GC118

==Synopsis==
Everyone needs a little luck to reach the finish line.
==Summary==
The Maisie Island Contest continues and Rachel and Andre have made it to the battle rounds. The episode begins with Rachel facing her new friend Camile. They send Skitty and Bellossom into battle. Rachel loses points early as Bellossom puts on a triple combination of Flash, Sweet Scent, and Solar Beam. Rachel turns the tides when she has Skitty use Iron Tail to deflect a Solar Beam back onto Bellossom when freeze it with Blizzard. Skitty wins the battle on a knockout with another Iron Tail, breaking through the ice. 
Andre is up next. His Manectric faces an Espeon. Andre has Manectric use astounding electrical power to overwhelm Espeon and defeat it by a knockout as well. 
When the finals begins, Manectric uses Electric Terrain while enduring Skitty's Blizzard. Manectric then lands a devastating Discharge. Rachell thinks back to Justin's battle against Tate and Liza, but she cannot bide her time to await Electric Terrain's disappearance. Rachel has Skitty perform Assist which becomes Minun's Encore, forcing Manectric to keep using its devastating Discharge. Skitty frantically navigates around the attacks, and her panic causes Rachel to lose more points. Skitty uses Blizzard and Discharge dwarfs it. Skitty tries Assist a second time and it becomes Shuppet's Will-o-Wisp that burns Manectric but not much else. 
Manectric fire a Discharge and Rachel commands Assist. She needs Jigglypuff's Sing to put Manectric to sleep or Marshtomp's Mud Shot to clog the field. Instead, Skitty performs Jigglypuff's Gyro Ball. Discharge lands but Skitty reflects the electricity with her Gyro Ball. When she comes out of it, Skitty glows a golden yellow. Rachel then thinks back to a Justin's gym battle against Wattson where Eevee used Iron Tail as a conductor for electricity because it is a Steel-Type move. Rachel wonders why Justin did not remind her of the tactic when they were mastering Skitty's Iron Tail, and she remembers their agreement that Justin would always help her but not spoon-feed her ideas. Rachel determines she had to figure out this advantage on her own. 
Skitty charges in with Iron Tail. Manectric is now free to use other moves and counters Iron Tail with Flamethrower. Rachel remembers Manectric's Flamethrower from the Battle Pike Battle Tent. She has Skitty use Iron Tail to jump, dodge the Flamethrower and land Double Slap. Manectric then uses Discharge and Skitty uses Iron Tail to act as a conductor for the attack and render it harmless. Manectric goes for Wild Charge. Skitty delivers a Blizzard at maximum power to slow down Manectric. The Eledtric-Type fights through the Blizzard but the tips of its feet slowly freeze and Manectric fails to strike Skitty before the clock expires. 
The intense battle leaves Rachel and Andre both with a sliver of points but Rachel and Skitty are declared the winner, which awards her the Maisie Ribbon. In the stands, Justin and their Pokemon, even Plusle and Minun, slouch in their seats from absolute exhausting because the match was nail-biting.  
After the contest, Justin and Camille hug Rachel, congratulating her for winning the contest. Rache is thrilled to be one ribbon away from the Grand Festival. Andre is on his way to take the first boat off the island to the next contest. Rachel speaks to Andre privately and wishes to start over with him, Andre's opinion about her actually has not changed. He believes Rachel is still a fraud who only won their match based on luck. Andre says he does now hope Rachel will make the Grand Festival, so he can beat her there and where it matters most. 
Andre leaves but his words don't sting Rachel as they did before. Camille asks why Andre is so hostile and Justin promises to fill her in later. Meanwhile, Rachel believes that she proved herself today and any problems Andre has with her is his issue and she cannot loom over it. She is ready to rest and tells Justin their next stop if Sootopolis City and his eighth badge. 
==Major Events==
*Rachel defeats Andre to win the Maisie Island Contest and her fourth Hoenn Ribbon
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events (Grand Conquest). 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Rachel
*Andre
*Camlle
*Trainers
*Coordinators
*Civilians
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Plusle (Justin's)
*Spheal (Justin's)
*Minun (Rachel's)
*Skitty (Rachel's)
*Shuppet (Rachel's)
*Manectric (Andre's)
*Belllossom (Camile's)
*Gengar
*Natu
*Togepi
*Espeon
*Meowth
*Ursaring
*Kecleon
Category:Grand Conquest
Category:Episodes with Contests