A/N: What should I say here? I don't Remember. Oh well! OH YEAH! sorry about the long wait, but here it is and I think it's worth it. So you tell me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon!

Ch. 3-Welcome to Johnson Mansion

"Pikachu!" Ash called through the long moonlit streets. He ran through to the steps of the grand mansion where Janiane cut him off. She held her arms out, blocking him.

She cautioned him, "Ash! You can't go into the mansion!"

"I have to help Pikachu!" Ash yelled, trying to get around her, "Move, Janiane!"

"I can't Ash. I won't let you go in there," Janiane replied resolutely.

"Janiane, I don't want to hurt you."

"And I don't want to see you hurt, Ash, that's why you can't go in."

"Janiane-"

"Ash, listen to me. Going in there is like suicide. It won't do any good if both of you die, will it?"

Ash looked grimly at Janiane, "I'm going after Pikachu. There is nothing you could do to stop me."

"If you're that determined, then go ahead. But we're going with you, right, dad?"

"Absotutely!" Nathaniel replied.

Misty and Brock nodded, "Us too."

"Let's go." Ash said.

Janiane turned back to the door and lifted the knocker. She hesitantly let it drop and clank against the brass backing. The door creaked open. "We're here for the Pikachu," Janiane told the invisible person, who audaciously slammed the door in her face. "Well she's not gonna let us in, so we'll just have to unlock it."

Pikachu stopped dead in his tracks in the middle of a dark, dusty ballroom. He shook his head violently and looked around.

"PIIIIIKKKKAAA!" he called. He heard a giggle from the corner.

"Hi, Pikachu." a little girl's voice greeted him. He stared up at a petite girl, around 8 or so, with perfect shoulder-length blond hair and direct violet eyes, smiling naively at him and clutching a teddy bear in her arms, "Who are you looking for?"

"Pika!"

"Your trainer, hmm? I don't see anyone around. You know what? I always wanted to be a Pokemon trainer!" she exclaimed, then gasped, "You could be my first Pokemon! That would be great huh?"

Pikachu stared questioningly at the slight child. She smiled again and slowly ambled over to him, her footsteps echoed with every step.

Janiane tried to jam her key into the lock. "Darn! It won't go in! We'll have to make a call."

"I'm on it, J," Nathaniel replied, closing his fingers around his cell phone.

"Who's he calling?" Misty asked curiously.

"Elizabeth and Brad," Janiane replied.

"Lavender's sister?"

"Yea."

"Why?"

"They have a key to the house. The only key now that Lavender changed the lock."

"Lavender changed it?"

"Yep. She updates Liz's key but conveniently forgets mine. I guess it's kind of a dare on Elizabeth's part. Lavender's way of yelling 'Just try to get me! I'll get you first!' Her revenge against Brad."

"What's she have against Brad?"

"I can't say, but every time he gets near this house, a strong force takes over him, possessing him to walk further and further into the mansion. Kinda like what happened to Pikachu, Ash."

"But why Pikachu?" Ash asked.

"If there was one thing Lavender wanted more than anything else, it was to be a Pokemon trainer. Come to think of it, her favorite Pokemon was a-"

"A Pikachu." a sharp, gloomy voice finished. They all turned around. Sitting atop a Spearow were red-haired Elizabeth and demonic Brad. Janiane ran to Elizabeth and threw her arms around her.

"Liz! Oh, I haven't seen you in forever!" she cried. She released Elizabeth and stood face-to-face with tall, husky, black-haired Brad Todd Wilson.

"Wilson." she greeted him acidly.

"Johnson." he replied in a low, cold voice.

Elizabeth threw her arms around Nathaniel and kissed his cheek, "Hey dad!"

"Hey hon! Look, go unlock the door for your sister and her friends."

"Dad!? Sister?!" Ash asked.

"Well, yeah, Ash. Why else would Janiane have a key to the house?" Misty replied. Ash turned red.

Elizabeth slipped her key into the lock of the door with ease and squeaked open the old mahogany door. "Lavender?" she called indecisively, slowly making her way into the old house, followed by the others, "Lavender, sweetie, answer Lizzie."

Lavender appeared atop the rug in a puff of dust. Elizabeth smiled at her. She frowned and turned away.

"Go away, Lizabeth! You're not invited to my party!" Lavender yelled angrily.

"Lav, I'm sorry. I'm really really-"

Lavender's face took on a demonic look; her voice cold and harsh, "You can't change what happened to me, Lizzie, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, I'll always be dead! And it's all your fault!"
"Lav! Listen to me! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"But you did! You did, Liz! And because of that, I'm dead!"

"I-I-I don't know what you want from me, Lav!"

"I don't want anything from you, Liz. I want him!" she said, pointing at Ash. A sharp force dragged him towards her.

"What do you want with him, Lavender? Why do you want him?"

"Because it wasn't my time, Elizabeth." she responded and disappeared in a whiff of smoke.

A/N: Okay! It's longer! YAY! Thanks for reading! . Oh and don't expect an update for a little while, cuz school just started and you know how that is but anyway…BYE! .-

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