At night while Nikki, James and the pokemon were sleeping, Sarah went over to her desk and opened her diary.
She was proud of having done what she did for Gladion and Lillie, despite the obvious difficulty she faced when trying to ease her friends into forgetting a part of their past involving the UB incident plaguing them. It wasn't much or all of it, as she would've liked for Lillie, but she knew that it was a step in the right direction to help her completely recall the truth of the incident. "I had quite a day prior to tonight when my friends, Professor Burnet, and Professor Kukui all came to see me and have a sleepover and another homework party," Sarah thought as she wrote down her thoughts. "I was very happy to have some company after my unexpected trip to Ten Carat Hill and my first meeting with Gladion though I had to catch up on homework in the meantime."
She even recalled the times when Lillie's mind was on her brother and what he's been doing along with telling her and Gladion about the argument she had with Lusamine that morning.
"Lillie had a lot of fun as we did but her mind was really on Gladion for some time and she's been wondering how he's been getting on since their last reunion," she continued. "Then came the moment of truth, the time for Lillie and Gladion to put a part of their past behind them. I was glad for them when Gladion and I managed to ease Lillie into remembering some part of the truth behind the incident that scarred her badly. It's not much but I think it's small but fresh new step in the right direction for them both."
She then sighed as she finished writing down her thoughts. "I just only hope things will continue to get better for them and there won't be any trouble for them or the rest of us," she capped off before closing her diary and looking out the window, wondering how Gladion and his Silvally are doing since their reunion with Lillie.
As she looked out from her bedroom window, Absol appeared once again as it looked at Sarah with the same mellow authoritative stare on its face, the danger it felt drawing closer.
(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~! If we could get further away~! I wonder what it would be li-i-i-i-i-ke, yeah~!
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! But, they don't feed the hunger deep inside my soul! And, tonight, I thought I'd be just sitting in my sorrow!
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
The Next Morning...
Nikki and James were making breakfast, for Sarah and the Pokemon, together when they heard a knock at the door. "Huh? Wonder who that is?" James asked. He went to the door and opens it and found Faba at the door.
"Good morning, Nikki, James," Faba slyly grinned. "I was wondering where I might find your daughter, is she at school already?"
"Faba? What are you doing here," James questioned in surprise. He and his wife weren't expecting one of the Aether Foundation's chief scientists to pay their family a visit of some kind.
"What are you doing here?" Nikki growled as she joined her husband and glared at the scientist, who gave them a cocky smile.
"I've just come to retrieve something that belongs to me courtesy of Miss Lusamine's recent orders," Faba replied simply. "Now, if you would inquire me on the whereabouts of your daughter, I'll go into detail on that."
Nikki and James both had a sinking feeling that Faba could be here for more than just a visit to see how their daughter's getting on with Nebby after what Professor Burnet did for them but they decided to enlighten him and keep a close eye on the guy to make sure he doesn't try anything funny.
"She's outside in the backyard with her Pokemon but I'm warning you, Faba," replied James before he gave a dark warning. "If you do anything to my Ponchita, you can expect a world of pain coming from us."
"Why, I wouldn't dream of it!" Faba said in mock surprise as he entered the house and went through the back door. "Why would I want to impose any danger onto your lovable daughter for whatever reasons I have? It would only be a simple talk, I assure you. It won't take too long, have a nice day." James and Nikki glared darkly at the scientist still and their partners and the Lycanroc Couple aren't too fond of them as the latter couple just growled at him.
Out in the backyard, Sarah and her Pokemon were training together before they have breakfast and head for school later. Everything seemed peaceful and nothing could possibly go wrong for them.
That was until Silvally felt a familiar, dark presence coming from behind them and snarled. "What's wrong, Silvally?" Sarah asked her partner.
"I know who's coming," he growled.
"Aha, young Sarah..." Sarah and her pokemon turned and saw Faba coming towards them.
"Faba... what do you want?" Sarah asked.
"I'm just here to retrieve your Silvally under command of Lusamine. Master Gladion has already given me his Silvally willingly, so if you would kindly give your Silvally to me, I'll be in my way." Sarah narrowed her eyes at Faba, knowing there was no way Gladion would never willingly give up his Silvally to Faba.
"I doubt Gladion would give his Silvally to you." she growled. "And I'm not giving Silvally to you either."
"Hmph. Fine, then I guess I have no choice.. Alakazam, Hypno!" Faba snapped his fingers and his two pokemon appeared beside him. Sarah's pokemon growled at the two, not willing to let him take their friend.
"Hypno, use Hypnosis in them!" Faba exclaimed, but before Hypno could start the attack, "Absooool..." A Dark Pulse attack came and struck Hypno, sending it skidding back.
"What the-?!" Faba exclaimed before a Disaster Pokemon came in front of Sarah and her pokemon.
"Absol!" the Absol shouted, glaring darkly at the scientist.
"An Absol!" Faba growled as he eyed the Dark Type protecting Sarah and Silvally while his Hypno recovered and glared back at it. Sarah was shocked from the appearance of the Dark Type Pokemon saving her and Silvally but she couldn't dwell on it.
"Faba, why would you want Silvally from me?" she snarled angrily at him. "What could you possibly want with your so-called creation? He's mine and I won't let you take him! Now, back off, I don't want to be late for school again!"
Faba composed himself and smirked coolly, "I know you have a lot to do and you have school to get back to but I'm here on a little request from Lillie and Gladion's mother and the Aether Foundation's Chairwoman, Lusamine. Rumor has it that you and Gladion have managed to ease her into remembering something tragic that caused her to become less scared of touching Pokemon and after a little digging, we figured you have something to do with it."
"The reason I came here was to retrieve Gladion's Type: Null, which I have, along with your Silvally. I know your Pokemon had no influence on Young Lillie's fear of touching Pokemon and you raised it very well but this is only a small precaution."
"I will never give him to you!" Sarah bellowed, as her parents, Dragonite, Lucario, and the Lycanroc couple came into the scene. Absol's glare darkened, becoming more determined to put Faba and his Pokemon down.
"Don't get so riled up, Missy," Faba snarked, the smirk still on his face.
"Tapu Koko may have given Silvally to you and you gained legal custody of it from that point onward. But, regardless, that Pokemon of yours will always be the property of the Aether Foundation and we have the right to take it back with or without your permission, whether you like it or not. Alakazam, Hypno, Psychic plus Hypnosis!" The two Psychic types launched their attacks but Absol was faster as it launched a Dark Pulse and Razor Wind at the three bad guys.
