"Victor and Gloria, alongside Hop, had arrived in Motostoke. But no soon they arrived, they met Marnie and her entourage in the form of Team Yell. As well as Bede, an abrasive Trainer who had earned the Chairman's endorsement. But as the League officially starts, will Victor be able to grasp onto his dream?"

"Rookidee's Dream: The Flying Taxi"

At the Budew Drop Inn, the sun shines through one of its rooms, as Gloria, standing in the center of the room, stretching her arms.

With a heavy sigh, Gloria looks over to her bed, with Sobble and Dottler lying at it, "So guys, ready for a new day?"

"Sobbl."

"Dot-er."

Both Pokémon respond with happy expressions, before Sobble looks to the side, crawls off the bed and jumps up to grab onto the windowsill.

"Sobbl…"

"What is it, Sobble?" Gloria walks over to the window to see at the outside battlefield Victor is calling out something as Scorbunny jumps up and bounces off a tree and fires small fireballs from its mouth. "Didn't know Victor was the type to wake up early to train."

"Sobbl…" Sobble is having trouble keeping its hold on the windowsill.

Gloria picks up Sobble, holding it in her arm, "Let's find Hop and join them."

"Sobbl," Sobble smiles.

Gloria turns to face Dottler, walking to the corner of the bed, closing its, happily, "Dot-er."

Shortly later, the elevator opens at the lobby, with Gloria coming out holding two Poké Balls, "Sorry, I almost forgot after yesterday, the inn managers ban Pokémon outside their Poké Ball in the lobby."

Gloria starts to walk through the lobby as she pockets her Poké Balls, "Although where could Hop be, since he wasn't in his room."

Outside, Victor holds up a fist, "Alright, Scorbunny, now runs up the tree and jumps off!"

"Scor!" Scorbunny runs up the side of a tree and then bounces off. "Scor!"

"Follows up with Ember!" Victor instructs.

"Scor!" Scorbunny, in midair, starts shooting a series of small fireballs from its mouth, hitting the ground, before it lands.

"Alright, good job, Scorbunny," Victor says.

"Scor!" Scorbunny turns, runs, and jumps into Victor's arms.

As the two hug, Gloria walks up to them, "Look like Scorbunny's getting stronger."

"Oh, yeah, I wanted to get some training in this morning," Victor turns to see her. "So is Hop still asleep?"

"He wasn't in his room, I assumed he was out here too," Gloria explains, as a man exits the inn behind them.

"I hadn't seen him since last night," Victor says.

"Scor?" Scorbunny tilts its head, while in Victor's arms.

"Excuse me," the man approaches the two Trainers, with Gloria turning to face him. "Are you two, Victor and Gloria?"

"Hum, yes, we are," Gloria responds.

"A very excitable kid asked me to give this to you two," the man hands Gloria a folded up letter.

As the man turns to leave, Gloria flips the letter open and starts reading, "'Hey, Gloria, Victor, I'm too excited to start my way to the League Champion to wait so I left as early as I can. I'll catch ya' both, later. Bye. Future League Champion, Hop.'"

Gloria sighs, "Unbelievable, but also totally believable."

Victor smiles, "Yeah, I'm kind of surprised he didn't leave as soon as the ceremony last night ends."

The two Trainers start laughing.

Victor and Gloria are walking through a street.

"So I guess you'll be heading to Turffield, right?" Gloria asks.

"Hum, yeah, that's the first Gym I have to challenge…" Victor looks down for a moment, before looking over to his friend. "What about you?"

"Well, my mother had given me her blessing to travel around Galar," Gloria starts, before she sweat drops. "Although I don't really have a starting point."

Victor scratches the side of his face, "Well… we could travel together…"

"Oh…" Gloria blushes for a moment, before smiling. "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. Definitely better than asking a Flying Taxi driver where would be a good place to go."

"Yeah, definitely…" Victory says, before he stops walking, as Gloria continues to walk. "Hum, what's a Flying Taxi?"

