//------------------------------// // A Gabite of Brilliance // Story: Pokemon Turquoise // by foxmaster //------------------------------// The Princess Festival was now behind Turquoise and continuing her journey to Vermillion City she arrives in the next town which was full of bustling people. Turquoise checked her map to see where she was and how much further to Vermillion City. “ Looks like I’m in Canvas City which means Vermillion City is the next town over,” Turquoise said to herself as she put her map away. As she continued her way to the Pokemon Center she saw a poster for a Contest that was today which made Turquoise excited. As soon as she got to the Pokemon Center Nurse Joy Approached her. “ By any chance does your name happen to be Turquoise?” Nurse Joy asked. “ It is,” Turquoise said. “ There is a call for you from Saffron City,” Nurse Joy said as she guided Turquoise to the videophone. “ Hello?” Turquoise said before Rarity appeared on the screen. “ Turquoise darling how has your journey been so far?” Rarity asked. “ Been pretty good so far I will tell you all about it before today’s contest,” Turquoise said. “ Do you mean the one in Canvas City?” Rarity asked. “ That’s the one,” Turquoise said. “ Sorry, darling but I won,t be competing in that one because Twilight is raring to go for Vermillion City and we can,t afford to deviate from our route. You simply must tell us about your journey when we meet up in Vermillion City,” Rarity said. “ Than I guess I will see you in Vermillion City,” Turquoise said. “ Who are you talking to Rarity?” Twilight asked in the background. “ I’m speaking with Turquoise I wanted to see how she was doing,” Rarity said. “ Wrap it up Vermillion City awaits,” Twilight said. “ Calm down Twilight the Gym is not going anywhere,” Applejack said. “ Sorry to cut this short but I must be going. Good luck on the contest darling,” Rarity said before hanging up. Turquoise left for the Contest Hall and saw a lot of trainers practicing. After registering for the Contest Turquoise decided to do some practice as well until she saw Selena was here too. “ Not you again,” Both Turquoise and Selena said in unison. “ I thought I heard the last of you in that forest,” Selena said. “ Well, I thought the same thing,” Turquoise said. “ Your victory over me was a fluke so don,t think you will win this time because you’re now on my stage,” Selena said. “ Bring it on,” Turquoise said. The contest was about to start and after getting changed Turquoise entered the waiting area in time to catch the opening of the contest. “ Welcome everyone to the Canvas City Pokemon Contest held here in the always artful Canvas City. I am your MC Lilian and now time to introduce the judges. First from the Pokemon Activities Committee. Mr. Contesta,” Lilian said while motioning to Contesta. “ A pleasure to be here Lilian,” Contesta said. “ Next up is the head of the Pokemon Fanclub. Mr. Sukizu,” Lilian said motioning at Sukizu. “ Remarkable,” Sukizu said. “ And Finally Canvas City’s own Nurse Joy,” Lilian said motioning to Nurse Joy. “ I can,t wait to see what kind of masterpieces our contestants will show us on the blank canvas known as the stage,” Nurse Joy said. “ And now without further ado, LET’S GET BUSY,” Lilian shouted while doing her signature posing. The contestants all went one by one performing their acts until it was Selena’s turn. “ And our next contestant from the Sinnoh region Selena. “ Roserade Take the stage,” Selena said as she threw a Pokeball that popped open and unleashed a purple flower that suddenly burst as a leaf creature with red eyes, white hair styled like a rose, and bouquets for hands spun and landed gracefully onto the stage with the flower petals raining down on it. “ Roserade,” Roserade said while bowing. “ What pokemon is that?” Turquoise asked before pulling out her Pokedex. “ Roserade. The Bouquet Pokemon. With the movements of a dancer, it strikes with whips that are densely lined with poison thorns,” The Pokedex said. “ Roserade lets start with Magical Leaf. Roserade raised its arms and unleashed a bunch of leaves from the bouquets on its arms. “ Now use Petal Dance. Roserade began to spin while unleashing a bunch of pink flower petals that collided with the Magical Leaf causing it to rain