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Moon's Diary 0
Lillie says doing diaries helps her so I thought I'd do one too. I've been struggling lately, it seems like everyone but me knows what they want to do with the rest of their life. I know I'm a teen and that means I shouldn't have to know but Hau wants to be Kahuna, Gideon is taking over his moms company, everyone else our age we made friends with is like a trail captain or on the elite four or something. Plus they all got something they love, something they could keep doing if they quit being a trail captain.
Do I wanna keep being a Champion? Title defense battles are kinda fun but they're also rare. What makes me happy?
I've never been particularly passionate about anything. I thought it was fine to kinda be friendly and nice and just passively enjoy things. Yet, I envy everyone who knows where their going.
I guess the one thing I really felt passionate about was traveling with Lillie. The Island Challenge was something to do but when I met her and she was gonna travel with me, it became exciting, I really wanted to win, I wanted to keep seeing what's next. Have Lillie keep cheering me on.
Gosh, Lillie is so pretty, and smart, and cute and I bet she even seems like an amazing trainer now from what I've caught on Battlecast. I wish I had ran after her and jumped on the boat, went to Kanto with her but she had to do this on her own, she said so…i wonder if she misses me as much as I miss her.
Not to say I haven't enjoyed it while she's been gone. Fighting Ultra Beasts to protect Alola and the Tapus that's been so much fun!!! Those battles, seeing Pokémon almost no one has seen before, that's a thrill. Although I'd rather not be working for Looker, he's got cop vibes, he's the one with his ear to the ground on the worm holes plus Annabel is so pretty.
I guess I really like girls but how does one become a professional Lesbian? Plus I'm no good at being a lesbian anyway, I can't even tell Lillie that I'm in love!
Ahhhhhh!
I guess I want to be with her but that's such a codependent ambition. Be the rich girl's house wife, truly innovative thinking Moon. I don't even know if she likes girls and if she did it didn't mean she would have to like me and even if she did if she saw me being so ambitionless she'd probably stop liking me.
I don't know, I just wanna cheer her on like she did for me. She's Z powered but I feel like I'm an ember to her Flamethrower now. She's got so much determination, even saving her awful mom. I wouldn't do a fraction of the work for my awful dad, I'm glad mom left him and discovered her real self even if we had to move to a new region. I mean, I really love Alolah, this place feels like home in a way Sinnoh never did.
I mean I just vibe with people here better, I fit in better, plus the fashion here is really fun. I guess that's something else. Did I enjoy shopping cuz Lillie was with me or am I really into clothes and make up, honestly I don't know.
I guess maybe this kinda helped looking over things I wrote down I like.
Lillie
Fighting strong and rare things
Girls
Kinda champion defense
Maybe clothes
Lillie
Yaaaaaa
Okay
Well it's better then nothing. I need to get some rest, I got asked to check out some Ultra Space activity early in the morning, thanks for listening diary, it does kinda feel good.
Moon’s Voice Log 1
Today was a day…so I was well, fighting a squad of Buzzwole when I got launched into an Ultra Wormhole by one punching me. It closed before I could get out.
So i tried to call out a Pokemon but only Nebby could come out. It seems in this part of ultraspace only Ultra Beasts can come out.
Even stranger I stumbled on a Cosmog being hunted by a squad of Nihilego I caught the little pokemon with an beast ball, now I'm down to nine, they scattered, I grabbed the ball and the Cosmog broke out, it seems she's got the same spirit as Nebby before they became a Lunala. She's running around causing trouble but hopefully some cuddles will get the little thing to calm down and get some sleep. I need some rest if I'm gonna keep looking for an escape.
I set up a little camp using what I could find it's not as nice as a hotel or Pokemon center but I'm doing my best with what I find.
Cosmog, don’t touch that, no, ahhhh!
Moon Diary 1
I finally got some time to actually rest, I know this area is clear so I can write instead of do a little voice log on my dex. I don’t know how long the dex will keep power and how long I’ll be here. Rotom seems to be asleep here in Ultra space so it’s standard battery life.
Today Nebby kicked total ass, there was a swarm of Xuritree and she swept me off my feet right into the air right before I was going to be electrocuted. The pokemon in ultra space are much more aggressive than at home, it feels like every pokemon is a totem pokemon. The pokemon’s defenses are pretty weak but it’s offensives were scary strong, we managed to take it down but Nebby needs rest for sure and I can’t take her to The Pokemon Center.