"Woah! That's fast!" Silvally exclaimed.
"What am I, Tricky Fox Liver?!" a familiar Tricky Fox pokemon came onto the scene. "Zorua!" "You are not starting a fight without me." Zoura said with that mischievous smile of his. Faba and his Pokémon recovered and spotted the tiny fox.
"A Zoura too?!" Faba exclaimed.
"Eat this! Night Daze!" Zoura exclaimed and he unleashed his signature move on the three bad guys too.
"Zorua! What are you doing here?" Sarah asked, still baffled from the Tricky Fox Pokemon's appearance. "I'll explain later, we have to go now!" she cried as she joined Absol.
"Ponchita!" James called as he and Nikki along with Dragonite, Lucario, and the Lycanroc Couple came forth and shielded their daughter and her Pokemon. "We'll handle this creep, you and your Pokemon get to the school as fast as you can!"
"Mom, Dad!" Sarah shouted, worried for her adopted parents as they began to face the crazy scientist.
"Don't worry, honey, you just continue with your life as normal! We'll drive him off," Nikki reassured. "Go!"
Sarah wanted to stay and help them but a whimpering from Nebby and a nudge from Silvally made her think otherwise. "Sarah, they're right. It's not safe with Faba still around, we have to go!" Silvally told her.
The Absol that saved her and Silvally gave a bark and an agreeing nod as she looked at it, its mellow authoritative stare telling her not to argue with its fellow Pokemon and her parents. Sarah was still reluctant but at last, she nodded and agreed to leave.
"Good luck, Mom, Dad!" she called as Nebby quickly used Teleport to transport her and the rest of her Pokemon, along with Absol and Zorua to the beach near the Pokemon School.
This left Nikki, James, their partners, and the Lycanroc couple to fight alone against Faba and his Alakazam and Hypno.
When they arrived at the Pokemon School, Sarah and her Pokemon all breathed a sigh of relief while Absol just licked its front right paw and Zorua gave a snigger before the two Pokemon turned to the group before them. "Whew, that was close! I'm glad we made it," Zorua smiled.
"Ab Absol, Sol," Absol noted, knowing that they haven't seen the last of Faba. "Come on, big guy, we're safe now. And, the kid's parents look tough, maybe they'll be a match for them," Zorua giggled slyly.
"What'll we do now?" Silvally asked Sarah, who sighed. "We can't go back and face Faba, he's still after us."
"And if Faba has Gladion's Silvally, we have to find Ash, Gladion and Lillie, maybe they can help." Sarah said.
"You'll worry about that later, kid," Zorua put in as they turned to her and Absol. "Don't you have school to get back to?"
"But, you said you'd tell us what's going on and why you and that Absol are here and protected us from that knucklehead of a scientist! Scratch that, who does that Absol belong to?"
"I said I'd tell ya later, didn't I? And, to answer your question, this Absol here is not wild but a good friend belonging to a nice man. You'll know who he belongs to later on," Zorua finished. "Come on, big guy, let's do reconnaissance and see if her parents and their Pokemon need help. Good luck, everyone!"
And, with that, Zorua and Absol rushed off to return to Sarah's house and see if her parents need help. "Wait!" Sarah called. But, it was too late, Absol and Zorua had already run off and were out of sight.
"...Okay, that was weird," Silvally pondered before he looked to Nebby, who babbled happily and innocently from his older brother eyeing him. "And, I thought you were weird to begin with."
Just then, the school bell rang which meant that Sarah and her Pokemon had teleported to the Pokemon School just in time, a few minutes earlier and because of the dire situation she and Silvally were in when Faba came to take him from her by force.
"I guess we'll find out after school ends," Sarah decided and her Pokemon agreed before they rushed into the classroom to find Lillie sitting alone. But, she was still worried about Gladion and what could happen to him and his Silvally after their reunion the night before. What's more, she doesn't know they were in great danger when Faba waited for them in his motel room and put Gladion, Umbreon, and Lycanroc out of commission while stealing the first Synthetic Pokemon from him. "Hey, Lillie, you alright?" Sarah asked.
Lillie nodded, "Yeah, I'm okay. It's just... I feel strange after remembering part of what happened that terrible day..." "I know how you feel, it wasn't easy but it was needed," Sarah reassured.
Lillie nodded, knowing Sarah was right. Nebby floated over and cooed at Lillie. "Hehe, I'm alright Nebby. Promise.."
"Even Nebby can tell how you're feeling and even he knows that since he was with us and Gladion the whole time..." "Lillie?" Sarah and Lillie turned to find their friends had just arrived and had joined them, hearing the two of them talk. Lillie had the sense to not speak about her reunion with Gladion and what Sarah had done to help them with their past, knowing that it wasn't time for them to know everything that happened that night.
"It'll be okay, Gladion will be just fine. He made it known himself when you first introduced me to him," Ash said to Lillie, thankfully clueless about the two siblings' recent reunion.
"It's important not to rush things, especially your fear of touching Pokemon," Lana agreed. "I'm sure once you get over it, you'll have no problems at all and neither will he."
"Right, we'll be right by your side," put in Kiawe with a knowing smile as Mallow nodded her head in agreement.
"And, Snowy is, too!" added Sophocles as Snowy let out a cute little 'Vul!' knowing what everyone is thinking.
At that moment, Professor Burnet along with her Munchlax and Professor Kukui came to the school to see how Lillie's been getting on. Since she was the only one who saw the reunion take place and what came out of it, Burnet made the right decision to keep the promise she and Wicke made to Sarah and not tell everyone about it, even to Professor Kukui. "Hi, Lillie," she called as she, Munchlax, and Professor Kukui entered the classroom.
"Professor Burnet!" Lillie said, surprised to see them. Burnet smiled, glad to see her smiling. "I was wondering how you were after our little party the day before yesterday. I love to see you smile and it always makes me happier than I can say," she told the young girl gleefully, who nodded.
"Snowy," Lillie addressed to her partner, who tilted her head curiously.
"We're going to see Gladion again after school ends for today. I want us to know how he's been getting on after my reunion with him." Snowy cooed happily.
"Vul!" Snowflake smiled happily. Sarah was happy for Lillie but she was still a bit shaken from what happened.