down leaves and flower petals on Roserade. “ And Roserade creates a beautiful shower of leaves and flower petals. Now let’s see what the judges think,” Lilian said. “ The way Selena showed off Roserade’s beauty with that combination of Magical Leaf and Petal Dance was a brilliant way to show off the splendor of Grass-Types,” Contesta said. “ Simply remarkable,” Sukizo said. “ That performance made it feel like springtime here in Canvas City,” Nurse Joy said. After Selena returned backstage she ran into Turquoise who was ready to take her turn. “ Let’s see you top that,” Selena said smugly. Turquoise shrugged it off and kept going. “ And now taking the stage is Turquoise,” Lilian said as Turquoise pulled her Pokeball out. “ Espeon Lets dazzle them,” Turquoise said as she threw her Pokeball which popped open and unleashed a purple heart and then burst and revealed Espeon who landed on the stage elegantly with smaller hearts raining down. “ Espeon,” Espeon said. “ Let’s start things off with Swift. Espeon unleashed her Swift which dazzled the crowd a little. “ Now use Confusion. Espeon used confusion to turn the swift into rings which she leaped through like she and Turquoise practiced a while back. “ Now use Confusion while doing a corkscrew through the rings. Espeon used Confusion again while spinning through the rings and caused each ring to explode as she went through it and covered her in the sparkles from the explosions. “ And Espeon finishes with a nice shiny coat. Now let’s see what our judges have to say,” Lilian said. “ The way Turquoise and Espeon executed that marvelous display showed off both Espeon’s cuteness and their bond which is the true mark of a Pokemon Coordinator,” Contesta said. “ Very remarkable,” Sukizo said. “ Seeing a powerful bond between trainer and pokemon is what we all love to see in a Pokemon Contest,” Nurse Joy said. As soon as Turquoise returned backstage the other contestants went on one by one. As soon as the last contestant finished Lilian announce an intermission to determine who moves on to the second round. After ten minutes of waiting, Lilian came on screen. “ Sorry for the wait everyone. After carefully compiling the results these are the eight coordinators who will be moving on to round two. The screen switched to a blue background that had eight headshots appear with Turquoise in first and Selena in third. “ How did you managed to nail the top spot with such a simple performance?” Selena said in shock. “ We have been practicing that for days and now it paid off,” Turquoise said. “ Well you won,t beat me in this round,” Selena said. Turquoise and Selena dominated their matches and both of them managed to reach the final match. “ And now we are down to our final two Coordinators. On my left is Selena and on my right is Turquoise. Without further ado lets get this match started. Five minutes on the clock go,” Lilian said as the clock started counting down. “ Ninetails let’s dazzle them,” Turquoise said as she threw her Pokeball which popped open and unleashed a bunch of blue flames that then exploded and caused Ninetails to appear. “ Nine,” Ninetails said. “ Gabite take the stage,” Selena said as she threw her Pokeball which popped open and unleashed a bunch of music notes that spun around a blue shark-like creature with a red patch on its belly and a scary look on its face. “ Gab,” Gabite said. Turquoise wanted to look up Gabite’s data but stop herself when she remembers she did not have time to do that “ Gabite use Sand Tomb. Sand began to appear around Ninetail’s feet and then trapped her from the neck down thus reducing Turquosie’s point slightly. Turquoise: 95% “ Now use Dual Chop. Gabite’s claws began to glow light blue before charging at Ninetails. “ Ninetails use Confuse Ray. Ninetail’s eyes glowed along with her tails straightening causing Gabite to stop and then hit himself with his own Dual Chop which caused Selena major points for effectiveness. Selena: 75% Ninetails broke out of the Sand Tomb and looked ready to strike back. “ Ninetails use Flamethrower. Ninetails unleashed her Flamethrower which was heading towards Gabite. “ Gabite use Double Team. Despite being confused Gabite managed to create many copies of itself which did not faze Turquoise in the slightest. “ Nice