"Well, well, looks like congratulations is in order." Jude looked at Ash and Cynthia's intertwined hands.
"Thanks, Jude." Ash blushed.
"Aren't you going to introduce us, Ash?" Rosaline giggled.
"Everyone, this is Cynthia, Champion of Sinnoh region. Cynthia, meet the first member, Jude Harrison, second member, Rosaline Pyra, and the third member, Phillip Robinson. The last and the Leader of the Elite is one of the judges of the PAL Contest." Ash introduced them to each other.
Cynthia shook hands with each one of the PAL Elite members present.
"It's so nice to have a girlfriend for our Champion." Rosaline commented. "After all, he needs a special someone to make him happy in his life, since that incident four years ago."
"Yeah, really great." Phillip added, though he sounded slightly uncertain.
"Thank you." Cynthia smiled at them.
"Ok, celebrations aside, I need to tell you guy something." Ash's face looked serious.
"Yeah, what?" Jude raised his eyebrow.
"Rosaline's prophecy making ability showed up again." He showed the picture of the poem to the other three.
Phillip gasped. "So what does this mean?"
Ash grimaced. "It means that someone is after our lives."
They found good seats at the front row, next to Jessie, James, and Meowth, who are apparently taking a break from all the matches.
"Hey, Jessie, James. I knew you planned to go to a nightclub for your date last night. How did it go?" Ash greeted them, as they sat down next to them. "What's wrong?" he asked, seeing Jessie's pissed off expression the moment he mentioned the date.
"Nothing's wrong…but it's just that our date last night went horribly!" Jessie exclaimed.
"What happened?" Phillip enquired.
"The nightclub entertainment was horrible! Jess, you tell them what happened last night!"
"There were these two….what's the word to use….performers performing a parody of us!" Jessie fumed.
"Specifically us from our old days!" James added.
"And your point is?" Cynthia asked.
"They did a horrible parody of us!" Jessie and James shouted in unison.
"The one playing me, Mari, made me look abusive towards James and Meowth! Hey, I may have a vicious temper, but I would never try to abuse either of them!" Jessie said.
"The other one, Mami, made me seem like a…..like a…." James can't find the word to use.
"Ok we got your point." Rosaline interjected.
"They also screwed up some facts about us! For instance, they swapped our backgrounds around!" James wailed. "They also screwed up our motto!"
"What's the deal about that? You guys already quit Team Rocket, you're not going to use them ever again!" Ash raised his eyebrow.
"I know that! But it still pisses me off!" Jessie was hysterical.
"Anyway, that Mami guy also screwed up my laugh too!"
By then, all the Pokémon that is outside the Pokéballs were laughing their heads off at Jessie and James' story.
Just then, Tracey interrupted. "Wait, did you just say Mari and Mami?"
"Yeah, why?" James asked miserably.
"Oh, those two. I know them personally. They are originally from the Orange Islands, though how they came here is a mystery to me. Probably snuck on a train or plane here or something. Anyway, those two are so egoistic and delusional they think their false perceptions of themselves are real. Their biggest dream is to become a fashion designer, and design everyone's clothes despite their bad drawing and horrible fashion sense."
"I certainly wouldn't wear the clothes they design for me." Rosaline shuddered.
"Oh and one more thing. They are totally in love with one of the male Champions, though I don't know who. Let's hope they never meet." Tracey shuddered. "I hate to see what would happen to that Champion."
"Shhh, guys, the Contest is starting." Jude said, as a woman in a gorgeous pink dress that exposed her legs in front, and reached to the floor at the back, walked out onto the middle of the Contest arena. Her hair was in a ponytail decorated with elegant hairpins.
"Welcome, everyone, to the PAL's Contest of the Year. My name is Aetna and I will be this PAL Contest's host!" There were cheering and clapping from the audience.
"Many Coordinators from all over the region come and compete for PAL's Special Ribbon, where it can be used as a ticket to the Grand Festival, no matter how many Ribbons you have, and it's only offered once every five years." She held up a dark blue silk Ribbon which is inlaid with gold, and in the middle was what looked like a crafted flower, to audience's delight.
"Please welcome the three judges: Gym Leader Fantina from Sinnoh, Champion Wallace from Hoenn, and Princess Pakura from PAL itself!" the three of them walked out onto the Contest battlefield, and to the judge's stand.
"And now, to open the Contest, Champion Wallace and Princess Pakura would have an exhibition Contest match!"
Ash and the others leaned forward in their seats, eager to see how Wallace would fare against .