Pokémon Journey:Adventures in Kalos
(A/N) Hey guys Paradox here and welcome to chapter 13. Guess what? This story just broke over 3000 views,once again thank you guys for reading and supporting this through and through,I'm grateful. So on to the story I can tell you guys things will begin to change up in the next few chapters,so stay tune. Anyway on with the chapter,enjoy.
"Friendship is the shadow of the evening,which increases with the setting sun of life."-Jean de La Fontaine
Chapter 13:Shadows in the Storm
In a deep part of the forest lies an abandoned house. The exterior looked a bit worn out and plant life begin to settle in on its walls. On the inside everything was covered, tables,sofas,and other pieces of furniture. Antiques and valuables that remained were seen as dusty and covered in spider webs. In the corridors an spooky moan echoed throughout the whole house. In a room on the second floor a small shadow was standing in darkness with blue glowing eyes looking out the window. There it saw a group of travelers running towards the house away from the rain,there it just stared at them with his eyes glowing.
Ash and the group finally walked out of the open road which let to a forest. While walking a heavy storm rolled in unexpected catching the group by surprise. Since then the group has be running to find shelter ever since. There they finally found the abandoned house and settled in outside the front door.
"Man,that really came out of nowhere." Drake said as he ran his hair to dry it,like his brother's his hair was just as messy,difference is it was much longer so if it ever got wet it would cover his eyes. "Man what a storm." Ash said as his wrings his hat dry. "Man I don't enjoy getting wet." Serena said as she tries to dry her hair. "It's a good thing we found this place." Said Clemont. "You said it. I hate thunder." Bonnie said and at that moment a thunder flashed by,scaring the little girl. "Don't worry Bonnie you're not the only one." Serena trying to cheer up the little girl,but all the sudden a thunderclap roared closer then the last one,scaring the both of them. "Ohh I just want this storm to past by." Serena shouted. "Don't worry it'll past by soon Serena." Ash said. Serena blushed as Ash tries to make her feel better and she nodded. There Ash felt like something just jumpstart his chest and the feeling revealed itself. "There it is again...it only seems to be around Serena." Ash said to himself still wondering what's happening to him.
Meanwhile Bonnie was leaning against the front door when suddenly it opened. "Bonnie you don't just going into someone's house without permission." Clemont scowled his sister. "But I never opened it. It opened by itself." She then walked it much to Clemont's dismay. "Hello is anybody home." Bonnie shouted. "Bonnie calm down!" Clemont said. He doesn't want to find something that they don't want find. By the time everyone walked inside the door right behind them slammed shut. "Hey it won't open." Ash tried to open the twin doors but with no success. "How are we gonna get out now." Serena said frighteningly panicked. "Drake can you give me a hand?" Ash hastily said. "Easy Ash,this is still someone's house." Drake said then inspected the door. "It bolted shut. I can't open it without breaking it,and...well it's still someone's door." Drake said unfortunately.
"But how did the door close on its own." Serena wondered. "It must have been the sensors." Clemont said with a slight of fear in his voice. "Yea motion detectors,they must have close the door when it's left open too long." Clemont continued. "Oh and locked the door as well?" Drake said. Everyone then turned to him. "Clemont,you don't want to hear this,but I highly doubt there's sensors and motion detectors inside this old house." Drake said he pointed all throughout the foyer. "Maybe so,it maybe an old house but I'm willing to bet it's equip with the state-of-art security system." Clemont insisted. Drake just shook his head,he knew Clemont knew he was right,he just refuses to accept it. "Maybe." Now everyone turned to Serena. "Maybe this house is haunted?" Serena said. This sent chills up Clemont's and Bonnie's spine over what she said.
"Wait why did I say that?" Serena then covered her mouth. "Even so I highly doubt that since the chances of that are as close to the power of this house still working." Ash said. All the sudden the light in the foyer came on. "Huh...guess I spoke too soon." Ash said. Meanwhile Serena,Clemont,and Bonnie wondered about the lights and how they turned on. "How did that happen?!" Serena said. "It must have been the sensors they turn on the lights." Clemont frighteningly said. "It's the only logical answer." He said. "No Clemont it isn't and you know it." Drake stated
"The only logical answer." Drake said as he walks to the staircase. "Is that we aren't alone in this house."
