A/N I do what I want I want to do! Just know I haven't given up on any of my other fics! I'm just taking a break from other fandoms right now to prevent a burnout as I near finals (got three more to go!). Pokémon is always my break-time fandom and with the release of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, I got some ideas as I was playing and…well, this fic happened.

Ahahaha…let's get that standard disclaimer up, shall we?

Disclaimer for the whole story: I don't own the Pokémon franchise or anything related to it!

You're gonna see a lot of my Pokémon headcanons in this fic that I will share with any other Pokémon fic I have written (like I am Trainer, which I need to get back to), so keep an eye out for that. Do also expect me to incorporate characters and elements from the anime, too—just giving you guys a heads-up on that! Other than that, read on and I hope you enjoy! :D

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When I wake up, it doesn't take me too long to realize that I am not within the warm confines of my bed. I'm not even inside my room—that part is obvious from the fact that I'm caught under a heavy downpour of rain.

Why the hell am I outside?

I don't know…but I should probably get out of the rain before I get sick. I forced myself to sit up, feeling both groggy and sore from sleeping so uncomfortably on the ground.

Ow…

I could feel a headache coming on, causing my head to throb quite painfully. I rubbed my temples, trying my hardest to soothe away the pain. It helped a bit, though not much…

What…happened?

There isn't much that I remember from last night that could prove useful in answering any of my questions. All I can recall is how tired I was before crashing onto my bed. It was the same shit as usual—the stress from finals had taken their toll on me to the point that I wanted nothing more than the sweet, sweet release of death…

Or really just the ability to sleep off my exhaustion for like an entire week. That honestly sounds so appealing to me…

Focus!

I lightly slapped my cheeks a few times, hoping that the action would help me stay awake. I nearly dozed off…

I should go.

Standing up is a lot harder than it should be, due to how my legs kept wobbling. My body just feels so heavy and my head won't stop hurting, either. A sudden wave of vertigo causes me to stumble forward a few steps and fall flat on my face.

Splat!

Cold mud seeps into my clothes and covers my face in the most inconvenient of ways. I pushed myself up onto my knees and crawl out of the puddle of mud, ignoring the burning sensations in my limbs. Afterwards, I started furiously wiping at my face.

Well, that woke me up…

Could've really done without the mud, but I suppose we can't always have nice things…

Today is just not my day…

I let out an aggravated sigh and wipe off the last of the mud on my face. Slowly and carefully, I open my eyes…and nearly scream when I find myself staring into the faces of two random strangers with lightly tanned skin—a boy and a girl in their late teens. They were dressed similarly, the two both wearing the same black tank top and white sneakers. They also had on matching white beanies and had black bandanas covering the lower halves of their faces. The boy had light blue hair and wore black shorts while the girl had pink hair and wore a pair of white short shorts with a black band on her thigh. The two were sharing a white umbrella with each other, managing to stay dry despite the downpour.

The two were crouched down to my level, just staring at me with the blankest expressions I had ever seen. A minute passed before the girl finally spoke.

"Don't know how you got here, but you gotta scram," she said, gesturing over her shoulder with her thumb. "Go find somewhere else to play, kid."

The boy nodded his head. "Yeah, you're gonna catch a cold in a place like this."

I stared at them with wide eyes. Nothing they said made any sense to me. Everything that came out of their mouth was completely lost on me as they spoke in a language I didn't quite understand. That's when I finally looked around and realized that I had absolutely no fucking clue as to where I was.

Where the hell am I?!

At first glance, it looked like I was in some sort of gated community meant for the rich. Although, a closer look (of sorts) made me realize how deserted this place appeared. It just seemed so…dreary. Like, it lacks so much of the vibrant colors that I was used to seeing. The palm trees were at least there, but that didn't do much to liven its appearance as it still looked pretty dead. It's not like anything I had ever seen before…

Nor anything I recognize…

Snap! Snap!

