The Curse: Nightmare
"At last the pokemon center," Dawn sighed in relief. Hoshi giggled a bit. She felt an odd gust of wind. She looked around and saw that Brock was gone.
"Don't worry he is at the pokemon center," Ash said with an odd smile.
"Why did he run so fast to get inside," Hoshi asked she was truly confused. She thought that Brock was the type to like the outdoors. Brock told her that he was a gym leader of a rock gym before so she though he might not mind the rough terrain.
"You'll see," Dawn and Ash said at the same time. Hoshi and Star were confused still. The three trainers walked in the Pokemon Center. Hoshi stared at Brock in bewilderment.
"Nurse Joy you are as beautiful as a rose… NO… you are more beautiful than an insignificant rose. YOU ARE AN ANGEL FROM ABOVE!" Brock was at the counter, confessing his feelings for Nurse Joy. Hoshi was still staring at the "scene."
"Nurse Joy will you... Ugg… wait for five minutes." Brock's Croagunk poison jabbed Brock on the side. Nurse Joy noticed Ash, Dawn and Hoshi. She was more concern with Hoshi.
"Ah, Pri… um… sorry. Hello Hoshi nice to see you again." Nurse Joy smiled.
"Hello Nurse Joy it is nice to see you again." Hoshi smiled back. Ash and Dawn looked at Hoshi in bewilderment.
"Hoshi, you know this certain Nurse Joy." Dawn asked.
"Yep she was the first Nurse Joy I met."
"Oh your father told me to tell you that you need to call him before you leave this Pokemon Center." Nurse joy said with a smile.
"Thank you, can you care of my pokemon please?"
"You may need it. Trust me," Nurse Joy said. Hoshi was confused.
"Guys I'll be back." The others nodded. Hoshi walked to the phones and dial her home number.
"Hello," Hoshi whispered, "It's me Princess Hoshi… ah yes, yes I know. Can I speak to my father?... ok thank you." Hoshi was waiting. Hoshi used one of the phones that did not have the screen. She did not want people to know who she really is.
"Hello," Hoshi father said.
"Hey Dad, it's me Hoshi."
"Ah my lovely daughter, how are you?"
"I got your message so what's wrong."
"Oh come on dear tell me about your journey first."
"It's great… lots of battles, trainers… oh speaking of trainers I'm bring some friends to the battle fest."
"Do they know your secretes?"
"Only one… it's the cursed one."
"WHAT?"
"Don't worry, they won't tell anyone… I trust them with all my heart."
"O.k." Hoshi notice her dad's voice was unsure. "So you want me to get them a room?"
"Sure that will be nice. I'm going to tell them my other secret once we get there."
"Ok so tell me something about them so I can get their room perfect for them."
"One trainer named Ash. He has a Pikachu that walks around outside his pokeball like Star. He is trying to be the pokemon master. Another is a girl named Dawn. She is a coordinator. She likes designing outfits and making poffins. And last but not least Brock. He is a Breeder. He has a baby Happiny."
"What wing so you want their rooms to be in?"
"Actually the guest rooms near my room."
"Really? That's new but I was about use the rooms for…"
"NO… I mean no I like my friends to have their pokemon in a nice open area."
"Ok."
"Now the real reason I called for."
"It has to do with Riolu."
"Riolu, what happen?"
"Nothing but he misses you, can you take him with you for the rest of the trip there?"
"Yeah, sure I'll give you Shadow."
"Ok." Hoshi put her Sneasel's pokeball in the transporter. It disappeared and appeared another one.
"Got him I'll see you soon Dad."
"Bye." Hoshi hung up and walked back where the others were.
"Nurse Joy can you heal my pokemon, please?" Hoshi asked.
"Of course." Nurse Joy took Hoshi's pokemon and went to the back to get them help except for one pokeball which contain Riolu.
"Hoshi, why didn't you give that Pokeball to Nurse Joy?" Ash asked.
"It a pokemon from Sacred. I just trade Shadow for this little guy."
"What pokemon is it?"
"I'll show you later." Hoshi winked.
