Ch 42: Round one begins
There was a knock on Ash's door. "Ash is everything alright in there, we heard screaming and then crying" May said. Ash opened the door and saw May and her family standing in the hallway. "Ash why are you crying? Wait who is this guy?" Max said.
"Guys this if Felix, my father" Ash said. "What!?" They all said. "Hello it's nice to meet you all" Felix said. "So wait this guy really is your father!" Max said. "Well Max it looks like Ash did finally meet his father" May said. "Ah man" Max said handing May ten dollars.
"Wait May told us Ash didn't know who his father was. When did you two meet each other?" Norman said. "A week ago" Ash said. "So this is the same Felix that you met in the cave of origin" May said. "Yeah but I didn't know he was my father then" Ash said.
"So you two only just found out about eachother. This is so heartwarming" Caroline said. "So Ash who are your friends here?" Felix asked. "Oh right, this is May my girlfriend. Norman and Caroline are her parents. Max is her brother" Ash said.
"May is competing in the grand festival and she made it past the preliminaries" Ash said. "Really that's quite impressive May" Felix said. "So Felix how long do you plan on staying?" Norman said. "Quite a while, don't worry I can pay for my room" Felix said.
The next morning the grand festival had officially began with round one matchups. May's match was the third one of the day. She was facing a young man from Sootopolis city. The young man was around eighteen years old with very short blonde hair and green eyes. He wore a black suit and tie as if he were attending a wedding.
"The third match of the day between May of Petalbug city and Brandon of Sootopolis city" Wallace said. "Now it's time for me to set the stage for my first grand festival victory. Go Marshtomp " Brandon said. His marshtomp came out of its pokeball and took a pose before the crowd.
"I know you can do this, Go wartorle!" May said throwing his pokeball. Wartortle came out of his pokeball and flexed in front of the crowd. "War tortle!" he said proudly. "A wartorle, that's a rare pokemon to find in Hoenn" Felix said. "Well May actually got him from professor Oak a few years ago" Ash said. "Makes sense, I guess Oak hasn't changed much" Felix said.
"The timer has started let the match begin!" Wallace shouted. "Let's start things off with an icebeam" Brandon said. Marshtomp opened his mouth and unleashed the icy attack at Wartortle. "Wartortle use scald" May said.
Wartorle unleashed a jet of extremely hot water which melted the icebeam into a thick mist. "How innovative using scald to stop that icebeam i'm impressed" Wallace said. Brandon lost a few points. "What no!" Brandon said.
"This won't do, Marshtomp use hail" Brandon said. Marshtop pointed his head up and unleashed a large ball of ice into the air. The ball of ice broke into smaller bits of hail falling toward the ground.
"Wartortle use withdraw and rapid spin" May said. Wartorle went into his shell and then spun himself at Marshtomp. While safely in his shell Wartorle easily smashed through the hail creating bits of sparkling ice across the stage.
"Again she uses her oppenents attack to air her own style how lovley" Nurse Joy said. Brandon lost more points. "Marshtomp move!" Brandon shouted. Marshtomp tried to avoid wartorle but he was too fast. When Wartortle hit Marshtomp Brandon's points were more than halfway gone.
"How do I get this girl? Every time I make a move she uses it against me. Wait that's it!" Brandon said. "Marshtomp use swagger" Brandon said. Marshtomp unleashed his move on Wartortle. Wartortle felt empowered , like he could lift a truck. "War tortle!" He said confidently.
"That's weird it looks like he just raised wartortle's attack" Max said. "He did but swagger has a nasty side affect to it" Red said. "He's right May could be in trouble" Felix said. Suddenly warortle's eyes turned swirly and he struggled to stay on his feet. "Oh no wartortle is confused" May said.
After Wartorlte became confused May's points dropped. "Perfect we have them right where we want them. Marshtomp use mudslap" Brandon said. Marshtomp danced around abit as it gathered up mud for its attack. When he had enough he smashed wartortle with it causing May to lose even more points.
