Upon entering the red-roofed building, she spotted Metang, a nurse polishing his metal exterior. He looked full of energy and life. Her feet took her to his side quickly. "You're alright. How's Zigzagoon?" She patted the metal monster's head, only partially relieved, there was still one missing from their travelling team.

"He was rushed off by the main nurse into a room behind the counter; I haven't seen him since then." She frowned at this, fear bubbling and boiling in her chest. She looked over to the counter, seeing nothing, thoughts and auras of sick and injured Pokémon wafted to her, but she couldn't' detect Zigzagoon.

"Your Zigzagoon is resting miss. He'll be perfectly fine in about an hour or so. He was quite beaten down." The expression on the nurse's face was quite accusatory. She sighed in relief, but couldn't help the sharpness in her voice as she answered the young nurse.

"We were attacked by a gang of thugs. We were outnumbered and poor Zigzagoon wasn't quite strong enough to defend himself and aid Metang. It was my fault for expecting him to be able to deal with higher levelled Carvanha." She turned away from the nurse, walking over to take a seat and wait for her second travelling companion to return to her side.

About three quarters of an hour passed before a door opened behind the counter, a nurse stepped out, following after a Zigzagoon who leapt over the counter and came zooming towards her, hopping into her lap and snuffling his face into her stomach, his nose twitching furiously at his happiness to see her again.

She laughed and tickled his chin. "It's so good to see you twitching that nose again, Twitch. I was so worried about you," She sighed out her last sentence, feeling the anxiety leave her being as the scruffy Pokémon nuzzled her.

"Here is your PokéBall miss. Please be more careful with this Pokémon, he's just a baby." The nurse handed the red and white sphere to her. She reattached it to her belt and thanked the woman. She let Zigzagoon rest in her arms as she exited the Pokémon Center, Metang followed behind her, a little dismayed he would no longer be able to rest on her shoulder.

A great amount of cheering and noise startled her once she stepped out of the Pokémon Center; two trainers zoomed past, a boy yanking on a girl's arm. "Come on! I hear Lisia is here on another scouting trip for the Contest Spectacular! I have to see this!"

"Why drag me along?!" The girl was stumbling behind the boy in his haste. He wore red and she blue. Her face showed irritation at the boy's eagerness to join the bustling crowd outside the hall.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii every-body!" A voice sounded out from outside the Contest Hall. Garnet wandered over to the crowd, joining the very edge of the huddle of people, not willing to push deeper into the mass and being able to see the girl dressed in blue from where she stood. "Me and my Altaria Ali are here at Slateport City's Contest Spectacular Hall for a bit of FUN!" Her voice was loud and overly happy as she addressed the crowd gathered in front of her. Many people cheered and clapped at the girl.

Who was this girl? She clearly was well-known by the size of the crowd gathered to see her. Garnet spotted the two trainers who had passed her before. The boy had rushed as close to the front of the crowd as he physically could in his eagerness to see this girl. His companion looked thoroughly grumpy by his side, his hand still locked around her wrist.

Garnet turned her attention back to the girl; she was saying something about introducing a new trainer into the world of Contest Spectacular. Her partner Altaria flying behind her smoothly, his feathers were very glossy and he seemed much attached to the girl in front of him. She wore a dress of a blue that matched his body, it was very short and the skirt flared out dramatically. She had fluffy white accessories around her wrists and her boots had a similar decoration for around her ankles. Her turquoise hair was tied up, it spiked at an odd angle down the high ponytail, long bangs left down to curl around her face. She was very confident and spoke to the crowd as though each and every one of them were here closest and most dear friends.

"Today I will introduce two," She held up two fingers to the crowd, her fingertips facing the gathering of people, she was acting like this was a gigantic number beyond all recollection. "New trainers into the amazing world of Contests!" The girl Lisia looked around the crowd, pointing at each of the people there, many of them calling to her, as if she was counting all of them. Her gaze fell upon Garnet and Twitch in her arms, Metang was hovering a little ways away. "Eenie meenie, you!" She strutted over to her, waving her arms at Garnet as she tried to turn away. "Hey! Don't be like that! Come on up here!" She grasped Garnet's wrist and tugged on her gently, Garnet twisted her wrist to break the contact quickly but followed the girl up to the front, fearing making a spectacle of herself in front of this many people. "Aaaaaaand…" Lisia pondered as she let her hand wave across the audience until it stopped on the brunette girl wearing blue, who gasped and dodged back, pushing her red-wearing friend forward to be the one being pointed at instead of her. "Okay, you!" Lisia stepped forward to pull the boy from the crowd. "These two are my ninety-ninth and one-hundredth Contest Spectacular Scouts!"

