Sarah was heavily sleeping in her room as the Alolan sunlight came into her room. Something jumped onto her bed and started poking her in the cheek with its little hoof, "Baa Baa..?" Sarah groaned as she turned to her side and covered herself up with her cover. Wooloo pouted and then leaped into the air, "BAAA!" and slammed into Sarah's side, waking her up.

"Gaah! Ugh... Wooloo..?" Sarah yawned, earning a smile from the sheep pokemon,

"Baaa Baa.." Sarah chuckled as she sat up in bed.

"So, is there any reason why you decided to wake me up today?" she asked her Sheep Pokemon. "Baa, Baa, Baa!" he replied, jumping happily.

Sarah looked towards the calendar on the wall next to her closet as she realized that it was a Saturday which meant she had no school for the day. "You woke me up on a Saturday when I had no school, why?" "Sarah! Are you up, dear?" Nikki called from downstairs. "Did Wooloo finally wake you up?"

"He did, Mom," she called to her mom as she changed from her PJs. "Thanks for making him my personal alarm clock for today."

"I had a feeling he would," she laughed. "Your friends are here to see you! They're all downstairs and they want to take you out into town!"

"Really, did they ask why they're here?" Sarah asked curiously as she got into her clothes and was now brushing her hair. "I've no idea," Nikki said as she finished preparing breakfast in the kitchen. "Why not come down and ask them yourself? They're really anxious about something."

"Okay, I'll be right down!" finished the young girl before she looked to Wooloo, who was waiting for her by the door and who got her backpack with him.

"Come on, boy, let's go see what Ash and the gang want." "Baa!" baaed Wooloo as he happily joined his human mother. They found Ash and the rest of her friends enjoying breakfast with Nikki and James while their Pokemon partners were happily eating and chatting away with Dragonite, Lucario, the Lycanroc Couple, and the rest of Sarah's Pokemon. They were all discussing with Sliggoo and Aqua about their battles with Raine and her Primarina the other day following their Battle Royale against the Masked Royal and Incineroar and they were enthralled. "Alola, guys," Sarah greeted as she joined them, sitting next to Kiawe and Lillie. "Alola!" the others greeted back.

"So, what did you come here for?" she asked. Ash spoke up first, "Well, we thought you'd been busy lately and we decided to take you on a trip."

"A trip where, exactly?"

Ash and the others chuckled, "That's a surprise for you Sarah." Ash smiled cheekily. "Huh?" Sarah asked as a blinking question mark came over her head. "What surprise?" she asked incredulously.

"Just a little something we've planned to not only continue celebrating Aqua and Sliggoo's double evolution but to say thank you for being in our lives," Mallow sniggered.

Sarah was stumped as she raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

"Just come with us," Lillie cried happily as everyone finished their breakfast and she took her with them outside. "Hey! What are you doing?!" Sarah asked.

"Come on, Sarah, let's go have some fun!" Sophocles insisted as Blitz, Sliggoo, and Aqua decided to go with them.

"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!" Sarah called as the others dragged her out and left.

As soon as they and the rest of Sarah's Pokemon are alone, Nikki and James asked them along with the Lycanroc Couple, Dragonite, and Lucario to bring out boxes of party supplies they've stashed away in the basement to take to the Pokemon School while they talked. As Nebby got to spend more time with her parents and her friends, he grew comfortable with staying with them while Sarah is away on other business despite his still growing child love for his human mother. He was curious as to why his mother's parents want him to stay with them.

"Honey, do you think we should tell her?" Nikki asked worriedly after the kids and Sarah left. "That message from Team Eclipse, you know what and who it's alluding to. Even her parents warned us about what would happen to her once they return to full strength before they left their daughter in our hands." James went to the note stuck to a magnet on the fridge and took it before he read it again. The first time he and his wife read it, it shook them to the core and when they realize the severity of the situation it put towards them, they had every reason to worry.

Unknown by them a certain disguised Tricky Fox Pokemon, as a Pikipek was looking at the note through the window with a worried look on its face.

