"Oh wow," Eevy smiled and watched the lights overhead as the fireworks burst in every color, "It’s so pretty."

"Yeah," Dragon nodded, "I didn’t even notice it was this late. We were racing in the dark, but didn’t know it because of all the lights."

"You want to get something to eat?" she turned to look at him.

He thought about it for a minute, "Sure, I suppose."

"Great," she smiled and stood up, holding out her hand.

He took it willingly, sending a zip of that weird feeling through her, "You feel that?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yeah," she rubbed her fingers together, "Come on."

They walked away, leaving Morty to only half scowl, "Be careful, sis. Please."

They walked along, looking side to side, trying to find just what to eat. He pointed left when she pointed right and she pointed back when he pointed forward. They laughed every time they did it, but both of them spotted the same stand at the same time.

"There!" they shouted together, both pointing to the same spot.

"You like pizza?" he asked with a tilt of his head.

"Who doesn’t?" she asked, pulling him along.

His piece was loaded with just about every topping there and hers was just mushrooms. She laughed wildly as he bit into it and all the toppings flopped off. She didn’t have nearly as much trouble as he did. She shook her head when he loaded about half a box of tictacs into his mouth at once. She took one stick of mint gum. He stood up and scratched nervously at the back of his head.

"Hey," he choked, "You want to go for a walk or something?"

She hesitated for a minute, "Uh…sure. I’d love to."

"You…would?" he smiled and put out his hand, "Come on then!"

"Where are we walking to?" she asked as they continued walking.

"To get a better view of the fireworks," he pulled her along, "It’s a continuation of Harmony Hill."

"But," she stopped and pulled back, "Harmony Hill’s real name is Rainbow Hill! It’s part of the League City!"

"Yeah, but it’s so far away nobody remembers it. When they built the League City, they cut the Hills in half. This is just the half that’s left out here. Come on!"

He pulled her arm, dragging her around people. He slowed towards the opposite end of the carnival and pushed aside a tree branch, letting her through. She stepped past and he jumped in, letting the branch snap back. He stepped in front of her and walked along with her following obediently behind. He got to a fence and hopped it with her climbing over, slow but sure. They finally reached the end of the path finding, who else, but JP and Medira standing next to a tree.

"Hey!" Eevy smiled and waved.

"Hi!" Medira returned the gesture, but JP and Dragon scowled to each other.

Jason walked over and pulled Lance down to listen, "This is my League Landmark!"

"Maybe in the City, but out here," Lance snorted, "All is public."

They exchanged growls but settled down. Eevy and Medira were already sitting on the grass, watching the fireworks. JP flopped down to Medira’s right and Dragon to Eevy’s left. The four of them started joking around and laughing. Will and Luri looked around a tree and nodded to each other.

"I can’t believe we’ve got to leave them again," Luri shook her head.

"Maybe…" Will paused and looked thoughtful, "Maybe we don’t have to leave."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Come with me!" he grabbed her wrist and ran down the path, "I’ve got an idea!"

"Would you mind clueing me in?!" she shouted as they ran.

"In a minute!" he threw her in the door of the Pokemon Center and ran to a back corner, facing the wall, "Just a second," he dug for his cell phone, "OK. What’s the number? I remember," he dialed something, "Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick-Oh. Sorry. Can I speak to Mr. Kratos please?"

"What?!" Luri flipped, "Why are calling him?!"

"Shh!" he waved his hand at her, "Mr. Kratos? Sir? Yes, this is Logos, sir. I have a question, actually. Yes, about that. I promise it’s not stupid, sir. OK. Well, there’s a trainer here-no. She doesn’t know who we are. And she’s heading for Talon-yes. The Precious Metal Division. And we’d like to-yes. We’d like to follow. I know that, sir. I know that too…"

Luri fidgeted nervously and Will kept flexing his fingers as a nervous habit, "Well?" she asked.

