Warm...
That was the feeling Louise had when she woke up to find that she was no longer outside with those horrible creatures that have been mistreating her left and right...No, instead she found herself in a bed wearing something different from what she was used to and she was wearing a pair of pink pajamas, now we're honestly a little bit big for her and the top area...
"Where am I?"questions Louise as she looks around trying to figure out where she was...as last thing she remembers is being attacked by some wolf on two legs, before she called for help and was saved by two individuals wearing strange clothing she had never seen before.
"Oh, it looks like you're awake."said someone from the door entrance, causing Louise to look over to see who it was.
"Who are you?"questions Louisa she saw a beautiful woman wearing a fashionable green top with a black belt, white pants, and green shoes with flower prints on the top.
"My name is Honey, Goah Honey."said the woman known as Honey as she identified herself.
"Where am I?"questions Louise, wanted to know where she was.
"Your currently in the dorm rooms of the Master Dojo here in the Isle of Armor. Now how about you tell me why you were on the island when no one is supposed to get on here without an armor pass."said Honey, before she walked into the room carrying what appeared to be a cup of tea and a tea set on a tray.
"I...I don't know why I'm here for. Just take me to your nearest Noble so I can talk to him!"said Louise stubbornly as she felt like she didn't have to speak to someone who was of low birth when she was a noble of the Valliere family.
"Noble, um... Those don't exist anymore or at least those with any power don't exist anymore."said Honey, causing Louise to look at her with a confused look as it was a look of not understanding.
"What do you mean?"asked Louise with what looked to be a terrified look on her face.
"A long time ago the common people decided they no longer wanted to be ruled by nobles so they overthrew the cruelest ones. The ones who didn't want to get hurt advocated their power and chose to give up a lot of their political power and wealth in exchange for not being attacked by the mob. A lot of things happen after that but now we live under a system of constitutional rule."explained Mustard, who appeared at the doorstep with Saito close behind him.
"You two other ones who saved me from that wolf!"said Louise as she quickly recognized Mustard and Saito.
"Wolf? Oh, you mean Lycanroc. I'm just surprised you chose to get near a wanderer Pokemon as dangerous as a midnight form Lycanroc without any protection, or at the very least the Pokemon to fight for you."said Saito, before he and his master approached Honey and Louise.
"Wanderer Pokemon?"questions Louise with a confused look on her face that she wondered what a Wonder of Pokemon even was.
"Wanderer Pokemon are particularly strong Pokemon who grew up here and are known to be extremely aggressive to anyone who approaches their territory. How do you not know this?"asked Saito, wondering how Louise did not know this.
"Are...are you calling me an idiot?!"said Louise with an offended look.
"That's not what I'm saying at all as I'm just saying how do you not know about wanderer Pokemon if you came to the Isle of Armor."said Saito, wondering why this girl was getting so up in arms for being implied to be an idiot.
"I-I didn't come to this horrible land by choice! I was forced to buy some overgrown white horse!"said Louise in her defense.
"Overgrown white horse?"questions Saito, Mustard, and Honey at the same time, as they wonder what this girl was talking about as no Pokemon they knew was an overgrown white horse based on the description the girl was giving.
"Well it looks like you are in fine shape as I was worried about you as no one can take a counter from Lycanroc easily and walk away. But then again with Chansey using heel pulse on you I guess that's a given."said Saito with a smile."I was real worried about you but miss Honey and her Chansey healed you right up."
"I...I don't need you to worry about me! I'm a Valliere!"said Louise with a blush on her face, as she didn't want to admit she was actually glad someone was worried about her.
"More like tsundere."said Mustard to Honey, making the woman chuckle a bit under her breath.
"Thanks for healing her up, Chansey."said Saito is a pink egg-shaped creature appeared coming into the room holding what appeared to be a sandwich with the crust cut off.
"So that is the creature who healed me from my injuries?"asked Louise as she remembered Saito calling the creature who healed her Chansey, the same name he was calling the pink creature that coming towards her...!"Stay back!"
Saito just chuckled before he placed his hand on Chansey's head."Don't worry about it. Chansey in general don't like hurting people, they in fact heal injured people and Pokemon anytime they run into one."
Louise was surprised by how gentle the creature known as Chansey was being with the boy around her age. It clearly wasn't acting hostile towards him despite the fact he was petting its head. In fact the creature known as Chansey seems to enjoy getting head pats from the boy.
"Now how about you eat up as you been asleep for quite a while so you must be hungry by now."said Saito as he turned towards Louise.
"I'm.. I'm not hungry!"said Louise stubbornly, before her stomach began growling which made her embarrassed as she began blushing as red as a tomato.