She raised her arms as the crowd cheered, striking a pose, then turning and ushering the two into the hall. They moved into a dressing room on the right hand side of the buildings. Lisia turned back to them and beamed merrily.

"You'll need a Contest Pass to enter a Contest Spectacular!" She pulled the items from a drawer, handing one to each of them. The boy had a gleam of ecstasy in his ruby-red eyes. They were an unusual shade that Garnet had only seen a few times beforehand, once in her own eyes. He seemed thoroughly overjoyed when Lisia gave him a Contest Pass. Garnet simply took the item and placed it in her bag, mumbling a shocked thank you. Why it was that all these people she didn't know were so eager to give her things?

Lisia tilted her head, examining them and their attire. Ali fluttered over to a stool and perched on it, settling his wings around himself, clearly comfortable in this large room. Garnet examined the room, there was a large wardrobe in one corner and a line of counters - large mirrors on the wall above them - countless items of make-up were strewn across them.

"Hmmm, you can't enter Contest Spectaculars looking like that! I have just the things for you!" She danced over to the wardrobe and rifled through the clothes hanging within. She chose two outfits and spun around, the wardrobe door swinging shut behind her. Garnet examined the two outfits. One was a red and brown outfit, it looked crazy that anyone would wear that to Garnet, tight brown pants, brown boots hanging from a lower section of the hanger, they had red ribbon-like ties on the outsides of them. The entire outfit looked silly, she was glad it was clearly meant for him and not her; she would refuse to wear it. The boy took it, his eyes lighting once again at the outfit he was given. He turned and headed for an adjoining room which seemed to be a dressing room of sorts.

Lisia turned to her and held out a dress. It was a little more mature than her girlish outfit. The dress was short; it would not quite reach Garnet's knees, a solid amethyst colour with a few purple diamantes decorating the neckline. It was sleeveless with spaghetti straps, but another item hung from the hanger, a paler lilac cardigan with three-quarter length sleeves, it would reach down to the bottom of her ribs but no lower. A pair of shiny amethyst heels also hung from the hanger. Garnet rather liked this outfit. It seemed to be a lot more suited to her than these flamboyant outfits the others seemed to be wearing.

Speaking of flamboyant outfits, the boy returned in his new attire. It did suit him; he had taken off his red and white hat and struck a pose once he had exited the changing room. Lisia smiled happily and clapped her hands in front of her. "That's just perfect! Does this mean you're going to try a contest for me?" Upon seeing his smile, Lisia's beam seemed to grow impossibly large. "Yey! This makes me happier than ever! Oh! I know! This chapter of your life should be called:" She struck a pose, "My Big Beginning: A Heart Pounding Contest Debut!" The boy smiled at Garnet as well. She simply blinked back at him, a little confused as to what to do.

She travelled into the connecting room and closed the door. This room was a lot smaller, a full-length mirror hung on the wall beside her, a wall of shelves on the other. She took off her bag and slotted it into one of the highest shelves and hung the outfit on the back of the door. Changing quickly, she looked in the mirror, loving how the dress fitted and looked, not too sure about the heels, she was watching her ankles shuddering off-balance right this moment. She would have to get used to wearing them, but the heel was very long and thin, making her look a lot taller than she actually was. She brushed her fingers through her hair, not sure of what to do with it. But she resigned and let it fall down her back in its usual sprawl.

She tottered her first few steps, but she was getting used to walking in the heels and by the time she stepped out into the main room she had mastered walking on these stilts. She smiled with real joy as she saw both pairs of eyes widen at her sudden change in appearance.

"Oh wow! Is that really you?" Twitch had waited for her in the larger room; even he seemed shocked by her change. She smiled at him and gestured to him, he zigzagged toward her, and she caught him up in her arms. He tilted his head, his large brown eyes glancing at her mess of hair.

