ch. 9 A Camelot Tour

(Hey it's aura. You're probably thinking, chapter 9 again but why? Well...there were a lot of typos and misplaced bolds so I had to fix it. I also added a bit more details. Hope you like it better now.)

As Satoshi followed the elder vampires to the dining hall, he thought back to earlier this morning. He still couldn't believe that HE WAS A PRINCE! And not just any prince, the prince of all vampires. It felt so unreal to him, but the papers were authentic and the marks of his family on the papers helped. But it didn't matter to him right now, since he was still recovering from the hypnosis Demenico did to him. Satoshi shivers. Not only did he remember his worst memories, but he also learned that he was unstable in the mind. He sighs as he tries to calm himself. He was fine. He was a good boy. The monster wasn't coming out, and he was going to make sure it never would again. He looks at Pikachu who was on his right shoulder, then to Xathar. Satoshi still refused to take the pills, he felt it wouldn't work since he's a vampire and he didn't know the success rate of the pills. He soon enters the dining hall and walk towards the morning table. All the vampires were already there, sitting patiently for the humans. He noticed Markham was also there. He was near end of the table on right side. He was wearing a blue attire that was identical for everything except color from yesterday's outfit. Satoshi soon smiled as he notices there were many open seats next to the boy. The sweet sight of his friend was easing the pain. Satoshi soon slips behind the old adults and sits right next to Markham. Markham soon notices the vampire. "Oh hey Satoshi, I see that you and those other boys woke up early like me. Although, you got up much later than the others and you don't look as well." Markham said. Satoshi nods as he looks at his friend. "Yeah, well lord Demenico had called all of the kids from the basement to attend an early morning meeting to talk about the murders. We have a clue of who it is, but need a little more evidence to prove it. The reason I'm late is because I stayed in library with the adults to talk about my parents. It didn't end well. Anyways, I usually wake up kind of late and stay up really late as to my sleep cycle. I need an alarm clock just to make sure I don't oversleep." Satoshi said. Markham was surprised. "Oh, I'm sorry. I hope the rest of your day will be better. So who do you think did it?" Markham asked.

Satoshi sighs. He had to think a way of explaining the maid's involvement in the crimes without mentioning or hinting at vampires. Besides he doubted Markham would believe him anyways. Satoshi soon got an idea as he remembered another kind of shapeshifter. "Well, we believe that it is miss April Shine. A recently employed maid of the castle. She was hiding on our ship on our ship, using the sailors and the ship to hide from the police. She's now a servant of the castle to get away from the crime scene. But she left two things opened on herself. One is the attack on the canal which revealed there was a killer, and two, we found red hair and woman finger prints on the clothes she used to frame the boy, Brandy Shinro." Satoshi said. Markham was amazed and confused. "But how could she do it?" Markham asked. Satoshi smiled. "It's because she isn't the one who did the crime, she has a Ditto which she uses to do the crimes and make sure no one suspects a thing. It collects the blood and that piece of the brain she took from Jared and gives it to his master. She must be using it for some nefarious use. Although I'm not sure what the blood would be used for or why the ditto rapped Averian." Satoshi said confused. Markham was surprised. "Woah, that's scary. But at least she'll be stopped soon." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. Although he hated that this was all a lie and a cover up for his horrendous act. He growled. He wished the lie was the truth and that he wasn't a monster. He wanted to be solving a crime instead of covering it up. "So who was the one to figure it out?" Markham asked, which shakes the vampire prince out of his thoughts. Satoshi soon chuckles. "Well, it was Lord Demenico and I who were the ones. I've been searching all over the ship and found the evidence." Satoshi said. Markham 'oohed' at this. "You should be a detective. It really fits you. You can do all the things you love without being overloaded." Markham said. Satoshi sighed. "If only it was that easy. Sadly I can't. My father would never allow it and I am chained by his decisions." Satoshi said in anger. Markham sighs. Then an idea came to the poor boy. "I know. Why don't you make a character who's a detective. It would allow you to live out the life of a detective." Markham said.

Satoshi held his chin as he thought about it. He liked the idea and he did like mysteries books, but then again he wasn't the story writing type of guy. 'Well, there's a first time for everything.' Satoshi thought then smiled. "Sure, why not. I will base him off myself and have him live out many adventures that I unfortunately can not live out. And to make things more interesting, I'll put him in a world without any Pokemon in it, and use the rare animals instead." Satoshi said. Markham smiled. "I've heard of books without Pokemon before. They're usually a lot more darker and mature." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "Yes. I have quite a few of the genre in my library. The System Shock/Bioshock series is my favorite of the group." Satoshi said. "So what will your character look like and will his name be?" Markham asked. Satoshi smiles as an idea suddenly comes to him. "Shinjiro Holmes. He'll look just like me but with large and fluffier hair to show how much more a free spirit he is than me because his job has more freedom. I used that name because I like last names beginning with H and I think the names of Pokelantis are fascinating and should be used more. Although I won't be using the language of Pokelantis because it's very clunky." Satoshi said. Markham was surprised. "The Pokelantians. I've heard of them. They're the nation that caused a huge rift between the main land of Japan and the islands like Hoenn and Sinnoh." Markham remarked. Satoshi nodded. "Good, another person hasn't forgotten about the island." Satoshi said. Markham chuckles. "Yeah, well, it's mentioned in the Great War, which was when the rift happened." Markham said. Satoshi smiles. "And it was full of people who were much smarter and more rationshinal to reason than the main land. At least, that's what I've heard about." A voice said from behind the two boys. They turn around and see Lord Demenico. "L-Lord Demenico, wh-what are you doing at this end of the table?" Markham said in shock, his voice stammered a bit. Noriko smiles, showing his fangs. "I noticed Sir Satoshi didn't fallow me to the other end, so I came back to see what was keeping him up. I see that he was talking to you sir." The lord of the castle said. Satoshi looks down, blushes and nodded. "Y-yes. I was talking to my friend, Markham, about the murders and who we suspected as the culprit. I...I needed to talk to someone I trust, that's all. I'll coming with you soon." Satoshi said. Noriko nodded.

"Yes. I had heard that, and this Shinjiro character you want to make. I say it's a great idea and perfect for releasing any 'unwanted' emotions you may be feeling right now like anger." Lord Demenico said. Satoshi nodded. "Y-yes, but he's not a monster or a criminal. He may be a little shifty in how he does his work, but he only does that because he wants justice to prevail." Satoshi said. The two men smile at Satoshi. "That's good. But remember to make sure he isn't 'TOO' obvious with justice, otherwise you'll be making another Counte of Monty Cristo." Demenico said. Satoshi nodded. Soon the prince got up. "Well goodbye for now Markham, I'll see you later." Jekyll said. Soon Markham said goodbye, and Satoshi walks with Demenico to his seat and sits down. He sighs as he grabs his full cup of blood and drinks it till it's dry. He notices the little boy wasn't awake yet. He sighs. After a while, the other guests arrived along with the chaperones and the little boy. The little boy looks at Satoshi. "Hey, mister, are you okay? You look quite thine and pale." The boy asked. Satoshi looked at his skin, the boy was right he was pale and he was a bit thinner than normal. 'It didn't help that I had to relive though all of those terrible memories again.' Satoshi thought to himself, not fully over to what had happened to him, but he forces a smile on himself. "Y-yeah, but I've been having bad dreams. Thankfully they will end soon. Doctor Xathar is helping me out." Satoshi said. The boy smiled. "Okay." The small boy said. Once the boy was done talking, the lord of castle got up and tapped his glass cup with a spoon, which caused everyone to look at him. "Everyone, welcome to your first real day at my castle. I hope everyone had a pleasant night sleep. Our first event will be an introductory course where I'll first tell you the summary of Arthurian Legends, the most famous stories in Camelot. Then we'll have a short intervention before lunch to talk with each other and interact with people you don't know about. Then, after lunch, we'll take a short tour around the town. We'll take a longer tour tomorrow when we're not so busy." Lord Demenico said.

"Today is Wednesday, and on Friday we'll take a short trip to the lake to further introduce you to the Pokemon of Camelot. During the weekend we'll have two teams working separately to explore the cave near here. One team will go into Saturday and the other day on Sunday. This is done for because there are some dangerous Pokemon in there. Next week, we'll elaborate on the Pokemon we saw during on our tours, and talk about what their abilities were." Lord Demenico said. Everyone was excited. Satoshi smiled as well. "Now you can eat." Demenico said. Satoshi smiled and drank his third cup of blood. He soon eats his eggs, bacon, and muffin and had 4 refills of blood. Once everyone was done with breakfast, Demenico got up and instructed everyone to follow him to the library. They followed him and enter the library. The 'chaperones' of Professor Birch and his crew sat down in the big red chairs while Demenico walked up to the back of the library. Satoshi noticed that the stools from earlier were gone. He then looks at the thrown. He felt his greed overcoming him. He wanted to sit in it right away. He holds himself. He had to control himself, he kind of promised the elders that he'd behave. 'Good boy.' He complimented himself. He shocked his head. 'Man that was weird, it's almost like I was talking in the third person.' He thought to himself. 'But...maybe being two people in one body is good. After all, it will help improve our experiment. Yes. Our experiment... WAIT A MOMENT!? OURS!?' Satoshi took a step back. "Mr. Jekyll is everything okay?" Demenico asked. "Y-yeah. I am. Don't mind me." The raven hair boy said. Demenico sighed and grabbed 5 large books, 3 of them were about looked about 700 pages long while two looked around 500 pages long. He places them on the large wooden table and then separated them. Satoshi noticed the books covers were very decorative with a picture on the front and large strange symbols he suspected were words. The man looked at the group.

