Author's Notes:

Heres the double post, and there both really long, enjoy!

I yawned, waking up in my bed, a bit tired still from the training I did yesterday. Deciding to keep the trend I seem to have going, I put on panties with a cute bunny on it and a dark purple loli dress and light pink slip on shoes.

“What’ll happen today?” I said to myself, actually trying not to add a ‘w’ to every word for now. As if the universe answered me, I began to feel a tugging sensation from far away.

Grinning, I let the pull take me to where it will, excited to see what’s on the other side.

And on the other side was… grass. Plenty of uncut grass surrounded by a tall wooden fence. I was in someone’s suburban backyard… yay, not!

“What in the world‽” I heard from behind me. I turn to see a human with spiky blue hair and wearing the equivalent of wannabe rockstar clothes. Oh, and there was an electrike next to him too.

“Hewwo!” I said cheerfully, floating up a little and waving at him smiling cutely.

“Wo-okay, I know I’ve been seeing some crazy stuff lately, but what the heck are you supposed to be?”

“I’m a shwiny Hwoopa.” I told him giggling a little at his reaction.

“A what?” he asked, sounding even more confused than he already was. “Wait, are you supposed to be some kind of weird Pokémon?”

“Well I cwan shwapeshift, so we dwon’t normwally wook wike this…” I said, before remembering something. “I’m alswo a wegendary.”

“Not trying to be offensive, but do you have a lisp or something? I can barely understand you at the moment.”

“Nwo thwis is normal fwor mwe.” I said, pouting a bit now.

“Oh, sorry. You sound like a pretty young kid, so it just kind of, surprised me I guess. So, what, are you one of those… ‘disfaced’ or whatever things?”

“Dispwaced.” I corrected, ignoring how my younger form seems to always make me barely able to speak.

“Uh, right, that.” The guy sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Can you wait there for one second? I need to make a phone call.”

“Okway!” I exclaimed cheerfully, floating cross legged with my head in my hands.

He gave me a strange look before shaking his head and walking into his house. It didn’t look like much on the outside, but I supposed it could be homey inside. I couldn’t hear him all that well, but I caught bits and pieces of his phone call.

“...Yeah… Look, you gotta understand, I… o-okay. I’ll do what I can…. Right, the usual spot. Be there as soon as we can… don’t worry, I’ll make sure nothing catches wind of this… See ya.” I heard the phone click and he walked out. “Say, you wouldn’t be up for a bit of a field trip, would ya?”

“Fwield Twip!” I exclaimed excitedly, floating up to him. “Whewe two?” I asked, deciding to mostly act like a child besides what my current form does normally.

“We’re going to go see a few friends of mine. They’d like to meet you, if that’s alright.” He actually sounds like he’s talking to a child.

“Okway.” I said, floating next to him. “Wead the way!”

“Well, it’s not gonna be that simple. See we… we’re gonna play a game on the way there!”

“What gwame?” I asked, tilting my head cutely.

“A hiding game!” He muttered something to himself that I didn’t catch. “We can’t let anyone see you as we go there.”

“Okway thwat’s easy!” I said, turning myself invisible, making sure to make my cloths invisible to.

He blinked a few times, looking around. “Woah. There are Pokémon that turn invisible? That’s kind of cool.”

“It’s a wegendawy thwing.” I whispered to him, holding onto his shoulder.

He jumped back a bit, holding a hand to his heart. “Whatever that means. Now come along, we have a decent walk to get on.”

“Wou can walk I fwoat.” I said, giggling cutely.

He made a deadpan stare at my general direction. “You’re a bit of a smart aleck, aren’t you?” Before I could respond, he took out a pokéball and returned his Electrike to his ball. “Now let’s move. Before someone hears this and thinks I’m talking to myself.”

“Okway.” I whispered back, deciding to be quiet until we get to his friends. He led us through the back gate door and out into the streets. All around me it seemed like a quaint suburban town; young kids were out playing in the dying sunlight, parents were coming home from their jobs, and some of the teens looked to be on their way to their no doubt low-paying jobs.

The guy, just now remembering I’d never even found out what his name was, took a right after a while, leading us down an old dirt path into a heavily forested area.

“Awe we almwost thwere?” I asked, getting a little bored.

“Just about, hold your horses,” he said back to me, brushing a few trees aside. A little later, we came to what I could assume was an old creek bed as it was a large, sandy area with plenty of dirt. Also there were three girls, one orange with red and yellow hair, another blue with silver hair, and the last one actually had human skin color and was a brunnette. “Hey girls. Sorry if we made you wait.”

“You’d better hope this isn’t a waste of Trixie’s time, Flash Sentry.” Oh, so that’s his name. “Trixie was right in the middle of planning her next performance. As well as getting Gabite his dinner.”

Getting an idea, I snuck behind Trixie, getting ready to scare her.

“Don’t worry, Trix. I wouldn’t lie about this,” Flash assured her. “The Displaced I was telling you guys about is right here!” he exclaimed, pointing to where I used to be.

“Uh, Flash,” the orange one said, “There’s nothing there.”

“Well of course! She’s invisible!”

“Invisible?” she and Trixie said together.

“I swear!”

“Boo!” I shouted, turning visible behind Trixie.

