This- is one of my better AUs.
Now before someone asks, "will there be Amourshipping in this?"
Well, I can't exactly say that, due to what happens to Ash.
All I can say is that you'll get some sort of communication between them, just not the type you think.
Also, this story will contain a ton of gore, death, missing body parts, and more. If you do not like any of that, please exit now.
Oh, you're waiting for the summary?
Oops, sorry. I forgot.
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Everything was going alright in Kalos. Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie have been traveling for a few years, all of them aging slowly.
Ash is currently 18, so is Serena, while Bonnie is 15 to 16, and Clemont is 22.
However, everything goes wrong on one unfaithful day, causing Kalos to slowly collapse.
While everyone is trying to recover from it, Serena is trying to the most.
Want to know more? Don't worry, you'll get an update tomorrow!
See ya then!
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
[[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]