Rise From The Ashes (A Pokemon Rewrite)

Kindred Spirits

Some time after Ash won his Marsh Badge, our heroes had decided to make a pit stop at Lavender Town, much to both Misty and Yami's chagrin due to Misty's fear of ghosts and Yami.... Well, we should probably find out for ourselves.

Misty: So why are we going to this creepy place again?

Ash: Misty, I told you, my cousin's birthday is coming up. He loves ghost Pokémon more than anything, so I want to catch him one. And Pokémon Tower is supposed to be a good place to get one. It is one of the most haunted places in Kanto, after all. I can't wait to explore it. Ethan's going to flip when he sees the video I'm going to take from him. Maybe we'll get to see a real, live ghost!

Green: Aren't ghosts technically not alive?

Ash: I have really got to explain what figures of speech are to you someday.

Ash let out a fake long suffering sigh, rolling his eyes playfully at his starter as a thick fog rolled into the area.

Brock: Man, there's a lot of fog rolling in.

Ash: Everyone stay close. We don't want to get separated.

Cobalt: I can barely see. This is getting really creepy....

Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned back to see what looked like a floating skull grinning at him. The Lcario screamed in trror, reeling a fist back to punch the "monster." Unfortunately, it ducked and he ended up hitting Green instead, making Green yell out in pain and Ash letting out a loud yell from the fright.

Misty: Ash, don't scream like that, you nearly scared the crap out of me!

Ash: It wasn't just me. Yell at Green, he's the one that yelld out.

Green: OW! Ow... Yvch- OW! What the hell is wrong with you?!

But Cobalt was looking behind him and pointing frantically, himpering as the skull monster got closer. Ash and Green looked startled for a second, then Ash realized what the "skull" really was. He reached down and yanked off the skull mask, revealing Loki.

Ash: Loki, that wasn't nice.

Loki: Maybe not, but it WAS funny.

Loki gave a shit-eating grin, then jumped out of the way as a fuming Cobalt shot an Aura Sphere at his feet.

Ash: Mist, we have weird Pokémon.

Yami: Aww, you love us anyway.

Psi: And I have weird friends.

Green: You're just as weird as the rest of us, Mr. Know It All.

Cobalt: Sorry for punching you like that, bro.

Green: Ah, don;t worry about it, buddy. Try to be more careful with that next time, all right?

Brock: Look, there's Lavender Town!

The purple town was bathed in the glow of the sunset as the group entered Lavender Town, unaware of the curious eyes that had been watching them, and the large shadow following them. A half hour later, they arrived at Pokémon Tower. It was an old, abandoned hotel, menacing looking with horns at the top and windows that were shaped like a face. It was said to be the most haunted place in Kanto, and rumor had it that it was built on top of an old burial ground.

Misty: This place is spooky.

Ash: I know. Isn't it awesome? I've been wanting to visit this place for a while.

Misty: Why in the world would you want to visit an old abandoned hotel? Especially one that's haunted?

Ash: Me and Ethan are big into ghosts and cool mysteries. We always used to watch ghost shows and even snuck into a few houses that were said to be haunted when we were together. We saw this place on Spirit Hunters and Ethan made me promise that when I went on my journey, I'd explore Pokémon Tower and get it all on video for him.