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Chapter 12: Horror Park

"Oh, this is so exciting!"

"Get ready to be surprised, Miss President. Our seniors are apparently known for throwing great birthday parties."

Black and White approached the large table set up in the center of Nimbasa City's amusement park. Platinum had rented the entire amusement park after its closing hours for the president's birthday party. It cost quite a bit and the birthday party was doubled as a welcoming party too. The other Dex Holders were finally welcoming Black and White into their prestigious group.

Currently, every Dex Holder except Red, Green, and Sapphire were gathered at the table. Apparently, those three have yet to arrive from their training trip to Dragonspiral Tower.

White glanced at her watch/Xtransceiver. It was currently 6:30 pm. She hoped that the three late Dex Holders would arrive soon so the party could officially begin.

But the three missing Dex Holders didn't show up. After an hour of waiting, Blue tried calling the three.

"Well, it looks like they won't make it here," she said after hanging up.

"Why?" White asked.

"They said that something very urgent had come up. I don't know what they mean exactly, but it doesn't look like they're going to come."

"Oh… So… can we start the party now?"

Blue smiled. "Of course. Red, Green, and Sapphire won't know what they're missing, but they'll wish they were here when they hear how great this party is!"

"Alright!" Black exclaimed. "But… it's getting kind of dark…"

"That's okay. It only makes the games that much more interesting," Blue said dismissively. "The first game is a scavenger hunt! Yellow and I hid a total of 13 specially marked Pokéballs around the amusement park. The person who collects the most within an hour will be the winner. But you must return the Pokéball here to completely claim it. Which means, on the way here, you better make sure someone else doesn't steal it!"

"How are we going to find them in an hour?" White asked. "This place is kind of… big."

"We only hid them in specific locations," Yellow replied. She handed everyone a map of the amusement park. "We've circled the facilities where we hid the Pokéballs and wrote how many we hid there. This should help you find them quickly."

"Alright, start searching!" Blue yelled out abruptly.

White quickly ran towards the nearest circled facility. The nearest was actually the Ferris Wheel, but White ignored that one and went to the second nearest, the Merry Go Round. Black ran with her and didn't say anything about her choice, as he knew perfectly well that White didn't like being anywhere near the Ferris Wheel after a certain incident a year ago.

"Miss President, I'll help you find them," Black said as he followed White towards the Merry Go Round. "It's your birthday after all. I'll help you win."

White nodded and excitedly began her search. She had no idea what the other games will be about, but she had no doubt that this birthday would be the best one she ever had, where nothing could possibly go wrong…

Half an hour later, Black and White approached the starting point of the scavenger hunt, with 3 of the 13 specially marked Pokéballs. They put it in the small bin labeled as 'White' to claim the 3 as the girl's. White was about to head towards another marked facility when Black noticed something odd.

"Miss President… where's Blue and Yellow?"

White took a looked around. "Huh… you're right. Where'd they go? Weren't they supposed to stay here?"

"Maybe they went to get something to eat," Black suggested.

"You're probably right. Well, come on, Black. Let's go look for more."

The two Unova Dex Holders were about to run towards the closest non-Ferris Wheel facility when they heard something… a terrified scream.

"That sounded like Blue," Black said with an alarmed look.

"Let's go find her," White said worriedly.

The two Unova Dex Holders ran towards the source of the scream, which turned out to be coming from… the Ghost House, also known as the House of Horror. Blue came from the exit, looking horror stricken but otherwise perfectly fine.

"Wow… I didn't think it was that scary," she muttered as she took a shuddering breath.

White sighed in relief. "I was worried there for a second, you know," she said to Blue. "I thought something terrible happened."

"No, there's no chance of that," Blue said. But before she even finished, a loud, pained scream interrupted her. "That sounded like Crys…"

"Is there another scary facility here?" Black asked.

Blue shook her head. "No… That means…"

The three Dex Holders hastily ran towards the source of the scream, which was the rollercoaster. It wasn't in service, which meant there would be no reason to scream…

"Do you see her anywhere?" White asked as she quickly looked for her senior.

