Ashlyn and her friends have finally arrived in Mauville City. When they arrived, Ashlyn and May heard that there's a contest in Mauville City. The two were excited about this contest. So they went sign up right away. However, there was only had one spot left. May decided that Ember should have it. May believed that she and her other Pokémon needed more training before they do another contest. Ashlyn respected her decision and promised that she'll try and win the contest for her.
Ashlyn brought Lapis, her shiny Diancie (she has sapphire diamonds, not pink), to be in the contest. May and Max were surprised to see that Ashlyn had such a Pokémon. Lapis was excited to be in a contest.
"Lapis, you ready to train?" Ashlyn asked.
"(Yeah!)" Lapis smiled.
{A/N: I decided that Lapis is capable of telepathy. It seemed like a cool idea}
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While Brock, Max and Alain went to get some supplies and May decided to do some shopping as Ashlyn and Lapis were practicing for the contest. Later that day, May showed up with two new Pokémon: A Plusle and Minun. She saw them trying to eat her snacks and she shared them with the two electric types. May found them adorable and decided to catch them. She was very happy with her new Pokémon.
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A week later, the contest had begun. Vivian introduced Contesta, Mr. Suziko and Mauville City's Nurse Joy, and then showed the ribbon. The Newton ribbon was yellow with orange stripes, and it had an electric bolt shaped pin in the middle. Robert hadn't shown up at the contest, but Drew came. Ashlyn knew that she'll probably face him in the finals though.
Right now, Drew had finished his performance with his Roselia. Ashlyn was going to be right after him.
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Ashlyn had now stepped onto the stage.
"Now here comes entry number 50! You all probably know her as the winner of the Rustboro City and the Slateport City Contest, Ashlyn Ketchum!" Vivian announced.
The crowd cheered at the mention of her name.
"Show time, Lapis!" Ashlyn released her Jewel Pokémon.
"(Hello!)" Lapis the Shiny Jewel Pokémon appeared on the stage.
The crowd gasped in amazement at the Pokémon on the stage.
"Would you look at that, ladies and gentlemen! It's a shiny Diancie! A legendary Pokémon of the Kalos Region!"
"Diamond Storm!" Lapis brought her hands closer to her head and a blue energy formed between her hands. The energy converted into blue diamonds as she took her hands away. The jewels fell into the audiences' hands and gasped at the blue jewels, but soon breaking into sparkles. They awed at the beauty of the jewels.
"What a beautiful storm of diamonds! The crowd seem to be dazzled by these beautiful gems!" Vivian announced.
"Finish it with Power Gem!" Lapis's jewel on her head glowed blue and she fires a pale blue beam of energy with a bright white energy around it. The light bounced off the jewels which broke them into more sparkles that rain down on the stage.
"Magnificent! Diancie has shown us the beauty and shine of her power! It's like a rain of stars falling onto the stage!"
The crowd cheered in amazement.
"Now let's see what our judges have to say."
"Simply marvelous." Contesta commented.
"Remarkable." Mr. Suziko added.
"A lovely show of jewels that represent shine like chest full of treasures. She reminded me of a princess in a fairy tale." Nurse Joy added.
"Well there you have it. Let's see the scores."
Contesta: 10
Mr. Suziko: 10
Nurse Joy: 10
Total: 30
"A perfect 30! The highest score of the day!" Vivian announced, "That ends our preliminary competition. In a moment, we'll be announcing who will move onto the second round!"
The crowd cheered as Ashlyn and Lapis bowed at the crowd.
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"Wow, Ashlyn! You and Lapis were so cool!" Max beamed.
Ashlyn and Lapis smiled at the compliment.
"I believe that Lapis deserves the compliment more than me." Ashlyn corrected.
"(You sure?)" Lapis asked.
Ashlyn nodded, "You worked really hard on perfecting the combination." She replied.
"(If it weren't for your commands, I wouldn't know what to do. So you deserve the thanks as well.)" Lapis retorted.
