Nils, Ren, Firenze and Jessie had just arrived in Seafoam Town and Nils was ready for his Gym Battle.

"Good luck Nils," said Jessie to her son, "I expect you to do well." "By the way, the Gym here is meant for Ice Types and the Gym leader is quite strong."

"Thanks for the advice Mom," said Nils and the group continued going to the Gym.

Once the group found the Gym, they went inside and were greeted by a woman with long silver hair who was wearing a pink coat with a hood.

"Welcome to the Seafoam Gym, said the woman, "My name is Jackie and I'm the Gym Leader."

"I'm Nils," introduced Nils as he stepped forward, "And I challenge you to a battle."

"You have guts Nils I like it," said Jackie, "But can they make you as strong as they make you brave?" "I guess the only way to find out is to battle,"

As the group and Jackie were about to go to the battlefield, a little boy with silver hair and was wearing a red coat and a blue hat entered the Gym with a worried look.

"Mom," said the boy to Jackie, "We've got trouble."

"What's the problem Chris," asked Jackie.

"I was playing with my friends when I saw a suspicious group of people heading towards Snowcraft Forest and I heard them talking about going after Articuno," answered Chris.

"What," said Jackie who was surprised, "I'm sorry Nils but we have to postpone our battle because there's an emergency I must deal with."

"Can we help," asked Nils.

"I suppose you can since this is a huge problem and I may need some backup," answered Jackie and they all quickly left the Gym for Snowcraft Forest.

"Snowcraft Forest is a nearby forest with all kinds of Pokemon," explained Jackie, "And it is said an Articuno lives in that forest as well." "Not only does Articuno live in Snowcraft Forest, it also protects the Pokemon that live there." "If these suspicious people take Articuno, the Pokemon of Snowcraft Forest will be in danger."

"Then we'd better hurry," said Firenze and they all ran with Jackie leading them.

By the time they made it to Snowcraft Forest, the group spotted three Team Bomb grunts guarding the entrance to the forest.

"I knew Team Bomb was behind this," said Ren who shouted by accident.

"Hey," said one of the grunts who heard Ren's shout and the three grunts went to the group.

"Looks like we'll do this the hard way," said Jackie, "Go Weavile," and a Weavile was sent out.

"Let me help you," said Jessie, "Go Gourgeist," and Gourgeist was sent out.

"Chris," said Jackie to her son, "I want you to lead Nils, Ren and Firenze to Articuno and protect it with everything you have.

"Ok Mom," said Chris and he lead the trio past the grunts that were distracted by Jessie and Jackie.

Once in the forest, Chris lead the trio through a bunch of trees until the four of them found an injured Snover lying on the ground.

"This Snover must have gotten hurt trying to stop Team Bomb," said Chris.

"I have some Oran Berries," said Ren who then fed Snover an Oran Berry.

Snover then got up and thanked Ren for the Oran Berry while being worried for Articuno.

"I think Snover wants to protect Articuno," said Firenze and Snover nodded which meant Firenze was right.

"Well you can help us with that if you want," said Ren and Snover decided to help.

The group and Snover continued through the forest until they went to a gigantic tree and once they got there, they saw a Team Bomb Grunt battling Articuno by using an Ampharos. Just then, Snover charged at the Ampharos and use Wood Hammer on it which made Articuno fly away from the interrupted battle.

"Hey," said the grunt, "You shouldn't be interfering," "Ampharos use Signal Beam," and Ampharos started to use the move of choice.

As the Signal Beam came to Snover, Snover became scared and was unable to figure out what to do when Ren decided to help.

"Dodge it Snover," said Ren and Snover dodged the Signal Beam. "Use Blizzard," and Snover used the move of choice which froze Ampharos. "Now Energy Ball," and Snover used the chosen attack which severely damaged Ampharos who then thawed out.

"Use Thunder Punch," said the grunt and Ampharos then used the selected attack.

"Energy Ball again," said Ren and Snover launched another Energy Ball which did lots of damage to Ampharos because the first Energy Ball decreased Ampharos' special defense and Ampharos was then knocked out.

"I'll get you for this," said the grunt as he returned his Ampharos and fled.

"That was great Snover," said Ren as he went to Snover, "You know, since we make a good team, why don't you come with me?"

"Snover," said Snover in a way that meant yes and Ren tossed a Pokeball at Snover which caught it.

"Well now that Articuno's safe," said Chris, "Let's go tell my mom about this." "By the way Nils, I think your battle with my mom will have to wait until tomorrow."

"I can wait a little longer," said Nils and the four of them headed back to the forest's entrance.

Meanwhile, the grunt that battled Articuno and Snover and the three grunts that battled Jessie and Jackie were talking about the success of their mission.

"Well that could have gone better," said one of the grunts that battled Jessie and Jackie.

"True," said another one of the three grunts, "But at least we got what we came for."

"That's two down one to go," said the grunt that battled Articuno.

"Let's now go back to headquarters and report our success," said the final grunt and with that the four grunts went on a boat and left the island.