“EEK!” Trixie screamed, jumping into red-yellow hair’s arms, causing the both of them to fall over.

“Aw man,” Flash sighed, rubbing the back of his head.

I giggle-laughed at the reaction, holding my sides a bit still floating.

“I can’t believe my eyes,” the brunette said in awe-inspired voice. “A hoopa. You’re a human-esque hoopa!”

“Wep!” I said, enjoying the reaction and beaming.

“And you can speak!” She got closer to me, looking me over a few times. “Seems to be in peak condition. Not a lot of muscle tone though, so certainly not a battler. Based on the speech patterns and the overall look, I would have to say it’s very young. Roughly toddler age in human terms.” She looked over to Flash. “And it just came from a bottle you said?”

Flash nodded. “Yeah. Electrike found it and when I picked it up to brush the drool off, she just came out in a puff of a smoke. I was actually hoping I’d found a genie lamp at first.”

“Well, you’re not too far off. Hoopa’s are based off the legends of genies.”

“I cwan bweat wegendawies…” I muttered, still on the ‘not a battler’ comment, crossing my arms and pouting.

The lady seemed to ignore me and continued my ‘examination’. “Looks to be relatively well-nourished; might even stand to lose a pound or two.”

“Why do you keep saying ‘it’?” Flash asked.

“Because it is an it. Hoopa are a genderless species meaning that it’s not a he or a she, just an it.”

“I’m a shwe, actwually diffwent univwerse diffwent wules.” I told her, still pouting.

“Oh,” she said, blushing a bit. “I’m sorry, lost myself in old habits. I’m Serena, nice to meet you.”

“Itazura-chan nwice to mweet you two.” I said, deciding to ignore the accidental insults.

“Itazura?” yellow-red hair asked, finally getting Trixie off her and standing back up. “What kind of a name is that?”

“It’s sounds Japanese,” Trixie muttered, rubbing her side where she fell.

“It mweans mischief I thwink.” I told her shrugging, using Heal Order on her side.

“That certainly raises our hopes,” yellow-red hair snarked. “I’m Sunset Shimmer, and if you try anything, you’re getting booted right back to your world.”

“That might not be a bad idea, Sunset,” Serena spoke up. “It might be safer for her to return home as soon as possible.”

“I cwould jwust pwortal back if wou do thwat.” I said getting upset a bit now.

“Aw come on girls,” Flash said in a slightly pleading tone. “She probably just wants to make a few friends. And with all four of us, there’s no way the sirens could get their hands on her.”

“Well…” Serena said, starting to think on it. “I suppose… but she’s your responsibility, Flash. It’s up to you to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t get into trouble.”

“I can mwake wegendaries…” I muttered, getting annoyed and slightly amused now.

“That doesn’t matter,” Serena told me in a serious tone. “You can’t use your powers here, no matter what. It’s far too dangerous should any other people find out about you. Pokémon in general are only just starting to pop out of nowhere and someone like you is going to only cause panic. So as long as you’re here, no portals. At all.”

“I hwave a idwea.” I said, my body glwoing a little, my horns dissapearing, and my rings turning into bracelets on my hands. “Bwetter?” I asked, dropping onto the ground and looking up at them.

“Did… did she just turn human?” Trixie asked. “Please tell Trixie she isn’t going crazy.”

“Shwe iswin’t gwoing cwazy” I said, grinning at her.

“That’s a pretty neat trick there,” Serena praised me. “That might actually help you get around town for now. But remember, no powers. Understand me, young lady?”

“Okway…” I said, crossing my arms and pouting again.

Flash put a hand on my shoulder. “Hey come on, we can still have fun. Maybe Serena will treat us to some lunch at the diner? Hint hint.”

Serena rolled her eyes. “Alright, fine. I suppose we could go do lunch.”

“Yaaay!” I cheered, my emotions doing a one-eighty immediately, beaming. “Wet’s go!”

Sunset shook her head. “You guys go on without me. I’m gonna stay here and get some training in before the day is out.”

“Trixie will have to pass as well. She has a performance to finish planning, homework to finish, and a dragon that needs his evening feeding. Farewell!” Trixie threw a smoke bomb down, disappearing in the cloud of smoke.

I coughed a bit, waving my hand and resisting the urge to just use a pokemon move to clear it. When it cleared, Trixie was definitely gone.

“Always the performer, that one,” Serena said with a smile before looking at Flash and me. “Come on you two, let’s go get some dinner.”

“I jwust wealised I hwave to walk…” I muttered to myself, hoping Flash didn’t hear because of what I said earlier.

Flash smirked. Darn! “Yeah you do. Now come on, we’ll get you something good to eat and you can tell us about yourself.”

“Okway.” I said, looking up at them. “Wet’s gwo I’m gwetting hungwy.”

Serena giggled, taking my hand and leading Flash and I out of the river bed and back towards town. “It’s not too far from here, so you won’t have to walk too long.”

“I’m nwot used to walking, I fwoat almwost all the twime.” I said, skipping a bit to catch up.

“Might be good for you to do it more often. You know, exercise and all that. Serena did say you could lose a couple pounds,” he chuckled.

“Pwease dwon’t inswult the wedgendawry, thwat usually dwoesn’t end well.” I told him in the tone that means if he doesn’t do what I want bad things will happen.

