This chapter is based on a roleplay, Quang, 19jchoi and I did together on Discord. Enjoy readers!


At night in Sarah's house, Sarah and her family were fast asleep in their rooms.

It was a quiet and peaceful night and nobody was out and about at this time. It had been several days since the Akala Island field trip and everyone was still abuzz with everything that happened from saving Wailmer from a Bruxish to the arrival of Dusk Form Lycanroc in the form of Ash's former Rockruff and Dusk. Even their Pokemon were sleeping peacefully.


In Sarah's dream, she found herself floating in a bright space. She didn't know what's going on and she had no clue of what's happening. "Where am I and how did I get here?" she pondered as she looked around

Just then...

She heard a roar behind her as well a screech and she turned around and saw a large lion pokemon and one that looked like a bat. Sarah gasped, "Solgaleo... Lunala..."

As she gazed at the two in surprise... "What are they here for...?" An unknown voice called out.

"I don't know, we need to find out what they want. If they're here, that means trouble can't be far ahead," a second voice replied.

Sarah turns in surprise... To her left, not too far was...

"Ash...!?" The two boys turned to see Sarah, but as she walked over to meet her friend... "Um... who are you?" Ash asked in confusion.

Sarah was shocked now, "Ash.. d-don't you remember me..? It's me... Sarah..." she replied to her friend.

"Sarah?" Ash asked, looking more confused. That's when another boy stepped up. "You know this girl, Ash?" The boy asked.

"Whose this?" Sarah asked, having not seen the boy beside her friend.

"Me? I'm Kaito... Kaito Shirogane." The boy, now known as Kaito explained with a frown.

Sarah was baffled as she looked at the boy standing with Ash; he looked like a regular boy but there was something peculiar about him. He had piercing ocean blue eyes, jet black hair with silver bangs, a bandage on the bridge of his nose despite it not hurting him, and he had two black marks on his cheeks that made him look like a human Buizel. He also wore black shorts, a white T-shirt with a Pokeball sign on it under a thin, blue vest, and orange fingerless gloves. But, the strangest thing about him is that he has what looks to be a gold bracelet on some kind attached to his left arm with a Waterium Z-Crystal.

"Kaito...?" Sarah asked in bewilderment. She has never heard of this boy before. And worse, Ash didn't know who she was...! Or was he acting...?

"Why doesn't Ash remember me..?" Sarah thought to herself in fear.

So many things swam in her mind, she didn't know what to think anymore! She thought about screaming, she thought about panicking, what is she to do?

It was at that moment when a bright light shone as the three looked back to see Solgaleo and Lunala doing something...

The bright light continued to shine down on them as they covered their eyes but continued to watch the two Legendaries.

"Solgaleo... Lunala...?" Sarah asked and the two pokemon let out a roar and screech before glowing red and blue before combining their power to create something in the middle of their combination.

"What are they doing...?" questioned Kaito.

The flashes continued to glow as Solgaleo and Lunala started to face them and a fierce wind blew around them. "What's going on?!" Sarah cried as she tried to look. "How should I know?" Ash screamed. "Hang on!" Kaito bellowed as the combined red and blue flashes started to pulse.

There was a small blurry figure in the middle of the pulse and Sarah unknowingly said, "I promise Solgaleo... I promise Lunala.. I'll take care of it..." "Take care of what?" Katio and Ash asked confused.(edited)

Everything seemed to happen at once as the two Legendary Pokemon nodded to Sarah and disappeared along with Ash and Kaito as Sarah was pulled from the dream and back into reality. "WAIT!" she cried, reaching out to them before vanishing in a bright light.


In reality...

"..ey. Honey, wake up..." Sarah groggily opened her eyes and saw her Mom and Dad looking at her, "Morning Mom. Morning Dad..." she smiled. "We heard you mumbling in your sleep, Ponchita. Are you okay?" James asked her. "Yeah, I'm alright Dad." Sarah smiled.

She looked towards her Pokemon, who were feeling worried for her as the whined and whimpered while the others held strong and sometimes stoic faces before they were relieved.

"You don't look alright... What was that about Solgaleo and Lunala?" James asked in concern.

Sarah gulped, her parents had heard her talking about them in her sleep and now she didn't know what to think, nor could she bother to lie to them. "...Well, I've been having a weird dream last night and I saw the two Legendary Pokemon themselves along with Ash and a boy named Kaito Shirogaine..."

