Something I wrote today, hope you'll enjoy it.

Special: Happy Halloween!

Far, far into the deep woodland of Eastern Kanto, hidden amongst the twisting leafless trees where the ghost and other spooky Pokemon reside, his a hamlet made of tall, stone buildings with thatched roofs, cobblestone roads and iron street lamps that emitted an orange light, illuminating the quiet town with an ominous glow. This town had the foreboding name of…

…Halloween Town!

Well, technically, it was pronounced Hallow's Inn Town, but there was a communication error between the town planners and the sign maker. It's a long, tedious story; there's no point going over it.

Anyway…it is here that children (and some adults too) gather across the region and take part in the annual festival which commentates the dead and everything spooky and scary. It involves them dressing up in costumes and knocking on people's doors to receive gifts and other sweet treats from the residents.

In the far end of the town was the Pokemon Centre where our heroes are staying for the night to take part in the festival. Charles and Benny was the first to come down the stairs and into the foyer dressed in his costume. He wore a costume that resembled the Pokemon Bisharp; he wore a black shirt, red trousers, spiked red shoulder pads and a red helmet with a cardboard spike on top of it. On his hands were two white gloves that resembled blades and he had four cardboard crescent shaped blades fixed onto his shirt just over his stomach. Benny, meanwhile wore a tartan cloak and a deerstalker, with holes cut out for his ears, on his head; he also held onto a small magnifying glass in his paw.

("Ow!") Benny uttered as he, once again, accidentally stabbed himself with one of the cardboard spikes, ("Did you really have to be a Bisharp this year? It's uncomfortable being up here.")

"What? Bisharp's are cool," Charles told him with a content smile, "You remember staying up late and watching those old black and white films with the samurai. And they say things like 'You have dishonest my clan, prepare to be sliced,'" he said, imitating a bisharp as he waved his blade arms in the air.

("First of all, don't donthe accent. Secondly, you could have not gone with shoulder spikes…and thirdly, you got that line wrong. It's 'prepared to be cut,' not 'prepared to be sliced'.")

"Alright fine," Charles said as he lifted Benny up and flattered one of his shoulder pads before putting him down on it, "Better?"

("Yep.")

"So, what have you dressed up as. Some sort of… pikachu detective?"

("…Something like that, yes.")

"Charles, Benny! Are you ready!?"

The brothers turned around just in time to Flo in her costume. The young nurse wore her pink her down into two thin ponytails that were held held up by round clips in her hair. She wore a white sleeveless blouse with a blue and white collar and a large red bow tie over her chest. She also wore a short blue pleated skirt, a pair of high heel boots and a fake tiara over her head. She smiled happily before she twirled around and posed for them.

"By the power of the lunastone; I will punish you!" she declared as she stuck her pose.

Charles laughed and smiled in joy, "Wow! Sailor Lunastone! I completely forgot you liked that show. You look amazing."

"Aww, thanks," she said happily as she rubbed the back of her head bashfully, "You have no idea how long it took me to get that pose right. Are we all here?"

"Almost, we're just waiting for-"

"Wahahahaha!"

They jumped in surprise as an evil cackle rang out through their foyer followed by the lights turning off. Startled, they looked around to find the source of the noise; suddenly a spotlight snapped on at the of the stairs, revealing a familiar shaped figure with long magenta hair, a white crop top with a red 'R' print on it, a short white skirt and high heel boots. She was stood with her back towards them with her gloved hands on her hips.

"Prepare for malice!" the figure declared in a familiar voice, "Because it is Alice! To protect the world from evil; to make people more civil! To encourage goodness, truth and love; to extend our reach to the stars above!" she turned around to reveal a face with red lipstick, "Jessie! Team Rocket blasts off the celebrate the festival; surrender now or prepare to- aww, guys, you didn't wear the costumes."

The lights turned on to reveal Alice standing at the top of the stairs, wearing a costume that resembled Jessie from Team Rocket. She pouted in annoyance and crossed her arms over her chest.

"I thought we were all going as Team Rocket?"

Charles chuckled and rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, I didn't have time to make a costume that looked like James."

"And I told you that I didn't want to be Meowth," Flo sighed as she shook her head.

("Isn't it a little inappropriate to dress up as a criminal gang?") Benny pointed out.

