Anyway, this is a combination of the Anime and the Manga/ Games. That means that there will be Ash and Red, Gary and Blue, etc.
There's also CrimsonFogshipping, meaning Red and Misty, and one sided Pokeshipping, meaning Ash and Misty. Also, Green is female and Blue is male in this one.
Basically, the Pokemon gang is enjoying a wonderful Halloween. Strange things begin to happen when everyone starts transforming into whatever costume they're wearing. This should be good.
"What do you think?"
Ash turned toward the boy standing in the center of the room. Red was wearing his signature red jacket and hat.
"You're just wearing your trainer's outfit" Ash argued. "Halloween is about dressing up. Where's your costume?"
"I'm already wearing it" Red replied simply. "I figure that the one thing nobody is going to be wearing is a regular trainer's getup."
"That's stupid" Ash informed him. "You could go as something that's actually scary. I'll lend you some makeup or something. You can be a vampire or a zombie."
"No thanks. I'm just going as myself" Red replied. "Pika's going as something though."
"What is it?" Ash asked.
"I don't know" Red replied. "Green said she has a perfect costume for him, but she wouldn't tell me what it was."
"Typical" Ash snorted. "I bet she could give you some good ideas for a costume."
"I like these clothes" Red defended. "It's better than your costume."
"You don't think a Blaziken is a good costume?" Ash questioned.
"Trainers dominate" Red replied.
"Let's see your trainer domination against my Fire Punch" Ash chuckled. He flipped a small switch on his costume, and warm air began to flow from a small opening in the fabric over his hand.
"Terrifying" Red said with no interest whatsoever. "You should call that your Blow Dryer Punch."
Just then, Green walked through the door holding a small orange creature.
"Wow!" Ash exclaimed. "Where did you get a Tepig?"
"I didn't" Green replied. "It's Pika!"
Red looked at the mouse Pokemon in shock. The details of the costume were amazing. He could barely tell it was his partner.
"Pika?" Red asked in amazement. "Wow! Your costume looks great!"
A scowl appeared on Pika's face. He began tugging on the fake tail which Green had attached to his own.
"Stop it Pika!" Green scolded. "I know you don't like the tail, but it stays on!"
Pika dropped the tail and grumbled in annoyance.
"He doesn't like it much, does he?" Ash asked.
Green sighed. "When I first put it on, he tried to lick the makeup off." A grin crossed his face. "He found out pretty fast that the stuff I use doesn't taste very good."
"What about ChuChu and my Pikachu?" Ash asked. "Did you dress either of them up?"
"Yellow is leaving ChuChu home this year, but I found the perfect costume for your Pikachu, Ash, but you'll just have to see it when it's done." She turned and left the room.
"I'm going to ask her if she has any ideas for a costume for you" Ash commented to Red. Red shrugged and pulled the plastic tail out of Pika's mouth as the Pokemon once again tried to remove it.
"I'm going to go see what everyone else is dressed up as" Ash informed Red. "See you in an hour or so."
"Sure thing" Red said unconsciously.
Ash departed from the house quickly.
"Nice chicken suit Ash" came a voice from behind him.
"Gary! What are you doing here?" Ash asked his rival/ friend.
"A bunch of our friends from Hoenn and Sinnoh are coming, so I'm sort of the welcoming party. I have to get over to the Saffron airport quick."
"What about the people I met in Unova?" Ash asked. "Iris said she and Cilan could make it."
"Haven't heard anything about them" Gary shrugged. "But they are Gym Leaders from pretty far out there, so I wouldn't know."
"All this over a holiday" came a voice from the path behind them.
"Blue!" Ash cried. The boy on the path was almost identical to his cousin Gary. "How are you?"
"Well, other than the freaky guy dressed up as the headless horseman who came into my Gym with a full team of ghost types and started screaming 'trick or treat!' every time he lost a Gastly; it's been pretty normal at the Viridian Gym."
Ash grinned. "Sounds like a creeper to me" his face grew hard as he turned to Gary. "I'll come with you to help everyone get here if you want."
