To myself, to the universe or even the multiverse and to anyone that can listen to me, I need to say I am sorry but I DO need to ask something...
WHAT. THE. FUCKING. HELL. JUST. HAPPENED?
I do not know what was that crack in the air, but I am sure that it should not be part of my peaceful night. When I was swallowed by that thing I could do nothing but try to scream in horror, but not even my voice could escape that thing. The next thing I knew was the fact that I was falling... maybe from the same height as my veranda, and I fell in which seems to be... Sand?
Where is the logic?
Calm down, Luna! First, we need to think... Where are we? I thought to myself. And that ended up actually being a good idea, with an objective in mind I can think clearly, so, now I need to analyze my surroundings.
I opened my eyes slowly but continuously. The sky is beautiful tonight, there are so many stars in my sight that it would be impossible to count all of them... Shit.
"If there are so many stars that means I am not in my home, am I right?" I asked the nothingness, for some reason, my own voice sounded different, but considering that I fell from a high place some kind of collateral damage is expected.
I tried to stand up, but my body does not seem to be responding right now. Perfect, all I needed now is the possibility of having broken my spine. besides, I feel a lot of pain in my head, I probably hit it when I fell, and it is getting harder to keep my eyes open.
"Not good..." I said to myself as my eyes are getting heavier and heavier. NO, I have to keep my mind working!' I looked at my side and saw the sea and sand, which means beach.
Why a beach?
"Well, I do not think I should be complaining," Considering the fall, I do not think I would have survived such height if falling on concrete.
I tried to move my arms again. It worked a little, I felt a lot of pain and it did not move too much either. 'Shit...'
I knew I could not give up yet. If I faint now there is the possibility that I will not wake up again. I do not need to wait for long, though.
After a few minutes, I heard steps. The sound was soft thanks to the sand, but after that, I listened to a strong male voice calling.
"Huh? Hey, you, Are you 'kay?" He asked and his steps became a lot more frenetic as if he started to run. I tried to answer, but unlike my other tries, this time my voice failed to me.
Finally, the man got in my view... Or part of him, all I could see were large, strong muscles, seen from beneath a lab coat.
And that's when I blacked out.
'How long do I slept?' That was my first thought when I felt my conscience coming back to me, I could not open my eyes, but I could feel that I was laid on some kind of couch.
"Yeah, I know! First Lillie three months ago and now this! I don't think this is a coincidence!" The same male voice I heard before I blanked out saying, but I could hear no answer.
"I know," He said despite the lack of an audible answer. Maybe he is talking on the cell phone. "I know it, but I need to see Hala in a few minutes. She is unconscious, and I did tests to see if she have any kind of damage, but despite the really loud sound from the impact, she seems completely fine! I will go to speak with Hala and will be back soon."
However is that man, he seems to be worried about my state, I should take this as a lucky shot, I do not know where I am, but at least I found someone kind enough to help me.
"Stay here until I am back!" Surprisingly he said that to me. I do not think he knows I am awake yet, but his steps suddenly got faster and the sound of a door being opened and closed could be heard.
Now I am alone... Probably.
Again I tried to open my eyes, but it took me a while to do it, luckily I always healed a lot faster than most people did, a mysterious I never really understand, but after my knowledge of other worlds and magical worlds I decided to believe it is simply magic. Meanwhile, I used my other senses to think where could I be.
The sound of waves are still present, and I could not hear any kind of sound made by people, which means it is still night. A strange pounding echoed, and it did not resemble any kind of bird I knew, which is troublesome since it means I am far from my place.
Where am I right now? I wondered and tried to force my memory to work despite my actual state of numb. something about that crack in the air was somehow oddly familiar to me... Think Luna, Think...
Crack in the air... Reality breaking apart... The own space shattering...
MIDNIGHT SPARKLE!
I opened my eyes at once. The shock of the remembrance took away any kind of slumbering. The last time I saw something like that was when Twilight Sparkle was corrupted by equestrian magic and opened holes in the air that connected both realities!
Did that mean I am in this place called Equestria now?
Probably not. According to the few that lived or saw that place, there were no humans there, and the body I saw when that man came to help me was definitely a manly one.
It was not safe to say I am in another world yet, but it is not a theory to be discarded right now.
While wondering where I am I did not notice that I was watching the roof of that place I found myself in with a lot of interest. Even from the inside, the ceiling was VERY reassembled, with holes of varying sizes and shapes, as if it were constantly attacked by something.
I turned my head slowly, and my body does not hurt anymore, I was on the couch inside some kind of small house, in front of me there is some kind of stairs leading to underground just beside the door. I sat up and turned my gaze to the other part of the house, which seems to have an improvised second floor with a pink stair attached to the wall.
I definitely never saw that place before.
Standing up with not much effort, I decided to walk and observe that place. On this floor, there is not much to be seen beside a kitchen and some decorations not very flashy, but what really caught my attention is the fact that the walls also have numerous holes and patches.
Turning my head I saw a large aquarium occupied a good part of the wall right next to the phone, but what caught my attention was not the fact that it was made to look like the ocean floor, but the fishes...
I heard about some fishes that resemble a heart, but not like this. With a relatively flat body in the shape of a heart, this strange fish was not like anything I have seen.
Hell, where am I?
That was my this was my only concern until I realized a little detail while observing the aquarium... Staring back at me there is a girl, a girl with long black hair, and a pale blue skin, just like mine. Honestly, it looks exactly like me in my young times, which brought me back to bad memories...
