Author's Note: Hello! Some of you may know me for Spider-Man: The True Hero of the Civil War and/or my Scooby-Doo/Pokémon crossovers. Well, I'm back with my solo Pokémon story! This is going to be my first time writing a horror genre, and I'm very excited for this. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this and I think now I'm publishing it here on .
For those who are wondering, I originally posted this on DeviantArt. So, those who have read this on DeviantArt (looking at you, Steel) you don't have to comment on this and please don't spoil anything for those who have watched it. *Does eyes on you gesture*
Anyway, I guess I should give a little information on this story. This tale was based off some RPG Horror Games that I've come to love; Witch's House, Mad Father, and Corpse Party. So, just a bit of a warning, this is going to get gory soon. But enough of that, enjoy the chapter!
Prologue
October 21st, 1901
Lewis Manor
11:55 PM
Maya Lewis look at the old grandfather clock that stood in the middle of one out of hundreds of bookshelves in the library she spent most of her time inside this ginormous mansion. Even though she has already read almost everything in here, Maya couldn't help but read all the fascinating stories over and over again. However, the grandfather clock that's standing right in front of the desk she's sitting by says otherwise.
Sighing, Maya place the bookmark inside the book she was reading before placing the book back in the shelf she had took it from. Once that is done, she removes her glasses from her face and puts them on the table she was sitting near before walking out of the library. All though she sometimes wonder why her parents would want to buy a mansion that feels like a maze you can never get use too, Maya is just glad that the library isn't so far from Tommy's nursery, which is only just a few doors down.
Once she reaches the white door that leads to the small nursery, Maya gave a quick few knocks.
There was a light sound of shuffling, but the door didn't open.
Maya once again gave the door a few knocks.
Still nothing.
"Tommy?" Maya calls out as she continues her light knockings in hope to gain her brother's attention from his playtime. "Tommy? Are you in there?"
There were more sounds of shuffling before she finally got the answer that brought the end to her rising nerves. "Yeah, I am, Maya!"
Sighing to herself, Tommy always does anything he can just to give her a heart attack. "Tommy, it's nearly midnight. Time to go to bed! You don't want me to explain to Mother and Father why you stayed up late again, do you?"
"No!" More sounds of shuffling came from the room. "I know Mommy and Daddy don't like that, but give me a few more seconds, Maya!" For a moment, Maya could have sworn she heard a candle being lit.
"Tommy... What are you doing?" Maya asked slowly, a wave of dread suddenly colliding against her brain as many horrible scenarios began to play in her mind. A huge part of her wanted to slam the door open and see what her brother is doing, but that small part of her that wanted to let Tommy tell her what he's doing won since using force has always frighten him. She waited patiently for him to respond.
Luckily, he did after a few seconds. "It's a surprise! Just a second, I promise, Maya!"
"What?!" Alright, forget about not using force for a moment. Hearing those words can bring up a lot of horrible scenarios and Maya didn't want any of them to be true. "Tommy!" She tries to turn the doorknob, but her eyes widen when she finds out it didn't move one bit. "Tommy, did you locked the door?!"
"Just a few more seconds! Please, Maya?" Although she can practically hear the begging in his own, that didn't stop Maya from being less concern about her little brother's well-being. She tried with all of her might to get the door to budge, but it seems it won't be opening unless the person on the other side opens it, which probably won't be in the time that Maya wants it to be.
"Tommy, open this door right this instant!" Maya screamed, now giving up on trying to open the door and instead pounding on it with all of her might. She had a sort of a feeling on what he was planning, so Maya couldn't help but blame herself for letting this continue on further. Maya knew her brother had some sort of a problem, but she didn't realize giving Tommy that gift could make things worse. "Tommy! Open the door!"
"Maya..." Maya slowly stops her intense pounding on the door when she hears the broken and sniffing voice of her brother. "D-Don't you trust me?" At that point, she could feel her own heart broke right there and then.
"Oh, Tommy, of course I do..." She said in a calming tone she always uses to let Tommy know there is nothing wrong. "You know I'm just worried about you."
"It really is nothing bad, Maya!" Tommy's voice calls from the door in hopes to reassure his sister, although it still didn't get rid of the small dread Maya's feeling. "I promise, you'll like this surprise! Please, just give me some more time."
Maya desperately wanted to go with her instincts and try to find some way to stop what her brother's doing, her brother's problem has only gotten worse and she knew at this point things have gone too far. But... There's always that other side of Maya that's willing to go with her brother's strange ideas because she knows it makes him happy. Their parents haven't exactly been supportive of Tommy's condition so Maya has been the only one to do so, but that didn't mean she likes some of the things.
With a heavy sigh, Maya finally voices her answer. "Alright Tommy, but as soon as you're done you open this door!"
"Yay!" She heard him cry from the door. "You'll love this Maya!"
"I hope so..." Maya mumbled underneath her breath. With one last sigh, Maya places her back against the door before sliding down until she's sitting on the floor with her back against the door.