"Hey Sarah, are you okay?" Ash asked.
"I'm fine, Ash," she said abruptly and turned away, much to his surprise. "Don't worry about me."
"Sarah, what is it? You're not acting like yourself," Ash pressed on but he was only making her a little annoyed.
"I'm alright, Ash. Would you just let it go, already?" she denied again, trying to get him off her back. She didn't want to tell everyone about Faba ambushing her and her family for Silvally and would only get them in danger. Plus, she felt as though she needed to tell Lillie about it so they both know what they're in for from the crazy scientist. "But, Sarah! We can help you, whatever's happened, we can all give you a hand in dealing with-!"
"I'm fine, Ash Ketchum! What's happened to me is something that you don't understand! Why don't we just get the lesson started and you just drop everything so we can move on in life, got it?!" Sarah snapped at Ash, making him flinch badly. Everyone else looked at her in shock and horror, they had never seen Sarah snap at one of her own friends like that. Sarah realized what she had done as she saw Ash beginning to cry.
"Oh, Ash, I'm sorry... I don't know what came over me," she apologized, now filled with regret for lashing out at the Kanto trainer just for offering to help her. The stress over Faba's ambush on her family was starting to get to her and she was starting to become anxious for her parents, their partners, and the Lycanroc Couple.
"I know you want to help but I don't want it. What's happened to me is still none of your business but I appreciate you wanting to help. Look, just forget about it and let's get our class rolling, okay...?"
Sarah walked to her desk and silently sat there, stewing in her own regret and stress from the morning's events. Everyone looked at her worriedly as her Pokemon and Nebby came over to her and nuzzled and hugged her with worried faces of their own. None of them could find it in themselves to help with whatever she's dealing with as today's lesson began in earnest.
A few hours later...
It was recess and the group was outside playing with their Pokémon friends... except for Sarah. She sat by herself with her pokemon friends there by her side. She was worrying about her parents and their Pokémon. She hoped Zoura and Absol would return with good news.
But, Absol and Zorua never came back and she was beginning to suspect that they ran into some additional trouble after going back to help her parents and their partners. Her mood didn't improve when school resumed after recess nor when school finally ended and she and Lillie decided to walk together, with Lillie suggesting that it would help clear her mind off of whatever was plaguing her.
The young girl could see that Sarah was feeling on edge for some reason and since she helped her take the first steps of overcoming her fear of touching Pokemon, she decided to help Sarah with her problem and see what she can do to assist. Sarah was quiet as they went on their walk and Lillie decided to break the silence first to get her friend to speak her mind, "What's the matter, Sarah?"
"...What?" Sarah asked quietly, having been snapped back to reality out of her worried stupor. "You've been awfully quiet all day and during recess at school," Lillie told her, still not holding back her worry for her friend.
"It's like you've shut yourself off from the rest of us like a light. It's also not like you to snap at anybody like that."
"I'm just a little tired from my training session this morning with my Pokemon," Sarah lied, trying to not worry Lillie even more. But, Lillie wasn't convinced as she attained a firm look as she eyed Sarah, with Snowy sharing the same look. Not even Sarah's Pokemon were impressed with the little white lie from their human mother/aunt/trainer told her friend.
"Sarah..." Lillie groaned as she kept her eyes firm, glaring at her friend to tell her the truth. Sarah flinched from Lillie's glare but she sighed and relented, realizing that she's not going to get Lillie to back off on her troubles.
"...Faba came to my family's house this morning and he attacked my family and I, telling me he's come for Silvally," she told her.
Lillie gasped in shock and horror, "Faba?! But, why would he want your Silvally after Mother entrusted him to you?"
"He said that it was an order which was a complete lie. And... I think he took Gladion's Silvally too. My parents and their Pokémon fought against him while me and my pokemon escaped but something must have happened to them..."
"T-Then we have to go to the Ather Foundation and find out." Lillie stated.
"But, that would mean having us try to uncover more of what happened that day when Silvally saved you and drove the Ultra Beast that kidnapped you away," Sarah reminded.
"You still don't remember everything even after that little push I gave you two." Lillie frowned, realizing that she was right. She still didn't have all of her memories back and she would have to remember more of her past if she was going to fully overcome her fear and help her brother and his Silvally.
"You're right, Sarah. But, just looking at his Silvally, it made me realize something when I was sleeping last night," Lillie mused. "I had a dream, recalling the same bits and pieces over what happened that day but it was a little different. I was kidnapped by the Ultra Beast but then it transformed into what looked like an Alakazam... It took me and held me hostage but then Gladion's Silvally appeared and tried to attack to rescue me but it looked different form its old form. Almost like it was similar to your Silvally but I didn't get a good look as I panicked from the look on its face and woke up."
Sarah thought about what Lillie told her about her dream and had a conclusion wrapped up, "I'd say that sounds like a premonition, a vision of what could happen. Maybe it's a clue to the rest of your memories."
"You think so?" Lillie asked in surprised. Sarah nodded, confirming Lillie's thoughts. Lillie then grew determined, realizing what she has to do now. "Sarah, you and your Pokemon come with me. Nebby, can you still use Teleport according to our thoughts?" Nebby babbled curiously, telling his babysitter that he can but he doesn't know what she wants from him and his family.
"Lillie, what are you talking about?" Sarah asked, a little perplexed from Lillie's change in her attitude. "I'm going to remember everything from that day. I got to know every detail! I've got to remember every second of what went on and maybe I'll remember, then help Gladion and his Silvally!" she told her.
Sarah has never seen Lillie like this before but she could see the determination in her friends eyes. "A-Alright..." Sarah complied before looking at Nebby.
"Nebby?" The little Pokémon babbled before floating up near Lillie.
Lillie nodded to Nebby, mentally telling the little Pokemon to do what he must. Nebby saw the determination in his babysitter's eyes and nodded in agreement as he teleported everyone to a small beach somewhere on the edge of Melemele Island.
Sarah was in awe as she and her Pokemon along with Nebby looked around. Lillie gasped in wonder, starting to recall more bits and pieces of the day that changed her life forever.
"Ah... This place," she breathed, recalling her, Gladion, and Lusamine playing happily together. "This is the beach... Where I used to visit with my mother and brother when I was little..."
