At a cozy house, in a two building town by the edge of a field and by a mystical forest. A girl with short, brown hair, brown eyes, a magenta dress top that complimented a magenta skirt, put on a grey jacket and checked her brown shoes. She was excited about a coming of age event and was at a living room. Using an orange phone that has a thunder bolt on each end, to watch a particular video. One with a logo of a magenta C. The video was taking place at a stadium.
Click!
She turned on the video and saw a crowd of people cheering, fire works set off in the night sky and the camera went to a dark skin man in a grey business suit. He had a shortly trimmed, beard, goatee and mustache, hair trimmed to where it dangled to the right side of his face and lime green eyes. He waved to the people and had something to announce for any aspirants watching. "Welcome, one and all! Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon!"
He stretched his arms as a way to greet the new trainers, put them behind his back and explained. "Our beloved Galar region is a wonderful place with thriving nature, beautiful cities, and many Pokemon, which we share our lives!" He pulled a red and white ball from his pocket. "As you know, our society is able to thrive..." He tossed the ball and caused it to open, letting out an orange baby elephant with green growths on it's back, forehead, at the dorsum of the trunk and at the tip of the trunk. It landed and gave happy took as the man gave him credit. "thanks to the help from this mysterious creatures that we call Pokemon." He directed to a flock of grey pigeons. "Yes, Pokemon are all around us- in the sea, in the sky, and even with is in our towns!" He addressed the viewers who are particularly interested. "And those of us who choose to raise and train pokemon to do battle and compete. We call Pokemon Trainers!"
The crowds cheering and the girl gave a nervous squee as the man focused. "Oh! But I'm getting carried away. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rose, and it is a pleasure to be here."
The camera's focused to a portion of the stadium. "Now turn your gaze to the Galar region's greatest Pokemon Trainer, your undefeated Champion. It's time for Champion Leon's exhibition match!"
Poof!
Smoke shot off from behind Rose as a smoke screen trailed to the center, giving sparkles along the way. Revealing a dark skin man in a black sports uniform that has a logo of a red shield and a blue sword. He had a white pair of pants, long purple hair, a distinct shaved beard, golden eyes, a black baseball cap with golden linings and red cape with yellow fluff. Behind him is an orange dragon with blue eyes, a flame at the tip of his tail and blue wings connecting to orange membranes. The man looked around, posed and pointed to the sky. Before him was another dark skin man, with black vest that has a shirt resembling the armored yellow scales of a dragon. He has an orange beanie, orange gloves and a blue pair of shorts. By him is a metal, tower like reptile that stood upright. The rival boasted. "Exhibition or not, Leon, your pristine record is about to end- when I beat you here today!"
Leon laughed in adrenaline. "You know I don't lose battles, Raihan!" He readied a ball. "Charizard, it's time to Dynamax!" He called the Charizard into the ball, powered it up with the energy from a band and tossed it behind him. The ball popped and unleashed a growing giant, with wings of fire and flames leaking from the shoulders and the backward sticking horns on his head. He gave a mighty stomp as Raihan laughed and called his partner for a very similar stunt.
As it reached an escalation, a doorbell was heard and the girl turned from the phone and looked around. Seeing a small Munchlax sleeping away. On the other side of the door, was the sound of a chipper boy. "Hello, hello!"
The girl faced the door and called. "Door's unlocked, Hop!" In came a boy with very similar traits to Leon, short, bushy purple hair, a teal jacket and a fluff in the tuff. By him was a fluffy white ship with black skin and two dangling braids of wool. The boy ohed. "That your flash new phone, Gloria?" The girl stood up and nodded. "I just gave the Phone a little test around."
Hop raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Were you watching Lee's exhibition match with it? But you can't cheer him on with your hands full. You know the only way to properly cheer on Lee would be his famous Charizard pose."
Gloria put the phone away and mimic the pose Leon made on the video. "It's the most we could do when we're not in a stadium!" Suddenly, a woman approached from the kitchen. She had blue overalls, a set of glasses, flower colored white boots, a grey shirt and medium length brown hair that is tied into a side pony tail. She had brown glasses to complete a gentle form, though she's a bit bubbly. "Hop?! Didn't expect to see you today, dear. Isn't this the big day?"
