Chapter 7: A Ghostly Presence

As our heroes continue on their journey toward Botson city, they start to notice a distinct change in the area. All the the wildlife appeared to be dying or rotting, and less pokemon started appearing.

Selena, "Guys, this forest is starting to get scarier and scarier."

Ben, "I can see what you mean, it almost feels different to"

Noah, "That's because we are getting closer to Botson City"

Ben, "what do you mean"

Noah, "Well you see the Botson use to be a huge battlefield and the closer you get to it the more grim the atmosphere becomes."

Selena, "we better almost be there then, I don't want to here much longer"

Noah, "Sadly based off your pokenav, we still have about a two days walk till we get there…. Which means we'll need to camp out" as the Ben and Selena looked at each other with a depressed look on their faces.

Noah, "I suggest we set up camp here for the night so we can be set before night fall comes."

Ben and Selena, "Alright"

Noah, "Luckily for us i packed a tent for us to sleep in"

An angry Selena, "Then why have we been sleeping on the ground the past few days"

Noah with a slight smile, "I forgot…"

***after setting up their camp***

Selena, "well i'm going to hit the sack for the night, the quicker i go to sleep the quicker i wake up and the quicker i get out of here."

Noah, "I guess i will to then"

Ben, "I'm going to stay out for a little bit and practice with eevee"

Selena in a worried voice, "Okay well be careful please"

***While Ben is practicing later that night***

"Okay eevee try your sand attack again, it has to be perfect." eevee almost immediately used sand attack on a nearby tree when all the sudden ben felt a cool wind hit him. He then looked behind him to see a duskull

"Wow what's that thing" as Ben pulls out his pokedex

Duskull, the requiem pokemon, Duskull can pass through any wall no matter how thick it may be. Once this pokemon chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn.

"Duskullll" as it all the immediately uses dark pulse

"Eevee dodge it and use quick attack" eevee then successfully evaded the dark pulse but as he used quick attack appeared to just go straight through him

"Damn i forgot normal type moves don't affect ghost types" as Ben looked quite worried "Okay then use swift." This to Ben's disappointment had the same result though. Duskull then keep using dark pulse and eventually cornered eevee, and as Ben started to shed a tear because he couldn't protect his first pokemon a beam of light came from eevee. Then all the sudden duskull got hit back by what appeared to be dark pulse. Ben then looked back toward the lighted figure and as it dimmed down and could no longer see eevee but instead an Umbreon.

Ben, "Wow eevee evolved! And that must have been dark pulse then" as he whips out his pokedex.

Umbreon, the moonlight pokemon, when darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.

Umbreon then went at the duskull and used what seemed like pursuit, and got a direct hit. Duskull then disappeared back into the dark forest where it had come from

Ben, "wow i'm so proud of you umbreon" as umbreon went to Ben tackling him in joy.

"Well i think that should be enough training for one day!"

Noah and Selena then came out of the tent, woken up by all the noise. Selena, "What's the matter with you i'm trying to sleep here." as they both looked at umbreon and their faces went blank

Ben excitingly , "well there was this duskull, and then eevee got hit really badly. Then he evolved." rambling on trying to explain the story

Selena, "I'm to tired to care right now, tell me in the morning." the three then went back into the tent and had a good night's sleep. And in the morning Ben told them all about the night before and Selena and Noah listened intently.

"Wow that's awesome Ben", Selena

Noah, "Yeah and that's really handy for the upcoming ghost type gym leader you'll be facing."

Ben, "I hadn't even thought about it."

The three then kept talking about Ben's upcoming battle and strategy while packing up, and then continued their journey for Botson city