Piplup's Mansion

by Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus

Piplup is bored at his home in Seaside Hill when he gets sent the Poltergust 3000 from Prof. E. Gadd, who desperately needs help as a strange new batch of ghosts invaded the Boo Woods and not only threaten him, but have taken Pikachu too! It's up to this plucky but not so lucky blue water type penguin to suck it up and save the day... yeah right!

3. The First Batch Of Ghost Pokemon

Piplup was inside the haunted mansion, going through the foyer as he decided to head upstairs, noticing that the door in the middle of the foyer was locked.
"Man, this mansion is creepy..." Piplup muttered to himself as he trembled with fright, "I hope I can just find Pikachu and E. Gadd so I can get out of here as fast as possible..."

"Hey! Stop it! Leave me alone!" A voice called out from the eastern direction.

Piplup gasped as he grabbed hold of the vacuum handle of his Poltergust 3000. "Sounds like someone needs help! Piplup, away!"

Piplup charged down the hallway, bursting through the green door as he kept running. He then noticed a lone Snivy getting picked on by a Gastly, a Haunter, and a Gengar, who all taunted him. Piplup pointed his flashlight at them, annoying the part poison type ghosts as they all charged towards Piplup. Piplup screamed as he fell on his butt, using Water Pulse to splash the water on the purple ghost Pokemon, confusing them as he then shook his head, sucking them up into his Poltergust 3000. Piplup closed his eyes as he let out a sigh of relief, placing the handle back up as he picked up his flashlight, helping up the frightened Snivy.

"Wow, thanks for saving me!" The Snivy exclaimed as he smiled, bopping his head back and forth.

Piplup smiled as he nodded his head, placing his right light blue flipper on the Snivy's right shoulder. "It's my pleasure. Say... what's your name?"

The Snivy chuckled as he pointed at himself with his left hand. "Oh me? I'm Francis. Francis the Snivy."

"Ahh... so I see." Piplup replied as he folded his flippers together.

Francis the Snivy folded his own arms as he tilted his head to the right. "What about you, dude? I gotta thank you properly for saving me."

Piplup chuckled as he closed both of his eyes. "Oh, I'm just Piplup."

"...You just have the name of your species." Francis winced as he shook his head.

Piplup meekly shrugged. "Well to be fair, I'm the only Piplup that actually lives in Seaside Hill..."

Francis nodded his head as he closed his eyes, mumbling. "Hmm, yes, I guess that accounts for something. I'll call you Pips."

Piplup blinked. "Pips?" He rubbed his chin with his right flipper as he murmured. "Could take some getting used to, but I sort of like it." He nodded his head. "Anyway, why are you here?"

Francis chuckled as he held several golden coins. "Oh, I'm here for the free loot that's stashed in this mansion. The place might be fake, but this dosh isn't!"

Piplup rubbed the back of his head with his left flipper. "Well, you be careful." He then headed towards the hallway, pausing as he turned around, rubbing the back of his head with his left flipper. "Say, have you seen a Pikachu or an old guy here?"

Francis shrugged as he shook his head. "Beats me, Pips. I just got here."

Piplup sighed as he closed his eyes, heading in further as he felt that his journey just begun, with Francis hording as much gold as possible.