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// Round Two Round Up 
// Story: Pokémon: Harmony and Chaos 
// by Banshee531 
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Round two of the Hoof Cup was now halfway over, Lightning and Doc having earned a place in the next round. Now, Flash, Twilight, Applejack and Thunderbass would compete for the last two spots. Up in the stands, Rainbow was sitting besides the rest of her friends, a low growl coming out of her mouth.

"Seriously Rainbow, will you please stop moping?!" Rarity told her.

"I am not moping," Rainbow replied before a beeping sound made her turn to see Pinkie in a lab coat with what looked like a airport security scanner in her hands.

"That's not what the mop-o-meter's telling me! You're giving off level three moping energy, which means you need fifty CCs of something sweet, stat!" She reached into her hair and pulled out a red Poke-Muff, pushing it into Rainbow's face, "Come on, eat up!"

The prism haired girl stared at the sugary snack before sighing, taking the Poke-Muff with a low grown as she started chowing down. "I'm not moping. I'm just a little annoyed I couldn't stay in the tournament."

"Well it's your own fault," Trixie remarked. "You purposely picked a Pokémon that had a Type disadvantage against your opponent. What made you think you could win using a Rock-Type?"

"Well, since most of the other matches where they had a Type disadvantage ended with the weaker on winning, I thought it could work for me."

The others all shook their heads, Fluttershy speaking up next, "Rainbow, they won because they had a strategy to overcome that weakness. It's true you managed to come up with a plan to beat Steeledge, but you didn't think of what to do if Doc found a counter to it. Which he did."

Rarity nodded in agreement, "She's right. You overused that technique, and it let him find a way to beat you. You only have yourself to blame for that." Rainbow grumbled at this, but couldn't say anything as Mic spoke up.

Mic: "Alright battle fans, it's time for the third match of the round! Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, please head out to the field!"

In the trainer box, the two girls turned and shook hands. "Good luck sugarcube. Let's have a good match."

"Yeah," Twilight added as they made their way to the field, Applejack in red and Twilight in blue.

As this happened, Doc turned to Flash with a glum sigh, "I'm worried. Twilight's facing a trainer much stronger than the ones she's faced before. She might not be able to pull this off."

"I'm sure she'll be fine," Flash replied while putting his hands behind his head. "She might not have as much experience as Applejack, but she's smart. She'll figure out what to do."

"If you say so..."

As the girls arrived at their trainer podium, Mic pulled out his research papers. "Now, we all know about Twilight's relation to the current Equestrian Champion....but I'm sure you'll be surprised to learn about Applejack's relations! Turns out, she's the granddaughter of the Applewood Gym Leader!"

"Interesting. No doubt she's been trained by her as well, if her last battle was anything to go by."

"But Twilight won't go down easy," Celestia added.

"ALRIGHT! It's time to see who'll be selecting their Pokémon first!" Everyone looked up at the megascreen as the roulette wheel appeared, the professors soon turning it on. The roulette then slowed down, landing on the red section.

Mic: "It's red, so Applejack's gonna pick first!"

"Righty-o!" Applejack tipped her hat before pulling out a Pokeball and enlarged it. "Giddy up DaisyJo!" She tossed the ball into the air, revealing Applejack's Pokémon. It was a Calfaze, one that mooed while grinding its hoof along the ground.

"A Calfaze..." Twilight remembered the ones they had seen at the farm when they first met Applejack and Rarity. "Is that...where you got it?"

"Yah know it," Applejack replied with a cheeky grin. "This here's the young of the Grattle whose milk ya'll tried there. My uncle Red Delicious gave her ta me as a good luck present when we left. Now we'r'e gonna knock ya'll out of this contest. Sorry sugarcube."

Twilight did a small gulp, her mind thinking about Calfaze. She knew it was too large for Owlicious to use Sky Drop on, so that just left Peck and Confusion. However, before she could pull her Pokeball out, something landed on her head. "What the-" She looked up, only to hop in place as she saw a familiar face stare down at her.

"Terra!" Peewee chirped with a huge smile on his face.

"Peewee?" Twilight raised an eyebrow at this, while the rest of the crowd murmured.