Gary grinned. "Thanks Ash."
"Oh, that reminds me" Blue said. "I saw someone who I think we know coming from the Indigo Plateau gate as I left. Red jacket, hat that looks like an Ultra Ball. Ring a bell?"
"Gold!" Ash cried. "He's here too?"
"Yup" Blue replied. "But Ash, just an idea. I think people are going to stare if you walk into Saffron as the KFC poster boy."
"Good point" Ash said, color rising to his cheeks. "I'll change, then we can go. Maybe we'll be able to pick up Gold on the way."
The trio was soon in a small blue jeep riding up the path near Viridian Forest, unknowingly passing fourty feet from where Gold was struggling through the woods with two others in tow.
"I didn't know you had a license" Ash commented to Gary, the slightest hint of jealousy in his voice.
"I got it last month" Gary replied. It's been great for transportation." they entered Pewter City, and Blue noticed Ash gazing toward the Pewter Gym.
"Don't worry, Red already invited most of the Gym Leaders he met in Kanto" Blue reassured him. "They'll all be there: Brock, Erika, Surge, Misty, the whole pack; except Blaine. He was too busy with a new renovation to his gym section of Seafoam Island."
Ash sat back in relief. He wanted to make sure every one of his good friends from Kanto was coming.
Within moments, they reached Cerulean City, passed quickly through, and entered Saffron.
"The Airport is right next to the Magnet Train" Gary informed them. "We'll be leading everyone to some vehicles which have been previously prepared."
"So, everyone is coming?" Ash asked.
"Yup. May, Max, Drew, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Platinum, Barry, Dawn, and possibly Paul." Blue replied. "I'm sure they'll all be glad to see us."
"There's nobody else?" Ash asked. In slight dissapointment.
"Not that I know of. There might be a plane coming in from Unova with your friends on it. We'll have to check." Blue got out of the jeep and approached the airport.
"Aaaaashhhh!" came a loud voice from nearby. Ash turned in astonishment as a blue-haired girl barreled in to him.
"Dawn!" Ash said in astonishment as he fell to the ground. "Wow, you run a lot faster now."
"And what about a sweep-someone-off-their-feet hug for me?" another voice sounded.
"May!" Ash said in delight.
May Maple walked over and joined in with Ash and Dawn's little group hug. The three broke the embrace after a few seconds.
"Well, someone is certainly emotional about this little reunion" a third voice sounded. "May, would you be a dear and help me get my bags off the baggage rack?"
Ash turned in astonishment to see one person he hadn't expected to see.
"Harley?" Ash asked in shock. "What are you doing here?"
Harley shrugged and walked over. "I figured that if you were throwing a big ole' Halloween party, I might as well go as well."
Ash shook his head. "Where are Drew, Paul, and Barry?"
"Over here" Barry called as he zoomed over. "Ash, you forgot to mention my new best friend Kenny just now, and I'm going to fine you for that! You have ten seconds. !" Barry held out his hand expectantly.
"You didn't tell him how much you wanted" Drew pointed out as he approached. "Let's say that you want 500 from Ash (Sorry, there's no Poke-yen sign, so I just did yen) but you want thirteen percent interest for every second he doesn't pay up. In the event that you decided to..."
"Gah!" Barry cried. "Stop it! You're going to kill me with math!"
"Actually" Kenny said, with a smirk. "If you multiplied the percentage increase between the time you demanded the money and the time it was delivered, it would result in..."
Barry let out a shriek and flung himself away from the group. After nearly being hit by three cars in succession, he approached the Magnet Train station.
"Get me out of here! There's math people everywhere!" He screamed at the attendant.
"Do you have a pass?" The attendant asked.
"No, but I have to get away from-" he was cut off as Pearl walked over and grabbed him by the ear. "C'mon Barry, we need to get to Pallet town ASAP."
As the others watched the sight, Paul approached them from behind.
"I see that you're all still being useless" Paul commented. "Can we just get this over with?"
