After making sure Tavros would be alright on his own Aradia set off, going back to Lavender Town before leaving down Route 8 towards Saffron City. She thought about how the contests were there, knowing that watching the contest would give her a better idea of how to participate in the next contest as she took a deep breath and looked around the Route, not seeing anyone around. Shrugging her shoulders she continued on, pulling out her book to begin to read up on the different sort of fossils in the regions, intrigued by the entire experience of finding a fossil and bringing the pokemon in it back to life, intrigued enough to not pay attention to the fact that she was now walking through the grass instead of on the path.