Author's Note: This story is about to get a bit violent, so don't be surprised if the rating hits the teen mark in either this chapter, or the ones to come. Either that, or I'm too lazy to change it.
MidnightxPhoenix: YOU WILL NEVER KNOW MY SECRET! MWUAHAHAHAHA!
Now that the very low list of reviews is over, on with my pretty like story. It's pretty. Yes, it is. It's blonde. I am blonde. Therefore, I am blonde. O.O I just scared myself. And forget about the part one part for the other chapter. Screw it, I thought of a cool name for the next chapter.
Chapter Five: Massacre!
" Ashley. Ashley, wake up. Big day."
Being shaken, Ashley slowly opened her eyes, she noticed Grandpa hovering over her. She then turned her head slightly, towards the blue-carpeted floors. She then sat up quickly, almost braining herself by hitting Grandpa's head. Barely missing, anyway. Grandpa jumped back, a bit surprised.
I must have fallen asleep after drinking that Kool-Aid, she thought to herself, God. Why does my head feel so bad? It feels like a truck hit me. Maybe I whacked myself when I fell asleep. Feeling her head for a bump she was expecting, she was quite surprised at not finding one. Weird. No bump. Nothing. Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me again. Or maybe it's not. Grrr. I wish Grandpa would stop hovering like a damn dog wanting a Pop-Tart. She glanced at Grandpa, still hovering beside her.
" Oh good. You're awake," Grandpa said with a sigh of relief," Well, go freshen up. It's almost time for that dance you were going to go to. And don't worry; I phoned in the Academy that you were exhausted." He gave a nervous laugh, biting his lower lip," Must have had a big day." He patted his granddaughter's head.
Ashley snapped her jaws, protectively putting her hands onto her head. She then gasped," Almost time for the dance? What time is it? The dance doesn't start until six o'clock at night Grandpa." She then looked to the digital clock beside her, and watched the digits flash on and off in red, telling her exactly what she wanted to know; it was nearly six o'clock. In only a half an hour, the dance would start. " I WAS ASLEEP FOR OVER A DAY?" she exclaimed.
" Yes, you were. Now quickly go freshen up, please. You're friends will want to see you. And you have a date!"
Ashley then realized that she had forgotten to tell Grandpa that Alec had turned down her offer of going to the dance. She mumbled a few things under her breath, and stood up, Grandpa taking a few steps back to let her have some room.
" Not happy? Something wrong?"
" Nothing Grandpa. Nothing." Ashley said bitterly, looking sideways to the floor, clenching her teeth.
" Well good! Anyway, just go change quickly! You have that nice dress I got for you a few weeks back." Grandpa urged, pointing towards a room down the hallway of the apartment.
Ashley snorted," Can't I just wear my normal clothes to the dance Grandpa?" she asked.
" Well, I suppose you could, if you'd like. Just redo your hair. It's getting messy," he suggested.
Surprisingly, Ashley didn't put up a fuss, and walked down the hallway, into her room and into her bathroom. Staring at herself in the mirror, she gave no mind of her scary look of red eyes, and her expression almost always nasty, and began to take her ribbons out of her hair. Letting her brown hair fall to her hips, she grabbed a comb and managed to drag it through her hair, using a mass amount of Tangle Tamer just to do so. Once her hair laid down flat, she picked her other set of ribbons and tied her hair back into two long ponytails, reaching halfway down her back.
" Done now!" she called out from her somewhat small bathroom attached to her own room, as she quickly stepped out and into her room, into the hallway in a flash," I'm off!" she called, quickly glancing at the digital clock.
Grandpa watched as Ashley rushed out the door," Err, okay dear. Have a good time!"
Rushing up to the Academy, she could already see bright, coloured balloons adorning the doors leading into the gym. Ashley snorted, slowing to a walk, and up to the large glass doors.
" Well, here goes nothing. Des and Amphie, eugh, are probably already inside. I know Des always comes early to anything, and he probably brought Amphie along so she doesn't get lost."
Opening the doors, she walked in slowly, and rolled her eyes, moaning at the sight of the girls in frilly purple and pink dresses reaching the floor, although each one was different. Some were white, while others were a baby blue. One was black, with long orange sleeves and trim that went to their knees, which Ashley somewhat took a liking to. Walking up to the girl wearing the dress, she tapped her on the shoulder," Hey. Nice- OH SHIT!"
She suddenly noticed who this girl was: Amphie.
Amphie turned around, and smiled," ASHLEY!" she squealed, hugging Ashley tightly. Ashley squirmed and clenched her teeth, staring off at the wall. " YOU CAME!" Finally letting go, Ashley gasped for breath.