"What's he doing?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know," Spike replied as he wondered what was up with his future starter. First he was all daydreamy, now he jumped off Spike's shoulder and flew down to the field before he could stop him. "Peewee?"

Off to the side, Flash, Doc and Thunderbass were standing in the trainer box, all looking just as confused. "This is strange. It's not like Peewee to misbehave and do something like this. I wonder what's up?"

A bulb then went off in Flash's head. "Wait a minute!" He walked over to the edge of the box, "Twilight!" She turned to him, still trying to get Peewee off her head. "I think he wants to battle!"

When Twilight heard this, a million jigsaw pieces fell perfectly into place as she blinked at the dragon. "Is that it? You want to battle?"

"Wagon!" Peewee cheered.

Twilight giggled at his expression, nodding next. "Alright, you got it. Peewee, I choose you!"

"Terragon!" Peewee jumped off her head and landed on the battlefield. "Terra terr!"

"Alright!" Spike cheered, "Go Peewee!"

"Is that allowed?" Trixie asked with a raised eyebrow, the rest of the crowd wondering the same thing.

Mic turned to the professors, "Should I grab a rulebook and check to see if this is alright?"

Celestia shook her head, "No need. That Terragon is her Pokémon. She caught it for her brother for when he becomes a trainer, but until then, he's technically her Pokémon, and she can use him if she wants."

"I'm looking forward to seeing how well it battles," Luna added with a knowing smirk. "It's surprisingly small for a Terragon, but that just means it's more manoeuvrable. I can't wait to see how that fact plays into its combat abilities."

"Same here," Applejack admitted as she tipped her hat, "Just don't be too upset if ah end up crushing the little tike."

Twilight just crossed her arms with a smirk, "That's not gonna happen." She then stared down at the dragon, remembering the few practice battles with Peewee. "I hope..."

Mic: "Let's get the third battle underway. In three!"

Professors and Crowd: "TWO!"

ALL: "ONE!"

Mic: "Battle...BEGIN!"

"Alright Peewee, use Wing Attack!" Twilight exclaimed as the tiny Terragon jumped into the air, its wings glowing as it charged at the Calfaze.

"Defense Curl!" Applejack ordered, DaisyJo now curling itself into a ball. Peewee's attack struck the sphere, bouncing off while hardly leaving a scratch on the opponent. "Now go in ta Rollout!" The curled up cow Pokémon started rolling in Peewee's direction, picking up speed surprising quickly.

Twilight's eyes went wide before looking up at Peewee, "Get out of there!" Peewee nodded and began to fly high up, only for the spinning ball to bounce up and strike him.

"Terra!" Peewee cried as he fell back, barely managing to spread his wings in time to save itself from a hard impact.

At the same time, the spinning Calfaze fell back to earth and uncurled with a slide on the ground. "Faze..."

"Ember!" Twilight ordered as Peewee breathed in.

"Terr...WAGON!" It began spitting a barrage of tiny fireballs, all ready to hit DaisyJo.

"Use Defense Curl again!" DaisyJo curled back up as the flames hit it, causing it to become singed. "Rollout!" Once again, the ball started spinning at high speed at Peewee.

"Fly up as fast as you can!" Peewee did as he was told, flying up to the highest height it could. And as DaisyJo tried to bounce up after Peewee, gravity dictated that it just barely missed the dragon.

"Calf!" It grunted as it landed, glaring up at its opponent.

Doc crossed his arms at this. "That's good, he'll be safe up there. But if Applejack keeps using that combo, it'll be an issue."

"Why?" Flash asked as he glanced at the gym leader.

Up in the stands, Rarity was also explaining the problem. "If you use Rollout right after using Defense Curl, Rollout's power will be doubled."

"That's bad," Trixie added. "Rollout on its own can be dangerous, but to power it up..."

"Why's it dangerous?" Spike asked.

Rarity turned to him with a small sigh, "Because Rollout gets more powerful if it's used repeatedly. So to already have it powered up beforehand, it'll get to its maximum power much quicker."

Rainbow quickly caught on. "And since he's part Flying-Type, Peewee's super weak to a Rock-Type attack like Rollout."

"Exactly."

"We can't let to many of those Rollout attacks land," Twilight said while looking up at Peewee. "But...how do I counter?"