try but that trick won,t work on me. Time to let our fire flowers blossom. Ninetails use Fire Blast. The Flamethrower suddenly turned into a flame that slipt into five directions and hit five of the clones. “ Now spin,” The Fire Blast spun and managed to hit all of the clones along with the real Gabite. “ Now that was a clever way to use Fireblast but not so good for Selena as it cost her some more points,” Lilian said as the clock reached the three-minute mark. Selena: 65% “ You’re going to pay for that. Gabite use Sand Tomb. Ninetails was about to be consumed by the Sand Tomb until Turquoise reacted. “ Ninetails dodge that. Ninetails leaped into the air only for Selena to smile. “ You’re not getting away that easily. Gabite use Dragon Rage. Gabite unleashed a blast of blue fire that nailed Ninetails and sent her falling into the sand Tomb which cost Turquoise some major points. Turquoise: 50% “ Ninetales break out of there. Ninetails managed to escape from the Sand Tomb but she was looking tired and the clock was down to one minute. “ Gabite lets wrap this up with Dragon Rage. Gabite unleashed another blue fireball but this time Turquoise was ready for it. “ Ninetails use Extrasensory to send it back. Ninetails used Extrasensory to send the dragon Rage right back at Gabite use was nailed by it. Selena: 40% Gabite survived the attack but before Selena could call a command the timer reached zero. “ That’s it time. And the winner of the Canvas Ribbon is?” Lilian said before she paused for suspense. “ It’s Turquoise. The crowd cheered with excitement as Turquoise and Ninetails rejoiced in their victory. “ You were great out there Gabite now rest,” Selena said before recalling Gabite to its Pokeball. As soon as everyone who participated in the contest gathered the award ceremony began. “ And now Mr. contesta will award Turquoise with the Canvas Ribbon,” Lilian said as Mr. Contesta approached Turquoise. “ You certainly earned this after a splendid battle,” Contesta said while giving Turquoise a white ribbon with a gold square in the center. “ Thank you,” Turquoise said as she took the ribbon. After changing back into her casual outfit Turquoise was on her way to the Pokemon Center to heal her Pokemon when Selena approached her while pulling a Pokeball out and opened it unleashing Gabite while trying to avoid eye contact. “ Go ahead,” Selena said. “ With what?” Turquoise asked. “ You know what the thing with your Pokedex. You wanted to learn about Gabite well make it quick before I change my mind,” Selena said which cued Turquoise to use her Pokedex. “ Gabite. The Cave Pokemon. In rare cases, it molts and sheds its scales. Medicine containing its scales as an ingredient will make a weary body feel invigorated,” The Pokedex said as Selena recalled her Gabite. Turquoise continued to the Pokemon Center and after leaving all her Pokemon with Nurse Joy she decided to call her mom to tell her about her latest victory. After dialing her number the phone rang before Turquoise’s mom picked up. “ Turquoise so great to hear from you. How is your journey going so far?” Turquoise’s Mom asked. “ Pretty good so far. I managed to get two Gym Badges and Two Ribbons,” Turquoise said. “ That’s wonderful and how many Pokemon do you have so far?” Turquoise’s mom asked. “ Four Pokemon and one egg,” Turquoise said. “ You already found a Pokemon Egg?” Turquoise’s Mom said. “ I won it at the Princess Festival which reminds me did the package I sent back home arrive safely?” Turquoise asked. “ It sure did and I just put it your room,” Turquoise’s Mom said. “ Thanks, mom,” Turquoise said. “ Back to your journey have you made any friends along the way?” Turquoise’s Mom asked. “ I have made a few friends along with a few rivals,” Turquoise said. “ That’s nice. Well, I must hang up now. Thanks for filling me in and good luck on the rest of your journey,” Turquoise’s mom said before hanging up. After Turquoise was finished on the vidphone Nurse Joy came up to her. “ Your Pokemon are all healed,’ Nurse joy said as she brought Turquoise her Pokemon along with her egg. “ And I also did a check-up on your Pokemon Egg its in good health. After taking her Pokemon and Egg Turquoise went to her room to rest up and prepare to set out for Vermillion City in the morning.