"This is the golden collection of books that contain the legends of Sir Arthur. The books are quite big and hold many legends. I will give a brief summary of each book and mention a few of the more famous tales in each of the books. When I am done, I will allow you guys to talk to yourselves and have some time to form friendships. Once you've learned the writing of this land and if you have an interest in these stories, you can read them whenever you want as long as someone else isn't reading the book you want to read since I only have 3 sets of these books. And if you want a set for yourself, then contect me and I will help you get your own." Lord Demenico said. He picks up one of the books, it was one of the shorter lengthed ones. It had a green cover and the picture showed a young man pulling out a large silver sword. "This is Caliburn. It's the first in the collection of the tales. It consists of Sir Arthur's early years where he discovered his friends, his fellow knights, his befriendment of Merlin 'a wizard', and discovered the sword Caliburn. The most famous tale is the Tale of Caliburn," Demenico said, then put the book down. "Um...what's a wizard?" The people asked. Demenico sighed. "'A wizard' is a magical man who controls many of the elements and uses Pokemon like moves. He is very powerful and is nice. The most comparable example of a 'wizard' for your country is a witch, but unlike witches and monsters, a wizard is usually very nice and is sided with goodness." Demenico said. Everyone was shocked and amazed. They had never head of a good person with that power. "Is that true? This land has people with the same power as those magical monsters but on the side of good?" A boy asked. Demenico nodded. This shocked Satoshi to his core. 'If this land can form someone with that power and is a hero, then...then I can be saved. I can be a hero. I won't be a bad boy.' Satoshi wickedly smiled. Demenico picks up a big book with a blue cover and had the picture of a man with a blue pointed hat and blue robes and a ton of soldiers with strange armor in the background. "The second book is called Merlin and the noble Knights of Camelot. This book consists of small adventures the knights of Arthur and a few stories with Merlin as he fights witches and monsters." Demenico said. Everyone was excited.

Demenico puts the book down and picks up another big book. It was red with an war pose of two armies ready to charge at each other. "The third book is Avelon, which introduces Sir Arthur's wife, Lady Malia, and Arthur's cousin King John of the Scots and the king's brother, Sir 'king' John who was a scoundrel and is the main villain in the next book. King John is with Arthur, both fighting in the war. This book consists of tons of war stories about the war between Camelot and Heizur that happened 600 years ago, and how Arthur grew to be the wisest king of all. For those you don't know Heizur is a country north east of Kalos and is a long term enemy of Camelot." Demenico said. The lord puts the book down and picks up the fourth book which was also very big. Satoshi soon noticed the last book was very small. The lord holds the book up. It was purple with slightly more jagged symbols and had the picture of a guy in green tights and a group of poor looking people. "The fourth book is called Robin Hood. The fourth entry strays from the focus of arthur and his knights, and it focuses on a band of thieves, the country Scots, and 'king' John. It's about a group of 'thieves' who take wealth from the greedy king John and the aristocrats, and give the money to the poor and the wronged." Demenico said. Satoshi took a step back. The concept confused and angered him. "I know this sounds ludicrous, but that's how it was until King John returned from the war and stopped his brother. Besides these are LEGENDS, not fact. So these aren't real." Demenico said, then put the book down and picked up the last book. Satoshi holds his right arm. 'Calm down, calm down. I need to stay calm. I can't lose my tempure. UGH! I know my methods are a bit weird and in some eyes could be seen as illegal, but I am still on the side of justice. THIS...THIS on the other hand. I...I don't know, but it feels so wrong, yet so right someway. Ugh. Remember, they're heroes who use unconventional methods, that's all. They're not really thieves...I think. UGH.' "Um...Satoshi, are you okay? Your eyes are turning red." Dylan asked. This snaps Satoshi back to reality.

"Y-yes and no. Yes in the sense that I'm feeling well, but no in the sense that I'm very tired and this fourth book confuses me so much. I mean, Outlaws as heros? That's just ridiculous. But they're suppose to be the heros and they're stopping a mad king, so I guess they're right. But I just don't know what to think about the book." Satoshi admitted. Dylan nodded. "Yes it is ridiculous, but it sounds like fun to read." Dylan said. Satoshi just sighed. "The last book is Excalibur. It consists of the final adventures of King Arthur and shows how he gained the powerful and magical sword, Excalibur. But note for future readers, this book has the legendary Pokemon Clarinetime, guardian of Camelot, and is more of a complete story than the others. Oh there are short shorties, but they're not the main focus in the book." Demenico said. The group 'oohed' at this. "Now you may talk with each other." Demenico said. Satoshi sighs in relief. Markham walks up to the boys. "Oh Markham, I'm so glad we've finally gotten some time for ourselves." Satoshi said with a smile. Markham nodded. "So guys, what do you think of the books? They sound very fun." Markham said. "I like them, but I doubt I'm going to read them. The mid-evil area isn't my favorite time setting in fiction." Dylan said. Satoshi nodded. "I found them interesting and I might read the first book, but I'm definitely not going to read Robin Hood. The idea of bad guys also being good guys is just preposterous. I have read of bad guys with good intentions, but not good guys that do bad. Even if it's against a bad man." Satoshi said, disgusted by the idea of the book. Markham looks at him in confusion. "But shouldn't there be a grey area, after all, we are supposedly two natures based off your theory." Markham said. Satoshi growls as his eyes turned lizard like. "No, no grey. Grey is bad. Two sides can't exist together as one. Will destroy each other. One has to be leader. One has to overtake the other side. This is rule of life. This is rule of the jungle." Satoshi said, his voice sounding off. "Satoshi, are you sure you're okay? You don't sound like you normally do. Plus what's up with your eyes, they look like a lizards." Dylan said in confusion. This snaps Satoshi out of it.

Satoshi takes a step back. His heart races fast. He holds his head. "Me...me...me...me not feel well...Head hurts. Bad memories been overflow mind. Me...me don't feel well. Good is bad...bad is good." Satoshi said, the idea entrapping him. "Satoshi, what ever happened in the past doesn't matter! You're a good boy. Good boys don't think like that." Dylan said. Satoshi soon crashes to the floor and begins to cry. The boys and other people noticed this. "Me don't know who to trust now. Trip and Barry gone, and me is alone. Me don't know what to do now." Satoshi cries. "Pikapi." The mouse Pokemon said, he didn't get to see what happened in the boy's mind and he didn't hear what Demenico told to Xathar, all he knew was his friend and master was in pain. Markham soon hugs him. "Don't worry, everything will be okay. We'll be here and we'll be your friends." Markham said. Satoshi gets up and cries on the boy's shoulder. "Thank you Markham, thank you." Satoshi cries out. The pain and loneliness easing a bit. Demenico noticed the crying prince. He begins to walk towards them, but Satoshi opens his eyes and sees the lord of castle. He felt his rage rising. 'He's the one who caused us pain. Hurt him. WE MUST HURT HIM!' A voice yells in Satoshi's head. Satoshi clutches his head as he tried to control his anger. "Sir Satoshi, I saw you yelling, crying, and being in pain. Are you sure you're well enough to be on this trip? Maybe we should send you back to your room. If you can't handle everything, maybe we can arrange something to send you back home." Noriko said. Satoshi became fearful. 'See! SEE! He don't care bout us. He hates us. Hates us and don't want us here. Want to send us to asylum. Want us to be with daddy. Bad man. BAD MAN! Don't trust him. Don't trust him. Use him. Make him make us stronger. Then we good. Then we perfect.' The voice said. Satoshi did his best to control the voice, but he did feel it was in the right. "I'm fine. Just fine. But it doesn't help since your 'theory' of my 'mood swings' had reopened wounds that I forgotten with your damn Hypnosis! While you did make me see that I have power as a doctor, it doesn't excuse the fact that you made me relive the horrible incidents that made me afraid of dragons!" Satoshi yelled as fear and anger was in his ruby eyes.

