Episode 70! Another multiple of 10! Score!

Disclaimer: Yes, of course I own pokemon. Bow down to me! *Holds up dark blue staff with silver designs on it* Just then, scientist in white coat runs in holding tranquilizer darts and shoots Shadow. She slumps over.

Scientist: Sorry, the drugs we’re giving our test subject makes her irrational. Do not believe her rants. Nintendo owns pokemon.

Notes: <> indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics are indicative of translated pokemon speech. Oh, and Teresa is evil.

Guy Shani – thank you guy!

Fire Eevee – Teresa keeps her dark magic, but no cards. Cards are special, you’ll see later on in the series I think…

The Pokemon Reader – okay, I accept your apology, and thank you!

Ranma – obsession is good! Too bad Charlotte won’t be there to see it, as Ash will be leaving Cosmos soon.

Hell Flame Vulpix – I love hyperness! ^_^

SnowTiger – don’t worry, as Teresa stays. *looks at people who don’t like her, well, I don’t like her much myself, but its my story and she’s vital to the plot* no smooth sailing ahead though!

Xaero – sorry, I can’t make this Ash/Charlotte, I would get flamed for writing a Mary-Sue and I really hate that, plus I’m already pairing Ash with someone else (not Teresa) later in the series, he’s only 13 now. However, if you request an Ash/Charlotte story, I might be able to arrange that.

Episode 72: Setting off for the Cosmos League!

“So, where are the championship trials held?” Ash asked.

Charlotte stirred her flavored coffee slowly. “Moonstone City.”

“I bet its all white…” Ash muttered.

“It is. Good deduction skills. There are bits of silver and pink too, though…”

Ash fell over. “It was just a jest!” His eyes crossed and he sweatdropped profusely.

“So, where’s Teresa?” Vulpix-chan asked as she lapped up some chocolate milk from Charlotte’s mug.

“Probably still outside.” Pika-chan remarked as she sipped Ash’s strawberry milkshake. The two Chosen were too busy to notice what their guardians were doing to the food.

Suddenly, Ash stiffened. “Sorry, the air suddenly seemed darker.”

“Something must be coming.” Charlotte said, reaching for her key. “Let’s go check it out – VULPIX-CHAN!”

“What?” Vulpix-chan asked innocently as she licked the bottom of the empty mug.

“You drank my chocolate milk!”

“So?”

Ash would have laughed, but when he peered in his milkshake glass, he saw that it was empty, and that Pika-chan was licking a smear of strawberry syrup off one of her paws.

“Pika-chan! How could you?” Ash demanded.

Pika-chan jumped out of Ash’s swatting range. “Next time, pay more attention!” She giggled as she dashed out the door.

Ash ran after her.

Charlotte scooped up a protesting Vulpix-chan and headed outside. “Wait for me, Ash!”

“What are those?!” Ash demanded.

Charlotte peered at them closely. “They seem to be a variety of Shadow creatures. I suppose you could call them Shadows…”

“What are they?”

“They were once humans.” Charlotte said. “However, they were tricked into sinister bargains with the being of darkness and now, they are shades of humanity, not dead, but not really alive either. They are very dangerous.”

Ash reached for his key. “What are they afraid of?”

“Fire and water.”
“Great!” Ash said. “Key that hides the power of the stars, reveal your true form before me! Your master under the seal of contract Ashura commands you, Release!”

“Key that hides the power of sunlight, reveal your true form before me! Your master under the seal of contract Charlotte commandeth you, Release!”

“Firey!” Charlotte said. From her card a huge being of fire, representing an angel of flame, appeared and began hurling bolts of fire at the Shadows.

“Ninetails!” Ash said, throwing out the fiery fox pokemon. “Use your Fire Spin to trap them!”

Soon, most of the Shadows had been dispatched. Ash breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew Ninetails. “Wow, that was tiring…”
Pika-chan raced over and caught him in her big form. “Looks like you need some rest! Why didn’t you just use Moltres?” She continued to berate Ash for a few minutes. He just tuned her out.

“Probably…” Ash said as he yawned widely. * I did change a pokemon card, after all… *

Just then, Teresa showed up. “Did I miss something?”

