pokemon adventure

chapter hundred fifty seven

Chapter 157

Chapter 157

Daybreak Contest

And a Big Day for Monferno

Some days later the gang finally made it to Daybreak Town. Dawn was really pumped up because of her desire to earn her fifth ribbon here. "Come on everyone we are going to do some final training for the contest tomorrow" said Dawn to her pokemon Cyndaquil and Mamoswine. "You going to try and master the flame ice combo again Dawn?" asked Ash. Dawn had been trying to master the flame ice combo for a while now but she still hadn't mastered it. "Don't forget to check out your other moves too Dawn" said Brock. "I intend to perfect all my moves for this contest" said Dawn. "Hey look at that" said Tomo.

Tomo was pointing to a Plusle and Minun. "Um are you okay Dawn?" said Ash, remembering how Dawn used to be scared of Plusle and Minun before. "It's okay Ash," said Dawn "thanks to Tomo and his Plusle and Minun I've overcome by fear of them. The only thing I fear of is them making my hair all sparkly like a diamond". Of course Dawn still hates having her hair all wrong.

The Plusle and Minun turned out to be Ursula's new pokemon. Ursula had come to Daybreak Town for the pokemon contest too and like Dawn she needed one more ribbon for the Grand Festival. "Well, well, well," said Ursula "fancy me having to face you in a contest again Dawn. With my new Plusle and Minun I will get the fifth ribbon before you Dawn". "That's what you think" said Dawn. Dawn wasn't going to let Ursula defeat her so easily.

Later on that day Dawn was having a bit of trouble with Phione. Phione wanted to be in the contest with Buneary, but Dawn wasn't sure if it would be a good idea. There were no rules saying legendary pokemon aren't allowed in a pokemon contest. But Dawn was worried about the attention using a legendary pokemon would cause. "I think you should let Phione enter this time Dawn;" said Ash "all of your pokemon, except Phione, has had a chance of entering a contest but Phione hasn't. And you have practiced with Phione so it will be okay". "Yes but" said Dawn, worriedly. "I used my Latios and Latias in some contests and the grand festival in the Hoenn region and it didn't give me trouble at all," said Ash "so there's no way you'll get any trouble either". "And anyway Phione really wants to enter a contest for once, especially with Buneary" said Brock. Phione called out as if to say 'that's right'. Dawn stared at Phione and then sighed. "Okay but remember Phione no showing off and do exactly as I say alright?" she said. Phione said yes and was happy it was going to be in a contest at last. So Phione and Buneary were going to be in the appeal round and Cyndaquil and Mamoswine were going to be in the battle rounds.

Next day came the pokemon contest. Ash was sitting in the seats with Brock and Tomo as he wasn't participating in the contest. Marian gave the usual introductions and then showed off the Daybreak ribbon. The Daybreak ribbon was purple with lavender outlines and had a big pin. Not only was Johanna watching this on TV, but Zoey and Candice were watching the contest on TV too; they were watching it in Snowpoint City. Dawn was in the waiting room with Piplup; he wanted to stay with her for comfort and confidence. Her dress was the same as it was from the beginning but she wore small white gloves, with a small ribbon on each glove, and there was a small yellow rose on each of her shoes. "Well Piplup I have come a long way since I participated in the Hearthome contest," she said "and I've won and lost a few contests along the way to here. But now my skills with you and the other pokemon have sharpened up and the levels have gone up too. So I am ready for this, this time". Piplup chirped in agreement. Dawn got Phione and Buneary's pokeballs ready immediately.

It was soon time for the contest to begin. One by one the contestants did double performances with their pokemon. Soon it was Dawn's turn and she sent Phione and Buneary out with star seals. Everyone was amazed to see the legendary pokemon Phione. "Phione let's start off with bubble beam" said Dawn. Phione released a lot of bubbles. "Buneary use ice beam" said Dawn. Buneary froze the bubbles with ice beam, making them like big balloons. "Now Buneary use bounce" said Dawn. Buneary jumped onto the frozen bubbles one by one, while playing a tune of do, rei mi. It was an adorable sight. "Now Phione and Buneary let's go" said Dawn. Together Phione and Buneary spun around while popping all the frozen bubbles, making a lot of icy-blue sparkles. "She's going to make it into the second round for sure this time" said Ash, who liked the performance. Brock and Tomo thought so too. Ursula was up next and she sent out her Gabite with a flower seal, and then she sent out another new pokemon on her team, a Jigglypuff, with a heart seal. Jigglypuff jumped onto one of Gabite's claws and spun around like a ball. First up Jigglypuff continued rolling like a ball while Gabite used its arms to juggle Jigglypuff. "Gabite use iron tail" said Ursula. Gabite used iron tail to flung Jigglypuff into the air. "Now Gabite use stone edge and Jigglypuff use hyper voice" said Ursula. Gabite released a lot of stones and Jigglypuff destroyed the stones with hyper voice, creating a shower of white sparkles. "Jigglypuff use gyro ball and Gabite use sandstorm" said Ursula. Gabite created a lot of sand onto the stage and Jigglypuff dived at the sand while using gyro ball, creating a beautiful rainbow coloured glow. "Time to finish this up," said Ursula "Gabite use dragon claw". Jigglypuff spun onto Gabite's claw while it's claw was glowing from dragon claw, and then Jigglypuff stopped spinning and posed. Everyone was amazed by Gabite and Jigglypuff's performance, even Ash, Dawn, Tomo and Brock were impressed; Ursula had indeed trained all of her pokemon well.