Pacifidlog Contest

Today the gang was in Pacifidlog Town. May was going to enter a Pokemon contest to win her final ribbon. The truth is though, Pacifidlog Town was the only place left holding a Pokemon contest so May needed to win this ribbon if she wanted to enter the Grand Festival. So right now, May was training with her Pokemon Combusken, Beautifly, Skitty, Bulbasaur, Marill and Staryu for the contest.

"Okay all of you." May said. "This is our last chance to win our fifth contest ribbon. So let's give everything we've got for this contest."

Her Pokemon agreed.

Ash was training too. Even though he wasn't entering the contest, he wanted to start training his Pokemon for the Grand Festival and Hoenn League right away. Right now he was training his newly captured Snorunt. Snorunt was nowhere near ready for Pokemon battles; he was sort like the child for Ash's Pokemon team. Snorunt did have some good ice type moves; he knew Powder Snow, Leer, Double Team, Bite, Icy Wind, Headbutt, Protect and the egg move Weather Ball.

"Okay Snorunt, you and I are going to train today." He said.

Snorunt was happy to be with Ash.

"We are going to go through the moves you know and then we'll have you learn some more."

All the while May was dealing with her Skitty, who wanted to play.

"Skitty, you can play all you want after the Pokemon contest." She said.

Just then a boy with bottle green hair came up to May.

"Your Skitty looks so cute." He said. "I take it you will be using it in the contest right?"

"Actually I haven't decided which Pokemon I'll use." May answered.

The boy, who's name is Joshua explained to May that he was a coordinator too and that he was going to enter the Pacifidlog Contest too.

"Well then, may the best trainer win." May said.

Suddenly a girl with brown hair came up to them.

"Hey Joshua, I thought you were practicing for the contest." She said.

"Don't worry Erica." Joshua said. "I have practiced for this contest a lot. So I will be ready for it."

The girl's name was Erica and she was Joshua's girlfriend. Joshua introduced Erica to May and told her that she was a coordinator too. Erica stared at May.

"Joshua and I will not be defeated that easily." She said. "So you better brace yourself May."

It was soon time for the Pacifidlog Contest. Vivian did the usual introductions and showed off the Pacifidlog Ribbon. The Pacifidlog Ribbon was purple with white spots and a lilac outline.

"Now this is the final contest to be held before the Hoenn Grand Festival, which is held next month." Vivian said. "So I look forward to seeing what performances the coordinators here will perform."

May heard everything Vivian said.

*'Since the Grand Festival is next month, my Pokemon and I will have to practice once this contest is over.'* She thought.

Ash was outside the contest hall listening to everything on the big screen with Snorunt; he wanted to train his Snorunt instead of watching the contest in the stands.

"Okay Snorunt, we are going to help you learn Water Pulse and Ice Shard." Ash said.

"Water Pulse will be a great move for you to use against fire type Pokemon, and I have a Pokemon with me that can help you learn those moves." He took out a Poke Ball and sent out his Lapras; as it knew Ice Shard and Water Pulse. Ash decided to have Lapras help Snorunt.

"Okay Lapras, show Snorunt how you do Water Pulse and Ice Shard." Lapras showed off her Water Pulse and Ice Shard attacks to Snorunt. Snorunt was impressed with those moves and he wanted to learn them.

"I can definitely tell that you have grown stronger Lapras." Ash said.

It was true; Ash's Lapras had grown stronger ever since Ash left her and her mom at Prof. Oak's ranch. She knew a lot of moves as well; she knew Water Gun, Bubble Beam, Mist, Sing, Confuse Ray, Ice Shard, Water Pulse, Body Slam, Rain Dance, Perish Song, Blizzard, Solar Beam, Hyper Beam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dragon Pulse, Brine, Safeguard, Protect, Double Team, Hydro Pump, Surf and Sheer Cold. Her mom knew these attacks too and it was thanks to all the times they had practiced the moves with other Pokemon at Prof. Oak's ranch.

Back in the contest hall...

The preliminary rounds had just started and now Joshua was doing his performance. His Pokemon was a Houndoom and his performance was a combination of Shadow Ball and Swift. The stars circled around the Shadow Ball like rings circling around a planet. Then it was Erica's turn and she was using a Jynx. Jynx's performance was a combination of Blizzard and Psychic which created a icy tornado. Then it was May's turn and she was using Skitty. Skitty started the performance with Assist which became Razor Leaf. She then used Blizzard on Razor Leaf, which froze all the leaves and then she whacked all the frozen leaves with Double Slap which created a rain of ice shards. Erica and Joshua could see that May was a good coordinator.

When the preliminary rounds were over, Ash entered the waiting room and told May that her performance was great.

"How was your training with Snorunt?" May asked.

"Good actually." Ash answered. "Snorunt learned Ice Shard and Water Pulse thanks to my Lapras. We also tried to help Snorunt learn Ice Beam, to no avail though."

"Never mind." Brock said. "I'm sure Snorunt will learn it soon."