Hop folded his arms and had his hands placed behind his head. "Yeah, that's exactly why I came running over to get Gloria! Never mind watching the match now!" He relaxed. "I've got it recording at home anyway. I record all my brother's matches." He called to the girl. "Come with me, Gloria! He should be here any minute!" Gloria yelped. "Any minute?!"
Hop nodded. "And Lee always brings presents when he visits, so I wouldn't forget that Bag if I were you!" He hurried to leave. "Now I've got to run! See you at mine later!" His sheep rolled behind him as Gloria got up and made a hurry to her room. One with a pokeball themed mat, a multitude of posters involving Pikachu and Eevee, as well as a few plush toys. By a bed that has a stripped blanket of dark green and lime was a large, brown, leathery bag to carry on her back. On it was a green beanie cap with a white ring on top, resembling an arena and a white fluff. The girl put it on and had a good wave of nostalgia as to who had this bag before. She readied herself and was about to step out. "Alright Mum, I'll be back as soon as I see what Leon's bringing."
The woman blushed and let her daughter take off, to a quiet, lush village with a ramp going down to a split. On her right is a path to a forest, on her left leads to another house and to a nearby town. The house itself had vines growing around it, a garden with a Budew enjoying himself and several things that made Gloria comfortable through out her years of life. At the bottom of the ramp was Hop, noticing her and waving. Hop checked out the additions. "Ha! Look at you, Gloria! That old Bag looks like it could pull you over!"
Gloria puffed her cheeks. "It's been a good bag for my Pop, so having this along feels like home's going to be with me!" Hop sighed and gave the girl where it was due. "At least we know that it should hold anything Lee might bring, even if it's as big as a Snorlax!" Rumble! The three turned to the forest trail and watched a sheep rolling to tackle a wooden fence gate. "A Wooloo?! But what's it doing there?"
The Wooloo kept tackling the fence to no avail and Hop called out the sheep. "Hey! You silly Wooloo! I see what you're up to! Don't go using Tackle on the fencing! Now, you listen! No going past that fence! No! Everyone knows there are scary Pokemon living in the Slumbering Weald!" The Wooloo blinked and gave off a baaa before going back to tackling the fence. Hop raised an eyebrow and suggested. "Now that that's taken cared of. How about it, Gloria? Let's race! Bet I can make it to my house first, what with you lugging about that big old bag!"
Hop turned for a fast sprint while his Wooloo curled and rolled out. Gloria felt enough of the insult and started a sprint of a pace, over a bridge and to the view of the many farm hills. Gloria was distracted by most of the sites, from the Wooloo flock rolling around, to Butterfrees fluttering. She reached a house closest by the town. A two story one that has a small arena by the drive way and a brick shed of a garage. Gloria was seeing that Hop was a bit winded and used it as her chance to sprint, catching up to her neighbor and reaching the door at around the same time.
They entered a kitchen and found a purple haired woman in a yellow jacket, preparing for something. Hop asked her. "Mum! Is he here?!" The woman gave an ah and approached. "There you are at last, Hop!" She noticed the girl. "Oh, and you've brought along Gloria." She waved. "Hello, dear."
Gloria waved as she was about to say hello back, Hop tapped his foot in impatience. "Yeah, yeah, but where's Lee? Have you got him crammed in a cupboard?" The woman put her hands at her hips and gave a firm step. "He's still not here yet! For the hundredth time." She groaned. "Honestly, Hop, you must learn some patience! He's probably only just arrived at the station in Wedgehurst"
Hop readied to take off again. "Then that's where I'm going! You know Lee is hopeless with directions. I'll make sure he doesn't get lost along the way!" The woman ohed. "Will you? Yeah, that's probably for the best." The boy asked his rival. "You're going to come along, Gloria? You've still never met by big bro, right?" Gloria felt her heart thumping as Hop cheered. "You can't miss out on your chance to meet the undefeated Champion!" He sprints out. "I'll wait for you out in the route!" With that, he was gone and Gloria turned to the mother nervously. "It's just that this is my first day, it's a lot to take in, y'know?"
The woman understood and let the girl take off. Gloria was back on the road and found Hop at the road going to a downward slope. Hop called. "Let's get a move on!" He and Gloria kept side to side, the girl noticed tall grass, shaking in the wind as the boy warned her. "Remember, wild pokemon could come out of nowhere if you walk through patches of tall grass." Gloria nodded and saw Wooloo keeping up. "I need to get my partner soon!"
