At the local shop/café, a group of the townswomen gathered at a corner both and to gossip nonetheless.

"Isn't it such a shame?" started a local woman named Luella, "that poor woman-what's-her-name-lost her only daughter."

"If I lost my daughter, I don't know what I'd do," replied another.

"And to think she blacked out and walked all the way to Gyrados Lake! I haven't been able to walk that far since I was a teen!" exclaimed an older woman. The others laughed and took a sip of their coffee.

In the far corner where the counter resided, a young girl sweeping the dust off the floor whispered to her grandmother, "Can I get out of here?"

"Sure sweety, right after you sweep the floor. And don't go to Gyrados Lake, its quite dangerous there since so many people disappeared there." the Grandmother replied.

"Aw man, the old man in the cabin promised to teach my Clefairy a powerful move. I think it was Triple Attack or something like that," the granddaughter argued.

"Now, now, you wouldn't want to disappear with all of those people. Then your Clefairy would never learn Tri Attack," the grandmother replied. "Now get to the sweeping and take this." The grandmother dropped a RAGECANDYBAR into the girl's hands that quickly and greedily grasped the candy. Just as this exchange took place, a young teen dressed in black robes entered the store.

"Hello, anybody here?" asked the teen. This immediately got the attention of all-of-the females in the room (for there were no males) and the ones sitting at the tables shook their heads in disgust.

"Hello young man," greeted the grandmother a.k.a. owner of the store, "I'm Lissa Bethune. How may I help you?"

"I was wondering if you had any potions or pokéballs for sale," the boy replied getting quickly down to business.

"I'm sorry, but we've run out of potions. I should get a new shipment by noon though. Pokéballs though are in good supply. We also have a few great balls and ultra balls too. I'll go get them," Lissa quickly adds.

The little girl who had been sweeping walked directly up to the boy and asked, "What's your name, mine's Lisa."

"My name happens to be Mihoshu Erion."

"What a strange name," Lisa replied, "Where are you from?"

"Kanto, Celadon City to be more precise," Erion replies.

"Mihoshu!" exclaimed Luella, "that lady who recently lost her daughter, her name is Mihoshu Miki!"

"Auntie Miki!? Cousin Erin?!" the teen exclaims. "Pokéballs and potions can wait, my family needs me!" He quickly dashes out of the small shop just as Lissa walks in with a small selection of pokémon capturing orbs neatly placed on a silver tray.

"Lisa, where did that boy go?" Lissa asks.

"He's going to save his family!" Lisa exclaims. Lissa rolls her eyes and leaves to put her merchandise back in the storage room.