Pokemon Path to Light or Darkness

[§acred†Beo!]

Sumner: Good post! Spoons grew to lvl 10!, Angel Grew to lvl 9 and learned sing!

 

[ShadowYashi]

"It's like a ghost town here Angela murmured to Bolt as she messed with the ball on her belt, which contained her newly captured Sneasel "I hear this place used to be filled to the brim with people, such a nice lively town, now its old, dusty and desolate…" Angel and Bolt walked through the run down city that was once known as Viridian. "Hey look Bolt, there's a run-down looking building over there, maybe we could take a little rest inside."

"Welcome."

Angela and Bolt were somewhat shocked to see Nurse Joy pop infront of them "A Pokémon Center?" Nurse Joy nodded "Yes, you wouldn't think that through all of this we'd leave it out in the open. They'd destroy the Center and we wouldn't be able to heal travelers such as yourself" she replied with a soft smile "I take it you'll want your Pikachu healed" she asked scooping up the yellow mouse in her arms "Yes ma'am and Nel too" she murmured handing Nurse Joy Sneasel's Pokéball.

While Angel only had to wait a few moment's before Nurse Joy had come back with Bolt and Nel "Come out Nel!" there was a musical snap and the aggressive Sneasel, whom she had captured before and nicknamed Nel appeared "Snease!" the female Sneasel blinked and brandished her claws at Angel, not taking too kindly to being captured "Piiika" Bolts cheeks sparked warningly from his spot atop Angel's shoulder, clearly telling the Sneasel, that she'd have to go through him to get to Angel "Hey you two, calm down, I just got you both healed… no need to exhaust yourselves" she said, before glancing around the center.

No one really paid much attention to them and she was somewhat grateful for that, Angel also noticed that the Center was filled with trainers, some lounging and relaxing, other's were eating or watching TV and some were even battling, but one specific battler caught her eyes. "Alright Isis, use Shadow Claw and Pepé use Dark Pulse" Bolt and Nel seemed interested too, for they stopped sending each other death threats with their eyes and watched the battle. It was a girl, who looked to be about her age… perhaps even older, with lightly tanned skin, bright green eyes and fiery red hair that fell to her waist she wore a simple black shirt under a blue vest and some spangled blue jeans with wedged sandals.

Isis, was her Glameow, it was a gray cat, with a curled, spring-shaped tail and has a crescent shaped head with two white-tipped ears. It also has a small black nose, yellow eyes with blue irises and white paws. While Pepé was a Stunky, a small skunk Pokémon that was dark purple with a white stripe running down its back. They were in the middle of a battle it seemed, the Glameow and Stunky up against a Froslass and Chimecho, who didn't stand a chance against that Shadow Claw and Dark Pulse combination, causing an instant knock out, the girls opponent frowned at the loss, but thanked the girl for the battle, before heading over to Nurse Joy to get his Pokémon healed.

Angel quickly whipped out her Pokédex.

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Glameow; The Catty Pokémon.
It claws if displeased and purrs when affectionate. Its fickleness is very popular among some.
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Stunky; The Skunk Pokémon.
It protects itself by spraying a noxious fluid from its rear. The stench lingers for 24 hours.
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"Anyone else brave enough to challenge me to a double battle?" Angela put away her Dex and watched as no one spoke up… apparently this girl was strong and all those who had challenged her had lost "how interesting" Angel glanced at Bolt, wondering if he wanted to battle, and the mouse glanced back in conformation, they then both turned their questioning gazes to Nel, but the problem was that Nel was no where in sight!

"Sneasel!"

Glancing to the middle of the battle area, there was Nel, standing before the Glameow and Stunky trainer, a challenging look crossed her features "Snea! Sneasel!" she brandished her claws and got into fighting stance "Hmm… you wanna fight? Where's your trainer Sneasel?" the girl asked glancing around to see who's Pokémon that was and it was then when Angel spoke up, running to her Sneasel's side "Nel! What are you doing?" Nel glared at Angel and held up her claws "Sneasel Snea! Snea Snea!"

"This is your Sneasel then?" the woman questioned and Angel nodded "Yeah…I just caught her" she gave a sheepish laugh "Nel's a bit aggressive" Nel snarled at that comment and her glare became harsher "Well, Sneasel's are known to be vicious. I'm Amber, who might you be?"