It was intense, the surges of electricity, the swift dodging, it was like she was a freaking dancer but they were fast and she was protecting me so it ended up with her taking way more hits then I would have liked. I don’t have any potions on me, there is no pokemon centers in Ultra Space, so as long as I am here I need to take care of Nebby like they took care of me. Let’s just hope that 9 Ultraballs and a lot of courage is enough to find an escape.
The little cosmog is doing well, she’s sweet, cuddly even, she doesn’t really run off just jumps out of her ball and then wants to be up close, clingy sort. I wonder if that’s how I seem about Lillie to everyone else, like I just want to jump onto her, I seriously thought about just moving to Kanto and joining her, I mean, Alola doesn’t feel the same without her. Alola is my home but Lillie is what makes it feel right.
UUUUGHHHH
GAAAAHHHHHHHHH
What I am good at is battling, that’s my speciality. Romance and Survival are both not things I thought I’d be considering at the same time but here I am, wasting space to groan into my diary. I just wish I could battle my way out, if I could just use the rest of my Pokemon, this would go a lot faster but when it’s just Nebby and I and a sweet little Cosmog who only knows how to use Teleport and Splash I’m not exactly positioned to fight my way through this.
I’m gonna try and sleep.
Moon Voice Log 2
“Okay, so far so good today, everything seems pretty normal. Wait what is that…A Pheromosa?”
*There is the muffled sound of Moon putting the tape away forgetting to stop recording.*
“Shit, okay, Nebby you're still not ready to get back in there stay in the ball.”
*the sound of a pillar being shattered with a Pheramonas's kick. The crash of Moon rolling in the cavern with the muffled noise of the device moving with her. A tossed ultra ball is deflected, the crush of the ball heard echoing in it’s crunch. The powerful legs of the bug pokemon rushing ever closer. *
“I can’t give up, not while Lillie is still waiting for me.”
*There was a little giggle from cosmog before there was a loud crash from Phermosa’s leg crashing into the cavern wall. The echo of the cavern collapsing rocks falling down onto the pokemon and her cry as she breaks through the stones with her bug buzz was firm. From above Moon could be heard shouting*
“Take this”
*The air was full of the sound of Pokeballs zooming, the beast balls launched in a flurry, one which the ultra beast attempted to dodge. The sound of the first ball hitting the ground, the second ball crushed by a leg, the 3rd ball frozen with an ice beam the clash of the ice hitting the ground but then finally a 4th ball in sync with Moon crashing onto the ground holding up Cosmog to protect it from getting hurt was the sound of the pokeball actually hitting Phermosa. The familiar noise of a ball attempting to capture a pokemon, don, don, don, and captured!*
The should of Moon’s voice “Yesss, we did it.”
Followed by a large groan of pain “Oh where did I leave my recorder”
*Scuffled noises of Moon looking around the ground and pulling the recorder to her lips*
“I caught it, I’m maybe a little injured but I’m alive.”
She hugged Cosmog the sound of it’s glee “Thanks buddy, i’m so glad you're okay.”
Moon Diary 2
I found a city and I protected it, people here look strange, their fashion is weird and they have blue skin but their humans, at least close enough. It makes me think like about what makes us human?
I remember when I told my mom I was a girl it's something I asked myself a lot, what is a girl, what makes you a girl? I just kinda felt it but I wanted to be able to say with confidence I was a girl. It shouldn't have been a big deal, my other mom is like me but I also didn't want to seem like I was copying.
When the guzlord attacked, when I fought back, they saw a woman defend them, it was nice, a young girl shouted “LOOK AT HER GO!” as Nebby and I dived at the creature and I jumped off her back towards the creature's mouth so it couldn't deflect the pokeball. Nebby wasn't in the condition To fight for long but the Guzlord so easily deflected my previous ball I knew I needed to do it, even if it was risky, even if there was a chance I'd never get to tell Lillie how I feel or see mom again or see my friends the people were in danger.
Maybe that's what being a girl is to me. Fighting impossible odds to make people's lives better. Even in Lusamine she tried to do the impossible even if it was cruel.
When I won the battle, captured the Guzlord, they took my Pokemon to heal and took me to a Sinnoh style bath house to clean up. I bathed with the other girls, something I'd been afraid of doing when I still lived there. There were other girls like me though and we just took a bath. No one was weird or mean. I was more afraid then when I jumped at the Guzlord but it turned out to just be totally mundane.
