Phantom swooped right into Gardevoir's home...Everyone was gone. He went downstairs and...Everyone was eating at the table. "Phantom! Where have you been?" Kirlia ask, annoyed. "Did something happen?" Ask Ralts. "Now now, I'm sure Phantom had a reason." Gardevoir said as the ghost took an Oran berry from the table and head for a seat.
"Yeah, I couldn't get any sleep last night so I went out in town. Nothing much happened." It says while munching its food. "Wait, are you saying you've been out all night without telling any of us? Did you even sleep?" Kirlia ask. "Hm, nah...I'm a ghost so I can't sleep." Kirlia rolls over her eyes before setting her two hands on the table and forwarding herself toward Phantom.
"Look into my eyes, Phantom." "Hm?" Phantom looks back into Kirlia's eyes, a flash emanated from her eyes and...
Phantom's hearing cut off, sight completely dark. It opened its eyes to find itself in a strange house house with holes on the ground. Looking at itself...Nothing. No physical form or anything visible from itself. Phantom began to walk about, exploring the house. More holes, broken furniture, teared paintings, cobwebs and...One room with a tv and a sofa, both separated by a gap.
Phantom laid on the sofa, grabs a remote that somehow appeared next to it and began to watch what was on the tv. It was showing live forecasts, shows and others things...Except with not a single person to see, nor any pokemons. It was completely devoid of actors. Phantom throws off the remote saying "Boring." before taking a cellphone out of thin air and browsing it.
Looking at random bullshit on the internet, writing to people and wasting time playing some games, Phantom was having fun doing a whole bunch of nothing. "...Wait shit, I can do ANYTHING!" It then finally realized, letting itself roll on the sofa, then letting itself fall into the gap. Phantom then text to someone -Falling down to my doom-, the person respond back with -k-
The darkness around it turned into a blue sky as Phantom fell into a city. Plenty of buildings, yet not a single person in sight. Hitting the ground hard, it formed a crater and the nearby area got destroyed in flames...Then everything shifted into a forest.
Spotting a bush nearby, it morphed into a Lopunny who got in front of Phantom and began [M+]. "Oh great, I'm fucking dreaming this shit in front of psychics." It suddenly realized and let out.
Bundled in a little ball on its little bed upstairs, it groggily woke up, rubbing its eyes "Hmrph..." "You have strange dreams!" A voice said, Ralts's. Phantom looks back at him, he was laying down on his stomach, legs waddling and two hands on his face with a tilted head and a little smile. "...Yeah, you didn't need to see that." "Huh? Why so? Was it Lopunny?" "...Yeah, that Lopunny. Don't worry about it, okay?" "And what about these weird buildings? Are those from your world...?" Phantom nods as it floats down belly first on the bed, resting. "...Kirlia made me sleep, didn't she?" It looks back at Ralts who nodded.
"...And where is she? How long was I asleep?" "She's discussing with mom downstairs! You've been asleep for the whole morning!" Phantom lets out a groan. "...I promised a certain bunny I'll be at the happy tree guild, hopefully he not waiting his ass...off." Ralts got up and took Phantom's hand, pulling it, Phantom reluctantly floated while Ralts led him downstairs. "Then let's not make him wait!" Ralts says with a optimistic tone. "Once you'll get there, I'm sure he'll understand!"
"Morning..." The ghost groggily said as he let go of Ralts hand and get down the stairs. Meanwhile, Kirlia let out "Finally, let's go!" In anticipation as she get off her chair and rushed toward Phantom. "W-Wait!" "Okthanksbyemomloveyou!SeeyaRalts!" She quickly says as she grabs onto Phantom's hand and teleport themselves outside of the happy tree guild.
Phantom shook itself before giving off a angry look toward Kirlia. "What was that? Could you simply have waited before I made my goodbyes?" She rolled her eyes. "Oh please, we've already lost enough time. Come on, let's go!" She says as she drags along Phantom inside the guild. "Lost time? You made me sleep!" "Yes, yes, whine all you want, I don't want a tired teammate to deal with." Phantom let out a little groan, still looking tired.
