(It's another beautiful day as Mew, her friends, and their Pokemon continue their trip to Azalea Town, and their next stop on the road to the Johto League.)
(Soon, Mew spots something.)
Mew: "Hey! Look at the Bellsprout!"
(Then Misty spots.)
Misty: "And there are some Vileplume, too. We have to be careful not to breathe in their Stun Spore. Don't we, Togepi? Pichu?"
(Togepi and Pichu happily agree.)
(Then Tomo spots.)
Tomo: "Wow! There's a couple of Gloom over there!"
Brock: "Sure are a lot of grass type Pokemon living around here, aren't there?"
(Brock says.)
(Then Jen spots.)
Jen: "Aww, look at that cute Pokemon."
(The group looks ahead to see small pink Pokemon with black eyes, small arms and feet, and on its head it has two long leaves.)
(And it's practically hopping towards them.)
Misty: "Cutie!"
(Misty happily says.)
Brock: "It's a Hoppip!"
(Brock says.)
Tomo: "And I can see why it's called that."
(Tomo says.)
Mew: "Let's see what Dexter has to say."
(Mew says, bringing out her Pokedex.)
(Dexter says.)
Dexter: "Hoppip, the Cottonweed Pokémon. A Grass and Flying Type. This hopping Pokémon is light as a feather and can be lifted by the gentlest breeze."
(Right on cue, Hoppip is lifted off the ground by a breeze.)
Misty: "We can't let it blow away."
(Misty says.)
Mew: "Let's follow it."
(Mew says.)
(And the group begins pursuing the Hoppip who looks like it's happily dancing in the air.)
(Tomo calls out.)
Tomo: "Wait up!"
Misty: "We're with you, Hoppip!"
(Misty calls out.)
(Mew calls out.)
Mew: "Don't worry!"
Brock: "We'll catch ya!"
(Brock says.)
(Suddenly, a pretty young girl appears in the foreground.)
(She has dark teal hair, wearing a light yellow shirt with a pink scarf, lightish red pink pants, and light yellow shoes.)
Jen: "Who's that girl?"
(Jen wonders.)
(The young lady swings her net and finally catches the Hoppip.)
???: "One down, and one to go."
(The girl says.)
(Then a second Hoppip lands on the girl's head.)
(The girls catches the Hoppip.)
???: "Well, it's a good thing I didn't lose my head while I was chasing you, or you wouldn't have had a place to land."
Mew: "Excuse me..."
(Mew says.)
(The girl jumps and turns to see the girl.)
???: "Oh, hi. You surprised me."
Mew: "Sorry. We were..."
(Mew says.)
(But Brock interferes.)
Brock: "Pardon me, miss. My name is Brock! You demonstrated such dexterity that I couldn't help wondering about the identity of such an agile angel!"
Mariah: "Ahhhh, my name is Mariah."
(The girl says, as she stands on her feet.)
(Brock continues.)
Brock: "Oh, Mariah! I have a confession to make, you've captured my heart just like you captured that little Hoppip!"
Misty: "Return! Brock!"
(Misty says as she grabs Brock's ear and drags him away.)
(Then Mew says.)
Mew: "Like I was saying, my name's Mew. Are those wild Hoppip or do they belong to you?"
Mariah: "They're mine."
(Mariah answers.)
(Soon, Mew and the others are escorted to Mariah's house.)
(There is also a large net around a large area of the house.)
(As it turns out, Mariah has seven Hoppip.)
(Misty counts.)
Misty: "Four, five, six, seven! Wow!"
Mariah: "Sometimes it seems more like seventeen."
(Mariah says.)
(She then kneels down to give the Hoppip food.)
Mariah: "Now, there's plenty for everybody."
(The Hoppip happily eats.)
Mew: "You sure have a lot of instruments, up there, Mariah. You must do something here besides training Hoppip."
(Mew says.)
(Mariah grins and giggles.)
Mariah: "Wanna see?"
(Everyone steps into Mariah's house and finds all kinds of stuff like a computer, map and other equipment.)
(Mariah explains.)
Mariah: "All of those instruments on the roof help me do my job. I'm a weather forecaster and the equipment you saw gives me data on weather conditions so I can make accurate predictions."
Tomo: "Cool."
(Tomo replies.)
Misty: "How do you manage to train all those Hoppip and still have time to make weather forecasts?"
(Misty asks.)
Mariah: "The reason I train Hoppip is so they can help me predict the weather!"
(Mariah says.)
Mew: "How can Hoppip help predict the weather?"
(Mew asks.)
(Everyone heads outside again and watches the Hoppip doing just that.)
Mariah: "Now watch closely, the wind's going to pick up any second."
(Mariah says.)
Jen: "How do you know?"
(Jen asks.)
Misty: "Did your instruments help you predict that?"
(Misty asks.)
Mariah: "I know because Hoppips always cluster together like that just before a wind."
(Mariah says.)
(Soon, a breeze picks up, and two Hoppip are carried away by the wind.)
Misty: "You're right, Mariah! There's the breeze!"
(Misty says, amazed.)
(The two Hoppip gently touch the net and land in a pile of hay.)
Mariah: "That breeze would only rate a two on the Hoppip Scale."
(Mariah says.)
Tomo: "What's that mean?"
(Tomo asks.)
Mariah: "It was only strong enough to pick up two Hoppip. So it rated a two on the Hoppip Scale!"
(Mariah says.)
Misty and Mew: "Oh."
(Misty and Mew reply.)
(Then Mariah says.)
Mariah: "Recently I've been watching the Hoppip more closely and recording all of their behavior patterns. I believe they may be able to help meteorologists make long range weather predictions."
Brock: "I see, Mariah! It's kind of like some farmers and fishermen who can tell if there's a storm coming by looking at the shape of the clouds or the color of the sky!"
(Brock says)
Mariah: "That's right!"
(Mariah says.)
Mariah: "I just love exploring the relationship between my Hoppip and the weather!"
Brock: "Sounds great, but I think I have an even better idea."
(Brock says.)
(And says to Mariah.)
Brock: "Why don't you forget about the Hoppip AND the weather so you can start exploring the relationship between YOU AND ME!"
(Misty then clutches Brock's ear again and pulls him away.)
Misty: "Talk about windy."
(Pichu and Togepi laugh.)
(Then Mariah laughs.)
Mariah: "Mmm, I'll admit it is a challenge to train my Hoppip and keep my weather research going, but being around them makes me so happy that it doesn't seem like work, though it's not easy when I have to chase Hoppip that a wind's blown miles and miles away."
Mew: "Sounds like the Hoppip keep you hopping!"
(Mew says.)
Mariah: "You could put it that way."
(Mariah says.)
[To Be Continued...]