"A chance at training in the Galar Mine No. 2 almost turns to tragedy for our heroes, when a run-in with Team Yell separated Victor and Gloria from four of their Pokémon. But fortunately they got reunited and led out of the Mine. Now what could be next for our heroes?"
"The Undefeated Young Trainer"
Victor and Gloria are walking through the Motostoke Outskirts, with Victor's arms crossed and he looking down.
"Centiskorch is powerful and fast, all my Pokémon are fast, but can they match it in speed…" Victor says to himself. "Perhaps I could use its mobility to my advantage… But Kabu could use other Pokémon… And he's a Fire-type Trainer… maybe Scorbunny could match him in attack power…"
Gloria smiles at Victor, who continues to talk to himself, before she looks ahead, "Victor!"
Victor looks ahead, before he walks into a signpost and falls down, as Gloria places a hand on her head.
"Oh dear…"
Victor, still lying on the ground, looks up to see approaching them is an older woman and man, and their seven years old girl.
"Are you okay, darling?" the woman asks.
Shortly later, Victor has a bandage on his nose, as he smiles, "Thank you, very much, Mr. and Mrs…"
"Please, just call me, Caroline," the woman says.
"And I'm Raymond," the man adds.
"And this is our daughter, Eve," Caroline adds, as Eve smiles.
"I'm Victor."
And I'm Gloria."
"Nice to meet you both," Caroline says, as Eve notices the Dynamax Bands on Victor and Gloria's wrists.
"Are you two Pokémon Trainers?" Eve asks, before the two realize she noticed their Dynamax Bands.
"That right, we are," Gloria says. "Victor even is a Gym Challenger, and he already won two Badges."
Victor rubs the back of his head, slightly embarrasses.
"Th-That's really marvelous," Raymond says, with a slight sweatdrop.
"Well, I am the undefeated young Trainer," Eve pats a hand on her chest.
"You are the what?" Gloria asks.
"I have never been defeated, and I have a lot of Pokémon battles," Eve proudly says, as Caroline and Raymond look at each other.
"Eve, dear, they are probably too busy to battle right now," Raymond tells her.
"But when two Trainers meet they are supposed to battle, dad," Eve holds up a finger.
"That's true," Gloria nervously rubs the back of her head. "But you are pretty young, Eve."
"Are you should you're not just afraid of losing to a child," Eve says, with a huge grin.
Gloria looks down at Eve, slightly annoyed, before sighing, "Fine… I accept the challenge."
Victor looks down at Eve, who is still grinning, before he looks over to her parents, both of whom seem to be nervous.
Shortly later, Gloria and Eve are several feet apart from each other, with Victor, Caroline and Raymond on the sidelines.
"Go, Sobble!" Gloria throws a Poké Ball, which opens up and shoots out red energy, which turns into Sobble.
"Sobbl!"
Eve waves her hand, holding a Poké Ball, before finally throwing it, "Go, Skwovet!"
The Poké Ball opens up and shoots out red energy, which turns into Skwovet.
"Wo-vet!"
Victor's Rotom Phone flies up, "Skwovet, the Cheeky Pokémon, Found throughout the Galar region, this Pokémon becomes uneasy if its cheeks are ever completely empty of berries."
"Skwovet, let's start off with our regular, Stockpile!" Eve calls out.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet glows slightly.
"Stockpile increase Defense and Special Defense, but let's see how much. Sobble, use Pound," Gloria instructs.
"Sobbl!" Sobble runs ahead, before jumping and slamming down on Skwovet.
"Wo-vet!"
"Th-That never happened," Eve is thrown aback. "Skwovet, Bite!"
"Sobble, jump away!" Gloria calls out.
"Sobbl!" Sobble jumps back, as Skwovet tries and fails to bite it.
"It's so fast…" Eve is thrown aback.
"Now, Sobble, use Water Gun!" Gloria calls out.
"Sobbl!" Sobble shoots a stream of water from its mouth, hitting Skwovet, pushing it across the ground.
As the water dissipates, Skwovet is shown with swirling eyes.
"And Skwovet is unable to battle," Victor says, before he notices Caroline and Raymond look at each other, concerned.
Eve picks up Skwovet, as Gloria approaches her.
Gloria holds out a hand, "Sorry about that, but it was still a good battle, Eve."
"You cheated!" Eve yells at her.
"What?!" Gloria responds, before holding back her hand. "I didn't cheat."
"I saw the entire battle," Victor walks over, with Eve's parents. "And she didn't cheat in any way."