“You know, if you didn’t sound like a five year old, that would be legitimately creepy.”

Serena smiled down at me. “Don’t worry, they don’t know any better. The people here know nothing about Pokémon. In fact, you saying legendary is probably going right over Flash’s head.”

“It’s true,” he said with a shrug.

“Thwen pwease dwon’t inswult the swoon to be gwoddess.” I said, hoping that this won’t go over his head either.

“Goddess? I doubt that highly.”

“Mwy Arcweus is dwead, so I cowwect his pwates, and when I gwot all of thwem I’ll bwe a full Gwoddess.” I told him, sticking my tongue out at him.

“What’s an ‘Arcweus’?” he asked.

“I think she’s say ‘Arceus’ with is a mythological Pokémon said to be the creator of them all. He’s only a legend, though, so don’t worry about it too much.”

“I cwould show you the pwates, after wunch thwough.” I told them, really hungry for some reason.

“That sounds rather lovely,” Serena said, her voice sounding a bit different.

Flash chuckled a tiny bit. “Your accent slipped through, Serena.”

She rolled her eyes a bit. “It’s not as if I’m ashamed of it.” And now her voice was really different. She sounded English all of sudden. “Using it however has gotten me into trouble over the years. The British Empire did not have very many fans across the continents. You know that if you payed attention in your history classes.”

“Scwools bworing I’m nwot wemaking that in mwy world.” I said, a disgusted look on my face at the idea of school in my world.

“School will get you places, especially Celestia’s school,” Flash shrugged. “That’s why all of us are here, well save for Serena and Sunset. The school we’re going to is meant to help prepare us for better lives in the future. Still plays out like typical high school, but it feels better knowing your future is secure.”

“Shwe’s dwead in my world to…” I mumbled, suddenly depressed.

Serena coughed. “On to better topics then. Because here we are!” In front of us was a classic 1950’s Americana diner. Chrome and all. The inside? Even more chrome and fake leather.

“Hwow owld is thwis pwace?” I asked, glad for the topic change.

“I have no idea. Only been working here for a little over a month now. Place is in pretty decent condition and the pay is enough to keep me by. Come on, I’m sure Mr. Shnitzel wouldn’t mind cooking us up some dinner,” she said, pushing her way inside.

Looking around, I just take it all in, trying to distract myself from thinking of our earlier topic. Out of what I can assume was the kitchen came a big, grump of a man, brown all over with big, strong muscles.

“Rada?” he said in a strange voice.

“Hey, Mr. Schnitzel!” Serena greeted cheerily. “Three for dinner please.”

“Rada rada rada?”

“Just put it on my tab,” she waved off.

“Rada rada,” he replied back, crossing his arms.

“I swear I’m good for it! I work here after all! Come on, Mr. Schnitzel, please? You wouldn’t turn down this sweet face, would you?” It was then I realized she was gesturing to me when this Mr. Schnitzel looked down with a questioning gaze to me.

I put on my cutest look I could muster at the time, lip trembling a bit as I looked up at him. Mr. Schnitzel’s gaze never wavered, but he eventually turned around and headed back to the kitchen, yelling, “Rada rada rada rada!”

Serena smiled brightly, leading us to a table. “Thanks, Mr. Schnitzel! You’re the best!”

“RADA RADA!” we heard back as we took our seats.

“I still don’t get how anyone understands that guy,” Flash commented, shaking his head.

Serena just shrugged. “It’s an acquired thing. You wouldn’t understand.”

“Are we swure hwe’s nwot a pokwemon?” I asked, looking from where he went back to the two with me, tilting my head curiously.

Serena had to cover her mouth to hold back her giggles. “No, Itazura, Mr. Schnitzel isn’t a Pokémon. He’s just different.”

“Okway.” I said, not really convinced but deciding to drop it for now anyway. A few minutes later, Mr. Schnitzel came back out with three plates: deep fried fish and french fries for Serena, a big burger and onion rings for Flash, and he put a plate of macaroni and cheese with dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets in front of me.

“Rada rada,” he said in his grumpy voice, heading back to the kitchen.

“Mmm, smells delicious as always,” Serena hummed. “Well, let’s dig in, shall we?”

“Let’s!” Flash agreed, taking a big bite out of his burger.

“Smwells gwood.” I said, taking a bite of the macaroni and cheese, before immediately devouring the rest.

“Looks like someone hasn’t learned table manners just yet,” Serena pointed out with a bit of teasing to her voice.

“Gwoddess swoon, I dwon’t nweed mwanners.” I told her, grabbing a nugget and starting to eat it.

“You’ll always need manners, little girl,” she said, pointing her half eaten fish stick at me. “Manners are a sign that you’re someone respectable.”

“Fwine.” I grumbled, actually using what little manners I remembered from when I was a human. “Bwetter?”

“Much. You’ll turn into a proper lady in no time.” She gave me a proud smile.

“Or at weast pwetend to bwe.” I said, grinning mischievously.

“You’re gonna be a handful, aren’t you?” Flash said in between bites.

“Onwy when I’m bwored.” I said, eating my last nugget in one bite.

“As long as we can keep her true identity on the down low, I’ll call that a win,” Serena said, eating another fish.

