Chapter 17
Upon opening the door, the bright pink glow visible from the outside immediately vanished. The room was completely empty, with the exception of three candles oddly lit in parallel corners.
Tony decided to be brave, and take the first step into the haunted room. He looked around the empty room with confusion. One more step forward, and Tony was sent crashing to the wooden floor face first. Blaze ran over to his trainer's side quickly. Kat followed, but stopped just short before discovering the hardly visible piece of fishing line that Tony had tripped over.
"Oh my poor Tony! Who did this? It wasn't very nice!" Kat said angered.
"Kwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" a voice shrieked out.
"It was the ghost" Samantha said unfazed. She winced and looked around the large, empty room.
Bobby walked in front of he recovering Tony, and was met with a spring-loaded boxing glove right to the head!
Samantha ran over to Bobby to see if he was ok, but she got a can of seltzer water in the eyes. The water evaporated off her red-with-anger face…that was the last straw!
"That does it! You may find this funny, but you're hurting us you dumb ghost! Why are you such a coward? SHOW YOURSELF! I don't care what you are! A Gastly, a Haunter, a Gengar…COME OUT RIGHT NOW!" Samantha screamed, almost turning bright purple!
The voice laughed even harder. As it materialized, Samantha knew how wrong she was to ask the Ghost-Pokémon to appear. The pinkish cloud began to take shape, and the three novice trainers began to quiver with fear. The cloud grew a face…you didn't have to be a Pokédex to realize it wasn't a Gastly. Samantha's hand shook, as she reached into her satchel and removed her Pokédex…
"Misdreavus. The SCREECH Pokémon.
Details of this newly discovered Pokémon,
Are unknown…"
"M-M-Misdreavus!" it laughed hysterically.
"So, all of the Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar DID leave! But you decided to stay behind, huh?" Samantha called over to the Ghost-Pokémon.
"Dree…dree! Misdreavus!" it cackled.
Samantha looked down at her unconscious Bulbasaur. She then looked at the very ghost responsible. She gritted her teeth in anger…
"Hey you! You may think that that's a riot, but you really hurt Tony and Bobby you little witch! I'm going to teach you a lesson—and I'm gonna do it in a Pokémon battle!"
Misdreavus exploded with boisterous laughter. After all these hilarious pranks, this little girl wanted to battle? The ghost felt is was more than ready to keep its territory, and nodded at Samantha.
"Fine then! Go get 'em Bobby!" she accidentally called out.
"Bul…bul…bullllllll…" Bobby gurgled trying to get up.
"Whoops. I meant…GO JULIE!"
Julie shook her head after coming out of her Poké Ball. She did a few arm circles, then yawned, before finally staring down her opponent.
"Be careful Sammie! We don't know what that thing can do!" Kat said.
Misdreavus struck first. It used a terrible NIGHT SHADE attack to send Samantha's Pikachu flying.
"Julie use your SWIFT…"
"No Sammie! Physical attacks don't hurt the Ghost-Types!" Kat yelled.
"Thanks Kat! In that case…JULIE…THUNDERBOLT!"
"Pee…kaa…choo!" Julie screamed unleashing a surge of electricity. Misdreavus grimaced in pain as the electric field consumed its body.
Misdreavus responded, and came back with another NIGHT SHADE!
"Hold your ground Julie! THUNDERBOLT!"
Julie connected again, leaving Misdreavus in shock—literally!
Misdreavus began to shake violently and glow a bright shade of purple. Samantha didn't know what the Ghost-Pokémon was up to, but her Pokédex would explain…
"SHADOW BALL. Misdreavus' most powerful attack.
This attack is extremely powerful, and dangerous."
"Julie heads up!" Samantha cried out.
"Mis—dreavus!" Misdreavus screamed sending the dark ball of energy at Julie.
Julie had no time to react as the attack sent her flying into a wall. There would be no victory dance for Julie this time…
"Oh no! Julie RETURN!" Samantha commanded. Julie was collected in a beam of red light, which returned her to her Poké Ball home…
"Good job Julie! You did your best honey…" Samantha said rubbing the Poké Ball against her cheek.
"Ready to go Bobby?" Samantha asked her Bulbasaur…
"Bullllllll…" Bobby weakly said.
"Okay then…looks like you're on Lianne!"
"Wigglytuff!" Lianne happily shouted stepping forward.
Misdreavus began storing energy to unleash another SHADOW BALL attack. This time, Samantha was ready!
"Lianne…FLASH attack!"
Lianne's whole body lit up brilliantly. Misdreavus closed its eyes to keep the bright light out of her eyes. You don't see much light in a dark tower…
"Ok Lianne just like Mr. Fuji and I taught you…ICE BEAM!"
