And yet another Episode… 168

Disclaimer: No, not mine, I wish it were, but it isn’t. This is parody and no copyright infringement is intended.

Notes: <> indicates telepathy, ** indicates thoughts, italics indicates translated pokémon speech.

Psychic Sabrina – sorry, no Houen captor/cards. It’s a bit different. Um… judgment makers were meant to be cats, since I like cats. No, book ten doesn’t have the gym leader tournament. Silver borrowed his Tyranitar? That makes sense; although why he’s attacking Lance with Murkrow later I’m still meditating on. If silver and lance are old friends and silver is only 11, you really wonder if Lance is really in his early twenties… I made Lance darkness guardian for a reason, yes?

Alanzia –no, I’m not done, this arc still has a while to go.

SS2 Megami-sama – I’m still sick. *cries*

Link Masters – no, no rival this time, its something different he should concentrate on.

Aragorn the Ranger – thank you!

L.A. Noyola – thank you! *beams*

Ranma – thank you! Me too. I got 10 hours of sleep in 3 days… evil homework…

Zapdos Articuno – sorry, don’t think I have any chapters of ‘A true beginning’, but the old one should still be on Pokemon Tower Library. Was France fun?

PokeYY – I had Lance focus mostly on Clow cards because Ash doesn’t have them yet. But, she does have her own pokemon cards…

Lance: And yet again, Phantomness will deviate from the plot.

Phantomness: *scowls* I don’t want to blatantly plagiarize myself.

Kairo: So, where’s the championshippy?

Phantomness: Don’t rush me; I’m working on it.

Lance: *hides*

Episode 168: Houen, here we come! Or not…

*RING, RING*

Ash picked up his interdimensional communicator. “Oh, hi, Charlotte, haven’t heard from you in a while.” The screen was static so he couldn’t see her, but he recognized the voice.

“I need your help.”

Ash blinked. “What do you mean?”

“Some madman has created a dark pokemon that is blocking the sun. It’s been three weeks already. I can’t do anything about it since my magic comes from the sun and I’m trying hard to stay alive and support all my cards, and I can barely do that on the energy my body generates.”

“That’s terrible!” Ash said. “We’ll be there in an instant!” He hung up. “Crystal! We have a problem!”

“What is it?” Lance asked as she came downstairs in her dratini pajamas.

“Charlotte’s in trouble. Dark pokemon blocking the sun.”

“Gotcha.” Lance said. “I’ll be back in a second.” She dashed into her room and came out in a red jacket over a black bodysuit. Her hair was spiked neatly, and she wore a black cloak over it. “These are spelled. You’d better get changed too, Ash. And pack quickly.”

“I know.” Ash said. * Destiny takes too much energy… * He took Pika-chan’s special box and opened it, looking for a suitable costume. He finally pulled out a set of black armor that looked like it was made out of Gyrados scales, and buckled it on over his light blue shirt and pants. He slid the greaves on his leg, the breastplate over his torso, and the arm guards over his arms. “Okay, I think I’m ready.” He shrank his pack down to miniature size and put it on his chain next to his star key. “Ready!”

Lance nodded. “Gateway!” A card nodded and the sky seemed to tear open a hole. Lance indicated it. “After you.”

Ash nodded and stepped in. Lance followed.

They found themselves inside of the Topaz City gym.

“Uh-oh…” Ash whispered, looking around cautiously for Mina.

To his horror, she spotted him. “Oh! You hunk! You came back to me! I knew you would!”

“Yikes!” Ash said, trying to run, but the armor slowed him down. Lance sweatdropped and released the Mist card, shrouding them in Mist so they could escape quickly.

By the time they got out, Ash’s heart rate was way up and he was almost hyperventilating. Lance dumped half a Calming Potion over him.

Ash sighed and relaxed.

“So, where’s Charlotte?”

“Psst!” A voice whispered. They turned and saw Vulpix-chan. “Follow me.” She whispered.

And they followed…

Soon, they came to Charlotte’s house.

“Hi.” Charlotte said. “I’m so glad you could come.”

Ash gaped at her. She looked… bleached, if for lack of a better word. Her dark hair was now pale white with only a hint of color, and her eyes were practically glassy gray.

And she looked like an seven-year old.

“This is what happens when you run out of magic energy.” Charlotte said in a barely audible voice.

“What can we do?” Ash asked.

