A Village Homecoming!

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A Village Homecoming!*** is the 3rd episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon BW: Adventures in Unova and Beyond*.

## Plot

On their way to the Vertress Conference, Ash and his friends stop in Iris's hometown, the Village of Dragons. There, they meet Iris's childhood friend Shannon, and the two girls share a happy reunion. Soon, two Zweilous appear, and Shannon explains that she is taking care of them. Iris goes to see the village elder, who judges the progress made by Iris and Axew and congratulates Iris on her work. Upon the request of two other villagers, Iris brings out her Dragonite, but Dragonite immediately starts a battle with a nearby Haxorus. After the elder calms down both Pokémon, Iris and her friends go to see Shannon.
Shannon is happy to see the group again, but one of the Zweilous appears to be ill. They go in for some lunch, and Shannon brings Zweilous in as well so she can keep an eye on it. However, Shannon expresses her doubt and disappointment at living in the Village of Dragons all the time, believing herself to be untalented and ordinary compared with Iris, to which Ash, Iris, and Cilan immediately assuage her fears. Just as Iris encourages Shannon to start a journey herself, one of the Zweilous begins crying out in alarm and leads the group over to a lake just as the other Zweilous begins its evolution into Hydreigon.

Although Iris, Shannon, and the others are happy at first, the newly evolved Hydreigon looks into the river and sees its reflection. Startled, Hydreigon releases a Draco Meteor attack that causes mayhem elsewhere in the Village of Dragons. After attacking both Shannon and the other Zweilous, Hydreigon continues thrashing about in midair. Thinking quickly, Iris has Dragonite and Emolga drive Hydreigon into a place where it is surrounded on three sides by cliffs and then calls out Axew and Excadrill to help, and they use Dragon Rage and Focus Blast to break through Hydreigon's protection before Iris scales the cliff.

Now behind Hydreigon, Iris leaps onto its back, but is immediately hurled off, and tries again with similar results. Although Ash and Cilan try to help her, the elder arrives and insists that they do not involve themselves in Iris's battle. Axew and Excadrill use Dragon Rage and Focus Blast again to distract Hydreigon, and Iris jumps for a third time. This time, she manages to cling to Hydreigon's neck, but its two smaller heads bite Iris painfully on each wrist. Iris momentarily yells out in pain, but she soon regains control and strokes Hydreigon gently, reassuring it that she understands its fright at evolving and at how much power it now has. With Hydreigon calmed down, Iris returns it to the care of Shannon and Zweilous.

After gratefully receiving the elder's compliments, Iris is confronted by Drayden, who, as far as Iris knows, was up until this point unaware that Iris ran away, although both the elder and Drayden know that it was their intention for Iris to go on a journey in the first place. Drayden remarks on Iris's growth and announces to her that he will wait at the Opelucid City Gym for her to come and show him how much stronger she has become. As Drayden leaves, Shannon finally finds the courage to ask the elder for permission to go on her own journey, to which the elder happy agrees.

## Major events

* Ash and his friends arrive at Iris's hometown, the Village of Dragons.
* Ash and Cilan meet the elder and the Opelucid Gym Leader Drayden for the first time.
* Drayden challenges Iris to a battle at his Gym.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Iris
* Cilan
* Drayden
* Elder
* Shannon
* Villagers

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Zweilous

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Axew (Iris's)
* Excadrill (Iris's)
* Emolga (Iris's)
* Dragonite (Iris's)
* Zweilous (×2; one evolves)
* Hydreigon (newly evolved)
* Haxorus
* Axew (multiple)
* Fraxure (multiple)
* Druddigon
* Minccino (flashback)
* Pansear (flashback)
* Panpour (flashback)
* Deerling (flashback)
* Sandile (flashback)
* Pidove (flashback)
* Patrat (flashback)
* Reshiram (statue)
* Zekrom (statue)

## Transcript

*Main article: A Village Homecoming!/Transcript*
## Trivia

* Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Ferroseed
* Apart from dreams and flashbacks, this episode marks the first appearances of the elder and Drayden, as well as the debuts of Fraxure and Haxorus.
* Iris narrates the preview for the next episode.
* An arrangement of the Village Bridge theme is used in this episode.