The Silence of the Mareep

But it was the Hoenn championship in '02 that really solidified the fact that yes, he and Scott were going to do the entire League together. The interviews that were everywhere where May talked about the friendship she formed with Brendan, the way that Wally pushed her to be better. She said that for the rest of time, the friendships she had formed would mean more to her than any championship title.
He and Scott already had the world's best friendship but the idea of strengthening their bond with some healthy competition and pokemon battles sounded incredible to him.
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Stiles finally begins his journey as a pokemon trainer but when he meets Peter Hale he quickly realizes that he might have gotten in over his head