"Thank you Lisia." Garnet looked back at the overjoyed girl who had moved to a selection of different coloured ribbons, she picked up three different shades of purple ribbon. She moved toward Garnet and carefully scooped her hair from around her face, careful not to touch her face or neck. Once she had collected it all, Lisia tied it back with the three ribbons, intertwining the ribbons to make a spiralling pattern with them. She fixed the hair in a high ponytail, the ends of Garnet's hair curling around her upper back, shoulders and neck dependent on their length. Lisia loosened the ribbons slightly and let a few strands flop out of the ribbon, two curled to frame her cheeks, but the last slipped right down and covered her left eye, almost completely covering it. When Garnet went to move it out the way, Lisia stopped her.

"It works! It makes you look mysterious! As if you're hiding something it's adding to the overall look!" She beamed at Garnet brightly. Garnet turned to look in the mirror above the counter. She was surprised at how tying her hair up like this made her look so different. She couldn't see herself at all, only this girl who looked stunning and shrouded in mystery.

"Wow…" She breathed.

"Wow indeed! Why don't you enter a Contest too? Go on! Do it for me! You've played along perfectly up till now - thanks for that by the way - why not make you amazing contest debut?!" Garnet scratched her friend Twitch's head in thought. He wriggled with excitement; he seemed to want to perform in a contest very much.

"Please! It looks like fun! Ali's been telling me all about them!" His squeaky voice chirped up.

"Oh all right." She gave in, speaking to both Lisia and Twitch. She still wasn't sure what a contest was and what it would entail but after all this fuss had been made she couldn't very well say no.

"Yey!" Lisia jumped on the spot and smiled at them both. "I'd suggest a Cute Contest with that little guy! He's adorable!" She pointed to Twitch, who performed his trademark twitch of the nose to show gratitude, which nearly broke Lisia's cute-meter. Garnet found herself actually giggling at the girl's antics.

"I'll be entering a Cute Contest with my Kiki." The boy informed, releasing a feline Pokémon into the large room.

"Yes! Perfect! You two can enter the contest together! There's a Cute Contest starting in FIVE minutes! Go sign up!" She ushered them out of the room. She herself would be in the crowd for once; she wanted to see how they did.

(Break)

Standing on the stage, Garnet began to have second thoughts about her decision to enter this contest; she was here with three other people, one being the boy -announced as Ruby - who looked as though they knew what was going on. She stood there at the end of the line, completely gormless as to what she needed to do in this hyped up situation.

'Can't I just go?! Why did I do this?' She followed suit, releasing Twitch from his PokéBall and he danced around a bit, wriggling his tail and crying out his call cutely. He was lapping up the attention given by the crowd, loving every second of it.

"Round two: BEGIN!" An announcer startled Garnet - everything was so loud here - she didn't much like it. She didn't mind noise outside or in a battle, but the roars of this crowd were confusing her and she still didn't know what to do.

The two unknown faced one another and began battling. But it was not battling as Garnet knew it. The Pokémon performed the moves rather than attack the other Pokémon. Points seemed to be given for a certain type of move performed and opposing Pokémon seemed to become nervous or startled if some moves were used. Once their battle was over, each having only a handful of moves instead of KO'ing the enemy Pokémon - everything in this glossy show seemed wrong - Ruby turned to her, his Pokémon rushing forward performing her Attract move. Garnet watched as Twitch's tail jerked side to side, he had become nervous all of a sudden. But he bounced back with a Tail Whip which drew a gasp from the judges. Garnet was confused, she hadn't ordered him to use the move, so how did he know what to use. According to the judges reaction it had been a good move to make, but she hadn't ordered it. She was so lost.

The foe Kiki started singing; Garnet believed this would put Twitch to sleep, so instinctively she ordered a move. "Headbutt," She heard a sigh from the audience, a few of them booing her as the judges turned away from Twitch as he rushed towards the opposing Pokémon.

She'd done something wrong. The opposing Pokémon used Attract again and Twitch was thoroughly shaking now, his nerves really showing. This really wasn't a good position to be in, even though in a real battle she would have had the upper hand. Her head spun as she tried to get a grasp on what this was all about. Clearly it was to show off their Pokémon, but Twitch had executed that Headbutt perfectly well, so what was the problem?

"Sand Attack?" She said to Twitch, who shakily kicked up a cloud of sand from the ground right at Kiki. She saw a few nods in the crowd and assumed she'd done something right again. Kiki used Sing once again and Twitch retaliated by himself, using a shaky Tail Whip as his final move. Now it was all over. Now what?

