Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
This has been rewritten also chapter 1 has been too.
Lucas and Cheryl walked through the doors of the Eterna gym to challenge Gardenia for the Forest badge. They walked up to the gym leader using the flower clock who said "I see you finally made it to me. I am the gym leader, Gardenia, now which one of you is challenging me today"
"I am" said Lucas
"Well then are you ready" asked Gardenia
"Yes" said Lucas
"Then let us begin" said Gardenia
"The gym battle between Lucas of Twinleaf town and the gym leader Gardenia is about to begin. You are each allowed to use up to six Pokémon with no time limit. Let the battle begin" said the referee
"Go Turtwig" yelled out Gardenia throwing a pokeball
"Go Monferno" yelled out Lucas throwing a pokeball
"Turtwig versus Monferno, begin" shouted the referee
"Monferno, Flame Wheel" commanded Lucas
Monferno was surrounded by flames and ran at Turtwig, knocking it out before it had a chance to dodge. "Turtwig is unable to battle, Monferno is the winner" shouted the referee
"Turtwig, return" commanded Gardenia
"Go Cherrim" shouted Gardenia throwing out a pokeball
"Cherrim versus Monferno, begin" shouted the referee
"Monferno, Flame Wheel" commanded Lucas
Monferno hit Cherrim before it could dodge knocking it to the ground but then it got up barely. "Cherrim, Magical Leaf" commanded Gardenia
Shining leaves shot from Cherrim at Monferno who dodged most of them except a few and only took minimal damage. "Monferno, Flame Wheel" commanded Lucas
Gardenia used a Super Potion on Cherrim but it was wasted as Monferno knocked Cherrim out. "Cherrim is unable to battle, Monferno is the winner" shouted the referee
"Return Cherrim" commanded Gardenia
"It's not over yet. Go Roserade" said Gardenia throwing out a pokeball
"Roserade versus Monferno, begin" shouted the referee
"Monferno, Flame Wheel" commanded Lucas
Monferno was covered in flames charging at Roserade who jumped into the air to dodge it. But Monferno jumped as well and hit Roserade and was knocked out before she hit the ground. "Roserade is unable to battle. That means the victory goes to Lucas of Twinleaf town" shouted the referee
"Yea Lucas" cheered Cheryl
"Return Roserade" said Gardenia
"Good job Monferno return" said Lucas
"Congratulations on your victory Lucas. As proof of your victory, here is the Forest badge" said Gardenia handing Lucas the badge
"Thank you" said Lucas accepting the badge
"Also take this, it is one of my favorite TMs" said Gardenia handing it over
"What is it" asked Lucas taking it
"It's Grass Knot which makes the old saying "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" true" said Gardenia
"Thanks" said Lucas
The flower clock changes one last time and they left the gym and headed to the Pokémon center for the night. In their room they were planning on where to go next. "While I really wanted to go explore the Old Chateau, we have to find a way to get though Mt. Coronet. Since we can't get though here, we can try the passage near Oreburgh city" said Lucas
"Looks like Lucas is dead set on exploring the Old Chateau" thought Cheryl
"So we are going to take Route 206 tomorrow" asked Cheryl trying to make him forget about the haunted house
"Guess so" said Lucas
"Well we better go to bed then, good night" said Cheryl getting into bed
"Good night" said Lucas
In the morning they left the Pokémon center and headed towards the gatehouse for Route 206. Inside they ran into one of Professor Rowan's assistants. "Hey Lucas" called out the assistant
"Yes" said Lucas
"Professor Rowan wanted me to see how your Pokedex is coming along" said the assistant
"Alright" said Lucas handing over the Pokedex
"Wow, you have seen 45 Pokémon. Take this then" said the assistant handing back the Pokedex along with an Exp. Share
"What is this" asked Lucas taking both back
"That is an Exp. Share, it can allow a Pokémon to gain experience without even being in a battle. Professor Rowan told me to give that to you if you have seen at least 35 Pokémon" said the assistant
"Thanks" said Lucas
"No problem, got to go" said the assistant walking off
"This would have been useful during my training for the Eterna Gym" said Lucas putting the Exp. Share away
"What was that all about" asked Cheryl
"Well besides traveling around going to each gym. Professor Rowan asked me to help complete his Pokedex by seeing all the Pokémon of Sinnoh" said Lucas
"Wow, you are doing that all by yourself" said Cheryl astounded
"No, the daughter of that man who just left and Paul are helping too" said Lucas
They tried to continue on but a guard stopped them saying "You cannot pass here without a bike"
"Are you sure" asked Lucas
"Yes" said the guard
"I guess we have to go get a bike then" said Lucas walking back towards the city
"Can we afford to get a bike" asked Cheryl
"We will have to if we want to continue on" said Lucas
They went into the bike store and asked "Where is the owner"