"Katio who?" Nikki asked. Sarah shrugged, "I've never heard of him, but might be a friend of Ash's." "And what legendary pokemon did you see, Ponchita?" James asked. "Solgaleo and Lunala..." Sarah replied, surprising both parents and her pokemon.

"Solgaleo and Lunala..." Nikki and James gasped. Their Pokemon went absolutely silent, their trainer and mother-figure had just made contact with the Sunne and Moone Pokemon through, of all things, a dream!

"Those two...?" Silvally grunted with narrowed eyes...

"And I think I made a promise to them..." Sarah added. "What kind of promise...?" James asked. "A promise to... to take care of something they created. I don't know what it was but, I promised them I would take care of it." Sarah replied.

Now, everyone was more confused. What kind of promise was that?

"But if you don't know what it is... then why promise? You'd have to know who you're going to take care of before making a promise like that..." James reminded with a frown.

"You know what they say about promises, honey, 'Don't make promises you can't keep'," Nikki agreed.

"I know," Sarah said. "But, I feel as though Solgaleo and Lunala wanted me to do this when they showed me what I have to take care of. It's like they know I'm the only one they could trust with whatever this...thing is I have to take care of."

The Pokémon and the parents all remain silent before...

"Pikachu!" "Hey Sarah!" a familiar voice called from outside. The family looked out the window and saw Ash and Pikachu, "Come on, Sarah. Or you'll be late." Ash called to her. "Pikachu Pika...!" Pikachu agreed.

"Okay, I'll be right there!" Sarah cried before she left to get herself together.

As she got her stuff together, she couldn't help but think back to the dream she had with Ash and Kaito and even Solgaleo and Lunala. The Ash that called out to her was the one that knew who she was but the Ash with her and Kaito in the dream didn't recognize her at all. "What's going on...?" Sarah questioned quietly. What she didn't realize was that whatever she saw in the dream was going to put her and her family on a life-changing path forever and reveal a part of who she really is to the world.


(Opening 3 – Rurouni Kenshin Opening 1 – Freckles (English Dub))

(The opening begins with a silhouette of a young girl with a Chinese straight sword sheathed in a gold scabbard sitting within images of Team Rocket, Team Skull, Guzma and Plumeria, the three mysterious grunts, and the grunts' leader before the image brightens and the girl is left alone)(The girl gets up and awakens to reveal herself as Sarah as she and her Pokémon are on a large boat as it sailed across the ocean to one of the other Islands of Alola. While some of her Pokémon are relaxing on the boat ride, Silvally, Lolita, Blitz, and Red Eyes look out into the ocean with determined looks on their faces with their trainer)

I brush against the freckles that I hated so and life goes on but I heave a little sigh for you. It's heavy, the love that I would share with you. Then it dissolves like it was just a sugar cube!

(Ash and Pikachu were shown at the Pokémon School trying to practice the steps to a new Z-Attack until they missed or exaggerated a few steps and fell down on the ground. Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles, who were with them along with their Pokémon Partners, either laughed at or groaned at them. Ash and Pikachu smiled sheepishly as the scene pans from the school to the beach near the school)

Now, the little pain sitting in my heart has shrunken a bit but it really does hurt me now. Those silly horoscopes, I guess I can't trust them after all~!

(Kiawe was there with Pyroar and Turtonator as he commanded a Double Flamethrower and gave a satisfied smirk as his partners landed on either side of him as he then looked to his right)

If we could get further away~! I wonder what it would be li-i-i-i-i-ke, yeah~!

(The scene pans to Lillie looking out her backyard from her mansion with Snowy as she had a happy look on her face before they turned to their left in surprise)

I'd be so happy inside my hea-a-a-a-a-a-art!

(Sarah and her Pokémon are surrounded by mysterious grunts and a small team of people in white uniforms as she held a strange cosmic-like Pokémon in her left arm and the Sword of the Sun Lion on her right hand as she was then attacked by a mystery grunt's Houndoom and its Flamethrower attack)

All the memories I have are beautiful in my mind!

(A Thunderbolt appears and blocks the Flamethrower to reveal Zeraora as the Thunderclap Pokémon shielded her)

But, they don't feed the hunger deep inside my soul!

