Attention all readers-So, I started working on a lot of chapters this month and I'm slowly going to be uploading them on this site one by one. Keep in mind that I worked really hard on them. I hope that you'll like it and Happy Reading!

I DONT OWN POKEMON! I ONLY OWN THE OC AND CREATING HER POKEMON TEAM FROM THE SHOW!

Shoutouts:

Glaceon931-Maybe. Who knows right now.

Guest 1-You're thinking in the wrong region. If I was writing the Johto region, then that would have been different.


Darken clouds appeared overhead as lightning strikes in random spots. Raindrops starts to fall around a building. Inside, a painting of a woman hung on the mantle. She was wearing an emerald necklace around her neck. "It's freezing!" said Ash

"We're getting soaked!" said Serena.

"This is why I told you to pack a raincoat, Ash! But no!" said Jordan.

"You don't like to listen to us!" said Meeko.

"Now we're going to get sick." said Jordan and Meeko.

"Let's duck in there!" said Clemont.

"Dedenne, stay still!" said Bonnie. They all ran into the building, taking shelter from the rain, pouring outside. As they approached the twin doors, one creaks open.

"Pika, Pika!" said Pikachu.

"Whoa." said Serena.

"I'm soaked to the bones." said Jordan.

"Lucar." said Meeko, her fur soaked.

"Man, what a storm." said Ash.

"It came up suddenly." said Clemont.

"I hate thunder." said Bonnie when suddenly, lightning and thunder was splashed across the sky. Scared, Bonnie steps back and bumps into the twin doors. "Huh?"

"Let's ask if we can stay here until it stops raining." said Ash.

"Pikachu!" said Pikachu as Bonnie and Jordan looked inside.

"Guys, the doors open." said Bonnie as she went inside. "Yay!"

"Bonnie, you can't just go in there!" said Clemont.

"Anybody home?" Bonnie asked. "Hello? Can we stay here until it stops raining?"

"Dedenne!" Dedenne called out.

"Excuse us…" said Clemont, knocking on the door.

"Is anybody here?" asked Serena. As it continued to storm outside, on the second floor, a Pokémon saw the quintet on the landing.

Narrator: As our heroes continue their journey to Cyllage City and Ash's second Kalos region gym battle, they find themselves caught in a heavy thunderstorm.

Jordan: Where we're soaked to the skin.

Narrator: I hope that you don't get sick.

Meeko: Lucar.

"Is anybody in here?" asked Ash.

"Pika!" shouted Pikachu.

"Hello!" said Jordan.

"Lucario!" said Meeko.

"Hello!" shouted Clemont.

"Sorry to bother you!" said Serena. "It seems totally deserted."

"The exterior's in pretty bad shape, so maybe nobody lives here." suggested Clemont.

"Hey, why don't we just stay here for a while?" asked Bonnie.

"I guess so." said Clemont.

"Come on, at least until the storm passes." said Jordan.

"Maybe, but this place gives me the creeps." said Serena.

"Yeah, me too." said Ash.

"But it's better than getting wet!" said Bonnie and Jordan.

"Dedenne! Lucario!" said Dedenne and Meeko.

"I think it feels creepy because there's no light." said Clemont, walking over to a light fixture and starts feeling for a switch. "Looks like it's still working!"

He then turns on the lights and illuminated the room. "That's better." said Bonnie.

"Sure is!" said Ash.

"We don't have to bump into stuff in the dark!" said Jordan.

"Hey, Clemont, thanks!" said Serena.

"But…" said Clemont, with a scared look on his face. "I didn't turn them on."

"So then…." said Serena.

"Who did?" asked Ash as Jordan and Meeko grabbed a hold of him.

"That's kind of weird." said Bonnie.

"Dedenne!"

"P-p-probably…it must've been the sensors!" cried Clemont.

"Sensors?" asked Ash.

"Yeah, motion detectors!" said Clemont. "That's why the lights came on automatically! It may be an old house, but it must be equipped with the latest technology, huh?"

"I see." said Ash.

"Yeah, or maybe…" said Serena as Ash looks over at her. "we're inside a haunted house."

Ash shivers as Jordan has a calm look on her face. "Did I say that?" Serena asked, then covers her mouth.

"Uh, let's wait outside 'til the rain passes!" suggested Ash.

