"Victor discovers a difficult part of being a Trainer, as Scorbunny and Pikachu fight for his attention. But after a natsy run in with a wild Crawdaunt, Scorbunny and Pikachu seem to have come to an understanding. Now our heroes come closer to Hulbury, as Victor continues Scorbunny's training."

"Pokémon Nursery Helpers"

Victor holds out a hand, "Go, Rookidee!"

"Dee! Dee!" Rookidee flies pass Victor, before flying past berries hanging from a tree, knocking each of the berries off the branches.

"Now, Pikachu, knock it over!" Victor instructs.

"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu jumps up and spins around, whipping the berries with its tail with each turn.

"Here they come, Scorbunny, Tackle!" Victor calls out.

"Scor!" Scorbunny jumps up, slamming its body against the first berry. "Scor!" Scorbunny jumps again, slamming against the second berry. "Scor!" Scorbunny jumps one more time, but misses the third berry, causing Scorbunny to fall down.

The berry falls on the ground and rolls over to Sirfetch'd, "Sir, fetch." It picks up the berry with the same hand that is holding the leek, rubs it on its chest and then turns to Gloria, who is standing with Sobble and Dottler.

Sirfetch'd, seeing Gloria dresses like a princess, hands the berry to her, happily, "Sir, fetch."

Gloria takes the berry, "Hum, thanks, Sirfetch'd."

"Clefa!"

The group watch as a Cleffa walks by, watching as it goes, before Victor and Gloria then jump to the side and say together, "Who's that Pokémon?"

Victor's Rotom Phone flies up, "Cleffa, the Star Shape Pokémon, Because of its unusual, starlike silhouette, people believed it came here on a meteor."

Victor takes his Rotom Phone.

"Okay, but where did it come from?" Gloria asks. "I hadn't heard about any wild Cleffa in this area."

"Cleffa, wait!"

The group looked down to see a woman running toward them, waving a hand at them, "Please, stop, Cleffa!"

"Clefa! Clefa!" Cleffa happily says, as it continues to walk.

"Dee, Dee," Rookidee flaps its wings and hovers down in front of the Cleffa.

"Clefa!" Cleffa turns to the side, continuing to walk, as Rookidee watches.

"Pika, pi," Pikachu stands in front of Cleffa, but Cleffa turns to the side, without stopping. "Pika?"

"Clefa! Clefa!" Cleffa says, hops slightly, and continues walking, coming toward a steep hill. "Clefa!"

"Scor!"

"You gotta be kidding me," Victor says, before he and Scorbunny run off. "We got to stop it from going over that hill!"

Victor, Scorbunny, Rookidee, and Pikachu jump toward Cleffa.

"Clefa!" Cleffa says, before turning away from the hill and keeps on walking, with Victor and his Pokémon, in midair, watch, unable to stop.

Suddenly, Victor and his Pokémon slide uncontrollably down the hill, before slamming into the bottom of the hill, in a pile, with all four of their eyes whirling.

"Cleffa certainly seems happy…" Victor says.

"At least someone does," Gloria says, with her hands on her hip, as the woman stops running next to her, catching her breath.

"Clefa!" Cleffa walks up to the woman.

The woman picks up Cleffa, "Cleffa, you're okay." She then looks ahead, while holding Cleffa, and bow, "I'm so sorry about all of this trouble."

Shortly later, Victor, who has Scorbunny on his shoulder, Gloria, who is holding Sobble, the woman, who is holding Cleffa, and the rest of their Pokémon are walking through the route.

"Again, I'm so sorry," the woman.

"You already apologize, hum…" Gloria starts. "You never introduced yourself."

"Oh, right," the woman steps out in front of the two Trainers and bow. "I'm so sorry." She straightens back up. "My name is Nani, and I work at the Pokémon Nursery."

"Pokémon Nursery?" Victor asks, before he and Gloria look up at a building they were heading toward.

"Oh, I heard of these places, they take care of young Pokémon, right?" Gloria asks.