Serena,Clemont,and Bonnie spines chilled in fear. They knew Drake was going to say that. "Where are you going?" Ash asked. "To have a look around." Drake said. "You can't be serious,we need to get out." Clemont said. "We can't,remember the front door is bolted shut maybe while looking around we can find another way out." Drake explained. "He's right maybe we can get to the bottom of this." Ash said. They sigh since while they didn't like Drake's plan,they knew there was no other choice. "Come on Clemont it'll be fine." Bonnie said.
Everyone then search the house to find anything or a way out. All they saw was more room and furniture covered in while sheets. "You know I'll take back what I said...someone did lived in this house." Drake said while looking around. There a thunderclap roared and at the right moment Serena and Clemont screamed at what they thought they saw was a ghost,there,Ash and Drake ran to the sound of the screaming. "Guys it's just a portrait." Bonnie said who was calm the entire time. There Ash and Drake then barged in. "What happened!,is everything ok?" They said. Panting as they try to catch their breath Serena and Clemont then spoke. "...false alarm." Ash and Drake nodded and looked at the portrait which was an old woman in a dark purple dress with a diamond shaped pendent around her neck. "Huh think she used to lived here?" Ash said. "Looks likes it" Said Drake. "Maybe her spirit haunt this house." Serena said while shivering in fear,causing Clemont to do the same thing. "Why did I say that?" Serena covers her mouth.
"Let's look elsewhere." Everyone nodded at Drake's suggestion and heads to the hallway outside. While walking,Bonnie sees a small a shadow with blue glowing eyes ahead. "Hey what's that?" Bonnie then runs ahead,leaving everyone behind. "Bonnie wait!" Clemont said as he and the others chase her down. She then turns around a corner with the others behind her,but when they turn the corner,they ran to a dead end,with the little girl gone. "Huh wait where did Bonnie go." Said Serena.
Meanwhile Bonnie was in another bedroom with the small shadow slightly visible. "Did you teleport me here?" She asked. The shadow then went out into the light and said something.
"Espurr?" It said. "Do you live here?" Bonnie asked. "Espurr" it said. "Hmm..Dedenne do you know what's it said?" Dedenne then got out of Bonnie's bag and talked to it. Dedenne then came back and spoke to Bonnie. "Dede,ne." It said. "Oh man,now I wish I knew what you're saying." Bonnie said while scratching her head. Then the Pokémon led Bonnie and Dedenne to a door to the next room. In the next room there was a slide,a Ponyta rocking horse,and various toys on the floor. It then used Psychic to toss a ball to Bonnie. "Do you want me to play with you?" It nodded and Bonnie then tossed the ball back and it,Bonnie,and Dedenne played ball for the next few minutes
Meanwhile Clemont,Serena,Ash,and Drake were still looking for Bonnie in the hallways. They were calling her when they heard a loud thump come from somewhere. "What was that?" Ash said. "It was probably an old clock." Clemont hastily said. "Yea,it was probably an old grandfather clock. Since it's an old house it's probably drafty and it can be heard throughout the house." Clemont said in fear. "Maybe someone pounding a stake." Serena said. "Why would someone have a stake?" Drake said. "To stop a vampire?" Said Serena. Drake then stopped and looked at her in question as to why she said that. "I think you watched too many horror films. There are no such things as vampires." Drake said. "Oh really? do you believe in ghosts?" Serena said. Drake then stopped then spoked "Honestly...some try to kill me and Ash back then." Drake said while laughing. This made Serena and Clemont shivered in fear as to what he said. "Drake,there's no need to scare them or even tell them that." Ash said with a slight anger in his voice. He thought no one else needs to know about that. "...I know,I'm sorry guys." Drake apologized to them. "It's ok..lets just focus on finding Bonnie." Said Clemont. "So killer ghosts,Ash." Serena asked with a slight worry. "Don't worry it's all in the past." Ash said trying to cheer her up. This was the reason why Ash didn't want them to know especially Serena. Ever since that night in Odyssey Village,Serena told him she would worry when he was in harm's way. He then decided to not tell her about his past that involved him facing danger since he knew it would be a touchy subject for her.
