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New chapter! And in one of my fave towns in Kanto... LAVENDER TOWN!

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Chapter XX:

We had checked into the Pokemon Centre in Lavender Town once we arrived, calling my parents once we got there to tell them all about Damian.

"Well isn't that great!" My Dad had beamed. "I'm glad Charizard's trainer turned things around."

"That's not all though!" Nathan had cut in. "We have time before my contest tomorrow so Scarlet, Bryce and I are going to go check out the Pokemon Tower!"

"NO WAY!" I shrieked, leaping to my feet. "There is no way in Arceus that we are going to go to a creepy tower filled with Ghost Pokemon!"

"There is a chance we wont encounter a Ghost Type." Bryce frowned. "And even if we did, I don't think they would do much harm."

Nathan nodded. "Yeah why are you so scared of them anyway?"

Ash was chuckling over the phone clearly amused by my friends innocent question.

"I'll tell you why!" I snapped angrily, causing Growlithe to twitch in alarm from his place in my lap. "I hate Ghost Pokemon! Everyone has something they don't like and for me it's Spinach, Cauliflower and Ghosts!"

"That's ridiculous! Ghost Pokemon are Pokemon too! They have feelings you know!" Nathan frowned.

I huffed and crossed my arms, sticking my nose in the air away from Nathan. "I know that. I just don't like them!"

Ash was laughing heartily now, and I turned and shot him an annoyed look. "What?"

"You are just like your mother Scarlet, only it's not bugs for you! It's Ghosts!" Ash laughed, shooting me a wink.

I just made an annoyed growl, and rolled my eyes. "Whatever Dad. I'll call you later."

"Bye Princess!" Ash beamed.

As I pressed END on the phone, Nathan and Bryce were smirking at me. "You do know you have to come with us tomorrow." Nathan grinned, and I groaned and stood up, holding Growlithe as the puppy sighed contently.

"Don't remind me. Now let's get some sleep. If I'm going to have to do this I want to be well rested."

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The next morning we woke up early, hoping to get to the Pokemon Tower and have plenty of time for Nathan to train before the contest.

We walked through Lavender Town and over to the Pokemon Tower, and taking one look at the creepy place made me shudder.

It was made of pure stone and had various cracks along the wall and the stone was clearly worn down from the rain. It was pitch black inside from what I could tell through the windows, and the top of the tower looked down on us, making the place even more intimidation then it already was.

"You know, this would have been way scarier at night." Nathan remarked, and I flushed red and smacked the back of his head. "SHUT IT! I don't want to go at all, so your already pushing your luck you arrogant Contest Boy!"

Nathan whined in pain and rubbed the back of his head where I had smacked him. "Ow! That hurt! It's not my fault your a big baby!"

My face went scarlet red and I swung my arm around in anger, but it was quickly caught by Bryce who was chuckling. "Alright you two shut it down. We don't want Nathan to end up like the spirits in the Pokemon Tower."

I shivered internally at the thought, but managed to play it cool. "Well you don't. No comment about me."

Growlithe, who was walking in front of us at the time, suddenly came to a stop, causing me to nearly trip over the puppy. The fire type was sniffing the ground earnestly, growling lowly.

"Whats up Growlithe?" I questioned nervously, looking around rapidly. "You don't... see any Ghosts do you?"

Growlithe shook his head, before his eyes narrowed at one of the large bushes in the corner of the Pokemon Tower. "Grrrrrrowl." The puppy growled angrily poised ready to attack.

'I think Growlithe has scented a Pokemon!" Bryce gasped, and the second he said that, a small shape leaped out of the bush and jumped in front of us with a cry.

The Pokemon was a small dark brown colour, and had a pale brown underbelly. The Pokemon also had a red tuft of fur between its ears and was giving Growlithe a playful look with its dark eyes.

"Lit! Litleo!" The Pokemon squeaked, his tail shaking rapidly.

"Oh wow!" Nathan gasped. "A Litleo!"

Reaching for his Pokedex, the brown haired boy scanned the Pokemon with interest.

Litleo, the Lion Cub Pokémon. Litleo set off on their own from their pride and live by themselves to become stronger. These hot-blooded Pokémon are quick to fight.

"Litleo are from the Kalos region!" Bryce awed, and I couldn't help but frown slightly. "Why is there a Litleo by Lavender Town's Pokemon Tower and not the forest like most other migrated Pokemon?"

"I don't know." Bryce frowned.

"Well right now I don't care." Nathan smirked. "I have to catch that Pokemon! It would look great in the contest tomorrow!"

As if the small fire type was reading Nathan's mind, the tiny cub smirked playfully and dashed off, racing around towards the entrance to the Pokemon Tower.

"Hey!" Nathan wailed, racing after it. "Come back here Litleo!"

I shared an amused look with Bryce and followed the brown haired coordinator with Growlithe on our heels.