"In fourth place… Garnet and her Zigzagoon!" A small cheer from the crowd. She'd come last! Her spirits sagged as she watched the others until. "And in first position… Ruby and his Delcatty!" He struck a pose before waving to the audience and his Kiki celebrating and waggling her tail happily.

(Break)

She'd changed into her normal clothes, Twitch was hyper and overjoyed even though they had lost, but her mind was frustrated with her lack of understanding as to why they lost. She carefully hung up the outfit on its hanger and left it in the smaller room, someone would pick it up, perhaps some star would wear it, or it'd collect dust. Either way it didn't matter. She had no love of these contests.

"Oh I'm so sorry! But next time you'll get it! You looked really good out there!" Lisia was trying to make her feel better about it, Garnet would give her that. But it didn't help her build up a love for this flashy portion of Pokémon training.

"Twitch looked good out there, he knew what to do. But I cannot get my head around contests. There were no contests in my region. It's so different from what I'm used to I'm not sure I'm one-hundred percent keen." She offered a kind smile to Lisia, who nodded understandingly. Garnet held Twitch in her arms; he was still revelling in the experience. "He seemed really happy out there, far more than he was ever when he was battling. I don't think travelling with me is the best for him." She frowned deeply. She understood that he was still a baby, but he never took to battling like Beldum had, even though Beldum was also young. But when he was out there on that stage, he lit up like she'd never seen before.

Ruby entered the room, his Kiki following behind him, a group of congratulatory fans seen outside of the room. He smiled at Lisia, his eager merriment at the victory written all over his face. "That was amazing! I've always wanted to be in a contest! I think I'll hang around here for a bit to enter some more contests!" His beamed over at Lisia, then turned to Garnet, his beam turning into a more sombre expression. "Sorry about how it turned out for you. If you keep at it you'll get it. Zigzagoon looked amazing out there."

"I don't think contests are for me. But Twitch here seemed to love them. I don't think I'll battle with him, not after what happened to him last time." She hugged him closer, hating to think about that. "But I have no intentions of carrying on with contests. I feel guilty since that's what he wants to do." Her frown was deep. She really had no idea of what to do.

"I can always enter him in contests. It'd be nice to work with new Pokémon and widen my skills as an amateur coordinator," His voice was sincere. His Kiki crying happily and staring at the Zigzagoon who looked interested at the offer.

"It's up to you Twitch." Garnet set him down on the ground, "You can stay here and enter more contests or travel with me to see the region.

She watched his face as he looked between her and the boy Ruby. He nuzzled her ankles "You'll always be my bestest friend! But I really want to carry on doing contests." She detached the PokéBall from her bag-strap and handed it to the boy.

"Then it's decided. Take good care of Twitch." She crouched down to the little Pokémon's side, hugging him fondly. "And you become a star. I'll see you again!" She kissed the Pokémon's head fondly and stood up, the Pokémon going and greeting Kiki. "Goodbye for now Ruby. See you Lisia." She waved as she left, glancing over her shoulder sadly. She did not wish to see Twitch go so soon, but it was what he wanted to do and she wouldn't be continuing contests. So it only seemed fair for him to make his own choices in life.

Metang had settled on the roof of the Contest Hall, when he saw her he hovered to her side, looking around for Twitch. She shook her head and the pair started off to the north, heading to the new area to continue their journey together. Her chest ached at the farewell but she knew she would see the little fellow again someday. She just needed to distract herself from the goodbye. "Hey!"

Garnet paused, turning around to face the girl wearing blue. Even though her outfit was entirely shades of blue, she did not look as though she belonged with the other blue-clad people Garnet had seen, she didn't look like a thug or wear the same uniform as they did. She seemed a cheerful young trainer. "Hello?" Garnet was unsure whether she was talking to her or someone else.

"I'm Sapphire! I saw you earlier in the contest. Seems you're not that type of trainer, you're my type of trainer!" The girl was bubbly, a very confident look in her eyes. "I challenge you to a battle, one-on-one!"

"Oh? And what makes you believe I'm worth fighting?" Garnet turned around to face the girl, interest in her amethyst eyes. "I could be a simple new trainer with no idea of what I'm doing for all you know."