"Great idea!" said Clemont. Just before they could head back outside, the door swings shut, leaving them inside.

"What happened?" asked Ash, rushing over to the door and tries to open it. "Guys, the door's locked!"

"Pika!" Pikachu said.

"No way!" said Serena.

"But it was just wide open." said Bonnie.

"It must be the motion detectors closing and locking the doors after they're open for a short while!" said Clemont, beginning to freak out.

"But why they still locked?" asked Serena.

"Let me see…" said Clemont, thinking.

"Maybe this is a haunted mansion that grabs people and then eats them." said Serena, imagining what it would do to them, causing Clemont to shiver in fear. "Did I say that?"

"Serena…don't think like that." said Jordan.

"Wait! You should never trust anything that can't be explained by science." said Clemont. "This is a huge mansion, so there has to be another way to get out of here!"

"Yup, you're right." said Ash. "Let's go and find it!"

"Pikachu!" said Pikachu.

"Lucario." said Meeko, nodding.

As it continued to thunder outside, Team Rocket ran through the rain. "It's a downpour!" said Jessie.

"And it happens to be pouring down on us!" said James.

"Yeah, I hate it when that happens." said Meowth. They stopped to look around until Jessie spots the mansion.

"Look." said Jessie. "There's a good chance its not raining inside that huge house."

"But what if somebody lives there?" asked James, whining a bit.

"Then I'll keep them company!" Jessie tells him.

"We're company, too!" James added and the three of them take off towards the house.

"Open the door!" said Jessie.

"This home's creep factor's on ten!" said James.

"And that's a bad thing?" questioned Jessie. "It'll keep away the riffraff and make this the perfect Kalos frontline hideaway!"

"Wait a sec…I thought we were getting out of the rain!" said James as Jessie looks around until a window opens on its own.

"Its an automated window!" said Jessie.

"In an old house like this?" asked Meowth.

"Meowth's right." said James. "Wait up, Jessie!" After climbing in through the window, Team Rocket looks around the room they were in.

"Judging by the looks of it, this place has been abandoned forever." said Jessie.

"Longer." James added. The window creaks behind him as it closes shut.

"There must be a light switch around here." said Jessie, doing what Clemont did.

"Oh, thanks for the light, Meowth." said James.

"I didn't do that!" said Meowth. "I'd say everything in this old joint is automated!"

"This old house?" asked James as Meowth had a scared look on his face. "I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this place."

"You and me both, palley!" said Meowth.

"Lets make sure we have an out." said James.

"Word up!" said Meowth. James turns to the window and tries to open it, only to find out that it was locked.

"This thing's locked!" James exclaimed.

"Huh?" said Jessie, turning to face the two.

Thundering was heard overhead as lighting splashed across a painting, causing Ash, Serena and Clemont to scream in terror. "Its just a painting." said Bonnie.

"Yeah and its not scary." said Jordan.

"Y-you're right." said Clemont. "It's a p-portrait."

"Maybe she owns this place!" said Ash.

"Pi?" asked Pikachu.

"Maybe she's not alive, but she's here anyway, if you know what I mean." said Serena.

Clemont and Ash shivered in fear as Jordan and Bonnie were unfazed. "Did I say that?" asked Serena.

"Yes…yes you did." said Jordan.

"Did you hear that?" asked Jessie. "That sound?"

"Yeah, loud and clear!" said Meowth.

"I am so through with this place!" said James, using an object from the room and bangs it against the window.

On the stairs, the quintet hears strange noises. "Anybody hear that?" asked Ash.

"It must be an old grandfather clock ticking away somewhere and nothing more, I'm sure of it!" said Clemont.

"Lucario." said Meeko, shaking her head.

"I doubt it's another set of Ghastly, Haunter and Gengar again." said Jordan.

"Sound to me like someone's pounding a stake." said Serena.

"How come?" asked Bonnie.

"To stop a vampire?" asked Serena and both boys were even more terrified than before causing said girl to cover her mouth. "My mouth's got a mind of its own today!"

"Oh yeah?" asked Jordan, then turns to her brother. "And yet, my big brother took a friend of ours for a joy ride in the sky with a certain mouse."

"Lucario, Cario." said Meeko. Just then, Team Rocket starts screaming at what they were seeing.

"Its just a portrait painting!" said Meowth.

