Hope you enjoy, sorry this took a bit, chapters will be a bit slower from now on.
The Cul De sac quartet's arrival in Galar was uneventful, especially after getting Welfried through customs and holding Rolf back from attacking the man inspecting his pig.
Due to it being so late at night they had to use the pokemon center in Wedgehurst as a makeshift hotel for the night before going to magnolia's laboratory in the morning, however the walk through Route 2 was much more dangerous with no pokemon.
When they arrived they saw Sonia waiting with four pokeballs, "You four must be the kids from the Eds town, I've got your starters right here, you just have to pick one."
Tossing the pokeballs out another Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble And Charmander emerged. "We'll go in alphabetical order so Jhonny is first."
While Kevin huffed Johnny listened to plank for a second and nodded, "Right plank, I think the monkeys the best choice for us!"
The new Grookey hopped onto Jhonny's shoulder and wacked his stick on the 2x4 as the Boy chuckled, seems like they made the perfect pair!
Now it was Kevin's turn and he knew immediately what he wanted grabbing the charmander who had a determined face on him, he smirked, he'll scorch those dorks easily. "Choice." He smirked as the charmander did the same.
Nazz was next as she picked up the other Sobble and she cooed at it, "You're so cute!" She smiled as it nuzzled into their new Trainer.
"Rolf chooses the bunny with fiery feet then, yes?" The other scourbunny looked weirded out by his new trainer's attitude, guess it will be something to adjust to.
After that Sonia gave the quartet some pokeballs and four pokedexes, "Now that you have your starters my best suggestion is to catch some new Pokemon and train on route 2, before you go onto the train to the wild area, now if you'll excuse me, I'm heading to a nearby town for some research."
After tapping several times on her phone a huge bird pokemon with a small container in its talons landed next to her, Sonia stepped into the container and the bird took off leaving the Cul De Sacers behind as Kevin left.
"Kev where are you going!" Nazz called out as he ran off into the fields, "Catching up to the dorks, i'm gonna catch something before we hit the train."
Johnny and plank ran behind him, "Wait up Kevin we wanna catch a pokemon as well!" Rolf walked up to Nazz.
"We should follow hotshot Kevin boy if we don't want to lag behind like Nana's shoes in winter!" Nazz nodded as her Rolf and Welfred followed behind.
In Route 2 Kevin was looking for something strong. None of the smaller mons were something he was interested in, his next encounter changed that, it was a small turtle pokemon that had a spike on its head with buck teeth.
"This could be interesting." Kevin said picking up his pokedex and Scanning it, "Chewtle, the Snapping pokemon: Apparently the itch of its teething impels it to snap its jaws at anything in front of it."
Liking what he read he sent out charmander who growled, "Scratch it!" Kevin ordered as Charmander slashed the turtle with its Claws as a response the Chewtle clamped it's jaws doing a powerful bite.
As Charmander roared in pain, Kevin had an idea, "Use ember!" Charmander spat a flame in the Chewtles eye making it cringe since it didn't do much damage due to it being a water type, however it released Charmander much to kevin's relief.
He tossed a pokeball ensearing the Water type turtle and capturing it. "Choice, better get to that train so we can get to the next town." Kevin mused as he and Charmander left route 2.
Later at the train station Kevin was waiting while Rolf and Wilfred had already arrived, when asked if he caught anything Rolf said that none of the weaker mons were good for the son of a Shepard.
However Nazz and Jonny soon arrived in the station each holding a new Pokéball. "Sorry we're late Kev, I just saw this cute Cat and I had to catch it!" Nazz said showing a picture on her Pokédex of a purple cat which described it.
"Purloin, the devious Pokémon: Opponents that get drawn in by its adorable behavior come away with stinging scratches from its claws and stinging pride from its laughter." Kevin and Rolf were shocked by its kinda brutal entry.
"Gogo Nazz girl better keep the deceptive cat away from Wilfred and Rolf unless she wants the Three shoe beating!" Nazz calmed her friend down.
"Relax dude, she seemed pretty chill after I caught her." Johnny showed his pokeball next, "Me and plank found a squirrel, it had some Berry's in its tail."
Kevin rolled his eyes as the train pulled into the station, "Hey the trains here, we're almost to the big city, then we can take on the gym challenge."
Nazz seemed to cheer at that, "This will be so fun Kev!" Rolf nodded, "Rolf is proud to soon be representing his home country in this championship!"
As the quartet got onto the train to the Wild area they didn't know they were inching ever so closer to their rivals from home.