"Fine," Alice muttered, "I guess I just use my back up costume."

"Back up costume? You really came prepared," Flo said.

"Of course. I love festivals like this," Alice said before she brought out three large sacks from behind her back, "I even got sacks to carry the candy in. I can't wait to go trick-or-treating!"

Charles smiled happily, "Oh, you got us sacks. Thanks Alice."

Alice frowned in confusion, "Huh? Yours? All three of these are mine."

"ARE YOU GOING TO RANSACK THE TOWN OF THEIR CANDY!?" they yelled at her in shock.

Dark Woods

"Wohahahaha! Wohahahaha!"

Echoing through the dark woods, a sinister laugh cackled; scaring the local Pokemon with how loud and evil it sounded.

"Wohahahaha! Wohahaha-cough-cough-ack!" the voice hacked suddenly, "Damn it! I think I swallowed a leaf!"

The source of the laughter came from no other than Thackeray Budd, hiding up a tree above a woodland path that ran from the Pokemon Centre towards Halloween Town. With him, on the branches, next to him were two buckets; one filled with glue and the other filled with fake feathers he had pulled out of several cushions. He rubbed his hands tougher eagerly as he laid in wait, keeping watch on the path for his, self-proclaimed, arch nemeses.

"Oh, that Charles and his lackeys are going to be in for a shock. Once I douse them with this glue, non-toxic, of course, and covered them with feathers, they'll be the laughing stock of Halloween Town!" he cackled in glee, "This will pay them back for calling me Fat Hairy Butt and for those humiliating defeats and for…and for…a third thing that I can't think of right now," he said before his eyes flickered up the path, spotting the trio walking down the woodland path, "Here they come," he grinned excitedly, "And it looks like the pink girl is frightened already, she's shivering all over."

Over with our heroes, Alice, who was now dressed as a superhero from a comic she liked, gave her friend a look a sympathy as they walked along the path.

"If you want, we can go back and get you a coat if you're cold" she told her as Flo held herself and shivered as the cold breeze washed over her.

"I-I-I c-c-can't. S-S-Sailor L-L-Lunastone n-n-never w-w-wore a-a-a c-c-coat," she stammered, she had barely been outside for a few seconds and she was already freezing.

"I bet she would if she was going through a forest at night."

Thackeray giggled to himself as they got closer and closer to his position and gripped the buckets tightly, ready to tip them onto their heads, "Almost there," he whispered, "Almost there. Almost there," he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine as ghostly laugh came from behind him, "Wha?"

He looked around and came face to face with a Pokemon floating in the air. It looked like a black ball with two sharp eyes and a mouth with fangs surrounded by an ominous purple aura. The Pokemon grinned at him, making Thackeray freeze in fright.

….

….

….

"Gastly!" the Pokemon greeted.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!" Thackeray screamed.

He lost his balance and fell off the tree and onto the path down below, falling right in front of the team. They jumped in surprise and stepped back away from him before they looked up in time to see two more items fall from the tree.

SPLAT!

PLUME!

Thackeray yelped as he was coated in a thick layer of glue, followed by a large plumage of feathers. He groaned in pain before he leapt to his feet looking like some sort of chicken. He then turned and around and sprinted towards the town with his arms waving in the air.

"G-G-GHOOOOOOOOSSSSSSTTTTTTT!" he screamed all the way through the woods, running away like a wild chicken man.

The team blinked blankly at what just happened before Charles shrugged.

"So…Thackeray's here."

("Wonder what he was doing up a tree,") Benny mused.

Flo hummed thoughtfully before she noticed the Ghost Pokemon floating down towards them, "Oh, look a gastly," she said as the Pokemon floated around them, cackling happily in greeting, "It must live around these parts."

"What's it saying, Charles?" Alice asked.

Charles gave them a smile and held out his hand to pet the Pokemon on its ghostly head, "He's welcoming us to the festival and he wants to hang out with us."

"The more the merrier," Flo said as they all walked towards the town, more than prepared to enjoy a night of spooky festivities.

Happy Halloween everybody!

Just a little chapter based on the last two reviews by HalloweenSpirit and Hypnotist. I should bring out the next chapter in a little while. I hope you enjoyed it!