With the Vertress Conference over, Ash and friends head back to Nuvema Town to see Professor Juniper. While on the road there they meet a girl named Nanette who is nervous about almost everything. A short time later Nanette comes to Juniper's lab where she reveals that she is about to start her Pokémon journey. After some over-thinking, she decides to start her journey with Tepig. Nanette is worried that Tepig might not listen to her so Ash, Iris, and Cilan decide to have a tag battle with her. However, some familiar faces return to crash the battle.