(Silvally, Lolita, and the Puppy Pair use Tri Attack, Dark Pulse, and Double Rock Slide to beat their foes getting to Sarah)

And, tonight, I thought I'd be just sitting in my sorrow!

(Ponyta and Wooloo attack together with Electro Ball and Moonblast while Aqua and Milotic use Bubblebeam and Dragon Pulse before Candy and Blitz joined forces to use Thundershock and Signal Beam at their own enemies)

And now, I must wonder why, what did it really mean to you?

(Sarah appears and opens her eyes as she saw her family and friends, humans and Pokémon alike, waiting happily for her to join them as she walks to them. The Season 2 titles appear just as the song ends)

I just can't see it anymore~! I just can't see it anymore~! O-o-o-o-o-oh~!

Pokémon Alola Journey – The Trials of Sarah


"I'm leaving, Mom, Dad!" Sarah called as she and her Pokemon left the house.

"You be careful out there, honey!" Nikki shouted as she, James, the Lycanroc Couple, Dragonite, and Lucario watched them off. "Have fun with your friends, Ponchita, and don't think too much about that dream!"

"I won't!" Sarah assures loudly.

Ash chuckled as Sarah joined him at his side, "Ready?" he asked. "Always." Sarah smiled and the two started running down the path followed by her pokemon. Aqua and Lolita rode on Mudsdale's back while Wooloo, Candy and Ponyta galloped by her side.

As they were running, up ahead they could see...

"Is that...?" Ash pointed up ahead to see... "Ah...! Tapu Koko...!" Sarah could see that something was up and she was going to find out as she walked up to it. "Tapu Koko, what is it you want with us?" she asked the Tapu Guardian. The Tapu Guardian of Conflict looked between Sarah and Ash until it pointed to Sarah and turned before gesturing her to come with the Diety. "Ash, you go on ahead. My Pokemon and I are going to find out what that is and it's obvious Tapu Koko wants me to come with it."

"Um... Sure." The Kanto Trainer nods reluctantly before he and Pikachu runs off first, letting Sarah do the search and the chase.

Sarah and her pokemon entered the forest and they found Tapu Koko hovering over a small spot with a light shining down on it. "What is it..?" Sarah asked and she and her pokemon moved towards the light... a found a tiny pokemon in the center!

"This Pokémon... It looks just like..."

"It's like the one you saw in your dreams...?" Silvally asked with a grunt.

"My dream... my promise!" Sarah suddenly exclaimed, surprising her pokemon. "I'm starting to remember now.. you're what I promised to take care of for Solgaleo and Lunala..!" "This puny thing?" Silvally stated. "You're kidding right?" Sarah shook her head.

Then, she looked at the Pokemon closely as she held it up. It was nothing like she had ever seen; it looked like a purple, blue, and black gaseous cloud that is like a nebula. The thing had two small wisp-like things that served as arms and what looks to be an eclipse running down its small body and it had bright, beautiful yellow eyes and two cute blue cheeks.

"It's all true! I know for sure...!" Sarah exclaimed as she picks it up...

As she did, Blitz pokes around on the little Pokémon, causing it to giggle a little.

Wooloo came over and nuzzled the little Pokemon, making it babble like a small baby.

"Aww..." Sarah giggled while Silvally narrowed his eyes.

He had a weird feeling about the Pokemon as he continued to watch while Ponyta and Aqua came to the Pokemon next and cooed at it while making funny faces, making it laugh.

"We should take the little guy with us. I'm sure the others will be surprised to see the little one that I discovered, thanks to Tapu Koko..." Sarah suggested.

"What if this little thing is dangerous? Did you ever consider that?" Silvally asked with a glare.

"It's a baby, how can this tiny thing be dangerous?" Sarah cooed, rubbing the little pokemon.

"Looks can be deceiving..." Silvally reminded.

"So?" Sarah asked incredulously. "Tell that to Wooloo and Ponyta."

At those words, Silvally growls, comically gaining a tick mark before he huffs... "Whatever... don't say that I didn't warn you..." Silvally huffed before he walked off.

"Hoo-Hoo," Noctowl remarked as they watched him leave.

PikachuSkittyToday at 5:28 PM

Sarah rolled her eyes at her grumpy Synthetic Pokemon, "Come little fella, time for school.." Sarah cooed as the little baby pokemon cooed as Sarah held it close to her chest.


