Pokémon X and Y/Route 4

'''The southern route to Lumiose City, also known as Parterre Way, is a sight for sore eyes. It is flanked by perfectly trimmed hedge mazes, with colorful flowers taking the place of mundane tall grass. The main highlight of the route is of course the majestic fountain located at the middle of the route, wonderfully complemented by the surrounding gardens.'''

The garden path
You will be greeted by a group of hedge mazes as soon as you enter, as well as gardens of red and yellow flowers. These flowers behave like the tall grass from previous routes, in that wild Pokémon can appear when you're walking through them. The types and likelihood of Pokémon differ depending on the color of the flowers. Be sure to explore the hedge mazes, as each has items located within them, usually in a dead end.

You can find a Great Ball in the top-right hedge maze, as well as a Super Potion in the bottom-right hedge maze. An Antidote is located in the top-left hedge maze, while a Repel is hidden in the bottom-left hedge maze. If you search that hedge maze further you can also find a hidden jar of Honey. These jars of sweet nectar are great for attracting wild Pokémon, particularly Pokémon hordes. As you wander around the hedge mazes, you might stumble across a lone trainer:


 * Gardener Wheaton
 * Corphish (Lv. 10)
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Further down the path is a beautiful fountain. It serves no actual purpose other than as a pretty decoration. However, there are two trainers skating in a circle around the fountain.


 * Roller Skater Roland
 * Pidgey (Lv. 10)
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 * Roller Skater Calida
 * Fletchling (Lv. 10)
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Toward the northern end of the route, the garden's designs change slightly. You can find a Poison Barb in the middle hedges, an item that boosts Poison-type moves when held by a Pokémon. You can also find a Net Ball within the upper right hedge maze, which works better against Water-type and Bug-type Pokémon, while an Ether can be found in the upper left hedge maze. Additionally, there are two Honey hidden here, one to the right of Poké Fan Agnes and one in the top-right hedge maze, as well as a hidden Super Potion in the top-left hedge maze. There are also a lot more trainers here.


 * Poké Fan Agnes
 * Plant Cloak Burmy (Lv. 7)
 * Sandy Cloak Burmy (Lv. 7)
 * Trash Cloak Burmy (Lv. 7)
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 * Preschooler Mia
 * Budew (Lv. 9)
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 * Preschooler Adrian
 * Magikarp (Lv. 9)
 * [[File:Pokebuck.png]]144


 * Poké Fan Gabe
 * Pichu (Lv. 7)
 * Pikachu (Lv. 9)
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 * Gardener Fabian
 * Corphish (Lv. 10)
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 * Gardener Grover
 * Corphish (Lv. 10)
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At the end of the route you will be greeted by two of Professor Sycamore's assistants, Sina and Dexio. They will tell you about the newly discovered Fairy-type, and offer to lead you to Professor Sycamore's lab. Follow them into the Lumiose City gate.

Lumiose City southern gate
You will encounter plenty of gates throughout your adventure through Kalos, usually serving as connections between a city and the routes beyond them. They don't serve much of a purpose except helping a game to load the following area, but you can talk to the people within to get helpful information. As you try to go through the northern exit of the gate, Dexio will give you TM27 Return. This move becomes stronger the higher the friendship between you and your Pokémon.