Six years later, in the Contest Hall in Majolica Town in the Sinnoh Region, multiple nurse joy were standing on the dais, all of which were holding portfolios containing their graduation certificate, authorizing them all as official Nurse Joy. An aging Nurse Joy said, "And with that, I'll conclude the ceremony," and the new Nurse Joy moved away from the Dais and went to their respective mother.
When a black-haired Nurse Joy reached her mother, her mother said, "So, what now, Lana?"
"I think I'll take Ash up on that offer."
"Really? You know it's in the Hoenn Region, right?"
"Yeah. It'll also let me test out my ability to function as a Roving Nurse Joy."
"Alright," Marnie sighed. "I just wish that you'd do it closer to home is all."
"Come on, it's not like I'll be alone all the time. I could also use the time to learn healing techniques from the Hoenn Region too."
Marnie smiled and said, "Well, I can't argue with that. When are you going?"
"As soon as possible. But I'm certainly going to change out of these things before I do!" indicating the Nurse Joy Uniform that she had been forced to wear for the last five years.
Marnie smiled at Lana, having been on the receiving end of more than one of her daughter's rant about the uniform that they were required to wear. She said, "So, do you want to go home now, or…"
"Yeah. Sure. Just…the is one thing that I want."
"Oh? What's that?"
Lana grinned and said, "Come with me," and took her hand before leading her to a stall. The stall owner was selling pokéballs. She said, "I'd like a Friend Ball, Love Ball, Fast Ball, Net Ball, Dive Ball, Luxury Ball, six Heal Ball's, a Quick Ball, three Dusk Balls oh! And that Lure Ball that you've got there," as the stall owner started to gather up the items that she'd listed. After she'd convinced her mother to pay for them for her, Lana put them in the satchel that she'd left with her mother during the ceremony. They then left the building, not stopping to bid anyone farewell as Lana finishing three years early hadn't earned her many friends.
When they were outside, Lana and Marnie said, "Come on out," and tossed a pokéball in the air. When they reached the peak of their throw, the pokéballs burst open. Marnie's revealing a Skarmory, Lana's, the Flygon that she'd used in the exhibition match that she'd competed in alongside her brother so many years ago. They got on the back of their pokémon and gave them directions to head on home.
When they were home, Lana went to her room and got out of her Nurse Joy gear and put on a pair of black cargo pants and a royal blue tank top. She put on a belt that she'd had custom made that had pouches all round it that held her medical salves and equipment. Then, she shrugged on a blue light trenchcoat that had a white cross on the sleeve. It also had pokéball slots built into it, six on the outside, and another six on the inner lining. She transferred the pokéballs that she'd taken with her, that had pokémon in them, to the slots on the outer lining of her coat and put the six heal balls that her mother bought for her in ones on the inner lining. She then put on some black boots. After she was done, she grabbed the hat that had one upturned side, held in place by a blue, cross-shaped, crystal, that also served to affix strange yellow and green feathers to the hat. As she left her room, she grabbed up her satchel and slung it onto her shoulder after putting the remaining pokéballs that her mother had bought for her in the outer pokéball slots on her satchel, though there were two empty ones, able to carry more than the standard six because she was now a Roving Nurse Joy. Lana figured that she'd be able to find or buy some while she was on the road to fill in the last two spots on her satchel.
When she was back downstairs, Lana's mother sighed and said, "You know, I really wish that you would stop wearing that," nodding at her daughter's hat.
Lana looked up at the brim of her hat and grinned. She said, "What can I say?" and shrugged. "I like it."
Marnie said, "Make sure you call me if you need any advice, alright!"
"Of course I will, Mum," Lana said, with an exasperated smile. "Though, after the last six years, I would hope that I won't need to."
"So would I. But the offer stands anyway."
"Yeah. Thanks," Lana said before turning and walking from their house, waving over her shoulder as she left. When she was outside, Lana released Flygon and said, "Well, girl, it's about time we take up that challenge." Flygon let out an eager cry, having wanted to test her mettle in a one on one, all out battle against that Noivern again for a very long time. Lana laughingly said, "Sorry girl…" knowing how much her Flygon wanted another shot as Ash's Noivern, "…but you're going to have to wait a bit longer to have your chance." Flygon let out a surprisingly whingy cry and Lana explained, "You see, this is going to have to be an official battle, so we're going to have to earn our chance. After that, you'll have as many chances as we need to beat him." Flygon let out a regretful cry as she turned her back and placed her hands on the ground for Lana climb onto her back. When Lana was standing on flygon's back, legs spread apart like a surfer, she put on a pair of blue, wire frame, sunglasses and said, "Alright Flygon, to the Hoenn Region!" in a loud, eager tone. Flygon took off and, with one flap of her wings, was at her top speed.
