>>57447860CONTEST DAY. Our girl is late for registration! But she arrives just in time. She's really anxious for her first contest, and even trips at the beginning of her performance when trying to release her pokemon.
Her performance was a basic frisbee play with beautifly, coupled with beautifly pulling some pretty moves at the end. Nothing too amazing, but the judges give her a good score since it's her first contest (the show host had highlighted that fact during her presentation, also, just for comparison, Drew got 29.4, May got a total 24.9).
Backstage, Drew compliments May's beautifly performance by giving May a rose. Despite her somewhat average score, May advances to the top 8 out of 50 contestants, and is of course matched against Drew. Drew gets the upper hand at the start of the battle and May starts to panic, but quickly regains composure. Despite that, Drew easily defeats her since she lacked battle experience, which even Ash notices and regrets not training her enough for battles. Backstage, our girl is crying about her defeat, saying that she can't do anything right, that she had thought contests would be a silly fun activity, but that, in the end, she feels frustrated for losing. As the gang tries to comfort her, they notice on the TV that Drew is being stomped by a contestant named Robert and his milotic. Seeing this, and feeling the frustration for losing, May gains a whole new perspective for what her goals are.
In the end, our girl cheers up and tells Drew she won't lose next time. She tells the gang that she won't cry anymore, and that she'll prove that she can be a top coordinator, who has mastered battles and raising Pokemon!
