Destiny sobs. Tears dropping down to the ground. The ice type vulpix is leaning on the floor, crying to herself while a female Indeedee caresses and sings to the newly made egg.
"Phantom, wait!" Lucina exclaims while heading to Phantom's side. She jumps toward one of the key, then at the backpack. "Did you really think I wouldn't feel through you? We need to keep a wand with us if we want to go full force-Correction-I want to go full force!" Lucina teases toward the little ghost, letting her tongue out at him.
Phantom rolls over his eyes and smiles back to her, patting her head. "Fine, fine. I'll give you a proper fight." He then forward one of the backpack onto himself while making the last one float along as he goes upward of the stairs.
"Good! It's just not as fun if I'm the only one giving hits, you know? I like receiving too!"
Phantom let out a chuckles. "I get that often!"
"What?"
"It's a joke, you'll understand once you'll be older. Don't worry about it, alright?" Phantom says while reaching the second floor.
Lucina rolls her eyes. "I have a feeling I know that joke already-It's not even one, and it's not funny!-Ugh don't make me think about earlier.- Anyway, let's try something!" She says while heading toward the door leading to her room, pressing a paw onto the door. "Here! Try phasing the two backpacks into it!"
"Sure." Phantom says while advancing through the door and phasing through. The backpack on his back falls down and suddenly stop before hitting the ground while the other presses down onto the door. The two then slides around the door and walls as Lucina facepalms at the sight. Phantom phases outward of the room. "Sorry girl, I doubt I can phase these two whole bag right now. I don't want to fuck up what i have inside."
"Phantom, it's not that! You just have to concentrate!-...And take your time!"
"Maybe later, alright?" Phantom says while unlocking and opening the door revealing a large circular hay stack inside of the room along with a window. He then forward his own backpack inside, then closes down the door and lock it.
"I don't get it, you had it easy in the dream! Why would it be any different here?" Lucina ask while crossing her paws together.
"Because in a dream, it's much more easier to do what you want. Here in real life, what if I fuck up and make my objects completely ethereal?" Phantom ask while petting Lucina head, then head over to Flame's room with the last remaining backpack. He then unlock the door to Flame's room and open it, revealing Flame on a circular hay stack with the moon shining down on him through the window. The Scorbunny has one paw between his leg as he flops down away from the two.
"Because I taught you the mindset you need to have before doing your move! You need to relax, take your time, focus on the object you want to phase...And afterward you should naturally gain the state you need to be in to phase stuff through! It's gonna be very important later if we are to hide objects or pokemon! Trust me on that!"
"You're right-But I shouldn't start with something that contains all my stuff for the team. I'll start with something small that I know i won't fuck up with, alright?" Phantom says while forwarding the backpack to Flame's hay stack bed. He then closes the door, however Lucina stops the door from shutting itself.
"Flame, are you okay?" Lucina ask.
Flame nods back without looking toward them. "Yeah...Night..." He raises one paw toward them.
"...Good night?" The Riolu respond back while backing up.
"Night kid. Have a good one." Phantom closes down the door, lock it, then leave toward the stairs.
"...Right, but I still think you can start with anything-If you can do it to a whole bag, then you can do it to ANYTHING!" Lucina exclaims.
Phantom pops up a stick and let it slide across the wall as it phases through. "Sure, but I want to start with something small, alright?-And not something I've conceived!"
Lucina gives him a confused expression. "But you're doing it RIGHT NOW!-Know what? I think you're just scared! A real wimpod!"
Phantom looks back toward his stick. "Nah, nothing of the sort. I just don't want to fuck up, alright? Beside we're still in the inn! Once we'll be out, I'll do something fun, alright?"
"Like what?"
"You'll see!" Phantom teases the Riolu as they both goes down the stairs.
