Uriel

**Uriel** (Japanese: **ユリエル** *Yurieru*) is a Pokémon Trainer hailed from Solaceon Town in the Sinnoh region.

## **New Era**

### **Background**

According to Uriel herself, her childhood was extremely sheltered, her parents were strict and overprotective, as they wanted Uriel to embark on a very successful career, and brushed off her desire to become a Pokémon Trainer, believing that it was a waste of time. As a result, Uriel's knowledge about Sinnoh was from books, as she was rarely able to leave Solaceon Town except for her studies, and she was only allowed to attend the Pokémon Summer Academy with the promise of abandoning her dream to embark on a journey once she returned.

### **Sinnoh**

When Uriel enrolled at Professor Rowan's Summer Academy, she was assigned to the Red Team, and the Trainer's first task is to choose a random Poké Ball in order to have them learn to adapt to any Pokémon they might come across. Uriel reaches for a Poké Ball, but another person also grabs it at the same time as she does. Uriel looks up to see Dwayne grabbing the Poké Ball, and both proceed to engage in a tug-of-war over the Poké Ball, but Dwayne ultimately loses after Uriel starts tickling him. She introduces herself, and says that she was also part of the Red Team, with Dwayne being the team's leader, and hopes that Dwayne wouldn't mess their chances of winning, much to Dwayne's chagrin. Uriel challenges him to a battle, but Rowan stops their fight, as today they would meet the Pokémon, and urges them to save their strength for the next day. Uriel then throws the Poké Ball, which contains a Charmeleon. Uriel greets Charmeleon, but it turns away from her, not impressed with her, and Dwayne laughs at Charmeleon's disobedience, as Uriel blushes in frustration and embarassment.

Dwayne then retrieves another Poké Ball, which contains a Helioptile. Dwayne greets Helioptile, but the Generator Pokémon becomes scared and uses Dig to hide itself, as Uriel laughs at their dysfunctional partnership, but Dwayne says that he would quickly become friends with Helioptile. Sadie's partner Pokémon turns out to be a Ekans. However, other Trainers cringe at Ekans's appearance, which leaves it sad, until Sadie says that she thought Ekans was cute, which instantly cheers up the Snake Pokémon. Then, Derek gets paired up with a Magnemite, which Derek is happy about. As Dwayne tries to impress Helioptile, Uriel's Charmeleon runs away and spots a Croconaw and goes to attack. Croconaw retaliates with Water Gun, and Charmeleon uses Ember, which gets overpowered, but Charmeleon manages to dodge at the last second. Uriel is angry and sends her Raichu, who uses Spark to contain Charmeleon. Rowan yells and stops the battle. Rowan is very strict, as he wants them to meet new friends and bond with the Pokémon they chose. If good enough, Rowan will decide which team should deserve the most points, depending on the challenge. The attendants are told to bond with the Pokémon. Sadie gives her Ekans a Poffin, to which it seems very happy to eat one. Derek rubs an object and gives Magnemite some static electricity, making it happier and polishes it.

Uriel sees her Charmeleon is having rivalry time with Croconaw. Dwayne checks via his Pokédex the moves Helioptile can use. With Dig, Low Sweep, Double Team and Parabolic Charge, Dwayne becomes pumped up. Sadie checks the moves as well and the results are Toxic, Mud Bomb, Poison Tail, and Poison Sting. Sadie is excited about this and goes to give Ekans some oil to polish it. Dwayne combs Helioptile, but when he pulls the comb by force, Helioptile electrocutes him. The others have more or less good results. Sadie poses and is happy to see Ekans can pose the same way as she does. Uriel wants to bond with Charmeleon, but Charmeleon uses Ember to hit her. Uriel chases it and evades another Ember, but it hits Helioptile and Dwayne. Dwayne and Uriel argue, but get restrained.

