The Journey to Poni Island and Exeggutor Island
The next day they were preparing themselves before they would leave to Poni Island. Bethany and Lillie were outside then Gladion approached them as he handed them a Sun Flute an artifact from Alola's past. He stated that if both flutes are played together, it's said that it can call the legendary Pokémon.
Once they were set, Gladion, Lillie, and Bethany took a ferry ride to Poni Island. They safely dock at the Seafolk village and they proceeded to find the island Kahuna. Then the most bizarre thing happened.
They both heard someone greeting them from afar. They turned around but no one was there. Who was greeting them? This person called them out again and they were pretty surprised to see the person calling out to them was actually on top of a large Wailmer boat restaurant. It was a blonde female waving at them nonchalantly.
"Oh my goodness!" Lillie stumbles back.
Bethany stared fixedly at the blonde. How she got up there raised many questions, but she's seen these kinds of things back in Unova so it didn't really surprise her. Alder was especially known to just speak out of nowhere then jump from a high place which he would be standing on. Such an odd man he was.
The blonde made her way out of the Wailmer boat and she then approached them; they both greeted her.
"I-I'm sorry. Who are you?" Lillie asks curiously.
"I'm Mina. I'm the local captain." She happily introduced herself.
"Captain...Mina? It's nice to meet you then..." Lillie smiled.
"So let's get right down to things. Which one of you is here for my trail?"
"Oh! No, that's not why we're here!" Lillie looks over to Bethany. "I mean, you're not entirely wrong. It's true that Bethany is in the middle of her island challenge, but..."
"We're here to meet the kahuna of this island." Bethany finishes her sentence.
"The kahuna?" Mina blinks, placing both hands on either side of her hips. Both girls nod eagerly in unison. "Oh... Well, that's a problem. Maybe you should talk to Hapu?"
Lillie politely thanks, Mina and urges Bethany to follow her before she sprinted off without her.
Bethany chuckles to herself which caught the attention of her two Pokémon (which were out of their Poké Balls.) Mimikyu popped out of her backpack then climbed onto her shoulder and then a shiny arthropod climbed out of the backpack then jumps down to her feet. Wimpod chirred in excitement and it sprinted off to look around the place. Bethany followed right behind the silverfish just in case it wanders off.
Eventually, she caught up to Lillie and they now made their way to the other side of the wooden bridge. There were so many patches of grass that Bethany lost sight of her Wimpod. She immediately started to call out its name and she grew worried when it didn't respond. So she began to search the little arthropod - - with Lillie and Mimikyus' help. In the midst of searching, Brionne actually came out of her Poké ball to assist and she was grateful for Brionne's help. They eventually found Wimpod munching on some fallen berries from a palm tree, she swooped the arthropod from its feast and into her arms but not before picking up the fallen berries.
They now entered Ancient Poni Path; a Mudsdale greeted them with a neigh and approaches Bethany - - nudging her forehead gently.
"Alola, Mudsdale," Bethany said while caressing Mudsdale's head.
"It's good to see you again, too, Mudsdale! You look to be in fine form." Lillie greeted the Pokémon and Mudsdale neighs happily in response.
"Wow... Pokémon Trainers like you, Bethany, really do amaze me."
"How so?" Bethany turns her head to Lillie.
"Oh... well, it's just that... it seems like a hard path to walk, you know?" Lillie turns to face Bethany. "But even when you're fearful you don't let that discourage you. Even when your Pokémon are hurt you remain strong and you keep striving forward together..."
"It's been a while, Bethany." Both turned their heads to see Hapu coming out of the house next to them. Could this be where she lived? "And you brought Lillie along, too?"
"It's good to see you, Hapu!" Lillie smiles down at Hapu.
"You look different...like you're ready to go all out in something now." Hapu stares at the blonde curiously.
"Thank you, Hapu. I've finally discovered what I need to do." A confident look spread across the blondes face. "So this is my Z-Powered form!"
"No one could call you lily-livered!" Then Lillie asks.
"Um, so, Hapu... do you know where we can find the kahuna?" A quizzical look forms on Hapu's face.
"The kahuna? We don't have one here on Poni."
"What?!" Lillie and Bethany exclaimed in unison. Both of them exchanged worried glances to each other.
"Well, do not be distressed. I wouldn't say that I know nothing about this." Hapu places both hands on either side of her hips then nods to herself. "All right. Let us all proceed to the ruins. You stick with me, you two." Hapu mounted onto Mudsdale and rode off towards the ruins.
Just when they were about to follow right behind Hapu, a woman's voice called out to them but was nowhere to be seen. That is until they saw her hiding behind an opening through a cement wall. It freaked them out to no end, Bethany in particular; she really isn't a fan of being scared…in general.
The woman introduced herself to them as Hapu's grandmother. She was delighted to know that her granddaughter had friends. She turns to Bethany, offering her a new Ride Pager - - Bethany hands it over for her to tweak it for a moment before giving it back. With a press of a button, a flash of light enveloped her and was instantly swept off her feet by a Machamp.
It was a new Ride Pager. This would allow her to move heavy obstacles that would allow her to make a path for her to go through. Bethany was thankful for the new Pager - - Machamp places her down before disappearing.
Hapu's grandmother gave them directions to the Ruins of Hope - - they thanked her once again before heading to Poni Breaker Coast.
