A Fresh Start

Sympathy - 11

Your POV
Miss Sonia, Yamper, Bolt, Violet, and I all looked towards the direction of the loud bang. "Wha...? What in the world was that? Sounds like it came from the direction of the ruins, too..." The ginger woman said in shock. "Miss Sonia, we need to make sure everything is ok!" I said. "Right. Come along, Yamper!" She then ran off with Yamper, Bolt and I close behind. We went up the stairs carefully yet quickly before reaching the top. When we reached the top, Bede was standing beside a Copperajah. "Bede has a Copperajah?" I thought.

"Destroy it! Destroy it all! We're going to find those Wishing Stars!" The platinum blonde shouted, causing the huge Pokemon next to him to let out a loud cry. "We've got to bring the chairman more Wishing Stars if we want to please him! Copperajah! If you're truly the chairman's Pokemon, then you should feel grateful for this chance to help him find Wishing Stars!" While Bede kept ranting on, I couldn't speak. Why would he need to go to the extent of this to help or impress the chairman. I regained my composure before going up to Bede.

"Bede, why are you doing this?" I asked, hoping to get an answer. The violet eyed Trainer turned around, his eyes seemed to have a hint of regret and guilt before it disappeared and he went back to his usual cocky self. "Oh my. You again..." He trailed off as he ran a hand through his hair and smirked. I could tell it was fake. "So you think you can start collecting Wishing Stars now and get in the chairman's favor?" He continued. "That's not my intention at all! I just want to challenge the League and make friends on the way, that's it!" I said with a slightly raised voice. I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was doing this for a reason he wouldn't say out loud.

Bede's eyes widened for a second before returning to normal. "I won't have it! I won't allow anyone to stand in my way!" He shouted before sending out his Duosion. "It evolved..." I sent out Rockstar for type advantages. "Snarl!" "Reflect!" Duosion was able to set up a Reflect before being knocked out by a critical hit Snarl. Bede called back the green Pokemon and sent out a Gothorita. "His Gothita evolved too." "Snarl!" "Rock Tomb!" Rock Tomb did a hefty amount of damage, but with two more Snarls, Gothorita was out and Ponyta was in. "Fairy Wind!" "Snarl!" Fairy Wind almost knocked out Rockstar, but Snarl almost knocked out Ponyta.

Another Fairy Wind was shot, knocking out Rockstar, so I called him back so he could rest. I then looked to Bolt, giving him a look that said 'do you wanna battle?'. Bolt ran in front of me, ready to battle. "Spark!" "Psybeam!" Psybeam didn't do too much, Spark doing a little over half. We repeated the same moves, Spark knocking out Ponyta. "I have to win this for the chairman! Do you really think I'd let you keep me from everything I want?" Bede spoke, his voice breaking ever so slightly at the second sentence. He then sent out Hattrem, meaning his Hatenna evolved.

"Psybeam!" "Bite!" Bite did decent damage, along with Psybeam. This repeated two more times, Hattrem fainting, meaning I won the battle. I called Bolt back to my side, healing him up with some potions quickly. "This has to be some kind of mistake. I demand a do-over." Bede mumbled. After a moment of silence he spoke again. "But why...? How can this be? How could someone like you get in my way?" He said shakily. "I was the one chosen by the chairman...I was the one who was to defeat the Champion..." My heart hurt more and more with every sentence Bede spoke.

He just sounded genuinly sad..."I'm one of the elite--someone who can shoulder the future of the Galar region!" "Challenger Bede!" I heard a familiar, sophisticated and stern, voice shout. I turn around and see that voice belongs to Oleana. She was here with the chairman and two guys who work as staff for the chairman's company. "I wondered what you were up to when you asked to borrow Chairman Rose's Copperajah...I can't believe you'd try to use the chairman's Pokemon to destroy a historical site!" Oleana yelled, her arms crossed. I just wonder how she's able to keep a straight face while yelling like this...