Sydney

**Sydney** (Japanese: **シドニー** *Shidoni*) is a Pokémon Trainer hailed from Goldenrod City in the Johto region.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

When Dwayne fished for a Totodile and was about to throw a Poké Ball at him, a lure speeds besides him towards Totodile, who chomps down on it. Dwayne turns around to see Sydney, whose lure belongs to, and Dwayne complains that he saw Totodile first, and Totodile spits the lure out. Dwayne uses this as an opportunity to have his Roserade attack him, using Power Whip. Now stunned, Dwayne throws a Poké Ball. Dwayne and Sydney begin to argue, but the Poké Ball does not hold, and Totodile pops out of it on their side of the riverbank. Dwayne complains and tells Roserade to attack again, but Sydney interrupts, throwing her own Poké Ball. This time, Totodile dodges it completely and uses Water Gun to blast the Poké Ball, as well as Roserade and the two Trainers into the grass. The three climb out, but Totodile is gone. Dwayne and Sydney both express their goal to catch it. Dwayne asks for her name, and Sydney introduces herself.

Dwayne and Sydney finally locate Totodile, and both prepare to catch it. Sydney decides to use her Lure Ball because of its better chance of catching Water-types, and Dwayne pulls out his own Lure Ball in anticipation. The two throw the Lure Balls at the same time, and Totodile jumps as it is hit by both at the same time. The two Balls land behind a bush and Totodile is successfully caught, unseen by anyone. Due to the fact that both of them used a Lure Ball, no one can tell who threw it. Dwayne and Sydney begin arguing again, but they ultimately decide whose Totodile it is through the only way they know how: a Pokémon battle. The pair agree to a two-on-two match.

Dwayne decides to use start with Scizor while Sydney chooses her Staryu. Dwayne opens the fight with an X-Scissor, but Staryu avoids it and uses Swift. Scizor responds with a Metal Claw. Sydney commands a Water Gun, but Scizor withstands the attack with ease. Dwayne then tells Scizor to use X-Scissor again, but it misses as Staryu jumps again to use Tackle. With a quick move, however, Scizor evades the Tackle and hits it with a devastating Hyper Beam. Staryu's central core begins to flicker and Dwayne wins the first round.

Sydney brings out her Skiploom and Dwayne decides to choose Heracross as his next Pokémon. Skiploom and Heracross clash with their Aerial Ace and Megahorn, respectively. Heracross follows up with Fury Attack and lands a direct hit, before Skiploom uses Aerial Ace again, which Dwayne allows to land, much to Sydney's confusion. Then, Dwayne orders Heracross to use Reversal, and Heracross strikes Skiploom with the attack, causing massive damage. With the battle near its end, Sydney assumes defeat, but Skiploom is soon enveloped in a white light and evolves into a Jumpluff. Dwayne expresses surprise, but nonetheless commands a Megahorn from Heracross. Jumpluff uses Cotton Guard to increate its defenses, allowing it to withstand the attack, before using Dazzling Gleam, badly hurting Heracross. Sydney then orders Jumpluff to use Solar Beam, and the attack begins charging. Knowing that Heracross couldn't withstand the attack, Dwayne tells Heracross to use try and use Fury Attack. However, Heracross insteads charging an attack on his arms, and Sydney recognizes it as Focus Punch, and Heracross charges towards Jumpluff. Just as Jumpluff's attack gets fully charged, Heracross successfully manages to hit with Focus Punch, and Jumpluff gets knocked down the ground, unable to continue, giving Dwayne the victory.

Sydney recalls Jumpluff, thanking it for the effort, and congratulates Dwayne on defeating her, and hands him the Lure Ball that contains Totodile, saying he earned it. Dwayne thanks her, and Sydney asks if Dwayne was collecting Badges, which Dwayne confirms. Sydney then shows off her four Badges, and says she's also looking to compete in the Johto League, and hopes to meet him there. Both Trainers shake hands, having forged a new rivalry with each other, and Sydney runs off, looking for more Pokémon to capture.

Later on, Sydney managed to win all eight Gym Badges and qualify the Silver Conference, where she advanced through the screening rounds, and made it to the round-robin stage, where each Trainer battles the two others—with three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. The Trainer with the most points in the group stage will move on to the Victory Tournament, with Sydney being grouped with Dwayne and Skyler.