The group then went to next bedroom,there they saw three tablecloth figures by the window. "Ahhh killer ghosts!" Serena screamed out. Ash then calm her down while Drake and Clemont got their Poké balls ready when one of them spoke.
"Killer Ghosts? We aren't ghosts you id-...oh it's the twerps." She a wrapped Jessie. "Team Rocket?!" Ash and the others said. "So it was you guys who made all the noise we heard? Serena said. "Us!? We thought that was all you twerps." Meowth said. "So what's up with the table cloths?" Drake asked. "We grabbed them since we were soaked from head to toe from this storm." Meowth said until Clemont spoke up. "Enough,what have you guys doing with Bonnie!" Clemont demanded. "If you're referring to the little twerp. Nothing we been in this room ever since we been in this madhouse." James said. "Alright it seems all of us are just as confused as the other,ok?" Drake said. Then all the sudden a loud thump echo in the hallway. "What was that?" Ash said. That sounded close,come on!" Drake and the others said left leaving Team Rocket behind. They then went into the main loft where the portrait they found was in,there they found Bonnie,Dedenne,and other Pokémon with them. "Bonnie!" They said. Clemont was revived that she was safe then scorned her for running off. "Sorry guys,I just wanted to meet this little guy." She then pointed to a small Pokémon with grey fur and magenta-colored eyes. "Who's that Pokémon." Ash then took out his Pokedex to scan it.
"Espurr,The Restraint Pokémon, It has enough psychic power to blast everything within 300 feet of itself,but it has no control over its power."
"Wow that's some power." Drake said then took a closer looked at the necklace around Espurr's neck. "Hey is that?" Drake said. "Es,Espurr." It said as it point to the lady in the portrait. "Of course its the same as the one on the portrait." Ash said. "Of course all those noises we heard,the power coming back on,and the front door bolted shut. It was all Espurr." Clemont said now understanding everything now. "Is that true Espurr?" Ash asked. Espurr nodded and spoke up while still pointing to the lady of the portrait. "Hmm Drake do you know what's he saying?" Drake was about to explain when someone beat him to it. "Espurr said it wants to return the pendent it has back to the lady in the portrait." Meowth said. "Wait what?" Ash said as he was now confused. "Lets face it none of us aren't getting out until Espurr does what it wants to do." James explained. Ash and the others then look back at Espurr who was still looking at the portrait. "Thing is we never found anybody else here." Ash admitted. "Well...with that there's only one thing." Jessie then released Pumpkaboo and order it to use Leech Seed on Espurr. It then started to suck the energy out of Espurr's body. "What are you idiots doing!" Drake said. "We need a way out and Espurr is getting in the way of that." Jessie said. "Well,so are we. Raichu come out and use Thunderbolt." Drake then released his partner and attacked pushing Pumpkaboo into Jessie's arms. "Huh why you little-" Jessie said. "That's enough Pikachu use Thunderbolt." Ash said. "You too Raichu." Both Mouse Pokémon then charged up and fired at the four,sending them through the roof and blasting off.
"Hey I wasn't finished talking!" Jessie said
"Well at least we're out of that house." Said James
"True." Meowth said.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" They said as they head into the sky.
"Well that's done." Ash said "now what?" Asked Clemont. "To be honest..I don't know if can do anything until the storm blows over in the morning." Drake said. "It's best if we get some rest until the morning." He continued. Everyone then noticed there was no other choice and each chose a spot of the loft to lay down and sleep.
The next morning Drake shudder his eyes open to his blurry vision saw a figure standing in front of him. "Serena,is it morning already?" Drake yawned out,then the person spoke. "Uhh...my name's not Serena and yes it is morning." She said. "Drake's vision then focus to see a young woman around his age with brown hair and light purple shirt and light tan long sleeve unbutton,blue jeans and tan colored flats. Drake was startle as to who it was and fell off the couch he slept on last night. Everyone then woke up by the noise. "Oh I'm sorry" she apologized for startling him. "Oh no I'm sorry for coming into your house without permission." Drake said as he got off the floor. Everyone apologize as well and told the woman everything that happened. "Oh it's ok everyone I'm just glad all of you got out of the rain when you can." She said,by looking at their clothes she could tell they were still damped from the rain.