Dwayne and Uriel run and still think the other one was responsible. They are hungry and run to get the lunch first. However, they trip whilst running and once again starting arguing for several minutes, and once they realize it, several minutes have passed, and they once again run towards the cafeteria. Once they arrive, they are told by Sadie and Derek that there was no more food. However, Sadie and Derek were joking and give them the food. After some time spent at the Academy, the night is here and everyone is in bed, as tomorrow they are having an important day, but Dwayne, Sadie, Derek, and Uriel instead play a card game as none of them were tired. Uriel confesses she has not started her journey, as her parents were very overprotective and strict, and believe that Pokémon training was a waste of time, and force her to embark on a different career. Still, she does not want to give up on it yet, as she plans to become a great Pokémon Trainer. Uriel asks the others about their dreams, and Dwayne and Sadie both say that their goal was to become a Champion while Derek says that he was looking to become both a worldwide famous Trainer and a Researcher. Uriel says that they all had amazing dreams, but a man comes and interrupts their game, as they should've gone into bed instead of playing a card game. Next day, Helioptile trains itself. It uses Parabolic Charge, but Dwayne thinks it can be better than that. Helioptile digs, so Dwayne wants it to know it better and pulls it, but gets electrocuted. Dwayne admits it was powerful and tells it needs confidence. Helioptile uses Low Sweep and smashes the boulder, so they celebrate. Uriel sees this and sends Charmeleon and wants it to use Ember on her. Since it missed, Uriel taunts it, making it very angry and hits Uriel. She does the same once more, though Charmeleon uses Headbutt.

Uriel and Dwayne meet near the Academy. Dwayne knows that his Helioptile will have more confidence in due time and runs. Uriel passes him by, so they have a race. Sadie and Derek see they are rivals, but worry they might beat them. Rowan also sees them and is happy to see them as rivals, not as enemies as yesterday. The battles are about to start – Rowan wants the best to be seen – as Derek's Magnemite uses Thunderbolt, so another Trainer's Smoochum uses Sweet Kiss. Sadie sends Ekans to battle a Trainer's Venonat. Ekans uses Poison Tail, but gets sent back by Venonat's Psychic. Ekans uses Mud Bomb and Venonat uses Psychic once more, but Ekans uses Poison Tail to send the Mud Bomb back to Venonat. Venonat uses Stun Spore, so Ekans spins and uses Poison Sting to counter. After some time, Sadie and Ekans win the battle.

Now, Dwayne and Uriel face each other. Charmeleon uses Headbutt and Helioptile uses Low Sweep. Charmeleon uses Flame Burst, though Helioptile digs to protect itself. Charmeleon uses Ember, but misses. Charmeleon uses Fury Swipes, but hits an illusion caused by Double Team and hits it with Parabolic Charge. Charmeleon uses Flame Burst, hitting Helioptile. Dwayne and Uriel admit to each other they are pretty good. Charmeleon uses Ember, but Helioptile dodges by using Double Team. Charmeleon, however, uses Ember whilst spinning and hits the right Helioptile. Charmeleon charges with Fury Swipes and Helioptile uses Low Sweep, so they hit each other. Helioptile uses Parabolic Charge and Charmeleon uses Ember. Time is up, so nobody is the winner. The day is almost over, so Rowan tells that everyone will have time to spend time with other Pokémon. He announces the most valuable attendant of the day – from Red team, Sadie. However, the Blue team has the most points, while the Red has the least, as someone played card games instead of sleeping. Still, Dwayne and Uriel promise to make it up.

On the third day of Pokémon Summer Academy, the students are tasked with studying a Water-type Pokémon from the lake and presenting their findings. Professor Rowan and lab assistant Yuzo remind the students that the lake Pokémon are not to be caught and that no one is to leave the area. While standing by the lakeside, Dwayne sees a flash of light coming from across the lake, and suddenly becomes hypnotized and begins to walk towards the light, but Uriel stops him immediately. Intrigued, Dwayne and Uriel find two Lanturn-shaped pedal boats and use one to explore the far side of the lake, while Sadie and Derek follow using the other boat. While crossing, Dwayne and Uriel stumble across a Dewgong and Sealeo. Dwayne decides on the Dewgong while Uriel chooses to draw Sealeo, but they begin to quarrel when both Sealeo and Dewgong move the opposite direction, causing Dwayne and Uriel to bump into each other while trying to keep a close eye on their Pokémon. Meanwhile, Sadie chooses a Gorebyss and Derek chooses to sketch a Chinchou. After Dwayne and Uriel consider their finished drawings to be terrible, Dwayne decides to get up close to the Pokémon to make the research better, and they all dive into the water to be able to interact with the Pokémon. They then return to the bank to begin writing a report on each of their Pokémon.