Meanwhile Ed and Eddy were in the Pokemon center in Motostoke, yesterday after traversing the city for a bit, the Eds went to the Pokemon center to rest for the night
Much to The Ed's shock when they arrived, another nurse joy was at the counter, she claimed that most of the joys were sisters meanwhile Ed thought it was an alien conspiracy. For once Eddy had to agree with him.. at least they healed their pokemon for free.
Early in the next morning Edd left to the wild area for more research and hasn't returned yet so the other two Ed's were eating breakfast without him.
Eddy ate an omelette he bought in the centers restaurant as Ed ate some buttered toast he brought from home, Eddy picked at his food annoyed, "When's sockhead coming back, he's got most of our cash!"
"Patience is like an onion, they have layers." Ed said causing Eddy to shake his head annoyed. The center doors opened with Double D walking in with a pokeball, after healing his Pokemon and getting breakfast he sat at the table with the other Eds.
"Morning fellows sorry I left, I wanted to do more research in the wild area, I even caught a new Pokemon beforehand, I feel we should feed our Pokemon as well, so I used some of our cash to buy some Pokemon food earlier." Edd said placing some bowls down and filling them up.
"Great there goes our hard earned cash, guess I'll feed Willow, Gene and Peach." Eddy said releasing his three mons as they started to eat.
"My monsters need a feast as well!" Ed said releasing Mary and Kong, who began chowing down on the small pellets.
Double D took out his now four pokeballs, as he released James, Monarch, Empath and a new Pokémon that resembled a bee and a honeycomb mixed together with a small face in each of the three combs with the bottom one having a red mark.
"You caught a Bee while you were gone, wow impressive." Eddy sarcastically said taking his Pokédex out and scanning it.
"Combee, the tiny bee Pokémon: The members of the trio spend all their time together. Each one has a slightly different taste in nectar." Double D nodded.
"Well you know my interest in bugs, so catching a bee Pokémon shouldn't be surprising." Double D noted as the Combee ate some of the pellets with his other Pokémon.
"What did you name your triple bee Double D." Ed asked curiously, "Well pardon the pun but her name is Beatrice."
Eddy rolled his eyes, "Really had to think about that one Double D." As the trio of friends continued their conversation their Pokémon were having one of their own.
"(Oh man I forgot how good this stuff was!)" Kong said shoving pellets into his mouth. Willow rolled her eyes as she chewed a pellet.
"(That's because that's the only thing we had back at the lab, but it's better than Eddy offering me a carrot.)"
Some of the other Pokémon chuckled, before Double D bought Pokémon food Eddy tried to give Willow a carrot leading to Willow gagging at the taste, it wasn't her preferred food.
"(Well I think Eddy's nice, he saved my life so he isn't that bad.)" Peach noted as Gene chuckled.
"(While he isn't the brightest trainer he has spirit of one, it'll take some time for him to adjust but I think he'll get it on our Tour.)" Willow reluctantly nodded despite his wild Attitude Gene had a point, he didn't have to save Peach, but he did so there was potential for a great trainer in him.
Empath used her PSI to lift some pellets into her mouth as she glared a bit a Monarch. "(I'm fine with working with you guys, but I'm still uneasy about you bug.)"
Beatrice was curious. "(What's her problem?)" Monarch shrugged, "(When we tried to capture her, I used string shot on her mouth to stop her screeching.)"
"(It was icky disgusting and germ filled that's what it was!)" Empath said disgusted, seemed she shared Double D's bacteriophobia.
"(I'm sure you'll get used to it Miss Empath.)" James said smiling, "(Probably, But not now at least, I still taste silk in my mouth.)" She gagged.
The mons continued to converse among themselves, the Ed's heard a familiar voice, "Hey guys!" Running to their table was Hop, who looked happy.
"Oh hey Hop, did it take you all night to get here to motostoke?" Edd said wondering about the boys disappearance.
"Nah I got here late but I checked into the Bedew Hotel on the second level of the city, it's free if your taking the gym challenge." Hop said making Eddy get excited.
"Wait free, you gotta be kiddin, we gotta check ourselves in, show us the way Hop old buddy!" Eddy said hopping out of his seat excitedly.
"Sure, just return your Pokémon and we can get going." The Ed's returned their 9 pokemon and started to head out of the center catching up with their Friendly Glaarian Rival.
Also that thing about Wilfred getting through customs is actually Canon, Blue mentions in pokemon masters when he went to Galar his Pidgeot went through the same.