At this point, Maya didn't know what to do with her brother anymore. Claiming to "see" the supernatural is a great offense and she knows her parents aren't willing to risk their family name because of Tommy's condition. However, Maya doesn't want to send her brother to an Asylum. He doesn't deserve it for something he can't control, he's only eight for crying out loud! She thought giving that doll would make Tommy feel better about himself, have something to talk too about all of this when she can't. Granted she's not the world's best sower, but Tommy loves it nonetheless so she thought it would help him. However, she didn't suspect it to makes things worse.
Maya runs her hands through her raven-colored hair. What is she going to do with Tommy?
Ding. Ding
Maya looks up when she heard the sounds of the old wall clock in the hallway. Turning to her left, she notices how late it's gotten when she sees the two arms joined together with them pointing upwards.
12:00 AM
BOOM!
Maya couldn't help but jump when she heard that loud explosion coming from behind the door. Even now she can still feel the vibrations coming from it as she stood back up and pound on the door, furiously. "Tommy? Tommy! What happened in there?! TOMMY?!"
A moment of silence made Maya instantly panic. She pound the door harder. Oh, why did she agree with all of this in the first place?! She kept pounding on the door. "TOMMY!"
"... I-It... It worked..." Maya cease her pounding when she heard that barely audible whisper that belongs to her brother from behind the door. Despite that small explosion, Maya could hear the disbelief and wonderment in Tommy's voice and found herself instantly calming down. From the sound of it, Tommy didn't appear to be hurt, just completely speechless at what he had done for her surprise. Speaking of which, that brought a thought that she previously failed to ponder, what exactly is Tommy's surprise?
"Ha... It worked!" Maya quickly drew back into the present when she heard her brother's excited squealing and hearing the door unlock. Stepping back so she doesn't get hit by the door when it suddenly opens, Maya looks down to see Tommy smiling up at her with a ginormous grin on his face as his big, amber-colored eyes stare up at her full of complete innocence. "It worked Maya!"
"Tommy, what did you do?" Maya demanded as she makes her way into her brother's nursery, with Tommy moving backwards to let her in with the smile never leaving his face. "You know how Mother and Father don't like it when you playing, with..." She trails off once she catches the state of the nursery and finds herself at lost for words.
The once bright and colorful room of Tommy's nursery has completely been covered in soot, probably from the explosion she heard earlier. Everything inside the room has turn into an ashen color, from the walls, to the pictures that Tommy drew before, to all of his little toys, and all the furniture around them. On closer inspection, Maya could notice a few layers of powder on some of the furniture.
However, the room's state became the last thing on Maya's mind when she notice the thing that was probably the caused of the explosion from before. Right there in the middle of the room is a devil's star, one that she had read about in her books about the supernatural. She couldn't fully understand what it really does, but she knows it has something to do with Dark Magic. And there it was, in the middle of the room, drawn in lilac chalking with unlit candles of the same color stood on each point of the star, where she can see light smoke coming from them, indicating that they were once lit before the explosion.
Forget about their parents sending Tommy to an Asylum, they'll downright kill him for this!
"Tommy, what have you done...?" Maya asked, her voice lowering an octave, still completely shock at the scene before her. Her hands subconsciously grabbing her little brother's arm tightly as her eyes are still glued to the scene. Whatever he has done, all she knows that she needs to get him away from what he's done.
Tommy, however, failed to notice the distressed look on his sister's face and only smile brighter as he grips his little hand softly on her arm. "Ta-Da! Do you like the surprise? I know you put a lot of time and effort on making him, a-and I wanted to make sure he looked the same!"
Maya found herself freezing as she listens to her brother's words. Him? As far as she knew of right now, there were no other servants inside the manor and Tommy said she made "him". Now that she thinks about it, Maya has only made one thing for Tommy and that's... No. Tommy couldn't have. There was no way.
Taking another look around the room, Maya tries to catch a sight that was familiar underneath her hands before she gave him to Tommy. After a few quick jerks of her head, Maya's gaze return back to the devil's star where she found herself jaw-dropped and her eyes almost literally pulled out of their sockets once she realized what she's seeing on the devil's star. Since she was so focused on the devil's star itself in the room, she didn't even get a chance to look at the thing on the devil's star.
Standing there in the middle of the devil's star was no longer the little humanoid doll that Maya had given to Tommy, now it has become something entirely new. No longer was it a little doll, it has become tall, completely towering over her and is now hunching its back so it doesn't hit its head on the ceiling. It's completely skinny, almost skeletal, but it did look quite human due to its physical structure. Although it appears to have normal-looking hands, its fingers are longer and bonier than a typical human being. What really sent shivers down her spine was its face. It was blank; no mouth, no nose, no facial features. The only thing that thing did have are its eyes, which didn't make her feel any better. Maya remembers she didn't have much to use for the eyes other than two yellow buttons and decided to use them for the eyes. Now she's no longer looking into the two small button-eyes, but two, glowing, golden-orbs that appear to be staring deep into her soul. It didn't help that the thing's entire skin is as black as the deepest darkest night.