"Oi, oi—don't ignore us!" The boy gave me a stern look after snapping his fingers a few times to catch my attention. "You need to leave, yeah? You're lucky it's our day off today."

I didn't say anything. I just kept staring at the boy.

"You gonna say anythin'?" The girl tilted her head to the side. "You're bein' really rude, ya know?"

I turned my head toward the girl and swallow hard. She looked so annoyed…

Did I do something wrong?

My first reaction to the anxiety that was welling up inside my chest was to apologize. I opened my mouth and what came out was a garbled, choked out mess. "U-U-Uuim-m-maassn."

Wh-What…?

My eyes widened. That…that wasn't supposed to happen.

Stay calm—stay calm!

I inhaled deeply and then slowly exhaled.

Let's…try this again.

"Dkoosskaa." My words came out slurred despite my efforts. For some reason, my tongue just didn't want to work with me. I know what I wanted to say, but I just can't. It was just so hard to even say anything without it sounding like some incoherent mess. "Tsukke!"

I can't even ask for help…

My blood ran cold at the thought. The idea that I couldn't even call out for help was…actually scary. I turned my attention back at the two teens before me and was surprised to see them looking just as wide-eyed and confused as me. I watched them talk to each other, speaking in that same language I still didn't understand.

I attempted to speak a few more times, but the results were the same each time. By now, it had become apparent to me that I had lost the ability to speak coherently…

What am I gonna do?

I don't know, I don't know!

I tried standing up again, only to fall flat on my ass a few seconds later. Hot tears stung my eyes as I felt the frustration eating away at whatever ever little self-control I had. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, I felt something climb up my back. A startled shriek left my mouth without any warning, effectively scaring the crap out of the two teens by me.

"Salaaaand…" I heard something hiss out almost in response. The weight on my back continued moving up and up and up, until… "Salaaaaaaand."

It was right on my shoulder.

"Mmaaa…" Slowly, I turned my head…and found myself face-to-face with a darkly-colored lizard that was about the size of a small cat. It had very narrow eyes that were light purple in coloration with slit pupils. "Umaaaa…"

"Salaaaaa!" it hissed again, a sickly-sweet odor leaving its mouth.

An earsplitting scream tore itself out of my throat. The lizard blinked unflinchingly at me, hissing rather aggressively at the two teenagers when they tried to reach out and pull it off my shoulder. It snapped its jaws at a hand that got too close to it and held up its front foot in a threatening manner, sharp claws glowing visibly with white energy.

What the fuck?!

A whimper escaped my mouth when the lizard curled around my neck to hide beneath the hair that touched the base of my neck. I could feel its tail wrapping around the front of my neck like some sort of strange choker. It's body was far too smooth for a lizard's and felt about as warm as a hot water bottle. If it wasn't for the fact that I just saw this thing threaten to claw anyone that tried to touch it, I wouldn't have minded this situation—especially since I was still stuck in the rain…

But that was not the case as I wanted this thing off of me before it decided to claw my neck like some sort of angry cat! I tried actually touching it myself, but it just batted my hand away and hissed at me.

So much for that…

It normally takes a lot more to really freak me out, but for some reason, my nerves were completely shot. My heart was pounding so hard within my chest, my breathing growing somewhat erratic. It took me several seconds to realize that those were actually tears sliding down my face and not just raindrops.

I don't like this…

I really, really don't like this…

Nononono, not here!

I tried calling out to the two teenagers, not caring much about the incoherent string of words that came out of my mouth. So long as I got their attention—that's all that mattered to me. Except all they could do was stare at me, the two talking to each other like I wasn't there.

"Ain't that yours?" the girl asked the boy.

"I thought it was yours?!" the boy responded back.

"You know all I have are Zubat!" The girl crossed her arms over her chest.

"Then whose is it?" The boy scratched the back of his head with his free hand.

I made one more attempt to form a coherent sentence before breaking down into a blubbering mess.

I can't…

I'm just…too tired.