Having nothing to do since I’m done, I just kicked my legs back and forth, smiling and looking around the restaurant. I zoned out a bit as Serena and Flash talked since it wasn’t really about me and just ended up staring out the window. Nothing really was happening out there, just the starting of the setting sun. Then something caught my eye; I couldn’t tell what it was, but there was something glinting in the sunlight in a tree across the street.

“What’s thwat?” I muttered, sneaking out under there nose and going toward the tree. As I approached the tree, I started to hear a faint noise; almost as if someone was singing. It drew me closer and it sounded so good.

“Thwat swounds nwice…” I mumbled, a vacant look appearing in my eyes as I get closer to the tree. I finally reached the trunk and looked up, a woman was sitting in the tree singing that intoxicating melody. It just felt so amazing to hear it, and I started to feel like I would do anything to always hear it.

“Thundershock!” I heard faintly behind me, before a bolt of electricity struck the tree, ending the woman’s song as she fell out of the leaves and branches.

Shaking my head to clear it, I started backing up a bit, suddenly realizing what I almost walked into. I felt a hand touch my shoulder and I almost jumped before seeing Serena’s face in my peripheral vision. She looked worried.

“Itazura, are you alright? Did she hurt you?”

“Im fwine…” I muttered, getting behind her and poking my head out from behind her legs.

“Oh thank goodness,” she breathed a sigh of relief, putting a hand on my head protectively. “I was worried she’d hurt you.”

“Oh, I’d never do such a thing,” that seducing voice called out, the woman standing up. I could finally get a good look at her; purple skin, and her purple hair with blue-green highlights up in pigtails and wearing a very strange outfit. “Well, actually, yes I would. Now come to me, my little plaything~.”

“Back off, Aria!” Flash growled, the same for his Electrike that looked ready to really hurt the woman.

Taking another step back, I use Defense Order on the Electrike, giving it a little subtle boost before the battle that will probably happen, happens.

Aria groaned, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “You’re really not gonna make this easy, are you? Just hand over the stupid brat and I’m gone. That’s it. Easy peasy this time. What do you say?”

“I say you’ve lost your mind if you think we’ll hand over our friend!” Serena shouted at her. “Get lost before you get hurt, you she-beast!”

Aria did not look happy being insulted. “Oh, now you’ve made me mad. If you’re not gonna hand the twat over, then I’ll just pry her from your cold dead hands!”

I stuck my tongue out at her, before getting behind the two protecting me, making sure to put them between me and the siren.

“Make fun of me, will you?” Aria growled, lifting up a pokéball. “You’ll be working for us soon, you brat! Lombre!” She threw the ball, releasing the jolly Pokémon in front of us.

“Lombre,” the Pokémon said in a deadpan.

“Hwe dwoesn’t wook vewy jwolly…” I said nervously stepping back a little at how strange the pokémon was acting.

“It’s been trained by a siren. They’re not exactly nice with their methods,” Serena explained.

Aria smirked at her. “Flattery will get you nowhere with me. Lombre, use your Energy Ball and get rid of these nuisances!” Lombre built up a glowing green sphere of energy in his hands and chucked it at us with all his might, the ground below it cracking due to the energy it put out.

Grinning, I leap in-front of the blast, my grass plate absorbing the attack easily.

Aria looked at me with a bit of surprise before grinning. “I see. So that’s your special power; the plate of Arceus. Oh yes, you’ll be a wonderful slave for our order.”

“Hmmm.” I said, fake pondering for a moment, before ginning. “NOPE!” I shouted, using Flamethrower on the Lombre.

“Hydro Pump!” With that order, Lombre fired an enormous blast of water at me, instantly putting my Flamethrower out and still aiming to hurt me.

Yelping in surprise, I use Magical Leaf to take out the Hydro Pump, firing off a PsyBeam right behind it, making sure to put actual effort into the attack this time.

“You better dodge or so help me…” Aria left the threat up to the imagination, Lombre quickly getting out of the way of my attack. “Now get me that legendary slave!”

“Lombre!” it shouted darkly, firing another, more powerful Hydro Pump.

Deciding to stop playing around, I used Psychic grabbing the Pokemon in my mental hold, lifting it up and slamming it back down hard on the ground, ignoring the water type attack as it’s absorbed by my splash plate.

“Loooom…” it struggled against my power. In its opened mouth, another Energy Ball formed and he spat it out at me. Unfortunately, it was the splash plate that was still raised.

“Thwat… HWURT.” I growled out, a dark aura surrounding me in my anger. I felt a hand touch my shoulder, making me look up to see Serena looking back with kind eyes.

“Hey, you’ve done enough for now. Let us defend you, okay?”

Forcing myself to calm a bit, I take a deep breath, stepping back a bit and nodded, not trusting myself to talk at the moment.

Flash and Electrike stepped up, glaring daggers at Aria and her Pokémon. She scoffed at them, “So a simple newbie thinks he can take down an expert? Ha! You’ll make a great offering to our lord.”

“Not happenin’, you punk rock drop out,” Flash retorted. Aria did not like that.

“Oh, now you’re boned. Lombre! Destroy them!”

“LOMMMMBRE!” it screamed, building up an Energy Ball fluctuating with so much power that it looked unstable. The attack was fired right at Electrike, aiming to do more than just knock it out.

