On the very outskirts of Luxuria Town, our heroes walk on, enjoying the chilled breeze on this very cloudy day.

Iris looked up, "It looks like it might rain."

"I hope not," Danny said, "Especially since we just left the nearest Pokemon Center 10 minutes ago."

In his mind, Scarlet giggled, I doubt it'll rain. Looks just like clouds to me.

They kept walking for a few more minutes when, up ahead, a beautiful mansion appeared.

BA-ROOM!

The sound of thunder rang overhead as big raindrops splashed down. Scarlet hissed curses as everyone got soaked through the skin.

The group instinctively ran for the mansion. Just as Cilan knocked on the door, Scarlet jumped in front of them

No.

The door creaked open. Everyone else filed in, calling out to anyone who might be in there.

"Scarlet, come on! I'd have thought you would've been the first one in, being part Fire Type."

Normally. But not here. Her blue flame flared up, Anywhere but here master.

The door swung shut, lock clicking. Danny shook the doorknob, "Guys! Let me in!" He banged on the door.

No answer.

Scarlet walked back out into the rain. She approached a rather large, hollow tree, big enough for several people to sit comfortably in and patiently waited.

Danny rolled his eyes and followed his Pokemon. Surely, he thought, they would realize they left him outside and let him in. He sat by Scarlet.

"What's gotten you so freaked out Scarlet?" Danny asked her, summoning Grant and Jack to sit with them.

I can't stand up to them, I don't know the move…

"Archeops?"

"Seriously Scarlet, no riddles."

Scarlet looked at him.

Master, do you remember what the Professor said about me?


Litwick, the Candle Pokmon.

I̝̖͕̥ͩͨͥ̆ͪt̸͔̥̩̟̱̜̲̪̋̔̋ͭ͡s̸̍̾͑̂͆ͭ̚͏̹̱̜̯̫͕̦͙͠ ̵̘̲̰̠̤̜̬ͤ̿́f̶̴̲̱͉̦ͮ͐ͤͫ͗̽̓͒͠l̛̤͉̮ͭ̚͘͞a̶̷͕̜̲ͩ̋̂̃̌̓̚m̏̅ͯ̓͏̞͜e̥̫̳͛ͤ̊ ̹̓̊̊̋ͬ͞ͅi͖͊̐ͥ̐ͩ̕͘ͅs̬ͧͪ̈̎ͫ́͘͜ ͊ͫ̐͌̂͏͞͏͇͍̯u̞̩͊ͪ͂̔̊̐͋͆s̷̫̻̣̹͓͕ͦͭ́ͯͮ͘̕u͈̱͔ͥ́͑́̑ͤ̏ͅă̼͎̳̜͕͔̲̈́ͨ̈́̀̃̒l̗͓̙̹ͪ̎̈̏̔̉̑ͫ͠͝l̵̢̖̤̩͓̤̐͂͛͜y̨̙̲̩̣̦̮̠̌͑ ̸͉̞̖̘͙̬̮ͨ́̚͞ͅo̐̽ͦ̐҉̶̞͘u̷͖̤̮̲͋́ͪ̋ͦ͛͘͢ͅt̗͈̟ͫ͒,̨ͬͫ̾͒̔҉͖ ̢̖̏̏͐̽͋b̰̯̽̀͒ͨ̔̀͒ͩ͛ú̠̖̥̦̭̬͚́̔͒̕͟͞t͖̮̤̳̍̌̑̓ͦͥ ͔̖̦͙̭̝͚ͯ͛͊̒̃ͅi̵̤̳͙̣ͣ́ͥ̔͂ͤ̌̚t̝̻̞̣̗̍̌̃̒ͩ̓͛ ̢̙̱͎̰̖̞̯̯ͤ̃ͭͤͪ̇̀ŝ͉͔̉̀t͉̄̓ͫ͗̓ͤ͆ͤ̏̀͟a̸̯͎̟̝̠͖̓ͪ̆̈́̑r̛͎͚͉̭̅ͫ̅̂̃ͦ̕ẗ̛̳ͨͥ̓ͥ̉s͖̱̄̆̑͒̉̉̀́ ̞̳͇̮̪͙̃̈́̉͗̽̓͘ͅs̺̮̽͂͌ͫh̤̞̰̠̯̞ͬͨi̶̩͖̝͙̖ͪ͌̓̿̎͂ͯ̽n̥͇̟͖̣̋̾̃̑̃̑̇ͅi͕̦͇̺ͬ̍͊ͫ͗̓̃͡n̳̠̫̜̭̤͓̈̑ͫ̍̊ͅg̷̥̳̭͚̟͓͙̼ͦͤ̎͂ͬ̅͡ ͓̥͍̼̱̪̗̭̆̊ͣͦ̃̀w̢̗̺͚̰͙̤̣̜͐͂͑̅̉ͣ́͟h͒̎̍̀̀҉̙̞̜̲ͅè̶̷͖̬̲͖̫̮͉̮̿̂͂̉ͦ̀ǹͫͩͬ͢͏̪̮̜͖ ̻̻̦̹ͧ͂́̑ì̧̳̺̞̺̱͔̑ͣ̇͒̍͞t̷̜̫͕͆͛̾͆ͩͤ̈́ ̜̠̱̠̫̫ͪ́̊ͮ͋͗a̐͋̏̓̎̚͢͏̡͚̦̟̭̪͎b̰̯̻ͨ̎ͫ̋̈́͛̚͜s̴̨͚͈̫̋ͫ̾̋ͦ͢o̢͔͚̙̰͔̤̤͂̽ͅȑ̢͙̦̬̗͚͖̮̼̉̌ͤͨ̚b̢̯̦̗̖ͪͩ̔̍͆̈́s̢̨̻͙̍̊ ̢̬̟̣̪̏͂̐͘͠l̫̘̠͈͒̎ͥ͑͐͂̈̏͞i̶̗̘̜̣̤̜͌̋ͥ͝f̰̝̜͓͇̳̑̏ė͕͕̝͔͎̥̳ͩ̔ͭ̈́ͦ͋ͅ ͉̺̗̲̳͉͐͗ͭ̈́̋f͚̲̮̘̠̥͎̓͢o̵͓͇̮͎̦̿͑͘ŗ̧̘̼̋͒͐̒ͬͣ̂c̰ͪͤͦ̂͟͞é̵̸͓̻͕̾͜ ̵̣̗̲̠͕͒̽̓̓̽̌̎͗́f͓̖̻̠̞̤̤̲ͤ̑ͦͭ̃ͥr̨͈̹̰͙̗̎̑ọ̘̰̑ͣͩ̀ͥḿ̧̮͂̿ ͉̮̗̜̈͌̍͆ͪ̑͞͞p̦̞̫͔̱̝̪̆̆ͦ̀ͮ́͝ͅe̐̈́́͏̛͕̬̝o̡̥͍͈̥͉͕͑͛̈́̉͂͘͜p̛̣͇̻̗̙͆̓̌͘͘l̾̀̂͂҉̤̼̝̣͈̰̺̹̯ẹ͉̫̝͉͕ͦͫ̀ͦ̒̆͌͟ ̢̟̖̦͖͗̋͋͗͛̇ͯ͘͜ò̡̰̠̞̟͋ͥ͗͟ͅr̦͇͇ͣ͗̌͂͗͋ͮ̀͠ ̧̗̥̓͒ͬ̀P̩͋ͭ́ͥ͒ͥ́͆͋̀͢͢o̫̼͓̳̟͑̇̉̌̃͠ḳ̣̤̐ͩ̇͛ͣͯͦ͌̚̕é̡̯͓̼͓̠̦ͯm͛͌̏̃͋̇͏̦͘̕ọ͕̗̬͍̗͂n̴͎̘̻͇̰͎̫ͪ͒ͬͦ͗̑̈́͛̎͞.̪̬̩̣̦̰͔͖̜̆̊͋̄̈ͧ̾̈́̀͜ ͍̲͍̟̠̾͐̆͘͡ͅ

