"Victor had recently moved to Galar with his mother, when he quickly made new friends in Gloria and Hop, followed by all three been given their first Pokémon. But when they chase after a Wooloo into the Slumbering Weald, Victor and Gloria get separated from Hop, and make a stunning discovery…"

"Enter the Champ"

"Scor? Scor?"

Victor's eyes slowly open to see Scorbunny staring at him right in his face, "Scorbunny?"

"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny happily hops in place, as Victor starts to sit up from the ground, outside Hop's house.

Gloria is sitting on the table, with Sobble and Grookey next to her, and Hop standing next to the table.

Professor Magnolia is standing to the side, "Ah, good, you all awake."

At that moment, the three friends' moms stand in front of them, side by side, with their hands on their hips, bend over slightly, before yelling in unison, "What were you thinking?!"

Castera looks over to Hop and Gloria, "You two know it is forbidden to go into Slumbering Weald."

Hop rubs the top of his head, "Sorry, mum, but this Wooloo wanders in there and we try to find it."

"It was sweet of you wanting to help the Wooloo, but it was still dangerous," Glory starts. "Gloria and Victor were found unconscious with their Pokémon."

Victor returns to his feet, as Vicki places a hand on his shoulder, "We're lucky that Leon was able to find you all."

"Leon?" Victor repeats.

"That would be me."

Victor looks ahead, to see approaching from Hop's house is Leon, Sonia and Yamper, "Yamp!"

"Th-The Galar Champion?!" Victor responds.

Hop quickly steps over to Leon, "I guess I never said it before… Lee's here is my big brother."

"Leon… is your brother…?" Victor responds. "I guess that what Gloria meant by his connections."

"I don't believe you forgot to mention that," Leon rubs the top of Hop's head. "You can be really forgetful, huh?"

"Like you one to talk," Sonia starts. "I have to go get you because you lost your way from the train station. In your own hometown!"

Gloria sighs, "To be fair, I also forgot to tell Victor…"

"I hate to interrupt," Professor Magnolia gets everyone's attention. "But I am curious as to what happened. According to Hop, he got separated from you two and found the Wooloo, only to be found by Leon."

"That right, and then I found you two and your Pokémon, all four outcold," Leon finishes.

"Well, after we got separated from Hop and Grookey, we found these two strange Pokémon, one's red and one's blue," Gloria explains.

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble nods its head, as Grookey tilts its head.

"Strange Pokémon? What were they?" Sonia asks.

"That the thing, the Rotom Phone can't tell what they were, and our attacks went right through them," Gloria continues.

"Right through them…?" Professor Magnolia brings a hand to her chin.

"Then the fog continues to thicken and the next thing I know I'm waking up here," Gloria finishes.

"Exactly," Victor nods his head.

"You went through such an ordeal and on your first day in Galar," Vicki holds up her fists to her mouth as her eyes become teary.

"We're fine, mom…" Victor says, with a sweat drop.

"Nonetheless, you three should call it a day and rest," Professor Magnolia says.

"Very wise, Professor Magnolia," Glory bows rapidly.

"Victor and Hop are Leon fanboys, my mum is a Professor Magnolia fangirl," Gloria says to the side, with Sobble looking up at her.

Gloria carries Sobble in her arms, as they enter Gloria's bedroom, "Welcome to my little homestead."

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble looks around the room at the posters on the walls, the pictures on the dresser and the bed.

Gloria seats Sobble down on the floor, before she goes over to the bed, "Let me just get the bed ready…"

Sobble tilts its head slightly, before noticing a folded up letter sticking out from under the bed. Sobble walks over to the letter and picks it up, tilting its head as it looks at it.

Gloria is fluffing a pillow when she notices Sobble, "Sobble, don't!"

Gloria grabs the letter out of Sobble's hand, with it jumps back a little, frightened. Gloria looks at Sobble, as it looks scared.

Gloria sits down and motions Sobble closer to her, "Sorry, Sobble, I didn't mean to scare you." She looks at the letter in her hand, "This was a letter rejecting me for endorsement. I know I didn't have a Pokémon at the time, but I did reach the age where I could become a trainer, and I thought…"

Gloria lowers the letter and looks down slightly, when suddenly Sobble nozzles next to her, causing Gloria to smile and give her Pokémon a hug.

Scorbunny is standing on Victor's empty bed, as it looks up at a poster showcasing Leon with a large silhouette behind him. Scorbunny tilts its head slightly.