"Next time, tell me before I freak out!" said Jessie.

"Hey, did that woman's eyes just move?" asked James.

Through the halls, the quintet screamed again. "What is that awful noise?" asked Serena.

"L-like I previously stated, this is an old mansion, so its really drafty!" said Clemont. "The draft sounds like a whistle and the whistle sounds like someone screaming, which is actually quite common!"

"Just like the tower in Lavender Town, but with no whistle at all." said Jordan with her hands behind her head.

"You're wrong!" Serena tells Clemont. "I have no doubt in my mind that was somebody screaming!"

"Serena's right!" said Ash.

"Pika!" said Pikachu.

"This mansion must be haunted by the spirit of the lady in that painting!" said Serena, scaring Ash and Pikachu. "There I go again!"

"Keep going, Serena. This will teach my brother a lesson of how I feel when he scared me when I was little." said Jordan.

"Jordan! Pik-Pika!" said Ash and Pikachu.

Going down the hallway, Team Rocket had their backs towards each other. "We need to get out of here fast." said Jessie.

"I thought you were going to make this our hideout!" said James.

"I lied." she tells him, truthfully. They then hears something as they look down the hall.

"W-what's that?" Jessie asked. The Pokémon looked up and sends a round item towards Team Rocket.

"Ghost!" shouted Team Rocket, running away.

"Whatever that is has shining eyes!" screamed Jessie.

"Well, I'm not about to stick around and check out whatever it is Sparky just threw at us!" said Meowth.

"That was no Pokéball and I'm no Pokémon!" said James.

"But I am!" reminded Meowth.

"Another scream." said Serena.

"And it sounds familiar too." said Jordan.

"Like a certain talking Meowth." said Meeko.

"Let's find a way out." said Ash.

"Pika!" said Pikachu, seeing what Team Rocket had ran away from.

"Es, Es, Es." the Pokémon said to the quintet. Jordan and Bonnie gasped as the Pokémon starts to float away.

"Hey!" they shouted as both young girls ran after it.

"Wait! Bonnie!" said Clemont.

"Jordan!" said Ash.

"Stop!" said Bonnie as she, Jordan and Meeko ran after it.

"Purr!" said the Pokémon, rounding the corner as the girls and Meeko continued to chase after it.

"Pika!" shouted Pikachu as they stopped running, finding a dead end.

"Where's Bonnie and Jordan?" asked Clemont.

"I don't see them anywhere!" said Serena.

"Bonnie! Jordan! Meeko!" Ash called out. "Where'd you go?"

"Pika, Pika!" said Pikachu, then sends out his emergency aura.

"Hey!" said Clemont, his voice was heard inside a room.

"Did someone just call us?" asked Jessie, popping up from the side of the bed.

"Its probably whatever's haunting this goofy joint." said Meowth.

"Now that you mention it, it does look haunted, doesn't it?" asked James.

"Will you keep your crazy to yourself?" asked Jessie.

"Hey!" Clemont called out as he, Ash and Serena looked for Jordan and Bonnie.

"Bonnie! Jordan!" shouted Serena.

"They have to be around here." said Ash.

"Pika, Pika." said Pikachu.

"Try it again, Pikachu." he tells him and Pikachu sends out another emergency aura.

"Huh?" said Clemont and suddenly screams. Back in the room, Team Rocket screams at Clemont's screams.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Ash.

"Pika!" said Pikachu.

"Did you just see something?" asked Serena.

"I figured it out!" said Clemont. "There's must a Psychic type Pokémon living here in the mansion! That's gotta be why those lights turned on and the doors closed all by themselves!"

"So you think a psychic type Pokémon did all of that?" asked Ash.

"Of course! That certainly would explain all this weird stuff." said Serena.

"Yeah, and maybe that thing we just saw was actually a Pokémon!" said Clemont.

"A Pokémon?" asked Ash.

"Pika, Pika?" Pikachu asked.

"I'd guess the doors and windows wouldn't open up because that Pokémon probably doesn't want us to get out of the mansion just yet." Clemont explained.

"Yeah, but why?" Serena asked.

"I don't know." said Clemont. Back in the hallway, Jordan, Bonnie and Meeko had followed the Pokémon as it was playing by itself.

"Hello there!" said Bonnie as Jordan and Meeko waved.

"De, Dedenne!" said Dedenne.