The two boys were shocked, along with everyone that was in the near area, since there wasn't a lot of space in the room. "Is this true?" Professor Birch asked. Demenico sighed. "Yes. I did do a little hypnotising to try and ease Satoshi here to be more friendly and less of a loner, but it backed fired and now he's more scared than ever. Satoshi, I didn't mean for it to happen like that. I was just trying to help you, but it kind of hard not have at least a few bad things happen while your hypnotized. I hope those memories don't make you fearful of me and the other authorities. I don't want you to go insane. Please, forgive me." Demenico said, ashamed of himself. Satoshi looks around. He looks into Markham's eyes, which looked very sad. "You should do it, Satoshi." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "O-okay, Lord Demenico, I forgive you, but that doesn't mean that I trust you, you and Dr. Xathar have to build up my trust and make me like you." Satoshi said. The voice in Satoshi's head was screaming to kill the man and gain more power, but Satoshi did his best to suppress it and make sure no one knew what he was hearing. Demenico nodded. "Yes Mr. Jekyll." He said, then got up. "Now, with that done, we still have plenty of time left, so you can still talk to each other. But stay in this room, we don't want anyone roaming around the castle." Demenico said. The groups nodded. After a while, the boys began to talks about their childhood some more. Markham was the first one to talk, explaining how his family was always the doctors of the village, how his school life was fine and that he was a very good student, his religion was Arceuims which Dylan told Satoshi that he was a believer too. That Markham planned on going to Axelia, a college that has a lot of knowledge and has a decent price for tuition, and that he really is interested in the arthurian legends. Satoshi was next.

"As I explained, my family enlisted me in many things while I was 8. Well, while I was growing up before then, they taught me my host skills, how to talk to 'the upperclassmen', Pokelantis history, and sent me to many parties that I wasn't that fond of. But... interspaced with that, my parents left me alone, leaving me with my nanny, Miss Bella Anders; and I was able to do whatever I want as long as I don't hurt people or destroy things. I was able to experiment and learned my love of science, but my parents were kind of scared by it. Although they never really disapproved of it, they just said that I should be careful with it. I also went to church for Taoism, a religion that isn't well liked in Kanto and doesn't have a god, but my parents didn't go with me. And since I was so lonely I'm not that much of a believer. Although I do like the fact that they believe that man is two beings," Satoshi said. The others nodded. Satoshi sighs. "After I turned 9, my parents signed me up to the most expenisive and high classed privet school in Kanto, St. Catherine's School. Thankfully my friends were rich enough to go there as well, so I didn't lose any friends. However, I wasn't able to gain a lot friends. I gained acquaintances and many people usually enjoyed my presence, but no really friends other than one. I actually met my friend Delia there. I wasn't that fond of her since I was more interested in studying and my science, and all of the girls I've already met treated me coldly. But after I talked with her some more, and the fact that she was the only one to fully understand me who wasn't already in my group of friends. I realized how beautiful she was and how lovely she was. I fell in love with her, although now that I look back, I see that that it was more lust I was feeling than actually love, but I don't mind since I was very young. Not to mention, whenever I tried to deal with other girls, they always broke my heart. Anyways, I tired so hard for her to love me, but she saw that I wasn't fully love with her since I didn't really give her a good reason as to why I loved her or why she should love me, but I was foolish back then and devoted myself to making her see it my way. It...It wasn't the best plan. She became kind of frighten of me and saw me as a creep. Which in a sense she was right, but I didn't care. I just wanted to be with her and it was a miracle that she withstand me. Although she did make me less monstrous.

"By my 14 birthday, I was in so enthralled in my love and my science that my monstrous behavior disappeared. And while I was in private school, my parents took me to a holiday house for the winter and summer months. Although before I was nine, I spent my christmas week with Gary, his family, my friends and their family, and my family at Professor Oak's ranch. But after I hurt myself by having a Deino attack me, my parents saw the place was too dangerous for me to go for the holiday retreat and choice a little hut that was not to far from Pallet town." Satoshi explained, "I spent my school years researching, lusting over Delia, studying medicine, technology, and science; building machines that my father said were superfluous, doing detective work from time to time, doing some drama work, doing a lot of swimming, and spent most my time perfecting the skills I learned while a kid. I remember so much medical knowledge that it's not funny." Satoshi admitted. The two boys 'oohed' at this. "Wow, that's so cool. Hey Satoshi, can we work together later to help teach each other more medicine knowledge." Markham said. Satoshi nodded and became excited. "Of course. I won't have it any other way." Satoshi said, fully of energy. The boys chuckled. "Okay, now it's my turn." Dylan said. Soon he talked about his childhood and his school life, which were very average. After a several minutes of talking, Demenico steps up and says, "Okay everyone, after checking the time, it's almost lunch. Please finish up your conversations and please head to the dining hall. We're having crabs and seafood for lunch." Lord Demenico said. The others nodded. Soon Dylan finished up by explaining how he found out about the Wright brothers, which was that he saw a show about theirs while traveling to his grandmother's house. Once he was done, Demenico rang a bell, and everyone looked at him. "Okay, now I'm sorry if I interrupted you, but it's time for lunch, and we don't want to mess up the schedule, now please, let's return to the dinning hall." He said. Everyone nodded and left the library. They had quite a lovely lunch with crabs, lobster, boiled clams, and salad.

Satoshi ate his share of the food and had 4 cups of blood which came from a scientist man in Heizur called Joseph von Fraunhofer. If some else saw what Satoshi saw, they would think that the man was mad and probably lock him up in an asylum. Satoshi didn't think that way though, he thought he was interesting, although he couldn't see what field the man was in or what his ideas were, but he knew through the blood that the man didn't like people. Satoshi sighs as lunch ends and Demenico called everyone to go to the carriages. However, Satoshi wanted to know more about the strange scientist guy he saw in the blood. He knew that he was a scientist and very smart, but he wanted to know more. Satoshi shacks his head and gets up. 'I'll ask Lord Demenico about this after we go to town.' Satoshi thought to himself. Soon the guests, the chaperones, and the lord of the Castle walked out to the front of the castle. Satoshi 'awed' at the sight of the town at this angle. They weren't very high up and they couldn't see every bit of the town, but the view was great and the water shined in the noon sunlight. Satoshi felt happy again. He soon notices that the carriages were off to the left and parked in a row. Satoshi's carriage was near the end of the area and was very pleasant looking in the sunlight. Satoshi smiles. 'At least I don't have to worry about burning up, although the sunlight is kind of annoying. I guess my vampirium is showing up.' Satoshi thought to himself. Lord Demenico walks up to Satoshi's carriage. "Professor Birch, Satoshi, one of his friends, and I will be in the large ruby carriage. Meanwhile the other chaperones will be in the carriage they came in." Lord Demenico said. He turns to the prince. "Sir Satoshi, who do you want to join with us in the carriage?" He asked. Satoshi gulped. "Well~...I would say Markham Ignus. He's a very good friend." Satoshi said. Markham squealed in joy. Then they noticed that Dylan was upset. "Sorry Dylan, but next time I'll have you as my carriage buddy. It's just a shame there isn't more room." Satoshi said, sad. Dylan sighs.

"Fine. Besides, maybe I can talk to someone who's just into airplanes and airbikes as me." He said. Satoshi smiled. "Actually, I like flying machines as well, I just don't really specialize in them." Satoshi admitted. Dylan smiled. "Well, at least I know you really like them." He said. Then he smiled. Demenico walks up to Satoshi and turns to the crowd. "Okay, before we leave, I have to inform you of our route. First we're going to stop in the middle of town and talk about the locations there. Then we'll head off around the middle of the town, stopping in the more populated and shop heavy parts of town. Then we'll head to the port and harbor, we'll talk about the local Pokemon in the lake breifly, we'll visit the local pubs and see what places you like, and then at the end of the day, we'll return to the castle." He said. Everyone got excited. "Alright now everyone besides Dylan Kull, please head to the carriages you were assigned to yesterday. When that's done, Dylan I'll put you somewhere that has enough seats." Professor Birch said. Dylan nodded. Satoshi and Markham soon entered the large carriage. Satoshi was on the left and back of the carriage, while Markham sat next to him. Satoshi felt his heart race as he sat next to the boy. He felt so strange siting next to the boy. 'Maybe I should wait a while before I tell Markham I love him. I'll wait until I know this isn't just misplaced lust and that it's actually love. Maybe we can also experiment and ...no, what am I thinking. What's up with this strange voice. Besides I don't want to drag a girl's heart out just to "experiment" with my love. What if I don't actually love her? What happens then?' He thought to himself, the voice in his head sounding more different than normal, but then again a voice in his head at all is not normal. Satoshi looks at the boy. "M-markham, h-have you ever felt a strange lust for a person that you can't explain, but you don't know if it's just lust or love?" Satoshi asked, trying his best to no reveal his intentions. Markham looks at him. "What do you mean a crush?" He asked.