Gloria takes a couple more steps, before she then falls down.

Within a few moments, Victor and Gloria start to turn a corner.

"Sometimes I forgot you are still new to Galar," Gloria starts. "Flying Taxi is a free service, where a Corviknight with its Trainer would take you nearly anywhere in Galar."

Then a pair of wings stretch high into the sky.

"Wait, is that a Corviknight?" Victor looks ahead.

"No… it is not…" Gloria responds.

"Rooooki… deeeee!" a Rookiedee quickly starts to flap its wings, as its claws hold onto a Flying Taxi cab, but is unable to lift or move it any.

In front of the cab is a taxi driver, standing next to his Corviknight, "That's not gonna happen…"

"Knigh…"

Victor's Rotom Phone flies up and floats in front of its Trainer, "Rookidee, the Tiny Bird Pokémon, jumping nimbly about, this small-bodied Pokémon takes advantage of even the slightest opportunity to disorient larger Pokémon."

The Rotom Phone then levitates slightly to Victor's side, "Corviknight, the Raven Pokémon, with their great intellect and flying skills, these Pokémon very successfully act as the Galar region's airborne taxi service."

Victor grabs his Rotom Phone and holds it down, "So that's a Corviknight…"

"Rooooki… deeee…" the Rookidee continues to flap its wings, before start to slow and then collapses on the top of the cab, breathing heavily.

"I told you, it's not gonna happen," the taxi driver says.

"Excuse me," Gloria starts as she and Victor walk over. "But what is going on with that Rookidee?"

"Oh, well, this Rookidee has its heart set on its dream," the driver scratches the top of his head. "It wants to fly for Flying Taxi."

Victor looks at the Rookidee breathing heavily, "Then why don't you catch it and train it to fly the Taxi?"

"It's not that simple," the driver starts. "When a new taxi driver starts his training, he choose a Rookidee from a flock that is specifically raised by a Breeder to fly for Flying Taxi, and then they train and learn together." He looks to his partner. "This Corviknight evolved from the Rookidee I chose."

"Knigh! Knigh!" Corviknight proudly calls out.

"But this Rookidee, it's wild and wasn't trained to fly for Flying Taxi," the driver continues. "But it just refused to give up. It is determined to follow its dream."

"Which is just ridiculous."

As Rookidee looks up, Victor and Gloria turn to see Bede walking toward them.

"Bede, I thought you would've left by now," Gloria says.

"I had a very important meeting with the Chairman," Bede responds, ignoring Gloria's fuming. "

"What did you mean by 'ridiculous'?" Victor asks.

Bede grins, "Just like I said, that Rookidee should recognize its limits and its dream is beyond its capability, especially when it so small and weak."

Rookidee, having listened to Bede, suddenly jumps of the cab and flies away, "Rooki!"

Bede grins again, "I guess it couldn't handle the truth."

"You're wrong," Victor starts, causing Bede to look over to him, with Victor facing him. "Anyone can follow their dream, even that Rookidee."

Victor then start to run in the same direction as Rookidee, with Gloria reaches out for him, "Victor!"

"He is also ridiculous," Bede says.

"What's your problem, don't you have a dream you are following?" Gloria asks.

"I'm not weak like your friend or that small Rookidee," Bede says, before he turns away and walks away.

"What was that about?" Gloria asks.

Rookidee flies through the city, ignoring anyone who might look at it as it passes, while tears form in the corner of its eyes, "Rooki… Rooki… dee…"

A long time ago, the Rookidee seats on a tree branch, when it notices a shadow moving over it. Rookidee looks up to see a Corviknight carries a taxi cab. That when Rookidee sees the cab's passengers: a woman and her young child, who smiles happily up at her mother.

"Rooki…"

"Rooki…" Rookidee continues to fly, with its eyes closed and tears forming, before it bumps into Paul's face, when the two then falls down.

"My face!" Paul yells, holding onto his face, as Jean stands next to him.

