Chapter 9: Veiled Past Part II
Rocket Headquarters...
Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket was sitting in his office, enjoying the quiet atmosphere. He had accomplished everything he could do for now. He ordered Domino, one of his spies, to take a few grunts to an island off the coast of Johto and set up an outpost that would be instrumental to his plans. The only thing he had left to do was wait for Dr. Namba and Dr. Zager to finish testing their machine, then everything would be set for their attack.
Unfortunately, his silence was interrupted by his door opening quickly and suddenly, the culprit was Dr. Zager himself. Giovanni grunted in annoyance, this was the second day in a row his silence was interrupted.
"What do you want?" Giovanni asked in a condescending tone.
The scientist cleared his throat; "Sorry to bother you sir, but we've made a breakthrough and-"
"And what?" Giovanni asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I believe the machine is ready for usage." Dr. Zager answered with pride.
A menacing smile materialized on the Rocket Leader's face as he sat up; "I would like to see a demonstration."
"Gladly sir." Zager answered.
The scientist took the leader of Team Rocket over to his lab, where Dr. Namba was waiting for them. The other scientist took notice of them and walked up to greet them.
"It would seem Dr. Zager has informed you of the machine's completion. Come over here, we will show you." Dr. Namba said to his boss.
"I did not expect you to complete it this early, but the sooner the better, let's see a demonstration." said Giovanni.
The scientist's nodded and signaled two grunts there were off to the side to bring two Pokemon over. These two Pokemon were Ampharos, the Light Pokemon, and Rotom, the Plasma Pokemon. The grunts put both Pokemon into pokeballs and put them into two slots. The two slots were to the sides of another slot with an empty Pokeball in it.
Dr. Namba pushed a button located south of the three slots and electricity began to crackle. The two Pokeballs began to shake and glow. Eventually the machine's activity came to a halt. Dr. Namba picked up the middle Pokeball while Dr. Zager picked up the two on the side.
First, Dr. Zager opened the two pokeballs that had the two Pokemon in them, they were empty. Then, Dr. Namba revealed the contents of the middle pokeball, which now housed something
Giovanni's eyes widened at the sight of the experiment; "Marvelous work! You both truly have succeeded!"
"Of course! Now the question remains: what is our next plan of action?" Dr. Namba asked.
"How many of these have you created so far?" Giovanni asked.
"Four, including this one. The other three are in the hands of Matori, Archer, and your son. They've been ordered to keep them hidden until you give the command." Dr. Zager answered.
"Tell them to release them at 4:00 PM today, make sure they do it in a location the police cannot trace back to. What cities are they in?" Giovanni ordered.
"Your son is in Mahogany Town, Matori is in Cherrygrove city, and Archer is stationed in Cianwood city." Dr. Zager answered.
Giovanni nodded, it would be better to have attacks spread out instead of in the same place; "Good, they're not all in one place. Is the machine movable?"
"Yes, but due to its size, it won't be easy to move it to Domino's location without being caught by the authorities. Why are we moving it?" Dr. Zager responded, curious why the machine couldn't stay in its current location.
"I'll handle the relocation of the machine; we need to move it because the police may be able to trace our attacks back here. It's better for the machine to be in a temporary base instead of in our main headquarters. If they track it down to that base, it'll hardly hurt us at all. This leads to my next question: now that you know how to build it, how long will it take to build more?" Giovanni responded, interested in how easily the machine can be replicated.
This time, Dr. Zager's response wasn't ideal; "The machine is too complex to be mass-produced. We may have the blueprints to make more, but it'll take a week to make one."
Giovanni frowned, it couldn't be made quickly, but he would have to take it; "How about materials? How many would you be able to make if you used all of the funding I gave you."
"We have enough to make 50 more, so we aren't running low on supplies sir." Dr. Zager responded, reassuring his boss.
Giovanni took a moment to collect his thoughts on what his plan of action should be. Then he spoke: "Start working on three for now. It should be more than enough for our plans. I will use my underground and submarine network to move this machine over to Domino."
"It will be done sir." Dr. Zager replied.
"One last thing, make sure that your... creations target the Pokemon Centers and Pokemarts, crippling the region's trainers' ability to heal their Pokemon is a must." Giovanni requested.
Dr. Zager scribbled what his boss had told him on his notepad in order to remember his tasks; "Consider it done sir."
"Excellent, now that we have everything in check, you are all dismissed."
