Before we start, while I will use three Mythical Pokemon for the three spirits, they'll have the same tricks as the spirits, and I picked what Mythical Pokemon would best fit the role of the spirits, so don't think too hard about it. But now onto Chapter 5.
Chapter 5
The Mythical Pokemon Of Christmas Past
The Book World
After what just happened, Scrooge found himself in his home, as if nothing had changed.
But outside, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren were freaking out a little, with Drake reading out loud what just happened, with Drake unfazed by this. "And with that, the spirits of Scrooge's partners vanished into the darkness, leaving him once again alone in his room." Drake said to everyone, before closing the book.
"Do you have to read that stuff out loud? You know we have Ezran with us?" Soren asked Drake. "Come on. Ezran seen worse." Drake said to Soren. "I really think we should leave. I rather not be around here when the first Mythical Pokemon shows up." Callum said to everyone.
"And pass up a chance to see three once in a lifetime Pokemon. No way. Come on. we gotta find a way into Scrooge's home before 1 o'clock." Drake said to everyone, as he moved to Scrooge's home, looking for Scrooge's room. Scared a little, everyone followed Drake.
Inside, Scrooge got ready for bed, refusing to believe in what he saw. "Humbug." Scrooge said, as he closed the current to his bed.
Outside, Drake climbed a gate leading to the back side of the house and jumped down. When he turned around, he noticed everyone standing on top of the gate. "Come on." Drake said to everyone.
"But this is spooky. Are we really going to follow that mean old cat, just to see three Pokemon?" Soren asked Drake. "Three Pokemon that you may never see in your life. And we looked through all the windows on the front, and didn't find Scrooge's room. So we have to try looking for it on this side of the house. Besides, after all that we've seen, how much worse can it get?" Drake asked everyone.
Abigail, Callum, and Ezran looked at each other and agreed with Drake, and jumped down, with Drake catching Abigail, Ezran gliding down, and Callum flying down.
"Soren, come on. I'll catch you" Drake said to Soren, as he put Abigail down. Soren looked at everyone for a few seconds. "Okay. Here I come. Look out below." Soren said to everyone, as he jumped down.
And while Drake meant to catch Soren, Drake missed, and this caused Soren to land face first into the snow covered ground. Soren then raised his head and looked at Drake. "Sorry." Drake said to Soren. "Let's just find his room." Soren said to Drake, as he got up, and they started to look around.
Inside the house, Scrooge was trying to sleep, hoping that in the morning the moment with Jacob and Robert would be forgotten.
Outside, Callum found Scrooge's room, and everyone noticed a large tree growing next to it. After a bit of climbing, they all sat on the tree branch that was in front of Scrooge's bedroom window. That's when the book glowed purple.
"Let's see what's new." Drake said, as he opened the book. "Scrooge slipped into the empty silence of a dreamless sleep. But was awakened by the bell tolling 1." Drake said to everyone, as they could hear the clock inside the house.
The ringing did wake Scrooge up, but did not move from his spot on the bed.
"Looks like nothing happened." Soren said to Drake. "They said to expect the first Mythical Pokemon when the bell tolls one. They never said one on the dot." Drake said to Soren, as a blinding light green light came bursting out of Scrooge's room.
This surprised everyone, and almost made Soren fall out of the tree, luckily Drake and Abigail grabbed Soren before he fell. "See." Drake said to Soren, as he and Abigail helped Soren up.
Inside, Scrooge could see the light through his curtains, and out of curiosity, he opened the curtains. At first all he could see was blinding light, but the light dimmed revealing a Celebi.
"Look, it's a Celebi. She's the Pokemon of Time Travel. It's said she travels through time to help her forest. She's even harder to find, as she can jump forward or back to avoid danger." Drake said to everyone, as all of them looked at Celebi with wonder in their eyes.
But inside, Scrooge didn't know what he was looking at. "Are you the Mythical Pokemon whose coming was foretold to me?" Scrooge asked Celebi. "I am." Celebi said to Scrooge. "But… you're just a little Pokemon." Scrooge said to Celebi.