"He went off to the Galactic Eterna building and hasn't come back yet" said his assistant
"Them again" said Cheryl
"Guess I will have to go find him" said Lucas
Outside Lucas said to Cheryl "Cheryl, why don't you head to the Pokémon center while I'll handle this"
"Alright, I guess I would just be a burden to you" said Cheryl sighing
"No it's not because you would be a burden, it's just you are not strong enough this time. I'm sure you will be strong enough next time that we can both take them on together" said Lucas
"Alright just be careful ok" said Cheryl hugging Lucas
"Of course" said Lucas smiling as he returned the gesture
Cheryl let go and went to the Pokémon center while Lucas continued on to the Galactic Eterna building. Once he got there he saw the entrance way was blocked by mini trees. "How am I going to get though here" thought Lucas
"I know" he thought
"Go Roselia" said Lucas throwing a pokeball
Roselia came out of her pokeball and Lucas commanded "Cut those trees down with Cut"
Roselia ran up and with two slashes of her roses cut down both tress clearing the entrance way. "Good job Roselia, return" said Lucas
He went though the entrance way and into the building. When he got inside he met with Looker off to the side disguised as a grunt. "Hey Lucas, it's me Looker" said Looker who took off his blue wig to show it was him
"I have been investigating Team Galactic but I haven't found out what their plan is yet" he said
"I would be careful here. There are two staircases, so one has to be a trap. But most of the grunts that work for Team Galactic are idiots. So there should some obvious clues as to which staircase is the real one" he said
"Thanks" said Lucas
And he did find the clue. They put the motivation posters next to the real staircase. So after he fought his way thought three floors of grunts and one researcher he reach the fourth floor where the bike store manager was along with the stolen Pokémon. When he got up there he saw it was dark and made to look like outer space. He ran up to the commander who said "I guess you are here to rescue the Pokémon"
"And save the bike store manager" said Lucas
"You aren't saving anyone. Once I beat you, I will take your Pokémon as well" said Jupiter
"Fat chance" said Lucas
"Let's see then. Go Zubat" said Jupiter throwing out a pokeball
"Go Luxio" said Lucas throwing a pokeball
"Luxio, Spark" commanded Lucas
Luxio charged his body with electricity and jumped up and hit Zubat knocking it out as it fell to the ground. "Pitiful, return" said Jupiter
"Let's see how you handle this then. Go Skuntank" she shouted throwing a pokeball
"Return Luxio" commanded Lucas
"Go Geodude" shouted Lucas throwing out a pokeball
"Skuntank, Night Slash" commanded Jupiter
Skuntank ran up to Geodude and slashed it multiple times. Geodude got back up but looked severely hurt. "Geodude, Magnitude" commanded Lucas
Geodude jumped up into the air and slammed its entire body and hands on the ground causing the entire floor to shake. The shaking caused everyone to lose their balance and make one of the machines fall onto Skuntank knocking it out. "Return Skuntank" commanded Jupiter
"Return Geodude" commanded Lucas
"You're strong so I will fill you in on a little secret" said Jupiter
"Our boss is researching the myths of the ancient Pokémon" she said
"This is your final warning to say out of our way" she said as she released a flash of light and escaped
"Thank you for saving me young man. I came here to get my Clefairy back and they kept me here" said the manager
"No problem" said Lucas
"Is your Pokémon going to be alright" asked the manager
"Yeah, Geodude is a tough Pokémon and after a nice rest at the Pokémon center he should be as good as new" said Lucas
"That's good, why don't you come by my shop tomorrow so I can reward you" said the manager
"Alright then, see you tomorrow" said Lucas walking down the stairs
He got back to the Pokémon center just as it was getting dark out. When he got inside he was jumped by Cheryl who started hugging him saying "You're alright"
"Of course I am" said Lucas
The next morning they headed to the bike store. But before they could go inside they were stopped by Cynthia. "Hey Lucas I have something I would like you to have" said Cynthia
"What is it" asked Lucas
"This" said Cynthia taking out a Pokémon egg and giving it to him
"A Pokémon egg" asked Lucas
"Yes. I know you will take good care of it and when it hatches it can help fill up your pokedex" said Cynthia
"Thank you" said Lucas
"No problem" said Cynthia as she walked away
"Why don't you take care of it Cheryl" said Lucas handing the Pokémon egg to Cheryl
"Me" asked Cheryl bewildered
"Yeah, you did a great job raising you Chansey from an egg. So I know you will do a great job with this one too" said Lucas still holding out the egg to her
"Alright, thank you Lucas" said Cheryl taking the egg and hugging it to her chest
Lucas just smiled and went inside the store. Inside the manager said "Ah there you are. And who is this lovely young lady next to you"