"Killjoy" Platinum muttered as she approached the group with Diamond.
"What did you call me?" Paul asked slowly.
"I called you a killjoy. Now, let's get to... wherever it is we need to go in order to get to Pallet Town."
Paul's mouth fell open in a display of shock. He had never been spoken to this way. Well, actually, he had. But it had been from a smelly old drunk inside a dumpster.
"Guys, can't we all just get along?" Ash asked urgently.
"Paul shrugged. "Ash is right. We need to go."
"That's what I just said" Platinum interrupted.
"I know" Paul stated. "I was reiterating."
After several more minutes of squabbling, the group was ready.
"What's the big deal about Halloween anyway?" Paul asked from the back of the bus which was being driven by Blue. "I don't even want to be here."
Dawn smacked him in the arm. "Paul, you promised not to be a total jerk while we were here."
"And I'm not" Paul replied smugly. "I'm just being somewhat of a jerk. It's different."
Dawn muttered a rude word, which Ash was very surprised she had learned, and turned back to face the front of the car.
"There's no way I'm putting that on." Red protested.
"C'mon Red, it matches Pika perfectly" Green said. She was holding a large suit that was meant to resemble an Emboar.
"No way! I'm not going out dressed as a fat pig!"
"Okay, Emboar might be a fat pig (no offense to Emboar lovers) but I think it's so cute!"
"Forget it" Red said simply. "It's not happening."
"Awww!" Green pouted. "But it's just so cute!"
"I don't want to look cute! I want to look like a human being!"
"Then be a zombie or something!" Green pulled out a giant box of makeup. "They're human beings! I'm great at making realistic rotting skin!"
Red simply turned, swatted Pika on the head to keep him from trying to remove the Tepig tail yet again, and left the room.
"Fine!" Green called after him. "See if I care! I'll just let you feel like a total idiot!" She angrily turned away from the door.
"Might as well get my own costume on" she muttered. "If Red is going to be a self-centered jerk, who am I to stop him?"
Green stood up and walked into Red's bathroom. "Maybe he'll change his mind when he sees how good I did my own costume..."
Ash bolted out of the car as fast as he physically could. He nearly knocked Gold to the ground in his quest to get away from the feuding occupants of the van.
"Careful Ash!" Gold muttered. "This is a really nice suit, and I don't want you ruining it!"
Ash looked Gold over with surprise. The boy was wearing a black tuxedo with dark glasses. A handgun was held in his right fist.
"I'm James Bondage!" Gold exclaimed.
"Uh... I think you mean James Bond."
"Call it what you want" Gold said. "So... Is Ruby with you?"
"EAT FIST YOU BAD-MOUTHING PIG!" Harley's head burst through the widow, accompanied by Ruby's fist. "Nobody tries to touch my girl! NOBODY!"
Harley moaned in pain.
"Maybe that'll keep him from following everyone around" Dawn sweat-dropped.
"I highly doubt it" someone said. Dawn swirled around to see...
"Conway?" she exclaimed. "How the heck did you get in the car? You weren't even on the plane!"
"I hid in your suitcase" the bespecticalled fan-boy shrugged. "You have a very nice taste in under wear. I didn't know you were already wearing a br-" He was cut off by Dawn's fist which smacked into his nose.
"You perverted little stalker!" Dawn said angrily. "How long were you in there?"
Conway shrugged. "Since about four o'clock this morning."
Ash quickly jumped between the two before Dawn could injure Conway any further.
"Let's just all get into our costumes" he suggested. "There are two large bathrooms in my house. The boys can use mine, and the girls can use my mom's."
An agreement was made, and the group approached Ash's house.
"Aaron, you might want to see this" the assistant said quietly.
"What is it?" Aaron asked in annoyance.
"The Unown are acting very strangely. They're flying about and spelling out gibberish."
"Why should that concern me?"
There was suddenly a loud bang. Another assistant rushed into the room.
"Sir, the Unown have begun slamming against the sides of the tank! What should we do?"