Victor enters his bedroom, with his arms carrying sheets, blankets, and pillows, "Yeah, sorry, I didn't realize that my bedsheets hadn't been unpacked, yet."

Victor turns slightly so he can see Scorbunny, also turns slightly, and points at the poster, "Scor, Scor."

"Oh, yes, that's Leon, I'm a huge fan of him and really any Trainer that made it to a League," Victor starts as he starts to feel the strain of his load. "I've always dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Trainer and entering an official Pokémon League. But with the Galar League requiring endorsements, it is unlikely to happen anytime soon."

Suddenly, Scorbunny starts bouncing back and forth on the bed, as it shadow boxes, "Scor! Scor!"

"You want to enter a League, too?" Victor asks, before he smiles. "Well, maybe someday, we can enter together and win."

"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny turns in midair and happily jumps toward Victor. "Scor!"

Scorbunny lands on top of Victor's load, causing him to fall down with a small scream.

Vicki comes to her son's bedroom doorway to see Victor and Scorbunny sitting on the floor with the sheets and blankets lying around and a pillow on Victor's head, before Victor and Scorbunny start laughing.

Vicki smiles and walks away.

The next day, the same wild Wooloo is walking around a field, before looking ahead to see Hop and Grookey, accomplished with Leon, Sonia, and Yamper, runs up to Victor, Scorbunny on his shoulder, and Gloria, Sobble in her arms.

"Hey, Victor, I told Lee and Sonia about our incomplete battle, and Lee said he would like to see us finishing it," Hop says.

"You want to see us battle, Mr. Leon?" Victor asks, as Leon and Sonia catch up.

"Yamp! Yamp!"

Leon smiles, "Please, Victor, it's just Leon. And yeah, I love seeing Pokémon Battles, especially battles between young and aspiring Trainers."

"So what do you say?" Hop asks.

Victor looks over to Scorbunny, who bumps its fists, "Scor!"

Victor looks back to Hop, "Sure, let's go."

Hop and Grookey run over to the side, several feet away, "Alright! Let's do this."

"Key! Key!"

"Scor!" Scorbunny jumps off Victor's shoulder and lands in front of him.

"Sobbl…?" Sobble looks to behind Gloria, causing her to follow its glance.

Gloria quickly looks back ahead to her friends, "Watch out!"

"Huh?" Hop looks to his left to see the Wooloo charging toward him.

Hop falls back, as the Wooloo run passes him, with Grookey spins around to avoid it.

"Is that the same Wooloo from yesterday?!" Hop asks.

"I think so," Victor says, as Gloria, with Sobble in hands, walks up to him.

"But is it still mad about what happened?" Glora asks.

"I wonder…" Leon places a hand to his chin.

"We need to calm it down before it hurts someone," Sonia says.

"Yamp!" Yamper starts to run after it.

"Wait a minute," Leon suddenly says, causing Yamper to trip over its legs and fall down.

"Let's allow the new trainers handle it," Leon says.

"Leon, what are you thinking…?" Sonia asks, as Leon grins at her.

Wooloo runs back toward Hop and Grookey.

"Okay, Grookey, if it wants to fight, then let's give it one, use Branch Poke!" Hop yells.

"Key! Key!" Grookey jumps at the charging Pokémon and aims its stick at it.

Wooloo comes to a stop and curls up in a ball, with it glows blue for a moment, with Grookey's stick hits it, seemingly unaffected.

"It just used Defense Curl," Victor realizes. "Wooloo increases its defenses."

Hop jumps back to his feet, "Then we just break through its defenses! Grookey, uses continual Branch Poke!"

Grookey, back on the ground, stabs at the curled up Wooloo repeatedly, with every couple seconds has Wooloo glows blue.

"That no good, Wooloo just keep on using Defense Curl," Gloria realizes. "You will never be able to damage Wooloo in any important matter."

"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny starts to run ahead.

"Scorbunny, wait," Victor knees down to his Pokémon, who stops and turns to look at him.

"We should help him, Victor," Gloria tells him.

Victor stands back up, "Wooloo only attacked Hop, I think it wants a battle with Hop and Grookey."

Grookey stabs its stick at the curled Wooloo one more time, before it starts to breath heavily.

Hop rubs the top of his head with both hands, "Oh man, Gloria's right, this isn't working!"

"Hop, if Wooloo remains curled up, then you must use that to your advantage!" Victor calls out to his friend.