"Ya'll can't stay up there forever!" Applejack yelled while pointing at Peewee. "Use Bullet Seed!" DaisyJo breathed in before unleashing a flurry of glowing yellow and green projectiles into the air. The moved at tremendous speed, all ready to strike Peewee.

"Ember!" Peewee spat out his own projectiles, the fire only incerating half of DaisyJo's Bullet Seed before the seeds struck the tiny Terragon.

"Terra!" He cried as they hit him in the head and wing, making him flinch while he started to fall.

"Rollout!" The Calfaze curled into a ball again, spinning as it started to bounce up.

"Pull up!" Twilight told Peewee, the dragon unfurling his wings to try and glide to safety. But no sooner had he managed to stabilize himself, DaisyJo bounced up and struck him.

"Wagon!" Peewee yelped as DaisyJo landed on top him while still spinning, only to start grinding him. "Terra!" DaisyJo bounced off before spinning around the field, regaining the speed it had lost during its jump attack.

Peewee rolled off its back and tried to pick himself up, only to now see the ball of grassy mass heading towards him. "Dragonbreath!"

Peewee took in a massive breath, "TERRAGON!" He unleashed a stream of blue and white fire, all striking the rolling Calfaze before it could react. But even with that power, DaisyJo simply powered right through before tackling Peewee, knocking him back. "Terra! Terra...wagon!"

"Peewee!" Twilight screamed as she saw Peewee come to a stop, only for his legs to give out.

Up in the stands, Spike's face showed nothing but fear and worry, "No..." he whispered before taking in a deep breath, "Come on! Get up Peewee!" Peewee heard this and instantly pushed himself back onto his feet, his legs wobbling under his weight. "That's the way! You got this buddy!"

Applejack smirked at the sight, "Gotta love that will power. But let's see how it stands up against this next attack. Mega Drain!"

"Car!" DaisyJo shook its head, causing the bell around its neck to ring as it started glowing. "Phase!" A green light then shot out of the bell, all ready to strike Peewee.

Peewee saw it coming and tried to open his wings to fly, but it was too late. The attack struck him like a truck, knocking him back as he cried out, "Terra!" He then felt himself start to get tired, energy now draining out of his body as it was channelled into DaisyJo. The cow Pokémon glowed the same green as its attack, the burns and scratches covering it now vanishing.

"Get out of there!" Twilight ordered, Peewee starting to beat wings as it flew out of the Mega Drain's range. "Good, now use Ember!"

"TERRAGON!" Peewee spat another barrage of fireballs at DaisyJo, who had just stopped glowing.

"Bullet Seed!" The Calfaze fired its own projectiles, which caused the same effect as the seeds got through the flames with ease.

Seeing this, Twilight grit her teeth as she pointed at the clash. "Block it with Dragonbreath!" she ordered, hoping the attack would stop the seeds. But as Peewee launched the attack, the Dragonbreath did nothing to stop the Bullet Seeds, just slowing them down before striking Peewee's wing.

"Terra!" Peewee yelled as he began to fall.

"Rollout!" DaisyJo curled into the ball again, spinning at the falling Peewee before bouncing into the air.

"Ember! Do it now!"

Peewee breathed in mid-fall before launching the fireballs, all striking the spinning Calfaze. This caused some burns, but not enough to stop it from hitting Peewee. "WAGON!" Peewee yelped as it hit the ground rolling, the audience flinching at this.

Mic: "That had to hurt. I'm afraid to say this folks, but Terragon might be down for the count. Professor Celestia?"

Celestia and Luna both said nothing. They didn't want to say it, but they were thinking the same thing, along with the rest of the audience. Spike just growled at the sight, Rainbow commenting before he could say anything. "Looks like Twilight's out."

"The little dear did his best," Rarity added. "But he's just out of his league."

"What are you talking about?!" They all turned to Spike, "Peewee isn't losing this easily! He might be down, but he's not out! And just because he's small, it doesn't mean he's weak!" He took in a deep breath before screaming, "PEEWEE!" The little Dragon-Type looked up at his future trainer, "YOU GOT THIS! DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!"

The rest of the crowd heard this, all now feeling a tug at their heartstrings.