Around the two of them, it was just a normal day. Lots of pokemons walking in and out, bright sun shining down, and...(No sign of that Bunny.) Phantom thought as it looks around for the little guy. They made way for the front desk where Kadabra is...Or used to be as there is now a Gothitelle nibbling a pen and lazily waiting for the next person.
"Hello! I'd like to make a team!" Says Kirlia. Gothitelle reached down for a paper and two pen, turning them toward Phantom and Kirlia. "Okay, all you have to do is fill out this form. Please go to the lounge so others Pokemons can receive services, is that clear?" Both of them nods as Kirlia takes the pens and paper, heading for one of a free table at the little lounge nearby.
As they both sit down, Kirlia throws a pen toward Phantom, who catches it between its little stubby hands, but the pen falls down anyway, it then quickly grabs it with it's tail end. Meanwhile, Kirlia took her time to read the paper.
"Hm...It says here it is recommended to give yourself a new name, what do you think about that?" She ask. "I already got a name...Kind of." "...Right. But I meant something else than Phantom." "Nah, I'm fine with that name. As long as I can't recall my old one, why bother?" It shrugs. "Yeah, but don't you think it's like you're part of a new species of Pokemon? I mean, you're a Phantump, and then you call yourself a Phantom because you removed your stump? If anything, what tells me that's not the name that is proper to your kind when you do that?"
Phantom shrugs. "Eh...You're kind of right, but I can't give a shit, sorry." Kirlia rolled her eyes. "Yeah well...I can't stick with Kirlia, I don't want to share the same name as my mom once I evolve!" She start waddling her legs. "...What name would you give me?" She ask, Phantom takes a moment to get a good look at her.
"...Rosa?" "Nah, that's a grass type name, and too close to Roselia." "Lassie?" "Sounds like Froslass!" "...Sugar?" "Do I look like food?" "Alright. Baby." "No." "Alice." "It sounds like..." She scribbles down on the paper. "...Done!" She sets down the pen, then takes a cute pose, setting her hands on her legs.
"...Hello, I'm Alice! What about you?" She ask in a cute tone. "And I'm joining your team!" A scorbunny said while slamming down the table, making both Phantom and Alice jump. The bunny takes a pose continuing. "Allow me to present myself! I am Scorbunny, and you want me!" He says while pointing at the two, one fist on his hip, and leg spread. "I've heard you two are starting a team and..." The bunny takes a seat, eyes sparkling. "IWANNAJOIN!" He ask rapidly, mouth agape, arms spread on the table and standing up on the chair.
"...Phantom, who is this?" "Ah er..." Phantom shrugs, realizing it never properly introduced itself to him. Scorbunny suddenly realize what he just did. "Oh! Sorry! A certain Squirtle told me about you two! I...Heard I should have come in the morning, but I couldn't make it at all...Wait, are you two filling out the paper?" He snatches it off Kirlia's hands. "HEY!"
"WOAAAAAAH!" He says, reading the whole thing in a pinch. "THIS IS GREAT! I GET TO FILE SOMETHING!" He snatches Kirlia's pen as well and start scribbling- then gets stopped by Kirlia. "HEY! STOP THAT!" "WAAAAIT, I'M NOT DONE!" The bunny tries to take back the paper, and Alice got one leg up on him, trying to push him away. She crumbles the paper with one hand and toss it over. Phantom couldn't help but snicker at the sight.
"Awww...Hey wait! You two never allowed me in! ...Sorry!" "PHANTOM. LET'S TALK. RIGHT NOW!" Kirlia stand down and goes to Phantom, taking its hand and getting away, the little ghost let go of the pen, not caring where it fell. Scorbunny followed, but was stopped. "No. Not you, you stay put and wait for us." "Okay!" He happily say, taking back a seat and waddling its legs and tapping the table with his hands.
Both the two pokemons got outside the Happy tree, but kept themselves at sight of the strange rabbit. "...Phantom, who is this psychopath?" Kirlia whispered. "...That's...Er...Well he just said his name. I met him last night as..." Phantom took a moment to think. Meanwhile the bunny looks back at them and waved. "...Wait, as what?" "...A turtle? I was controlling him for a bit before I got away and...Well, kept exploring the town." "Wait, wait, wait...You controlled a turtle? What the hell is that?" "A Squirtle. My bad, I found a shell and it turned out to be a turtle named Squirtle."
