Chapter 3: Teleport Mayhem
Me thank all reviewers who have given advice. I tried to follow it as best as I could. Warning: Long chapter! Thanks for reading!
After breakfast Saniel pulled Epona and Noël aside and said, "Okay, Noël: Epona is going to be looking after you today. Epona, Rosalina from the Over the Blue foundation will be arriving at eleven."
"What is she bringing this time?" Epona asked raising an eyebrow. Rosalina usually came for a reason: to gift them with something, usually.
"Beast Balls. Rosalina suspects that there are some Ultra Beasts on the loose; but she won't know until tomorrow. BUT, she wants us to be prepared. She also said even if there aren't any at the moment, it won't be long before some do get loose, because the researchers researching the barrier between us and the Ultra Space, and the Worm Holes say the barrier is getting very thin. When that happens, Worm Holes open all over the place. You might want to ask Rosalina about Rosa, too: they have done a lot of research onto rare Pokémon and Ultra Beasts, so they might have done some research on what Rosa is," Saniel said.
"Okay, we will. And that is very scary: if the barrier goes, the worlds will recombine. But also, Ultra Beasts will be every which will not be good," Epona nodded.
"Thank you, Saniel," Noël wrote.
"No problem: and good luck," Saniel said.
"You too," Epona said. Then they went down to sit in the area by the door.
Everyone hanged around the base for a little while longer, gathering up items for the day. Then they left; saying good bye to Epona and Noël as they went.
"Two hours until Rosalina is due to arrive. But, better add an extra half hour into that; because she's always late," Epona said.
"Aren't some people just like that?" Noël asked.
"I guess. I wish we knew what Rosa was: because for all we know, the only thing it can get caught in could be Beast Balls!" Epona said. She knew that because no one had ever visited the Ultra Space, there were plenty they didn't know about it, and the creatures that lived there.
One aim Epona had was to visit the Ultra Space. That as a reason why she worked there; it was the best chance of getting that aim done. There were other reasons, but that one was more obvious.
Noël just nodded. As they waited around in good view of the door; Epona asked, "So, during the waiting hours yesterday; what did you and Looker do?"
"Looker got some old books, and we read those. Then it was lunch time, and then the doctor came. That was about it," Noël wrote with a neutral expression.
"That sounds really boring. You know, we're lucky paper is so cheap, or we'd be spending thousands of dollars on paper for you to use!" Epona said, joking.
Noël was not sure how she was or should take it, so she just gave a little silent laugh. Epona said, seeing Noël's internal confusion, "It was only supposed to be a joke."
Noël nodded and allowed herself to laugh a little louder. This time, there was actually some sound! "That's great, Noël!" Epona said, clapping excitedly.
Noël nodded back excitedly. It was exciting! She laughed, and you could actually hear something! Maybe this meant she was on the road to recovery? Noël didn't know, but she could hope that that was the case.
"Another problem with this job; this room is not very interesting," Epona said, yawning.
"Yes, and very dull colouring," Noël wrote, agreeing.
"How about we read a bit then, since that's what you did last time? You can tell me which one I should read," Epona said, gesturing to the tower of books nearby.
Noël nodded, and gave Epona the one she had just finished reading. Noël then went to make sure she knew where Rosa was. Surprisingly, Rosa was still in Noël's bag.
Noël let Rosa out; well, in the end she had to throw Rosa out, because it didn't want to leave, unusually. Strange creature.
Noël picked up a new book: this one was much older looking and more beaten up then the rest. Upon opening in, Noël realised it was a diary. She opened it up.
"That a diary there?" Epona asked, and Noël nodded. Then Epona said, "It looks very old; I bet it has a lot of information on the ancient times. Hey, it might be old enough to go back to when the world was split! Now, that would be something to read about. As far as we believe, the other would is more advanced and has more regions, but we got all the records for it."
All Noël did was nod. Everything Epona said was right, in her opinion.
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Two hours later; Epona said, putting her book down, "We should read more often; time goes really quick. Not to mention how much we learn from reading."
"Yes, your right. Especially when staying at the base means you get bored stiff," Noël wrote, agreeing with Epona.
"Rosalina will be here any minute," Epona said, looking at her watch. Then she said, "While we wait, I will tell you about her. She runs the Over the Blue Foundation. She is a bit wishy washy and a bit thick, but she is the loveliest person around; and I've met some really nice people."
"Can't wait to meet her," Noël wrote. And she meant it; Rosalina sounded really nice.
"Yes, you will like her, I believe: everyone does. She might be frustrating, but she is very nice. Hopefully she won't be too late today as last time: she arrived an hour and a half after she was supposed to!" Epona said stretching out.
They sat in silence for a bit then. Noël thought about the new things she had learnt from her book: mostly about the ancient traditions. But it did seem this was set before the worlds split, as it mentioned the Altar of Sunne and Moone, and how they were connected, and from one you could go to the other, no matter what. Noël was excited to read to the end of this book, because it was teaching her a lot already!
Five minutes later, a dark brown haired young woman pulling a heavy looking trolley entered the building. She was looking a bit tired. She was wearing worn denim blue shorts, a white shirt with a black vest over the top, punk-like gloves, white crew socks and black runners. Her hair was done in a ponytail which came the hole in her pink and white cap. She had a sporty shoulder bag.
