Okay, so simple note! The horror story is in italics while the main dialogue and other crap is in normal text! That's it, enjoy! Oh, and I meant for this to be updated on Halloween, but I lost power for a few days, sorry!
One night, on a rather cloudy night, a girl left her home, The Pokemon Mansion. It had always been her dream to explore, however, her parents forbade her from going outside too often.
"Oh, the Pokemon Mansion, that place is beautiful." Dominic chimed.
"Wait a second here, is this a horror story or is this an adventure tale?" Olivia inquired. Everyone looked at her as she spoke up, they had all been wondering the same thing to varying degrees; except for Timo who thought the opening was a rather classic tale of telling a horror story and didn't mind at all.
"I'm not a good storyteller," William replied defensively, "besides, I've only just started. So calm down. Now, where was I?"
"I believe you were telling us she didn't leave her house too often because of her parents." Nick reminded helpfully.
"Oh, right!"
She had snuck past the house-servants and had all her belongings in a single bag. Slowly, she passed the ominous looking statues in her yard, past the front gates, and out of her family estate. Once outside, she slowly headed north, into Hearthome City. The city was dark and quiet, with only the sound of her footsteps in the air.
"Um, can we get to the scary parts?" Nathan asked, "there are scary parts, aren't there?"
"Yeah, I'm getting kind of bored." Tristan agreed. The small campfire circle became animated over small talk and Luca swore he saw a vein pop out of William's head as his best friend shouted at all the students to be quiet so he could continue.
"Someone has a temper." Maize quipped, shooting the dark-haired boy a look. Axel nodded in agreement as he watched the glaring competition between his co-head and the head of the Corvus dorm. A student on the Columba side shifted his baseball cap to watch his co-head and the Corvus head.
"Oh, you finally decided to pay attention, Brett?" Axel mused, the usually quiet student of his nodded as he took of his cap to fix his flattened hair.
"Well, I couldn't sleep with all the noise." Brett muttered.
"William, the story!" Luca reminded. William let out a sigh before he dropped his glare and resuming with the story everyone had decided was barely worth their time.
The city's quiet unsettled the girl, but she continued on. She exited Hearthome using the east exit and found herself on Route 209. The empty route frightened her more than the dark city, despite the fact it wasn't completely silent. The winds billowed and tossed dead leaves into the air, the girl shivered, she hadn't anticipated that it would be this cold. She held herself to stay warm and dug her face into her scarf, but that was when she saw it...
"Saw what!?" Genevieve asked loudly, she had taken a sudden interest in the story, it reminded her of a manga she had read awhile ago. The opinion's of the other students varied; some such as Jason and Lucy were not paying, instead they entertained themselves with other things. Jason with his pokeballs and Lucy gazed into the crackling flames with wonder in her eyes. Nick, Nathan, Dominic, Tristan, and Olivia (who was surprisingly still awake) were all listening intently, but they did not voice their interest. The other students were more interested in roasting their food than the actual tale.
"Shhh!" Luca shushed, Maize rolled her eyes as William cleared his throat.
It was a crumbling mound, remnants of a tower. She recalled it from the books she had studied inside the mansion, it was the Hallowed Tower. No one knows its true purpose, all the books said that it never sees any use and was destroyed for an unknown reason. The girl couldn't help but be drawn to the tower, it was as if the hole in the mound of rocks was drawing her in. She soon found herself bending over and looking into it, the darkness was drawing her in, she heard a laugh. She felt someone behind her, she wanted to scream but no sound came out as she was pushed into the dark abyss.
Jun began clutching his log tightly, trying to prevent himself from looking too scared. Rein who sat next to him looked vaguely interested, she was flipping her hair back and forth when the story began but she had stopped. Timo and Orion were huddled together, with the meek Orion listening to the whispers of the other student.
Kaetic sat the farthest from the fire, and she couldn't help but look off into the distance as a quite howl went through the air. It was oddly chilly as well, she noted. This brought William's tale to mind and she found herself despite the eerie atmosphere that surrounded the group.
The girl woke up underground, her body was bruised, but surprisingly nothing was broken.
"OBJECTION!"
The story was stopped abruptly by that shout and everyone turned their head towards the person who shouted it, Tristan. Her pointer finger was directed at William and she had a gleeful smile on her face.
"Yes...?" Axel asked.
"It is impossible for someone to fall down a hole like that and not have any broken or sprained body parts!" She declared loudly.
"HOLD IT!" This shout came from Nathan who now also had his finger pointed out at William.
"What is it now?" Maize groaned, the loud voices of her two students gave her a headache and she was now rubbing her temples furiously to try and ease the pain.
"Also, if she fell in head first, she should be dead!" Nathan pointed out, sending a knowing smile to Tristan who smiled back.