Next Morning, Sunday, July 27th, 10:18 AM, Mahogany Town
It was a lovely morning, Pidgey were chirping, the temperature was just right, and Vincent wasn't pulling any pranks on anyone. Our group woke up to a fairly normal day: Eating breakfast, packing up and traveling the rest of the way to Mahogany Town. Soon, they reached their destination. The town wasn't like Goldenrod city with lots of huge buildings backed-up traffic, it was instead much calmer and quieter.
If you don't like the rowdiness of big cities, this is the place you'd want to visi-
"ALRIGHT! WE MADE IT TO MAHOGANY TOWN!"
On second thought, maybe you should avoid this place until Lyra is out of the vicinity.
Lyra seemed much more excitable today, much to the dismay of her friends. It was pretty safe to say that the reason for Lyra's attitude was the fact that this would be the town where Lyra would have her first gym battle in a year.
"Pipe down Lyra, save the excitement for your gym battle." Vincent said, exasperated. It was rare for him to be annoyed at someone else, considering that he was the annoyance most of the time.
"Sorry Vincent, I just can't wait!" Lyra exclaimed.
"Let's just get there so that we don't have to deal with your shenanigans for the rest of the day." Jimmy proposed.
Mahogany Gym, 10:22 AM
"Closed? Why?" Asked a shocked Lyra.
"Gyms aren't open on Sundays, you'll have to wait until tomorrow." Said one of the attendants.
"Thanks anyway, we'll come by tomorrow then." Lyra answered.
The group walked away from the gym, which was a large, Japanese-styled building with artificial snow and ice on it. They were unsure of what to do, as the supposed highlight of the day had to be postponed. Lyra was especially saddened that she would have to wait longer for her comeback to gym battles.
"Well that's a bummer." Vincent said simply.
"No kidding." said Lyra, distastefully.
An idea came to Khoury's head, "Well, maybe you can take this opportunity to come up with a strategy for tomorrow."
All of Lyra's previous disappointment immediately disappeared; "That's a great idea! Does anyone want to come train with me?"
"Well obviously, you'll need someone with lots of knowledge on Pokemon and type matchups to help you." Khoury said proudly, clearly referring to himself.
"That's a good idea! Casey, do you want to help me out?" Lyra asked.
"I'd love to Lyra!" Casey replied enthusiastically.
"That's... not who I meant..." Khoury said, completely dumbfounded by Lyra's decision.
Vincent laughed; "Okay, that was funny."
Lyra gave Khoury a quizzical expression; "Then who were you referring to? You obviously couldn't be talking about yourself now."
"Ouch, Khoury." Jimmy commented.
"Are you just going to take that?" Vincent jumped in.
"You know what? Just go you two, it doesn't matter." Khoury said, defeated.
Marina decided to take pity on their group nerd; "Hey Lyra, why don't you take Khoury with you and Casey? I'm sure he wants to help out."
"Of course!" Lyra replied; "Khoury if you wanted to come with us, you could have just said so."
"Just kill me now." Khoury said.
"Yikes, you ain't dying on me that quickly. Let's go ya'll!" Lyra said as she and Casey walked to a nearby battlefield with Khoury trailing behind at a Slowpoke's pace.
"We have some strange friends." Vincent commented.
The three of them then decided that it was a good time to find a Pokemon Center where they could spend the night. Jimmy checked his Pokenav to locate the nearest one. Luckily for them, it was only a few blocks away, so Jimmy texted Casey the location of their temporary lodging and they started making their way to the Pokemon Center.
With Lyra, Khoury, and Casey.
"Okay, so who are you going to use against... what was his name?" Casey asked.
"Alias." Khoury answered.
"Alien, that's right. Lyra, who are you going to use against Alien?" Casey asked.
"I said Alias, not Alie-" Khoury tried to say before being interrupted.
"Shush, I'm trying to ask Lyra something." Casey scolded him.
"Since Alias uses Ice-types, using Bayleef or Cubone would be a bad idea. The rest of my team should be fine. Though, I would like to teach a few of them some moves that are strong against Ice, like Fire." Lyra mused.
"Good idea, but Alias-" Khoury started.
"Alien." Casey corrected.
Khoury ignored her; "Alias is bound to have some moves that would counter against Ice's most common weakness, so I would advise teaching a few other moves of the Rock, Steel, or Fighting-types to also counter Ice."
"Good idea Khoury, what kinds of moves of those types will Blitzle, Marill, and Girafarig be able to learn?" Lyra asked.