Then, Nebby teleported everyone to a garden near Lillie's mansion back at Hau'oli City. Lillie was delighted to be back as she remembered seeing her mother growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables for her small family.
"Wow, what is this place, Lillie? I've never seen this when I was at your house the last few times," Sarah asked as she and her Pokemon gawked at the flowers and produce being grown.
"Mother's garden on the right side of the backyard. She used to grow her vegetables and her flowers and fruits before she got so busy with her work at the Aether Foundation," Lillie recalled joyfully as she remembered seeing herself and Gladion helping their mother with assistance from Cleffa, a Herdier, and Gladion's Umbreon when she was just an Eevee.
"And, the Pokemon, they used to help out, too..." Lillie sighed happily as she recalled the fun times she and Gladion had helping Lusamine with her garden. Nebby smiled for Lillie before he then teleported them to the next location in her memories which was an outdoor eating area attached to a hotel restaurant.
"Hey, isn't this the restaurant Ash ate in with his mom when they first came to Alola?" Sarah asked as she looked around.
"Yeah, my mother used to take Gladion and I to this restaurant, too," Lillie replied happily as she recalled her, Lusamine, and Gladion eating together happily.
"W-We had good memories there." Lillie said.
Lillie could only sigh happily as she, Sarah, and their Pokemon were then transported to a bright and colorful nursery that she remembered fondly. Sarah and her Pokemon were baffled as they looked around the place.
"Okay, now I'm seeing things that look like from a kid's wildest imagination playground," Silvally sweat dropped as he looked all over.
"What's this room for?" Sarah quizzed as she held a happily babbling Nebby. Lillie smiled brightly, "This is the nursery my brother and I shared when we were little. It's from our Aether Paradise house... So nice to see it hasn't changed a bit..." Then, they were transported to what looked like a fancy office when in fact, it was Lusamine's room and office in another part of her family's Aether Paradise house.
"Wow, this must be my mother's room," Lillie gasped in surprise, remembering the room everyone is in.
"A nursery and a fancy-schamcy office along with those cursed labs, blasted tool tables, and claustrophobic pens" Silvally quipped in disbelief. "Now, I've seen everything!" His groaning and disbelief earned himself a hard nudge from Wooloo, the Sheep Pokemon telling him to stop whining.
Sarah looked around until she noticed photos hung from the wall, showing how Lusamine and her kids were before her work at the Aether Foundation took her away from them. "Wow, those must be of you and Gladion along with Lusamine," she awed as she looked through them. You guys must've had a lot of fun when you were kids and before the Aether Foundation went into full swing. Even Lusamine was at her happiest when she's spending time with you guys."
"Mother..." Lillie recalled as she picked up a photo of her mother's that was one of her favorites. It was the first photo they took during one of their little beach outings. As she remembered, she smiled as she held it close.
"It feels strange. Everything we did ever since we took this picture is coming back to me; all the laughter, even the sound of the waves..."
Nebby smiled happily and babbled some more.
Sarah smiled as she nodded, "It's all coming back to you as we speak," she said to her friend. "Your Mother may have been busy and she can be a bit vain but its just her way of showing you that she does love you." Nebby babbled in agreement, feeling very happy for his babysitter as he used Teleport again.
But, this time, both his mother and babysitter knew what the place he teleported them and the Pokemon to was; it was the underground labs on the lower levels of the Aether Foundation.
"No! Sarah! This place is-!" Silvally gasped as he looked around, glaring at the labs around him. "Lillie, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sarah asked, starting to feel a little on edge about their current location.
"This is the underground research area," Lillie nodded as she looked around and recalled what Sarah told her. "You came here with Wicke and Professor Burnet to know about the origins of your and Gladion's Silvally, right?"
"Yeah. This must've been part of your memories, you and Gladion came here on a visit to the Aether Paradise four years ago with your mother before," Sarah noted.
Meanwhile...
Faba looked at Gladion's Silvally, still resting in its Premier Ball from his office. He felt very pleased as he tucked the ball away on one of his desk drawers, "Lusamine must never know about what occurred four years ago, no matter what happens, especially with that Ultra Beast. Now, all I need to do is take back Sarah's little Silvally. With her parents and those two intruders in my power, I'll make her wish she hadn't claimed my BKP."
Then, to his confusion, his Ultra Aura radar gave off heavy signs of an Ultra Beast as he looked at it. "The Ultra Aura's numbers, they're going crazy..." he mused before he gasped. "It's close!" He activated the video cameras and was shocked to see Lillie and Sarah in the research area.
"Oh no, Miss Lillie! Sarah! How did those two get here-AH! Could she have possibly remembered everything that happened?" he fretted worriedly.
Faba knew that Lillie couldn't remember what happened, "I have to make sure she forgets and get that other Silvally... and I have just the plan... just have to get my... prisoners... hahaha!"
Lillie looked around as she and Sarah and their Pokemon walked through the laboratories. Lillie was confused, was there a part of her memories that surely involved her being here in the underground labs? "I've been here before but that doesn't make sense," she pondered curiously.
"The underground laboratories were forbidden to enter by anyone except the staff's higher-ups and top scientists. So, how could I remember coming here?"
As Lillie and Sarah looked for what could be the final clues to all of her memories, Gladion had come to and was now at the Aether Paradise on the upper levels, confronting his mother over his Silvally's whereabouts.
"Where's Type: Null?" he asked, not wanting any nonsense from Lusamine. Lusamine, on the other hand, feigned innocence about her son's Synthetic Pokemon.
"Type: Null?" she quizzed. "I'm sure I heard that name somewhere before." Gladion was livid as he quickly got into her face, getting more steamed with Lillie's safety firmly on his mind.
"You tell me where he is, right now!" he demanded angrily.
"Stop! Honey, please, what's with you? You're making such a scary face," Lusamine calmly said, trying to calm her son down. But, Gladion wasn't going to let her live this down, "Tell me where he is, Faba stole him from me!" Lusamine was surprised but as much as she tried to wrack her head, she couldn't remember anything.
"Faba? I have no idea what you could be talking about," she puzzled.
This surprised Gladion, "You don't? I'm confused..."
Suddenly, Lusamine gasped as she recalled something as well, "I remember now! Type: Null was the code name of a mysterious project that Faba was in the process of developing alongside Burnet and Wicke. Let's see, the last time I remember hearing about it, I was told that it was a failure."
