"I wonder if today will be the day." A quiet voice drifted in the wind that flowed in front of the Burned Tower. "Do you remember we met here?" The girl, about the age of fourteen, appeared to be talking to herself. "I remember. It's kind of funny in a way, most trainers choose their first Pokemon, but I feel like you chose me." The tiniest smirk appeared on her lips as a floating purple orb with a trail of purple smoke circled around her. "Gaassstlyy."

"Lethe!" A male came running up behind her, nearly out of breath, sporting a brown trench coat with a white tee complimented with black pants. "What are you doing here? You're going to miss the interview with Morty."

Lethe stood up. Her short blue hair swayed with the winds as her red eyes showed some odd mixed of determination and hesitation. Today could be the day that would allow her to become the new gym leader of Ecruteak City. Morty was retiring the position of the holder of the Fog Badge and needed to find a replacement. Rumor is that he's doing so because he knows something about the three legendary dogs that most of the people in the city, and entire Johto region, don't have a clue about.

She smiled and began to walk. "We'll be fine, Joseph. The gym isn't that far." Joseph sighed and began to follow, "Fine."

"Th-the line is huge!! It's at least 3, maybe more, hours long, Lethe! And look at all these people. They've probably come from the farthest regions of Johto. Maybe even Kanto. This competition is going to be seriously tough. Do you honestly think you can defeat all these people in a battle? Surely not all of them have Ghost-types that could upset your goal in battle. And you kn-" He was cut off by Lethe placing her index finger on his lips.
"You talk too much sometimes…" She removed her finger from the front of his lips and Joseph remained silent for what seemed like forever.

The line seemed to slowly crawl, yet Lethe behaved as though it didn't bother her. You'd think she would be anxiously jumping around and annoyingly talking about their obsession of the latest male idol like the other female trainers. Joseph assumed that is the reason why he enjoyed being with her. She was different but not in a bad way. Unique was more of the word.

Suddenly, Joseph snapped out of his gaze, hearing his name.
"Joseph, you were staring off into space. You can leave for a while. I should be fine."

"Nah, I'm fine right here. I want to make sure you get your turn without any troubles." He gave a semi-big smile.

"Suit yourself. We're still about an hour and a half away from the front doors." The voice trailed off as if she began to get lost in thought. Joseph wondered if it was because of Gastly wasn't present. Maybe the ghost Pokemon was, you just couldn't see her. SpookSpook, Lethe's nickname for her, always disappeared to go somewhere to play tricks or whatever else. Lethe never seemed to bother to ask. Maybe she trusted SpookSpook that much. He was sure that it wasn't that she didn't care.

Joseph reached into his pocket and pulled out a stick of gum. The one thing that he wondered the most was a simple question, but one never answered; Why the name "SpookSpook"? It seemed so… childish for Lethe. He knew that Lethe and SpookSpook have been together long before he ever met her, but it just seemed so out of character for her.

"Hey, you know, after you talk to Morty and all that, maybe we can go get some ice cream or something? I'll pay."

"That's fine."

Lethe scanned the people ahead of her. She noticed that quite of a few of the girls were crowded around one guy. The mob of girls blocked her view of the guy, but she figured he was just an arrogant show-off trainer.

A purple orb was floating in the air towards her carrying a chair. A smile appeared on her face. So that's where her partner went to. The purple orb dropped the chair a few inches from the ground and began to circle around its trainer. Some people drew back, stunned or frightened, as if they've never encountered a Gastly before. Maybe they were just scared of them or knew what kind of tricks and deceits they could pull. Others just kept their poise, accepting it as just another Pokemon.

Positioning the chair in the way she wanted, Lethe sat down, resting her legs that had been allowing her to stand for the last past hours. She heard Joseph make a small complaint about not having a chair and hid a smile. Her mind often wondered why he wasn't a Pokemon trainer, but never asked him; figuring it was none of her business.

"Hey. Lethe!" He smiled and pointed towards the door. "We're almost to the front doors now. Only…" His finger hopped over person to person as he counted out loud how many people would walk through the doors before them, "Twenty-three more people!"

A small laugh slipped between her lips. Why was he so excited? Maybe he really is just there to support her; maybe he really is a great friend.

"Gaaassstllyyyy… gaasst…" Her voice had a faint wisp of a menace.

"No. Don't try to make the line move further. These people waited too. They should get their turn."

SpookSpook shot a glance at her partner, frustrated and disappointed, but just drifted in a circle around Lethe who just smiled, knowing the ghost was anxious, more so than Lethe herself.

"We're almost there. Only fourteen left now."

Looking ahead in the line, her conscious registered that the mob of girls had dispersed, possibly the trapped trainer already went inside for his interview. There was a chance that she would run into that trainer and see what the girls were really gawking about.

The line began to decrease as person after person went in as one left. Soon enough, it was time for Lethe to open the door to the gym and find out if her goal will be reached. Stepping through the door she could barely hear Joseph wishing her luck.