Pokemon Ranger: The Hero of Oblivia

The Haunted Mansion

A/N: I have decided that I'm going to write my version of Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. But I'll do that after I have a substantial number of chapters for this story uploaded, so I won't feel too stressed because I'm trying to multitask by writing two stories at the same time.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! I appreciate all of you for reading my story, even though I don't get many comments or loves, it's just enough to know that someone's actually reading it!~

Murph's eyes grew as big as saucers. "A mansion just north of here?" Murph asked. "Well, it's a good place to start. I'm going to declare this a mission!"

I struck my Ranger pose, then I held out my arm for the Swablu and it landed gently, making sure not to dig its talons into my arm. "Thank you for performing with me, but I have to release you now." I informed it.

The Swablu, understanding my words, flew up into the sky with a happy "Swa-swabluu!"

I smiled as it flew off and motioned for Murph to follow me. "Come on, we have no time to lose!"

I sprinted north, ignoring a sign that looked kind of important. I could hear Murph panting behind me, but I never slowed my pace. Until I reached the gate, that is. The cobblestone path was beautiful and the iron gate was magneficent, with its spiraling pattern. Though the gate was beautiful, it was also locked.

Murph finally caught up and gasped for breath. I rolled my eyes at him. It wasn't even that far of a walk. "H-How does a... scrawny girl... Like you... Run so fast?!" He asked between pants.

I crossed my arms and glared. "I am not scrawny." I growled. "I'm svelte! How many times do I have to tell everyone that?"

"Probably until we actually bother to look up what svelte means." Murph admitted.

"Just try to open the gate." I snapped.

Murph tried the lock, but the lock held tight. "That lock is pretty sturdy. I guess there's only one thing that we can do!" He said with an excited grin. "A human Target Clear! Stand back!" He commanded.

I did as I was told, even though I doubted that Murph could break the lock.

"Target... CLEEEAAAAR!" He shouted as he charged the gate. He ran into the lock but he fell back from the impact. He laughed nervously and brushed himself off. "Well, that didn't work."

"Only Barlow can pull that off." I reminded him, thinking of the time that I saw Barlow charge the door to my house when my dad accidently locked us out.

"I guess you're right." Murph muttered. "Well, what do we do now?"

I looked around. "There has to be another way into the house." I grumbled.

Yuka and Jet started looking, too. Moments later, I heard Yuka and Jet call for us. I went over to where they were, as did Murph.

"What is it? Are you hungry?" Murph asked. "If you haven't noticed, we're busy trying to find a way into the mansion."

Jet narrowed his eyes and used his water gun on Murph. "Zel!" He growled, jerking his head to where a grove of trees were.

"That wasn't nice!" Murph grumbled. "You're obviously not hungry... So, what? Do you want us to play with you?"

Even Yuka looked like she was about to shock Murph. Jet, seemingly deciding that it was hopeless to show Murph, he nudged me toward the grove. I followed them and found a path through what looked like an abandoned garden.

"Nice going, Jet and Yuka! This might be our alternate route to the mansion!" I told them, rubbing Jet's head and giving Yuka a hug.

Jet looked proud of himself for finding it. Why wouldn't he be? Yuka started to walk through the oddly shaped garden and ran into a Dusclops, which teleported Yuka back over to where we were.