Flash Sentry and Twilight Sparkle were leading Brendan and May around the Canterlot High halls. Brendan was excited to be at Canterlot High, due to it being the place where the pokemon tournament is held. While walking through the halls, the four teens were talking with each other.
"Whew. It's exciting to be at the tournament." Brendan said.
"You sound excited. Just like the many other competitors for the tournament. As you know, most teams entering, are either in a relationship, or just for friendship." Flash replied.
"He is always excited for pokemon battles." May said. "You seem to know awfully a lot about the tournament. Are you entering it?"
"Of course we are." Twilight replied to her. "Me and Flash are joining together." She said.
"Together? Then are you two..." Brendan is about to ask.
"Yup. Me and Flash are in a relationship." Twilight smiled. Flash Sentry laid his hand around her shoulder romantically.
"Really? That's great." Brendan smiled at them. "You two were also an excellent team, seeing how you easily defeated both Rob and Stella."
"Thanks. You seem to know about those two criminals." Twilight said.
"We do. Those two have tried to defeat us, numerous of times. And trust me, they always fight dirty." May said. She remembered their many dirty tricks. Like power restraining armor on their pokemon, too warm areas, or attacking them while hungry(or in the bathroom).
"You shouldn't worry about them now. The police will probably take them away in a few moments." Flash said. May looked around the halls, and saw many locker rooms, and school doors around.
"It's quite a large dorm Canterlot High has huh?"
"We know. Canterlot High is for both youngsters, fresh men, and senior students. In here we learn a lot about friendship." Twilight said. And speaking of friends, two figures appeared in front of them, one was a boy with dark blue hair and light blue skin. The other was a girl with rainbow hair and blue skin.
"Hey Flash and Twilight!" The boy yelled cheerfully while waving towards them.
"Nice of you two to join the tournament." The rainbow haired girl said. She then noticed Brendan and May standing behind them. "And who may you two be?"
"My name is Brendan. And this is May." Brendan greeted, while introducing himself and May.
"Hi." May greeted. "We met Flash and Twilight at the entrance."
"Nice to meet you two. I'm Rainbow Dash the coolest girl you will ever meet. And this is my handsome boyfriend Soarin." The girl known as Rainbow Dash introduced.
"That's me. And together me and Rainbow is the most awesome team ever existing." Soarin proudly finished.
"And i thought team rocket back in Kanto were quite the boasters." May chuckled in her mind. Soarin and Rainbow Dash both looked at Flash and Twilight.
"Come on, let's meet the others. They are waiting at the gym hall." Rainbow Dash informed. She and Soarin then ran off to the gym. Flash and Twilight began to follow them, but then Twilight turned over to Brendan and May.
"Why don't you two come as well? Then you can meet the rest of our friends." Twilight offered.
"Sure. We haven't made new friends since our last region trip." Brendan cheerfully said.
"I'm in as well." May responded in agreement. Brendan and May followed Flash and Twilight through the halls, and arrived to the gym entrance, where Soarin and Rainbow Dash stood.
"What took you so long?" Rainbow Dash friendly complained to them.
"You have only waited for like 2 minutes Dash." Twilight rolled her eyes.
"No matter. Let's meet our friends." Flash said. Soarin nodded, and opened the door, where the gym was held. They entered and saw 8 other people around. 2 boys and 2 girls. The first was a young purple teen around 17 years old, with green spiky hair. Beside him were a white girl a year older than him with purple stylished hair. On the left side stood a orange skinned boy with light brown hair. Beside him was a light skinned girl with western styled clothes, and a cowboy hat.
"Hi guys and girls." Rainbow yelled out to them. The 4 boys and 4 girls looked toward the group, and walked over to them.
"There ya are. Just in time." The cowgirl said with a friendly smile. She then noticed Brendan and May behind them. "And who may ya'r critters be?"
"My name's Brendan."
"And i'm May. Nice to meet you." May greeted.
"Howdy ya two. I'm Applejack." The cowgirl introduced herself.
"My name is Caramel. Applejack's boyfriend." The orange skinned boy introduced.
"Hi there. My name is Spike." The young teen known as Spike greeted. "And this is my girlfriend Ra..."
"Hush now Spiky-Wikey. It's more polite to greet them personally." The white skinned girl said, while blocking Spike's mouth.
"Spiky-Wikey? Sounds funny." Brendan thought amusingly to himself.
"Greetings you two. My name is Rarity." The white girl known as Rarity said. "And i must say, that those clothes of yours suits you really." She complimented Brendan and May's clothing.
"Thanks for the compliment. I have worn these type of clothes since the start of my journey." May said. Rarity gasped.
"Only one type of clothes?! How long have you been on a journey?" She asked loudly. The others looked awkwardly at Rarity.