"Your stomach says otherwise. Now how about we eat something while Master and the Misses figure out what they're going to do with you."said Saito, before he began walking away and left the room.
"Who does that guy think he is talking to me like that when he's just a commoner."said Louise that she took the sandwich from Chansey and began to eat it, before she was surprised by how good it was.
"Careful young lady has that sandwich is made with some tomato berries so it's a bit spicy... but you're lucky as I put some some peccha berries to counteract the spice."said Honey, before Louise finished the sandwich, before she appeared to choke a bit.
"Chansey Chan."said Chansey, before she served Louise a couple of tea and handed it over to the girl, something Louise quickly accepted and drank down, making the food go down and allowing her to breathe again.
"Phew..."said Louise as she looked around and realized that wherever she was, she definitely wasn't at the Academy or it had her home as none of the architecture matched anything she knew!
That is when she began to tear up as she began to recall everything that had just happened to her! From getting kidnapped by that overgrown metallic lion, to meeting that overgrown white horse known as Arceus, all the way to accidentally agreeing to be sent to this new world completely alien to hers! Now she found herself in a world completely different from her own and she didn't know what she was supposed to do as none of it made sense to her.
For one thing these commoners don't seem to be as poor or uneducated as the ones back in Tristain! They appeared to be extremely well off based on the clothing they were wearing as green and blue dye are extremely rare, and the fact that the older gentleman and the woman next to him appeared to be wearing some expensive clothing tells her that they are the ones in charge based on the fact that the boy who insulted her earlier was calling them the Master and the Misses.
But that was the last thing on her mind that she began to recall everything that has gone wrong with her as nothing made sense to her anymore! She was most likely in the world that had never heard of the founder, and her status is a nobleman probably meant nothing as the one called Honey said that nobles practically don't exist anymore.
But how can that be as the common man can't run themselves as they are stupid and violent, or at least that's what she was taught from a young age!
Now she learns that the nobles that exist today have given up their power... and what did that mean for her! It didn't take a genius to figure out that the name Valliere probably didn't mean anything to these people, so what was she supposed to do now as she's never really taken care of herself outside of the Academy...
And she couldn't forget the three people who believed in her... her best friend from childhood princess Henrietta de Tristain! Her second oldest sister Cattleya! And the only teacher at Tristian Academy of magical did not give up on her, Professor Jean Colbert!
Would she ever see them again? Would she be able to prove the Arceus that she is worthy of having a familiar?! Would she be able to go back to the academy and not be seen as a failure?!
All of these questions started to overwhelm Louise that she started crying as tears started to fall down her face hitting her hands and the bed sheets below...
"Oh, are you okay little one."said Miss Honey as she made her way over to Louise and began comforting her by hugging her.
And while Louise normally wouldn't have accepted a hug from a commoner, at that moment it didn't matter to her if Honey was a commoner or not as she just wanted someone to give her a shoulder to cry on as she was tired, scared, and alone in a world that is not her own!
"Why!...Why did I agree to that stupid deal and not hear him out!"said Louise through her tears as both Mustard and Honey looked at her with concern.
"It's okay little one as you're safe for now."said Mustard as he sat on the bed next to his wife.
"Now why don't you tell this old man how you ended up here and he'll hear you out."said Mustard, as he had a feeling talking about it would help this girl feel better.
"But why don't you give us your name first as we still don't know what it is."said Honey, before she pulled out a rag and began to wipe away Louise's tears.
"My name is Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere, the third daughter of the Valliere family."said Louise as she began wiping away her tears.
"Are you from Kalos?"questions Honey as the name Louise gave her sounds like one from a noble family in Kalos..
"No... I'm from the Kingdom of Tristain."said Louise, before looking at both of them with a serious look at her face."I don't know if you believe me or not but I'm not from your world."
-=O=-
Mustard and Honey could hardly believe what they were hearing as it was almost hard to believe as who in the right mind would believe a girl when she said that she is from another world where Magic exists. The two members of the Goah family listen to Louise carefully, not daring to interrupt her for even a second to ask her a question as they carefully listen to her as she explained the history of the founder, Halkeginia, and the Kingdom of Tristian.
They listened as she talked about her family the Duke Pierre, the Duchess Karin, her first oldest sister Eleanor, and her second oldest sister Cattleya. Louise also went on to explain how she was the childhood friend of the princess of her kingdom, Henrietta de Tristain.
She also told them about Arceus and how he had Solgaleo take her from her world after she attempted the summoning ritual familiars three times, resulting in her getting taken to the Hall of Origin..She then told them how she foolishly agreed to spend a year in the Pokemon world under the watchful eye of Arceus, to see if she was worthy of getting a familiar.
