[h3][color=f7941d]Brent Ignia[/color] and [color=39b54a]Lily Meadows[/color][/h3][img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [b]Brent's Party:[/b] [color=f7941d]Cyndaquil[/color]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [b]Lily's Party:[/b] [color=c4df9b]Chikorita[/color]
[b][Route 701 - Pokemon Center][/b]

Both Trainers and Pokemon were eager to get moving now that the battle had finally ended. Their first day had been quite an eventful one, and they hoped the second would be as well. [color=f7941d]"Right. We're ready to go whenever you are."[/color] Said Brent. [color=39b54a]"Mhm, what about you, Celes? You ready? Or you gonna sit there all day?"[/color] Lily said with a chuckle.

[color=8dc73f]<I've never seen a battle that intense...>[/color] Said Shaymin, still in awe. [color=f7941d]<I've seen battles like that on TV all the time. Usually they're trainers competing in huge competitions.>[/color] Said Cyndaquil. [color=c4df9b]<It's not the last one you'll see, either. Everyone here is going to be in battles just as intense, or maybe even more, at some point. Of course... we've got a long way to go...>[/color] Said Chikorita.

[h3][color=8dc73f]Michael Stint[/color] and [color=0076a3]Bryce Crest[/color][/h3][img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [b]Michael's Party:[/b] [color=1a7b30]Turtwig[/color], [color=gray]Glameow[/color]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [b]Bryce's Party:[/b] [color=0072bc]Moss the Swampert[/color], [color=fff200]Striker the Manectric[/color], [color=f7941d]Maya the Flareon[/color][color=fff200]*[/color]
[b][Route 701][/b]

[color=8dc73f]"Hey Bryce, wait up!"[/color] Michael yelled as he tried to catch up to the veteran trainer who had gotten ahead of him a fair bit. [color=8dc73f]"Hey, you wanna travel together? After hearing about those Royal Skies yahoos, I'd say there's safety in numbers."[/color] He said. [color=0076a3]"Royal Skies?"[/color] Bryce asked. Michael then explained what he had learned the night before. [color=0076a3]"They sound like a bad bunch to run into, for sure..."[/color] He said, thinking for a moment. [color=0076a3]"Sure, we'd enjoy the company anyways."[/color] He said with a smile.

[color=f26522]<Was it just me, or did Bryce actually smile... like ACTUALLY smile...>[/color] Said Maya, looking over to Striker. [color=fff200]<I'm not sure, it's so rare for him to show an actual one that I've forgotten what one looks like...>[/color] Striker replied.>

[h3][color=c4df9b]Sierra Hymn[/color][/h3][img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [color=f26522]Fennekin[/color], [color=f49ac2]Deerling[/color]
[b][Vertigo City - Pokemon Center][/b]

The ragged trainer held a short conversation with his Pokemon, before asking her what she was practicing for. [color=c4df9b]"Me? Well... I'm... practicing for the Vertigo City Pokemon Contest... It's a Double Performance, and It'll be my first contest ever."[/color] She replied. [color=c4df9b]"Do... you not know what a Contest is... I'm sorry, I never got your name."[/color]

[color=f26522]<Yeah, the Vertigo Pokemon Contest. Like Sierra said.>[/color] Said Fennekin. [color=f49ac2]<Now don't be so rude... but yes, it's a Double Performance. You need two Pokemon, which is why we were using our moves together.>[/color] Deerling replied.

[h3][color=bc8dbf]Luna Muuya[/color][/h3][img]http://i.imgur.com/ms4Ow8a.png[/img] [color=00aeef]Torrent the Popplio[/color], Flake the Vulpix, [color=a36209]Hound the Rockruff[/color], [color=ec008c]Sola the Bounsweet[/color]
[b][Vertigo City][/b]

Walking down the already crowded street, sticking out from the crowd somewhat, was a caramel blonde 11 year old girl in a white tanktop and a blue flower pattern Alolan skirt carrying a Popplio in her arms. [color=bc8dbf]"This city is so big... I have no idea where anything is... it's nothing like Heahea..."[/color] She said, looking down to the Popplio in her arms. [color=bc8dbf]"If we could just find a Pokemon Center, or something..."[/color]

She continued walking for a while, until her eyes finally caught sight of a rather large building with a Pokeball Symbol on the front. It looked like a Pokemon Center, but she didn't want to make the wrong conclusion in this region that was so strange to her. [color=bc8dbf]"Let's look around back. If there's a lot of trainers around a battlefield, I'd think we'd be in the right place."[/color] She said, the Popplio in her arms replying. [color=00aeef]<Yeah, better than walking in on... well... I don't know what Humans really do for fun... bingo maybe?>[/color] She said.

The young girl turned the corner and saw a battlefield indeed, occupied by two trainers. [color=bc8dbf]"Well, I think this is the place."[/color] She said, taking note to try not to interrupt the conversation the two were having.