"That's right," Nani says, as she turns back around and leads the two Trainers toward the building. "But we usually don't have problems like Cleffa getting out, however we have an unique situation today…"

Nani pushes open the door, with Victor and Gloria entering after her, to find an older woman in a chair, with a blanket, next to a counter, which has a Egg seating on a stand. The woman is surrounded by a Pichu, a Togepi, a Goomy, a Deino, a Darumaka, a Pidove, a Tympole, and a Bounsweet.

"How are you feeling, Granny?" Nani approaches the older woman.

"I didn't know this was a family business?" Gloria asks, as she puts down Sobble.

"'Family business'? Oh, Granny and I aren't related, she's the caretaker of the Pokémon Nursery, everyone just calls her Granny," Nani explains.

"Makes sense…" Victor responds, with Scorbunny hops off his shoulder.

Granny looks at Cleffa in Nani's arms, "I see you found Cleffa."

Nani stands straight next to Granny and bows, "I'm so sorry for letting Cleffa out."

"Cleffa was unharmed, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem," Victor says.

"True, but Trainers throughout the Galar region placed their trust in us to watch over their Pokémon for as long as they need, if those Pokémon get out and get lost, then we will lose those Trainers' trust," Granny explains, sternly.

"Right, yes, ma'am," Victor quickly says.

"I'm sorry about Granny, she's very concerned about the Nursery getting looked after well while she's sick, especially since I only been working here for a couple months," Nani whispers to Victor and Gloria.

"Nani," Granny sternly says, causing Nani to jump slightly. "Have you checked the supplies today, yet?"

Nani steps out in front of Granny, bowing, "No, not yet, Granny, I'm so sorry."

"Don't apologize, just check them now," Granny says.

"Yes, Granny," Nani quickly runs to a door behind the counter.

Scorbunny, Rookidee, and Sobble approach Goomy, Deino, Tympole, Darumaka, and Bounsweet.

"Scor, Scor," Scorbunny happily says, before looking over to its friends. "Scor, Scor."

"Dee," Rookidee happily responds.

"Scor, Scor."

"Sobbl…" Sobble responds, before it notices Darumaka hides behind Deino. "Sobbl?"

Rookidee looks to the side, "Dee!"

"Sir, fetch, Sir, fetch," Sirfetch'd waves its leek back and forth, in front of Pichu and Togepi.

Suddenly, Dottler and Pikachu are pushing Sirfetch'd back, away from the younger Pokémon, with Sirfetch'd continuing to wave its leek.

"I don't believe this," Nani says, as she comes out of the door.

"What is it, Nani?" Granny asks.

Nani immediately stands next to Granny, bowing, "I'm so sorry."

"Don't apologize and just tell me what's wrong," Granny tells her.

Nani straightens up, "It looked like we're nearly out of all items."

"Then you just gonna have to go over to Hulbury and get a resupply on everything," Granny explains.

"But Granny, with you sick, I can't just leave the Nursery," Nani tells her.

Granny places a hand to her chin, before looking over to the side at Victor and Gloria, "Then perhaps our new young friends could watch over the Nursery while you're gone."

After a couple short seconds, Victor and Gloria look at each other, then look straight ahead, "Wait, you talking about us?!"

Nani quickly steps out in front of the two Trainers, "That is a wonderful idea, and you two are so sweet to volunteer."

"We didn't really…" Gloria starts, as Nani hurries to behind the counter

Nani hurries from behind the counter, holding pieces of paper, before passing each paper to Gloria, "It's almost time to feed the baby Pokémon their breakfast, here's a list of what they are each given and the qualities. Next would be their exercise routines, this list what they need to do, for how long. Next is the nap time, this diagram shows where they sleep. Oh, and don't forget this map, it shows where all of the supplies are kept. And this is a note on different things to watch out for with the Pokémon."

"Don't forget the egg, Nani," Granny says.

"Right, I'm so sorry," Nani picks up the large egg from the counter and hands it to Victor. "We found this Pokémon Egg in the wild, it appeared to be closed to hatching, so keep it close to you at all times."

