Chapter 2
Lillie was in this dream, in her human form, but seemed to be in this building with a bunch of red and black colors, and she noticed this call for help, weakly, as she rushed over to this busted machine, and saw these glitched-out figures, one her size, and two shorter than her feet to hip, all three were weakly trying to move, they seemed familiar, but they were glitching out too much to realize who they were, with this dead old man laying on the ground.
"Hey, are you okay?!" Lillie rushed over and tried to touch the glitchy figures, but her arms went through the figures, "What's going on?"
Then, the larger figure spoke, while seeming to be on its last breath...
"W-wait...we didn't do it...come back..." The big figure coughed, sounding like her body had taken a beating, "Please...I love you-" The figures seemed to go limp, as the building started to collapse and explode, right before the explosion reached Lillie, she woke up as she heard an alarm clock go off in Ash's room.
"Phew...j-just a dream..." Lillie sighed as she hopped over to Ash's bed, and prevented him from throwing the clock into the wall.
When Ash actually got up in the morning, he was greeted by Lillie on his bed looking at his face from his right.
"Hey, Ash! H-how did you sleep?" Lillie greeted while wagging her tail, trying to sound super cheerful, as Ash chuckled and petted his friend while getting up.
"I slept good, how is my cute little Eevee doing this morning?" Ash teased as Lillie blushed from the cute part, as she hopped off the bed, while Delia brought in pancakes, and 3 bowls of Pokefood, one of which had ketchup on it, obviously. Ash happily ate the pancakes in bed while Delia chatted with him a bit. However, Lillie looked at the spare Pokefood bowl and was hesitant, but Delia seemed to encourage her to eat up, as Ash quickly finished to no one's surprise, and was told to head downstairs for something.
"Hey Lillie, you just keep focusing on eating okay?" Ash suggested, "I'll be back soon girl." Ash patted her head while Lillie just watched Ash leave the room, with her ears drooping as Ash and Pikachu left the room, with Snowy already done but wanting to keep Lillie company.
Meanwhile, Ash was walking downstairs, to see Goh still being treated to some bruises on his back and arms by some nurses. Chloe was currently helping Goh eat so he can keep his arms still for the nurses, Max and Bonnie were playing with Ralts and Dedenne, who is now their partner Pokemon. Iris seemed to be on a phone call with a desperate tone with who by the sound of it was Cynthia. Meanwhile, Delia was gesturing Ash to follow her to the front yard, and when he did, he saw this royal entrance and gate, but more importantly, he saw the one other friend who wasn't at Pallet Town when the betrayal happened: Serena, who seemed to wear some bandages on her left arm, but she could still use her arm, it was just her getting hurt, and she was wearing a dark red dress and a cute tiara on her head, Ash blushed madly while crying.
"Serena!" Ash cried and hugged her, "You're alive! I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Oof, t-thanks Ash, but I'm still sore..." Serena groaned as Ash loosened his grip, "I'm really glad those horrible people didn't hurt you or worse."
"Thanks, Serena..." Ash stated, blushing, feeling something in his heart, "So, um, what now?"
Serena blushes madly, as she says, "Well, I have something to tell you..."
"Sure, what I-" Ash is met with a kiss to the lips, by Serena as Delia squeals and takes a picture, and Pikachu blushed madly.
"Ashy...I love you...I know it's sudden, but, I've always loved you ever since we met at that Summer Camp." Serena cried out, as Ash's dense shell finally broke.
(Most people: "...Impossible...")
"Serena...I...I..." Ash couldn't think of any words and just kissed again, remembering how she tried to show affection almost every time, it finally clicked in his mind.
"Aww! You two are adorable!" Delia giggled, then she looked serious, "But I highly suggest you keep this a secret from Lillie, I feel like she also has some feelings for Ash, and will probably feel her heart be shattered if she finds out instantly."
"Yeah," Ash sighed, "Lillie has already been through a lot of pain already, we don't need to put any more suffering on her mind..." Serena seemed to understand and promised to keep it a secret. As Ash and Delia started to explain more of the current Lillie predicament how Lillie has a power she is going to train to use later.