As the duo reach the first floor, the Blaziken looks back to them and give them a little wave. "Stay safe out there!" Both Lucina and Phantom nods back as they get out. Outside the chill air of the night greets the two as nearby trees rustles. Most of the village's wooden house are lit up by the night sky. Upward barely any clouds can be seen hiding the stars above along with the moons and planet.
Phantom grins toward Lucina while wavering his stick around. "Who's a good girl? Who's a good girl? Who's that's stick for?! Yeah, it's yours! FETCH!" The little ghost throws the stick toward a dirt path.
Lucina gives him a disgusted face. "What the hell are you doing?"
The little ghost laughs, holding his sides. "Sorry, sorry! It's just...In my world you'd be a species of dog-Man's best friend! And really, looking at that stick and you...It's like two plus two!" The stumpless Phantump calms himself. "It's just...Man, it's been too long!-No offense alright?"
"Hmrph..." Lucina pouts back to him while crossing her arms. "That's just mean." She then let out a sight while starting to move to the right toward a dirt path. "Why would you ever talk to a pokemon like that?"
"Well...In my world they're called animals. We keep them as pets, give them food, get them happy. They can't talk-Unless you get a bird-But even then they don't really learn to talk, just mimic. But anyway, where I came from the pokemon as you call them are pretty under developed. Human were the first to reach self-awareness and build a society...Well, I'm sure there are aliens up there and many more things that went on and did the same in the universe-And I'm fairly sure your world is entirely different, a sort of new universe because I'm fairly sure magic isn't a thing where I came from but...Here we are!"
"Or...!" Lucina raise a paw while stopping and looking toward Phantom. "You were once a human here on this planet, and you woke up as a ghost after a large calamity happened! It can take years before a ghost gain conscience of where they are and what they're doing!-It makes sense, right?"
Phantom shakes his head. "Nah, sorry kid. I doubt it. The only way it could have happened is if a meteorite struck the earth and dragged it all the way here into a new area of the galaxy-Which I seriously doubt is the case." He shudders while looking upward. "Y'know...If I am a ghost, can't breathe and fly, does that mean I could just travel all the way to that planet? Erph" He looks away toward a house.
"You mean that green moon?" Lucina ask while looking upward. She then grins while looking back to Phantom. "I don't see why you'd feel scared from looking at it! It's just a moon!"
"Yeah, a 'moon'. It's clearly a planet from where I stand-But nah, I'm not interested in going in the vacuum of space and see what it will do to my body.-You know it's awfully chilly outside right now?"
"If you can feel that, then that means you'll be even colder at the ice gates!" Lucina teases while beginning to walk again.
"Yeah, chance I'll stick into Flame or something. Maybe it's just me trying to recreate the sensation I've had human, but I just can feel that coldness tonight." He then press a invisible finger onto his own tongue, then rise it upward. "Hell, I can even feel the fakeness cold saliva on my invisible hand!"
"Hmrph...That might be a problem. You concentrate too much on your external self. What if you're impeding your other abilities to shine?" She then closes her eyes as she continues walking. "I could teach you how to use the aura if you allow me...But will your self-made body part be a detriment to your teachings?"
"Eh-I doubt it. Honestly...I get rid of my arms, and all you get is a dick and tits joke of a body." Phantom says while wavering his ghostly body while Lucina groans.
"No, you're just afraid to lose your humanity! That's why you insist on keeping them constantly up-Even if you don't even require them!"
"And that's a good thing!" Coos the little ghost to Lucina as he presses a hand onto her head, giving her a headpat. "I wouldn't worry too much about that, I'd go insane if I couldn't feel my body parts." He then look back at his tail-end. "Thought I do kind of miss my legs, I can't really make them anymore since I'm always floating anyway."