Khoury thought for a second; "Blitzle already knows Flame Charge, so we can cross Fire out."
"Wait, before you continue, let me release my Pokemon." Lyra said.
Lyra took out her five Pokeballs and released all of her Pokemon: the determined Bayleef, the positive Marill, the intelligent Girafarig, the lively Blitzle, and the restless Cubone.
Lyra didn't want to admit it, but the real reason why she didn't want Cubone to battle was because it still gave off negative vibes whenever it was around anyone besides her. It wasn't reserved or introverted, but instead kind of a jerk. She was afraid he wouldn't be able to work with two other teammates during a gym battle. She planned on fixing that though, in time.
Lyra knelt down to talk to them; "Okay everyone, we have a gym battle coming up! The gym leader uses ice-type Pokemon, so Cubone and Bayleef will be at a disadvantage. Therefore, I would like for you two to sit out of this battle. Are you two okay with that?"
Bayleef nodded its head in approval of its trainer's decision, as much as it loved to battle, it wasn't one to disagree with logic.
Cubone on the other hand, was absolutely livid.
The Lonely Pokemon didn't show his emotions, as it didn't want to look bad in front of Lyra. He looked around and spotted the three Pokemon that were selected by Lyra to participate. Yes! He would sabotage them so that they would look incompetent in front of Lyra! He didn't quite know how he would do it, but he would think of something.
Unfortunately for the Ground-type (and fortunately for everyone else), Lyra picked up on its mal-intentions and quickly returned Cubone to its Pokeball and turned on the Pokeball's lock feature. She sighed and decided that she would have to talk to Cubone about his behavior later. Casey and Khoury raised their eyebrows in minor confusion, but both decided not to question the situation.
Lyra didn't bother telling her two friends what was up and instead focused on the current situation; "Okay, what kinds of moves can we learn to take on the gym Khoury?"
Khoury turned on his Pokedex and opened 3 tabs, one for the data of each Pokemon Lyra was going to use. He opened Marill's data first and skimmed through the possible moves it could learn. Nothing caught his interest except for two moves.
Khoury showed his Pokedex to the two girls so that they could see what he was looking at; "Marill can learn both Brick Break and Iron Tail, both are incredibly useful against Ice-types."
Casey took a closer look; "Marill can only learn either of those if we use Technical Machines. Where can we get those?"
"Um, let me check if I have either of them." Khoury said, rummaging through his backpack for his TM case. Technical Machines or TMs for short are small disks that can be inserted into a Pokedex. They play a video that help a specific Pokemon learn a specific move that they cannot learn on their own.
Khoury took out the case and started looking through the TMs he and Lyra had purchased while they were traveling with each other, he had offered to keep both of theirs so that Lyra did not have to carry her own case. Eventually, he pulled out a burgundy-colored TM.
"Here's Brick Break, I remember that I wanted to have my Sneasel learn this move, so I bought it. I couldn't find Iron Tail though." Khoury elaborated to his friends.
"That's fine, there's bound to be a TM shop here anyway." Lyra spoke up; "I'll go and find Iron Tail and buy it, TMs usually don't cost very much anyway. While I'm there, why don't you look up possible moves for Girafarig to learn Khoury."
"Okay, will do, don't get lost." Khoury teased.
"You have no faith in me..." Lyra pouted before running off to find a TM shop.
5 minutes later...
Lyra located the TM shop and walked inside, happy to receive the air conditioning inside of the building. The store was relatively small, only a few aisles that were labeled by type. Lyra walked over to the Steel aisle and skimmed through the options.
"Flash Cannon... Gyro Ball... Iron Defense... Iron Tail!" Lyra exclaimed, claiming her prize.
She then paid for the TM and exited the store. Feeling energized to train her Pokemon, she started walking at a brisker pace until she ended up running to get back to her friends and Pokemon.
After a while of running, she rounded a corner and- SLAM!
Lyra was knocked backwards onto the concrete sidewalk, her body in quite a bit of pain. Lyra looked at what she ran into and noticed a boy also on the ground, rubbing his aching head. He was a fair-skinned boy with brown-gray hair and a red headband across his forehead. Based on his looks, Lyra guessed he was likely a little younger than Casey. He took notice of Lyra and immediately stood up, his face turning red in embarrassment.
"I'm so sorry! I should have looked where I was going! Here, let me help you up." He said offering his hand.