As they flew, Lana revelled in the feeling of flying at top speed with her pokémon, her hair flying backwards, having had to slow down whenever they were flying alongside someone. But, despite that, she made sure to keep one hand on her hat to ensure that it didn't go flying, the crystal and the multicoloured feathers being by far the most valuable things that she had brought with her. About three hours in, Lana was getting a bit tired of fighting against the wind and said, "Flygon, I think we should probably set down when we come to the next bit of land, alright?" Flygon let out an accepting cry, getting somewhat tired itself, unused to carrying Lana for quite so long. A few minutes later, Flygon saw land and let out a cry, banked left and started to descend.
When they'd landed, Lana hopped off of Flygon and took out its pokéball and returned it to her belt as she took out another and said, "Come on out Liepard, and let it open in her hand, releasing Liepard from the ball. She returned Liepard's pokéball to her belt and said, "Come on, let's find some place to stay for the night." Liepard let out a satisfied meow, happy to be free of the pokéball, annoyed that it had had to stay inside the cramped space for so long. "But first…" Lana went up to a brown haired man that was sitting outside of a café and said, "Excuse me, sir…"
"Yes?" the man said after putting down his drink.
"I don't suppose that you could tell me where this is, could you?"
"This is Pallet Town. Why're ya asking? Didn't you see the sign in the outskirts?"
"No. I just flew in here on Flygon from Sinnoh."
"Seriously?!" the man exclaimed. "It must be pretty tough to make it this far in one leg."
"Yeah. It's 'pretty tough' alright," Lana said, laughing with Liepard.
"Are you going to want somewhere to sleep then?"
"Yeah. I think I'd better. I doubt that I'll get to Hoenn today, even on Flygon. Do you know anywhere good?"
"Yeah. The Pallet House is good."
"How's the food there? Is it any good?"
"Yeah. It's got the some of the best food in the region."
"Really?" Lana asked. "It's probably going to be expensive then."
"No. it's surprisingly cheap, though no-one's been able to figure out why."
"Hm. Well, thanks," Lana said with a smile as she left to search for this 'Pallet House'.
As she left, the man that she was talking to thought, 'That girl…with those lines under her eyes she almost looked like…! Nah. There's no way. She looks to be about seventeen. Ash and I aren't even thirty-five yet.'
Soon enough, Lana found what she perceived to be a rundown building that had a sign saying 'The Pallet House' hanging on a swinging sign outside. She shrugged and said, "Well if the food's as good as that guy said, I suppose that it shouldn't matter what it looks like." She took a few steps past the gate and said, "I just hope that there's no cobwebs anywhere," and shivered.
When she opened the door and went through, a bell sounded and she looked up at the door and saw a brass bell swinging next to the door. A woman with dark brown hair, that looked to be in her late forties, came to the room and said, "Hello! Are you Ms. Sylb-!" the woman's eyes widened at the sighed of Lana. She said, "You're not Ms. Sylbern, are you?"
"No, sorry. I just got into town and got recommended to come here for the best food in the region."
"Are you…no," the woman shook her head.
"Is there something wrong, lady? If there is, I'm a trained nurse. Well…a trained Nurse Joy that is, but my skills should be transferable in an emergency."
"No no, it's nothing. You just reminded me a little of my son, that's all."
"Your son?"
"He's a Frontier Brain now, so I rarely get to see him unfortunately."
"Is that so?" Lana asked.
"Who is it?" Lana paused for a second after hearing the woman gasp. She said, "If you don't mind telling me, that is."
"No no. It's fine. There's not many people that want to talk about him. that's all. After all, along with Gary Oak, he's one of the most well-known trainers from Pallet Town. He's even listed in the top twenty trainers."
"Really?!" Lana asked, blinking in surprise, never having considered that one of the strongest trainers in the world could come from a small town like Pallet.
"Yeah. Why are you so surprised?"
"Well…no offence, but this town…it's not very…you know…big. I mean, it doesn't even have it's own pokécentre."
The woman sighed and said, "I know. You've got a point there, but we make do with Professor Oak's medical facilities."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
"So…" Lana said, unsure what to say.
"So…" the woman said, equally uncertain.
"Ah! Right!" Lana exclaimed, remembering why she'd come to The Pallet House to begin with. "Do you have any rooms left?"
"Any rooms?"
"Yeah. It's absolutely alright if you don't, because I hadn't been planning on making any stops, but it was getting late and I was beginning to struggle to stay standing on Flygon's back."