"Hmrph-Enough! It's getting kind of depressing talking about that. Let's think of something else!" Lucina ask as she gives herself a little rub at her arms and legs before walking again, giving a look around. The duo passing nearby of some wooden houses. "Last time I came in this village, I had a lot of fun playing with the other younglings! I hope I can meet back with Mareep and Charmander tomorrow before we leave-I think I should be able to meet them at their local school, or at their home. It shouldn't take too long either, we have all the time of the world as long as we don't leave in the afternoon!" She then giggles while walking to the right. "It's also a bit strange being here and knowing I don't have to wait for my Dad or Auntie to leave!-Or getting told to come back because it's dark outside!"
"If I recall, you said it was your first time traveling without them, right?"
She nods back to him. "Yup! Dad really wants me to become a Lucario before I can make my own decision, but like I said I just find that stupid. I don't think he realize how much I've grow these past few years-I just stay as a Riolu just to spite him!" She snickers while heading to the right, entering a little pathway into the woods. The little ghost still following her.
"Heh. And yeah, that whole evolution thing is weird. Won't you eventually become one with time?"
Lucina shrugs. "Honestly, evolution by itself is a complete wonder! Auntie said only a strong friendship will shape me up to be like my Dad-But I don't really believe that. Dad said he became a Lucario to defend someone-At least that what he said to someone, but he tries to claim I have to be super happy or something like that. I think that's part of the reason why he doesn't want me to trouble myself by doing my own path.-He's a bit of a kangaskhan is you ask me."
"kangaskhan?"
She giggles. "A pokemon that keep her younglins in her pouch! Many parents would never want to hear that, but that's what my dad is!" She then sticks out her tongue toward the little ghost. "I just can't wait to see his reaction once we'll get back!" She giggles happily.
"Haha...Yeah, he definitely won't be happy about that!"
"Hmhm!- And I'm just glad I found you two! Most teams tend to go over the top for recruitment, or keep to themselves. I was meaning to make my own but I've been pretty unlucky. All of my friends either want to do their own path without joining a team, or just aren't the kind to handle big adventures...And my best friend had to leave and travel away." She frowns. "...I think not many people will want to travel at the magnitude I want either!" She then grins back toward Phantom while stepping backward as they keep going forward on the path. "And here we are adventuring to the ice gates!-And we'll also fight in a tournament! ...All under a week!" She snickers and turns around, then start to skips along. "Not many pokemon would even DREAM of going that fast! Hehe!~"
"Yeah, it's been pretty hectic ever since I arrived in this world. I don't think I had a dull day once-Granted it's just been like two weeks now? I still can't believe all the things I went through already!" Phantom chuckles.
Lucina nods. "Yep! And you still need to figure out why you're here, right? Maybe if we're lucky, next week we'll know what to do!"
"Yeah, maybe. I did make a promise with Flame that I'll start picking out human and search for ways to get back home next week and beyond. Honestly, if there was a way I could get back to my world in this form, that would be for the best!-But in the end I'll be doing it for Destiny and all those human that really doesn't want to be here. I'm fairly sure some of them right now are at their worse, unsure of what to do in this brand new world." Phantom shudders. "Y'know, the last thing I ever expected...It was a body that allows me to live forever in peace, without any need of sustenance from anything.-And that in a growing, cultural world with different creatures living in it."
"What if you evolved? What if that new body would need you to do something? I mean...Don't you evolve into Trevenant?"
"Yeah, in theory that's what I should become. I got no interest in becoming that-Or anything else really. If I am to become bigger, I bet I'd lose all the cute charm I already have as what I am!" The little ghost grins. "Hell, being called a kid again ain't so bad! It's just strange at that point-And I bet I could get away with plenty of things by just doing puppy eyes! Hahaha!"