"Hoshi your pokemon is all healed." Nurse Joy came out with her four pokeballs and Star on a tray.
"Thank you." Hoshi took her pokemon back and Star leaped on Hoshi's shoulder. Then she turned to the others.
"Guys I need to tell you something. This is something very important but I need to talk to you guys alone." Hoshi said making it clear that it had to with her secrete. They nodded and followed Hoshi into their room. Everyone except Hoshi sat. The room was big and had two bunk beds on the left and right side of the room. Her friends sat on the same bottom bunk of the bed.
"Ok guys I need to tell you guys something about Sacred Land." Hoshi started. Everyone was ready to listen. "Ok Sacred Land does not get a lot of travelers and there is a good reason why. It has to do with the witch thing."
"But you said…"
"I know what I said but there is still chance she may return." Hoshi interrupted. "If she so happen to come back get your pokemon quickly into your pokeballs. For you Ash, you're going to have to hide Pikachu in your backpack… just hide him. Listen to what the witch says and you guys will be fine." Hoshi notice that the others were kind of tense.
"Guys don't worry about this. These are just safety precautions. Another thing you guys will be staying at my place." Hoshi said with a smile. "I hope you don't mind." They shook there heads.
"Is your dad fine with that?" Brock asked as he feed Happiny.
"Yeah we have a lot of room. Trust me." Hoshi said then thought about the conversation with her dad. "You guys won't say anything about my secret or about Sacred Land, right. The person who told you about it must think you guys are great trainers. That's actually rarely happened." Ash, Brock and Dawn nodded their heads.
"We promise," Dawn said. Then the others nodded their heads again.
"Good, oh by the way I have a surprise for you guys when we get there. Don't ask any questions about your surprise." Hoshi said. She knows that she has to tell them that she is a princess. She sighed at the thought. "And finally the battle fest has multiple battles and contest. There is a tag battle, knock out battle, a normal pokemon battle like a pokemon league battle, contest, style contest, and… a pokemon and trainer pageant." Ash, Brock and Dawn was confused when Hoshi said "pokemon and trainer pageant." "It is both a pokemon contest and beauty pageant. It is a contest that both trainers and pokemon show off their bond, power and style in the same time. You dress your self up and then show off your pokemon like a contest but you also show your bond with your pokemon at the same time. That is round one, round two you as a trainer dress up to look like your pokemon. Then for the finally round you perform some type of act with your pokemon."
"That sounds fun," Dawn said. Ash and Brock looked a bit interested. Hoshi just sighed again. She did not like it. She used to sit and watch the pageant because it was her job. She got tired of it two years ago. Hoshi remember what her father said at the day before she leaves for her journey.
Flash back:
"When you come back for the battle feat you will enter every single contest." Hoshi father said.
"No dad I want to enter only the battles. I don't want to enter the pageant." Hoshi complained.
"As a princess you need to enter the contest. The contests are like royal version of pokemon battle. It is more… civilize." Hoshi father said with a stern voice. He saw Hoshi's disappointed face and then sighed. "You can enter pokemon battles if you want." Hoshi started to brighten up.
"But you need to wear nice cloths. No trainer outfit." Hoshi father said. Hoshi couldn't believe that her father wants her to look a princess like in a pokemon battle where it is fierce and rough. Hoshi just sighed and nodded her head. She knew her father won't continue with this conversation is she complain about it again.
End of flashback.
"Well that's all I have to say," Hoshi said. She noticed that she finished the conversation on time it was dark and light was about to consume her. In a bright light she changed into a Pikachu again.
"Good thing we had dinner before you changed." Brock smiled. Hoshi nodded and yawned.
"Hoshi, why don't you sleep on the bottom bunk?" Dawn said pointing at the bed. Hoshi nodded. She jumped up and sat there for a bit. Everyone stared at Hoshi.
"P-pika?" Hoshi said. This meant "what" in pokemon.
"It's still wield knowing that you like part pokemon," Ash said. Brock and Dawn glared at Ash.
"I'm sorry again," Ash said. Hoshi smiled. Star jumped up on the bed where Hoshi was and sat next to her.
