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The key for this chapter:
"hello" = talking
"hello" = thinking
"hello" = pokémon speech
"hello" = pokémon thinking
"hello" = dark voice
Be warned that the key may change throughout the story or for specific chapters, so I highly recommend to read the key of every chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, be it manga, anime or game
Now please enjoy the chapter
Chapter 6º: Nightmare
At Viridian City's Pokémon Center
Inside of the Center, Iris is in the waiting room, pacing back and forward while trying her best to hold back the tears while Pikachu tried, on her shoulder, tried its best to comfort her. Neiter of them know how much time has passed since Nurse Joy took her pokémons to the emergency room… it could have been some minutes or hours, she doesn't know neither she cared. All she wants and fears is that the red light in the waiting room turned off and Nurse Joy comes out of that door…
Why she is having such contradicted emotions?
She is afraid of what Nurse Joy will say to her… It could be that her Pokémon are fine, she managed to heal them and now they just need to rest…
Or it could be that… her Pokémon didn'-"Stop it, Iris! Remember who they are, they are stronger than this! They will make it!"She thought, but stopped her pacing to look at the bright red signal that read 'Emergency' "They will make it… right?" She unfortunately thought, only succeeding in making her more nervous and worried, worried for her pokémons and Ash…
He is still out there in the forest… He could be fine… He could be hurt… He could be lost…
"No! Ash is fine! He is strong! So are your pokémons, everyone will be fine and united again in no time!" She looks at the red signal "I just need to believe in them…" She finished, just as the light turned itself off and the pink haired nurse comes out
The surgery was over… Time to know the truth…
"Nurse Joy… How are they?" Iris asked, hoping that the answer would be good. The nurse took a deep breath before answering
"They were in critical condition, broken bones, bleeding wounds, hematomas and some hemorrhages… they won't be able to do any kind of work, no matter how lightly for many weeks..."
"So.. they are fine...?" She asked
"Yes, but be careful, any stress in their bodies can make them condition critical again"
Iris and Pikachu are relived, their friends did it, they survived
"Thank you! Thank you! Can we see them, please?!"
"I'm sorry, but you can't see them. And how come you have more than six Pokémon with you?" Nurse Joy asked, a little suspecting of Iris, who got nervous because the look she was receiving
"Pikachu isn't mine! It belongs to a friend of mine..." She quickly answered
"And why, exactly, it is with you?" Iris paled at that question. She hadn't thought about an excuse for this kind of situation "What to say? What to say?!" In the end, she figured that she could only say the truth
"We were travelling together when I was attacked, but he stayed behind to save me and my Pokémon, and he ordered his Pikachu to come with me and protect me..." Well, half the true
"Huum..." Nurse Joy was still doubtful about Iris, but she decided to finally make the question that would clear every doubt she had
"Who is the trainer of this Pikachu?"
Iris just smiled as she answered "Ash Ketchum"
Nurse Joy's eyes widened, this was the name of the trainer that had a Pikachu and saved her and her center when Team Rocket attacked, but where is he?
"Ash Ketchum... from Pallet Town?"
"The very same!" "Pika!" The duo answered simultaneously,
"And you are the same Pikachu that helped him that day..."
"Chu!" The electric rodent said, proud of himself and his trainer, and that moment, Nurse Joy could see that the Pokémon trusted Iris, and if a trainer's pokemon, especially Ash Ketchum, trusted someone, said someone must be a good person
"Well, how is he? I've heard in the news that he went to Kalos to participate in the League from there, but nothing more..."
"He is... fine, knowing him he is making his way here and the poarches are already beaten up or blasted off"
"Ok, so I take it that you'll be waiting for him?"
"Yes..." Iris responded, blushing a little as she feels nervous when the subject is Ash because of her recently discovered feeling for said trainer. The nurse smiled at Iris, seeing her
"Then, can I arrange a room for you?" The nurse asked kindly
"Yes, please, that would be nice" Iris responded thankfully
"Just follow me" She said while starting walking, with the Dragon type trainer right behind
"Nurse Joy, when will I be able to see my pokémons? A when can we continue our journey?" Iris asked, worried about her friends and love
"..." The Pokémon nurse didn't know what to say, her pokémons would just be fully recovered in weeks, to her be able to travel with them, severe precautions will be needed "It is hard to say..." She finally said "But for now let them rest! And I recommend you two to do the same!" She added, trying to change the topic to something more comfortable
While Iris and Pikachu didn't like that their question was left unanswered, they had to admit that it has been a stressful, tiring and unfortunately traumatic day, a good sleep in a comfortable bed would most likely help them
And they will need energy to search for Ash tomorrow...
"You are right, Nurse Joy. We will book a room and we will see my pokémons later..."
"That's ok, I will make sure they are ready to your visit!" She said while guiding Iris to her room
"Thanks..." The Unova's native answered, just as they get to her quarters
"You are welcome, now have a good night!" The nurse spoke after opening the door
"You too. good night" Iris said before entered the room and close the door, getting ready to what she hoped would be a good night sleep...
Unfortunately, things don't always go the way we want...
I was in a dark room with no idea of where it could be, I was alone, cold and afraid, where am I? Where is everybody? Where is Ash?
"Ash... please, help me..." I pleaded as I tried my best to stay calm, but what happened next, made myself scream and gave to me the desire to die...
Ash was a few meters away from me... motionless, with wounds all over his body... lying down in his own blood...
"Ash!" Iris screamed, pure fear in her eyes as she finally gets to him, but when she tried to touch him, her hand went straight thought him!