"Uuhhmm... Rarity i think you shouldn't yell at her for such a small question." Spike said, while calming down his girlfriend.
"Right. I'm so sorry May. You see i'm a fashionista. So i care a lot about clothing styles." Rarity apologized.
"It's alright." May forgave her.
"But if you want, i can make you some new clothes." Rarity happily offered her.
"Really? You would do that? Even through we have just met?" May asked in surprise.
"I'm known to be very generous dear. Besides my friends friends, are also my friends." Rarity explained.
"Same here." May said. She then took a glance at Spike. She saw that he was slightly familiar with Twilight.
"So Spike. Are you related to Twilight?"
"Uhm... Yeah. How did you figure that out?"
"You have the same skin color." May pointed out. "But mostly due to you just said so." May said. That made Spike blush a little in embarrassment.
"Yeah. Makes perfect sense." Spike said awkwardly to himself, while Rarity and May chuckled at him. Meanwhile Brendan talked with Caramel and Applejack.
"Ya'r new here in the Equis region right? So where do ya live?" Applejack asked him.
"I live in the Hoenn region. And so does May. We actually both live in the same town." Brendan replied.
"You two seem to be best friends." Caramel pointed out.
"We are. And always will be." Brendan said. Remembering their first times together, where they chose their starter pokemon for their journey. "Are all of you joining the tournament?"
"We darn tooting we are." Applejack replied. "Me and Caramel will do our best to win the tournament."
"Yeah. Not gonna happen Applejack. For me and Soarin will kick all of your butts, and win the championship." Rainbow Dash said, while butting into the conversation.
"Don't watch the chickens before they hatch Rainbow. Ya don't know that ya'l win yet." Applejack confidently replied to her rainbow haired friend.
"Can't we save it for the tournament you two?" Twilight said, stopping Applejack and Rainbow Dash's friendly clash with each other. "The tournament starts tomorrow, so save your strength there."
"Right. But me and Soarin will still win." Rainbow Dash said. The others sighed at her overconfidence.
"Don't worry about Rainbow. She just likes to be confident." Flash informed Brendan. "But anyway. Where are the others? They were supposed to be here as well."
"Oh. They've decided to go to the football yard, in order to watch pokemon battles." Caramel said.
"Then let's go there and meet them." Twilight said. All of them then walked out of the gym.
They walked out of the back entrance of Canterlot High, and saw 2 other boys and 2 other girls, watching pokemon battles, during the football yard. The first teen was orange skinned and a curly brunette. The girl beside him was pink, with curly pink hair just like the boy. The other boy appeared to be the oldest of them. He had grey skin and hair, and his outfit were awkwardly made, having different colors around his outfit. The last girl was yellow skinned, with beautiful pink hair. She also looked quite the bashful type. All 4 of them were watching a pokemon battle.
"Hi there you four." Rainbow Dash greeted.
"Hi Rainbow Dash. Nice to see you." The yellow skinned girl greeted, before noticing Brendan and May. "Oh hey there. Are you two for the tournament as well?"
"Of course we are. Me and May are best friends, and make a great team."
"Yeah what Brendan said. But like he said, my name is May. And that's Brendan." May greeted.
"Nice to meet you two. I'm Fluttershy." The girl known as Fluttershy introduced. Then the grey boy appeared.
"Who are you talking to my dear Fluttershy?" The grey man asked.
"Just to some newcomers." Fluttershy replied with a smile. "Brendan and May, this is Discord my boyfriend."
"Boyfriend? Didn't see that one coming." May thought with a slight chill in her guts. "Greetings Discord."
"Charmed." Discord smiled. He then made a flower appear out of nowhere in his hand. He then handed it over to Fluttershy, who gladly accepted it. "For you my dear Fluttershy."
"Thanks Discord." Fluttershy smiled.
"Wow! How did you make a flower appear in your palm?" Brendan asked in surprise.
"A trickster never reveals his secret tricks." Discord replied. Then the last two appeared in front of Brendan and May.
"Hi there. We are Cheese Sandwich and Pinkie Pie. It's nice to meet new pokemon trainers around here." They both said at the exact same time.
"Huh?" Brendan and May said confused.
"Sorry about them. That's just how these two are." Twilight said. Rainbow Dash then walked over to her pink friend.
"But back to business. I can see a pokemon fight is there. But who is battling?" Rainbow asked.
"Come and see yourself." Pinkie Pie replied, while she and Cheese Sandwich dragged them to the audience seats. Brendan and May looked at the pokemon battle, and saw a Blastoise commanded by a blue skinned girl with light blue hair, and some sort of magician cape on her back, fending off against a Baltoy commanded by a girl who appeared to be around 12, had red hair, and a bow on her head. Behind her was a white girl, and an orange girl, who appeared to be the same age as her. While Blastoise seemed to have only taken minor damage, Baltoy on the other hand was sweating in exhaustion.