"You were…!" the woman exclaimed, beyond shocked that someone would actually try to attempt to stand on a pokémon's back while it was flying, let alone a pokémon like Flygon, which had a tendency to undulate in flight.
"Is there something strange about that?" Lana asked.
The woman laughed and said, "No. It just sounds like something that my son would do."
"Do you mind telling me his name? Maybe I've heard of him before."
"I doubt you have. It's been a while since he was in Sinnoh."
"How did you know that I'm from Sinnoh?"
"Your accent. It's just like an old friend of Ash's."
"Ash!?" Lana exclaimed. "Ash, as in Ash Ketchum?!"
"Yes. You have heard of him then?"
"Oh, I've heard of him alright. He demolished me in a battle in the Unova Region a while back."
"In the…" the woman gasped, remembering a conversation that she'd had with Ash while he was on his honeymoon with May.
"I'm sorry. We're fully booked, but…"
"But?" Lana eagerly asked, wanting to try some of the 'best food in the region'.
"I do have a spare room in my house if you'd like to stay there for the night."
"I wouldn't want to intrude."
"Oh, you wouldn't be intruding, believe me," the woman said.
"Well, if you insist, then…"
"I do! I do," the woman said. "Unfortunately though, I'm going to be a bit busy this afternoon, checking in the new guests."
"That's fine. I'm curious about Professor Oak's medical facilities and techniques."
"His…why?"
"Oh!" Lana said. "I'm terribly sorry. My name is Lana Frances Adelle Joy. I recently graduated as a Roving Nurse Joy, so, right now, I'm going on a journey to both advance my knowledge and get my revenge on your son."
"Get…What do you mean revenge?" the woman said, frowning.
"OH! No no. Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I'm just going to go over to the Hoenn Region and trounce him as badly as he did me and my brother in Unova."
"Ah," the woman sighed. "Well, if that's all, then you can call me Delia."
"Alright. Thank you, Delia," Lana said. "Now…about this room?"
"Of course," Delia said, "it's this way," and exited the room through a side door and led Lana to the house behind the inn. She opened the door and let her in. when they were both inside, Delia said, "Here's a key," flinging her a key that was on the hook that was on a Pikachu keyring. "Your room is the first on the right and you can have the run of the house until I get back."
"Uhh…Why are you giving me a key to your house? Aren't you afraid I'll do something like make a copy and come back after I leave?"
"No. why would I worry about something like that? You're a Nurse Joy, and Liepard seems to like you a lot. Also, if you're curious, the room upstairs on the first left was Ash's."
"It was…then, are you saying that…"
"It's changed a bit, but it's got every badge he ever earned and trophy that he won, along with some other odds and ends."
"Alright. Thank you. I think I'll take a look."
"Great!" Delia said with a smile before leaving to look after the hotel.
When Delia was gone, Lana said, "Well, best get things settled first, then I'll see what I can find out about his past," and went upstairs to put her satchel on the queen-sized bed that was in her room. When she had, she went into the room across from her and blinked, amazed that, clearly, nothing had changed since Ash was a kid. And, Delia had kept it clean too, not seeing even a speck of dust anywhere in the room. She went to the first thing that was on the wall and saw that it was a set of eight Kanto badges. She thought, 'Only the eight common ones? I would have thought that someone of Ash's character would have gone to at least one of the less common gyms in his home region. Well, never mind…' and saw a certificate saying 'top sixteen' under it. she then moved on to the next display case…which was full of shells that had some strange gem-looking things attached to them. she said, "Okay…that's weird. Where are these from. She saw a large trophy displayed on a shelf below it that read 'Orange League Champion'. She said, "Well, I guess that that answers that."
Lana then saw the Johto Region set next to it, and the certificate under it. 'Top Eight? In Hoenn too?' she thought as she moved on to the next one. "This is…a surprise. I'll have to ask Delia about this later," thinking, once again, on how easily he had defeated her and Jayce as she moved through the room. When she got to the Alola Region, she blinked. Seeing a set of imitation Z-Crystals similar to the one that her brother received for competing the island challenge, she began to search for the badges of the Alolan Pokémon League, but didn't find any. She said, "Well, I guess that that's another thing that I'll have to ask her about." She said, "Well, in any case, I think that I should probably do as I said and head on over to Professor Oak's Lab and see what I can find out. Who knows, he might even be able to tell me something that would help me in my battle against him." she then went into her room and put on a black, ankle-length cargo skirt and transferred her medical gear over to it and took off her trench coat before leaving the house.