During the second match of Group H in the Silver Conference, Sydney faces off against Skyler. Though Skyler is ready, Sydney is more prepared to showboat than battle, saying hello to her friends and family to one of the stadium cameras. The three-on-three match gets well underway, and soon it is down to a winner-takes-all situation with Skyler's Electabuzz and Sydney's Poliwhirl battling for the victory. Sydney's showboating gets to the better of her, as she trips over her own foot issuing orders to Poliwhirl, leaving Poliwhirl standing as it takes an Electro Ball. This, combined with Skyler's Meganium's Razor Leaf from an earlier round, seals the match for Skyler. As Dwayne watches from the stands, he notes that Skyler saved herself from elimination by winning, which also means that he and Skyler are tied at the top of Group H. He also realizes he will only need a tie against Sydney in order to advance, while Sydney must win outright to force a three-way tie.

Back at the Athlete's Village, Dwayne's Chikorita and Totodile are relaxing outside. They then see an apple from a tree, which Chikorita tries to grab with Vine Whip. At the same time, a Venusaur, accompanied by a Slowking, also see the same apple. The two Grass-type Pokémon get into a heated tug-of-war over the apple. As Totodile and Slowking receive their halves, Slowking throws its piece towards Totodile, hitting it in the face and knocking off the other half of the apple. As Venusaur and Slowking laugh at Totodile's misfortunes, Totodile's short-tempered side rears itself, and he prepares to pick a fight with the two, only to be restrained by Chikorita. As Chikorita tries to apologize, Slowking slaps her in the face, bringing out Totodile's anger once again. Chikorita easily shakes it off and tries once more to restrain Totodile. As the two leave, Venusaur's vine latches onto Chikorita, tripping her, and causing Slowking and Venusaur to laugh once again. Chikorita finally loses her temper and smacks Slowking in the face with Vine Whip, and she and Totodile laugh at them, and the four Pokémon begin fighting each other.

Then, Dwayne hears that a Pokémon brawl is happening outside, with Chikorita and Venusaur involved. Dwayne and Sydney figure that their Pokémon are involved, and rush out. Seeing their Pokémon grappling, they try in vain to quell the fighting. Only when Raven appears with her Alcremie does the fighting stop, by way of Sweet Scent. As both Dwayne and Sydney thank Raven for breaking up the fight, Officer Jenny arrives to see what the commotion was about, and warns that any brawls could get their Pokémon's Trainers disqualified. Raven covers for Dwayne and Sydney, saying that the four Pokémon were only practicing against each other, with Jade appearing to back up Raven's claim, and after Officer Jenny leaves, Dwayne and Sydney also thank Jade for assisting them, and she simply nods in silence before walking off.

The next day, the match begins, with Sydney given the first move. Sydney calls upon her Slowking, and Dwayne selects Totodile. Slowking leads off with Water Pulse, while Totodile evades the attack. As Totodile goes in for a Slash, Slowking dodges at the last minute. After exchanging a Water Gun and Scald, Slowking connects with Icy Wind and follows up with Mega Punch. Totodile, however, Crunches Slowking's hand just as it connects and replies with a point-blank Hydro Pump, knocking Slowking out. As Totodile dances in victory, he suddenly evolves into Croconaw, much to everyone's surprise.

Next up, Sydney calls out Gligar. After Croconaw and Gligar's Slash and Quick Attack collide, Dwayne orders Croconaw to use Crunch next. However, Gligar dodges and uses Tailwind, which makes Gligar too fast for Croconaw to keep up. Finally, Sydney ends it all with Gligar's X-Scissor, and Croconaw is hurled right into a wall and is out for the count. Dwayne recalls Croconaw and sends Noctowl out next. After exchanging a Wing Attack and Rock Slide, Noctowl manages to use Extrasensory and slams Gligar onto the ground. Dwayne then orders a Hypnosis, but Sydney has Gligar dodge the attack by circling around Noctowl. Noctowl finds himself surrounded, and Dwayne orders Noctowl to risk a Sky Attack, and Gligar retaliates with a super-effective Rock Slide, which cancels out Sky Attack and knocks out Noctowl.