As the group is talking, a blue flash comes from across the lake and Uriel's Raichu becomes hypnotized and walks off. After a few minutes, the group realizes that Raichu is missing and they start looking for it. The light flashes again and Dwayne becomes hypnotized, but Uriel stops him from wandering off. Dwayne comments that the same thing happened earlier, and Derek appears and tells a legend about a blue light that causes Pokémon to vanish when it flashes. The group decides to investigate the light. They find a cave and rush inside after it begins raining heavily. Derek looks deep into the cave and spots the odd light again, so the group venture farther into the cave. They enter a green-lit cavern filled with a lake, and the mysterious light swims closer to them. The source of the light leaps from the water, revealing itself to be a Lumineon. Derek adds that Lumineon uses the light of its tail fins to hypnotize people and Pokémon and draw them in. Uriel then spots Raichu inching closer to the water, but gives it a shake to wake it up from its hypnosis. Derek admits that Lumineon aren’t normally in caves, so he suggests they try to figure out this mystery and make it their report topic.

When the group returns to the class they present a report on Lumineon, and although they get a perfect score of 10, Professor Rowan deducts four points because they left the lake without permission, breaking a rule that had been stated earlier that day. Although Dwayne and friends are disappointed for losing the points, they admit it was worth seeing Lumineon. They conclude day three of the Summer Academy by cleaning the classrooms. Their third lesson is on how to correctly approach Ghost-type Pokémon, when ever and where ever they encounter them. They are then paired up to find a hidden medal in the Summit Ruins. The medal and how fast it's retrieved is needed to get points for the activity. While searching for a partner, Derek has a run-in with a mysterious girl, and is put into a trance. Dwayne and Uriel also pair up, while Derek and Sadie partner with other Trainers. On the night of the event, the paired-up Trainers head to the Ruins, when a girl is discovered to have been left behind. This alarms Professor Rowan's female assistant who had seen the 10 Blue Team members off moments before.

The Trainers encounter Professor Rowan's tame ghost Pokémon, and handle the situation differently. A Haunter grabs Raichu, and Uriel attacks it, but Dwayne apologizes, and they go on their way. When Sadie and her partner come across eating sounds, her partner's fears he'll be eaten and runs away in fright. Afterwards, Sadie sees Derek walking without a partner. She goes to investigate just as Derek is coaxed towards a cliff by the ghostly girl. Derek is about to walk off the cliff when a Dusknoir grabs his arm, waking Derek from his daze. Though safe, Derek faints at Dusknoir's appearance. Sadie stumbles upon Derek on the ground, with Dusknoir ominously overhead. Sadie misinterprets the scene as Dusknoir having hurt Derek, and she confronts it. The Dusknoir frantically waves its arms before fading away. Sadie rushes up and wakes Derek. Derek explains to Sadie that he was following a girl, and according to what the Pokédex said about Dusknoir, Sadie and Derek incorrectly assume that Dusknoir took the ghostly girl to the spirit world, and was about to take Derek too.

Elsewhere, Dwayne and Uriel meet a Misdreavus. Misdreavus uses Screech, and makes Dwayne and Uriel run away and get lost. The ghostly girl appears and then beckons Dwayne and Uriel to follow her, while the others have made it back to Professor Rowan. Being that Pokémon in the area are monitored and documented, the reports of a Dusknoir is alarming to Professor Rowan, especially since Dusknoir is a forest-dwelling Pokémon with no need to be in the area. Rowan also explains that an accident occurred one day when a mysterious cave was uncovered behind a wall. He also states that it might be the entrance to the spirit world, and that he assumes Dusknoir is trying to take someone there. Derek tells Sadie that he followed a girl and he thinks Dusknoir has taken her away.