"Epona! How nice to see you again! How are your Pokémon?" the woman asked.
"Good, Rosalina: how are you? How's things for the foundation going?" Epona asked, being polite.
"Good, really good. And who's this? A new recruit?" the woman, Rosalina asked, turning to Noël.
"This is Noël: she just appeared a couple of days ago. Noël, this is Rosalina, the president of the Over the Blue Foundation," Epona said.
Noël wrote something down, then Epona handed it to Rosalina. "She can't speak then?" Rosalina guessed as she took the piece of paper.
"No, she can't; she did once, but not now. Maybe one day she will be able to speak again," Epona said shaking her head.
"Hopefully. It must be a pain not being able to speak," Rosalina said, understanding. She then read what Noël had written.
"Nice to meet you, Rosalina: what is the Over the Blue Foundation exactly?"
"Ah, I will have to tell you! How about over a cup of coffee?" Rosalina asked: she needed her coffee! That was the only reason she ran properly!
"Okay, we could arrange that. I'll lock the door and turn the doorbell on," Epona said getting up.
Epona got up and went to the door with Rosalina following her, chatting. Noël went and found Rosa and put it in her bag, along with the paper and pen. As Noël walked out into the entrance hall, Epona and Rosalina were coming away from the door.
"Good timing," Epona commented. Then they went upstairs.
As they walked, Epona asked Rosalina, "How about some lunch, since you're here and its basically lunch time?"
"Alright, sure," Rosalina nodded.
As they reached the meals area, John was wiping one of the tables. He said, "Hello, Rosalina. You guys coming up for lunch?"
"Hi, John. Yes, and coffee!" Rosalina said.
"Alright; you sit down and I'll get it ready," John said laughing. Rosalina and her coffee! He then walked back into the Kitchen to get all that for them.
Noël, Rosalina and Epona all sat down. Rosalina said, "So, the Over the Blue Foundation. I started it around… oh, it must be eleven years ago now. It was in memory of a friend who had just died, leaving his Pokémon homeless. They needed somewhere to stay, so I took them in. I didn't have anywhere for them, so we kept moving around. That wasn't helped with me taking in more Pokémon just about every week. Eventually, I came to Alola after visiting the other two regions and several of the islands about. When I couldn't find anything here, I was at the end of my tether and had run out of patience, so I built somewhere out of desperation. It is the first manufactured by humans and Pokémon Island. You see, where I built my home for homeless, badly injured and sick Pokémon was in the middle of the ocean between the four Alolan Islands. I named it 'Over the Blue' because it seemed fitting for somewhere in the ocean."
"Wow, sounds pretty fantastic," Noël wrote.
"Thanks, Noël: it's the best I can do. I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but I was not expecting it to go as well as it did; building the foundation, I mean. I just needed something temporary, but it has lasted! And with all the strengthening we do, it should last for years," Rosalina said.
"We'll have to take you there one day, Noël; it is a pretty amazing site to see," Epona said.
Then John brought the drinks out. He said as he placed the coffee and tea, "You're talking about the Over the Blue Foundation? I went there and I thought it was great. I'd defiantly work there if I got sacked or was not already working here."
"Oh, wow! I didn't know you liked it so much," Rosalina said looking surprised.
"You're surprised?" Epona asked in disbelief, and Rosalina nodded. Noël couldn't help herself; she had to giggle.
"Yes; you'll have to come, though, Noël! We will have to give you the cooks tour," Rosalina said.
"I look forward to it," Noël wrote.
"What did you bring today, Rosalina?" Epona asked after John had returned to the Kitchen. Noël didn't know if it was on purpose or not, but if it wasn't, it was very odd for her to wait until then.
"Oh, well: Beast Balls in case our fears are true. Then Poké Carriers for people who are too young for Pokémon. How they work is, the Pokémon goes into it, and when it leaves, it is still like friendly with humans, but a wild Pokémon. When the owner is old enough to be a trainer, the parent or guardian will put a code into it, and it will become a proper Poké ball, and the Pokémon inside will act like a Pokémon caught in a Poké Ball. Of course, if you needed to carry an extra Poké Ball around for whatever reason, they could be used for that too: the Pokémon League can't pick up on that: And I would like it to stay that way. Poké Rangers have brought some to make transporting Pokémon that are being released back into the wild after injury safer," Rosalina said.
"That sounds complicated," Epona said looking shocked.
"Then there is some research. That's it though," Rosalina said.
"I have a question: Noël has this Pokémon, and she doesn't have any balls on her or anything. We don't even know what it is. Could we use one of those Poké Carriers for it? and could you look at it and see if you know? Saniel was going to ask Acerola, but you're here now, so…" Epona explained.
"Yes, okay: I'll have a look," Rosalina nodded.
"Okay: Noël, can you get… Rosa, wasn't it? out?" Epona asked Noël.
Noël nodded. She opened up her bag, picked Rosa up from inside and placed it on the table. Rosalina looked at Rosa curiously. "It is certainly a new one on me. When I go back, I'll have a look through our research notes on Legendary Pokémon and UBS. Something about it makes me think it would be one of those. Looking at what it and what it's made of, makes me lean towards a space Pokémon, which makes me lean towards it being a UB. UB stands for Ultra Beast, by the way, Noël," Rosalina said, quickly adding the last bit.
