Me: Writer's. Block. Sucks. That and the fact I had to edit an old upload to get this up. DX

Chapter 35- Possession

After a shock during our last instalment, our heroes are left dumfounded and scared at the sudden return of the king of Pokélantis, how will this unexpected shock, turn out?

"Why the king of Pokélantis of course!"

They all froze.

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"So surprised?" The king said. "I should've known that the brat's kid would be the only one stupid enough to release me, but I never believed it would take so bloody long!"

"You get out of Ruby right now!" Gemma yelled. "She is still there, creep, in your head!"

"I know, girly, but she isn't getting out!" the king snickered. "And you can't do anything about it without that Pyramid King Brandon, especially not you, pixie!"

Gemma almost launched herself forward at that comment. Yellow, Walter and Leaf all had to hold her back so she didn't cause herself serious injury.

"How about a battle, if you win, then you keep her, if you lose then you get out!" Walter suggested. The king shrugged.

"Fine, but don't expect to be as lucky as her father." He pushed past them, walking out. Pearl stood behind Walter.

"Are you sure you're gonna win?" she asked.

"I have to, or Ruby is his forever." He replied seriously. "Come on, let's follow her-... him."

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Ruby was floating in some sort of new dimension which was in fact her mind. It was all black and red and all sorts, just blobs of darkened colour. Slowly her eyes opened.

"Ugh, where am I?" she groaned, suddenly jumping a second later when she realised she was floating, and that there was a screen in front of her showing the scenery of the tunnels, making her gasp. "What on earth?!"

I think you'll find you aren't in earth any longer. Ruby jumped again when someone who looked exactly like her, but she had a dark aura around her with dark, beady eyes.

"Who are you?" Ruby asked, her voice high. Her other self chuckled.

The King of Pokélantis, brat, who else?

Ruby then had a distant flashback of her father's tale of him being possessed by an evil king, and how he had been stuck in his own mind until they had somehow got him back, bad thing was she couldn't remember that part of the story.

She just nodded stiffly.

"I guess I remember dad talking about you." She said.

I know you do, I am in your mind, remember. The king smirked. I'm off now, I have to fight one of your little pals.

He disappeared.

Ruby was left shocked and confused in her own head.

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Meanwhile, in the outside world, the king stood on one side of a large clearing, Walter about to head to the other. This gave the real Ruby hope as she knew her Pokémon would be no match for his, when the king shook her head and gestured for him to go.

"What?" Walter asked, teeth bared.

"I know all about you from her head, wrinkles, so why don't you go sit down and I battle someone that is more her level." The king snickered. Walter snarled before Gemma pulled him back. "You there, blue hair!" He pointed at Pearl, who looked very scared. "You are the only one here I stand a chance at against with this girl's crappy stash of Pokémon-..." Suddenly his voice changed to Ruby's for a moment. "Hey! My Pokémon aren't crappy!" Everyone gasped, but the purple aura pushed in waves over her head and she became the king again.

"M-me?" Pearl said. He glared at her. Gulping she walked up to the side opposite him and placed a hand on her Poké balls.

"I'll ref then." Leaf said, standing up and walking to the side of the battle area. "This is a two on two match between uh... The King of Pokélantis and Pearl Oak. Begin?"

"Go Piplup!" Pearl called. The king snickered.

"Go Pichu." He said simply. Everyone winced visibly.

That Pokémon was the offspring of the strongest Pikachu in the world, Pearl was in a big jam.

"Uh, Piplup use peck!"

"Pichu, use thunder bolt." The attack hit the poor water type penguin hard, knocking her back into her trainer's leg, but she struggled back up.

"Pip, are you OK?" Pearl asked. Piplup nodded slightly before getting ready to attack again. The king frowned at the determination in the Pokémon's eyes, and quickly decided on a more evil strategy.

"Pichu use thunder on the girl!" he yelled. Pichu looked back at her trainer, shocked. "I said thunder!"

"PEARL! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Leaf yelled. Pearl was frozen in shock and fear in the path of the oncoming attack. Leaf's fists clenched before he pulled a sudden move, launching across the gap between himself and the girl, knocking her to the side and instead getting hit himself.

The electricity coursed through his muscles, making him scream in intense pain. The electricity flickered around him, before it dissipated and he collapsed forward onto the ground. Pearl screamed in horror, running over and shaking him. Everyone else followed, but only Gemma got through before the king put a wall of dark aura in front of them, trapping them.

Gemma looked back for a second before kneeling by Leaf.

"Go continue the battle, Pearl, I'll treat him with the knowledge I have from Carlisle." The ex-vampire said. Pearl nodded.

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Me: Cliff-hanger again! I'm not gunna put behind the scenes up until the end of the mess with the 'King', R&R!