Gladion gasped, "Failure? That's not true! Silvally saved us, not only did he rescue me and Lillie but Wicke told me that one of them, his brother, was entrusted to Sarah!" he said, to Lusamine's shock.
"Really?" She exclaimed. Gladion nodded in confinement.
Lusamine was amazed by this but she needed to be sure.
"Saved you, and one of them was entrusted to Sarah before it appeared here again? I remember hearing about that one running away before it was found by Tapu Koko. What happened with you two and the first Silvally, tell me!" she demanded, now wanting to know more of the truth behind the UB incident.
While Gladion filled her in on the reality of the incident, Faba had just finished briefing three Aether Foundation employees that looked like a familiar klutzy trio on what he wants them to do before he looked behind him and started calling some assistance should they fail.
"It's time. Mousey, Wolf, Hakins, are you there?" he called to a familiar trio of grunt leaders as they appeared from either lab on his left and right. Wolf, Hakins, and Mousey appeared in disguise as they faced Faba.
"Hello, Faba, it's good to see that you're keeping your head down with your projects," Wolf smirked. "We've been wondering when you would call again."
"You know me, I've been keeping my head down and my hands clean about Type: Null ever since the project first bombed and when the first two models escaped from my grasp. Thankfully, the third model isn't going anywhere and I plan to keep it that way. I've managed to swipe Type: Null from Master Gladion's hands but Sarah and her Silvally are a few tough cookies to crack."
"Which is why we told you not to underestimate her last night after you made your previous success known," Mousey replied.
"She is not like any other trainer with such an army at her disposal. She also is becoming more formidable now that she has the Sun Sword and is getting closer to unmasking the truth about what happened to her real parents that caused our initial downfall."
"Does she know how to use her royal family's sword yet?" Faba quizzed.
Hakins shook his head, being cautious, "No, but she will, eventually. The trainer who's Absol belonged to must've found out and planned to meet up with her soon."
Faba growled, "This is a serious problem."
"And, it'll only get worse when the Absol's trainer appears to her and begins teaching her everything he knows about the sword and how to use it," Wolf added. "Then, we've no time to waste. If those first three fools I've assigned to retrieve Miss Lillie fail, I need you three to find and bring her to me at once and only then, Sarah will be yours and yours alone to take and destroy."
"Leaving us to pounce if those knuckleheads from Team Rocket can get to them first," Hakins replied, skeptically. "I don't see how they can handle Lillie and Sarah."
"Those kids can crush us and those turkey brains flat and there's also the matter of Zeraora and Lillie on the verge of fully remembering everything that happened on the day of the UB incident when she was kidnapped by UB-1, or should I say, Nihilego," Mousey mused with a snarl.
"How can you possibly make Lillie stop remembering the reality of the incident," quizzed Wolf incredulously.
Faba brought out his Hypno and elaborated on his memory erasing process, "If I utilize my Hypno's powers, then it's possible... I can erase anyone's memories."
Back to Lillie and Sarah; both trainers and their Pokemon were now teleported to another part of the underground laboratories which caused Lillie to grow concerned as she recalled another part of her memories here.
"Here, too? I know this place..." Lillie quivered as she looked around before she and Sarah felt a disturbing presence and they turned and gasped to find five familiar Pokemon behind them. Faba's Alakazam and Hypno along with Mousey's Salazzle, Wolf's Houndoom, and Hakins' Camerupt, were all giving the two girls and their Pokemon dark glares and smirks as they found them.
"Not again!" Sarah cried. Silvally growled as he and the rest of Sarah's Pokemon shielded them, "You! I thought we and Sarah's parents finished you off!"
Alakazam and Hypno smirked at Silvally before they used Psychic to throw Sarah and her Pokemon back while Faba kidnapped Lillie from behind.
Sarah shook off the damage and gasped, "Lillie!"
"Sarah!" Lillie cried as Faba forcefully dragged her to his lab.
"Get back here!" her Silvally shouted as they gave chase and Nebby teleported them to her and Faba's current location.
Meanwhile, Lusamine and Gladion were searching around Faba's lab for his Silvally; with Lillie now possibly in danger from Faba and what he has planned for her after knowing the truth, they both knew that time is of the essence.
"Come on, come on! Where did he hide it?" Gladion fretted as he looked through one of the drawers.
"Whoever thought Faba, of all people here, would've opened up an Ultra Wormhole? Not me," Lusamine mused as she looked through Faba's files and capsules.
Gladion knew what she was talking about and what's been on her mind, thinking back to Nebby and what happened to his sister before he asked about the incident and Nihilego, "The Ultra Beast, would you like to see it?"
Lusamine was confused by this so Gladion elaborated. "That's always been your dream since you're a kid, hasn't it?" he asked again.
"Lillie blocked her memory of the fear she experienced after being attacked by an Ultra Beast, yet you still want to see it!" Gladion scoffed at her, "That's the kind of person you are."
"Gladion!" Lusamine snapped, shocked from her son's accusation and the harsh truth from it. "Did you really think it was strange to you for one minute how Lillie stopped touching Pokemon until we realized it?" he continued regardless.
"Even if Faba lied to you and hid the facts, remember! You're still our mother, our well-being and safety always come first!" Lusamine was stunned but she knew her son was right. She had been so busy with her dream for her own gain that she failed to be a truly good parent to her own children. She felt awful for pushing them away for her dream.
"I'm so sorry," she sniffed sadly.
"I'm not the only one you should apologize to," Gladion replied. Finally, he found the Premier Ball containing his Silvally but then the alarm went off, startling them.
"Danger Danger! Lillie's in trouble hurry!" Sarah's voice came.
"Sarah!" Gladion and Lusamine cried out and they hurried to where the alarm was triggered, hoping to arrive in time to save Lillie.
In another part of the labs, a familiar cloaked Pokemon appeared from a Thunderbolt and looked around. The Pokemon lifted its hood off to reveal Zeraora, who had heard Sarah's cries and felt the danger she and Lillie are in with the addition to Team Eclipse.
Quickly, it looked around the labs to where it thinks Sarah, her friend, and her Pokemon could be.
While all that was going on, Faba managed to drag Lillie to his lab, becoming more and more crazed and scaring her badly as his Alakazam and Hypno joined him with Mousey, Wolf, and Hakins' Pokemon partners as their bodyguards.