The three made it to a crowd, gathering by a train station. A Charizard was stepping out in hope a friend of his is following the direction, Leon was having a bit of a dumbfounded look on his face before stepping out of the station, finding the people of his home town and giving off a wide smile. He gave off his pose as a way to give them what they've been wanting. He announced. "Hello, hello, Wedgehurst! Your Champion, Leon is back! I promise I'll keep doing my best to deliver the greatest battles for you all to watch!"
The crowd gave the praise where it's due and Gloria's feeling her heart beat. "It's our unbeatable Champion! Leon, you and Charizard are the greatest!"
Leon blushed. "Well, thank you for that!" He cheered. "I hope you'll all carry on training up your pokemon and never shy from battle. Then come challenge me for the Champion title!" The crowd were both eager for the challenge and intimidated by the thought of fighting that Charizard. At the mention, Leon agreed to that and admitted that a lot of pokemon have the potential to get strong as well. It's an invitation for strong trainers to reach the rank and give it a go. The speech ended with Charizard giving a grunt of a roar, out of sportsmanship.
Hop waved to try and get his brother to notice. "Lee!" Leon's a bit surprised, realizing he didn't spot his little brother in the crowd. "Hop!" He approached him to ask. "So, my number-one fan in all the world has come out of his way to pick me up? Look at you, Hop! I reckon you've grown-" He tried remembering. "exactly an inch and a quarter since the last time I saw you!"
Hop nodded. "Bingo! That's the sort of sharp eye that's kept you undefeated so long, eh, Lee?" Leon noticed Gloria's nervous aspiration. "And these bright eyes over here-" Gasp. "I've got it! You must be Gloria, am I right?"
Gloria gasped and nodded. "You got your instructions down right, Champ!" Leon nodded. "I learned loads about you from my little brother. I'm the Galar region's greatest-ever Pokemon Champion- and a massive Charizard fan, too." That got Gloria laughing. "And they call you the Unbeatable too!" Hop turned. "Come on, Lee! And you, Gloria! Bet I can beat the both of you back home!"
He dashed off with Wooloo realizing he has to roll upward, Leon's quite impressed. "That Hop... Always wanting to be the best, isn't he? With a proper rival of his own, I bet he'd push himself to become something truly special."
Gloria blushed as Leon turned to his crowd and gave them a farewell, promising them a Champion time later. He chased after his brother while Charizard has a nervous sweat.
He wanted to keep an eye on his trainer, looked to a winded Gloria and lowered his wings, offering her a fast ride to the house. Gloria is enamored by the kind offer and took it, zipping fast to to the small arena while keeping an eye on Leon to make sure he doesn't get Hop or himself lost. With the band back at the yard, Hop was getting impatient yet again. "Come on, Lee! You promised us a present! So out with it! You brought Gloria and me Pokemon, you did, didn't you?"
Gloria gasped as Hop pointed to a pocket. "I know you must have!" Leon wasn't too worried. "Right then! The greatest gift from the greatest Champion" He called as he put his hand in his pocket. "It's show time, everyone!" He pulled out three balls to toss to the yard. "Take a good look, you two!"
Fling! Pop!
Out of the three balls came three specimens of potential and amazement. An off tune, green money with a piece of wood tied to the top of his head. "The grass-type pokemon- Grookey!" A chipper white, bipedal rabbit with orange at the tip of his ears, toes and light orange patches on his feet and one above his nose. "The fire type pokemon- Scorbunny!" And finally,a blue lizard with a yellow sail like frill on his head and a curled tail, giving a wail. "And the water-type pokemon, Sobble!"
The Sobble landed on his face while the Scorbunny took off to the yard to play kick fire trails. Grookey noticed a tree, gasped in amazement and leaped on it to climb. Wanting to use his branch to play a tune on the wood. Sobble was completely embarrassed and slithered to the pond as a way to hide his shame. Gloria had a bit of pity for him and thought about her options.
Sobble spat out some frustration and accidentally hit Scorbunny, sending him into a hoping fit before hitting a branch Grookey was on and knocking a berry into the water. Sobble cringed, climbed out and went into a cry before Grookey jumped off and tried to pay a tune as a way to say it was nothing personal. Scorbunny in particular landed by the two, looked to Sobble and give a bit of a kick hop in place, letting Sobble know all that really did was heat his blood even more. Sobble got over his crying fit and had a bit of a laugh with his buddies.
