Nothing to say here, I think this chapter speaks for itself. now onto Chapter 7.
Chapter 7
The Mythical Pokemon Of Christmas Future
The Book World
Once the fog was gone, Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren found themselves still in the graveyard, as if nothing happened.
"Nothing happened. I thought we were going to meet the last Mythical Pokemon?" Soren asked everyone. "What does the Book say?" Callum asked Drake. Drake opened the book and looked through it. "There's nothing new. I don't know what's going on." Drake said to Callum.
But then, out of the shadows, a Darkrai appeared before Scrooge. And while Scrooge, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren were stunned by the sight of Darkrai, Drake was scared a little.
"Am I in the presence of the Mythical Pokemon of Christmas Yet to come?" Scrooge asked Darkrai. Darkrai said nothing, but nodded yes. "Mythical Pokemon, I fear you more than any Mythical Pokemon I have yet met." Scrooge said to Darkrai.
"The guy is smart, he doesn't know who he's looking at and is already scared." Drake said to everyone. "You know that Pokemon?" Soren asked Drake. "That's Darkrai, the Pitch-Black Pokemon. Be they're known as the masters of Nightmares." Drake said to Soren.
"Masters of Nightmares? Seriously?" Soren asked Drake. "Yes. However this is worse." Drake said to everyone. "How is this worse?" Abigail asked Drake.
"The reason Darkrai's are the Masters of Nightmares, is their defense mechanism. Like how a turtle will hide in its shell when there's danger. By making everyone have nightmares, it drives enemies away, and their masters at putting you to sleep so acting one head on is a bad idea. This is how they survive." Drake said to everyone.
"That sounds lonely." Ezran said to Drake. "It is, but Darkrai's are used to being attacked by others, so they aren't really friend makers. But there are rumors that their counterparts, Cresselia, a Pokemon that words off nightmares, are their friends, and is the only Pokemon that could live with a Darkrai." Drake said to Ezran. "Well at least they have one friend." Ezran said to Drake.
"I love your kind heart Ezran. But we need to be on guard." Drake said to Ezran. "Why?" Soren asked Ezran. "Like I said, Darkrai are the loner type, unless you pick a fight with it, Darkras will leave you alone. But for one to come before you, it's never a good sign." Drake said to everyone.
"I am prepared to follow and to learn, with a thankful heart." Scrooge said to Darkrai. Darkrai said nothing to Scrooge. "Will you not speak to me?" Scrooge asked Darkrai. Darkrai said nothing again, but he held out his hands, making a black sphere appear. Then the sphere expanded, covering Darkrai and Scrooge.
"I know we have finished the story to get home. I think he should just go back to Scrooge's house and see if that does anything." Drake said to everyone, with Abigail, Ezran, and Soren nodding in agreement.
But not Callum, he felt a pull in his heart. And in a second, he flew straight for the sphere. "Callum, what are you doing?!" Soren asked Callum. "I'm sorry, but I have to follow them." Callum said to everyone. "Callum you're walking right into a nightmare." Drake said to Callum. "I'm already in a nightmare from Rayla leaving me, what's one more." Callum said to Drake, as he entered the sphere.
"I can't tell if that was bravery or despair." Abigail said to everyone. "Who cares! We need to go after him! For all we know, he ran straight into a death trap." Soren said to everyone. "Soren's right, I'm never going to get used to saying that, but we have to follow Callum. We have no choice now." Drake said to everyone, as they all rushed the sphere. Once they were in the sphere disappeared.
The sphere then appeared in the city, 1 year into the future, on a rainy Christmas day. Drake then moved up to give Callum an earful, but no sound came out of his throat. Callum was then about to ask Drake what's wrong, but he couldn't make a sound either.
This made Ezran, Soren, and Abigail try and speak, only for nothing to come out. This caused everyone to panic a little. But the panic stopped when the book glowed. Drake opened it, and read the new words.
When he was done reading, Drake had a flat look on his face, and he turned to book to everyone, and everyone saw the two pages Drake was showing only had one word on each page, on the left page was "NO", and on the right page was "TALKING". Everyone gave the book a mean look, before Drake slammed it shut.
Darkrai then said nothing, and raised a hand pointing a finger forward. Everyone noticed this and followed that finger to see a Grumpig, Primeape, a Male Oinkologne, and a Pignite standing in the rain, with umbrellas over their heads. Everyone then tuned into their conversation.
