As soon as she got outside, Faris' Pokémon were let free from their balls.

'Gastly!' Thriller gleefully said in her high-pitched voice.

'Mannnn.' Bjorn replied.

'Farrrrris.' Faris mocked them.

'Man.' Bjorn repeated, obviously unaware he was being made fun of.

'How can you understand eachother? I bet you guys just make it up as you go along, right.' Faris shook her head. 'I mean you can only say one word.'

'Squirt!' Ace suddenly tried to climb up Faris' leg, probably trying to get to higher ground. When this failed, he resorted to hiding in his shell and shaking continuously.

'What's wrong Acey?' Faris spoke to him as if he were a baby.

Not receiving a reply, she sighed and looked in the direction that she figured his fear was produced. 'What! Ace it's a Rattata. Grow up.'
She then grabbed his shell with both hands and dragged him along the rocky road for a while. Feeling highly uncomfortable with this action, Ace popped out of his shell and began to walk again, casting evil looks in Faris' direction. She returned these looks and after a while smiles cracked on both of their faces.

'Stat you've been awfully quiet lately.' Faris picked up her Elekid.

'Elek.' He bluntly said.

'I see. Don't worry, I'm sure Squirtle will some day return your feelings for him.' She teased.

Static just continued staring at the ground.

'But seriously, what's wrong Stat?' Faris looked concernedly at him.

Static fiercely shook his head.

'I'm glad you're not being vague.' Faris sarcastically said.

She got no reply.

'Stat!' She pleaded.

This resulted in some more fierce head shaking.

'Huh?' Faris was confused. 'Oh…' She grinned.

'Stat!' She whispered in his ear.

He shook his head twice as much.

'Haha, you don't like being called Stat very much do you.' Faris was victorious. She had diagnosed her pokémon.

Static nodded his head in agreement, and then stared into her eyes.

'Well don't look at me, mom started it okay.' Faris defended herself. Now for the vaccine to his problem. 'What should I call you then?'

Static shrugged.

'Static is as good a name as any I guess. Is that okay?' Faris asked.

Static nodded.

She set her Elekid back down on the dirt road and they continued on their way.

'Thriller! Get lost!' Faris shooed away her Gastly for probably the tenth time. 'I can see your bored, what do you want me to do about it?'

'Gas…' She was obviously disappointed.

'Okay fine. I have an idea. Want to be a scout?' Faris finally decided.

'Leeee!' She squealed with delight.

'Alright. See if you can run…er…float up ahead and spot Raziya. Come back in like an hour or two though okay?' Faris instructed.

'Gaaa!' Thriller, finally relieved of the group's slow pace, sped up ahead until she was out of sight.

'Wow she's speedy.' Faris marveled.

Because she was traveling by foot, (and her pokémon were lagging her down) it took Faris an exceptionally long time to get to Ecruteak. Like her sister, Faris noticed the huge towers on either side of the town. She entered the Ecruteak pokécenter.

'Oh no! Faris said as she entered the pokécenter.

'Is everything alright?' The nurse asked her.

'Is that clock correct?' Faris stared in disbelief at the clock on the wall.

'I believe so.' The nurse answered.

'Oh my god its six already!' Faris slapped her forehead.

'Is something wrong?' The nurse asked again.

Faris could feel tears welling up in her eyes. 'Thriller…' She whimpered.

The nurse rushed to her side from behind the counter. 'Are you okay?'

'I…I left my pokémon…I lost her…' Faris sat down at a table and put her face in her hands. 'I shouldn't have told her to look for Raz!'

'What type of pokémon is she?' The nurse took out a notepad.

'Gastly…why?' Faris sniffed.

'I can telephone the Goldenrod Radio Tower and get them to send out a lost pokémon warning. In case someone has seen her they can report it.' The nurse quickly jotted 'Gastly-female' on her notepad. 'Does she have a nickname?'

'Yes, it's Thriller…Will they really put a warning on the radio?' Faris' heart welled with hope.

'Oh yes definitely.' The nurse replied and also wrote 'Answers to Thriller' on the pad of paper and tucked it in her dress pocket.

'Oh wow thank you…' Faris dried her tears. 'Umm…by the by, you haven't seen my sister have you? We're twins.'

'No I'm sorry.' The nurse shook her head. 'My shift starts at 5:45, no ones come in but you since.'

'Oh of course.' Faris nodded. 'Is there a hotel in this city?'

'No, but your welcome to sleep in the pokécenter. I'm going to have to ask you to return all but one of your pokémon to their pokéballs though.' The nurse suggested. 'In case other people bring their Pokémon in, and they don't get along. One Pokémon is just easier to control, that's all.'

'That sounds great! Thank you. I'm Faris, by the way.' Faris' face lit up at the thought of a free place spend the night.

'I'm Valerie. Nice to meet you. I'll be right back with some blankets you can use.'

'Oh I have one with me…' But Valerie was already in the back room.

Faris now turned to her pokémon.

'I'm sorry, but only one of you can stay out with me.' She sighed.

They looked up at her expectantly.

After a minute, she spoke up. 'Okay I've chosen.' Faris took a deep breath. 'Bjorn.'

Bjorn grinned uncontrollably while Ace and Static pouted.

'Ace, your shell is too hard. Static, you pretty much shoot lightning everywhere when you dream. I'm sorry, just for courtesy reasons.'

Static nodded in understanding but Ace continued to frown.

'Tell!' He simply said.

'I'm sorry, next time I promise. I can't change my mind now though.'

Ace sighed and Faris put them both back in their pokéballs.

Just then the nurse came back out, holding a red flowered blanket and pillow to match.

'Here you are.' Valerie handed her the bedding. 'Make yourself comfortable, I suggest one of the benches near the door.'

Faris obeyed, and carried Bjorn over to a bench. 'Thank you.'

'You're welcome.' Valerie said, and bid Faris goodnight.