James sighed sadly as he and Nikki looked through the note again. The note from the Pokemon Syndicate still after Sarah read: "The time is drawing nearer. The princess will rise again and reclaim her place on the throne. Once she does, she will be a viable threat to our goals, made even worse when the Sun Lion reawakens to her calls. I should've known that time will soon come to pass and the day of our fated return will commence. Soon, the Black Beast of the Ultra Dimension will rise again and will lay waste to her home and future kingdom. And, with her parents out of the way, that leaves us with our main target. Prepare yourselves, you lowlifes for humans, you and those meddling kids won't protect her forever when she finds out about her true lineage and about the cosmic Pokemon we were oblivious to until our leader told us about it. When those times come, she will be ours and your world will be nothing. Mousey, Hakins, and Wolf."

As he read the note in his mind, James went to Sarah's room and looked through her stuff carefully until he found the Sword of the Sun Lion and pulled it out of its sheath. He was shocked as Sarah never told him and Nikki about it and about the prophecy she found in the cave during the Akala Treasure Hunt.

"I don't know, Nikki," he sighed again after a moment while he looked at the unsheathed sword with the painted sun facing him and Nikki. "We promised ourselves that we would tell her the truth about who she really was and she told us that she's prepared for what the boy, Kaito, alluded her to."

"But, even I'm worried that once we tell her, it'll still be too much for her and she'll hate and denounce us as her parents. I'm also worried about what they'll do with Nebby, they never knew anything about him but somehow, they found out who he was from an outside source."

"En En..."

"Huh?" the two parents turned and saw the little Zoura from before with the messenger bag. "Zoura?!" the parents exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"You need to tell her." Zoura said, shocking the two parents.

"YOU CAN TALK?!" they exclaimed. Zoura chuckled, "It's called Telpathy, hehehe. Anyway, you two need to tell her. The longer you keep it away from her, the harder it will be for her to deal with..."

Nikki and James knew that Zorua was right but they were still worried about how Sarah would eventually react to the truth and prove that she's not an ordinary girl from the get-go.

"Do you think she'll still accept us as her parents even after we tell her what happened to her birth parents, when they faced off against Team Eclipse before they vanished?" "It's better than keeping her in the dark until those bad guys show up," convinced Zorua before her frowned deepened with worry. "Besides, you're not the only one who's keeping secrets if that sword's any proof." Now, James and Nikki were even more surprised.

"Our daughter's been keeping secrets from us?" Nikki pondered, worried.

"While you guys were talking and thinking about the message from those goonies, I went into her room and found one of these two mysterious notes that were addressed to her," the Tricky Fox Pokemon confirmed, taking out the note about the Sword of the Sun Lion and the warning for Sarah. James took the note and read through, before he gasped in shock and horror along with his wife as she took a peek at it.

"Darling, is this sword really...?" Nikki breathed as she looked at the sword again. James nodded in agreement as he carefully ran his hand on it as Nebby came to the sword and babbled happily at it.

"Yes, honey, it was theirs before they saved all of Alola. Now, it's their daughter's treasure and it may have some connection to what is called the 'Sun Lion'. The note must be talking about Sarah and Solgaleo... Is that right, Zorua?"

"I don't know but whoever sent it and the note about the Memory Drives for Silvally knows about her along with Nebby and the sword if he's connected to them."

James and Nikki looked at each other with worry. "You need to tell... it's what's best for her..." Zoura added.

After a few moments, they finally sighed and agreed. "Alright, we'll tell her. But, she must also promise us that she'll tell us what she knows about that sword and what's in the note," James noted.

"No more secrets from either of us," Nikki agreed. "We're going to give them to each other straight."

"That's all I ask for," Zorua smiled softly before she grew concerned again. "And, should her friends find out?" "If it gets there, then they deserve to know," Nikki put in firmly, she and her husband now sold on their new resolve for Sarah. "But, only them and anyone else we all trust."

"Whatever we and our daughter tell them, they must never reveal to anybody else for her sake," James added in firm agreement. "Thank you..." Zorua bowed her head in acknowledgement and gratitude before she noticed the Pokemon with them finish gathering the boxes of party supplies to bring to the Pokemon School.

"I better get going, my friend will want to know about this. I'll leave you to Sarah's party. Just remember to tell her when you get the chance, it's best for her to know sooner than later, for her sake."

"We will," James thanked with a calm smile as Nikki nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, Zorua." The Tricky Fox Pokemon nodded before she turned away and turned into a Pikipek again before she flew off back to Zeraora in its flower field. Nikki and James felt empowered from their talk with Zorua, they felt like they were making the right choice for her sake as well as her own.

"Come on, let's get everything set up, honey..." Nikki smiled. James nodded and the pair went downstairs to get everything to the Pokemon School.