"Oh, so you possess other pokemons for fun now?" "Shhh, lower your voice! I don't want people to know I'm doing that!" Phantom darted its eyes about, but nobody seems to give a shit as pokemons kept going with their businesses. Kirlia rolled her eyes. "Beside I thought it was an empty shell!" "Liar...Wait, I know! You can use Scorbunny as a shell!" She looks back toward him, who was now scribbling on a piece of paper. "I mean, the way he introduced himself is a very big red flag but look at him, he's perfect as a shield!" "I don't know, the kid seems to have some sort of potential...Even if he just fucked up his job interview." Phantom let out a chuckle. "If anything, that's the kind of idiot I want to see." It points at the bunny.
"...So what do we do? Keep him?" Kirlia ask. "Yeah, let's keep him."
The two of them got back to the table, Scorbunny quickly looks back at the duo while showing off the same paper from earlier to them. "Look! Look! I filled everything!" A bunch of drawings filled the entire paper, and the team name reads out: Firestorm. Kirlia's new name modified to be Flamlice...And two added names: Flamtump and Flame. Phantom couldn't help but laugh out at the sight while Kirlia facepalmed.
"Do you like it?" The bunny's eyes sparkled while asking, Phantom floats behind him and place one hand on his shoulder. "Sorry kid, I like your little theme, but I doubt Kirlia here will like it much." Phantom takes a closer look at the paper. Scorbunny already littered the entire back of it with silly scribbles.
"Listen, we appreciate you want to be part of our team, but we've decided to not take you in." "WHAT?" Scorbunny quickly looks heartbroken, tears already running down his eyes before falling down to the ground and kneeling in front of Kirlia. "PLEASE, TAKE ME IN! I'LL DO ANYTHING!" Some pokemons around began to watch the scene, Phantom gives out another laugh looking at the pitiful sight. Meanwhile Kirlia sighs. "...Fine, but you have to promise me one thing." "ANYTHING!" "Sit down and don't move." Kirlia points at the chair behind the bunny. The Scorbunny shook itself "SURE THING!" He rushed and sat down on it. "Now wait for me here, is that clear?" "YES MA'AM!" He gives off a little salute as she made way for another paper. Meanwhile Phantom took a seat.
"...So, Scorbunny, was it? How did you hear about us?" Phantom ask, knowing exactly the response. "Well...It all began last day when I went to play outside! I spend my whole day playing outside and I found Slakoth sleeping outside! Then I met Squirtle outside of mister Delphox's house and then he told me about you two!" Phantom's eye twitched at the repetition. Meanwhile, Kirlia slaps down a piece of paper on the table. "Okay, Scorbunny, don't touch that unless you want to be kicked out." "Of course!"
Kirlia takes back her place. "Okay, what should we name OUR team?" She says while giving a sort of glare toward Scorbunny. "Flamestorm!" He shouts. "Yeah, let's go with Hydrostorm, the kid got it right." Sarcastically said Phantom with a little laugh. "Hmrph...You're not helping, Phantom." She looks back at the paper.
"So let me get this right. I'm Alice." She points at herself with the pen, then at the Scorbunny. "You are Flame...And Phantom...Meaning we can go for a unoriginal letter mash like most popular teams do. Our team name should be...A P F. APFFF...Everyone's okay with that?" "Really? People seriously do that?" Phantom ask. "Yeah, lots of teams do that, and frankly look at us. We got no idea." Kirlia whined. "Yeah!" Scorbunny respond. "Shhh" Kirlia says to him.
"...So team A P F...That doesn't sound right. Why not...Pffft...Team...F...F A P?" Phantom let out, snickering. "WHAT? NO!" Kirlia rise up, slamming down the table. "What? Why not? It sounds great! I love it!" The bunny's eyes sparkles, meanwhile Phantom kept snickering. "No! It means YOU are our team's leader!" She points at the bunny. "So what? It just sounds better! A P F sounds bad when you say APFFff...And P F A, F P A sounds bad too! F A P can be said as FAP! It's GREAT!" Let out the bunny. "Ugh...But it still sound like you're the leader, you know? Me and Phantom are starting out this team, it only makes sense either of our initials comes up." Alice leans on the table, setting her head on her arms.