Too tired to even try…

"Hey, yo—stop crying!" The boy sounded somewhat concerned. "It won't bite…much."

"She can't understand us, Tupp!" The girl slapped the boy upside the head, her expression stern. "And even if she could, why would you say that?!"

"Because it's true, Rapp!" the boy whined as he rubbed his head. "Why would I lie?"

"Maybe so you don't go freakin' out kids like this!" The girl placed her hands on her hips. "You're such a dumbass!"

"Hey!" The boy glared at the girl.

I don't know what it is that they were talking about, but soon the two were arguing with each other. It was a little unsettling, to be honest… Just…what were they arguing about? Should I even be here?

Where is here?!

If this is some sort of sick joke, I want out of it now. This has gone on far too long for comfort—just end it so I can go home. I want to go home…how far am I from home?

I don't know…

Where is home?

I don't know…

I'm scared…scared, scared, scared, scared.

Maybe this is a dream—some sort of nightmare I'm having right now…

Wake up, wake up, wake up!

This isn't real…it's just a nightmare—you'll wake up any second now.

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!

You need to study anyways for the last of your exams—the more time you have, the better!

Wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeup!

Why am I not waking up?!

Wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeup!

I clenched my fists tightly, my nails digging painfully into the palms of my hands.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!

I bit the inside of my cheek and brought my fist down onto my thigh.

Hurtshurtshurtshurts!

No matter what I did, I wasn't waking up. I was still here, stuck in what was now a never-ending nightmare. I tried hitting my thighs again, but stopped when I noticed something that was extremely off.

I don't remember changing my clothes…

I looked at myself, taking in the sight that I had been overlooking for this long. Instead of some random t-shirt I pulled out of the pile of clean clothes I have in my room and a pair of jeans that I've been wearing for three days straight, I was wearing some sort of long-sleeved gown that was a brownish-gray color when not saturated with mud. Of course, even without the mud, it still seemed pretty dirty on its own…but that wasn't all that I noticed about myself. It took me a lot longer to realize that it wasn't just my clothes that had changed.

Why am I so small?!

I'm twenty-two going on twenty-three and as short as I already was at five feet and two and a half inches, there was no way I should be this small! My hands felt around my body, poking at my stomach and thighs a few times. I was relieved to feel the same, soft pudge in those areas, but it was smaller than I was used to—like I had lost a lot of weight. I still had the same, roundish face, but it was somewhat smaller…

What the hell happened?!

People don't just shrink! It's not even physically possible!

As far as I know, but that's beside the fucking point!

Just what happened to me?

Why me?

Why why why why why?!

Whyyyyy?!

It felt like everything was falling apart. It was hard to breathe, and my body was shaking so badly from both the cold and the overwhelming fear that I was feeling at this very moment. Before long, I was sobbing loudly. I could hear the two teenagers trying to console me, but it did nothing to help.

I just want to go home…

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It's just another uneventful evening for Nanu, the Kahuna of Ula'ula Island. The police station on Route 17 is as full as ever with Alolan Meowth, all of which are meowing loudly as Nanu fills their bowls with food. He has long since grown used to the noise they make each time he feeds them. Though today, he suspects that one of them might possibly be eating for two…

"Been busy, haven't you?" Nanu gives an especially chubby Meowth a light scratch behind the ears. He receives a satisfied meow in response. "Don't make a habit out of it."

It's going to take him a lot of effort to make the trip to the Pokémon Center to get her checked out… Though, he supposes that it would be a good opportunity to stock up on more Pokémon food while he's out. If he's lucky, maybe he'll run into an island challenger who's ready to battle him instead of having to wait for Acerola to barge into the station as noisily as possible to tell him the news.

BAM!

Kind of like that. Nanu doesn't even blink when he hears the loud noise. His Meowth are just as used to the occurrence as he is, with how they don't even so much as flinch as they continue to eat their dinner.

