1 Author's Note: Well, I like Pokemon, so I thought I'd write a short fic. Read and review please.



Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemonm or the character Blaine. Amber is MY character tho, as are her Pokemon's histories. Jason and the idea of the Moon League is copyright my friend Andrew, who will hopefully be posting his fic soon.

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4 Pokemon: Ghost Tamer

"You've only got one Pokeball left," the gray-haired man sneered.

"What's your point? I only need one more," the girl shot back. She hoped her bravery made up for the lack of confidence she had right now. She was in Kanto, attempting to collect the eight Gym badges that would make her eligible for the Pokemon League. Now she faced Blaine, leader of the Cinnibar Island Gym, and the best trainer of fire pokemon. He'd already taken down her Ponyta and Dewgong, and now there was just one Pokemon apiece between them. She was lucky that Snowball had taken Blaine's Charmeleon out with him.

"Big talk for such a small girl," Blaine teased. Amber stiffened and stood up a little straighter. She hated being told that she looked small, and therefore, fragile. Standing at five-foot, four inches, she knew most men seemed to tower above her, but that never mattered. She fluffed out her dark-brown hair, letting it fall in a wavy mass to the small of her back.

"We'll see who the big talker is. Call your last Pokemon," she challenged, knowing Blaine hated to be talked down to in his own gym. The gym leader clenched his fists at his side and yelled:

"Magmar!" The floor of the gym- which was really the inside of an active volcano- began to bubble. Standing safely on the stone portions of the gym, Amber looked down at the liquid magma and saw a creature leap out of it! It landed with two feet on the rock pedestals over the lava, where the two Pokemon would fight. Amber took in its waving tail, two arms, duckbill, and skin that looked like boiling magma itself.

"Interesting choice. Now meet my last Pokemon. Boo!" Amber threw her last Pokeball, and it bounced once before opening and discharging its contents. A shape solidified from the red energy, forming into a purple pokemon that hovered there staring at Blaine and Magmar. Then the Haunter pulled its mouth wide and stuck its long tongue out at the trainer and pokemon. Amber stifled a giggle, but Blaine wasn't laughing.

"Magmar, fireblast!" he ordered as the trained pokemon responded immediately, hurling a huge blast of fire at Boo.

"See-through, Boo!" Amber told him as the Haunter blinked and allowed himself to become only ethereal energy. The fireblast went right through him and hit the solid rock wall instead. "Now use nightshade."

"Haunt, haunt," Boo replied, throwing a wave of dark energy at Magmar. It hit the surprised pokemon, and he went to his knees for a moment. But Blaine wouldn't let the fight end that way.

"Get up and use fire punch!" he ordered.

"Mag, magmar, mar," the pokemon said, getting ready to use his fist to send a concentrated fireball right at Boo.

"Boo, agility, then confuse him," Amber quickly yelled. As Magmar went in for the punch, Boo seemed to blink out of the way, but he was simply moving too fast to keep track of. Suddenly a confusion ray hit the Magmar from behind, and he stumbled along in a daze.

"No! Shake it off!" Blaine urged, but Amber was smiling broadly.

"Hypnosis, then give him a nightmare."

"Haunter, haunt haunt," Boo said excitedly, sending a hypnosis beam at the stunned Magmar, who promptly fell asleep. Then Boo shook once, and an ethereal mirror image of him floated towards the sleeping Magmar, laughing at it. The poor pokemon slumped to the floor, drained of all its energy. Blaine's jaw dropped in astonishment.

"How did you do that?" he asked.

"I didn't. Boo did."

"Magmar, return," Blaine commanded, pulling a pokeball from his belt. Red energy recalled the passed out pokemon back to its ball. Blaine started to go around the other side of the gym, when to his astonishment, Amber merely hopped from one stone pedestal to another to reach him! "You really are a remarkable young lady. That Haunter of yours is incredible. He beat Magmar faster than any other pokemon we've encountered." Amber smiled and patted the floating purple pokemon, who reached out one of his hands and patted her back.

"We train a lot, what can I say?" Amber replied.

"And it has paid off. I give to you the Volcano Badge." Blaine handed her the small red badge, and she put it into a box where she kept the other Kanto badges. "Good luck in the Pokemon League," Blaine called out as she and Boo left the gym. They no sooner reached the fresh air when a man stepped away from the rock and walked over to them.

"Did you win?" he asked softly. Amber was at first startled by his presence, but then smiled and nodded. "Good. I'd hate to see you lose now that you've come so far. There's only one more test for you, but that can wait until we're back in Johto," the man continued. Together with Boo, the two of them set off on the road back to her home.

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