"Whatcha doing?" asked Jordan.

"Lucario?" asked Meeko.

"Hey, what's your name?" Bonnie asked. "Who are you?"

"Espurr?" asked the Pokémon, turning around as it curiously looked at the girls and their Pokémon.

"Are you a ghost?" asked Bonnie. "Please tell us. Do you live here?"

Espurr uses Psychic and sends the ball towards Jordan and Bonnie. "Purr." said Espurr.

"Oh." said Bonnie as the ball bounces to her.

"I wish we had Dexter to check this Pokémon out." said Jordan.

"Purr, Purr!" said Espurr, wanting to play and Bonnie bounces the ball back. Espurr bounces the ball to Jordan who then bounces it back. Back and forth, Espurr uses Psychic to send the ball towards the girls who then throws it back. "Espurr!"

Bonnie giggles while Jordan smiles as the ball was tossed back. "Purr!" said Espurr, playing with Jordan and Bonnie.

"De, Dedenne, Dedenne!" said Dedenne, wanting to try. "Dedenne, Dedenne!"

"Lucar!" said Meeko, wanting to join in as well. Espurr tosses it to Dedenne who catches it but falls forward from Bonnie's head.

"Oh!"

"Bonnie!" said Jordan.

"Purr!"

Espurr used Psychic, catching Bonnie and Dedenne from hitting the floor. "Dedenne!" cried Dedenne as it and Bonnie were lifted up the floor.

"Hey, how did we do that?" asked Bonnie. "Wait a minute...was that you who kept us from falling?"

"It used Psychic to keep you and Dedenne from hitting the floor." said Jordan.

"Espurr, Purr, Purr, Purr!" said Espurr, nodding as it smiled.

"Wow, thanks!" said Bonnie.

"Dedenne!" said Dedenne.

"Thank you for saving my friend." said Jordan.

"Lucario!" said Meeko.

"Were you the one who turned on all the lights and then locked the door?" Bonnie asked.

"Purr, Purr!" Espurr replied.

"Why'd you do that?" she asked.

"Espurr."

"Are you lonely?" asked Jordan.

"Espurr."

"Huh?" said the girls as Espurr walks over to a door, opening it to reveal a room.

"Purr, Purr!" said Espurr.

"What's in here?" asked Bonnie, walking over.

"Is that….what I think it is?" asked Meeko, her eyes widening they walked up and sees what's in the room.

"Meeko…looks like you're gonna have a blast." said Jordan as they see it was filled with toys.

"Es, Espurr!" said Espurr, popping up on the slide and slides down. "Purr! Espurr!"

Bonnie and Dedenne give it a try. "De, Dedenne, Dedenne, Dedenne!" said Dedenne, sliding down.

"Espurr?" Espurr asked Meeko and Jordan as Bonnie landed behind Dedenne.

"Lucar, Lucario!" said Meeko, declining to slide.

"But thank you for the offer though." said Jordan.

"Es, Espurr!" it said, smiling then points to another one of its toys. "Es, Es, Espurr!"

"Okay!" said Bonnie and Jordan.

"Dedenne, Dedenne." said Dedenne, hopping onto the rocking Ponyta.

"Purr, Purr." said Espurr.

"You ready?" Bonnie asked as she placed Espurr and Dedenne on the rocking Ponyta.

"Dedenne! Espurr!"

"All right then." said Jordan.

"Ride the Ponyta, ride the Ponyta." they said while Meeko starts setting up the blocks for something special.

"Bonnie? Jordan?" Clemont called out as he, Serena and Ash were looking for the girls. "Where are you?"

"Where did you go?" said Serena.

"Pika!" said Pikachu, after sending another emergency aura.

"Do you here that noise?" asked Ash.

"Do you think that's Bonnie and Jordan?" asked Clemont.

"Lets go check it out." Ash said, taking off to follow the noise. "Jordan!"

"Bonnie!" shouted Clemont. They opened a random door. "W-Who's there?" asked Ash.

"Pika, Pika!" shouted Pikachu.

"Prepare for trouble, Such a familiar sound!"

"And make it double, like Pikachu and Meeko's around!"

"To protect the world from fear and loathing!"

"To unite all people in creepy clothing!"

"To denounce the evils of blood-curding screams!"

"To extend our reach 'til we burst at the seams!"

