"I told you a million times, Giselle, I will NOT get rid of this hat! My daddy gave it to me. It's special!" the shorter-haired girl said angrily.

"But don't you want to look like a star, like me? Oh, wait. That will NEVER happen!" the other girl said before laughing loudly at her.

The other girl balled her fists and was beginning to shake. "I'll show you! One of these days, I'm going to become the Kanto region champion. You'll see!"

The boy took a step closer to her and gave her an arrogant smirk.

"Look, Selene, I strongly suggest you rid yourself of that delusion of yours before you go on and embarrass yourself. Or worse, disappoint your precious daddy."

"Gary, I... I..." Selene's voice broke. She could not take this anymore. She turned and ran as fast as she could in the direction of the woods.

Gary and Giselle merely watched uncaringly as Selene disappeared into the woods and out of sight. They then gave off shrugs before turning to walk in the other direction. But before they could take more than a couple of steps forward, they found themselves face-to-face with Ash.