"We finally made it to Littleroot Town, our first stop in Hoenn!" Two blond boys with shoulder bags stood beside the pier. The shorter one spread his arms and closed his eyes, murmuring as though savoring something.
"All right, stop soaking it in. Now that we're in Littleroot Town, we need to get to Professor Birch's lab. Time for you to do your part." The taller boy patted the shorter one. Naturally, they were Liu Qing and Liu Yuan, who had crossed the ocean to reach Hoenn.
"Yeah, I know, big brother." Liu Yuan took his Navigator out of his bag, pulled up a map of Littleroot Town, and pointed to the left. "Professor Birch's lab is this way!"
"Then let's go." Liu Qing turned to address the empty air behind him. "Latios, stay invisible and keep up." Then he and Liu Yuan set off for Professor Birch's lab.
"Big brother, look! Those Pokémon look so much like Butterfree. They're beautiful!" A flock of Beautifly with brilliantly colored wings flew over a small pond ahead of them, and Liu Yuan cried out in excitement.
"Those are Beautifly. They're Bug-type and Flying-type, and their Ability is Insect Alert." After a moment's thought, Liu Qing added, "Beautifly is Wurmple's final evolution, but Wurmple has a branching evolution path. If it evolves into Silcoon, it can then evolve into Beautifly. If it evolves into Cascoon, it will become Dustox, a Bug-type and Poison-type Pokémon with the Ability Shield Dust."
"How do you tell Silcoon and Cascoon apart, then?" Liu Yuan asked.
"Silcoon's eyes are round, while Cascoon's are semicircular. That's the easiest way to tell the two Pokémon apart," Liu Qing said.
Along the way, they saw quite a few Pokémon that could not be found in Kanto or Johto. Whenever they spotted