Morning slowly came as the sun began to rise as Starlight looked out over the horizon.
"Necrozma...the Altar of the Sunne and Moone...Lusamine...all of this stuff that's happening...feels like one bad dream." Starlight said to herself.
"So...you woke up early?" a voice said as Dan approached. "Thinking about what happened yesterday?"
"I am. I just...I know Necrozma wants to take the light from this world but…" Starlight began.
"You don't want to believe that Necrozma is evil in any way, right?" Dan said.
"Yes. I just find it hard to believe that Necrozma could be some force of destruction." Starlight said.
"Starlight...I'm going to tell you something someone told me and my friends a long time ago. True that there are Pokemon that do bad things, but a truly evil Pokemon doesn't exist." Dan said.
"Thats...sort of reassuring. Thanks." Starlight said.
"No worries. Now, we better get down to the harbor. It'll be time to set off soon." Dan said as they left, unaware that Mayumi had been listening to their conversation.
"A truly evil Pokemon doesn't exist, huh? If that's true, then maybe…" Mayumi muttered before she went on. "I'm hoping he'd have some kind of answer if Blacephalon doesn't, but… I'm not so sure. There's still so much about him that we don't know. This whole Necrozma thing is a little over my head. How will I even know if Necrozma was involved in my transfer to Tokyo at all?"
It was later in the morning that the group had boarded a ship and sailed off to Poni Island with the Sun Flute by their side.
"Okay...Mayumi, we're going to go get the Moon Flute from Exeggutor Island. Think you'll be fine catching Blacephalon on your own?" Twilight said.
"Yeah. I think so." Mayumi said.
"Then we'll leave you too it." David said. "Just don't go losing your life over this beast." David said as they all boarded a boat to Exeggutor Island.
Mayumi alone stepped forward into Poni Island's wilderness, going in deeper and deeper before seeing a strange creature up ahead. A strange humanoid creature with a floating head with dots all over it.
"This matches the description Dulse gave me about Blacephalon. That has to be it." Mayumi said to herself.
Blacephalon then heard her and then started slithering over to her to attack.
"Let's go, Honchkrow!" Mayumi called as she sent out Honchkrow. "Blacephalon… There's something that's been on my mind lately. Something that you might have the answer for."
"An...swer?" it asked surprising her.
"You...can speak?" Mayumi asked.
"Yes...thought...I am still new...to talking your language." it said.
"I see. Unfortunately, what I'm about to ask is a little complex." Mayumi said.
"You wish to learn...about your origin in Ultra Space?" it asked.
"You...know?" Mayumi asked.
"I can see it. The energies of the Ultra Wormholes on you. That sickening power that has forced us away from our homes." Blacephalon said.
"That must've been why the other Ultra Beasts were attacking me on sight." Mayumi said. "Dulse mentioned that Ultra Beasts are attracted to those who have been through an Ultra Wormhole. That's why they've been attacking me relentlessly."
"That energy...It must be erased!" Blacephalon said before launching a Fire Blast attack.
"Guess we have no choice but to battle now. Use Dark Pulse!" Mayumi called.
Honchkrow's Dark Pulse then collided with Fire Blast. But Honchkrow was caught off guard as Blacephalon grabbed it from behind.
"I will...not be stopped." it said as its head began to expand larger and larger.
"What's it doing? Its head… It's like a bomb!" Mayumi asked.
Blacephalon's head then exploded taking out Honchkrow. Blacephalon regenerated its lost head before kneeling to the ground a bit.
"Honchkrow, return!" Mayumi said recalling Honchkrow. "Why… Why did you do that, knowing you'd hurt yourself?"
"I will do whatever is necessary to erase that energy from this earth...even if it means I suffer for it." Blacephalon said.
"Why is killing me so important to you all? What is it about this energy that drives you all like this?" Mayumi asked.
"This energy is responsible for taking us from our homes, plunging us in this strange one. It took our homes from us...so we will do whatever it takes to erase it!" Blacephalon said.
"I see. They hate this energy because its related to the Ultra Wormholes. They think by erasing it, they'll return home." Mayumi thought. "If that's the case, then I need to finish this fast." Mayumi then sent out Salazzle.
"Begone from my way, creature!" Blacephalon said firing a Shadow Ball at it. While it hit, nothing happened. "What trickery is this?"
The illusion dissipated, revealing it to be Zoroark. "Gotcha. Now for a Night Slash!" Mayumi called.
Zoroark then jumped at Blacephalon and slashed its chest.
"Ugh...how dare you...fine. Then I will take you with me." Blacephalon said as its head began expanding again.
"This isn't good… We have to stop this somehow!" Mayumi said. "Beast Ball Go!" she shouted tossing it as it hit Blacephalon, bringing it inside before the explosion could go off. The ball shook for a bit before it clicked.
"Phew… A moment later and we would've been goners…" Mayumi said. "But… Now that I know that I really am from Ultra Space, how did I end up all the way in Tokyo in the Standard Universe." Mayumi asked herself looking at the direction of the altar. "I guess… There really was one way I'd figure that out. But I can't go to the altar until Starlight passes the trial at the canyon."
"Which is what I'll be doing now." a voice said as Starlight arrived with the others and the Moon Flute. "We're ready."
"Seriously, we're gonna go there again?" Kazuichi asked.
"You're just upset about this because we have to go through that place to get to it." Hope said. "Vast Poni Canyon. Home of the abandoned trial site."