"Nothing" Aaron said simply. "I've found it is best not to disturb them. There is always a method to what they do."
"Yes sir" the assistants said, before retreating to the other room.
Aaron sat back and smiled. It was nearly time.
"So, what's your costume May?" Dawn asked once they reached Mrs. Ketchum's bathroom.
"I'm going to be a princess from far away" May replied. "My princess is from the hottest part of the Orre Region. They have some pretty interesting clothes there."
"Interesting, how?" Dawn questioned.
May held up the top she had stowed in her bag.
"Oh." Dawn mused. "That kind of interesting."
"Well, mine is a much less original look" Sapphire announced. "But Ruby sewed this himself, so I just had to use it!"
Dawn and May turned to see a long dress that was tattered and torn in several places.
"I'm going as living a corpse!" Sapphire explained. "Green said she'd help me with the makeup and such."
"Dawn looked into her bag in slight embarrassment. "I'm going as a Lopunny."
"That's an adorable idea!" Platinum piped up.
"Well, there was only one costume for it, and it's kind of embarrassing."
"What? Is it a costume for little kids?" asked Crystal, who had arrived with Gold.
"Worse" Dawn replied. "It's an adult's costume."
"What's so bad about that?" asked Yellow, who had arrived before all the others.
"This is why" Dawn replied. She pulled the costume from the bag. It consisted of a tiny top and what appeared to be a brown bikini bottom with a yellow rabbit tail. There were two pins designed to clip into the wearer's hair, sporting long tan ears with chartruce balls of fluff at the end of each. Finally, there were two small bracelets which were covered in yellow cotton, as well as a jar of brown paint which was identical in color to the clothing.
"I'm supposed to apply this to my entire body before putting the outfit on so it looks realistic" Dawn muttered, indicating the jar. "Sadly, that includes certain... areas we try not to show to the public."
"Oh, we're all girls" Sapphire said. "It doesn't matter to us. We can help you put it on."
Dawn paled. "I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing that."
"Oh, you'll be fine." Platinum said with a wave of her hand. "It's better than having one of the boys doing it."
Dawn lowered her head in defeat. "I guess so."
"Well then" Yellow said. "Let's get started. Strip please."
Within moments, the four other girls went to work, covering every inch of Dawn's now completely exposed skin with the paint. Dawn simply stood in wonder as the team scrubbed the paint onto every inch of her body.
When they were done, the only recognizable trait Dawn had was her hair, which Sapphire decided had to go too.
"You're going to be a Lopunny, right?" Sapphire asked. Dawn nodded.
"Then your hair has to be blond. I'll run upstairs and ask Green if she has any hair dye."
"Green is over at Red's house" Yellow informed her. "But her stuff is all in the guest room. I'll go and get it." Yellow dashed quickly from the room.
"Is this really necessary?" Dawn asked, holding on to her hair, as if she feared it would turn a different color at any second.
"It's totally necessary" Sapphire insisted. "Have you ever seen a Lopunny with blue hair? No, you haven't. You either get blond hair, or we cut it all off."
Dawn's eyes flashed wide. "Fine, I'll use the dye."
Yellow returned momentarily. She held the bottle of hair dye aloft.
"Green has all sorts of awesome stuff in that bag" Yellow quipped excitedly, holding a small bottle aloft. "This is a dye that turns your eyes pink for 72 hours. I figured that would help, since Loppuny's eyes are naturally pink."
Sapphire grabbed the bottle and read the instructions. Quickly, she pushed Dawn down into a chair and tilted her head back. With her finger and thumb, she held Dawn's eyelid open and squeezed a drop of the substance into her eye. Dawn gave a whimper as a burning sensation built up in the spot.
Sapphire then forced Dawn's other eye open and repeated the process. Dawn was then released, where she held her eyes tightly closed.
"Don't open them or rub them for the next twenty minutes" Sapphire ordered, reading the instructions on the label. "That should give us time with the dye."
The girls went to work. A temporarily blind Dawn felt someone squeeze a dollop of cold dye into her hair.