"I'm Celebi, the demigod of time travel. I've been around for a while, and I have over 1,900 years worth of stories. But for you, for this hour, I'll be the Mythical Pokemon of Christmas Past." Celebi said to Scrooge, getting closer to Scrooge.
"What business has brought you here?" Scrooge asked Celebi. "Your welfare." Celebi said to Scrooge. "Huh. A night's unbroken rest might aid my welfare." Scrooge said to Celebi. "Your salvation, then. Take heed. Come." Celebi said to Scrooge, before opening the window to where Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren were sitting on the tree branch.
Scrooge saw this, and realized that Celebi was going to lead him out a window. "I beg you, Mythical Pokemon, I am mortal. I'm liable to fall." Scrooge said to Celebi. "A touch of my hand and you shall fly." Celebi said to Scrooge, holding out a hand.
"But Mythical Pokemon, I am a Fire/Dark type, the power of Psychic will not work on me, nor do I have wings to fly with." Scrooge said to Celebi. "How you will fly is not of Psychic or of Flying, take my hand and you will feel the power that will make you fly." Celebi said to Scrooge. Nervously, Scrooge took Celebi's hand, and could feel a warm and positive feeling, making Scrooge feel at ease.
Outside, the book suddenly flipped pages to pictures of ropes. Then the ropes popped out of the book and wrapped around everyone with a couple feet of slack between everyone and the book. "What the…?" Callum asked, as Celebi and Scrooge flew over them.
As Celebi and Scrooge flew over them, another rope shot out of the book and wrapped around Scrooge's right ankle. Then a few seconds later, the book flew out of Drake's hands and into the air. That's when the rope around everyone started to get pulled. "Oh no." Drake said to everyone, before they were dragged into the sky.
This caused everyone to scream. But after a few seconds, the screams of Drake turned into excitement, while everyone else still screamed in fear.
With Scrooge, he couldn't believe this was happening. "Mythical Pokemon?" Scrooge asked Celebi, panting. "Yes?" Celebi asked Scrooge, with an excited tune in her voice. "Nothing." Scrooge said to Celebi.
Then a bright light green light appeared in the distance. "Hey guys I think I can see where we're going." Drake said to everyone. "Good, that means this will be over soon." Soren said to Drake.
Scrooge then noticed the light. "Mythical Pokemon? What is that light? It cannot be dawn, it's too green." Scrooge asked Celebi. "It is the past." Celebi said to Scrooge, as the light started to shine brighter.
"Look, it's beautiful." Drake said to everyone, as the light exploded, covering them all in light.
When the light faded, they were in some woods. And Celebi was starting to go down. This caused Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren to crash into some pine trees. When they were out of the woods, everyone was covered in all manner of pine needle and bird feathers. "Well that happened." Drake said to everyone, as Celebi stopped over a school and started to lower Scrooge down.
This caused the ropes to break apart into particles, causing Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren to fall onto the ground, back first. Then the book glowed for a bit, before falling onto Drake's face, landing on his face, like he fell asleep while reading a book.
"Well that was the worst ride of my entire life." Soren said to everyone. "Hopefully we won't have to do that again to get back." Abigail said to everyone. "Agreed." Callum said to everyone. "So where are we?" Ezran asked everyone, as Drake sat up, and noticed the new words in the book.
"According to this. We're in Scrooge's childhood." Drake said to everyone. "This is his childhood?" Ezran asked Drake. "Yep. And according to the book. It's the afternoon of Christmas Eve, when Scrooge was a little cat. And once Scrooge sees this, he'll be conscious of a thousand odors. Each one connected with a thousand thoughts, hope , joys and cares, long, long forgotten." Drake said to everyone, reading from the book, as Scrooge and Celebi laned near them.