"No, I don't know much about it, either way. I only know he's dead." Grumpig said to the others. "When?" Oinkologne asked Grumpig. "Last night, I believe." Grumpig said to Oinkologne.
"Wonder what he died of. I thought he'd never go." Pignite said to the others, making them all laugh. "I don't know or care why he's gone. I'd just like to know what he's done with his money." Primeape said to the others. "Wouldn't we all?" Grumpig asked Primeape.
"He didn't give it to me." Oinkologne said to the others, with the others agreeing with Oinkologne. "It's likely to be a cheap funeral. I don't know a single soul who would go to it." Grumpig said to the others.
"I wouldn't mind going." Pignite said to the others, surprising the others. "If lunch is provided." Pignite said to the others, as they all started to laugh and walk away.
Hearing this creeped Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren out a little, and made them feel uneasy. "I know some of those Pokemon, Mythical Pokemon. Of what poor wretch do they speak?" Scrooge asked Darkrai.
Darkrai said nothing, but turned and pointed to a hoarder's den that was right next to them. Trying to understand Darkrai, Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren moved into the thieves den, where they found a Ambipom with piles of junk, and a Spidops, Dustox, and Ariados in front of the Ambipom.
"So, back from the house of sadness, I see." Ambipom said to the Bug Pokemon. "Sad that he didn't die years ago, the old skinflint." Ariados said to Ambipom, making everyone laugh.
"Let me see. What have you got for old Ambipom? What have you got me to remember him by?" Ambipom asked the Bug Pokemon, having his tail touch them. "Ambipom, get off." Dustox said to Ambipom, flapping her wings, getting Ambipom's tails off her.
"Well, I got these collar buttons from his dresser. Mother of pearl." Spidops said to Ambipom, holding up some very fancy collar buttons. Ambipom took the collar buttons with wide eyes.
"No. I got his bed curtains. Very fine damask." Ariados said to everyone, handing Ambipom some curtains. "Very cheap damask. But work a few coins." Ambipom said to Ariados.
"I've got his blankets." Dustox said to Ambipom, holding up some blankets, that Ambipom felt with his tail. "His blankets? Why, Mrs Dustox, they're still warm. I don't pay extra for the warmth, you know." Ambipom said to Dustox, as he took the blankets. "You should. It's the only warmth he ever had." Dustox said to Ambipom, making all of them laugh a creepy laugh.
The creeping feeling Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren had, had just gotten worse, and all of them felt like something was crawling all over them. Scrooge having nearly reached his limit with this creepy feeling, he moved to Darkrai.
"I understand, Mythical Pokemon. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life turns that way now. Merciful Prime Dimension. Let me see some tenderness connected with this world, or I'll be haunted by that terrible conversation forever.
Darkrai said nothing, but held out a hand, and made another black sphere ground around himself, Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren, making everything go black.
When light returned to their eyes, they found themselves at the Cratchit family home, with Darkrai pointing to it. "It's Bob Cratchit's house. Oh, yes, Mythical Pokemon. A place of joy and laughter. Thank you for bringing me here." Scrooge said to Darkrai, walking to the house, but facing Darkrai.
But once Scrooge was done talking, everyone noticed a still silence in the air, like everything was gone from the world. "It's so quiet. Why is it so quiet, Mythical Pokemon?" Scrooge asked Darkrai.
Darkrai said nothing, and pointed to the window. This made everyone rush to the window, as Scrooge turned around. Everyone looked inside and saw Emmy crying by the stove.
"Mother, you're crying again." Belinda said to Emmy. "It's just the lamplight, that hurts my eyes." Emmy said to Belinda, trying to be strong, but having a hard time keeping herself together.
In a few seconds, Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren realized what happened, and it broke their hearts. "Not Tiny Tim?" Scrooge asked, as all of them started to cry, with Callum and Ezran crying into Soren's chest, and Abigail into Drake's embrace. And while Callum, Ezran, and Abigail cried in sadness, Drake and Soren cried in frustration, they both felt like they could have done something, they both wanted to scream to the sky, but couldn't, so all they could do was hold their love once close to them.
With Emmy, she pulled herself together as best she could. "There, now. My eyes get weak in the dim light. I would not want to show weak eyes to your father, when he gets home, for anything in the world. He should be back now." Emmy said to her kids.