He shoed her back, "I’m sure they all know that too. Sedna. No, sir. Yes," he made a face at her and then snapped back to the phone, "Hikoboshi. Yes, as in Eusine and Mortimer. Evangelina. Yes, it does. No. Absolutely not. I’m sure. We would when-excuse me. We would if we were to-no. There’re no relationships," he made a nervous face at her, "No clue who we are. Peruwa, Sedna, Ryujin and me. Uh huh. No. Constantly. Surely. Positively. I know, sir. Only fools are positive. So, I’m overly sure. Yes, sir," he swallowed hard enough for her to hear, "Sir, I understand that, sir. We would be," he suddenly brightened, "That’s correct. Yes. Yes. Absolutely, sir, and thank you. Many thanks and good evening to you," he hung up and slouched with a sigh.

"Well?" Luri jumped nervously next to him, "What’d he say?"

"We’re in as long as we promise to train!" he laughed, "I am so good at this!"

"You had a lot of guts calling the head of the League," she stopped and kissed him, "You’re braver than you look."

"Well, thanks," he laughed, "That’s a comforting thought."

"You know what I meant. Now why don’t you call Lance and tell him?"

"When he’s with a girl? No way! Even I won’t do that! Kratos, yes. Lance with a girl, forget it!"

"Good point."

"We’ll just wait until they get back. Then we’ll tell them."

*^~^**^~^*

Will and Luri lounged around the Pokemon Center, wandering aimlessly around the room looking for something to do. At one point, Will almost fell asleep in boredom. Luri sat spinning a strand of hair around her finger, yawning every now and then. Finally, at ten o’clock, the doors opened and everyone, I mean everyone, piled in. Will and Luri stood up, trotting over to Lance and Jason. They pulled them from the sides of Medira and Eevy and took them to a bit of an interrogation.

"Where were you all this time?" Luri asked accusingly.

"The whole group of us went on some rides and played some games," Jason answered, "We were all looking for you."

"You got to play games while we sat around here waiting for you?!" Will snapped, his right eyebrow twitching up and down.

"It’s not our fault you came here and didn’t come with us," Lance smirked.

"Shut up! I did you a favor!" Will spat.

"Oh really?" Lance and Jason asked together, "And just what might that be?"

"Mr. Kratos and I had a nice long chat. It just so happens we get to travel for a bit," he paused and pointed to Eevy and Medira, "with them."

Jason almost facefaulted, "I love you, man!" he squeezed Will with all his might, "You’re the best!"

"Yeah," Will gagged, "That’s nice. You can repay me by letting me breath."

Jason let go and stepped away with Lance staring aimlessly at Will, "You what?"

"I called Mr. Kratos."

"You actually called the head of the League? For us?" he pointed back and forth between himself and Jason, "She had something to do with this sudden burst of nice, didn’t she?" he pointed to Luri.

"No," Luri shook her head, "He did this all on his own."

"Yeah, well," Will turned around, "You’re gonna have to repay me big time for this one!"

He let out a gag as he got another hug, but this one with twice the pressure, "Anything!" Lance tightened his grip, "Absolutely anything!"

"Air," he choked and dropped to the ground, "Ah, to breathe."

Lance and Jason walked back to the group. Will was left to sit and regain oxygen while they told Eevy and Medira they could go, IF the girls would allow it. Will and Luri heard and ecstatic ‘You can? That’s great!’ and ‘No way! No way! YES!’ and something a bit different ‘Oh, how lovely.’ That was definitely Morty.

"You’re a real sweetheart, Will," Luri smiled and took his right hand, "And I’m glad you’re mine."

"Yeah," he actually blushed, "Thanks."

*^~^**^~^*

"We are SO close to Talon, yet so far!" Starla whined, "I hate walking!"

"Hey!" Medira laughed, "She’s just like you, Yuu-Yuu! You too, Mizu, and even you, Sooney!"

"That’s not funny!" all four of them shouted together.

