Welcome..you have entered the Matrix.....of this NEXT CHAPTER!!!(I know, that
doesn't make a lick of sense;) But here's the next part! Enjoy!




				--ASH--
	
	Running down the hall....can't stop...must...find...an escape...

	I jumped awake in the temple. It's that dream again. It's starting
to become clearer, especially that figure at the end of the hall. Instead of 
a tall, dark blur, like it was when I first started having the dreams, It was 
a clear figure. I could detail every muscle on his arms. It was frightening.

	Just then, Three monks walked in carrying lamps. "Come with us,"said
the closest one.

	I got up out of bed and followed in suit. Everyhting looked so
peaceful around me. I was nunplussed. Where on earth were they taking me, and
why so late at night?

	The monks stoped short, making me almost run into them. They stopped 
at a ten foot high brass door. In fact, I think it was the ONLY brass door in
the entire temple besides the enterence. It had strange markings on it that I
couldn't understand,and down at the base where we were, there were three empty 
plaques.Each monk put one hand simultainiously on each plaque. There was a 
pause, and their hands started to glow blue, and the door slowly opened.

	The monks directed me tward the door. I walked in tentativly. I 
looked back as the heavy door closed behind me. I was alone. With only a 
few lamps to light the path, I slowly made my way down the hall. At the end
of the hall I entered into a large circular room, and at the end of that room
there was a platform of strange statues. 

	I slowly entered the room, carful not to make too much noise. There
was a sort of serenity that was filling this room. It was intoxicating. It
was also, somehow, familiar. As if I had been there before....somehow...

	"Welcome, We've been expecting you."

	I jumped and turned to see that the statues weren't statues at all,
but they were monks. One snapped his fingers and about a dozen candles 
ignited. There were ten monks, all wearing the same kimono-like attire.

	The monk in the middle directed me to the seat on the floor. I sat 
without question. They just observed me for a minute. It felt kind of akward.
After a minute, one of them spoke.

	"Jr. Master Jones was right,"he said. "He does look like him."

	"But he has Delia's brain,"said the monk next to him.

	I had absolutly no Idea what they were talking about. They talked 
amongst themselves for a bit, when the monk in the middle turned his attention
to me.

	"We have summoned you here,"he said. "On request of Jr. Master Jones."
	
	"He says that you have a strong will,"said the one near the end of 
the row. "As strong as the pikachu which you have trained."

	"But that's not the reason we have summoned you,"said a familiar 
voice behind me. Zach was in the doorway. He noded at the monks and stood 
next to me.

	"Zach speaks the truth,"said a female voice this time. Down by the 
end of the row was..Sabrina! She had really gotten older since I last saw her.
"We have come to find that you posses the rare gene inside of you that spawns
telechenisis."

	"Telechenisis?"I asked, extreamly suprised. "You mean...I'm a--"

	"Not yet,"said the monk in the middle of the row. "But you do have 
the potential. We have seriously considered you for training."

	I was flabberghasted. "T-training?"I asked nervously.

	"Indeed,"replied the monk. "But only if you wish it."

	I was shocked. This was unbeleivable. Me? A Psycic? How is this 
possible? I have seen Sabrina use her ability and I could never have that 
kind of power...Could I?

	"B-but how do you know this?"I said, still shocked. "There must be 
some--"

	"There is no mistake,"said the monk next to the middle one. 

	"We have known for a long time that you have this power,"said the 
middle monk. 

	"A long time?"I said, confused.

	"There is a certain connection that is made between a psycic and 
the world around him,"he continued as if I didn't speak. "We have felt this 
connection with you."

	I still couldn't beleive it. How could I be? I've never been able
to make anything amazing happen. I could never control things. Could this 
really be true? Is this all a dream?

	"But this is too sudden for you to decide now,"said the monk under-
standingly, as if he read my mind. "We will let you decide for yourself if 
it is the right path for you to follow."

	They all stood and bowed. I stood and bowed as well, and turned to
Zach and Sabrina. "We'll see you tomarrow,"mouthed Sabrina, and Zach nodded.

	I nodded, turned and left. The monks bowed as I passed through the 
brass doors and directed me back to my quarters. I was in no mood to sleep,
if sleep was even possible anymore. I have the power to be a psycic. This 
was a power that I thought was so cool when I was younger, but I never thought
that I could actually do it. Only I could decide if it's the right path? Is 
this the right path? What does this mean?

	But then I remembered my dream: 'you have the power to walk the path."


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	I awoke with an uncomfortable jolt as a flash of light hit my eyes.
"Aaaaauggh!"I said drowsily, sheilding my eyes.

	"Come on, sleepy head,"a female voice said.

	"It's time to start training,"said a male voice this time. I sat 
upright to see Zach and Sabrina in my room. "T-training?"I stammered. "But,
I--"
	"Come on, do you really think we're that slow?"asked Sabrina obviously.
"We're two steps ahead of you, man,"said Zach. "The council wants to see you."

	"Whazzgoinon?"said Brock sleepily. "What training?"

	"We'll explain everything in a moment,"said Sabrina. "Everybody up."




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