Reflection Cave
"We got this" Iian yelled out to Blaziken which stood panting across from the panting blue wolf, Lucario
"Lucario, stay focused" Raian said as Lucario took in deep breaths, its fur tattered and covered with dirt, some on its arm singed
The two creatures had clearly taken quite some damage, further proven by the large craters and scorched pieces of the cave around them. Standing on the field along side the two was a battered Swanna which twitched as though it had been struck with electricity, and a tall serpentine Eelektross which stood covered in glowing feathers.
"You're going down" Elesa said with a smirk as she and Skyla locked eyes
"Oh please, with all those feathers, I bet any attack from that elefish will be like hitting swanna with a pillow" Skyla replied in a mocking tone
"As much as they like to banter, everyone's doing really awesome" Josue said as he sat munching on a bag of chips
"Arc!" Arcanine yipped as it sat beside him staring at the field
"That new move Raian pulled was pretty cool, but Iian's trained that Blaziken pretty well" Josue said as Lucario threw forth a shadow ball, at which Blaziken leapt forth on its long muscular legs "And I gotta say, Elesa and Skyla really are showing some skills, no wonder they're gym leaders"
"Now Blaziken, Double Kick!" Iian yelled to Blaziken as it landed next to Lucario, the shadow ball shooting off dust and rubble as it struck a floating stone
"Come on Lucario, Force palm!" Raian yelled in response as Blaziken swung forth its leg in a huge round house kick
Lucario immideatly ducked, diving under the kick, and shot up lunging its paw into Blazikens jaw. The force unleashed and dealt major damage to Blaziken, but the red bird stood its ground and shot up its knee. The powerful knee hit Lucario directly in the snout, on equal strength as the force palm. As Lucario staggered back Blaziken swung forth its arm, dragging its sharp talons across Lucarios chest.
"Good, now finish him off!" Iian yelled
Blazikens mouth began letting out steam as it prepared to let forth a mighty burst of ember.
However a most unexpected occurance happened. As the bird began to spit out, swanna came forth taking down Blaziken, being tackled by Eelktross. Swanna laid atop Blaziken, the two in pain, as Eelektross stood above them, holding its hands up high charging a large ball of electricity.
"No, Blaziken!" Iian yelled
"Swanna!" Skyla yelled in unison
"Now!" Elesa yelled, her Eelektross quickly throwing down the large ball of electricty which hit both pokemon hard
"Holy sh..." Josue began as he leapt to his feet
"Gothita!" Gothita added staring at the dust cloud
"You...have got to...be...f^cking kidding me..." Iian said as the dust cleared, revealing both
Swanna and Blaziken unconscious on the caves floor
"Lucario...we...did it" Raian said as he ran to Lucario who sat panting on the floor in extreme exhaustion and pain
"Told you" Elesa yelled out as she bent forward and stuck out her tongue at Skyla "But...we...had it" Iian said as he fell to his knees "...it was...such a sure thing" "Damn it!" Skyla yelled as she returned Swanna "You got lucky!"
"Luck had nothing to do with it" Elesa said as she patted her Eelektross on the head, the tall serpent happily wiggling around
"Wow, you saved me" Raian said as he searched through his bag
"What are you talking about? I saw you about to take out Blaziken" Elesa said with a wink as she threw Raian a full restore
"Heh..yeah...guess you saved me the trouble" Raian replied with a smile as he caught the medicine
"Hey man, that was really awesome, you had him!" Josue said happily as he ran up to Iian
"...I...had him" Iian said in utter disbelief
"Yeah, that was so close" Josue said patting Iian on the back "Great match"
"Alright" Skyla yelled out as she shook hands with Elesa "I promised you guys I would fly you, so let's get back to the port"
"Yeah, alright" Raian said happily as Lucario winced at the spray
"Sounds good, I'm pretty pumped for the next gym now" Josue added on as he patted
Arcanine on the head "Come on Iian, let's head out" "...so...bloody...close" Iian said one last time
NotToomuchlater
"Ugh, this is going to suck" Raian said looking at the enormous reversal mountain
"Stupid weather" Josue mumbled "Why couldn't we have just waited again?"
