Pokemon Learning League

Meteors
Written By
Timothy Whitfield

(Episode opens with Iris and Axew going along on

Route 114 on a clear sunny day. A small breeze is
blowing in the air, the sky is a beautiful sky blue,
the atmosphere is calm and a group of Yanma &
Yanmega fly over the pond and get a drink. Iris
stretches out her arms and sighs in comfort.)
Iris: Ahh, its really nice out today.
Axew (agreeing): Axew.
(She turns over to the audience and casually speak
to them.)
Iris (casually): Oh, hey there guys.
Axew: Axew.
(She continues on through. As she goes along, we
see along with her the area is in a very pleasant &
peaceful state. Flowers and grass are blowing in
the breeze. She sees a Lilligent & a Torterra caring
for their young, a male Togekiss & a Florges
interacting with each other and flocks of
Talonflame & Pidgeot flying together. Iris stops for
a minute and pulls out two apples from her bag
and hands one to Axew.)
Iris: Here you go, Axew.
Axew: Axew.
(She hands one to him and they both take a bite.
Just then, Iris hears a rustling nearby.)

Iris: You hear that?

Axew: Axew.
(She goes over to the source of the sound and
finds a girl named Zinnia searching through the
grass. She has black hair, brown eyes, is wearing a
cloak decorated with what looks like dragon scales
around the collar, a black shirt with a red pattern
around the chest area, short dark grey shorts, a
mega anklet, stockings and open-air shoes.)
Zinnia: Come on. I know youre around here.
(Iris goes over to her.)
Iris: Excuse me, but what are you looking for?
(Zinnia stops searching and looks up at Iris.)
Zinnia: Im trying to find my Whismur, Aster.
Iris (getting it): I see. You need any help
searching?
Zinnia: Actually, yes I could.
Iris: Okay. Oh, Im Iris, by the way. And this is
Axew.
Axew: Axew.
Zinnia: Pleasure to meet you. Im Zinnia.
(They shake each others hands and begin
searching.)

Iris: So, where does Aster usually hide?

Zinnia: Its not where she hides, but more how she
hides.
Iris (getting it): Ahh.
(They continue scanning through the grass, with no
succession for the moment. Just then, Zinnia gets
an idea & goes over to the mountain wall and Iris
follows. She scans it until she spots an odd-shaped
rock poking through the grass.)
Zinnia: Ah-ha.
(They quietly sneak up to the wall. Zinnia picks up
the weird rock, turns it around and reveals it to
be Aster, covered in mud & dirt.)
Zinnia: Got you.
Aster (giggling): Whismur, Whis.
Zinnia: Youre really a clever thing, arent you?
(She gets out a clean cloth and wipes the mud &
dirt off Asters face.)
Zinnia: Aster, Id like you to meet Iris & Axew.
Iris: Hello, there.
Axew: Axew.
Aster: Whis.
(Zinnia strokes the top of Asters head.)

Aster (comfortably & happily): Whis.

Zinnia: Say, would you like to see the rest of my
Pokemon?
Iris: Sure.
Zinnia: All right, then. (She takes out five
Pokeballs.) Ha!
(She tosses them up and a Noivern, a Salamence,
a Dragonair, a Magmortar and an Eelektrik emerge
from them.)
Salamence: (growls.)
Dragonair: (vocalizes.)
Magmortar: Magmor.
Noivern: (vocalizes.)
Iris: They all look really good.
Zinnia: Well, thank you.
Iris: All right, my turn. (She takes out five
Pokeballs.) Come on out!
(She tosses them up and Dragonite, Clefairy,
Emolga, Excadrill and Gible come out of them.)
Clefairy: Clefairy.
Gible: Gible.
Emolga: Emolga.
Excadrill: Exca.