Once they landed, Scrooge instantly knew where he was. "It's my old school. I was a little cat here." Scrooge said to Celebi, as a Charmander ran past them. "That's Henry." Scrooge said, as a Torchic ran past him. And Edmund, my best friend." Scrooge said.
"Hello, boys. Hello." Scrooge called out the kids. "These are but shadows of your past, Ebenezer. They can neither see nor hear you. Come, let's go inside." Celebi said to Scrooge, leading Scrooge inside.
"Come on. Let's follow them." Drake said to everyone. "I am curious to see what kind of this is." Callum said to everyone, as they followed Scrooge and Celebi into the building.
When they got inside they noticed Scrooge walking slowly. "What's up with him?" Soren asked everyone, as the book glowed again, and Drake opened it. "According to this. A flood of memories came back to him, as Scrooge beheld his old classroom." Drake said to everyone, as they walked into a classroom.
"I know it all so well, Mythical Pokemon. The desks. The smell of the chalk. I chose my profession in this room." Scrooge said to Celedi. "And is he, too, familiar?" Celedi asked Scrooge, pointing to the side.
This made everyone turn to see a Litten sitting on a desk, doing homework.
"Who's that?" Callum asked everyone, as Drake flipped a page in the book. "That's him. Listen to this. Scrooge beheld a small cat, a small cat he knew, oh, very well indeed."
"Good Prime Dimension. It's me." Scrooge said, as a Fuecoco and a Chimchar ran up to him. "Come Ebenezer, the last coach is leaving." The Fuecoco said, as he and the Chimchar ran past Litten Scrooge. "Come on, he never goes home for Christmas." The Chimchar said to the Fuecoco. "Who cares about stupid old Christmas?" Litten Scrooge said to the Fuecoco and the Chimchar, with a mean tune in his voice.
"Was he always such a rotten cat?" Soren asked everyone. "There has to be more to it." Abigail said to Soren, as Scrooge moved closer to Litten Scrooge.
"I was often alone. More time for reading… and study. The Christmas holiday was a chance to get some extra work done. A time for… solitude." Scrooge said, trying to explain why he was alone.
"So he spent this time alone. He didn't have anyone waiting for him, friends to travel with, anyone that he could have fun with?" Abigail said to everyone. "That's so sad." Ezran said to everyone.
"Let us see another Christmas in this place." Celedi said to Scrooge. "They were all very much the same. Nothing ever changed." Scrooge said to Celedi, as they watched the years go by, and the only thing that changed was the building getting older.
"What's going on?" Soren asked everyone, as Drake flipped a page in the book. "According to the book. The years performed their terrible dance. And in a moment, Scrooge had seen his entire childhood pass. He saw his old school room age and decay." Drake said to everyone, as the years passed by.
Then everything stopped, with Litten Scrooge packing a suitcase. "So, Master Scrooge, graduation day!" A Braviary said to Litten Scrooge, as he walked up to Litten Scrooge.
"That's my old headmaster. This bird taught me my greatest lesson." Scrooge said to Celebi, as he walked up to Celebi.
"Stand up. Build your life as this school was built. With care, the best material, piece by piece, and never forget to work hard. Yes, work hard, work long, and be constructive." Braviary said to Litten Scrooge, as he led Litten Scrooge to a podium.
"Ebenezer, life is a golden opportunity." Braviary said to Litten Scrooge, as he flew onto the podium and looked down on Litten Scrooge. That's when Incineroar Scrooge moved to look Braviary in the eyes.
"Today you go forth into the real world. You must keep your nose to the grindstone. Work hard, lad. And one day, your life will be as solid as this very building." Braviary said to Litten Scrooge, opening his wings.
That's when a shelf with marble heads broke, making the marble heads fall down, and one of the marble heads landed on Drake's foot, making Drake scream in pain, and slam the book shut. "As solid as this very building." Abigail asked, with a sarcastic tune in her voice
"Hmm. I've been meaning to fix that shelf." Braviary said to Litten Scrooge. "Yes, headmaster." Litten Scrooge said to Braviary. "Young Pokemon, you have been apprenticed to a fine company in Galar. Today, you become a man of business." Braviary said to Litten Scrooge.
