Resa and Flare dashed through Cherrygrove City, desperate to make it back to New Bark Town. Flare runs ahead and accidentally tackles a red-haired boy.

"Oof." He gets up, shoving Flare off of him. Then he glares at Resa.

"I'm sorry! Flare didn't mean to-"

"You got a Pokémon at the Lab. What a waste. That's a Pokémon too good for a wimp like you."

"What?" Resa stood there numbly.

The boy grinned maliciously. "Don't you get what I'm saying?"

"I... I..."

"Well, I too have a good Pokémon. I'll show you what I mean!"

The boy threw a Pokéball. "Totodile! Show them what you're made of!"

"Flare! Use uh... Leer?" Resa realized that this was her first battle. And she wanted to win.

Flare glared at Totodile, and it shivered.

"You use Leer too, Totodile!"

Resa actually was a little nerovus about the Totodile's vicious face. Flare stood there in shock.

"Flare! Snap out of it! Use Tackle!" Flare flew at the water-type.

"Totodile, use Leer again!"

Flare closed her eyes, but Resa still saw it shiver. "Quick, Flare! Use... Smokescreen!" Smoke clouded the area.

"Keep using Leer, Totodile" The boy glared coldly.

"Quick Flare! Tackle!" The Totodile could barely stand.

"Hmph,.. You're doing okay for someone weak... Use Scratch!"

The Totodile staggered through the smoke. Needless to say, the Totodile missed.

Resa grinned, she could sense the victory. "Tackle it again, Flare!"

The Totodile collapsed, unable to get up. "Hmph! Are you happy you won? Totodile, return." Resa kinda felt bad for the Pokémon, but the win felt amazing!

The boy continued talking. "Do you want to know who I am?"

"Sure, why not?"

"I'm going to be the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer." He shoved Resa aside, and a Trainer Card fell to the ground. Resa picked it up only to see the name 'Maven' flash in the sunlight. The boy turned around. "Give it back! That's my Trainer Card!" He grabbed it from Resa. "Oh no! You saw my name..." He rushed off. Resa turned to Flare.

"What was his problem? At least he's gone now... Never mind that. You okay? That Totodile didn't manage to get any hits in, right?"

"Cynda!" Flare nodded proudly.

"C'mon," Resa said, starting to run. "We have to get back to the Professor!"

"Cynda-Cynda-quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill!"

"Proffessor Elm?" Resa and Flare walked into the lab. An officer stood there.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Resa... what's going on?"

"I'm officer Jenny. I'm investingating the case of the missing Pokémon here..." She smiled and closed her eyes. "Rule number one! 'Whoever did it will come back to the site!' " She looked at Resa, again. "Oh my... So you must be... the one who did it? You're under arrest!"

"W-w-wait! What do you mean? What are you accusing me of?"

Ethan ran in. "Hold on a second! She had nothing to do with it! I saw it. There was a red-haired boy looking in the lab through the windows!"

"A boy with red-hair... I battled someone like that! He had a Totodile."

The officer looked between Ethan and Resa. "What? You did! He must be the culprit! Did you get his name?"

"Um... His trainer card said 'Maven'"

"So that's his name then! Thanks for helping my investigation!"

"No problem, officer Jenny."

"Call me Jenny, please. My next assignment is to search for this red-haired individual, Maven. Thanks again." She tipped her hat and proudly walked out.

"Resa! I'm glad Officer Jenny understands that you didn't do it. Anyways, see you later."

He left and Resa stared blankly at Prof. Elm. "Do what? I really don't get it. And what happened?"

"Resa... It's terrible..." He smiled, and tried to change the subject. "Oh, yes, what was Mr. Pokémon's big discovery?"

"Oh, right. This..." Resa pulled out the egg from her bag, and passed it to Prffessor Elm.

"Huh? This is an... Egg, isn't it? Well... I haven't seen an egg like this before... but still, it's just an Egg."

Flare spoke up. "CYNDA!"

"Yep, Flare, we walked all the way over there for a Pokémon egg."

Elm shrugged. "Well, Mr. Pokémon has always been fascinated by Pokémon eggs. Well, since he gave it to us, we might as well find out what secret it holds. I'll keep it for a while to find out about the Egg."

Resa pulled out the Pokédex. Elm cried out. "What? Where did you get that Pokédex?"

"Professor Oak was at Mr. Pokemon's house, He gave it to me."

"Wow... The great Professor Oak? Is it true? Th-that's incredible!"

"What do you mean Professor?"

"He is superb at seeing the potential of people as Trainers. Wow, Resa. I knew you were a little different."

"Hey! And what do you mean by that?"

He ignored her comment. "Things are going to be interesting! By the way, Flare really seems to like you. Why don't you... take the Pokémon Gym challenge? If you manage to defeat all the Gym Leaders, you'll eventually challenge the Pokémon League Champion! …Or not! Ha ha! Resa, listen. Defeating the Champion is not at all easy, but you can certainly challenge Violet City's Gym." He turned towards a computer screen. "Challenging the Gyms scattered around will be a long journey. Berfore you leave, make sure that you talk to your mom. Bye."

"Goodbye Professor. Come on, Flare, we're gonna take a really long walk after this."

"Cynda?"

"Don't worry, you're small enough to ride on my shoulders, take it easy."

"Quiiil." Flare was still frowning about the idea of a long walk.