"You two look a like. It is a good thing Hoshi has that collar on." Brock chuckled. Hoshi giggled. Pikachu jumped up on Hoshi's bed. He stared at Hoshi for a bit then raised his hand like he wanted to shake her hand. Hoshi touched it then there was a spark of electric. Pikachu smiled. This was another way electric pokemon could talk. (If you saw the second movie Pikachu once talked to Zapdos using thundershock or something like that). In translation Hoshi told Pikachu she was the same Hoshi.
"So you can understand pokemon both as a trainer and a pokemon?" Ash asked. Hoshi nodded.
"That's cool!" Ash looked impressed. Hoshi nodded and yawned.
"I guess we should go to bed now." Brock said. Hoshi shook her head and said something in pokemon. Everyone was confused. Hoshi thought of a great idea. She jumped down to the ground, where her bag was, and got out her journal and pencil. She flipped to the last page of the journal and try to write what she was trying to say. When she was done it wasn't really neat but it was legible:
No you guys can do what ever you want. It's just that I wake up earlier that you guys so I'll just go to sleep early. Like come on its only 8:00.
Hoshi looked at the others. Only Brock understand what Hoshi meant by waking up early. Hoshi wrote something else:
You guys should go do what you need to do. Dawn I know you were itching to get a nice bath.
Dawn smiled and giggled.
"That's true. I told Hoshi that I was excited to get a nice warm decent bath," Dawn said to Ash and Brock.
"Ok then, Hoshi go on and get some sleep," Brock said. Hoshi nodded and got her journal and pencil back in her bag. Then she jumped on her bed and crawled in her covers.
"Pika." Hoshi said in pokemon, which meant goodnight.
"Goodnight Hoshi," Brock, Ash and Dawn said in unison. They walked out of the room. Hoshi was about to protest but she felt to tried to even try. She did not want them to leave because she was going to sleep. She heard someone turn off the lights. Hoshi noticed that the others kept the door open a bit. She also noticed that Star was still there with her. Soon Hoshi feel asleep unaware what was about to happen.
Middle of the night
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"What… where am I…" Hoshi muttered in the dark.
"We meet again." The voice sound familiar. There was a sudden chill.
"The W-witch."
"I see you remember me." The witch laughed darkly.
"I can never forget you. You're the reason I can't be with anybody in the dark." Hoshi snapped.
"Ha, it's your own fault. You protected that Pikachu of yours."
"I wasn't going to let you take her without a fight." Hoshi snapped again.
"You have no idea how much I want you to die right now." The witch appeared before Hoshi's eyes. The witch had a long white hair. Her eyes were icy blue. She wore a long dark strapless dress. Hoshi noticed that the witch had a smirk on her face.
"Why do you want me to die?"
"You don't know yet… ha."
"What is it?" Hoshi demanded to know.
"Why does it matter? You won't live that long to find out." Hoshi flinched then saw some thing familiar looking. She had a horrified look she knew what the figures were, it was Ash, Brock, Dawn and Pikachu all beat up. Hoshi felt her heart sank. Then she notice that Star was missing.
"WHERE IS STAR?!" Hoshi demanded.
"You'll see her soon." The witch said. Hoshi saw blood on her hands and lips. Hoshi stared and felt her heart stop. The witch laughed darkly.
"I see you know what I meant." The witch said darkly. "Your next." The witch lunged at the Hoshi. Hoshi screamed. Then everything went dark again.
"Hoshi…. HOSHI… HOSHI WAKE!" Hoshi heard a familiar voice in the dark. Hoshi then open her eyes and saw Ash and Star look at her with worried eyes in the bright room. Hoshi felt warm tears come out and then she jumped into Star's arms and cried.
"Hoshi what happened?" Ash asked. Hoshi looked at Ash and was glad to see Ash confused face. She jumped into Ash arms and cried again. Then Brock and Dawn were behind Ash. Hoshi continue to cry again. She was both happy and scared out of her mind. She was happy that Ash woke her up and she was scared because of the dream. The nightmare felt real. Everyone was up and felt worried. Then all of a sudden one of her pokemon came out of the pokeball. It was Riolu but there was a twist in his name.