"Rooki… dee," Rookidee shakes its head, before noticing Paul and Jean standing in front of it.

"You there! You need to be respectful of other people!" Paul yells.

"Yeah! Sound like you need to be taught a lesson!" Jean yells.

"Rooki…"

"Rookidee!" Victor calls out, as he walks down a street and looks around. "Rookidee!"

Victor turns a corner when he sees Rookidee is knocked back by Zigzagoon's headbutt.

"Rooki…" Rookidee falls hard onto the ground, as Victor runs up to it.

"Rookidee!" Victor kneels next to Rookidee, before looking up to Paul and Jean, who have their Zigzagoon and Nickit in front of them. "What are you doing, attacking Rookidee two against one."

"It the Rookidee who bumped into my face!" Paul yells.

"Yeah! We're teaching it a lesson about watch where it's going!" Jean adds.

"And now it's a perfect chance to make sure you won't get in Marnie's way!" Paul yells.

"Did Marnie already leave Motostoke?" Victor asks.

"Of course she did! Marnie is the best and always on the top of the competition!' Jean shouts.

"If she got a head start, then how could I get in her way?" Victor asks.

"Don't know, don't care, won't let you either way!" Paul yells.

"Now, Nickit, use Beat Up!" Jean calls out.

"Kit!"

"Zigza!"

Zigzagoon and Nickit jump forward.

Victor holds out a Poké Ball and throws it, "Scorbunny, uses Ember!"

Scorbunny emerges from red energy and shoots small fireballs from its mouth, "Scor!"

The attack hits Nickit, pushing it back, but Zigzagoon continues jumping forward.

"Zigzagoon, use Headbutt!" Paul instructs.

"Zigza!" Zigzagoon headbutts Scorbunny, knocking it back.

"Now, Scorbunny, let's use our new tactic!" Victor stands up. "Run up a lamppost!"

"Scor!" Scorbunny starts to run up a lamppost.

"I don't think so, Nickit, Snarl!" Jean yells.

"Kit!" Nickit yells, sending soundwaves at Scorbunny, knocking it off the lamppost.

"Scor!" Scorbunny slams hard on the ground.

"Rooki…" Rookidee watches.

"That's okay, Scorbunny, get back up," Victor says, causing Rookidee to look up at him.

"Scor…" Scorbunny returns to its feet, as Zigzagoon and Nickit stand a couple feet away from it.

"Let's show this Trainer why he will remain a zero!" Paul yells.

"Good idea, Paul!" Jean starts. "Nickit, use Beat Up!'

"Kit!"

"Zigza"

Both Pokémon jump toward Scorbunny.

"Rooki… dee!" Rookidee suddenly takes off, surprising Victor.

Nickit and Zigzagoon are getting close to Scorbunny, when Rookidee flies by, grabbing Scorbunny by the ears, and speeds it pass, with Nickit and Zigzagoon fall onto the ground.

"Hey! That's not fair!" Paul yells.

"Yeah! This is supposed to be a two on one battle!" Jean yells.

"Scor…" Scorbunny looks up at Rookidee, before it happily smiles. "Scor!"

"Rooki, dee," Rookidee happily responds.

"That's amazing, Rookidee!" Victor calls out.

"Rooki," Rookidee smiles.

"Hey! We're still having a battle here!" Paul yells.

"Yeah! Are we gonna finish or what?!" Jean yells.

"What do you guys say, up for it?" Victor looks up.

"Rooki!"

"Scor!"

"Alright! Scorbunny jumps down and uses Ember!" Victor calls out.

Rookidee releases Scorbunny, who falls straight down and starts shooting small fireballs from its mouth, "Scor!"

"Same result! Zigzagoon, Headbutt!" Paul calls out.

"Nickit, Beat Up!" Jean yells.

"Zigza!"

"Kit!"

Both Pokémon jump straight up.

"Scorbunny, keep on using Ember on the ground!" Victor instructs.

