Pokemon: Hoenn Journey

A Ruin with a View

Narrator: Shortly after their arrival to the Hoenn Region, Ash and Riley met an aspiring new Pokémon trainer named May. Now, together, they're on their way to Oldale Town where Ash will register for the Hoenn League.

Riley: And where I can get the Hoenn handbook for any new Pokémon that Ash and I might get.

Meeko: Riol!

Riley: Yep....they're going to be yours and Pikachu's new siblings.

"Pikachu, Riley, Meeko, since Oldale Town is so close, you three want to race the rest of the way?" asked Ash.

"Sure. Olu." said Riley and Meeko.

"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.

"Hey, hold up a minute!" said May.

"Huh?"

"You're walkin' too slow." said Ash.

"May, you need to pick up the pace." said Riley.

"If I'd knew you both would run the whole way, I wouldn't have offered my help!" said May.

"What're you talkin' about?" asked Ash. "Do you know what she's talkin' about, Riley?"

"Other than complain about her bike, no." said Riley. "She basically volunteered to take us to Oldale town."

"We just want to get there before it gets too dark." Ash finally tells May.

"Hmm." scoffed May. "I did have a bike."

"Pika." said Pikachu.

"You know, I guess there's no harm if we slow it down just a little bit." said Ash.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.

"It would give me and Meeko some time to stretch our arms a bit." said Riley.

"Riolu!" said Meeko.

"That's right." said May, smirking at the siblings. "Ash? Riley?"

"Yeah?" they both said.

"I always thought that Pokémon were supposed to stay inside their Pokéballs, right?" May said. "And I thought kids younger than 10-years-old shouldn't be traveling with a Pokémon."

"I guess so, but Pikachu likes it better hangin' outside with me, right, buddy?" Ash asked.

"Pika, Pika!" said Pikachu.

"Huh." said May.

"Normally, you're right about Pokémon staying inside their Pokéballs and that kids like me traveling with their own Pokémon." said Riley. "But with some Pokémon like Pikachu, they don't like being inside their Pokéballs, so their trainers make an exception."

"Really?" asked May.

"Yep. For me, I chose to travel with Ash......not just because he's my brother." Riley explained. "It's because I wanted to go with him to see what kind of Pokémon that are out there and if I wanted to be a Pokémon Trainer just like him. Professor Oak already had a Pokémon egg picked out for me and Meeko was the one who hatched from it."

"Riolu! Olu!" said Meeko, smiling wide as she posed.

"She's so cute!" said May, scratching Meeko on her head. She then looks at Torchic's Pokéball. "I haven't gotten any complaints from my Torchic yet. Uh, come to think of it, I barely know anything about this Torchic!"

"Then what you should do is look it up in that new Pokedex you just got." said Ash.

"That's what Ash did when Meeko hatched." said Riley.