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I should really start writing this again ¬_¬ I've jus about caught up with myself which is not good.

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Chapter Nine: The Guests

Ash walked into the entrance hall to find his best friend attacking his father. Ash did a double take. His father? What was his dad doing here?

"I got a message from some weird cleaner who said this place was haunted," Mr Ketchum was telling Leaf, "So your mother and I came for a look around. We didn't realise this was the place we'd sent you too."

OK, this was going to get ugly, Ash thought as he walked towards Leaf. Ash noticed that Vi was stood the other side of Leaf, looking unimpressed at the new guests. Mr Ketchum turned his eyes onto Ash suddenly.

"Ash! How are you?" he asked. Ash rubbed his head.

"I'm great," Ash replied, feeling a little awkward since he hadn't seen his dad in almost three months. Ash had decided to come and live with his mum rather than his dad despite Leaf being his step-sister. Ash couldn't get along with Leaf's mother but he got along with Harold.

"This is a great house," Mr Ketchum went on, "So how many ghosts do we have in here."

"You don't have any ghosts," Vi snapped, "I don't remember allowing you to come in and hunt for the ghosts."

Mr Ketchum shot Vi a dark look knowing that she was right. Vi looked at Ash before she walked off to find her own father. Ash could tell that Vi wasn't too happy with the Ketchums invading the house. Ash looked at Leaf who shrugged.

"So, how many are there?" Mr Ketchum asked.

Paul and Dawn watched as more and more people came into the house that evening. They stood away from where eyes could reach them. They were slightly confused as to why there were suddenly all these people with strange looking equipment and talking about ghosts.

"This has got out of hand," Paul muttered. Dawn nodded slowly. They drifted through the floorboards and didn't stop until they reached the cellar. The other four were waiting for them. Even Rusty seemed to be alarmed at how many people there were.

"There's a lot of people," Dawn said, "I don't know what we should do."

The five of them thought for a few seconds before Paul gave a dark chuckle. Drew smirked as Paul did this.

"Come on, Paul," Drew said, "With a laugh that dark, it must be good."

"I hate it when he does that," Misty said. Dawn and May smiled at Paul. They all knew what he was thinking. That dark laugh could only mean one thing: Paul had a very evil idea.

"They want ghosts, don't they?" Paul asked.

"Yes," Drew replied, smirk growing wider.

"Then we give them… ghosts," Paul finished, a cruel smirk of his own growing on his lips. Misty put her hands on her hips, smiling smugly. Dawn nodded serenely. May looked worried. Drew chuckled darkly.

"Oh, I like this plan," Drew commented.

~G~

"Well, this is great," Delia was saying as she climbed up the stairs to the main bedroom with Harold, "Our house has been invaded by ghost hunters and my ex-husband. I don't know which is worse."

Harold chuckled.

"Well, I hope they get what they came for," Harold said, "Maybe then they'll leave us alone."

The two walked into their bedroom to find that there was a note on their bed. Harold walked over to the bed and picked up the note.

Please stay in your room tonight, Mr and Mrs Shinji. We will handle things.

Harold and Delia looked at each other before they smiled.

"Well… It's either the kids or the ghosts. I don't know which one I prefer," Harold remarked.

"At least they were nice enough to warn us," Delia said, "How did a ghost write a note though?"

"I have no idea," Harold replied.

Reggie was fiddling with his t-shirt when Vi walked past him. She looked at her older brother weirdly for a few seconds, thinking it was slightly out of character for him to be so nervous looking. She did a double take. He didn't look nervous. He looked pained, annoyed and slightly mischievous.

"Are you OK?" Vi asked. Reggie looked at her. He folded his arms then corrected himself by putting his hands on his hips.

"Fine," he replied. Vi looked him up and down.

"If you say so," she told him before walking away. Reggie let out a sigh as he went back to messing with his clothes. They felt weird, he felt weird. He flapped his arms out a few times before wiggling his fingers.

"Weird," he muttered.

"Master Paul," Dawn said, poking her head out through the wall. Reggie looked at her, expecting her to say something. She watched him with a strange look on her face.

"What is it?" Reggie asked.

"You look weird, Master Paul," Dawn replied, "It's like it is you but it's not. It creeps me out."

"Over shadowing this body is easy for me," Reggie stated, "He's a blood relative. How are the others doing?"

"They're fine," Dawn replied, "Everything is ready."

"Good," Reggie said, smirking. Dawn floated beside him. She touched him weirdly for a few seconds. Reggie watched her as she poked his arm.

"That's weird," she muttered. She floated away from Reggie slightly.

"Make sure you keep away from everyone," Reggie told her, "Now, I need to remember how to walk."

"I'm sure you can remember," Dawn said. Reggie took a few steps in an awkward manner before he fell into a natural rhythm. Reggie let out a sigh. Dawn waved to him before she disappeared. Reggie walked through the house wondering what the way was to the main hall. Reggie stopped. This wasn't good. He'd forgotten the way.

"Hey, Reggie!" Ash yelled. Reggie turned and saw Ash running towards him. Reggie smiled in the way he usually did.

"Hey, Ash," Reggie replied, "Where's the fire?"

"Come on, everyone's waiting," Ash told Reggie. Reggie smirked. This was perfect. He'd gotten lost and the boy had helped him. Reggie ran after Ash. This couldn't have worked out better.

"So what do you think they're going to do tonight?" Reggie asked. Ash shrugged.

"I have no idea," Ash replied, "I think they just want to see some ghosts. That's all."

"Really?" Reggie asked as the gaggle of people came into view. "Then explain why they have all this machinery."

"To monitor them," Ash explained. Reggie nodded a few times. Ash rushed off to go and talk to his father. Reggie looked down at the people hurrying around. He couldn't help but smirk at it all.

In two hours time the fun would really begin…

Like I said, I need to get on writing Chapter Ten but it should be done for next week! Yay! Please review to tell me what you think!

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