Talk to your father with Wally

Ignoring the challenger, you walked up to your father with Wally. "We did it. Wally caught a {if Wally Starter==1}poochyena{else}ralts{endif}."

Wally smiled brightly as he handed back the pokeball with the borrowed zigzagoon in it. "Thank you for your help, sir."

He smiled and took the pokeball. "I'm glad to have helped." {if May Travel==1}

"A lot of help he was." May muttered. "He didn't even step out of the gym."

You gave a small nod of agreement.{endif}

Wally thanked you again, then hurried out of the gym.

With that, your father turned to you. "Now… Emery, if you want to become a strong trainer, here's my advice. Head for Rustboro City beyond this town." He pointed in the general direction of Rustboro. "There, you should challenge the Gym Leader, Roxanne. After her, go on to other Pokémon Gyms and defeat their Leaders. Collect Badges from them, understood? Of course, I'm a Gym Leader, too. We'll battle one day, son. But that's only after you become stronger."

You frowned at him. "I was going to challenge you now."

Your father shook his head. "I haven't got a low level team trained up yet, only my teams for trainers with more badges. If I were to accept your challenge, it would just lead to your pokemon getting hurt."

"But-"

"No, Emery. Come back when you have at least four badges." His firm expression told you that you weren't going to get anywhere talking to him like this.