(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


Meanwhile, Ash and the others had took Sarah into town.

They had taken her to some of their favorite spots to hang out with for a friends' day out while Blitz, Aqua, and Sliggoo helped to entertain her as they went about their wild outing. Admittedly, she didn't know what antics they're all pulling up and what they're so tight-lipped over but she didn't want to question them and neither would she do the same to her parents if they knew something and continued to have fun with them.

However, when she thought about her parents, she thought back to what Silvally told her about their enemies' tried-and-failed attempt to capture her while she was sick and he and the rest of her Pokemon drove them away with Zorua's help on getting Wolf, Hakins, and Mousey away from her when they tried. She also thought back to the prophecy she found in the cave on her map that lead her to it, Silvally's Memory Drives and the Sword of the Sun Lion. She didn't want her friends, Nikki, and James to think she's crazy if she told them so she also remained tight-lipped and was starting to feel bad about hiding whatever truth she found out about the prophecy and the sword from them.

It was then that before the group decided to head on over to the Pokemon School later in the day, when they were having a break at a masalada restaurant with their gathered Pokemon, that she finally decided to speak her mind out about what she learned to the others.

"What's wrong, Sarah? Aren't you hungry?" asked Mallow, when she noticed that she wasn't eating much of her chosen masalada.

Sarah sighed, she couldn't hold it back any longer. "Everyone, I've something to say," she announced as everyone turned their attention to her.

"I wanted to tell you all something that I've kept quiet about ever since the Akala Treasure Hunt, something I feel you guys and my parents should know before anything bad happens. Do you think I'm crazy?"

The others were surprised. "You, Sarah, crazy?" Sophocles asked incredulously to her. "Where would you get an idea like that?"

"I don't know. It's just that there was something else Silvally, my Stoutland, and I found besides the Memory Drives at the camp cave we discovered that made me curious about something," she continued, thoughtfully with a small frown. "There was actually some writing on the wall that detailed a prophecy of sorts." This peaked the gang's interest as they were never told about it.

"A prophecy, what prophecy?" Kiawe said, surprised.

"What did it say?" Lillie asked with interest as she and Snowy drew in closer.

Sarah took a deep breath as everyone waited for her to speak and she looked around to see if anybody could be listening in. Thankfully, there was nobody nearby to listen in on what she'll tell them. Now, her finding of the prophecy will out, "When my Pokemon and I found a cave detailed on the map given to me that lead to Silvally's Memory Drives, they're not the only things I found. You guys know that I found the 'Sword of the Sun Lion' with them but there was something else that I've found. Something that could be connected to Solgaleo, the sword, and maybe even, me."

Ash and the others were shocked and entranced as their friend recited the prophecy involving the Black Beast, the heroine mentioned that will save the world and all of Alola, the Sword of the Sun Lion, even the preceding message involving Silvally's Memory Drives. It was not much for her and the others to go on but it did provide them a basic idea of what it could mean, even if none of them could understand.

"So you think this might be something that has a bigger plan for you?" Lana asked, curiously. Sarah reluctantly nodded, "It's not much but.. I just... feel like something bigger will happen..."

"But, what could that something bigger be?" Sophocles wondered.

"I just know that it involved the Sword of the Sun Lion I found, so far." Sarah admitted.

"Guys, I just thought of something," Lillie put in with widened eyes, starting to realize something. They all turned to Lillie, curious about what she has to say. "I once did some research into the Legendary Pokemon of this region after Ash, Sarah, her family, and I went with my mother to the Aether Foundation and when you told us about Solgaleo and Lunala appearing to you in a dream and I realized something about this Sun Lion your prophecy mentioned, Sarah."

Sarah was intrigued as she nodded for Lillie to continue. "I looked into what the Sun Lion from the prophecy would be and I saw that the Sun Lion was actually Solgaleo itself. Then, I looked into what the Sword of the Sun Lion actually is in my history books and it turns out, 'Sword of the Sun Lion' is actually another title for it apart from its true name, the Sun Sword!"

Everyone was shocked from this huge revelation from Lillie. "The Sun Sword?! Are you sure, Lillie?" Ash gasped.