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Ash whipped his head around as the door shut his friend out.

"Danny!" Ash yelled, running towards the door. He jiggled the doorknob, but it was stuck.

"Don't worry about him, Ash. If he wants to listen to his stupid Litwick and stay out in the rain, it's his problem," Iris said, looking around the mansion, then called out to the darkness, "Hello? Anyone there?"

Ash gave the door a reluctant glance before following the group further in.


"Blast, those twerps have found our secret hideout!" James cursed, watching from the monitor screen.

"Look on the bright side," Jesse said, stifling a yawn, "We can capture Pikachu. Meowth befriended the group of Litwick that live here." She turned to her comrade, "Meowth, be a doll and tell those Litwick to capture Pikachu for us."

Meowth looked up from his resting spot in the corner of the room. He stood up and stretched before walking over to the flickering Candle Pokemon.

"Can you guys catch that Pikachu for us?" Meowth asked them.

The Litwicks giggled, their purple flames burning brightly. They nodded in agreement, and vanished.


L̓ͫ̓̅͏̫̖͙͙͉͈͠i̝̬͚̜̩̠̪̝͎ͧ̒͂ͦ̑̀t̳͙̹̞̩̲̻͛͞w̛̗̠̤̝̦̑ͯ̃̐ͣ͗ͅḯ̫̞͕̩͇͔̜ͥ̏ͨͪ͘ͅc̵̲͎̗̐͑̽̋͘k̸̵̭͚̮̟͓̟̟͙ͬͣ̾̕ ̦̘̱͉̯͔͙̓̄ͧ͞s̝͔͓ͫͨͤ̃̅̀͑͘̕ḥ̼̯̯͇̼̞ͬͪ́͝i̵̧̺̤̳̩͈͎ͭ̋̒̏n͚͚̬̳ͨ͗̓ͪ̌̀͝͠ę̛̰͖̯ͭͧ̇̓̒̉ͮͧ͌s̶̴̜͖̻ͣ̎̄ ̇ͣ͑̌ͫ҉̳̙͔̗͇͕͞a̯͍͛͊ͯ ̟̬̣̺͉̔ͨ̑̍̎́l̟̬̝̠̻̺̋́i̹̞̘͎͎̼̟̭ͨ̃́ͤͬg̨̮̣̪͇̱̓ͪ̇̓́͛͊͂̒̀́h̝͍̝̯̭̠̹̎̐̽͗̂ͧ́͑͌t̷̤̦̫͚ͮ̏̿ͨ̉͐͑͐ ̴̷̲ͪ̄͐̽̅͋͆̇̚͝ṱ̣̦̲̪͓̮͑́̄͊͋́̌ͯ̀̚̕h̸̲̥̫ͨ͐ͫ͐ͯͦͧa̶̳̝̺͔̰̣ͨ̐̚t̸̞̪͔̹̒̈̏̾̊́ ̮̝̳̾ͨa̦̭͇͕̼̫ͦ̐̒́͆̅ͩͯ͡ͅb̢̗̜͙̭̍̑̀s̶̛͙͐ͤ͑͆ͩ̚͝oͣ̆̄͏̴̱̱̞ͅr̵̛͉̼̪̦ͧ̊͝b̵ͮ͒̿̍͆҉͏̲̺̖̙̬̱̠͔ś͕͎̮̘̥͊͂ ̛͇͚̪͕͎͎͍̗ͯṯ̷̛̻ͯͫ̾̋͐h͔̭͈̻̹̹̗̗ͦ̀̋͊̄͊̓ͧë͙͇̬̙̗̃ͅ ̴͙̓̆̊ͅl̨̛̬̠̣̇̿̍͒ͫi͒̑̅̃͜͏̱̝̜̫̲f̬̘̺̪̦̺̠̤ͦͦ́͆͋͐͌ͨͅe̷͖͓̼͕͍̠̲̮͈̐͗̆ ̲͈̳̝̫̰͚ͮͩȩͫͥ͌͐̚͏͈̝̠̠̟n̴̴̵̦͉̲̞͗ͭ̏e̡͖̹͚̙̙ͩ̎̓ͭ͌͠r͍̙̒ͬ̊̇̔̓g̢͔͙̠̹̬̽̏ͭ͌͋͠ͅȳ̷̥̭̻͖̠̭̏ͫͫ͂͢ ̸̳̮͔͈̔ͧ͂͛̀͘ơ̷̢̥͈̙̦̰̬̩ͣ͂f̥̱͔̈ͩ̈̈̈͑̒̕͟͜ ̨̟̱̖͙̗̰͂͂ͩ̔̂͆ͤ͆͝pͪ̑ͬ̉͒ͨ̑͏͚͔͙̩ę͕͕̺͚̐ͦͧ̔̇͜ͅǫ̷͇̞̥͕ͪ͆p̫̯̯̻̰͎̽͆͊͋̋̏̂͟͞ĺͫ͂ͥ͊̌͏̫̰̰̠͘͝ẽ̵̶͇͔̤̤̭͚̎̑͟ ̡̬̱͔̻͇̪̳̠͙̄̿͐̋a̙̫̖̓̄͗́̍̒̾̚͝͡ň͈̠̼͉̬̥̱̗̓ͭ̔͊ͬ͟͡d̪̣̹̥̙̣͋̂̏̆̐̏̓ͧ̚ ̧͇̍̀̿ͯ̐͠ͅP̡̯͍̽̑̄ͣͫo̭͓͖̗̲͚̙̗̱ͭ̅ḵ̖̘̊ͮͥ̃̍ͮͥ͜͠é̄̏͒ͬ̉͏̢͔̺̗̥̥͈͓͇͡m̭̖͈͍͈̻͙̀̎̂̈̔̅͛̚͢͠o͔͇͖͐͂ͪ̍̉ͮ̚n̬͎͇̫͕͉̖̞̄̊͆̆ͣ̇̓ͬ,͈̰̤͙͓͍̆͒̃͗́̉ ̯̹̗̮̞̟̏̓ͪ͋͠w͎̬ͪ͞h̸̙̿̔̒͌̍͟į̦̪̮ͮͥͧ͘ͅc͋̉̔͏̵͙͈̱̙h̖̪͇͎̘̮̆͊ͪ̔̓͠ ͔̗̓̓̃ͨ͌͒b̨̡̝̪͚̩͉͌̈͌ͨ͗ͣe͍̣̥̜̦̳ͮ̏͆̾ͬ̀͟c̸̡̨̩̬̱̮͇̤ͪ̍ͅȏ̝̍̂m̴̹̟̦̯̣̺ͪ̽̌̅̆̏͜ę̈͢͏̭̜s̪̖̠̘͚̤̗̼̏ͥͧ̓̓͛̍͑ͅ ̨̳͚̳ͧ͗t̤̎̓͢͡h̷̢͓̮̩̳̳ͨ̚e̺̟ͩ̄̓̿̅͂͌̊̕ ̵̦̮͌ͫͨ̚f̷̫̤̖͇̪͇̙̹͚ͭͫͤ̆̔u͖͉͉̪͇̣͚͊̋̊͒ͨ͊͆ͅe̘ͯͤ̓̄l̢̼͔̭͓͉̩̝̟͓͗ͬ̓̄ͪ̀̋ͥ͡ ̦͔̈ͮt̗̫͎̼̼ͨͩ̈ͅh̢͇̗̻̠̗͙̟ͫ̈͊́͛͘̕a̡̻̺̯̟͐ͪ̏̓̓t͚̻̰͕̮͚̮̼͕̅ͫ͑ͣ͝ ̫͚̺͚̫̝͆ͭ̂̍̽͊ͬ͡͞í̗͍͔̘̰̥̝͖͈͊̋͢͞t̢̼̣̦̗̩͔ͯ̋͌͗ͨ ̪̫̣͖̰̘̇͗̓̓̀͢ͅb̢̝̣̪͉̮̐͌͐͢u̮̬̗̦͔͊̽̋̾ͫ̔͂ͤ͘r̷̠̭̥͌̈ͥ͂̄ͧ̒̏͘n͖̘͎ͦ̐ͩ̀ş̵̥̰͔͎̰̗̮͎̃̉̈́̀.̺ͦ͒̌͊͢͞ ̡̢̦͑ͩ̽ͨͭ̋̓ͩ́ͅ

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The wind howls and a window behind Cilan bursts open. Hastily he shuts it. It bursts open again, and he tries closing it again.

"Forget it Cilan, that window's hatch is broken," Iris said.

"I just hope whoever owns this place doesn't mistake us for breaking it," he replied.

A nearby lamp begins to float up, shaking. It threw itself at Ash and Iris, but they dodge it.

"What is going on?!" Ash cried as a suit of armor walked off its stand.

As it drew its sword, Iris screamed, "Who cares? Let's get out of here!"

The group fled for their lives.


Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio continue to watch our heroes.

"They're not catching Pikachu, they're just scaring the twerps!" Jesse complained.

James glanced at Meowth, "why don't you go down and remind them what to do!"

"I don't want to guys, I'm really tired," Meowth said.

""We're all tired Meowth," Jesse snapped, "Just get going!"

Meowth groaned and dragged himself out the door.