Noël nodded and wrote, "Thank you."
"Yes, thank you. I'll get one of them sorted out for Rosa: Noël carrying it around in her bag is certainly going to lead to trouble," Epona said.
"Especially with Team X around: they're after rare Pokémon, you see. I have just had to improve my security because of it. Not to mention my workers had to battle at least ten grunts to save Pokémon from them every two days. It is just ridiculous! I am about ready to tell the Kahunas to ask you guys to help get rid of them, or I will! Then again, they might get sick of doing it and be gone next year," Rosalina said, obviously annoyed.
"Yeah, that does sound pretty bad. We'll keep our ears open for the distress call," Epona said, trying not to smirk.
"Ha! Very funny Epona," Rosalina said no amused.
"Team X sounds scary," Noël wrote, feeling frightened about them.
"Don't worry, Noël; for the time being at least, someone like me will always be with you; and I'm pretty sure I could chase them off," Epona said.
"Don't be too sure of yourself, Epona: that can be your greatest enemy," Rosalina said wisely.
Then John brought theirs and all the Pokémon's lunch out. After he finished putting it out on the table next to them, they all thanked him. "That's okay; enjoy," he said, then he walked off. Epona and Rosalina let their Pokémon out, but they were right behind Noël, so she couldn't see them.
They got what they wanted to eat, and then they sat down and ate. After a quick look around, Epona said quietly, "I don't trust John: just something about him seems un-trust worthy. Saniel seems to trust him though; so, I am a bit confused about wherever or not it's just me."
"I don't like him either: something just seems off," Noël wrote.
"Yes! That is exactly how I feel!" Epona said excitedly.
"Weird. Maybe you shouldn't worry about him: but then again, certainly don't dismiss it since two of you are feeling it," Rosalina said nodding. Then she started to ponder.
"Don't think too much into it: he is probably just a shady person which makes Noël and I not trust him," Epona said.
"Hopefully that's all," Noël wrote, and Epona and Rosalina nodded to agree with her. Then they continued eating.
When they finished; they thanked John, then they went downstairs to go and put the balls Rosalina had created (and brought to the base) in their storage space. Rosalina had left them just near the door. The three picked up two bags each and took them to another room on the bottom floor. This room had lots of screens and machines in it, racks for Poké Balls and bins for empty Poké Balls. The walls and the floor were all white, which made it look stark.
When they had brought all the bags into this room, and Epona had found two new bins for them. When the balls had been emptied into the bins, Rosalina picked up one of the Poké Carriers and handed it to Noël. Noël looked at Rosalina confusedly.
"See the clicky bit? Just press that against Rosa and it'll go in," Rosalina instructed.
Noël tried what Rosalina said and the carrier took Rosa in, in the same way as the Poké Balls took Pokémon in. "Throw the ball at the ground and think you want it to open," Rosalina said to Noël.
Noël gave her a strange, confused look, but she did it and Rosa popped out, again. "Pew?" Rosa cried, sounding confused.
Noël did the same process as before to get Rosa back into the ball. "Well! The work like a charm!" Rosalina said, clapping excitedly.
"Yay?" Noël wrote, causing Epona and Rosalina to laugh.
"I better go, now. Rowena will start to panic if I'm gone too long: she does not cope with being in charge; lucky my niece is interested and she'll be getting the place when I cark it," Rosalina said, sounding sad.
"We'll leave with you: we've got to go out and let Rosa play outside," Epona said.
"Probably a good idea, it does look like a young Pokémon," Rosalina said nodding.
"Well, you two head to the front. I will go and tell John what's happening, then I'll get my bag on the way out," Epona said.
The three made their way out to the staircase, where Epona went up it. Rosalina and Noël continued on until outside.
"Are you looking forward to doing a bit of exploring?" Rosalina asked while they waited for Epona. Noël nodded happily. "Yeah, exploring is fun, isn't it? I remember it being fun when I was travelling around. People think doing the Island challenge is enough, but I feel you need to explore the other region to have lived. That's what I think, anyway."
"I'm sure it's a very valid opinion," Noël wrote.
"Maybe: thanks though, Noël! You sure have a very open mind about things!" Rosalina said, smiling.
Then Epona came out. "Right! All set! Are you leaving us now, Rosalina?" Epona asked.
"Yep! I'll say you later. Hopefully not too much later, though," Rosalina said. Then, with a wave, she went down towards where the boats came in.
"Come on, Noël! I know this great park just over here," Epona said, leading them in the opposite direction to the one Rosalina had gone.
"I can't wait! Hopefully, Rosa will burn off some steam and be a little more controllable," Noël wrote, quite messily.
"Hopefully," Epona nodded.
When they reached the park, Epona said after a quick look around, "Let Rosa out: it's pretty safe."
Noël nodded, and quickly pulled out the Poké Carrier and let Rosa out.
Epona throw three of her Poké Balls and, Theo, Ursula and a Pokémon with bananas under its chin came out. "Right, you three! I want you to watch Rosa, okay?"
"Woff!"