"That look in your eyes tells me you're no ordinary trainer! And your Pokémon is unusually close to you. I hear only the best of trainers can train the Beldum evolution line. So I want to battle!" She grasped a PokéBall at her waist and tossed it into the air. Out of a bright white light a Combusken leapt, ready for battle. "Ready Chic?" He turned to her and nodded sharply.

"Well you seem to know what you're doing. Okay then, I'll choose Metang." He floated down calmly in front of her. "We each have an advantage and a disadvantage in this battle, so how will you fair?" Garnet smirked at the girl, "But should be perhaps take this away from the houses and other buildings in this city?" She turned and gestured for the girl to follow her to the route north of the city, where nothing would be seriously damaged by their fight.

Once they arrived in the wide route they faced off against one another, each judging the capability of the other. Garnet would not underestimate this trainer; there was a strange gleam in her eye, the love of battling and readiness to fight. It was the gleam she had seen in her past partner's eyes and now in Metang's own eyes.

After a few moments of sizing each other up, Garnet made the first move. "Confusion!" Her Metang sent a quick wave of psychic energy towards the fire chicken. He darted out of the way quickly, the attack missing by an inch.

"Use Flame charge Chic!" The Combusken rushed forward, heading straight for Metang, who looked at Garnet out of the corner of his eye, seeing her flick her wrist upwards. He obeyed the silent command and used Magnet Rise, lifting himself up out of the path of the charging Fire-type Pokémon's way. "Flip and use Night Slash!" The girl caught Garnet off guard, her Pokémon hopping around and slashing out with his clawed feet, slashing at the floating Metang.

"No, Metang, while he's so close use Confusion quick!" The Pokémon recovered and used the Psychic move, the opposing Pokémon had no time to avoid and his mind was assaulted by the attack. He teetered, confusion sweeping over him as his trainer cursed her opening him up for an attack. Clearly Sapphire hadn't been expecting Metang to recover so quickly. "My Metang is as tough as titanium! Isn't that right Titan?" The Pokémon hovered, not taking his eyes of the stumbling Pokémon.

"Chic, use Ember, aim above your head!" Sapphire instructed her Pokémon clearly. The Pokémon stared upwards, spitting flames at Metang but also tottering over and landing awkwardly, harming himself in the process. Metang had suffered a burn from the attack; she could see that the pain would keep building until he could not battle anymore. She had to end this.

"Use Confusion again, quick while he's down!" She yelled, seeing the burn spreading through his metallic body. He did so, the attack hitting the Pokémon directly. It scrambled to its feet, the second shot seeming to undo the confusion from the first one. This Pokémon was very well trained to use pain to focus its mind. Garnet's gaze returned to the floating Metang, who was slowing and clearly in a great deal of pain.

"Use Double-Kick and end this!" Sapphire yelled to her Pokémon.

"Use Take Down Metang!" Garnet ordered, the determination in all four of them mingling and swelling, bouncing off of the swelling emotion of the others. The air was tense as time slowed to show the Pokémon heading towards one another, Combusken's clawed, anisodactyl foot raised to meet Metang's fast-approaching head. Neither trainer breathed as the Pokémon collided, scuffling up a great cloud of dust to obscure what had become of the two.

They waited with bated breath as the dust settled, finally revealing the two Pokémon, both still up, determined not to be the one to fall first. Titan's form was drifting slowly to the ground even though he shot up a little every now and again; Combusken's knees were buckling as he began slumping forward. Both Pokémon crashed into the ground at the same time and neither could continue battling.

The two trainers stared in awe at each other. How was this result even possible?

"Chic return," Sapphire muttered in shock, once her Pokémon was within his PokéBall again, she held it close to her lips and whispered, "Thank you, that was a great battle."

"Well done Titan, return and rest." Garnet recalled Metang also, reattaching the ball to her bag-strap. She approached Sapphire, her hand outstretched. "That was a really good battle. Your Combusken really trusts and respects you. And I can understand why." They shook hands.

"Your Metang is very powerful; we just got lucky with that burn. Otherwise we'd stand no chance." The girl smiled, quite pleased to have found a trainer who put up a challenge instead of rolling over to the might of her Pokémon.

"I look forward to the time we battle again. I'm headed to Mauville City next; I hope to see you again sometime." Garnet said, her mind rushing through the battle.

