A/N: Yeah, a finally-long chapter! But that's due to the riddles I guess. I just remembered to included the pokemon during when I wrote the middle part of the story.

Chapter 4: The Riddling Quiz

After breakfast, they all sat in the living room and relaxed. But then they heard someone walking above them. The window opened all by itself. Similar to last evening, a note card flew in. The attic door above them opened just a little bit. An envelope and a tape recorder, which already held a tape in it, dropped from the opening above. Within the envelope contained Misty's quiz.

Ash read the note card. "Press Play on the tape recorder." Brock did so.

Here is what the recorder played: "Hello friends."

("Friends!" whispered Clarifee to Brock. They heard a chuckle up in the attic.)

"As you may already know, I am The Unsolved Riddler."

("Some introduction," whispers Ash to Misty. "Toge tog," and, "Pi pika," both agreed Pikachu and Togepi.

"SILENCE!" cried the riddler.)

The tape continued. "This message is for that amateur riddle solver girl. You are to be the only one in this room, besides me. Everyone else will have to leave the room. After they leave, you will take the quiz. Once you are done, put it in the envelope give it to me in the attic. Good luck." Everyone gulped. What if he kidnapped Misty for some ransom?

"Misty…?" Ash whispered to Misty worriedly "I don't think you should stay here with him alone."

Misty replied "Ash, it'll be OK."

"It's time for you to leave now," said a muffled gruff voice. After that, they all left. Misty gulped. "Start the quiz," he said. She pulled a chair towards the table & began. After several minutes, she was done. Here is what it looked liked:

1. At dusk I come without being fetched. At dawn I disappear without being stolen. I am a poets tears & a sailor's guide. Who am I? Stars

2. I am a token of ones love. I have no beginning & no end. What am I? A ring

3. When you say my name, I am gone. What am I? Silence

4. You have lost me a million times, yet you still have me. I am always at you side. What am I? Time

5. Who ever makes me, sells me. Who ever buy me doesn't need me. Who ever needs me doesn't buy me. What am I? A coffin

6. The more you take me, the more you leave me behind. What am I? Footsteps

7. I am greater than God & more evil than the Devil. The rich need me. The poor have me. What am I? Nothing

8. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, and the finger I lick will soon turn red. Fire

9. Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than is seen. An iceberg

10. To unravel me you need a simple key, no key that was made by locksmith's hand, but a key that only I will understand. A cipher

11. All my life I eat, but when I drink, I die. What am I? Fire.

12. It's the end of time & place, & the beginning of everything else. E

13. Runs all day, but never walks. Often murmurs, but never talks. It as abed, but never sleeps. It as a mouth, but never eats. What is it? A river

14. Not far outside the town of Pottsville, a railroad track runs through a tunnel in a hillside. There is only one track, & the tunnel is wide enough for only one train. But one day, two trains went into the tunnel from opposite directions. Each train entered the tunnel at exactly eight o'clock. Three minutes later, each train came out the opposite end of the tunnel. Yet there was no collision. How was that possible? One train went in at 8am & the other at 8pm.

15. A bus driver was going down a street. He went right past a stop sign without stopping. He turned left where there was a "No left turn" sign. Then we went the wrong way on a one-way street. & Yet, he didn't break a single traffic law. Why not? The bus driver was walking.

16. It was the first day of school. The teacher had several new students in the class. She asked all the children to write their names and their date of birth for her. The first two names she looked at were those of girls. She saw that they both had the same last name. They also had the same birthday. "Will Jane & June Campbell please stand?" asked the teacher. Two girls stood up, & the teacher saw that they looked just alike. "Oh, you're twins," she said. One of the girls shook her head. "No," she said, "we are sisters, but we are not twins." How could they be sisters & be the same age, but not be twins? They were not twins, they were triplets. The third one was a boy.

17. Two mothers & two daughters decided to go shopping. They found that they had twenty-seven dollars, in one-dollar bills. They divided up the money evenly, without making any of the dollars into change, so that they had exactly the same amount. How was this possible? The 2 mothers & 2 daughters were actually 3 people, a girl, her mother, & her grandmother. Her mother is both a mother & a daughter.

18. How many times can you subtract the number 2 from the number 50? Once. After that, it's not 50 anymore.

19. If 5 horses can eat 5 bags of oats in 5 minutes, how long will it take 100 horses to eat 100 bags of oats? 5 minutes. Each horse eats 1 bag in 5 minutes.

20. It comes every minute, but never wants to stay. You lose it, but it is replaced a thousand times. When you do it, it goes on & on until it stops. Wind

While she took the quiz, the riddler looked at her answers from above. Since he knew the answers himself, he knew she had gotten a 100 on it. Ttherefore, he had to leave. "This is incredible," muttered he in his normal voice in the darkness of the attic, "Never in my life have I seen such a person who could solve every single riddle I gave them." He gave a nasty little smile. "Maybe she could be very useful to me."

Ash was looking out the window in the door to check on Misty. "I hope Misty will be OK."

"Togi pri!" cried Togepi.

"Pi. Chu pi, pi ka pi." exclaimed Pikachu. He hugged Pikachu and Togepi tightly. He looked out the window again.

"Um, riddle…guy?" Misty whispered loudly, "I'm done."

"Hand it over to me up here," he says. Bing very suspicious, she reached out to him. But instead of taking the envelope, he grabbed her hand tightly with his nails piercing her skin. "Owwww…"she said as she cried out in pain. He tried to pull her up while she tried to pull herself down. Ash saw what was happening to Misty and so he barged in with Pikachu.