Congrats minipower! You got it right! I got Travis' father's name from Fullmetal Alchemist. :D Yeah...I totally love Edward. He rox my sox!!! XDDD So here's your cookie! -gives you a giant cookie-
Ghastly Fun
Zoey screamed and held her head by putting her hands over her head, clutching the white hat she was wearing.
She waited for a while, and nothing happened. She stopped screaming, and slowly opened her eyes. There were still a few tears on her face, but most of them had dried. She rested her hands on her lap and looked at the room.
It was different.
The walls were a light purple, with columns on the corners. From the top of them, hung burgundy curtains, horizontally connecting with the other columns. The floor was a rug and looked like a colorful puzzle. There was a giant ball and some blocks, along with plushies and other toys. In a corner was a fan palm and next to it was a large window, but the curtains that hung from it, blocked the view from outside.
Zoey stood up and looked around.
"Where am I?"
She saw Charmeleon lying unconscious on a bed of blankets, a pillow under her head.
"Charmeleon!" Zoey said as she ran to her companion. The girl felt for the Pokemon's heartbeat. She was still alive.
That's when Zoey felt the room get very cold.
"It's…s-s-so cold in here…"
Something tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw a purple ghost like creature. She was caught off guard and screamed, which woke Charmeleon.
At once, the lizard was ready to defend her master. "Charmeleon!"
The purple ghost ran to a giant plushie and hid inside it. After a few seconds, it slowly raised it's head and came out. Two more purple ghosts followed it. They were all different in appearance, but were still all the same in some way.
"These…" said Zoey. "These are Pokemon."
The three ghosts floated towards Zoey. One was small and had gas around it, the other had no legs, but claws arms, and the last was a little chubby, with feet and paws. It's red eyes looked intimidating, and it's smile was bone chilling.
"Ghastly!"
"Hauuuunter."
"Gengar!"
Zoey was suddenly no longer afraid. "So you three are the ghosts everyone in Lavender has told me about!" Then she gasped. "You're the Three Ghost Brothers!"
All three smiled and nodded.
"Wow! I've never seen a Ghost Pokemon before! Well, just that weird one called Mismagius, but that's a Sinnoh Pokemon."
She smiled at the creatures. Then she noticed her bag lying next to the blankets. She got it and took out her Pokedex. She got the information on all three creatures.
"Ghastly, the Gas Pokemon. A Pokemon born from poisonous gases. It defeats even the largest of foes by enveloping them in gas."
"Haunter, the Gas Pokemon. The evolved form of Ghastly. It licks with its gaseous tongue to steal the victim's life force. It lurks in darkness for prey."
"Gengar, the Shadow Pokemon. It is the final evolution of Ghastly. Lurking in the shadowy corners of rooms, it awaits chances to steal its prey's life force."
Zoey put her Pokedex away. She looked at the three who only smiled at her.
"You three sure fit the definition of a ghost from what the Pokedex says. You're……not going to hurt me……right?"
The ghosts shook their heads.
"Well, thanks for saving me you guys. But…if I may ask….where am I?"
Ghastlyglided up to her. "Ghastly gas ghast!"
"Your…room?"
Haunter nodded.
"Well, it looks very…kiddish."
Gengar smiled. He grabbed a ball and pushed it towards Zoey. "Gengar!"
"You want me to play with you?"
All three brothers nodded their heads excitedly.
"I'm sorry," said Zoey with a sad smile. "But…I need to be somewhere right now…I'm really glad and thankful that you saved me though…"
The three Pokemon had saddened expressions on their faces, even Gengar who stopped smiling.
Zoey felt sympathetic.
"Well…I guess I could play for a little while…"
Ghastly flew towards her and circled around her head happily.
"But, may my Pokemon play with you guys too?"
Gengar nodded, as did Haunter. Zoey smiled and released her Pokemon, who were a little confused as to where they were.
"Clefairy?" said the pink Pokemon. She looked around and saw a trampoline. Her eyes sparkled and she ran towards it, bouncing merrily.
Pidgeotto played with a ribbon, doing graceful aerial movents. Nidorina and Gloom tried to put a puzzle together.
And Charmeleon stood with Zoey, playing with the Ghost Brothers.
They tossed around the giant ball and tried to catch it. The Pokemon went through the ball like it was air and laughed. They were happy.
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A while had passed and Zoey was getting tired. She was sweating.
"Man," she said as she lay on a giant Snorlax plushie. "I'm tired." She yawned.