Later...

At the Pokemon School, everyone was waiting for Sarah. Ash had arrived at the school but the others were surprised that Sarah and her Pokemon weren't with them when they arrived and they were getting worried. "I'm getting worried," Mallow pondered. "We haven't seen hide nor long hair of Sarah and her Pokemon, where could they have gone?"

"Hey, everyone!"

Everyone turned to see Sarah rushing into the classroom with her team. "Sarah!" cried the gang. Professor Kukui was surprised as he came to see them. "Sarah! It's about time you got here, why are you running late all of a sudden?"

Sarah quietly shushed him and she gestured to the little baby pokemon in her arms. "Woah..." everyone gasped as they gathered around. "What kind of pokemon is that?" Mallow asked quietly. "I don't know.. but... I think its' what I promised Solgaleo and Lunala to take care of in my dream last night." Sarah replied.

"A dream...? Whoa... this little guy looks like the one that I dreamt of..." Ash replied in awe as he took a closer look at it with Pikachu...

"What are you talking about?" Kiawe asked, skeptical as he looked at the Pokemon. Sarah was surprised and looked incredulously at the Kanto trainer, "Wait, have you been dreaming about this Pokemon, too?"

"Yeah... I even saw Solgaleo and Lunala too...!" Ash exclaimed with a smile as the others were surprised to hear...

"Pikachu..." Then the little baby pokemon stirred and opened it eyes and looked at the first thing it saw... Sarah.. "Hey there little fella..." she cooed. The baby pokemon blinked at her and babbled before it looked around at the others. It kinda... didn't like the fact that it was crowded and did what any baby pokemon would do... cry! "WAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Quite a big mouth for something so tiny!" Sophocles cried as everyone covered their ears.

"It's like using Supersonic!" Rotom buzzed as everyone winced. Covering their ears certainly wasn't helping right now!

Mallow took the little pokemon and shoved it into Kiawe's arms, "Here sing it a lullaby." "What?!" Kiawe exclaimed, and he tried, "Uh... Don't you cry baby.. uh, please stop crying any more..." but that barely did anything! "Wow, he sucks at lullabys'." Silvally grumbled.

"Ooh, don't cry, little baby, don't cry," Sarah cooed kindly as she took the baby back but the poor baby Pokemon wouldn't stop crying. Then, she tried something that her mother used to get her to calm down and sometimes get to sleep, "Hush now, quiet now, it's time to rest your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to rest your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed." That did the trick as she continued to hum the lullaby, the baby Pokemon calmed down and saw Sarah before it cooed and laughed at her.

"Oh wow..." Mallow gaped in awe.

"It must think you're its mother!" Sophocles guessed with a smirk.

"Well Sarah was the first one it saw when it opened its eyes..." Ash stated. "Pika..." Pikachu agreed.

"Imprinting, huh..." Kiawe grunted before he looked at the little Pokémon again.

"You know I'm like a Pokemon's mother," retorted Sarah. "And, I don't think it appreciates other people it doesn't know being around it."

"That's true," Lana agreed. "I don't think it likes being crowded like that."

"Alright so, what should we name the little guy?" Mallow questioned.

"What can we name it?" Sarah replied, citing the first problem they have. "How about 'Smokey'?" Sophocles suggested. "Lame," Mallow shot down. "We should call it 'Cutie'!"

"Too cute..." Kiawe commented.

"Hold on... may I make a suggestion?" Lillie requested to everyone.

"Those are boring names for a Pokemon like that," Lana put in before she turned to Lillie. "What do you have in mind, Lillie?"

"Since it seems to have starts glittering inside it... And see how it floats like a cloud... why don't we name it Nebby?" Lillie suggested.

The baby pokemon laughed and babbled happily at the name.

"Hey, it likes it!" Ash cried. "Nebby... Yeah, I like that and so does the little guy," Sarah agreed as she rocked it. "Very nice name, Lillie." "Yeah, awesome!" Sophocles added. "Absolutely perfect!" Mallow agreed. "Nebby... That's cool," smirked Kiawe. Principal Oak arrived and he was also thrilled by the name, "Then, it's settled, Nebby it is!"

"Hello, Principal Oak," the entire class greeted.

