Sitting in an individual room backstage, Locket held onto her pink heart locket firmly. She still couldn't believe that she had made it to the final round of the showcase!

Chespin and Meowstic seemed pretty excited about. They were hopping around with much anticipated enthusiasm.

"We can do this you two! We just have to stay positive. Even if we don't win they'll always be next time."

The three friends gathered for a group hug before heading back to the stage. Once there, a worker instructed that Locket stay at the top of the stair case until she was called on.

That moment of being called on came almost immediately. A large door opened, revealing Locket, Chespin, and Meowstic to the audience. The trio smiled and made their way down to the center of the stage.

A light song came on overhead. ( https://youtu.be/xeJ0Fu_rinU ) Chespin and Meowstic were placed on either shoulder of their trainer, eager to begin.

"Chespin please use Helping Hand! Meowstic use Future Sight!"

With a swift flick of the wrist, Chespin and Meowstic jumped onto the stage - that is before they gave a lick to the performer's cheeks.

The spiky nut Pokémon glowed a light green as he took Meowstic's paws. He spun her around before his glow fadded. The feline Pokémon blushed a bit as she was then boosted up into the air. A faint green glow tinted her as she used Future Sight at no one in particular.

"Great! Now use Pysbeam!"

Locket tapped her right foot to the stage as she allowed Chespin to jump onto her head.

Still in the air, Meowstic twisted to have her colorful Pysbeam spiral below her partners.

The spiraling Pysbeam seemingly caged the gray eyed girl and her Pokémon before exploding as several Chespin copies appeared. As the copies made contact with the Pysbeam, they burst into sparkles along with the spiral.

Locket caught Meowstic as the feline made it down from the air. She gave her Pokémon a gentle squeeze before twirling with her.

"Use Disarmed Voice!"

The feline smiled, raising her paws and ears. A pink ring with hearts burst into the air with Chespin in the center.

Just as the spiky nut Pokémon began to float down two giant mistical ovals appeared. They shot out beams of light that hit the Disarmed Voice, causing it to break into millions of white and pink lights.

The trio stepped forward together, spun, and bowed towards the audience. They each wore a big smile and took several deep breaths before returning to the top of the stairway.

"What lovely work by Performer Locket. Now's Performer Serena's turn to try and defend her title!"

With Pierre announcing Serena's turn the audience went wild. Obviously they looked forward to see their current Kalos Queen.

When the Kalos Queen made it to the center of the stage she gave a big smile.

"Alright Sylveon, Fairy Wind, lets go!"

The fairy type Pokémon bowed as she had her silk ribbons create a Fairy Wind across the stage.

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"The vote of decisions is now underway. Will we get a new Kalos Queen?"

All votes had been tallied up. Two spotlights shone brightly as they swirled around the two performers on stage.

Keep calm. You and your Pokémon did great. It doesn't matter win or lose. I had fun and that's all that matters. Locket thought to herself. She held her pink heart locket close as the spotlights began to slow.

"The new Kalos Queen is... Performer Serena! Congratulations on defending your crown and title!"

The audience applauded their Queen for several moments before they died down.

Serena was shaking Locket's smaller hand and smiling. The two exchanged a good sportsman like thank you before parting ways.

Serena remained on the stage to recive her crown while Locket proceeded back to her seperate room backstage.

The performer sat on a chair in the room with her body slumping. A great deal of energy was put into her performance that tired her out.

Not only was she tired, but she was also hurt. Of course Locket was glad to have made it to the finals, but deep down a part of her wanted to win the title of Kalos Queen.

Why am I so upset? I should be happy that I at least made it to the finals. Is this feeling even natural?

"Pin?" Chespin noticed the look in his trainer's eyes and decided to speak up. The usually soft parts on his head where spiked up as he approached his trainer.

"I'm fine Chespin. Don't worry about thing. You and Meowstic did a miraculous job and should be proud! You both worked so hard."

"Ches..."

A soft knock was heard at the door of the room which startled the performer.

Taking a deep breath the performer gave an 'come in.' She watched as several familiar heads popped through the crack if the doorway.

"Aria, Armor, Navi, Sage! I almost forgot you all came to watch!" Locket smiled as she stood up from her seat to greet her friends.

"You all were amazing out there! I thought you should've won." Aria beamed. Her hands waved in the air as ahe went on about her thoughts of the Master Class.

"Don't forget how cute Meowstic and Chespin were." Navi included after Aria let the others speak.

Both Pokémon blushed at the kind compliment.

"You're all very sweet! Thank you for being here to support us and-" The words were cut off from the performer when all lights in the room and hallways suddenly went off.

"Everyone okay?" The worried voice of Armor could be heard over the loud scream of Sage.

Aria had to grab the red heads shoulders, pulling them into a crouch on the ground.

"Sage! Everything's alright, are you okay?" The gymnast sounded concerned. Normally she would've reacted differently but seeing true distress made Aria worried.

"I'm alright, Aria. Just had a sudden flashback of a bad memory that went like this."

The two rose from the ground and looked to their friends through the dark.

"I'm guessing power outage?" Navi examined the light switches. No matter which way the switch went the lights remained off.

Taking a look into the hallway, Navi cheeked to see if anyone was nearby. Fortunately there was a tall thin man walking in his direction - Pierre!

"Excuse me, Pierre? Do you know by chance why the power suddenly went out?"

The announcer nodded his head in deep thought. A flashlight turned on in his hand as he shone it into the room. The light hit everyone but Locket and her Pokémon who were out of the lights range.

Turning off the flashlight, Pierre cleared his throat.

"It appears that we have some... guests from another region to reclaim Locket. Something about not wanting to let her know. If you see her please send her to the stage." Pierre tipped his hat, leaving everyone in the room silent.

"Locket? What's going on?" Aria asked with a bit of an edge to her tone.