Courtney's Pov: the 10 minutes are up, Aria and I are happy with the costume we made, let's just hope everyone else thinks so too, it was finally time for us to go one stage, as I walked on the stage everyone was silent until Aria appeared on the stage then everyone was in awe as they were cheering for Aria, Aria and I made a red dress with gold patterns, long red frilly sleeves, a red rose flower crown and she wore her mega necklace, now for the votes, everyone in the crowd had lights under their seats and everyone had chosen, as three colour lights came towards their respective colour princess key, the two girls beside me also had even votes of blue, green and light pink, then after all the votes were counted for,
"the winner of this round goes to Courtney and Gardevoir" the announcer said "congratulations you made it to the finale round", then as we went back stage, I was greeted by a hug off Knights,
"great job Courtney and Aria" Knights said as he stopped hugging me and then Natalia came over to us,
"nice dress Aria and Courtney, you guys did great" Natalia said as Storm came from behind Natalia but in her regular pop star costume,
"you were great too Natalia and you too Storm" I said as the girl with the Furret had walked up to me with an angry look,
"you couldn't have made that in the time you were given, you must of cheated to win" said the girl as I noticed she was the one who came second place with her Furret,
"I assure you we didn't cheat, I simply used the ability of my Pokemon to help me during the round" I said as she just stormed off with her Furret following her,
"okay...anyway we'd better go and get ready for the performance stage, good luck Courtney" Natalia said as she held her hand out for me to shake,
"good luck to you too" I said as I shook her hand and we both walked off to get ready for the performance stage, Natalia and I have worked hard practicing for this and we've both had experience in the Pokemon Contests back in Hoenn, then after a few minutes the first performer was announced to go on the stage,
"may we please have performer Courtney and her Pokemon, make her way to the stage" an assistant asked as Aria, Knights and I, made our way to the stage,
"please welcome Pokemon Performer Courtney to the stage" the announcer said as I could hear cheers coming from the crowd as we walked on stage, I walked onto the stage elegantly as Aria and Knights walked behind me then we all bowed to the audience,
"Aria and Knights, Enter The Masquerade! Aria use Dazzling Gleam and Knights use Magical Leaf" I said as magical leaf combined with dazzling gleam to create pink petals, I then had aria use Psychic to create flowers from the falling petals, we danced around as I had Aria use Moonblast and she lifted it up into the air, then I gave Knights a boost as Knights jumped off my hands and into the air, he then used Close Combat to destroy the Moonblast and create a sparkling background while the petals slowly made their way to the ground and burst into sparkles, we then bowed and the crowd went crazy with excitement, as we walked of the stage then a different performer was next as she walked past me with a Starly and Cleffa.
Natalia's Pov: I was the final performer to go on stage and before I did, Courtney, Aria and Knights wished us luck,
"please welcome Pokemon Performer Natalia to the stage" the announcer said as I walked out onto the stage with Light and Storm,
"Storm and Light, Center Stage! Now Light use Aura Sphere and Storm use Discharge on the aura sphere" I said as Storm hit the aura sphere with discharge and they burst into blue and yellow fireworks, then Storm used Electro Ball and Light used Force Palm and the force Palm destroyed the electro ball and created a beautiful golden aura falling to the ground, the crowd cheered as we walked of stage,
"now is the time to announce the winner of this Pokemon Showcase, may we please have all the contestants from the final round come on stage please" the announcer said as everyone stood on the stage side by side and next to me was Courtney "LET THE VOTING…BEGIN!", the different colours of light covered the hall as the colours went to their respective princess key, me and Courtney were tied in votes and I closed my eyes for a few seconds and opened them,then I saw the announcer was about to speak,
"and the winner is…Pokemon Performer Natalia with Pikachu and Riolu" he said as we walked to the front of the stage and I was handed my first Princess Key, it was a gold key with a green emerald in a heart shape on top along with a little green bow on it, I then put it on my Performance Keychain, the crowd started to cheer and sadly that was the end of our first Pokemon Showcase,
{Later That Evening}
Psy's Pov: Natalia and Courtney went ahead as I was making my way to the Pokemon Center, when I spotted two beautiful flowers, one was a pink Lilly and the other a yellow rose, they remind of Courtney and Natalia, the pink Lilly would be Courtney due to her being so caring and the yellow rose of course is Natalia due to her cheerful self, I decided to leave them alone, as I made my way to the Pokemon Center then Charon walked out of the bushes and in front of me, why now of all places and what does he want is quite clear.