"Thoughts"
"A pokemon speaking through telepathy"
"(Pokemon speaking to each other)"
Chapter 15: The Renegade Trainer
"There's no end to these ghost pokemon!" Zoey growled as her Glameow knocked out a few Gastly and Haunters with its Shadow Claw
"Zoey's right!" Brock called out avoiding a few attacks, "We have to get out of here!"
Ash and the pokemon nodded their heads and were about to run when they heard Mel shout out, "Wait! Stand your ground!"
"Are you crazy! We can't fight off this many pokemon!" Ash exclaimed as more and more Gastly and Haunters materialized into the room
Mel smirked as she watched Akira run in with a certain pokemon behind her, "Looks like you found Rotom!"
"Rotom?" Ash, Brock, and Zoey questioned
Ash pulled out his pokedex and pointed it at the two newly arrived pokemon, "Jolteon, the lightning pokemon! It concentrates the weak electric charges emitted by its cells and launches wicked lightning bolts."
"Rotom, the plasma pokemon! Its electric-like body can enter some kinds of machines and take control in order to make mischief."
"So that's Rotom…" Zoey and Brock thought as they stared at Rotom
Akira ran to her trainer and was rewarded with a pat on the head, "So you finally decided to come out Rotom" Mel spoke out while looking at the plasma pokemon
"Huh?" Ash wondered as he noticed all the ghost pokemon they were fighting were now floating behind Rotom
Rotom looks over to the nearest Haunter, "Rotom! Rot!"
The Haunter nodded its head and disappeared.
"Come on, young mistress!" Gengar pleaded, "Please don't be like that!"
Mimi simply kept her back turned towards Gengar while Dawn was softly giggling behind her had and Paul had a scowl on his face.
"Haunter Haun!" a Haunter called out as it went through the wall and drifted to Gengar's side, "Haunter Haun! Ter Haunter!"
Gengar's eyes widen as it grinned, "So Sparky finally decided to show himself! Ha! About time!"
This caught Mimi's attention, "Sparky? You mean Rotom!! Rotom's here?!"
"Yup! Why don't we all go to the main room?"
Mimi happily nodded her head. Gengar snapped his fingers and soon there was a blinding light.
"Ep!" Dawn squealed and grabbed onto Paul just before the light engulfed everyone. Once the light died down everyone was gone.
"Whoa!"
Ash, Brock, Zoey, and Mel covered their eyes while a blinding light suddenly appeared in the center of the room. Rotom found himself straightening when the light went down.
"Dawn! Paul!" Zoey shouted as she saw her friends, a Gengar, a Haunter, and Mimi replacing the light
"Mimi" Rotom said, deciding to speak telepathically so that Mimi could understand him
"Rotom…." Mimi whispered as tears were now forming in her eyes. Despite being a ghost pokemon, Rotom had the ability to make himself solid and he choose to do so when Mimi ran straight for him.
Mimi pulled the plasma pokemon into her arms and cried endlessly, "W-where ha-have you be-been Rotom! I was ~sniff~ so worried!"
"I'm sorry…I'm so sorry, Mimi…" Rotom apologized in a soft and serene voice
"Hey! Hey! That's enough with the tears! This is supposed to be a happy reunion! Not a sad one!" Gengar yelled out as he pulled Mimi and Rotom into a hug, "Hey Kai! Please tell me you've got some tissues on you!"
"I unfortunately don't. But I wish I did. I'm starting to get teary eyed myself!" Kai said as he emerged into the room beside the trio.
Gengar sighed but was soon replaced by an wicked grin, "Guess that means I'll just have to use my awesome tongue for you!"
"W-Wait!"
"Mr. Gengar!"
Mimi and Rotom's pleas were drowned out by laughter as Gengar began using his long tongue to lick the two's faces. While the three were laughing, Kai turned around to give a bow. The trainers soon noticed that the bow was directed towards Mel. Mel gave a smirk as she returned the bow, "So Rotom's guilt caused their soul to stay on this world…now that he's been forgiven and forgiven himself…"
Kai straighten himself and soon small bundles of light were escaping his body.
"Hey! What's happening to him?" Ash questioned
"His soul is moving on to the next world!" Mel answered as she returned Akira to her pokeball, "But he's not going alone…"
The other trainers shortly understood what she meant when they saw the same thing happening to Gengar and Mimi.
"Rotom! Be sure to visit us ok!"
"Of course! I'm a ghost pokemon! It's no problem for me to cross to the other world!" Rotom assured
"Alright! We'll se you then Sparky!"
"Quit calling me that!"
Gengar simply gave a heartily laugh but he stopped when he remembered something, "That reminds me!" Gengar snapped his fingers and Dawn and Paul's pokeballs appeared before them.
"See ya guys!"
"Bye big sis!" Mimi shouted as she waved goodbye to Dawn just before she disappeared with Gengar
Ash yawned and stretched his limbs as he and the others exited the mansion only to be blinded by the sunlight.
"Alright now we can go to Eterna City for my gym badge!"
"Pika!"
Before the mansion was completely gone from their vision, the group waved goodbye to Rotom who was currently waving back. Mel smiled softly when she noticed that there was a Chimchar doll hanging from Rotom's neck.
While walking Ash turned to Mel, "So where you heading now, Mel?"
"Eh, I think I'll hang with you guys for now, If that's ok with you guys?"
