The Hopeful Cubone

Chapter 8 - Horror Stories

It was that time of the year again, or as humans called it, "October." It was a time of telling horrifying things to each other. Us Pokémon picked up the tradition, but all the Wimpod wimped out on us.

I looked at Darkheart. Does she know about the tradition, I wondered. I decided I'd ask, when she turned her head towards me suddenly. Apparently she knew because why the heck would she wear a Duskull mask?

We decided to have Ryu come over for Arceus knows why. Maybe we decided to make things more interesting...

Things definitely got more interesting. Darkheart acted as a spooky flashlight and the Chingling would play music for some horror stories. We had Ryu tell his first.

It sounded like Satan.

Why even?! At the end, he said, "Y'know, For kids." This was so confusing and inaudible. First story in and even the bravest Pokémon stepped out. It was just me, Darkheart, and Ryu. Of course, the Chingling scared themselves with the music.

Of course, I wasn't going to let the bastard beat me in this competition. Darkheart had her lights on me, but I thought of something better. "Let's go to Lavender Town," I said.

After we got to Lavender Town, there was some thick fog. Darkheart shone her light on me, and the fog made it look more ominous. If my skull was cracked, that would add greatly to the creep factor.

I decided to tell them the legend about Gengar. "Have you guys heard of the Pokémon called Gengar? Well, legend has it that on Halloween night, in Lavender Town, there will be a thick fog coating the place. This fog is the souls that Gengar reaped from the living. They try to warn you about Gengar, but when a Pokémon ignores the warning, Gengar will strike at one of three hours. Midnight, one in the morning, or three in the morning."

Not long after I said that, it hit midnight. Something came up behind Ryu, causing him to faint, but whatever it was was driven off by something else, which took Ryu. Darkheart and I chased the second shadow for an hour. A shadow, the same as earlier went behind Darkheart. Again, the other shadow drove it off and took Darkheart the same direction as it took Ryu. I followed it for the next two hours. I felt a strange presence behind me. It jumped out at me and I collapsed. The last thing I saw before I woke up was that other shadow driving it off.

I woke up after about an hour in a room in the cavern. The room for saved Pokémon? What was I doing there? I started checking around and found tracks. They were definitely tracks from Ryu, Darkheart, and something else. I followed the tracks, only to come face to face with the shadow that helped me.