"RAAH!"
"TROP!" They cried, then they went a little off to places they could watch Rosa from, who was investigating a patch of clover.
"What was that Pokémon with the bananas?" Noël asked.
"What? Oh! That's Tropius. I call it Toppy though because I'm not sure if it's a girl or boy. I better let Five out, because she needs a brush," Epona said, pulling out another Poké Ball.
A fox-like Pokémon with nine tail plums. It was a light bluey white colour. "And this is Five, my Ninetails. Come on, let's sit over here," Epona said, leading them over to a bench not that far away.
"Nine!" Five cried, and Noël nodded.
When they sat down, Epona pulled a grooming kit out and started grooming Five. Noël deciding just sitting there would be very boring, she pulled her book on herbs out. Five minutes later, she was bored stiff.
"Do you want to go and have a look around? If you get into trouble, Toppy, Ursula and Theo will help you," Epona suggested.
Noël nodded eagerly. Then she put the book back, then she got up and walked around. It was a very pretty park: with lots of gardens, a huge fountain, and lots of trees. Though, most of the trees were around the edge. There were quite a few wild Pokémon, but not many trainers, owned Pokémon and other people.
After exploring for a while, Noël found Theo, who decided to hang around with her. Shortly after that, it occurred to Noël she hadn't seen Rosa for a while, so she better go and find it. Epona obviously had a similar thought, because not long after Noël and Theo started their search, they came across Epona, Ursula and Five, looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" Noël asked.
"Rosa; what about you?" Epona asked, and Noël nodded to say 'same.' "Okay! Let's search together! Hopefully Toppy is with Rosa."
Noël nodded to agree, then they started their search. When they got to the back of the park, they heard a cry!
"That sounds like Toppy!" Epona cried, and then they started running towards the source of the sound.
When they reached the very edge of the park, they saw Rosa looking very afraid and shaking; and Toppy was trying to defend it from a flock of Fearow.
"We have to help! Five, blizzard, Theo, flamethrower!" Epona cried, strongly.
"Ni!"
"AR!" they both cried, then they released their attacks.
Both attacks hitting the Fearows at the same time was enough to scare them they ran away. Epona and Noël ran over to Rosa and Toppy to make sure they were alright. As Noël picked Rosa up, Epona asked Toppy, "Are you alright?"
"Trop, trop!" Toppy replied, with a shake of its head.
"Well, that's good: I'm glad you're alright," Epona said, and Noël nodded.
Just as Ursula, Five and Theo came up to ask Toppy something, Rosa started glowing! "Noël! Quickly put it back into the Poké Carrier!" Epona cried to Noël. But she was too late, before Noël could even move, they were teleported off.
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When the teleporting finished, Noël and Epona at least, collapsed onto the ground feeling rather weak.
"Cos?" Rosa asked as it wiggled free of Noël's grasp. It seemed Rosa still had plenty of energy.
"Right, so the only move it knows is Teleport, great! If it had to be something useless, why couldn't have been Splash?" Epona said, in-between puffs.
Noël shrugged, but she was inclined to agree with Epona on the useless move Rosa could have known.
"Where are we?" Epona asked, thinking out loud when she had recovered.
"I don't know: at the bottom of some big steps?" Noël wrote, pointing at a big set of stairs just nearby. Apart from the stairs and an entrance to a cave, there was nothing else around: it looked like they were in the middle of a dessert. Though, they could hear the sound of falling water.
"Huh?" Epona asked after reading what Noël said, then she looked over to the stairs. "Oh! I know where this is! We are at the Altar of Moone! Come on! We might as well go to the top since we're here."
"But that's a very steep climb!" Noël wrote, not sure if she would make it to the top.
"Grab Rosa and we'll go up on Theo's back," Epona said, returning Five, Toppy and Ursula.
"Growl!" Theo cried excitedly.
As Noël picked Rosa up, she decided for now she would keep Rosa just in her bag. The next thing Noël did was force Rosa into the bag with quite a bit of fighting; then she went over to Epona, with Rosa stuffed into her bag.
"Alright: now you start trying to climb into Theo, and I'll help you up," Epona said. Noël nodded and then tried to jump up. She tried it a few more times before finally Epona grabbed her at the peak of her jump, and pushed her up. Then Epona climbed on herself.
After making sure they were not going to fall off, Theo charged up the steps. Theo had big, quick steps, which meant climbing the stairs didn't take long.
When they reached the top, Theo stopped so Noël and Epona slid off safely. The Altar was quite majestic. There were two quite large waterfalls coming down from the cliff behind, and they followed into creeks which went straight off the sides of the plateau the altar was built on. On the same wall, the waterfalls fell from, right in the middle, there was a huge stoned bit, with a symbol that reminded Noël and Epona of the moon. On the outer edge of the altar, and before you reached the end of the bit which had been built, there were two platforms which gave Noël the impression that two people needed to stand on them. In the middle, on a built-up platform was the same symbol as on the wall.
"Epona of the International Police, what brings you here today?" someone asked. Epona and Noël looked around to see an elderly lady stepping out from the shadows. She was dressed like a nun and looked like one too.
"Well, to be honest, this was an accidental visit caused by Rosa," Epona said to the woman. She had been here multiple times, and on none of them she had found out the woman's name.