Ashley coughed," Yeah, yeah. I got better. It just feels like I was hit by a truck," she admitted, rubbing her head. " Anyway, where the hell is Des anyway?"
" Desert? He's probably over at the punchbowl, mingling." Amphie pointed towards a long table, lined with food such as chips and pretzels and candies, and not to mention, a huge fountain with the Feraligatr family, including Crocnaw and Totodile. From their mouths, all wide open, poured red and purple punch, right into a bowl under them.
" Eugh. I can't believe anyone could stand to drink from that. It looks like the fountain is barfing up the punch." Ashley said, walking towards the table. Taking a glass, she placed it under the mouth of the Feraligatr, and allowed it to fill to the rim. Taking a sip, she glanced around," Now, where is Des…"
Spotting Flygon wings extending from a tall boy, mingling with another student she couldn't see as the taller boy blocked the student, from view. Snorting, Ashley walked up towards the Pokemorph, and stood on her toes, tapping him on the shoulder," Hey buddy."
Des turned around, and smiled," Ashley! Seems you came!"
The student he was talking to peered around, and smiled," Ashley!"
Ashley froze; it was Alec," Umm. Yeah," she stuttered.
Alec smiled," I thought you wouldn't come! But I guess you did. Good thing to see."
" My Grandpa, made me come."
" At least you came Ashley. So, you all better?" Des asked.
Ashley shook her head," Umm. No. My head is like hell right now," she winced, poking her head.
" What happened?" Alec asked, interested.
" Grandpa gave me some weird stuff to drink, and I think I passed out for the whole day."
" Whoa. Weird. What was it?" he asked.
" Kool-Aid. But it looked weird. Really weird. It was really thick and dark purple, and kinda black."
" Does Kool-Aid rot?" Des asked.
" Hell no. Kool-Aid could never rot. It's impossible." Ashley said, nodding her head and crossing her arms. " Err." She looked to Alec," Where's that girl?" she asked, more of a mumble.
" Serina? She said she'd be right back. She saw one of her friends." He frowned," Are you mad at me?"
Ashley snorted," Umm. No." she said, colour rushing to her cheeks as she looked away.
" Really? Good. I feel a lot better now." Alec smiled.
" Alec!"
Alec froze," Uh-oh," he mumbled, feeling a hand on his shoulder.
Ashley glared," Serina."
Des laughed nervously," Oh. Hello," he greeted.
Serina, in the flesh, narrowed her eyes bitterly, and turned Alec around with a shove," Where did you go off to? I told you to wait over there for me!" She frowned," You ditched me!"
" No I didn't!" Alec protested, throwing his hands up in despair," You never came back! Then I spotted Des, and we got to talking! But I'm really sorry!"
Serina snorted, then looked to Ashley," Ashley huh? You're the one who laughed when Wigglytuff was hurt!" she accused, pointing a finger at the girl.
" Only because you deserved it. Everyone knows you did." Ashley said bitterly.
" Oh yeah? What'd I do then gothy?"
" That's more of a compliment then an insult prep. And everyone knows you're a stuck up brat, because your father is one of the supervisors at Devon Corp." Ashley said, smirking.
Serina narrowed her eyes fiercely," What's that have to do with it? And I am not stuck up either! Or a brat! My daddy worked hard to get up to that ranking! Your Grandpa…" she trailed off. " Well, come and see Wigglytuff now!"
Wigglytuff, surviving luckily, came out from behind Serina's legs, and looked up at Ashley, eyes blue and shimmering sadly. " Wigglytuff…" she said, crestfallen. One of her ears was missing, and the other had a bandage around the base, still recovering.
Ashley snorted, bending over to inspect Wigglytuff," Looks fine to me."
" FINE? She's missing an ear!" Serina screamed, although no one stopped to watch, as the dance was way too loud for anyone to hear her scream except Alec, Des, and Ashley.
" Looks nice, actually. They say that Pokemon missing a limb actually becomes stronger. And you better hope she gets stronger if you ever want to beat the Hoenn League, because so far, your battles have gone down the drain." Ashley said, pointing her thumb down.
" I'm perfectly strong enough to beat you kid! But Wigglytuff isn't in the condition to fight anyone right now!" Serina protested, thrusting a finger in Ashley's face.
Ashley hissed," Beware, I bite." Serina immediately pulled her finger back, as Ashley smirked, snapping her jaws.
Alec frowned helplessly," Umm, come on. Quit fighting. Anyway, sorry, Serina."
Serina snorted," Fine Alec. Fine. Now, let's go. I want to dance."
" But I can't-"
Serina pulled Alec off by the arm before he could say good-bye, or finish the rest of his sentence. Wigglytuff glanced at Ashley, and then waddled off after them.
" That stupid Serina." Ashley said, crossing her arms again.