"How much do you remember now?!" he snarled with a deranged smile. Lillie was frightened as she didn't answer. "That's alright, 'cause I'll make sure that you don't remember a thing and your friend will be in much better hands."
"What do you mean?" Lillie asked worriedly.
"Now, Hypno, use Hypnosis!" ordered Faba as his Hypnosis Pokemon prepared to wipe away Lillie's memories. "I don't want to forget!" fretted Lillie as she braced herself for the worst, begging for someone to save her.
Suddenly, Sarah and her Pokemon arrived just in time to stop Faba from committing his sins as they all got into a battle stance and glared at their enemies, answering Lillie's prayers.
"Silvally, Sylveon, Lolita! Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, and don't forget, Tri Attack!" Sarah bellowed.
"Damn! I take that back, use Reflect and bounce them back!" Faba gasped in shock. Hypno, sensing its master's distress and anger, created a shield to bounce the attacks back at their owners.
Not wanting his family to take the hit, Silvally quickly shielded them with his own body but was blasted back.
"Silvally!" "No!" Sarah and Lillie shouted. Nebby cried as he struggled against Sarah's hold, trying to reach his big brother as he got up.
"I'm alright, Mother, little bro," Silvally reassured.
"Faba, let Lillie go! Now!" Sarah demanded. Faba chuckled, "I'll let her go... if you hand over your Silvally to me..." "No way!" Sarah growled. "Fine then... how about I spice up this trade then.." Faba snapped his fingers and more Team Ecplise grunts came out... with Nikki, James, Lucario, Dragonite, Zoura, Absol and the Lycanroc Couple held hostage!
Sarah gasped in horror, "Mom! Dad!"
"Sarah, don't do it!" "Ponchita!" James and Nikki cried as they struggled against their captors.
"James, Nikki!" Lillie cried, horrified that Faba has sunk so low to join forces with Team Eclipse and taking Sarah's parents and their partners along with the Lycanroc Couple hostage for Sarah's Silvally.
"Now, that it's all come to this, I think it's time you all take a little nap! Hypno, finish them with Hypnosis!" Faba screamed as his Psychic Type started to send sleep waves to knock their foes out into a deep slumber.
"Nebby, Teleport!" Sarah called to Nebby. The little Ultra Beast agreed, glaring at Faba for daring to hurt his babysitter and his family on such a deranged level. Before Hypno managed to send him and his family to Dreamland, he teleported them to the right side of the lab before Sarah went for another combo attack.
"Noctowl, Aqua, Ponyta! Bubblebeam plus Confusion plus Moonblast!" Ponyta, Aqua, and Noctowl all shot their attacks into another triple combo at Faba, Alakazam, Hypno, and Mousey, Hakins, and Wolf's partners, hoping to blast them away from Lillie.
"So, using Teleport to dodge us, eh? Excellent, now it's our turn," Faba sneered. "Alakazam, Teleport plus Psychic attack!" Alakazam swiftly teleported to Sarah's current location and forced her and her Pokemon back, dealing them a lot of pain.
"Sol!" "Sarah! Get up, guys, you gotta win!" Absol and Zorua cried, watching helplessly as Sarah and her Pokemon fought against Faba. But, all they could do was struggle alongside the Lycanroc Couple, Dragonite, and Lucario while they hoped for a miracle.
"Ah! Let me go!" "Honey!" "Ponchita, get up, hurry!" Sarah, James, and Nikki shouted as they also struggled against their captors.
"Now, Alakazam, use Psychic and make sure they're ready to be delivered to Team Eclipse' hands!" Faba sneered.
"Stop!" Lillie cried as she finally broke free from Faba to save Sarah and Snowy.
The Espurr pair got up and saw the attack coming, "Espurr...!" And the pair used Helping Hand and Dark Pulse against the Psychic attack to protect their family. "Espurr..." the two of them growled before the two started to glow in a blue light...!
Everyone watched in shock as the two Espurr started to evolve and reach their final stages. Sarah and Lillie were enchanted by their double evolution, their selfless act to save their family granting them new power.
"Sarah, your Espurr!" "They're evolving!" Nikki and James cried as they also watched in amazement. Finally, the glow died down as the Espurr Pair revealed themselves to fully-evolved Female and Male Meowstic.
"Meowstic!"
"Sol...!" "Both of them have evolved into a pair of Meowstic!" Absol and Zorua cried in awe and amazement. "No! That means Sarah and her Pokemon have more power than ever!" snarled Faba before he smirked at Lillie. "But, since you decided to disobey me, Miss Lillie, alright then. Alakazam, Psychic!"
"AH!" Lillie cried as she became trapped in Alakazam's Psychic attack and held hostage as well.
"Lillie!" "Oh, no!" "Put her down!" Sarah and her parents cried in horror, shock, and outrage.
"Now, one last time, Sarah! Give me your Silvally and turn yourself into Team Eclipse or watch me wipe off Lillie's memories and prepare to see your parents our guests say 'goodbye' one last time!" Faba demanded.
"No! I'll never give him up, let 'em go!" Sarah screamed back angrily, her Meowstic looking ready to give their own fellow Psychic Types a beating. Gladion and Lusamine quickly arrived and were angered and horrified by the scene before them.
"Lillie!" cried a horrified Lusamine as she watched Faba's Alakazam holding her own daughter hostage along with Sarah's family and partners and even Absol and Zorua. Sarah heard Lusamine and she gasped to see Gladion and Lusamine with them.
"Gladion!" Sarah cried in surprise, making Lillie's brother turn to her. "Sarah, ready to end this?" he asked, which she gave him a determined nod. "Let's show Faba what Synthetic Pokemon power can really do."
"Silvally, let's rocket!" "Silvally, let's go!" Gladion and Sarah shouted together, sending their two Synthetic Pokemon brothers out to fight.
"Sweet..!" "Rrrr...!"
"Silvally, Hyper Beam on Alakazam!" "Silvally, use Crush Claw!" Sarah and Gladion called.
The two Silvally prepared to use their attacks but Faba just snarled as he glared at the two Pokemon he created that decided to rebel against him. "I created you two and I was once your master. Never forget that it was I who managed to bestow life upon you," Faba growled.
"Dream on, egghead! You may have created us but you're never our master or father!" Sarah's Silvally spat while Gladion's Silvally growled at Faba behind its mask.