"Riiiiiiiiiight. You're still a ghost, so don't expect pokemon to do you any favor once we're off this region. The less open-minded pokemon are, the more likely they'll think twice on talking to stranger!-Even less a spectral pokemon! You're even luckier to be here since Happy Town is a well known central area for many kind of pokemon to hang out!-And a well protected area too because of the ghostly affairs going on in the woods!-I really wouldn't want to imagine if you somehow were chucked near fearful pokemon, or a spiritomb...Or something worse! I'm not even kidding, there are worse fate out there and that would be getting trapped into something, banished or worse!" She then shudders. "...But enough of that, I don't wanna talk anymore!" Lucina runs and jump away from the little ghost, turning herself around while striking a fighting pose, giving the other a smirk. The two of them still on a path between the woods. "I wanna fight. Are you man enough to beat me?"
Phantom smiles back, giving a cracking noise through his invisible hands. "Of course I am!-But shouldn't you take off your backpack?"
Lucina shakes her head. "Nope! It's staying on! There's no reason I'll have it off when tomorrow it's gonna be on through all the dungeon!"
"Alright, give me your difficulty level and I'm on!"
"Just give me your best shot, ghostie!" She waves a hand toward herself, beckoning the other.
"Before we start, will the wand even heal your worse wounds? I don't want you to lose a limb or get burned here!"
Lucina frowns. "As long as you don't deliberately try to kill me, I think it should be fine-Burns are fine, losing a limb? Yeah, try not to do that."
"...And what if I go too hard? I don't want you squealing all over in pain!"
Lucina rolls over her eyes, and beckons the ghost again with one paw. "C'mon, you're overthinking it! I just want a fight-Like the one you gave me in my dreams!"
Phantom smirks. "What if I somehow tore apart your backpack? You should really let it down!" He chuckles.
"Ugh...You're the worst!" She groans while taking off her backpack and chucking at the side. "Fine, no backpack! Will you stop worrying and attack me now?"
"Hm...You're forgetting your bracelet and your scarf now!"
"WHAT? ...For REAL?!" Lucina gives another groan. "Fine, fine!" She removes both her scarf and her bracelet while walking back to the backpack, placing her items inside. She then head back onto the path and takes a fighting stance. "Alright, nothing between us now! It's just you, me, the forest!"
"Know what? Maybe I'm not fit to fight at all! I'm way too afraid to do something bad to you!" Phantom exclaims while turning around.
Lucina jumps and get knocked and rolls down onto the ground by a invisible force. She stops herself while letting out a groan, and run toward the ghost with her eyes closed, jumping off from the ground. A swirl of blue appears around her legs as she lands a hit onto the invisible shield of the little ghost, breaking through it and landing a hit onto Phantom, sending him flying toward a tree as he let out a yelp. The little ghost phases through the tree and stabilizes himself midair, getting into the ground and going back at Lucina, who looks back to him with her eyes closed. The Riolu jumps away as Phantom let out spikes underneath her feet, she then gets grabbed, her arms and legs bind by an invisible force as they tighten onto her body.
Lucina lets out a scream as she gets pulled upward to the sky.
Destiny stops her sobs, looking around the room. The female Indeedee is still singing to the egg, and at the window, the night sky is visible. The ice type vulpix gets up while completely shaking from head to paws. "I...I need to go..."
"Oh, don't worry! You don't need to go right now! It's night and-"
"I NEED TO GO NOW!" Destiny roars out, taking a offensive stance. The door opens up through telekinesis, and she storms out of the room toward the right. Her eyes shakes and dart as she quickly runs through the hallways, a ice trail forming behind her. As she turns around the side of a corner, she let out a ice beam toward the nearest window, shattering it. She takes a leap toward it, getting through as her left foot graze a shard of glass. Blood drips off as she lands onto the grass outside, and rush toward the ground path. "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!" She screams off into the night as she kept running toward the happy tree.
Lucina keep her eyes closed while pouting back toward Phantom while her body is still tied by an invisible force. "Really? You really call that a fight?"
Phantom chuckles back. "Not really, I don't wanna hurt you!" He then throws Lucina into the air as she gives a scream...And land on a invisible platform. She looks back down, letting down a whimper as she realizes how high they are. She closes down her eyes while lightly shaking. "Awww c'mon! Why the long face? It's all fun!" Phantom keep laughing.
