"Pokémon Endless Journey - Volume 1: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow - The First Legend"
Chapter 10 – Vertical Cemetery:
Returning to Vermillion City shortly after and returning to Cerulean, Red reached the Poké Center at the end of the day before taking an alternate route to a different city. In the Poké Center, where he could consult a map in order to plan a route, he noticed a different path that would lead to a Town named Lavender Town.
However, he started regretting his decision of taking such path shortly after entering the cavern.
"Why hasn't anyone placed lights or something of the sort in here?! I can't see a thing!"
Easy to say that Red was lost inside the Cavern. Of course, backtracking would almost be impossible, so he would have to just keep on going forward.
"Is this better?"
The sudden whisper made Red jump back in fear. "Ahh!" But upon recognizing the voice, he calmed down. "Oh, Blue, it's just you."
"Right you are." The Butterfree on her shoulders began to emit a beam of light through her eyes, making it possible to see within the darkness. And as so, Red noticed that another Pokémon stood in Blue's other shoulder.
"What the…? What Pokémon is that?"
"Oh, I just caught it. Isn't it adorable?! It's a Ditto."
"Ditto!"
"Umm… A Ditto?" Due to the lack of knowledge, Red consulted the Pokédex.
'Ditto, the Transform Pokémon. Ditto rearranges its cell structure to transform itself into other shapes. However, if it tries to transform itself into something by relying on its memory, this Pokémon manages to get details wrong.'
"Wait, it can transform? That's… weird." Red admitted, as he poked the gelatinous blob. Ditto laughed, apparently ticklish.
"Where are you headed to? Lavender Town?"
"Yeah, actually. You're going there to?"
"Yup! Green and I agreed to meet back up there."
"Mind if I come along?"
"Not at all."
"By the way, where did you get that jacket?" Red only now noticed the white jacket Blue was wearing.
"I bought it."
"You bought it?"
"Or rather, it was a gift."
"…"
"I didn't steal it, I have witnesses!"
Quick to leave the cavern with the help of Butterfree's Flash attack, Red and Blue reached Lavender Town rather quickly.
The ominous feel was present, but Red seemed to be able to ignore it rather easily. Blue on the other hand...
"This place creeps me out…" Blue admitted, glancing at the amazingly tower. "That's the Pokémon Tower?"
"Hm?" Red glanced in the same direction. "Pokémon Tower?"
"Yeah. It's a Pokémon Cemetery."
"What?!" Red was somewhat astounded. "A Cemetery?! This big?!"
"There aren't that many in Kanto, you know?
"I see…" Red narrowed his eyes at the building. "But why make a tower a cemetery? Something just sounds wrong about it…"
Curiosity taking the better of Red, he decided to explore the tower. Of course, not wanting to be left alone, Blue followed, despite being somewhat against her better judgement.
The inside seemed to be rather empty. Silence was a given, but the fact that almost no people were present was rather odd. And people were only present in the ground level. Upon climbing the stairs to the first floor, no other people were to be seen.
"This place is really creeping me out."
"Why?"
"Red, it's a cemetery… Aren't you afraid of things like ghouls or zombies?"
"Not really, no." Red answered rather naturally, as if it was obvious or second nature. Of course, this didn't help Blue. She lowered her head and sighed.
"I'm stuck with a rock head in a Tower filled with dead Pokémon. How could this possibly get worst?"
"Blue? Red?"
A voice came from behind. The two Trainers turned and found Green. However, there was a rather prominent difference from the last time he was seen.
"…What's with the cape?"
A light brown cloak was being worn by Green, being firmly worn thanks to the use of a shoulder piece attached to the left one.
"…My sister sewed it for me, okay?" Green was visibly embarrassed by the outfit his sister created. However, what he found most embarrassing was that as soon as he saw it, he found it 'awesome' and 'cool'.
Blue found rather ridiculous, but Red on the other hand…
"That cape…" Making a serious face, he stared at it intensively. "…is really awesome."
Blue would've fallen to the side if it wasn't for the grave next to her feet.
"Grow up a little bit, Red." Green made the same kind of face. "He must never know…"
In an attempt to change the subject "Hey, Green, aren't you creeped out by the Tower?"
"…No, why?"
"Aren't you afraid of ghouls or zombies?"
"Why should I?"
Blue lowered her head once more and sighed again. "It got worse. Now I'm stuck with two rock heads…"
"Why did you come here, Green?"
"I've come to say hello to some old friends."
Both Red and Blue became confused. "Uh?"
After following the third Trainer, they found a small set of graves in which Green prayed for a moment. Reading the names on the grave, Red noticed that he knew these Pokémon as well.
"Tauros… Raticate… Rhydon… Wait, aren't these…?"
"Grandpa's old Pokémon."
Red guessed that Professor Oak wasn't exaggerating when he aidthe Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle he handed out were his last Pokémon.
"We used to play with them every now nd then, didn't we?"
"You never wondered why you never saw them again?"
"…I didn't go much to Professor Oak's after you left."
Green's mouth opened agape, but no words escaped. He stood up and turned to the other two. "We can go."
"Alright. Hm?" Red noticed Blue's expression. "Is something wrong?"
"B-B-B-B-Behind you."
"Uh?" Red and green turned to where Blue aimed with a shaking finger and found two yellow eyes in the middle of a fog that seemed to have come out of nowhere. With chills up their spines, the two boys stepped back.
"GET OUT!"
The phantasmagorical voice was enough to make the three Trainers turn around and dash.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Pokémon of the Day:
Ditto – It is capable of transforming into an exact replica of any physical object. However, if Ditto tries to transform into something based on memory, it may get some of the details wrong. Ditto will also be unable to remain in a transformed state if it starts laughing. Ditto cannot mimic the strength of another Pokémon, but it will adapt the form and abilities of its foe. When two Ditto meet in the wild, they will attempt to transform into each other. Ditto will also transform into a rock when sleeping to avoid attack. Ditto is never far from civilization or people.