"NOT SO FAST!" Everyone face-palmed at the third shout, this time from William. He made a few 'tut' sounds before shaking his head at the two teenagers.
"If you let me finish my story, you'll see that everything will be explained." The Corvus head said calmly, he motioned for the two students to sit back down and they did so, albeit reluctantly. He sent them a mocking smile before sitting down himself and continuing.
Her bag had managed to break her fall slightly, however its contents were crushed beyond recognition. The girl discarded the package as she stood up and dusted herself off. She was in what appeared to be an underground tunnel, only the sound of dripping water was heard as she looked around. There was a single exit viable exit out, she had to travel through the tunnel.
It was pitch black and she had to feel her way through, after a few minutes of walking she noticed a change. Her food no longer made soft thumping sounds, instead they were sharp. She was now standing on concrete. Just as she noticed the change several light appeared, they were candles.
"Candles can light themselves now?" Jason snorted, of course the moment he decided to listen a bit he heard an impossible event.
"Obviously it was a Litwick." Nick said, pulling out his pokedex and displaying an image of the small ghost and fire-type pokemon.
"Can't you guys be quiet until I finish?" William sighed, his already short temper had significantly dropped due to all the interruptions. How did he get himself in this mess again? Oh, right, it was Luca. William sent his friend a glare who returned a sheepish smile and a silent apology.
With the illumination of the candles, the girl was able to make out a staircase. She let out a sigh of relief before climbing the stairs. However, instead of leading her outside, the stairs brought her up into what appeared to be a cemetery. The marble tombstones were a faded grey color, and the atmosphere that came with the sight sent chills down the girl's spine.
As she walked past the graves; she heard a voice. It was calling her name, 'Melissa' over and over. Something cold gripped her gut, her knees began shaking yet she found herself still moving forward. Past the tombstones was another staircase and she continued her ascent.
The campfire group grew silent again, no one was tapping their foot, or whispering to their neighbors. The silence was like a blanket that wrapped over everyone, even the usually chatty students stopped to listen. Dominic had stopped twiddling with his shirt and Lucy wasn't spacing out as she usually was. William scanned across the group and was satisfied that none of them spoke during the pause.
As she kept climbing the tower, the voice grew in volume, until it was almost deafening. Several times during her ascent, she felt someone tapping her left shoulder and every time she turned the feeling disappeared. However, on some occasions she was able to catch glimpses of a white hand.
When she reached the top of the tower, both the voice and feeling disappeared. In the center of the room she was in there was a single tombstone. When she took a single footstep towards it, the ground beneath her feet trembled and a rotting arm shot out from beneath the tombstone.
The girl let out a shriek of terror as a second arm popped up from the ground. Soon an entire torso was above ground. Her mind told her to flee, but her feet were paralyzed and she could not. Then something pushed her, as she fell, she saw a white hand. The rotting corpse grabbed her body as it fell to the ground; the girl let out another piercing shriek but it fell upon deaf ears as the body dragged her underground, back into his tomb. The Lost Tower and Hallowed Tower, some say they are haunted, but others theorize they are remains. Remains of the Pokemon Tower which was torn down many years ago.
William ended his tale and just as he did a howl and whimpering cry pierced the silence causing several students to jump up from their seats. Rein and Jun had leaned closer to each other during the duration of the story and now that it was over, both of them quickly separated with varying shades of red on their faces. Luca had been biting his thumb but quickly stopped when he noticed the faces he got. Nathan and Tristan exchanged a few nervous glances, the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town was famous for its ghosts and they heard quite a few stories involving death about the purple tower.
"Well, I think that's all for today." Luca said, he motioned for his students to follow him and they were all but hesitant to leave. Olive, Dominic, Jun, Rein, and Orion scurried after their dorm head and the Corvus and Columba students left soon after. The quiet that settled over the group continued until they returned to the dorm and settled into the lounge.
"That story was pretty weird." Olive said, tired of the silence.
"Well, it was a horror story. I've heard a lot of Lavender Town tales, and most of them are more gruesome than that." Rein commented. Orion nodded hastily in agreement, Luca raised his eyebrow at the boy, it wasn't often that Orion responded.
"Hm, I think I've read a few things called Creepypastas on Lavender Town." Dominic mused as he recalled the writings.
"Well, it's getting late and you guys have classes tomorrow, I think it's high time you guys got to bed." Luca stated, the younger teenagers got the message and the students cleaned themselves and got dressed for bed quickly and efficiently and bid a few quick good nights. As Luca crawled into his bed, he couldn't get his mind off the story William told and the cry that followed after it. A prank played by his friend, or perhaps just a coincidence? He did not know.
Sorry for the rather lame chapter, I can't do horror stories at all. Welp, I'm sorry this chapter is late but it was uninspired and I had a lack of power. Review if you want, and see you next time!