It is concluded by Professor Rowan that the Dusknoir must have originated from a mysterious cave, which is thought to lead to the spirit world. Meanwhile, Dwayne and Uriel finally get to the Summit Ruins, and get the medal first. There, the girl tries to coax Dwayne and Uriel into the cave Professor Rowan mentioned, when Dusknoir appears. Dusknoir prepares to attack the girl, but Dwayne and Uriel battle Dusknoir to protect themselves and the girl. Dwayne's Gardevoir and Uriel's Raichu attack with Psyshock and Volt Tackle, respectively, while Dusknoir's back is turned on them. Dusknoir is momentarily stunned, and the girl tries to suck them into the spirit world through the cave. Uriel is pulled into the air, but caught by Dwayne who holds onto her, and Dwayne manages to grab ahold of a boulder to prevent them from getting sucked into the portal. Meanwhile, everyone arrives at the spot, and Professor Rowan prevents anyone else from getting too close. Dwayne then struggles due to his hand nearly slipping off the boulder, and Uriel simply tells him to let go of her hand, but Dwayne refuses, telling he wouldn't let her go no matter what, which leaves Uriel shocked and flattered. Dusknoir gets up and grabs Dwayne and Uriel, then sticks its tail into the ground to keep from getting sucked into the portal. Dwayne and Uriel are shocked and realize Dusknoir was trying to protect them all along.

After a few moments, the portal starts to drag them closer, with Dusknoir's tail moving through the dirt. Dwayne and Uriel freak out, and Dusknoir turns around and blasts the girl, collapsing the cave entrance. After everyone thanks the Dusknoir, the Dusknoir flies off and disappears. It turns out that the girl was a ghost and Dusknoir was trying to stop her. Derek panics at the fact that he was partnered with a ghost the whole time. The next day, Professor Rowan awards each team 30 points for a job well done. None of the teams gained an advantage, and the Blue Team leads by 260 to the Red Team's 220. Dwayne isn't discouraged as he rallies for the Red Team to turn the tables and takes the lead.

Professor Rowan says that the last event will be the Pokémon Triathlon, and Dwayne gets pumped up. He begins talking to Sadie, Derek, and Uriel about how he will win, when Uriel buts in that she'll win. Sadie has to separate the two and Dwayne wishes Uriel good luck by extending his hand for a handshake. Uriel blushes, remembering how Dwayne saved her, and runs away. Dwayne assumes that Uriel was merely too proud to accept his handshake. The race is about to start, and an aide fires the starting pistol and Dwayne, Sadie, Derek, and Uriel are all running at the same speed, and all four reach the checkpoint at the same time. Dwayne, Sadie, Derek, and Uriel receive Spoink, Rhyhorn, Dugtrio, and Ariados, respectively, and begin the first leg. Back at the school, Rowan and the others monitor the race. With the race, Sadie has taken the lead with Dwayne closely following when Uriel uses String Shot to propel herself into first. Picking up on this, many Trainers begin attacking each other. Derek takes advantage of this to pass them on Dugtrio.

Uriel reaches the second checkpoint and trades Ariados for a Lapras. Dwayne closely follows, having passed Sadie, and receives a Red-Striped Basculin. While Sadie and Derek trade for their Pokémon, Dwayne catches up to Uriel when she again takes the lead with Ice Beam. Derek and Sadie, riding their Huntail and Marill are following them close by. In a practical dead heat, Dwayne and Uriel reach the third checkpoint and return their Pokémon. Uriel calls out Raichu while Dwayne chooses Eevee, and the third leg begins with both sprinting towards the end. Derek and Sadie approach the end before sending out their Heracross and Glameow. As Dwayne and Uriel enter a cave, Sadie and Derek have managed to not only catch up, but overtake them, and the ground beneath Dwayne and Uriel begins to give way. Uriel and Raichu barely manage to stop their fall by grabbing on a ledge, when Dwayne saves Uriel again. Dwayne barely manages to pull Uriel up and both sit down for a minute to catch their breath. Dwayne's relieved expression causes Uriel to blush, but she quickly regains her composure when Dwayne point out that they have to make up a lot of ground and they begin racing again. Running at full speed, Dwayne and Uriel quickly come close to the finish line where Dwayne and Uriel suddenly sprint towards the finish and Ryder wins by a nose. Dwayne begins celebrating while Uriel has a moment of quiet thought. As other competitors cross the finish line (with Sadie and Derek having arrived second following Dwayne and Uriel), the Pokémon Triathlon comes to an end.