"This is my friend Cheryl who is traveling with me" said Lucas
"Well then here you go. It is the latest model on the market, it can shift for low to high gear and has room for two like a motorcycle" said the manager showing them the bike
"Wow, thanks" said Lucas
"Yes, thank you very much" said Cheryl
"Not at all, it was the least I could do after you saved me and my Pokémon" said the manager
"Good bye" said Lucas walking out the door
"Good bye and good luck on your journey" said the manager
"Thank you" said Cheryl
Lucas started walking back towards the Pokémon Center when Cheryl said "The route is this way" pointing in the opposite direction Lucas was walking
"I know, but I wanted to explore that haunted house before we left" said Lucas as he continued to walk
Cheryl just sighed and caught up with him while thinking "I was hoping he would forget about that"
Later on they arrived at the tiny trees that blocked the pathway to the Old Chateau and saw Gardenia was there as well. "Gardenia" called out Lucas
Gardenia jumped a little and look over at who called out her name and said "Lucas"
"Are you here to see about the rumors as well" she asked
"Yeah" said Lucas
"I would like to explore this place as well but I'm too busy with my Gym leader duties" said Gardenia
"Then what are you doing out here" thought Lucas
"It's not like I'm scared" stuttered Gardenia
"Well I got to go, good luck" she said as she ran out of the forest
"She's a gym leader and she's scared of a haunted house" thought Lucas
As Lucas had Roselia cut down the tiny trees Cheryl put her egg in her bag securely so it wouldn't get hurt. "Well let's go" said Lucas walking in
As they walked up to the front door Cheryl was clinging to Lucas' arm for dear life. She shut her eyes as Lucas opened the door and went inside. "You can open your eyes now Cheryl" said Lucas once they were inside
Cheryl shook her head side to side and clung closer to Lucas. "There's nothing to worry about. The only thing here are Gastly" said Lucas
Cheryl slowly opened her eyes and looked around and saw Lucas was right. They were nothing but Gastlys around. She loosed her grip on Lucas' arm a little as they started to look around. And everything was going fine until they came to a long hallway on the second floor.
They saw that light was coming out of one of the rooms along the hallway. "Could someone be here" asked Lucas
"That impossible, nobody has been here in years" said Cheryl as she tighten her grip on Lucas' arm
As they got to the room and looked inside they saw nobody in there but the TV was on but giving a snowy reception. "How could a TV be on in an abandoned house in the middle of a forest" asked Lucas
"I don't know, let's just leave" said Cheryl trying to pull Lucas away
"Aren't you curious how it's doing that" asked Lucas
"No" said Cheryl shaking her head side to side rapidly
"Well I'm going to take a closer look" said Lucas as he got his arm free from Cheryl's grip and crept closer
But as Lucas got closer to the TV the snow went away and a Pokémon appeared. "A Pokémon" thought Lucas
Lucas released Monferno and commanded "Ember"
Monferno shot small balls of fire at the TV and a shriek went thought the air. The Pokémon that was on the TV appeared in front of it as Lucas shouted out "Flame Wheel"
Monferno covered his body in flames and ran at the Pokémon and knocked it into a wall. Lucas took out a Great Ball and threw it at it before it could recover. The Pokémon was caught and the ball shook three times before going silent and disappearing in a flash of light. Lucas came back to Cheryl saying "Piece of cake"
"Can we leave now" asked Cheryl
"Sure" said Lucas
Once they were back in the forest and on their way back to Eterna City, Lucas took out his pokedex and started looking for that Pokémon he saw. "What are you doing" asked Cheryl
"Looking up that Pokémon we ran into" said Lucas
He went though the listing until he found it. "He it is" said Lucas
"What was it" asked Cheryl
"It says it was called Rotom, and it is an electric ghost Pokémon" said Lucas
"Electric ghost" asked Cheryl
Lucas nodded his head saying "I'm thinking it was the cause of all the rumors"
After Lucas put his pokedex away they arrived at Eterna City and went to the Pokémon Center for the night.
In the morning they left Eterna City and they walked through the gatehouse for Route 206 and stood at the top of Cycling Road. Lucas took out the bike and hopped on saying "Hop on"
"Alright" said Cheryl
She got on behind Lucas and put her arms around his waist. "Hang on tight" said Lucas as they started down Cycling Road
Along the way Cheryl was thinking "Wow he feels so warm, I could get used to this"
"Wow she is so warm, I could get used to this" thought Lucas
They reached the end of Cycling Road and went through the gatehouse to Route 207. After they went though Route 207 they arrived at Oreburgh City and they went to the Pokémon center and rested up for their journey tomorrow.