Maybe fighting the impossible is too much. You can be a girl who just wants to live a fun life like Mallow. Maybe being a girl is just ya know, wanting to be one and doing it. All these women who live here in ultra space are just living their best life in this only world they know. They didn't seem to question it at all so maybe it was really just that simple.
After getting clean and a little feast with my pokemon and them I wanted to head right back out. After all, mom and Lillie both have to be incredibly worried about me. However, they insisted I spend the night and rest on an actual bed. So here I am writing before bed. Cosmog is bouncing around, I really gotta give her a nickname but for now I shall say goodbye diary. I need to grab her so we can sleep and not destroy this nice room in Ultra Megalopolis.
Moon Voice Log 3
[Authors Note on Soliera, this is a younger Soliera then in UM and her older design may show up if I do a follow up fic set a few years later]
Alright so I'm riding on Nebby now so I got time to actually record. I forgot to mention yesterday there was this girl, Soliera, I saved her from getting eaten by Guzlord. She was around my age, soft blue skin, dark blue hair, she has a nice beaming smile when she was saved, she called me her hero and gave me a little kiss on the check. I didn’t really think much of it at the time but paired with what happened just a minute ago I think maybe she really appreciated me helping her out. It doesn’t matter though because I’m leaving Ultra Space, Nebby can apparently open up Ultra Wormholes themself so we just need to go fast enough and then they gave us a dimensional map to follow.
Oh ya so what happened next with the cute girl, well she gave me a pokemon, a Poipole, it’s this cute little purple and pink cutie, I like it. She told me that she expected me to train it because when she found her own way to Alola she would want to battle me and prove she was worthy of fighting together with her pokemon like I did and that she wouldn’t let me one up her again. She blushed after so, I think it might be a weird ultra space way of flirting but honestly, that’s just a guess and it doesn’t matter. I don’t know if we’ll ever cross paths again even if she feels determined to beat me, we're in whole other dimensions. Plus, honestly, right now I really just want to see Lillie again.
Apparently Poipole like a starter pokemon for trainers in this region which I guess means I got even more starters in my potential roster. I wonder if it has two stages of evolution like a normal starter or if that is a difference in culture in Ultra Space too. The world has so many cool secrets, I want to learn so much more about things, maybe that’s something else I like, learning about other people, other cultures and the ways they interact with Pokemon. Like apparently these people don’t really normally battle with Pokemon outside of Poipoles and even then they don’t really see them as partners, it seems sad but also maybe I shouldn’t judge other cultures, I’m not sure what to think.
Something I did pick up on while I was there though is their afraid of some Pokemon they call the Blinding One, I wonder if that’s what makes them distrust pokemon, if I could find it and catch it, maybe they could see that even the scariest pokemon could become a friend. Maybe I will cross paths with her again and I can bring Lillie to meet everyone too. I bet she would love meeting all these cool people.
Alright wormholes opening up, here we go! Wait what are those….
Ultra Megalopolis Recon Drone Footage
Footage captures Moon, her dark skin, her long and wavy black hair showing off her half Alolan origins and the back of Nebby, her powerful friend and legendary pokemon. In front of them are two powerful Ultra Beasts, Stakataka and Blacephalon. Moon threw out two pokeballs unleashing Guzlord and Phermosa. The Ultra beasts clash with Moon directing her pokemon, a flare of excitement in her eyes as she cheerfully commands her pokemon, the excitement of battle as she is so close to the exit. She didn’t have Nebby fight, she wanted to do this right, two vs two they were in her way and she wanted to get home but it was clear she wanted to do it the proper way a trainer could.
The ultra beasts clash knocks one drone out cutting one angle of the footage and we see a perfectly thrown beast ball capture the Stakataka that had got thrown through the drone. The ball flying back to Moon’s hand. The clownish pokemon’s fire almost strikes her but the Guzlord moves to protect it’s new trainer and is knocked out leaving the match one to one. Moon stands up on Nebby’s back and starts to strike the puzzles to Z power Pheromosa’s Bug buzz unleashing a Savage Spin-Out to weaken the opposing pokemon and bam, another pokemon caught. She grabs the last ball and returns the Pheramosa with a big smile on her face as the wormhole opens again “Let’s go Nebby!”
And like that the girl is gone into the fabric of Ultra space.
////// Somewhere /////
A wormhole opens, and out flies Nebby and Moon, the pair laugh “We did it!”
A voice shrieks “Moon!”
- To Be Continued -