The Chateau: A Pokémon Fanfiction

Epilogue

-1-

Well, I'm just curious about the rumor. Anyway, it's in the forest—my favorite place—so it's natural for me to be intrigued, isn't it?

The house must be a nice place before it was abandoned. I mean, look at its size! Then, the yard! With that large yard, I can keep as many plants as I want! It's such a shame that it has a horrifying rumor.

People said that the house was abandoned because ghost Pokémon lived in there and it was troubling the family.

I never like ghost Pokémon, but I didn't know that they can be such a menace.

They also talked about a sinister being in the house. Because of it, people are reluctant to pass by, let alone to go in.

The house's appearance just makes the rumors believable.

It was easy to imagine a figure watching behind those windows.

Well, it's somewhat different now.

The house feels somewhat less spine-chilling than it used to be. It feels more like just abandoned instead of haunted. Maybe it's because I have been used to it after all this time.

Are there still any ghost Pokémon in there?

Maybe I'll try to go in someday.

-2-

Yes, that mansion is scary. However, I don't want to circumvent the forest just to avoid it.

My mom once told me about the mansion. A wealthy family once lived there. One day, something happened and their only daughter died. The family moved out, abandoning the mansion. She said that the mansion is haunted by the daughter.

Anyway, it won't stop me from looking for bugs in the forest!

I love bug catching; it's fun! My father taught me and, since then, I never wanted to stop! It's so exciting to found and catch new kinds of bugs in the forest, or even just chasing them around.

The forest is where people often look for bug Pokémon. They said that those bugs are strong against the Pokémon Gym in the city where I live. I don't really care about such things, though. For me, bugs are too adorable to be used to fight. I always keep them as my pets.

Right now, I have collected many bugs  from the forest, even some of the rare ones. However, I still go to the forest every time I can, just to play around and in case if I found the rare bugs that I don't have yet.

Well, there were times when I still catch the bugs that I already have. The reason is quite... odd, though.

I know; it might be just a rumor and she might not even exist. However, if she exists, I can't imagine how it feels to be alone in a creepy place like that. She might not feel scared, but I think it must be very boring. I somehow felt kinda sorry for her.

I hope, if she exists, she can also feel the excitement from my catch.

At that time, I just caught any cute or beautiful bug and brought it across that mansion. I swung the bug high in my net so that she could see it from above the small trees. If I caught a bug that I already have, I would release it afterwards.

But I don't do that anymore.

I'm not sure when it started. The psychics in the forest just suddenly talked about it.

Recently, the mansion feels different.

I'm not really into those kind of things, but I do understand what they were talking about.