"Cos! Pew?" Rosa cried.
Noël looked down to see Rosa. "And how did you get out?" She thought, about ready to give up on it.
"Oh? I see. That is a very rare Pokémon, young girl: protect it at all costs, because you and it will be destined to change the world, in some way," The woman said to Noël.
"What do you mean?" Epona asked, hoping to learn more.
"I can't say; I'm not allowed to. Take this, young girl: it will be of use at some point in time, I'm sure: this is the symbol of our Moone god," the woman said holding out her hand.
Noël walked closer and saw there was a neckless in the woman's hand. It was a yellow and dark purple crescent moon, with the same symbol as what was on the raised platform.
"Thank you," Noël shakily wrote, then she took it, and put it on, and hide it beneath her clothes.
"No problem. Good luck getting back," The woman said stonily.
"Thank you; goodbye!" Epona said.
"Bye. What do we do now, Epona?" Noël wrote, on two pieces of paper.
"Try and work out how to get back," Epona said.
"Growl!" Theo said frantically.
"What's the matter?" Epona asked, then she and Noël looked down just in time to see Rosa glow then teleport them, again: to a new place.
Epona didn't know where they had just been teleported to, all she knew is they were very high in the air, with nothing stopping them from falling. She started screaming, and Noël did soon after.
Luckily, Theo thought to get them both and Rosa then he jumped to safety. After falling for a bit, they landed on a small ledge.
"Thanks, Theo: you really saved us just then," Epona panted.
Noël nodded to say the same.
"Cos?" Rosa said from a little bit away. It was not looking in the least bit scared or frightened; in fact, it looked pleased with itself.
"Where are we?" Noël asked.
"On the side of Wela Volcano; I believe. Theo, do you think you could get us to a safer bit of land?" Epona asked Theo, and Theo nodded. "Okay, Noël: grab Rosa and let's get on."
Noël nodded as she and Epona stood up. Noël grabbed Rosa, then she got onto Theo's back with help from Epona, again. Then Epona jumped on. When she gave the signal, Theo charged off. He kept charging until they reached the base of the mountain.
When Theo stopped, Epona and Noël got off. "Thanks, Theo. Return," Epona said, pulling out Theo's ball and returning him to it.
"Alright: let's head this way," Epona started waving towards a path. "If we follow the path we will be able to return to base in no time."
"Okay, let's go," Noël wrote.
"Wait; where's Rosa?" Epona asked, after having looked around.
"I don't know!" Noël wrote, feeling panicked.
"We will have to do a ground search because I don't know how Toppy will like the heat," Epona said, as they turned around and went back the way they came from. Noël nodded understandingly.
After quite a bit of backtracking, they found Rosa staring at a patch of grass nearby a pool of lava. Neither of them were sure how Rosa got there, as it was quite far from the track Theo had taken them on. Epona supposed it must have drifted a bit, then wondered.
As Noël picked it up, Epona muttered, thinking about it staring, "Strange creature." Then she said, not wanting to get teleported again, "You better put in the Carrier before it— too late."
Rosa used teleport again. This place they had just teleported to, was a round green area that was closed in, and in the middle was an elegant pond. there were two entrances out, though. All through it, there were these grey totem statues.
"We're at the Ruins of Life! I wanted to take you here anyway, so, let's go in!" Epona said.
Noël nodded and picked up Rosa. Then, with Epona in the lead, they ran into the ruins. The ruins were very light, which was surprising considering there were no windows, but then there were a few holes in the roof. The first room had four huge blocks in it, there was no way past.
Epona said pulled a device out, "Now, I reckon Ursula could move these, but that isn't strictly legal, and the Kahuna does spend a lot of time here, so I don't want to risk it. This, Noël, is a Poké Pager. I can call various Pokémon to my aid with this. Like, Machamp Shove!" As Epona said the last bit, she pulled a small glass ball out of the device and held it up to the sky.
There was a rainbow flash, and a Machamp appeared. Epona told it to push the boulders so they could get through. The Machmp nodded and did what she asked. Ten minutes later, Machamp cried, "Machamp!"
Noël was shocked: the four boulders where gone in just ten minutes! She had just looked away for a short time and they vanished! As she looked around, she saw some patches of ground which were different, and she wondered if that was where the blocks went.
"Thank you, Machamp," Epona said. There was another rainbow flash, and Machamp disappeared.
As she walked forward, Epona said, "Pokémon are great, aren't they? Machamp pushed those blocks into these holes, which is why the ground has four patches of grey."
Noël nodded: it seemed like her guess that that was where the blocks had gone was correct. As they proceeded to the next room, they saw it was similar to the previous room except for the lack of blocks, and it had a raised, wooden bit instead. Epona went up the stairs to get to the top of it, and Noël followed. At the top, there was a totem statue, like the ones outside. Behind, were some pink leaves, which looked like they were stuck to the wall. As they stopped, Noël let Rosa go. Rosa went up to the totem statue and was crying happily.
"Rosa seems happy to be here," Epona stated.
"Yes, it does," Noël wrote, agreeing with Epona.
"Do you want to pray to the Tapu? If nothing else, it's something to say you've done," Epona asked.
