>>53640840>>53640853Three months later...
Erin had risen from the ashes. She had on her a completely new team made of completely new Pokémon, most taken from the are around Lilycove City out of desperation.
She wasted no time in taking them to Juan, the eighth leader, and sweeping him with her Bellossom and Sealeo. There was a bit of worry when his Kingdra became untouchable due to accuracy buffs during which she had to bring out her Dusclops to stall with Confuse Ray and Shadow Punches, but eventually a Curse brought it down and Erin was back to sweeping...
...and here she was, with eight badges. Finally, at last, she could challenge the league.
It's a shame she had to handle this other disaster now.
Apparently Team Aqua and Magma had gone and woken up two legendary beings, and now they were trying to destroy all of Hoenn to make their own stupid dreams a reality? Whatever...
Erin wasted no time in swimming across the ocean across her trusty Sharpedo, finding Sky Pillar, and explaining things to Rayquaza.
Or, more accurately, having Torrin explain things to Rayquaza and follow them back to Sootopolis.
Oh well, at least she had a dragon on hand to communicate in the first place.
Next stop- Victory Road. And the Elite Four.