Disclaimer: We don't own Loud House or Pokemon. All rights to Loud House belong to Nickelodeon. All rights to Pokemon belong to Nintendo and Game Freak. All rights to the "It's (Not) Your Fault" Loud House comic goes to JaviSuzumiya on DeviantArt. Credit for the story idea goes to SuperSonicBros123.
Jubilife Contest (Part Two)
Lincoln's group watches as the pairings for the Battle Stage were decided. The first match was Stella against a male trainer named Pierce, while Dawn was up against Zoey.
"Do you think I can win this?" asked Stella.
"Anything's possible." said Lincoln. "If not, there are other contests in Sinnoh."
"Yeah, you're right." said Stella.
"So how are contest battles different from regular ones?" asked Clyde.
"Well for one thing, there's a five minute time limit." said Dawn.
"And each coordinator starts out with a fixed number of points; to win a contest battle, you have to reduce your opponent's points as much as you can so they're less than yours; ways you can do this is if you hit your opponent with an attack, or if an opponent's attack fails, or if you do a very appealing move or combination." explained Stella.
"But another way to win is to knock out your opponent's Pokemon before time's up." Dawn points out.
"Wow, you two know your stuff." said Clyde. Just then, an announcement on the PA system was calling Stella to the battle stage.
"Do your best, Stella." said Lincoln. Stella smiles before kissing him on the cheek; Dawn frowns in response.
Soon, Stella and Pierce were on a battle arena of the contest hall, staring each other down. On a giant screen nearby were their pictures with yellow rings that indicated how many points they had.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here at the Battle Performance stage of the Jubilife Pokemon Contest." said Marian. "For this round, our coordinators will be Stella Zhau and Pierce." Stella's friends all cheered for her to do her best.
"I hope you're ready to lose." said Pierce with a smug smirk on his face. Stella just frowns back at him.
"Don't listen to him, Stella." said Lincoln. "You'll do awesome!" Stella smiles at Lincoln before looking back at Pierce.
"How nice of your boyfriend to support you." said Pierce.
"Yes, he's a great guy." said Stella.
"If everyone's ready, let the Battle Stage begin!" said Marian. Pierce throws his pokeball, releasing, out of a flurry of pink bubbles; a white, fishlike Pokemon with orange marking on it, along with a horn on its forehead. Lincoln points his pokedex at it.
"Goldeen, the Goldfish Pokemon. It swims at a steady five knots. If it senses danger, it will strike back with its sharp horn." said Lincoln's pokedex. Stella takes a deep breath before releasing her Roselia in a flurry of petals.
"You can do it, Stella!" said Lincoln.
"We're here for you, dudette!" said Luna.
"Goldeen, use Aqua Ring!" shouts Pierce. Goldeen swims in the air, making a blue ring above itself.
"Roselia, use Growth!" said Stella. Roselia glows green and her body grows a bit.
"Goldeen, use Peck!" said Pierce. Goldeen moves at Roselia and hits her with its horn, dealing super effective damage, and making Stella lose points.
"Roselia, use Stun Spore!" said Stella. Roselia releases yellow pollen from her body that covers Goldeen, causing her paralysis. "Now use Magical Leaf!" Roselia releases glowing green leaves through the Stun Spore, and much like during her performance on the Performance Stage, the leaves collect the pollen which turns them orange and they hit the Goldeen, dealing super effective damage, and making Pierce lose a lot of points; partly because his Goldeen got hit, and because Stella used an appealing combination.
The Aqua Ring that Goldeen sprinkles water down onto it, healing some of its wounds.
"Goldeen, use Horn Attack!" said Pierce. Goldeen tries to do so, but paralysis stops it, resulting in Pierce losing more points due to an attack failing.
"Roselia, use Mega Drain!" said Stella. Roselia releases green streams of energy from her flower hands that hit Goldeen, draining her of all her stamina, and knocking her out.
"Since Goldeen is unable to battle. Stella Zhau and Roselia are the winners." said the official.
"Stella Zhau has defeated Pierce. She will move on to the final match where she will face the winner of the next battle performance." said Marian.
"She won!" cheered Lincoln.
"That was so cool!" said Clyde.
"Totally." said Luna.
"Way to go, Stella!" cheered Sam.
Back in Royal Woods at the Loud house, everyone was cheering for Stella's victory.
"She's doing great so far." said Lori.
"She's in the finals now!" said Mrs. Zhau.
"I could do better." said Lola.
"We're sure you could, honey." said Lynn Sr.