"Take me down! It's not fun!"
"What's wrong?! I thought that's what you wanted!" The little ghost grins back.
"Hmrph..."
"Come on, sit down and look up. I want to show you something!"
"..."
"Don't worry, you're standing on a long platform with edges-" Phantom spew out some will'o'wisp, letting them float on the corner of the invisible platform, revealing a wide area. "Come on, open your eyes-And don't get near the fire alright?"
Lucina opens her eyes, looking around. "Those are eterna-flames?" She shudders at the sight. "-Are you sure you can handle it?"
"Yep, and Yep. No worries, I can handle it, alright? Now sit down and enjoy the view!"
"Fine..." Lucina takes a moment to look behind herself, then in the front before sitting down in a foetus like position, holding her legs as she looks up. "What do you want me to look at exactly?" She looks around.
"Just the view!" Phantom says while looking around. Underneat reveals a long forest on top of a mountain. The village nearby. A snow mountain in the horizon with clouds passing over it. a large lake in the horizon. Upward the stars shines while some clouds passes by.
"...I guess it's pretty from here!-But are you sure you can really handle it? I really don't feel safe." Lucina ask while tightening her paws onto her legs.
"Hehe!-Ohhh no!" Phantom exclaims while lowering himself, the will'o'wisps staying where they are as Lucina lowers herself.
"Hey! Hey! You have to take them off!" Lucina exclaims while waddling toward one of the edge of the invisble platform, waving a hand toward one of the flame and blowing it.
"Ah, don't worry. I'll take them off somewhere I guess-Where should I even put them?"
"Don't tell me you don't know how to remove them!"
"I seriously don't! Do I just let them be somewhere? Get them underwater? Or what...?"
Lucina gives out a groan. "A ghost's flame is usually forever, that's why it's a good source of light! You need to eat it yourself or let someone get into them-And heal them afterward! If you let them here, a flying pokemon could get into one and slowly burn to death!"
"Fine, fine! I'll see what I can do!" Phantom says as the two descend past the trees. "Here's the ground!" Phantom exclaims as he floats down next to the backpack of Lucina. The Riolu jumps down while the little ghost goes upward to the flames.
"DON'T FORGET! YOU CAN GET RID OF THEM YOURSELF!" Lucina screams back with her paws in front of her mouth.
Phantom gets back to the flames and look at them. He then start trying to inhale one of them, doing absolutely nothing to it. With a invisible telekinesis force, he forward the four flames together and squash them, trying to press them together into nothingness...Reducing the jambled up fire into a little ball of fire. He then throws it upward toward the planet, looking at the little ball go away. He takes a moment to observe it, then floats down, rejoining the Riolu. "There, it's done!"
Lucina shakes her head. "Not really, your aura says otherwise. What did you do?"
"I just squashed it and sent it over that planet-I doubt it will reach it or do anything important."
Lucina rolls her eyes. "What if it's hit someone up there? Like a legendary or mystical pokemon?"
"Relax! It's just a little ball! I doubt it will do anything serious!"
The Riolu groans. "I hope so for you, I wouldn't want to see a god knocking down on us because someone disturbed it!" She then walks over her backpack and put it on.
"Awww c'mon! Now you're just-"
"Shhh..." Lucina looks upward toward the planet. Phantom looks back. The two of them remains silent.
"Pfft..." Phantom start laughing while Lucina facepalms.
"It's not funny! Maybe something dangerous will happen!" Lucina whines back.
"Nothing will happen! The ball won't travel fast enough for something like that to happen!-And I bet it's already hit some space debris or something else! You got nothing to worry about." Phantom chuckles.
Lucina keep watching upward to the planet, remaining silent.
"...See? Nothing is happening!"
