With the excitement of exploring a new region, Ash and his friend, Lillie from the Aloha Region, are on there way to Hau'oli city for a perfectly normal stroll through town with nothing to worry about at all.

Chapter 2: Melemele Portal

"Ugh, is it really necessary to buy all of this stuff?" Ash groans. Lillie replies with a smirk, "Oh don't tell me your tired already?!" Ash perks up in response, "Hah! Tired? A Pokémon master like me don't get tired that quickly! Right Pikachu?" Pikachu gives off a weak cry as he struggles to keep his eyes open. Lillie giggles a bit at Pikachu and motions Ash to follow her. "Great! More walking!" Ash yells out followed by a cry from Pikachu. With a handful of bags and a smile on their faces, Ash and Pikachu press on through the streets of Hau'oli city. "I know! Let's stop by and get some delicious treats!" Lillie suggests. Ash's stomach growls with the thought of delicious Poke Puffs. "Alright!" He yells out along with Pikachu giving off a enthusiastic cry. Hunger takes over as the gang walks towards the store. However, taking how much weight he is carrying, 10 bags full of clothes to be exact, he fails to notice Lillie suddenly stopping dead in her tracks almost causing Ash to crash into her. "Lillie?" Ash says in a concern tone. Pikachu tugs Ash's leg as he points to the sky. Ash looks up while almost dropping the bags in shock. A crack of particles suddenly appears in the sky's above Melemele island. It was small, but caused a sudden wave of fear and confusion in everyone in the city. It seemed to be flickering and looked almost other worldly. "Is that another Ultra wormhole?" Lillie asks. "This one looks too different." Ash responds. Lillie then suggest that they head back to the Pokémon school to inform the Professor on the situation and get some clear answers. Ash agrees as they start to head out of the city square and toward the road to the school. But before they can do that, the crack explodes into a giant rift three stories high followed by a huge boom and followed by a oddly-shaped object that is spat out of the rift in a screeching howl. At this point, citizens and Pokémon are now in a panic and start to flee from the city. "Run!" Ash yells to Lillie and Pikachu. No hesitation was needed as they rushed to the road. Just then, the spacecraft took a sharp left and started to plummet toward the road that the three were heading to. As they were a few inches from the road, Officer Jenny pulled the three from the road seconds from disaster. The spacecraft finally smacks onto the road and skids into the sands of the beach in a fiery wreck. Visibly shaken, Ash and Lillie thank Jenny as she started to check for any injuries in the surrounding area. Pikachu motions Ash to look at the burning ship to see a dark figure emerge in an all black suit. The pilot then takes it's helmet off to reveal, a human male. The man glances at the shocked faces of Lillie and Ash, but is startled at the sight of Pikachu. The man then flees from the wreck and heads toward the grassy trail at the end of the city. "What just happened?" Ash asks.

Chapter 3 on its way...