Leon's quite charmed and whistled. "Alright, line up everyone!" The starters did so as the Champion asked. "Which will you chose?" Gloria's having her eyes set on the three while Hop advised. "Go on- you pick first. I've already got my Wooloo, after all!" Gloria nodded, approached the trio and pointed at the Scorbunny. "You got a bit of a kick there, like a good curry pot! You want to do some adventuring together, Acer?"
The Scorbunny gasped, took a step back and giggled as he spun around while Leon asked. "Scorbunny's filled to bursting with fiery passion! You're set on him?" Gloria nodded certain, readied a fist and shared a fist bump with the rabbit." Hop admitted. "Nice choice!" He saw Wooloo sniffing Grookey and practice timing a bleat with a stick tap on the ground. "Looks like I'm going with Grookey! You and Wooloo are starting off as pals already!" Grookey looked up in beat as Hop vowed. "I'm aiming to be the next Champion, so be ready! You and I will be doing some serious training!"
Grookey jumped to that, looked to Wooloo and give a bit of a cheer. Leon imagined. "I'll be you'll be reaching it far, Hop! That's why I brought along these Pokemon for you and Gloria. So the two of you can battle and train and grow stronger together. To try to reach me!"
He looked to a Sobble that was curling to his tail and looking like he's being left out, Charizard sighed in pity as Leon approached, lowered himself and offered a hand. "And you'll come with me! Charizard will show you the ropes. He's strict- but real strong and real kind, too!" The Sobble blinked while Charizard gave a smile and growled playfully. (It's a lot funner than he's making it sound!)
Sobble smiled back and jumped to Leon's shoulder while the Champion's mother stepped out of the house with Gloria's Mum. "Alright, enough of this Trainer nonsense for one night! Dinner's ready, Children. Bring along your Pokemon, and let's all eat!" Gloria's feeling a rumble in her stomach that her Mum noticed. "That waiting and suspense is making you work up and appetite! Hope you like kabobs!" Gloria heard her stomach and drooled. "Oh man, that sounds really good!"
The day after the Dinner.
Gloria woke up early, having a fire type sleeping by her waist gave quite a warm and coozy feeling while she processed that she's an official trainer. She had Acer wake up, hop off and get into an energetic race back to the neighbor house. Where Hop was perking in a beat with Grooky and Wooloo. Leon saw the new trainer arriving and asked. "You both spent the whole night with your new partners? You two getting on all right? Understanding one another?"
Gloria give a bit of a sporty kick and admitted. "We spent a bit of time exercising for the moment we're ready to get on out on that road!" She looked to Hop. "And I know these three are getting in a beat already too!" The rival blushed as Leon snickered. "Then listen up, new Trainers! Believe in yourself and your pokemon! If you trust in one another and carry on battling side by side long enough, then someday, you might even become worthy rivals for me too! The unbeatable Champion!"
Hop's eager at the word battling. "We'll be coming to challenge you big one day, Lee! If you think Gloria might be able to challenge you, then I guess she's my first rival!"
Gloria and Scorbunny had that step, the girl raised an eyebrow. "Already?" Hop promised. "I'm not planning on losing to you and missing out on my chance! Just having a pokemon with you, doesn't make you a real trainer, you know. Proper Trainers raise their Pokemon up to be first-rate in battle, too!"
Leon found a chance to pass along a humbling for his brother. "Oh, and you think you're a worthy foe, calling yourself a proper Trainer already, Hop? Guess I'll be the judge of that!" He showed to the small arena. "Let's see how you handle yourself in a battle against your friend, if she's up for it." Gloria tensed. "Yeah, we got to know if we'll even make it past the road, after all!" She and Scorbunny went to the arena with something of a spring. "Once we get the right moves and find that partner, we'll be able to take it to the cup!"
Hop snickered while Leon kept to the pond to be the referee. "Looks like everyone's on board, pokemon and trainers alike?" Hop took a step on the other side with his partners and promised. "Let's do this! I've watched every match that Lee's ever had. I've read every book and magazine he left behind at home, too! I know exactly what to do in order to win!" He flexed and give a throw. "Let's go Wooloo!"
Wooloo bleated and rolled to battle while Gloria raised an eyebrow. "Two partners against one? What kind of odds are that?" She giggled. "Let's beat them anyways!" She expected the Wooloo to take a while and ordered. "Use growl to keep that sheep from going at us too hard and tackle until he stops bouncing!"
