That afternoon/POV: Mallow

Me, Ashlie, and Lana decided to go shopping for clothes, healing items, and other things we might need for the tourney.

"Okay, we need water bottles, a picnic blanket, 3 bags of Pokemon food, and maybe some clothes would be nice!" I stated, "After we get the stuff we need at the apartment, we go get some clothes!"

(By the way, at the store, my mom makes us take 2-7 hours to LEAVE!)

Two hours of shopping later/POV: Ashlie

"Okay, drop these off!" I grunted, putting the food down, "Clothe shopping time!"

"Yeah, and maybe we can get some costumes for our partners!" Lana giggled, and I smiled.

"Hold it!" We heard Goomba shout, "You're not going clothes shopping without some supervision, which is why the rest left me behind, can you believe them?"

"Ouch!" Mallow exclaimed, "Anyways, let's go!" Mallow and Lana grabbed Goomba's hands and dragged him.

"Okay, let's do this!" I giggled.

Wyndon Clothes shop/POV: Ashlie

"WOW!" I gasped, "THIS IS AMAZING!"

"Yep, this is where I get my outfits in Galar from!" Goomba chuckled, "Now, go get some outfits!"

"OKAY!" Me and my Alolan besties exclaimed, and we looked around.

POV: Goomba

"Wow, you three are so cute in those!" I chuckled.

"THANKS!" The girls exclaimed in union, then we heard the bell to the door ring.

"Well lookie here!" We heard a sinister female voice groan, and we looked behind us and saw the Hoenn traitor.

"If it isn't the Ketchum fused with the weak girl!" May grunted, "Didn't expect to see you here!"

"Neither did I!" Ashlie sighed, "I'm assuming you want to settle this?"

"Exactly, 'Ashlie' was it?" May questioned, and Ashlie nodded, "Yeah, I want a two on two, you vs me!"

"Got it!" Ashlie sighed, "Honestly, you're lucky we have a few days of preparations until the first pool of Round 1 gets to battle!"

"Yeah, I got the last match of pool three!" May sighed, "And since I got Steven Stone and Wallace in that, I can't get to you, plus, I'm fighting the Colosseum Champion of Orre, namely Micheal Krane!"

"Let's do this outside, okay?" I suggested, and the two nodded.

A Battlefield/ POV: Ashlie

"Nite, let's go!" I shouted, sending out my Dragonite.

"Blastoise!" May shouted.

"Battle begin!" Mallow sighed.

"Use Hyper Beam!" I shouted, "Let's go!"

"Ice Beam!" May exclaimed, but Hyper Beam hit first.

"Brace for impact!" I shouted, "We don't know what's next!"

"Use Ice Beam two more times!" May shouted, and it did a lot.

"Dragon Dance, a lot of times!" I exclaimed, "I have an idea!"

Six Dragon Dances Later/POV: Mallow

"Oh man." I gasped, "That's FAST!"

"I know what Ashlie's up to!" Goomba sighed, and me and Lana looked at him confused, "She's planning on making Blastoise dizzy from how fast Nite the Dragonite is, and then they can finish this with one OP Physical attack!

"Use Dragon Claw!" Ashlie ordered, "Finish this!"

"Use Gyro Ball!" May pleaded, but Dragon Claw slammed Blastoise into a wall, "Blastoise!"

"Who's next May?" Ashlie questioned, and she sent out Glaceon, "Okay, us-"

"Use Hail!" May ordered, and it started to hail.

"Okay, use Dragon Claw!" Ashlie sighed, "Do it!"

"Use Blizzard!" May ordered.

POV: Goomba

"Take this!" Glaceon shouted, and it hit Nite pretty hard, and got a KO, "Finally, I beat a stupid dragon!"

"Okay, Chuster, I'm counting on you!" Ashlie shouted, "We got this!"

"Yep!" Chuster chuckled.

"Use Iron Tail!" Ashlie ordered, "Then we'll use our 'Special Attack!'"

POV: Lana

"Use Blizzard!" May ordered, but Chuster tanked it, and landed Iron Tail, and Glaceon seemed injured, and that's when I noticed Glaceon's dark red eyes. Wait, is Glaceon a Shadow Pokemon Goomba told us about? If so, how come she can use Blizzard, and Hail?!

"Glaceon, are you good?!" May cried, and saw Glaceon struggling to stand, "Okay, I forfeit, Glaceon doesn't need to suffer anymore!"

"Okay, but why does Glaceon's eyes blood red?" I asked, "Is she a Shadow Pokemon?" May sighed and nodded.

"Yes she is..." May sighed, then she started to tear up, "I took a trip to Orre, but some jerks on Team Cipher did this to her! I got her to remember Blizzard, Hail, and Iron Tail, but no matter how hard I try, I can't get her to remember Bite and get rid of Shadow Blitz!"

"And I assume you still think my old selves held you back?" Ashlie asked, and May glared at her.

"Of course, why do you ask?" May grunted.

"Well, I wanted to tell you and the other traitors something..." Ashlie sighed,

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"I don't hold grudges, and I want to apologize for Ash holding you all back, because while he didn't mean to, he still did."

"Hold up, NANI?!" Me and Mallow shouted.

"Me, Dusk, Darkrai, my mom and siblings, Neo, Elena, Goh, Chloe, Goomba, Ray, Zizzy, Jessica, the Reborn Leaders, the other Champions, and all of our Pokemon talked about it, and we all decided that it's kind of my old male self's fault that they thought I held them back, I used to put them in danger, and I kept losing no matter what, so May, if you want, I was hoping we could be friends again..." Ashlie sighed, "I understand if you don't forgive my old selves, I just wanted to know that I don't blame any of you for what you did, while I'm upset you turned Serena, my Kanto mom, Dawn, Bonnie, Max, and my brother Gladion against me against their wills, I think it's still my fault for Glaceon being a Shadow Pokemon as well, I'm sorry."

"Well, as much as I hate to admit it, you're a nice person Ashlie!" May giggled, "I guess I was wrong about you, you're definitely smart! Yeah, maybe it's time to get along again~" Then we looked at Goomba, Rai, and Spiky, who were all crying?!

"That's so sweet!" Goomba cried.

"This is going to be a long day!" Ashlie sighed, and we all agreed!