" Hey. You didn't seem that embarrassed with Alec around that time." Des pointed out," Maybe you're getting used to him more," he added with a smile.
" Oh yeah. Well, lot of good that did, with that moron pulling him around like a dog. Now, off we go. I didn't come here to watch Alec dance with that Serina." Ashley turned around on her heels, and walked off, her red boots clicking on the dance floor as she pushed her way through the couples dancing. Des sighed, shaking his head and following after.
Amphie spotted them as they escaped the huge mob, and smiled," Hey Ashley again. Hey Des."
Ashley mumbled," Hey," and noticed she still held her glass of punch. Shrugging, she took a sip, and leaned on the wall," So, what do we do now?"
" Anyone up for dancing?" Des asked the two girls," I'm bored anyway."
" Oh! ME!" Amphie cried, waving her hand. Ashley rolled her eyes, resuming her sipping from the glass.
Des laughed," Okay, okay Amphie." Des smiled warmly, bowing down, and holding out his hand," Come m'lady." He grinned.
Amphie giggled, and took his hand, and they began to walk off into the dance floor. Amphie's small height disappeared from the crowd, but Des was still easily seen. It was a wonder Des could dance with a girl that was only four foot nine, compared to his height, a few inches over the six-foot line. Ashley watched with a bored expression plastered on her face, then turned her head to watch the others dance with each other. How pathetic this was.
She could see Mr. Mew and Mrs. Casey supervising the students, not to mention Miss Roxanne, standing on the platform, keeping an eye on each of them. The two teachers were busy surveying the area, breaking up the occasional wrestling of the seniors, some inappropriate dancing, like between the girls. . And rarely, when the music started to beat quicker, a mosh pit would break out. Usually, some student would run up onto the stage, slide past Miss Roxanne, and dive into the crowd, and luckily, if the students in the crowd caught him, would be passed around. This, of course, was stopped immediately by Miss Roxanne or Mrs. Casey, while Mr. Mew was off in a different area of the gym.
Now, the students were a bit hesitant, well, the ones still left, as a few had been pulled out of the dance to be lectured and punished for starting the whole thing in the first place. Ashley held the glass up to her lips, and sipped again from the drink, her other arm gripping her elbow in a bored manner. She glanced at Des and Amphie, who had come out of the crowd. Des was busy holding Amphie's hand and twirling Amphie in a circle, and Amphie was twirling around, her tail occasionally whacking Des in the knees, as he cringed. He didn't seem to mind much though, and laughed only as he watched Amphie.
Suddenly, a slow song picked up, and a fair few of the students made their way out of the crowd. Couples began to dance, and Ashley snorted, expecting Des and Amphie to come over and join her. She was a bit surprised at seeing Des and Amphie still on the dance floor, Des's arms around Amphie's waist, Amphie managing to put her hands on Des's broad shoulders. Ashley rolled her eyes," They get along a bit too well." Ashley mumbled to herself bitterly. She knew they were only dancing because they were friends.
She then gasped as she spotted over by Des and Amphie, Serina and Alec. Alec looked incredibly miserable, but Serina seemed to be having the time of her life, bossing Alec around like a puppet as they danced. Ashley gripped her glass harder, and began to curse loudly.
" What was that Miss Lott?"
Ashley looked away and up, seeing Miss Roxanne hovering over her, eyes narrowed, arms crossed, and tapping her foot," I didn't say anything." Ashley mumbled.
" Hmm. Really? I could have sworn I had some bad language from over here." Roxanne said, tilting her head with her index finger on her chin, thinking," Or maybe it came from somewhere else."
" Yeah. I didn't say anything." Ashley repeated.
" Well, bye then. Stay out of trouble Miss Lott." Roxanne then walked off, going back to her platform.
" Well, that's that." Ashley mumbled. Sitting on the floor, she looked up at the ceiling, her eyes half closing. Everything was going wrong. Nothing else could make this night any worst she had decided. She then closed her eyes fully, and began to doze peacefully off on the floor.
Awaking a few minutes later, to still hear the same song still beating, she had only awoken from a sudden jiggle from one of her Pokeballs, Abigail's to be exact. Ashley watched as Abigail suddenly escaped her Pokeball, her white coat bristling and standing on end. Her scythe began to quiver violently, as she hissed. Her scythe never quivered like this unless danger or a threat was nearby.
" Something's wrong, isn't it Abigail?" Ashley asked, standing slowly up, rubbing her eyes. Suddenly, a boom exploded from a nearby wall, sending smoke and debris flying. The crowd screamed in panic, and all remained still. Ashley jerked her head to the smoke, and all the teachers ran towards the area.