The Scorbunny nodded and growled fiercely while Hop cheered. "Get Acer with a good old tackle!" Wooloo nodded, rolled at the rabbit and was kicked back. Scorbunny tackled back and traded a light blow before elbow bashing the sheep to Hop. It bleated and gave way for a k.o. Hop braced himself firm. "It's not over yet, I still got another trusty ally on my team!"
The Scorbunny breathed out embers and gestured that Hop and Grookey bring it on. As the monkey hoped in a beat, Gloria realize. "You got something packing, Acer! Now's our chance!"
Scorbunny spat out an ember and kicked it right at the Grookey, making him roll back from a super effective spark. Gloria laughed. "Now let's see if you got a move that's got an edge over us!" Hop laughed and pointed. "Scratch him!"
Scratch!
Grookey scratched at the Scorbunny in desperation. The rabbit back flipped and Gloria ordered. "One more time!" Acer spat an ember into his paws and tossed it like one a dodge ball, knocking the monkey to his back. Grookey was unable to battle. Hop had a bit of a headache in disbelief over the fact that despite the number, Gloria and Acer were able to push through easily. He slumped in disappointment. "Well, that was a shock! Guess I know now why Lee thought he should give you a pokemon, too."
Leon admitted to the both of them. "You and your pokemon all fought hard. It made me almost want to let out Sobble and join in on all the fun!" Gloria's eyes widen at how that would have turned out. Leon went to bring out some medicine for the three. "Good effort out there, you three. Why don't I get you all sorted?"
The pokemon were brought back to fighting peak. Leon asked the girl. "Gloria, you've got real promise too! In fact, I've got a favor to ask you. Be a real rival to Hop, would you? Push him, and make the both of you stronger!" Gloria nodded to that. "We'll give him a reason to keep coming at us!"
Hop squeed. "I already want to get stronger and stronger! You've seen me battle now, Lee, so come on! You've got to let me take on the Pokemon Gyms!" Leon had his hands at his hips. "You? Join the Gym Challenge? You two think you're ready for the single greatest competition in the Galar region? Not putting the cart before the Rapidash there?"
Gloria thought into that. "That be a good adventure to give a go at!" Leon nodded. "If that's really what you two want to do, then you have a lot lot you need to learn about Pokemon." He turned to the normally timid girl. "Especially you, Gloria. Before you think about getting Gym Badges, best to think about getting a Pokedex. A trainer's Pokedex helps them learn lots of things about all the pokemon out there, including their strengths. But it's more than just a collection of data, you know. It's a record of a Trainer's love and passion for Pokemon training!"
Before Hop could speak of the general plan, Gloria felt her chest heating up. "A Pokedex?" She gasped as Hop asked. "Looks like it's off to the Pokemon Research Lab for you and me, Gloria!"
Leon's impressed by the potential. "That's the kind of enthusiasm a Trainer needs! I'll let the professor know to expect you." Hop agreed with that. ""I'm going to be the next Champion, so completing a simple Pokédex will be nothing! Just another page in the tale of my legend! You'd probably better go tell your mum that we're heading out, though."
Gloria nodded and turned to the road, giving Hop a race as Charizard kept to Leon as a way to guide him. CRASH! Hop and Gloria were startled by the sound of something breaking. "Did you that just now?" Gloria realized. "That Wooloo busted through that gate?"
The two sprinted to find that fence gate wide open. Hop cringed. "Oh boy! That place is off limits! Nobody's supposed to go there! I remember the professor's granddaughter went in once, and she came back in a real state." Gloria cringed. "And that might have been nothing compared to the earful she got afterward!"
She took a step towards the gate. "Come on, we got to get that trouble maker back here! It's a good excuse to get over there, eh?" Hop agreed to that and followed her into a forest.
Fog hindered their general site and they imagined how it must be for a wooloo. Hop looked around. "Where do you think it gone off too?" Gloria shrugged and kept going. "It feels easy to get lose in here, we got to find that wooloo soon!" The two hurried through the shrubbery, having a few off encounters with small grey Skwovets and crow colored Rookidees. Once they found the way to be lacking in grass, they realize there might be a place in the woods where wild pokemon dare not trespass upon. Wooloo might be in real danger. Deeper and deeper the children go, where they could barely see each other. Hop's unnerved to say the least. "This is mad... I can't even see my own hand in front of my face!"