"Wow, that is some story."said Mustard, who listens very carefully and was shocked to say the least but his face did not say it.
"Why are you two being so calm about this?"questions Louise, as she noticed these two didn't appear to be shocked by the fact that she was from another world.
"Well to be honest Louise, you're not exactly the first person to have come here from another world."said Honey, confusing Louise.
"What do you mean by that?!"asked Louise, as she began to theorize that this wasn't the first time that overgrown a horse had sent someone to the Pokemon world to "test" them!
She could already imagine multiple people being sent to the Pokemon world just to see if they were worthy of getting a familiar or not! Or for whatever reason they were sent to the Pokemon world in the first place!
"No, that's not what we mean."said Honey, looking over at her husband who took a cough before he began to speak.
"In Alola, another region in this world it was discovered that there are things called wormholes that lead to other worlds. And those wormholes contain creatures and inhabitants we have not seen before and are even home to places similar to our world but slightly different in one way or another. So and that aspect you are not the first visitor to have come to our planet from another world. But you are definitely the first to have been sent here by Arceus himself."said Mustard, clarifying the situation that was at hand.
"So other planets will exist as well...Wow, this is a lot to take in."said Louise, who would never admit that she was kind of offended for not being the first individual to have come from another world to the Pokemon world.
But only kind of offended...
"So, you believe me despite the fact I'm basically raving like a madman."said Louise, causing Honey to pet her on the head.
"You don't appear to be a dishonest girl Louise and it's clear on your face that you are telling the truth as I have a talent of seeing through liars and I can tell you're not lying. I'm was surprised that Arceus himself decided to send someone to another world, but maybe he decided to send you here for a reason."said Honey with a smile.
As it was clear that this girl needed someone on her side and she was going to be that person as they wouldn't be the first time Honey had to act as an advocate for someone in need.
"And what reason could that be?! All I did was throw a fireball at him and he got all mad!"said Louise, causing Mustard and Honey to give her deadpan looks.
"Okay, I get it!"said Louise stubbornly with a huff as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Now now, you shouldn't scowl as pretty girls should not scowl as it causes early wrinkles."said Honey with a smile as she poked Louise in the forehead, causing her to stop scowling.
"Okay."said Louise even though this felt strange to her, that's why I was Honey being so nice to her when it was clear she didn't have to be.
"Helping each other out in this world is a thing here in the Pokemon world. It is especially the case in Alola, where Pokemon will appear to help their fellow allies out in battle."said Mustard, before he stood up from the bed.
"Since it is clear that you have nowhere to go and you clearly have a willingness to learn about this world, why don't you stay here in the Isle of Armor and train for a bit before we send you to mainland Galar with Saito."said Mustard as he you guys making his way towards the door.
"Who's Saito?"questions Louise.
"He's the boy who saved you earlier from Lycanroc, the one who is most worried about you when he brought you here to the Master dojo."said Mustard, causing Louise to realize that Saito was the boy from earlier who was in this room.
The boy that was around her age that was commanding that blue turtle like creature that he called Squirtle!
"That's a good idea honey. Saito is the caring type so I'm sure he'll take care of you while you train here at the dojo."said Honey, causing Louise to look at the two of them.
"Why did you call him honey?"questions Louise.
"Because he's my darling husband."said Honey, shocking Louise that she did not expect this young woman to be married to such an old man!
Sure age difference marriages where a thing in Halkeginia, but it was practically unheard of for such a difference in age as Honey looked like she was old enough to be Mustard's daughter..Was she perhaps one of those individuals that look younger than she actually was? But Louise knew she couldn't ask that question as it was unpolitable for a lady of high standing to ask such a question to a fellow lady.
"We even have a son named Hyde. But he's probably on his computer right now trying to program that latest invention of his. He's such a smart boy with such a brilliant brain."said Mustard, with Honey nodding her head in agreement as they both clearly love their son.
"But why are you letting me stay here when you you have no reason to?"asked Louise as she wondered why these commoners were being so nice to her.
"Because you clearly need help, and hospitality is the Pokemon World way. People and Pokemon helping each other out is just the way these things work in this world. So helping out someone who clearly needs help is just something we do because it's the right thing to do."said Mustard without hesitation.
"I should warn you now though that if you want to stay here it won't be for free as you need to help out the fellow students with keeping this dojo in one piece. But don't worry, Saito has already volunteered to look after you while you get the hang of things here."said Honey, before she look towards the door."Saito, you can come in now."
"Of course, Miss Honey!"said Saito as he walked into the room with his Squirtle close behind him.