I tried to send out my Meadow Plate in front of the Electrike, but Serena’s hand on my shoulder stopped me again.

“Don’t worry, they got this,” she assured me.

“Okway…” I said, sitting down and deciding to just watch, hearing Serena mutter something to herself.

“Electrike, Ice Fang!” Flash called out. Electrike’s teeth suddenly glowed with an sky blue energy, the air turning visible around them. “Grab the Energy Ball!”

Electrike surged forward, jumping high into the air and using both teeth to clamp on to the incoming attack. To even my surprise, the electric type’s attack actually worked, grabbing the Energy Ball with ease.

“What in Equestria‽” Aria muttered, unable to believe what she was seeing.

“Now give her what’s coming to her!” Flash said with a smile. Electrike began to front flip with the Energy Ball, taking into a loop before tossing it back at Aria and Lombre. Due to their own shock, neither were prepared when the attack literally blew up in their faces.

I giggled at this, clapping for Flash and his Electrike, hoping that the siren was knocked out now at least. I was, unfortunately, wrong. Aria and Lombre were covered in soot from the explosion, but other than that, they just looked extremely angry.

“You… you… Forget what Adagio ordered! I’m gonna send you all to Lord Yveltal’s pit right now!”

“Sorry, Aria, I don’t do well in pits. Electrike! Get them out of here!”

Electrike took in a big breath before a loud Roar echoed from his vocal cords. The sheer force of the attack was enough to shake the ground and that said nothing for the actual effect. The initial sound forced Aria to clamp her hands to her ears, whilst Lombre was forced back to his pokéball. When the shock wave hit, Aria found herself being blasted high over the houses behind her and out of sight. And for the moment, out of mind.

“Ooow… hweadache.” I said, grabbing my head in pain, but otherwise fine.

“Everything alright?” Serena asked, kneeling down to my level.

“The woar gwave me a hweadache.” I told her, grimacing in pain a little.

“Oh right, you’re a Pokémon too. I’m sure Flash didn’t mean to-”

“Electrike‽”

“Huh?” Serena and I said, looking over at Flash. We both gasped at what we saw: Electrike was glowing. Slowly, his form began to grow taller and leaner, the shape of his head taking a more pointed form as well. When the light finished, Electrike had successfully evolved into a new Manectric, said new Pokémon letting out a happy bark at his trainer.

“He… he changed! Is… is this evolution?” Flash wondered aloud.

Serena nodded, “Mhmm. That’s right. Electrike became powerful enough to evolve to his final stage. Flash, meet your new Manectric.”

“Oh wow! That’s so cool, Elec, er I mean, Manectric!”

“Ow… bwight wights and hweadahces dwon’t mwix.” I said, grimacing again as my headache increased, clutching my hair.

Serena gave me an apologetic look before turning to Flash. “Hey, you two head on home and get a good rest. You’ve both earned it.”

‘Uh, are you sure?” Flash asked her.

“Yeah, I’ll take our Hoopa friend here back to my apartment where she can sleep off her new found headache. We’ll meet up tomorrow at the creek bed to wish her off.”

Flash nodded, returning Manectric to his pokéball. “Sounds like a plan. See you girls tomorrow!” And like that, he raced off down the street, back to his home.

Trying to get up, my head throbbed in pain, me falling right back down again. “Need some help?” Serena asked, now standing over me.

“Wes…” I mutter, embarrassed, blushing a little as I hold my arms out for her to carry me. Serena leaned down and lifted me up from underneath my arms, taking me up off the ground and against her chest. Using both arms to keep me up, she started walking off in a direction opposite of Flash, humming what I could only guess was a lullaby.

Getting drowsy, my eyes fluttered, and I slowly fell asleep, leaning into her before I did.

Yawning, I woke up finding myself in a dark room. There wasn’t much to it: just a bed, a small wardrobe, a work desk with papers all over it, and a closet for extra storage. And it turned out that it wasn’t just dark because the lights were out as I found out when I looked at the window next to the bed.

I couldn’t have been asleep too long, as it looked like the sun had only just set recently. Though, that begged the question: where exactly was I?

“Sewena?” I called out, barely above a whisper, getting out of the bed and walking over to the door, absentmindedly, putting on my shoes as I did. Getting close to it, I could hear voices and a faint light coming from the other side, said light repeatedly moving and flashing.

Opening the door slowly, I poked my head out of the room, trying to be as quiet as possible. Outside seemed to be a small hallway, the light coming from the living room at the other end. I slowly crept my way there, finding the light was just the TV, which also was the same source for the voices. I made out Serena and that Sunset girl sitting on the couch, some empty dinner plates off to the side as they just watched the screen with the typical TV watching face.

“Sewena, Swunset?” I called out to them, looking around the room as I walked towards them.

Sunset answered first with a smile. “Well look who’s up and about.”

“Feeling better, Ita?” Serena asked with a bit of concern.

I nodded, smiling up at them, floating to sit between the two on the back of the couch. “Ywea… thwanks fwor the wullabwy.”

Serena smiled and gave me a small hug. “Anything to help you feel better. Wanna watch TV with us for a bit?”

“Swure.” I said, snapping my fingers, making multiple snacks appear. “I bwing snwacks!” I exclaimed, beaming.

