Lusamine's POV

It was with a sharp intake of breath that Lusamine shot out of bed. She was sweating, and her heart was racing abnormally fast. She was bathed in the moonlight that streamed in from the window that was adjacent to her bed. She couldn't recall what her dream had been about, just that she wasn't happy about it. It was just like the time she had been merged with that…beast thing all those years ago. She had no recollection of the event, but the lingering effects left her scarred.

Letting out a deep sigh, she attempted to roll over, only to find that there was something restricting her movement. Looking down, she saw a strong arm wrapped around her waist…an arm that wasn't there when she'd went to bed earlier that night. She struggled against it, but for the life of her, that arm was just too strong for her.

"Something wrong, dear?" A quiet voice murmured into her ear.

At the sound of the voice, Lusamine broke free of the arm's grasp, turning swiftly to see where – or who – the voice had come from. She was met with a very familiar pair of irises.

There, in her bed, was the Alolan Champion herself – Moon.

The scream Lusamine let out could've woken everyone in the Alola region.

Lusamine jumped out of bed for the second time that night, just barely able to stop herself from falling off of the bed. She had just had the worst nightmare ever, even worse than the time she found out that malasadas weren't just a "one-time craze." Of all the things she could've dreamt, she hadn't expected to have a dream about the Alolan Champion. She had never been attracted to the girl in the slightest – she was far too young for her, and she still missed Mohn dearly. Not to mention that the girl had an infuriating habit of thwarting her plans.

As she slowly came to, she registered the feeling of yet another arm around her waist. Scowling, she didn't even bother to look down this time.

"Get out of my bed, Moon." Lusamine's tone was harsh. She had had enough shenanigans for one night.

The sound of a snicker gave Lusamine pause. She was fairly certain that she'd heard that sound before. It came from one of the smuggest people she knew.

"Is that any way to treat your malasada babe?" A slightly deep voice asked her.

It was with trepidation that Lusamine turned around, only to meet the wide, brown eyes that she had come to dislike with a passion.

Lo and behold, Hau was sharing her bed. What made it worse was the fact that he was wagging his eyebrows at her, as if he thought that his petty flirting was enough to rile her up.

"Don't you have a girlfriend?" Lusamine cursed herself for how weak her voice sounded. Having a raspy voice from sleep was one thing, but this was just plain ridiculous.

The grin that Hau gave her made her want to throw up.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Lusamine arched a judgmental brow at the boy.

"That doesn't make any sense."

Hau's grin only got wider.

"Don't tell me you don't want this." Hau reached out to caress Lusamine's belly, smirking as Lusamine slapped his hand away harshly, "Come now Lucy. Is that any way to treat the father of your baby?"

Lusamine took a shuddering breath and hesitated to look down. Hau, taking note of Lusamine's reluctance, gently grasped Lusamine's chin in his hand, guiding it down so she could stare at her belly. Elongated and stiff, the sight of her belly prompted Lusamine to come to a troubling realization.

She was pregnant…again…with Hau's child.

This time, as she shrieked in horror, Hau was there to echo her screams with laughter of his own.

When Lusamine jumped out of bed for the third time that night, she was relieved to realize that she was alone. No Moon, and no Hau to haunt her. The thought was almost enough to calm her rattled nerves, but the earlier dreams she'd had were enough to make her fairly conscious. As she walked through her darkened home and into her kitchen, she resolved to get a warm glass of milk before returning to bed. Nothing could be stranger than anything she'd already experienced that night.

As she turned on the lights, allowing a soft glow to illuminate her kitchen, she was surprised – and yet unsurprised – to see Aurora sitting down at the table, wearing a warm grin. Unable to stop herself, Lusamine let out a derisive snort.

"What's wrong, Lusamine?" Aurora cut straight to the chase, standing up and making her way over to Lusamine.

Lusamine crossed her arms, an annoyed frown on her face.

"You're not here to tell me that I'm in some sort of relationship with Moon?"

Aurora's brows crinkled in confusion.

"No. Why would I?"

"Or that Hau got me pregnant?"

"That's ridiculous."

"Or that we're in some kind of friends with benefits relationship?"

At this, Aurora gave a gentle smile, one that did nothing to alleviate Lusamine's stress.

"Of course not, Lusamine." Aurora took Lusamine's hands in her own, and Lusamine let out a breath that she didn't realize she'd been holding, "What we had has been done with for almost twenty years."

Lusamine felt her heart sink, and she wrenched her hands away from Aurora's.

"Twenty years?"

Aurora nodded, giving Lusamine a sympathetic look that the latter longed to wipe off with a hard slap to the face.

"I know your memory is a bit faulty, but don't you remember the time we conceived Moon?" The horror on Lusamine's face allowed Aurora to continue, "You didn't want Mohn to know because you already had Gladion, and I was with my husband, so we kept it a secret all these years?"

Lusamine felt the ground beneath her give way. It was all too much for her, all the dreams. This couldn't be real life. This couldn't be real life. This couldn't be…

"Mom, are you okay?"

Lusamine's eyes shot open for what she thought was the fourth time, and she promptly fell off of her bed. Groaning, she took the hand that was offered to her – Gladion's – and made her way into a standing position. Her dark green eyes surveyed her surroundings – Gladion was standing in front of her with a concerned look on his face, Plumeria looked nonchalant as she casually threw a pokéball into the air every few seconds, Lillie looked confused from her place in Moon's arms.

"Moon was in my bed." Lusamine blurted out, pointing an accusatory finger at the girl in question, "And then Hau was, and he got me pregnant! But then Aurora was there and she told me that Moon was our love child from a twenty-year affair that I can't remember and Hau was touching my belly and Moon called me 'dear' and I just wanted a glass of milk and to sleep and –"

"Mom, breathe." Lillie's voice had a calming effect on Lusamine, who placed a hand on her chest, "It was just a nightmare."

Lusamine's eyes darted wildly around the room. They all thought she was crazy. She couldn't handle that…not again.

"Screw…all of you!" Lusamine huffed indignantly as she stormed out of the room.

She wasn't crazy. She knew what she had experienced.

Lillie's POV

As Lusamine left the room in a hurry, a slow smile donned Lillie's lips. She let Lunala out of its pokéball and stroked one of its wings affectionately. Plumeria gave her a begrudging look of respect.

"Remind me again of how that dream manipulation thing works." Plumeria's tone was intrigued, as Gladion wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulders, "I didn't know that Lunala could affect dreams."

Lillie smirked, her features becoming softer as Moon hugged her from behind.

"Darkrai owed me a favor from my time in Kanto." Lillie answered shortly.

What that favor consisted of was for her alone to know, and as Plumeria shrugged indifferently, Lillie couldn't help but bask in the glory of her accomplishments. Not only had she gotten the girl, but she had also managed to one-up her mother for all her relationship intervening.

She had finally won.