Faith in a Child

Author's Note: Hey! Sorry to intrude! I need to clear some things up in this story before I continue. First things, if you haven't ever read my stories before then you won't really know what I like to do in my stories. I have written over 50 pokemon stories and that is only pokemon. That doesn't include my own creations and the other Anime stories I wrote. These pokemon stories I wrote aren't short either. They are each at least 30 pages long. My longest was 102 pages long… I think. I might have to double check. Heh. Anyway. In my usual pokemon stories I like to kill Ash off. No seriously, I would come up with all these deaths for him and then bring him back someway or another. Well, lately I have been avoiding doing that. And Upside Down, Bouncing off the Ceiling is a good example of a job well done! . But in this story I am sorry to say, it wouldn't make sense if I didn't kill Ash. You see later in this story there is this one... Opps! Can't tell ya that! Sorry! That's all!
And I know I say that's all but I have to add one more thing! A person reviewed me saying Kamon was a default character in Silver Pokemon game. That's true. His name is. But the character I made of him isn't. So sort of Kamon is mine and sort of he isn't. Thanks Dragoness for pointing that out!

Chapter Four: Nightmare Castle

Mewtwo looked off at the horizon. The sun hit the ridge of the mountain turning the whole sky a deep blood red. Then slowly all of the sun's rays disappeared leaving the world in shadows.

"This is not good," Mewtwo muttered. "It's still two hours before sunset."

"I'm Ray. Reporting to you live on the outskirts of Johto to give you coverage on what's really going on folks," the reporter, shouted into his microphone importantly. He stood a little ways from hope valley in a big open plain. Scientist crowded behind him talking and muttering in urgent whispers. Among them are Professor Samuel Oak, Professor Ivy, and Professor Elm.

"As you all know," Ray continued. "The sun today set two hours before time. And Pokemon everywhere are behaving very abnormally. Scientists, like the group behind me, believe that this is the spot where the weird activity is taking place."

Ray then nodded to the camera boy to zoom in on the group behind him.

"Samuel!" Ray said suddenly coming right beside Oak. The old man jumped being in the spotlight of the video camera so abruptly.

"Isn't it right that you got the coordinates for this place from your assistant, Tracey Sketchit?"

Professor Oak blinked and nodded, "Why yes. Tracy is a very skilled pokemon watcher. He was able to determine by the pokemon's actions where the trouble was brewing."

"Very interesting. Now can we meet this Tracy?" Ray asked.

"Uh. Yes. He is by the camera crew truck," Oak smiled painfully nodding in the young boy's direction. The camera crew turned and wandered over. Oak let out a sigh of relief, "I hate reporters. So inquisitive."

"Tracey!" The reporter said suddenly sticking the microphone in the young teenager's face. He had been drawing in his little sketchbook when unexpectedly the microphone was stuck in his face along with the camera. Tracy let out a gasp of surprise and blinked in his loss of nerve.

"What?" Tracy gulped looking from the camera to Ray and then back to the camera.

"We would like to ask you some questions. Do you demur?"

"What?!" Tracy asked even more baffled.

"Do you mind?" Ray corrected himself.

"About what?" Tracy asked mystified.

"What the whole world wants to know right now!" Ray snapped tried of being hindered.

"Uh. You mean here. Oh," Tracy smiled finally getting the point.

"Professor Samuel Oak said you were the one who led the group here…" Ray sighed glad to be getting somewhere now.

"Why yes." Tracy nodded.

"Could you explain why you chose this place?" Ray inquired.

"Well, I have been studying pokemon for a long time. And judging by the strange changes to their behavior, me and Professor Oak- that is Professor Oak and I were able to determine that the source the problems lies here. In this small valley," Tracy proclaimed.

"Hmm. Interesting," Ray said turning from Tracy and back in front of the camera. "Well you heard it here first folks. On PNN… The Pokemon News Network and-"

"Look!" One of the scientist cried suddenly drawing the attention away from the reporter. Everyone turned to see the ground a little ways from them was slowly creaking and breaking. Huge towers that made up a enormous castle sprouted out of the earth. It grew up taller and taller becoming larger then any building ever had. It looked as this big black sky scraper could scrape the very heavens.

"Oh my God!" Ray gulped turning to the camera crew. "Are you getting this?"

They all nodded in awe.

"Professor!" Professor Ivy called to Professor Oak; She pointed to her little power reader and gasped. "The readings are off the chart!"

"What does this mean, Professor?" Tracy cried reaching their sides.

"I had no idea…"

"Mewtwo! Mewtwo!" Celebi cried reaching Mewtwo's small cave. "Did you see that!"

"Yes…"

"That castle-"

"We must prepare for battle…"

"Against that thing!" Celebi gulped.

Mewtwo didn't reply. He just stared out into space as if he didn't hear Celebi.

"We can't fight that! Didn't you see?! It just popped out of the ground…!" Celebi cried.

"We fight…" Mewtwo hissed, then to himself he whispered, Mew. Ash. We won't have to fight if you hurry. We need you more than ever now.

Mew stood before Ash's frozen body with a little sobbing Togepi at his side. She gazed at Ash's pale face sadly. Mew closed her eyes and let a tear shine down her cheek. She held out her hands and a small gold glowing orb appeared in the space between them. She held it feeling the warmth and happiness radiate off it.

"You owe me, kid." Mew hissed. She lowered the orb slowly and allowed it to enter Ash's body. His body glowed with the soft light and then dimmed. Ash blinked and opened his bright amber eyes…

To Be Continued...

Please R+R! I know that was a awfully short chapter. Sorry! Don't flame me!