“How sweet of you, Ita. I’m gonna pass, though. I’m still full from dinner. What about you, Sunset?”

Sunset cast me a glance, looking at the snack. “Got anything with chocolate and caramel?”

“Wes.” I told her, using my Psychic to bring her a couple pieces of candy. Sunset let me hover them over to her hand where she unwrapped it and popped it in her mouth.

“Hmm, not bad kid.”

I just smiled at her, bringing over a chocolate bar a nibbling on it as I watched tv. It was an old show, but it was rather funny. Looked like a bunch of military men inside some kind of prison camp run by an easily fooled commander and his bumbling sidekick. Serena in particular chuckled a lot any time the bumbler would say, “I know nothing!”.

Eventually, I managed to get tired again, so I snapped my fingers, making my clothes change into footsie pajamas with golden rings on them as I yawned.

“Aw don’t you look so cute~,” Serena cooed, poking me playfully in the side. I giggled a little, before yawning again, rubbing my eye sleepily. “Getting tired?” I nodded sleepily, sliding down onto the couch seat, looking up at her and smiling a little. “Would you like me to tuck you back into bed?”

“Wes pwease.” I said, my eyes dropping a little, I sleepily hold my arms out for her to pick me up again. Serena giggled at me, standing up and picking me up just as I asked. She walked back down the hallway, humming again as we entered the room I woke up in. I was laid back in the bed and Serena pulled the cover up over me.

“Gwoodnight.” I mutter, falling asleep smiling. Then she did something I wasn’t expecting. Serena had leaned down and planted a kiss on my forehead.

“Sleep tight, little one,” she whispered softly.

Despite my tiredness, that little shock kept me awake a few moments more. Just enough to hear Sunset come to the door and talk with Serena.

“You seem to get along pretty well with her,” Sunset noted.

“Yeah. I guess I do,” Serena admitted. “She’s a little sweetheart, despite the little ego going on.”

“I think there’s something more to it, Serena. And I have a feeling you do, too.”

“And just what is that?” Serena’s voice had a bit of an edge on that one.

“It’s just like that look when we met Zinnia. When she started talking about kids… you and Ash never getting the chance…” Sunset trailed off, apparently letting Serena fill in the blanks.

“You… you don’t honestly think I-”

“I don’t think. I know. You’re not acting like a concerned friend, Serena. You’re acting like a mother.” For several silent moments, that last word hung in the air.

“Nwight mwommy.” I mutter, barely loud enough for her to hear, before I finally fell asleep.

The next morning (I could tell due to the rays of sunlight coming through the old fashioned blinders), I was awakened to something great: the smell of breakfast cooking. Specifically, french toast! Floating out of bed and not bothering to change my cloths back, I sped out of the room to the kitchen.

There, in the little kitchen of the apartment, was Serena and Sunset, both working to cook up some delicious smelling food. Just from where I was floating I could see eggs, and bacon, and (yup!) french toast!

“Gwood mworning!” I shouted out, floating behind them. The two of them jumped a little, but thankfully nothing bad happened.

“Ita! It’s rude to sneak up on people who are cooking!” Serena scolded.

“Sowwy.” I said, landing on the floor and looking down, acting like a child who was just yelled at by their parent.

“You better. Now go wash up so you can have breakfast.” I turned and started walking before Serena called again. “And Ita?” She smiled brightly and kindly to me. “Good morning to you too.”

I beamed back, racing to the bathroom to wash up, snapping my fingers as I get in the shower and just making everything do what it’s supposed to itself, even my clothes changing back to how they were before on the counter.

“Ita!” I heard Serena calling. “Breakfast!”

“Cwoming!” I yelled out, snapping my fingers again and making myself dry, my clothes flying on as I run out the door back to the kitchen. The little kitchen table off to the side was set for three people, Serena and Sunset already waiting for me. The plate left was filled with food just waiting for me to dig in to.

I climbed into the chair, muttering a thank you to them before I dug into the food. I heard Serena giggled and was able to see Sunset giving me a wry smile.

“Someone’s certainly hungry this morning.”

I nodded, not speaking with my mouth full as I continued to eat my food.

“So…” Serena started to say, picking at her food. “Ita… do you remember the last thing you said before you fell asleep last night?”

I froze, a bit surprised before I nodded, slowing down my eating and looking up at her.

“So you know what you called me last night?”

“I cwalled wou mwommy.” I said as if it was perfectly normal, tiling my head curiously and cutely. “Swo?”

“Why?” was all she asked.

“Wou were actwing wike wone…” I told her, beaming.

“But… is that something you want?”

I just nodded, too embarrassed to say anything, picking at my food, but stilling beaming at her.

“But… don’t you already have a mommy?”

“Mwy dwispwacers kwinda wike my mwommy, bwut she’s always in the vwoid swo I dwon’t see her mwuch.” I told her, kicking my legs a little now.

Serena didn’t seem to know how to respond, going back to picking at her own breakfast. There was an awkward silence between the three of us before Sunset decided to speak up.

“Why do you want Serena as your mom, kid? Just because she’s nice and has an overbearing need to actually get back to her regular life isn’t justified cause for it.”

“Sunset!” Serena admonished, but Sunset shook her head.