Gengar tugged on her shirt and wanted to play. He insisted by poking the ball at her.
"Gengar…buddy…I'm really tired…I…" She fell asleep. The three brothers looked kinda sad, but they knew their human friend had went through a lot tonight.
Suddenly, they got an idea.
"Ghastly gas!"
"Haunter hauuuun."
"Gengar! Gen!"
They all concentrated and used their Psychic powers to enter Zoey's subconscious…
She was dreaming about Lavender Town, but it looked slightly old. She wasn't in normal clothes either. She had white shoes with a simple white and sleeveless summer dress that went a little bit passed her knees.
"Huh? Where am I?"
She looked around. "Hmm. I guess I must be dreaming. I don't remember Lavender looking like this before."
She walked around, and noticed Pokemon Tower. There was a family walking to the tower, a small coffin in their arms. Zoey followed them inside and noticed that the small coffin was large enough to fit a Pokemon.
The family talked to the receptionist and she showed them upstairs to a vacant floor. Zoey followed once more.
But when she got there, she noticed the family was scared, and they were staring at something. Above the grave they had put their Pokemon in, were three floating ghosts and they laughed. To the family, it sounded maniacal, but to Zoey, it sounded natural. That's when she noticed the ghosts were Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar.
The family screamed and ran downstairs. They obviously didn't like ghosts. The receptionist only smiled sadly as the Three Ghost Brothers turned around and sadly floated through the wall.
"Those poor things," she said. "Nobody seems to understand them."
The woman went back downstairs to the desk, and read a book. But after a while, she fell asleep. Zoey had been following her around after looking at some of the tombstones.
She noticed the book the woman was reading, a picked it up. She sat down on a couch and began to read it. The cover was a royal purple with the title The Three Ghost Brothers and the Pokemon Tower.
Zoey smiled as she opened up the book and began to read.
"This should be interesting."
A long time ago, when the Kanto region barely began to form, there was a small village, in which the people called Lavender. And as the years passed, the village grew into a town as it became more modernized. It was a quiet little town, but friendly nonetheless.
Many people have found that the Pokemon living nearby always seemed to die, but peacefully and calmly, without suffering. When the townsfolk noticed this, they built the Pokemon Tower, a cemetery for deceased and beloved Pokemon. At first it was for the wild ones, but pretty soon, Trainers and other Pokemon owners began to burry their Pokemon here.
Soon, many Pokemon spirits began to appear in this quaint little town, but along with them, were human spirits as well. They say that these human spirits used to be some of the Pokemon's Trainers or owners. They didn't want to leave their beloved partners here, so when the time came, they returned to Lavender and died here.
However, not all the Trainers and owners died by their own free will. Some years later, a brutal group of people with black outfits came by once in a while to snoop around Pokemon Tower, for any signs of wild or abandoned Pokemon. Because they knew, that not all Trainers were kind. Some left their Pokemon to die here in the tower, which gave these criminals the perfect chance to steal them away.
But…something odd had occurred. Three purple Pokemon had begun to show up near the tower and they were known as the Ghost Brothers. These Pokemon were identified as Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar. They saw all the sad people wishing a good afterlife to their companions, and despite the fact that they were Ghost Pokemon who loved to haunt, these three couldn't help but want to ensure the safety of the deceased creatures.
They scared away the criminals with their psychic abilities and protected all the Pokemon they could. When a person came to bury their deceased Pokemon, the Brothers would appear and smile at the visitors. But they screamed and ran away because of the Ghost's appearance. Soon, they became feared and people were afraid to come to the tower. The poor brothers became saddened and broken hearted, that they never appeared anymore.
This was bad because the criminals with black outfits began to return and steal away the Pokemon. People were in panic and enraged as to why the Pokemon were not being protected anymore. Those who worked at the Tower merely said "The Ghost Brothers were rejected and feared. They no longer have any will to protect the Pokemon when the owners don't want them near." This made people think about what they had done, but many of them did nothing to bring the ghosts back.
Years had passed, and the brothers did not return. Soon, a young boy came to the tower and wandered around on the higher floors, when he saw a special room on the highest floor. Well, he actually went through a cranny first before he got into a room. He had never seen this part of the tower that he had entered. It was like a playroom.
That was when he saw the Three Ghost Brothers. At first he was scared because they came floating to him, somewhat angrily. But, he soon calmed down, and smiled at them.