"Well, I guess so. But I'm not entirely sure. Anyways, what should I do? I have these feelings but I don't know if I should talk to the person or not. I'm scared that I might scare her away and come off like a creep. I haven't had the best luck in love," Satoshi admitted. "Ah young love. It's such a fun time for all," Lord Demenico said as he enters the carriage. Satoshi blushes as he didn't noticed the man enter the carriage. "Did you hear what I said to Markham?" Satoshi asked. Demenico nodded. Satoshi blushes really hard. Demenico chuckles. "Markham, what do you advise this boy to do?" Lord Demenico asked. "M-me, well~...I don't know. Satoshi maybe if you tell me more about this girl, I can help you." Markham asked. Satoshi looks away in embarrassment. 'Just describe how Markham behaves in my eyes and apply it to a girl. It's...It's not that hard. Besides, a girl is supposedly better than saying that I'm in love with a boy.' Satoshi thought to himself. 'But girls are stupid and dumb. They don't understand us. Look at Delia and those other girls. They don't care about us. So far only boys are interested in what we say. What we do. Girls don't come up and say hi to us. They don't say "They want to be friends". Boys are better. But...me also wants to have sex with girls. We never had that fun. Don't want to lose it as well.' Satoshi holds his head, the voice was becoming louder. "Is something wrong, Satoshi?" Dylan asked. Satoshi shacks his head, then looks at Markham. "Y-yeah, just a minor headache. It's nothing. Anyways, the girl is shy, is poor, looks quite cute, is about a year under me, and is quite an angle." Satoshi said. Satoshi looks at the others. "Well, a shy girl. She kind of sounds like my type as well. Maybe she has a friend I can have. So, what's her name?" Markham asked. Satoshi blushed. He didn't really know any of the females names and he didn't know which girls were shy and anglic like Markham. 'The best answer is just to say "I don't know". That way we don't end up like idiots for getting wrong.' The voice said to Satoshi. Satoshi nodded.

"I don't know. I haven't really talked to her, just saw her talking while we were in the Library. I've also seen her while I walked around the ship." Satoshi lied. Markham smiled. "Oh, you should go see her. Then, even if your scared, you should do talk to her. You don't know how long until another boy comes along and takes her." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "Y-yes, I will." Satoshi said. Soon Professor Birch entered the carriage and sat next to Lord Demenico. "Alright, everyone is in the carriages. I already told the riders to begin moving now." Birch said. The others nodded. Soon the carriage began moving. After a few minutes of waiting, Satoshi looked out the window and see they were almost to the center. "We'll be stopping in front of the statue you saw yesterday." Lord Demenico said. The two boys nodded. After a couple of minutes, the carriage stopped and the four of them walked out. Just like Demenico said, they were in front of the statue and the carriage was parking away in a small parking area that was right next to the road they arrived from. Soon others arrived, joined them, and their carriages parked in the same parking area. Satoshi looks at the statue, now he had a time to actually look at it. The man was about 10 feet tall, had short hair, a mustache, a hunting outfit, and he looked very old. He looked at Demenico and sees that all of the guests were now here. Satoshi nods. "Okay everyone, now that we're here. Let's introduce you to the statue of the fonder of the town, Sir Mezzo Forte. But he's not really that interesting and not what we're here for. Now to left of the area, where our carriages are, is the hall of ministry where laws and small government type of stuff is dealt with and I mostly spend my time in. So when I'm gone, Doctor Xathar will be leading you since he knows the schedule of my plans." Demenico said. Satoshi frowned. "To the left is the hall of ministry where we learn about how doctors influence effects Camelot. To the left of it is a group of houses, the next is the post office where we'll get our mail, the next one near the exit of the town to the port are houses. To the opposite of them are more houses. Then next to them is the 5 o'clock pub which you may or may not like. Next to it is a restaurant called Red Robin. Then to the left of restaurant is the market store that holds the herbs and meat . And to the right of the carriage storage and to the left of the store is more houses." He said. The others smiled. "Okay now with that over, let's talk about the history of this area." Demenico said. Satoshi sighed.

Soon Demenico talked for 4 minutes about how it was fond in the mid-evil times of 1300s. He tells them that the land is not that important to Camelot, but the people who live here wouldn't trade it for the world and that the people who live here have happy lives. Satoshi sighs, history wasn't one of his favorite subjects and he began to doze off. It was interesting in a sense, but not enough to keep him fully awake. Then Satoshi fell asleep as he leans against the statue. After a sometime, Markham shakes the prince. "Satoshi, wake up. It's time to go." Markham said. "W-what? I-I'm awake." Satoshi said as he looks around, embarrassed. The girls chuckle at this. This causes Satoshi to blush. Demenico angerly looks at the boy. "You know Satoshi, for a boy who is very smart and talented, you would think he would be able to follow a simple history lecture." Demenico said very upset. "I-I'm sorry Mr. Demenico, but when something bores me I don't want to listen to it. Besides, it's very not likely that I would need this. It's just the way I was raised." Satoshi admitted. Demenico sighed. "I just hope you don't fall asleep when talk about other things. We don't want you to lose your intelligence." He said. Satoshi nodded. "Now with that over, everyone please go back into the carriages." He said. Everyone nodded and went into the carriages they were assigned to. Once Satoshi, Markham, Professor Birch, and Demenico got into the carriage, it left the station and began to ride off into the side roads of the area. Lord Demenico pulls out a small device that was attached to the carriage. Satoshi noticed that it was a black box with a small microphone and a button. He presses this button. "Attention all passengers, attention all passengers, don't be alarmed. Do to the fact that walking around the city and talking about it would take forever, I've come up with a quick way to inform you all about this land. This device I'm using is very much similar to the one used on the ship, I had INSTALLED it earlier to prepare for all of you. Now as you look out we are heading into the middle ring of the city and will be slowing down so I can probably show you the area. Now we will have a more elaborated tour of the places tomorrow, but right now I will briefly talk about them." Lord Demenico said.

Satoshi was amazed by the item. He really wanted to take apart the thing and see how it worked. He had used such a device while in privet school, but he wasn't allowed to dismantle it and see what it's components were. Soon the carriage turned left. "First off, there are many houses in the middle of the city. To far right of us is another store full of herbs and spices, to the left of us is a shoe and cane store." He said and began to talk about the stores and food providers. Satoshi sighed. He was getting bored again. He preferred looking at a map and just going around the city and learning about the city on his own. He sighs, looks out the window, and thinks back to the memories that the hypnosis woke up. He was only focusing on the demon memory. He remembered that Giratina was the lord of demons and he kind of acted that way, and the bird demon named Yveltal was dumb and was the 2nd in command. 'I wonder if this voice is either Giratina or Yveltal. I can't really tell if I'm Gira or Yveltal. Or maybe I'm a new version of Gira or Yveltal. Ugh...My head is confused. Other me could please talk to me. I...I want to know more of you. You... you do? Ah, other me. Yes. I do. And now that you're here, we can talk now. Anyways, Other me, do you have a name? No. Me don't have a name. Me...me was also surprised that we were demons. Me ate boys so we be stronger. To be free. Me didn't know we were demons or vampires. Me...me guess me was freed when we learned what we were. Although, me not upset about it. We are now stronger and can do anything. So, which one of us is gira or yveltal? Me think me is Yveltal and you gira. Me is more violent and rash like Yveltal and me like to smash. While you are more cold and think of yourself as an angel. Just like Gira. Oh come on. He's the lord of Darkness. He's cruel and enjoys other's misery. I'm not like that. Although, his speech during the dream does kind of sound like something I would say if someone accused me of being a monster and he did look like me. Ugh. It doesn't matter because we can't really tell.' Satoshi thought very upset.

He soon sighed and looked out the window. They were passing many bars, restaurants, houses, and stores. Satoshi looks over to Markham then back to the window. Satoshi soon looked at his hands. He began to drift back into his thoughts. '...Other me, wh-what do you think of Xathar's pills? I know I don't like them, but I'm not sure about you. Me don't like it. We can't fully live as one. We were meant to be two. Me also want to be smart like you. Yes, it is a shame. If you are Yveltal, then it's a shame that you're still a dumb animal.' Satoshi said. He felt himself become angry. 'Yveltal...why did you lie to me? Me knew you would stop me. And me wanted that power so much. Me...me hate conscious. Me sometimes wished it would stop so we can have some fun. But I don't want to be a bad guy. I want to be good. Yeah. Well, then try to make good look appealing to me. Make me want us to be boring and good. HEY! Being good is not all boring. Yes, the high class stuff is quite boring but that doesn't mean all good things are boring. We just need to find ways to entertain us that are good. Hehe. Maybe Markham will help. Yeah! That's the spirit.' Satoshi thought as he soon smiled. "Um, Satoshi are you okay? You've been looking at the windows for quite a long time." Markham softly said to the vampire. Satoshi straightens and looks at Markham. Demenico was still talking about the city. "Oh, sorry about that. I was getting bored. I prefer walking around and just exploring cities over someone telling me the city." Satoshi said. Markham nodded. "Yes, you are that kind of guy." Markham said. Satoshi smiled back. He looked out the window. He sees that they were nearing the other end of town. It wouldn't be too long before they would turn down a street to go to the lake. Satoshi soon chuckles. The strange look of madness was in his eyes. He soon sees a barber shop. He smiled. 'Great. Now I can shave this stupid beard off.' Satoshi thought as he touched his face. The five o'clock shadow as now becoming more developed and more fuzzy. He growled at the facial hair.