Victor looks at the Egg in his arms, with a sweat drop, "I know nothing about hatching no Pokémon Egg…"

In a large room inside the Pokémon Nursery, Victor, holding the Egg with one hand, places a bowl full of assorted food in front of Togepi.

"Toge! Toge!" Togepi happily says.

Victor stands up, as he looks at each of the baby Pokémon standing behind similar bowls, "This wasn't so difficult."

Gloria walks up next to Victor, holding the sheets of paper in one hand, "'Sometimes baby Pokémon don't know the true power of their attacks. Especially Pidove'."

Victor and Gloria look ahead.

"Pi, dove! Pi, dove!" Pidove happily flaps its wings, causing a large gust of wind with the baby Pokémon bracing themselves, as the bowls and their contents are flowing through the air, with Victor, who holds onto the Egg tightly, and Gloria falling down.

"I guess that was… Gust…" Victor responds.

"And this is… a mess…" Gloria adds, looking at the food spread all across the floors.

Victor looks to the side at their Pokémon, "You guys will help us clean up, right?"

The Pokémon happily responds.

"Sobbl," Sobble picks up a handful of food and drops them onto a bowl.

Sobble looks up to see Darumaka is approaching, looking side to side, "Maka, maka…" Darumaka looks ahead to see Sobble, nearly jumping. "Maka!"

"Sobbl," Sobble says, as Victor approaches.

"What's that Pokémon?" Victor asks.

"Maka!"

Victor and Sobble watch as Darumaka runs to behind a box.

"Sobbl…" Sobble's looked disappointed.

"Is that a Galarian Darumaka?" Victor wonders.

Victor's Rotom Phone flies up and floats in front of Victor, "Darumaka, the Zen Charm Pokémon, The colder they get, the more energetic they are. They freeze their breath to make snowballs, using them as ammo for playful snowball fights."

Victor grabs his Rotom Phone and then points it left to right, "Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokémon. Togepi, the Spiked Ball Pokémon. Goomy, the Soft Tissue Pokémon. Deino, the Irate Pokémon. Pidove, the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon. Tympole, the Tadpole Pokémon. Bounsweet, the Fruit Pokémon."

Gloria turns, holding two bowls full of food, "Victor, that's not helping!"

"Right, I'm so sorry," Victor hurrying put his Rotom Phone in his back pocket, and, while still holding the Egg, bends over to pick up a bowl.

Granny smiles, "One of them is like Nani… and the other one is like me."

Sirfetch'd puts down two bowls of food in front of Pichu and Togepi, "Sir, fetch."

"Pic, chu!" Pichu responds.

"Toge!" Togepi adds.

"Pic, chu!" Pichu places its hands on its bowl and throws them up, tossing the bowl, which lands on Sirfetch'd's head.

"Sr…" Sirfetch'd starting to turn red. "Fetch!"

Suddenly, Sirfetch'd starts to chase Pichu and Togepi back and forth, with Pichu and Togepi laughing. Eventually, Sobble starts to chase Sirfetch'd, as it continues its chase, before Sobble ends up running with Pichu and Togepi, as Sirfetch'd chases all three.

A few minutes later, Sobble is walking slowly, out of breath, before noticing Deino is eating from its bowl, as Darumaka hides behind a column, before it reaches out, grabs some food from the bowl and eats it.

"Sobbl…" Sobble starts to walk over.

"Maka, maka," Darumaka finishes eating the food before reaching for some more, but sees Sobble in front of it.

"Sobbl," Sobble hands out some food in its hands.

"Maka…" Darumaka backs up.

"Sobbl…" Sobble responds, before putting the food down on the floor and backs up. "Sobbl."

"Maka…" Darumaka walks forward slightly, and starts to eat the food. "Maka, Maka."

Sobble smiles, "Sobbl."

Victor, Gloria, and all of the Pokémon are in a large room, with several equipment including a treadmill and a large ball.

Gloria holds up the papers, reading one, "Regular exercising is necessary to help build young Pokémon's muscles and give them a healthy mind."