"Hey there! Wanna play? This room looks really fun!"
The ghosts were astounded. They had never had a person who didn't run away from them. The Pokemon smiled and decided to play with the boy. For a while, they were very happy. The boy would come often to the tower to visit his ghostly friends. But then, one day, his mother found out, and was astonished to find out why he loved going to Pokemon Tower. She forbid him to go because she was scared that the ghosts might do something horrible to him.
"I'm sorry," he said to them one day. "But mommy doesn't want me to visit you anymore…" He had tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry…I'll always remember you guys."
After he had left, the Ghost Brothers clung to the hope that someday he would return. But days turned into months, months turned into years. Nothing. They were very depressed.
So, after much thought, the brothers knew that their friend would never return to them. Day after day they watched children down below from their room at the top of the tower, hoping that one of them might come and save them from their melancholic prison. But none came.
And so, as time passed, the brothers continued to watch the town below, the children in an eternal naïve bliss.
Then, the story had ended. Zoey closed the book and placed it back on the desk.
"Those poor Pokemon…" she said. "People were afraid of them, just because they looked scary and were ghosts…"
Then, the dream ended as Zoey felt herself doze off in her subconscious, and awaken in the real world.
She sat up from the giant Snorlax plushie and stretched. She yawned and looked around. Her Pokemon were asleep, and she returned them back inside their Pokeballs.
Zoey saw Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar watching her. "You poor creatures…" she said. "I wish I could do something for you three…"
Gengar smiled. He tugged on the girl's shirt and pointed to the window. Haunter nodded and Ghastly circled the Trainer happily.
"Huh? To the window?"
She got up and looked outside. All she saw, was the night sky dabbed with stars and a big luminous moon.
Gengar opened the window and Haunter pointed outside. Ghastly's eyes glowed and Zoey began to lift up.
"W-woah!" She had never been levitated before. "You…you want me to fly with you? In the night?"
All three Pokemon levitated themselves and all gave a cry of happiness.
"Gengar!"
"Hauuuunter!"
"Ghastly!"
Zoey smiled. "Ok! Let's go! This might be fun!"
The young Trainer and the three Ghost Pokemon flew through the night sky. She was having so much fun.
That's when she saw a familiar girl down below. "Hmm? Who's that?"
She looked closer, and noticed it was Jessica.
"She's barely here?" That's when she got an idea.
"Hey guys? Can I ask a favor?"
They nodded and Zoey told them the plan. All three Pokemon smiled deviously. They were gonna have some fun.
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"Oh…" said Jessica. "I feel so bad…the S.S. Anne sunk…with Zoey still inside…she wasn't in any of the lifeboats…"
The blonde sighed. "Gary hates me now…he'll never go out with me…"
"Jeeeesicaaaa."
The young girl was scared. She looked around to see who said her name.
"H…hello?"
"Jeeeeesicaaaaa."
She looked behind her because she felt the area around her get extremely cold. That's when she saw three ghastly figures with glowing red eyes.
"Ghaaaaastly."
"Hauuuuunter."
"Gengaaaaar."
Jessica had the chills. "Gh…gh…gho…"
A finger tapped her shoulder. She turned around timidly and her eyes widened.
It was Zoey and she looked ghostly pale.
"Z…Zoey?"
"Jeeeesica," she said with a ghostly moan. "You…you killed me…Now…I can never participate in the Pokemon League…"
"N…no. It was an accident…I didn't mean to…I just wanted you out of the way for a while…Not forever!"
"You…Because of you, I'm dead."
"No!"
"But hey…look at the bright side. Now you'll have Gary all to yourself along with fame as a Pokemon Trainer. You'll be able to live your life, while I watch sadly in the afterlife, wishing I were as happy as you. I will stay here, in eternal sadness and longing for a life…Me…Zoey Ketchum…the melancholic spirit who was never given the chance to make something of herself…"
Jessica screamed. "NO! I didn't kill you!!!"
Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar loomed closer to her. They smiled and Jessica's face became pale. That's when she noticed that Haunter was suddenly not there.
"Huh? Wh-where's the third one?"
A cold, creepy tongue licked her from the back. Jessica got goose bumps all over her body. She screamed again and ran away, shrieking like a banshee.
"Hmm," said Zoey. "Jessica wouldn't make a bad ghost."
She smiled at the Ghost Brothers, who were laughing. "Oh, this night was so fun! I never thought Ghost Pokemon could have so much excitement in a few hours!"