"But how can I use that to my advantage…?" Hop ask, before looking back over to Grookey and the curled Wooloo, and notices the nearby hill. "Wait, that's it! Grookey, jumps onto Wooloo and starts to roll!"

"Key!" Grookey jumps onto the curled Wooloo and starts to roll it like a ball, rolling it down a hill, before starting to roll it toward a tree. "Key! Key!"

Grookey jumps off the rolling Wooloo, before the wild Pokémon rolls into the tree, uncurls, and seats, with several, tiny Rookiedee flying around its head.

Hop runs down the hill, "Alright, that should've given it a lot of damage, now Grookey, Branch Poke, rapid attacks!"

Grookey stabs forward with its stick, hitting Wooloo several times, before knocking it back, with Wooloo now lying on the ground, with its eyes whirling.

"Not bad, Hop!" Gloria yells, as everyone runs down the hill to join Hop and Grookey.

"Alright, Hop, use this," Leon tosses a Poké Ball at him.

Hop catches the Poké Ball, "Alright, awesome!" Hop turns back to face the Wooloo. "Poké Ball, go!"

Hop throws the Poké Ball, bounces off Wooloo's fur, opens in midair, as Wooloo turns into red energy, flies into the Poké Ball, which closes and lands on the ground. The Poké Ball, as its center button glows red, shakes once, then again, then a third time, before stops moving, with the button stops glowing red, and small stars shoot out from it.

"Ayeah!" Hop jumps over to the Poké Ball, picks it up, and holds it high in the sky. "I caught Wooloo!"

"Key! Key!" Grookey jumps up and down in celebration.

"So that's why you don't want to help them," Sonia says to Leon. "You also realized that Wooloo wanted to battle Hop?"

"It's come with being the undefeated Champion," Leon smiles.

"You know, when you said it, it's bragging," Sonia comments.

Leon looks to the young trainers, "Although, I'm impressed you realized it, Victor."

"Oh, hum…" Victor nervously scratches the back of his head.

"Victor seems to be very observant," Gloria says.

"What do you mean?" Hop asks.

Gloria looks to him, "Didn't you realize, during your battle yesterday…"

Scorbunny jumps to the side, as Grookey scratches forward, missing it.

"Victor realized how fast and high Scorbunny could jump, so he had it keeping on dodging Grookey's attacks, until it tired itself out."

Grookey stabs forward with its stick, but Scorbunny jumps over it. Grookey spins back around and stabs forward, but Scorbunny jumps to the side, with Grookey turns to stab at it and Scorbunny jumps over it again.

In midair, Scorbunny turns and shoots out of its mouth, a series of small fireballs.

Grookey then panicking runs in place, as the small fireballs hit the ground around it.

"Wow, really, Victor, that's awesome!" Hop says, getting close to Victor.

"It was nothing, really…" Victor explains, with a sweat drop.

"Don't undersell yourself, Victor," Leon starts. "Being observant is an important part of being a great Pokémon Trainer. Also, Gloria was quick to realize that Wooloo keeps on increasing its defenses and constant attacking won't damage it, while Hop, you did a great job at finding a way around Wooloo's increasing defenses."

The three friends stand side by side, with their Pokémon, as Hop places his hands behind his head, smiling.

"I say we have three great, young Trainers before us," Leon says.

"You actually sound like Galar Champion," Sonia jokes.

"What do you mean 'actually'?" Leon asks.

Suddenly, Leon's Rotom Phone flies out of his back pocket and floats in front of him, as Professor Magnolia appears on the screen, "Leon, I thought you said you will bring our young friends to my lab?"

"Oh, sorry, Professor Magnolia, something happened, and I completely forgot… sorry…" Leon brings his hands together and nods his head.

Sonia sighs, "And there go, your real personality…"

Shortly later, the group, including Hop's newly caught Wooloo, enters Professor Magnolia's lab, with Victor looking around, seeming amazed.

Gloria notices her new friend, "Victor, are you okay?"

"Oh…!" Victor looks over to her, slightly nervous. "I never actually been in a professor's lab before. Guess I'm a little starstruck."

"I guess Hop and I was like that when we first visited," Gloria admits.

Hop is kneeling next to his Wooloo, with Grookey on Wooloo's back, with Hop looking amazed, "Take it all in, this place is so amazing."

"And Hop is still like that…" Gloria says, with a sweat drop.

As the group approaches, Professor Magnolia walks around a table with an opened case on it, "Good, everyone here. Now, I want to ask our young Trainers, what they know about Dynamax."