"BALTOY USE ANCIENT POWER!" The red haired little girl yelled. Baltoy made some rocks appear in front of it, and threw them towards Blastoise.
"You got her Apple Bloom!" The orange girl cheered.
"You can do it!" The white girl also cheered.
"How lame." The blue girl yawned in disappointment. "BLASTOISE WITHDRAW!" She yelled out. Blastoise retracted to it's shell, and easily took the upcoming rocks without a single scratch.
"Let's end this Blastoise! Use Hydro Pump!" She yelled out. Blastoise then exited the shell, and made it's back cannons shoot out two large streams of water at Baltoy. During impact, lots of smoke appeared.
"BALTOY NO!" The red haired girl yelled. The smoke cleared, and Baltoy laid on the ground in defeat.
"Baltoy is unable to battle. The winner is the great and powerful Trixie!" A small dimwitted boy said.
"Ha ha ha ha! Is that really all you three got? The great and powerful Trixie eat small kids like you for breakfast." The girl known as Trixie boasted towards the defeated girl, who were being comforted by her two friends. Trixie then returned Blastoise back to it's poke ball.
"Are you ok Apple Bloom?" The white girl asked in concern.
"A'hm fine Sweetie Belle. Dang i almost had her." She said, before returning Baltoy to it's poke ball. Brendan in the background turned to the others.
"Who is that girl?" Brendan asked while pointing towards Trixie.
"That's Trixie. A boasting maniac in our school. Me Cheese Sandwich Discord and Fluttershy arrived here to cheer on Apple Bloom." Pinkie Pie explained. Brendan looked at the three sad girls who were being comforted by Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. He then looked and gritted his teeth towards Trixie.
"She thinks that she's so tough, just because she defeats a bunch of little girls?!" Brendan said in irritation. If there is one thing he can't stand, it's bullies and meanies. "That's it i'm going to put her in her place." Brendan said, while beginning to jump towards the football yard.
"What are you going to do?" Cheese Sandwich asked him.
"I thought it was obvious. I'm challenging her to a pokemon battle." Brendan replied. That made the others look toward him in surprise. But understood, since they can see his reason for challenging Trixie.
"Brendan doesn't like bullies and mean egomaniacs." May explained. "Whenever he sees one, he will stand up to them."
"If you're standing up for Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. Then we are wishing you good luck against her." Twilight said.
"I wish you a good battle Brendan." May said. Brendan nodded, and walked towards Trixie, who was being serviced by the young pokemon judge, and another one who was skinnier and had lighter skin.
"Snips bring me some water. Snails continue polishing Trixie's nails." Trixie commanded the two young boys.
"Yes oh great and powerful Trixie." They nodded in obedience. Then Brendan appeared in front of her. "Who are you? And what do you want? Can't you see that Trixie's busy?"
"My name is Brendan. And i'm here to challenge you to a pokemon battle." Brendan said. Trixie blinked at him, and then laughed at his challenge.
"You challenge the great and powerful Trixie? You can't be serious? Didn't you see what i just did with that girl over there?"
"Yeah. You were really tough, in defeating a 12 year old so easily. Not to mention you had a fully evolved pokemon, and a type advantage." Brendan sarcastically said. "Then why don't you face an opponent your own size?"
"If you really wish to lose, then very well, i accept your challenge. Snails return to your pokemon judge position."
"Yes Trixie." Snails said in obedience, while running back to the center of the football field. Brendan and Trixie then walked to their respective trainer positions, with Brendan walking towards same spot Apple Bloom stood on. The three girls, along with Applejack Rarity and Rainbow Dash looked towards Brendan who now stands on the battlefield spot.
"Who are you?" Apple Bloom asked him.
"My name is Brendan, and i will defeat Trixie for you." Brendan greeted, before turning back to Trixie. In the audience seats, Twilight was talking to May.
"Do you think Brendan can defeat Trixie?"
"No i don't think he can. I know he can." May said. Confident that her best friend will win. "He's one of the strongest trainers i know."
"Then this should be interesting to watch." Twilight said. The two trainers Trixie and Brendan took out a poke ball each.
"Blastoise showtime!" Trixie yelled while throwing out her poke ball. It spitted out a white glowing light, where Blastoise appeared.
"Let's go Volcarona!" Brendan yelled while throwing his own poke ball out. Out came the fire bug type pokemon Volcarona. Everyone except May looked in both surprise and confusion at Brendan's choice of pokemon.
"You are using a fire type against a water type pokemon like Blastoise?! And here i thought i would battle a formidable opponent. Maybe Trixie was wrong." Trixie taunted. But Brendan had a confident smile on his face.