"Okay!" Noël wrote excitedly, but at the same time nervously.
Noël went up to the statue and stood next to Rosa. Then, she reached out her hand and touched it; wishing to find out what happened to her and her memories. Epona screamed, and Noël opened her eyes to see a pick creature with a pink, but wooden looking body in front of her. Noël and Rosa both jumped back in surprise: though in Noël's case, she ended up on the ground.
"Tapu Lele!" Epona cried, in awe as Noël looked up at it.
"Lele!" Tapu Lele cried. Then it stared at Rosa for a good minute. Rosa being Rosa, gayly stared back.
"Why have you appeared before us, mighty Tapu Lele?" Epona asked, ready to fight. She knew that Tapu Lele could decide to just attack them any second.
Tapu Lele didn't say anything though, it just stared at Rose before moving to Noël. "LYRA AND COSMOG," Tapu Lele said after a while; in plain English to everyone's surprise.
"Lyra, who's that? And what has she got to do with anything?" Noël wondered.
"YOU," Tapu Lele said, pointing at Noël. Then Noël saw a terrifying scene.
Great, huge, jellyfish liked creatures surrounded her. Noël was terrified; and the only comfort she had was Rosa, who was just as scared.
As one of the creatures extended one of its tentacles, which was covered with a purple substance, Rosa started glowing and released a strong flash that sent these creatures flying.
"What?!" Noël thought and wrote.
"Huh?" Epona questioned, feeling very confused.
"THEY LOST MEMORIES BECAUSE OF SOMETHING VERY SCARY. JUST SHOWED YOU A SCENE," Tapu Lele said.
"I saw, huge jellyfish-like creatures, they were all around Rosa and I: we were both so scared. One extended a tentacle towards me; it was covered in some kind of poison; I'm sure. Then Rosa glowed and used some power to send them away," Noël wrote.
"I wonder; that sounded like an Ultra Beast: maybe you were in the Ultra Space? But what has Lyra got to do with anything?" Epona asked, thinking.
"THAT'S RIGHT. LYRA, HER," Tapu Lele said, then it vanished.
"That was weird. We have found out a bit out you; but who is Lyra? Tapu Lele wasn't at all clear," Epona said scratching her head. She thought Lyra must have something to do with Noël, but what?
"No, it wasn't," Noël agreed.
Then, Rosa started glowing to use teleport.
"All no! Not again! Please stop, Rosa!" Epona cried. But that fell on death ears.
This time, they were landed on top of a huge snowy mountain.
"Vrr, it's cold," Epona said, and Noël nodded frantically.
"Come on, we need to get out of here," Epona said. Noël nodded, then she picked up Rosa, and Epona led them towards a cave that would hopefully take them down to the bottom.
"If we walk fast we will get to the bottom in no time," Epona said as they walked briskly.
As they walked, Noël wished Rosa would use teleport again. "I don't suppose you could get Rosa to use Teleport again, could you?" Epona asked, glancing back at Noël.
Noël shook her head, then gestured to Rosa, who was just falling asleep. "Typical. You better put it the Poké Carrier, for now," Epona said.
Noël nodded and did exactly that.
"It's still hard to believe we just met the guardian of Akala Island; Tapu Lele. That's not something that happens every day," Epona commented.
"Yes, it seems so surreal," Noël wrote.
"Yep. I bet everyone will be jealous," Epona said, laughing slightly. Noël did too, though she wasn't sure if she was supposed to.
After a while, Epona sent Theo out, and they climbed on again. Theo could run faster, which saved them walking, and being a fire type quite a bit of heat came out of his coat. Noël didn't know if Epona knew that before now, but even if she didn't, it was still a good idea.
After what seemed like hours of endless caverns filled with snow and ice, they came to an outside area. This was beautiful. There was snow everywhere, and it was still falling. It was a pretty clear night which meant the stars and the snowflakes had a very pretty effect together. There was quite a bit of long grass, and surprisingly, only the tips were covered in snow. There was a group of Vulpix following a Ninetails going through this area.
"Even if it is cold, it sure is beautiful up here," Epona said as they watched.
"Yes, it is," Noël nodded.
"Ready, Theo?" Epona asked.
"Gowl!" Theo barked.
"Alright, hold on tight, Noël," Epona said gripping on.
Noël did the same; then, Theo started into a gallop and jumped downwards. It was a very long jump. When they finally landed it was a relief to Noël at the very least. Where they just landed was quite a bit warmer, but there still was a bit of snow.
"Come on, Theo; can you just get us to the Tapu Village Pokémon Centre?" Epona asked Theo. Theo nodded and continued on.
"We are on the third Island of Alola, Noël. This one is called Ula Ula. That mountain we just climbed down is the tallest in Alola and one of the seven tallest in the world. This village is Tapu village," Epona said as they entered a Village. "We are very near the Ruins on this island, which is why the village was built here and it was called Tapu Village."
"Wow," Noël wrote.
As they reached the Pokémon Centre, Epona said, "This is a Pokémon Centre. People take their Pokémon to get healed here. They also have a Cafeteria, rooms and a Poké Mart. A Poké Mart sells things such as healing items, repels and Pokéballs. So, this is one of the most important places for a trainer."