Ashlyn sighed in defeat, "I guess so." She admitted with a smile.
Soon enough, Vivian announced those are going to the eight coordinators. Ashlyn and Drew were among the top eight.
"Ashlyn, make sure to beat Drew!" May requested.
"Don't worry, I will." Ashlyn promised.
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It was soon down to the last two coordinators: Ashlyn and Drew. She felt excited to go against Drew since she didn't get to go against him in Slateport City.
"So here we are, down to our final two contestants. Ashlyn and Drew!" Vivian announced.
The crowd cheered in excitement.
"Whoever wins will win the Mauville Ribbon!"
Then the screen above the stage showed Ashlyn and Drew with their full points.
"Let the battle begin!"
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"Let's go, Roselia!" Drew released his Thorn Pokémon.
"Stage time, Lapis!" Ashlyn released her jewel Pokémon.
"Roselia, use Magical Leaf!" Roselia spins around quickly and releases glowing light green leaves from its body and aims them at Lapis.
"Lapis, use Psychic!" Lapis's eyes glowed blue. Then the leaves were outline blue and stopped in mid-air. They formed into a few Beautifly's in front of Lapis.
This surprised Drew and Roselia.
"Incredible! Diancie stopped Roselia's attack and transformed the petals into Beautifly's!"
"Attack!" Lapis sent the Beautifly's towards Roselia who was shocked at the Beautifly's. Many of them kept banging into Roselia.
"Quick Roselia use Leech Seed!" Roselia began shooting many glowing yellow seeds from its roses at a high velocity, breaking the Beautifly's into pieces.
"Safeguard!" Lapis's eyes glow light blue. Then, her body starts to glow light blue and a bright blue force field surrounds Lapis's body, stopping attacks.
"Petal Blizzard!" Multiple pink petals circle around or in front of Roselia's body and are then fired at Lapis who was soon surrounded by the petals.
"I was hoping for that!" Ashlyn announced as she took out her Key Stone necklace which glowed.
Drew gasped, "A Key Stone?!"
Ashlyn placed two fingers on her stone causing them to light up as Neela's Mega Stone shined brightly at the same time, "Key Stone, let our hearts become one! Go beyond evolution! Mega Evolve!" She called out.
Lapis burst out of the petals which revealed her Mega Evolved form.
"Amazing! Diancie was able to use Roselia's own attack to show off her Mega Evolved form!"
"Roselia, use-"
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"Time's up! Let's see who the winner is."
The screen showed Ashlyn and Lapis.
"And the winner is Ashlyn Ketchum!" Vivian announced.
The crowd cheered as Lapis and Ashlyn hugged. Then Ashlyn and Lapis bowed at the crowd.
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"And now, the Mauville Ribbon is presented to Ashlyn and her Diancie which means that the Mauville Pokémon is officially over!" Vivian announced.
Contesta presented the Mauville Ribbon to Ashlyn who gently took it.
"Well done, Ashlyn. Another great performance." Contesta complimented.
"Thank you, Lapis and I had fun at this contest." Ashlyn thanked him.
Contesta chuckled, "I'm glad you did. I hope to see you in the next contest."
"I'll try to. Even if I don't, I'll just go to the one after that." Ashlyn stated.
"That's a good plan." Contesta commented.
Ashlyn and Lapis smiled.
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And so, with her third ribbon on hand, Ashlyn and her friends now head towards the Mauville Gym for Ashlyn's fourth gym badge.
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Pokémon Caught: Mightyena (Lela)(F), Marshtomp (Finn)(M), Shiny Combusken (Hestia)(F), Kirlia (Miku)(F), Kirlia (Lancelot)(M), Swellow (Percy)(M), Linoone (Ziggy)(M), Grovyle (Kazuki)(M), Beautifly (Willow)(F), Shiny Feebas (Ula)(F), Corphish (Sebastian)(M), Aron (Hagane)(M), Sableye (Jacinth)(M), Shiny Flygon (Libelle)(F), Shiny Electrike (Damini)(F)