"Good morning everyone." Principal Oak replied. "I see you have a new baby pokemon in our mists, right?"

Ash nodded, "Sarah's gonna take care of it."

"Well, perhaps we should see what the little fella eats." Principal Oak suggested.

"Does anybody know what kind of things that Nebby would even eat?" Sophocles asked. Everyone realized this and they have another predicament on their hands. "Maybe, we should pull out what we have and give them to Nebby and see if it'll eat anything," Lillie suggested again.

"Yeah!" everyone agreed as they pulled out whatever they have in their bags and presented them to Nebby. The Pokemon watched in amusement but Silvally was still incredulous about Nebby. "There's something off about that Pokemon, I know it!" he whispered. So the group tried any sweets and other ideas of food that Nebby could try but everytime, Nebby shook its body, not liking the food idea. The little fella didn't even like cake or cookies!

"Now, what?" Ash groaned, looking like he's about to give up. Sophocles perked up, realizing what he thinks he has that Nebby would like. "Wait, I got it! Let's try these!" he cried as he quickly took out a small back that little sugary star pieces and picked up a handful of them. "Sugar Stars!" he said happily as he presented them to Nebby. "My mom loves to make these!"

Nebby looked at them and Sophocles handed on of them to Nebby. Nebby ate the little sugar star and she laughed happily, liking the little sweets. "It loves them!" Sophocles laughed. "Looks like you'll have to tell your parents to stock up on Sugar Stars, Sarah." Professor Kukui chuckled.

"What a relief for the little baby to have something like that it eatMantyke!" Principal Oak joked with one of his Pokemon Puns. All they did was make everyone deadpan at the principal before they all comically fell over with a groan. Nebby, on the other hand, didn't mind as it clapped its wisps and laughed, making everybody quickly get up and smile at it. "Well, at least Nebby finds them funny," Sarah said, smiling at the little Pokemon.


Later...

After school ended for the day, Sarah decided to spend the rest of the day with Lillie and Ash as they made their way to Professor Kukui's house near Ten Carat Hill.

"What do you plan on doing with Nebby, Sarah?" Lillie asked. Sarah thought for a moment, "Well, if Mom and Dad are fine with me taking care of a baby, I'm sure they won't mind letting me keep it." Sarah smiles before she blinked, before she looked around. "What is it, Sarah?" Lillie asked.

"Hey, Lillie, doesn't that looked to be like a helicopter at Professor Kukui's house?" Sarah asked in surprise and pointed. Lillie looked at where her friend is pointing and she was also baffled, "Huh? That looks like my Mom's helicopter!"

They quickly ran over to Professor Kukui as he was greeting a few people meeting him.

"Mother?" Sarah questioned.

Curious, Sarah held onto Nebby and her Pokemon quickly joined her but Silvally was walking slowly as though he was getting cold feet while he looked at the helicopter and the people who were greeting Professor Kukui. "This feeling... That means 'he's' there..." Silvally growled.

"We're back!" Ash called. Professor Kukui noticed Ash, Lillie, Sarah, and their Pokemon coming towards him and his visitors and while he was surprised, he smiled nonetheless. "Alola, Ash, Lillie, Sarah, you're just in time! We're just about to have a few guests."

"Guests?" the three children asked. Professor Kukui nodded. "That's right. And, Lillie, one of them has been meaning to see you," he told the blonde girl.

"Alola, Lillie! How's my little pixie-willie doing? Look at you, you've gotten so tall and beautiful, now!" the woman at the front gushed at Lillie, surprising the girl greatly. The woman looked like a spitting image of Lillie as she happily came to her and hugged her, it was her and Gladion's mother, Lusamine. "Mother!"

"Mother!? You're Lillie's mom!?" Ash exclaimed in shock while Sarah gapes a little. The lady chuckled, "Yes I am. I'm Lusamine, nice to meet you all."

"Uh... Nice to meet you..." Sarah paused as she just gave a polite bow. Then, Lusamine turned to Lillie and beamed as she started hugging her, much to the poor girl's discomfort as the others and Snowy looked on. "Long time no see, my darling! Have you've been a good girl while Mama's away at work?"

"Mother!" Lillie whined. "You're embarrassing me!"

"Oh wow... they're like the same... almost." Sarah commented with Ash giving a small nod of agreement.

