This is the last chapter before I switch to weekly updates. I don't have enough chapters to update once a week over the months when I have school, but I may be able to write so I can manage. I think I'll update on Wednesdays, but I'm not positive yet.

Oh, and happy birtday Ashley! =D

Disclaimer: Pokémon, along with any people, places or things from it are not mine, nor do I claim it to be. The only thing I do own is myself and the dream this all started from.

The next morning I walked over to the west, which was the opposite direction to where I was supposed to be going. This was actually to save time, though it seemed counterproductive. I walked out onto Route 16 and found what I was looking for, a Cut-able tree. I had Meowth cut it down and I walked along this path.

I wasn't expecting it, but I ran into a Young Couple, Lea and Jed, forcing me to battle them. It was too easy to take this duo out. They used two level 29 Pokémon, a Rapidash and a Ninetales. Though I had Venusaur out front, he and Kadabra had no problem taking both Fire type Pokémon out. At the end of the battle Venusaur gained a level, bringing him up to level 36, the same as my other two Pokémon.

I continued through the gatehouse that the young couple was standing beside and into a house on the other side. In this house were a person and a Fearow. I talked to the woman, which was what I came here to do.

"Oh, dear," she said, "You've found my secret retreat. Please don't tell anyone I'm here. I'll make it up to you with this."

The woman handed me a disc, which contained an HM, the HM for Fly. This HM would save me the trouble of having to walk back through the Underground Path, and also save the time. I taught this HM to Fearow, replacing Fury Attack. I then had Fearow fly me to Lavender Town.

I knew, now that I had the Silph Scope that I needed to go up the Pokémon tower. I walked in and up the stairs, and then past the spot where Dana and I had battled Blue. I followed the path between the tombstones over to another set of stairs, which I walked up.

The next floor was filled with a very heavy fog, which seemed very unnatural inside of a building. I walked to the north after spraying a Repel and ran into a woman. The woman made some strange noises before we launched into a battle.

The strange woman, who turned out to be a channeler named Hope, only had one Pokémon, a level 23 Gastly. Kadabra took down the ghost with a Shadow Ball, which, despite being the same type as the Pokémon being battled, was super effective. I had always thought that this was a strange quality of ghosts in the Pokémon world.

Behind this woman was an Escape Rope, which I picked up before heading back to the south to go through this floor on the tower. I ran into another channeler, Patricia, who used the same Pokémon as Hope had, a Gastly, but at level 22. Though I didn't have to I battled Carly, the other channeler on this floor to get my Pokémon some experience.

Once I had defeated the trainers on this floor I headed up the next flight of stairs into another, equally foggy, room. I battled all three of the channelers on this floor as well, Laurel, Jody, and Paula, all of them using the same Pokémon, Gastlies. Kadabra managed to grow to level 37 while battling against Laurel's Pokémon. I also picked up an Elixir, a Great Ball, and an Awakening on this floor before heading up another flight of stairs.

It seemed that all of the floors of this tower were going to be thick with fog. I walked around on this floor, battling Channelers Ruth, Karina, Janae who all used Gastlies, and Channeler Tammy who used a Haunter. I also found a strange symbol of light on the floor in the middle of the room. When I stepped into this light my Pokémon were healed. I also picked up a Cleanse Tag in this area of light. After some searching I found a Nugget on this floor as well before heading up to the next floor.

The fog, I knew, was meant to give a creepy, graveyard feeling to the rooms, but now it was just becoming an annoyance. Though the fog wasn't getting any thicker it did make the rooms very humid. On this floor I battled three more channelers, Angelica, Emilia, and Jennifer. I would have mentioned that I had the same name as the one channeler, but her laugh was creepy enough to send me off in the other direction fairly quickly. I picked up an X Accuracy and a Rare Candy before continuing through the floor. Fearow levelled up to level 37 in this floor.

"Be gone..." a strange, creepy voice spoke, sending chills up my spine, "Intruders..."

I was then launched into a battle with a ghost. After some fiddling with my Silph Scope I identified the ghost as a level 30 Marowak.

The Marowak was tough, taking two Razor Leaves to take it out. As the battle ended I thought about the Marowak. I knew it was possible to capture Cubones in the tower, and I wondered if this Marowak was related to them.

"Don't worry," I whispered to the spirit of Marowak, "I'm not going to harm anything. I'm going to help rid the tower of the Team Rocket grunts I know are on the next floor."

I felt the atmosphere change from menacing to relief as I said this. I figured Marowak had heard me.

I went back downstairs and healed my Pokémon using the light on the floor before continuing up to the final floor of the Pokémon Tower. As I had known, this floor was filled with Team Rocket's grunts.

I had no problem knocking out each grunt's Pokémon. Mostly they used Poison types, Zubats, a Golbat, and a Koffing, though a Drowzee, a Rattata, and a Raticate were used also. Venusaur levelled up to level 37 and I switched to Kadabra to finish the rest of the grunts off. As I defeated each grunt they ran off, like all of the other grunts I had fought, except for the ones in the hideout.

Standing at the end of this hallway between the gravestones was an older man.

"Heh?" he said, "You came to save me? Thank you. But, I came here of my own free will."

"But you were being held here by grunts," I pointed out.

"Well, I originally came to calm the spirit of Cubone's mother," he responded, "before I was held up here. I think Marowak's spirit has finally left us. I must thank you for your kind concern. Follow me home, I have something I'll give you."