Dear Lillie,

Alola! Bet you haven't heard that as a greeting for a while...

I told you I'd send you a super long letter, right? Don't know how this will turn out, but...

Where are you now? I didn't know where to send this to, so I just wrote "Somewhere in Kanto" on the address line.

Whenever I ask, Selena tells me not to worry about you. She says you'll come back with a full team of super-strong Pokemon, ready to challenge her in the Alola League.

Elio? He doesn't care. He's too busy training like a maniac to try to become Champion himself, even though we all know he'll never be able to get past her.

The two of them have been racing each other to ruins on all four islands to catch the tapus. So far, neither has found one yet. I think all the noise they make has been scaring Pokemon away...

Oh! Right! I wanted to tell you that I beat Grandpa yesterday! Isn't that great? It wasn't like the Grand Trial-this time, he used his strongest team! They were all super huge Fighting-types, and his Crabomidable nearly destroyed my last Pokemon with a Z-Move...But Decidueye and I won!

You're battling too now, huh? What's your team like? Send me a picture of them! Have you won any Gym Badges? Kukui told me they were really hard to get, but I think he was exaggerating.

How have you been doing on your journey? Apparently, Kanto's weather is really different from Alolas, their native Pokemon are common in most other regions but not our islands, and the trainers there have developed ways of battling that we've never seen! As long as you're enjoying it, I'm happy for you. After all, you've got Pokemon with you, so I'm sure you'll be fine!

Anyway! Is your mom still sick? I know she was terrible and tried to use the Ultra Beasts power for evil and all that, but it's obvious that you still care about her. Wicke told us that you took her with you, so you guys must have made up before you left...still, it must be a hard journey.

This might seem random, but did you see Gladion watching your boat? He was behind a tree, so I think I was the only one to notice him. We all worry about you, but I think he does the most (though he would never admit it).

More importantly...

Why did you go? I asked Kukui, Burnet, Gladion, Wicke, all four kahunas, and even Nebby (Solgaleo now), but none of them gave me a good answer. I even felt like a few of them were hiding something from me.

It's been bothering me...at the marina, you said that you wanted to be stronger, braver, independent...but you could have done that in Alola. Right?

And you didn't tell Selena, Elio, and l about it...but you had malasadas, the Poke Doll, and that book ready to give us, so you expected that we were going to come?

Great, now I'm just confusing myself. I guess it's none of my business...all I know is that you went to Kanto, and I miss you.

So does everyone else! Of course!

Can I tell you one last thing? You should be really proud of yourself. Back when we first went through Alola, you were afraid of heights, Pokemon, and getting lost...today, you're a Trainer, by yourself in a different region! Isn't that awesome?

Well, turns out this wasn't actually so long. That's okay, right? Still, letter-writing has been fun! It's like talking on paper! We should have a real conversation again, though...

And all the others here want to see you too.

So come back when you're ready, but hopefully soon! I'll be waiting! Remember, if you take too long, I'll have to rush over there and find you!

-Hau

P.S. Those malasadas were amazing! Where did you get them? I tried tons of different shops, but none of them were as good as the ones you gave me!


Author's Note: After reading reviews and starting the UB sidequest in my copy of Sun, I have changed this to show that Lusamine went to Kanto with Lillie. Thank you!