"...Fine, you win." She then pouts back toward Phantom. "You really shouldn't toy like that with these moons. What if something bad will happen? They're already a bad omen-Something you shouldn't meddle with!" She then start walking onto the path heading toward the village.
"Ah-Don't worry, alright? Like I said, there's a very high chance that ball won't even hit those moons! Once it will get off the atmosphere, the moons and the planet will have more than enough time to change trajectory-Meaning in not even a day, that ball will be drifting along, and in a year it will still be drifting along toward the depth of space! Unless it's hits something else. And I seriously doubt it will hit anything important! Let that be clear!"
"Hmrph...If you says so-But I still think you've caused something big."
"Trust me. I swear with every single bit of knowledge I have that nothing will go wrong!" Phantom smiles up to her, taking a bowing vow stance with his invisible arms.
Lucina gives him a doubtful look, then pouts. "...Fine, if you say so. I don't really believe you, but I guess I'm just over worrying."
Destiny looks around, completely worried and unsure of where she is. She takes a moment to lick her wound on the edge of a street, no one around. She then continues her way.
"Wait." Phantom ask to Lucina as they reach the inn. She looks back to him. "See? Nothing bad! Everything is calm, the two moons and planet-"
"Moon."
"-are still up in the sky! The air is pretty chilly, and there is no calamity that happened!" He smiles up to her. "I know it's pretty scary, but trust me. I know what I'm doing-Sort of. As much as I don't know much about my powers, I still know a lot of my science so you should stop worrying about that ball doing anything up there, alright?"
"..." Lucina gives a nod. "...You're right. It's just...I got that awful dread building inside of me. I want to believe you but I just can't..." She smiles back with a worrisome look. "But maybe nothing will happen...?" She then looks around.
Phantom shakes his head. "Nah. The action of one person can't possibly alter the fate of everyone with just this little action. Just don't worry about it, okay?"
"You don't mind if I go take a walk alone?" Lucina ask while pointing behind her.
Phantom forward a invisible hand toward her. "Feel free! We'll see ourselves later, alright?"
"I should be back before morning-I just need fresh air...See ya" She let a paw toward Phantom as she start walking away.
"Don't feel too bad! If I'm not around, I'll be back in the morning as well!" Phantom peeps up. Lucina nods back to him before continuing her way. The little ghost then looks toward the inn. He then phases into a room with a with a Simisage, a Simisear and a Simipour. Phantom takes a moment to examine the trio, giving them an odd look before focusing on the girl-like pokemon. With a little grin, he let his tail enter the girl, and let it stroke directly into the womb of the womanly monkey.
The ice type vulpix takes a moment to look at the happy tree entrance, letting out a sight of relief before hastening herself inside.
With a satisfied look, Phantom let one lash onto the ass of the Simipour before phasing downward, then looking upward at the trio.
A scream fills the room from the girl. "GUYS, I HAD ANOTHER NIGHTMARE!"
The simisear looks back to her. "How awful, dear!"
"That's okay! You're with us!" The simisage thumbs up to her with a smile and a wink.
The little ghost silently snickers while heading into another room, letting himself lie onto a circular hay stack...Next to Flame. "Hey there, buddy."
"Hey there!" The scorbunny respond back, looking lively while reading a book labelled 'The Kingdom of Ice'. His nose patch letting a shining light as he read, and waddling his legs. "Where did you and Lucina go?"
"We went for a little training session-Right now she went to get some fresh air. I see you've healed yourself?"
"Hmhm!" Flame nods while shifting position, letting himself lean on his back while placing the book upward of himself. "I did swear I'd find some answers tonight!-Good thing you guys mentioned the wands earlier, or I'd be in sleepy land!" He then looks back toward Phantom. "-And thanks for bringing me my backpack!"
"It's no problem. I wouldn't want you without it if Lucina and I weren't around when you'd wake up." Phantom says while rubbing the Scorbunny's head.
"Is this what you want?" An Alakazam ask toward Destiny.
"Yes..."