The Books Omen

Ash stopped in his tracks at the sound of the extra pair of footprints on the old wooden floor. The was another step taken after he stopped before there was silence. Ash turned around and shone the flashlight down the corridor. "Who's there?" He called down, but got no reply. "I must be hearing things" he thought as he turned and began to walk up a flight of stairs.

There was a creak of a board and, once again, more footsteps.

Ash didn't stop, he just quickened his pace and reached the top of the stairs. Unforutately, so did the footsteps behind him. Getting more nervous by the fact he had no idea what was behind him he sped up even more along the corridor.

CRACK!

The floor under Ash suddenly broke way and Ash yelled as he fell.

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Pikachu's ears twitched from outside the building as Ash's yell echoed to his ears. "Pikapi?" He said in a worried tone.

Brock and Misty looked up at the door. "Did I just hear what I think I heard?" Brock asked.

"I heard it too" Misty said, standing up. "I knew this was a bad idea, I should have never told him to go in there"

"Pikachupi" Pikachu said looking back at her. "Pika pika pikachu"

"Well I do blame myself for this Pikachu, and I'm going in to find him" Misty said, turning to Brock and handing him Togepi. "Take care of Togepi while I'm in there. Let's go Pikachu"

Pikachu nodded and jumped onto Misty shoulder as she entered the dark building. Misty took out her own flashlight and turned it on. "Let's find Ash" She said as she began to walk down the corridor.

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Ash groaned and opened his eyes. "What happened?" He moaned as he sat up. He tried to look around but he could barely see a thing in the darkness. It took his a minute or too to find his flashlight and turn it back on. There was wood all over the area and he could see a hole in the ceiling above him, were he'd fallen.

Then he saw something else. A book lay beside him. It was an old but well kept red book. The book shook a little, by itself, before the cover flew open. Ash jumped away as the pages began to turn furiously until it stopped.

Ash looked at the motionless book for a second before crawling over to it. The page was blank, or at least it was for a second.

As if being written by an invisable hand, blood red letters began to appear on the page. Ash waited until it was finished before reading the short sentance.

"Prepare for your final hour..."

As soon as Ash had read it, the words seemed to melt together until there was nothing left.

Ash was breathing heavily now and his heart with going a mile a minute. Final hour? Did that mean he was going to...

"No" He thought. "I was just seeing those words on the page, thats why there are no words there now. I'm not going to die and there was no such things as ghosts"

But what about the footsteps?

"I was hearing things. I'm going to be fine, I'm just a litte shaken from the fall" He assured himself. He stood up and looked around. Seeing that there was only one door leading out of the room, he headed for it and opened it catiously.

He hadn't been on this floor before, but it was just as creepy as the others. He took a deep breath before walking on. "Still, I'm gonna have to try and find my way out"

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Pikachu stopped as he reached a large hole in the wooden floor. "Pikachupi" Pikachu said, pointing at it.

"Don't tell me Ash's trail ends here" Misty said worriedly. She looked into the hole and could see nothing but black. Suddenly, the wood creaked loudly under her. "Pikachu move away from-" Too late, the wood they were leaning on around the hole cracked. Misty and Pikachu fell down and down, then all was black.

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To Be Continued

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