"You're not Acerola," Nanu finally says when he realizes that instead of a purple-haired girl with an affinity for Ghost Pokémon, it's a male Team Skull Grunt. He appears to be from the older bunches of the group, nearing the age when a Trail Captain would retire from their position. "Tupp, right?"

"Yo, how'd you know?!" Tupp stares wide-eyed at him, somewhat surprised that Nanu could still tell him apart from the others. Even Guzma slipped up every now and then…

"Just a guess…" Nanu's eyes shift over to the many identical-looking Meowth in the station. Truth be told, he's just gotten used to it from taking care of so many Meowth. They're just as huffy as some of the Team Skull Grunts whenever he mistakes one of them for another. "If you got something to say, make it short—otherwise, you can just leave."

Nanu doesn't have the energy to put up with Team Skull and their shenanigans today.

"So like the Boss sent me an' Rapp out to check on this weird-ass bright light we all saw earlier." Tupp doesn't hesitate to get straight to the point. "So we did, but when we got there…we found this strange kid."

"You sure they ain't just a new recruit?" Nanu knows that there are some members in Team Skull that are barely trial age at the youngest.

Tupp pauses for a moment to think. "Now that you mention it…"

"Then problem solved, right?" Nanu isn't sure how a child managed to get through the door in the first place. Though he supposes that one of the grunts must have accidentally left the door open. It happens from time to time…

"Not really, cuz that isn't what's strange about her," Tupp explains. "Like she doesn't really seem to understand us—kinda like some of the tourists that show up. She can't speak either an' it's not like the way Whisk can't, because at least Whisk has some other way to talk to us."

"So what's the problem?" If it worked for Whisk, then it could work for the new kid. Nanu doesn't see what the problem is.

"The problem is that she won't stop cryin', so Rapp sent me out to get you!" Tupp blurts out, sounding rather frazzled. "She's really fricken' loud, ya know?"

"Any reason why you didn't take her in?" Nanu knows that Guzma accepts just about anyone into Po Town.

"I was freakin' out, okay?!" Tupp unabashedly admits. "An' I don't think it'd be good for her, either, to just bring her in with the others, yeah? It might just confuse her even more. Plus, it's getting' pretty late, too—can you just take her in? Maybe one of the tourists lost a kid?"

"So that's why you're here." Well…it isn't Acerola, although Nanu wonders quite briefly if he'd actually prefer it if it was her. As loud as she could be, she at least gave him the option to ignore her, unlike Team Skull, who he can't even attempt to ignore (he's tried already—many, many times before finally giving up). "Give me a minute."

He still has a few more Meowth to feed…

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"Yo, you sure you don't need an umbrella?" Tupp asks him, despite the fact that he is also without an umbrella.

"Could ask you the same." Nanu doesn't even care much about how drenched his clothes and hair are from the rain. He's long overdue for a shower anyways… "That her?"

He hears her first before he sees her and Tupp wasn't kidding when he said she was loud. Nanu thinks she might even be louder than Acerola.

"Didn't even think that was possible…" Nanu sighs.

"What took you so long?!" Rapp gives them both a stern look, obviously drained from all the crying she's had to endure.

"I still got him, yeah?!" Tupp gestures at Nanu. "Now move over and make some room."

Rapp huffs angrily, but does as she's told as she lets Tupp under the umbrella with her. She doesn't even bother to comment that it's already too late for the umbrella to have any use to him. All she wants to do is go back to the mansion and sleep. That kid really took a lot out of her…

Nanu walks closer to the crying girl for a better look. She's an absolute mess, with dark brown hair and skin a shade of golden tan. She doesn't look any older than ten at most, which raises some concerns he has as the oldest a child can go out on their own in Alola is eleven—and that's with a Pokémon, which she doesn't seem to have.

"Salaaand!" Scratch that—he almost didn't see the Salandit curled around her neck.