Scorbunny shoots the small fireballs onto the ground, and just before Zigzagoon and Nickit could reach it, Scorbunny is pushed head over heel and passes them.

"What happened?!" Jean yells.

"We used Ember to push Scorbunny over your Pokémon," Victor explains. "Now, Rookidee, use Hone Claws!"

High in the sky, Rookidee stretches out its claws, as they shine for a moment, "Rooki!"

"What's that?!" Paul shouts.

"Hone Claws increase Rookidee's attack and accuracy," Victor explains. "Which is perfect for... Power Trip!"

"Dee!" Rookidee flies straight down and uses its claw to knock both Nickit and Zigzagoon, at the same time, out of the air and back to the ground, hard.

Zigzagoon and Nickit then look up to see Scorbunny standing several feet away from them.

"Zigza…"

"Kit…"

"Scorbunny, let's end this with Ember!" Victor yells.

Scorbunny shoots small fireballs from its mouth, blasting Zigzagoon and Nickit and sending them flying into their respective Trainers' faces, before falling into their arms.

"Not again!" Paul reaches for his face with one hand.

"Me too!" Jean reaches for her face with the other hand.

The two then start running backward, with their Pokémon in their arms.

"You'll pay for this!" Paul yells.

"We won't let you win next time!" Jean shouts.

"Yeah! We let you win!" Paul adds, before the two disappear around a corner.

"You two were awesome," Victor says, as Rookidee lowers itself.

"Dee!"

"Scor, Scor!"

"Victor!" Gloria calls out, causing Victor to turn to see Gloria, the taxi driver, and his Corviknight approaching them. "We saw the tailend of that battle. Is everyone okay?"

"We're fine," Victor says, before he looks over to Rookidee. "Thanks to Rookidee."

"Rooki!" Rookidee puffs out its chest.

"I got to say, Rookidee, you were really amazing," the driver says.

"Rooki…"

"Unfortunately, I still can't train you for the Flying Taxi," the driver quickly adds.

"Rooki… dee," Rookidee, still flapping its wings to stay midair, looks down.

After a short pause, Victor looks up to Rookidee, "Hey, Rookidee, why don't you come with me?"

"Rooki…" Rookidee looks up at Victor.

"I'm taking part in the Galar League's Gym Challenge, which is my dream," Victor places a hand on his chest. "I can help you train and maybe someday you can make your own dream a reality."

"Rooki…" Rookidee looks deeply at the young Trainer.

Victor smiles, "So what do you say?"

"Scor!"

Rookidee looks down at Scorbunny then back at Victor, before it starts to smile and flies around Victor, "Rooki! Rooki! Dee!"

"I think that's a yes," Gloria says.

"Yeah," Victor says, before he pulls out a Poké Ball, before then throwing it. "Go, Poké Ball!"

"Rooki!" the Poké Ball bounces off Rookidee's head, as it stretches out its wings, before Rookidee turns into red energy flies into the opening Poké Ball, which closes, lands on the ground, shakes three times, then stops with small starts flying off the center button.

Victor picks up the Poké Ball and holds it up, "Alright, I caught Rookidee!"

"I'm glad everything worked out in the end," the driver says. "So, since you taking part in the Gym Challenge, want me and Corviknight to fly you to Turffield?"

Victor and Gloria look at each other, before Gloria answers, "Thanks, but I think we'll walk, so we can see more of the world."

"Right, I understand," the driver smiles.

"Knigh!" Corviknight smiles.

A Poké Ball is thrown into the air, with it opens and shoots out red energy, which forms Rookidee, "Rooki!"

"Alright, then, let's get started," Victor says.

"Scor!"

"Rooki!"

Gloria puts her hands on her hips, "And here I thought Hop was the excitable one."

Victor embarrassingly rubs the top of his head, as Scorbunny and Rookidee start laughing.

"Making a friend, with its own dream to fly toward, Victor is ready to continue to face his dream, with Gloria along his side. What could be next for our heroes?"

"Find out, as the journey continues..."