As they walked, the wind started blowing. They stopped and covered their faces with their hands and arms to keep the blowing sand and dirt from their eyes. A Pidgeot slowly fell in front of them, kicking up puff after puff of smoke. Eevy recognized the bird at first glance.

"Hey!" she called as the wind died down, "You’re the one from the sky trip above Blade Town!"

"Yeah! That’s me!" he answered and slid off his bird, "Pidgeot and I were just out for a little flight and saw you guys walking. We decided to drop in and say hello."

Lance choked silently, "What’s he doing here? Why isn’t he in Talon Town?"

Jason did the same, "Why’s he out here? Shouldn’t he be in Talon?"

Luri did also, "It’s strange to see him out of Talon. I wonder why."

Will also made a similar face, "How’d he know these guys? What gives?"

"Uh," the guy looked around Eevy’s side, "Your group seems to have changed a bit since we last met."

"You know," Sooney pointed out, "We never did catch you name and I don’t believe you ever caught ours."

"No, actually, we didn’t. I’m Kestrel."

"I’m Eevy. These are my friends Yuu-Yuu, Sooney, Mizu, Medira, Lisle, JP, Dragon, Starla, and Phantom and this is my brother Morty and my cousin Eusine. The others from last time hung back in Dart."

"Great to meet you. Are you heading to Talon?"

"Yes, we are. Are you?"

"Yeah. It’s my hometown. You want to take a quick tour?"

"Sure," Medira answered.

"Come on then! Talon’s a big city…"

He trailed off as the others followed. The Elite hung back a bit.

"What’s he up to?" they asked together.

*^~^**^~^*

"Here we are!" Kestrel pointed out the entrance gate to Talon Town, "Talon Town! Town of stylus quills!"

"Wow," Yuu-Yuu commented, "It’s big."

"Yes," Kestrel nodded, "Talon’s a pretty big place, like I said before. There’s the Pokemon Center, the Poke’Mart, Game Corner-"

"No, Eusine," Eevy grabbed her cousin’s collar.

"What?" Morty asked, "Has he been gambling again?"

"Yes," Eusine whimpered.

"You little rat!" Morty cracked him in the back of the head, "You promised us!"

"I know I did! I’ve already been yelled at! Please stop!"

"Anyway," Kestrel cleared his throat, "There’re a few other places. The Gym too, but that’s not too important right now. Right now I’d say you guys need to get to the Pokemon Center. Let me take you."

The walked along for a bit and found themselves at the door of a two story Pokemon Center. Eevy scratched her head, wondering why it was so incredibly big.

"Uh," she finally asked, "Why’s it so much bigger than the other Centers?"

"This city houses the Silver Badge. The first Badge of the Precious Metal Division. The losers wind up here on the top floor in the ER. Let’s go," Kestrel walked away, leading them inside.

"ER?" Eevy whimpered and choked, "I don’t want my Ovos in the ER!"

"Don’t worry," Dragon stepped up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders, "They won’t be. You’ll win."

"Thanks. I hope you’re right."

"I know I am."

Eusine poked his head between them, "This is the one from the letter, isn’t it? The one you wouldn’t show me."

"Yee," she leaned away, "Go away, Eusine."

"You hitting on my cousin?" Eusine leaned into Dragon’s face, "Good luck to ya’."

"Huh?" Dragon cocked an eyebrow.

"My cousin’s no easy catch," he turned and crossed his arms, "I wish you the best of luck at even getting close enough to tap her shoulder."

Dragon made a nervous, half mouth smile with a bit of a laugh, "Yeah, well…"

"Hey," Morty came up from the other side, "How far have you gotten?"

"Not far," Eevy waved her hands in front of herself.

"I’ll believe you this once," Morty looked them over.

"Yeah, me too," Eusine nodded.

"Phew," Dragon and Eevy said together and relaxed.

"Hey!" Kestrel sent Eevy into the air, "Sorry. You going to the Gym?"