Thunder was heard as lightning splashed across the window behind them.

"Scared Jessie!"

"Jittering James!"

"T-Team Rocket blasts off in a terror-filled blitz!" said Jessie.

"Oy!" screamed Meowth.

"I'd rather be fighting because I'm scared out of my wits!" said James.

"This is the pits!" said Meowth.

"Looks like we've been haunted by the twerps!" said Jessie, opening her eyes. "Don't ever do that again."

"So you guys were behind all of this!" said Ash.

"Behind what?" asked Jessie.

"All that weird stuff!" said Serena. "You're dressed up like ghosts!"

"We didn't do anything!" said James.

"We borrowed these tablecloths because we were cold and soaked to the skin!" said Meowth.

"Okay, what did you do with Jordan and Bonnie?" asked Clemont.

"What's a Bonnie?" asked Jessie.

"We know a Jordan and a Meeko due to her being his sister." said Meowth, pointing to Ash.

"Save it." said James. "The first order of business is getting out of this nuthouse!"

They all heard banging again, causing fear to run down their spines. "Something just went bump…in the night." said Meowth.

"Wonder what it was…." said Ash.

"Looks like we've got visitors!" shouted Team Rocket, then runs out of the room. "We're out of here!"

"Maybe it was Bonnie and Jordan." said Clemont.

"Then we'd better go and check it out, now!" said Ash.

"Sorry." said Bonnie as the Rocking Ponyta was on its side. "It fell over."

"Hey, accidents happen." said Jordan, hugging her friend.

"Espurr." said Espurr, saving itself and Dedenne.

"Lucario, Cario." said Meeko, knowing that Bonnie didn't mean to do it as Espurr sits it back up.

"Wow, it was you." said Bonnie, seeing that it placed itself and Dedenne back on the toy.

"Purr, Purr, Espurr!" said Espurr.

"Dedenne, Dedenne." said Dedenne, pointing to the necklace Espurr was wearing.

"Espurr?" asked Espurr.

"That's a pretty pendant!" said Bonnie.

"I don't think my mom has one like that." said Jordan. Espurr hops off and walks over to a door.

"Purr, Purr, Purr, Espurr." it said.

"Huh?" said Jordan and Bonnie.

"Espurr, Espurr." said Espurr, telling them to follow it. They then were in the dining room with the painting.

"We've seen that painting before." said Bonnie.

"Espurr, Espurr, Espurr."

"Was she your trainer?" asked Jordan.

"Espurr."

"It's the same pendent." said Bonnie, taking a closer look at the painting and Espurr.

"Dedenne." said Dedenne.

"But why?" asked Bonnie and Jordan.

"Purr, Purr, Purr, Espurr." said Espurr.

Ash, Serena and Clemont were making their way to find Jordan and Bonnie when they heard their voices.

"I'm sorry, we cant understand you." said Bonnie.

"This is why we need Meowth or Meeko to help translate." said Jordan.

"Lucario!" said Meeko.

"Those voices." said Ash.

"Espurr." said Espurr.

"Hey, that's Bonnie, Jordan and Meeko." said Clemont.

"Espurr, Purr." said Espurr, trying to tell Jordan and Bonnie.

"What are you saying?" asked Bonnie and Jordan.

"Bonnie!" said Clemont.

"Jordan!" said Ash.

"There you are!" said the younger sisters. "Hi!"

"You okay?" Ash asked, then he and Pikachu look over Jordan and Meeko.

"Thank goodness." said Serena.

"Look, Bonnie, you should never ever run off like that!" said Clemont. "You have no idea how worried we've been!"

"I'm so sorry." said Bonnie.

"Same goes to you, Jordan." said Ash. "What if you and Bonnie had gotten hurt? Didn't you even feel Pikachu's emergency aura, Meeko?"

"I'm so sorry." said Bonnie

"I'm sorry, Ash." said Jordan. "It won't happen again."

"Lucario." said Meeko, telling Pikachu.

"We were playing with that Pokémon…" said Bonnie as she and Jordan pointed to Espurr.

"Espurr, the Restraint Pokémon. Espurr's psychic energy can travel hundreds of feet, blasting everything around it." said Dexter.

"I knew it!" said Clemont.

"Es, Es, Espurr, Espurr, Espurr." said Espurr, pointing to the pendent and then the painting.