Suddenly, she was floating up again, into the sky, with the three Pokemon. They headed back to the tower, gliding into the room.
They gently released Zoey on the Snorlax plushie.
"Man…" she said. "I'm tired."
She barely noticed that Charmeleon was still asleep. The girl smiled.
"I think I'll…" she yawed. "…dose off too…" Her eyes closed as she lay on the giant bed sized plush.
Ghastly smiled as did his brothers. They put a blanket on Charmeleon, and another one on Zoey. They too, had been somewhat tired, because they never had this much fun in years.
Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar leaned against the plushie and went to sleep as well.
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Zoey woke up and saw that she was still in the room. The curtain wasn't draped over the window, but tied to the sides. Light flowed into the room, making the morning look beautiful.
The girl stretched and looked around. Charmeleon was already up, folding her blanket. The trainer looked and saw that the Ghost Brothers were still asleep.
"Come on Charmeleon," she said. "I think it's time for us to leave. Travis and the rest might be worried."
As they were leaving, she had a feeling that somebody was behind her.
She looked and saw the Brothers floating before her.
"Sorry guys," she said. "But…I need to go…I have a journey that needs to be accomplished…"
They had sad faces once again.
"Oh, I'll come visit. Don't worry about that!"
They still looked sad, and the girl's expression had turned into a sympathetic look. She went up to the ghosts and hugged them.
"Wow," she said. "You guys are so light!"
She smiled once more, and they, in return, smiled too. But this time, it wasn't devious or mischievous, but sincere and happy.
Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar lifted her up and transported her down, all the way to the ground floor. She passed through the walls and found herself outside. She and Charmeleon gazed up at the top of the tower, where the three ghosts lived.
"Zoey!"
The Trainer turned around to find Travis and Davis running towards her.
"Where have you been?" said Travis with worry.
"I was up at the Pokemon Tower," she said while pointing to the top.
"All night?" asked Davis. "I thought you were fighting those crooks."
"Yeah I was. But they fled. I also met some new friends!"
"Who are they?"
"The Ghost Brothers!"
The twins looked at her, then at each other, and finally back at her.
"Are you sure Zoey?" asked Travis. "Because that's only a folktale you know."
"No it's not. I actually met them. We played in their room full of toys, they gave me a memory about their past, and we soared the night sky! And haunted a person too. I think that was my favorite part. It was really fun! Isn't that right Charmeleon?"
"Char!"
"Well..." said Davis. "I guess whatever you want to believe is fine...but I still don't think--"
"She's not lying." It was Mr. Fuji who had said that. He walked up to the three. "The Ghost Brothers are very real."
"You believe me, right Mr. Fuji?"
"Yes child. I believe you one hundered percent." He smiled. "After all, there really are Ghost type Pokemon you know, as well as human ghosts. So it's not hard to believe." Cubone appeared from behind the old man's leg. The little creature was shy.
"Oh! Mr. Fuji, I got your flute back!"
Zoey took out the flute and gave it to the old man.
"Ah, my Pokeflute. I'm very grateful you got it back. But I just realized that I don't need it anymore."
"Why not?"
"I don't know...I just don't. Therefore, I want you to have it."
Zoey smiled brightly. "Thank you so much!"
Clefairy popped out of her Pokeball. "Clefairy!"
"Your Clefairy's really cute," said Travis. "Just like you."
Zoey blushed as did her pink Pokemon.
Mr. Fuji had an idea. "Zoey, may I ask you for a favor?"
"Of course."
"I see how much joy Clefairy brings, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind leaving her here with me for a while. The Pokemon who have been orphaned and abandoned could sure use a hyper and fun loving Pokemon like Clefairy around."
Zoey's expression changed. "But...she hasn't evolved yet...and I was hoping to train her some more..."
"Don't worry about that. I'll train her for you while you're gone."
"Well..." She looked at Clefairy, who looked back at her Trainer. "I dunno..."
Mr. Fuji smiled. "How about this...In exchange for your Clefairy, you can train Cubone here. Don't worry. I won't keep your Clefairy. You can come back anytime you want to and pick it up. But you can keep Cubone if you'd like. He needs to be around growing Pokemon."
Clefairy thought about it, as did Zoey. She really didn't want to leave her there, and vice versa. But having a new Pokemon on the team sounded wonderful. Zoey sighed and kneeled down to Clefairy.