"If I knew where it was, sure," Eevy panted.

"Come on. I’ll take you," he walked away with Eevy following behind and everyone behind her.

*^~^**^~^*

"Anybody alive in here?" Kestrel shouted as he opened the door, "Where’s everybody hiding?"

"Oh, hi, Kestrel," a girl standing on the back of a flapping Fearow called down, "I didn’t see you come in."

"Hey, Robin. Come on down here."

"Hi," she waved as she jumped off the Fearow, "Challengers?"

"Yeah," Eevy nodded, "Where’s the Gym Leader?"

Robin snickered, then giggled, then laughed hysterically, "You don’t know?"

"I’m sorry," Kestrel turned, "I never did tell you. I hold the Silver Badge."

Eevy inhaled a short, quick, gagging breath, "You’re just like Cain!" she burst, "You hide your identity until you think the challenger is too palsy with you to battle you! Well, guess what!" she bared her Poke’Ball, "I never quit!"

"Boy, you’ve got an attitude. As the first trainer of the Precious Metal Division, I accept your challenge and I will defeat you to protect the Elite! Six on Six! Are you going to ban my Crobat like everyone else?"

"No!" she surprised him, "I challenge for true abilities and one Crobat won’t stop me!"

"You go, Eevy!" Eusine, Morty and Dragon called, "You can beat him!"

*^~^**^~^*

"This is the Gym Battle for the first Badge of the Precious Metal Division! The Silver Badge is at stake! The challenger is Evangelina Hikoboshi of the Town of Rose. The opponent is Kestrel Luftar of the Town of Talon. This will be a six on six match with no time limit. Choose your beginning Pokemon now!"

"I choose," Kestrel raised his Poke’Ball, "Gligar!"

"I choose," Eevy mimicked, "Novo!"

"Hikoboshi leads with a Vaporeon! Luftar leads with a Gligar! Begin your battle now!"

"OK, Gligar! Let’s show this one what we can do!"

"Let’s go, Novo! We can take them out!"

"Gligar, Harden attack!"

"Novo, Acid Armor!"

"What?" Kestrel stepped forward a step, "Where’d it go? Oh!" he growled, "Gligar! Poison Sting attack!"

"Vapor! Vape or eon!" Eevy got out her Poke’Dex, "That hurts! Stop it!"

"Novo! Don’t give up! I won’t, so you can’t!"

"Come on," Dragon breathed, "Don’t lose now."

"Gligar, Slash attack now!"

"Novo! Whip it with your tail!"

"I’m on it!" Novo spun and slapped Gligar away with his tail.

Gligar flew backwards through the air, but came back by spreading his wings and gliding back to stop. He launched forward in a Faint Attack. Novo took the hit head on, toppling backwards. He skidded on his back and rolled over while slipping, trying to brace himself with his claws. He dug in his back feet, carefully slowing to a stop.

"Novo! Can you get up?"

"Yeah," he creaked to a stand, "I can. And I’m gonna win yet!"

"Go, Gligar! Poison Sting again!"

"Novo, Acid Armor again!"

Novo melted away, disappearing into the ground. Gligar swooped around, shooting Poison Stingers at a mile a minute. Novo was hidden skillfully under the main layer of Gym floor, maneuvering with Gligar to avoid his stings. As soon as he felt he was in the right spot, Novo lunged, showing himself fully and pumping water like crazy. Gligar went into a spinning dive as Novo slapped his left wing with his Water Gun. He spun to the ground with Novo throwing more water.

"Gligar! Straighten up and fly right!" Kestrel called, but he was too late.

Gligar slammed to the ground, eyes spiraling, "Gligar is unable to battle! This round goes to Hikoboshi and Vaporeon!"

The girl, Jay by her tag, turned the numbers from 0 and 0 to 0 and 1, "The score is Leader, zero and Challenger, one!"

Kestrel let out a low growl, "Gligar, return!"

"Choose your second Pokemon now!" Robin called.