"Yeah Peewee!" Flash yelled from the trainer box, "Show everyone what you're made of!"

"Let your really power shine!" Doc added. And as these words vibrated across the arena, more of the crowd began to chant their own cheers. It seemed they all really wanted Peewee to pull off a win now.

Mic: "Just hear the crowd roar!"

Luna: "Everyone loves an underdog."

Celestia: "But will these cheers be enough?"

Twilight looked down at the Terragon, "Peewee, can you still battle?"

"Terr...terr...." he picked himself up and let out a roar, "Terragon!"

Across the field, Applejack chuckled at the sight. "Ah like his spirit, but that doesn't mean ah'm gonna let you win. DaisyJo, Rollout with everything yah got!" The Calfaze rolled up again and began spinning, building as much speed before firing out like a rocket.

"Peewee!" Twilight yelled as she pointed at DaisyJo, "Give it everything you've got! EMBER, FULL POWER!" Peewee took as big a breath as he could make, as the sounds of the crowd filling his ears.

"Peewee!" Flash and Doc screamed. "You can do it!

"RIO!"

"PEEWEE!" Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow and Trixie all yelled.

Then he heard Spike call out, "PEEWEEEEEEEEEE!"

"TERRAGON!" Peewee unleashed his attack, a single long fire rocket flying out and hitting the rolling Calfaze, the attack exploding on contact.

"CALFAZE!" It screamed as it was sent flying back, its entire body igniting as it hit the ground and rolled to a stop. Only then did the flame extinguish, leaving a severally burnt Calfaze laying in the dirt.

Everyone in the crowd gasped at this, Twilight whispering to the highly amazed Terragon, "Peewee, did you just..."

Mic: "What just happened?"

Celestia: "It seems the cheering allowed the little guy to dig deep and tap into an inner power, allowing his Ember attack to evolve."

Luna: "Yes, that attack was actually Incinerate, a much stronger attack then Ember. The tide of the battle might have just shifted."

"Alright Peewee!" Spike yelled, "you the man...er...mon!" The rest of the crowd cheered him in unison, all while DaisyJo stood back up.

"Ya'll okay?" Applejack asked her, the Calfaze nodding. "Alright, use Bullet Seed." DaisyJo unleashed another barrage of seed like projectiles, all heading Peewee's way.

"Incinerate!" Twilight ordered while Peewee jumped into the air while breathing in, soon firing the blazing missile at it opponent. It made contact with the Bullet Seeds and flew right through them, burning them all to ash as it made its way to the Calfaze.

"Defense Curl!" DaisyJo curled itself up as the attack struck, the explosion now hitting the heavy cow Pokémon flying as it uncurled itself.

"Wing Attack!" Peewee flew at the cow with glowing wings while DaisyJo tried to pick itself up. And once it was back on its hooves, it saw Peewee was heading its way.

"Bullet Seed!" The Calfaze unleashed the seed projectiles, hitting Peewee back. "Now Mega Drain!" The cowbell rang again before firing a blast of green energy.

"Dragonbreath!" Peewee spat out a blaze of blue and white fire, which struck the energy attack, causing an explosion. But before the explosion's cloud could fade, Peewee flew into the dusty fog as Twilight yelled, "Wing Attack!" His wings shined as he got into striking distance of the Calfaze.

"Phase!" It screamed as the blade like wings cut into its flesh, Peewee flying past it before landing right at DaisyJo's tail.

"Bite!" The Terragon bit down on the Calfaze's tail, making it cry out again before wildly shaking it around. The flailing made Peewee let go as he flew itself up into the sky.

"Bullet Seed!" DaisyJo fired the seed attacks again as Peewee managed to stabilize himself midair.

"Incinerate!" Peewee spat his flaming projectile at the Bullet Seed, the rocket burning them into nothing before hitting Daisyjo straight in the face. "Now, use Dragonbreath!" As the flames extinguished, DaisyJo looked up and saw that Peewee had disappeared.

"Wagon!" Before it could react, Peewee appeared in front of its face while smoke came out of its mouth. "TERRAGON!" He unleashed the blue and white flames right into DaisyJo's face, making it cry out as it fell back. Everyone stared at the Calfaze, watching it stumble back up...only to fall over, swirls now appearing in its eyes.