Now down to his last Pokémon, Dwayne brings out Chikorita. Gligar begins with a Rock Slide, which Chikorita counters with Razor Leaf. Chikorita avoids the same Tailwind-boosted circling strategy that defeated Noctowl by using a spinning Vine Whip to cut off Gligar's space. The vine soon connects and swats Gligar aside. Nevertheless, Gligar attempts X-Scissor, but the attack is blocked by a last-minute Razor Leaf. Finally, Chikorita fires Solar Beam at Gligar, and with the bright sunlight, the attack gets charged instantly, and Solar Beam hits directly, knocking Gligar out of the battle.

Chikorita and Venusaur are now battling for the match, and the prior bad blood is still fresh in their minds. Trading off Razor Leafs and Vine Whips, Venusaur appears to be more powerful as some of its Razor Leaves hit Chikorita and it manages to throw Chikorita while locked in the Vine Whip. Narrowly dodging several Petal Blizzard attempts, Chikorita connects with another Razor Leaf. Evading another Vine Whip from Venusaur with her own Vine Whip, however, allows Venusaur to hit Chikorita while airborne with a super-effective Sludge Bomb. However, Chikorita manages to evade Venusaur's follow-up Razor Leaf and uses another Vine Whip to hook on to Venusaur's bulb and pelt it with more Razor Leafs. Both slowly get back up and wear each other down by hitting each other in the face with Vine Whips. On the sidelines, Skyler wonders why they aren't taking time to evade the attacks, in which Jade explains that the battle may be of pride as well, and thus both are willing to take as much as they are willing to give. As they talk, both Grass types cross counter with their Vine Whip attacks. Getting up one last time, Chikorita and Venusaur trade off Leaf Storm and Petal Blizzard, respectively. The pair emerge standing despite the large explosion. They both smirk at each other before collapsing on the battlefield, forcing the referee to declare a tied result. Despite the draw, both Trainers congratulate each other on a battle well fought, and the rival Grass types also shake vines. With the tie game, Dwayne officially advances to the victory round from Group H.

## **Character**

Sydney is described as being wild and energetic, always looking for Pokémon to capture, and expresses pure and genuine excitement at the mere thought of catching new Pokémon. She's also quite confrontational, not afraid to get herself into arguments with others whenever she was displeased.

She is also an incredibly flashy and over-the-top individual, striking poses and giving dramatic self-introductions before her battles, and often enjoys to showboat, which triggers her clumsiness, as Sydney often trips over herself and falls flat on her face, but despite the embarassment that comes along with it, Sydney remains light-hearted and gregarious, making jokes at her own expense and giving a mirthful laugh about it afterwards.

Despite her less than impressive personality, Sydney is nonetheless an incredibly talented and proficient Pokémon Trainer, proven through her qualification of the Silver Conference. She was capable of taking Dwayne towards his absolute limit during their battle, and despite tying with each other, Sydney's skills were noted and commended by both Jade and Raven. She's also quite Template:Wp, something that Sydney both admits and prides herself of.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Staryu's known moves are Swift, Water Gun, and Tackle.

Jumpluff's known moves are Aerial Ace, Cotton Guard, Dazzling Gleam, and Solar Beam.

None of Poliwhirl's moves are known.

Venusaur is one of Sydney's main Pokémon. He first appeared when he, and Slowking, picked a fight against Dwayne's Chikorita and Totodile before their match. He later battled against Chikorita, and both Grass-types ended up tying with each other after neither were capable of continue battling.

Slowking was Sydney's second main Pokémon. He first appeared when he, and Venusaur, picked a fight against Dwayne's Chikorita and Totodile before their match. He later battled against Totodile in their official match, where despite both Pokémon fighting equally in terms of power, Slowking was bested by Totodile, who subsequently evolved into Croconaw after the win.

Gligar's known moves are Quick Attack, Tailwind, X-Scissor, and Rock Slide.

## **Achievements**

### **Badges Obtained**

#### **Johto Badges**

This listing is of the Badges Sydney has obtained in the Johto region:

* Fog Badge
* Storm Badge
* Zephyr Badge
* Rising Badge
* Mineral Badge
* Plain Badge
* Glacier Badge
* Hive Badge

## **Pokémon League**

Sydney has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

* Silver Conference – Top 48