"I choose you! Noctowl!"

"I choose you! Lovo!"

"Round two! Begin!"

Lovo ran forward, tearing up the smoke from the Gym floor, "Let’s tear ‘em up!"

Noctowl swooped down from a rafter above them, "Comin’ at ya’!"

"Noctowl! Go up high and come down in a Fly attack!"

Noctowl flew high into the air, flapping wildly until swinging back down in a quick Fly attack. Lovo popped into the air, crying out and screeching. He twirled in midair and landed with a slight slam, standing up and hissing wildly.

"Nice attack," he commented, "But not quite nice enough to defeat me!"

"Oh!" Kestrel growled again, "Noctowl! Fly up and come down again!"

"Enough of that!" Eevy cracked, "Lovo, Thunder attack now!"

"Here goes nothing! Thunder!" Lovo took a deep breath and shot as big a Thunder as he could.

"Noctowl! Look out!" Kestrel shouted, but again his calls were too late and Noctowl plummeted to the ground with a huge slam, "Ah! I don’t believe it!"

"I do!" Eevy jumped up, "Lovo! That was great!"

"Thank you, Eevy," Lovo turned and spat his tongue out at Kestrel, "Nya, nya!"

"Noctowl is unable to battle! This round goes to Hikoboshi and Jolteon!"

"Great job, Lovo! Return!"

"You battled well, Noctowl. Return."

Now Jay flipped the score from 0 and 1 to 0 and 2, "The score is now Leader, zero and Challenger, two!"

"Choose your third round battler now!"

"I choose Ledian!"

"I choose Zovo!"

"A Bug?" Zovo asked with a disappointed face, "You’re putting me up against a Bug? Eevy, this is an understatement!"

"You don’t know Ledian’s true power if you honestly believe that! Ledian, go!"

"We can take anything you dish out, Master Luftar! Zovo, go!"

"Ledian, use Swift attack, now!"

"Zovo, use Quick Attack!"

Zovo ran forward, running into and through the Swift attack. He took his hits like a rock takes wind, but did appear a bit phased. He slammed into Ledian, pushing it back a foot or so, but that was about the only reaction.

"Retaliate with a Double Edge attack!"

"Get it with an Ember attack!"

"Ember will knock you off!" Zovo said nastily with a roar of fire forming in his mouth.

The Ember attack slashed forward, but as amazing as it may have seemed, Ledian powered through it! To Eevy’s discouraging surprise, Zovo was thrown backwards into a wall with a huge Double Edge. Dragon, Medira, JP and Lisle jumped to avoid the flying, flaming fur ball.

"Now finish it off with a Comet Punch, Ledian!"

"Enough! Zovo!" Eevy reached to her belt, "Return now!"

"Challenger Hikoboshi had recalled Flareon! Flareon forfeits the round! This round goes to Luftar and Ledian!"

"Chicken!" Kestrel laughed, "You should have let him go down like a real Pokemon!"

His emphasis on real sent Eevy into a burning rage, "You better call your next Pokemon for protection," she barked, "Because my next friend will most likely go for you because of that comment."

"Ledian, you were the best so far. Return now!"

Jay turned the tablets again, "The score is now Leader, one and Challenger, two!"

"Choose your fourth round battler now!"

"Get out there, Pidgeot!"

"Get out there, Vovo!"

"You’re matching Vovo against a Pidgeot?" Medira questioned, "Eevy! He’ll never do it!"

"Sure he will! He’s Vovo! He can do anything!"

"Thank you, Eevy," Vovo nodded, "Hey, feather-face! What’s flyin’?"

"You’ll be flying across the room. Does that count?" Pidgeot cracked.

"Yeah, flying in a cranked up Agility, maybe."

"Knock it off you two," Eevy and Kestrel ordered together.

"Begin your battle now!"

"Go, Pidgeot! Quick Attack!"

"Vovo, Tail Whip!"