The victory gives the Red team just enough points to win the challenge and all of the members receive a plaque after Rowan makes a quick speech. As a final celebration for the end of the Summer Academy a bonfire is lit and a buffet laid out. Over by the gate, Uriel is sitting, looking at the stars when Dwayne comes over. Uriel asks Dwayne why he saved her, and Dwayne replies that she is his friend, making her look a little disappointed. Uriel then subtly asks Dwayne about his life and dreams, and after Dwayne answers these questions, Uriel also subtly asks if Dwayne had someone important to him, and this question makes Dwayne finally realizes that Uriel had developed a crush on him. Dwayne then pats her on the shoulder, and apologizes, but Uriel says that he shouldn't apologize, and in order to alleviate the tension, Dwayne jokes about if he was ready looking for romance, Uriel would have definitely been someone he'd laid eyes on, and Uriel laughs at this, and thanks him for cheering her up, and they decide to end their rivalry on a friendship note. The next day, everyone prepares to set off, and Dwayne meets Uriel, Sadie, and Derek at the gate, and Sadie asks Dwayne where he would head to next, and Dwayne says he was heading towards Celestic Town. Uriel then says that she and Dwayne never had a chance to have a proper battle, and challenges him, and Dwayne accepts, with Uriel declaring their battle being one-on-one. Uriel chooses her Raichu while Dwayne chooses Eevee.

Uriel starts off by ordering Raichu to use Reversal, but Eevee dodges and uses Swift, and Raichu is unable to dodge, and gets sent flying. Uriel tells Raichu to use Volt Tackle, and Eevee retaliates with Double-Edge, and both attacks clash, but Eevee's attack proves stronger, and Raichu gets overpowered. While Raichu is mid-air, Uriel commands him to use Thunder, and Eevee manages to swiftly dodge before using Double-Edge. However, Raichu quickly uses Reversal while falling, and both Pokémon's attacks connect with each other, but Raichu suffers more damage due to their gap in strength. Raichu struggles to get back up, as Eevee easily kicks up and dusts herself off, showcasing her durability. Uriel praises Eevee's power, and says that Dwayne was truly amazing, and orders Raichu to use Volt Tackle, and Dwayne tells Eevee to use Swift, and Raichu gets thrown back by the sheer force of the attack, which knocks Raichu out.

Uriel recalls Raichu and thanks Dwayne for the battle, and says that their difference in power and experience was clearly vast. Dwayne then says that Uriel should leave for a journey, but Uriel says that her parents would never allow it. Dwayne then urges her to stand her ground and pursue what she wanted instead of having her parents live their dreams through her, and encourages her to embark on a journey, even if her parents prohibited, saying that if Uriel could walk on her own, and think on her own, she could do whatever she wanted. Uriel nearly sheds a tear for Dwayne's kindness and thanks him, saying that he was right, and she would leave for a journey immediately, and would contact her parents from a Pokémon Center to inform them of her decision. Professor Rowan then approaches them, saying that while he doesn't necesarrily approve of young Trainers running away from home, he also understood Uriel's decision, and gifs her with a Pokédex, telling her that she had his blessing to become a Trainer. Uriel thanks everyone before leaving, saying that she was looking foward to meeting Dwayne again. Sadie and Derek also bid farewell to Dwayne, and everyone head their separate ways.

Sometime later, Uriel watches the broadcast of the Lily of the Valley Conference from a Pokémon Center, cheering for Dwayne during his match against Lazuli in the finals, seemingly having kept her promise to embark on a journey despite her parents's protests.

