A.P.W.A......

"This is interesting," Ash commented with a low chuckle.

"What's interesting love?" Elena inquired as she gazed at Ash curiously.

"It seems that my friends are sited with my friendly rivals, this night will truly be interesting if they see us." Ash said as he noticed Mr. Goodshow emerging from the stadium.

(Scene Change)

"So in short, Ash is not going to join us today." Cynthia concluded with a barely noticeable sad tone.

'Oh well, there is always next time.' Cynthia thought sadly.

"Do not worry, Ash said that he would be here and by God he would be here." Gary said, knowing that Ash will be here later.

"Yeah, he'll be here, he has to be." Dawn whispered hopingly.

"He better be, I want a rematch." Sarah said with a low grin. That caused every trainer and coordinator there to look at Sarah curiously. "The first and the last time we battle, it was a tie remember. I think that battle was broadcast all across the four regions, right." Sarah stated causing everyone to nod.

"Now that you mention that battle, when did he capture that shinny Gengar? He didn't have the decency to use that Gengar in our full battle." Paul brooded with an annoyed tone.

"Suck it up Paul; you lost that battle even without that Gengar." Dawn commented snidely which was answered by an uninterested and annoyed gazed from Paul.

"Seriously, who are you?" Paul asked once again, irritating Dawn in the process.

"Ash beat you, how did that happen?" Barry asked in shock that his idol was beaten by his rival.

"Truth be told, I don't even know how he beat me." Paul replied spitefully.

"Really now Paul," Dawn trailed off sweetly. "If I remember correctly, Ash beat your Torterra with his Pikachu with the used of those strange moves, what did Ash called those two, Storm Revolver and Voltage Dragon I think their name is." Dawn commented with a wide grin.

Before Paul could give a response, Barry cut him off. "You mean Ash beat Paul the same way that he beat my father, with the use of those weird electric attacks." Barry inquired curiously.

"Not exactly, Ash beat you father with that black electricity thing, he beat Paul with normal electricity." Brock added causing everyone to be confused.

"Black electricity, how is that even possible?" Drew asked suddenly, confused at the implication of that even happening.

"Beats me, Ash just screamed Dark Spark, and next thing we know Pikachu emitted black lightning. Pikachu was able to knock out Palmer's Rhyperior with one move." Brock replied, shocking both Sarah and Cynthia but with that small explanation they could already guess what that Dark Spark is.

"Tell me, when Ash said Dark Spark Pikachu's eyes glowed black as well, right?" Cynthia inquired causing Ash's friends to shake their heads into a no.

"Actually, Pikachu's eyes glowed white." Gary answered causing Cynthia and Sarah to nod a bit.

"I see, so his that good huh." Sarah stated silently.

"What does that mean?" Paul inquired curiously.

Before Sarah or Cynthia could further elaborate a soft soothing music play throughout the ballroom.

(Scene Change)

"There are a lot of trainers here, more than I had expected." Mr. Goodshow commented as he gazed around the room.

"You did invite a lot of trainers to this ball, Charles." Professor Carolina commented with a smile.

"I had to, its appropriate because this festival is quite unique and the sponsors had given us a large sum of money to make this project a reality." Mr. Goodshow stated as he gazed at the symbol of the letter, it was a blue and white sphere with a black lightning bolt in the middle.

"Do you guys have any idea who owns that company?" Riley inquired as he gazed at the symbol, it was quite familiar.

Mr. Goodshow and Professor Carolina shook their head, while Lucian explained the scenario to the Aura Guardian trainee. "You see the company that had sponsored this ball and the event is a mystery. All we know is that this company is very rich, it invests at orphanage and Pokémon reserves, it owns some major museum, it gains its money by investing in some small time businesses that had grew since this company appeared three years ago, and it's own by two individuals, two people that we don't even know existed or their background at that." Lucian explained as a soothing music began to play.

"It seems it time to start." Mr. Goodshow stated as he stood up and walk towards the stage.

"Good evening everyone, I am glad that all of you could attend this event." Mr. Goodsow began causing everyone's attention to be diverted to him.

"Here it goes." Ash mumbled under his breath.

"For starters I would like to thank every single trainer and coordinator here for this event; I would like to thank the venue of this event, Royalty Hotel for accommodating us in this event, and lastly our sponsor, A.P.W.A, company for giving us the funding for this event as well." Mr. Goodshow then glanced at everyone once again to make sure that they were listening to him.

"A.P.W.A huh, do you know that this would happened Ash." Elena inquired as she glanced at Ash curiously.

"Don't look at me like that love, I might own that company but I don't handle the company's affair, I only help out if it's a major affair or something." Ash said, not knowing that his company was the one sponsoring the event.

'Via is going to get an ear full in the next corporate meeting.' Elena thought as she and Ash gazed at Mr. Goodshow one more time.

"This ball is in celebration of the founding of Sinnoh, because of this celebration we invite all trainers to stay for the week to participate in a beneficial tournament." The caused some mumbling and murmurs from the gathered trainers and coordinators. "Yes, there would be three Pokémon tournaments, a single tournament, a doubles tournament, and a Pokémon Contest, the winners of this tournament would be given cash prized of 100,000 in cash." Mr. Goodshow announced causing everyone to gasp in shock.

"Hey Ash, can our company afford that?" Elena inquired knowingly.

"Actually, yes they can. It's actually pocket change for us." Ash said as he gazed at Elena.

"Want to enter the doubles tournament." Ash asked with a soft smile.

"With you, anytime." Elena replied with a caring tone.

"Holy shit, 100,000 cash, that's one big prize." Barry exclaimed loudly causing everyone to nod in agreement.

"Whoever owns A.P.W.A, must be extremely rich if they could just hand off that amount of money to anyone." Sarah commented as she gazed at Jane. "Do you have any idea who owns this company?" Sarah asked silently.

"I wish," Jane mumbled under her breath. "The owners of this are such a secret that only one person knows who they are, that and this is the only company that didn't need my services." Jane stated quietly.

"Whoever those two are must really love their privacy." Sarah commented with an interesting gaze.

"Now, the registration forms will be handed to all of you later during the feast, for now let's all have a good time and dance." Mr. Goodshow said as a soft music erupts in the ballroom.