The festival had started already, Sonrisa and Ethan went their own way to prepare for the competition, leaving Misty, Brock, and Yellow alone with Kris, while Ash was alone with Lyra.
Speaking of which, Ash and Lyra were walking in town with ice cream in their hands, Pikachu was on Ash's shoulder, also enjoying an Ice Cream since he was easily bribed,
As they walked, they looked around and looked at the festivities; there were all sorts of games and such, and people were really into this festival.
As they walked side by side, Lyra was subtly scooting over closer to Ash as she 'accidentally' bumped shoulders with him.
Ash was not dense he never was, he just always acts like he is, even if he didn't know from the Anime that Lyra has a thing for Ash it wasn't rocket science to tell it was the same here.
So right now, he's acting dense to avoid this situation getting out of hand. Lyra stood on his left side so he held the ice cream in his left hand, but from the look on Lyra's face, it seemed like she thought him being dense was cute,
Ash sighed as they got to the games, he saw that as his way out, so he looked over at Lyra, "Hey, is there a prize you like?"
Lyra's eyes lit up at the thought that Ash was going to win her a prize, "Oh, I'm not picky or anything, let's just have fun while we do it!"
Ash chuckled helplessly, that's not what he wanted to hear, "Uhh, ok, let's look around,"
Ash and Lyra went into the game section, from behind them, there were 3 People peeking from another stall: Misty, Yellow, and Kris.
Brock, upon seeing Ash go with Lyra, went into maximum overdrive and went to flirt with some other girls.
But Misty, Yellow, and Kris were here to watch the situation since Lyra literally dragged Ash away. And they were watching the 'date' play out, Misty was mostly, of course, even if there was something else, and Yellow was in the same boat even if that something was stronger.
Kris just wanted to watch her sister make sure she didn't take things too far; Ash already said he wasn't planning on dating anyone, and she knows that Lyra isn't well known for listening to people when she wants something.
Ash and Lyra started playing the stall games. Ash wasn't trying with everything since Lyra wasn't greedy like a certain orange-haired girl who made him clean out the stalls before, but in the end, even though he wasn't trying, he still won a life-size plushie of a Marill.
After he stopped trying to be bad, since the damage has been done, he might as well embrace it.
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Over by one of the stalls, Jessie, James, and Meowth were selling snacks to people to make some extra money, but they also came here to scout out the area to find Pokemon to steal.
This place was known for Sunflora, so Meowth was preparing something while Jessie and James were left to man the snack booth.
After a bit, James took his break to take a breather; Mime Jr. obviously followed him as they went and sat down on a bench.
As he sat down, he could hear some people showing off their Sunflora to tourists, although to most tourists, Sunflora looked the same. As James looked at the people who were brushing off all the Sunflora, he couldn't help but sigh.
As James was distracted, suddenly, the voice of a man rang out next to him, "Excuse me, is the seat taken?"
When James looked back, he saw an older gentleman holding what looked to be a lunch box, "Uhh, sure, go ahead,"
He smiled and nodded as he took a seat, "Thank you," then his eyes drifted to all the Sunflora and people looking at them, just thinking they all looked the same.
"Those Sunflora, huh," the man said
"Yeah, they are quite nice," James mumbled
The man nodded. He saw the look in James' eyes earlier, and he wanted to test that, "So they all look the same, right, why do you think they would dedicate a whole festival to flowers,"
"That's not true," James said, looking back at the man
The man nodded, that's what he wanted to hear, "Oh really, you can tell the difference?"
"Yes, all of these Sunflora are different in their own way, like that one, it has a nice color, but its leaves are a different shade of green," James said as he pointed to another, "That one has a nice face and smile, but it looked ungenuine, and that one over there looks far too tired, and…"
James didn't even realize it, but he started listing out all the differences he could see with different Sunflora, so much so that other people started listening in and crowding around them.
It wasn't until there were too many people to see any other Sunflora that he realized people were gathered, the man, however, was sitting and chuckled, "I see, you sure know a lot, don't you,"
James gulped, "W-well, my dear grandmama taught me a lot. She has a very nice garden, and she tends to sick and injured Pokemon, she taught me a lot about Pokemon, Sunflora included…"
The man nodded, "I see, so I was right, you really are quite talented in observing all these Sunflora, well then…"
The man got up and walked up to James, holding his hand out, "I am the mayor of this town and one of the judges, how would you like to be a judge in the Sunflora competition."