## **Character**

Uriel is noted as being boisterous, exuberant, and unorthodox. She's also headstrong, impulsive, eccentric, and stubborn, as she enjoys standing out in front of others, and thoroughly enjoys being the center of attention. She's also extremely talkative, always wanting to have the last word in an arguement and despises not being capable of coming up with a comeback whenever she was insulted or made fun of. Despite her feminine appearance, Uriel is very tomboyish, which Uriel not only admits, but proudly shares with others, with Uriel stating that it made her feel "real" as she wasn't allowed to express her tomboy nature at home.

Because her childhood was ruled by strictness and countless boundaries set by her overprotective parents, Uriel yearns for acknowledgement from all those around her, as her parents either brushed off or plainly ignored her dreams, feelings, and thoughts, and Uriel herself believes her parents were trying to live their dreams through her, as she was never allowed to have an opinion of her own, and was made to believe she enjoyed the same things and topics that her parents did. Because of this, Uriel displays extreme levels of rebelliousness, and despite promising her parents to give up on her dreams of embarking on a journey, Uriel openly admits on never giving up, saying that she only promised in order to be allowed to attend the Pokémon Summer Academy.

Uriel is also very short-tempered, and at the same time, quick-witted, with her less than perfect temper getting her into trouble numerous times throughout her childhood, although she was nearly always capable to talk herself into forgiveness or back into anyone's good graces immediately afterwards, with Uriel herself stating that her quick-wit was her most reliable and trustworthy personality trait.

When Uriel and Dwayne first met each other, they instantly engaged in a heated rivalry due to them grabbing the same Poké Ball at the same time whilst at the Summer Academy, with both sides refusing to let go. After that, Uriel and Dwayne constantly argued and challenged each other's claims and skills, but at the same time, always managed to work together in perfect sync during the challenges and trials of the academy. Uriel was furthermore inspired by Dwayne's training style, with the latter getting himself physically involved with a Pokémon's training by making himself a target for attacks, a training style that Uriel would subsequently pick up.

After Dwayne risked himself to save Uriel from being abducted by a ghostly girl, preventing from Uriel being trapped in the spirit world forever, Uriel developed a strong crush on him, which was less than obvious, as Uriel blushed whenever Dwayne offered a handshake or complimented her, although Dwayne didn't notice at first because of their rivalry, as Dwayne merely thought Uriel was too proud to accept his help and praises. Only when Uriel asked about whether he had someone special in his life was when Dwayne took notice of her feelings, although politely rejecting her, Uriel was nonetheless cheered up when they both joked about Uriel's crush on him afterwards, and they both ended their time at the academy as friends.

Thanks to Dwayne's influence and encouragement, Uriel gained enough courage to stand up against her parents, and along with Professor Rowan's blessing, Uriel decided to embark on her Pokémon journey instead of returning to Solaceon Town, and while believing she owed her parents a warning about her decision, although from a different location, Uriel realized that because she had her own thoughts and feelings, she was allowed to choose whatever life path she wanted, and vowed to never allow anyone else to influence her life again.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Raichu is Uriel's partner Pokémon, being the only Pokémon that Uriel was allowed to have from her strict and overprotective parents. Because of their sheltered life, both Raichu and Uriel yearned to explore the world, which they first got a sneak peek when they attended the Pokémon Summer Academy, where Raichu was able to gain more experience in battling and training, with Raichu's skills gradually increasing from battling and meeting other Trainers and Pokémon.

### **Temporary**

However, Uriel eventually gained after encouraging Charmeleon during their training, and they battled together against Dwayne and Helioptile, although the battle ended in a time-limit draw.
Charmeleon's known moves are Ember, Headbutt, Flame Burst, and Fury Swipes.

Ariados's only known move is String Shot.

Lapras's only known move is Ice Beam.

## **Pokémon Competitions**

Uriel has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:

* Pokémon Summer Academy – Winner (Red Team)
* Pokémon Triathlon – Runner-Up