"Wow! It does sound like a great place," Noël wrote, with a smile on her face.
As they went inside, Epona's phone went off. "Ah! That's Saniel! I'll see if he can help us. Hello, Epona speaking," Epona said answering it.
"Epona! Where are you and Noël?!" Saniel shouted through the phone. Epona held the phone away from her ear as Saniel spoke because he was shouting.
"On Ula Ula Island. Rosa kind of teleported us here: can you help us get back?" Epona asked, hopefully.
"Alright; whereabouts are you? I'll ring Rosalina and ask her if she can send a Helicopter to get you," Saniel said.
"Sure. We are at Tapu Village, but we will move down towards the trial site," Epona said.
"Roger that. See you soon; Saniel out," Saniel said then he hung up.
"Alright, Noël, Theo: let's go, again," Epona said. Then she turned around and left the Pokémon Centre with Noël and Theo quickly following.
When they got out of the centre they climbed on Theo's back, and he cantered down some steps to reach the beach. This beach had black sand. Just above them looked like a road, but it had had a landslide fall on it so now half of it was on the ground. It was a very quiet beach; Noël, Epona and Theo were about the only people about. Noël saw a few big stones in the ocean and decided that was probably why there weren't many people. That and the fact it wasn't exactly hot, even though it wasn't cold, either and it was starting to get late.
Theo went up some stairs and stopped. They were outside what looked like an abounded shop. As they got off Theo, Epona said, "That used to be the Thrifty Mega Mart: Tapu Bulu destroyed it. People believe it did not approve of the Mega Mart, so they moved it to another Island. Nowadays, it is a trial site run by Acerola. She won't be around now though; it's too late."
Noël nodded tiredly: it had been a long day and she had learned a whole lot. Maybe if she wasn't so tired, she would have asked about Tapu Bulu: but right now, all she felt like doing was sleeping. Theo gave a tired yawn, and Epona said, returning him to his ball, "Oh yes, sorry, Theo! You have done well today; have a nice rest inside your ball."
"Wuff!" Theo growled as he was sucked into the Poké Ball.
An hour later, when it was starting to get very dark when they heard a loud chopping sound from the sky.
"Finally!" cried Epona.
Noël gave her a look as if to say 'huh?' so Epona quickly explained, "That sound is the helicopter sound!"
A few minutes later they saw something flying through the sky with a bright light on the front. After appearing, it started to land. When it was quite a way down, Noël and Epona could see it was going to land on the beach.
The helicopter was quite long and was bright blue with 'Over the Blue Foundation' written on the side. It had quite a small body and a very long tail. At the end of the tail there was a little propeller spinning, and on top was a huge on also spinning. All in all, it looked quite like a Yanmega. The helicopter was so big that it was creating quite a strong wind which was blowing at Epona and Noël, almost pushing them over.
When the helicopter had landed, Epona started walking towards it. When they were quite close, the door opened and Rosalina stepped out. "I hear you've been having an adventure," she said.
"Yes; Rosa decided to learn Teleport," Epona said, not impressed.
"Oh dear. Come on, hop in and I'll take you back," Rosalina said, trying not to laugh.
"Thank you," Epona said, and Noël wrote 'thank you.'
Rosalina got back in the helicopter and sat down, then Epona and Noël got in. When they had sat down, Noël noticed that there was one other person inside, other than the driver. This was a blue-haired lady: her blue hair kind of looked like it had been stuck in a power socket. When Epona and Noël had done up their seat belts, this blue-haired lady shut the door, then she signalled to the driver, and they took off again.
"So, Epona and Noël: this is my second in command, Rowena. Rowena, this is Epona from the International Police, and Noël, a young girl who they are helping to find her home," Rosalina said.
"Nice to meet you," Rowena said, nodding curtly.
"Nice to meet you, Rowena," Epona said, offering a smile.
"Nice to meet you, Rowena," Noël wrote, smiling shyly.
"What do you think of my Helicopter?" Rosalina said. Then she continued, "It's a very new one, you see."
"It's very cozy," Epona commented. And it was true: leather seats that were as soft as a cloud, carpet floors; what else was going to spring to mind?
"It's very nice, Rosalina," Noël wrote. She was just excited about getting to ride in a Helicopter!
"Great! I'm glad you all like it!" Rosalina said, looking satisfied.
"So, where are we landing?" Epona asked.
"I got permission from the Kahuna for us to land on Akala Beach. Speaking of which: how much longer, Hans?" Rosalina asked the driver.
"About another fifteen minutes," he replied.
"Gee, it's so much faster than a boat," Epona commented, remembering the day it took for her to get to one island to another.
"I know, boats are so slow. Apparently, they're hoping to get a plane service between Melemele and Akala islands up and running early next year. Then if that goes well, they will extend the service to other islands," Rowena said.
"That will be good," Epona agreed.
"By the way; I've picked up signs of alien lifeforms on Poni Island. The Kahuna and Trial Captain has gone to control that because, between the two of them, they should be able to stop the one lifeform. However, tomorrow I will be able to give you all the readings. It will be early, at least. Even if you guys are not needed, it would be good for you to know, as these things happen in threes," Rosalina said.
"Okay; I'll let Saniel know. And yes, they do," Epona nodded.