Gloria agreed. "If you can still hear me well, it's no wonder it's dangerous around here!" Things began to feel quiet. They weren't alone. Gloria hoped it wasn't anything with sharp teeth and called. "Wooloo? Come on, this isn't funny."
She and Hop looked around to find a shadow with in the fog. A shadow, quite large, stepping out into view. A blue wolf, larger than the two of them. Having scars across her head and a right ear that had a cut. It had striking yellow eyes and an orange snout. As soon as the children stepped back in shock, the wolf give a loud howl. Gloria eeked in freight and sent out her Scorbunny. "Acer, we got trouble!"
Out came a Scorbunny that was seeing a foe much bigger than he is. Gloria took a deep breath. "Alright, this is just like the last fight. The odds are against us but we can win! Acer, start with ember!" The Scorbunny was on it and kicked an ember that phased through the wolf. The two huhd in shock while the wolf tilted it's head left and right, fixing a gaze on the girl. Gloria cringed. "It's about to do something, hurry and use growl!"
Scorbunny was on it and growled, the dog completely ignored it. The rabbit and girl disregarded a strategy and tried tackling it, they phased through. The wolf turned to the girl while keeping an eye on Hop, it burst into mist that swallowed the three. They passed out for who knows how long and found themselves on the forest floor. They got up, trying to figure out what's happened and heard a sharp tone their way. "Hop! Gloria!"
The two turned to find Leon having a moment of terror before he realizes they're fine. Hop asked. "Lee? How'd you manage to find your way here? You're pants with directions. You always get lost."
Leon half dropped his eye lids, not in much of a mood to joke. "Oh? That's nice to hear from the little brother who had me worried sick. I'd been waiting ages for you two, and you never showed! Of course I'd come looking for the both of you!"
Gloria waved her hands to explain. "Look, look, we got a good reason to have came here. A Wooloo came rolling in here and we've been trying to find it." "Roar!"
The humans and Scorbunny listened and saw Charizard with a shivering scared sheep under his wing. The lizard had around the same concern his trainer has while Leon calmed down. "The little chap's just fine. Though all of you had fainted by the time I found you here." He admit. "It still took courage to come here all the same. I'd get why you would come here for that. You both did good."
Gloria phewed while Hop had some ease. "Least we know that Wooloo's alright. I'd thought we'd had it when that weird fog started rolling in and that mad pokemon attacked." Gloria asked. "But did it? It wasn't acting like an angry Hydregion over us." Leon asked. "What are you two talking about?"
Hop explained. "It seemed loads stronger than any pokemon I've ever seen. And it just had this sort of presence. Our moves didn't even touch it. I mean, really- they seemed to pass right through it!"
Leon folded his arms in thought. "It passed right through it? So, the fearsome Pokemon they say live in the Slumbering Weald. Are they actually illusions or something?"
Gloria gasped. "You know, I think it might, as a way to spook us away." Leon agreed and advised. "Get strong enough before you come back here and maybe the two of you could be the ones to reveal that truth someday. But for now-" He turned. "let's get out of this place. You'll be all right now that I'm here."
Hop phewed. "Even if we got an earful. This place is a pretty fine first page in the tale of my legend!" Gloria raised an eyebrow, wanted to say something and decided against it, she isn't in a good spot to argue. The group followed out, back to the village outside.
They closed the fence and as Leon was going to the road, Hop advised before taking off. "Don't forget to tell your mum we're off to Wedgehurst now. She'll go spare if you leave without a word- even worse than Lee just did!"
Gloria agreed on that and turned back to the house, wanting to calm down from her strange adventure. She found her mum looking concerned and decided to tell her. "We tried to help a Wooloo out and gotten more than what we bargained for. We need to head down the road and get a Pokedex before we really start off!" Her mum nodded and petted the Scorbunny. "I heard that news from young Leon. I'm glad that someone bothered to tell me!"
Gloria appreciated that. "We'll be heading off to Wedgehurst and hopefully not get into more trouble." Her mum gave her an embrace, letting her know she'll be fine before giving her some pocket money and some poke balls. "Keep looking after each other and you'll be fine. If you need some time off, come back home to rest. After all... east or west, home is best." Gloria and Scorbunny laughed to that and took off to their adventure down the road.