"I hate that place." Kazuichi said.
"You brought it upon yourself in there by kicking that Jangmo-o." Twilight said. "But to be safe, you better stay back in town."
"Think of it this way, Soda. Either make another mortal enemy or face oblivion by a light eating monster." Hiyoko said.
"I don't see how either of those options would benefit him." Izuku said.
"And with that, I am out. Good luck with those terrible beasts." Kazuichi said marching back into town.
"Aw, who needs him? We can get through the canyon and to the altar without him." Donald said.
"Right. Let's get going." Starlight said as they traversed through the canyon before arriving at the old trial site. Entering it, they were immediately set upon by several Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o. "I'm not going to deal with all of you. Ninetales...come and use Dazzling Gleam." Starlight said sending out a light blue fox creature as it unleashed a powerful Dazzling Gleam that took out all of them.
"Bzzt! Ninetales, Alola Form, the Fox Pokemon and the evolved form of Vulpix! An Ice and Fairy Type! Some said that deities visited mountains where Ninetales live, so in times long past, no one was allowed to go into those mountains." Rotomdex said.
"I'm grateful for Gladion giving me an Ice Stone before heading out." Starlight said before they reached the end of the canyon where a crystal sat within a podium. But before she could claim it, jumping down from above was a large Kommo-o as it roared and its aura flared up.
"There it is...the trial's totem." Mayumi said.
"Sorry, big one...but I need to pass." Starlight said as Ninetales was more than ready to battle it.
Kommo-o then roared as it ran in with a Drain Punch.
"Use Mist!" Starlight said as Ninetales produced a thick mist from its mouth as Ninetales disappeared within it as Kommo-o stopped its attack to look for it. "Now use Ice Beam!" Starlight ordered as an Ice Beam hit and froze Kommo-o's right arm as it roared.
"Clever. Ninetales is using the mist it made as a cover so it can attack Kommo-o without a threat of being attacked." Yaoyorozu said.
"I wouldn't expect less from her." Twilight said as Ninetales continued to attack Kommo-o with Ice Beam after Ice Beam.
Kommo-o then had enough as it let loose a roar that made the mist part as it readied a Poison Jab and charged at Ninetales.
"Sorry...but this fight's been decided. Dazzling Gleam!" Starlight said as Ninetales attacked with a Dazzling Gleam that overtook Kommo-o, leaving it defeated and lying on the ground.
"Nice one, Starlight!" Pinkie said.
"And now…" Starlight said claiming Dragnium Z. "We go to the altar."
They exited and climbed up the stairs of the altar before making it to the top.
"Now to take our positions." Lillie said taking the moon flute as Starlight took the sun as both of them started playing on opposite sides of the altar.
As the playing escalated, energy started to gather in the center of the altar, forming into a bright multicolored sphere. As it grew larger, from Lillie's backpack flew out Cosmoem as it entered the sphere. Absorbing the sphere's energy, Cosmoem grew and grew before emerging as the creature known only as the Beast the devours the sun...Solgaleo.
"At last… Solgaleo. Now we can…" Lillie started.
"Wait, hold on. Something's not right." David said as a wormhole ripped open at the altar. Being tossed out of it were Guzma and Lusamine themselves.
"Lusamine! Guzma!" David said.
"You guys… You have to get out of here…" Guzma said.
"That thing...is a monster." Lusamine said as something flew out of the wormhole. This thing was a crystal like creature known only as Necrozma.
"Hes here…." Connor said. "That's Necrozma!"
"LIGHT." it said before looking to Solgaleo. The two quickly engaged in a battle as they flew across the sky before it ended with Necrozma pinning Solgaleo to the ground. "LIGHT!" it said before it and Solgaleo glowed bright. When it subsided, there stood a Solgaleo with Necrozma's arms on its back and a strange vizor of crystal over its eyes. It then let out a roar as the light quickly vanished leaving darkness.
"What the… that thing just possessed Solgaleo!" Rainbow said.
"No...it absorbed it. Solgaleo and Lunala are bodies of light in their own right. Necrozma can absorb light. So...it can absorb Solgaleo and Lunala." Twilight said.
Necrozma let out a roar before it turned back to the wormhole and ran towards it, retreating back into Ultra Space.
"Oh, this is not good." Mayumi said.
"In more ways than one. Necrozma's absorbed the light in Alola and that darkness will continue to spread till this whole world is covered in it." Twilight said.
"Necrozma has gone back to Ultra Space in order to properly absorbed all the light it has taken." Dulse said arriving with Zossie. "You can still reclaim the light it has stolen."
"But how?" Kokoro asked.
"The Z-crystals… Of course! How could we have missed that?" David asked.
"If we use Lunala to get to Ultra Megapolis, we'll still be able to catch up to him." Dulse said.
"But Lunala can only carry three people at a time." Zossie said.
"No worries there. Because I'm going with Mayumi." Starlight said.
"You… you want me to go with you?" Mayumi asked.
"You've spent a lot of time capturing those Ultra Beasts and like you said, you think Ultra Space is your birthplace. If that's really true….don't you want a chance to defend it?" Starlight asked.
"Yeah. I do." Mayumi said.
"Very well...we'll make the arrangement right now." Dulse said letting Lunala go as it let Mayumi and Starlight board it.
"Good luck. Get back the light for us." Jesse said.
Lunala then took off into the Ultra Wormhole with Mayumi and Starlight as it closed behind them.