"Is that a Lucario," Ash asked still hold Hoshi. Hoshi nodded and jump out of Ash's arms and walked up to Lucario. Lucario was a bit tensed
"It's ok Riolu I'm fine and you can trust these guys." Hoshi said in pokemon as she wiped her tears away.
"Are you sure you?" Riolu said.
"Yes get back in you pokeball I'll explain later," Hoshi said in pokemon. Riolu did what Hoshi order. He found his pokeball and pressed the button and he disappeared in a red beam. Hoshi looked at the others and smiled a bit. She jumped back in bed and lay down and tried to go to sleep. The others looked at each other and then stared at Hoshi with a concern face. The light went off and it was dark again. Hoshi was still scared. But soon she drifted back to sleep.
Morning
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Hoshi changed back into a human which caused her to wake up. Hoshi sat up slowly making sure she doesn't wake up anybody. Hoshi made a note it said:
Hey guys,
I'm taking a nice warm bath and get some early morning air. I see you guys soon, take care of my pokemon Brock and I'll explain what happen last night.
-Hoshi
Hoshi walked out of the room quietly. She went to the bathing room. The warm water felt good on her skin. She tried to forget about the nightmare she had. But she was glad that she didn't have it again when she went back to sleep last night. As soon as she dried herself and got dressed she went outside. She sat on the ground. She wasn't really thinking about the dream just the one thing that the witch said made her worry. 'You don't know yet…' those words kept repeating in her head. All of a sudden something jumped on Hoshi's shoulders. It was Star and Pikachu.
"Morning Hoshi." Hoshi heard a familiar voice behind her. Hoshi looked behind her and saw Ash.
"Morning Ash," Hoshi said with a smile. She rubbed Star's and Pikachu's chin. "You found my note."
"Yep, how are you?" Ash had a worried tone in her voice.
"I'm good, I had a bad dream. I'll explain about that when the other's wake up. I rather not repeat myself. But I think you guys shouldn't go to Sacred Land." Hoshi looked down. "It's too dangerous."
"Does this have to do with the dream?" Ash asked as he sat next to Hoshi. Hoshi nodded.
"It's just a bad dream that's the cause of eating pepperoni pizza before you go to sleep." Ash said with a smirk. Hoshi laughed and thought that might be true. She did have pepperoni pizza for dinner last night and heard the rumors about it's affects from others.
"Anyways I really want to go there. It sounds like a festive place. And I really want to do all that battling." Ash said. Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder. Star rubbed her head against Hoshi's cheek.
"You're right it might just be a dream. But if anything happens I want you and the others to run away." Hoshi said as she looked at Ash with a serious face. "I would never forgive myself if something happened to you guys." Hoshi hands turn into a fist. She tried to fight back her tears. Ash smiled and looked at the sky.
"Don't worry about it Hoshi. It's just a dream."
"I hope your right." Hoshi rolled up like a ball. She laid her head on her knees and hugged her leg close to her body. Hoshi sighed.
"Hey will I ever battle you." Ash said trying to change the subject.
"Maybe when we get to Sacred land."
"I can't wait for that surprise I wonder what it is." Ash said with a very curious voice.
"Oh you will see I hope you guys will still be my friends afterward."
"Huh?! Is it bad?"
"Not really…"
"Then don't worry we will be your friends forever."
"Thanks… we better get inside. I'm having a feeling that Brock and Dawn is going to awake soon." Hoshi said as she got up.
"Right lets go."
((AN: I'll explain why Lucario is being called Riolu. But try to guess I want to hear your theories. Give me your guess in the review section, if you want more pokemon coming up soon))
The pokemon:
Hoshi's Pokemon:
Star (Pikachu)
Flame (Infernape)
Shadow (Sneasel)
Breeze (Staraptor)
Nimbus (Drifloon)
Mystic (Dragonair)
Ash's Pokemon:
Pikachu
Staravia
Turtwig
Chimchar
Aipom
Dawn's Pokemon:
Piplup
Buneary
Pachirisu
Buizel
Brock's Pokemon:
Croagunk
Sudowoodo
Happiny