Journey Towards Greatness

Julian woke up pretty late today, the sun has already risen high in the sky, he opened his eyes and looked around, he saw that it's already 10 AM.

Julian 'I slept for too long' ​​

He thought and got up, took a quick shower and put Crystal in his pocket who is still sleeping.

On his way outside the hotel, he had to be careful to not catch public attention, even though he was used to all the attention he is getting, it's still better to avoid public eyes.

He put on a cloth mask over his mouth and walked out.

He soon entered the pokemon center, the pokemons center seems to be same as any other pokemon center he has seen, a nurse joy standing at the desk with her Chansey beside her, there are some trainers beside her receiving their pokemons, some of the trainers are waiting for their pokemons to be healed and some are still waiting in the queue.

He walked towards Nurse Joy and gave his trainer card to her.

Julian "Help me register for the league"

Nurse Joy smiled and took the card and looked at the photo and got stunned, she then looked at Julian.

Julian lowered his mask and signaled her to stay silent, she nodded and quickly registered him for the league, she didn't expect to see Julian today, she thought it must be her lucky day.

He then passed two of his pokeballs to her to give them a quick check.

She took the pokeballs very carefully and placed them on a machine which scans the Pokeball and displays the readings of the pokemon's health, seeing the results were great and both his pokemon are healthy she gave them back with a smile along with his training card.

Julian "Thankyou"

He said and was about to turn around.

Nurse Joy "Can I have an autograph?"

She asked.

Julian turned around and nodded.

Julian "Sure"

She passed him a notebook with a pen, he signed it and gave it back to her then walked away, now he wants to head towards the contest hall as he wants to see how the contests are held in Sinnoh.

Julian then found his way into the VIP lounge, when he walked in he saw few old women sitting around a table drinking tea and laughing and talking with each other, on the other side are old men talking about politics stuff, there were some young men and women and they had their group of their own.

Julian's arrival also caught their attention, they were curious who this person is because he is wearing a face mask over his nose and mouth.

Julian ignored them and sat down alone on a couch near the glass where he could get a clear view of the whole stage.

After waiting for a while the contest began.

The host of the contest Marian, she soon starts to announce the beginning of the contest then introduced the judges.

Julian had to wait for a while before everything was settled.

He kept looking around, he was impressed by how grandly this hall is decorated.

Julian 'Grand Festival seems to be very important in Sinnoh, it might be even comparable to a Grand Conference league'

Unlike other regions, Sinnoh seems to give a lot of importance to its Grand festival, it may be due to how rich Sinnoh is compared to other regions.

Sinnoh's revenue is huge that is why it has one of the most advanced technologies in the world.

The contest began as the first contestant walked in.

She is a young girl with short orange hair.

Marian introduced her.

Her name is Zoey, Julian had a little memory of her, he knew he had seen her before but he couldn't remember her name, his memories soon got jogged and he remembered who this girl is.

Julian 'She should be one of Dawn's rival, I wonder what she will do'

Julian thought and started to watch the show, he was surprised by what happened next, as the pokemons came out of her Pokeball it was surrounded by special effects which seem to be coming from within the Pokeball.

She finished her performance and the judges gave a very positive remark.

One after the other contestant came and went, Julian is getting a little tired right now, he couldn't find anything interesting.

He thought he would get some nice ideas he could pull off during a battle but he was disappointed.

As he thought of leaving he heard the name of the next contestant.

Marian "Our next contestant is Ash"

Julian was surprised seeing Ash, he ran out and sent out his Aipom, it came out as starts surrounding it sparkled.

Ash "Aipom use Swift"

Aipom then used swift and hit the special effect starts causing it to burst into tiny small fragments creating a stunning scene.

Ash then instructed it to perform a double team and end it with Focus Punch.

When Julian saw this an idea clicked in his head.

Julian 'Nothing less expected from him, he comes up with weird but effective ideas'

Julian though and imagined the combination of Double Team and any other physical move.

The opponent will surely fall into a tough spot trying to figure out a counter, but Julian has to figure out which move would go perfectly with a Double Team.