Ļ̲̼̳͈̱̰̔̇͑̀̎͂a̓ͣ̈̑̌͒͢͏̱͔͔͕̻͕ͅͅm̴̸̵̦̜̻̹̰ͦͫ̎͛͌͐̔̈ͬͅp͇͙͈͙̂͑͒ͬeͩ̂ͬ̓ͨ҉̧̬ň̵̳̮̞̝̘̣̪̫̬̎̉̑ͭͯͬͣt̶͈͚͔͖ͥ̈́ͧ̋ͥ̔͝,̷̶̭̦͚͖̥̆̉̓ͪ̌͛̿ ̢̦̭̫͉̇̚t͖ͧ̾́h̨͎̖̪͂̀̚ę̟̻̗͙̥̌̄ͬ͝ ̧̲͔ͥ̀̑̽͛ͥ̂L̢̏̐̓̔͏̪̭̮͚͓̰̹a̟̭ͯ͛ͬ͘m̖͈ͭ̃̃ͥ̃ͮͭ̀̆͡p̛̳̯̦̘̜̈ͨͯ ͛ͨ͂̈́ͮ̒̔̌͢҉̦͕̝̜̼̱̫ͅP̷̱͍̹͖̋̒̇͆̿͆͜o̰͊͋̍͒̿̓k̴̡̥̀͒̑̌ͤ̋̐͜ͅͅé͔̭̳̯͚͑̿͛͐̽̋m̷̪̝̻̓̏͆͆̆͠o̷͇̙͉̬̰͊̓ͧͯͣ́ͯ͆̕͢n̤̦̝̱̞̲͉̏ͯ͟,̱̮̠̣͍͔̠ͦͪ̏́̄͛̎͘͜ ̨̛̤̣̪̣͔̠͔̍̆ͣͩͅã͕̖̪̫̙̘̑ͦ̾̚n̶͚̪̳̳̥͕͓̥͌̈́̋̑ͯ́d̶̶͎͙ͣͩͬ͟ͅ ̨͎̦͔͔̝͕̜͋̾ͯ͊ţͭ̽ͭ̌̌͂͑͏̘̪̪̳̲̰̤̹ẖ̟̬̝͉͇̜̯̊̽ͪ̎̒̿̿͋é̷̷͍͉̘̙̻̤͆̒̏̅ͅ ̋ͤͭ̿͒͢҉͇̞̟͕ḙ̪͎̭̲̑̔͋ͮͭ̅͢v͆̎͜҉̧͎̲̠͓̥͚̙̜ͅo̠̯̫͕̓̓͐͛̃̑̊̉l̴̬̘̯̬̠̽̏́̀ͭ͂̇̚v̸̯̮̫͖ͣ͂ͣ̆͌́͟ė̑̄̐̈̒̈ͧͤ͏̥͓͇͉̹̻̻̕d̞̣̱͎̳̔ͧ̈̀̈̔͆ ̂̏̍͂̉͏̜̟̭̹̜̱͓͓f̴̤̭̓̓ͤͦ̇͝͡ơ̶̦͈͈̺̽ͫ̆͝r̷̖͍̠̥̗͗̋̓m̧̤͍͕͇̟̾͑̇̈̋ͧͨ ̪̠̪͓̣͎̈́̽̌̃̍͒́ỏ̀͏̸̗̟͚f̮͍̹́ͫ̑̃́ͪ ̣̠͓̘̤̘̙̱̅ͣ̂̓ͮ̉̕͟Ļ̸͙̦̙̾͌͛̊̚i͊҉̦͡t̡̫̟̻̃̅̊ͭ̆͛̓̚w͉̫̪͎͖̮͊̎ͮ̆̇̚ͅi̳̤̤̼̟ͤ͆ͨͫ̉̇c̵̠̝̒̄̈́k̵̡̺̤̄̔͢.̷̸̧̫̬ͦ̽́ ̡͇̺̐̅ͯ̓͛ͪ́͡ͅR̵̡̺̻͇͓̹̟̗̓ͦ́ͅa̹̺̟͓͈̎r̸͕̻ͥͤͥ͂ͪͥ̾͘͜é̛̖̻͇͚͐̂͋͋͛l̦̣̖̆̇͊ͤ̇͜y̴̞̙̞̦͉̗̏̏̊̈́̚ͅ,̴̣̟̫̯͔͒͑͋̉̃ͤ ̡̮͔̯̫͓̻̈ͦ̂ͮ̉ͦ̕͜L̥̯̣̘͚͔͙̔̌͆̒͟͝a̢͕̠̬̥̦̮ͮ̒̒̾ͨ̕mͯ̍ͤ̓͆̂҉̠̝̦̞͇p͇̩͇̦̺̭̈ͮ͂ͦͮ̈́̔̋̀̚͡ͅe̢̨͖̼͑̂ͤͤ̓̋ṅ̶̦͈̖̦̳̪̻̻̌͌̾́͋͒̔̕͢t̷̘̣͇̙̳̬̽̈͜ͅ ̭̦͍͎̮̥͍̘̽ͬͯ͒̓̀͢c͈̫͚̜ͯ̌͐̎͂̀̐̀ͭa͕͖͖̻͔ͪ̈́̂ͭ̾ͯ̚ṇ̨̰̘̤͉̬̱̪̱ͪͧ̋ͥ͌͊̓ͬ̒̕ ͍͇͈̿ͧ̈́͐̽ͦ̓ͫ̚͠b̖̹̳̭̝ͤͤ̿̓e̶̶̢͙̥̓͐ͩ̊͋́ͫ͂ ̸̨̛̱͔͉̋̾ͅͅf̵ͧ͂̇ͦ̀̐͝҉̗͕̺͔̹ǫ̴̺͙̻̺̪̯̥̋̇́ǔ̲̺͎̝͑ͫͥͬ̽̅͜n̵̪̣͕̺̭̹̻̿͐̑̂̅̃̋ͦͩ̕ͅd̷͇̄̓̍ͣͤ̅̓͘ ̷̯͚̳̺̔ͥ͑ͬͭ̓̚w̼͓̱̯͈̞̝͗̋̒͗͛͐̚i̷̜͔̝̜ͥͩ͊ͧ̄ͦ̽̑t̝̜͈̗̪̪̋̎ͪ̉̏̆ḩ͇͕̦͕͔̋͆ͫ͊ͨ̌ͫ̑̚ ͕̘̱̯̻̈L͋͒̆̂͌҉̭̳̬͚͔͚͟i̓͆ͦ͏̧͙̠̲́t̴̴̲̯̾̇̌͒̋͗̈̎ͣ͡w̨͎͎̺̻͎̻̠ͥͫ̊́i̸̸̪̓ͣͫ͆̔c̘̭̩̘͙̿̎k̢͖͖̟̖̣͑͗ ̡͖̦̫̲͚̠͉̩̺͌͐̐̀̔ͨ̕͢l̨͖̬̻͖̮̩͇ͤͫ̐ͪ̋͐̈́̀͟e̲̰̳͕̫͔̻̜̍ͬ̐̀́ã̛͓̰̪̲̌͐̓ͩ̅͠d̝͈̯̱̘̞̳̜ͬ̈́́ͤ͘͞i͈͍̺̗̱̳͎̭ͩͨ͡͡n̸̹̬̯̯̬͍̠͎ͦ͜͡g̵̜̣̖̲ͯ̀̚͝ ̛͍̺̪̝̦ͯ̉̕ͅp̸͙̘̝̹͛ͭ̇ͪ̔̍͋̏̕͢ę̵̯̱̗͉̮͚̙̲̀̉ͣͥo̻̰̘͌̏̆̋ͦ͞p̶̟͔͓͍͉͕̖͙̎̋͐ͧͣ͆ͩ͜l̸̩̝̯̻ͧ̓͐͝e̷̥̠̯͗̍ͩ̓͋̚͞ ̷̴̛̱̻̤̟̞̞ͩ͊aͨ҉̰̯͇̠͔͢͝n̛͔̙͙̦̠͍̥̾̓͊́ͅd͔͚͍̼̫̮͙͓̂̄͆̀ ͖͖͍̆͊̎̅͛́ͫ̊̀P̷̪̟͍̫̜͉̃ͣͮͦ͑̓͐̀óͭ́̈́̾͏҉̮͖͚̘̀k̴͈̮̾̑͢ȩ̶̪̱͔̲̬̥́ͮͬ̂͜m̟̠̘͓̅͋̈̄̂̀͘ơ̩͉̘͇̮͓̟̏̄̇ͨ̌ͭ͟n̤̮̮̩̰͔̥̦͆̑̀̇͂̿ͭͫ̕ ̸̦̱̝̤̖̖̪̓͊̿̇͜t̻̻̪̩͎͕ͦ̒͗ͪ̋̚̚͟o̹͖̦͓̟̼̬ͧ̽͊ͩ͒̆́̀͡ͅ ̸̫̖̝̘̫͚͓ͯ͂̀̕t̶̮̤̼̠͑̑͆ͦ͞͡ͅhͦ͛ͬ҉͠҉̣̱͇̱̖͓e̶̤͈̹̭ͦ͐͛̓̎ ̡͍̘̰̜̻̘̦̀̓̏̇̑ͅG̷̥̗̺͕̺̋̔̈́͛̎ͭ̚͜h̰̹͉̫̱̤̀̔̏ͯ̾̀o̜̳̙͕͊ͦş͉̹̮̟̋ͨͤt̡̨̻̮͇̙ͣ͊̾̌͆̋̅̏͐ ̖͉̜̩̝̘̳̀W̻͚͉̤̖̟̎́̐̃͊̄ͫͦ͞ͅo̵̶̘͍̜͉̗̓̉͆́r͉͍̆̾́̿̏̊̒ͪl̩̪̙̬̫͉̜͕͌͆̈̀̄̎ͤ̉d͍̹̖͎̝ͧ͠ͅ ̣ͩ͂̊ͩ̓͂͑w̢̻͇̅̎̒h̸͎̬͕͋̽̏͢i̳̠̞͎̘̫̫ͬ̂ͬ͗̎̽̿̉ͭl̖̹̲̣̩̯͐ͫ͋̄͡e̳̭̣̪̩̠͓̙ͨͭ̽ ͇̓̒ͅŝ̾̅̕҉̸̳̜̳̟t͈͐ͭ́͛̅e͚̥ͫͩa̟̝̤͆͋̀l̾̐ͯ̓ͨ̍̽҉̠̦͖ͅỉ̦͔̥̪̎̒̀̀n̻̰̣̭̙̲̦͉͌̂̇͛ͫ͒ͮ͢g̵̜̓͟ ͈̼͍̒ͯ̍͊ͯt̡̤̤̞̺̺͍̲̎͛͋͂̋͛h͑̀͌͌̂̂̇͏̛̲̻͇͙e͌́ͧ̊ͦ͏̷͚̀i̧̼̜̒̆ͤŕ̤̖ ̆̈́ͧ͐͂̿҉̺l̝̺͚̮ͤi̧ͬ̆̈́͑̇͛̉͏̪̮̪͍̱̘͚̭f̓̈́ͪ̇ͦ̐̾҉͙̺̮̜̗̫̩̼͡e̷̺̦͕̫͕̦͍̫̯ͧ̆̊̕ ̧̻̯̗͖̈͆͂ͫ̏͛͗̕ͅę̸̙͙̬̭͐ͬͮ̒͂̈͝ͅn̞ͬ̆̉̂ͣ̅ͤͥ͘e͙̲͙͉ͨ̏̿̎͊̄̓͊ͅͅr͂ͧͫͥ҉̤̱̼̜͕̜ͅͅg̡̘ͫ̔̓̒́y̬͎͇͈͎͕̫̬ͨ.͈̝̞͓̥̳ͩ̊͗̽͘ ̸͕̮̯̲͇̜͚ͥͮ̐̍̔͛̑


