just decided to get to the pokemon center and hope she would turn up eventually. Now he felt really guilty.

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The crowd began cheering wildly as the event they had all been waiting for commenced. They were a sea of white hats like Wallace's, pokemon lovers and coordinators alike. Although, the most of the excitement was back stage, where everybody was hovering over a mirror to prepare themselves for their que, or nervously going over the routines in their heads like a nervous wreck.

Paul stood in the lobby of the pokemon center closely watching the television, along with other trainers as well, as the contests MC announced the starting of the contest. The sea of white hats roared into applause as soon as Wallace's name was spoken.

Alex weaved through the crowd of coordinators to find a seat where she could watch her competitors. It was rather hard to see much though over all of their heads. She wasn't one to get stage freight, or dress up like a Barbie doll, but tried to keep herself calm and relaxed.

First up in the appeals round was May and her wartortle. They seemed to set the bar pretty high with their performance, with Wallace's high praises. Zoey, whom Alex remembered from one of her other contests, was on not too far after with her finneon. She also received lots of praises on her beautiful beautifly of the sea.

"And now it's time for our next entry!"

"That's me. Buizel, I choose you!" 'Hey, I know that voice.' Alex's eyes shot over to the screen. 'What the hell? Ash entered the contest too?' She was shocked to see that his performance was actually pretty good, probably good enough to make it into the next round. 'His coordinator friend must have helped him. Oh well, he'll be history in the next stage.'

"What does he think he's doing?" Paul asked himself as he watched his rival appear on stage.

Dawn was up next, looking completely nervous. That's most likely why as soon as she stepped on stage she tripped over her own two feet and fumbled her pokeball. She regained her balance though, and the rest of her routine went fine.

Alex walked down the dim-lighted, narrow hallway to the stage. She smirked as she saw Dawn walking in the opposite direction, breathing deeply to slow her heartbeat. "Well that was graceful, nice entrance." She mocked as she brushed past.

Dawn turned red as a tomato. "What was that?" she fumed. 'The nerve of that girl' She made it back to her friends, the red still tinted her cheeks. They all complimented her, but what the other girl said stung her.

"What's wrong Dawn? Still uneasy?" May asked concerned.

"It went ok, I think so." Dawn reassured her friends.

"And now for our last coordinator for the day!" The MC called.

"Here we go." She kissed her pokeball for good luck and jogged into the spotlight. "Mist, it's your time to shine!" The spinning pokeball opened as a pokemon, glowing white, jumped out. The glow clouded and dozens of tiny, white confetti flakes drifted to the ground, revealing the vaporeon within.

"Hey, look guys it's Alex!" May exclaimed happily, pointing at the screen.

"Okay, run on the water, melt and use your mist attack." The mermaid like pokemon melted herself into water molecules and galloped on top of the large pool, leaving a subtle fog in its path. The fog swept across the entire stadium, which was commented on by the MC.

"Aurora beam!" A flash radiated a rainbow of colors onto the fog, strongly resembling the northern lights. Vaporeon's silhouette danced on the water, its sleek fur glimmered attractively. Oohs and Awes echoed through the audients, and even the judges.

"Now to finish it off, icy wind!" Vaporeon stopped dead in the middle of the stage, summoning a frosty gust of wind to evaporate the aurora in a small tornado. The damp air settled to twinkle around the performers as they bowed. The crowd roared in applause, the judges gave her their very high praises as she walked back to the gloomy hallway, patting vaporeon.

'Glad they liked it, it took a lont of effort to come up with.' She beamed at her water pokemon. "Thank you so much Mist, that was perfect. Now, to wait for the results." She hated waiting. She made sure to avoid being seen by Ash's group, as she walked back into the backstage room.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, but the judges have come to a decision. These are the coordinators moving to the next round!"

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Alex traipsed out of the arena, proud of her pokemon at making it to the second round. She was one of the first ones to leave, and she walked briskly as she started feeling paranoid again. Eevee stayed at the pokemon center, curled up on her bed while Alex went to the contest. One of those people were likely squish her thinking she was a nice fluffy pillow. She didn't feel safe or protected without her pokemon by her side. She nervously gazed about her to reassure herself nobody was there.

She finally decided to sit down at the base of a large tree and enjoy the afternoon rays. She pushed her paranoia to the back of her mind and cleared her mind. Unfortunately for her, she ended up dozing off…

A hand clamed down on her shoulder, causing Alex to jerk around and come face-to-face with crimson eyes. A rough hand covered her mouth to prevent her from calling out for help. She automatically reached to her belt for a pokeball, only to swipe at air. A deep rumble of what she could only make out as a dark laugh vibrated through the persons throat.

"Our leader has ordered your capture. Don't worry, we won't kill you, unless you can't deliver the information we request." His voice was definately unfriendly. Her eyes widened as a tiny amount of light revealed his appearance and she struggled again. He slammed her back against the tree…

She gasped sitting up, rubbing the forming bump on the back of her head. Her dark eyes darted around. 'It was all a dream…?' She stood up, noting how dark it was now, and started briskly walking.

Her sneakers thumped at a steady tempo on the cold concrete. She was nearly to the building bearing the fluorescent pink P on it. She held a deadly grip on the straps of her backpack. 'Almost there' She breathed.

Suddenly, a hand closed around her wrist. She tried franticly to tear it away but it held stronger. Just as she was about to shout out, another hand clamped over her mouth.

"Will you calm down?" The voice asked exasperatedly into her ear. She stopped her struggling and froze. She turned around to see if her suspicions were true. Sure enough they were, and she swiftly smacked them harshly on the back of the head before pulling them into a tight embrace and buried her face in their shoulder.

"There is a normal way to get somebody's attention you know, idiot." She said relieved, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. The person she held was too shocked to do anything.

"I…………..I'm…." They struggled.

Alex chuckled sadly, "The word's sorry, Paul. I suppose I am too." She sniffled slightly.

Standing like a cement statue, the surprised purplenette wasn't sure what to do. Alex, like him, didn't seem like the kind of person to show this much emotion. He awkwardly raised his arms to pat her back.

"Sorry." She muttered pulling away and wiping away her tears. "So, what are you doing here? I thought I was holding you back."

Paul's usually hard eyes softened slightly and he looked up at the sky to avoid her gaze. "…I was worried about you." He said as if it was obvious.

"Oh…well thank you, I guess." An awkward silence filled the air, but she decided to break it again. "So… now what?"

"Well, we'll stay for your contest and then we'll challenge the Pastoria City gym." Paul answered looking back down; an unnoticeable pink tainted his cheeks.

Alex smiled happily for the first time in a week. "Thanks Paul." She looked around to see they were standing in a dark, creepy alleyway. "We should probably go inside now." Paul nodded and let her lead him inside the pokemon center.

Neither of them noticed the silhouette of somebody watching them from a distance.

Okay, I hope you liked it. It's really late right now...or early depending on the way you think about it. Anyways I'd appreciate at least 2 or 3 reviews before I post the next chapter. I know people are reading, but I'm not sure what their thinking. Is it so hard to click a review button and write your own opinion. Please, I love your reviews! Don't be a meanie though! Um, I think that's it for now. Review!!!