“No, Serena. As your friend, I can’t let you just jump into this. Even if you are a lot older than me, it doesn’t mean you’re ready for this. I mean, what’s Ash gonna say when you two finally reunite and he finds out you have a child? What’s gonna be the thought that runs through his mind?” Serena stayed quiet, well aware of what would no doubt run through this “Ash’s” mind. “Not only that, we have to send her back. She can’t stay here with the sirens still coming after you. Ita will always be a target. She has to go back to her own world, away from you, probably forever.”

“I cwould wink our worlds actwually, it’d bwe easy…” I said thoughtfully, looking at my food and kicking my legs still. “I cwould evwen mwake it swo onwy wou could cwome thwough the pwortal…”

“And do you know how much that puts your own world at risk?” Sunset asked. “You may be powerful, but you’re not a goddess yet. We’re dealing here with people that could very well end all life on this planet. And then move on to their original planet in a few moons. We won’t let you put your world at risk especially for something so selfish.”

“Mwy world alweady wasted, and if it gwets destwoyed, I cwan jwust mwake it again.” I said, getting depressed at really thinking about my world. “I onwy nweed fwour pwates untwil I’m dwone to…”

“No, Ita.” To my shock, it was Serena who spoke up. “We can’t have you do that. Not for this. It’s not worth the risk.”

“What wisk? Mwy worlds a waste, and I’m the onwy wiving thwing on the pwanet beswides the Twee of Hwarmony…”

“And what about the risk to our worlds?” Sunset brought up. “This world is dangerously connected to another. Adding another connection could do irreversible damage here. No matter how much you say it would be easy, it would just be better to keep them separate. I’m sorry.”

“Okway…” I said, defeated, slumping in my seat a little.

“And that means we might never see each other again…” Serena whispered, solemnly eating her breakfast.

“Wou hwanve my twoken, wou cwould always swummon mwe agwain.” I said, a bit happier at the idea.

“I can’t summon you,” she said in the same tone as before. “Not so long as those sirens are still around.”

“When I gwet the mwind pwate, I shwould bwe immune to thwier swong.” I told her, done with my food.

“They’re too strong, Ita!” she said in a raised voice. “I won’t let my child be hurt by them!” Instantly, she slapped a hand to her mouth.

I started to tear up a little, getting up and running into the bedroom, slamming the door closed. I jumped into the bed, curling under the covers, trying to regain control of my emotions, sobbing a little. A few minutes later, there was a light knocking on the door.

“Ita?” It was Serena’s voice.

“Wes…?” I called out, a sob breaking through mid sentence.

“Can I come in? We need to talk.”

“Okway…” I said, sitting up and trying to wipe the tears out of my eyes. Serena came in, looking like she had just cried a little herself. She didn’t say a word, closing the door behind her and coming over to sit on the bed next to me.

“I didn’t mean to snap at you like that,” was what she said after a few moments.

“I knwow…” I muttered, looking down and not at her.

“I wasn’t angry with you. I was, angry at them; the sirens, I mean. And, a little bit at myself, I suppose.”

I stayed silent, looking to the side and listening to her, still sobbing a little bit.

“Those sirens… they’ve taken everything from me. My home, my life… my husband. And now, they want you as a slave. I can’t deny it, Ita. I’ve grown attached to you, almost as if you were my own. For that reason, I have to send you away. I can’t lose you to them too. I just can’t.” Serena’s voice had gotten shaky as she kept talking, sounding like she was about to burst into tears herself.

I hugged her suddenly, putting my face into her chest and full out crying, trying to keep myself from getting mad and going on a rampage that’d likely do more damage than help. I felt her arms wrap around me, tears falling down to my face that certainly weren’t mine. Serena’s voice continued, shaky and stuttered my her crying.

“I want this. I really do, Ita. I want to be able to tuck you in at night, make sure you’re always well fed, and that you’re keeping care of yourself. I want to be there for you because I care about you. I want to be your mommy! But I know I can’t because then they’ll take you away from me. I’m not strong enough to fight them. I can’t protect you from them forever. Oh heavens above how I wish I could just keep you here as my little girl, but I can’t. No matter how much I want to…” Her voice trailed off into crying as she held me tighter.

I… didn’t have a response to that, I just kept hugging her and crying, not letting go and trying not to let myself get angry, even though I could feel traces of the dark aura that appears when I do appearing every now and then around me.

“I’m sorry,” she shakily whispered in my ear. “I shouldn’t have gotten your hopes up for this. I’m so sorry…”

I still just said nothing, letting go of the hug and looking down, the aura increasing slightly.

“There’s no other way to keep you safe,” Serena sniffled. “You have to go back where you came from. And stay away from here.”

“I… I… dwon’t want to stway away, I dwon’t, I want to bwe abwle to bwe hwere and thwose… STWUPID SWIRENS AWRE KWEEPING THWAT FWOM HWAPPENING.” I started losing control, the aura appearing and staying as my anger keeps rising.

“ITAZURA!” Serena yelled at me.

Surprised, I momentarily snapped out of my anger, though the aura was still appearing around me as I looked up at Serena, shocked. She looked at me, tears still stinging her eyes. She tried to firmly grab my shoulders as best she could.

“There’s nothing that can be done right now. Getting mad isn’t going to make it any better.”

