"Dawn! Tell me, how did you save Nebby from the spearow?" Ash asked.
"I… just wacked them with my bag," Dawn said.
Ash frowned. "Really? When I tried that on angry spearow, it didn't really work…"
Dawn nervously laughed and thought, "well, it didn't work for me ether." "Anyways Ash, I'd like to try out my newly caught Pichu, so do you mind helping me out?"
"Not at all! In fact, it might be good for me to train up before heading to the trainers school!"
"Well, I'll go on ahead and wait for you two at the school then," Lillie said.
"Alright!" Dawn said.
"See ya soon, Lillie!"
Pichu was training up against Rowlet, but it quickly knocked itself out with Thundershock. Dawn came and picked him up.
"You did real well, Pichu!" Dawn said.
Rowlet flew up on her shoulder with a hoot sound.
"I think Rowlet agrees!" Ash said.
Dawn laughed. "You'll defiantly be a big help to Ash in the trainers school, and on his whole journey here too, Rowlet!"
Rowlet happily flew around Dawn hooting.
Both of them laughed.
"Well, we should get a move on! We don't want to keep Lillie waiting too long!" Ash said.
"Right!" Dawn said.
Then they both healed up their own pokemon.
They continued running until they saw Lillie.
"Hey, we are here!" Ash shouted.
"Oh good. How did training go?" Lillie asked.
"Great! Ready to blaze through the trainers school!"
"Well then, we are here so let us go in."
"Right!"
Inside, Kukui was there waiting.
"Hey! Must have passed you all up! Anyways, here you have to defeat all four trainers in this school!"
Ash put a fist up to his face. "Piece of cake!"
Kukui laughed. "Alright! Go for it Ash."
Lillie stood by the entrance while Ash battled. But Dawn followed and cheered for Ash. They traveled all throughout the school grounds, and Ash slowly took out trainers who were waiting for him. He then took out the last pokemon of the last trainer. Ash turned around and saw Lillie. She heard the battle from where she was at and gave a peek at the battle, and was into it so much that she came over to where they were.
"Attention students! Ash needs to come to the office on the second floor!" a voice said that came from the intercom.
Lillie walked up to him. "Already, you've gotten into trouble?"
"What? No!" Ash shouted.
Lillie put her hands on her hips. "Right. Then why where you called to the office?"
"I-I don't know!"
"Well Ash, you better go up there and see what's going on," Dawn said.
"Right…"
Ash headed upstairs and saw a teacher there.
"Ash! You've beaten all of my students! Fantastic!" she shouted.
Ash laughed. "It was nothing."
"Well if that's the case, I'd like to see how good you are myself!"
Ash smirked. "Fine by me!"
She sent out Magnemite, while Ash sent out Rowlett. Rowlett came in with a peck, but it didn't do much damage. Once Rowlet hit it with Peck, Magnemite used Thundershock. Rowlet used Leafage, and still didn't do much damage. It then got hit by another Thundershock and fainted. Ash then sent out Pikachu. Pikachu used Bolt Tackle. Magnemite tried to hit it with Magnate Bomb, but Pikachu dodged them all and hit it hard. While it was down on the ground, Pikachu finished it off with Iron tail, and it fainted. The next pokemon she sent out was a Meowth.
"Hey, that Meowth looks a little different than the meowths I've seen…" Ash mumbled.
Ash's Rotom Dex came out. "That's an Alolan meowth! While meowth's that appear in Kanto and a lot of other regions are Normal type, this is a Dark type!"
"Oh cool!" Ash stated.
His Rotom Dex went back into his bag and Pikachu was going to use Thunderbolt, but it was stopped when Meowth used Fake Out and was unable to move as it flinched. Pikachu then approached with Bolt Tackle, but then was stopped with Fury Swipes. Pikachu then got an opening and used Iron Tail, and as Meowth flew up in the air after getting hit from below, Pikachu used Thunderbolt. After Meowth hit the ground, it came back with a scratch, so Pikachu used Quick Attack. Pikachu was too quick for Meowth to hit, but was hit hard by Pikachu's Quick Attack and fainted.
"Amazing!" The teacher shouted.
Kukui and a guy with Pink hair then came up the stairs.
"Hey! Great job, Ash!" Kukui said.
"Thanks!" Ash then looked over to the other guy with a curious look.
"Greetings! I'm caption Ilima."
"I'm Ash! It's nice to meet you!" Ash said.
"Likewise. I couldn't help but observe your battles. You looked extremely delightful in battle that I couldn't help but summon you here!"