"Because there's no idea when it will clear up for flight, this was the best choice we had" Raian replied "In case you don't remember, we've been traveling for over five months now, we can't really spare too much time if we want to train enough for the Unova league"
"Come on, bloody benders" Iian grumbled as he began walking ahead of the two "Might as well get this cr p over with"
A little while later
"I hate this bloody region!" Iian yelled as he slammed the old door shut
"That rain really came out of nowhere" Raian replied as he turned around to look at the strange old little house they found themselves in
"Uck, no wonder this mess is abandoned" Josue said as he peeled at the chipping wallpaper
"This is gross"
"Hate this bloody region, hate this bloody region, Hate this bloody Region!" Iian yelled kicking the old wooden door
"Yeah, yeah" Raian said setting his bag down "Well, we might as well set up camp here for a little bit, at least until the rain calms a bit"
"We could have had a nice place to stay and hung out with Skyla" Josue grumbled as he wiped the wet Gothita down with a towel
"Alright, i'm sorry" Raian said annoyed as Lucario shook next to him "Jeesh, I made a bad call, so sue me"
"I will!" Josue yelled back
"Ugh!" Iian groaned as he threw his bag down "What is this cr p hole anyway?"
"I don't know" Raian replied looking at the cold stone floor "Just some abandoned sh!t hole" At that moment a large thunderbolt struck down hard near the house, the noise bouncing
around the walls. The rain could be heard pounding against the old roof, a steady leaks dripping combining with it.
"This place is...strange" Josue said as he pulled out a small flashlight from his bag
As he illuminated the place everything felt quite still. The walls were tearing and rotting, the floor half destroyed, even the pots dirt felt dehydrated and dead. The house felt very dark and gave off a purple tint to everything Josue illuminated.
"...we're going to go look around aren't we?" Iian asked with a look of dredd
"Yup" Raian and Josue replied in unison
"It's just a stupid house!" Iian yelled back
"Alright, then you can stay here" Raian said as he and Josue began walking
"Aw hell no, f^ck that" Iian said quickly jumping to his feet
The three began walking up the old stairs which creaked and crackled under their weight. No one had come into the house for quite some time, that much was evident. The question that remained was why, and what was in this house.
Abriefmomentlater
"Huh, what are you?" Josue asked looking at a foot tall creature which had a small purple flame atop its head, the creature smiling and waving at Josue
"There are Pokémon called Hypno. Each one carries a pendulum that it can swing to make people drowsy. It has been said that a Hypno once hypnotized a child and took it away..." Raian said reading an old rotted page from a book on a shelf "Weird"
"Think that one is weird?" Iian asked holding up another half rotted book "There are Pokémon called Drowzee. They put others to sleep and eat their dreams. Eating nightmares can upset
their stomachs."
"ooo, spooky, I like it" Raian said as he took hold of Iians book
"I don't" Iian replied leaning on the shelf "This stuff is so creepy and weird"
"What? Don't like creepy?" Raian asked with a smile as he flipped through the pages
"Oh right, you were a little goth boy" Iian said as he turned to Raian "Liked ghost stories and
such"
"If liking ghost stories makes me a goth, then yes" Raian replied as he put the book back and picked up another "Come on, how is this stuff not neat? Ghost and ghost type pokemon are so fascinating. You aren't curious about them at all?"
"Not really" Iian replied putting his hands in his jacket pockets "Just another type of pokemon that come with creepy stories"
"Meh, what do you think Josue?" Raian asked as he flipped through the pages of another book
"...Josue?"
Iian and Raian turned looking for Josue, yet they saw nothing but his flashlight set down on a chair.
"Josue?" Raian asked as he began walking to the flashlight "Very funny, where are you?" "See, you brought up ghost and now he's going to try and scare us" Iian said holding his arm
out to the flashlight "Way to go"
"But that's not like Josue" Raian said as he heard a noise from behind him.
Both Iian and Raian quickly shot around looking at the source...a closet. Raian held up his finger to his mouth to shush Iian as the two slowly began walking to the closet. The floorboards felt uneasy, but they did not creak as Raian approached the closet. Raian slowly stretched out his hand for the rusted handle, easily grabbing ahold of its handle. Lucario closed his eyes trying to sense the aura, but something was off, something was causing fluctuations. Raian slowly pulled the handle and quickly threw forth the door.