"We're going to need a lot more dye than that unless we want her hair to turn green" May commented.
"Okay" Platinum agreed, squeezing what was probably half the bottle into Dawn's hair.
After ten solid minutes of scrubbing the dye in, Dawn's hair shone a startling light yellow.
"I approve" Yellow commented. "Now, we have to fluff it up to look like Lopunny fur."
By the time Dawn was finally allowed to open her eyes, she was utterly unrecognizable. Coppery skin and fluffy blond hair made her look like a different person.
"Now, you can open your eyes" May informed her.
Dawn slowly opened her eyes and gasped. A person she had never seen before stared back at her. Her eyes were the most startling: A lovely light pink color had replaced both the iris and sclera of both. Not a soul in the world would have guessed who she was.
"Now, the outfit" Sapphire ordered. "Let's see if our Lopunny is all she's cracked up to be."
Dawn was finally permitted to cover her bare skin with the costume she had been given. Looking into the mirror, she had to admit that she looked nice.
"We'll do the makeup last" Platinum decided. "All our makeup should be done together. Everyone else, get your costumes on."
A while later, May was the first to emerge. She wore a short Asian style pink top that ended several inches above her stomach. She sported long, blue silky pants, and a simple crown encrusted with a shining blue stone. Her hair was down, and she looked like a different person entirely.
Sapphire appeared next, with her long, white dress billowing around her.
"Once I have my makeup, I'll be totally unrecognizable!" she declared.
Platinum emerged, her navy hair sticking out in all directions. She wore a lab coat with a name tag that read: Doctor Berlitz.
"I'm a mad scientist!" Platinum declared.
The last to emerge was Yellow. She had tucked her hair under a green Military-style cap and was wearing camouflage. She held a modern-looking toy gun at her side, and she had a belt lined with plastic grenades.
"I'm an officer in the military!" she declared. "I can't wait to start bossing people around!"
It was then that Dawn noticed Crystal sitting in the chair in the corner.
"Crystal? Kris? Are you asleep?"
The answer came in the form of a loud snore that echoed throughout the room.
"She's trying to get some extra sleep in so she'll be ready to stay out late" Yellow guessed.
"I say she's had enough" May commented. She walked over to the sink and turned the tap. Clear, cold water flowed into her outstretched hand.
May flashed a mischievous smile before splashing the water on Crystal's face.
"Wha? I'll choke your pet Glameow with a lemonade pitcher!" Crystal screamed.
"Kris, snap out of it!" Sapphire ordered. "You fell asleep!"
"Yeah, and you splashed me with water to wake me up!" Kris said angrilly. "It's going to take hours for these clothes to dry!"
"Then put on your costume" May said simply.
Kris looked confused for a moment. She slowly realized what May was talking about. She quickly got up and took her bag into the shower, where the area was divided into several sections with curtains.
"Wow, a whole battalion could wash themselves in here!" Kris commented.
"Feh" Platinum muttered. "My shower is bigger."
After several minutes, Kris emerged wearing a long, purple cape, a black tank top, and black sweats. She sported a pointed purple hat on the top of her head.
"I'm a witch!" Kris explained.
"You're a white witch" Sapphire commented.
"Either you're an avid Narnia fan, or you're just racist against white witches" Dawn commented to Sapphire.
"I am going to be green, I just need to..."
"Borrow some makeup from Green" all the other girls said unanimously.
(AN: I'm making the guys' part short because of time constraints.)
Meanwhile, the boys had already changed. Drew, Harley, Barry, Conway, Kenny, and Paul had already gone out to start collecting candy, because I'm too lazy to put the details of their costumes into this already overlong chapter.
"I'm glad Green finally stopped hounding me about wearing that dumb Emboar costume" Red said with relief.
Suddenly, a pink tentacle darted into the room and grabbed Red. Before he had time to react, he was pulled from his spot and yanked out the door.
"Green? what are you...? No! NO! NOOOO!"
Five minutes later, Red sat in the living room wearing the Emboar costume.