"Its trying to tell us something, but we can't understand it." Bonnie explained.

"Meeko would have translated, but…" said Jordan.

"Lucario, Lucar…" said Meeko, gesturing to Espurr.

"We were too panicked to think, but now it all makes sense." said Jessie, walking in with James and Meowth.

"Team Rocket!" said Ash.

"They got caught in the rain, too?" asked Jordan. "Cool."

"Lets put that aside…" said James. "None of us are going to be able to get out of here unless we figure out what Espurr wants from us."

"The man makes sense." said Jessie, then looks at Meowth. "Translate, please?"

"Basically, Espurr says it wants to return the pendant to the lady in the painting." said Meowth.

"How are we going to do that exactly?" asked Jordan.

"Beats me." said Meowth.

"Espurr, Espurr, Espurr, Purr, Purr." said Espurr.

"It says she took really good care of Espurr." Meowth translated.

[Flashback]

Espurr arrived at the mansion when the woman gave it food. "For you." she said, smiling at Espurr.

Espurr takes the food and starts eating it. "Good, eh?" the woman asked.

"She gave it some food…" said Meowth.

In a room, the woman tosses the ball towards Espurr. "Here." she said and Espurr stops it with Psychic.

"Espurr, Purr, Purr." said Espurr, then bounces it up and down with Psychic. "Purr, Purr. Purr!"

"Do you like it?" asked the woman.

"She gave it a ball." Meowth continued.

"Espurr, Purr!" said Espurr, sliding down the slide.

"I used to play with my children and grandchildren like this too." said the woman.

"They used to play together all the time."

"Purr, Espurr." said Espurr, concerned as the woman stood at the banister, catching her breathe.

"I'm sorry." she said to Espurr. "I'm all right." She then looks down at the pendant around her neck. "My dear pendant. It means so very much to me. It was a gift from my husband."

"Purr." said Espurr, then looks at the pendent as the woman places it around its neck. "Purr…Espurr."

"Do you like it?" asked the woman. "In that case, you may hold on to it for a little while. Make sure you don't lose it, all right?"

Outside, Espurr starts to run off with the pendent as the sun sets and waves back at the woman. "Come visit again anytime!" said the woman, waving back at Espurr.

The next day, Espurr opens the door, carrying a flower in its hand. "Es, Espurr!" Espurr called out but didn't get an answer. "Espurr!"

Espurr looks around the mansion, looking for the woman until it drops the flower it was holding.

"Then one day…" said Meowth. "It came back to return her beautiful pendant, but she was gone."

[Flashback ends]

"I see." said Ash. "So it's been waiting for her."

"So it could return her pendant." said Serena. "All this time…"

"Yeah…" said Clemont.

"She must have really liked you a lot, if she let you wear that pretty pendant of hers like she did." said Bonnie.

"You were really special to her." said Jordan.

"Espurr, Espurr, Espurr." said Espurr.

"But, now Espurr wants to find out where the old lady went off to." said Meowth.

"I'm afraid there's no way any one of us would know." said Ash.

"Pika, Pika." said Pikachu.

"Lucario." said Meeko.

"Hey, Ash, Jordan, we could try to find out!" said Clemont.

"Yeah, we could!" said Ash.

"Pika!" said Pikachu.

"Its time for old friends to reunite!" said Jordan.

"Lucar!" said Meeko.

"That's a great idea!" said Serena.

"I'm afraid we don't have time for such silliness!" said Jessie.

"We know the quickest way out of here…." said Meowth.

"…and that's to catch Espurr!" said James.

"What are you doing?" asked Ash.

"Pumpkaboo, lets go!" shouted Jessie.

"Pum, Pumpkaboo!"

"Okay, Inkay!" shouted James.

"Inkay, Inkay, Ink!"

"Now, use Leech Seed!" said Jessie.

"Pumpka!" shouted Pumpkaboo, shooting out Leech Seed.

"Espurr, Purr!" said Espurr as Leech Seed wrapped around its body. "Espurr, Espurr!"

"Espurr!" said Ash.

"Psybeam, Inkay and make it a good day!" said James.

"Inkay!" shouted Inkay, releasing Psybeam on the quintet and Espurr, causing dust to blow about when suddenly they weren't hurt.

"Its using Protect!" said Clemont.