"Squa!" a raticate angrily hissed as it leapt out of the closet and scurried across the floor. "Awua!" Iian yelled as he leapt onto a nearby chair, the raticate running past him "...really?" Raian asked turning to Iian with an unimpressed look
"Uhh...no" Iian said before the chair suddenly collapsed under his weight, at which he let out another half scream
"Please don't stand on half rotted chairs" Raian said as he began walking "The last thing we need is another hospital bill"
"I was just trying to...uhh...get a good view" Iian said as he rushed after Raian "Honest!" The other room
"What is it?" Josue asked as he followed the direction the small candle like creature pointed him in "Is something over here?"
"Lit" the creature replied with a smile and a gleam in its eye, still happily pointing down the hall, where another candle like creature stood with a cat like smile.
"Gothita" Gothita said with a huff from Josues arms
"Don't worry" Josue said as he began walking "Maybe these little guys are trying to show us something important"
"Gothita!" Gothita said angrily as it looked back at the creature which smiled manically
Not much later
"Josue, come on man" Raian yelled out as he and Iian continued walking "I'm telling you it...well...nevermind...it is totally like him to wander off"
"Maybe he's back at the entrance" Iian said as he stuck next to Raian, jumping at every sound or shadow
"Will you calm down?" Raian asked as he stood looking at an old painting
"I'm just saying, maybe he's back already" Iian said as he looked around the room "Woah!" Iian yelled out as he leapt up, jumping into the wall.
"What the hell is wro..." Raian began as he saw the room being dimly illuminated by a purple glow "Helloo"
"Lit" The small candle like creature said as it hurried over to Raian
"What the hell is that?!" Iian yelled out
"Will you chill the hell out?!" Raian yelled out as the creature tugged at his pant leg "Hello bud, what are you?..damn...I think I left my dex in my bag"
"Lit!" The small creature said with a worried look as it tugged Raians pant leg
"Something wrong?" Raian asked as he lifted up the creature
"Kill it with fire!" Iian yelled out as he clung to the wall
"Ignore him" Raian said as he searched his pockets "I'm Raian, this is Lucario, and that is Iian" "Lit wick lit!" The small creature said in a worried tone as it waved its arms around
"Holy cr p...you are adorable" Raian said as he handed the creature a poffin " I can totally use you...do you want to join me?"
"Lit wick lit!" The creature said once more, waving its arms around
"What's the matter?" Raian asked as he looked up, now seeing another one "Oh? You have a friend?"
"Litwick!" the creature yelled out as Raian approached the second candle creature
"Hello" Raian said as he squatted down to the second creature
"Lit" The second creature said pointing down the doorway
"Do you want me to follow you?" Raian asked
"Lit Lit!" the creature in his arms yelled out
"What do you want to show me?" Raian asked as he began walking down the direction the creature pointed
"Raian no, Raian get back here!" Iian yelled still in the corner "Wanker, get back here!" Not much longer
"Okay, okay, okay" Iian said to himself as he rushed through the halls "No problem...just missing my friends in a strange...possibly haunted...house...no big deal..."
At this moment Iian heard a small crunch and leapt forward in the air
"Hell no!" Iian yelled as he ran forth, not noticing the small floating green Solosis creature behind him
Theotherroom
"An everlasting dark dream..." Josue heard behind him, he quickly turned but saw nothing
"He hello?" Josue asked as he began to feel a tad weak on his feet
"An endless dream of darkness" The voice continued, at which Josue turned again, this turn making him feel lightheaded
"Anyone there?" Josue asked
"Dad, Mom, Abra...?" The voice continued
"No...Josue" Josue replied as he leaned against a wall "People call me Josh too" "Where are you...?" The voice asked
"Over here, in the hall" Josue responded waving his arm as he walked forth, suddenly he could see the figure of a girl, yet when he walked forth the figure disappeared.
Theotherroom
"What's wrong?" Raian asked as the small creature he held tugged at his shirt "Lucario, are you alright?"
