Maria, daughter of Thomas and Lilly (From Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia), and her friend and fellow Ranger, Ben are flying on Staraptors in the clouds, chasing after Pokémon Pinchers after Latias. Maria allows Latias to escape by distracting the Pinchers. However, when their squad leader, Red Eyes comes in, Ben taunts Red Eyes. He responds by shooting a plasma gun. Maria moves forward and shields Ben from the blow, and is sent into the sea below, where Maria loses and eventually recovers her styler. (Ben is then kidnapped.) Maria washes up on a beach- the shores of Dolce Island. Maria meets a Pichu with a ukulele, who is known as the Ukelele Pichu. This Pichu becomes the partner Pokémon. It will join Maria as her Partner Pokémon, after she fix its broken ukulele. As a newly recruited Po