"Cool! But, it would've been nice if you said I wasn't in any trouble!" Ash let out a nervous laugh.
"Ash came from the Kanto region, and he's really got a sense for using moves," Kukui said.
"I see. Well, I can't wait to see some amazing moves from you when you do my trial!"
Ash smirked. "You'll defiantly see some from me!"
"Alright then! I'll be waiting at Verdant Cavern, where my trail well be held. I sincerely look forward to your challenge."
The intercom came on again. "Attention all students! Ash has completed his lesson at trainers school!"
The teacher, Ash, Kukui, and the trainers Ash faced went to the entrance of the school where Lillie and Dawn were waiting. Everyone was saying goodbye and wishing Ash luck on his journey.
"Thanks everyone! Bye" Ash shouted.
They walked out as they waved and left the school.
After the pokemon center, Dawn and Ash continued on. Lillie ran in front of them. "Wait! If you two don't mind… I'd like to continue on with you two and show you more of the city, since I came this far with you!"
"Of course! We'd love that! Right Ash?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah! Thanks Lillie!" Ash said.
Lillie smiled. "Okay, then let's go!"
"Right!" Ash and Dawn both shouted.
"You know… I'm really impressed on how you handled yourself at the trainer's school Ash!"
Ash grinned at her. "Really?"
"Yeah! You and your pokemon where in perfect sync !"
Ash scratched the back of his head. "Well, it's taken some experience with pokemon to really get in sync with them."
"And you too Dawn! You two are so amazing!"
Dawn smiled.
Lillie faced forward to continue on, but a tauros was there. Hala was also with the tauros, trying to calm it down.
"Ahh!" Lillie shouted.
"Woah! It's a tauros!" Ash shouted.
Dawn gave a confused look. "Why is it here?"
"Hey! Lillie, and Ash and Dawn! Sorry for scaring you! I'm just getting this guy home! But why don't you give him a pat, Ash?" Hala asked.
"Sure!" Ash shouted. Ash then slowly walked up to Touros and petted his head. Tauros happily mooed. "This is so cool! Dawn, Lillie, you should try this!"
Lillie was frowning and shaking. "T-That's okay."
Dawn slowly walked up to it, and petted it.
Tauros looked extremely pleased with all the petting it was getting.
"Hey look it that! It looks like he already likes the two of you!"Hala shouted.
"Looks like it!" Ash said.
Pikachu said its hello to it, and Rowlet came out and happily greeted it. Piplup also waved at him. Tauros happily mooed at all of them.
"Seems like Tauros likes all of you too!" Ash said.
Hala and Tauros started leaving. He then turned to Ash and Dawn. "I'm certain you two will go far! Well, I'll be seeing you!"
They all shouted bye to him.
"He's pretty amazing! He didn't even have to battle Tauros, yet he's able to calm him down while rampaging!" Dawn shouted.
"Yeah! I can't wait to battle him!" Ash said.
"Well… it looks like we can head right on through now that that's taken care of," Lillie said.
"Your right!" Ash said.
They then continued on to the next city.
When they arrived, Ash and Dawn looked around in awe.
"This is Hau'oli City, the biggest city in Alola!" Lillie said.
"Cool!" Ash said.
"It looks so pretty! I wish I can take a picture!" Dawn shouted.
Her Rotom Dex popped out. "Switching to camera functions. Say cheese!" It then took a picture with a huge flash.
"Wow! It can do that?" Ash shouted.
"That's amazing! Can I see the picture Rotom?" Dawn asked.
"Certainly!" It floated back to Dawn with the picture on its screen. Ash and Dawn had a surprised look, Lillie looked shocked. Pikachu looked curious and Piplup looked confused.
"Wow! This is a keeper for sure!" Ash shouted.
"That is certainly amazing future that Rotom Dex has. Well, I'm going to head out to shop for clothes," Lillie said.
"Hey, I'd like to check out the clothes here in Alola too!" Dawn shouted.
"Well then, let's go together."
"Yeah!"
"You two have fun! Me and Pikachu are going to hit the beach!" Ash shouted.
"Pika!" Pikachu happily shouted.
Piplup jumped out of Dawn's arms, and shouted at Dawn while pointing its wings at Ash.
Dawn smiled. "Of course you can go with Ash and Pikachu!"
Piplup jumped in the air with a happy, "pip lup!"
"We'll see you soon, Ash!"
"Okay! I'll be waiting!" Ash said.