The soil really is pitch-black and the place had geysers too. Curiosity got the best of Bethany and she got too close to one of the geysers which resulted in her getting semi-wet. After her unfortunate experience with the geyser, she managed to dry herself—by literally twisting her sweater until all the droplets of water were almost none existing.
They walked down a spiral path made out of smoothed out rocks and standing right beside the entrance was Hapu's Mudsdale, it greeted them with a neigh. It approaches Bethany - - gently nudging its muzzle onto her head.
They made their way inside and with the help of the newly obtained Machamp Pager as they made it through the ruins. This meant moving large square boulders out of the way in order for them to make it through the other room.
Upon entering the room, it was like a shrine. It had stairs on either side of it and atop was a platform to which people would stand there and pray. Hapu was there, standing in front of the tiki statue and floating in the air was a Sparkling Stone.
She had been chosen by Tapu Fini as the new Kahuna! Hapu turns around and was surprised to see them there, and they witnessed the entire thing. Now, Hapu as the new Kahuna Lillie approached her and asks her about the Legendary Pokémon. Hapu—Kahuna Hapu told them what she knew, mentioning to them about a ceremony which would be held for the Legendary Pokémon at the altar. This requires the usage of two particular flutes that will somehow grant the Legendary Pokémon power. Hapu instructed them to head to Exeggutor Island where they would find the other flute was located.
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The once blue skies were now replaced by large grey clouds as it drizzled lightly. Bethany was on her way to Exeggutor Island to find the other flute. Sadly, Lillie wasn't able to come, mostly due to her not being a Pokémon Trainer and the island is filled with Pokémon. So, she was alone on this trip.
The boat soon arrived at their destination as she set foot on the island and then two of her Pokémon followed suit; Wimpod and Brionne. They were enjoying themselves under the light rain that was coming down on them. However, Mimikyu was hiding inside her backpack; it didn't like the rain as much so it remained hidden.
She glances around the place and notices three large palm trees shaking. At first, she was confused on what it was and then the Rotom Dex flew right by her and informed her that it was an Alolan Exeggutor which is a dragon and a grass type. It was an interesting typing, but the longer she stares at them the more she noticed that they looked distressed. The chief noticed this as well.
"Hm? Looks like the fellows are even more worked up than usual." The chief said. "Eh. But they're always a noisy bunch. It's probably fine."
"They're distressed. It doesn't sit fine with me," she mumbles to herself before trekking forward towards the Exeggutor's.
Bethany approaches one of the Exeggutor's; it didn't even notice her presence as it was too busy trying to shake something off. What could it be shaking off? So, she went to investigate to find out herself. To her surprise, she was face-to-face with a Pinsir that jumped down from the Exeggutor. The Pinsir snapped its claws at her threateningly and this caused her to yelp, staggering a few steps back before falling down on her butt. Almost instantly, her Pokémon came rushing towards her and stood in front of her defensively.
"Whoa—easy you guys!" she quickly stood up and waves her arms at them. "It's okay! I'm not hurt." She reassures them and this helped to put them at ease but they refused to move from their defensive stance.
Bethany looks over at the Pinsir and slowly approaches it which causes it to stumble back in fear. She stops right in front of it before she crouches down. A friendly smile graces on her lips and this confused the Bug-type Pokémon.
"I'm not gonna hurt you, Pinsir. I just want to ask you a question." It continues to stare at her in confusion. "Why were disturbing Exeggutor?"
Before the Pinsir could give an answer when a loud rumbling noise filled the air—it wasn't the thunder. It was the Pinsirs' stomach. In its embarrassment, it looks away with a reddened face. Bethany couldn't help but smile at this.
"So you were hungry?" Pinsir refused to look up at her. She'll take that as a yes.
Then it hits her, like a light bulb—no, not literally.
She forms a fist and then smacked it gently on to her open palm. "Pinsir's enjoy tree sap! Is that why you were on Exeggutor?" Pinsir glances over to her and nods slowly in shame.
Bethany takes off her backpack and then rummages through her backpack before pulling out two items at Pinsir.
"Here," in her hands, she had a bag filled with mixed Poké beans and a jar of honey.
The Pinsir stares with wide eyes then point its finger to itself as if it was saying: "For me?"
"Yes, it's for you silly! Just make sure not to bother the Exeggutors from now on, all right?" She handed over the items to Pinsir.
It stares at the items in its claws and then glances up at Bethany, smiling down at it. Its eyes curved upwards happily as it nuzzles the side of its head on her outstretched hand.
Bethany used this same technique on the last two Pinsir's and then all the Exeggutors waved their heads happily. What happened next truly surprised her as they now stared at her. One of the Exeggutor's let out a cry over at her direction as it began to waddle away over, so she followed right behind it. It offered her a lift for her to reach atop the hill. Once up the hill, she thanked the Exeggutor for before trekking up the steep trail.
There, placed on a very old pedestal, was the Moone flute. She took it from the pedestal and handled with care like it was the most fragile thing in the world. As soon as she took it from the pedestal the cloudy skies and the rain instantly disappeared and were replaced with beautiful clear skies and then a rainbow appears above the island.
Once she was done with her tasks at Exeggutor Island she returns back at Seafolk Village and was greeted by Lillie and Mina. Bethany and Lillie were heading straight towards Vast Poni Canyon which would lead them to where the Altar of Moone is located in the deepest parts of the Canyon. The journey won't be much of an issue at all. The only problem that stood in their way… was Team Skull.