"Oh no May!" Ash said. "Wartortle you have to snap out of it quick!" May said. "Marshtomp let's finnesh them off with an icebeam" Brandon said. Marshtomp opened his mouth and unleashed icebeam at wartorle.
Wartorle was so confused that he fell forward onto his stomach avoiding the icebeam. "What?" Brandon said. "Well how about that" May said. "Well it looks like that confused state isn't working like he wants it to" Norman said.
"Wartortle use Skullbash!" May said. Wartortle snapped out of confusion and launched himself at Marshtomp. When Wartortle hit marshtomp he knocked him out. "Oh no!" Brandon said. "Wow he knocked him out in one skull bash" Max said.
"Remember that his attack was boosted by swagger" Ash said. "Marshtomp is unable to battle our winner is May" Wallace said. "We did it!" May said. Wartortle went back to May allowing her to pick him up in her arms. Brandon picked up his unconsious marshtomp "It's not your fault Marshtomp it's mine" Brandon said.
"She did it she won!" Caroline said with enthusiasm. "That's my little girl" Norman said. "Your girlfriend is quite a skilled coordinator Ash. I can see how she won the Jhoto grand festival" Felix said.
Over an hour later May had joined them in the stands to watch Dawn's first round match. "Altaria use sky attack" Her opponent said. Altaria flew up high almost touching the ceiling. "Togekiss use extremespeed and airslash" Dawn said.
Togekiss flew at Altaria with incredible speed and slashed her before she could unleash sky attack. Altaria faltered and nearly dropped to the ground. Dawn's opponent lost several points. "That was quite an impressive combination" Norman said.
"Alright Altaria use mist" Dawn's opponent said. Altaria opened her beak anc let out a thick mist that covered the entire stage. "Now Altaria use dragon breath" Dawn's opponent said. "Togekiss watch out!" Dawn shouted. Togekiss tried to avoid the attack but he couldn't see it coming because of the mist.
The attack hit Togekiss and Dawn's points dropped. "Perfect Altaria now use sky attack" Dawn's opponent said. Altaria flew up to the ceiling and then flew straight down at Togekiss.
"Togekiss use extremespeed" Dawn said.
Togekiss flew at acceletated speed moving directly forward and narrowly avoidng the sky attack. "Togekiss use sunny day" Dawn said. Togekiss opened his mouth and sent up a ball of light that lit up the stage. "There now we can see, Togekiss use aurasphere" Dawn said. As Togekiss gathered up his aura energy Dawn's opponent said, "Altaria quick use takedown" He said.
Altaria flew straight at Togekiss ready to strike. Just before Altaria could reach Togekiss her opponent unleashed aurasphere and knocked her to the ground. "Altaria please get up" Dawn's opponent said. Altaria struggled for a moment but got up and back into the air.
"Time is up!" Wallace said. Both Dawn and her opponent turned to the screen and saw Dawn had more points. "The winner of this match is Dawn of Littleroot town" Wallace announced. "We did it!" Dawn said. Togekiss flew back to Dawn and into her arms. "Altaria return, we'll be back next year and we'll win then" He said.
"Looks like Dawn is moving on to the next round" May said. "You could end up facing her May. What will you do if that happens?" Max asked. "I've faced her once before, but I lost" May said. "If that happens May I know you'll win" Ash said.
"I thought he was friends with Dawn" Max said to Red. "Keep in mind May is his girlfriend" Red said. "Don't remind me" Max said. Forty minutes later Dawn and May were both in the coordinator's room watching Drew's match. "Roserade petaldance" Drew said.
Roserade unleashed hundreds of pink petals at her opponent's Delcatty which stopped her icebeam before she could use it. "Now use solarbeam" Drew said. Roserade took in sunlight to gather strength for her attack. "Delcatty quick move!" Drew's opponent said.