Lillie nodded, confident in her findings. "I've also learned that the Sun Sword was created for the last royal family of the Alolan Monarchy," she continued. "It was originally made as a sword commissioned by the last king to honor Solgaleo but when a great battle took place that resulted in the Monarchy being abolished with his and the last queen's disappearance or sacrifice, the sword was thought to be lost after their royal adviser, a close friend of theirs, had to use it to protect Solgaleo when it and Lunala came to help stop the Black Beast from wreaking havoc on the world and the Alola Region years ago. I think Team Eclipse might also be involved since those three grunt leaders said they want to abolish any remaining traces of the Alolan Monarchy left."

"Wow! So, does that mean it got lost in the chaos of that horrible battle just to save Solgaleo from the Black Beast and Team Eclipse?" Mallow breathed in shock.

"Yes, nobody knows what happened to the sword after and many people have tried in vain to find it."

"That's... A lot to take in, Lillie," Lana gasped at last.

"There's more. I've learned that during the scuffle, the last king and queen had a baby before the great battle began, a daughter who is to be the heir to their throne and who brought joy to their lives since they wanted a child of their own. They were also planning to give the Sun Sword to her as a memento to her in their memory should they step down," she added, now feeling sorrowful. "Team Eclipse was not only angered by the Monarchy for what they believed to be how they ruled in harmony with humans and Pokemon, which is through kindness, generosity, compassion, fairness, and love. They were also afraid that their daughter would pose a threat to them should their misdoings be found out so on that day, the king and queen were forced to send her far away to keep her out of their reach before they could do anything to her before sacrificing themselves to save their people and the world. Even if it meant they wouldn't see her again..."

Everyone fell silent... "...Wow, that's quite a sad tale," Sophocles finally said, not knowing what to say to that.

"The last king and queen really had it hard with having to protect their daughter the only way they can during that battle," Kiawe agreed with a sad frown.

"They really didn't want to do this to her but they had no choice," replied Mallow. "Team Eclipse and the battle that destroyed the Alolan Monarchy involving the Black Beast forced them to do what they did..."

"Woah..." Ash gasped in awe.

Sarah didn't know what to say, she now had a huge mystery to figure out. She also wondered if Zeraora knew anything about the lost princess and what happened to the last king and queen at that time.

"Are you going to be okay, Sarah?" Mallow asked finally, worried about their friend as she was silent throughout the whole story after telling them about the prophecy.

However, she felt like a great weight was lifted off her shoulders as she smiled towards her friends, "Yeah, I'm okay. No problem now." Aqua, Sliggoo, and Blitz came to her and smiled as they nuzzled her, giving her the comfort she needed.

The others smiled brightly, glad to see Sarah feeling alright. "Sarah, you don't have to worry. Your secret's safe with us and your parents should you decide to tell them," Kiawe smiled.

"Scout's honor!" "We won't tell a soul!" "Nobody will know a thing!" "Bet on it!" Sophocles, Lana, Mallow, and Ash agreed, all of them smiling brightly. Lillie agreed with a nod and a smile, she didn't need to say anything.

Sarah tearfully nodded as she returned a thankful smile, happy to know that her friends and her family will always be by her side after revealing her secret and what they know to Nikki and James. But, as much as they want to think on it more, they still got a surprise for a certain girl to think about.

"Well, what are we doing just sitting around moping?" Ash asked, getting optimistic again. "We still got a surprise for a friend of ours to get to!"

"Yeah!" the others agreed as they decided to head to the Pokemon School now, paying for their meal and taking a now smiling Sarah with them, who was glad to put the sadness of Lillie's story about the last family of the Alolan Monarchy and her secret about the prophecy behind them.

When the group was near the Pokemon School, Ash had Sarah put on a small blindfold over her eyes, "What's this for..?" she asked. Ash chuckled, "You'll see..."

The others chuckled too as the group lead her inside the school.

As they dragged her into their classroom, the whole school interior was decked out in streamers, balloons, several gifts, and many desks have been decked out in party hats and confetti. Sarah thought she was hearing things but she swore she could hear faint giggling sounds as her friends led her across the school. Finally, when they arrived at their classroom, Ash quickly took off her blindfold and they led her inside.

"I still don't understand why you had me wear that stupid blindfold-huh?" Sarah started before she gasped and looked around. The classroom was decorated brightly with streamers and balloons like the rest of the school but there was also some colorful bunting hung on the ceiling and the desks were also covered in streamers and confetti and there were party hats put on them just for the kids. What's also odd was that Sarah noticed that the open balcony windows were covered with huge blinds making the area dark.