Mic: "Calfaze KO'd, so the winners of the match are Twilight and TERRAGON!"

"ALRIGHT!" Spike screamed from the stands, the rest of the crowd all cheering.

Mic: "Well, no one seems unhappy about this outcome."

Luna: "Like I said, everyone loves an underdog."

Celestia: "Peewee's determination was a very inspiring thing to see. Just shows that no matter how much of a disadvantage you're at, staying strong and never giving up can help you break your limits."

Mic: "That and it was a blazing, fire-filled battle! Rock on!"

Twilight walked up to the now panting Peewee and crouched down, scratching him behind the ear. "Thank you. You were amazing."

"Terra..." he mumbled before crawling up her arm and resting on her shoulder.

"Wanna ride back to Spike?"

"Terra..."

Twilight giggled back before glancing at Applejack, who was now patting DaisyJo on the head. "Good girl," she told the Calfaze. "Yah did well, even with the type disadvantage." She held up her Pokeball and turned to Twilight, tipping her hat as she nodded. "Good battle sugarcube. Ah'm not even sad ah lost."

"Thanks AJ," Twilight replied with a bow. "You were a great opponent." The two shook hands before walking over to the trainers box.

"Great work Twilight," Flash added once they were there. "You too Peewee. Awesome new move."

"Terra..." Peewee said with a long tired sigh.

"First Dragonbreath and now Incinerate," Doc listed off before chuckling, "If you're not careful Twilight, Spike's gonna end up with the world's strongest starter Pokémon."

They all laughed at that as Twilight started scratching Peewee under the chin. "That's alright. That just means I won't have to worry about Spike running into something he can't handle. Though I might have to give him a talk about not being too overconfident. Don't wanna turn him into Flash."

"Hey!" Flash barked as everyone laughed again.

It was here that Applejack spoke up, "Well, ah'm gonna go sit up in the stands with the others."

"Alright. Oh, and one sec Applejack." Twilight then took Peewee off her shoulders and handed him to her, "Here. Mind giving him back to Spike? I get the feeling they'll start missing each other."

"Sure thing," Applejack took Peewee into her arms before walking into the stadium.

As soon as she was gone, everyone turned to the field as Present Mic spoke up. "Alright battle fans, it's time for the final match of round two! Flash Sentry, Thunderbass, make your way over to the battlefield!"

"Alright!" Flash punched his fist into hand, "Let's do this!"

"Riolu!" Springer replied as he did the same, only for Flash to look down at him.

"Sorry bud, but I think I'm gonna keep you back for the finals. Can't have you getting too tired." Springer pouted at this, but nodded in agreement as Flash and Thunderbass moved over to their fields.

"Okay then..." Mic commented as he looked through his papers. "I wasn't able to find anything interesting about these two's backgrounds, but if their last battles are anything to go by, we're in for a treat!"

Celestia nodded. "Flash is quite an interesting character. It's thanks to him that my Champagoon was saved when it went on a rampage throughout Canterlot."

"And he also helped me with a situation in Bales Town. I'm looking forward to seeing how much he's grown since then. His Riolu is already an interesting specimen, but it doesn't look like he'll be using him this time."

Mic nodded as the trainers arrived in their trainer stands, Flash in red while Thunderbass was in blue. "Time to see who's gonna be picking their Pokémon first!" Everyone looked up at the megascreen as the roulette wheel appeared again, spinning as the professors pressed the button. The roulette then slowed down, soon landing on the blue section.

Mic: "It's blue, so Thunderbass is up first!"

"Alright!" Thunderbass pulled out his Pokeball. "Electabuzz, come on out!" He tossed the ball into the air, unleashing a three foot yellow humanoid tiger with black lightning bolts covering its body.

"Electabuzz!" It yelled while lightning surged around its body.

"Electabuzz?" Flash asked.

Mic: "Seems his Elekid managed to evolve since yesterday."

Celestia: "I'm not surprised, giving how strong it was."

Luna: "Flash is gonna have his work cut out for him."

"Maybe," Flash pulled out his Pokeball, "But that just makes it more fun. Prongs, I choose you!" He tossed the ball into the air, Prongs now appearing within a swirl of red energy.

