Let's hope you remember
this, I've only told you, like, a million times! I don't own Pokemon. Also, the
pokedex info credit goes to the Pokemon anime episode "Do I hear a
Raltz?"
Chapter 8
Trouble
In Traveling
He's safe now. . .
Even as Amber told herself
these words, she knew they were false. As long as Ash was even remotely close
to her father, he was definitely not safe.
Maybe I should go back.
Maybe I should just see if he's alright.
No. Then they would have
them both. A voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Raltz?" a voice
said.
Amber whirled around,
alarmed. Had they found her? She looked around wildly. She didn't see anything.
. . Then she felt something touch her leg.
"What!?!" she
said, jumping nearly three feet in the air.
"Raltz!"
She looked down, and
realized it was a pokemon, not a human that had spoken. Before her stood a
cute, short, white pokemon with a green 'helmet' with two red spike protruding
from it. Its legs were shaped in a fashion that reminded Amber of a dress. She
had never seen it before. She pulled out her pokedex.
"Raltz; The feeling
pokemon. Raltz is the pre-evolved form of Kirlia. Raltz can use the horns on
its head to read human emotions. Raltz barely shows itself to humans but may
occasionally approach when it senses positive or happy feelings," it
chimed.
"Raltz!" it
said, pointing. "Raltz! Raltz!"
Amber looked where it was
pointing as she stuffed the pokedex into her pocket. Amber squinted through the
foliage. Nothing.
"There's nothing
there, little lady," Amber said, now examining the cute pokemon before
her.
But Raltz seemed
insistent. Amber sighed and walked toward where it was pointing franticly. As
she looked carefully into the trees and bushes, Amber received another scare.
* * *
Ash walked into the foreboding
Although she's still
his daughter. . .
Half of him was screaming
not to trust her, while the other half wanted to give her a chance.
"So. . ." Brock
said casually. "What was that all about?"
"Well. . . Let's just
say I overheard something about Amber and assumed too much."
"All settled
now?"
"Yeah. . ." Ash
continued walking. They were nearing the tunnel that they had ran down not too
long ago. He started to get nervous. There seemed to be shadows everywhere.
“You know,” Brock started,
“I think something serious is happening down there.”
“No kidding,” Ash
muttered.
Ash heard voices.
“Did you hear that?” Brock
said, suddenly apprehensive.
“Yeah,” Ash said, “I think
we should get out of here as soon as possible. . .”
“You’re going no where,
Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town.”
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Sorry this chapter wasn’t
as long as the others. It just seemed like a good place to stop. So, can you
bear the suspense? Something sneaked up on Amber and Ash is in trouble! Whew!
I’m pumping these chapters out fast, for me anyway. . . Read the next chapter
to find out what happens!