"Wait, why's it so dark in here?" she asked, looking around. "I thought the school was closed for today, where's Principal Oak?"

Suddenly, all the blinds were open and many people and Pokemon, including Sarah's other Pokemon, came out from their hiding places! What a marvelous sight awaited the young girl.

"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH!" everyone cheered, including her own parents, Professor Kukui, Olivia and her Lycanroc (who had come from Akala for the occasion), Principal Oak, and Ms. Anela.

"Happy birthday!" Mallow cheered as the others laughed and clapped.

"Well, Sarah, how do you like it?" Lillie asked cheerfully as she hugged her friend.

"We wanted to surprise you with a big Pokemon birthday party and we got the whole town involved!" Sophocles added with a big grin on his face.

"So, you didn't forget about my birthday!" Sarah realized, grinning broadly as her parents and other Pokemon came to her while Aqua, Blitz, and Sliggoo nuzzled her again.

"Of course we didn't, Ponchita," James smiled as he and Nikki hugged her as well.

Sarah squealed and she hugged her parents happily. "Thanks you..." she smiled.

Wooloo and Ponyta happily tackled her to the ground with a happy, 'baaa' and neigh. Everyone watched as the rest of Sarah's Pokemon followed their lead and smothered her with happy nuzzles, licks, and hugs. They couldn't be happier for her, it was just too perfect.

Soon, the party was in full swing and Sarah had gotten the chance to talk to everyone as they congratulated her and thanked her for everything she's done for them since arriving in Alola with her parents.

But then, it was time for both Sarah and her parents to reveal their secrets about the prophecy, the Sun Sword, and everything the young girl learned from her friends about the last royal family of the Alolan Monarchy. When she was alone, Nikki and James asked to talk with her alone, out of sight and where nobody can disturb them.

"You wanted to talk with me?" she asked, curious as to why her parents wanted to speak with her.

"Yes, Ponchita. When you started to be more outgoing with your friends after you were enrolled at the Pokemon School and survived everything you've been through for the past few months or so, we thought we might never see you again," James started to explain, now deciding that the truth must out. "Especially after the incidents with Team Eclipse. So, your mother and I, we talked and with help from an old friend of ours, we decided that the time has come to tell you that we're not your real parents."

Sarah was surprised by this and felt she should be angry and confused but she didn't, she never had the heart to for she had something to tell them as well regarding this as well as her own secrets that she now regrets keeping quiet about.

"I already knew, Dad," she began, as James and Nikki frowned sadly as if they knew this would come. "I heard you talking several times while I was growing up and after we moved to Alola for reasons that I'll never know. I pretended to myself to now know about this and try to forget the pain of it all and act like everything's okay but it's not and after everything that happened recently, I didn't want you to worry about me."

Lolita was secretly listening to the family's conversation, unknown by the family. "Meowth?"

"I didn't mean to start drifting apart from you and the others, even after finding out about the prophecy about what is called the Black Beast of the Ultra Dimension when I started musing on it and the Sun Sword. I know I should've told you and the others along with Olivia and Professor Kukui but I didn't want you all to think I'm crazy and that I was out of my mind."

She then proceeded to tell Nikki and James about what she and her friends discussed about the last royal family of the Alolan Monarchy and what Team Eclipse did during that time and even about the Sun Sword. As she did, she felt like another, much greater weight was lifted off her shoulders but she still felt ashamed for keeping her thoughts about those things a secret from her own family.

"That's why you've been trying to live life to the fullest with your Pokemon," James replied after a while. Sarah nodded, still feeling bad about her own actions towards him and Nikki and the secrets she kept from them.

They were all silent as Lolita watched while James and Nikki also told her about the note from Team Eclipse and the danger that will be coming for her and all of Alola and apologized for keeping their own secrets from her while explaining that Zorua helped them make the choice they made the previous night.

Then, the two of them smiled. "You know, Sarah," James began again. "When we look at you with your Pokemon and how much you've grown and matured, you look like the spitting image of your birth mother and father. It's like we're seeing them in front of us the whole time and that they haven't disappeared since the day you were brought to our doorstep back in the Kanto Region."

"Who were my real parents and what were they like? Are they really the last king and queen?"

"When we found and sheltered them for a short time, they were really loving. They were a kind pair and looked as though they ruled their kingdom with compassion and care until they told us that Team Eclipse came for them."