"I hope you're not being spoiled and selfish towards Hobbs, are you? You know how he can get when so uptight," continued Lusamine lovingly despite Lillie's protests. "Ha-ha, you're still so shy! I can remember when you were always like that when you were just a baby."

"What part of you're embarrassing me do you not understand...!?" Lillie whined as she pushed Lusamine away from her, giving her mother an annoyed pout. "Okay... I'm glad my Mom doesn't do that." Sarah stated.


A few minutes later...

Lillie's mother took Ash, Lillie and Sarah along with their pokemon to the Ather Foundation, along with Nikki and James (who weren't going to let their daughter go to someplace new without them). Sarah explained to them what she knows now about Nebby and the connection he had with her dream. "Woah... so.. Nebby is what you promised Solgaleo and Lunala, Ponchita?" James asked. Sarah nodded as Nebby was sound asleep in her arms.

She didn't notice Faba giving her a stern glance before he turned his attention back to Lusamine.

But Silvally sensed Faba and growled. "Silvally, what is it boy?" Sarah asked.

"That man is giving me the creeps..." Silvally growled angrily.

"How?" Sarah asked.

"...I'll explain later." Silvally grunted before turning away.

Sarah and her family were confused.


Later...

Lillie's mother gave the group a tour of Ather Paradise.

"And, this is the Aether Paradise," Lusamine presented as she guided the group through the paradise as they saw several kinds of Pokemon being cared for there. "This is where we recreate the habitats that the Pokemon we protect once lived so they can be cared for until we feel they are happy enough to be brought back into the wild again. Even, my darling Lillie loves to play with the Pokemon here at one time."

"Come on, Mother, why can't you treat me like a big girl for once?!" Lillie groaned again.

"You know, Lillie seems a lot more energetic and open when she's around her mom," Ash whispered.

"I'm sure the others would notice that as we do if they were here with us," agreed Sarah as she held Nebby tight while making sure to keep an eye on Faba. She had an eerie feeling about him starting to fester in her heart as she felt his glare at her back before he would redirect his attention back to Lusamine. She didn't want to admit it but Silvally may be right when he said Faba was giving him the creeps.

"Sarah, did you notice Silvally seemed a lot more tense when we got here?" Ash asked.

"He's been like this ever since we found Nebby," Sarah replied. "Not to mention, we're both getting the heebie-jeebies just from looking at Faba. I think he must've known about Silvally before Tapu Koko found and entrusted him to me back when he was Type: Null."

"Do you think he's connected to these people?" whispered Ash again. Sarah was quiet as she thought for a moment, "Don't say anything that'll irk Silvally, whatever he tells me after this, it'll only be for me alone and I need to be the one to calm him down."

James and Nikki took the time to notice how different Lillie is around her mother as well. "I'm amazed that you didn't gush our girl like that since the day she came into our lives, honey," James pointed out.

"Well, I don't always do that with her if they're always that lively," Nikki retorted.

"Or, if they're always amazingly straightforward," another voice put in, revealing to be a woman scientist with medium-short spiky hair pointed backwards, yellow eyes, tanned skin, wears a grey vest and black semi-leggings, complete with simple green flat shoes, and a green headband coming from a pen habitat hosting Fire-Type Pokemon.

"And, I'm Wicke," said a female scientist in her late thirties and a purple uniform coming to them with a kind smile. "I'm the caretaker for the Pokemon living in the Aether Foundation." "Hi." "Hello." "Nice to meet you," Ash, Lillie, and Sarah bowed and greeted politely. Then, Lusamine came close with a joyous smile towards Sarah, creeping her out and making her yelp as she nearly dropped Nebby. "And, since we're on the subject of Pokemon, Sarah, would you kindly show me the little fella you and Lillie called Nebby?" "Uh... Sure, but don't make him cry if he gets antsy," Sarah said, showing the baby Pokemon to her. In absolute awe, Lusamine stroked Nebby gently as it slept, "Amazing, truly amazing! This little guy is truly a real, live Ultra Beast."

"Ultra what?" Sarah and the others asked in unison, confused.

"What's an Ultra Beast?" questioned Ash, as Wicke began to explain first.

