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Written for the One Million Words Added Competition, the Pokémon Writing Diversity Challenge, the Mix and Match Challenge, the 12/30 challenge, the If you dare continued challenge, the as much as you can challenge.
Prompt: Sabrina, Key, Haunter, Here trembles war, Write about finding something.
Friends and Portals
Laughter fell from Sabrina's lips as she sat at the dinner table hugging her new friend, Haunter, both of them was looking over a piece of paper that Sabrina had written on. Right in the middle of it was a drawing of an old looking key. So lost in their plan with joy and excitement shining in their eyes neither Sabrina or Haunter noticed the worried looks that her newly freed parents were sending her.
"Here trembles war," Adam, Sabrina's father, muttered softly gaining a glare from his wife. "We are doomed if she and her Haunter's plans involve us with the apple sauce and glue combo that they got us with last time."
"Oh hussh Adam, everything is fine," Lisa gently scolded as she gave her husband a mock glare. "At least we are not living as dolls or in fear of our own daughter anymore."
"That I am thankful for and I am very happy that our daughter has found a friend," Adam said carefully as he gave his daughter a fond smile. "But with all of those pranks that those two play, I think that they have scared more of their challengers away from their gym by harmless practical jokes like the old fashioned glue and chicken feathers."
"Well I am happy about it, our daughter has found so much with the help of that darling Haunter," Lisa said as she shot her laughing daughter and Haunter a happy smile. "I think that Haunter has brought so much into our lives-"
"Yes, so much that I am thankful that I am a physic as my powers give me a warning before anything happens to me," Adam said simply ignoring the dark look his wife sent him. "Now then, enough of this, I will no longer be scared to live in my own home because of my daughter and her Haunter!"
"We already are, or have you forgotten what went on before that nice boy and Haunter came into our lives," Lisa said as she shot Adam a warning look. "Whatever you decide to do it better not involve separating those two, I do not want our daughter to go back to how things were before...together those two are perfect."
"It doesn't! It doesn't!" Adam said in defence as he was as he held his hands up in surrender. "All I was going to do was ask them what they were planning to do next and who their newest victim is. At least if it is me I can start to write up my will...again for the twentieth time."
Ignoring his wife's muttering about stupid over paranoid husbands Adam slowly made his way towards his daughter and her Pokémon friend. Each step he took was carefully placed as he double checked to make sure that he was not walking into a trap. Just as he made it to the edge of the table Sabrina and Haunter looked up at him with a haunting smile.
"Hello Daddy, what are you doing?" Sabrina asked making Adam gulp in fear. "Are you trying to sneak a look at Haunter's and my special idea?"
"Haunt, Haunter," the Ghost type Pokémon said as he agreed with his human friend.
"N-No, I was not trying to do anything of the sort," Adam replied nervously with a sheepish grin on his face. "I was just coming over to ask you what you were planning next, I thought that you were going to be over at your gym today being a...gym leader and all and doing...gym leader...stuff."
"It is still pretty early Daddy, and the gym does not open until 9am," Sabrina answered calmly, secretly enjoying watching her father squirm. "As for what Haunter and I are planning...we are making some plans to create a new special key."
"A-A new special key?" Adam asked interestedly, missing the pointed look his wife was sending his daughter over his shoulder. "What sort of thing does it unlock?"
"It hides a portal to another dimension, the one where ghost type Pokémon live in," Sabrina said as she answered her father's question causing Adam to gulp in fear. "Haunter and I were just going over some last details about what should go on the key, we do not want anyone, Pokémon, humans or otherwise, going in and out of the portal now do we?"
"No...we do not want that at all," Adam replied as sweat began to pour down him. "W-Where are you keeping this portal? How did you find it?"
"Haunter found it in between the floors of the house while he was moving about one day, setting things up for a new prank," Sabrina answered as she and Haunter gleefully watched her father squirm. "And we was keeping it in the spare bedroom but with how it has changed shape lately we have moved it."
"Moved it to where?" Adam asked, not really wanting to know but if he was going to avoid the portal he had to know. "Did you somehow take it to the gym?"
"Nope," Sabrina said as a dark look flashed across her face though her father missed it. "Haunter placed it in the bathroom, the toilet to be more precise."
"So...that strange noise I heard this morning when I...you know...it was not that part of the toilet had been broken somehow and needed repairing but..." Adam gulped and winced at the memory. "I...what I did went into the portal to the ghost type Pokémon world?" Sabrina nodded her head with a serious expression causing Adam to groan. "Then...what about when I flushed the toilet? I did not hurt the portal did I?"
"Nope, Haunter and I made sure to put several protective measures into place when we first found it," Sabrina said happily causing Adam to sigh in relief though it was short lived. "But if I was you it would be best to go and apologise to them, do you know anyone who would like going through something like they did because of you?"
A second later Adam teleported out of the room leaving behind a laughing daughter and ghost Pokémon and a glaring wife.
"Honestly you two, as much as I agree that your father is in need of a taste of his own medicine after what he did last night do you not think that you went a bit too far?" Lisa asked as she folded her arms. "One day all of these lies and pranks on people will come back to haunt you."
"But Mummy," Sabrina said seriously causing Lisa to pause. "I did not lie or joke, with things like this I am always serious."
Lisa looked at her daughter unsurely. "Than your laughter earlier..."
"Was about a knock knock joke that Haunter shared with me," Sabrina answered honestly with a happy smile as she and Haunter cuddled together. "Being able to read the minds and communicate with Pokémon like I can do is my favourite thing about being a Physic."
A few seconds later a loud terrified scream came from upstairs in the bathroom.
"SABRINA!" Adam's terrified voice rang out throughout the whole house. "You are banned from bringing home anymore portals to the ghost world!"
"Oh pooie, that spoils our fun Haunter," Sabrina said sadly only to freeze and an excited smile appeared on her face. "Daddy never mentioned anything tough about bringing home dark worm holes though!"
End of Prompt.