"I know you don't like it, but we're in as a team and I doubt there's a attributable leader, right?" Phantom ask. "Um, actually..." Kirlia turns up the paper toward Phantom and tap at one line with her pen. "Leader...O-Oh." The ghost looks back toward Kirlia."Well, you're a psychic, so you should be the leader." Phantom concluded, then continues. "But since I came up with the word, why not think of it this way: Since you are the leader, you get to stand between us. You're the letter A, and we're your two henchmen protecting you."
Kirlia grins at those words. "...Yeah, you're absolutely right!" She start writing down on the paper. "Team F A P. FAP! Flame, Alice and Phantom. There! All written down!" "So this is it? Were a team?" Flame ask anxiously with a bright smile. "Not so fast! It says here we need a location to receive mail...Hm, my mom is usually at home so she can send out messages to us. We could also assign it to the guild, buuuuut...Nah. Plus we need an actual base." "Oh! My Dad has a spare home we can use! A friend of his owns it but never uses it! He told me I could use it if I want to...Or if you guys want to!"
Kirlia quickly passes the paper and pen to him. "Please do." "Pffft...Are you sure, Kirlia?" Phantom ask, surprised of her reaction. "Yeah, it says we can change it any time we want if there's something or a sudden change...Beside I'd give anything to get away from my family!" "DONE!" Both pokemons look back toward the bunny...Who somehow managed to scribble all over the paper again, but the address was formally filled out. -Enigma street – House 69. Phantom let out a laugh. "Oh man! What a real ENIGMA this is!" It kept laughing. "Stop doodling! I don't even think they'll accept the paper at this point!" Snapped Kirlia while taking back the paper. "Sorry! I just can't help myself!"
"Ugh...I'll just ask for another paper." She says as she goes to the desk. "At least this time we got everything we need." Phantom says while watching her go back. "Yep! And we even have a base!" Happily said the bunny. "...Who's your Dad's friend, by the way?" "Ummm..." Scorbunny looks down and set one pawn on his lips. "GUYS! COME HERE!" Kirlia shouts from the Gothitelle's desk. "You can tell me later." Phantom says as he go to her, Flame followed close.
"Okay, so the document can be taken as it is since...It contains all the information it needs. Please refrain from drawing on official papers next time mister..." The goth takes a moment to read the name. "...Flame" She looks back at the Scorbunny. "Sorry..." He replies while setting his hands behind his back, and turning one of his foot on the ground. "Because you have a base and it is also the location of the mail service, the leader will have to head there and retrieve your team's starting kit. You will also receive a newsletter and all current public requests toward teams." She then points out behind her. "Please note that general requests available behind me won't be sent." She then points upward. "And private requests will be upstairs and available to you."
She takes a closer look at the trio. "...And please note there is a experience system. You will begin at the lowest rank, Rookie, meaning there will be many requests not available until you've earned the proper rank. In extreme measures, this may be overridden...However, please note you will need special permission from the head master of this guild." "What's the biggest rank?" Scorbunny ask. "Grand Master." "WOOOOOOAH!" His eyes lit up. "WE HAVE TO GET THAT RANK!" He ask the others. Kirlia and Phantom didn't give a shit. "Of course, that Rank is only thanks to hard and arduous work. It takes several years before reaching it...If anything, no one ever did at the happy tree guild." "Huh? What about other places?" The bunny ask. "I sincerely do not know since I never heard of anyone getting that rank before." "Oh..." He let out.
"Anyway, there is a little line behind you three. Everything is filled out and I've noticed through telepathy the Pelippers about your arrival. Please head to your base and retrieve your goods. Have a good day." She conclude with a little bow. The trio thanks her and start walking away toward the exit.
"...Okay, Flame. You'll have to lead us there." Says Kirlia. "Okay! Follow me!" The bunny darted off in a hurry, running at a blazing speed...Before realizing his mistake and heading back to the duo. "Ahhh! Sorry!"