I started bawling, embracing her again, letting my sadness overtake my anger, the aura disappearing as I clutched onto her again. Serena pulled me close, resting her head on top of mine gently.

“Maybe some day, Ita. But I can’t risk so long as I’m in danger. That’s not a life I want for you here.” I just nodded into her as I bawled, not trusting myself to not get angry if I spoke and continued just cry into her shirt. “And when that day comes, I’ll come find you. Then you can meet Ash, and Celestia, and Luna. They would love to meet you; oh can I just imagine Luna squealing about it now,” she chuckled, fresh tears falling down her cheeks.

“O-okway.” I stuttered, starting to calm down a bit. I felt Serena’s grip tighten on me a bit and I knew she was crumbling.

“Oh Ita… I’m so sorry… I’m so so sorry, Ita…”

“I thwink we shwould go, bwefor we dehydwate ourswelves…” I said, trying to make a joke to lighten the mood.

“R-right,” she struggled to say. “We… we need to get to the creek bed so you can…” She sniffled a bit, trying not to cry again. “So you can say goodbye.”

“It won’t bwe gwoodbwye… jwust swee wou later…” I said, trying not to think if it really would be goodbye or not. I snapped my fingers, cleaning both of us up.

“Right,” Serena said, pulling herself up to a standing position. “Come on, let’s… let’s go see everyone?”

I nodded, reaching a hand out for her to hold it and smiling sadly at her. She took it and led me out of the room. Sunset was standing at the end of the hall, clearly having heard everything from the way she was looking at us. She and Serena only shared a glance before Sunset led us out the door.

The walk from their apartment to the creek bed was quiet, painfully so. It hurt even more by passing those suburban houses where I could see families; fathers, mothers, and children all out enjoying their lives while ours… ours may never be.

Upon arriving at the creek bed, Trixie and Flash were already there. And from the solemn looks upon their faces, they already knew. All it did, was keep the wound even fresher.

“Befwore I gwo.” I said, gaining everyone's attention. “I hwave gwift’s I want to gwive wou all.”

“Oh no, Itazura. Trixie and friends could never accept such things from you,” Trixie tried to decline.

“To bwad, wour gwetting thwem anyway.” I told her, giving her no chance to argue. “Nwow fwirst thwings fwirst.” I said, reaching into my hammerspace and pulling out a couple bags. “Thwese are fwilled with evewy kwind of bewwy, and it shwould autwo wefill everwy day.” I told them giving them each a bag. “Thwey’ll onwy work for wou, if anywone else twyies thwey will gwet the opposwite of what thwey wanted.”

“Berries?” Trixie and Flash asked.

Sunset grabbed one and looked inside. “I.. I can’t believe it. Oran, Pecha, Cherri, they’re all there. With these, we don’t have to ever worry about healing our Pokémon after training sessions!”

“Alswo what’s evwyones favourwite twype of attwack, pwokemon twype thwat is.” I asked, looking at them.

Trixie scratched the back of her head. “Trixie only has Gabite. So she would have to say dragon.”

“I’ve only got Manectric so, electric of course.”

Sunset was the only one who answered instantly. “Fire. No question.”

“My favorite has always been the psychic,” Serena told me. “But why are you asking, Ita?”

“Bwecause, thwis!” I shouted, eyes glowling golden as I cup my hands in-front of me. The sheer power I’m useing causes the others to be pushed back a bit, four glowing orbs appearing in my hands, them being Red, yellow, purple, and pink.

“Thwese gwems will incwease wour pwokemons attwacks of the swame twype, it usuawwy is twempoary bwut I mwaid it pwermanent.” I said, levitating each one to there new owner, them being hovered right in-front of them.

They each took them looking them over. “Elemental gems,” Serena whispered. “The rarest kind ever found in Equestria. Not even Ash and I could keep a constant supply of these. And they’re permanent?”

“Bweing a almwost Gwoddess has it’s pwerks.” I replied simply, smiling at them.

“Thanks, Ita,” Sunset said, pocketing hers. “You’re really somethin’ else.” Trixie and Flash said similar thanks before all went quiet.

“So… this is farewell, huh?” Flash spoke up.

“I will swee wou all agwain, dwon’t worry, so fwor nwow later?” I said simply, my middle ring coming off my body and opening a portal behind me, leading to my world.

“Ita…” I heard Serena call out. I turned to see her walking towards me. She dropped to her knees in front of me and pulled me into a hug. “I’m going to miss you.”

“I’ll mwiss wou to.” I said, hugging her back before a minute. There were no tears from her this time and she slowly let me go, but not without kissing my forehead.

“You be safe. Promise me.”

“I pwomise, I’m wevel fwive hundwed im my world wight now swo I shwould bwe fine.” I told her, so only she could hear. I floated up, my ring coming to meet me. “Later…Mwommy” I said, backing into the portal and closing it behind me, a single tear falling before I’m all the way through.

The portal began to close, and I wish it had closed faster. I must have passed out her sight, but I saw her. Serena broke there on her knees, sobbing her heart out. My new mommy faded out of my sight and I was back in my own world.

I immediately went to my room, hugged a pillow and wept for a bit, having chanced my cloths into their footie pajama form again, I cried until, finally, I passed out.