James and Mime Jr. looked at each other for a second, saying nothing, then, "Eh?"
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Mariah was in her lab after she collected all 7 of her Hoppip, when she collected the first few, she saw that all air seemed normal and the weather would be fine.
But once she got her last Hoppip, it took longer. Hoppip didn't drop off at its usual spot; she had to look around for a bit and eventually found it, but it was blown away about 30 meters away from the landing spot.
That may not seem like much on paper when you account for the distance it traveled, but that means that there is an irregularity in the weather.
So she took the machine and started to double-check her work using this new information she gathered as she sent out her Hoppip again, she found that the irregularity seemed to move; the last Hoppip landed in its spot, but another Hoppip landed in a different place.
She did a few more tests and found that the irregularity was moving and heading towards the town. She didn't need another test since she realized what it was—a tornado and a large one was heading towards the town.
Mariah's face paled as she looked outside, and she could already see it approaching, she started to run; she had to get to the town and warn everybody before the Twister got there, and she didn't have much time,
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Ash and Lyra walked back to the central area of the plaza after their 'date.' They met back up there with Misty, Yellow, and Kris, and a dejected Brock sat in a corner.
Ash waved them over as they walked up, "Hey guys," he said, looking somehow tired even though it had been like 2 hours.
"Oh, Ash, I'm surprised you came back, weren't you enjoying your little date with Lyra there," Misty said sarcastically.
"Not a date," Ash said, but he was promptly ignored
Lyra snickered, "You bet it was great Ash here even won me a plushy~," she said, showing off her Marill plush
Misty crossed her arms and looked away meanwhile, Yellow looked a bit grumpy, so Ash did the only thing he could do: continue to act dense
"So I guess it must have been really nice if you got her a plushie, huh," Misty said, looking at Ash as he put a hand on his face
"Misty, don't you start this, I have literally won you an entire festival worth of plushies, TWICE, I'm pretty sure I am on a watchlist in Kanto because of you for these things, don't you start with me," Ash said pointing and poking at Misty's head
"And what's more, since I can not seem to be able to do that," Ash said as he reached into his bag and pulled out two plushys, he handed a Doduo plush to Yellow, "Here because you don't complain."
Yellow was surprised for a moment, but she slowly reached out and took it, burying her head in the bird and mumbling, "Thanks, Ash…"
Then he held out the second plush he had, a Totodile plush, and he held it out to Kris, "You want it?"
Kris shrugged and took it, "Sure, why not,"
Misty stood there for a moment. Ash had brought two more plushy, and one was supposed to go to her, but she opened her big mouth, she shakily held her hands out, "W-w-w-wait, I-"
Lyra was enjoying this too much, so she joined in, "Hey, why are we all standing here let's go sit down the contest is about to begin!"
"You know what good point let's find some seats," Ash said as he went over and grabbed the slumped-over Brock and started dragging him along,
Everyone followed as Misty was there, still shaking at the surprise that just happened,
Misty: {Crying Aqua face}
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Eventually, when they sat down, and Misty stopped crying to join them, they sat down as they watched the curtains rise and a row of many Sunflora standing, and they could also see Ethan and Sonrisa.
Then the judges walked out; there were 3 in total, and one stood out to him, a man with periwinkle hair, James. However, it looked like he was the only one who noticed, which made him really wonder what BS disguise power they have if they can cover everything except their face and be unrecognizable.
He made a quick look around for Jessie or Meowth, but he didn't see them, which was concerning, he knew from the anime that since Mariah was here, there should be a tornado not far behind, so he had Abra go get two special friends.
Ash reached into his pocket and pulled out the two shrunken Pokeballs, spinning them in his hands, ready, just in case.
As the competition started, he was waiting, and nothing happened, the competition went on with no problems, James even seemed to actually be invested in it, even calling out that someone used Plant Steroids on one, disqualifying them.
The competition was down to Ethan and Sonrisa, as the judges were talking to make a decision, suddenly Mariah ran in and jumped on stage, out of breath but looking urgent.
