Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, I do not have any rights to Pokémon and I do not make any money from writing these fics.

A/N: Written for the Indigo League Challenge.

The Mysterious Step

Steps, he had been dragged through one of the steps on the staircase. He had come to the mansion that had been abandoned long ago in search of a new Pokémon only to find himself falling into the never ending darkness.

'I just wanted to find a rare Pokémon' Richie thought as sadness washed through him 'Because I could not leave things alone...Sparky is all alone now.'

Overwhelming sadness swallowed Richie as his body floated in the void under the steps that the strange creature had dragged him into. The little hope he had inside of him was not for himself but for Sparky, his Pikachu and partner, who was still trying to find a way to save him from the strange creature that had pulled him down through the step.

'If only I had listened to the warning that old lady gave me' Richie thought as he remembered the words of warning.

Mini Flashback Start

"If enter the mansion in the forest then be careful, dangerous you could never think of live there," the old woman warned Richie before leaning down and wrapping a charm around Sparky's neck, "There, that should offer some protection to you, but whatever you do I beg of you to not go upstairs or try walking on any sort of steps you might find in the house."

Mini Flashback End

'I should of listened...I should of thought before charging ahead' Richie thought before allowing himself to suffer under the fate of the mysterious step.

The End.