AG034: Difference between revisions

The next [[Pokémon Contest]] is rapidly approaching, and {{an|May}} is training hard for it. She thinks about how she cannot wait to battle [[Drew]], and runs off to train with her {{TP|May|Beautifly}}, leaving her {{TP|May|Torchic}} with the others. Torchic feels left out and upset as it watches its Trainer running off. {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, [[Max]] and all their {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are eating when Max jumps up suddenly. He is annoyed that May keeps leaving Torchic alone; it seems like she does not care about Torchic anymore, only Beautifly. Ash explains that it is OK, because Torchic will always be special to May as it was her first Pokémon. Max wants to know what Brock's first Pokémon was and Brock remembers back to his tenth birthday when he woke up and found an {{TP|Brock|Onix}} leaning into his room with a red ribbon around its neck. He and his father {{ka|Flint}} sat on Onix's head and watched the sunrise. Max imagines the Pokémon he will have when he becomes a [[Pokémon Trainer]], thinking that his father could give him anything, even a {{p|Slakoth}}. In the imagination bubble, Slakoth falls on top of Max and squashes him.

[[Nurse Joy]] comes by on her way to do her rounds of the Pokémon, and Brock grabs her and insists on coming with her. Joy suggests that they all come along to check on the Pokémon. She sees {{TP|Brock|Mudkip}}, Torchic and {{TP|Ash|Treecko}} all eating, and is surprised at their great condition, telling the gang that there is a new Trainer coming to the Pokémon Center to choose a [[Starter Pokémon]]. The gang follow Joy to another room, where Max is allowed to release the Pokémon from their [[Poké Ball]]s. The {{p|Torchic}} is in a fighting mood; the {{p|Mudkip}} bursts into tears and is comforted by Brock's Mudkip, while the {{p|Treecko}} clasps its hands together and simpers (apparently a female, due to its interest in Ash's Treecko and the way it holds a flower in its mouth as compared to Ash's Treecko holding a twig). Max gets very excited when saying "Treecko, I choose you!" because it is something he always wanted to say. A video call from a rather panicked May comes in. She explains that there is a {{p|Wailord}} beached where she is training, and Nurse Joy runs off to help it, telling the kids to look after the three starters. She instructs them not to let them go outside because they are not used to it yet. Brock follows her. Meanwhile, {{TRT}} are standing outside the window and hear about the Wailord. They then decide they want to catch it.

The Pokémon Center's Torchic runs off towards the outside. It seems rather strong; every time one of Ash's or Brock's Pokémon (or May's Torchic) tries to stop it, it attacks them and keeps going, even {{AP|Corphish}}. Corphish tries to attack it but Ash stops it from hurting the smaller Pokémon. Pikachu stops it momentarily with its lightning cheeks, but it pulls a tears-in-its-eyes trick and Pikachu relaxes and lets down its guard, allowing the PC Torchic to run by again. It makes it outside and Corphish chases it, attacking it to make it stop. Accidentally, the Torchic evolves into a {{p|Combusken}}. Ash and Max are less than amused and panic. Ash and Max decide that the only thing to do is to substitute May's Torchic for the evolved one, and try to stop the Trainer from choosing it. They flinch as they imagine what May would do if she caught them, so they just have to keep her away. It turns out that the Wailord will be fine, and it just needs to rest a bit. May and Joy return to the Pokémon Center. May sits down and Max brings her a cup of tea, asking her if she needs anything else. She starts to get a bit suspicious and asks where her Torchic is. Max freaks slightly and says it is outside. She heads for the door to go find it. Max tries to stop her and she gets really suspicious.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the same door, {{OBP|Stephanie|AG034}}, the young Trainer, is inspecting the Starter Pokémon with her father. She is very indecisive and cannot choose between them. She stops in front of Torchic and says that she chooses it, but Ash says "Forget it!" She does not quite hear him and Ash quickly covers up by saying that Torchic is a bad choice, because it is smelly, noisy, disobedient etc. There is a banging noise and Nurse Joy does not know what it is, but Ash says it is just the wind. May comes into the room, and her Torchic sees her and runs to her. She hugs it and demands to know what is going on. This is when Combusken, who Ash and Max hid in a cupboard, bursts out. Nurse Joy is surprised at this and Ash and Max explain what happened. They look out the window and see Wailord floating in the sky, high above them, in a sling with the Team Rocket "R" on them. They run outside and saw Team Rocket, in their balloon, reciting their motto. Then, Combusken jumps up and attacks the balloon. The ropes holding the Wailord are cut and it falls into the sea. {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}} attacks Team Rocket and they blast off before falling down again. Nurse Joy tells Stephanie that Combusken probably is not the best choice for a beginner, so she chooses Mudkip. Treecko gets upset and starts to cry. Stephanie's father looks at Treecko and gets upset too, and asks if it is too late for him to have Treecko and become a Trainer. The others assure him that it is fine, so Mudkip and Treecko prepare for a new life on the road with their new Trainers. Meanwhile, Nurse Joy decides to keep Combusken as a guard Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, and Max looks forward to the day when he will get his first Pokémon.