Delcatty tried to move but she was surrounded by the petaldance and trapped. "Solarbeam" Drew said. Roserade unleashed solarbeam on Delcatty knocking her out of the petaldance. "Time is up" Wallace said. Drew and his opponent looked at the scoreboard and saw Drew was far ahead.
"The winner if Drew" Wallace said. "Naturally" Drew said returning Roserade. Back in the coordinator's room May noticed Dawn was blushing when she saw Drew in. "You really like him don't you" May said. "How can you not like him?" Dawn said. "I guess i'm just not into show off punks" May said.
"And anyone who thinks I should be with him has little to no intelligence" May said. "Yeah what would you to be called contest shipping" Dawn joked. "Wouldn't that be the dumbest idea anyone could think off" May said. "Well I'm glad you're not interest in him. That means he's all mine" Dawn said.
"You can have him I'm already in love " May said."You think you love Ash" Dawn said. "I don't think I know. I'm just waiting for the right time to tell him" May said. "Well I'm glad that you have found someone. That means Drew is all mine" Dawn said.
Drew walked into the coordinators room and gave a very cocky looking glance at Harley. "Looks like i'm moving on Harley" He said. "So what, I'm going to win" Harley said. "You have to get past round one to do that Harley" Drew said. "Well my match is up next so you'll see first hand how a real coordinator does it" Harley said.
"Attention, contestant Harley you are late for your match. You have five minutes to get to the stage or you are disqualified" A voice over the intercom said. "What no!" Harley said sprinting out of the room.
"Cacturne use cotton spore" Harley said. Cacturne unleashed bits of cotton around his opponent's marill. "Now cacturne use needle arm" Harley said. "Marill move" Suzie said. Marril tried to move but the cotton slowed her down. Cacturne reached Marill and smashed her across the stage. "Time is up " Wallace said.
Wallace and Suzie turned to the stage and saw the two contestants' scores were very close. Harley's , however, were slightly ahead. "Harley is out winner" Wallace said. "Ha was there ever any doubt" Harley sneered. "Marill return, you did wonderful" Suzie said.
By the time the next match began Harley had walked back into the contestant room. As he walked past Dawn and May he said to them "You see that is how a real contestant does it" Harley said. "Right Harley that's why your points were barely higher than your opponents at the end" Drew said.
"I was just going for a crowd thriller. They just love a close call" Harley said. Harley turned back to Dawn and May. "I'm actually glad that you two made it past round one. I look forward to sending you both home crying" Harley said. "Leave us alone Harley your just an arrogant self obsessed creep" May said.
"Ha sticks and stones little girl" Harley said. He turned to Dawn "I really look forward to beating you little girl" he said with a creepy smile. Drew came over to Harley and pulled him to his face by the shoulder. "Harley why don't you just focus on me the one who will be beating you" Drew said.
Harley jerked away from Drew. "My work here is finished I'm off to get my hair done. See you tomorrow losers" Harley said. "I can't believe i'm saying this but Harley is getting worse than before" May said. "I actually hope I do face him so I can put him in his place" Dawn said.
Later that night in Ash's room he was with May and Felix. Ash was telling Felix about all of his adventures since he had started his journey. "Wait a minute you were stuck at the bottom of the ocean in a sunken ship!" Felix said. "I had a similar response when I first heard this story" May said.
"Well son it sounds like you've done more in the last few years than some people do in an entire lifetime" Felix said. "Well i'm not even halfway through dad" Ash said. "Well then we should wait until morning it's almost midnight" Felix said. May yawned "I agree i'm pretty tired" May said.
"Alright let's get some sleep" Ash said. May and Felix went back to their rooms while Red came back into his and Ash's room. After Red had gone to sleep Ash was still staring out at the night sky. He turned back inside and saw Pikachu sleeping at the foot of his bed. Telling his father about his adventures allowed Ash to relive them and all the good times he had.