"Lu" Lucario replied as he shot his head back and forth looking around as though he felt there were many people around him
"Okay something isn't right here" Raian said suddenly turning around "Screw this, we're going to find Josue and Iian and get the hell out of here now"
"Lit!" a small voice said in the darkness
"Lit" another added
"Lit" another one added, followed by another, and another
As raian turned around he noticed the hall was illuminated by a slight blue tint, the shadows of several of the creatures could be seen.
"Well..." Raian began as he grabbed ahold of Lucarios paw "...F^ck this"
Afewminuteslater Justoutsideofthehouse
"Okay, new rule" Iian said as he laid on the ground huffing "No more abandoned houses"
"Fair enough" Raian replied holding his hoodie over the small Litwick to protect it from rain "At least we got out alright"
"I nearly had a heart attack, and Josue can't move" Iian replied "I wouldn't exactly call that
'alright"
"Fine, let me rephrase that" Raian began "At least I caught a new pokemon and Josue's
Gothita evolved"
"Goth!" Gothorita replied as the creature held up a shirt over Josues head
"Okay, I get it" Raian said "I screwed up...again...so f^cking sue me!" A few days later Route 12
"Wow, that was pretty awesome" Josue said as he hugged hillary
"Thanks, how's the adventure been?" Hillary asked as she returned her pokemon, her opponent running to his unconscious pokemon
"Damn" iian said in a whisper to Raian, both unaware of Gothorita ruffling through Josues bag
"She's really good" Raian said as Gothorita pulled out a small piece of break, unaware of the small chunks of rock on it
"Yeah, i'll avoid battling her anytime soon" Iian said as Gothorita began eating the bread, unaware the rocks were chunks of everstone
"Ha, agreed" Raian replied as Lucario, Glaceon, Lilligant, Empoleon, Vannilish, and Litwick danced behind him
Adaylater Route11
"Holy f^ck, what the bloody sh!t!" Iian yelled out as he put his hands on raian, blood spilling out everywhere
"Holy sh!t!" Raian yelled out as he held his midsection tight "Aaaaa!"
Lucario stood over Raian with a look of pure panic as Josue puked behind him. Liligant held its two arms over Raian trying to help, the blood pouring everywhere as Raian laid in pain.
"Raian, stay with me!" Iian yelled as he poured a hyper potion over the wound "Raian!" "Lucar!" Lucario yelled as he pressed his paws down on Raians wound, a large gash across
the wolfs arm as well
"Pawn!" The group of pawniard roared as the clawed their way over their fallen comardes, nearing the wall of pokemon
"Holy f^^^^ck!" Raian yelled in pain as blood continued to pool over him and his comrades
"Goth!" Gothorita yelled as she threw back several Pawniard, Glaceon using icy wind to hold them back, Litwick using flame burst, Empoleon using bubblebeam
"We have to move, we have to get him to an ER, now!" Iian yelled out as the groups pokemon fought the horde of Pawniard
"Stay calm, stay calm" raian said with intense pain, tears rolling down his eyes
"I'm trying damn it!" Iian yelled back
"Aaa!" Raian yelled in intense pain as the ground shook, Seismitoad using brick break
"Blaziken!" Iian yelled out to Blaziken who stood holding a Bisharps arms, the two locking eyes
"I need you to take it down quickly! We need to get Raian out of here!"
"Blaze!" Blaziken roared in aknowledgment as It continued contact with Bisharp
"Bi sharp!" the creature replied opening its mouth, reveailing rows of sharp metallic needle like teeth
"Lucario" Raian said as he began convulsing in pain "Stay strong, stay strong" "Josh!" Iian yelled out "I need your help to move him!"
"Tort!" Torterra yelled out as three pawniard crawled along its large back "Arca!" Arcanine roared as it threw a pawniard off it and spat forth flames "A alright" Josue said as he ran to the bloody Raian
"Help me lift him, we need to go now!" Iian yelled as he grabbed ahold of Raians side
"Aaa!" Raian yelled out in intense pain as Iian lifted
"Shut the hell up, I know!" Iian yelled "Josue, grab his other bloody side...no offense...now!" "Y yeah" Josue said as he grabbed Raians other side, Lucario and Lilligant helping in the lift "Come on!" Iian yelled out
"..thank you" Raian said as he held his midsection in severe pain
"Shut up!" Iian yelled
"...thank you" Raian replied