"Angela Palmer from Pallet Town"

"I see, so you're a beginner." Angel nodded "Yeah, but just cause I'm a beginner doesn't mean I'm not good enough to beat you" Amber smirked "Are you saying you want to battle?"

"Yeah, I'm sure Bolt and Nel don't mind" Bolt said nothing, but hopped off her shoulder and stood beside Nel, who grinned viciously at Glameow and Stunky "Alright then, I guess I'll start. Isis use Growl and Pepé use Screech!" Both Bolt and Nel had winced and covered their ears from the sound based attacks that lowered their Attack and Defense respectively "Now follow up with Quick Attack and Crunch!" with a burst of speed, Glameow was gone and had quickly appeared infront of Bolt and rushed him with a full body tackle, sending the rodent tumbling and Stunky had appeared infront of Nel and bit down harshly on one of her claws, so the Sneasel was now trying to shake the skunk off with her free hand.

"Okay Bolt, use ThunderShock and Nel Scratch!" Nel had quickly began, trying to get the skunk to release its jaws from her hand and Bolt's cheeks sparked violently, before he let loose Thundershock, shocking Glameow "Meow…Meow" Isis panted slightly from the shock and just gave Bolt a harsh glare, while Pepé had let go of Nel's arm, leaving a large noticeable bite mark on her right claw "Again you guys!" Nel smirked viciously and charged at Glameow and began to mercilessly scratch at the cat, while Bolt also gave Pepé the shocking of his life, resulting in paralysis "Hey we just might win this thing…" Angel said "Glameow and Stunky must be tired from that other battle, so we've got this one in the bag" Amber on the other hand just laughed loudly "So you think, that just because you got in two hits, that my Pokémon are weak?" her eyes narrowed darkly.

"Don't underestimate my Pokémon little girl. Alright Isis! Pepé! No more playing around, lets show this kid true power Shadow Pulse Combo!" both Glameow and Stunky nodded and got into position Stunky stood on it's hind legs with Glameow standing right behind him, her springy tail stiffening. Pepé then turned his head towards Bolt and Nel and began to form a purple ball in it's mouth. Pepé then closed his mouth and purple circle's flew towards Bolt and Nel, surrounding them "Now Isis!" on command, her Glameow used its springy tail to bounce high in the sky and Angel watched was a large claw of dark energy began to form around both her paws as she dive bombed towards the Pulse or dark rings that trapped her Pokémon "Glaaaameow!" Isis then began to scratch rapidly at Bolt and Nel, who cried out from pain for every scratch "Finish it with Quick Attack!" Isis nodded and quickly slammed herself into Bolt, who flew into Nel and they both got sent flying out the Dark Pulse attack and were knocked back near Angel's feet Amber smirked "And that's the end of this battle, your Pokémon didn't stand a chance"

"C'mon you two, get up!"

"They won't be getting up any time soon, so why even bother, no Pokémon has ever been able to take my Shadow Pulse combo and still be able to stand" Amber was about to call the match but Angel stopped her "No way! Bolt is stronger than that, and so is Nel! I'm not counting them out" Amber sighed and shook her head "Fine kid, whatever, but I'm telling you… I got this match in the bag—"

"Pika Pi Pikachu!"

"Sneasel Snea!"

Bolt and Nel slowly began to rise, both were panting heavily and had scratches all over, the looked worse for ware, but refused to give in "Pika/Snease!" Nel had gotten back into her stance and pointed her claws threateningly at Glameow and Stunky, while Bolt's cheeks sparked viciously "Hey… her combo this gave me an idea you two. Remember on Route 1, that trick you pulled off Nel, with Bolt's Thundershock attack" Nel nodded, both her eyes and Bolt's widening in recognition, a smirk forming on their features "Lets try that again okay guys" Bolt nodded "Now Thundershock Bolt and Nel use Scratch" Amber was about to tell Pepé and Isis to dodge, but she was confused when her Pokémon began to attack one another.