"I see that you don't like your beard." Mr. Birch said. Satoshi nodded. "Yeah. I'm not fond of facial hair on me. I don't mind it on other people, but I'm one of those people who look terrible with beards." Satoshi admitted. The others nodded. "What about sideburns or mutton chops?" Markham asked. Satoshi held his chin. "Hmmm. I haven't really thought about that. Father dislikes side hairs and I haven't really tested myself to see if I like them or not. You know. After I shave my beard, I'm going to see if I'm good with side burns. If I don't like it, I'll shave them as well, but if I do, then hey, there's nothing wrong with that," Satoshi said. The others smiled except for Lord Demenico. "Satoshi, could you please stop talking. It's distracting and kind of embarrassing. Remember I still have the mike on and everyone can hear you guys." Demenico said. Satoshi becomes red in embarrassment. "Wh-what!? Oh my god. I don't believe it. Oh, I can't believe I didn't remember that. I feel so much like a fool," Satoshi said as he hangs his head in shame and puts his head into his hands. Markham was also embarrassed but not that much in comparison to Satoshi. After a few minutes, the chart began to arrive at the port. Satoshi looks up and looks at the port. He was still very upset, but he had to look at the port in order to see what it's like. The port was kind of big with a few shops and pubs around it, and near it was a steep hill that leads to the beach with a staircase connecting the port and the beach. The port had many small trading ships and a few hunting ships. Satoshi smiled. He remembered swimming in waters and that he could swim in the coldest of waters without having much trouble. Although, he was always exhausted and was usually in a somewhat bad shape when he did that. He sighed. Demenico talks about the ships, how they trade with the other small towns that were around the lake, and what the normal food the ships ketch. Satoshi was slightly disgusted that people eat Pokemon, but he couldn't help but eat along. Plus he wasn't a fan of vegetables. He looks over the waters and sees a bird Pokemon flying over. It was white with blue bits, a large yellow beak, and had a very small body. He remembered of a Pokemon named Wingull that fit this Pokemon description. He hardly saw it since he didn't go near the sea and never went to Hoenn.

His mind soon wondered off to the scientists of Hoenn. There were quite of few and a lot of sea related items were created since Hoenn was more a collection of islands than any other island near the main 'island' of Japan. Satoshi's favorite scientist from the island was Maxwell Shawn Frankenstein who was making a strange discovery with the human body. Satoshi was weirded out by the man's theory that humans could bring other humans back to life but Satoshi didn't minded it since he thought it was cool sounding and could lead to more freedom in the scientific field. 'Although, it's a shame he disappeared a year ago. He was so close to completing his work and probably made a prototype human. But I doubt any of those stupid uptight hypocrites could understand a genius' mind. I may think it's a bit silly but I won't be like those HYPOCRITES!' Satoshi soon growled. He had met a few board of directors during the dinner parties his parents put him through and he always hated them. The idea of the board people being hypocrites came to him when he was 10 while he was doing some unwanted late night exploring in the city and saw a board member buying an underage hooker and 'sleeping' with her. Ever since then, the vampire couldn't fully view the boards as good as they say they were. Satoshi held himself. He had to get the thought out of his mind and return to topic. Soon a weird thought came to his mind. He just realized that he couldn't remember where Max even disappeared to. All that he knew was that it was near one of the ice lands of either Antlantic or Xanadu and that it had to deal with the man's research. Satoshi sighed. He looked at Markham. His heart beat raced as he SCANNED the boy. Satoshi smiled. The carriage soon stopped in a carriage stop. The men soon got out of the carriage as the other carriages park. Satoshi breaths in the air. It was crisp, sharp, and very dirty. The town had the same smell, but it was smaller and less noticeable. Satoshi smiled. He missed the smell of fresh water. He had haft the mind to just forget everything and just swim in the water. However, the moral side stopped him and tried to calm the beast inside him. Satoshi sighs. He looked at the groups. They were all out of the carriages and walking up to a small pub called Perfect Blue. Satoshi smiled.

He looked at Pikachu and chuckled. The boy soon walked with his group to the pub. The out-side of it was nothing special. It had a black outlining with windows and window curtains. The name of the pub was on top in a line thing. On top of the pub was a brick building that kind of clashed with the black. Satoshi smelled the strange smell of lust and human sank around the place. The pub was on the corner of the area near the corner of Verinda and Landion. Satoshi looks back and sees that the other corner was Veranda and St. Volt. Satoshi smiled as he turned back to the group. Satoshi soon enters the pub. It was slick, brown and full of women. Satoshi expected his mind to be disgusted and disinterested in the girls, but he was entranced by the waitresses and their sampy dresses. Satoshi felt a wicked smile form on his face. 'M-maybe I'm not gay. M-maybe I'm just confused and need a woman in my life. Oh, but I can't have a relationship here and now. Demenico forbidden it. What does he know? He's the one who hurt us and made us learn what we really were. We should everything to fuck with him and mess with him. Of course in secret. We don't want to get caught. Although it won't matter if you asked Markham out.' The voice and Satoshi thought. Satoshi looks at the boys in his group and blushes. Even with the women that he was entranced by, he was also entranced by the men. Although he didn't like the older, more mature looking ones. Satoshi sighed. He walks up to Markham. "So, what do you think of this place?" Markham asked. Satoshi smiled. "It's quite a lovely place. It's slick, it's different looking, and there are a lot of beautiful women here." Satoshi said. A woman walks up to them. She had soft short brown hair, blue eyes, and wore a waitress outfit that looked a bit tight on her that showed her curves. In many ways she was very pretty. "Hell' boys. How are ya?" She said in perfect japanese although she had a strange way of saying the words.

"Umm...hello. I didn't know you... um... Camelotians or whatever you're called, could speak japanese." Satoshi said. She nodded. "Eye. We can. But not a lot of people know it since it's a very strange language and we only know it because our mayor taught it to us. He insists that everyone in the village knows at least a little of it. Unfortunately since it's so strange, we tend to have 'accents' and sound a bit off." She said. Satoshi and Markham nodded. "So what's your name?" Markham asked. She blushed. "Miss Julia Grace at your service." She said. Markham smiled. Satoshi felt angry. He felt his jealousy kicking in. He had felt it before when boys talked to Delia, and he never liked the feeling. He puts on a fake smile. "Yeah," Satoshi said. The group soon ordered beer for the adults, and ordered soda for both the people who were 17 and under. Satoshi growled since he got soda when he wanted the beer. 'If only I was a year older, then I wouldn't be treated like this.' Satoshi thought. He thought it was hypocritical of society for allowing him to have wine and cigarettes whenever he wanted; yet beer was some how too much for the kids. Satoshi drinks his soda and sighs. He looks at Markham who also had soda. "Hey Markham." Satoshi said. Markham stops drinking and looks at Satoshi. "Yes?" Markham asked in confusion. "Could we talk to each other in your room tonight. I want to do more with the Holmes idea and want your help writing it. I'm not that used to writing freely." Satoshi admitted. Markham smiled brightly. "Of course. And I have plenty of paper to use." Markham explained. Satoshi smiles back. Satoshi soon noticed a girl walking up to them. She had bright yellow blonde hair, till eyes, was kind of short, and wore a pink bow in her hair. Satoshi smiled. She was very pretty and looked like his type. He walks up to her. "Hello. I'm Satoshi Jekyll. You are quite beautiful and look too well to be working at this place." Satoshi flurt. She blushes and giggles. "Hello, I'm Milla Shelly," She said. Satoshi felt his throat become thirsty. He wanted to bite her neck. She looked so delicious. Satoshi was stopped by Lord Demenico. "Satoshi, what are you doing?" Demenico asked as he grabs Satoshi's shoulder. Satoshi turns to the man. "O-oh, l-lord Demenico, s-sorry about that. I...I wanted just talk to her. She's so pretty." Satoshi said. Demenico frowned. "I told you, the group, and the town, that you can't have a relationship with a townsperson." Demenico said.