If Maya didn't knew this was the same doll she made for Tommy, she would have lifted Tommy off his feet and run out of the manor as fast as she could away from this thing. How on Earth was Tommy able to give that doll life?
"-a nice spirit promise me he'll bring Willy to life! And he did! Look! Willy's alive!' In the midst of Maya panicking from the inside, she failed to listen to Tommy's explanation on how he brought Willy, the name he had given to the doll, to life. But at that point, Maya didn't care. She just grip her brother tighter and tries to slowly back him out of the room, away from this, thing...
"Tommy, I don't think this is a good idea..." She finally voiced her opinion on the whole situation, her voice sounding soft and meek as her gaze never left the soulless eyes of the former doll.
Tommy could feel himself frowning when he didn't see the excited expression he expected to see on his older sister's face. What's wrong? Does she not love the idea that it won't be just them anymore? They finally have someone to play with them other than those bland servants. So, why isn't she smiling?
Managing to twist his arm out of his sister's death grip on it, Tommy begins to walk over to Willy. "Maya, I know what I do looks bad to everyone else, I even know Mommy and Daddy don't like me for it..." Maya could feel her heart clench. Despite her attempts to reassure Tommy, she knew deep in her heart that their parents absolutely despise Tommy for his gift. "But that's why I brought Willy to life! We won't be alone anymore, Maya. Yeah, I get he's a big and tall, but we can find a place to hide him in the basement! Mommy, Daddy, and all the servants don't use that place for much anyway." Tommy suddenly stops right in front of Willy, who is now looking down at the small boy with a slight curiosity in his eyes. "Also, he's trained too! Willy, shake." Tommy stuck his hand out to Willy. Willy cocks its head slightly, its gaze staring intensely at Tommy's hand before bringing its enormous hand around Tommy's small appendage and shook it slightly.
"See? Willy isn't so bad, Maya. I promise I'll look after him if you let me keep him. Please, Maya?" Tommy practically begged, taking his hand out of Willy's hand to place it in his other hand and bows right in front of his sister.
The warning bells in Maya's head told her to say no. Say no and find a way to get rid of this thing. She remember that Tommy had said he made a deal with a spirit to bring Willy to life, and she knew making deals with a spirit is never a good thing. A spirit always want something in return and she isn't going to let her brother be part of some spirit's silly game. However, now that she takes a closer look at Willy, she couldn't really find anything dangerous about it. It has this look of curiosity and a complete innocence in its eyes as it stares at her, possibly wondering who she is and how Tommy knows her. While Maya doesn't trust the spirit that Tommy made a deal with, she supposed she could trust Willy. After all, it looked like he has his own conscious.
Lifting the multiple layers of her skirt up so she can walk over the devil's star's candle, Maya stops right in front of Willy with a welcoming look in her eyes. "Well, I guess it's okay to keep him as long as we hide him in the basement." She finally voices her idea, although it did sound sort of reluctant, but it was enough for Tommy.
"Yay!" The little boy shouted as he jumps up and down, barely able to contain his excitement. Maya finds herself smiling as well when she sees her brother like this. It always warm her heart to see her brother so happy like this. Her smile didn't waver as she turns her gaze back towards Willy, who is now staring at her while cocking his head to the side a little.
"It's nice to finally meet you in real life, Willy," Maya greets as she takes a few steps closer to the curious Willy. "My name is Maya, I'm Tommy's older sister and, I guess, the person who made you in the first place." With that, she stuck her hand out for a handshake.
Willy stares down at the young woman's hand with a slight interest. It's pale, just like the young boy's hand before, but the difference that Willy can see is Tommy's hand is small and smooth. Maya's hand, however, is bigger than her brother's and appear to have a few rough edges. Even just by the sight of her hand, Willy can tell it'll probably the most roughest hand he will ever feel. He can tell that this girl must have done a lot for this little boy, and for that, he likes her.
He clasps his hand with hers.
Daily News
Mysterious Deaths at Lewis Manor
Lewis children are found dead at the Lewis Manor at 2:35 AM, October 22nd. The youngest, Thomas James Lewis, eight years-old, was found dead holding a knife in his hands and with a stab wound to the chest. The cause of death to the oldest, Maya Jane Lewis, thirteen years-old, currently remains unknown.
Tragedy strikes the Lewis Manor when the children of James and Jane Lewis's children are found dead in Thomas's nursery. It is uncertain what caused these horrible tragedies, but investigators believe that the deaths were taken place between 10:30 PM to 3:00 AM that night. Although uncertain of how she died since there were no injuries, diseases, or poison in her system, investigators say that young Maya was dead before her brother. Young Thomas was found holding a knife in his chest, which brings up many questions. Did Thomas Lewis kill himself after seeing the deceased body of his older sister? Or is something more sinister afoot and Thomas was the one who somehow killed his sister and then committed suicide to avoid punishment? All of these are intriguing questions, but there is one mystery Kalos has yet to uncovered; How did Maya Lewis died?
Mr. and Ms. Lewis could not be reached for comment.