“You two will be fine.” Charlotte said in a whispery voice. “I need you two to defeat the magician who caused this.”

“We’re on it.” Lance said.

Ash nodded. “Will you be okay?” He still couldn’t contain his shock.

“I think so…” Charlotte whispered. “I’m going to sleep now… it saves energy…” A pale yellow globe sucked her in and she vanished.

“Yellow.” Lance said softly. “It’s supposed to be red-gold. She’s in serious trouble.”

“Let’s go find whoever did this!”

“Right.”

Pika-chan stared, shocked. Vulpix-chan batted her. “Come on, time’s a wasting! Let’s go!”

“You do know who’s doing this, right?” Luna asked.

“Of course.” Vulpix-chan said. “His name is Patrick. Sound familiar?”

“I fought him on the Lava field here.’ Ash remembered. “He seemed all right.”

“He was. Until he delved into dark magic to make himself stronger.”

“Ah.” Lance said. * Another one turning to the dark to get stronger. Fools. *

“Let’s go!” Ash said. “Flying is probably the quickest way.”

Lance sweatdropped. “We can teleport if we know where he is, Ash.”

“Ehehehehe.” Ash said bashfully. He pulled out his key. “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!”

Ash grabbed his staff. “Ok, I’m ready!”

“We still have to locate Patrick.” Lance said dryly.

“I know where he is.” Vulpix-chan said.

“Oh?” Luna raised her brows in consternation.

“Yep! He’s in Topaz City!”

“Oh no…” Ash said mournfully. * We just got away from there too… *

“Where in Topaz city?” Pika-chan inquired.

“The hotel, dummy.” Vulpix-chan said. Energy loss was making her quite snappy. Pika-chan bit back a retaliating comment.

“Well, time’s a-wasting.” Luna said.

Lance nodded and pulled a yellow ribbon out of her hair. She looped it around her fingers and then knotted it in one complicated mess. Then, she tossed the ribbon into the air. It vanished.

Lance smiled. “That ought to help.”

“Light… disruption.” Ash said, analyzing the spell after a few seconds.

“Correct, Ash.” Lance said.

“Can we get going now?” Vulpix-chan asked.

“Sure.” Ash said. “Teleport Ring!” They vanished.

Soon, they appeared in the hotel behind a large potted plant.

“So which floor is he on?”

“Hold on, I’m scanning.” Lance replied softly as her eyes took on a metallic shade. “Fifth floor. Room 526”

“All right.”

Ash waited until he saw a bellhop go by. Then, he promptly hit the man with a simple Sleep spell and took his uniform. It was a tad large, but fit pretty well. The uniform was green with little golden buttons and braid.

< Crys? You ready yet? >

“Just a second.” Lance said. She pulled out a piece of paper, wrote and blew on it. She came out from behind the bush in a black and white maid’s uniform. She used another piece of paper to create a cart laden with room cleaning supplies. < Ready! >

The two took the elevator up to the fifth floor.

Patrick was getting ready to leave when Lance knocked on his door. “Just a second!” He said. He opened the door and stared.

Lance smiled inwardly.

“Excuse me, sir, I need to clean your room.” She said in saccharinely sweet voice. Patrick nodded mutely.

He stepped aside and let her enter. Then, he promptly fainted.

Ash grinned. * That was easy. * He made his baseball bat vanish back into his subspace pockets and went in.

Lance was busy scanning for the source of the dark magic.

“See anything?” Ash asked as he opened the mini bar. “Oh! Chocolate chip cookies!” He grinned and took out all the snacks in it.

“Found it.” Lance said. She picked up the tiny statue of a Stantler made out of green crystal.

“That’s it?”

Lance pulled out her wand. “Holy water to cleanse the presence.” She whispered. Water drenched the statue, which began to crack.

“Voila.”

“Cool.” Ash said. “Need my help?”

“Not at the moment.” The statue crumbled and exploded. Then, Lance turned to Ash.

“Use Eterneon to purify.”

“Right!” Ash said. The Eterneon card happily performed its duties, and then Ash and Lance teleported away from the hotel.

When Patrick woke up, his room was clean, but his statue was nowhere to be seen. He scratched his head and shrugged, not knowing what he had lost and gained.

End Episode!

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Sorry for late uploading, but fanfiction.net was being really freaky. *scowls* I’ll put up an extra chapter to make up for it.