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Rainbow French lived with her Eevee in a beautiful but old cottage near a pond. The cottage itself was a 50-year-old stone cottage with Ivy growing all around. Rainbow's Place was located near the capital of the Kalos region, Lumiose City. The cottage was strangely isolated and the nearest house was about 15 minutes away.
Rainbow and Eevee loved to perform, Rainbow had been a performer for 3 years and had the ambition to one day become Kalos Queen. Rainbow was very forgotten in her childhood and winning Kalos Queen was a chance to be adored. It was the performing season where you would have to outdo the other performers to win Princess Keys. After you collected all of the 10 Princess Keys would allow you to challenge the current Kalos Queen, Chloé, who had held the title for five years. Winning would reward Rainbow with fame, fortune, and a beautiful mansion belonging to past Kalos Queens.
Backstage at the Lumiose City Performance Center Rainbow showed Eevee the outfit she would wear.
"Here's your outfit!" Rainbow said excitedly. The outfit was a handmade sunny yellow with a green polka dot with a matching barrette, Rainbow had the same outfit except made with higher quality material.
Rainbow had brown hair with rainbow streaks and a heart tattoo on her wrist with her initials inside. Rainbow slipped on the green polka-dotted dress onto Eevee. Only after a few seconds of wearing the dress, Eevee started feeling itchy and the dress was also too big, making it hard for her to walk.
"I don't like it," Eevee said, "Maybe we can get another outfit?" but Rainbow didn't understand. "I think your Eevee was trying to say something." said a black-haired girl with an Umbreon and Espeon.
The black-haired girl had yellow eyes and an hourglass frame. She was wearing a star headband and a simple black dress with star patterns on it. Her Espeon had the same black dress while her Umbreon wore a tuxedo.
"Oh shut up!" Rainbow said annoyedly.
"Says the one with a big mouth." the black-haired girl said calmly, narrowing her eyes.
The black-haired girl gave her a dirty look and turned away.
"Let's go Eevee," Rainbow said grumpily, giving the black-haired girl a dirty look as Rainbow's name was called. Eevee couldn't help but give the black-haired girl and her Pokemon one last look.
They performed a simple and charming routine to an energetic pop song. The performance included Rainbow French doing a tap dance of some sort while Eevee jumped and danced to the beat of the music. For the finale, Eevee jumped and landed on her two front paws while Rainbow did the splits.
When the performance ended a large round of applause and boos came from the crowd.
"Take that emo girl, we're going to win that key!" Rainbow said to the black-haired girl. The black-haired girl rolled her eyes at her "I wouldn't bet on it." she said coldly walking onto the stage with her Espeon and Umbreon following her.
Suddenly the first notes of a mysterious-sounding song came out from the speakers, and everyone was looking at her as the spotlight shined on the stage with her and her Pokemon. She did a high jump and landed on one of her feet. Rainbow scoffed and lifted Eevee and walked over to the very back making the music faint.
The chorus of the song was God Save The Prom Queen, Teenage daydream Just Another Dressed-up Heartbreak
Only 18
Turned her tears to diamonds in her crown.
Eevee couldn't help but go closer to see what was happening. She jumped out of Rainbow's arms and hurried to the front of the backstage where other performers were trying to get a
better look.
The black-haired girl was in the air with her Umbreon and Espeon holding two deep purple ribbons in their mouths while surrounding her on both sides. The ribbons flapped majestically as the bridge of the song played. The black-haired girl raised her hand toward the ribbons in a commanding way. The ribbons flew out of the Pokemon's mouth and turned into sparkles.
The audience erupted in a wild wave of applause while Rainbow French covered her ears with an annoyed expression on her face mumbling angry things. Eevee noticed that there were barely any boos coming from the crowd. Wow, they must like her. Eevee thought.
They were called onto the stage along with all the other performers for the voting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, It's time for voting. Please use your Glow Caster to vote for your
favourite performer."
announced Monsieur Cookie
In the audience members lit Glow Caster illuminating the once-dark center.
Rainbow and Eevee almost won but the black-haired girl and her Umbreon and Espeon won by only a couple hundred points.
In the changing room, everyone was talking about the beautiful black-haired performer
or as they called her Black Belle. Rainbow scoffed at their conversation earning her dirty looks from the trio of performers.
When Rainbow and Eevee were walking out of the center the black-haired girl shot Rainbow a nasty look and an affectionate look at Eevee.
Her Espeon locked eyes with her, looking strangely at Eevee. The Black Belle slid up her sunglasses on her face and walked off with her Pokemon at her heels.
"Ugh, what a piece of work!" Rainbow said, rolling her eyes.
That girl and her Pokemon give Eevee a sense of deja vu but she decided not to worry about it. She reminded herself there were always other performances to win.
Eevee couldn't stop thinking about the Black Belle and her Pokemon on the way home.
There was something familiar about her and her Pokemon. For dinner, Eevee had stale and dry poke food, followed by some old Poke puffs that smelled strange for dessert. But, Eevee was accustomed to such meals. Rainbow had a small Caesar salad with a cheese platter and some turkey. After dinner, it was time for bed. Eevee slept in a small, windowless room with only a bed. Eevee had her room separate from Rainbow's because Rainbow needed a quiet room. As she nestled into her bed, she began falling into a deep sleep dreaming about performances and victory.
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