"Weird," Ash said.

They found themselves in a dining room set up for a feast.

"Maybe we'll finally meet the owner of this magnificent place," Cilan suggested.

Everyone takes a seat and sighs in relief.

The moment can't be enjoyed, however. The chairs rise, taking our heroes with them.

"Everyone, jump!" Ash yelled, leaping off his chair.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu warned its master as a chair launched itself at them. Ash ducked as the others jumped down, and again they scurried out of the room.


̧͔̻̫̤̭̭̖ͩ̉͝ͅ ̢̙̗͓̹̱̙ͮ́͞T̴͙̟͙̱̪̼̺͚̑̏ͦ̏̊͑̽̃͟h̨̝̼̺̫̮̯̳͙̆̅ͭͪ͒͆̽ͪi͕͎͍̹̓̒͐́͗ͮ͊́s̱͍̲̰͈̦ͨ̉͒͗ͫͮ͡ ̵̙̬̠̹̼͒̂͌̀͋̎o̢̘̱̭̾ͤ̂ͯ̐m̸̢͈͙̗̩̹̱̩̾̄̋͆̃͡i͔͓̖̎̌n̜̞̟̱̿̓̃o̧̖̣̥͂ͯ͑ͯ̑͑ͣ͛͞u͎̘ͮ̔̊͜s̱̖͎̻͉̉̒̅ͭ̽͟ ̦̣͇͕̳̇̿ͮ͊̈́ͣͬ̀P̺̠̫̊̔́ͨ̃ͯͤǫ̭̟͎͖̜̻̱ͪ̓̂ͧ̚ͅk̸̡̦̜̮̔é͎̺͎̤͇̐̾ͥ̔m͓̦͈͓͍̱̬̹̃ͨ̿ͣ̚o̓̐̐ͨͦ̊͠͏̪n̻̜̲̞̱̭̾ ̈́͏̯͉̩̳̘̦̜̩͉i̫̤͋ͬ́ͧ̆̓̇s̵̢͙̍͗̊̓ ̎̊̿ͩ͛̎͏͉̼͚̠͙̙͎f̶̴̞̩̒ͤ́̇̾̚e͆ͬͭͮ̉͆҉̠̤͔͔a̷̖͉̪̝͈̻̣̣̦͐̚͢r̬͎̜̺̤̦ͪ̓ͬ̌ͩ̎ͮ͟e͛͂ͧ̀̃̿̎̚͏̦ḑ͕̲̼ͭ̎̃͋͐ͤͩ͘.̳̣̙̋ͦ̔ͪͭ̒̿̚͜ ̩̅̓̋̿́͗͂I͚̰͉͉̞͇̪ͯ͛͊͒̕͜t̵̖͈ͣ̽͋ͪͯ͛͒͘ ́͊͏͉͎̺a͚͎̖̰̰̟͚͂ȓ̨̼͔̤̗̻̭̺̝͈́rͥ͒̉̊ͦ͠͏͎͙̰̫i̡̙͇̮͉̫͒ͪ̊̿͂̑̂̚͜͞v̨͎̝̝̲̱͈̐ͩͪ͑͟eͯͩ́ͧ̑͛͆̒̑́͏̩̞͈̟̗̞̗̠͕̀s̛̜̜͉̦̳̰̠͉̓̎̽͢ ̖͍̤̤̖͍̣͖͆̽ͪͪͮ͐̋ͧ̿͡ṇ̺̥͖̮̗̓́͒̍̋̑̌͡ͅẽ̸̷̝̙͍ͭ̒ͨǎ͕̲̿r̷̖͓̤͖͔̟̃͊̓̇͢ ̸̨̝͓͔̹̟̈̆͂͋̎̀t͛͢҉͙̠͖̪̫̰̬͎h̴̋͐͐ͪ͏̠͖̼͖̮̹e̵̛̗̰̤̲̹ͫ́ ̷̶͖̣̘̭͐̑͊ḿ̯̼̰͈͚̦͉̇ͅõ̧̯͕̜̗͌̀͌̿̍͡m̧̝͗͝ȩ̡͍̫̗̳ͫ̽̈͊̇ͮ͂̓͘ͅn͋ͭ͂̌ͨ͆̉́҉̼͔̪̘̭̬͖̪͟ͅt͖̜͖ͩ̐ͬ̅̊͑̅͂͋ ̶̢̖̰̣̣͍̭̪ͪ͋ͣͤͣ̾ͫ̑̚o̶̡̺̦̘̳͚͇̜͆̿́̇̋̀ͤ͘f̛̤̻̜̩̞̱̯ͣ̽ͫͯͬͩ̈ ̢̖̤̟̱̯͚͙̝̏ͫd͋ͨ̍҉̮͍̜̗̮̟̯̮͘͝e̢̘̝̗̣̗̗̫͎͗̂̒̽ͭ̕͞a̷̶̰̳̲̟͔͋͗ͧ͆ͥ̚t̶͇̜̗̀ͤ͊̔ͩ͋̚h̶̷̯ͬͭ͠ ͗̌̃̈̂͏̧̟̹̝͓̖̥͓͍̦͘a̲͕̬̜̻͇̥̮͆̐nͥ̑̔ͯ̑͢҉͚̳̬̘͝d̃̎͏̢̬ ̛̼̺̥̖̼̩̒̔͊̃ͣ̊̿̌͟͜s̮̘̜̪͖͙͆̃͒̆t̘̝͋ͧ̀̾̃͑ͯͬ͡ẽ̸͉̭͍ͩ͑̂̀̀́̚a̷̫̝̻͓̮̭̳̮̜ͣ͂ͣͨͧ́͠l̘̂ͫͨ͆ͥͧ̅ͅs̉ͮͫ͏̵̯̝ ͉̯̌ͥͨs̵̻̻̺̖̻̠ͭ̇͒ͮ̈͋͑̑͜p̨̨͈̖̻͈̘̽ͯ̾ͩͥ͗͆͘ͅi̻͙͓͔̐ͬ̿̔ͨ̽͢ŗ̸͉̼̖̫͕̿̈͆̋͐͒̿̋i̯̜͚̞̠͚̫͋̏̌̂ͨͬ̀͜͡ţ̡̬̗̦̬ͧͥ͟ ̶̸̴̹̮̼͍̘̇͋̐̐ͯ̿ͮ͑f̗̭̠ͧͫͣ̄̾͋͛ͯr̶̟̳̬͔̟͖̓͊̌̑̎̈̈ǫ̘̘̺̼͖̗̝̹͖͑̔̀m̶̼͕͙͚̭̻̺͒ͦ̃̿ͫ̕͜ ̹̗͎ͭ̊ͨ̎̀̚͡͡ͅt̽͗̋̽̅̒͏̨̺̬̩͕̪̳͠ͅh̛̺͎̝̥̯̪̜̰͑ͅe̡̪̺̼̼̱̲ͫͨ ̞͍̮̼͖ͫ̍ͬ̇̇b̻̖͎̞̆̐͆͌͆̔̆̈ͭő͘͏̖̣̯͎d̲̼̪͈̹̮͕̗ͭy̨̝̥͚̘̱̩ͣ̉ͭ̈ͬͤ͛ͅ.̡͔͎̥̠̬̐̆̊́̉̔ ̢͕̳̳͈͚͎̽̈͌ͣ͂̎̏̚


"Is that it?" Ash panted as they slowed to a walk down the hall.

