The gang may look for more clues after finding the first one.

Chapter 3

Charmander borrowed a magnifying glass from a drawer and checked the paw print on the book. "It looks red," he said.

"Heh, it's a crime to put red paint on the book as a bad prank," said Bulbasaur.

"Prank or not, this might be the clue," said Pikachu. "If we find more clues, we can find the culprit."

Charmander had dusted the book, and he saw the title "How to Scare People". "Hey, what's this?" he asked. "The book says 'How to Scare'. Hmm. Seems like we got a culprit after all."

"How to scare?" Squirtle asked. "Who would write a book like that?"

"That's no book," Charmander said. "It's an instruction manual. Someone must've plotted to make this castle haunted."

"Well, whatever's going on, we gotta look for clues," said Pikachu.

The four went searching for more clues. But when they got to the next bedroom, the lights went out.

"Help, I cant see!" Squirtle cried. "It's so dark!"

"Easy, Squirtle, I'm a candle," said Charmander, holding his tail.

When they search the bedroom, the door they went through slammed shut, which scared them. Pikachu ran to open the door. But the door would not open.

"Oh, no! The door's locked!" Pikachu cried.

"The door's locked!? Oh, no, we're doomed!" cried Squirtle. "We're all gonna die!"

"No, we're not," said Bulbasaur.

Squirtle raced to the door and banged on it constantly. "Help, help! Somebody help! We're locked in! Help! I don't wanna die! I wanna go home! Mommy!"

Pikachu jumped on Squirtle and restrained him. "Calm down, Squirtle," he said. "Nothing's going to happen."

Squirtle settled down, but he's still scared. "That's what you say," he said, "and what happens later? Something goes wrong."

The group suddenly heard banging sounds from downstairs and Krokorok's screams.

"That sounds like Krokorok!" Bulbasaur gasped.

The lights came back on after the last banging sound.

"Come on, we gotta help Krokorok!" Pikachu said.

Pikachu ran to the door, which finally opened, and they ran back down to the dining room, but they notice that Krokorok was not there.

"What happened?" Charmander asked. "Where's Krokorok?"

"Dusknoir was here," said Houndoom. "He was cackling at us, and then he disappeared. I heard Krokorok screaming, and when the lights came on, he was gone."

"Did you kids find any clues?" Machoke asked.

Charmander showed the book with the red paw print on it.

"Hey, someone vandalized the book with red paint on it!" Houndoom gasped.

"Who would do such a thing?" Magmar asked. "That was so cruel."

Squirtle noticed three strands of hair on the chair Krokorok once sat on and pick them up. "I think I found another clue," he said. "Krokorok has no fur."

Pikachu looked at the strands of hair Squirtle found. "You're right," he said. "Someone must've lost them when he kidnapped Krokorok."

"This does get strange," said Bulbasaur. "But who is the culprit?"

"We won't know until we look," said Charmander.

But Pikachu was not so sure. He looked at the hairs like they seem familiar to him. "Keep searching," he said.

"I'll tag along, kids," said Ampharos.

"You? Are you sure?"

"Certainly," Ampharos smiled. "I knew this castle years ago."

Pikachu smiled. "Great idea. Let's search this castle."

The four went looking for other clues.

Now with Ampharos helping the little Pokémon, they can solve the case to track the culprit.