♫AUTUMN CELEBRATION!!♫

[Cubone!]

The moment has come for the.... *drumroll*
AUTUMN CELEBRATION!
All of the participants are asked to come forth now to participate in the Opening Ceremony.

[Cubone!]

Shuppet wandered into the Autumn Celebration, newfound determination burning at her. She looked around anxiously before pausing at the entrance to the first Stadium.
A nervousness began to build up in her stomach before her senses returned and she was pumped again.
A girl came up to her from the stage, dressed in a pretty blue dressed.
'You aren't seriously going out like that, are you?' she gasped, looking at Shuppet's rag of a dress.
'I was going to... But it doesn't look like I am going to now, am I?' Shuppet sighed, but shrugged it off.
As a little girl she had adored dressing up; but then again that was four years ago.
'Oh, how rude of me, I'm known as Delcatty!' she chuckled, interrupting Shuppet's thoughts.

---

'Do I look good?' Shuppet asked sarcastically, eyeing around subtly.
'Of course!' Delcatty complimented, looking down at herself.
There was no way either of them would ever be friends.
Ever.
Shuppet looked into the full length mirror plastered onto the door, and had to say she didn't look half bad.
The dress was very elegant; full length and black, unlike the usual short black dress she was accustomed to. Her earmuffs had been removed to curl her hair and add a black ribbon through the curls. Her face was also caked with unneccessary makeup that Delcatty had insisted on putting on.
Overall she gave herself a 9/10.
'C`mon! The Autumn Celebration`s gonna start without you!' Delcatty interuped; once again.

---

Cubone dashed in; leading the crew, and Shuppet's Pokémon with her.
'So this is the Autumn Celebration...'

[Articunotype]

i did sign up...


Milotini used bubble beam, and it was beautiful.
"I loved it!"
"It was out standing!"
"And remarkable!"

"the people moving on will be...!

[Cubone!]

Shuppet perched her seat upon a pedestal, watching the
contestant that currently performed. It seemed as some sort of
ungraceful rock beast, which reminded her of Tinelett. Maybe the
girl was a bit harsh on everyone... But couldn't anyone nowadays
respect her feelings?

Shuppet attempted to clear her mind again by watching the
Pokémon in the contest. It could have been a Rhydon//Scyther
'morph--and it didn't seem to have a thought about what it was
doing. All it was was a leap, which turned to an Earthquake as it
landed. If the girl was judging, the monster would get a negative
score at the highest.

A moment later the beast was led away from the stage, a few
workers trying to quickly repair the damage.
Delcatty showed up from behind Shuppet, standing beside her.
'So are you ready? You look darling!' she exclaimed, though
Shuppet didn't think that she was legible to be dubbing herself a
"darling".

Something caught her eye, the performer onstage. It was Frostii!
And Tanya was nowhere to be seen! Maybe she had fallen off of
the cliff after being rescued and had to be shipped away. Though
the other female was probably just readying herself as well, it
was a positive thing that Shuppet was calming her mind with
these thoughts, no matter how cruel they were.

Shuppet watched the Milotic//Dratini morph flutter in the
generated wind, it was beautiful. Even the Bubblebeam--a classic
move that was usually considered "average" in contests and
discouraged--looked astounding performed by the serpant-like
majesty.

Another being approached from Shuppet's rear, this time several
beings following. Professor Cubone stood behind her, a ball of
inferno rolling behind, penetrating the air with thick black clouds.
A cursing arose as the smoke halted, Sandquil burning out upon
command.

Shuppet turned, still sitting upon her seat, and smiled slightly at
the sight of her Pokémon. The Professor gestured for the
legendary feline to scurry over to her owner. This made the upset
coordinator smile slightly, watching as Cubone dashed away to
prepare herself.

'UPCOMING IS SHUPPET AND HER SUISION!' the loudspeaker
boomed, as the upcoming trainer forced herself towards the
stage, pausing briefly to call over Jigglee.

'Here,' she whispered, calling the pink creature over.
'Because we may need you as backup if anything happens to my
graceful kitty, I brought you these.'

Shuppet pulled a couple shards of rock out of her bag, which had
been strewn over a chair with her casual clothes and
headphones, and placed them in front of her Jiglee.

The pink mass began to glow, as Shuppet shielded her eyes to
protect them from the violent amount of light. The creature
shaped into a larger form, becoming a completely different
Pokémon.

After stroking the new Vaporuff, Shuppet sprinted towards the
doors to the stage, Suision pursuing.

~~~

Shuppet faced the audience, slightly frozen in finding the shape of
the crowd before her. This was hopeless--as her majestic
appearing Pokémon had no graceful moves to use. Thinking
quickly, the coordinator pulled a ribbon from her hair, and started
to dance around, cueing her water-being to follow.

It was a marvelous show, the feline's ribbon-like appendages
fluttered as he leapt for the ribbons, shooting Bubblebeams into
the audience as he lunged. Suision turned to the audience, fur
ruffling in the wind. The blue cheetah creature looked
breath-taking: possibly even more than the original Suicune.

Shuppet grinned, as she twirled once more before twirling her
ribbon back into place. The viewers were screeching for the
Pokémon. Now it was time for moves.

A few stray bubbles still remained from his previous performance,
but Suision concentrated before his move attempts.

'Hello everyone! How are you enjoying your turn at the Autumn
Celebration?!' Shuppet called out, voice cracking at the volume.
The crowd gave a scream in response, and the coordinator
gestured to her Pokémon. Suision gave a great Screech in
response--and she now wished she had brought her headphones
to muffle the noise.

'You can do better than that!' Shuppet cooed, giving Suision's
head a rub, which he wasn't too fond of. The small feline then
gave a great Growl to the audience--though it sounded more like
a Roar.

'Alright, we've done enough vocal exercizes.' Shuppet stated to
Suision, who nodded.
'Why don't we give a good finish!'

Suision nodded, and his trainer whispered a plan into his left
ear. The cat grinned, and suddenly seemed to vanish into the
still, silent air. Several murmurrs arose, as they became confused;
this was a contest, not a magic show.
A pair of large eyes appeared before the crowd, blinking a couple
times and giving a Leer before disappearing again.

Moments passed before a set of teeth appeared before the
judges, attempting a Bite on them, frightening them into nearly
running away. A roar of laughter erupted at the attack attempt,
as Suision finished his Feint Attack on the audience. Returning to
his owner, the duo bowed before they were swept off of the field
by Tinelett, who had been ordered to remove them.