"I'm Elise and I was just checking to see the condition of the house." Everyone then introduced themselves while Ash asked something. "So you don't live here?" Ash asked "no...you see this place was meant to be torn down in a few weeks. The person who lived here was my grandfather Howard and my grandmother Lacy." She said "oh so that's who was Espurr's trainer." Clemont said. "No...my grandparents never had an Espurr before. I think this little guy is a wild one." Espurr then showed Elise the pendent it had and she recognized it. "Oh you have my grandmother's Pendent." She said. "So why does Espurr have your grandmother's pendent if it wasn't her Pokémon?" Ash asked. Elise then told them about how the pendent was given to Lacy from Howard from when they were just trainers when they were teenagers,that's when they started dating ever since. When they got married,she told them how they builded the house to start their new life together. They had a son who which grew up to become Elise's father. When he moved out,she told them that her grandparents would always invite wild Pokémon in to play in the house,along with their Pokémon they own since their trainer days. She even told how she used to come here along with her parents to visit and she would play in the rec room along with the other Pokémon, the same room that Bonnie,Espurr,and Dedenne played in earlier.
"So where are your grandparents?" Clemont asked. Elise then turn away from them and spoke."...They passed away." Everyone then hung their heads in sadness especially Espurr who would now never be able to give back the pendent back to Lacy. "...I'm sorry for your loss." Drake said. "It's ok." She said then turn to Espurr. "So do you still wish to see them again?" Espurr then nodded and Elise turned to the group. "You guys can come too if you want." Everyone nodded and left outside. There everyone got in Elise's car and drove to the local cemetery. Then Elise showed them to where Howard and Lacy were buried. There lied two rectangular plots covered in grass and on top was one big tombstone saying.
"Here lies Howard and Lacy Morrison,a great husband and wife,loving parents,and friends to all Pokémon.
It also had one picture of when they were around mid fifties with their son,his wife and a young Elise in the middle.
Elise then laid the flowers and stood up. "I do miss them sometimes." She said "We sorry." Drake said along with everyone else. Espurr then laid the pendent next to the flowers but Elise stopped it. "You know...if she gave it to you. She would've wanted you to have it." She said. Espurr then looked at it for a moment and then put it back on. When everyone got back to the car,Drake asked Elise something. "So what will you do now?" He asked. "You know at first I agree to the house being torn down,but then I decided I'm gonna fix it right up and live there. There I'll take care of any Pokémon that comes by." She said. "That's great and I'm sure Espurr can help you." Ash said. Elise and Espurr got back into the car to head back into the house. "The Pokémon Center is just down the road up ahead." She said. "Thanks Elise and good luck on your future." Drake said. "Good luck to all of you on your Journey,goodbye." Elise said as she drove off.
Everyone then waved goodbye and headed down the road to the Pokémon Center. "So...what happen with Serena back at the house?" Drake asked Ash when they went away from the others so they wouldn't hear them. "I told her there was nothing to worry about,it's all in the past..but for her sake and theirs lets not bring up anymore dangerous moments of our past adventures,ok?" Ash said. "Understood...you must really care about her if you decided to do this." Drake said "I do,thing is something weird is happening to me every time she's like this." Ash said. "Does this have to do with that strong feeling you have?" Drake asked "All I know is that I'm certain it only comes when Serena's around. My heart races,I feel like I'm burning with a fever...I just wish I knew what it means now. What's it trying to tell me." Ash said and walks ahead. "It's telling you to accept it Ash. Because what you're feeling is love...and you're in love with Serena. One day you'll see this,and when it comes,I hope you'll know what you need to do. Drake said to himself as the group now heads to the Pokémon Center.
Done! Well I got to say this one is a bit emotional then I ever expected. Now Drake knows what Ash is feeling and hopes one day Ash realizes it as well. Well hope you guys enjoyed that. Like and Comment down below and thanks for reading. This is Paradox signing off. Goodnight everybody.