"Everyone! Listen, there is a tornado coming we all need to get to safety!" she said, spreading surprise, some panic,
The main judge grabbed a mic, "Let us postpone this match for the moment everyone get to-," but his mic got cut off.
From the top of the stage, Jessie and Meowth rose from a platform laughing, "No one is leaving just yet, Meow~" Meowth said as he pressed a button as the mirrors turned down, shooting sunlight into all of them and the Sunflora's heads became too big to move, then around the plaza making it so people can't get out.
James did not know about this plan, after he told them he was going to be a judge, they said it was ok, and they would take care of the rest, he yelled, "What are you doing this isn't the time for this! There's a tornado!!!"
But they were too high up they didn't hear James's warning, "Now then, if you want to leave, surrender all your Pokemon, and then we wi-" Jessie started but was interrupted.
Suddenly, the tornado came up from behind them. They didn't see it, but when they did, it was too late, and it picked them up inside of it,
The tornado didn't stop as it started tearing through the town; people were holding on, and some were going under the stage to take shelter.
The Sunflora were still too big to move, but as the tornado approached one of the towers, it sucked it in, breaking it, and started sending a shower of broken glass inside the tornado.
As it came down, the gang was about to run under the stage like everyone else, but when they reached out to grab Ash's arm, they saw that he was already gone and running toward where the glass was falling and where the tower was starting to fall.
He took the 2 Pokeballs out, throwing them out and another from his belt, releasing Fearow, Pidgeot, and Nidoking.
As they came out, he yelled out, "Nidoking, take care of the tower with [Stone Edge], Fearow, take down the other ones, and Pidgeot, take care of the tornado!"
They all nodded as they went their separate directions, Nidoking stomped on the ground as he created a tower of rock that blocked the incoming glass and shot up, creating a structure to catch the incoming tower. It crashed down, cracking the stone, but it stood as the tower didn't fall on anyone.
Fearow flew up to the other mirrors as he went and slammed his talons, pulling them away from the ground, he wasn't stupid even if he was aggressive, if he broke them, he would make more glass shards, and that would make things worse.
As Pidgeot flew up, Ash pulled up his bracelet and pressed it, "Pidgeot Mega evolve!"
Pidgeot's form glowed brightly as his hair grew, and his body extended, revealing a majestic set of feathers that left those down below in awe.
Ash yelled out, "Pidgeot, use [Hurricane] clockwise rotation!"
Pidgeot's wings glowed bright white as he flapped, and strong winds started to generate as another tornado came out of him and crashed into the first tornado, most tornadoes spin counter-clockwise, so to get rid of it, this one needs to spin clockwise.
Fearow finished taking care of the last of the Mirrors, so all the Sunflora began to go back to normal,
As the tornados clashed, the spinning caused the debris from inside the tornado to start falling out of it and getting thrown everywhere as one large piece started flying toward the crowd of people. Nidoking was too far to save them, so people began to panic,
Suddenly, they heard someone yell, "Sunbo, use [Solar Beam]!"
A bright green blast shot up and hit the falling piece of debris, when they looked at where it came from, they saw Ethan holding his hand out as Sunbo's petals were glowing.
Ethan smiled, "We can't let him do all of the work!"
As the tornados clashed and slowed down, more debris came, and people were inspired and started calling out their Pokemon as well to shoot it down, all the Sunflora that were under the harsh sun used that energy and started shooting it at the falling debris as more came falling down.
Brock, Misty, Yellow, Kris, and Lyra joined in with their own Pokemon, as the debris kept falling, it started slowing down as finally, Pidgeot did one final push, and the tornados dispersed back into the air,
From the remnants, Jessie and Meowth fell out, landing next to James' feet.
People started cheering since now they were safe and the danger of the tornado was gone, James leaned down and grabbed Jessie and Meowth under each arm and looked at the people looking at him.
"Well, I will take these 2 to the police station, as for the competition, uhhm, Ethan, for showing bravery!" James said as he ran away
The man who chose James looked around, "Uhh…well, I guess you heard him the winner is Ethan!"
People started Cheering as Ash walked back over after returning his Pokemon, and Pidgeot flew down and retired to base. He walked up to everyone and waved as he smiled, acting like what he just did was completely normal.
Ash walked up and grabbed Ethan's arm to raise it up, "The winner!"
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I will fix my mistakes later; I have something to do