The results of the preliminary rounds came up and the four trainers who made it to the battle rounds were Erica, Joshua, May and a woman named Janine. Erica admitted that May did well for passing the preliminary rounds, but she warned May that she would have to beat her first to obtain the ribbon. Just then the battling results came; Erica was up against Janine and Joshua was up against May.

The battle rounds started and Erica and Jynx were up against Janine, who used a Seviper. Erica told her Jynx to use Lovely Kiss on Seviper; Lovely Kiss was a move that put opponents to sleep.

"Dodge that attack and use Flamethrower Seviper." Janine said.

"Uh oh." Max grimaced. "Jynx is in trouble since Seviper knows Flamethrower."

Seviper slithered past the Lovely Kiss and blew a stream of fire at Jynx.

"Okay Jynx use Light Screen." Erica said.

Jynx created a multicolored shield which protected her from the Flamethrower.

"Now Jynx use Psychic." Jynx's eyes turned blue and then she controlled Seviper by lifting it in the air with Psychic.

"Use Hyper Beam." Jynx fired Hyper Beam at Seviper and it fainted. So Erica was the winner of the first battle round.

Next it was May's turn against Joshua. Joshua started things off first by telling his Houndoom to use Swift.

"Counter that attack with your own Swift Skitty." May said.

Skitty's Swift collided with Houndoom's Swift, creating yellow sparkles.

"Now Skitty move in with Wake-Up Slap." Skitty ran up to Houndoom and slapped it with Wake-Up Slap.

"I have to say." Max said. "Skitty has come a long way since May captured it."

"Yes and it has learned some pretty good moves too." Joshua ordered his Houndoom to use Dark Pulse which hit Skitty.

May saw Joshua was a good battler.

"All right Skitty, use Water Pulse." She said.

Skitty created a blue orb in her mouth and fired it at Houndoom.

"Quick counter that with Flamethrower Houndoom." Joshua said.

Houndoom blew a stream of fire at Water Pulse and it evaporated into steam.

"Whoa, when did Skitty learn Water Pulse?" Max asked.

"The day before yesterday." Ash answered. "May was practicing Water Pulse with her Staryu and in the process Skitty ended up learning it too."

Max was amazed.

"Use Flamethrower again Houndoom." Joshua said.

"Skitty use Blizzard." May said.

Normally Blizzard would be easily melted by Flamethrower, but Skitty put power into her Blizzard and the two attacks collided with each other. The two attacks continued to collide with each other until time was up. Once time was up, the winners of the battle round were May and Skitty.

Erica, who saw everything in the waiting room on TV, realized that May was a good trainer. Before Erica and May had their battle; she spoke to her.

"You may have beaten Joshua." She said. "But you still have to beat me to earn the ribbon."

"Bring it." May replied.

Then the battle began. May started things off first by telling her Skitty to use Tackle. Erica told her Jynx to use Psychic and Skitty was lifted into the air by Psychic.

"Now use Lovely Kiss Jynx." Jynx blew a kiss at Skitty who fell asleep.

Then Erica told her Jynx to use Blizzard and Skitty was struck by it then woke up.

"Okay Skitty, let's put that Jynx to sleep this time with Sing." May said.

Skitty sang a lullaby and Jynx fell asleep.

"Now use Iron Tail." Skitty whacked Jynx really hard with Iron Tail, but Jynx was still asleep.

"Okay let's use Wake-Up Slap." Skitty slapped Jynx really hard and caused it to wake up.

"Why did May do that?" Max asked. "Wake-Up Slap wakes up a sleeping opponent."

"That's because it's power is doubled if the opponent is asleep." Brock answered.

Now that Jynx was awake, Erica told it to use Psychic again. So Skitty was lifted into the air a second time and Jynx used Blizzard again.

"Counter that with your own Blizzard Skitty." May said.

Skitty released Blizzard, which collided with Jynx's Blizzard.

"Let's finish this with Hyper Beam Jynx." Erica said.

Jynx fired Hyper Beam at Skitty.

"Okay Skitty, it's time to use Copycat." May said.

Copycat was a move that allowed the user to replicate the last attack the opponent used. So since Jynx used Hyper Beam, Skitty fired Hyper Beam. Max was amazed with the move Copycat.

"It's like the move Mimic." He said.

"Okay Skitty, let's use Assist this time." May said.

Assist was a move that randomly selected one of the moves known by one of the user's party allies. Of course May had no idea what move Skitty will end up using, but she had faith in Skitty. Skitty's Assist became Combusken's Fire Spin, and it broke through Jynx's Hyper Beam striking Jynx. Fire Spin did a lot of damage to Jynx and it fainted.

So May and Skitty were the winners of the Pacifidlog Contest and May was presented the Pacifidlog Ribbon. May finally had five ribbons to enter the Hoenn Grand Festival. Joshua and Erica congratulated May and they wished her and Ash luck in the Grand Festival. Now that Ash and May had five contest ribbons each, they had the Hoenn Grand Festival to think about next.