Lianne raised one arm into the air, and shot the polar blue beam at Misdreavus. The beam hit home, and froze Misdreavus solid.
Samantha threw a Poké Ball, but Misdreavus had slipped out of its icy tomb.
"Well then you leave me no choice! Lianne, SING!" Samantha said covering her ears. Kat and Tony did the same, as did Bobby.
"Wigglytuff…wiggly…wiggly…tuff…" Lianne sang.
Misdreavus could not resist. It became groggy, and soon started to float towards the ground…
"One more time…Poké Ball GO!"
Misdreavus was vacuumed into the Poké Ball. After a good 15 seconds of struggling, the indicator light finally went off. Samantha had made the impossible catch!
"YES!" Samantha screamed.
Pokémon Tower began to shake violently. The ceiling cracked, before a big hole was tore in it.
"Hey Sam! I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back! We need to get out of here FAST!" Kat yelled.
"But how?! We'll never make it Kat!" Tony screamed in panic.
"Leave that to me! GO FEAROW!"
Kat's mighty bird type was released from the Poké Ball.
"Hop on everyone!" Kat smiled, "I love bird Pokémon…just because of MIRROR MOVE!"
"Can that thing hold all three of us?" Samantha asked quickly.
"Sure…Duplinka raised it! Let's go!"
Samantha recalled Bobby and Lianne. Tony picked up Blaze. The trio of trainers got onto Fearow's back gently. After adjusting to the weight of the two light girls, one slender boy, and one Growlithe, it ascended itself and its cargo through the hole in the roof. Fearow flew a couple hundred yards away from Pokémon Tower, and landed gently in front of Mr. Fuji's house.
Mr. Fuji ran outside in time to join Samantha, Kat, and Tony in watching Pokémon Tower collapse into a pile of rubble.
"My goodness! Well, at least that will save us a bundle in demolition bills! Did you save the Pokémon?" he asked eagerly.
"Come on out! " Samantha happily shouted.
"Dree—vas!" Misdreavus cried exiting its Poké Ball.
"Ah, so it was a Misdreavus?" Mr. Fuji asked surprised, "No wonder we couldn't get it to leave…"
Mr. Fuji looked at the purplish ghost in front of him. He stared at it for awhile, before coming to the conclusion that it liked having Samantha as a trainer. How did he know? 45 years of Pokémon training will do that to you…you gain a 6th sense towards the way they feel…
"I have to hand it to you…Misdreavus is hard to capture. By the same token, it's hard to raise too. But I know you are a talented young lady. I can never thank you, Tony, or Kat enough for risking your lives to save that of one Pokémon's. I have a little something for each of you…please come inside."
Inside the Pokémon Volunteer House, the three trainers sat at the kitchen table wondering what Mr. Fuji had in mind…
"For Tony, I give you this. First, this is a FIRE STONE. It will make Blaze evolve into an Arcanine. But don't evolve him unless you KNOW the time is right.
"Now for our hero Kat. If it weren't for you and your Fearow, this could have ended in tragedy! So I want you to have this…"
Mr. Fuji placed a Poké Ball in Kat's hand.
"What is it?" Kat said opening the Poké Ball…
"Oopa! Oopa!" the little Wooper cried.
"WOW! It's a real sweetie!" Kat said picking it up, "I'll take really good care of it!"
"See that you do!" Fuji said firmly.
Mr. Fuji walked over to a picture on the wall. He moved the picture to reveal a safe. He entered the correct combination of numbers, and opened the safe. From within it, he withdrew 3 small boxes, then closed it.
"I've saved the best for last…"
After Samantha received the three boxes from Mr. Fuji, she looked at them like a 5-year-old looks at a birthday present. She opened the first one to find a little seed…
"That is a MIRACLE SEED. If you give that to your Bulbasaur, its power will increase!"
Samantha opened the second box, to find only a small piece of paper. She held it up and looked at Mr. Fuji with a puzzled look…
"Heh heh—that happens to be a SPELL TAG! It ought to help you raise Misdreavus better…" he smiled.
Samantha finally opened the third box. Upon doing so, radiant light filled the room…it was brighter than Julie's FLASH attack…When the light subsided, Samantha saw a small orb in the box…
"That's a very rare item. It's called a LIGHT BALL. That will DOUBLE your Pikachu's special attacks! It's quite shocking…HA HA HA! Just let her hold it…she'll like it!"
The three trainers departed from Lavender Town. Leaving behind them a lifetime of memories…and a mini-legend of its own right had begun. The tales still tell of the girl from Pallet who heroically saved a Pokémon…and her two friends who were loyal and true…