Dragonite: (grunts.)
Zinnia: Thats a pretty good team there.
Iris: Thanks. So, what kind of Dragon trainer are
you?
Zinnia: Im part of a tribe of Dragon trainers called
the Draconids.
Iris: Ahh, thats pretty good.
Zinnia: Yep. How about you?
Iris: Im training to become the worlds greatest
Dragon master.
Zinnia: Thats pretty noble.
Iris: Yeah, it is.
Zinnia: All right, my turn. Where did you arrive
from?
Iris: I came from the Unova region. My homes the
Village of Dragons. How about you?
Zinnia: I live inside Meteor Falls, which is very close
by.
Iris: Thats pretty neat.
Zinnia: Mmm-hmm. Speaking of, Im going to head
back and see what my Grandmas up to. Would
you like to come & meet her?
Iris: Sure.

(They leave the field, go up the mountain and head

inside Meteor Falls. Once inside, we see a lush
waterfall in the background, the stalactites &
stalagmites glimmer in the light and colonies of
Woobat & Noibat are resting on the ceiling.
Zinnias grandmother, Danica, is near the pool,
giving some Woobat food. She has white hair,
brown eyes, and is wearing a silk dress, stockings
and open-air sandals.)
Zinnia (calling out, O.S.): Hey, Grandma!
(She turns around and sees them coming over.)
Danica: Oh, Zinnia.
Zinnia: Yes, I am.
Danica: Thats good.
(They both warmly hug each other.)
Zinnia: Grandma, Id like you to meet Iris.
Danica: Its a pleasure to meet you.
Iris: Thank you. Same to you.
(She shakes her hand.)
Iris: So, how long have the Draconids been around?
Danica: We have been around for thousands of
years, stemming back to a time when meteors
constantly showered across the area and the great
Groudon & Kyogre waged in great clashes, until

Rayquaza descended from the heavens and put a

stop to it.
Iris (amazed): Thats really incredible. What else
happened?
Danica: A thousand years later, a giant meteorite
struck where Sootopolis City is now, and it
reawakened the two. Then, the Lord keeper held
up a rainbow stone & wished for Rayquaza to
return. When it did, that wish allowed it to Mega
Evolve, and after a fierce battle, Groudon and
Kyogre returned to the depths, while Rayquaza
returned to the sky. After that, they decided to
build an obelisk called the Sky Pillar, where they
can summon Rayquaza. After an entire millennium
of peace, it was foretold that one day, a meteor
would strike the Earth once again, and wed have
to call upon Rayquaza to stop it.
Iris: Ahh.
Danica: Yep. (She calls out.) Oh, Woobat!
(A Woobat comes flying down to her.)
Danica: Can you please take this message to Kaley,
please?
(It takes the message in its mouth and it flies off.)
Zinnia: Hey, Iris. Would you like to see where the
largest meteorite is?

Iris (intrigued): Okay.

(Now, a montage goes on, where they go through
the cave. All along the way, they see how the rest
of the Draconids are doing, ranging from caring for
some injured Pokemon, giving them special food,
playing with them, having them deliver messages
to others and making a special resting spot. As
they go deeper, they quietly sneak past a territorial
Zweilous, which is starting to doze off. Montage
ends with them arriving at a large crater.)
Zinnia: This is it.
(Iris looks down and sees the large meteorite in the
center of the crater. Its as large as a Groudon.)
Iris (astounded): Whoa!
Axew (astounded): Ax-ew!
Iris: How long has this been here?
Zinnia: My Grandma says that its been here for
over 10,000 years.
Iris: Ah-ha.
Zinnia: Imagine what life was like back at that
time.
(They both look on in wonder about the thought.)
Iris: You know, I think Siara would definitely like to
see this.

Zinnia: Whos Siara?