"May. Was it wise of Brendan to send out a bug fire type pokemon against Blastoise?" Fluttershy asked in concern. "You know that fire types are weak against water types."
"I know that. But Brendan has a plan. Trust me." May said with a smile.
"Let the battle begin!" Snails yelled out.
"Blastoise let's end this little insect! Use Water Pulse." Trixie yelled out. Blastoise made a blue sphere out of water appear in it's palms, and shooted it towards Volcarona.
"Volcarona Protect!" Brendan yelled. Volcarona obeyed and made a force field appear, which easily shrugged off the upcoming Water Pulse.
"Protection for one turn only. That's where Trixie strikes. Hit it with Bubble!" She commanded. Blastoise then spitted out many water bubbles out of it's mouth, who were aiming towards the Volcarona.
"Dodge Volcarona and use String Shot!" Brendan yelled. Volcarona then flew beside the bubbles, and retaliated with a web string out of it's mouth. Blastoise was now stuck in the string.
"How dare you?! Blastoise Rapid Spin!" She yelled. Blastoise then retracted to it's shell, and spinned all the string off it. "How pathetic. Was your plan all along dressing my powerful Blastoise up with sticky string?"
"No. But it was to make you vulnerable to my next attack. Volcarona Bug Buzz!" He yelled towards Volcarona. It then made some special damaging sounds, which dealt Blastoise some great damage. "Great job Volvarona."
"What?! How dare you! Blastoise give him a taste of your Hydro Pump!!!" Trixie yelled in frustration. Blastoise also looked pretty mad, and fired out of it's cannons two massive water streams out. But despite the upcoming Hydro Pump, Brendan still had a confident grin on his face.
"Volcarona quick use Sunny Day!" He said. Volcarona then made the battlefield shine up a bit, where it made everything a bit hotter. The Hydro Pumps made a direct hit on Volcarona.
"Ha! Now you see why you should never challenge the great and powerful..." Trixie boasted, which quickly ended when she saw Volcarona still standing, and hasn't taken much damage from Blastoise Hydro Pump.
"How... How is that possible?! Hydro Pump should have dealt lots of damage to your Volcarona about now. How is it still standing?!"
"Simple Trixie. I simply made Volcarona use Sunny Day. Which everything becomes hotter, and makes Blastoise's water type attacks weaker." Brendan explained. The others looked at Brendan in fascination.
"Wow. A very smart strategy he came up with. So that's why he used a fire type like Volcarona against Trixie." Twilight said, surprised that Brendan knew such a smart strategy against water type pokemon.
"I must say that he's very impressive." Flash complimented Brendan's battle skills.
"That was so awesome." Rainbow Dash cheered behind Brendan.
"Thank you guys. But i think it's time to end this battle. VOLCARONA! FINISH IT WITH SOLAR BEAM!!!" Brendan yelled out. Volcarona then formed a glowing orb in front of it, which quickly grew bigger and stronger. And thanks to Sunny Day, Solar Beam fired immediately, and was about to hit the weakened Blastoise. The Solar Beam hit Blastoise dead on.
"BLASTOISE NO!!!" Trixie yelled in shock. The smoke cleared, and Blastoise was knocked out.
"Uhm... Blastoise is unable to battle. The great and powerful Trixie loses." Snails nervously yelled out. Trixie in anger due to her defeat, returned Blastoise to it's poke ball.
"Well guess the great and powerful Trixie lost huh?" Brendan grinned at her.
"You were lucky this time! For this was just a warm up for Trixie. Just wait for the tournament." Trixie yelled to him, before running away in a hurry.
"I will look forward to it." Brendan said while returning Volcarona to it's poke ball. The others then walked over to Brendan.
"Nice victory there Brendan." May congratulated her friend.
"You were so awesome. But still not as awesome as me." Rainbow Dash said with a friendly boast.
"Thank you for beating Trixie for us Brendan." Apple Bloom said.
"You are welcome little girl... Whatever your name was."
"Ma name is Apple Bloom, and ah'm Applejack's little sister. Nice to meet you." Apple Bloom greeted him.
"My name is Sweetie Belle. I'm Rarity's sister."
"And then there is me. I'm Scootaloo the sister of the awesome Rainbow Dash."
"It's nice meeting you three." Brendan greeted back. He then heard his stomach rumble. "Wow, guess that little battle made me hungry."
"Who wants to go to Sugarcube Cornor? My treat." Pinkie Pie offered.
"Sounds like a splendid idea." Rarity replied. The group of trainers then walked away from the battlefield, and began to walk over to the Sugarcube Corner.
"That was a fun battle. Let's hope the tournament offers more opponents there." Brendan said.
"I'm sure we will Brendan." May replied with a smile. "But let's get something to eat now."
"I'm right behind you." Brendan smiled.