"I think he's walked a little slower these past two evenings." Peter said to Emmy, as he turned the spit, but didn't have the heart to really care about it.
That's when Bob came home. "Hello my dears." Bob said to his family. "Daddy." Belinda said, as she, Betina, and Peter moved to hug Bob, only this time, there was no joy in their hugs, only sadness.
"Hello, girls. Hello, Peter." Bob said to his kids, trying his best to hug and comfort them. "Children, please go set the table." Emmy asked the kids. Belinda, Betina, and Peter said nothing, but did as Emmy asked them.
"Thank you." Emmy said to the kids. "How was the churchyard?" Emmy asked Bob. "It will be lovely, Emily. It would have done you good to see how green the place is." Bob said to Emmy, with Emmy barely able to hold back her tears.
"I picked a spot for Tim where he can see… It's, it's the spot on the hill. You can see the Swanna and Duckletts next to the river. Tiny Tim…" Bob said to Emmy, as he and Emmy walked to his set at the table, but Bob lost his words. "Tiny Tim always loved playing with those baby Duckletts on the river." Emmy said to Bob, trying to comfort him this time.
Back outside, while Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren were still fighting their sadness, Scrooge turned to Darkrai. "Mythical Pokemon, must there be a Christmas that brings this awful scene? How can we endure it?" Scrooge asked Darkrai, looking at the house. Darkrai said nothing.
Inside, the Cratchits gathered around the table. "It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure we shall never forget Tiny Tim. Or this first parting that there was among us." Bob said to his family, as they all lowered their heads in sadness. With Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren staring at the empty chair and ownerless crutch by the fireplace.
That's when Darkrai made another black sphere, and teleported everyone away.
And where they all reappeared was back in that graveyard. "Must we return to this place?" Scrooge asked Darkrai, as Darkrai moves everyone to the gravestones. "There is something else that I must know? Is that not true?" Scrooge asked Darkrai, trying to get anything out of Darkrai.
Then Darkrai stopped. "Mythical Pokemon, I know what I must ask. I fear to, but I must. Who was the wretched man whose death brought so much glee and happiness to others?" Scrooge asked Darkrai.
Drakrai said nothing, and pointed to a gravestone in the back of the graveyard. That's when a large number of Ghost type Pokemon appeared all over the graveyard. This freaked Scrooge, Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren out a little, with Abigail, Ezran, and Callum hiding behind Drake and Soren, but had their heads poking out from behind everyone.
But despite the fear, Scrooge had to know, and started to walk through the Ghost Type full graveyard. But all the Ghost Type eyes on Scrooge, gave Scrooge cold feet.
"Answer me one more question. Are these the shadows of things that will be? Or are they the shadows of things that may be, only?" Scrooge asked Darkrai, rushing back to Darkrai.
Darkrai said nothing, but gave Scrooge a mean look, before pointing at the gravestone in the back of the graveyard. Scrooge then moved back to the gravestone, but turned to face Darkrai. "These events can be changed." Scrooge asked Darkrai. Darkrai then forcefully pointed at the gravestone in the back of the graveyard.
Scrooge pointed at another gravestone, but Drakrai's mean stare got worse. "A life can be made right." Scrooge said to Darkrai, as he reached the last gravestone. Then with all eyes on Scrooge, Scrooge kneeled at the gravestone, and brushed off the snow on it, revealing it to be his gravestone.
"Ebenezer Scrooge." Scrooge said, making Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren jump back in surprise, only realizing now that the mockery and joy of someone's death was all about Scrooge.
"Oh, please, Mythical Pokemon, no. hear me, I'm not the man I was. Why would you show me this if I was past all hope?" Scrooge asked Darkrai, as he got up.
This did bring a question for Drake, Abigail, Ezran, Callum, and Soren, why did Darkrai show Scrooge all this. Was it meant to show him what his fate was, or was it to show him what could be if he doesn't change.
"I will honor Christmas, and try to keep it all the year." Scrooge said to Darkrai, as he walked up to Darkai. "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. I will not shut out the lessons the Mythical Pokemon have taught me. Tell me that I may sponge out the writing on this stone." Scrooge asked Darkrai, pointing to the stone, with a bagging tune in his voice.
Darkrai said nothing. "Mythical Pokemon, please speak to me." Scrooge begged Darkrai, as he got on his knees. That's when Darkrai made a black sphere, and held it into the air. The black sphere exploded, and everything went black.
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