Iris: Shes a good friend of mine.
(She goes into her bag, gets out the Pokepilot,
turns it on and calls Siara, who is working on the
articulation of the animatronics knees & legs.)
Siara: Hey, Iris. How are you doing?
Iris: Im doing well, Siara. Hows it going with the
animatronic?
Siara: Its going well. Im just finishing up on its
knee-and-leg articulations.
Iris: Thats good to know.
Siara: Well, nice to meet you, Zinnia.
Zinnia: Thanks. Same to you, Siara.
Siara: Anyway, what are you up to?
Iris: Im visiting Meteor Falls and Zinnia was just
showing me this huge meteorite.
Siara (curiously): Really?
Iris: Yeah. Here, have a look.
(She turns the Pokepilot around and shows Siara
the giant meteorite.)
Siara (impressed): Whoa! Thats a pretty big one.
Zinnia: Indeed it is.

Siara: You know, there are some things about

meteors you may not be familiar with.
Iris (curiously): Really? Like what?
Siara: For starters, all meteors start off as space
rocks, or meteoroids, but when one passes through
the Earths atmosphere, it gets heated by friction,
thus causing it to glow, & becoming a meteor, and
as you know, if it reaches the surface, its a
meteorite.
Zinnia: All right, we already know about that. What
else?
Siara: When a meteor passes through the Earths
atmosphere, they could be going as fast as
130,000 mph.
Iris: Whoa, thats really fast.
Siara: Indeed. Now, this next one is really
interesting: there are three types of meteorites out
there. There are the stony ones, which are made
up of a stone-type material & minerals. Also, they
can be broken up into two groups: the chondrites,
which contain minerals called chondrules and the
achondrites, which dont have them. Next up are
the iron ones, which are composed of mainly iron &
nickel, and lastly there are the stony/iron
meteorites. As the name implies, theyre

composed of both iron-nickel metal and stone-type

material.
Zinnia: Thats pretty good one there.
Siara: If you think that, then heres a unique one:
did you know that a million meteoroids travel
through the earths atmosphere every day?
Iris (intrigued): Really?
Siara: Yep, but most of them are very small and
burn up quickly.
Iris (understanding): I see.
Siara: Yep. In fact, many of them can be as small as
a tiny grain or as large as a boulder.
Zinnia: Thats an interesting one. What else is
there?
Siara: Okay, heres another good one: when a
meteorite is seen as it lands, theyre called falls,
and when theyre discovered later, theyre referred
to as finds.
Iris: All right, anything else?
Siara: Yep, this last one is a pretty unique one: a
meteor shower occurs whenever the Earth passes
through a trail of debris left by a comet.
Zinnia: Those are some pretty interesting facts.

Siara: Indeed they are, which is why Im going to

show you something.
Iris: Okay then, Siara.
Axew: Axew.
(Pan down to a lower panel showing an image of a
meteor and eight blank spots on the top & bottom
of it.)
Siara: So, you two ready to go?
Zinnia: Yep.
Siara: Oh, good. What causes meteors to burn up
in the atmosphere?
Iris: Hmm. Its friction.
Siara: Very good, Iris. All right, what is one of the
types of meteorites?
Zinnia: There are the stony/iron ones.
Siara: You got it, Zinnia. Now, how many
meteorites go through the atmosphere every day?
Iris: One million pass through.
Siara: All right, Iris. Lastly, whats a meteorite
called when its seen as it lands & when its found?
Zinnia: Thatd be a fall and a find.
Siara: Thats right, Zinnia. You two did very well.
Iris: Thanks, Siara.

Axew: Axew.
Siara: Youre welcome, Iris. Now, if youll excuse
me, I need to get back to work on these
articulations. Ill see you later.
Zinnia: See you later.
(Iris turns off the Pokepilot and puts it back in her
pocket. Just then, Zinnias stomach loudly growls.)
Zinnia: Oh. I guess its time for lunch.
Iris: (chuckles.) Okay.
(Zinnia pulls out a blanket and lays it out. Now,
she and Iris get out some fruit juices, fresh fruit,
berries, Paninis, chivitoes, onigiris, tofu hiyayakko,
marshmallow cake and Pokemon food. Moments
later, they start eating.)
Both (contended): Mmm.
Axew: Axew.
Aster: Whis-mur.
Zinnia: They really know how to make a good
sandwich.
(She swallows the food and then turns over to Iris.)
Zinnia: Tell me, Iris, whats the rest of Unova like?
Iris: Its a really good region, and there are a lot of
great places to visit, although sometimes strange
things will happen there.