"What?!" She jumped in surprise and fear, what is happening to Ash?
That was the moment everything died to her
"What's the matter, Iris?" A dark and maliciously female voice spoke from everywhere "Can't help the loser over there?" That voice... it was...
"Misty!" Iris said, hatred and venom when she said the orange haired girl's name
And sure enough, Misty appeared in front of her and Ash, but she wasn't alone, all the betrayers were there, looking at the defenceless duo with nothing but malice
"What do you all want from us?!" She demanded "What wrong has Ash ever done to you?!"
Her answer was a dark and sinister laugh from the betrayers, until Cilan started to speak
"Failures must die, so a perfect recipe can be made" The moment he said that, the shadows around them come to life, and the more the traitors laugh, more wilding they move
"So that's means that what we want is to say... Goodbye, Iris, I hope the memories of you betraying Ash torments you for the eternity!" They said in unison as the shadow surrounded Iris and Ash, the former confused by that last comment
'Memories of me... betraying Ash?!' She took a step forward "I will never betray Ash! Never!" Iris firmly declared, as which silenced the traitors just before they all disappeared like dust in the wind, the same with Ash's dead body. She was relieved that this nightmare was over...
That wasn't the case...
The worst is yet to come...
The shadows returned, but this time, Iris wasn't scared, worried for what is in store for her, but not scared, she needs to win over her fears if she wants to help Ash
But she would never anticipated something like... that...
"If you didn't betray Ash-" Iris found herself paralyzed... that voice... it was hers...
Iris looked up and found herself looking into a mirror, but her reflex was that of a depressed Iris, with no will to live and...
It was moving by itself
"-then why are you holding the very same knife that killed him?"
Iris felt her world shattered to nothing... She killed the only boy she loved?
"You don't believe in me? Even when I am yourself?" The reflex questioned with that voice devoid of life "Then allow me to show you..." The reflex finished as the shadows started to enter the mirror, altering its image to what Iris could only be describe as carnage...
She stabbing Ash, again and again, until the trainer from Pallet Town was nothing more than a bloody mess...
Iris was terrified, this can't be true, it just couldn't be true!
But the mirror appears that read her mind, because the shadown were once again absorbed by the mirror, but this time it change the mirror to...
A simple mirror...
But what really freaked her out was her new reflex. It showed that...
She was covered in blood...
"This... blood..." With a trembling voice and tears falling from her eyes, she started while more shadows were swallowed by the cursed mirror...
Now she was holding a knife, which was covered in blood too...
"is... from..." She continued, as her reflex started to change...
It was no longer herself that she was seeing... it was the same person she allegedly killed, who now was smiling at her with his so warm and loving smile
"Ash?" She finished and at the same time called her friend
But her call made the shadows move towards the mirror faster than before, and now Ash's smile drooped, and wounds started to form in his body
Knifes wounds...
From the knife she was holding and for some reason, can't let go
But the worst was how he was looking at her... disappointed, hurt, sad and
Betrayed...
Then he said, in a pained voice, one word, one word that broke her very soul
"Why?"
"Ash!" She screamed, scared for what she saw, but then she noticed where she was at the Pokémon Center, so that means
This was a nightmare
Iris just sighed and put her head on the pillow, but she knew she won't be able to sleep
"Ash..." She whispered sadly, but a sound caught her attention, she looked down the floor to see Pikachu calling her, worried and scared because of her scream. She petted the rodent, calming the Pokémon down
"Don't worry... It was just a nightmare..." She said holding back tears, but it was overwhelming, so overwhelming that she broke down and started crying all her pain
"Ash... Ash... Ash..." She sobbed his name over and over, missing the times when they would had fun together and go on adventures everyday
"Please, Ash be safe..." She prayed while crying and Pikachu could do nothing to calm her down...
None of them sleep that night
The morning after wasn't really a pleasant one to Iris and Pikachu: first they were tired and with bangs in their eyes since neither of them managed to sleep, and Iris was still scared from her nightmare and refused to tell it to the electric Pokémon; second they still aren't allowed to see Iris' Pokémon; then she spend all the morning chatting with the Elderly of the Dragon Village -asking her to keep Ash's Pokémon safe for a time, of course, the Elderly wanted to know why, but she agreed anyway when Iris said that Ash was having... life problems, and need to keep his Pokémon safe, but she still wants the truth, which Iris promised to give to her when she gets to the village- and freeing Ash pokémons, thankfully, Pikachu managed to make them all agree to stay at the Dragon Village, but they all were worried for their master, trainer and friend
Now they were just at the reception of the Pokémon Center, with nothing to do and unwilling to leave the center because neither wanted to see the city, they still wanted to Iris Pokémon and for some reason... they had the fell that Ash will get to them soon, and they wanted to see him, see if he was okay, see him smile that loving and caring smile of his again...
But the sound of aN electric door opening caught their attention and when they looked at the door's direction out of curiosity, they saw something unexpected
A Pidgeot and a Spearow not fighting each other, but the more surprising thing was the third being
A Lucario, a shiny Lucario never seen before: instead of blue black and yellow, it was red and black with a flames like design, and it was looking at the duo with a relieved smile, a familiar smile to them both, but what made them surprised and at the same time worried them and gave them hope was what he was wearing...
Ash's Kalos League cap
First: thanks to whoever read this
Second: What do you all think?! XD
So...
Ash finally managed to get to the Pokémon Center, but why is there a Pidgeot and a Spearow with him?
It will all be answered in the next chapter of:
"Ash, the Betrayed Master of Pokémon"
See ya all next time!
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