Author's Notes:
Good morning everyone and welcome to another chapter of Alpha and Omega. Not much to say really, today is Serena's final showcase which means we all need to thank madashgoku for his hard work in writing this performance. Secondly, below we have our choices for the Torrent League theme song. So if you haven't voted yet please do. I know he hey aren't numbered like the first week, and they are in no particular order, I've gotten a little lazy.

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Ash and Serena were currently taking a taxi from their hotel to the venue for the Valladolid showcase, The Millennium Dome. They arrived in town two days ago, and were enjoying the peace and quiet with nothing exciting happening for a bit. The taxi came to a stop in front of the venue and Ash and Serena climbed out after paying. The venue was pretty small looking compared to the more recent locations, but nothing else in the city looked as big as the other venues that could also hold a performance. So they just figured the city just wanted to keep the showcase. What really was confusing was the fact that chairs were being set up outside the venue as well.

"Hola Ash and Serena," a voice called out. Ash and Serena looked around and saw Don Jose waving his arm in the air to get their attention.

"Hola Don Jose," Ash greeted as they reached them.

"Oh? Recogiendo nuestro idioma ya veo. Bueno, como te va con las battallas de tu gimnasio? Ya ganaste todas tus insignias?" Don Jose asked in torrish. Both Ash and Serena had a stantler in head lights look after hearing Don Jose speaking so fast in a language they couldn't understand. Don Jose laughed at this. "What? You spent nearly a year in Torrent, but you can't speak the language?"

Ash and Serena hung their heads in shame upon realizing this fact. They of course learned the greetings and a few other assorted words, but nothing close to enough for actual conversation.

"Don't worry about it," Don Jose said with a laugh. "I know you two are very busy, and traveling along the countryside. I'm sure you don't get many opportunities to even use what you do pick up. I was only asking how you two were doing and how Ash was doing with his gym battles."

"Well, we're doing good. I'm just ready to finish up this last performance," Serena replied.

"And I earned my final badge from the Burgos gym a little over a week ago," Ash replied.

"Congratulations Ash. I guess now it's just training for the Torrent League for you?" Don Jose asked.

"Pretty much. I'm really excited, and I'll probably be switching my Pokémon a lot more so I can give them all some good training before the league starts," Ash replied sounding a little excited.

"Well we should have a battle some time to help you get ready. Sadly Talonflame doesn't get to battle as much as he and I would like," Don Jose offered.

"That sounds great! Where could we battle? Now works for me," Ash replied excitedly as he looked around for a good location for a battle.

"Hahaha, I love your enthusiasm Ash, but not today. There is far too much to do. How about sometime while you're at my home?" Don Jose offered with a chuckle at Ash's behavior.

"Wait, why am I going to be at your home?" Ash asked as he and Serena looked at him curiously.

"We'll discuss this in Serena's trailer. Come," Don Jose replied as he motioned for them to follow.

They followed Don Jose to what they assumed to be the back of the building, then to a camper trailer parked on the side of the road. "My apologies, but this location is usually only used for art galleries. So there wasn't really a dressing room. We had to modify a storage area for the competitors, and there really wasn't enough room to give you your own space inside, but this should do," Don Jose apologized as they approached.

"Don't apologize, this is more than fine. Honestly I would have been fine sharing the space with the other girls," Serena replied.

Don Jose smiled as he opened the door and let Ash and Serena in, then followed behind and closed the door.

"As I was saying about you coming to my home, the castle being used for the master class belongs to my family, and has for generations. I felt it would be a fitting location to decide the first Torrent Queen," Don Jose explained. "Not only does it have a large hall for performances, but also several battlefields for training, so Ash and I can have our battle."

"That sounds great," Ash commented enthusiastically.

"The plan for the Master Class was just finalized last week, only a few days after the renovations were completed at the castle. All of the Kalos performers and their escorts will arrive a week prior to practice, and you will be living inside the castle."

"Practice for what?" Serena asked.

"As in Kalos, we will have a little party. This will be held the night before as a chance to congratulate the girls who will be participating, and give everyone a chance to relax. There will be dinner, dancing, and an opportunity to socialize with the girls. As in Kalos, there will also be an organized dance, where the Kalos performers and their escorts will start things off. We'll be showing you the moves to ensure everything goes smoothly. Then at the Master Class, before the girls compete, Aria and two other performers from Kalos will do a joint performance to start things off. And Serena, your name has been discussed as one of the performers to be on stage with Aria," Don Jose explained with a smile at the end.

"Oh wow Serena, this is great!" Ash praises as he hugged her.

"Me? Seriously?" Serena questioned.

"Don't act so surprised. I've seen all of your performances in Torrent, and they are on par with Aria's," Don Jose replied. "Of course nothing is official yet, but everyone agrees you should be on that stage with Aria."

After speaking with Don Jose for a little longer he left to continue preparations for the showcase, and allow Serena to get herself ready.

