pokemon adventure

chapter twenty seven

Chapter 27

Pummelo Island

Ash and the gang were now riding Lapras on their way to Pummelo Island. "I can't believe that I'm finally on my way to the Orange League," said Ash. "How do you feel Ash?" asked Misty. "Well Misty I feel both nervous and excited" Ash admitted. "Since you told me that you entered the Indigo League a while back Ash, I take it this league will be your second one?" said Tracey. "That's right Tracey, it is" said Ash. Suddenly the gang saw a large shadow figure flying across the ocean. "I wander, that is," said Ash. Tracey had a look through his binoculars, but he still couldn't make out what the shadowy figure was. The shadowy figure flew higher up into the sky and then flew away. "I wonder where it's going," said Misty. "I don't know," said Tracey "but I do hope that we will see it again". The gang then moved on to Pummelo Island.

When the gang finally got to Pummelo Island, the first thing they did was go to the building where Ash had to register to enter the Orange League. The receptionist scanned Ash's pokedex and four gym badges and soon Ash was registered. "Okay, Ash Ketchum, your match is scheduled at ten o'clock in the morning at the Pummelo Stadium" said the receptionist. Ash asked the receptionist where the Pummelo Stadium was. The receptionist showed the gang the way to the Pummelo Stadium. The Pummelo Stadium stood on the top of a big hill, and it looked Roman coliseum style. There was a domed shape building next to the Pummelo Stadium. The receptionist explained that the dome shaped building was the Orange League's hall of fame. Inside there were stone statues of some pokemon, pictures of trainers with their six pokemon and stone slates of prints from pokemon. "If a trainer wins the Orange League," said the receptionist "not only would you win the winner's trophy but a photo you and your six pokemon get to be placed in the hall of fame". Ash got really excited thinking about being placed in the hall of fame. "To win the Orange League, you have to defeat our head leader, Drake, in a six on six pokemon battle". "Oh my goodness" said Ash; he had never fought in a six on six battle before. Just then Tracey noticed a lot of statues of a dragon in the building. "These statues are Dragonite," said Ash. "That's right," said the receptionist "and I must warn you, Drake owns a Dragonite". The gang was surprised by that. "And because of Dragonite, Drake hasn't been defeated for quite a while. So Ash I wish you good luck".

In Pummelo Stadium, the head leader, Drake, was looking at the sky in a bored state. "I wonder if there will ever be a trainer strong enough to triumph over us" he sighed. The truth is a lot of pokemon have challenged him in the past, but he had easily defeated them. So his wish was to have a challenger to not only give him a good fight, but also triumph over him. Little did Drake know that he was being watched; Team Rocket was at Pummelo Stadium and was spying on Drake. They had heard about him being an owner of a Dragonite and they wanted the Dragonite for their boss. "Okay so how should we do this?" asked James "I mean we can't just nab Dragonite because of its strong strength". "Your right James, "said Jessie "the only way we can beat is to defeat it first". Suddenly they heard an announcement that someone was going to challenge Drake in a match tomorrow. "That's it," said Meowth "that challenger can weaken the Dragonite for us and then we nab it". Jessie and James agreed with that idea.

That evening, Ash began to think which six pokemon he would use in his battle against Drake. "Ash better think carefully about this," Tracey said to Misty. "I agree," said Misty "especially since we don't know what pokemon Drake uses, apart from Dragonite". Tomo was with Ash and was watching him think. Then Ash started to smile. "I've got it," he said "I've chosen Pikachu, Kabutops, Rapidash, Aerodactyl, Nidoking and Espeon". "I like that idea, big brother," said Ash. Tracey and Misty liked that idea too. "It will be great to see your fossil pokemon in a match, Ash" said Tracey. "I can't wait to use them in the match tomorrow" said Ash, and he trained with his six chosen pokemon until it was time for bed.