Chocovine Contest

Today Dawn practiced for the Chocovine Town contest being held tomorrow. Right now Dawn was going over Pachirisu's moves; over the last few months Pachirisu learned the moves Swift, Dig, Hidden Power, Rollout, Super Fang and Iron Tail.

"Wow Dawn, Pachirisu's looking good." Ash said.

"Yep I've been practicing with Drifloon and Pachirisu for this." Dawn said.

Dawn had Piplup, Drifloon, Smoochum, Clefairy, Ambipom and Pachirisu on her. Buneary was at Prof. Rowan's lab with Ariados, Mamoswine and Phione.

After some training Dawn gave the Pokemon poffins.

"So Dawn, how are your other Pokemon doing at Prof. Rowan's lab?" Brock asked.

"Well Prof. Rowan was surprised to see that I caught Phione." Dawn said. "And he and his assistants promised me they would look after Phione while it's at the lab. And they also promised me no one would try and steal it. Right now Phione and Buneary are happy together."

"So Buneary officially has a boyfriend." Ash chuckled.

"What about Ariados and Mamoswine?" Brock asked.

"Ariados is behaving himself and doing well." Dawn said. "But Mamoswine. Mamoswine is still disobedient and even the lab assistants have trouble with him, so Mamoswine is kept in the Poke Ball most of the time."

"Don't worry Dawn." Brock said. "It takes time for a Pokemon to become obedient again and some more time out at the lab is exactly what Mamoswine needs."

"I guess." Dawn sighed.

The truth is, she really wanted Mamoswine to open up to her again, but she didn't know what to do at the moment.

Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by a stomp. A grayish-blue and red dragon-like Pokemon was walking around.

"What is that Pokemon?" Tomo asked.

Before he could find out with his Pokedex, a girl with swirly pigtails arrived.

"Ah there you are Gabite." She said.

"That girl. She looks familiar. It's like I met her before." Ash whispered.

Tomo looked Gabite up on the Pokedex.

"Gabite, the Cave Pokemon. There is a long held belief that medicine from it's scales will heal even incurable illnesses."

The girl noticed Dawn and took a good look at the gang.

"Hmm you look familiar." She said. "Oh wait, you competed in the Wallace Cup didn't you?"

"Yes I did." Dawn nodded.

"I thought so." The girl said, remembering who Dawn said. "I still think you winning the Wallace Cup was just an accident."

"I beg your pardon?!" Dawn gasped.

"Wait a minute." Ash interrupted. "I remember you now. You were at the Wallace Cup too, but you didn't pass the preliminary round."

"That is correct I didn't." The girl said. "But thanks to that I have worked doubly hard since then to become a better coordinator. The name is Ursula, by the way. I still can't believe someone like you Dawn won the Wallace Cup."

"Hey, Dawn's own skill as a coordinator is the reason she won the Wallace Cup!" Tomo argued.

"Whatever." Ursula replied. "Since it's clear you will be entering the Chocovine Pokemon contest, get ready for your defeat."

Then she left.

"What an arrogant, snobby girl." Ash said.

"Yeah and I think she just declared herself your rival Dawn." Brock said.

After hearing all the mean words that came out of Ursula's mouth Dawn agreed with them.

*The next day...*

It was time for the Chocovine contest. Marian did the usual introductions and showed off the Chocovine ribbon. The Chocovine was a mix of light and dark purple and there was a red dot on the pin. Ash, Brock and Tomo were in the seats while Dawn was in the waiting room. She was wearing her normal contest dress and her hair was in the same pigtails she had back in the Celestic Town contest. But she had two yellow heart shaped clips in her hair as she was using Drifloon in the appeal rounds. Ursula was in the waiting room too. She was wearing a black long sleeved tunic top with a frilly red skirt, a black choker and black shoes. It made her look like a Spanish dancer.

The appeal round started and Dawn was up first. She released Drifloon with a white smoke seal.

"Drifloon use Ominous Wind on the white smoke." Dawn said.

Drifloon released an ominous wind which caught the white smoke and the smoke turned purple.

"Now use Gust Drifloon." Dawn said.

Drifloon's Gust made the smoke rise into the air.

"Now Thunderbolt." Dawn said.

Drifloon's Thunderbolt broke the purple smoke apart, creating purple and yellow sparks. Then she and Drifloon curtsied to finish.

"Ha I'm amazed that Dawn had Drifloon learn Thunderbolt." Ash said.

"After watching Fantina and her Drifblim, Drifloon wanted to be great like them." Brock explained. "So of course Dawn trained hard with Drifloon."