Satoshi blushed. "I-I don't plan on making a relationship, I just wanted to talk to her. That's all." Satoshi said. Demenico frowned. "You sure?" Demenico asked. "Of course." Satoshi said. Demenico sighs then leaves their preses to talk to Birch. Satoshi sighs in relief. He turns to her. "Sorry about flirting with you. I...got a little out of my boundaries and forgot my place. I hope I didn't scare you." Satoshi said. She smiled. "No. It's alright." She said. Satoshi smiled. Soon he finishes his soda and gives the empty bottle to her. She then leaves. Satoshi lets out a 'hmmm' of satisfaction as he looks at her rear. 'She's pretty. But then again, I don't feel the same spark as with Markham.' Satoshi thought. He soon walks to the group and sees that they were ready to go to the next pub. Satoshi sighs. He looks back at the woman and sees Milla talking to a man. Satoshi twitched his ears and he starts to hear their conversation. "Just 30 ps? Who do you think I am? Just you're average hooker? Make it 60 and then I'll sleep with you. Otherwise there's no deal." She said. The stranger sighed and agrees as he gets out his wallet. He pays her and then the two leave for the staircase. Satoshi had a wicked smile on. 'A hooker, huh.' Satoshi thought. 'Yes! A way for us to finally have sex legally! Now we don't have to worry about the stupid 'rape' rule. Woah, woah, woah, calm down other me. We can't have sex remember, or we'll be sent away. Besides, we shouldn't even consider rape as an option to stave off our sexual frustration. It's really bad. So you realized that we are starving for love. Good. Now what should we do? We go with the crowd and behave. Ugh. You are such a kid. *Sigh* Which in facts makes me a kid.' Satoshi thought to himself as he walked out the bar with the group. They soon walked around the port and Demenico talked about the pubs that were in the city. There were 5 main ones of which Prefect Blue was one of them, and two smaller pubs. They then walked to the carriages. When they entered the carriage, Satoshi sat on the far side with Markham on back side.

After a few moments,everyone was in the carriage and the carriage began to move. Satoshi sighs as the carriage began to turn the corner. The carriages stopped at the pubs and the people did have fun drinking beer or soda, but Satoshi didn't find anything fun about them. He preferred Perfect Blue more and the fact that there were few prostitutes that Satoshi liked annoyed him. After the trips, the carriages took the group back to the castle and they had a long supper. When supper ended, Demenico told the boys and girls to return to their rooms if they wish so. Satoshi and Markham smiled as they got up and went to Markham's room. In the room, Satoshi looked around, it was somewhat smaller than the basement room he had. It was a square with a bed on the far right, a closet and dresser, and a desk with papers and a small oran berry plant tree on the front back. Satoshi smiles as he sits in the chair in front of the desk. He grabs a piece of paper and a pen. He writes down the name Shinjiro Holmes. "Okay. I've got the name of Shinjiro here. Now what do I do?" Satoshi asked. Markham sits on his bed. "Why don't you make a biographery of your character before you start writing him. That way you remember what he is like and don't add random things to him and make plot holes," Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "Okay. First, his age...hmmm..." Satoshi said then held his chin, "How old should I make Holmes?" "I don't know. When do you want him to start the story? Or will you have someone else be writing it?" Markham asked. Satoshi looked up. He chuckled. "I haven't thought about that. All I know is what I want him to be detective," Satoshi said. He then looks at Markham and then his paper. "I guess I should do the origins. But of who? Of Shinjiro or his partner? I know that I want Shinjiro to have a partner. But of what kind? Will it be of human, animal, or supernatural? What race do I want him to be? I could make him a regular human, but that's kind of boring and a lot of the strange animal world have that kind of protagonist. But then again if I use the strange monsters then what's the point of putting it in the non-Pokemon world?" Satoshi said to himself, then hits his head on the table. Markham held his chin. "I think you should do the one that you want to do. Don't worry about others and the work of others. Just fallow your heart," Markham said.

Satoshi sighs and began to write the biographery. He writes that the age was 17, that he was human, and that he was born from a rich family. After he was done, he gave the paper to Markham. "Wow, this is really good. In fact he may be a little too close to you. You may need to dial back his age a bit or age him up so he's not too close to you. That and...why did you gave Holmes a brother with my name?" Markham asked. Satoshi blushed. "Well, you were the one to inspire me to do this project, and I've always wanted a brother. I thought this was the perfect way to do this." Satoshi said. Markham smiled then gave Satoshi the paper. Satoshi soon puts a question mark near the age since it was really hard to undo words and numbers with ink and there seemed to be no white out. Satoshi soon got out another piece of paper. He soon sighed. "So what will my first adventure in the book be? Oh I have so many ideas. But what to choose? Hmmm... OH! I got the perfect idea. Shinjiro finds one of his uncle's maids dead and Shinjiro is blamed for it. Then he uses his detective skills to prove himself innocent and to ketch the real culprit. What do you think?" Satoshi asked. Markham smiled. "Great. Great. So when in Shinjiro's life will this happen?" Markham asked. Satoshi was soon stuck. "I-I don't know. On the one hand, I want to start at the beginning, but on the other I don't want to be stuck detailing his history and I want to go straight into the action." Satoshi said. Then he sighed. "You know. You should start with his beginning. After all, if you didn't, people would be confused on what he was like. And since you don't know if he will have a partner or not, you can't start with the partners arrival," Markham said. Satoshi sighed. "Ye-yeah." Satoshi said. He soon thought of what the opening would be like. "I'll make Shinjiro a lone wolf, make him cold, having almost no friends, is into drama, and wants friends but is bad at showing his emotions. He's also clueless on women and emotions," Satoshi said. Markham chuckled. "You know that sounds a lot like you. Although you're more friendly and warm. Then again that's not really a beginning, that's the description of Shinjiro's character. Maybe the opening was how Shinjiro got to the house." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "Yeah. That sounds good. I say he was transferred there because of some event involving his parents and that's how he arrives at his aunt's and uncle's." Satoshi explained.

Markham chuckled. "Now write about the plot and how it works." Markham said. Satoshi nodded and grabbed another piece of paper and began to write a rough summary of the plot. After a while, he was done. He gave it to Markham. Markham smiled. "Wow this is really good. Although it's kind of weird that you're characters go on a train to Orre. Then again, that place is known for being shady and having weird things. I heard it's in dealing with an evil team called Snagem right now and 'shadow' Pokemon. I don't know what's it all about, but it doesn't sound good." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. "Yes, I have heard of the problems in Orre, and they sound really bad. However, since this world doesn't have Pokemon, there will be no shadow Pokemon. Whatever they are. Although, I could have vampires in here... NO! I chose Shinjiro to be human and I will not add vampires to the story! It will be gangsters or thieves or something that isn't super natural to attack them on the train!" Satoshi yelled at himself. He soon sigh. Markham was take a back by this. Satoshi noticed this. "Sorry about that. I've been quite...divisive on my thoughts recently and haven't thought of a good way to balance them out." Satoshi said. Markham smiled. Markham soon yawned. "Well, we should get to bed. See you tomorrow." Markham said. Satoshi chuckled. "Good night." Satoshi said as he grabs the pieces of papers, folded them and put them in his right pocket which was free, and got out of the chair. Satoshi soon walked out of the room. He quickly smiled. 'Yes. Have good dreams Markham.' Satoshi thought. He soon remembered the scientist he saw while drinking the blood. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot that I have to talk to Demenico. Hmm... Where will he be right now?" Satoshi asked as he pulls out the map of which he had put in his left pants pockets. It was a little WRINKLED, but was perfectly readable. He looked at the spots of which could hold the lord of the castle, but none of the spots looked big enough to be the master's room. Satoshi soon chuckled, although it wasn't himself that was doing that. 'You know, since we're now vampires, why don't we get a slave. I want to be called master. It's a cool title. We had servants call us master, but slaves sounds cooler.' The other self said. Satoshi frowned. He didn't like the idea of slaves. 'What? NO! I will not entrap a human like that. I will have servants, but not salves. Besides, Brock is half black and he told me all about how slavery bad. I don't want to go against such a friend. Okay. We won't make the slave black then, instead we'll make him white. Besides, Brocko never experienced the life of a slave so why should we believe his word? He was only servant to us, and that only lasted little while. Because his great-great grandparents were slaves that's why. Anyways, we should go talk to Demenico.' Satoshi said. His other self agreed. Satoshi sighed and put the map back into his pants.

