Ash's Dark Past *DISCONTINUED*

Halloween is scary, especially when the demon king wants you Part 1 (Ash's PoV)

Yandere bolted forwards, ready to kill me, when someone came out of the trees.
"Ayano, stop! You don't have to kill him!" His hand was up in defense. Yandere flung her head back and I glanced my eyes to get a better look. He had black hair and black eyes, like Yandere's, but kinder. His hair went down to his chin and his bangs covered his eyebrows. He wore a black school uniform and black shoes. Man, this guys must like black a lot.
"T-taro?" She stuttered. I guess they knew each other already. Suddenly, a glowing halo appeared around the guy named Taro, and a devil tail and horns appeared on Ayano.
"The Angelic council decided to give you a chance because of all the good you did for me before we died. We can be together, for eternity!" He outstretched his hand to Ayano. "Trust me." Ayano hesitated, but then dropped the already blood-covered knife and grabbed his hand. As he pulled her into a hug, her devil tail and horns disappeared, being replaced by a glistening halo. And with a flash of light and the words, "I love you," they vanished. I just stood there blankly.
Ummm, what was that about?
I honestly have no idea. Onikage said in my head. I took notice that the sun was starting to set, and it was almost twilight. I've always thought twilight was the happiest time of day, but also the saddest; the ending of a day, the beginning of a new night. I could only guess how worried Serena was right now; probably more worried when I went off into the woods for two days back in Snowbel City. Remembering that suddenly gave me a flashback to something I didn't remember; it was a man, talking with my mom. He had fiery red hair, and he wore a red suit... Lysandre. Why was he talking to my mom?! He killed my farther! Wait... this wasn't right. This was back in my old house, the one that was burned down, so this had to have been in the past. My mother said, "Why would you want to leave him?"
"Delia, you know I don't have any choice in this. I have to go with them undercover."
"But he won't be able to grow up with his-"
"I know, and I hate it, too. But I need to get that intel for Team Rocket. It could be our last chance." He was helping team rocket? I thought he ran Team Flare.
"I... I don't want you to leave." My mom started tearing up.
"I don't want to either, but I'll see you again. Just know that whatever damage is done in the future, just know that I will always love you." He placed a hand on her face and my mother smiled.
"'Till death do us part..."
"Now and forever." Lysandre leaned in and... I opened my eyes wide in shock. He kissed her. He kissed my mom! What was going on?! My mother married Giovanni, not that scumbag!
They pulled apart from each other.
"My brother will be here shortly. Remember the promise you made me."
"Yes, yes. I know. And I will." Lysandre smiled.
"Good. I love you." He said as he slowly walked away from our house.
"I love you, too." My mother said as I snapped back to reality. Someone was calling my name...
"ASH!" I heard the voice call out. I kept my mouth shut as I fell to my knees and winced. Something must've hit my leg, because there was a small gash on my right leg. There was some blood, but not a lot. I guess the person calling my name heard me wince and came over. I really hoped it wasn't another demon, but thankfully, it wasn't. It was Serena and Pikachu, along with the others. I got up before they saw me on my knees. I turned my head away from them as they got close enough to see me. I turned my body away from their footsteps and shoved my hands in my pockets.
"Ash!" Serena stated as she ran up to me, turned me around, and gave me a bear hug. But for the first time in as long as I can remember, I didn't return it. She must've noticed, because she pulled away and tried to pull my face towards hers, but I pulled mine out of her hand. I felt confused, angry, and sad all at once. I covered my eyes with the rim of my hat as I wondered why my mom kissed Lysandre and they said they loved each other.
"Ash..." Serena said softly. Clemont came over and said, "Ash, what's up? Why are you acting like this?" I remained silent. I didn't want to talk, because I knew my voice would scare them. I had an angry roar burning up in my throat. I was so sick and tired of this; sick and tired of being forced to do something, see something, or live something horrible that could potentially ruin my future. I'm sick of all of it! I'm so done! Bonnie and Pikachu asked, "Ash? Please talk to us. You're making everyone worried." I finally pulled out of Serena's arms and muttered, "Sorry." That was pretty much the only word I could say without exploding on them.
"Ash. Talk to us. What's the matter with you? We can help." I felt my eyes fill with anger.
"No... you can't. This one is me and me only," I growled. I could feel their sad, fearful eyes penetrate through me. I heard leaves crunching and turned my head slightly to find Clemont behind me, and then... he slapped me. Right across the face. I heard Bonnie and Serena's gasps as I touched my burning cheek and felt frustration and restraint building up in me.
"Ash, what is wrong with you?! You're acting all nice and happy one minute, then the next, you're acting like the world's biggest jerk!"
"Clemont!" Bonnie cried out.