“No.” Vulpix-chan said curtly. * She’s such a dork… *

Charlotte shrugged. “Not much. Ash is tired, so we’re taking him back to the pokemon center.” Her staff shrunk back to key form and appeared in her left hand. The group began walking back.

Teresa followed, Scarlet perched on her shoulder.

< My shielding is very good. They still think I’m just an ordinary Rattata. > Scarlet said proudly.

Teresa nodded. * Maybe I have to force Ash to notice me… *

Three days later…

“Can I get out of bed now?” Ash pleaded.

“But Ash, one of the Shadows hit you with a timed spell. It still hasn’t activated yet, and we’re not sure what’s going to happen.” Pika-chan said.

“But I feel fine!”

Vulpix-chan came in, carrying a bowl of chicken soup on her head. “We could always just scan for darkness.”

Ash took the soup. “What did you say?”

“There’s a spell Charlotte knows, it uses light to flush out darkness in a person’s magic. That includes magic that was placed there by another person.” Vulpix-chan said, tossing Pika-chan a bag of candy.

“Mmm… sounds good to me.” Pika-chan said as she crunched on the strawberry drops, coated with sugar crystals.

“Nothing to lose.” Angel said. He wasn’t a very talkative guardian.

“We have to wear costumes for a simple spell?” Charlotte demanded.

“But they’re pretty!” Teresa said.

Charlotte glared at the pink satin jacket and skirt. * I hate pink… *

“Please?” Vulpix-chan asked with huge shimmery baby Vulpix eyes as shiawase bubbles filled the room. The pink bow on her head glittered.

Charlotte sighed. “Fine.” * Wonder what Ash has to wear… * She finished tying the pink ribbons into her hair and sighed again.

Ash looked annoyed as he tied the pink sash that held his pink pants up. Even worse, Teresa had brushed them with pink glitter paint.

“Pika-chan, I’m going to kill you…”

Pika-chan tossed him his shirt and shrugged, unconcerned. She tied the little bow that held her tiny pink cape on and beamed radiantly.

His pink shirt went over his head, and over that went a pink cape, brushed with silver glitter paint in starry patterns. His feet went in pink sneakers.

“Seriously, Pika-chan, pink is NOT my color!”

“I think it looks nice.” Pika-chan said in a chirpy voice.

“You’re trying not to laugh!”

Pika-chan burst out in a fit of giggles.

Flames came out of Ash’s ears. “PIKA-CHAN!”

A few minutes later, two beet red Chosen stood in front of a camera on a tripod, in the Aquamarine City pokemon center.

“Let’s get this over with.” Ash said, fidgeting.

“Sounds good to me.” Charlotte said. She pointed her left hand at him. The first two fingers on her left hand were outstretched. They began to glow with white light.

“Ooh.” Teresa said. * This looks cool! Maybe I can copy it! *

In a few minutes, a small ball of white light had formed. It shot towards Ash and vanished into his torso.

Ash winced, expecting pain any instant, but nothing happened.

“What? But I thought-.”

“Don’t worry about anything, that will just make the spell take longer. Relax.” Charlotte ordered.

Ash grimaced a bit, but sat down and tried to calm down. Five minutes later, the white ball re-emerged, but it had a tiny ball of darkness in its ‘arms’.

“That’s what Light of Truth does.” Charlotte said as she crushed the ball of darkness between two fingers. “It seeks out all the darkness.”

“Hmm…” Ash said. * That’s interesting. I wonder if I can learn that spell? I’ll check my spell books… but first… *

“Can we get out of this getup now?”

Teresa sighed and put away her camera. “You guys are no fun.”

Ash stuck his tongue out at her.

Charlotte and Ash both walked off to change.

“Honestly! How do you put up with her?”

Ash shrugged. “I don’t know. She used to be slightly better. I think she’s more annoying as a girl.”

Charlotte blinked.

Ash elaborated. “Teresa is the reincarnated form of Todd the photographer.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, boys are kind of more restrained.” Ash said. * And his costumes weren’t as frilly… *

Charlotte caught that drift of thought and giggled softly.

“Are you going to the Cosmos League now?”

“Why not!”

“Okay, we can leave tomorrow morning.”

“Sounds good to me.” They parted and left.

End Episode 72! *Sighs* Wow, so many episodes! Flames will be used to forge a faerie Aisha! Then, she will seek out all the evil dubbers and destroy them! *CACKLES*