Sam was in the top of the tree and looked over the area, looking for any pokemon that catched his attention. What he didn't notice, was that in the tall grass near the pond, something was lurking... It quickly dashed from patch to patch, until it spotted something. With it's quick speed it jumped into a tree, then climbed all the way up to the top. From behind some leaves, it spotted it's prey. The prey wasn't suspecting a thing. It readied itself, before jumping straight for its target.

"Froakie!" Sam suddenly heard, before something grabbed his head. "What the..." He said, before losing his balance and falling from the branch he was leaning on. He tumbled from branch to branch, until hitting the ground head first. "Ow..." He said painfully. "Froakie..." He heard again. He jumped up to see a water type next to him. He took out his pokedex to see what pokemon it was, and it turned out to be a Froakie. He bowed so he could see if the little guy was hurt. "Are you okay?" He said calmly. Suddenly, the Froakie jumped onto his face and hugged it. "Froakie!" Sam fell on his back in surprise, while trying to get the Froakie of his face. After he succeeded, the Froakie just smiled at him. "Froakie!" Sam smiled back. "Aren't you a happy little fella? You surprised me back there. I like you." Sam said. The Froakie smiled hopefully like Sam was its first ever friend. "Froakie?! FROAKIE!!" It said before hugging Sam's face again. 

Sam struggled to get him off his face for a second time. "You know, I'm considering to make you join my party, but I need to test you first." Froakie looked at him questioningly. "Froa?" Sam got up from the ground again and put the Froakie on the ground in front of him. He then whistled a tune, and stretched out his arm with his hand opened. Suddenly, his Honedge came floating through the trees and landed in Sam's hand. "Froa..." The Froakie said amazed. "How about this: If you can defeat me and my Honedge in a battle, I'll let you join my party." The Froakie nodded. The Froakie's facial expression changed from a happy and jolly to a serious one. "Well then, let the battle, BEGIN!" 

The Froakie quickly closed the gap between them by using Quick Attack. However, Sam didn't let go of Honedge, and as Froakie was about to hit Honedge, Sam lowered Honedge, while turning his blade vertically, so the Froakie would jump just a bit over the sword pokemon. "Fury Cutter." He whispered, and as Honedge's blade started to glow, he striked the Froakie in his stumach. The Froakie got launched into the air and landed a few meter in front of Sam. "Froakie!" It yelled while it stood up again, like it was saying this was unfair. "Sorry, but I said that you needed to defeat both of us." "Honedge." Honedge said in agreement. This was their way of fighting. With Sam's speed and Honedge's strength, they formed a deadly duo. 

Froakie, now knowing how they worked, got an idea. He used Quick Attack again, and headed for Honedge one more time. "You aren't learning, but I admire your courage." Sam said. However, the Froakie changed it's direction just when he was about to jump, and this time hit Sam in his stumach, and just when Froakie jumped back, he used bubble on Honedge, who was immobilised because of Sam still holding him tight. However, Sam recovered quickly, did a backflip and threw Honedge at Froakie. "Tackle!" He said, and Honedge rammed the water pokemon with it's grip. Froakie tumbled back, tried to stand up again, but collapsed again. Honedge returned to Sam's hand, got sheathed again and Sam walked to the Froakie. The Froakie seemed dissapointed. "Stand up, buddy. I have something for you. He said while taking an Oran Berry out of his backpack. He gave one to the Froakie, which immediatly felt better, but still looked dissapointed it couldn't defeat Sam and Honedge.

Sam grabbed something else out of his backpack. "Here, you deserved it." He said while holding a pokeball in front of Froakie. Froakie seemed confused. "I know you didn't win the battle, but you showed that you have great potential. You don't have to be a winner all the time to be a good pokemon. That's why I want you to be a part of my team." Froakie's eyes became as big as possible. "Froakie?! FROAKIE!!!" And he hugged Sam's face again. Sam quickly pressed the pokeball against Froakie. After a few shocks, the pokeball made the high ping noice noticing Sam that the Froakie was caught. However, when he tried to put the ball back into his backpack, Froakie got out of it again and hugged Sam's face. Again. Sam struggled but couldn't get Froakie of his head. He managed to get get the Froakie on the back of his head though, so he got a clear view again. "You really like hugs, don't you?" "Froakie!"

He then looked at his Holo Caster he got on his wrist. "That's right, we still need to register ourselves. Come on, everybody, get ready for the picture." Honedge unsheathed a bit, while Froakie, still clinging onto Sam's head, looked over his head and waved at the camera. Sam got a sly smile on his face and the picture was taken. The picture, with all the three companions on it, was registered. He than saw a lot of people around him, including the professor. He added the professor, then went towards the exit. He got his new partner, and that was what he came here for.