Blue looked up and instantly appeared horrified. She put a hand over her mouth to prevent herself from screaming. "Oh no… Crys…"

The two Unova Dex Holders looked up and froze. Crystal was hanging upside down from the rollercoaster rail by a long length of rope tied around her ankles, with blood dripping from her body. White put a hand over her mouth. Black quickly embraced her and gently spun her around so that she wouldn't see her senior's corpse hanging like that. But it seemed that Crystal wasn't the only victim…

"Gold…" White muttered in horror.

Black and Blue turned to look at what White was seeing and soon found Gold impaled by his billiard cue into a tall tree high above the ground.

"Wh – What is happening?" Blue muttered. "How did this happen?"

"We have to find the others right now and make sure nothing happens to them," Black said from the side.

White trembled but nodded. She looked at the map she was given. The closest marked facility from the rollercoaster was the movie theatre. But as the three Dex Holders ran, they came across another victim. Yellow was lying face down on the grass, beside a puddle of her own blood. Blue quickly ran over to check her friend's condition.

Before the Kanto Dex Holder could reach her fallen friend, a dark figure dropped from on top of a tree and began to choke her. White stood, frozen in fear, as the assailant proceeded to kill Blue. The Kanto Dex Holder tried to free herself, but to no avail. Black quickly rushed to assist but before he could do anything, the assailant jerked the arm choking Blue. The girl twitched once before going completely limp. White shrieked in terror, realizing that her senior's neck had been snapped.

The assailant made a run towards White and the girl quickly fled. Black followed so that he may protect her. Luckily, the assailant didn't pursue White for long and vanished into the shadows of trees.

White stopped running two minutes after ensuring that she wasn't being followed by the murderer. Before her legs could rest and her mind process what exactly happened, her eyes spotted something horrifying. She was standing in front of the Ferris Wheel and she could see that the very top car had a lot of blood inside and out. White squinted and could see Ruby's hat stuck in the door…

White put a hand over her mouth and resisted the urge to vomit. She clenched her eyes shut and doubled over in front of a grass patch in case she lost the fight. Black ran up to her and gently rubbed her on the back to help. Eventually, the girl won the internal struggle and took a deep, shuddering breath.

"W – We have to go find the others as soon as possible…"

Black nodded in agreement. "I know. So far, only Silver, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are left."

White looked at her Xtransciever when it started to beep. She answered the call and Platinum's panicked voice came out. Since it was a (non-upgraded) Pokégear to Xtransciever call, the screen remained blank.

"H – Hello? Is anyone there?" the heiress asked, her voice trembling in fear.

"Yes. I'm here," White quickly answered. "What's happening over there?"

"S – Senior Silver is…" Platinum started. But it appeared that she was unable to finish her sentence and her sobs were heard from the Xtransciever. The heiress suddenly screamed. "Senior Emerald! Look out! No!"

"Platinum! We have to escape the amusement park!" Black yelled into White's Xtransciever. "Where are you? We'll find you and get out together."

"We… we are inside the Ghost House," Platinum sobbed out. "Diamond and Pearl are with me, but… senior Emerald…"

"What about the others?" came Pearl's voice.

"They're all gone," White whimpered out. "We're all that's left…"

"We're coming to get you," Black said. "Try to get out of the Ghost House and into the open as fast as y-"

"Diamond!" Platinum suddenly screamed.

"Miss Lady, we have to run!" came Pearl's voice.

Black and White quickly ran towards the Ghost House. For now, they had to rescue Platinum and Pearl, then figure out what exactly happened to Diamond, Silver, and Emerald. When the two Unova Dex Holders reached the facility, they could hear Platinum's screams from the Xtransciever before the call abruptly ended. Black kicked the door open and the two Unova Dex Holders carefully peeked inside. The entrance room was brightly lit and nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary.