Lillie looked at Gladion's Silvally as it and Sarah's Silvally used their attacks on Mousey, Wolf, and Hakins' Pokemon and clashed with them. The three Team Eclipse Pokemon battled the two Silvally's for several minutes, having gotten stronger since the syndicate's last encounter with Sarah and her Pokemon. When they were beaten, Faba and his Alakazem and Hypno were the only ones left as they all growled at the two rebelling Pokemon.
Lillie stared at Gladion's Silvally as it looked to her, the darkest part of her memories starting to come back to her as Alakazam kept its hold on her. The more she looked at it, the more terrified she became as she kept recalling how it was like a monster that tried to strike her down until... "AAAAHHHHHH!"
"Lillie! Brother, HELP HER!" Sarah's Silvally called to his older brother. Gladion's Silvally widened its eyes in shock, hearing Lillie's cries as it snarled and its mask started to break.
"Quick, Silvally! Save Lillie, she's in trouble!" Gladion bellowed, giving it the will to protect his sister again until the mask broke and it evolved the same way as Sarah's partner did. It let out a proud roar, shocking everyone but getting a much different reaction from Sarah's Silvally.
"ALRIGHT, BROTHER! YEAH! YOU DID IT, YOU BROKE YOUR MASK OFF!" He hollered happily. His brother nodded until he ran forward and knocked Alakazam back, freeing Lillie from it. But, as she was freed, she looked at Silvally and her lost memory of the reality of the UB Incident finally came to her.
(Flashback)
When Lillie and Gladion decided to visit their mother while she was busy with work four years ago, when they were still kids, Lillie was wandering through the underground laboratories to see if she could find her in any of them. Gladion had decided to look at another part of the research area until she got to Faba's lab and testing space. "Mommy, where are you? Mommy?" she called.
But, Lusamine was nowhere to be found until she heard a loud bang and looked to see Faba working on a device that opened up an Ultra Wormhole. Then, out of the Ultra Wormhole, came Nihilego, the Ultra Beast originally designated by the Aether Foundation staff and researchers as UB-1 that attacked Lillie prior to Nebby's arrival.
Faba could only gawk and watch in shock as Nihilego floated over to the scared little girl as she looked at it and hugged her Cleffa doll tightly. Without warning, the Ultra Beast floated towards her and entangled her in its tentacles getting a frightened scream out of her.
"Lillie!" the young Gladion shouted, as he had lost Lillie while they were looking for their mother and was desperate to find her after hearing her scream. He finally found Lillie but to his horror, he saw that she was captured by Nihilego and being carried towards the Ultra Wormhole.
"Ah! Gladion, help!" Lillie shouted in fear as she reached out to him. Gladion now became desperate for a way to save her.
"Oh no, Lillie...! Quick, Faba, save her!" he cried. But, Faba was in a panic as he shook with fear and couldn't move.
Lillie screamed again until help came in the form of Gladion's Silvally, long before it, Sarah's Silvally, and the third one donned their control masks, heard her screams and pounced at the Ultra Beast, forcing to let go of her.
Lillie was terrified but when she looked to see what its doing, she could hardly believe it. She then fainted, the rescue being too much for her as Silvally caught her safely while Nihilego fled back to the Ultra Wormhole.
(Flashback End)
Gladion's Silvally landed on the ground with Lillie on his back.
Lillie blushed and smiled as tears of joy welled up in her eyes as she was gently placed on the ground and looked at Gladion's Silvally and he watched her with reassuring eyes.
She finally remembered that Gladion's Silvally SAVED HER from Nihilego dragging her to the Ultra Dimension.
"I remember now... You're the one who saved me," Lillie spoke softly, amazed that her brother's Pokemon was her savior all those years ago.
Gladion's Silvally gave a small grunt to Lillie and... she actually hugged the Synthetic Pokemon!
"Oh, Silvally! I'm so sorry!" she apologized as she cried happily, "Now, I understand everything. I was wrong. I just realized, then and just now, you protected me and my brother but I misjudged you stopping the Ultra Beast as you trying to attack me... Thank you!"
Everyone was surprised and amazed to see Lillie hug and touch Silvally as she cried happy tears for it while Gladion's Silvally gave a reassuring nuzzle before it turned to Faba and his Pokemon, as they were all gobsmacked at the fully-evolved Pokemon.
Even the Team Eclipse grunt leaders and their Pokemon holding Sarah's parents and their partners along with Absol, Zorua, and the Lycanroc Couple didn't know what to think until Zeraora appeared and used Close Combat to force the grunts and their Pokemon away from his little friend, Absol, the Lycanroc Couple, Dragonite, Lucario, and Sarah's parents.
Gladion and Lusamine were amazed from seeing Zeraora for the first time. "Gladion, that Pokemon-!" Lusamine breathed in amazement.
"Yes, it is! That's Zeraora, the Mythical Thunderclap Pokemon of the Alola Region!" Gladion cried in awe as Zeraora landed next to Sarah's Silvally with Zorua on its left shoulder again and with Absol joining them. Gladion's Silvally was in shock but Sarah's Pokemon were delighted to see it again and her Silvally was no different.
"Hey there, big man! Long time no see," Sarah's Silvally joked. "Zera," Zeraora smiled before it glared at Faba and the Team Eclipse grunts including Mousey, Hakins, and Wolf with their Pokemon (along with Mousey's Salazzle, Hakins' Camerupt, and Wolf's Houndoom, all of them revived) standing by for battle.
Gladion knew it was time for him and Sarah to use the Memory Drives. "Sarah, let's use the Memory Drives and finish them off!"
"You got it, Gladion!" Sarah called.
"Now then, our fully-evolved beasts, Silvally!" "Accept your Dark Type Memories and become those that bring chaos, HA!" they shouted as they gave their Silvally the Memory Drives.
"Yeah! Let's get em!" Sarah's Silvally cheered.
"Rrrr!" Gladion's Silvally roared and both trainers called, "Use Multi Attack!"
The two Silvally Brothers looked to each other and nodded, cloaking themselves in a dark aura before they charged and dealt Alakazam and Hypno with one blow from their shared vow to protect the ones they love.
"No, No, NO!" Faba panicked as everything went wrong for him and Sarah's Silvally moved on to beat the Team Eclipse grunts' Pokemon with his brother following him to assist.
The Pokemon belonging to Team Eclipse all screamed in horror as they were knocked out one by one until only the lower grunts, Wolf, Mousey, Hakins, and their three revived partners were left standing, all of them shaking in fear.