Meanwhile, Lillie was still eating Pokefood, slowly as it wasn't the tastiest thing in the world, but didn't want to waste it after Delia poured it out for her, after all, Delia and Ash are Arceus, so it's best to just listen to them. However, something was on Lillie's mind...
"Snowy?" Lillie whined, "Do you think Ash still cares for me like a human?" Snowy looked at Lillie with shock.
"Mom, or Lillie, why would you ever assume that Ash doesn't see you as one still?!" Snowy exclaimed, "You're kind, always wanting to help him, and he always wants to make sure you're happy, and vice versa, plus, you didn't ask for this! Obviously, if you're worried about not having a chance with him, you still do, it's not like transforming made you any less of a good friend, I know Ash will see you the way I do, you just have to be patient."
"Okay Snowy, I trust you." Lillie smiled as she got up and quickly finished, "I'm gonna go downstairs to check on The others, wanna join?" Snowy nodded as they rushed downstairs, while Ash and his group walked back inside, Lillie seemed nervous about Serena.
"Oh, Serena, this is Lillie, my friend of Alola and Snowy her Alolan Vulpix." Ash stated, "Lillie, this is Serena, my friend from Kalos."
"Nice to meet you Serena." Lillie greeted, as Serena patted her head, as Delia decided to offer Ash an area to train, saying there's this area where Normal Type Pokemon reside to train at.
Delia said, "We called that place Plain Plains. It is a place where Normal Type Pokemon like to spend in."
"Cool, where is this place?" Ash asked.
Delia took his Rotom Phone and did some magic, and then the map of the Sevestar Region was now on the map. "We're in a Town known as Otem Town, like another town, we have the Professor's Lab on the other side of the world from our castle. To the north, we have Route 1, which led to Silkan City. And by walking west from it, that's where the Plain Plains were located. But I have to warn you, Tauros and Boufflanat would be there fighting for territory, so you have to be careful."
"Okay, I promise that we'll be safe. Now let's go!" Ash exclaimed, picking Pikachu, Lillie, and Snowy up as Chloe also decided to follow.
"Hey Chloe, I have an offer for you." Delia stated, which got Chloe's attention, "How would you like to become a Professor for Sevestar?"
"Wait, me?!" Chloe gasped, "But, I'm not qualified for that surely, I haven't even finished my first year of college yet."
"Hey Chloe, I have an offer for you." Delia stated, which got Chloe's attention, "How would you like to become a Professor for Sevestar?" "Wait, me?!" Chloe gasped, "But, I'm not qualified for that surely, I haven't even finished my first year of college yet." Everyone stares at Chloe with surprise as Goh got up, and tried to encourage her. "Come on Chloe," Goh exclaimed, "I know you, you're insanely smart! If you want we can even help you with things at any time!"
Chloe looked down and thought about it, before saying, "You know what? I'm in! Thanks, Ms. Ketchum!" Delia smiled as she grabbed their hands of them one at a time, as Serena, Goh, Chloe, Iris, Bonnie, and Max felt Aura rush into them.
"What just happened?" Serena gasped.
"I gave you three the power of Aura, which can let you use Pokémon moves." Delia explained, as Goh somehow shot a Thunderbolt at Ash, which he was annoyed by. (Lol)
"Mom, really? Can they do it outside?" Ash complained as everyone laughed.
"I would have done it for Lillie, but she already had Aura Guardian Energy even as a human, that doesn't need to be awakened to stop Dark Aura manipulation or whatever." Delia stated as everyone is just so confused, before Ash, Goh, Chloe, and some of their Pokémon went outside to see who to bring.
There was Ash and Goh's entire set of Pokémon surprisingly sitting in the castle courtyard, even Suicune who seemed happy to see Goh again.
"You know Goh, Suicune only trusts people who have good hearts, so the fact Suicune trusts you is a big accomplishment and says a lot about you." Delia explained as Goh seemed a bit flustered.
"I mean, it's nothing…heh heh…" Goh chuckled, embarrassed.
"Aw come on Goh, you always were a softie even when locked in your room!" Chloe giggled, as Goh was blushing madly.
"And there's another ship to sail." Bonnie said with a smug look.
"Agreed." Max laughed.