Back at the Jubilife Contest Hall, Pierce drops to his knees before returning his Goldeen to its pokeball.
"This stinks." said Pierce. Stella walks over to him while followed by his Roselia and holds out his hand.
"Don't worry about it." said Stella. "There are other contests." Pierce just frowns and slaps her hand away. Lincoln clenches his teeth at this.
"I don't need you sympathy." said Pierce before getting up and walking away.
"You don't have to be a sore loser." said Stella with a frown.
"Yeah, you tell him!" said Clyde.
"He's just jealous that you're more awesome than he is!" said Lincoln. Stella looks at him with a smile before walking back to the dressing rooms, with her swaying her hips as she gives Lincoln a wink and blows him a kiss, making him blush, and Dawn frown.
"Now for the next two coordinators." said Marian. "We have Dawn from Sandgem Town, going against Zoey from Snowpoint City." Dawn and Zoey walk out onto the stage and look at each other.
"Don't think I'll go easy on you, Dawn." said Zoey.
"I don't want you to." said Dawn.
"Looks like both coordinators are ready! Let the Battle Stage begin!" said Marian. Dawn lets out her Piplup in a flurry of bubbles, while Zoey lets out her Glameow in a blast of red confetti.
"Let's try and have fun with this, Dawn." said Zoey.
"You got it." said Dawn.
"If our coordinators are ready; begin!" said Marian.
"All right, Glameow; use Fury Swipes!" said Zoey, making Glameow run towards Piplup with her claws raised.
"Piplup, use Water Gun!" said Dawn. Piplup releases a stream of water out of his beak towards Glameow.
"Glameow, use Double Team!" said Zoey. Multiple copies of Glameow appeared around her as she, along with them, continued towards Piplup; his Water Gun hit one, but it disappears, showing he got the wrong one; Glameow soon reached Piplup and slashes at him repeatedly, making Dawn loses several points due to Piplup getting hit along with Water Gun failing.
"Piplup, use Peck!" said Dawn. Piplup took advantage of the close proximity to Glameow and jabs her with his beak, making Zoey lose some points. "Now use Charm!" Piplup makes a cute face at Glameow, making her swoon at him and lowering her attack points.
"Glameow, use Shadow Claw!" said Zoey. Glameow's claws become coated in dark energy as she leaps at Piplup.
"Piplup, counter it with Pound!" said Dawn. Piplup swings his flipper towards Glameow making it collide with Glameow's attack, making them both fly back from the resulting shock wave, causing them both to lose points.
"Glameow, use Shock Wave!" said Zoey. Glameow releases a blast of electricity from her body which zaps Piplup, doing super effective damage, and making Dawn lose more points. A strong blue aura erupts from Piplup.
"That must be Torrent!" said Clyde.
"Piplup, use Water Gun!" said Dawn. Piplup releases a powered-up stream of water from his mouth at Glameow, hitting her, and making Zoey lose more points.
"Glameow, use..." Zoey started to say before a buzzer goes off.
"Time's up!" said Marian. Dawn and Zoey look up at their point meters and see that Zoey had the most points remaining. "And the winner is Zoey!" The crowd applauds in response while Dawn looked a little upset.
"Poor Dawn." said Sam.
"She did pretty well for her first contest though." said Lincoln.
"At least she made it past the Performance Stage." said Clyde. Dawn and Zoey walk up to each other and shake hands.
"That was a good match." said Dawn.
"It could've gone either way." said Zoey, making Dawn smile in response.
"And Zoey will go on to face Stella in the finals." said Marian. Later in the lobby, everyone was talking to Stella and Dawn about their Battle Stage performances.
"You were great, Stella." said Lincoln.
"Thanks, Lincoln." said Stella. Lincoln then looks at Dawn.
"And you did well too, Dawn." said Lincoln.
"I still lost." said Dawn.
"There will be other contests, you know that, right?" Lincoln responds, making Dawn smile in response.
"Thanks, Lincoln." said Dawn. Just then, an announcement over the PA system was requesting that Stella and Zoey make their way to the stage area.
"Wish me luck, guys." said Stella.
"We'll be cheering for you, Stella." said Lincoln. Stella smiles before she kisses Lincoln on the cheek and makes her way to the contest area.
Later, Stella and Dawn were standing on opposite ends of the Battle Stage field while staring at each other.
"We have our two remaining coordinators; Stella Zhau and Zoey." said Marian. "Who will be the one to win this round and win the Jubilife Ribbon?"
"This is going to be so much fun." said Stella.