"He needs to learn, Bonnie." He faced me again and grabbed my collar. "You need to learn not to turn your back to us." Then he whispered the scariest thing I've heard all day into my ear; "and that Serena deserves better than you." My eyes widened as I realized he was right. Serena did deserve better. He pushed me away. I didn't fall but he shoved me from behind and I fell flat on my face. As I slowly got up, I heard Serena start yelling.
"Clemont! What was that about?!" Clemont lifter his head to her.
"He needed to learn how-"
"How to control himself, Yah! You made that clear! But yelling at him isn't going to do anything!"
"Well what else was I supposed to do? Ask him nicely? Tell him in a calming voice that he's not good for you, and that you deserve better than that?" He signaled to me, but I felt the hot tears welling in my eyes. This was my fault. My fault everyone was fighting, my fault for my father leaving, my fault for the fire, everything. My fault. It was probably best if I just... didn't exist in their lives...
"No more... p-please...." I whispered barely loud enough for me to hear.
Serena let out a gasp. "What did you just say?" She was still fighting with Clemont.
"I said that you don't deserve him, Serena. You're an amazing preformer who was almost Kalos Queen her first try going through, meanwhile he just won his first league of the 7 he's been in! That's weak! That show's how little he's learned! How thick he can be! He can't become a Pokémon master, but he's to thick to see it right! He's pathetic!" With those words, Clemont realized what he was saying and slammed his hands over his mouth. Everyone stared at him in utter shock. None of us expected him to blow up so easily. I lowered my hat's rim again and felt a tear roll down my cheek. Pathetic. That was the word Paul would use to describe me. The word Silver would use. And they were right. I was pathetic. I couldn't take any more of people fighting over how useless I was. I wasn't even up when I started running past Serena and everything slowed down for a second. I saw her eyes widening as one of my tears flew onto her cheek as time regained and I ran deeper into the forest, hoping not to return.
The sun had gone down completely by the time I'd stopped. Actually, I didn't stop. I tripped over a tree branch and tumbled over on the ground, and I was now covered head to toe in scrapes, dirt, and tears. I started to sob silently to myself as I remembered all the horrors that were my life. I couldn't take it anymore. I pounded my fists onto the ground and screamed, "WHY CAN'T I JUST BE TRULY HAPPY FOR ONCE?!" I sobbed even harder. "Why? Why? Why? Why?!" I say in a normal tone. All the bullies, lies, and traitorous people in my life came flooding back to me. "Why...? I whisper. I let the tears fall to the ground until my lungs hurt, and then I rested back on a tree and stared at the cold night sky. 'Why can't I just be normal for once? Have a normal relationship, normal friends, a normal life?' I wonder to myself. I could feel the sky dancing against my face stained with tears, scrapes, and dirt as I closed my eyes.
Because you are special, Ash. Onikage said the second I got into my dream, which made me jump a little.
"I really hate it when you do that, Onikage."
"Well, I can hear your thoughts, so what do you expect?"
"Gee, I don't know, maybe you not eavesdropping on my every thought!" I heard Onikage let out a small gasp. I realized I'd never yelled at Onikage before.
"I'm sorry. I'm just not in a good mood."
"I kinda got that vibe. And it's fine. You're mad at them, and tha-"
"No... not at them. I could never be mad at them. I'm mad at myslef." Onikage was really confused, and he asked, "Why at yourself? You didn't do anything wrong." I looked up at him. My face was covered in tears and cuts, only not the ones I'd just gotten. No, these were full out gashes, on my face, arms, and all over the rest of my body, and the tears seemed to be flowing to them and melting in with the blood trickling down my face. Onikage stared in a combination of horror and compatibility.
"Yes I did. I was born."
Silence. That was all that was around us for a minute. Then, out of the blue, I saw flashes of blood red and heard a blood-curling scream, followed by a maniacal laughter that could send even creeps into chills. Onikage's eyes bounced all over the place.
"Oh, no. Oh, no no no no no! This isn't good. Not good at all!" Out of the ground, a dark shadow appeared. It looked like a Darkrai, but it then shifted into a boy covered in black and grey smoke. I couldn't see his face, only his glowing yellow eyes and his evil grin.
"The demon's night is upon us! Tonight, you shall change, Ash Ketchum. And your soul... will be mine!" He laughed again and Onikage slashed trough him with a sword. Where'd he get that from? But there was a wrong look in his eyes; it was the same look as when I first met him, a demonic look, but with horror and despair in it too. His arms were shaking as he asked, "Ash... what day is it?" I jogged my memory to remember.
"It's Halloween... why?" Onikage looked like the words were killing him.
"Halloween... that's when... all deals are broken... and demons take control at nightfall..." I realized what he meant and we both fell to our knees and stared at each other in horror, but Onikage also had sorrow in his eyes. Tonight was the night to mark all nights, in the worst way possible. Tonight, Onikage would take over my soul.

Surprise! Countrygirl1342's Halloween special is a two parter! And also, I can't believe I wrote a 2,000+ worded chapter in Two days! That's actually pleasing to know👍. Anyways, Part two will be coming out the day after tomorrow, HALLOWEEN! So yeah, see you guys then!