"Thanks, but no thanks" she said, standing up on her own, without taking his hand.
The boy was clearly dumbfounded, he wasn't expecting that kind of response.
Lyra decided to speak up to hopefully break his silence; "It was my fault too for running so fast while rounding the corner, so I'm sorry too."
The boy was still in minor shock, so Lyra took his still outstretched hand and shook it; "My name is Lyra, and you are?"
This snapped him out of his trance; "Sorry for spacing out there. I'm Cameron, I'm from Unova."
"Unova huh? That's pretty far away. I remember visiting it for a few weeks one time." Lyra responded to the younger boy; "Why are you in Johto?"
"I'm here to compete in the Silver Conference! And I'm going to win it!" Cameron said energetically.
Lyra was taken aback by Cameron's mood shift, one second he seemed reserved and shy, the next he looked like he was going to take off and run a marathon any second. Then the "Silver Conference" part of his response hit Lyra; "You're competing in the Silver Conference? So am I!"
His face lit up with excitement; "Are you? That's so cool! How many badges do you have?"
"Five, I'm aiming to get my sixth one tomorrow." Lyra responded; "How about you?"
Cameron pointed his thumb at himself proudly; "I already got them all!"
"Again?" Lyra pondered to herself; "First it was Alexis, but now this guy? How far behind am I?"
Cameron noticed Lyra's expression change; "Hey, you look a little down, is something wrong?"
"Oh... I just feel behind... I met someone else recently that also had all 8 badges." Lyra responded.
"Eh, the league isn't until December, you've got plenty of time. Plus, I always speed to get the badges, then I explore the region afterward. I literally got all eight within two months of being here, and the time limit is technically 11 months." Cameron responded, trying to cheer her up.
"I guess that's true..." Lyra said.
Lyra then remembered something important: she needed to get back to Casey and Khoury!
"Ah! I need to be somewhere quick! Sorry to cut the conversation short." Lyra apologized to Cameron.
"Hey, it's fine. Again, sorry for bumping into you." Cameron reassured her.
Lyra was about to take off when she realized something; "Thanks, and I have one more question."
Cameron shrugged; "Okay, give it to me."
"Can you tell me who the new leader of the Blackthorn City gym is?" Lyra asked, hoping to know who her next major opponent was after she defeated Alias.
Cameron scratched his head, as if he was trying to remember; "Sorry, I can't remember her name. I do remember that she uses electric-types though... and that..." Cameron seemed like he was trying his hardest to remember more information.
"That's fine, just knowing she uses electric-types is enough." Lyra smiled at him, hoping to reassure the younger boy.
He still looked a little guilty for not being a bigger help; "Sorry again. I hope to see you in the Silver Conference in a few months."
"Same, it was nice meeting you Cameron." Lyra responded before both trainers parted ways.
As she finished her walk back to her friends, she once again pondered what Cameron had said; "I wonder how many leagues Cameron has participated in. He doesn't seem like someone with lots of experience, but he did say that he defeated all of the gyms in two months. The gym leaders aren't pushovers either, so it's amazing that he was able to defeat all of them so quickly. Plus, the gyms have quite a bit of distance between them, so he must have rode a Pokemon to get to them so quickly."
Lyra decided to push these thoughts away in order to focus on the current situation. She eventually reached her friends and began to train for her battle against the ice-type gym leader of Mahogany Town.
Meanwhile... with Jimmy, Vincent, and Marina.
"So... do you think Lyra will be fine in her gym battle tomorrow?" Marina asked her two friends.
Jimmy didn't quite understand why Marina was so concerned; "Yeah, she's a good trainer, and she's competent in battle so I think she'll be fine."
The three friends had checked in two rooms for them to sleep in for the night, one for the boys and one for the girls. They were all sitting and chatting in the boys' room.
"I know that... but what if Alias uses a large Pokemon her Megalophobia kicks in? Also, by the way Whitney described him, Alias doesn't sound like a stable person, let alone someone that should be running a gym." Marina elaborated on her thoughts.
Jimmy gave her a reassuring smile; "I actually looked up what Pokemon Alias is supposed to use if the trainer has 5 badges: Dewgong, Sneasel, and Piloswine. None of those raise any red flags. As for Alias himself, he's got all of us to deal with if he lashes out or something."
Marina nodded, satisfied; "That's good to know."
"It's kind of weird." Vincent began, adding his input; "He's said to be an angry and unstable person, yet he's a user of the ice-type. He's not a chill dude."