"Thank...Thank you for saving me earlier from that wolf."said Louise with a blush on her face before she turned to the side, as having to think of commoner was something alien to her.
"It was no problem as it was just the right thing to do. Plus after a bit of training I'll be able to control that Lycanroc, making him an awesome new member of my team."said Saito, confusing Louise.
"What to you mean?"questions Louise, as what did he mean by team.
"Well since you're not from our world I should explain that I had caught that Lycanroc that attacked you earlier and right now I'm trying to train how to tame him. But let me tell you he's not making it easy as he's quite a stubborn one."said Saito, before he revealed the pokeball containing the wolf Pokemon.
"So that terrible dog is in that ball! Wait, how did you know about my conversation with Ms Honey as Mr Mustard?"asked Louise, wondering how this boy knew about that.
"I was standing outside the door the whole time and you weren't exactly speaking low so it was easy to hear you from where I was standing."said Saito, causing the Louise to blush with embarrassment as she couldn't believe someone with eavesdropping.
"Idiot!"said Louise before she threw a pillow at him.
"Hey, what was that for?"asked Saito, before Louise begins tossing more pillows at him, hitting Saito in various parts of his body!
"Ow! How are you so strong! Ow!"said Saito, that's the last pillow hit him in a place where his family jewels were located... causing the poor young boy to fall to the floor as although it was just a pillow, from the porch that the girl threw it it was quite hard and his family jewels were quite sensitive...
"Now, now. You shouldn't get so angry as he was instructed to wait by the door so him eavesdropping on our conversation couldn't be helped."said Honey, who is busy picking up the pillows and placing them back on the bed.
"Sorry..."said Louise with a half assed apology.
"I'm sorry as well, as I should have been listening."said Saito as he got up from the floor.
"So like I said I'll be looking after you so you'll have to wear this tomorrow."said Saito, before he walked over to the door and picked up a bag next to the door that was holding the traditional female dojo uniform.
"What is this?"questions Louise as she looked over the clothing.
"Your outfit is being washed and no offense I doubt it will survive the harsh environment that is the Wild Area so it's better if you wear this instead."said Saito as Louise was looking over the outfit.
"I guess if I'm going to stay here I might as well fit in with everyone else here!"said Louise with her usual high and mighty attitude.
"Just try not to hold me back as I'm leaving in a week or two to head off to the gym challenge."said Saito, before he walked away not noticing Louise ready to throw another pillow at him.
"How dare you speak to me in such way, commoner!"said Louise was about to throw the pillow but was stopped by Miss Honey.
"Now don't keep throwing pillows at him just because you're a bit upset. I know he was a bit rude but you got to understand that he was thrown off by this as well as you. So him being a little irritable is understandable."said Honey, as Louise was more shocked by how much strength this woman had.
As despite being no bigger than her Louise could tell that Honey was quite strong as no matter how hard she taught the pillow would not budge like it was in a vice!
"I'm sorry!"said Louise that she did not want to earn the wrath of Miss Honey.
"I'm sorry as well."said Saito with his back turned, before he took a deep breath and left the room.
"Now try to get some rest as tomorrow you have a big day and hopefully you and Saito can learn to get along."said Honey, before she and her husband left Louise so that she could rest.
"Well... at least I won't starve to death... and I want to know more about this gym challenge that commoner was talking about."said Louise, as she didn't know why but as soon as she heard those two words together she felt some kind of fire ignite inside of her.
Like maybe it had something to do with the journey that Arceus was talking about!
Well there you have it everyone!
How did you like this latest chapter of Journey of Zeros?
Saito, Honey, and Mustard now know about the fact that Louise is from another world end that she is only here because of a deal she accidentally struck with Arceus!
Now how was she adapt to the new changes in her life as she experiences her first day in the Isle of Armor.
Will the girl who I've been waiting on hand and foot be able to handle the physical and mental challenges of being in the Master dojo?
Will she and Saito ever learn to get along?
And what awaits her in mainland Galar?
All of these questions and more as the journey continues as Journey of Zeros is far from over!
Now next chapter Louise will be getting her starter pokémon but they will be no spoilers as to who her starter Pokemon is but I will give a hint.
The Pokemon in question was loved at the beginning of last year but was questioned at the end of the last year.
Now I won't be giving any spoilers but that's the only clue you will get.
It should be easy for some of you Sherlock Holmes out there!
So use this tiny clue and figure out who the starter Pokemon will be!
And again if you have any suggestions for the Pokemon team of both Louise and Saito, feel free to send me a comment or a private message with your suggestions.
That should be all for now so have a great day everyone and stay safe out there as I will see you next time as the journey continues!
PrimusPilus signing off!