Satoshi soon walked to the library since it was very big and was the only place where he met the lord. Once he entered the room, he saw Doctor Xathar sitting in one of the big chairs reading a book. On the table was an empty glass cup. Satoshi smiled. 'Great. Xathar is here. He's just as knowledgeable about worldly things as Demenico and probably even more so. He'll surely will know about Joseph von Fraunhofer.' Satoshi thought to himself. He soon walked up to the man. "Excuse me, Doctor Xathar. I want to talk to you." Satoshi said, which caused the man to stop reading and look up. He was in a chair that was facing the library doors. "Ah Satoshi. What is it? Do you want to take my pills? Or is about the vampires?" Xathar asked. Satoshi smiled. "Well I do want to learn more about the vampires, but my question isn't about that. I want to know who Joseph von Fraunhofer is. I tasted his blood during lunch and I want to know who he is. He seems like a very interesting guy." Satoshi said. Xathar sighs. "He's the one who perfected the cleaning of round glasses, he created the spectroscope, he made stronger furnaces, and he was the first to discover the dark fixed lines for the strange energy of atoms." Xathar said. Satoshi oohed at this. "Wow that's so cool. And thanks to him, he helped the glass industry in the Jhoto isles become stronger. Plus without him my glassware wouldn't clean and cut for the jobs I have them. Thank you Xathar for telling me about him." Satoshi said. Xathar nodded. "You're welcome." He said. Satoshi smiled. "So do you have any more questions?" Xathar asked. Satoshi held his chin. "Well...I want to know if I'm really the mix of demons that vision said I am, and I want to know which side of my personality is Giratina and Yveltal." Satoshi said. Xathar lets out a hmm. Pikachu just gets off of Satoshi and looks at the books. "So you want proof huh?" Xathar asked. Satoshi nodded. "Well, that's going to be very tricky. Vampires and Demons have many things in common, and there aren't a lot of ways of making a demon show itself. So finding out if you are the reincarnation of a demon will be very difficult." Xathar said. Satoshi became sad. "So you can't do it?" Satoshi asked. "Now wait a moment, I didn't say it was impossible, all I said was there weren't a lot of options and that it would be very difficult. There is a way, but it has only been tested on humans. There are no vampire demon rebirths since Sherlock." Xathar said. Satoshi shrugged. "I don't mind if you do it. I just hope you don't hurt me like what THAT TWO FACED FRAUD OF A LORD DID TO US!" Satoshi soon yelled, becoming very angry and monstrous. He soon grabbed his chest and began to breath heavily. 'C-calm down. Calm down me...' Satoshi said to himself.

"Satoshi are you sure you don't want to take the pills? They would end your pain in minutes." Xathar said. Satoshi growled. "No doctor. I'm fine. I can handle this. Now can we please do this methode." Satoshi said. Xathar sighed. "Just so you know, this method is used by the humans to stop demons and the hellish monsters and could temporarily paralyze you. This method also shows what kind of demon you're possessed by." Xathar said. Satoshi sighs. "Just do it already and get it over with." Satoshi said. Xathar sighs. He soon gets up and grabs another book while putting the book he was reading away. Satoshi tapped his left foot while he waited. After a moment, Xathar returned with a strange looking book with the strange symbols of Camelot, and some paint that was in the cabinet. The man soon began to draw a symbol on the floor. After he was done, he looked at Satoshi. "In order for us to determine what kind of monster you are, you have to stand in this circle. Do you understand?" Xathar explained. Satoshi nodded and then stood inside of the circle. Pikachu sits on the table since he didn't want to interrupt things. Xathar soon began to say something, but what it was, Satoshi didn't know. It was all noise to him and it confused him. He was able to understand a few syllables, but nothing that made sense. Suddenly his body felt a sharp pain in his stomach. Satoshi grabs his stomach and holds himself. Suddenly he sees tentacle like wings floating from his sides, however they were transparent and looked like they weren't really there. And there was a yellow mask like thing on his face. They reminded Satoshi of his doll. Satoshi soon felt his head become fuzzy and closed his eyes. He soon sees a large white llama like creature with gates around it's stomach floating in the darkness. For some reason, Satoshi recognized the creature as Arceus. Meanwhile fluff war around his neck and a 'y' like mark was on his own chest, but the wing tentacles were gone. And the boy was also floating in the darkness. "So. You're Arceus. To think that this world belongs to a llama. Hahahahaha." Satoshi coldly laughed at the god. The creature looked angry. "Do you know who you are? Do you recognize where you are?" The god asked. Satoshi nodded. "Yes. I'm in Camelot, and I am a vampire like my subjects." Satoshi said. "That's not what I truly asked. I ask for your name." Arceus said. "Our name is Satoshi Jekyll. We were demons, but now we're more than that. We're closer to the humans we once hated. You know. Being human isn't that bad."/b A voice said out of Satoshi's mouth. Satoshi was surprised by this. "How do you know you're a demon?" Arceus asked. Satoshi looked at himself.

"How do I not know? After all, I'm wicked, I ate my own subjects' brains and drank their blood, and I hate you. There's your evidence. Besides, I remember our fall from grace and how we were trapped in hell. Oh, how I hated it and how much you hurt us. How you deformed me and made me the subject of stories that twist my personality into the monster they know me as. How you took other me's intelligence and made him a beast who every 1000th years, falls asleep and kills tons of people. For many, many years, he couldn't even talk or listen to reason. He was an animal and couldn't even talk like the Pokemon. He was worse off than any of my followers and the other demons. I was the only one who could help him and only I can align ourselves back into being good. I...I don't want to be bad anymore. I...I'm tired of the constant struggle of being bad, being blamed by the humans for their monstrous acts, and being stuck in hell...Arceus. I ...I hate you so much...but...isn't there a way for me to realign myself. To be an angel again. To be free from hell and be at your side again. My hatred isn't enough for us to be stuck like we are. Please. End our misery." Satoshi said as tears began to flow. Soon three strange white grapes and a glass of water appeared. "Drink the water of life and eat the fruit of paradise. These will end your misery." Arceus said. Satoshi looked at them. 'Should we, Yveltal? This could finally end our pain and misery without you being forced by the pills. But he's Arceus. He's the one who did this to us. Yes. But what can we do to spite him or hurt him? After all that we have done, he somehow found a way to hurt us in the end. And...I'm tired of running. Sigh. You're right. It's the only way for us to be us again. Me...me will be smart again and will be free.' Satoshi smiled and then grabbed the cup and the grapes. He puts the grapes into his mouth. They were slightly dried and weird tasting, and he could hear a crunch when he bites into them. He quickly drinks the water to get rid of the odd taste.

When he was finished, his body felt a bit off. He soon sees chains flying out of the darkness and wrapping around the boy. "Wh-what!? What's going on! Arceus! Help us!" Satoshi yelled as he felt himself being dragged away against his will. 'Arceus' chuckled. "I am helping you, your majesty. In the only way I know how. By getting rid of the monster that is the other you, which I now know is Yveltal. Soon you'll be a proper prince." 'Arceus' said. Satoshi's eyes shrunk. "NO! YOU'RE NOT ARCEUS! YOU'RE XATHAR! HOW! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO IMPERSONATE HIM JUST TO GET ME TO TAKE IN THOSE PILLS! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS! WHEN YOU FINALLY GO TO HELL WE ARE GOING TO MAKE YOUR SENTENCES ONE OF THE MOST AGONIZING TORCHERS YET!" Satoshi yelled. Soon the chain reeled in faster and the boy is whisked away. He hits a large metal cage and screams in pain. He looks up and sees the door closing. "No. No!" Satoshi screams. Suddenly he felt his body becoming sleepy. 'What's going on?...What's...happening...to us?' Satoshi asked himself. Soon his eyes closed.

After a while, they opened and he was laying on the ground near the table. Pikachu was on the ground, happy to see his master. "Pi-pikachu? Oh...what a terrible..." Satoshi said, but was interrupted by Xathar. "I'm sorry. I have to interrupt you before you say that phrasing. You see it wasn't a dream." Xathar said. Satoshi growls as he gets up. "YOU! How dare you lie to me! I...I'm going to make you pay for that!" Satoshi yelled as he gets up, rage in his eyes. They had turned ruby red and lizard-like immediately. "Hmm. They still can turn into a lizard's eyes. Interesting." Xathar said. Satoshi growled. "I don't care about my eyes. YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR DOING THAT TO ME!" Satoshi yelled. Suddenly the door opened. It was Markham, who looked confused. "M-Markham. Wh-what are you doing here?" Satoshi and Xathar asked at once, both of them scarred. "I heard people yelling and came to investigate with a few others. What's this about Xathar lying to you?" Markham asked as he and some other guests entered the library. Satoshi clenched his fists. What does he say? "W-well, I came over here to talk to Demenico about m-my emotions and what Demenico did to me. He...He promised to make the pain end..." Satoshi said, then growled as his anger grew, "BUT HE LIED! HE MADE THE PAIN WORSE!" Satoshi soon crashes to the ground and began to cry.