"I'm going to stay the night at the Pokémon Center; it's getting a little late for travelling now. Why don't we head that way together?" Sapphire offered, "It's always more fun to travel with another trainer, I was, but he's decided he wants to stay here for a while and enter more contests."

"Staying the night in this city is a good idea; Titan needs to rest before we head out. I haven't ever travelled with another trainer, it might be fun." She smiled, her insides telling her not to trust this trainer, but her human heart warming up to the girl, Sapphire possessed her own fighting spirit.

"Tests are complete. Both the item and the specimen are ready for shipping over to Viridian City to you. You then can test it for yourself; we have attached the video footage of the battles which took place here today. The item shall be locked away and sent off tomorrow. You will be in possession of it soon Boss." She could hear the message, but she couldn't say how. She seemed to be underwater, her eyes seeing nothing but blurs. Bubbles rose every now and again. She was used to spending a lot of time in this tank, but that made it no less irritating.

She would be let out later, she had another lesson with the scientist she cared not to learn the name of. Her mind had been bored for some time. The lessons he taught her doing nothing to hold her interest. She knew that they were important, but she didn't really think she'd ever get out into the real world in order to use them. She'd be trapped in one place or another forevermore.

She listened to the minds around her, hearing the rushed voice of the scientist. 'I have to get her and that item out tonight! If they go to Viridian then there is no telling what will happen! I have created a monster yet I have tried my best to tame her, if she is let out with the item and control over her own mind, perhaps she will not cause too much chaos. But if she should be taken control of by him then I truly fear for the state of the world, its safety, its future.'

The tank emptied and the glass lifted. Her mind broke free of the restraints the liquid placed upon it and she could sense every emotion, aura and thought that flickered through this place. She felt fear bubbling inside her mind and her primal instincts told her to flee but they had told her this from day one here. Yet she had not listened to them when she ought to have. Perhaps today was the day she fled for real. Now she was stronger than ever, she could simply vanish and never be seen by these people again.

The liquid that clung to her evaporated when she stepped out of the now empty tank, she hated the feeling of being soaked when she was not emerged in water, so she always absently dried herself with a quiet thought at the back of her mind. She immediately spotted the scientist; he was hunched over a thick safe, breaking the lock with his knowledge. He brought out an object in a satchel. She could sense the powerful item she hated so very much and backed off, fearing that he would use it against her. "Take it, I promise I shall never use it on you again. Tonight I will get you out of here,, there are some clones in laboratory 9, take them with you, you can get all seven of you out of here and flee, flee until you can run no further, then defend yourself. Do not let them take this from you; it is the only thing they have to use against you. Keep it with you at all times and for Arceus' sake don't let anyone know what it is! They'll be here soon to…"

The door burst open, three men bursting into the room, shooting him dead in front of her; she snatched the satchel from his dead grasp and turned to face the men in front of her. "Subject 663, return to your tank or we shall open fire, drop the bag! Now!" Three guns were pointed at her, she looked down at the dead form of the scientist who had caused her so much pain, yet treated her like an equal, like a human. Anger rose in her, beyond anger, hatred.

A lilac glow enveloped her skin, her mind so infuriated she could no longer hold it back. The men fired repeatedly until their guns were empty. The bullets appearing in front of her, caught by the energy she was controlling unconsciously. She watched the little metal things spinning slowly before she pushed them away from her. They entered the chests of the men who had fired them. They toppled down to the ground, their life fading within mere moments. Humans were so fleeting, their life vanishing so fast even though they strive for great things. A human was nothing in comparison to a Pokémon, especially not one with incredible psychic energy bursting from their veins.

Alarms wailed up, she was snapped out of her thoughts, looking away from the four bodies in front of her, she stepped into thin air, intending to free the clones nearby.

A/N: Wow! My last two chapters have been over 5,000 words! I can't understand how they get this long! I hope they're still interesting even though they've just burst from around 2,000 words to 5k! Thank you for reading! See you next chapter!

PhantomGalaxy13: Your reviews were very helpful to me. It's always good to understand the good things and those that (as a writer) I can improve on. Your reviews always put a smile on my face as you pointed out things which could do with improvement or added thought but also highlighted things you found interesting :D I love reviews which do this! And at the moment I haven't a plan for the Pokémon who will join Garnet's journey or if she should meet Pokémon who come and go. I look forward to hearing your opinion on this latest chapter. Thank you again, Iris.