Drake sat on a couch in the lobby, next to him on his left was the cowboy hat girl, on the right was another. Drake noticed that there were actually a small army of girls sitting around him either on the couch, the arms or even on the floor in front.
Just another day in paradise Drake thought to himself, he looked over at Totodile who was being played with by one of the girls.
"Bout time she decided to show up" One of the girls to Drakes left said as Ava appeared in what Drake thought was one of the coolest entrances so far.
"And can you believe she wore that?"
"Yea you'd think a celebrity child would like dress fashionable "
"Strangely I doubt it matters what she's wearing" Drake was caught off guard by this comment and glanced over to see where it came from, She was real petite and had short dark hair. She didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the girls around them.
"We'll no but I mean come on Tabby look at her." The girl being addressed as Tabby just rolled her eyes and focused back on the TV as Ava easily took out a second Pokemon.
"We'll she isn't even that good of a trainer her first Pokemon wouldn't even finish the battle…" Drake tried to not laugh as he watched each girl take turns trying to impress him with their "expert" knowledge of the battle. Drake knew though it wasn't from a lack of respect for its trainer the Fennakie didn't battle but a lack of respect for its opponent. Drake continued watching in silence as Ava quickly downed another and moved on to the Tyrogue, The girls continued their critical analyst of Ava, but Drake could not help but to admire the only other person who wasn't saying anything, the only one who besides himself knew that Ava was leagues above Reddrick. There was loud gasping noises as Beldum decimated Tyrogue leaving him a limp mess in a crater.
The girls protested that Ava was a cheater because she never gave a command, On TV though Ava explained. Great her Pokemon are powerful, She's brilliant, but the most dangerous quality about Ava she was cold. Drake was taken back by how easily Ava walked away after destroying a Pokemon like she did.
"Well Drake?" Drake heard his name and snapped back to the girls who all were looking at him waiting for some response.
"Uhmmm…" Drake didn't want to hurt anyone feelings but he just wasn't interested to their babbling. Drake looked up Ava and that girl Zoe entered the room many of the trainers had looks of fear on their faces. Drake got up off the couch and approached the trainer his group followed close behind. The room noticed The first real meeting between Goldenrods golden boy and the child of the legendary Sabrina. Drake reached out his hand in an attempt to congratulate Ava. The gesture was denied. This didn't affect him though. Ava was glaring at Drake as if she was trying to figure out why he approached her.
"You really hurt that Pokemon out there ya know." Ava shot a threatening glance at the girl beside her. Drake wasn't sure but he thought he saw her reply by mouthing it wasn't me.
"Sorry thought I was suppose to battle." Ava replied as she tried to walk past Drake.
"You know I never got why it was called a battle" Drake caught Ava's attention.
"You see, you are right the purpose of a battle would be to eliminate any opponent." Drake waited a second for the camera crews. "But we aren't at war were more showcasing our skills" He finished.
Ava with her back to Drake. "Don't worry Golden boy, when we." Ava Stopped before she mockingly continued "Showcase our Pokemon ill take it easy on you"
Before Ava walked off Drake fired another comment. "Remember Ava, you're not Sabrina, you don't frighten me." Two of the girls behind Drake stepped up and wrapped themselves around Drakes arms. Drakes comment seemed to strike a nerve. Three poke balls rose from Ava's belt and floated around her as she got in real close to Drake.
"Listen closely pretty boy, I'm glad you aren't scared because when we do battle, when you are standing across me I want to see the look on your face. I want to see that hopeless stare after you realize what its like to face off against a true psychic. After you realize you, much like Reddick that you are so outclassed its comical. And Drake it will be at that point you will be allowed to surrender" Ava began to walk off but had one more thing to say. "Drake you are right I'm not my mother, I'm something so much worse." Ava Stormed off and Zoe jaw looked like it was going to hit the floor.
Drake shrugged it off its not like he was being rude right?
The tournament officials thanked and congratulated everyone and released the participants They also handed Drake a room key to the most expensive hotel in all of Jhotto and Kanto combined, but honestly Drake was just going to go back to his house for the night as Drake left he heard someone call his name, the girl called Tabby.
"Uhh.. Hi" Drake greeted her. She was about chest height to him but she looked up at him and smiled.
"So.. uh yea I live in Goldenrod…" Tabby said looking down at her shoes.
Drake was confused but went with it. "Oh that's cool me too"
Tabby looked back up.
"Yea.. I uh know that.. I was just thinking since I'm a young girl and its night time in a big dangerous city id need some powerful trainer to make sure I get home safe…" Drake saw that she was trying to be cool and confident but it just wasn't her. Drake wanted to get to know her though so he agreed to walk her home. As they walked Drake and Tabby talked, Drake found out that her real name was actually Tabitha and she really hated being called Tabby, her dad was a trainer in the Shinoh region and her mom was a scientist that specialized in fossil Pokemon and stationed at the ruins of alph, her favorite type of Pokemon was poison and she had a Koffing, Ekans and Bulbasuar. The Koffing was a gift from her dad, and the Ekans was an offspring of her mothers. Unfortunately her parents jobs kept them away a lot so she was by herself. Drake knew how she felt he only briefly met his dad and his mom was always breeding Pokemon and never home. They finally arrived at her house, it was a small house but not bad it wasn't even that far from Drakes own house.
"Thank you, Drake." Tabitha smiled, Drake wondered if she was going to kiss him. Even though she wasn't a mind reader she seemed to know what he was thinking.
"Now Mr. Drake what kind of girl would I be if I kissed you after just meeting you?" Tabitha laughed.
"The kinda girl that was kissed by the amazing Drake?" He joked back Tabitha rolled her eyes and walked into her house closing the door behind her. Drake walked off and smiled, it was a pretty good day so far, he won his first match, started hitting super star status already, met a cute girl. It was a good night.