"Scor!" Scorbunny jumps onto a large ball, as Goomy and Tympole watch, before Scorbunny starts to bounce up and down on the ball. "Scor! Scor! Scor! Scor!"

"Goom-y!" Goomy happily says.

"Tymp! Tymp!" Tympole happily responds.

"Scor!" Scorbunny continues to bounce on the ball.

"Scorbunny, you supposed to help them exercising, not showing off," Victor says, with a sweat drop.

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble, standing next to the treadmill, waves over Darumaka.

"Maka…" Darumaka slowly walks over.

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble then jumps up and presses a button on the treadmill's control panel, starting up the treadmill before Sobble starts walking on it slowly. "Sobbl, Sobbl."

"Maka…" Darumaka gets a little bit closer.

"Boun!" Bounsweet jumps onto the ball, as Scorbunny, Goomy, and Tympole watch, before bouncing high off it. "Boun!"

Bounsweet lands on the treadmill's control panel, pressing a button with an upward arrow on it, causing the treadmill to build up speed, forcing Sobble to start running, "Sobbl! Sobbl!"

Sobble then is thrown off the treadmill, "Sobbl!'

"Maka…" Darumaka backs up slightly.

"Boun!" Bounsweet happily says.

Gloria walks over to Togepi, who is waving its arms back and forth, "Okay, Togepi, you should be…" Gloria looks away from the papers to see Togepi continues to wave its arms back and forth, then picks it up. "What are you doing?"

"Toge, Toge, Toge…"

Victor, holding the Egg, walks over, "I think I've seen that before." Victor snaps his fingers. "Oh yeah, it's Metronome. It allows the user to use any Attacks at random, like…"

"Toge, Toge, Toge…" Togepi continues to wave its arms, as energy starts to gather in front of it.

"Like Hyper Beam!" Victor realizes.

"What?!" Gloria responds.

"Toge, Toge, Toge…" Togepi continues to wave its arms, as Gloria looks around, panickly.

"Here!" Victor quickly opens up a nearby window with one hand, with Gloria holding Togepi, facing it at the window.

"Toge, Toge, Pi!" Togepi fires a massive energy blast, which shoots harmless into the sky.

Then, with Gloria holding Togepi and Victor holding the Egg, the two Trainers slide down onto the floor, exhausted.

Later on, in another room, most of the Pokémon are sleeping, with the younger ones on small beds, covered with blankets, and Victor and Gloria are seating against a wall, sleeping and leaning against each other, with the Egg seating on Victor's lap.

Sobble walks past the Trainers, looking around, "Sobbl…"

Sobble starts to walk pass the rest of the Pokémon, as Sirfetch'd, still sleeping, swings its arm in the air like its swinging its leek, and Scorbunny kicks its leg in its sleep, "Sobbl…?"

Not too far, Darumaka is lying behind two boxes, with a blanket over it, as it turns left to right, unable to fall asleep.

Then Sobble comes around one of the boxes, "Sobbl?"

"Maka, Maka," Darumaka seats up and backs up away from Sobble, closer to the wall, holding up its blanket.

"Sobbl," Sobble looks down slightly, before looking back up. "Sobbl, Sobbl… Sobbl."

"Maka?" Darumaka continues to hold up the blanket, but looks over it.

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble starts as it thinks about meeting Gloria at Hop's house, while hiding behind Grookey. "Sobbl, Sobbl…" Sobble looks down, before it looks back up, happy. "Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl, Sobbl." Sobble thinks about eating the curry Victor and Gloria made, about running with Dottler under the flying Rookidee, and about sleeping next to Gloria, with Dottler in Gloria's tent.

"Maka…" Darumaka slowly lowers its blanket.

"Sobbl, Sobbl," Sobble smiles, before holding out a hand. "Sobbl."

"Maka…" Darumaka continues to watch Sobble, as its hand is held out, with a big smile.

Nani enters the front of the Nursery, carrying a couple large bags marked with a Poké Ball symbol, "I'm sorry for taking so long!"

Granny approaches Nani, holding a finger up to her lips, "Shush, Nani, its nap time."

