Drake felt as if he was walking on a cloud as him and his Totodile exited the arena. The crowd was still cheering when he reached the tunnel.

"You were phenomenal, Toto!" Drake said, patting his Pokémon on the head. Toto didn't respond but he matched his trainer's walk both of them as confident as could be. The tunnel Drake and Toto walked down had lights every couple of feet and it seemed to go on forever, but when they reached the end a young lady wearing a white dress she also had a white hat on her head with a red cross.

"May I take your Totodile to get him all healed up? Nurse Joy asked in a very soft polite voice.

Toto hid behind Drake's leg making himself as close to Drake as possible. Drake bent down on one knee and looked at his Pokémon.

"It'll be ok buddy Nurse Joy is just going to heal your wounds and get you ready for our next match ok." Drake comforted Toto who still looked nervous but still followed Nurse Joy into a room on the left. Drake felt a little nervous as he was now by himself.

Drake walked into the lounge were the rest of the participants were, he looked around the room. Yea I figured it be a bunch of noobs sitting around trying to make preparations before their match. Drake thought as he saw a few guys show casing their Pokémon, and a few more making a berry drink. If they aren't already prepared than what's the point in even showing up today? Drake wondered feeling very confident in himself as he looked up at a T.V. screen that was displaying highlights from his match. He looked around to see if there was anyone worth talking to. Drake saw her, a beautiful girl with long dark hair that flowed way past her shoulders and down her back. She sat in a corner with her Pokémon but besides that completely by herself. In her lap laid the most unique and probably rarest Pokémon in the entire stadium it had a silver coat and a white collar with a white tip on its bushy tail. It was a very unique looking Eevee. Sitting on her right side laid a very vicious looking dog Pokémon this one was black with silver on its head, back and around each of its paws the dog also had a brown belly and face no mistaking it was a houndour. Finally on the opposite side of her was possibly Drake's all-time favorite Pokémon, it was another dog Pokémon except this one was orange and had blonde hair on its head. To match its head was a blonde collar and bushy tail it was the fire Pokémon named growlithe .

Drake walked over to the girl who had her nose buried deeply into a book oblivious to anything going on around her, when he came near the Houndour jumped from its laxed position and positioned its self between Drake and the lady growling viciously.

"Down Athena!" The girl commanded. With the command the dog laid back down but this time it was lying across its masters feet. Drake took a seat on a long couch next to the girl.

"Hey as you probably know already im Drake." Drake said reaching his hand out towards the girl who had not looked up from her book since he had first seen her.

"Morgan." The girl responded turning the page in her book.

"What cha readin?" Drake asked as the girl turned another page.

"A book" she replied as mono tone as her first answer. Drake rolled his eyes.

"Are these the Pokémon your competing with?" Drake asked. "They don't really seem to meet the starter qualifications do they, Well that Eevee does but…"

"Did you want something or..?" Morgan Interrupted before drake could continue his sentence. It caught drake off guard a little.

"uh.. no just saw you by yourself and thought you could use the company" Drake shrugged.

"Well what about her she's by herself to." Morgan said looking over to a girl about forty or fifty feet away. Drake instantly knew who she was talking about. The media had been losing their minds the last few weeks over this one, Sabrina's very own daughter and the favorite to dominate this tournament Ava. Ava sat by herself in a meditating stance with a Pokeball floating in midair in front of her.

"Umm.. you mean Ava?" Drake asked now his attention was focused on the young psychic.

"Sure if that's her name" Morgan replied going back to her book.

"Don't want the media attention…" Drake said as he looked around and saw at least three cameras focused on Sabrina's Daughter.

"So your saying nothing could make you go over there?" Morgan questioned. Drake didn't see the point in this question

"No I cant see why.." Once again Drake was interrupted but this time it was by Morgan closing her book picked her Eevee up in her arms and both her Dog Pokémon followed, she silently sat next to Ava and continued reading while her Eevee and Dog's went back to sleep.

"Psshh.. girls.." Drake said to himself as he turned his focus to the match that was being displayed on the screen. The two participants were from Azalea Town and Blackthorn City. The boy from Azalea Town was small but looked fierce he had only one Pokémon left and it was a powerful looking Scyther, the girl opposite from him had just got her Horsea knocked out and was fixing to send in her third and final Pokémon. The girl threw out a Pokeball and out popped a brown pokemon with a long tail and two big feel with two toes in the front and a third one in the back it had brown shoulder pads its eyes were currently closed, Abra.

Drake's stomach had an uneasy feeling. Is this girl a Psychic? Does she know the dangers of using a Psychic Pokémon if the trainer themselves doesn't have Psychic training? Apparently not because minutes into the battle the girl started turning pale and her nose started bleeding.

"What's wrong with her?" Drake hadn't noticed until now but there was a girl sitting next to him she had blonde pig tails and was wearing a pink cowboy hat and was in a very country get up.

"She must not have much… if any Psychic training." Drake replied. "See when using a Psychic Pokémon you have to train your mind to be able to withstand the connection with the Pokémon to even be able to order a Psychic attack from a Pokémon you have to be able to handle it mentally." The girl was staring at Drake an awe.

"What happens if your mind can't handle it?" The blonde girl questioned.

"Nothing good." Drake said he looked over towards Ava whose eyes were open and staring at the Screen, Drake couldn't tell what she was thinking but it was clear this match had peaked her interest. Suddenly everyone in the room got very excited.. Drake looked back at the screen to see what was going on. Abra was evolving, it evolved into a Kadabra. Just seconds later the Blackthorn city girl was swaying back and forth before throwing up over the side of the stand she was standing on. Next thing everyone knew the girl passed out.

The stadium was in an uproar over what just happened with the general consensus being that Kadabra attacked its master. The guards on the screen approached the Kadabra sending each of their Pokémon out. There was a Machamp, several Rhydons, and a few Nidoking's. At this point something very rare and very strange happened. Kadabra had evolved for the second time with in minutes into an Alakazam

"Wha.." The girl next to Drake began.

"Its scared! It evolved from fear!" Drake shouted jumping from his seat and bolting straight towards the door. They don't understand that Alakazam didn't mean to hurt its trainer, They don't understand that Alakazam is scared Drake was thinking as he busted through the lounge door and down the hall that led back to the stadium, They were going to hurt that Alakazam and it didn't even do anything wrong. Drake wasn't about to let that happened though he didn't know what he could do to help but he had to try.