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Author's Notes: Okay here's the next chapter, everything will start to come together. All of your answers will soon be answered, as long as you keep reviewing that is! ^-^



Nightmare Mansion
chapter 6~ Consumed in darkness~



The moon was full, and it's light glistened through Ash's bedroom window. He noticed it wasn't the usual beautiful, yet calming, glow that it usually gave off, instead it had a chilling and spooky way to it. Ash tossed and turned, he had been doing this for the past hour an half. He couldn't get to sleep, everytime he closed his eyes the same haunting image would appear, Misty would be standing in the middle of the room and the room would begin to swallow her, she would sink into the floor as though it were quicksand.

"You awake Pikachu?" Ash asked, desperately hoping he was.

"Pikachu.." (Can't sleep..) came his exhausted reply.

"Me either..." He sat up and faced Pikachu, "I'm worried about her."

"Pika pika." (Me too.)

"Choka choka!" (Too too!) Togepi chirped, playing with Pikachu's tail.

"You too huh, Togepi." Ash laughed, then turned serious, "Where's Brock anyway?!"

"Pika pika, Pikachu." (Still out on his date.) He sighed.

Ash crossed his arms and began to think again. Brock went out with Maggie's big sister. How come no one else ever seen her big sister before? Maggie never mentioned her before, either. What if Maggie planned to get Brock too. No! Ash, there you go again! Ash scolded himself and shook the idea out of his head.

He began to watch Pikachu spend his time playing with Togepi. He smiled, Pikachu was exactly like him. He could tell Pikachu had alot on his mind, therefore he was going out of his way to pre-occupy himself, so he wouldn't have to think about all the troubles bothering him. The door swung open with a go-happy singing Brock, one look and Ash knew he was in Brock mode. Brock swaggered over to his bed and jumped down onto it, singing something about how he's in heaven, Ash couldn't stand to listen to it anymore, so he put a pillow over his ears. Pikachu covered his ears as well, whining all the while. Togepi began to cry, only making matters worse. Finally Pikachu couldn't take it anymore, and there was only one thing he could think of that would make Brock shut up. A Thundershock.

"PIIIIKKAAA...CHHHUUUU!!!!" Thundered Pikachu's voice as a giant wave of electricity erupted from his body.

The shock hit Brock hard causing his sing song voice to turn into a shriek of pain. He laid there on the bed fried.

"Piikaachuuu.." Brock whined trying to move.

"Pika pika! Pikachu!!" (Your singing was driving everyone crazy! It was horrible!!) Pikachu yelled defensively.

"Brock where were you all this time?!" Ash asked.

"With Victoria of course!!" Brock relied, going into a trance yet again.

"Who?"

"Victoria, Maggie's sister!" Brock said hastily, mad that he kept getting pulled out of his daydream.

"Brock! This isn't the time to be going goo-goo over girls!!!" Ash yelled, "I have something important to tell you!!"

"Well hurry up! I want to go to bed and have sweet dreams of...Victoria..." He yet again went off into his tance.

"Brroockk!!" Ash whined, "It's about Misty!"

"The room again?" Brock questioned, irritated.

"Listen! The room, it's not what we think! It's...it's.." He trailed off and tried to think of a way to put it.

"Pika pika, pikachu! Pikachu!!" (It's a image, not real! It's century's old!) Pikachu explained.

"What'd he say?" Brock questioned, dumbfounded.

"He said it's an image, it's not real. The room is actually century's old!"

"That's ridiculous!" Brock said, shaking his head, "You two must of had a bad dream."

"WHAT?!" Ash yelled furious.

"Ash your perinoid. You just don't like the fact that Misty's soo far away from you, so your making this big thing up soo you can stay with her or something." Brock said jokingly.

"That is NOT it!!!" Ash yelled blushing tremendously.

"Chill out, I was just joking..." Brock then turned serious again, "but I do think it's just in your head. Your the only one that has a problem with this place, Ash...think about that."

With that Brock got into his bed and snuggled up against the covers. Ash just stood ther, speechless. Well that's that. It was obvious that Brock here wasn't going to be any help! Ash was furious as he stomped to his bed and practically ripped his covers up as he got into bed. Pikachu jumped up to the end of the bed with Togepi and got into a ball.

"Some help you were!" Ash mumbled to himself as he hid himself under his blanket.

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Meanwhile, Misty was sleeping soundly in her big comfy bed. She had been out half the afternoon with Yuuki after all and needed her beauty sleep! As the hours past the room became colder and colder, around 2:30am Misty woke up to a soft voice calling her name. She opened her eyes and looked around. The voice was distant but yet somehow it sounded soo close. It was calling her telling her to come here. Somehow she found that she couldn't resist the stange call. She soon lifted her covers up and got out of bed. As her feet touched the ice cold ground, shivers went up her spine, but it didn't stop her. The voice was drawing her.

"Who's there?" Misty breathed out, and she could see her breath coming out in a icy breath cloud.

There was no reply, just the voice calling out. Then she saw it, the mirror. She was being drawn to the mirror. As she got up to it and looked in it. There in it was her friend, Yuuki. It was weird, she did not see her own reflection in the mirror, instead there stood Yuuki. She was the one calling out to her. Misty raised her hand and pressed it against the mirror.

"Yuukii..." Misty asked barely above a whisper.

The figure of Yuuki just smiled, she motioned Misty to look deeper into the mirror, into the backround, behind Yuuki. There behind her was a beautiful garden with a beautiful sparkling lake full of all kinds of water pokemon. It was like a water pokemon trainer's paradise. Yuuki's smile widened.

"Join me Misty..." Came Yuuki's distant echoing voice, "You will be happy and have everything you ever wanted..."

"Everything..." Misty whispered, going into a trance.

"Yes...everything." Yuuki's voice echoed through Misty's head.

Misty was wrapped into the darkness surrounding the mirror and her eyes soon turned blank. Yuuki urged her on. Misty having no will to think or do anything else soon found herself stepping into the mirror. The darkness wrapped itself all around her as she stepped in, never knowing if she would step out...


TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

Ha ha ha!!! That is it for this chapter!! It is very late at night and I'm freezing, excuse me while I go turn on the heat!!! Lots and lots of reviews if you want the next chapter!!!!!!