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It was evening now. Outside of the venue people were seated as they watched a colorful display on the dome that entertained the people outside as they waited. There wasn't any VIP seating, but there were two front row seats reserved for Ash and Serena, where Ash was sitting and watching. Soon music started and the hexagonal panels forming the dome detached and moved to the back side of the dome, carried there by magnetons and magnezones that were hiding behind the panels as they moved.

"Hola pokemon performance lovers and welcome to the final showcases before the Master Class!" Don Jose announced enthusiastically from the stage, causing the crowd to cheer. "Now before these talented young performers take the stage, let's welcome another talented performer to start things off. All the way from Kalos, please welcome Serena!"

Serena and her Pokémon appear up on stage from her and Gardevoir using teleport, however everyone thought it was just Gardevoir. Serena is wearing a casual but beautiful dress with just a spotlight throwing some light on her. She waves to the crowd and suddenly she starts flying. Then another spotlight activates and Gardevoir is seen throwing some hearts through Charm. She joins Serena in the sky where the two dance.

After a while, Serena gives the signal and Gardevoir nods. This leads to the Psychic power to stop protecting both and they fall from the sky.

The people start panicking but there is huge water whirlpool below them and Milotic can be seen swimming gracefully in the water while singing lightly but strongly and beautifully before lurching it's back and jumping out the water and timing its jump to catch Serena mid air.

"Milotic, use Twister!" Serena calls out.

Milotic nods and opens its mouth to let out the tornado filled with the power of dragons. But what everyone saw next was even more surprising. Inside the twister a figure was letting out bursts of energy and flying in the opposite direction of the twister. It then screamed "DRAKEONNNNNNN!!" And flew to the top and brandished its wings dissipating the twister.

For the first time, people saw the brand new Pokemon and just saw in awe as it flew towards Serena and rested on her outstretched arm.

"Everyone, positions NOW!"

The moment these words came out of her, Drakeon flew to the top letting out sparkles of Dragon Pulse through the holes in her wings and started circling round it.

Gardevoir and Serena flew to the middle and Gardevoir started using Dazzling Gleam, Healing Wish and Heal Pulse around Serena who just closed her eyes and allowed Gardevoir's Psychic to levitate her.

Last but not the least, Milotic used Surf below Serena in a circular motion which was filled with the power of Life Dew. Serena was then protected by her Safeguard

Slowly but surely these three elements started meeting with each other and soon were like a giant twister with Serena glowing like a goddess in the middle.

Then Gardevoir used Misty Terrain and Milotic used Rain Dance to further the effects. Drakeon used Dragon Breath on the falling rain drops to make it even more gorgeous to look at. Wherever the rain drops fell, a mystifying energy came out of it and people became mesmerized with the color of the breath.

Finally when the ball was complete, all the elements started Serena's lifeguard and a mysterious glow started to come from it. Serena slightly nodded and Drakeon came flying using Dragon Hammer. Its tail formed the shape of a hammer with all the power of a Dragon and slammed it at the ball and sent it flying towards Milotic who used Dragon Tail to hit it towards Gardevoir who was dancing gracefully. While doing a step, it casually passed on the ball to Drakeon.

This cycle continued for a long time with each hit creating beautiful sparks due to the elements contained in the ball.

Suddenly, all three started to circle the ball which was floating midair. Milotic used Aqua Tail, Gardevoir used Moonblast and Drakeon used Wing Slash. These three moves collided at the ball and let out a lot of beautiful sparks which looked like fireworks at a show.

Slowly Serena descended at the bottom with the help of Gardevoir and raised her arm.

Milotic gracefully coiled around her, Gardevoir stood beside her and Drakeon perched on her arm. Then Serena yelled, "FINISH!!"

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After Serena's performance, she joined Ash to watch the remaining performances. Serena was amazed by how significantly the performances had improved since her first Torrent region showcase, as now they were on par with the Kalos showcases. However in the end it wasn't a Torrent citizen that won the showcase, but Jessilee as she earned her final rose, securing her place in the Master Class.

"I'm not asking for someone to be walking down the aisle offering snacks, just maybe some concession stands with a some drinks and simple snacks," Ash explained as they left the showcase and were looking for a restaurant to eat at.

"But can't you see how that could be rude if someone was heard eating popcorn or sucking out the last of a soda through a straw while a girl was performing?" Serena countered as they continued to walk.

"Well what about soft pretzels then? And only drinks in a cup without a straw? As much as I enjoy the showcases, it's way too long for me to go without having something to eat," Ash replied.

"Ash, you ate a banana and an apple from my dressing room. Wasn't that enough to hold you? And don't forget, you used to be fine at my showcases when we were traveling together through Kalos," Serena replied.

Ash then got in front of Serena and put his hands on her waist as he moved close to whisper into her ear. "Yes, but if you recall there was some extreme physical activity going on in there that burned that food, and we weren't doing that in Kalos."

