As Ash approached the source of light, it turned out to actually be a treadmill running simulator machine. A boy in a school uniform was running on the track in the middle of a foggy meadow near the forest that Ash had just come out of. A group of some other boys in school uniforms were seemingly asking the running boy questions from some sort of cards.
"Alright,...What's the name of this one?" The red-haired boy asked the runner.
"Is-it-a-Zubat?"
Another boy, with green hair interrupted.
"Listen, just because it's foggy out here, doesn't mean your brain has to be in fog."
"I-it's ...(gasp) a...pidgey!" The boy running on the threadmill guessed in an exhausted condition.
"You just got lucky. Now tell us what it's special attack is."
"...P-pidgey's attack is Gust!
At level 5 , Sand-Attack!
A-at level 12,..."
"-EVERYBODY knows that! Now, could'ya tell me at what level Pidgey evolves, and what is it's advanced stage...?"
"Ummm..."The running boy was sweating and nervously panicking in a struggle to find the correct answer.
"Hehehe...You'll have to come up with an answer quick or you'll have to run faster!" The green-haired one threatened the runner.
As the group silentl watched the runner fail to remember the answer, he finally collapsed from exhaustion and psychological pressure being rolled of the rotating treadmill track onto the moist ground where he stood on his knees looking at the soil in disappointment.
"OuwwwFF!" He said. "I-i'm sorry...I forgot."
"Ugh..."The crowd said.
The red-haired one, obviously the leader of the runts, said." You forgot, huh? And you call yourself a Pokemon Tech student? We don't wanna study with da likes of you."
"I'm ...sorry..." Was all the brown haired boy who failed said.
Suddenly, a voice approached them from the thick thicc fog.
"Hey! Leave that kid alone! What's goin' on here?!" It was Ash. He was in fury that the kid was seemingly being bullied.
The "examinators" explained.
"Pfft. There's nothing going on here. Mind your own - is a private training 's no room in our Pokemon School for losers who don't even know Pidgey's evolved stage! We have to maintain standards."
As Ash helped the failed boy rise. he replied,"I don't know about this school of yours, but if it's turning out students like you, I'd say the standards are pretty low."
"That's right, Ash! You tell 'em!" A familiar voice chimed in. It was...
"Misty?" Ash turned around to see the Water Type Trainer.
"If you guys don't stop bullying that boy, you're gonna face me and Ash!"
"-Misty you stay out of this-Leave it to me!-"
"You're right, Ash! There's no reason for both of us to get into a fight! It's...very brave of you to take all 5 of'em all by yourself."Misty said with a smug smile.
"Hehehehe..." Ash nervously said realizing that he probably should have talked nicer to Misty as he was confronted with 5 weird bullies by himself.
"I'll be cheering for you on the sidelines, and don't worry I'll drag you away at the end...Show'em you're a man, Ash!" Misty "cheered" Ash on.
Suddenly, the bullies responded.
"We don't fight. Fighting is for cavemen. We don't have time for brats like you. Plus, it would just give Pokemon Tech a bad rep." The group arrogantly said as they left the meadow before saying one last phrase,"We'll see you at the Tech, Joe." referring to the failed brown-haired boy.
Ash was infuriated as the hot-headed boy he was. He shouted at their backs.
"You cowards are just too afraid!"
"The only thing we're afraid of is how bad it would be to beat up a punk like you, hahaha."
...
"Just who do those guys think they are!" Ash said as the 5 silhouettes disappeared in the fog distance.
Basically these chapters are just a recap of episode 9, "School of Hard Knocks", which is the only episode that Giselle makes an appearance! What's special about Giselle is that she is the only girl in the Pokemon anime canon that Ash has explicitly shown romantic interest in. When this story catches up with the end of that episode, the plot will diverge from the Pokemon anime timeline! And I'll try to make it fun and interesting.