I came to an abrupt stop however, when the tiny cub Pokemon raced into the tower, giving Growlithe a quick snicker while sticking out its tongue. I gulped and looked up at the tower in fear.

Growlithe barked furiously, and tried to race in after Litleo, but I was quick to snatch up my puppy Pokemon before he could.

Nathan had turned to, smirking at me. "Come on Scarlet! It's just the Pokemon Tower! I promise you we may only run into two or three ghost types!"

I flushed red and glared at the coordinator. "Nathan! SHUT UP!"

Nathan snickered and grabbed my wrist, pulling me towards the tower while I thrashed furiously. "Let me go Nathan! I swear to Arceus-"

"Nuh Uh Scar." Nathan grinned wickedly. "You're coming with us. I wanna' catch Litleo!"

Bryce chuckled in amusement and helped the coordinator push me inside while I thrashed and fought. No way was I going in there!

"Let me go!" I shrieked, but Nathan and Bryce just snickered and pushed me inside. Once we actually got inside the tower, I was paralysed with fear, and stopped kicking, and Nathan and Bryce helped me to my feet. Growlithe had been watching the whole scene with a playful smirk on his face, and I turned to my puppy and shot him a "who's side are you on" look.

The inside of the tower was even creepier than I thought. The wooden floors creaked under my feet and the purple stone walls looked like they would crumble in at any moment. There were a few paintings on the wall, but they didn't exactly ease my fears, as most of them were creepy and unsettling.

"Well" I sighed, brushing off my jacket. "At least we still have the light from outside."

The second I said that, the doors behind us swung shut with a loud bang, and I shrieked and jumped on Nathan, hugging him tightly while shaking in fear. "That wasn't funny Bryce!"

Growlithe barked in alarm at the sudden darkness, and Bryce and Nathan tried to act cool, but seemed very uneasy as well. Bryce gulped before shakily mumbling. "That... wasn't me Scarlet."

"It... wasn't me either." Nathan whispered.

I felt my blood run cold, and I let go of Nathan and turned to my puppy uneasily. "Growlithe, can you light this place up for a second?"

The puppy growled and his tail twitched slightly, before he shot a single ember that lit up the tower. While he did that, Bryce leaned forward and grabbed a candle off the wall.

"Thanks Growlithe, now if it isn't to much trouble can you light the candle?" Bryce asked, and Growlithe barked in agreement and blew on the candle, making it light with little difficulty.

"Aright, now what?" Nathan questioned, a little waver to his tone.

"Not so brave now are you?" I mocked throwing the boy a glare.

Nathan glowered at me in anger. "Still braver then you are!"

"Alright guys cut it out!" Bryce sighed. "Let's look for Litleo. He should be around here somewhere."

I shuffled closer to Nathan and Bryce as we walked through the creepy tower, checking rooms for Litleo.

"Hey Litleo?" Nathan whispered, checking the hallways. "Where are you little guy?"

We suddenly came to a huge dining room, where everything seemed to be set and ready for some kind of dinner. "Hm. This is weird." Bryce frowned. "Who could they be expecting?"

"Lit! Leo!"

The three of us spun around at the sound of the tiny fire type, and Nathan grinned when the cub Pokemon was standing in front of us, a paw casually held up to clean his ears.

Growlithe growled furiously at the lion cub, who just gave Growlithe a grin behind fangs.

Nathan grabbed one of his Pokeballs and tossed it. "Mudkip Spotlight!"

The tiny fish Pokemon appeared, and upon seeing Litleo, it crouched with a narrow expression.

"Alright Mudkip, use water gun!" Nathan encouraged, and the fish Pokemon shot out a jet of water that Litleo easily dodged. The fire type then turned to the Mudfish Pokemon and growled, shooting out a large blast of fire.

"Woah! That's Flamethrower!" I gasped, and Growlithe watched the attack in fascination and slight jealousy.

Mudkip was thrown back by the jet of fire and moaned in pain, but then slowly got to his feet, causing Nathan to grin. "Awesome Mudkip! Water Gun once more!"

Litleo smirked, ready to dodge the small jet of water again, until Mudkip growled and suddenly shot out a massive jet of water, easily throwing the unsuspecting cub backwards with a yelp.

"What the heck was that?" I awed, as Litleo struggled to get to his feet.

"I think... I think that was Hydro Pump!" Bryce exclaimed.

Nathan's mouth was open, and he grinned in delight at his water type. "Hey that's awesome Mudkip!"

Litleo was growling in anger, and when it jumped to its feet, he let out a strange screeching sound that caused Mudkip to whimper and cover his ears and even Growlihe winced for a few seconds.

"Hmm, so Litleo can use Echoed Voice." Bryce mumbled. "It is a dual type. Fire and Normal."

While Mudkip was distracted, Litleo raced forward, his mouth lighting up with bright fire. As he chomped down on Mudkip, causing the water type to screech in pain and Nathan's eyes to widen. "Mudkip!" He gasped.