Vovo turned and smacked the oncoming Pidgeot about the face with his tail. The Pidgeot took the hits and stopped right before plowing Vovo to rub at his face with his wing.

"Pidgeot! Stop fooling around and get in there with a Wing Attack!"

"Vovo! Agility!"

"Look at me! Look at me!" Vovo laughed as he danced around the confused Pidgeot, "I go fast! I go fast!"

"Rage attack, Vovo!"

"So that’s what we’re going for!" Vovo announced, "OK!"

"He can predict that attack?" Starla cocked her head, "Cool!"

"You rule, little Eevee!" JP shouted.

"You go, Vovo!" Morty and Eusine called.

"Move ‘em out!" Phantom waved.

"Take ‘em down!" Dragon burst.

"OK, Vovo!" Eevy cried, "Agile Rage Quick Attack! Now!"

"Here I go!" Vovo called, "Agile Rage!" he sped up, "Quick Attack!"

Vovo jumped from the ground, launching toward the still swaying Pidgeot. He cracked Pidgeot in the chin, pushing his beak into the air. Pidgeot let out a long, angry cry of defeat and toppled over backwards.

"Pidgeot is unable to battle! This round goes to Hikoboshi and Eevee!"

"I-I-I don’t believe it," Kestrel whimpered, "How could an Eevee defeat Pidgeot?"

"Whoa," Dragon whispered.

"Whoa what?" Eevy turned to look at him.

"Nothing! Just…whoa."

She made a half mouth smile, "OK."

"The score is now Leader, one and Challenger, three!"

"Choose your fifth round battler now!"

"Return, Pidgeot and go, Fearow!"

"Return, Vovo and go, Yovo!"

"Come on, Fearow! We can do this! Use your Drill Peck attack!"

"Let’s win this, Yovo! Faint Attack!"

Yovo jumped forward, slower than usual due to the time of day. Because of his lack of speed, Fearow hit first, sending him flying backwards in a tumble and skid.

"Yovo! Can you get up?"

"Yeah, I can," he muttered, "But that feathery freak won’t be able to when I’m through with him!"

"Fearow, great hit! Now try a Peck attack!"

"Ouch!" Yovo repeated as he ducked to the floor with Fearow pecking at his head, "Stop it! Quit it! Hey, knock that off!"

"Get up and show them your Crunch attack!"

"Fearow, weave around it for a Pursuit!"

Fearow gave perfect aerial maneuvers to whip past Yovo’s slow Crunch. Yovo fell face first to the floor with Fearow coming down straight from above him. He let out a loud yelp as Fearow connected, beak first, with his back.

"Ah!" he wailed, "Ah! Ah! Ahh!"

"Get off of him!" Eevy burst out onto the arena, "You get off of him right now!" she actually pushed Fearow away, "My poor baby," she picked him up and rocked him slowly, "Don’t worry. Everything will be alright."

"My back hurts," Yovo whimpered.

"I know it does," her voice broke, "Damn that bird," she whispered, "Oh, I’m sorry for swearing. I know you don’t like it."

"It’s alright," Yovo nodded, "Can I take a rest in my Poke’Ball now please?"

"Sure," she held up his Moon Ball, "I’ll win this yet. Return, Yovo!"

"Challenger Hikoboshi has recalled Umbreon! Umbreon forfeits the round! This round goes to Luftar and Fearow!"

"The score is now Leader, two and Challenger, three!"

"I’m very sorry about your Umbreon," Kestrel nodded, "When you speak to him again please give him my best wishes."

"I will and I’m sorry for letting my language fly with your Fearow. I’ve been getting better."

"Choose your last, sixth round battler now!"

"For my last, I choose Crobat!"

"For my last, I choose Sovo!"

"Be careful, Eevy!" Dragon called, "Crobat is his best Pokemon!"

"I know that," she nodded, "Get ready, Sovo!"

"Get set, Crobat!"

"Begin the last battle and deciding round now!"

