Chapter One

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"Stella of Lilycove City moves up to the final round!" The commentator announced as the audience cheered

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"Stella of Lilycove City moves up to the final round!" The commentator announced as the audience cheered.

Stella Knight grinned joyfully and ran onto the battlefield where her two pokemon awaited her.

"You guys were amazing!" Stella told them happily after skipping to her Grotle and Medicham. They both gave happy cries as she hugged them tightly.

She looked over her pokemon's heads to see her semifinal opponent walk over to his two pokemon. He bent down to look at his exhausted Ralts and female Meowstic. He smiled and scooped them up into a hug.

"You both rocked this place!" Stella heard the boy tell his pokemon encouragingly. "I'm really glad we made it this far! We'll do better next time, alright?"

Stella smiled a little as the trainer stood up with his pokemon and approached her, Grotle, and Medicham.

"That was a great match," he complimented her, shaking her hand. "I wish you luck in the finals."

"You weren't bad yourself," Stella commented teasingly, making the boy chuckle.

Stella returned her pokemon to their pokeballs. She gave her opponent a small wave and left the indoor field so the second semifinal match could get underway. Her smile was absolutely radiant. She was another step closer to becoming Top Coordinator. All her failures wouldn't matter as long as she won.

As she opened the door to the lounge, a small navy blue creature gave a loud meow and collided with her. Stella winced as she tripped and fell backwards. The smile reappeared as she saw it was her Meowstic, Starry.

"Silly Starry, you'll ruin Stella's dress!" a familiar voice giggled as someone pulled Starry off her.

Stella's sister, Raven, was holding Starry as she beamed at her. She looked a lot like Stella. They both had long blonde hair, but Stella had dark green eyes while Raven's eyes were icy blue. While the young coordinator was wearing her formal frilly tan dress and high heeled sandals, her sister wore her casual summer clothes.

"That was an amazing performance, sis!" Raven congratulated as she helped Stella up.

"Yes," agreed a sly voice as another girl stepped next to Raven. "Denver and Evian worked very well together. And that Energy Ball and Poison Jab combo was simply extraordinary."

Caramia was Stella and Raven's cousin. Beside Caramia was her partner, Tarzan the Infernape. While Stella and Raven were blonde, their cousin had extremely short black hair and green eyes. She was wearing her dark red tank top and short black jeans.

"Thanks, Raven, Caramia," Stella thanked, beaming at her cousin and sister as she took Starry back in her arms.

"Heather and Savannah will probably be starting their match shortly," Caramia informed the other two. "Shall we watch their battle?"

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