The moment the two Dex Holders opened the door to the main scary path of the Ghost House, they found Pearl's bloodied body near the corner. As the two Unova Dex Holders wandered deeper inside to find Platinum, they found pieces of Emerald's fake arms littered around. White began to think that she should just flee and escape the amusement park, but she shook her head. She couldn't escape with Black alone when it was possible that Platinum was alive and hiding somewhere, even though the chances may be very slim. But if the heiress's body was found and it is confirmed that she was killed, Black and White would abandon everything and leave the amusement park.

White focused on her hearing. There was some slight commotion ahead in the hallway to the left, so it was definitely possible that Platinum was still alive. It was even possible that she was being killed right now…

Black and White quickly turned around the corner so that they may save their younger senior if she was being attacked. Despite the lack of light in the barely illuminated hallway, they could see Platinum's mangled body lying in a heap on the floor.

"We're too late… we're all that's left," White muttered in terror.

Suddenly, a figure clad in black clothes and wearing a skull mask seemingly appeared out of nowhere and dashed towards the two Unova Dex Holders.

"Miss President, run!" Black yelled as he forcefully pushed White away from the assailant. The girl did as told and ran as fast as she could manage while Black tried to stall the skull-masked assailant.

White headed towards the exit of the Ghost House as fast as she could manage. But just before she reached the exit, another skull mask wearing figure appeared from the exit and charged straight for her. White quickly spun around but another assailant was directly behind her. She could only scream in terror before she blacked out from shock.

White woke up an hour later due to someone dumping a bucket of cold water on her face. She opened her eyes and tried to sit up. She froze when she saw the 3 skull mask wearing assailants standing before her. The smallest one crouched in front of her and reached for the mask. The assailant raised it and White could see…

"… Sapphire?"

"Surprise, White!" the Hoenn Dex Holder said rather cheerfully.

White looked to the right and she could see a large table filled with all sorts of delicacies and had all the 'dead' Dex Holders gathered around, clapping and cheering. The other two skull masked figures took off their disguises and revealed themselves to be Red and Green.

"Surprise! Happy birthday!" the other Dex Holders (minus Black) yelled cheerfully.

Black approached White and helped her up to her feet. "Are you okay, Miss President?"

White couldn't reply as she was still way too stunned. Blue approached her and led her towards the party table. "Come now, White. Let's get your birthday party started!"

The president snapped out of her shock just enough to blurt out the first question that popped into her mind. "H – How… What…"

Blue chuckled a little. "Oh, that was nothing. Most of the bodies you saw from far away were mannequins. There were a few dolls here and there, and a couple of instances of my Ditty. The live action 'murders' were just acts. Genuine, first-class acts."

White let out a long groan. She glanced at all of her seniors in disbelief but was still a little relieved that none of her cruel seniors were dead. She looked over at Black who was slowly shaking his head.

"Did you know about this?"

"No. They only told me after they got me in the Ghost House," Black replied with a sigh.

"Why exactly did you do this?" White asked Blue in disbelief. "You almost gave me a heart attack… Why would you do this on my birthday?"

"Oh, a few reasons," Blue said with a smile. "I wanted to throw you a birthday party that you'll never forget. I also wanted to make it a surprise, but you already knew about it, and this was one way to throw a truly unexpected party." Her smile was replaced by a cold glare as she said her next sentence. "And consider this as a revenge for all the stuff you made me go through in Dex Holders' Challenge." The ice cold glare melted away and a bright smile formed on her lips. "But there is a bigger reason."

"And what's that?"

Blue cleared her throat and spoke in an announcement style. "White, as the newest Dex Holder, you are now a part of our group. As such, you are now an acceptable target for various pranks, jokes, and tricks by the Dex Holders and you will also be involved in all the shenanigans that we cause."

"In other words," Gold said from behind. "Get ready to have your world turned upside down multiple times a month."

White groaned again as she sat down on her designated seat. Black sat beside her and patted her shoulder.

"At least the scary part's over."

