(A/N So I came back on and looked at the comments and found an entire English lesson on them. XD
Don't take that the wrong way, I'll be the first to admit that I will often forget the specifics when it comes to grammar.
So if I'm doing something wrong, no matter how small, if it annoys you in any way, then please tell me so I can fix it.
Anyway, let's get on with this Halloween fanfic… even if it will be finished a bit late.)
Ash sat, depressed and upset, in the corner of the room.
Dawn had been a great friend, playful and always guaranteed to lighten the atmosphere.
He wanted to believe that she was alright, that she was just lost, wandering the gardens like he had suggested earlier.
But something in the back of his head told him otherwise.
He watched as the rest of the group bickered, trying to solve the mystery behind her disappearance… as if mattered.
She was gone, one of his best friends, gone.
Looking up, he noticed that Misty was walking over to him, she looked rather angry.
"This is your fault!" She shouted angrily.
He frowned.
"Eh?"
"You released the kabutops!"
Ash gave her a long, hard stare.
"You're kidding me," He stated flatly.
"Think about it Ash, you perform the ritual to bring it back, she disappears at eight o'clock, just like the myth, every half an hour.
"Exactly," he replied. "A myth, you said it yourself, it's just a bit of folklore."
"But what if it isn't?"
"Are you listening to yourself right now?"
"Guys," Brock cut in, "Stop it, we need to work together, not fight each other!"
"She/he started it!" they both complained.
"Someone has just gone missing, and your acting like kids!"
There was an awkward silence for a few moments.
Ash sighed.
"Your right Brock," he said sullenly, before turning back to Misty. "I'm sorry."
Misty let out a long, hard breath, before leaning her back on the wall.
"I'm sorry too."
Brock pinched the bridge of his nose, deep in thought.
"Ok, so, let's assume that Misty's right, no matter how ridiculous it may seem, and the Kabutops really has returned."
"Then at half eight, which is in… five minutes, it will attempt to take someone else," said Ash.
"Who?" asked Serana.
"Well, whoever's easiest, presumably if they where separate from everyone el-" Ash stopped mid sentence, and turned to May, dread on his face.
"Wh-" she began, then she got it too.
"Pikachu!" called out Ash, running off down a corridor.
"Eevee?" May shouted, two seconds behind him.
"Guys wait!" Brock called after them. "We have to stay together."
But, of course, they didn't listen and carried on down the corridor.
Throwing his hands up in defeat, Brock turned to face the rest of the group.
"Come on, we've get to follow them."
Ash burst into the bedroom, May in tow, and sighed with relief when he saw Pikachu and Eevee napping on the bed.
Pikachu looked up groggily.
"Pika, kachu?" (What? I'm trying to sleep here!)
Ash laughed shakily, before answering.
"Pikachu, we're not safe," he said. "We think there's something else in the house, something dangerous."
Pikachu's ears pricked up, and he was instantly alert.
Seeing that he understood the situation, Ash turned to see Eevee on May's shoulder, also alert.
"We need to get back to the group."
Nodding in agreement, she followed them out the room to see that the group had come to them.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the two pokemon.
"You found them?" asked Brock pointlessly.
"Safe and sound," Ash replied.
"Ten seconds," said Iris.
Everyone turned to face her.
"What?" asked Serana.
Iris pointed wordlessly, and everyone followed her gaze to the old grandfather clock, about to turn half-past.
It turned half-past.
Everyone held their breath for a few moments, but nothing happened.
"Well," said Ash. "That was rather anticlimac-"
Then all the lights in the corridor.
Switched.
Off.
Silence.
Ash gulped.
"Probably just a power cut," he said. "It'll come back on in a second."
It switched back on.
Everyone sighed with relief.
"See, nothing but a myth."
"Where's Cilan?" asked Misty.
Everyone froze.
"Cilan?" called out May.
No answer.
"We," began Ash. "Need to get out out."
Then all hell broke loose as they started the desperate scramble to the doors, but when they got there…
"They won't open!" wailed Misty in terror.
Hearing this, Brock's shoulders sagged, May fell back against the wall and put her head in her knees, Iris started banging her head on the wall in frustration, and serana straight up collapsed, sobbing in terror.
Ash sat down next to May, staring off into space.
May looked up.
"What do we do now?"
No response.
"Ash!"
Ash looked at her, eyes full of despair.
"I don't know."
(A/N Dam, this just got serious XD
So please review, I can only get better if you let me know what you like here, and what you don't.
And although I've tried my hardest to refer to your grammar lesson farla, I probably got something wrong anyway, so keep me posted.
And like I said, let me know if I've done anything else wrong grammar wise.
Anyway, ill be on with the next chapter shortly, until then.
Peace.