Mrs. Casey's voice rang out," GET DOWN!" but it was too late for some. Suddenly, a roar echoed from the blast, and it seemed a flash of silver zipped past Mrs. Casey, something with huge claw-like things for arms. Suddenly, people began to fall over like flies. Des and Amphie quickly got out of the way, Des aiming a Hyper Beam at the thing whizzing by so quickly. Amphie attempted to use a Thunder at the being, but it missed. Thinking of something else, her tail stuck out, and the creature ran straight into it, falling over and sliding on the gym floor.
Mrs. Casey, Mr. Mew, and Miss Roxanne then checked over the students, and were shocked at what they had seen. Some of the students that lay on the ground were stabbed in the head with three huge holes, pouring with blood. Others only received a slash on the stomach with three claws, bleeding not very much, but ripping their shirts and dresses. The eyes of the students were white and blank, seemingly having no life to them.
Ashley called to Amphie and Des," GET OVER HERE QUICK!"
Des and Amphie nodded, and began to dash over to Ashley, luckily making it. Ashley's eyes then looked to where Alec and Serina stood, unharmed. Ashley sighed in relief, but was a little pissed at Serina not getting hurt.
Slowly, the creature stood up, easily seen now as the incredibly rare Pokemon, Metagross. Metagross stood up slowly, and shook body violently. It then roared, his claws that were hands covered in massive amounts of blood, dripping off to make a puddle around it. Only this Metagross was different, somehow. A silver colour it was, instead of the regular dark blue. Instead of a silver x on its body, its was gold. The spikes instead of silver were gold as well. It was only seen as a shiny Pokemon, and one that was too quick for the eye to see.
" Quickly! Call the Police and the Hospital, now!" Miss Roxanne cried out. Mr. Mew nodded, but not before throwing a Pokeball.
" Go Myuu!" he cried out. Suddenly, a Mew appeared in the flash of white. Myuu glanced around, and began to twirl in mid-air.
Others that were conscious gasped; no wonder he was called Mr. Mew! He held one of the legendary Pokemon, the ancestor of all Pokemon in his clutches!
Mr. Mew commanded to his Mew," Myuu! Psychic!" he commanded before sprinting out of the gym.
Mrs. Casey looked towards the smoke from the wall at the opposite side of the gym," Sheldon!"
Suddenly, a Salamence appeared from the Pokeball, and gave a mighty roar, looking for its opponent. Myuu looked towards Metagross, and a blast of psychic energy fired at the being.
But almost as if Metagross had read its thoughts, it floated out of the way, tucking in its four arms to hover.
Miss Roxanne grimaced, then jerked her head at the wall," WHO DID THIS TO MY ACADEMY?" she demanded.
The smoke cleared, and in its place, was a tall male. His attire was a long black cloak, almost reaching the floor, with black boots and black pants underneath. The cloak covered his arms except for his hands, which were pale compared to the rest of his clothing. Around the hood's neck that covered the male's head from view, was a spiked necklace of silver. His eyes, that glinted gold from his eye colour barely seen, were covered by shaggy brown bangs. His face was a smirk, as he walked forward, his boots clicking on the wooden floors, so smooth.
Ashley seemed frozen, but Abigail hissed violently, screeching, her scythe quivering violently on her head.
" Who is he?" Des asked, appalled at what the male, slightly older than himself, had done.
Ashley shook her head," I-I don't know," she admitted.
Amphie was shivering violently, not from cold, but from cold fear.
" WELL? SPEAK UP! YOU HAVE DISTURBED MY ACADEMY! YOU HAVE TAKEN OTHER'S LIVES!" Miss Roxanne screamed, but no matter what she said, she could not hide the fear in her eyes, tinted. She stepped back a bit as the male looked towards her, his brown bangs still covering his eyes. He grinned evilly at seeing the woman obviously fear him.
He then glanced at Ashley for a long while, and smirked, shaking his head solemnly. He turned around, and began to walk out. As he walked, he said," You have be warned." He then seemed to flow into the shadows, and Metagross began to glow a blinding light. Everyone covered his or her eyes, and when the light faded, Metagross had disappeared.
" W-Who was that?" Amphie asked, repeating Des's question as she watched Blissey and Chansey and doctors file in and out, the sound of Ambulances ringing in their ears outside, as people were hauled onto stretchers and rushed out to the white cars, Chansey, Blissey, and the doctors themselves hopping into the back to journey the fallen trainers, as the white cars made their way towards the hospital. Myuu floated over to Mr. Mew, and landed on his shoulder, the cat Pokemon looking miserable and crestfallen at the sight of everything.
Sheldon roared and snorted, as Mrs. Casey walked over to her Pokemon, patting it on the head. Sheldon snorted, and looked up at Mrs. Casey.
" I-I…don't know."