"I certainly ho-"

"Don't jinx it Cilan!" Iris cried.

Up ahead, they heard a familiar voice talking to a mysterious figure. It stopped and left.

"Scarlet?!" Ash cried as they walked closer.

"No, I don't think so," Cilan said, "Scarlet's flames are blue; this Litwick has purple flames."

"Litwick," the Litwick looked up at them.

"Do you think it has a trainer?" Iris asked as Cilan picked up the Litwick.

"I don't know," Cilan looked the Litwick in the eyes, "Do you?"

The Litwick smiled and nodded, pointing down the hall.

"But why is it lit? Scarlet is almost always unlit, unless she goes into battle," Ash said.

"Lit?" The Litwick asks curiously. It's yellow eye takes an eerie glow, lifting them up, "Litwick, lit."

"It knows Psychic!" Cilan said, "You must've been the one messing with us!"

The Litwick put them down and jumped out of Cilan's arms. It's flame grew bigger, and beckoned them to follow.

And follow they did.


"Lit, litwick," came the whispers.

"Look, you guys should be really taking Pikachu's soul-"

The Litwick picked him up with Psychic and slammed Meowth to the wall.

"What are ya doing?!" Meowth cried, "What's wrong with you!?"

"Litwick, lit lit wick," the blue faded and the Litwick dropped him.

Meowth took off as the Litwick laughed.


"You once had a different trainer, right?" Danny said.

Scarlet grew silent.

Do you know what happened between us?

An uneasiness suddenly grew in Danny's chest. "No, I don't." But at the same time, he wanted to know.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

"Scarlet you're scaring me."

Good. Because she went in there, and she didn't come back.

"What happened?"

Scarlet went silent again.

"Did you kill her?"

I didn't.

There was a crash and a yowl. Danny stuck his head out of the tree as a white figure scrambled across the dirt.

"Meowth?" Danny asked.

Twerp? The cat stopped in front of the tree as the rain continued to pour down.

Ok, that was weird. He could both hear what Meowth was saying, but at the same time, the words echoed in his mind.

But the cat didn't look so good. He was skinny with bags under his eyes. His breathing was shallow and he looked… ragged? Danny could only compare this to rescue animals who'd been saved from terrible homes, that's what Meowth looked like right now.

"Deer deer deerling?" Grant asked as Danny grabbed him and pulled him under the tree trunk.

They got him Scarlet said.

Yeah, they did, you stupid Litwick! Meowth lunged at Scarlet, but passed through her. My friends are probably dead thanks to you!

Scarlet pointed at the mansion, YOU TRIED TO MAKE THAT PLACE YOUR BASE, KNOWING IT WAS INFESTED WITH MY KIND!

Jack put a wing on Scarlet to calm her down, but Scarlet pushed him away.

How do you know that? Meowth spat back.

They're been slowly eating your soul, savoring the rarity. The blue flame flickered to life as her neon green eye glowed, Otherwise you'd be dead where you stand.

Danny looked at the mansion, terrified, "We've got to warn the others then!"

Scarlet laughed, And how can we defeat them? Grant's a Normal tye and Jack doesn't know any super-effective moves against the Ghost type. I'd be much more effective at helping if I knew Psychic.

Danny put down his backpack and began digging through it, "Maybe I have something in here to help protect us." He pulled out some food, potions, his sleeping bag and TM29.

Wait, what's that? Scarlet picked up TM29.

"Sabrina gave it to me, but I don't know what it does," Danny explained.

Scarlet inspected it. What's this? She asked, finding a button.

Danny took it from her. "I don't know," he said as he pressed the button.

Booted up TM29 Psychic

Teach Psychic to Pokemon?

"What the- yes!" Danny cried.

Which Pokemon will learn Psychic?

A menu appeared. All of his Pokemon were pictured. With Grant and Jack, it said UNABLE. On Scarlet's picture however, it said ABLE. Danny pressed Scarlet's picture.

A little music sound played as the disk glowed purple. The energy shot into Scarlet. For a moment, her eye became pure blue before returning to normal.

Scarlet learned Psychic!

"Aaah, aaa!" Jack cried.

Scarlet's eye became blue as the First Bird Pokemon floated into the air. She said something that would probably make this story rated a T, but yes. Yes she did.

Danny stood up, "Let's go then." He picked up Meowth, "Do you think you could lead us to them?"

I can try, the Scratch Cat Pokemon said.


Litwick, the Candle Pokémon

Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when it absorbs life force from people or Pokémon.


The door creaked open. Danny and his Pokemon cautiously walked in. This time, the door didn't slam close.

"Deer," said Grant.

Danny looked at him, "Yeah, I'm scared too. Where to Meowth?"

Meowth mostly pointed to where they needed to go. Left, right, down the stairs, take another left. On and on it went, the corridors becoming longer and more winding. Though Scarlet led the charge, Danny noticed that her flame was out.


They appear to be helping to guide the way of people by illuminating areas that are darkened, but inreality they are actually leading them to the Ghost World


Then Danny heard laughter.

Pikachu, what a rarity!

Yeah, looks delish!

Too bad the Meowth got away.

But we've got a new feast anyways!

An umbrella floated towards Danny and nudged itself on him. Danny took it and looked at Scarlet. She only nodded as her flame flickered to life.