Not behind or at my side, but exactly where I should be staring at the glass. I moved my right arm and the reflex followed my actions. I rested my forehead on the glass, scaring the fishes, and the reflex does exactly the same. I smiled bitterly.
And here was I thinking that it could not get worse.
The door opened and I turned to see whoever is there, but there is no one.
Instead, there is what looks like a small dog, It has a primarily light brown with a darker brown muzzle, paws, and ear tips. It has large blue eyes, button ears, a short muzzle with a triangular pink nose, and a short tuft of fur on each cheek. Around its neck is a ruff of grayish-white fur stubbed with dark brown pebbles. The dark brown markings on its paws extend to a thin point on each wrist and ankle. It has a grayish-white tail that curls tightly over its back and is covered in fluffy fur.
And he seems really surprised to see me.
Just my luck...
Most dogs have some kind of primal instinct instructing him to protect his territory. And that one seems to have a hell of an instinct.
He tackled me with impressive speed, honestly, I do not know how my reaction speed had been enough to dodge this. He did not manage to stop until he crashed on the wall with his head, opening a really big hole for something with his size. And I knew I should be impressed by his physical strength and endurance since he was not even dizzy, but most of my mind was just focused on one thing.
That explains a lot about the holes in this place.
He turned to face me again, but this time I am not unprepared, I assumed a more rigid posture and I held the arm of the couch with one of my hands while maintaining eye contact with the dog.
He attacked me again, but this time with a single arm, I effortlessly trowed the entire couch toward him. I smiled in triumph for a second, my physical strength is the same as when I had around my 12 years old, much smaller than my actual one, but still monstrous when compared to the others.
But my moment of victory did not last long. As the couch was flying toward the dog, I saw during a single moment he opened his mouth, and around it, a much bigger mouth appeared, magically formed in front of my eyes from thin air, and he literally bites the couch in two with those magical teeth of his.
Okay, little dog, now I am impressed!
I am not proud to say I started to run toward the door like a coward, but that is exactly what I did.
That proved to be a horrible idea as soon as I stepped outside the house. I was close to the ocean, and the night sky was simply amazing, this time it even has some fallen stars here and there, but my problems lie elsewhere.
Creatures... A whole bunch of creatures I never saw before walked at night in the tall grass or was staring me from the roof of the small house, just like that black bird with feathery tufts on its head resembling a witches hat. Luckily most of them decided to ignore me.
But not the dog.
"Seriously, what have I done to you?" I asked as the dog stepped on the stairs. He still wanted to fight, I can see the fire in his eyes. "Okay, if you do not stop," I assumed a combat posture that was part of my life so long ago. "I will stop you in a hard way!" I said confidently, now I have a lot more of space, if there is a place where I have a chance, it is this one.
But I do not have to act at all. Just when I thought I would have to rely on violence, I was saved by the stranger trio I had seen.
Three creatures interweave between me and the dog, the first one is a small, avian resembling a young owl with a round body and short legs. Its plumage is primarily brown with a white underside and a strange facial disc. The facial disc itself is in the shape of two overlapping circles. It has large black eyes and a stubby beak. The top part of its beak is white, while the lower half is an orange-brown.
The second one is a quadruped, feline covered with primarily black fur. It has a short muzzle with a tiny, black nose, red eyes with yellow sclera, and short, pointed ears with pale gray insides. There are two red stripes around each of its legs and two horizontal stripes with a vertical stripe across them on its forehead. The lower part of his face is also red, and there is a large tuft of fur on each cheek.
And the third one is a is a pinniped that is primarily blue. It has large eyes, a long, white snout with black whiskers, and a round, pink nose. There is a small, rounded earflap on each side of its head. Around its neck is a light blue ruff, which extends past its shoulders. It has four flippers. The front flippers are larger than the hind and have white markings separating its toes.
All of them simply stood between me and the dog, I did not know if this would be able to stop the dog from attacking me, but he seemed to recognize those three since he suddenly stopped and sat down at the stairs.
I did not know who or what are those three, but with their help, I finally decided I could let my heart slow down.
Those three turned to face me. The owl for some reason begun to spin in his place with a large smile. The cat just showed his emotions with a meow, and the stranger one was the seal, that suddenly begun to somersaults in the same place, it was actually a little impressive.
"Thank you," I said smiling to the trio, But when I opened my mouth another voice talked.
"Hey there," My heart suddenly accelerates again with that scare. "I think I have said to you to stay inside, and I am pretty sure you listened."
I turned to face the owner of the voice. He is a young man with a VERY muscular physique (definitely those are the same muzzles that saved me), has dark eyes, black hair, a black man bun, and a goatee. He wears a white hat with a rainbow decoration in the front, he also wears glasses with a teal frame, a white lab coat with rolled-up sleeves, grey baggy pants with a teal stripe and white ribbon and some teal shoes with white outline.
He did not seem angry, but a little playful. I did not answer at first mainly for not knowing what to answer.
"You OK? I saw you got attacked by the Rockruff."
So that's his name, huh? "Yeah, but I got a bit of help." I simply answered.
"Looks like you did," He smiled, showing his white teeth. "Though, I sure didn't expect that, Yeah... I didn't think those little fellows would dash out on their own to save a stranger! But I guess I'm getting ahead of myself. Welcome to Alola, the Pokémon paradise, mind if I ask your name? That's what I'm supposed to be saying."
"It would be a good idea to say your name first, do not you think?" I said crossing my arms and looking him into his eyes, what is pretty hard considering the difference in our sizes.
He does not seem even a little ashamed as he answered my question. "I'm Kukui, the Pokémon Professor!"