"Fey!" He yelled while jumping from side to side, pumped to battle.

Mic: "It's a Thawn. Looks like its an Electric-Type against a Grass-Type."

Celestia: "At first glance, I'd say Flash has the advantage. But while Grass-Types are able to resist Electric attacks, Electric-Types aren't very weak to Grass-Types."

Luna: "This battle might take a while then. Not that I'm complaining."

Mic: "Me either. Let's get this battle underway, in three!"

Professors and Crowd: "TWO!"

ALL: "ONE!"

Mic: "Battle...BEGIN!"

"Energy Ball!" Prongs opened his mouth as a green sphere of natural energy formed, soon flying at Electabuzz.

"Discharge!" Thunderbass ordered, lightning now surging around Electabuzz.

"ELECTABUZZ!" it roared as lightning shot off in several directions, hitting the Energy Ball and making it explode.

"Talk about an electrifying defence," Trixie commented with crossed arms.

Rainbow nodded in agreement. "Flash is gonna have trouble hitting that thing. Being able to shoot out lightning from every direction is a pretty good way to protect yourself."

"Flash'll find a way," they all turned to see Applejack step up beside them with Peewee on her shoulder.

"Peewee!" Spike cheered as the Terragon flew off Applejack and landed in his arms, "You did awesome!"

"Terra!" he replied as he hugged Spike back.

And as this happened, up on the highest levels of the stands was Lightning, who was now staring at Flash with a long, low growl as Flash let out a command.

"Double Kick!" Prongs went into a full sprint at the lightning cat, quickly reaching him and spinning like a top. There, both hooves slammed into its stomach.

"Buzz!" It flinched while stepping back.

"Thunder Punch!" Sparks surged around its fist as it hit Prongs back, knocking him off balance.

"Fey!" Prongs yelped as the Electabuzz started to charge another fist.

"Dodge it!" Prongs bent its knees, springing itself about the Electabuzz as he made a whiff of a punch. Seeing this, Flash pointed at the tiger and yelled, "Now, Body Slam!"

"Fey..." Prongs fell back to earth as it brought its hooves together, thrusting them into the Electabuzz's head. "ON!" All four hooves smashed into his face, making it stagger back while holding its face.

"Swift!" Electabuzz uncovered its face and roared, yellow stars now firing out of it's mouth. Prongs saw them coming and started prancing back, but it was too late. Seconds later, an explosion from the stars hitting his side.

"Fey!" He cried as he stumbled back.

"Now use Focus Blast!" Electabuzz roared as it brought its hands together, a yellow orb of energy forming in between them. It then hopped into the air and raised its hands above its head, the orb growing larger as it did.

"Move Prongs!" Flash told his Thawn, who had gotten back to his hooves as Electabuzz tossed the orb.

"Fey!" Prongs leapt back, the orb hitting the ground, exploding with a shockwave. The blast washed over the field, zapping Prongs as he landed.

"Leech Seed!" Flash ordered as he saw Electabuzz falling back to the ground. Prong's horn nubs started to glow before firing them off his head.

Thunderbass saw this and knew Electabuzz couldn't dodge, only to point at the deer, "Swift!"

"Energy Ball!" As Electabuzz fired the stars at the Leech Seeds, Prongs fired a green orb. The stars struck Prong's first attack, but faded before it could reach his second one. As such, Electabuzz was struck it in the chest, knocking it back as Flash yelled, "Leech Seed again!"

"Fey!" Prongs shot the glowing seeds at Electabuzz again, this time hitting his arm. The seeds then broke apart and started growing around his arm, which it started to shake.

"Buzz?" It yelped as it tried to the green off him, only to fill his energy suddenly be sucked out of him. "ELECTABUZZ!"

Mic: "Impressive strategy. Using a decoy Leech Seed to distract them, then use an Energy Ball, which knocked Electabuzz off balance and allowed the real Leech Seed to hit it."

Celestia: "Very impressive. Hard to believe Flash actually managed to come up with that kind of strategy on the fly."

Luna: "Yes. He sure didn't show that kind of long term thinking the first time I met him. Travelling with your apprentice and a Gym Leader seems to have helped him learn how to plan out how the battle will play out."