"I have never lost a battle, so she must've cheated," Eve says. "It's the only thing that makes sense."
"Now, Eve dear, calm down," Caroline says.
"No, it's not fair, I couldn't have lost," Eve says, as she holds her Skwovet closely.
"Wo-vet…" Skwovet looks up at Eve.
"Eve…" Gloria reaches out to the girl.
"No, don't talk to me!" Eve spins away, with Skwovet in her arms, runs off into the distance.
"Oh dear, what can we do now?" Raymond wonders.
"Excuse me, if you don't mind me asking, but who have Eve battled before?" Victor asks.
"Well, she had battled us, of course," Caroline answers.
"And our gardener," Raymond adds.
"Don't forget, the butler and maid," Caroline reminds him.
"There's also the babysitter," Raymond says.
"And the pool boy, of course," Caroline says.
"So basically, she only ever battles her parents and people who work for you," Gloria says, with the two nodding their heads. "You all been letting Eve win, have you?"
"You have to understand, everything our sweet little Eve had tried, when she had troubled, she gave up," Raymond tells him.
"She fell off her bicycle and gave up, or had trouble kicking her legs and gave up swimming," Caroline adds.
"Nobody likes to fail…" Victor starts.
"But if you just let her think that she can't fail, then she's gonna feel horrible when she faces a situation where someone won't let her win and she loses," Gloria continues. "Which is exactly what happened."
"You right, darling, we know you are," Caroline says. "But she just loves Pokémon so much, so if she loses in a Pokémon Battle, we're afraid she will give up despites how much she loves them."
Victor and Gloria look at each other.
Shortly later, Victor, Gloria, Caroline, and Raymond are walking through the outskirts, looking around.
"Eve, dear, please, come out!" Caroline calls out.
"Eve, we just want to talk!" Raymond calls out.
"She couldn't have gone far," Victor says.
"No, she… couldn't," Gloria then noticed Eve seating on top of a hill, with her knees close to her chest, and Skwovet next to her.
"Wo-vet," Skwovet looks at Eve, concerned.
"I'm okay," Eve tells her Skwovet.
"Glad to hear it."
Eve looks up to see Gloria approaching her, before looking away, "I don't want to talk with you."
"At least she's not crying like Toxel," Gloria says to herself. She sighs and sits down next to her, "I'm sorry about earlier, but I promise I didn't cheat."
"Every time Skwovet and I battle, we use Stockpile and then win in two or three attacks," Eve starts. "Skwovet were never even hit…"
"Wo-vet," Skwovet places a hand on Eve's knee.
Eve looks over to Skwovet, "Everyone always let me win, did they?"
"Yeah," Gloria admits, sitting down next to Eve. "Your parents are afraid that if you lose, you will give up Pokémon Battles. ...Do you want to give up…?"
"I love Pokémon, I love Skwovet," Eve responds.
"Wo-vet," Skwovet happily says.
"But I don't like to lose…" Eve continues.
"Nobody likes to lose, but if everyone gives up when they lose, no one would be able to accomplish anything," Gloria says.
"Isn't the League Champion undefeated…?" Eve asks. "Really undefeated."
"Yeah," Gloria starts. "But I'm friends with an old friend of the Champion. And she says that he had lost a lot before competing in the Galar League and becoming Champion. She also says that he gets lost all the time, still does."
Gloria and Eve start laughing.
At the same time, a nearby brush of grass rustles, with a pair of red eyes staring out.
"Wo-vet," Skwovet smiles, before noticing the rustling grass.
"Sal-dit!" a Salandit jumps out of the grass, right for Gloria and Eve, before Skwovet jumps in the way, with Salandit scratching it with one hand, knocking Skwovet back.
"Skwovet!" Eve calls out, as she and Gloria get back up.
"Is that a Salandit?" Gloria wonders.
Gloria's Rotom Phone flies up, "Salandit, the Toxic Lizard Pokémon, Its venom sacs produce a fluid that this Pokémon then heats up with the flame in its tail. This process creates Salandit's poisonous gas."
Gloria grabs her Rotom Phone out of the air, "Well, that answers that question."
"Sal-dit…" Salandit looks angrily, with its fangs glowing purple.
"I think it's getting ready to use Poison Fang," Gloria realizes.
"What?! Poison Fang?!" Eve worries.
"Sal-dit!" Salandit jumps forward.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet jumps forward.
"Skwovet!" Eve calls out.
Salandit maneuvers around Skwovet and bites it on its side, "Wo-vet!"
Skwovet jumps back a couple steps, as Eve watches it.