"Ultra Beasts are unique creatures that are truly beyond our understanding. Do you see that mural over there?" Wicke began as she directed everyone to a mural of the Tapu Pokemon and the creatures called Ultra Beasts as they fought each other. "A long time ago, strange creatures from another world invaded our planet and a fierce war broke out between the strange beings and Alola's Guardian Deities. Have any of you heard about the legend of the Ultra Beast War?" "I've read about that! So, those creatures that once attacked our world all those years ago are the Ultra Beasts, right?" Lillie piped up.

Wicke nodded and continued to explain, "It is said that these Ultra Beasts were not originally part of our world and have been entering through portals called Ultra Wormholes. When they started to threaten all of Alola with their might, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini all answered the people and Pokemon's cries for help and used their great power to do battle with the Ultra Beasts and commence the Ultra Beast War. It was a terrifying and frighteningly magnificent battle with no end and sadly, nobody knows what happened at the end. But, it was believed that the Deities defeated them and sent them back through the Ultra Wormholes." "So, does that mean Nebby could be one of those Ultra Beasts?" Sarah asked quietly as she looked at Nebby and held it tight. Burnet nodded, "There is a definite chance that it could be one of them, the first Ultra Beast to appear here in years."

"Oh wow..." Ash breathes out in awe as he watched Nebby play around with both Pikachu and Blitz.

"But Nebby's just a baby. He's not a threat." Sarah stated.

Nebby noticed her looking at him and floated over to her and babbled.

"Looks can be quite deceiving, young lady... This one can be dangerous and could trouble us all if experts like us don't handle it soon..." Faba spoke sternly.

Sarah held Nebby tightly in her arms.

"He couldn't harm a fly even if he wanted to," Sarah continued, now getting agitated and angry. "He's too gentle for that!" "Be that as it may, we can't be too careful if it's what we think it is," Burnet replied gently. "We must be prepared for if the events of the Ultra Beast War should repeat again." "As such, anything connected to the Ultra World is enveloped in what we prefer to call 'Ultra Aura'," Faba continued, undeterred. "In our lab, we are constantly on the lookout for high levels of Ultra Aura and monitoring them as we go." He then turned to Wicke as he pushed his glasses up, "Wicke?"

Wicke nodded and she typed on a nearby computer and appeared some kind of ruins on the monitor, "We detected some of them near the Alter of the Sun on Poni Island." Wicke stated.

As the monitor showed the sight... "That's what I saw in my dream!" Both Ash and Sarah cried out together.

"You did?" The adults asked.

"I saw that place before, in my dream!" Sarah replied as she held Nebby tight and pointed at the place shown on the monitor. "I was there with Ash and a boy named Kaito Shirogane and then, the Legendary Sunne and Moone Pokemon, Solgaleo and Lunala! They came to us in my dream and then Nebby came out of the light before it was shining on me and Kaito and Ash disappeared before I was kicked out!" Lusamine was surprised but then intrigued as she thought, "Solgaleo and Lunala...? The two names of the Ultra Beasts who were spoken as no more than mere legends... Have they made contact with you, Sarah?"

"I told them I would take good care of Nebby." Sarah said looking at the little pokemon, who babbled at her.

"An Ultra Beast like that one will be too much for you to care for, young lady..." Faba scoffed, only for Lusamine to silence him. "Faba..."

Faba, however, scoffed, "Hmph, it's all nonsense! You know, I'm right, Lusamine! This is all just a bunch of childish dribble, a dream is all it is!" "Sarah," Lusamine replied as she gently poked her nose with a smile. "If you like, we would be glad to take care of Nebby for you if you leave him to the Aether Foundation." Wicke came forward and put on another kind smile for her, "We'd be glad to help you with him. The Aether Foundation has all of the tools and resources needed to care for the little guy. He'll be safely in our hands if you leave him with us." "No way!" cried Sarah in disbelief as she rocked Nebby away from them. "I made a promise to Solgaleo and Lunala that I'd protect Nebby from anybody that tries to do him harm and I'm not going back on that now. He needs me and I'm gonna be there for him no matter what." Nebby babbled in agreement as he cooed and laughed at her.(edited)

"Baaaaa!" Wooloo gave Faba a good ramming, sending him flaceplanting into the wall! "OW!" "Wooloo!" Nikki scolded but the little sheep stood in front of Sarah with an angry face, "Baaa...!"