"That her Pokémon?" Nanu looks over his shoulder at Tupp and Rapp. He needs to double check since he knows that Salandit is a favorite Pokémon for Team Skull to use.

Tupp shakes his head. "Nah, it's probably one of Big Sis's."

"Shouldn't you take it to her then?" Nanu knows that Plumeria is as protective of her Salandit as she is of everyone else in Team Skull.

"We would, but…I ain't touching it." Rapp refuses to go anywhere near that thing. "Not in the mood to get scratched today. You get it, Tupp."

"Hell no!" Tupp crosses his arms in an X-shaped formation. "I ain't going near that thing, yo! My Salandit are enough!"

"Well, I don't feel like getting poisoned today." Nanu sure isn't taking his chances today. He sighs loudly and reaches out to give the girl a few reassuring pats on the head. The Salandit hisses at him for getting too close, but he ignores it. "Just send Plumeria to pick it up in a few days—assuming it is hers."

"Got it, yo!" Tupp nods his head. "I'll ask around if anyone's missin' a Salandit!"

"Hey old man—you've been here long enough, yeah?" Rapp asks Nanu.

"I guess." Nanu is used to being called an old man by everyone in Team Skull. It doesn't really matter to him as he's too busy helping the girl stand up now that she's calmed down somewhat. The poor thing's been on the ground long enough. "Easy—easy."

She's like a toddler who's only just learned how to walk with the way she struggles to maintain her balance. He might have to carry her to the station at this rate. At the very least, she doesn't look like she's hurt.

"Although she might get sick if she stays out in the rain any longer…" And if she gets sick, then he might, too, and that's the last thing he needs weighing him down.

"Is it normal to see weird-ass bright lights at random?" Rapp still doesn't know what it is that she and everyone else saw, but Nanu might.

"That again…" Nanu remembers Tupp mentioning that to him, though he can't even fathom what he and Rapp mean by that. "Did it look like anything?"

He doesn't expect Tupp and Rapp to answer his question, but when they do, it begins to dawn on him that something is very…off. That's when he takes the strange girl's condition into consideration. There are a lot of things that stand out from what he's used to—especially since the girl isn't in any state to be walking just yet. All of a sudden, her not understanding anything that they're saying makes a whole lot of sense when he realizes that she's a lot farther away from home than any of them had initially assumed.

"Well, fuck," he says after a long minute of silence.

It looks like he has to make call to an old friend of his…

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A/N So like back when the original Sun and Moon games came out, I got an idea for a story involving the female player character, Moon/Mizuki/Selene. Of course, I moved away from that idea after a few months. Then Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came out and I started playing the game.

I was reminded of the previous idea I had and I managed to combine it with an idea I had for an SI OC that formed because of my progress. And that's how this fic came to be, so say hello to yet another SI OC and just so you know, her name isn't Moon, Mizuki, or Selene—she has the name I inputted for my game, which just so happens to be Noa.

So she and my KHUX SI OC share the same name. And just like that Noa, they've both been de-aged and just shoved into their current situations instead of being reincarnated. In Poké!Noa's situation, she's gone through an Ultra Wormhole and ended up in Po Town. And apart from being de-aged, she doesn't understand a damn thing that anyone is saying, nor can she speak—because that's the effect the Ultra Wormhole had on her.

She also has some slight amnesia in the sense that she doesn't remember ever playing Ultra Sun and only has information about the original Sun and Moon… So expect the same surprises I had at the changes that were made in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. YEAH. Also, she's a bit out of it right now, so she doesn't exactly recognize anyone…yet.

By the by, I'm the one who drew the cover for this story and it took me an entire week to finish it! I am especially proud of it and you can find a better version on it on my tumblr, klonoadreams, since I had to resize the one I uploaded to this site. I won't say anything else about the cover other than it's a sneak peek at what's to come in this fic.

We're gonna have a slow burn at first before things kick off, so I'd recommend kicking back and getting comfortable! That's it for now, so until next time, everyone! KD out! XD