Delivery for readers! It's chapter 7! This chapter isn't short(I think). But first, I have a question: Is this story okay so far? I hope it does not seem like I am just writing stuff down and not caring. Anyway, please R&R!
CHAPTER SEVEN (I forgot to put these little titles on chapters 3-6. oops.)
Sparks of electricity started to glow from around the figure Dawn had encountered. Bolts of lightning hung out from both the right and left side of it. Dawn immediately grabbed her pokedex to find out what it was. "Rotom," The pokedex began. "The plasma pokemon. Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc."
"Rotom, huh?" said Dawn. She continued to stare at it as it flew from the T.V. The lightning rod-shaped pokemon made its way towards Dawn's pokemon to examine them. Dawn's pokemon were getting a bit confused as they watched the rotom fly quickly from left to right. The rotom, then, went towards Dawn's direction. It hastily flew around her inspecting her face. Dawn began to cringe and said, "Um…Rotom? I don't think my pokemon and I feel comfortable when you do that."
The plasma covered pokemon just continued to stare at her. Dawn spoke, "Hey, Rotom, you seem nice. Can you please help me and my pokemon escape from this creepy place? We would really appreciate it." Dawn's pokemon nodded in agreement. Dawn thought she saw a hint of red come form on the rotom's cheeks as it answered with a nod. "Did that pokemon just blush at me?!?" thought Dawn. "I hope it's not in love with me or anything!" The rotom backed away towards the wall still staring at Dawn. It went through the wall, over to the other side of the door, and unlocked it. (A/N: Don't ask me how) The rotom, then, pushed the door open letting Dawn and her pokemon out.
"Thank you very much, Rotom!" appreciated Dawn. "I know the way out, so you don't have to follow me. Thanks again!" So, Dawn recalled her pokemon to her pokeballs and ran off. A tear fell from the Rotom's eyes as it watched Dawn run off. It slowly flew away.
Meanwhile, with Ash and the others…
"How much farther until we reach this Old Chateau?" asked Ash panting from walking a lot.
"Don't worry. We're almost there. Just about a couple hundred more yards." replied the gastly.
"HUNDRED?!?!?" cried a flabbergasted Ash.
"It's not that far." said the gastly.
"That's easy for you to say!" yelled Ash. "You can fly!!!"
"Oh yeah." remarked the gastly.
"You don't need to worry, Ash," said Cheryl. "It's just a couple more minutes. I'm sure your girlfriend is safe and sound."
"Dawn isn't my girlfriend!" cried Ash as his cheeks flushed red.
"I've been meaning to talk to you about that, Ash." said Brock.
"About what?!?" yelled Ash.
"About your relationship with Dawn." replied Brock. "Is there something going on between you guys?"
"No! Of course not! Dawn and I are just friends!" shrieked Ash as his face reddened even more.
"I don't think so." said Brock. "You seem to like her a whole lot."
"What does it matter to you? It's none of your business!" cried Ash.
"Okay! Okay!" cried Brock trying to calm him down. "You need to chill, Ash. I was just asking."
"Pika." sighed Pikachu as he witnessed the scene.
"Are you guys always like this when you travel?" questioned Ash.
"More than you know." answered Brock.
The group continued to walk talking about other random things until gastly made his announcement. "We're here!" stated Gastly. "This is the Old Chateau."
The group stopped to see a big mansion that looked like it was hundreds of years old. There were many holes all over the outside of the building along with cracked wooden boards and broken windows. Even the sound and feeling of the air around it seemed to clash with the mansion's appearance. "Uh, guys." stated Ash. "This place is giving me the chills."
"Me too." agreed Brock. "Let's just grab Dawn and get out of here!"
"Okay." replied Ash as they began to go closer to the old mansion. They only took a few steps until he realized a shadow figure being formed at the door. Ash just froze in fear as he watched the human shaped shadow figure become bigger and darker. After a few seconds, joy and happiness overcame his fear as he watched his dearest friend emerge from the shadows. It was Dawn.
"Ash!" cried Dawn as she began to run to him. "He really did come! My hero finally came to save me!"
"Dawn! I'm so glad you're safe!" cried Ash as he also began to run towards Dawn. "Now I just wish I could tell you how I feel."
They were both about to come together to form a huge hug until a small circle-shaped shadow quickly made its way between them. Both Ash and Dawn stopped in their tracks. The thing that stopped them from getting any closer looked like a plasma covered lightning rod.
"King Rotom!" cried the talking gastly.
"Aaaaah!" screamed Dawn. "Did that gastly just talk?!?!?"
"I'll explain later, Dawn." answered Ash. "So that's a rotom, huh?
"Not just a rotom!" said the gastly. "This particular rotom is the king of all of the ghost pokemon in the whole forest."
The rotom looked straight at Ash. Its face was infuriated as it continued to stare at him. The rotom, then, began to speak.
"King Rotom says," said the gastly. "That you, Ash, must leave the forest and not harm the girl."
"What?!?" cried Ash. "I would never harm Dawn! King Rotom, I'm just here to save her. She's traveling with me."
"It's true, King Rotom." assured Dawn.
King Rotom seemed to have ignored them, for it continued to speak.
"King Rotom says that if you want to take Dawn away, then Ash needs to beat him in a battle." stated the gastly.
Ash grinned, "Okay, then, bring it on!"
"Ash, don't!" cried Dawn. "That rotom helped me get free when I was locked inside that mansion!"
"It did? I guess I shouldn't harm it, then." replied Ash as he walked closer to Rotom. Ash extended his hand. "King Rotom, let's not fight. Why don't we settle this more peacefully?"
King Rotom just stared at Ash as he waited for a reply. Rotom looked at Ash, then at Dawn. He looked at Ash's hand. "So, King Rotom, what do you say?" asked Ash.
King Rotom's reply wasn't what anyone had expected. As soon as Ash asked his last question, King Rotom just became angry and immediately tackled Ash. Ash, not expecting the attack, was sent flying towards a nearby tree. He knocked his head on a branch, plummeted to the ground, and went blacked out.
"Ash, no!!!" cried Dawn as tears started to trickle down from her eyes. "King Rotom, stop! Don't do this to Ash!!!"
King Rotom just ignored Dawn as it prepared a powerful thunder attack. It charged up masses of amounts of electric energy and released. Everyone watched in horror as the gigantic bolt of lightning began to rush towards the unconscious trainer.
Uh-Oh! Is this the end for Ash? Are Dawn and Ash ever going to tell each other how they feel? Will King Rotom ever realize what he is doing? Am I going to ever stop asking you these questions? Find out on the upcoming chapter 8!