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"Oh man!" Brad gasped as he had already spend quite a bit in Matt's arms. Looking at the clock, it was time to go backstage. "Sorry, Matt. It's almost my turn!" He said, kissing Matt sweetly, and hugging tightly before getting ready to dash out.
On the opposite side of the stage, Brad saw the girl smile back at him. "Good luck." She cheered happily. Brad smiled back, knowing that he would feel bad if he beat her. Soon, the curtains began to open, revealing the next Coordinators about to battle.
As the buzzer marked the beginning of the battle, Brad released his Pokémon. "Stantler, you're up!" He cheered as he threw the Pokéball high into the air.
"Flareon!" His opponent cheered happily, following suit by releasing her Pokémon.
"Energy Ball!" Brad began quickly with a not very effective attack. Stantler charged for Flareon with a green ball of light forming in his mouth.
"Flamethrower!" She cheered, allowing Flareon to form a bright red flame in his mouth and release it in a flower formation around him. Clearly, these Grand Festival Coordinators weren't playing around. Stantler continued to charge, firing the Energy Ball that diminished in the flames. Stantler stopped short so that he wouldn't collide with the flames, but Flareon allowed the fire flower to blossom, opening up and reaching Stantler for the attack.
Brad lost points for this move, which he wasn't too happy about. "Shadow Ball!" He added. Stantler formed two purple balls of energy that wrapped around the black balls in his antlers. "Take Down!" He cheered. Stantler charged for Flareon, allowing his antlers to grow brightly yellow, eventually becoming engulfed in the Shadow Ball's energy. The antlers released a black and purple aura as Stantler relentlessly charged for Flareon.
"Hidden Power!" Flareon's Trainer called. Flareon created four white balls around him which swiftly and gracefully orbited around him. This attempt to counter Stantler's appeal was futile, however, for Stantler had broken through this attack and charged at the defending Pokémon. Brad's opponent gasped as her Pokémon had been forcefully pushed all the way to the wall by Stantler, being pinned to the wall by his antlers. "Use Flamethrower to break free!" She squealed.
"Continue charging Energy Ball, but don't release it!" Brad called oddly. The judges clearly wondered what he had up his sleeve. Their answer came when Flamethrower continually broke the Energy Ball rather than breaking free of Stantler's hold, creating a soft combination of red and green to waft around the stage from the attacks colliding.
As his opponent was losing points, the battle seemed to be on Brad's side. "Stomp!" He cheered. Stantler obeyed by lifting his hoof and only releasing his hold of Flareon to crush his opponent with it.
"Hidden Power!" Flareon orbited the 4 white orbs much like before, countering the Stomp attack and sending Stantler staggering back. Brad was too busy trying to come up with his own appeal to pay attention to who was at the advantage point-wise.
"Shadow Ball!" Brad cheered. Stantler, much like before, created the two balls within his black orbs that rested on his antlers. Stantler released the two balls this time, allowing them to spiral gracefully until they made contact with Flareon. Strangely, the orbs orbited around Flareon, acting as a sort of shield to restrict his movement. Brad smirked, knowing that Stantler's black orbs in his antlers were now glowing a light blue, a sure sign of his psychic connection to control those orbs. Stantler, however, wouldn't be able to attack while achieving this appeal.
"Use your Fire Flower once more!" Brad's opponent called. Flareon used Flamethrower once more to create a flower around her. Stantler controlled the orbs to gracefully move out of the way, then move inside of the flower where Flareon resided. "Get it out of there!" She cried. Before Flareon could do anything about this, the buzzer had rung. Brad won the battle with the most points.
After the battle, the curtains closed. Brad used this time to congratulate Stantler and walk over to his opponent before she left. "You did great." He smiled and extended his hand.
She smiled back and shook Brad's hand. "Thank you for the battle. It was amazing. I hope you do well in the Grand Festival. I'll be rooting for you." She smiled and walked backstage with her Flareon. Brad followed her out, happy to make a new friend.
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