Danny kicked down the door to see his friends and the rest of Team Rocket on the floor. They looked starved and tired.

"Danny?" Ash tried picking himself up, but fell on the floor again.

The Litwick all turned to him.

Hello brothers, sisters, Scarlet bowed down.

SHINY! The other Litwick cried, racing towards Scarlet.

"What the heck?" Danny looked at Scarlet. These Litwick had purple flames and yellow eyes. Scarlet stood out for her oddity, her blue flame dancing with the others.

Shush you, Scarlet turned to her brethren, Like what I brought?

Aw, so this is your new "master?"

HAHA, remember what we did with that last one?

Oh, that was hilarious!

Can't believe you didn't kill it and ran while you could, Shiny.

Who cares? Look, that Meowth is back!

MEOWTH!

Danny tried going around them. He snuck by Ash and tried picking him up. It was harder than it looked with Meowth and an umbrella in one hand and a dying boy in the other.

"Ash, we've gotta move!" he whispered as Grant and Jack helped Cilan and Iris.

Pikachu, who was somehow on the boy's shoulders, fell off with a thump!

Help, Pikachu cried, It hurts Ash. It hurts so much.

The Litwick turned at the same time.

He's trying to get away! One of them cried.

Scarlet's eye became blue, lifting them up, Party's over. Let's move master!

The Litwick all turned to Scarlet.

TRAITOR!

A tug-of-war began. Danny felt himself being pulled, left, right as Scarlet did her best to get them out of their. But there were too many Litwick.

The other Litwick began throwing Flame Bursts and Shadow Balls at Scarlet. They knocked her back against a wall.

"Scarlet!" Danny cried, watching as the other Litwick tried beating her into submission.

But she refused.

A blue glow surrounded hispokemon, lifting her into the air. Her arms elongated as her shape changed its form.


Lampent, the Lamp Pokémon, and the evolved form of Litwick. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen.


HAHA, Scarlet blew back the Litwick with Psychic, Try me now, suckers! She took the group back from the Litwick and began to head towards the door, emitting Smog.

I think not! A new attack came out from the Smog.


This ominous Pokémon is feared. Rarely, Lampent can be found with Litwick leading people and Pokémon to the Ghost World while stealing their life energy.


Wild Lampet appeared!

The wild Lampet used Inferno!

Scarlet crossed her arms to protect herself, dropping the group.

I want their souls, you stupid Shiny. It was your job to bring them to me! The wild Lampet cried.

Scarlet cackled, You'll have to take mine if you want theirs! The red faced loomed above as Scarlet slammed into the wild Litwick.

Scarlet used Astonish!

It's super effective!

The Lampet shook itself with a sound of disgust. With its arms the wild Lampet formed a black ball, then tossed it at Scarlet.

The wild Lampet used Shadow Ball!

Know your place, Shiny!

Scarlet dodged it. The Shadow Ball hit the wall behind her, opening up a portal to the Ghost World.

The real battle had begun. As the Lampets began to fight, Danny helped up Ash.

"Let's get out of here!" he shouted above the noise.

The other Litwick appeared in front of them.

"I don't have time for this," Danny grumbled, "Jack use Dragon Breath!"

Jack cawed and exhaled the foulest odor. He got back under Iris and helped her along as the Litwick recovered.

KILL THEM!

"Use Dragon Breath again!" Danny shouted.

Jack obeyed.

Danny hobbled forward towards the door. Scarlet covered for them, blinding the wild Pokemon with Smog. Danny felt himself being picked up again. The door flung open as they were flung out.

Master, open that umbrella and don't look over it no matter what you hear! Scarlet shouted.

Danny was forced to drop Ash as he opened up the umbrella. It was big enough to completely covered the door. Danny heard screams and felt the Litwick slam themselves against the umbrella, but he held on.

BURN IN HELL!

A burst of energy blew against the umbrella, almost knocking Danny to the floor. The screeching curses of the Litwick filled his mind, all he could hear was them, their anguish and frustration and-

Suddenly, all was silent. The others slowly began to stand up.

Ok master, they're gone. You can close that thing now.

Danny looked over the umbrella. His newly evolved Pokemon gave a cheerful coo.

"What did you do Scarlet?" Danny asked.

Scarlet was silent, her new, internal flame burning softly. She wrapped an arm around Danny's wrist. If was warm, but at the same time, it chilled him to the core. Scarlet picked up everyone's still forms and led them out of the building.

Outside, the rain had stopped. Scarlet gently laid everyone on the ground as they stirred.

"What happened?" Ash groaned.

"I don't remember much," Jesse stood up and stretched.

As everyone got up, they quickly realized they were in the presence of enemies. Ash, Iris, Cilan and Jesse's hands flew to their belts, readying an attack.

"Hey, guys!" Danny jumped between the groups, "as much as I love hearing Team Rocket's motto, I had to save your butts from being eaten just now! Don't kill each other and make me regret it!"

"Eaten?" James asked.

"By what?" Iris agreed.

Scarlet floated beside Danny.

"A Lampet?!" Iris screamed, "Danny, those things are-"

"It's Scarlet Iris, she evolved," Danny sighed and looked over at the Lamp Pokemon, "Why don't we get back to the Pokemon Center?"

Scarlet waved her new arms and lifted the group. They protested but Danny ignored them. Danny turned to Team Rocket, "I'll see you guys later."

And he left them with the rest of his protesting friends, heading back to Luxuria Town.


Well guys, I'm sorry this is late!I went to visit my parents this weekend and didn't get a chance to upload this, and College is so brutal!

I wanted it to be extra good, since this IS Scarlet's time to shine! however, I may go back to fix the spelling errors. I just didn't want to wait any longer! I know what it's like to wait for a good story!

And my, she did shine! Scarlet evolved, and learned Psychic! She also saved everyone from a terrible death!

But what is she hiding from Danny? Why do the rest of the Litwick hate her?

;D I'll see you next week in Ominous October!

Remeber, leave a review and I'll see you on Saturday!