"They make it sound like Flash used to be some kind of idiot," Spike grumbled while Peewee nodded in agreement.

Rarity just shook her head. "Now, now. He's just very simple minded in battle. But they're right that he has grown a lot since we last saw him. Seems his last battle wasn't just a fluke."

Rainbow chuckled at this. "Now this battle's in Flash's favor. All he needs to do is wait the battle out, and Electabuzz'll be sucked dry."

Thunderbass just growled at this, pointing at Prongs as he ordered, "We need to end this now! Get those vines off you with Discharge!"

"ELECTABUZZ!" The lightning cat charged up its electrical energy before exploding...only for the Discharge to come out like a sputter. There was a few bolts, but Prongs easily dodged them by zigzagging around the place.

"What the-what's going on?!" Thunderbass yelped. "Electabuzz! Your Discharge's way stronger than that!"

"It must be the Leech Seed vines," Doc commented from the trainer box. "They're absorbing some of the energy and weakening the attack."

"So Electabuzz's electrical attacks will all be weaker than usual," Twilight finished before humming. "Did he use Leech Seed knowing that? Clever."

"Huh..." Flash said without anyone hearing, "Who knew that would happen. Talk about lucky." He then pointed at Electabuzz, "Let's get him buddy! Double Kick!" With the last of the lightning discharged, Prongs spun around and slammed his back hooves into Electabuzz again.

Electabuzz flinched at the pain in its stomach again, only for the Leech Seed to flare up again. "Buzz!" he screamed as Prongs hopped to a safe distance from Electabuzz.

"Use Swift!" Thunderbass ordered next, Electabuzz roaring as the glowing shuriken like stars shot out of its mouth.

"Fey!" Prongs yelled as he started trying to evade the attack. But as the stars started to follow him, he was forced to slow down as the stars struck him. "Thawn!" He cried as he was blown back, losing balance with a thud.

"Thunder Punch!" Electabuzz rushed at the downed Thawn as lightning surged around both fists.

As Prongs tried to recover from the swift, he looked up to see the charging Electabuzz. Seeing this, he jumped up, dodging the first swing, but this was what Thunderbass and Electabuzz had been hoping for. The tiger then spun around, thrusting a second punch up at the midair Prongs, "Buzz!" he yelled as he socked him in the stomach, electricity blazing through the deer.

"Fey!" Prongs yelped as it was struck, the wind being forced out of his lungs and be replaced by electricity. Electabuzz laughed at the sight, only for the Leech Seed to flare up again. As he let out a scream of pain, Prongs landed and recovered his balance, the deer now panting heavily....only for yellow sparks to start surging around his body. "Fey!"

Mic: "Yikes! Looks like that Thunder Punch paralysed Thawn."

Celestia: "A stroke of luck for Thunderbass, given that Prongs' speed was its biggest advantage over his Electabuzz."

Luna: "But with the Leech Seed still draining it, they'll want to finish this battle as quickly as possible."

"She's right! Let's do this Electabuzz! Use Focus Blast!" The lightning tiger created a ball of energy in its hand, which tripled in size as it lifted it over its head.

"Electabuzz!" he yelled as he threw the sphere, Prongs still reeling from the shock of the paralysis.

"Energy Ball!" He heard Flash command, slowly nodding before opening his mouth and forming the green orb.

"Fey!" He fired it at the Focus Blast, the deer's arrack nowhere the size of the Electabuzz's ball. But as this happened, Prong's attack started to slow down the Focus Blast, letting Prongs hop away to fully evade the attack. With this, the sphere now hit the ground behind the deer, an explosion following as Electabuzz let out a long growl.

"We're not done yet! Discharge!" Electabuzz quickly built up the energy and shot it out of every part of its body, the lightning bolts flying across the battlefield. This one was like the one from the start of the match, Prongs now trying to the bolts with even greater difficulty. But as he managed to dodge two bolts, but the paralysis flared up and made him freeze in place long enough to be struck by the third bolt.

"Fey!" He yelped as he was knocked back, Electabuzz laughing again before the Leech Seed started to zap out more of its energy. And as both felt the status impairments slow down, the two kept panting as they both shakily stood. Seeing this, they knew neither would be able to handle more than one or two attacks.