Then Epona talked about the adventures she and Noël had had that day. Rosalina too seemed to think that the jellyfish-like creatures Noël remembered where an Ultra beast called Nihilego, and it sounded like she was in the Ultra Space. She was very impressed that they met Tapu Lele; but just as mythed about who Lyra was, or where it is.
"So, what are Nihilego? You know, what do they do?" Epona asked.
"This is very old information, but it tells you enough. So, apparently: if you get infected or have some of its venom get into you, you will suddenly become violent. And because the venom just sits on its tentacles, it can go through Ultra wormholes and unknowingly effect people. So, here's a scenario to spell it out," Rosalina said, seeing Epona and Noël were looking quite confused.
Then she said, "So, two kids have a lovely, loving mother. But one day, she changes suddenly. She is no longer the kind loving person, or at least, it has changed somehow. And she starts to act different and or go crazy and randomly decides she wants an Ultra Beast. Not knowing that she was being controlled by some kind of poison, the two children run away. Three to four and a half years after the sudden change, the mother dies from the poison. And Nihilego can be a parasite too; it can absorb, so to speak, a Pokémon or a person, and become very hard to stop, and very hard to remove from its host. That is what Nihilego is. Noël was very lucky to get out of there with just memories missing because of all the trauma," Rosalina said, looking disgusted.
"Ouch! What a horrible Pokémon!" Epona said, appalled.
"Yes, my thought's exactly," Noël wrote.
"Someone did catch one though: and the venom dried out. That is something the Beast Balls do; make the Ultra Beast safer. That girl who caught it didn't get affected by its venom either. She actually became a champion with her Nihilego. So, if we could catch one without anyone getting affected by the venom, it would be an alright Pokémon. Anything is, for some reason; the venom on Nihilego doesn't work very well on our planet, so it makes less of a threat, even then. That is interesting, you know: in the Ultra Space it is very dangerous, but here it isn't. Then of course, for whatever reason when the venom slips off the tentacle and falls into an Ultra Wormhole it's still just as dangerous," Rosalina said, finding that whole concept very confusing.
"Catching one would be good then: because then you could study it," Epona stated.
"Yes, it would," Rosalina agreed.
Before they knew it, the fifteen minutes before they got to the beach was up.
When the Helicopter landed, Rosalina said, "Well, this is where we leave you. Goodbye."
"Thank you, Rosalina. See you!" Epona said. She was very grateful that Rosalina came to their rescue.
"Bye, and thank you," Noël wrote.
"Bye! Nice meet you!" Rowena said. Then, Epona and Noël stepped out of the Helicopter.
When they were a good distance away, the helicopter took off. Without a word, Epona lead on back to the base. It was a short walk back to base, fortunately; because Noël and Epona didn't think they could walk that far.
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As soon as they arrived, they went straight upstairs to the meals room. Everyone else was already in there, eating. After grabbing their dinner, releasing the Pokémon (including Rosa), they sat down with Saniel, Looker and Anabel.
"I hear Rosa has learned Teleport," Saniel stated.
"Yes, and it was very excited too. We ended up at the Altar of Moone, Wela Park Volcano, Ruins of Life and Mt. Lanakila. It was nice being able to ride in Rosalina's new helicopter, though. And we met Tapu Lele at the ruins! It showed Noël how she lost most her memories: she was in the Ultra Space and got ambushed by some Nihilego. The trauma from it all caused her to lose most her memories. And it kept talking about a person or a place called Lyra," Epona said.
"Wow! What a journey!" Anabel said, with her mouth open.
"It was kind of fun; but very tiring," Noël wrote.
"I wonder who Lyra is? Are you going to go to bed when you finish eating?" Looker asked, and Noël nodded.
"When can we go to bed?" Epona asked Saniel.
"It won't be too long: just got to give out the tasks for tomorrow," Saniel responded.
"Ah, good," Epona said happily.
When everyone finished eating, Noël grabbed Rosa and went upstairs for bed. After everyone else collected their Pokémon, they went to the computer room. It was one the same floor as the meal's room, just on a different corridor.
Epona told them all about the day's adventures, or more particularly, about what Rosalina had said about Nihilego and what they discovered at the Ruins of life.
"I wonder: could Lyra be Noël's real name?" Anabel asked. Epona stared at Anabel for a few seconds, then whacked herself: Why hadn't she thought of it?
"Possibly, it would make sense," Orlanda said.
"That is probably it; silly me for not thinking of it," Epona said, looking embarrassed.
"Yes, it would. It sounds like a very interesting day though, Epona," Saniel said.
"Yes, it does," just about everyone else agreed.
Then, Saniel said changing the subject, "A half day tomorrow and we will have finished posting posters for a couple of weeks. Anabel and John will stay, with Anabel being the one to look after Noël. Anything to add?"
"You might want to go to Poni Island and catch up with the captain and Kahuna: apparently, there is a UB on that Island and they think they can take care of it. But, just to be on the safe side," Epona said.
"Yes, good idea, Epona. Anything else?" Saniel asked, and everyone shook their heads. "Well then; bed, I think."
I'm sorry it has been so long this the last update! Can't promise the next one will be any better. But I haven;t given up, yet.