"I'm looking forward to it, headmaster." Litten Scrooge said to Braviary. "You will love business." Braviary said to Little Scrooge, as a Tauros walked into the room. "Oh, here is your coach, Ebenezer." Braviary said to Little Scrooge.
"Come, Scrooge, there is much to see." Celebi said to Incineroar Scrooge. Then the world around them warped, and it felt like they were moving forward.
When it stopped, Scrooge and Celebi were standing in front of a warehouse, with Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren around a lamp post. With Ezran and Callum sitting on the metal rods on the side of the lamp, Soren and Drake on the top of a ladder with Soren having a lit match in his hands, and Abigail holding the ladder stable.
"Now where are we?" Soren asked everyone. "Give me a second." Drake said, as he opened the book and looked through it. "Here it is. A moment later, Scrooge found himself standing on a city street, looking at a building he had not seen in years." Drake said to everyone. "That explains nothing." Soren said to Drake.
"Tell me, Ebenezer Scrooge, do you know this place?" Celebi asked Scrooge. "Know it? My first job was here. This is Fozziwig's old exotic berry warehouse." Scrooge said to Celebi.
"Hey Drake, why do I have a match?" Soren asked Drake, as Drake flipped through the pages. "Here it is. Once again, it was Christmas Eve, night was falling and the lamplighters were playing their trade." Drake said, reading the book. "In other words, you have to use that match to ignite this light." Drake said to Soren.
"Simple." Soren said to Drake, as he moved the match to the lamp. But as Soren lit the lamp, Soren accidently set Callum's tail on fire. "Hey, light the lamp, not me. Light the lamp, not me!" Callum said to Soren, as they all started to panic.
"Oh! My bad. Sorry!" Soren said to Callum. "What are you doing? Put me out, put me out!" Callum said to everyone, as he flew in a circle in a panic. Everyone then started to think of what to do.
Drake then looked down to see a bucket of water with the top of it being covered in a thin layer of ice. "Callum!" Drake said to Callum, as he closed the book. "What?" Callum asked Drake, as he stopped moving. That's when Drake slammed the book into the top of Callum, making Callum scream, as he ended up crashing into the bucket of water.
A second later, Callum sicked his face out of the bucket. "Th-th-th-thank you." Callum said to Drake, shivering. "You're welcome." Drake said to Callum, before Callum sank back into the bucket. "Don't go drowning on us Callum." Drake said to Callum, as everyone rushed to the bucket.
Meanwhile, Scrooge noticed a Greedent in a red suit walk to the main door of the warehouse. "There he is, old Fozziwig himself." Scrooge said to Celebi. "Look my lads, dusk has fallen, and the lamplighters are at work. It's Christmas Eve for certain." Fozziwing said to everyone inside the warehouse.
"What an employer he was. As hard and as ruthless as a rose petal." Scrooge said to Celebi, before giggling a little.
"It's time for the party to begin." Fozziwig said, as he went back into the warehouse.
"It's the Fozziwig Christmas party." Scrooge said to Celebi, as he and Celebi went into the warehouse.
With Drake, Abigail, Ezran, and Soren, they were trying to get Callum from the bottom of the bucket, but Callum kept moving around. "Callum, come on, this isn't complicated. Just hold still." Drake said to Callum.
Inside, everyone was chatting, as Fozziwig walked into the middle of the room. "Excuse me, everyone. Can we have some quiet, please?" Fozziwig asked the guest, but no one could hear him over their own conversations with others.
That's when Drake, Abigail, Ezran, and Soren walked into the warehouse, with Soren holding a ball of ice. "This is a nice party." Soren said to everyone. "Let's get Callum out of that ice ball first before we have fun." Drake said to Soren. "Of course." Soren said to Drake. "Oh." Soren said, as he noticed a steel drum.
