"I'm home..." said a tired boy as he entered his house.  This is Ash Ketchum, a boy from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region, who just came back from the Alola Region.

The lights suddenly turned on and Ash was met with a whole party!

"WELCOME HOME, ASH!!!" all of Ash's friends exclaimed.  Ash just walked by them and went into his room.  Once inside his room, Ash collapsed onto his bed.  He laid there, wondering why he wasn't satisfied.

"I've attempted all the Leagues of the regions I've visited, so why do I feel like there's some unfinished business?"

"Pika..."

"You feel that too, Pikachu?"

"Pika."

"Something's just not right..."

A small charm fell out of his pocket.  Ash picked it up and examined it.

"It's a Moon Stone... no... a Moon Charm... MOON!!!"

Ash sighed and held the charm in his fist.

"Moon is... I wish we could see her again..."

Meanwhile...

"Has anyone seen Ash?" Misty, one of Ash's friends, called.  No one knew.

"He probably went to his room," his mom told her. "I'll go get him."

But when Mrs. Ketchum went into her son's room, her son was nowhere to be found.

She ran down the stairs and called the cops.  She put in a report of a missing child.  Soon enough, all of Ash's friends and all of Pallet Town, as well as the police, were looking for him... even his rival, Gary!

But no one found him...