Zinnia (comprehending): All right. Ill have to visit

it someday.
Iris: Oh, good. So, have you seen all of Hoenn?
Zinnia: Well, I havent seen all of it yet, but I know
there are plenty of good places to see, like Fortree
City, Dewford Town, Mauville City and Pacifidlog
Town.
Iris: Oh, they sound nice.
Zinnia: Yeah.
(Now, we dissolve to moments later, where they
finish up the marshmallow cake.)
Both: Ahh.
Zinnia: That hit the spot.
Iris: Yeah, it sure did.
Zinnia: So, how about we continue what we did
before with Siara?
Iris: Okay, but let me do one thing first. (She turns
over to the audience.) You guys up for this? (She
casually waits for an answer from the audience for
one second.) Oh, okay.
Zinnia: Who were you talking to?
Iris: Oh, just to the audience.
Zinnia: Um, all right. Isnt that a bit silly?

Iris: Yeah, it can be, but they can be pretty helpful

around this point.
Zinnia (comprehending): Ah-ha.
(Dissolve back to the meteor image.)
Iris (V.O.): Okay, lets do it. What are the two kinds
of stony meteors? (She casually waits for an
answer from the audience for one and a half
seconds.) The chondrites and achondrites. You got
it.
Zinnia (V.O.): Now, how big can a meteor get? (She
casually waits for an answer from the audience for
one and a half seconds.) They can be small as a
grain or as large as a boulder. All right, then.
Iris (V.O.): How does a meteor shower occur? (She
casually waits for an answer from the audience for
one and a half seconds.) When the Earth passes
through a trail of debris left by a comet. Okay,
then.
Zinnia (V.O.): Finally, how fast can a meteor go
through the atmosphere? (She casually waits for
an answer from the audience for one and a half
seconds.) About 130,000 mph. Oh, yeah.
(Dissolve back to the two and Zinnia casually
speaks to the audience.)
Zinnia (casually): Way to go, guys.

Iris: So, how about we look around the rest of the

cave?
Zinnia: All right, then.
(They leave the crater and go exploring the rest of
Meteor Falls. As they go along they see a Solrock
fending off a Druddigon, a Deino searching for
food, a Golbat chasing after a young Bagon and a
Clefairy tries to defend it. Now, they quietly go
past the same Zweilous from before and they stop
& relax near a pool of water. Afterwards, they help
out some Draconids care for some injured
Pokemon & give them some berries & fruit, as well
as seeing several Woobat & Noibat delivering
messages and baskets of food. We dissolve to
moments later, at nightfall, where the two are
outside the cave, looking up at the stars.)
Zinnia: That was a pretty good day.
Iris: It sure was.
Axew (agreeing): Axew.
Iris: Hey, do you think that prophecy your Grandma
said will come true?
Zinnia: Well, only time will tell, but when that day
comes, well be ready for it.
Iris (getting it): Ahh.

Zinnia: By the way, where are you heading off to

tomorrow?
Iris: I think Ill be heading to Fortree City.
Zinnia: That sounds good.
Iris: How would you like to come with me?
(She thinks for a few seconds.)
Zinnia: Okay, sure.
(Just then, a meteor shower appears in the sky.)
Both (in wonder): Wow!
Axew (in wonder): Axew!
Iris: Its beautiful.
Zinnia: Yeah, you said it.
(They both turn over to the audience.)
Both: Thanks, you guys.
Axew: Axew.
(We cross-fade to them moments later, sitting out
in the field watching the rest of the meteor
shower.)
Iris: Well, that was an interesting episode. Did you
enjoy it? (She casually waits for an answer from
the audience for one second.) Oh, all right. Well
see you later, then.

(They both causally wave goodbye to the audience

and they resume watching. Now, we pan up to see
the ongoing meteor shower and we fade to black,
ending the episode.)