"Thanks a lot, Espurr!" said Bonnie and Jordan.

"Espurr!" shouted Espurr, using Psychic to remove Leech Seed, causing Team Rocket to step back in terror.

"Whats going on?" asked Jessie as she, James, Meowth and their Pokémon were levitated off the ground and thrown out the window. "Yes! We finally got out of there!"

"True, but where are we going next?" asked James.

"Guess!" she said.

"We're blasting off again!" shouted Team Rocket.

"Espurr, that was great!" said Bonnie.

"You saved us!" said Jordan.

"You really got us out of a jam!" said Ash.

"I cant believe how powerful you are!" said Serena.

"Espurr, Espurr." it said to the quintet. Outside of the mansion, the rain has stopped and a car pulls up. Someone steps out and heads inside.

"Espurr, Espurr." Espurr said to the kids.

"Just leave finding the lady who lived here to us!" said Ash.

Just then, a young woman opens the door and walks inside, heading up the stairs. "I wonder if that woman lived here all by herself?" asked Clemont.

"Are you talking about Grandma Lacy?" asked the young woman, entering the room.

"Huh?"

"Uh…Grandma Lacy?" asked Ash and Jordan.

"That's her in that painting." said the young woman. "She's my grandmother."

"Wow, she's your grandmother?" asked Clemont.

"Does that mean you own this big house?" asked Ash.

"That's right, I sure do." she said. "My name is Elise. So, who might you be?"

After they had introduce themselves, Elise got the full story. "I understand." said Elise, looking at Espurr. "You knew my grandmother then."

"I'm sorry we entered your house without permission." said Ash.

"We're really sorry." said Jordan.

"Lucario!" said Meeko.

"No problem." said Elise. "I'm glad you were able to get out of the rain! Grandma Lacy always used to play games with me when I would come here for a visit, too, just like she did with you."

"Purr, Purr, Espurr." said Espurr.

"Where's your Grandma Lacy now?" asked Ash.

"I'm afraid she passed away." Elise tells him.

"Pika. Lucar." said Pikachu and Meeko.

"Purr, Purr…" said Espurr, saddened as it hears this.

"Oh….Dedenne?" said Bonnie and Dedenne.

"I'm sorry." said Clemont.

Out of nowhere, Espurr hands Elise the pendant. "Huh?" said Elise, taking the pendant. "Oh."

"Espurr, Espurr, Espurr." said Espurr.

"Espurr wanted to return that pendant to you grandma." said Ash.

"Thank you." said Elise. "This was my grandmother's favorite piece of jewelry. This old house was scheduled to be torn down soon. It's in pretty bad shape, so I came back to see what kind of condition it was in. But, you know what? After this…after meeting all of you, I think I've changed my mind. I'm going to renovate this place."

"Cool." said Jordan as Espurr chirps.

"Now don't worry!" Elise said to Espurr. "Grandma Lacy's portrait will stay exactly where it is. And when it's all finished, I'm going to move in. And you know what? I'd be thrilled if you'd come and play!"

Espurr perks up and smiles at Elise. "I know!" she then said. "Do you want to go to the cemetery where Grandma Lacy is now? You can tell her all about the pendant and say good bye."

"Espurr!" said Espurr, pleased with the offer. Back in her car, Elise was taking Espurr with her.

"I'm sure you'll take good care of Espurr, right?" asked Ash.

"Of course!" said Elise. "I think Espurr and I will be good friends."

"Take care, 'kay?" asked Bonnie.

"Be good!" said Jordan.

"Espurr!" said Espurr, waving good bye as Elise drives out of her grandmother's driveway.

Narrator: Two hearts: Espurr's and Elise's, connected by Grandma Lacy's pendant. Our heroes have witnessed yet another bond between people and Pokémon.

Jordan: Now I'm starting to miss my own grandma.

Meeko: Lucar?

Narrator: As their journey continues.

Elise smiled as she drove Espurr to the cemetery. "You know, I think it would be a whole lot better if you held on to that pendant instead of me." Elise said to Espurr. "I'm sure that's what Grandma Lacy would want anyway."

Espurr uses Psychic and places the pendant around its neck once again. "It looks perfect!" giggled Elise.

"Purr, Purr, Espurr." said Espurr.

"What a pretty flower." said Elise.

"Purr, Espurr!"