"It's up to you Clefairy. I'm gonna let you decide."
Clefairy stood quiet and looked at her Trainer. That's when she noticed Cubone slowly walking up to them, his shyness holding him back a little. The pink Pokemon smiled and said "Clefairy fair!" She nodded and walked over to Mr. Fuji.
"It looks like she made up her mind."
Zoey stood up and looked at Clefairy, who's expression told her "Don't worry. I'll come back to you. And I'll be strong!" The girl smiled somewhat sadly and said "Ok. Clefairy will stay."
Mr. Fuji was very happy. "Thank you child."
Zoey picked up Cubone, who was still a little timid. "And you get to be on my team now! I'm gonna start training you right away!" She held him in a warm embrace, which made Cubone very happy. "We'll be the best of friends. You'll see." The Pokemon's eyes sparkled with joy. He nuzzled against her and she smiled. Zoey took out her Pokedex to get the info on Cubone.
"Cubone, the Lonely Pokemon. Because it never removes its skull helmet, nobody knows this Pokemon's true face.Cubone pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries."
"Wow...even the Pokedex knows about it's mother..." said Zoey. "So what attacks does he know?"
Mr. Fuji put a hand to his chin in a thinking gesture. He was holding Clefairy in his other arm. "Hmm...If I recall...Cubone knows quite a few good attacks. He knows Bone Club, Dig, Fake Tears, and Headbutt."
"Well it sounds like good move set to me. I think we can train this little guy to become a big strong Marowak! Right Charmeleon?"
Charmeleon nodded and smiled. Cubone gave a happy cry. "Cubone!"
Travis smiled. "Come on Zoey. I think you'd probably wanna say goodbye to my folks."
Zoey walked with Travis and Davis back to their home. Mr. Fuji smiled at them as they got closer. Then he looked back at the Pokemon Tower and glanced at the top. He smiled.
"Too bad I'm older now. I would of liked to revisit my old friends. But now they made a new friend, and that makes me just as happy."
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After introducing the rest of her party to Cubone, Zoey said goodbye to Travis' family, Mr. Fuji, and her beloved Clefairy. Marie was a little sad that the girl was leaving, but Edward had told her that young Trainers need to accomplish their goal. Travis and Davis didn't want Zoey to leave either, but she had too, and they knew it. So they each gave her a kiss on the cheek, which caused Charmeleon to growl angrily and Zoey to blush. The girl now had a new Pokemon with her, and this time it was a male. She never had a guy Pokemon before, but she was glad she did now. After all, she didn't want every single Pokemon she got to be a girl. If she did, she felt like she would be a sexist for some odd reason...
Zoey walked along Route 8 with Charmeleon by her side, and Cubone on her shoulder. The little Pokemon was happy to be traveling. He hadn't left Lavender ever since his mother died. But he was willing to move on and get stronger, so he can help Zoey on her quest and take down Team Rocket with her. He turned his head to Lavender and the Pokemon Tower stood high. He looked up at the top most floor of it and saw three purple figures.
They smiled and waved. Cubone did too. He tugged on Zoey's hat, who looked at him as he pointed his claw in the direction of the tower. She turned around and saw Ghastly, Haunter, and Gengar looking at her, their smiles still sketched on their faces. She waved bye at them and they did the same. The girl continued walking along the route as the Three Ghost Brothers watched her.
Another ghost came to the window and the brothers let her see. It was another Pokemon spirit who saw a young Cubone riding on a girl's shoulders. The Pokemon smiled as she put her paw against the window frame. She watched her little Cubone happily enjoying himself on a journey with a human, something this mother had known for a long time.
Marowak smiled and wished Zoey a safe journey throughout Kanto.
Please bear with me here people. I don't know if something similar like this happened to Ash because...I haven't seen Pokemon in a long time!!! I only play the games!!! DDDX And no, I'm not gonna buy the videos or go on Youtube and watch them...Also, I don't know if Mr. Fuji ever came out in the anime...Like I said, I haven't watched Pokemon in a long time. So just be nice to me please. :3
The book part I made up. It's not real. Neither are the Ghost Brothers...I think. Hopefully you guys didn't get confused. Remember, they were showing Zoey their history through her dreams. Instead of them guiding her through time in her subconcious, they simply let her read a book about it while she was asleep. I actually kinda got confused myself...Ooops. -sweatdrop- Oh whatever.
Reviews would be nice. I'm trying to get fifty by the next chapter. :D