Eve sees Gloria holding up a Poké Ball, "Aren't you gonna help Skwovet?"
Gloria looks to her, "Eve, look at Skwovet." Eve does what she is told. "Skwovet is trying to protect you, its Trainer. I don't think it needs help from anyone, but its Trainer."
"Skwovet…" Eve watches hers Pokémon.
"Wo-vet… Wo-vet…" Skwovet breathes deeply.
Eve nods her head, "Skwovet, use Stockpile!"
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet's body glows slightly.
"Sal-dit!" Salandit starts shooting a series of small fireballs from its mouth.
"Skwovet, let's start off with our regular, Stockpile!" Eve calls out.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet glows slightly.
"Sobble, use Pound," Gloria instructs.
"Sobbl!" Sobble runs ahead, before jumping and slamming down on Skwovet.
"Wo-vet!"
"Not this time," Eve says to herself. "Skwovet, jump up and use Swallow!"
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet jumps up, with the small fireballs shooting past it. Then in midair, Skwovet swallows a berry in its mouth, before its body glows again, with Skwovet becomes happy. "Wo-vet!"
"Alright, Skwovet healed the damage," Eve says, with Gloria happily watching her. "Now, use Stockpile again!"
At that moment, Victor, Caroline, and Raymond are approaching them.
"Eve, dear," Caroline says.
"Don't worry, we're here," Raymond holds up a Poké Ball.
"Wait," Victor holds out an arm in front of the couple.
"But our Eve, darling…" Caroline says.
"Just watch," Victor says, as he looks up the hill, with the couple also looking up the hill.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet lands in front of Eve and Gloria, as its body glows.
"Sal-dit!" Salandit jumps forward, with its fang glowing purple.
"Skwovet, dodge and use Stockpile again!" Eve calls out.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet jumps to the side, as Salandit lands in its spot, with Skwovet's body glows slightly.
"Sal-dit!" Salandit jumps at Skwovet again, with Skwovet jumps straight up, as Salandit slides down the hill.
"Skwovet, use Stockpile one more time," Eve instructs.
"Wo-vet," Skwovet's body glows slightly, while still in midair.
"She keeps on using the same attack, maybe we should interfere?" Raymond suggests.
"No, Stockpile stores energy," Victor says. "I think I know what she's doing."
"Sal-dit!" Salandit looks up, with its fangs glowing purple, before jumping up.
Salandit starts to reach Skwovet in midair.
"Now, Skwovet, use Spit Up!" Eve calls out.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet fires a small energy ball from its mouth, hitting Salandit, knocking it out of the sky and hard onto the ground.
"Sal-dit!" Salandit slithers away, back into the grass.
"Wo-vet!" Skwovet lands on the ground, a couple feet in front of Eve and Gloria.
"We won…" Eve says, before she runs over to Skwovet. "We won!"
Eve picks up Skwovet and spins around, both happy, as Gloria watches with a smile.
Victor smiles, as he looks over to Caroline and Raymond holding onto each other, smiling with tears in their eyes.
Later on, Victor and Gloria stand on the side, as Caroline and Raymond bow slightly in front of Eve.
"We're so sorry for tricking you by letting you win, dear," Caroline says.
"We should believe more in you," Raymond adds.
"That's okay, mom, dad," Eve rubs the back of her head, slightly blushing. She then smiles and points at her chest, "Besides, now on, Skwovet and I'm gonna train and really become undefeated."
"We have no doubt," Raymond says, with tears in his eyes.
Caroline turns to Victor and Gloria, "Thank you for everything, darlings."
"We didn't do much," Gloria says, as Victor blushes.
Eve stands in front of the two, pointing at them, "And you better watch out, once I have trained, I will beat you both."
Gloria smiles, "And we look forward to it."
"And you, Victor," Eve starts, surprising Victor. "You better win the Galar League, so I can beat the best."
Victor blushes, "Hum, I-I will try my best."
Shortly, Victor and Gloria are walking away, waving at Caroline, Raymond, and Eve, who return the waves.
"You heard her," Gloria says to Victor, as the two stop waving.
"Huh?"
"Eve expects you to win, so I hope you're ready for Kabu," Gloria says.
"Yeah," Victor looks ahead. "Me too…"
"A run-in with a friendly family reminded our heroes of the importance of not giving up after a defeat. A reminder that Victor must keep to his heart, as they continue onward to Motostoke. But will Victor be able to beat the Motostoke Gym Leader, Kabu?"
"Find out, as the journey continues…"