"Why you little...!" "Enough, Faba!" Lusamine called out sternly. "But Lusamine...!?" Faba complained.

PikachuSkittyToday at 7:37 PM

Wooloo then gave Faba a series of little hits on the head! Nebby laughed at Faba's misfortune.(edited)

"Ooh, a feisty little fella, are ya?" Lusamine cooed as she then petted the Sheep Pokemon when he was done. Wooloo let out a relaxing 'Baa' as he smiled at her. "You must really love your trainer if she's taken good care of you." "Mother, please, you must understand!" Lillie intervened. "Sarah is unlike any trainer I've ever met. She's won at least 6 Z-Crystals and she even met Tapu Koko and gained Pokemon nobody in the region's seen before!" "Yeah, one of her Pokemon is entrusted to her by Tapu Koko and it's even helped her rescue Dusk and Luna's parents from Team Skull on Ula'Ula Island," Ash added. "She's one of the strongest trainers we've ever known!" That got the scientists' attention as they turned to the kids, James, Nikki and their Pokemon in surprise. "Tapu Koko?" "The Guardian of Melemele Island?" Lusamine and Wicke gasped. "Is that all true, Professor Kukui?" asked Professor Burnet in amazement, to which Professor Kukui nodded with a proud smile. "Every last word, alright," he confirmed. "Sarah has become one of the most promising trainers I've ever had the pleasure to tutor as a Pokemon Professer and her teacher. She's even halfway through the Island Challenge."

"And exactly what pokemon did Tapu Koko entrust with her?" Wicke asked. "Rrrr..." The three adults turned around and saw Silvally.

"Silvally..." Sarah answered.

The three adults were amazed and in shock. They looked towards Sarah and back at Silvally, it looked as if the three of them knew about Silvally but the girl wasn't sure as she went to her Synthetic Pokemon and rubbed him gently to soothe his ruffled feelings before he would do something he'd regret.

Professor Burnet, Lusamine, and Wicke all looked at each other before looking at how happy Nebby is with Sarah and shared a nod with a smile, their mental decision was unanimous if Sarah was a blessing to the two Pokemon. "Well, Sarah, is that's the case, then I'll trust you with Silvally and Nebby."

"Miss Lusamine, are you mad?!" Faba spluttered.

"I, too, would like to know why Solgaleo and Lunala entrusted you with Nebby. And, I'm curious as to why Tapu Koko would entrust such a fine Pokemon to you," Lusamine continued sweetly, completely ignoring Faba. "If you have any trouble with either of them, do not hesitate to give me a call and I'll be a dial away."

"Ah... Mm... Thank you, Miss Lusamine..." Sarah said gratefully. Ash and the others smiled at the scene. Nebby babbled and cooed in Sarah's arms, nuzzling her chest. Wooloo pawed at Sarah's legs, wanting to see little Nebby.

"Alright Wooloo, here. You can look." Sarah cooed and Wooloo smiles and little Nebby who babbled at the sheep Pokémon.

A mysterious encounter with an Ultra Beast now named Nebby has set our heroine and her friends on a collision course with the head of the Aether Foundation and Lillie's mother, Lusamine. But, what interest does she and her staff have in the little cutie and in Silvally, especially when he showed his obvious discomfort to be around them? The answers will reveal themselves in due time as the journey continues!


Sarah's Team:

1. Pikachu

Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch

2. Lycanroc (Dusk Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Rock Slide

3. Lycanroc (Midnight Form)

Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Protect, Rock Slide

4. Silvally

Moves - Crush Claw, Air Slash, Hyper Beam, Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, Multi Attack, Tri Attack

5. Mudsdale

Moves - High Horsepower, Double Kick, Mud Slap, Bulldoze

6. Wooloo

Moves - Wild Charge, Tackle, Electro Ball

7. Ponyta (Galar Form)

Moves - Dazzling Gleam, Moonblast, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse

8. Meowth (Alola Form)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Scratch, Iron Tail, Dark Pulse

9. Popplio

Moves - Pound, Water Gun, Icy Wind, Bubblebeam

10. Milotic

Moves - Dragon Pulse, Ice Beam, Twister, Mirror Coat

11. Mareep (Shiny)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Signal Beam

12. Eevee

Moves - Tackle, Tail Whip, Copycat, Shadow Ball

13. Goomy

Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath

14. Noctowl

Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion