Today, we find Sarah and her family all relaxing together at their lovely home in their neighborhood.

It's been a week since the emotional decision of Sarah to release Blitz, who decided to stay with his human mother rather that stay with his real mom and dad and girlfriend, Curly. Since then, Sarah and Blitz's relationship has grown very much.

Nikki, James and Tsukumaro couldn't be happier for the pair. Now they were all relaxing together in the front of the house. "So what do you want to do today, Ponchita?" James smiled.

"Don't know..." Sarah admitted as she and Blitz rested on their own lawn chairs as they sunbathed while Riolu, Mai, Eevee, and Skitty shared the first lawnchair with their older brother.

As they were all relaxing, her Pokemon and dragon family took it upon themselves to fly around for exercise, sunbathe, having a little snack together, play games like Tag and Duck, Duck, Goose or just looking around their home, seeing and hearing the tropical and oceanic sights and sounds around them.

"I don't have any plans right now so I might see how Lusamine, Prof. Burnet, and Wicke are doing at Aether Paradise if they have any new Pokemon brought in to look after."

"Sounds like a plan to me, dear," Nikki agreed although she looked towards Blitz with a sly smile. "Although, I'm sure you do have plans to meet up with your parents and your girlfriend at Pikachu Valley, huh, Blitz?"

Blitz suddenly jolted in surprise from his as he stammered, trying to come up with an excuse as Riolu, Eevee, Skitty, and Mai just giggled at him when he started to blush.

"And, does this... Aether Paradise, thing... Is it actually good for the Pokemon, Princess?" questioned Tsukumaro. "Lady Burnet, you mentioned she's working there along with her Munchlax while she's Sir Kukui's wife, is that true?"

"Oh, yeah, she's one of the Aether Foundation's top researchers and she's also the winner of the Alola Woman of the Year award for her work and research as a Pokemon Professor. But, since she's worked full-time there previously, she still had work to do with Lusamine and Wicke on looking after the Pokemon living there, even though she's had to change her schedule to accommodate time with Kukui after they got married."

Their moment of relaxation was cut short when Sarah's Wrist Com somehow went off and they heard what sounded like Prof. Kukui's panicked screams, startling them and looking around as if they were attacked.

"Oh, speak of the devil!" groaned Silvally, rubbing a sleepy eye.

"Is he okay?" Riolu asked.

"Neigh, Nei, Neigh...?" quizzed Rapidash as she and her children joined them from the backyard.

"Maybe you better check to see what's gotten him riled up, honey," Nikki recommended.

"Yeah, I probably should. Professor, Ash? What is it," Sarah said, quickly making contact with her teacher and the Kanto Trainer.

"Oh, hey, Sarah. What's up?" Ash answered.

"What's up?! I just heard Prof. Kukui scream, making my Wrist Com go off! I thought it would be something like an unexpected Ultra Beast dispatch like the one with Pheromosa!" she berated incredulously.

"Oh... Whoops, he-he... Uh, sorry about that, Sarah, my bad," chuckled Prof. Kukui, feeling embarrassed as he came into view with packed lunches that were for Burnet and Munchlax. "You see, I have a little problem here..."

The princess was surprised when she saw the lunch bags he was holding. "Hey, aren't those Prof. Burnet and Munchlax's packed lunches for the day?" she asked.

"Did they forget them?" Rotom-Dex inquired, coming into view and seeing the packed lunches.

Prof. Kukui chuckled sheepishly, "Bingo."

Even Sarah chuckled sheepishly in agreement as she turned to the bewildered Tsukumaro, "Yeah, she's always an Around-The-Clock woman researcher. No rest for the weary, really," she told him.

"I'll deliver them!" Ash offered. "Where's Prof. Burnet working today?"

"Ash, don't you remember? She's working at Aether Paradise," Sarah reminded.

"Yeah, she is," agreed Kukui. "It's pretty far, I know. This, however, might be a good time to use a Ride Pokemon!"

"All right!" cheered Ash.

"You better let me come with you, guys," Sarah put in. "I'm sure you'll be wanting us to keep you all out of trouble while we're there."

"Great! We can really use the company," smiled Kukui just as Rotom-Dex's clock showed it's nearly 8:00 in the morning.

"You better get going, Professor! You'll be late for the Pokemon Battle Study Conference," he reminded the Alola Pokemon Professor.

"Oh, right! Thank you, Ash," Kukui said as he handed the Kanto Trainer his wife and Munchlax's lunches and turned to Sarah on his Wrist Com. "Thank you, too, Sarah, come by as soon as you can. I'm sure Tsukumaro would want a tour of her workplace when you all get there."

"Okay, we'll meet Ash and the others at your cabin. Good luck at the conference!" Sarah nodded as she shut off her Wrist Com.

"Early Riser Time at the AP for Burnet and Munchlax again, Ponchita?" James smiled.

"That's right, never one to slow down on her work schedule," nodded Sarah sheepishly.

"Aether Paradise, Princess? You have been meaning to show me that place one time," Tsukumaro pondered.

"It's a really great place for Pokemon, Tsukumaro! It's something of a passion project for Lillie's mother, Lusamine, she'll be glad to meet you along with Wicke and Burnet. Why don't you come with us?"

"Well, since we don't have any plans for the day and we got it to ourselves right now, I thought we were going to be sitting Psyducks."

And, so it was arranged; Sarah and her entire family will be on their way to Aether Paradise while Winter, Shadow, and the other dragons offered to stay home and have some time to themselves, which Sarah agreed since they needed a break from their adventures badly.

When they got Kukui's cabin to meet with Ash, his Pokemon, and Rotom-Dex, they found them saying goodbye to Prof. Kukui as he departed for the Pokemon Battle Study Conference and also to come up with ideas and find inspiration for his upcoming Pokemon League while he was there.

"Have a good time!"

"Pika, Pika!"

"Rwar, Rwar!"

"Roc, Roc!" called Ash, Pikachu, Torracat, and Lycanroc to the departing Pokemon Professor.

"Hey, Ash, ready to go?" Sarah called as they turned to her and her family.

"Yeah, let's get ready and-hey, where are your dragons?" Ash asked, surprised to see her dragons not with them.

"Oh, they're all back home. They wanted a break from our wacky adventures together so I left them."

"That, and after what you told them about what happened at Pikachu Valley, I can agree," smiled the Kanto Trainer. "Let's get ready to leave."

But, as Ash headed back inside to get ready to depart with everyone, they all heard the sound of a jet coming towards them as a strong gust of wind picked up. They all looked up to find the wind coming from what looked like a hover-plane and who should be coming down riding in it but Sarah and Ash's best friend, Lillie.

"Ash, Sarah, Blitz, Pikachu, Nikki, James, Tsukumaro!" she greeted happily.

"All right!"

"Pika!" Ash and Pikachu cheered.

"Hey, Lillie!"

"Pi, Pika!" greeted Blitz and Sarah happily.

"By Zapdos and Thunderous' Thunder!" gawked Tsukumaro, seeing Lillie touching down from her aircraft and making Nikki and James giggle at him and his astonishment over her hover-plane.

"Lillie's making quite an entrance aboard that aircraft. I wonder what brings her to Ash and Sarah today..."


(Eye to Eye - Pokemon Version)

(The opening begins with Sarah, her pokemon and dragon family turning around and being faced with the Seven Sins and Sarah draws her Sword of the Sun Lion to confront them. Nebby's creators, Solgaleo and Lunala come by their side while UB-Black appears behind Team Eclipse, under their control)

Got myself a notion, one I know that you'll understand

To set the world in motion, by reaching out for each others' hand

Maybe we'll discover, what we should have known all along

(Yeah)

One way or another, together's where we both belong

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Sarah is introduced next, wearing her royal attire, as she stands with her proud Nebby and Solar, her Beast Bot alongside her before they are shown getting in a battle stance together along side the Beast-X King Zord before they perform Searing Sunrise Smash together. Ash, Pikachu, Kiawe and Turtonator are introduced together as they perform 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt and Inferno Overdrive together against Team Eclipse. Lana, Lillie, Sophocles and Mallow are introduced next to their pokemon partners before they all perform Hydro Vortex, Subzero Slammer, Savage Spin-out and Bloom Doom together against UB-Black to protect Sarah and Nebby before Sarah eyes and the lion mark on her right cheek glowed and she unleashes a powerful Roar and the clouds behind her turn into roaring lions.)

If a wall should come between us,

Too high to climb, Too hard to break through

I know that love will lead us

And find a way to bring me to you

So don't be in a hurry

Think before you count us out

(Ohh)

You don't have to worry, I will never let you down

Nothing's gonna stop us now!

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Nikki, James, Lusamine, Faba, Wicke and Professors Burnet and Kukui are seen using their pokemon partners against Team Eclipse's pokemon before Sarah, Winter and Nebby fly in and blast them away with a Focus Blast and plasma blast attack. Then, Absol, Zoura, and Zeraora appear and use Megahorn, Night Daze and Plasma Fists, blasting Team Eclipse away before Cresselia flies over the sky.)

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(Yes we are)

I knew I was seeing it

{Seeing it eye to eye}

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(Seeing it eye to eye, Yeah)

I knew I was seeing it

{Seeing it eye to eye}

Lovers always seeing it eye to eye

(I think we're seeing it eye to eye)

I knew I was seeing it

(Eye to eye}

(Sarah is then seen mega evolving Candy and her Lucario, Shiny Absol, Salamance, Latios, Latias, Houndoom at once, showing the powerful friendship they share together before she's seen saving a little Yamper, Scorbunny and Galar Region Rapidash from Melania's Kabutops and Lothor's Darkari by slashing them with her sword. Then, Sarah comes face to face with Lothor and his Darkari who tries to blast her but she's protected by Cresselia and Giratina, the Pokemon of Dreams and the Reserve World, who blasts Darkari with Moonblast and Shadow Ball together)

If you're ever lonely, stop

You don't have to be

After all it's only

A beat away from you to me

(Take a look inside and see!)

Yeah, Yeah!

(Tsukumaro, Absol's trainer and Doug and Deliah's royal advisor then appears and he's shown training Sarah to fully master her family's powerful sword with Zeraora and Zoura watching on the sidelines with Sarah's pokemon family, Winter and her dragon friends. Next, Sarah is seen holding the her sword in her hand before she raises her Sun Sword into the sky while her friends and family cheered and the seven gems come out before seven legendary pokemon appear; Cresselia, Giratina, Zygarde (Dog Form), Zacian, Zamazenta, Xerneas and Rayquaza and they all circle her and Nebby in their powerful magic along with more silhouettes of Legendary Pokemon appearing before the title screen comes up.)

If we listen to each others' heart

We'll find we're never too far apart

And maybe love is the reason why

For the first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye

(Seeing it eye to eye)

Seeing it eye to eye, baby!

Pokemon - Alola Journey: Destiny of Princess Sarah


After reuniting with Lillie and Hobbes, who joined Lillie for the trip to see them, they explained to Ash, Sarah, and her family what they needed to see them for.

"No way, you're kidding!" gawked Sarah.

"Lusamine does that?" asked Ash.

"Yes, for quite a while now," confirmed Hobbes. "She's been spending a great deal of time trying to document everything that occurred during the Manalu Festival."

"Mother said that it's an event that will go down in Alolan history," Lillie added.

"Right, so we came here to see if you all can come with us so you can explain. She says that it is much better to accomplish that face to face."

Lillie bowed apologetically, not wanting to be a burden to Ash and her best friend. "I'm sorry, Ash, Sarah. My mother always waits until the last minute for things," she apologized.

"Hey, no worries Lillie, Hobbes," Sarah reassured the two. "Besides, you couldn't have come to us at a more perfect time."

This drew Lillie and Hobbes' attention as they both looked at her and Ash in surprise.

"We were on our way to deliver these lunches to Aether Paradise," Ash added in agreement as Pikachu and Latias showed them Burnet and Munchlax's lunches. "You see what we mean?"

"Wow!" cried Lillie in delight, both she and Hobbes looking delighted and relieved.

"Plus, by accompanying Ash and Sarah, I can look into any uncovered data on the Blinding Beast!" bragged Rotom-Dex. "I also have lots of stored data on Pokemon if anybody who doesn't fully know about Pokemon wants to know the ins and outs of them."

"And, more importantly!" interrupted Sarah as she shoved Rotom-Dex out of the way. "Lillie, I was wondering if you could help give Tsukumaro a tour of Aether Paradise. It would be his first time there and I'm sure he would be interested to see what Lusamine and her team are working on there."

"Yes, Lady Lillie, if you could, I'd very much appreciate your and your mother's kindness in showing me and Absol around," agreed Tsukumaro, Absol nodding as well in request.

"Wow, that's great, Rotom!" chirped Lillie happily before she turned to Tsukumaro. "And, yes, Tsukumaro, I'll be more than happy to have us show you around Aether Paradise. You'll find there are lots of things that my mother and her team are doing to look after and care for Pokemon in this day and age!"

When they all finally arrived at Aether Paradise, Tsukumaro and Absol couldn't believe what they were seeing. During their time, there have been several areas for Pokemon care but they didn't have anything as technically advanced, lush, sophisticated, and luxurious for them as the building before them.

"Absol...?" gasped Absol in stunned awe.

"What in the name of the great Dialga and Palkia is this...?" breathed Tsukumaro in stunned shock.

Everyone laughed from seeing Tsukumaro and Absol completely baffled and dumbfounded by the sheer sight of Aether Paradise.

"That's just the start," laughed Lillie. "There's a lot more being done inside and on the Conservation Area on the top floor."

Helping drag the still-baffled advisor and Disaster Pokemon inside, the group made their way to Lusamine's office to deliver Munchlax and Prof. Burnet their lunches while Lillie and Hobbes continued to show Tsukumaro and Absol around the place.

"The entrance area is where much of the basic research about the Pokemon our team takes in and cares for is done," Hobbes explained to them. "You can enter the building from either the front or the back and we have an area at the front door with a PC that'll allow you to store your Pokemon into your virtual trainer boxes and we have a member at a Pokemon Center healing cabinet to heal your Pokemon should they need fast-track medical attention whenever possible."

"We can take a small detour to show you the Conservation Area if you want," Lillie offered as they passed the elevator leading to the 2nd Floor and the two Basement Levels. "We have lots of Pokemon from all over the world coming in who are in need of help and that we're looking after before they graduate back into the open world."

"That would be nice, Lady Lillie," nodded Tsukumaro kindly. "But, it would be best not to keep Lady Burnet and Munchlax waiting. You can show me around soon after."

Lillie agreed to the arrangement and they made their way to Lusamine's mansion to meet up with her mother, Faba, and Wicke, and to deliver Burnet and Munchlax their lunches.

As they went to Lusamine's mansion, at the Conservation Area on the 2nd Floor, while a familiar trio was working as undercover employees recently hired by Wicke, a little pink, white, and brown bear cub Pokemon called a Stufful was prancing around before it started sniffing for something that caught its interest.

At the same time, over at a secluded spot of bushes in the area, another but much younger Stufful looked around timidly from its hiding place. It then noticed a Pikapek looking at it before it squeaked in fright and hid in its original spot before deciding not to get out and take a little nap.

The little Pokemon looked as though it had not made any contact with other humans or Pokemon for a while and it didn't look to be that way for some time. But, little did the shy Flailing Pokemon realize that it would be in for the adventure of a lifetime and it'll find a trainer who will love it and treasure it as his/her own.


Meanwhile, the gang had managed to arrive at Lusamine's mansion after making their delivery of Burnet and Munchlax's lunches on time.

As they entered, once again, the old advisor and his Absol were left in stunned shock at the sight of her mansion as they made their way to her office, being that it looks like a modern version of his old friends' castle but more sophisticated, more technologically advanced, and much comfier with its various modern-day accommodations of amongst a few other things.

Sure enough, they found Burnet and Munchlax with Lusamine, Wicke, and Faba at her office, allowing the group to greet them happily and deliver Kukui's wife and her partner Pokemon their packed lunches.

"Here you are, Prof. Burnet," Sarah replied to Burnet.

Burnet gasped in delight as she blushed and tenderly took her lunch from her young friend's hands with Munchlax doing the same as Eevee and Skitty gave him his own lunch.

"Munch, Munchlax, Munchlax!" cheered the Big Eater Pokemon.

"Uei, Uei-Uei," smiled Eevee.

"Nya!" Skitty agreed before she noticed her tail and chased it again before getting dizzy, getting several laughs out of everyone.

"Oh, Sarah, thank you so much!" cried Burnet happily. "I was so disappointed when I realized I had forgotten my lunch!"

Munchlax agreed as he tenderly held his packed lunch as well, Pikachu drooling over it as he wanted to share it with him. Munchlax, however, didn't too kindly to this as he took it away and glared at him, Ash's partner apologizing when he realized he crossed a line with the ever-hungry Normal Type.

"It's okay, Pikachu, let's all eat together later!" reassured Burnet, to his delight.

Once everyone had settled down, Lusamine was ready for whatever new data Rotom-Dex has for her and with some information about the Galar Region.

She had been surprised by the news of Rapidash, Yamper, and Scorch being in Sarah's possession following her real-life work experience at the Pokemon Center and was curious to know what else about them. In addition, she and her team had been doing extensive research on the Galar Region following the surprising news and they had found a few somethings that could be of interest to the group before her.

"Rotom-Dex, since we received your data on Rapidash, Scorch, and Yamper, we've done some hefty research and I think we found a few things that would be of great interest to you all," she informed. "If you could, would you like to download the National Pokedex we've uncovered for the Galar Region Pokemon line?"

"No problem, leave the data collecting to me!" saluted Rotom-Dex as he went to Lusamine's supercomputer and copied the data on the National Pokedex for the Galar Region and its Pokemon to his databanks. "Copying complete, National Galar Region Pokedex installed 100%!"

"Thanks very much, Rotom," Lusamine smiled.

"My pleasure-bzzt!"

"It's good to see you again, Sarah," Wicke smiled as she looked at her Pokemon and her family. "Oh, and I see you brought company."

She then giggled towards Tsukumaro and Absol as they continued to look around in awe around Lusamine's office. "And, who's this?" she asked.

"That's my godfather: Tsukumaro Wong, my mom and dad's old friend, and their royal advisor. This is his and his Absol's first time here in Aether Paradise and we're giving them a tour."

"Oh! A pair of newcomers, huh? Why don't you guys take them to see the Pokemon in the Conservation Area since it's been a while for you all?"

"I am so there!"

"Pika!" Ash and Pikachu said.

"Ms. Wicke, Ms. Burnet, are there any Galar Pokemon there like Big Brother Wooloo, Big Sis Ponyta, and their family?" asked Riolu innocently.

"Funny you should mention that Riolu," smiled Burnet as she turned to the Shiny Emanation Pokemon. "We've recently been getting Pokemon from the Galar Region to look after and take care, courtesy of my and Kukui's colleagues there, Professor Magnolia and her granddaughter, Sonia."

"Professor Magnolia?"

"Sonia?" Sarah and Lillie asked in surprise.

"Professor Magnolia is the best Pokemon Professor in the Galar Region, she dedicates her research to the strange battle phenomenon known as Dynamaxing, unique only the Galar Region and completely different and more powerful from Mega Evolution and Z-Moves. Her granddaughter, Sonia, was once a trainer herself and a gym challenger for the Galar Gym Challenge but she changed her profession to become a Pokemon Professor herself after doing extensive research on Galar's legends. Their home region's also home to many new Pokemon that are not native to the rest of the world."

"Dynamax?"

"More powerful than Z-Moves and Mega Evolution?"

"New Pokemon?!" cried the three young trainers excitedly.

"We even have a couple of Galar Pokemon sent to us by them that were in need of help or have been abandoned by their trainers and are recovering with our help. If you go now, you'll all get to see what those Pokemon we have are," Wicke smiled. "There might even be a few surprises in store for you from them."

"Yeah!"

"Pikachu!" Ash and Pikachu cheered again.

"Remember that Ditto that transformed into Snowy, guys?" Lillie put in. "I wonder how he's getting on."

"Vul!" Snowy agreed with a bright smile.

They quickly rushed over to continue Tsukumaro and Absol's tour of Aether Paradise, finally getting to the Conservation Area on the 2nd Floor. But, to Tsukumaro and Absol's shock and growing amazement, they found the entire area to be completely packed with numerous Pokemon of all types from all eight regions, living happily in what they see as faithful manmade habitats for them.

"Great Giratina's Ghost...!" breathed Tsukumaro.

"Sol..." gawked Absol, fascinated by what he's seeing.

Nikki and James couldn't help chuckling at Absol and Tsukumaro's awestruck fascination and neither could Wicke, Burnet, Ash, Sarah, and Lillie when they noticed on the way to visit Snowy's friend, Ditto.

"Is this where you look after and nurture all these fascinating Pokemon you take in?" continued the royal advisor, still lost in his fascination.

"You look as though your people back then never had areas for Pokemon care such as this," Burnet smiled at him. "Do you have anything similar to what you see before you?"

"We once did back then but we had Pokemon care areas for Pokemon specifically from Alola with those from the other regions few and far between. We were an isolated region in the day before all this modern Pokemon research and admittingly new-fangled technology you young people have were brought in. The only way we had to look after and study them is to do physical and close-up academics with note-taking on pen and paper rather than with these odd computers."

"Believe us, Tsukumaro, our area's possible because of our common goal to help out Pokemon who are in need of help and our efforts to uncover whatever fascinating mysteries they still have for us," chuckled Wicke. "And, this area we're in is just the tip of the iceberg."

"Raboot!"

"Cu, Cu!"

"Arcto, Ar, Zolt!" They all turned to the owners of the voices that spoke up and there, coming up to them with bright smiles on their faces (one smile hidden from what looked like a shirt on one of them).

One Pokemon between them was a 7'07" hybrid fossil Pokemon which has a light-blue body akin to some kind of sea creature decked out with a snow-like patch on top, bordering at the neck bottom. It had two blue with white patches on the ends with spots for legs and has a mosasaur-like tail complete with a top-fin. Two small and yellow claws make up its talon-like hands and its raptor-shaped head had two closed eyes and a blue spot on both cheeks.

If its looks were to be an indicator, it looked to be like it would be a cross between a mosasaur and a large bird with dino features.

The second Pokemon was about 3'11" in size with a roughly spherical tangerine elephantine Pokemon with four stout legs, each leg having one anterior nail, the tip of its little trunk shaped like a shovel or spoon, a bulbous dome on its head, and a short bobtail. Two patches were found at the base of its trunk coupled with a dappled tarnish pattern on the domed skull and dorsal side and, to top it all off, there was a green patch behind both of its eyes.

The final Pokemon, which took Scorch by surprise when he laid eyes on it, was a humanoid, rabbit-like Pokemon just like him but with a grayish-white body and red eyes to boot. It was the smallest between the hybrid fossil Pokemon and the elephantine Pokemon at just 2'00 ft. Its fur being mostly being a mix of red, mostly on the upper body coupled with what looked like a turtleneck sweater collar that covered much of its mouth, and black for the lower body and having a tuft at the center of its belly acting as a pocket. The front halves of its left foot and right foot are read and it donned a yellow marking acting like a bandaged on its forehead, topped off with a small white and fluffy rabbit tail on the back.

Scorch couldn't believe what he was seeing as he jaw-dropped at his fellow rabbit-like Pokemon who noticed and crossed its arms with what looked like a smirk at him; this was his first evolved form, Raboot.

The other two with Raboot are boiled down to the Fossil Pokemon, Arctozolt, and the Copperderm Pokemon, Cufant.

If Tsukumaro and Absol were fascinated by the Conservation Area, they also weren't expecting three Galar Pokemon younglings like them to come before them and the others. Not even Ash, Sarah, and Lillie as well as Nikki, James, and their Pokemon could hide their own fascination and even their shock and bewilderment at the sight of them in Aether Paradise.

"For the love of Shaymin and Casey Jones, what kind of Pokemon are they...?" Tsukumaro breathed, he and Absol left jaw-dropped as he pointed in bewilderment.

"I've never seen Pokemon like them before!" Lillie gawked in awe.

"No way, this is awesome!" gasped Ash, he and Pikachu left in shock.

"Amazing! The creatures before us are actually Pokemon from this Galar Region you humans mentioned," observed Solar in overwhelming fascination.

"*Groovy...*" Riolu breathed in surprise.

"Yeah..." agreed Mai with a slow, awestruck nod.

"It's unbelievable!"

"It's a miracle!" cried Nikki and James in amazement.

"Professor, are those three Pokemon from the Galar Region, really?" questioned Sarah, completely baffled.

"That's them and they're also the tip of the iceberg regarding the Galar Pokemon we brought here and accepted to look after for Professor Magnolia," Burnet nodded, giving knowing chuckles at the awestruck group.

"Tsukumaro, Nikki, James, Kids, meet Raboot, Arctozolt, and Cufant," Wicke introduced as the three Galar Pokemon greeted their guests.

"DATA TIME!" Rotom-Dex gushed as he scanned all three Pokemon, each giving him different reactions as they had their photos taken and he found their data.

"Cufant, the Copperderm Pokemon. A Steel Type, its copper body tarnishes in the rain, turning a vibrant green color and it is strong enough to be able to carry loads of over five tons without any problem at all," he began, starting with the surprised Cufant before moving on to the baffled Arctozolt and the skeptical Raboot. "Arctozolt, the Fossil Pokemon. An Electric and Ice Type, this Pokémon lived on prehistoric seashores and was able to preserve food with the ice on its body but it became extinct because of it having a hard time walking around. Raboot, the Rabbit Pokemon. A Fire Type, Raboot has fluffy fur that protects it from the cold and lets it use stronger Fire-type moves."

"Awesome! Raboot, Cufant, and Arctozolt," gushed Ash. "So cool!"

"They're all so adorable!" Lillie agreed as she petted Arctocolt, who giggled from her touch as she petted it.

"Oh, you look adorable, my little Cuffy!" squealed Nikki as she fell in love with Cufant, who could only blush with a bashful smile at her.

Scorch came face to face with his evolved form as he tried to make friends with Raboot, hopping in place from his usual energy before sending out a fist in a friendly bro-fist. Raboot looked on at the first before it smirked and looked as though it would turn away in its cockiness at its pre-evolved form before it returned the bro-fist.

"I'm sure you know after noticing how similar Raboot looks to Scorch, Sarah, that its Scorch's evolved form," Wicke told the princess.

"Yeah, but it does look like a human but with rabbit features," she nodded in agreement as she looked at the two more closely.

"How in all of the light centuries Giratina had in the Reverse World did you lot come across such Pokemon from a region like Galar?" asked the still baffled Tsukumaro as he looked at them one by one in awe.

"Professor Magnolia contacted us about these little rascals she found just outside of her and Sonia's hometown of Wedgehurst along Route 2 on a vast space of land called a Wild Area. She told us via videophone from her lab that several Pokemon in each Wild Area across Galar would be hurt or in need of care after a string of Dynamax from much of the Wild Areas in the south and requested we take them in to help them recover and heal from their ordeals before returning them to Galar," Wicke continued.

"We were only too glad to have them over despite the long-distance traveling they would have to undertake but since the lab's Pokeball transporter system is directly linked to the transporter at Aether Paradise through our organization's advanced signal and internet connections in the supercomputer, it made bringing them from the lab a breeze," added Burnet as she petted Arctozolt, the Fossil Pokemon cooing from her touch.

"Sounds like you got your work cut out for you guys," Nikki commented.

"It all comes with the job of being a Pokemon researcher."

While they were all busy admiring the new Pokemon with some of Sarah's family taking the time to greet the Galar younglings and Tsukumaro and Absol trying to soak in the huge variety of Pokemon in their current location, they didn't know they were being watched by a familiar trio and a Wobuffett who were undercover as the Aether Foundation's new employees working at Aether Paradise keeping track of the Pokemon living in the Conservation Area.

Silvally's eyes twitched as he turned to where the trio and Wobuffett are, making them quietly shriek in surprise before they hid behind the railings out of sight. The Synthetic Pokemon thought he saw Team Rocket when he somehow recognized them after hearing Meowth and Wobuffett shriek as well but he shook his head, thinking he was hearing a mirage before turning back to the Galar Youngling cute fest he was witnessing.

In the meantime, Ash and Lillie had gone off with Pikachu, Snowy, and Rotom-Dex to the spot where Ditto was so they wouldn't be too far away from the others as they continued to gush over Cufant, Arctozolt, and Raboot.

But then, just as everybody moved on to check out the other Pokemon in the rest of the Conservation Area and rejoin Sarah's friends with the three AP Galar Younglings joining them, they didn't notice the younger bear cub Pokemon looking at them from a corner with a wary look on its face before it decided to keep up with them from a distance.

Blitz's ears twitched as he turned back to see who was following them from time to time just as the cub Pokemon zipped out of sight into a nearby hiding place wherever it can it can hide. He had a feeling that a Pokemon was after them but he decided not to dwell on thinking who or what Pokemon it was, hurrying off to catch up with his human mother and his family before he would be left behind with the cub still following them.

They soon reached a nursery area where several Ditto were being looked after where Lillie, Ash, Pikachu, Snowy, and Rotom-Dex were checking out the Transformation Pokemon group. Because it was so small, some of Sarah's younger and smaller Pokemon and the AP Galar Younglings would be able to join her, Tsukumaro, Nikki, Burnet, Wicke, and James in the Ditto nursery while the rest like Nebby and Salamence stayed outside to check out the Conservation Area and mingle with the other Pokemon. All the while, the cub Pokemon sneaked into the Ditto nursery without anybody noticing.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5," Lillie counted, satisfied. "All present and accounted for."

Blitz and Pikachu joined one of the Ditto that came forward to greet them and it transformed into a Pikachu that took both Mouse Pokemon by surprise but one thing about the Ditto-Pikachu that creeped Blitz out was that it had its original Ditto face that made him cringe. Mai also cringed a little from the Ditto-Pikachu's face as she held her shadow arm in front of his eyes, thankful that she could barely see it through her thick rags.

"It's a Pikachu now!"

"Vulpix!" Ash and Snowy cried.

"Pika, Pi-Chu..." Blitz shuddered, the Ditto-Pikachu's face still imprinted in his mind.

"That's an ugly face only a mother Ditto could love..." agreed Mai.

"...Professor, do all Ditto have that kind of face when they transform into other Pokemon?" squeaked Sarah, grossed out from the Ditto-Pikachu's face as well.

Burnet smiled sheepishly, knowing what she was implying. "Well, not all of them. Some of them do make perfect transformations but you'll get used to those faces in time before then," she reassured.

"But, wait! What if it escapes like last time?" Lillie fretted before the Ditto transformed back into its old form.

"Hey, it's back!" Ash said with Snowy and Pikachu reeling back in shock.

"Pi..." sighed Blitz in relief.

"That's disturbing..." Mai commented weakly.

"Word..." agreed Sarah, blankly.

"Amazing! Truly amazing," Tsukumaro gasped again.

"Sol..." Absol squeaked, stunned by Ditto's transformation.

"What do you know? That one grew up a whole bunch," Burnet smiled.

"Yeah! It's much calmer now and it isn't as reckless as it used to be," Wicke agreed happily. "Maybe, it's almost time for it to graduate! Right, kiddo?"

The Ditto agreed as it and Wicke shared a happy nuzzle together but this puzzled Rotom-Dex and Tsukumaro.

"Graduate?"

"What the devil do you mean by that, Lady Wicke?" they pondered as Munchlax decided to play with them to celebrate Ditto's upcoming graduation from Aether Paradise.

"That means that it's almost ready to return to the wild," Prof. Burnet clarified for her fellow scientist. "We call it 'Graduation from Aether Paradise'."

"Awesome, they do graduate!"

"So, Aether Paradise is like a preschool for these Pokemon as well as a makeshift health spa, hospital, and hotel for them," said Ash and Nikki.

"Oh, great. Preschool for these newbies, now I've seen everything!" remarked Silvally in disbelief.

"What are the conditions for Acrtozolt, Raboot, and Cufant right now?" James quizzed.

Wicke turned to everyone, having been the one to look after them during her time working and when the AP Galar Younglings first came to her team. "All three of them will still need time to recover and enjoy themselves after the Dynamax incident they stumbled into. But, they're progressing really well so give or take eight more months, they'll be ready to return to the Galar Region," she told the group.

The AP Galar Younglings nodded, confirming Wicke's explanation and eagerness to return to their home region.

"That's great, Lady Wicke, then we wish them and you all the best of luck," Tsukumaro commended respectfully.

"That's wonderful news!" agreed Lillie. "But still, it means that we won't be able to visit it and that makes me kinda sad."

"We have several others, too. Ones that are close to graduating," Burnet reassured her young friend.

A few minutes later, after checking out the Ditto nursery, Sarah and her family continued to give Tsukumaro and Absol a tour around Aether Paradise with all their Pokemon in tow before they would leave but not without having a peculiar little stalker trying to keep up with them despite its very timid nature and doing its best to hide whenever one of Sarah's Pokemon would suspect who was following them.

Wicke and Burnet decided to look after the Pokemon in the Conservation Area with Raboot, Arctozolt, and Cufant remaining with them just as the two researchers started to take notes with Lusamine, who arrived to see how things were getting on. Even Lillie and Ash decided to stay with them to see what else they can show them.

They were just beginning to look through the results of whichever Pokemon are getting closer to graduating when Faba came in with a list showing the number of Pokemon in the area and if they're all accounted for.

"Problem, Lusamine! Big trouble, emergency!" he panted frantically, to his superiors' surprise.

"What's wrong?" asked Lusamine.

"I just checked on the Pokemon. According to my tally sheet, there appear to be two missing!"

Ash and Lillie gasped in shock but this left Wicke really worried. "Which ones could that be?" she quizzed.

"The two Stuffuls, even the little one whom we had no luck trying to get to bond with us!"

The answer wasn't what Wicke was expected as she gasped in horror, even Lusamine was worried as she had helped with the two Stuffuls mentioned.

"Stufful?" Ash questioned.

Then, Lillie gasped again as she remembered Team Rocket's wild Bewear. "Ash, remember that wild Bewear with Team Rocket? I've read that Stufful's is its pre-evolved form!" she replied.

"How about you leave that to me?" Rotom-Dex butted in before he explained. "Stufful, the Flailing Pokemon. A Normal and Fighting Type, although it's adorable, it does not like being touched by strangers and it'll flail around dangerously in response."

"That doesn't sound very promising..."

"Pika..." squeaked Pikachu and Ash worriedly.

"Don't worry, Ash," reassured Burnet. "The truth is, these two Stufful with us are harmless and are really sweet Pokemon. The older one was very outgoing and fun but the little Stufful doesn't trust any of us from how we got on with her. So far, its only friends are Raboot, Cufant, and Arctozolt, who took it upon themselves to watch over her after she was brought in."

"The older one was supposed to graduate next week and the little one's too shy to be wandering about! She's not ready to graduate yet!" Lusamine replied.

"What's the deal with the little Stufful?" Ash pondered.

"The older Stufful we brought in a while ago was abandoned and lost in the wild and we've been taking care of it until it's ready to graduate. But, this little one is a different story; she hatched from a Pokemon Nursery at Poni Island but the people running it didn't have enough room to look after her so they sent her to us to care for. However, unlike the Stufful who's always out and about, she was very shy and skittish when we took her in and she wouldn't trust any of us nor the other Pokemon aside from Cufant, Raboot, and Arctozolt."

"Since I found the older Stufful, I've been serving as its caretaker and made a special point to look after it while trying to do the same with the younger Stufful despite her shy nature. And now, for them to go missing after..." Wicke cried.

Raboot, Arctozolt, and Cufant nodded, worried in their own ways for the safety and wellbeing of the younger and shy Flailing Pokemon.

"Let's split up and look for them," suggested Burnet.

"Oh, I hope they're okay, especially that little one," Wicke hoped. "Who knows what'll happen to her now that she's wandered off?"

"Let's look, too," Ash suggested as well. "Maybe we should meet up with Sarah and see if she can help us find them."

"Right!" Lillie agreed. "But, where could we find them, and will the small one trust us?"

Everyone could only hope for it to be the case but there was no time to dwell on that.

And so, it was arranged; everyone in the Conservation Area looked high and low for the two Stufful but no matter how hard they looked and no matter which part they searched through, they couldn't find the two Flailing Pokemon anywhere.

What they didn't know is that the older Stufful had started to follow Team Rocket as they made their way out of the area and into another part of Aether Paradise to get away from Sarah and Ash when they noticed them and started to follow them like they were its own family.

Not only that but the younger and shy Stufful had taken a keen eye towards Sarah and her family and quietly followed them herself as they continued to give Tsukumaro and Absol a tour around the facility, trying her best to keep up with them without being seen.

But, as they were now going through the labs on the second basement floor, with approval from a scientist colleague of Burnet, Wicke, and Lusamine, Silvally and Blitz couldn't help but wonder together that they're all being followed as they whipped around back to find the culprit only to find nothing, their suspicions growing until they could bear it no more.

"Uh, Mother...?" he questioned, feeling Stufful following them as he resisted glaring back despite not knowing about her.

"Not now, Silvally," she responded, focused on showing Tsukumaro and Absol around.

"Mother," he called again.

"Later, dude."

"Pi-Pi, Pika...?" Blitz tried, raising his hand.

"Not yet, Blitz!" replied Sarah, starting to get a little annoyed.

"...Mom?" Silvally chirped again.

"Silvally, I thought I told you and Blitz-huh?!" Sarah groaned, turning to see him and Blitz only to stop and gawk as she noticed Stufful at last.

Her small outburst and gasp caused her entire family to turn to her and they also gasped at the sight of the young Flailing Pokemon before them as she froze in terror, realizing that she was finally spotted.

"...Stuff!" squeaked the Normal/Fighting Type.

"What is that?" Nikki gawked in surprise.

"Bloody Arceus, it's a Stufful," gasped Tsukumaro. "And, a young'un at that judging by its small size."

"I didn't know there was a Stufful like that around here," Sarah admitted.

"That's what we've been trying to tell you," Silvally remarked as Blitz got on his back to see her properly.

"Pik, Pikachu, Pi, Pika, Pi, Pikachu, Pik, Pika Pi Pikachu," explained Blitz, telling her about their being followed just as Wooloo and Ponyta decided to approach and comfort the shivering Stufful carefully.

"We had a feeling we were being watched as well by that bear cub but you turned us down," Silvally said.

"I never knew. I guess I got caught up in showing my godfather around the whole place that I didn't even notice."

"If that's a Stufful then if it evolves into a Bewear, I don't know what we'll do if it decides to flail and thrash around," James put in worriedly.

"What, this little one, honey?" asked Nikki as she looked at Wooloo and Ponyta comforting the cub-like Pokemon as they nuzzled her. "Look at it, darling, that Pokemon couldn't harm a fly unless it's been touched or held by someone it doesn't know."

"And, how could it be dangerous if it's that shy towards us? You saw how it froze when we finally saw it," added Sarah matter-of-factly. "And, look at how Wooloo and Ponyta are handling it, they got it under control.

And, indeed they did. As the Sheep and pre-evolved Unique Horn Pokemon continued to soothe the shy Flailing Pokemon, Stufful started to relax as she nuzzled into their fur and mane. Scorch and Yamper came up to her alongside their brother and sister to say hello but Stufful yelped and froze as she remained close to them, acting as if they're her security blankets.

This brought out annoyed stares from Wooloo and Ponyta as they gave deadpanned glares at their younger Galar brothers, making them smile sheepishly and back off with Rapidash coming to herd them.

"Hmm, I guess the newbie cub's having issues with making friends," remarked Silvally again. "She's not gonna win any friendship awards being a big baby like that."

"Rawr, Rwar," snorted Salamence, unamused as he gave a tail slap at Silvally for his remark.

"D'OH!"

"Yeah, that's gonna take a while to get used to until we help her, that is," replied Riolu.

"More friends can be good for her," agreed Mai as she nodded.

"But, you saw how she reacted with Little Brother Yamper and Little Brother Scorch," Nebby reminded. "She's cling-cling to Big Brother Wooloo and Big Sis Ponyta right now."

"She, you mean she's a girl?" Tsukumaro asked in surprise.

"Yeah, she's a baby girl, younger than the rest of us."

"It sounds like she's hatched and has been here for a while," James remarked.

"I wonder how long she's been in Aether Paradise and why we haven't seen her until now," wondered Nikki.

"But, why would that little Stufful follow us all the way here without us knowing and how the hell did she found out about us?" Silvally wondered, still smarting from Salamence's hard hit to his head.

"I don't know but we better get it back to the Conservation Area and-" Sarah began before they all jumped to hear Wicke on the Intercom.

"Attention, Aether Paradise Team, two Stufful from the Conservation Area are both missing!" she said, breaking down in tears. "If you find them or have any information..."

"Two Stufful?" the princess repeated before she looked to the Stufful with her and her family. "I guess we found the second one."

"But, what could've happened to the first one? It WAS at the Conservation Area when we last saw it amongst the Pokemon living there."

"That's what we need to find out, we have to get her back and meet with the others. We'll begin searching for the other Stufful there."

"Then, we must make haste! If we don't return her soon and look for the other Stufful, Lady Wicke will never let us hear the last of it," the three adults resolved.

Sarah nodded as she turned to Wooloo and Ponyta. "Wooloo, Ponyta, could you bring Stufful over here?" she asked.

The timid Flailing Pokemon wasn't too keen on being touched by Sarah if she could be considered a stranger as she hesitated to move, which Wooloo and Ponyta noticed.

"Baa, Baa, Baa, Baa..."

"Neigh, Neigh..." they soothed with soft smiles.

"...Stuff?" asked Stufful, still feeling worried.

The two older Galar Younglings just gave her reassuring nods and trusting them on their word, she allowed them to bring her to their foster mother and trainer as she gently picked her up.

To everyone's surprise and relief, Stufful felt at ease and she didn't flail about dangerously, the Normal/Fighting Type slowly getting accustomed to the little princess' touch and now relaxing in it.

"Okay, that was easy... Too easy," Silvally commented blankly.

"She relaxed under Ms. Sarah's touch!" Mai gasped in surprise.

"At least, she didn't flail around and hurt Mommy," remarked Riolu with a sigh of relief.

"Dou, Dou, Dou," Houndoom agreed cautiously, watching Stufful snuggle his trainer and remembering her species' nature.

"Well, she's a cute one at that," giggled Sarah as Stufful kept snuggling her.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" barked Silvally as he ran ahead.

"Silvally, hey! Slow down, will ya?! Wait up!" called Sarah as everyone else followed, quickly making their way back to the Conservation Area to return Stufful.

It didn't take them too long to arrive back at the Conservation Area but they didn't see Ash, Lillie, Lusamine, Burnet, Wicke, and Rotom-Dex upon entering but they soon heard their voices from one of the upper levels and found them chasing what looked to be the familiar trio that Silvally noticed before, running on the 2nd level bridge from Ash and Lillie.

"Are those the employees Wicke recently hired?" Nikki gaped.

"What's that on that girl's hair?" James asked, pointing at the Pokemon on the female employee's hair.

Everyone looked carefully at the Pokemon but they gasped in shock to see that it was the older Stufful clinging onto the female employee's head.

"By Kyogre's Tidal Wave, that's the other Stufful! Those three hooligans and that Wobbuffet must be trying to make out with it!" Tsukumaro gasped, angered by what he was seeing.

Silvally gasped, looking more closely at the female employee before noticing her hair and her face. "Hey, wait! I've seen that hideous face and that ugly hairdo!" he barked.

"You do?" Mai asked in shock, looking up at him.

"I'd recognize that old hag from a mile away, kid. It's those Three Rocket Stooges again and their Psychic Straight Man," the Synthetic Pokemon confirmed before he turned to Sarah. "Mother, notice anything familiar about those clowns?"

"...Hey, you're right! It IS Team Rocket!" shouted the princess, seeing Team Rocket getting boxed in by Ash, Lillie, their Pokemon, Rotom-Dex, Lusamine, Wicke, Faba, and Burnet along with Raboot, Arctozolt, and Cufant.

"What are they doing here?" Nikki snarled as they heard Faba call Jessie, James, and Meowth out.

"I'd take an obvious guess if it involves stealing the Pokemon living in the Conservation Area," said James angrily.

"But, why is Stufful looking like it's clinging to Jessie?" asked Sarah. "It looks as though it thinks Jessie is its mother."

"That hag as its mother? I'd rather bleach my eyes out at that," Silvally remarked.

"You'll burn your eyes out if you do, Big Brother," Riolu replied innocently.

"You won't be able to see if you add bleach to your eyes," nodded Mai in innocent agreement.

"I don't really mean it to you and Little Miss Spooky, kid. Just a figure of speech here since I'll hardly believe it even if I do see it, really."

"La, La, La!" Latias said, preparing to go after Team Rocket.

"La! La, La, Laaaa, La, La," demanded Latios, stopping her sister from acting rashly so as to think of a plan.

"If we have a plan, we need it!" Riolu told everyone.

"Ab, Sol, Absol!" warned Mulan as they watched Team Rocket rip off their disguises and begin their motto, which garnered deadpanned stares from the majority of Sarah's family.

Tsukumaro, Absol, and the abused Pokemon didn't know what to think as they just stared at Team Rocket as they did their motto. "Princess, what are those scoundrels even doing?" the old advisor asked, confused.

"Please, don't ask," she responded simply, exasperated from Team Rocket's monologue before they finished.

"So, that's what you want! Pikachu, let's go!" Ash shouted, signaling Pikachu to fight.

Sarah gasped in shock along with her family as they knew a brawl was going to happen in Aether Paradise. The shy Stufful was terrified of having to watch a Pokemon fight as she turned away and snuggled deeply in Sarah's arms, whimpering and not wanting to see the brawl that'll take place.

"Ash, stop! Don't do it! You two will end up hurting that Stufful and the other Pokemon!" she shouted, her plea falling on deaf ears.

"Princess, it's no use! They're too far away, they can't hear us!" replied Tsukumaro.

"If we don't do something now, that Thunderbolt could hurt that Stufful!" James said, gritting his teeth in frustration.

"We'll never reach them in time before they try to attack!" Nikki added in agreement.

"We're sitting ducks here, we gotta stop them before the Kanto Turkey Brain and his mouse do anything stupid and reckless!" Silvally argued.

"Big Brother Latios, can't you and Baby Sis Latias do something?" Nebby called to the older Eon Pokemon. Latios shook his head, not wanting to do anything that'll risk the older Stufful's life.

"We gotta do something!" Mai fretted in a panic.

"Caw...!" Braviary volunteered as he quickly flew off to save the first Stufful and stop Ash and Pikachu from making a mistake.

"'Kay, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash called, not realizing what he did as Pikachu prepared to attack.

"NO, PIKACHU, NO!" Sarah screamed.

"PIKA!" Blitz cried.

As everyone watched in panic, worry, frustration, and intense anticipation for the worst, a loud cry was heard as a familiar evolved Flailing Pokemon crashed through one of the sun-windows and landed behind Team Rocket, startling Pikachu as he immediately canceled his Thunderbolt attack and making Braviary gawk in surprise as he hovered in place behind Ash and Lillie's group.

To Team Rocket's horror and everyone's surprise and shock, it was the trio's Bewear, appearing once again to "save" Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbufft from Sarah, Ash, and the others.

"Stuff!" the older Stufful cried happily, seeing Bewear alongside its little group.

Bewear then turned to see Stufful and Jessie, the female Team Rocket member thinking she was looking at her but not noticing her attention being directed towards the older Stufful. She tilted her head at it in intrigue and surprise as the two stared at each other, leaving Poor Jessie to sweat harder and harder as she looked like she was about to crack in her growing panic, thinking she was mad at her for some reason.

The older Stufful's eyes twinkled as it looked towards Bewear, the evolved Flailing Pokemon's eyes widening at the sight of those same eyes it had before she let out a joyful cry and proceeded to hug the Stufful. As it did so, her pre-evolved form let go of Jessie and snuggled it back as the evil trio and Wobbuffet panicked into thinking she was going to attack when they suddenly realized she didn't.

Ash, Lillie, Pikachu, Rotom-Dex, and Snowy gawked in shock from what they saw. Even Lusamine, Faba, Wicke, and Burnet couldn't wrap their heads around what they had just witness and even Sarah and her family were jaw-dropped as they watched on, goggle-eyed.

"Wear...!"

"Stufful, Stufful!" cried Bewear and Stufful happily, the two of them looking relieved and happy to see each other.

"They're family?!"

"Yes...?"

"You think..."

"Wobba, Wobba?!" Team Rocket gawked, watching in disbelief.

Wicke on the other was smiling as Bewar and Stufful smiled at each other, "Family? You two are family!"

Stufful nodded happily, "I'm so happy for you, Stufful!" Wicke grinned and the others nodded happy that Stufful now had his mother back.

With a happy wave to the group and thanking Wicke and her friends for looking after her child, Bewear took Stufful and Team Rocket back to her forest cave-dwelling at Melemele Island as a makeshift helicopter with the two Flailing Pokemon making use of a nearby helicopter's propellers, much to Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet's displeasure.

"We're off with a new blast and a half..."

"Wobbuffet...!" they groaned miserably as they flew back to their Alolan "home".

"Okay... That was weird. Too weird for school, even for me," put in Silvally, completely shocked.

"Did that seriously just happen...?" asked Nikki, still baffled.

"Was that Stufful really Bewear's child?" questioned James, remaining jaw-dropped.

"My word, that's turned out to be quite an eventful and unexpected reunion for those two," Tsukumaro remarked.

"You think we should mention this to anyone?" Mai wondered.

"You think anybody would believe us, kid?" remarked Silvally.

"I'm not gonna touch that line, Little Sis Mai," Riolu said, trying to get over her shock.

"Was that the older Stufful and Team Rocket's Mama?" Nebby quizzed innocently.

"To that Stufful, yes. Team Rocket, no," replied Sarah, unable to shake what she's seen out of her mind.

Not even Ash, Lillie, Burnet, their partners, Lusamine, Faba, and Rotom-Dex couldn't wrap their heads around the unorthodox reunion between Bewear and her child before Pikachu was attacked by Raboot as he kicked him and started angrily berating him and his human partner on why they would be attacking a Pokemon child when it was in Team Rocket's clutches before Bewear crashed in.

This caused Pikachu to realize his and Ash's mistake as he faltered and tried to come up with an excuse but to no avail with the frantic Cufant and Arctozolt trying their best to calm the evolved Rabbit Pokemon down and make him see sense before they all heard Sarah calling out to them and showing them the shy Stufful she soothed and has with her.

Everyone soon hurried over to the little princess and her family when they found out about the shy Stufful being safely in her grasp, the little Flailing Pokemon feeling more comfortable with them as she cooed happily at Sarah.

They were all glad to see the shy Stufful being happy with her new family even if Ash and Pikachu also got a tongue-lashing from Sarah and Blitz for their reckless actions as everyone watched on, laughing at the Kanto natives' misfortune and getting a small chuckle out of the tiny Flailing Pokemon as she watched her caretaker going bananas on her friend.

Wicke, on the other hand, stayed where she was, still delighted and happy for the older Stufful being reunited with Bewear after she and everyone else realized that Bewear was its mother and it was her child. The parting may have been quick but even so, Bewear's child was grateful to Wicke for having taken care of it up to this point and will always remember her for the love she gave it and that and its wellbeing is good enough for the Aether Foundation's chief scientist.

"Take good care, dear Stufful," she sighed happily, wishing the older Stufful the best of luck with its mother.


"Well, well, well, who would've thought it? Bewear and Stufful are a family, incredible! What's more, the shy little Stufful that followed our little princess and her own family is now deciding to stay with her. And, so now, with the two Stufful having found their own families, what will become of Sarah and Team Rocket...?"

The following morning at Aether Paradise, after the arrangements were made for Sarah to keep the shy Stufful, Wicke was walking around the Conservation Area and the spot where she and everyone in her group clashed with Team Rocket and parted ways with the older Stufful, thinking about the Pokemon she loved deeply before she noticed a dish filled with Max Honey that had been left for her which was a final parting gift from her Flailing Pokemon friend.

"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, Protect, Accelarock, Outrage

3. Lycanroc (Midnight Form)

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

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, Iron Head

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. Ampharos (Shiny)

Moves - Thunderbolt, Confuse Ray, Power Gem, Signal Beam, Discharge, Iron Tail, Thunderpunch, Dragon Pulse

12. Sylveon

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

13. Goodra

Moves - Water Gun, Protect, Tackle, Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse, Rain Dance, Aqua Tail

14. Noctowl

Moves - Wing Attack, Foresight, Air Slash, Confusion

15. Meowstic (Male)

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

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, Ice Beam, Iron Tail

21. Dragonite

Moves - Dragon Rage, Iron Tail, Ice Beam, Hyper Beam, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

22. Hydreigon

Moves - Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Wing Attack, Flash Cannon, Dragon Rush, Tri Attack

23. Flygon

Moves - Crunch, Dig, Rock Slide, Steel Wing, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw

24. Solgaleo (aka Nebby)

Moves - Sunsteel Strike, Focus Blast, Teleport, Flamethrower, Wild Charge, Cosmic Power

25. Riolu (Shiny)

Moves - Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Aura Sphere, Circle Throw, Force Palm

26. Poipole

Moves - Venoshock, Fury Attack, Peck

27. Mimikyu

Moves - Shadow Claw, Drain Punch, Wood Hammer, Psychic, Mimic

28. Umbreon (Shiny)

Moves - Dark Pulse, Psychic, Moonlight, Shadow Ball, Iron Tail, Flash

29. Jolteon

Moves - Thunder Fang, Thunderbolt, Double Kick, Shadow Ball, Pin Missile

30. Vaporeon

Moves - Water Gun, Swift, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Dive

31. Flareon

Moves - Fire Fang, Flamethrower, Double Edge, Shadow Ball, Ember

32. Espeon

Moves - Psychic, Psybeam, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Light Screen

33. Leafeon

Moves - Synthesis, Energy Ball, Solar Blade, Shadow Ball, Leaf Storm

34. Glaceon

Moves - Shadow Ball, Ice Fang, Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Iron Tail

35. Eevee

Moves - Helping Hand, Protect, Dig, Double Edge, Swift, Tail Whip

36. Skitty

Moves - Doubleslap, Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Copycat, Double-Edge, Play Rough

37. Braviary

Moves - Superpower, Sky Attack, Brave Bird, Close Combat, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace

38. Absol (Shiny)

Moves - Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Shadow Claw, Hyper Beam, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball

39. Houndoom (Shiny)

Moves - Thunder Fang, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower, Crunch, Stone Edge

40. Latias (Shiny)

Moves - Safeguard, Psychic, Mist Ball, Dragon Pulse, Steel Wing, Recover

41. Latios (Shiny)

Moves - Steel Wing, Psychic, Giga Impact, Dragon Pulse, Luster Purge, Charge Beam

42. Salamance (Shiny)

Moves - Incinerate, Hydro Pump, Dragon Tail, Dragon Rush, Protect, Steel Wing

43. Rapidash (Galar Region)

Moves - Psycho Cut, Mystical Fire, Megahorn, High Horsepower, Heal Pulse

44. Yamper

Moves - Wild Charge, Fire Fang, Play Rough, Double Edge, Dig

45. Scorbunny

Moves - Quick Attack, Double Kick, Flame Charge, Ember, Headbutt

47. Stufful

Moves - Force Palm, Ice Punch, Thunderpunch, Focus Punch, Brick Break


Sarah's Dragon Companions:

1. Winter - Light Fury (F)

2. Shadow - Night Fury (M)

3. Skystorm - Deadly Nadder (F)

4. Mist and Spark - Titan Wing Hideous Zippleback (M)

5. Inferno - Singetail (M)

6. Sunflare - Monstrous Nightmare (F)

7. Starfire - Stormcutter (F)

8. Silver - Razorwhip (F)

9. Venom - Triple Stryke (M)

10. Camo - Titan Wing Dramillion (M)

11-15. His pack of five - Dramillions (3 F and 2 M)

Yellow Dramillions: Mimic - F, Violet - F, Sunflower - F

Red Dramillions: Ocean - M, Tidal - M

16. Melody - Death Song (M)

17. Echo - Slithersong (F)

18. Twilight - Deathgripper (F)

19. Dawn - Deathgripper (M)