"Oh, right," Nani panicking says, before she bows. "I'm so sorry."

Granny sweat drops, "You don't have to apologize so much."

Granny slowly opens a door, as she and Nani look in on everyone sleeping.

"For amateurs, those young Trainers didn't do too bad of a job," Granny says. "And look at that…"

The pair sees Darumaka and Sobble sleeping next to each other, while sharing the same blanket.

"Darumaka appeared to start acting less shy," Granny continues.

Later on, in the Nursery's lobby, Darumaka waves at Sobble, "Maka, Maka."

"Sobbl," Sobble smiles, before it looks to the side to see Nani bowing repeatedly in front of Victor, who is still holding the Egg, and Gloria.

"Again, I'm so sorry, you had to do my job all day, I'm so sorry," Nani says, as she bows.

"It's fine, really," Gloria holds up a hand. "It was actually, kinda fun."

"Yeah, and it was a good experience, too," Victor says.

"It would seem the Pokémon would agree," Granny says, as Nani stops bowing, before Granny looks to the side at the baby Pokémon all are waving, with Darumaka at the front. "And Darumaka seems a lot more lively."

"I think we have Sobble to thank for that," Gloria looks over to her and Victor's Pokémon.

"Sobbl," Sobble rubs the back of its head, while blushing, with Scorbunny tabbing it with its elbow.

"Either way, I feel a lot better, so you have my thanks," Granny adds.

"We were happy to help," Victor says, before he notices the Egg is shaking in his arms. "What's going on?"

"I do believe…" Granny leans in. "It is hatching."

"What?!" Victor exclaims, before the Egg starts to crack and then breaks apart, while its glowing, before the Pokémon, Toxel, appears in Victor's arms.

"Toxe!" Toxel stretches its arms.

"Ah, so it's a Toxel," Granny leans back.

"A Toxel?" Victor asks.

Suddenly, Victor's Rotom Phone rises up, "Toxel, the Baby Pokémon, It manipulates the chemical makeup of its poison to produce electricity. The voltage is weak, but it can cause a tingling paralysis."

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu waves at the young Pokémon.

"Toxe!" Toxel happily responds.

Victor smiles, before he holds out Toxel, "Well, here you go, Granny."

"Toxe?" Toxel looks confused before it starts to wave its arms and cry. "Toxe! Toxe! Toxe!"

"Wha-What's wrong?" Victor panicking looks at Toxel.

"Mmhm, it's not uncommon for recently hatched Pokémon to become attached to those who cares for their Eggs," Granny starts, before sighing. "Which is why Nursery employees usually only do the bare minimums to care for an Egg."

"Ah, I forgot about that!" Nani suddenly realizes, before bowing her head. "I'm so sorry."

Granny sighs, with a sweat drop, "Fortunately the Egg was wild, so it didn't have a Trainer. Victor, you are welcome to keep Toxel, if you want."

"Really?" Victor asks, before turning Toxel around in his hands, so they are facing each other. "Do you want to come with me?"

"Toxe!" Toxel happily says, with its arms in the air.

"Alright!" Victor turns to his Pokémon. "Look like we got a new team member and friend."

"Scor!"

"Pika!"

"Dee!"

Victor smiles as he looks at Toxel in his arms, who also smiles.

Shortly, Victor, holding Toxel in his arms, Gloria, and their Pokémon, are walking away from the Nursery, waving goodbye at Nani, Granny, and the baby Pokémon, all of whom are also waving.

"Maka! Maka!"

"Sobbl!"

Done waving, Gloria turns to face Victor, "So next up is Hulbury, right?"

"Yeah, and my second Gym Badge," Victor turns to face Gloria, with both arms now supporting Toxel, before looking at his Pokémon. "Are you guys ready?"

Scorbunny, Rookidee, and Pikachu nod their heads, with determined expressions.

"Toxe!" Toxel happily calls out.

"A slight diversion gave our heroes a chance to experience great difficulties and great joy, as a young Pokémon starts to come out of its shell. But also Victor gains a new partner in his adventures. What's next?"

"Find out, as the journey continues…"