"...And I had Eggy use acid on the zipper, so now you can't pull it off" Green said in her usual optimistic voice.
Red stared straight ahead. "The circulation to my arms has been cut off" he informed her. "Show me my hands."
Green held Red's hands up to his face. They looked like they had been gift'wrapped by a forest fire. They felt like wet noodles, he couldn't use them to escape the costume is he tried.
"Useless..." Red muttered. "Useless..." then he fell back in a dead faint.
AN: Name that quote! If you're currently taking US History, it shouldn't be hard.
After Red did not return for several minutes, the boys decided he was either dead, or envying the dead. They left the bathroom, fearing that Green had other Pokemon-themed suits that she would try to force them into. Luckilly, Green had retreated to the girls' bathroom. Red lay on the couch in blissful unconsciousness.
"Well, he's gonna be ticked off when he wakes up" Gary commented. He and Blue were wearing identical costumes. They were ninjas, but Gary wore red, and Blue wore (well what else?) blue.
"Maybe we should just leave him where he is" Silver piped up.
"Leave him where he is?" Ruby asked. His face filled with horror. "Leave him where he is? Oh no! We left Emerald at the airport!"
Everyone turned to him at the same time.
"It was your job to get him out of the candy aisle in that store" Silver informed him, before pulling the mask over his head. He was going as a werewolf, and his costume was really starting to annoy him. It was just incredibly itchy. Silver stood there and scratched furiously.
"It wasn't my fault!" Ruby insisted. "And, could you please go in another room? I'm afraid you're going to spread fleas or something."
Silver stopped scratching and looked at Ruby. "More likely that you're going to get maggots. Why a zombie anyway?"
"I wanted to match Sapphire" Ruby said innocently.
"Well, you did a pretty good job" Pearl commented from the corner, where he was currently putting on his costume as Igor, Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. "Now you just need to be angrier than a bear with a hive of hornets shoved up his pants."
"That's cruel" Diamond said as he emerged. He wore a pair of fake fangs about one-and-a-half inches long. A black silk cape billowed out behind him.
"You're one to talk. Didn't you say those were actual Houndoom teeth?"
Diamond let a disgusted look cloud his face. "No..."
Ash walked over and joined the others. "Does my costume really look that bad?"
They all turned and were silent for a minute. Finally, Gold got up the courage to say what everyone was thinking.
"Yup, it's pretty bad."
Ash groaned in dismay. "What else am I supposed to wear?"
"It's not the worst" Gary piped up. "You'll be fine."
The group left the living room, Blue slinging Red over his shoulder. They soon arrived outside where the girls were waiting for them.
"Finally" Green said as she walked up. "Usually, the girls take longer to get out than the boys."
Green's costume really was all she had said it would be. She was a mermaid, with a perfect sea-green tail which was covered with immaculate scales. There was a small hole for her feet, before the tail continued back. Her only other article of clothing were two emerald seashells which were united by a thin, green cord. This she wore like a bikini top, and set off the image perfectly.
"Wow. Ariel, get out of town" Blue commented.
"Thank you" Green replied. "I see Red hasn't woken up yet."
"Nope" Ash spoke up. "By the way. Where are Pika and my Pikachu?"
Green moved to the side to reveal what appeared to be a Tepig and an Eevee. The Tepig was gnawing at its tail furiously, but the Eevee was sitting on the ground quite happilly.
"Wow" Ash said simply. "Pikachu looks amazing!"
"Thanks" Green said, flattered. "I spent an hour coming up with the perfect costume for him."
The two Pikachu (or would the plural be Pikachus?) approached the group of boys.
"Everyone ready?" Ash asked. The group nodded.
"Alright, everyone else is going to meet up with us in Pewter City. Let's move out!"
They all turned and began walking toward Route 1. Unaware of the horror that would soon begin.
AN: Second-longest story chapter I've ever written. I have problens with chapters that are more than about 2500 words long.
Anyway, lots of fun. The scary stuff starts in the next chapter. Be prepared...
Even Fire and Ice have a Dark side...