Vincent was hoping to hear some laughs from his two friends, maybe even an applause, but alas, he only got some groans of displeasure.
"Really Vincent?" said Marina, completely dumbfounded.
Jimmy didn't even bother to waste his words on Vincent's awful jokes, so he stayed silent.
Marina then remembered something important that she had promised yesterday; "Well, I guess now would be a good time to tell you guys about what's been up with me."
Vincent and Jimmy's both changed their attitudes to be serious for the situation. They both knew that they were about to learn a lot that their close friend was hiding from them.
"Alright... remember to tell us at your own pace, we want you to feel comfortable talking to us about this." Jimmy told her.
"We're here for you, never forget that." Vincent said, also trying to help.
Marina smiled, reassured; "Thanks you two. Here goes..."
Marina took a deep breath proceeded to tell the boys everything that had happened with her over the past few years. How busy her life was, Leslie drifting away, and of course, that night. Marina constantly paused to recollect her thoughts and let herself breath. Marina thought that she was completely ready to tell her two friends, but she still found it difficult to put her thoughts into words at times.
Jimmy and Vincent listened to all of her words, their eyes growing wider at every word she spoke. The boys could not believe that they were oblivious to all of this for so long. They both felt awful for not noticing their friend's behavior sooner.
Eventually Marina was starting to reach the end of her story; "I eventually got word from the police that Leslie and her friends had been captured and that I was safe to return to my show business. But... I realized in the time that I was away from it that I preferred not having to constantly worry about... well everything that comes with being a celebrity. A few months later, I heard back from the police that there was a break-in at Olivine prison and a few people were broken out of it, Leslie included."
Jimmy and Vincent just kept listening, afraid to hear what happened next.
"The crazy part is that none of Leslie's friends were broken out, it was just her. As for Leslie herself... I have not heard any word on her since she escaped, I'm pretty sure the police are still looking for her and the other inmates." Marina explained to them.
Then Marina sighed, finishing her story; "That is everything I've been keeping from you two."
Both boys were speechless, it was shocking to them to hear how someone that Marina had spoken so highly of had fallen so drastically. None of them had the right words for their female friend, so the trio ended up sitting in silence for awhile, all in deep thought.
Eventually, Jimmy finally broke the silence; "Marina... thanks for telling us this, I'm so sorry you had to experience that."
"Yeah... that was an awful experience for you. I can't believe that you had to go through that." Vincent jumped in.
Marina smiled at her friends' attempts to sympathize with her; "Thanks for listening, after telling you two this, I would like to leave this is the past now. I just needed to tell you two."
"Hey." Vincent said; "we're here for you."
Marina smiled; "Thanks."
Then Marina hugged both of them in thanks, the two boys following the same gesture. Then they released the hug.
"So... why'd you wait until now to tell us about this?" Vincent asked curiously.
Marina sighed and answered; "You know how I am... I don't want others to worry about me."
Jimmy nodded; "Yeah, we're aware of that. But it's better to tell someone about your bad experiences so they can support you. Are we the first people you've told since this happened?"
Marina only nodded.
Jimmy's face tensed up, wincing; "Yikes, that's a long time. How'd you keep it to yourself for so long?"
"It... wasn't easy, but I kind of forgot about it awhile ago. It was only recently when Lyra brought it up-"
"Lyra? Wait I thought you said you didn't tell anyone." Vincent pointed out, a little confused.
"Let me finish." Marina scolded. "She doesn't know, but she asked me a few days ago if I had any rivals while being a coordinator. It was the same day that we met Alexis."
Jimmy nodded understanding; "Ah, so her asking brought up some unpleasant memories?"
The blue-haired girl nodded; "That's exactly right. But I suppose it was good that she did, you guys deserved to know what was up with me."
"Yeah, don't be afraid to share this kind of stuff with us or someone else you trust, like your parents. You do trust your parents right?" Jimmy responded.
Marina shrugged; "I mean, yeah... but I don't like worrying them."
Vincent shook his head at her; "You don't like worrying ANYBODY."
Marina gave a nervous laugh at that; "That is also true."
"I have to ask though, are you planning on telling anybody else?" Jimmy asked.
Marina pondered the question for a bit before answering; "Casey deserves to know, so I'll tell her if I catch her alone sometime. My parents should know as well, if I find a good time to bring it up around them, I will. I don't think I'll tell Lyra and Khoury since I haven't known them for very long."