After Dawn other coordinators had their turn. Then it was Ursula's turn. Her phrase was 'let's go' and she released a sandy cloak Wormadam. First off Wormadam showed off it's Confusion and then it showed off Rock Blast. Then Wormadam used Sandstorm and then Confusion to use the sand to make a sand sculpture of itself. To finish the performance, Wormadam used Captivate which broke the sand apart. After that the appeal round was over.

Dawn went over to the boys.

"So guys, how was I?" She asked.

"You and Drifloon were wonderful out there." Ash answered. "And Drifloon has gotten better in contests."

"I must say Dawn, I wouldn't be surprised if Drifloon evolves soon." Brock said.

"That would be nice. Having my own Drifblim." Dawn smiled.

"I've got to say Dawn." Ash said. "You better watch out for Ursula. She wasn't kidding when she said she had worked hard with her Pokemon."

"You're right." Dawn agreed. "And she and that Wormadam of hers did put on a unique show. Ursula certainly knew how to show off Wormadam's moves."

"Impressed, huh?" A voice asked.

It was Ursula.

"Time after time I have been eliminated from the preliminary rounds, but because of that I have worked hard to become a better coordinator. And after hearing all that cheering, I say my efforts have finally paid off."

"The same goes for me too." Dawn argued back.

"Well I hope we end up battling each other in the finals Dawn." Ursula said.

Then she walked off. Dawn was mad; she knew right away she found herself a rude and snotty rival.

Soon the results were up and both Ursula and Dawn made it to the second round.

"Thank you Drifloon. We made it." Dawn said.

She hugged her Drifloon. Ursula was happy she got to the battle round too, but what she wanted was to defeat Dawn in the battle rounds. The battle rounds soon started and Dawn and Ursula defeated their opponents one by one.

Soon it was time for the final battle round and of course it was Dawn vs Ursula. Dawn released Pachirisu while Ursula released Gabite.

"Gabite is a ground/dragon type." Brock said. "So Pachirisu's electric type moves won't affect it."

"Yes, but Pachirisu's Quick Attack, Super Fang, Swift, Hidden Power and Iron Tail may be able to change that." Ash said.

Ursula started the battle.

"Dragon Claw." She told Gabite.

"Use Quick Attack to dodge that Pachirisu." Dawn said.

Pachirisu avoided being hit by Dragon Claw thanks to Quick Attack. But then Gabite used Aerial Ace and Pachirisu was tackled multiple times.

"Pachirisu, attack with Iron Tail." Dawn said.

Pachirisu tried to strike back with Iron Tail, but Gabite kept using Dragon Claw to counter it.

"Oh man, at this rate Dawn might lose." Ash said.

It did seem like that because Dawn was losing points every second.

"Pachirisu, Sweet Kiss." Dawn ordered.

Gabite broke the hearts apart with Aerial Ace.

"Let's finish this Gabite, use Stone Edge." Ursula said.

Gabite threw stones at Pachirisu.

"Discharge." Dawn quickly told Pachirisu.

The Discharge attack broke the stones apart.

"Ha even though Discharge is useless on Gabite, it successfully breaks rocks apart." Ash said.

He knew that because Pikachu had broken stones with his electricity before. Gabite used Dragon Rage next, but Pachirisu used Spark to counter it. Next Gabite advanced forward with Dragon Claw, but Pachirisu countered it with Iron Tail.

"Stone Edge, let's go!" Ursula commanded her Gabite.

Gabite fired stones at Pachirisu, but Pachirisu broke the stones apart with Discharge again.

"That's the way Pachirisu!" Dawn cheered. "Now let's move in with Super Fang."

"I'm tired of this. Gabite, use Dragon Rage." Ursula said.

Gabite released a Dragon Rage attack, but Pachirisu rolled forward so fast he went straight through the Dragon Rage attack. Then Pachirisu bit Gabite hard. Suddenly a ding was heard to let everyone know that time was up. Dawn and Ursula looked at the score board to see who won and it was Dawn.

Dawn was happy and she hugged Pachirisu. Ursula just smirked and hugged her Gabite, saying it was wonderful. Ash, Brock and Tomo were happy for Dawn. She was presented with the Chocovine Ribbon to her delight as well as Drifloon and Pachirisu. So Dawn had earned her fourth ribbon and only needed one more for the grand festival.

While the gang left the contest hall they also saw Ursula leave as well. She quickly admitted Dawn did a good job, even though she didn't want to admit it. So it was obvious Dawn had a snobby rival to deal with now.

"Well then gang, it's now time to go to Snowpoint City for the next gym badge." Ash said.

"I agree." Dawn added.

So the Chocovine contest was finally over and now it was time to head to Snowpoint City for the next gym badge.