Revision as of 14:00, 23 December 2013 by Solar Dragon(talk | contribs)(Undo revision 2042630 by Hydreigonfan1 (talk) You're also excluding Blue, who is a rival. By using that logic, I could go "Barry is the only male rival, excluding Blue, Silver, Brandon...)
Serena is a girl living in Vaniville Town with her friends Calem, Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna. She recently moved into Vaniville Town. Her mom owns a Rhyhorn and Fletchling, the latter of which wakes Serena up at the start of the game.
As a non-playable character
Serena is a young girl who lives in Vaniville Town when the protagonist moves into town. Serena is the main rival of the character, choosing the starter Pokémon which is super effective to the player's. She is also the character who teaches the player and Shauna how to catch a Pokémon, catching a Bunnelby with the use of her Fletchling. Soon after, she can be seen in Santalune Forest with the other friends.
Serena is the child of two prominent Pokémon battlers, and is seen as one of the two best battlers of the group of friends, alongside the protagonist.
The next time Serena battles the player is in front of the Coumarine Gym.
When the group of friends meets up and decides to go to the haunted area in Route 14, Serena is the only one of the friends to not go to the house, claiming that she has to train. She then helps the player defeat Team Flare at the Poké Ball Factory.
The next time Serena battles the player is in front of the Anistar Gym. After the player defeats the gym, she will ask for a rematch, but cancels her challenge after Lysandre announces his plan of eradicating all life forms not a part of Team Flare. She then helps the player defeat Team Flare get to the legendary Pokémon and defeat Team Flare for good.
Serena is a traveling companion of Ash Ketchum who first joined up with him in XY005, officially traveling with him by XY007. She is a fashionable girl who met Ash at Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp when they were younger.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The character Y is modeled after Serena. She is an aspiring Sky Trainer and also a former Rhyhorn racer.
Trivia
Pre-release media referred to Serena as "Yvonne" (Japanese: ワイY).