It was during lunch when Hau ran to Moon, stress-eating Malasadas like crazy.
"What's the matter, Hau?" Moon asked.
"It's Gladion," he said while Lillie and Zaria ran up to them. "He's been kidnapped!"
"Gladion? Kidnapped? There's no way," Lillie started. "He's too strong to be kidnapped."
"Exactly," Zaria explained, holding up a piece of Gladion's hoodie drawstring. "He faked his own disappearance... just to avoid us finding out that he was the one... but he left this behind." Zaria then placed it on the table. "Don't say I didn't tell you so," she called back as she left.
"No way..." Moon said in disbelief. "Why would he... He couldn't have! I'm determined to prove it!!!"
"Just face it, Moon..." Lillie started, trying to avoid tears. "She has all the facts... and the evidence..."
Moon's face turned to horror as the facts were stated to her. She then, out of the shock and pressure of these things being thrown onto her, passed out.
"Moon!" came Ash's voice as she fell out of her chair. And that was the last thing Moon heard before she lost consciousness.

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As The Journey Continues: Mystery of the Missing
FanfictionThe long awaited sequel of 'A New Journey Begins' is finally here! Ash has returned to Kanto after his long journey in Alola. Ash, though he can be very dense and forgetful, remembers the girl that he helped when she was battling a foe from an anoth...