"I'm with you on that one, Stella." said Zoey.
"Our coordinators seem to be ready." said Marian. "Let the final round of the Battle Stage begin!" Stella lets out her Roselia while Zoey lets out her Misdreavus.
"Misdreavus, use Double Team!" said Zoey. Multiple Misdreavus' appear around the original and float towards Roselia.
"Roselia, use Leech Seed!" said Stella. Roselia releases a bunch of seeds from her flower hands at the floor in front of the incoming swarm of Misdreavus; vines erupt from below, with the copies disappearing on contact with them while the real one gets tangled up in them. "Now use Stun Spore!" Roselia releases a bunch of yellow pollen from her flower hands at Misdreavus, clinging to her and the Leech Seed vines, making the vines glitter; taking a good chunk of points from Zoey due to the two attacks hitting, and the dazzling combination from them.
"Misdreavus, use Psychic to get the vines off you!" said Zoey. Misdreavus' eyes glow blue and the vines untangle themselves from her; Roselia is then lifted up off the floor and slammed back down hard, doing super effective damage, and taking some points off Stella's score.
"Roselia, use Magical Leaf!" said Stella. Roselia releases a barrage of glowing green leaves at Misdreavus, hitting her, and making Zoey lose points.
"Misdreavus, use Aerial Ace!" said Zoey. Misdreavus floats quickly towards Roselia while streaks of light trail after her, she hits Roselia, doing super effective damage to her; Roselia struggles to get to her feet.
"Roselia's not looking so good." said Clyde.
"You can still win, Stella!" Lincoln shouts out, making Stella look at him and nod.
"Roselia, use Mega Drain!" said Stella. Roselia fires off a beam of green energy from her flower hands, hitting Misdreavus, and healing some of Roselia's wounds, plus making Zoey lose some points. Just then, the buzzer goes off.
"Time's up, everyone!" said Marian. "Now let's see who the winner is." Everyone watches with anticipation as the points were tallied.
"And winning by a very small margin is... Stella Zhau!" said Marian.
"We did it, Roselia!" said Stella. Zoey looks on with shock before a smile appears on her face.
"We tried our best at least." said Zoey before she returns her Misdreavus to her pokeball.
"Stella won!" said Lincoln.
"I knew she could do it!" said Sam.
"That was so rad!" said Luna.
Back at the Loud house, everyone there was cheering for Stella's victory.
"She won!" said Lori.
"That was so amazing!" said Rita.
"I'm so happy for her." said Mrs. Zhau. Lola could only watch with awe at what she just witnessed.
Later at the Jubilife Contest Hall on the stage, Stella and Roselia were standing side-by-side with each other as Raoul Contesta holds out a small flat box that held the Jubilife Contest Ribbon out to her; she takes it out and holds it up in victory.
Later in the lobby, after Stella and Dawn get changed back into their regular clothes; everyone was looking at Stella's newly-acquired ribbon.
"Congratulations, Stella." said Lincoln.
"You were great, dudette." said Luna.
"Thanks, guys." said Stella.
"I plan on winning the next one." said Dawn.
"And I plan on being ready." said Stella.
"Hey, everyone." said Zoey as she walks over to the group.
"Hey, Zoey." said Dawn.
"Congratulations on winning today's contest, Stella." said Zoey.
"Thanks." said Stella.
"I'm looking forward to a rematch with you." said Zoey.
"So am I." said Stella.
"Me, too." said Dawn with determination in her voice.
Stella has just won her first Pokemon Contest. What other things will Lincoln's group do as their Sinnoh adventures continue?
End of Chapter 25
Pokemon on Lincoln's team: Monferno (M), Staravia (M), Hisuian Zorua (F), and Shieldon (M).
Pokemon in Lincoln's collection: Monferno (M), Staravia (M), Bibarel (F), Hisuian Zorua (F), and Shieldon (M).
Pokemon on Sam's team: Prinplup (F), Luxio (F), Kricketune (M), Zubat (F), and Onix (F).
Pokemon in Sam's collection: Prinplup (F), Luxio (F), Kricketune (M), Zubat (F), and Onix (F).
Pokemon on Luna's Team: Geodude (F), and Turtwig (M).
Pokemon on Clyde's Team: Ralts (M), and Psyduck (F).
Pokemon on Stella's Team: Roselia (F).
Pokemon on Dawn's Team: Piplup (M).
Pokemon in Lisa's care: Abra (M).
Pokemon in Lily's care: Bibarel (F).
Pokemon in Lynn's care: Machop (M).
