Grant arrived in the overgrown town of Ballonlea, the soothing lights of the mushroom lead Grant down the dirt path to the gym where Bede resided. He entered to see Bede talking to a little kid just outside. He smiled at the child and explained, "It doesn't matter where you come from buddy. What matters is you work hard. Who knows? Maybe you'll be champion one day. Both Grant and I almost were."
The child smiled, "Thanks for the help training Bede! I'm gonna be a fairy trainer just like you!"
Bede chuckled before he noticed Grant and requested, "Yeah, now run along. I have something I need to do."
Grant waved and approached as the child happily ran away. "Bro!" Bede exclaimed hugging Grant.
"My dude!" Grant responded hugging Bede back.
After the embrace Bede asked, "What brings you here? If you wanna hangout don't you normally call first?"
"Something has come up," Grant explained, "With your father."
Bede appeared shocked and turned away as he explained, "Grant... I do still love Rose as my father but... I'm happy here."
"Huh?" Grant inquired.
"I tend to teach the young kids how to battle," Bede explained, "Been handing out starters to some new trainers around here. I don't care about my family any less but I don't exactaly wish to leave Ballonlea."
"That's not where I was going but I understand," Grant chuckled, "Between gigs I tend to help Melony hand out Snoms to new trainers back home, but he called me and said he needed help. Some sort of job. A chance to remove the endorsement system and I understand if-"
"I'm in," Bede responded instantly.
"What?" Grant asked.
"As I said I love Rose as my father," Bede admitted, "Didn't I explain this to you after you defeated Leon?"
"Yeah just..." Grant admitted, "Didn't expect you to be so ready."
Bede explained, "I love it here but... I do miss my family, Grant. Imagine if Melony and Gordie suddenly disappeared."
"I understand," Grant replied.
Bede added, "This may be my chance to fix this. What's next."
"We get help from another powerful trainer," Grant explained, "Marnie..."
The duo arrived at Spikemuth, taking taxi to see Piers and Marnie sitting just outside the city with some Team Yell grunts.
"Hey guys!" Grant exclaimed.
"Oh hey dude," Marnie replied, "Sorry you should stay out of the city right now."
"What's going on?" Bede inquired.
Piers explained, "Frankly, we don't know. Sudden massive power outage. Worse than usual."
Grant's phone rang with a call from Rose which he answered explaining, "Sorry I gotta take this. Hey Rose."
"Grant do you have the trainers yet?" Rose demanded.
"Two of them right here I'll put you on speaker," Grant replied.
Rose spoke to everyone around, "OK. Who's already here?"
"I am," Bede replied.
"Oh hey!" Rose exclaimed happily, "Have you been well kiddo? I do hope the... funds have been sufficient? I can wire you some more if you're short."
"No no I'm fine," Bede assured Rose.
"So what's going on?" Marnie inquired.
Rose explained, "You need to hurry Grant. The power is going out all over Galar. We're running out of time!"
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Pokemon Rusted Shield/Sword
FanfictionIn the Galar region one needs an endorsement to fight in the league, as the hero of Galar begins his journey with an endorsement another hero starts from nothing. Without an Endorsement he has no hope of rising up from his place at the bottom, livin...