The trainers glared at this, both pointing at the opposing Pokémon as they let out orders. "Thunder Punch!" was commanded first, Electabuzz rushing at the deer while building up as much energy into his fist as it could. At the same time, Prongs was forced to watch as his opponent drew closer while his body remained frozen in place.

"Prongs! Don't give up!" Flash yelled while his friends all looked away, not wanting to watch Prongs be slugged again while he was defenseless. "Energy Ball!"

Prongs heard this and did as it was told, gathering as much natural energy as it could into its still frozen body. "Fey..."

"Elect!" Electabuzz yelled as it got closer, sparks now flying everywhere as he let out a roar.

"Fey!" Prongs grunted, having drawn in the maximum amount of energy...but was still unable to move.

"Come on...come on..." Flash whispered as he waited for the moment, now seeing Electabuzz being only seconds away from launching its attack, "Please...you got to move." And as Electabuzz got within striking distance, he thrusted its fist with another roar. But as it did, the sparks covering Prongs vanished. "Now! ENERGY BALL!"

"FEY!" Prongs sent all the energy it had gathered into one spot, an extra large Energy Ball forming between it and Electabuzz. But before it could fire, the lightning cat's Thunder Punch struck the orb. The electrical energy flew into the sphere, overloading it with ease as an explosion followed, pushing both back.

"Fey/Buzz!" They cried as the bounced along the ground, both rolling like balls until hopping back onto their feet. And as they did this, they continued to slide as they both glared at each other. The trainers doing the same thing, only to see a burst of green energy flare around Electabuzz. "Electabuzz!" It screamed as energy sucked right out of his body, Prongs taking a deep breath as the energy flowed through him.

"Body Slam!" Prongs began running at his top speed, managing to reach Electabuzz the very second the Leech Seed died down.

"Thawn!" He roared as he tackled Electabuzz with all his strength, knocking the lightning cat onto its back.

"Buzz!" it yelped as it hit the dirt, his eyes clenching shut. And as he tried to reopen them, his eyes were now replaced with swirls, revealing Electabuzz's defeat.

Mic: "Electabuzz KO'd, so the winners are Flash and his THAWN!"

The crowd exploded into applause, all having been on the edge of their seats during that entire battle. "Great work Flash!" Spike added. "You rock!"

"Marvellous!" Rarity cheered.

"Way to go!" Rainbow and Trixie yelled.

"Yay." Fluttershy said softly.

"Great work partner!"

Flash walked over to Prongs and patted him on the head, only to pull back after getting a static shock. "Yow!" he shook his hand while giving Prongs a thumbs up with the other hand, "Great work bud."

"Fey..." Prongs moaned, only to flinch again.

Flash pulled out his Pokeball, "Take a rest bud. You earned it." Prongs returned to the ball as Flash turned to Thunderbass, who had just returned his Electabuzz and was staring at him.

"Great battle," he held out his hand.

Flash shook it back with a big grin, "Thanks, you too. Wasn't sure how it was gonna go there for a few moments, but I don't go down easily."

"I can tell. You'd better win this whole thing. I don't wanna lose to anyone except the big winner."

"Don't worry, I plan on it." With that, they returned to the trainer box. Once there, Springer held out his paw for a high five, which he gave. "Thanks bud."

"Great work out there Flash," Doc told him.

"Now there's only four of us left," Twilight added.

Flash nodded in agreement. "All that's left to do is see who's facing who." It seemed the rest of the crowd were thinking the same thing as the megascreen changed to show Flash, Twilight, Doc and Lightning.

Mic: "Alright battle fans! Time to see who's facing who in the next round! Light it up baby!"

The images flipped around before spinning around randomly. Everyone watched with baited breath, as Lightning returned to the trainer box and stood off to the side. Then, the images stopped and flipped to reveal the battle opponents.

Mic: "Here we go! Battle one will be between...Time Turner and Lightning Blitz!"

The two turned to one another, both silently vowing to take the other one down.

Mic: "Which means battle two will be between Flash Sentry and Twilight Sparkle!"

Flash and Twilight turned to one another, Flash giving her an excited smile while she just gave him a nervous nod. The second round had ended and the third round was coming up fast. Who would be victorious and win a spot in the grand finals? Only time would tell.