Soren then smashed the ball of ice on the steel drum, revealing it to be Callum. "I supposed I should be grateful for that." Callum said to Soren, with a sarcastic tune in his voice. "You're welcome." Soren said to Callum, missing the hidden message Callum was sending him.
"Everyone, please, can I have your attention for a moment?" Fozziwig asked, still trying to get everyone's attention, but failing.
That's when Scrooge looked around and noticed Jacob and Robert as normal Corsolas on the second level of the warehouse. "Look, it's the Marley brothers. My old partners, as they were as lads." Scrooge said to Celedi.
"Can I have your attention, please?" Fozziwig asked everyone, with his voice being as loud as it could be, but still no one paid attention. That's when a Rillaboom moved up to Fozziwig. "QUIET!" Rillaboom said, making everyone go quiet and turn to him and Fozziwig. "Thank you." Rillaboom said to everyone, before walking away.
"That's better. Welcome to Fozziwig and Mom's annual Christmas party. At this time in the proceedings, it is a tradition for me to make a little speech." Fozziwig said to everyone. "And it's a tradition for us to take a little nap." Jacob said to Fozziwig, before he and Robert laughed.
"Uh, pay no attention to them. My speech, here is my Christmas speech." Fozziwig said to everyone, as he pulled out a piece of paper. "Thank you all and merry Christmas." Fozziwig said to everyone, before putting the paper away.
"That was the speech?" Jacob asked Fozziwig. "That was dumb." Robert said to Fozziwig. "It was obvious." Jacob asked Fozziwig. "That was pointless." Robert said to Fozziwig. "It was short." Jacob said to Fozziwig. "I loved it!" Both Jacob and Robert said to Fozziwig at the same time, before laughing.
That's when a female elder Greedent walked up to Fozziwig. "I'm bored with speeches. Let's dance, Son!" The elder Greedent said to everyone. "Here's Mrs. Fozziwig to start the party." Fozziwig said to everyone. "Way to go, ma!" Fozziwig said to Mrs. Fozziwig.
"Hit it, boys!" Mrs. Fozziwig said to a Rillaboom, an Obstagoon, and an Amped and Low Key Toxtricity. Soon some slow and classical music was being played by all four of them.
With Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren, Callum noticed a buffet. "Look, they have a lot of food. Let's see if we can get some. I feel like I haven't eaten all day." Callum said to everyone. "More like two weeks, but I could use a bite." Abigail said to Callum, as they walked to the buffet, with Callum reaching it first.
"Oh, this looks good." Callum said, as he picked out a Tamato Berry from the buffet. "Callum, wait!" Drake said to Callum, reaching out a hand, trying to stop Callum. But he was too late. Callum took a big bite of the Tamato Berry.
A second later Callum let out a massive burst of fire. "I didn't know Callum was a Fire Type." Ezran said to everyone, as Callum stopped breathing fire, and his beck was glowing red.
"He's not. Tamato Berries are the most spicy berries in existence. Fire types love them. Other Pokemon and people, it depends on how spicy they like things. I for one like to add a couple Tamato flakes on my food, it gives everything a kick." Drake said to everyone.
"I hate this part of the story." Callum said to everyone. "Come on, it's not that bad." Soren said to Callum. "I was set on fire, frozen solid, and now my lips are on fire." Callum said to Soren.
"Why did Celebi even bring us here?" Callum asked everyone, with a sour tune in his voice. "And here I thought you ate a Tamato Berry, not a Wiki Berry." Drake said to Callum.
"A what?" Callum asked Drake. "It's a very sour berry. It's a joke about your attitude." Drake said to Callum. "Leave the jokes to Soren." Callum said to Drake. "Hey guys look." Abigail said to everyone.
This made everyone turn to see Torracat with some papers walking into the party, and in an instance, everyone knew who that was. "Is that Scrooge when he was a Torracat?" Soren asked everyone. "I think it is? And he's still doing work. Doesn't that guy know this is a party?" Drake asked everyone, as Torracat Scrooge walked up to Fozziwig.