"Oh...oh how much pain he put me through. I can still feel the chains of my heart tightening. Mom...Dad...Gary...Brock...I...I...miss you all so much...I want to go home." Satoshi said and soon covered his face with his hands and began to cry. Markham rushes over to the vampire. "It's okay Satoshi. It's okay. I'm here along with Pikachu. We're here to help you." Markham said. Satoshi soon grabs the boy and cried into his shirt. One of the girls angerly looked at Xathar. "Doctor Xathar, what did you do to that boy?" She asked, enraged. Xathar sighed. There was no escaping this. "I gave Satoshi a pill that made him more social and happy. I call them my antipsychotic pills. However, instead of helping ease the pain, like it does with my other patients, it made him hallucinate that I was Arceus and he tried to attack me. I used his Pikachu to pacify him for a few moments, but now he's back and still delusional." Xathar said. Satoshi soon looks up and roars like a lion. He grabs the man. The vampire prince had madness and rage in his eyes. He looked like a monster and a totally different person. "LIAR! YOU LIE! I am not delusional, and I did not attack you...You...you attacked me. Yes...yes you did. NOW PAY! HAHAHA! PAY!" Satoshi soon breaks in to maniacal laughter as he pushes the older man onto the ground. He was about to punch the man, when Markham grabbed his hand. "Woah, woah, woah. Satoshi calm down. You're not thinking straight and this is not the way to deal with your problems. Remember your reasoning and your logic. Remember your friends...please." Markham said. Satoshi began to breath heavily. Pikachu runs up to the vampire boy and climbs onto his lap. "Pikapi." Pikachu said. Soon tears began to run down the vampire's face. Markham let's go of the boy's hand. Satoshi soon hugged his little mouse friend as he cried hard.

Markham helps Satoshi up while the others helped Xathar up. The kids except for Satoshi angerly stare at the man. "This place disgusts me. First the lord using mind control on this poor boy, and now the doctor doing tests to him. It's horrendous," A woman said. The others agreed. They soon walked out of the library. Markham helps Satoshi walk to the basement. "I know I shouldn't be down there, but I have to help you. You're in no shape to walk." Markham said as they walked to the nearest staircase. Satoshi nodded. "Satoshi...I know you didn't plan on hurting Xathar. You're just upset on what he did. I also wanted to punch him, but I was able to keep my calm and help you. After all, fighting isn't the way to do things." Markham said. Satoshi sighed and then opened his eyes. They were back to normal. "You're a stronger person than I, Markham. I...I can't control my anger. Even when it's justified, I still go too far. I don't know what to do." Satoshi said, confused and aimless as he looked around the hall. Markham nodded. "Yeah. I can see that. However, you're still a good person inside and even at your worst, that light inside of you can still shine. It's how humans work." Markham said. Satoshi looks down in shame. "Yeah. But...that wasn't me at my worst. I...I don't even know what that is. I've...done some really bad things as a kid. Things that I'm always ashamed of doing. And yet...a part of me still likes what I did. He doesn't understand what's right and what's wrong and just wants to be free. I bet that's how psychopaths think. They probably think murder and destruction are the perfect way of showing freedom. It's disgusting." Satoshi said. Markham nodded. Then something hit Markham's mind.

"I almost forgot. Why were your eyes like that?" Markham asked. Satoshi looks at the boy in confusion. "Like what?" Satoshi asked. Markham began to think. "I don't know. They kinda look like a monster's. They're red in the main part, the iris is all slanted and freaky when you're angry, and they look...inhuman. If there was the closest way for comparision, I say they look like a dragon's or lizard's eyes." Markham said. Satoshi was shocked. He hadn't noticed since he never saw his eyes when they were really angry. "O-oh...I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with that dna thing that Mr. Darwin. I just hope he doesn't do anything horrendous like turn a Rattata into a monster. Well technically all Pokemon are monsters, but I mean in the sense of the vampires and stuff." Satoshi said. "Yeah, that Darwin guy kind of scares me. After all, he could create monsters like what Frankenstein was doing." Markham said. Satoshi was slightly off put by that. "And what do you mean by that?" Satoshi asked, trying to hide the confusion and anger. He was still clearly upset though. "Well, I don't like what Frankenstein was doing. After all, he was trying to bring the dead back to life. That's madness if I ever saw it. I think it had something to do with his sister dying, which probably is the reason why he did the experiment. He couldn't take the fact that she was gone forever." Markham said. Satoshi growled. Pikachu became worried. "AND SO WHAT IF HIS PURPOSE WAS A LITTLE SELFISH! He's no better than Darwin, and the people of the world love him. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" Satoshi yelled. His eyes quickly turned into the lizard ones again. "And how dare you disrespect Frankenstein and his work! He was the one to inspire me into doing risque work. He's...he's the only one to show me that science was more than test tubes and worries." Satoshi said. He was very emotional towards the missing man. "Have you ever met him?" Markham asked in a somewhat angered tone. Satoshi looks down. "N-no. I haven't. I only heard about him and read his work. I...I always wanted to though." Satoshi admitted. Markham was unhappy. They soon reached a staircase and walked down it.

"Satoshi...I'm sorry for making you angry. I was just saying my own option and didn't expect you to be so protective of the guy, that's all. I didn't even know that he meant that much to you." Markham said. Satoshi sighs. "No. It's my fault. I should have told you about my admiration towards Max and how I felt for him. I also shouldn't have yelled at you. It's not my right to dictate what or who people like and dislike. I'm just angry that the world prefers this evolution stuff over the dead thing. After all, there are ghost pokemon, so why not reanimated corpses?" Satoshi asked. "Probably because ghost Pokemon are kind of forced to be alive while corpses aren't. We shouldn't force a creature to CONTINUE in a body that could decay and end without notice." Markham said. Satoshi sighs. "Well, whatever. I don't care. I just want to go to bed." Satoshi said. Markham nodded. After a few minutes of climbing down stairs and navigating the basement, they finally reached Satoshi's room. "Wow, this is a very fancy door. I bet you're getting special treatment because your family is rich." Markham said. Satoshi nodded. He looks at Pikachu, who he was still holding, and sighs. "You can let go of me, Markham. I can handle going into my room." Satoshi said. Markham nodded and lets go of him. "Well, I hope you get better tomorrow." The boy said. Satoshi nodded and puts Pikachu on the floor. Markham soon walks away. Satoshi gets up slowly and grabs the door. He looks around to make sure Markham wasn't around and then opens the door. He could hear his alarm bell ringing since he couldn't stop it at the appropriate time. He and Pikachu goe in and the vampire takes off his clothes until he was in his underwear. He takes out the papers in his pockets and puts them on his work table. He then goes over to the draws. He soon held his chin. Where did he put his dirty clothes? It then hit him that he had put them with the clean ones and groans. 'Smart move, idiot.' He scolded himself as he opens the drawer and takes out the smelly clothes. Thankfully his nose was strong enough to tell which were the dirty ones and which were the clean ones. He then shuts the drawer and puts the dirty clothes on the chair. "I'll ask Birch where I should put my dirty clothes. I...I'm not going to talk to Xathar and Demenico anymore. They hurt me too much." Satoshi said, still very scared. He quickly goes to his table and turns off his mechanical alarm clock and resets it. He soon began searching through the cabinets for his nightclothes. However, when he reached the first bottom draw, he found some odd. "What the!?" Satoshi yelled as he opened the drawer. There was dirt inside of it. "What is this dirt doing here?" Satoshi asked Pikachu who was sitting on top of the drawer. Pikachu was equally as confused.

Satoshi touches it. It felt familiar, it smelled familiar, and it kind of looked familiar. Satoshi soon recognize what it was. "This...This is the dirt from the small park in Cerulean City. This...this is Kanto soil. But...how is it here? Why is it here?" Satoshi asked even more confused. He soon remembered some boxes his parents had put on the carriage they were driving before he went on the ship. "Okay, I guess my parents and those boxes they gave me have the soil. But...why? Is it a vampire thing? I remember that Bram Stoker novel of which Dracula was supposedly born from, and he need the soil. Is this a common vampire thing or am I special? UGH! I'll have to talk to those bad people again in order to find out." Satoshi said as his anger rose. He soon closes the drawer and opened the first layer on the second drawer. "Pikapi, pika pika chu. Pika chu pika." Pikachu said. Satoshi says, "Huh?" while looked at the mouse. It soon hugs him. Satoshi smiles. "Thanks. I...I haven't been feeling well since Xathar drugged me." Satoshi said. Pikachu nodded. Satoshi quickly puts the mouse back on it's bed. Satoshi soon found his night clothes and put them on. Once done, he walked to his coffin. He picks a rose from the pile and smells it. They were already dead, but they still had a good smell to them. He opens the coffin and enters it. He sees Pikachu sleeping and smiles. However, it vanished when he thought about tomorrow. How could he handle this place if he hated the hosts so much? Satoshi soon thinks about the waitress and then Markham. Satoshi grabs the coffin lid. He puts it back up as he lays in the coffin. Once it was closed, Satoshi folded his arms into a cross shape. He thinks about his conversation with 'Arceus'. 'I guess I really am a demon. And this part of me, the one that can speak freely and cares about people, is actually Giratina. Man it's so strange. I would have thought the devil would be well...more like the devil Gary and Brock talk about, but I guess they were all wrong. And poor Yveltal. He's trapped, alone and friendless. He doesn't understand how the world works and is probably crying inside. Well, the pain will end for us. I will make my potion work. Not only for the poor people who need it, but for him...me...as well.' Satoshi soon yawns. He soon imagines his mother and father. "Mom, dad, don't worry. I'll make you proud of me. No matter what." Satoshi said, then he fell asleep.