Brock's eyes immediately turned into hearts as he kneeled before Mel,
"Of course not my love! We would be honored to ha-" Brock didn't get a chance to finish as Croagunk used Poison Jab to his side and dragged him away after Brock had collapsed
"Um…" Everyone but Paul chuckled with a sweatdrop appeared behind their heads
"I'm surrounded by idiots" Paul murmured
The group of trainers and pokemon decided to stay and camp once night fallen. Ash and Brock were sleeping in their sleeping bag with their pokemon sprawled around them. Pikachu was on Ash's face; Staravia was on the tree branch of Torterra's back with Aipom, Turtwig, and Murkrow; Sudowoodo and Croagunk were beside Brock. Dawn had fallen asleep in Paul's arms with Piplup in her grasp and Paul's arms wrapped around her waist. Gallade and Gardevior were in a similar position; Buizel was lying on his stomach with Buneary on top of him while hugging him from behind; Houndoom had curled into a ball sleeping near his mistress with Chimchar sleeping on his muzzle and Elekid leaning against Houndoom. Zoey was leaning against Torterra with Glameow in her lap while her Misdreavus and Shellos were on the continent pokemon's back.
Zoey's eyes opened when a soft melody reached her ears. Zoey looked around the area, "Where's that noise coming from?"
Zoey gently removed Glameow from her lap as to not wake it up and followed where the music was coming from. After walking for a few minutes Zoey hid behind a few bushes as she noticed Mel blowing on a leaf, producing the pleasant tune. Yori was sleeping beside his mistress, holding Mel's belt that held her pokeballs. As the song came to an end, Mel removed the leaf from her lips and spoke gently as her free hand tenderly stroked the Monferno's fur, "Is there something you need, Zoey?"
Zoey sighed as she sat beside Mel after walking out from behind the bushes, "I just wanted to know something"
"Yeah…"
"…How…How did you know all that happened at the Old Chateau" Zoey said as she remembered everything Mel had told them about Rotom, Mimi, and the fire that started
"It's called research" Mel replied as her back hit the grass and her arms folded behind her head
"But why would you research the Old Chateau? It's on the thickest part of this forest and mostly everyone overlooks it. The only reason we found it is because we were lost and tired"
Mel smirked while closing her eyes, "You really are from Snowpoint City! To have such knowledge and insight is truly a gift from Uxie himself!"
Zoey gave a confused look but narrowed her eyes and quickly got up into a defensive stance, "How do you know I'm from Snowpoint City! I never mentioned that!"
Mel ignored Zoey's questioned and plainly decided to fall asleep. Zoey see this and growled but before she could do anything she heard a voice speak out in her head,
"Be still my child!"
Zoey smiled to herself as she recognized the voice, "Is it alright for you to talk to me telepathically? I'm pretty far from Snowpoint so you're using a lot of psychic power, Uxie…"
"Don't worry this is nothing for me. But more importantly, do not be intimidated by Mel, my child, she is not an enemy"
Zoey relaxed and dropped her stance when Uxie stated this, but she continued to stare at the sleeping trainer before her, "Then who is she to us?"
"Mel is the one His Majesty and I told you and Paul about. She is the Renegade Trainer, the tragic trainer torn between light and darkness!"
Zoey's eyes widen, "What! She's the Renegade Trainer!? She seemed so carefree…"
Dawn opened her eyes as she could hear Paul's heavy breathing, "Paul…" she whispered while turning her head to look at him
"What is it troublesome woman? Go back to sleep!"
"But Paul…is it the same dream again?"
"…" Paul only looked at the ground, avoiding Dawn's gaze
"I'm taking that as a yes!" Dawn smiled softly as she laid her head on Paul's chest, "Can I please know what it's about? You've been having them since we started our journey 4 years ago…haha funny thing is I don't even remember what we did after we got Piplup and Torterra!"
Paul remained silent but he brought Dawn closer, if that was even possible, and buried his face in her hair, "That's cause you're so forgetful…"
Dawn just sighed and returned to the world of sleep. When she did Paul's grip on her tightened, causing Piplup to awaken, "Piplup? Pip?"
"Sorry Piplup…it's just another dream"
"Pip?" the penguin pokemon questioned while turning its head to the side
"Azelf was just talking to me in my dream…apparently Mel is the Renegade Trainer we've heard about…"
"Pip!" the water pokemon's eyes grew, "Piplup Pip…"
AN: Yay! I finally got chapter 15 up! Lol sorry for not updating last month was just wild for me! Had to celebrate my mom's birthday, then had to celebrate my birthday! (Yay for me I'm finally 16! :D)
So yea..........oohh
BTW: you get a virtual cookie if you know what renegade means! (f.y.i: renegade is also my favorite word! idk why it just rolls off the tongue!)
I bet you guys thought the visit to the Old Chateau was just few filler chapters right? But actually it isn't cuz i needed to introduce Mel and we're gonna be seeing Mimi, Gengar, Kai, and Rotom again!
Oh and your choices b4 i 4get
Next chapter's gonna be kinda of a filler and not so much a filler cuz... well... 4get it i don't wanna spoil it! so choose what u want the "filler chapter" 2 b about:
a) How Buizel and Buneary joined Dawn
b) How Zoey knows about Paul turning into Luxray and all that stuff
c) How Paul and Dawn meet and started their journey together
d) All of the above (lol sounds like a test)