~~~

Cubone sighed as her make-up artist had done terribly and she
looked underdone.

'Can I get a more stylish person to work on me?' the Professor
sighed, sounding somewhat stuck-up. She reminded herself to
stop doing that, before turning to an approaching stylist.

The professional coordinator gave some orders before the
announcement-maker decided to shriek some of it's own.
'NEXT UP!! THE FAMOUS...' the gray speaker chimed and buzzed,
a drumroll inserted for emphasis, 'PROFESSSSSSOR CUBONE!! THE
INVENTOR OF MODERN-DAY POKéMON!'

She sighed, why did everyone have to stress over her scientific
brilliance? Nonetheless, she would have to leave soon.
Cubone called her Sandquil over and dashed for the dome.


'Alright! Sandquil! Are you ready?' Professor Cubone asked her
flaming sphere, which gave a {Quilllll!} in response.
The coordinator started to count down,
'Three... Two... One...'

The ball of flames started pulsating in a Defense Curl, before the
throbbing suddenly halted. Sandquil then leapt, shooting a thick
Smokescreen attack to blind the audience's view of his
performance, which the judges questioned.

The fiery shrew's aquamarine flames lapped at the banner above
the smoke, and Professor Cubone looked at it nervously, only
acting afraid. Smirking as her Pokémon leapt above, she called
out in excitement. Sandquil gathered up strength, before giving
a greap jump and extinguishing the paper with a Sand Attack.

Cubone tore a fraction of her long gown, and showed it to her
Sandshrew//Cyndaquil splice. The Professor nodded as a signal,
and handed her cloth to Sandquil. A fury of claws and pink fabric
flew about in the sky, and the viewers watched curiously as the
Pokémon tore away.

'Show them your creation!' the coordinator cried, twirling as
Shuppet had, and took her Pokémon into her arms to perform a
great show.
'Are you looking for a toss?' she asked Sandquil, who muttered a
{Saaand} in approval. Professor grinned, and shot her Pokémon
into the air, where it curled and performed an Ember, shooting
bright azure flames through the sky, flickering like firecrackers.
The little flaming sphere unfolded, and let a Smokescreen
penetrate the backdrop.

Sandquil focused, and opened his creation: it was a giant
Cresselia, which he leapt onto and floated down to the
stage-ground. The origami had been folded so precisely that the
floral embroiderments had become a sort of eyes, and the wings
shifted out so that the rodent could fly in it if he pleased, which
would have made for a wonderful show.

'I'd say we're done... What do you think Sandquil?' the
coordinator asked her Pokémon, which shook his head in
disagreement.

'What are you thinking of then, smart-shrew? What haven't we
done yet?' Cubone asked Sandquil, false-curiousity injected into
her words. The Pokémon pretended to be astounded that she did
not know, and leapt to a perch on her shoulder. Also mimicking a
whisper, Sandquil went along with his trainer's previous orders.

'Hmmm.... That'd be pretty cool! Try it!' the Professor responded
to her Pokémon's inquires. She lowered herself to the ground,
and Sandquil hopped off, to stand facing the audience.

The famous coordinator pulled out a pack of playing cards,
seperating the red suites from those black. She beckoned her
Pokémon over, whom lit the hearts and diamonds into a blue pit
of inferno. Cubone slipped on her fire-resistant gloves, and
tossed the assorted flaming cards, Sandquil standing before the
fluttering rectangles.

Suddenly, a smoky exterior clouded the air, hiding the cards
beneath it. Sandquil leapt and started a Defense Curl in mid-air
before the cards were hit with carefully aimed Sand Attacks,
which must have been pretty hard, considering the fact that the
Pokémon was curled into a tight sphere.

But this was not all. The cards kept flying, speeding into a quick
pace. This became much too fast for the somehow levitating
Pokémon. The Ground//Fire type unleashed his secret attack--a
bold Sandstorm. If there had been an opponent he would have
dominated it, but due to the fact that this was a contest he just
nailed every single flaming card.

The red suited cards flitted around the stadium, and the shrew
plunged from every angle and saved the stadium's artificial grass
which had been added just for their performance.

Cubone had a grand feeling wash over her, pride that she would
probably win. This wasn't too impressive for her though--as she
was facing off against amateurs. Her Pokémon was disobedient
for the most part though: and this made Professor Cubone long
for her childhood Cubone... Why had she tested out the stupid
time machine?

The contest came to a close though, as Professor Cubone
directed Sandquil off of the stage, bowing as roses were pelted.

[Articunotype]

---

"The eight contestants that will be going on to the next part of the show will be...!"
Pictures lit up the screen. Frostii was relieved to see his face on the board, and that he saw Shuppet's, Tanya's, and Cubone's faces also. He turned away though, as the last face lit up the screen...

"And these are the faces going on to the next round!" the voice boomed...