"That was Fire Fang." I announced grimly. "I recognize that one."

Nathan growled angrily now, and turned to Mudkip, who was looking weak, but still got to his feet. "Mudkip use Mud-Slap!"

The water type flicked up dust from the tower directly into Litleo's face, and the dual type whimpered and staggered backwards, unable to see properly. "Lit..." It whimpered, before charging forwards, building up speed as it ran towards Mudkip aimlessly.

"It's using Take-Down as a last resort Nathan!" Bryce called. "It's weak!"

Nathan nodded and turned one more time towards his tired Pokemon. "Finish it off Mudkip! Hydro Pump!"

Mudkip shot a massive jet of water directly at Litleo, and the force of the attack sent the Pokemon wailing into the tower wall, before falling to a defeated lump.

"Alright!" Nathan grinned. "Pokeball! Let's go!"

Nathan tossed the red and white sphere, encasing the cub Pokemon inside.

It shook a few times, before clicking shut, causing Nathan to fist pump with glee. "Awesome! I caught Litleo!"

"Mudkip! Mud!" The water type chimed in, jumping like his trainer.

Bryce and Growlithe excitedly and raced forward to meet the accomplished pair, but I just sat where I was with my arms crossed and a smile on my face.

"Mudkip knows a super powerful move now as well! Great job Mudkip!" I nodded to the tiny water type.

The Pokemon looked up at me with a smile, but it faded quickly and turned into a shriek of fear. I furrowed my brow in confusion as the small Pokemon jumped towards Nathan and pressed the Pokeball on his belt, returning with a short click.

"What was that about?" I asked, turning to Bryce and Nathan in question.

To my surprise, the boys had looks of fear plastered to their faces, and were backing up as slowly as they could, with Growlithe doing the same thing while whimpering lowly.

I narrowed my eyes and put my hands on my hips. "This isn't funny you two! What could possibly be so-"

Nathan cut me off by raising a finger and pointing behind me shakily.

"What are you doing Nathan-" I turned around and my eyes widened and the colour in my face faded.

Standing behind me were three purple Pokemon, one who looked like a ball of gas, one who had large purple hands, and one who took a full form and was smirking at me menacingly. Each had evil eyes glared at me wickedly, smirks on each of their faces.

It was Gastly, Haunter and Gengar.

I backed up quickly, unable to process the three ghost Pokemon, until my brain decided to start up again.

I screamed in terror and turned around, taking off running. Growlithe yelped in confusion but followed me loyally, while Nathan and Bryce shared looks and followed me quickly.

"AHHHHHHH!" I screamed in terror, sprinting down the hallways and racing to find the door.

I heard creepy laughter from around the houses, and I jumped when I saw a pair of eyes move in one of the paintings.

I shivered and Growlithe stopped to look at me in worry. "Growl?"

It got dark the second I ran, now that I didn't have Bryce and his candle.

"Growlithe, can you try and find the exit? I'm out of here!" I whimpered, my hands shaking.

Growlithe barked in agreement and began to sniff the floor, looking for the way we came. He barked suddenly and raced off, and I followed him with a sigh of relief.

But just as I saw the main foyer, Gengar decided to pop out in front of me. "Gengar!" It shrieked in my face, and I screamed and stumbled backwards.

Growlithe, being the protective little puppy he was, jumped towards Gengar, growling furiously. "Growl! Growlithe!"

Gengar crackled with laughter and slipped into the shadows, and I swear my heart was beating a mile a minute as I looked around to make sure their were no more ghosts.

Another pair of figures was running down the hall, and out of instinct I shrieked.

"Growlithe! Flame Burst!" I wailed pointing towards the two shadows.

Growling fuiously, the puppy shot a ball of flame into the air and it exploded raining down on the two figures.

"OUCH! IT BURNS!" One of them wailed, while the other groaned and stumbled forward. "Scarlet! What was that for?"

Nathan and Bryce appeared from the shadows, looking rather crispy, and I clutched my heart and sighed with relief. "Oh thank Arceus it's just you two. I thought you were a pair of Ghost's!"

Nathan huffed and brushed the ashes off his jacket. "You must be seeing things then."

I glared at Nathan and balled my fists. "If you don't shut up you'll be dead like a ghost! Then maybe you would know when to shut your trap!"

"Guys come on!" Bryce groaned. "Can we stop with the fighting for like five minutes? How about we get out of here!"

I jumped to my feet and raced to the door, opening it and rushing out. "I'm one step ahead of you Bryce. After this experience, I think I'll never go trick-or-treating again!"

So the chapter was a little shorter, but I think it was super cute :D

So Misty hates bug types and Scarlet hates Ghosts. Nothing against you Scarlet, I'm not a huge fan either!

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Nathan's lining up for his third contest! He does get a nasty shock however, when he meets one of his contestants... Will Nathan pull through with a ribbon, using his newly caught Litleo?

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Shelbs