Ash's Secret

Chapter 4: Reunions and Pokémon Contests

"Hey Ash, there's a Pokémon contest tomorrow. You should register and enter," Zoey said with a bright smile on her face as she stared at her friend.

"A Pokémon contest? What's that?" Koharu asked, blinking in confusion and staring at her friend with confusion shining in her eyes.

"A Pokémon contest is where Pokémon show off there moves and appeal in battle, then they show off there moves in a battle that can suck away there points based on how appealing the moves are." Ashly explained, "there are two main stages in Pokémon contest, the appeals round and the battle round." She continued.

"Wow! That's awesome, that sounds like a lot of fun to watch," Koharu says as she smiled brightly at Ash and Zoey, who both nodded. "So your gonna enter? Can we watch it?" Goh asked and Ash and Zoey both nodded again.

As they entered the contest hall, Koharu gasped at Ashly's outfit. "Oh my goodness! Wow! You look amazing, Ashly. I've never scene you in a dress before." Koharu exclaimed, still staring as Zoey walked into the changing room.

"Woah, you look amazing, Ashly!" Zoey exclaimed, smiling widely at her friend as she looked at the dress that her friend was wearing. Ashly was wearing a sky-blue-and-silver strapless dress with white glittery Pokeballs stitched onto it, a red-and-white vest, black tights, and silver boots with black laces.

"Hold up a sec," Ashly blinked in confusion but her confusion soon turned to shock as Koharu began to style her hair. "Take a look for yourself," Koharu said while handing Ashly a small hand-held mirror to look into. Ashly gasped at what saw in her reflection. Her hair was styled just like Koharu's with two cherry blossom hair-clips.

"Hay, what will you say when Dawn sees you?" Zoey asked and Ash thiught for a moment before replying, "I'll just tell her that I'm Ash's twin sister so no one else finds out my secret."

"Good plan, now come on. The preliminary round will be starting soon."

"Ok, Zoey. Come on, let's get going," Ashly says and Koharu gave the two a thumbs up as she made her way to the audience area. "Good luck you two!" Koharu and Goh both cheered as a blue-haired girl came out into the stage wearing a gold and white dress with her hair in a ponytail.

"Cyndaquil, spotlight!" The girl cried, and the fire-type starter of Johto comes out in a burst of orange and red flames. "Go Dawn! You can do it!" Ash and Zoey cried from the watching stand as they watched Dawn and Cyndaquil finish up there first round appeal.

"Alright, the next coordinator up is Zoey!" Came Marion's voice from the stage. "Good luck, Zoey." Ashly said. Zoey smiled as Ashly gave her a thumbs up.

"Glameow, curtain!" Zoey called, as the small gray kitty came out in a flash of multicolored stars. "Glameow spin and use Iron Tail!" Zoey called to her Pokémon, who obeyed her trainers command, and jumped in the air and leting out a spin while doing Iron Tail.

"Now spin and use Thunderbolt and jump through the rings while using Shadow Claw!" Glameow nodded and leapt into the air and a bright yellow glow began sparking from her fluffy gray fur.

"Great job on presenting her Pokémon's style and grace," one of the judges said, and Zoey smiled as she walked back into the contest hall where Ashly congratulated her with a tight hug and a bright smile.

"Hay, Ashley. Hay, Zoey. It's so good to see you two again, I wish we had more time to chat." Dawn said with a beaming smile on her face as she approved us. "Yeah, me too." Ashly said.

"The next coordinator is all the way from the Kanto region, please give a warm welcome to Ashly Ketchum, the twin sister of Ash Ketchum!"

"Pikachu, let's go!" Ashly called out as she let the electric mouse jump off of her shoulder. "Now use Thunderbolt and jump through the rings of electricity!" She called out and Pikachu nodded and leapt into action.

"Now, Pikachu. Finish it up with Iron Tail and jump through the rings using Quick Attack!" Ashly called out and Pikachu nodded and hit the electric rings with his tail.

"Nice job, Ash!" Goh called out from the crowd. And Koharu gave a loud whistle in applause while clapping her hands and cheering. "Great job, Ash. Keep it up, you can do it."

"Ok please take a look up on the big screen, here are the coordinators moving on to the second round!" Came Marion's voice from the stage as everyone turned there attention to the screen.

The pictures flashed on the screen and Koharu and Goh both cheered when they saw Ashly, Zoey, and the blue-haired girl all appear on the screen. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Go Ash and Zoey!" They cheered loudly and clapped there hands as they turned there attention to the screen.

"And the first round of the battle stage is going to be, Dawn vs Keena. There will be a five minute time limit, now begin." Marion announced and the crowd went wild as cheers filled the audience. "Piplup, spotlight!" Dawn called out while tossing her Pokeball into the air. The water-type starter of Sinnoh appeared in a burst of bubbles. "Umbreon, time to shine!" Keena called out and the dark-type evolution Pokémon came out in a poof of dark gray smoke.

"Who do you think will win this battle?" Goh asked while turning to look at Koharu, who just shrugged and turned back to watch the battle. "I dunno, we'll just have to wait and see."

The battle went by in a blur and soon Ashly and the blue-haired girl were up against each other in battle. Ashly had sent out Quilava while the blue-haired girl sent out Pachirisu. The battle was amazing and it was super intense.

"Woah! They're on fire out there! It's anyones guess to how this battle will end." Goh said as he studied the battle between the two more closely. "Yeah, you're right Goh," Koharu remarked, as she watched Pachirisu get hit with a combination of Swift and Flame Wheel curtesy of Ashly's well thought out strategy.