Ash and his friends stop to admire a mountain range view. The clean air gives Ash and Pikachu some added energy, and they soon run off. A strange Pokémon flies by, and Ash’s Pokédex reveals that it is a Ledian. As they pursue it along the trail, they round a bend and get hit by a full-blast Gust from a Pidgeotto. They meet Benji and his father, who are the Ledian and Pidgeotto’s owners, in the midst of a training session. Misty and Brock soon catch up to Ash. The gang finds out that the father and son are part of the Mountain Patrol, an organization that protects and preserves the mountain. Benji’s father realizes he has to go to one of the villages at the foot of the mountains, so he leaves Benji in charge and gives the group permission to stay.