"Oh, I know!" Hop holds out a Poké Ball. "It's when a Trainer calls out to their partner, and their Pokémon, they Zoom! Zam! KaBlam! And they're giant and all their attacks get KaBlam!"

"...Thank you, Hop…" Professor Magnolia responds, with a sweat drop. "Anyone else?"

"From what I can understand from news reports and live streams of Galar battles, it's when a Pokémon absorbs great power and grows to a giant size and increases the power of their attacks…" Victor explains.

"Was that what I said?" Hop asks.

"Not really, no," Sonia adds.

"But I believed Dynamaxing is only possible at special locations…" Victor continues.

"That right, they're called Power Spots," Gloria says. "The Gym and League stadiums are built over some of them so that Gym Leaders and Trainers could Dynamax their Pokémon for battles."

"Accurate, there's also Gigantamaxing, which also changes a Pokémon's physical abilities and changes certain attacks in a different way," Professor Magnolia starts. "And while we don't know the absolute source of these Power Spots, we do know that Wishing Stars that had been found falling through Galar for years can allow Trainers to Dynamax their Pokémon. Although to utilize their powers, we place Wishing Stars within these…"

Professor Magnolia steps to the side to reveal that the opened case is holding three mostly white bands, with a black screen, "Dynamax Bands."

"Dynamax Bands…" Victor says to himself.

Leon holds up his arm, showing the Dynamax Band on his wrist, "With this, at any Power Spot, a Trainer can Dynamax a Pokémon they have a strong bond with."

"Wait, there are three Dynamax Bands there…" Hop starts.

"That right, Hop, these Dynamax Bands are for you three," Professor Magnolia says, as she steps to the side, allowing the three Trainers to approach the table.

Each of the three grabs one of the Dynamax Band, with Hop happily pulls his onto his wrist. Victor slips his onto his wrist, looking at it awestruck. Gloria holds hers in one hand, while using her other arm to hold Sobble close to her, as it looks at her. Gloria smiles at the Pokémon.

"There's one more thing," Leon says, causing Gloria to look to the side. "Victor, Hop…"

Gloria watches as her friends walk over to Leon, standing side by side.

"I was considering this before, and after seeing how you two handle yourselves and the quick bonds you are forming with your partners, I've made my final decision," Leon says.

"About what, Lee?" Hop asks his brother.

Leon reaches behind his back, flapping his cape slightly, before pulling out two folded letters and hands them to the two Trainers.

"Wait, are those…?" Hop asks, unaware of Gloria raises her head slightly.

Leon smiles, "My endorsement for the two of you to enter the Galar League's Gym Challenge."

"Endorsement! Serious?!" Hop grabs one letter and looks it over.

Victor takes the other letter, as he whispers, "An Official League competition?" Then he quickly looks back at Leon. "Wait, my mom…"

"It's alright."

Victor turns to see entering the lab is Vicki, Glory, and Castera, "Mom?"

Vicki smiles, "I knew you always wanted to compete in League competitions. So you have my full support." She then tilts her head slightly. "Besides, it'll be the perfect opportunity to make new friends."

"Thanks, mom," Victor blushes.

"And I know better then trying to stop Hop from doing something he really wants to," Castera says.

"Thanks, mum," Hop jumps slightly to turn and face her direction. "And get ready, cause you will have a new Champion in the family."

Glory looks toward Gloria, who is looking down slightly.

"The opening ceremony for this year's League competition is only a couple days away, so you two should take the train at Wedgehurst tomorrow," Leon says.

Glory walks over to her daughter, "Gloria, you should go with them."

"Go with them?" Gloria's surprised.

"Yeah, support your friends and get to see Motostoke," Glory adds.

"That's a great idea," Hop says.

"Yeah, it could be fun," Victor adds.

"Could be?" Hop gets close to Victor. "It will be fun!"

"Right," Victor smiles nervously.

Gloria blushes slightly, "Okay, I'll go." She looks down at her Sobble. "Right?"

"Sobbl!" Sobble smiles.

"This gonna be so awesome!" Hop yells to his Pokémon.

"Key! Key!"

"Wooo!"

"Scor! Scor!" Scorbunny runs over to its Trainer and jumps onto his shoulder, almost causing him to lose his balance, with everyone else laughing.

"A day of adventure and excitement is coming to an end, as Victor and Hop's immediate future seems set. But what of Gloria? And are our heroes prepared for what might come next?"

"Find out as the journey continues…"