Journey Towards Greatness

After looking around the lake and finding nothing Julian and Crystal came out of the lake and dried themselves up as Crystal created fire.

Julian "Ok let's start training" ​​

He said and called out his pokemons for their training session, the ones he will be training will be Cranidos and Togetic, both are ready to evolve, Cranidos needs a push and Togetic needs a shiny stone, the fact is shiny stone are very hard to find so he has to go and search for it, the place where these shiny stones can be found is said to be in Iron Island.

Luckily for Julian, Iron Island is close to Snowpoint city, after he is done here he decided to go to Iron Island to find a Shiny Stone for Togetic but he might also try to see if there is any seller online that can sell it to him.

Now that they are out Julian started to train his pokemons, aside from Cranidos and Togetic, his other pokemons were left alone to train while Julian focused on them.

Cranidos has already reached his physical limit so he is training him in speed and movement.

While he did a full round training on Togetic, she still has a lot of potentials to grow stronger as she doesn't need evolution to grow stronger but that Shiny Stone will further her growth.

Training camp went on for hours and Cranidos and Togetic are tired. The day is coming to an end so Julian decided to get back to his hotel room, once he got back and opened the door of his room he was surprised by Chloe and Daisy preparing some food for him.

Julian "I didn't know you both knew how to cook"

He said.

Chloe "You know that is an insult to us right?"

She said.

Julian "I am just joking, so how was your day?"

He asked.

Daisy "Tiring, nothing more"

She said and served the food, Julian then sat down with them and they had their dinner and went to sleep.

The next morning Julian got up and quickly prepared breakfast for Daisy and Chloe before leaving for another training session.

This continued for a few days until Julian was ready to take on the gym, Chloe and Daisy wished him luck on his way out, he kissed them and left.

After getting on his bike he drove towards the center of the city where the gym is located, once he arrived at the center of the city he saw a gate that led to a long path down the snow-covered road which will take him to the entrance of the gym.

After opening the gate he started to walk towards the gym, when he arrived there he saw a middle-aged woman cleaning around the gym.

When she saw a young man walked towards the gym she stopped him.

Woman "Young man, are you here to challenge the gym?"

Julian "Indeed, can I go inside then?"

Woman "I am sorry but young Candice is not present here, she won't be here until 4 pm"

Julian "4 pm? Do you mind telling me where she is?"

Woman "She is a teacher in Snowpoint city's training school for the final year students, she might be teaching a class right now"

Julian "Oh, thank you I will come later"

He said an walked away, he thought of challenging the gym and move on with his plan but now he has to wait till 4 pm.

Julian 'Maybe I should go to the training school and see how they teach there, I have not been to one for ages'

He thought and decided to head towards the training school since it was very near he didn't have to ride for too long, five minutes of the ride and he is already in front of the training school, since he is not a student he had to take a one day pass to get inside and see what is happening inside.

Luckily he didn't have to reveal his identity to get the pass.

Once he got in he saw classes being held for trainers of all ages, from 6 to 15 age kids were in this school.

All these kids were here because they want to become a great trainer, not just pokemon battles but also other ways of being a trainer, being a pokemon trainer is not just about learning how to battle but also keeping their pokemon healthy and learning other ways to keep them happy.

He soon stumbled upon the final year class where he saw the gym leader of the Snowpoint gym, Candice.

She is teaching her class the principals of battle, she is currently having a mock battle with one of her students so Julian decided to watch.

He walked into the class and sat down on the bench at the end of the classroom.

Some did notice him but since his face was covered they didn't care much about him as an interesting battle is going in front of them.

Julian also watches how Candice battles, from what he had read online she uses a straightforward battle style and sometimes pull off something out of nowhere making it unpredictable for her opponent to guess her next move.

Even though she was holding back very much she still easily defeated her students but with that battle, Julian got a rough idea of how things would go during his battle with her.