Lolita smiled, remembering her previous owners, "Meowth..."

"In fact, they even told us that they recently became loving parents as they showed us a bundle in a blanket they brought with them. That bundle was you," continued James as he became more sorrowful, remembering his and Nikki's only meeting with the king and queen before they disappeared. "Your father was a goofball who had a knack for trouble in a humorous way but he was kind and fair and a strict ruler when he needed to be one. Your mother was the perfect foil to him, her motherly and firm nature was a perfect complement to his light-hearted nature and she was a compassionate women who was able to see the true beauty in others that they could not see it themselves."

Sarah was enthralled as she listened in on who her birth parents were.

"But, our time with them was short-lived. When Team Eclipse and this Black Beast made themselves known, they were growing frantic and they were forced to give you to us, making us promise that you were their, Alola, and the world's only hope against them. The person who could save them from the darkness of the Black Beast and the whole world from eternal darkness when she becomes of age. We didn't fully understand, but when we made that promise, they thanked us from the bottom of their hearts and they left to stop them. When the enemies were sealed away, we had no idea what happened to them. We feared that none of them survived."

"We also lost a dear 10-year-old baby girl of our own, you see," Nikki continued sadly. "So, before your mother and father disappeared, when they asked us to take care of you in their place... Well, we thought it could be like, some kind of sign. We said 'yes'. Then, when they were gone and we feared the worst for them, we raised you in their honor and memory."

"So, that's when you made me your daughter..." Sarah said quietly.

"We always planned on telling you the truth," James replied sadly. "But now, it looks like you found that out on your own. We waited too long. We're sorry, Ponchita..."

Sarah smiled sadly at her parents and she hugged them, "I-It's okay, Mom and Dad.."

"Meowth?" The three of them then heard Lolita entering the room, "Meowth Meowth?"

James and Nikki smiled, as if they knew why Lolita was listening in on them. They could tell as she started shedding tears as they and Sarah did. "So, I'm guessing you were once their Pokemon before you ended up with Sarah, right, Lolita?"

"Meowth..." she replied to James with a nod, sniffing sadly as she remembered what happened to her original owners as if she witnessed their disappearing act to save everyone back then.

"I see, so you were that last Alolan Meowth belonging to them. Their disappearance is what forced you to renounce your place in the Alolan Monarchy when it was abolished," Nikki smiled sadly as she approached them and the human gently picked her up to wipe her tears. "I'm sorry for what happened to them, we both were," she continued. "And, we're sorry we never bothered to find you after what happened to the king and queen."

"Meow, Meow, Meowth..." continued Lolita sadly, knowing that it couldn't have been easier for either of them even if they did find out about her if they had been told. "We just want you to know that we love you just as much as your real mother and father did, Ponchita," James smiled to Sarah.

"You see, as far as we're concerned unless we all find out what really happened to them, we are your real parents," Nikki added. "And, with Lolita, she's forever a part of our family just as you are. If they were alive now, they would be very proud of you."

Sarah and Lolita looked at each other and nodded as more tears streamed down their eyes. "Mom!" Sarah cried, as the dam broke and she, Lolita, Nikki, and James shared a final hug, their own weights finally lifted on all their shoulders as they have no more secrets and will continue to live on for Sarah's birth parents, the last king and queen of the Alolan Monarchy.

But, as they were sharing such a tender moment, they didn't know that they were being watched by a familiar Tricky Fox Pokemon and Thunderclap Pokemon as they watched with happy smiles and tearful eyes, thankful that their three friends and Lolita were brought closer together by their shared confession.

A fateful confession has brought Sarah and her now-revealed adopted parents, and even Lolita, closer together. And, with a promise to live on for Sarah's birth parents, the journey continues...


Sarah's Team:

1. Pikachu

Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch, Double Team

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, Psybeam

8. Meowth (Alola Form)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Scratch, Iron Tail, Dark Pulse

9. Brionne

Moves - Pound, Water Gun, Icy Wind, Bubblebeam, Aqua Jet

10. Milotic

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

11. Mareep (Shiny)

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

12. Sylveon

Moves - Tackle, Tail Whip, Copycat, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

13. Sliggoo

Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse

14. Noctowl

Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion

15. Espurr (Male)

Moves - Helping Hand, Psyshock, Light Screen, Future Sight

16. Espurr (Female)

Moves - Heal Pulse, Psyshock, Dark Pulse, Future Sight