White sighed. "I guess…"

The enjoyable part of the party soon began and Blue pushed a small moving table filled with present boxes towards White.

The president opened Black's gift first. Her closest friend's gift was a ticket for a ride on the Royal Unova. White thanked Black for the expensive ticket. The ticket was for a ride in 3 days, and White couldn't wait. After all, the Royal Unova was a very relaxing and even romantic cruise.

White opened Platinum's birthday gift next. The gift was in the form of a very expensive looking scarf, which the president immediately wore. It felt very comfortable and warming too. She thanked her senior for the scarf but not for renting the amusement park. White wasn't quite sure whether she wanted to remember this particular birthday party, after all.

Diamond and Pearl's gifts were in the form of a birthday cake which would be served later, so White moved on to the Hoenn Dex Holders. Apparently the three had pitched in and got her a new Pokénav that had the detailed map of Unova along with all the other features of the device.

The Johto Dex Holders' gifts varied. Crystal's was a pair of winter gloves and socks that she had personally made, Gold's was an entry pass for the Pokéthlon near the National Park of Johto, and Silver's was a book (that White had wanted to read. Blue must've told him).

White started to open the Kanto Dex Holders' gift boxes expectantly. Yellow's box contained a compressed fishing rod that could extend in the same manner as Gold's billiard cue. Red and Green's birthday gift was… rather unique. It was an opportunity to teach both Unova Dex Holders the Ultimate Moves without going through the physical nightmare known as the 3 Paths. White mentally decided to cash in the opportunity as soon as possible, before her two seniors changed their minds.

Finally, White stared at Blue's birthday gift box. She carefully tapped it and took cover behind Black, in case it exploded. But nothing happened to the box so with a slightly embarrassed look (and a questioning one from Black), White carefully opened the box. The moment she opened it, she backed away, in case something popped out. After the heart-attack inducing opening party, White didn't trust Blue. After the Kanto Dex Holder's declaration of shenanigans, she really didn't trust her. Everything and anything could be pranks/traps in waiting, after all.

But since nothing happened at all, White looked into the box. She could see a disc of some sort, along with a disc player… She looked at her devious senior in question.

"That disc contains today's opening event in video format," Blue explained with a smile. "You'll be able to see what I saw after I pretended to be dead. You probably didn't notice, but there were hidden cameras all over the place to capture everything."

"Um…" White muttered, as she had no idea what to say to such a gift.

"Now you'll never be able to forget tonight!" Blue added in an ominously cheerful way.

White groaned. "… Thanks…"

Soon, the birthday song and the feast started. The dessert was Diamond and Pearl's birthday gift. After the (very) delicious birthday cake, which had been created by the two Sinnoh Dex Holders while they were pretending to be in the Ghost House, everyone watched in a range of full amusement to complete boredom as Diamond and Pearl performed some of their comedy acts. During the laughter/cold stares, Black sat beside White after getting another slice of cake.

"Feeling better now?"

White nodded. "Yes. The food was delicious and the gifts were very nice. Although I hate to think what might happen to me later tonight. I don't think I'll be able to forget the horrors of earlier today."

"At least everything's over now, right Miss President?"

White sighed as she looked at Black. She smiled in a way that incorporated all of her emotions. Happiness, despair, relief, fear, etc. She pulled out her Pokédex and stared at it with a mix of pride and spite as she muttered her next sentence.

"No, I think we're just getting started…"


Try not to think of what the declaration of shenanigans means. Just consider it as the formal inauguration for White's entry into SR. White, along with Black, may now be in the center focus of SR chapters instead of having strictly minor roles like their previous appearances. To be clear, SR #010: Appointments had Blue in the main role and SR #011: The Other was focused on Platinum.

Next up (non-DHC):
Red vs. Green! Their battling prowess is evenly matched. But what about their leading skills? Red and Green lead their team of Dex Holders against each other in a friendly competition to determine who the better leader is. Of course, when there is a competition, there is also a penalty…