Jimmy nodded, understanding; "Alright, whatever works for you."
They sat in silence for a few more seconds, unsure of how to continue their conversation.
Sensing the awkwardness, Vincent spoke up; "So... should we check up on the group pipsqueaks?"
Jimmy picked up on Vincent's attempts to lighten the mood and switched his tone to a less serious one."Actually we should, we need to make sure Casey isn't responsible for anyone's electrical bills."
Marina gave a small laugh at this; "You never know, Lyra could have caused some collateral damage too. You know how she is."
"Yikes." Vincent said with fake urgency, "I can't have our gang getting arrested. Let's go you two!"
Jimmy laughed; "Right behind you."
Marina smiled, thankful for her close friends. Then she frowned; "I'm sorry, I couldn't tell you guys everything." Then she followed the two boys.
3:57 PM...
"So... you didn't destroy any property while we were gone?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah... why would we?" Lyra answered, a little confused.
"Oh nothing..." Jimmy responded before turning to Vincent; "I win."
"Ugh, fine." the other boy rolled his eyes before Jimmy handed him a hair bow that Vincent begrudgingly put on.
"Man, you look better as girl, who would've thought." Jimmy said, causing everyone to laugh.
Vincent just shrugged; "At least I can say that I've done this now."
"So how was training everyone?" Marina asked, choosing to ignore the previous event.
"Great! I have a team and a bunch of super-effective moves to use against Alias's Ice-types!" Lyra replied, clearly excited for her upcoming gym battle.
"Ahem, Lyra." Casey said.
Lyra looked at her, confused; "Huh?"
"His name is Alien." Casey told her.
Khoury facepalmed; "Not again..."
"Well, I'd love to see what you have planned! Would you like to show us?" Jimmy asked.
"Of course! I would love some more advice on my strategy anyway." Lyra answered.
"Alright! Then let's see-" Jimmy tried to say before being cut off.
A large explosion was heard by the group, causing them to duck reflexively. When they saw that the explosion was not near them, they stood up straight again and looked in the direction the explosion had come from. It was somewhere in the town.
"What was that?" Casey asked, a little frightened.
"I don't know, but I say we find out." Vincent suggested, determined to find the source of the explosion.
Everyone agreed and the group began running towards the column of smoke that had materialized after the explosion had happened. When they got there, they noticed a bunch of people running away from a building that was now in smithereens. A lot of the people leaving were in medical outfits.
"What happened here?" Jimmy asked one of the people in a nurse's uniform, hoping for some answers.
The uniformed person answered him; "This strange Pokemon that no one can recognize started tearing up the Pokemon Center! People have tried battling it to subdue it but their Pokemon always get taken out very quickly!"
Just then, a roar was heard from the billowing smoke and a figure emerged. It was human-like, and only around five feet tall, but it was bulky, which gave the illusion of it looking bigger than it actually was. It was brown in color and had streaks across its body that resembled veins, except that they were glowing an electric blue color. Gray fur covered its chest area with a large white spike protruding from the middle of its chest.
In its hands were two stone beams which it was holding from the bottom up. Its head was the weirdest part though, along with dead white eyes and almost cat-like ears, its nose was a large red sphere that looks like something a clown would wear.
The creature released another roar that almost shook the whole town.
Trainer Profile: Leslie Blackmore (Last available data before trainer's license was revoked)
Age (how old she would be by now): 22
Birthday: September 26th, 1983
Hometown: Cianwood City
Height: 5'09"
Blood Type: A
Eye Color: Violet
Hair Color: Blonde
Trainer Class: Pokemon Coordinator
Secondary Class: Pokemon Trainer
Other hobbies: Hiking, Ice skating, Watching My Little Pony
Special conditions: None
Titles: n/a
Notable achievements
-1996 Johto Grand Festival - Top 16
-1997 Johto Grand Festival - Top 8
-1998 Johto Grand Festival - Top 8
-1999 Johto Grand Festival - Top 4
-2000 Johto Grand Festival - Runner up
-2001 Johto Grand Festival - Top 8
-2002 Johto Grand Festival - Top 4
-2003 Johto Grand Festival - Top 32
Pokemon (These Pokemon were revoked from Leslie along with her trainer's license.)
-Ledian(F)
-Lanturn(M)
-Jumpluff(F)
-Honchkrow(F)
-Delibird(M)
-Stantler(F)