"Mmm, how could I have forgotten all that fun. But I'm pretty sure I was moving a lot more than you were, and I'm perfectly fine waiting till now to eat," Serena replied quietly in a teasing seductive voice as she put her arms around his neck.

"Maybe so, but you don't have a metabolism like mine. I probably needed to eat the whole fruit bowl to be ok," Ash replied.

Serena chuckled cutely and gave Ash a quick kiss. "Well, I'll pass your suggestion on to Palermo, but don't expect to see anything happen."

"SERENA!" A familiar voice squealed. Serena quickly turned around as Ash took a step back. Almost immediately after turning around Serena stumbled back from the force of being tackled into an Ursaring hug by Calem. "Serena, I've missed you," Calem said in a childish tone and a goofy smile on his face as he rocked Serena and himself side to side.

"I missed you too Calem," Serena replied as she pat his back, as she couldn't return the hug as her arms were pinned down.

"Hey," Brendan greeted from behind Calem with a wave.

"Hey Brendan," Ash and Serena replied.

"Brendan said we wouldn't make it in time, but I knew we were going to," Calem stated as he loosened his grip on Serena.

"Make it for what?" Serena asked.

"Your performance of course! I hate that I have yet to make it to a single performance this whole time in Torrent, so I made a point to be here!" Calem stated proudly.

"But Calem, you did miss it," Ash said.

Calem immediately looked to Serena with a scared but hopeful expression, hoping Serena would show some indication that Ash was joking. "I'm sorry, but the performance was today. You missed it," Serena informed him sadly.

"NOOOOO!" Calem cried as he once again held Serena tightly.

"I told you we weren't going to make it," Brendan said as he shook his head at his boyfriends behavior.

"But the showcase wasn't till Thursday?" Calem sobbed.

"It is Thursday," Brendan replied as he rubbed his temple.

"It's ok Calem. You might have another chance to see me perform," Serena said in a soothing tone as she rubbed his back.

"Really? But I thought this was your last showcase?" Calem asked as he looked Serena in the eyes with a confused expression.

"I'll tell you, but you have to keep it a secret," Serena stated with a little smirk.

"I can do that!" Calem replied excitedly as he had flashbacks to when the two of them were little kids.

Brendan moved closer to also hear. "Apparently there will be a joint performance at the master class, Aria and two other performers. And I've been told that they are considering me to be one of the two," Serena shared quietly so only they could hear.

"YES!" Calem cheered as his hope in seeing Serena perform was restored.

"Like I said, it's not guaranteed, but the odds are good," Serena clarified.

"I know, but they would have to be crazy to not let you perform," Calem stated. "Oh, I almost forgot," Calem said as he released Serena. He swung his backpack in front of him and opened it as he started looking in one of the pockets. "Here!" Calem then handed Serena a small black box with a big smile on his face. "Brendan and I got you a gift."

"Thank you both. You didn't have to," Serena replied as she took the box and opened it, to reveal a simple white gold bracelet with keystone mounted. "OMA, are you sure? I mean I'm just a performer. You two are trainers. Wouldn't this be more beneficial for you two?"

"We both have keystones, so we don't need it," Calem replied as he gestured to himself and Brendan, then look over to Ash. "And we saw how you mega evolved your Infernape, so you don't need it. Your present has been traveling with Serena all this time without me cock blocking you."

"Calem, be nice," Brendan chimed in, then smirked. "You know Serena wouldn't have let you block Ash from giving it to her everyday."

Both Serena and Ash were both wearing shocked expressions with their faces bright red after hearing Brendan's comment, as that sounded more like something to come out of Calem's mouth. Calem just laughed as he saw his personality was rubbing off on Brendan a little.

"So anyway, where is the Master Class?" Brendan asked.

"Segovia. It's about a five day walk," Ash replied as he recovered.

"Great! We'll meet you outside the Pokémon Center in the morning," Brendan stated casually.

"Wait what?" Ash replied sounding confused.

"No Brendan. Serena told me before that they get a hotel room at the showcase cities. We'll meet you outside your hotel," Calem corrected.

"Wait, what's going on?" Serena asked sounding as confused as Ash.

"Serena, we're coming with you. I said I'm not going to miss you perform again, and if we follow you I won't," Calem replied happily. He then glared at Ash, "However Ash, this means no more sex with Serena in the middle of the woods. I don't know what kind of kinky shit you're into, but I don't want to see or hear it."

"Calem," Brendan said in an annoyed tone as he gave him the 'read my mind' look.

"Oh yeah," Calem replied quickly. "It wouldn't be fair to stop you two from having sex if we have no intention of stopping. So just keep it down and hidden behind the trees and we'll do the same."

This left Serena with an expression mixed with horrified and furious, as Calem said it loud enough for strangers walking to hear, earning them uncomfortable looks from people walking by. Brendan face palmed at Calem's response as that was not what he was thinking, but was thankful to have similar results to what he was aiming for.