Bethany

Bethany Juniper is a travelling trainer from Nuvema Town in the Unova region. Her aim is to become Champion of her home region.

Bio
Bethany is a young trainer, who is on her third journey through a region. The first region she travelled through was Hoenn, so she could learn battling skills she could use in Unova - the region where she originally received Katie, her starter, from her mother, Professor Juniper.

After meeting the main group from time to time, as well as receiving a Treecko (who she named George) from Professor Birch and catching a Wingull (who she named Terry), she travelled with them for a short period of time in the run-up to the Hoenn League, where she qualified through the recommendation of a gym leader. She was closely defeated by Elara in the second round, but this still gave her a top 16 finish with 3 Pokémon, only one of which was fully evolved - each of her Pokémon had evolved exactly once.

After visiting the rest of the region, she returned home until summer came. Once she reunited with some old friends from Hoenn, however, she quickly set off on a journey through her home region with them.

Team Buddy has had three iterations. The first was in mid 2003, in Unova, which came from the aftermath of Team Plasma. In late 2015, when Bethany was 7, they returned - however, their plans were foiled by a group of league members, including some gym leaders, and after they were defeated, a key artefact - a book - that they were after was placed under the care of Lenora. They remained in Unova, however, seemingly reformed, but in reality, they were being infiltrated by a worse force still. Another group under the name of Team Buddy was present in Hoenn while Bethany was there; however, she had no conflict with them.

Bethany’s journey in her home region had a rocky beginning. Despite making new friends and gaining a new hobby in playing the trumpet (a gift from her mother), she also had to deal with the antics of June and Team Plasma. She was also entrusted with the book given to Lenora to deliver to Roxie - however, once this had happened, a conversation between the gym leaders led to it being given to Bethany permanently. This led her to follow the book’s instructions and call upon Meloetta, who accompanied her along her journey, although at a distance, as well as helping with her music.

After the defeat of Team Plasma, Bethany continued travelling the region with her friends - those she met during her travels both in Hoenn and in Unova. She also caught two new Pokémon, those being Arctic, a Drilbur caught in some ice that she mysteriously had dreamed of the previous night, and Scarlet, a winter Unovan Flabébé that she, Ben and Sam had found in a hidden clearing.

After collecting every gym badge in the Unova region, Bethany achieved ninth place in the Pokélympics but was able to progress to the knockout round due to the withdrawal of Bram and his sister. After significantly impressing Mary, she was allowed to progress to the Elite Four, where she defeated three of them, losing to Shauntal. Following the Unova League, Bethany took some time to explore parts of her home region that she had not visited before returning home to strengthen her bond with her Pokémon - not through battling, but through becoming better friends with them.

After Blu and Karmen’s wedding, Bethany travelled to Galar, leaving her Sceptile and Pelipper at home to rest. She spent the following months assisting Professor Sonia with her research about Eternatus and how it powers the Dynamax phenomenon. Sonia then endorsed her to take part in the Galar Major League, and later endorsed Elris to join her, and they set off to challenge the gyms of Galar and help with the professor’s research. However, something feels wrong to Meloetta, and things are about to get a whole lot more complicated once again...