"Excuse me, Mr Fozziwig?" Torracat Scrooge asked Fozziwig, getting Fozziwig's attention, and getting the attention of Incineroar Scrooge as well. "Sir, I've been going over the accounts. Do you know how much the firm is spending for this party?" Torracat Scrooge said to Fozziwig.
"Master Scrooge, this is Christmas. It's a time for generosity. Stop working, enjoy yourself. Go meet some Pokemon, go ahead." Fozziwig said to Torracat Scrooge, taking the paper and throwing it away, and then making Torracat Scrooge go mingle with other Pokemon.
That's when the band started to play more aggressive, rocking out. This turned the party from a classy party into a wild party, where everyone was dancing like crazy. Even Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren joined the dancing, having a good time, even with Callum's mouth still on fire.
Meanwhile, Fozziwig was leading a female Pyroar threw the party. "I love these annual Christmas parties. I love them so much, I think we'll do it twice a year." Fozziwig said to the Pyraor.
That's when they ran into Torracat Scrooge. "Excuse me." Torracat Scrooge said to them, as he bumped into them. "Master Scrooge." Fozziwig said to Torracat Scrooge, as he and the Pyroar looked at each other.
"Excuse me." Torracat Scrooge said, as he was taking a back from the Pyroar. "Belle, I'd like to introduce you to Ebenezer Scrooge, the finest young financial mind in the city. Ebenezer, this is Belle, A friend of the Fozziwig family." Fozziwig said to Torract Scrooge, as Torract Scrooge and Belle looked at each other with eyes that made sparks fly.
"I'm pleased to meet you." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge, holding out a paw. Torracat Scrooge took her paw and kissed it. "Well, I'm glad you two finally met." Fozziwig said to Torracat Scrooge and Belle, as Incineroar Scrooge got closer to them, with a longing look on his face.
"Do you remember this meeting?" Celebi asked Incineroar Scrooge. "Remember? Yes. I remember." Incineroar Scrooge said to Celebi, not looking at Celebi. "There was, of course, another Christmas Eve with this young female, some years later." Celebi said to Incineroar Scrooge, making Incineroar Scrooge turn to Celebi with a worried look on his face. "Oh, please, do not show me that Christmas." Incineroar Scrooge bagged Celebi.
But Celebi didn't do what Incineroar Scrooge asked, and made everything flash light green.
When the flash ended, Scrooge, Celebi, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren found themselves in a small park covered in fresh snow, with the sun setting making the place magical.
Everyone then noticed Torracat Scrooge and Belle sitting on a bench. "Another year before we can become mates, Ebenezer." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge. "It can't be helped, Belle. How could we marry now? There's not even enough for a decent home. The investments haven't grown as they should." Torracat Scrooge said to Belle.
"So you said last year." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge. "Business continues to be poor." Torracat Scrooge said to Belle. "You're a partner in your own firm now." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge. "Barely clearing expenses." Torracat Scrooge said to Belle, as he stood up.
"You said the partnership was the goal." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge. "This is for you. I love you, Belle." Torracat Scrooge said to Belle. "You did, once." Belle said to Torracat Scrooge, as she stood up and left him, with it being clear, they were over.
This made Abigail, Ezran, and Soren cry a little, with Callum crying a lot, feeling like he was Belle and Scrooge was Rayla. "Love is a great treasure. And some people never understand that you don't need safety or money. You just need each other. After all If you really love your partner, you can overcome anything." Drake said, thinking out loud, as he took Abigail's hand.
"Mythical Pokemon, show me no more. Why do you delight in torturing me?" Scrooge asked Celebi. "I told you, these are the shadows of things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me. For all that you've seen, is by your hand, not mine." Celebi said to Scrooge.
"Leave me." Scrooge said to Celebi, as he took a seat on a bench. "Very well." Celebi said to Scrooge, as everything turned black.
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