"Let’s do this!" Eevy was silent to everyone but Sovo and one other person…

"Get out there, Crobat!" Kestrel said out loud.

"Give them your best Psybeam!"

"Show it your Bite attack!"

Sovo took the hit, but didn’t cry out. He simply turned his head toward the Crobat, whose body was pressing against his head as it bit, and jammed the red gem of his forehead into his gut, launching a Psybeam straight into Crobat’s too-close-for-comfort center. Crobat flew backward, hissing wildly and steaming in the stomach.

"Get it with your Leech Life!"

"Show them your Take Down!"

Sovo powered forward, slamming Crobat before it had the chance to attack. Crobat retaliated with a swift Wing Attack. Sovo tipped backward but used Psychic to lift himself back up.

"Now, Sovo! Get back at them with a Psychic attack! Full power!"

"Get moving, Crobat! Use Supersonic!"

In his burst of Psychic power, Sovo didn’t even notice the Supersonic. Its waves broke down before they were close enough to effect him. In a huge flash of purple and white energy, the arena shook with the cry of Crobat getting pummeled with Psychic power. The power slowly cleared, leaving a steady wind for a few moments before everything was quiet. No one was looking at the arena. They had all turned away because of the blinding white shock. The groups slowly turned around with puffs of smoke billowing around.

"Sovo!" Eevy cried, "Sovo, can you hear me?"

"Crobat!" Kestrel shouted, "Crobat, are you there?"

"I’m here, Eevy," Sovo spit out some of his own fur, "and I caught Crobat!"

Sure enough, floating in a pink ball of Psychic- type power was Crobat, spinning senselessly around in twisty, tumbling, disoriented circles. Kestrel’s jaw slammed the floor.

"The score is now Leader, two and Challenger, four!"

"Crobat…Is unable to battle! This round and match go to Challenger Evangelina Hikoboshi!"

"I don’t believe it!" he shouted and grabbed the sides of his head, "I lost!"

"I won!" Eevy shouted.

"You sure did," someone said to her.

It wasn’t a spoken voice. It was a psychically transmitted voice. It wasn’t Sovo, Raikou, or Entei and it was definitely not Suicune because it was a man. She looked side to side, but saw nothing out of the ordinary other than a smoking Gym.

"Sovo! You were great!"

Sovo bounded to his master with ecstatic glee, "I won! I won a Precious Metal Badge!"

"You sure did, little buddy!" she held him out in front of her, "And I’m so proud!"

"You won!" Morty grabbed her and swung her around, "You won! You won! You actually won!"

"You doubted me?" she questioned.

"Mind if I have a turn at that?" Dragon stepped up beside them.

"Huh?" Morty cocked his head, "Oh!" he stepped back, which surprised most everyone.

He swung her around with twice as much power, "You were magnificent!"

"Thank you!" she laughed as he put her feet back on the ground and she ran to Eusine, "I won!"

"Yes, you did," Kestrel pouted, "And as keeper of the Silver Badge, the first badge of the Precious Metal Division, I rightfully and somewhat willfully present you, Evangelina Hikoboshi of the Town of Rose with the Badge of the Town of Talon. Well done."

"Thank you, Master Luftar."

"You earned that," Medira nodded, "All on your own."

"No," Eevy surprised everyone, "I had my Pokemon out there. Not to mention the best group of friends anyone could ever want."

"Thanks," Yuu-Yuu gave her a slight hug, "You’re the best friend I could ever want."

"Same here," Mizu nodded.

"I say the same," Sooney added.

"Sure," Medira noted.

"You go," Lisle smirked.

"Three cheers?" Morty asked.

"No! Don’t you dare!" Eevy cried.

"Hip, hip!"

"Hooray!"

"Stop it!"

"Hip, hip!"

"Hooray!"

"I said stop it!"

"Hip, hip!"

"I give up…"

"HOORAY!"

*^~^**^~^*

Notes
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