"Well, Brother, shall we and a few friends of ours finish them off?" Sarah's Silvally asked his brother. "Rrrr!" Gladion's Silvally nodded with a smirk.
Sarah's partner turned to Zeraora, Absol, and Zoura, knowing they'll need their help to wrap things up. "Well, will you join us?" he asked, smiling knowingly.
Zeraora nodded in approval along with the Disaster Pokemon while the Tricky Fox Pokemon cheered with a menacing grin. "Oh, yeah! Let me at 'em, I'm ready to give them a little payback!" Zorua cheered as the three Pokemon came alongside them.
"This looks bad, leader!" "Totally uncool!" Mousey and Hakins cringed as they and the lower grunts prepared for what's coming next.
"W-w-wait! Now, hold on a minute, fellas! Let's talk about this, okay?! We can make a deal or something!" Wolf cried as he shivered with fear, having completely forgotten about his team's mission now.
"You do the crime, you do the time," Sarah's Silvally remarked. "If Team Rocket and Team Skull can't handle Sarah, you can't either. Okay, guys, NOW!"
"Rrrr, RAWR!" "Zer...RA!" "Eat Night Daze, dudes!" "Ab...SOL!" "Hyper Beam!" Zeraora, Absol, Zorua, and both Silvally's shouted, converging their Night Daze, Psycho Cut, Plasma Fists, Air Slash, and Hyper Beam attacks into one crushing blow that sent the screaming Team Eclipse flying.
"We're not Team Rocket but we're... BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Mousey, Wolf, and Hakins cried as they were blasted out of the Aether Foundation.
"So long, boys! And remember, that's what you and Faba get making a dirty deal with a monster who tried to hurt our daughter and her friends!" "Maybe you should try training yourselves and getting a new life before you try training any more Pokemon and kidnapping our little Ponchita!" Nikki and James shouted to the beaten Team Eclipse grunts.
"Mom, Dad!" Sarah cried as she ran over and hugged them tightly, relieved that they were safe.
Even Sarah's Pokemon nuzzled and cheered for Dragonite and Lucario being alright with Dusk and Luna nuzzling their parents as they cried, fearing like they would've lost them.
"Vul, Vul!" Snowy cried as she and Lusamine raced to Lillie, greatly relieved for their daughter and friend's safety.
"Lillie!" Lusamine shouted as she embraced her daughter and hugged her lovingly, her regrets pouring out of her and making Lillie smile. "Oh, Lillie, I'm so sorry... My dear, sweet Lillie..."
"Mother, thank you..." she sighed. Faba, on the other hand, with Gladion and Sarah's Silvally along with Absol, Zoura, and Zeraora glaring at him darkly, wisely decided to retreat as he returned his Pokemon and tiptoed quietly away. Nobody bothered to stop him but it was okay, the beating his Pokemon took and Team Eclipse's latest defeat in front of him made him realize that he wasn't going to get away with his crimes.
Before long, Lillie decided to apologize again to Gladion's Silvally, feeling like she owed it to the one Pokemon that saved her from Nihilego.
"I'm so sorry, Silvally," she told him. "I was wrong, about everything. You didn't attack me all along, I know now you were only trying to protect me as you did just now... So, thank you..." She hugged Gladion's Silvally again, drawing another surprised gasp from her family. Even Lillie herself was surprised when she realized this.
"Lillie!" "You've done it, Lillie!" cheered Nikki and James, as their partners and the Lycanroc Couple cheered proudly for her.
"Lillie, you touched Gladion's Silvally! You can touch Pokemon again!" Sarah called. Lillie realized this and she realized that thanks to everything that happened and after remembering the truth, she can finally touch Pokemon with ease again!
"I am touching him... I, I did it! I really did touch him!" she cried happily as Snowy ran to her with Ponyta, Aqua, Wooloo, Sliggoo, Nebby, Sylveon, the Unova Starters, and Snowflake joining her and even the rest of Sarah's Pokemon couldn't help but crowd around her happily, cheering her on. "Snowy!" she shouted excitedly as she hugged her partner.
"Wooloo, Ponyta, Aqua, Nebby, Sylveon, all of you! Thank you, your courage and your support made this possible for me! Mom, Gladion, look at me! I finally did it, I can touch Pokemon again! It's all coming back to me, all the fun times we had with our Pokemon when I was just a little girl!"
Lusamine and Gladion were indeed proud for her; with Sarah and their Silvally's help and everyone else assisting them, not only was Sarah safe from Team Eclipse again but Lillie can touch Pokemon again with ease. Lusamine couldn't help but cry tears of joy for Lillie and Gladion was happy for his sister to be as she once was during their childhood days before the UB Incident.
Sarah looked on happily alongside Zeraora, Absol, Zorua, and her Silvally before the Meowstic Pair came to her, smiling brightly at her.
"You two were great, we owe ya for saving us from Faba," she replied as they got on her shoulders and they all continued to watch Lillie laugh and play with her Pokemon and Snowy happily.
"What a marvelous sight! The girls and the Silvally are safe again and now Lillie can touch Pokemon again! But, now that she's back to her old self, how will it change her this time as a trainer? We'll see how Lillie continues to evolve as the journey continues!"
Sarah's Team:
1. Pikachu
Moves - Thundershock, Tackle, Thunderpunch, Double Team, Thunderbolt, Electroweb
2. Lycanroc (Dusk Form)
Moves - Rock Throw, Bite, Tackle, Rock Slide, Accelarock
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, Volt Tackle
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. Meowstic (Male)
Moves - Helping Hand, Psyshock, Light Screen, Future Sight
16. Meowstic (Female)
Moves - Heal Pulse, Psyshock, Dark Pulse, Future Sight
17. Snivy
Moves - Vine Whip, Leaf Storm, Twister, Leaf Blade
18. Oshawott
Moves - Water Gun, Razor Shell, Icy Wind, Iron Tail
19. Tepig
Moves - Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Solar Beam, Rock Tomb
20. Vulpix (Alola Form)
Moves - Protect, Powder Snow,
21. Dragonair
Moves - Dragon Rage, Iron Tail, Ice Beam, Hyper Beam
22. Zweilous
Moves - Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Flash Cannon
23. Trapinch
Moves - Crunch, Dig, Rock Slide