Nel thrust a claw to the sky and watched as the Thundershock engulfed her right claw "Sneasel!" Amber, Isis and Pepé watched as electricity danced on it's claw and in one fluid motion Nel crossed her claws in an X-formation, the electricity had traveled from one claw to the other, both were glowing as electricity danced along the sharp claws. "Success! Now Bolt use Thundershock and lets finish this!" Nel nodded and charged quickly at Isis and Pepé, somewhat shocked at the Sneasel's sudden speed, Nel smirked as she closed in on the duo and brought her claws down in an X-formation and slashed at them both "Now Bolt! The strongest Shock you can muster!" Bolt nodded, his cheeks sparking violently "Piiiika! Chuuuuuuu!!" Bolt let loose all that pent up energy, resulting in a huge explosion, causing smoke to fill the Center.


"Isis! Pepé!" Bolt and Nel had made their way to stand infront of Angel, ready to attack if need be, but when the smoke cleared both sides saw the results and Amber frowned recalling her fainted Glameow and Stunky "Looks like you win" she mumbled and Angel smiled, scooping up both Bolt and Nel in her arms "You guys were great! But lets go get you two healed" she said heading back over to Nurse Joy so she could heal her Pokémon "Hey Angela!" Angela blinked as Amber walked up to her "You did good for a beginner" she grumbled extending a hand and shaking Angel's "T-Thanks" she replied, watching as the older girl rummaged through her pack before handing Angel a disk "It's a TM" Amber clarified "I don't need it, so you can have it."

"B-But I can't—"

"Take it, I insist" with that said, Amber shoved the TM in Angel's hand and then walked off, leaving the girl dumbfounded as Nurse Joy came back with Nel and Bolt "Hey, you two are looking better" she smiled and Bolt nodded while Nel gave a careless shrug "Sneasel."

"Hey! Look what Amber gave me!" she exclaimed thrusting the TM into their faces, with Bolt glancing at it curiously and as he reached for it, Nel quickly snatched it out of Angel's hand and stuck her tongue out at Bolt, who scowled as she clutched the disk in her claws "Sneasel?" Nel was confused at what this disk was supposed to do and Angel laughed "Your supposed to press it against your forehead Nel but—" Angel was cut off when Nel gave a triumphant cry and pressed the disk against her head and second's later, it glowed white and disappeared, causing Angel to gasp "Wait Nel… we didn't know what that TM did, why'd you do that?" she asked.

"Sneasel Snea!" Nel just waved Angel off and smirked, feeling slightly empowered by the disk.

(Could the TM be Shadow Claw? XD I decided to go with that since everyone mostly has Shadow Ball)

 

[§acred†Beo!]

ShadowYashi: Good post! Pikachu grew to lvl 8. Sneasel grew to lvl 7. Angel received a tm shadow claw. Use the TM?

 

[Pikalover10]

Max stood near the sign that had the entire layout of Viridian. Apparently he was really close to the gym. Ghastly continued to float around Max, the purple gas disappearing in to thin air.

Suddenly, three men covered in dark black clothes jumped out of nowhere and two of them grabbed Max's arms. Max struggled to get free when the men suddenly tightened their grip and it made his hands feel like they would fall off at any moment.

"Maximillion. WE are three members of the Dark Brotherhood. Sent here by our leader, Beo, to get you to join us." the one not grasping him said. Max stopped struggling to listen to what the man had to say.

"So? Why would I want to join you?" Max asked. The three men started to laugh but then quickly got serious.

"Because. Like you we too wanted great power, which Beo promised us. He can give you anything you wish. What do you want most in life?" the man asked.

"What I want...the most? I've lived in constant fear of Pokemon for a long time, and I'm sick and tired of it. I want to be able to live alongside my Pokemon without fear." Max admitted.

"Beo can easily give you that." the man said. Max looked down at his feet. He terribly wanted to join to feel again, to know how it feels to be happy around Pokemon. He looked slightly up at Ghastly who didn't know what to think. Max sighed, he wanted to join, but he knew if he didn't, the men would most likely battle him.

"I'll join you, but only if you beat me. If you do, this proves to me that you are truly strong." Max lied, either way he would still join. The men smirked and let go of him. Max backed up a few paces, and the men did the same.

"Go, Ghastly!" one of them shouted. In a blinding white light another Ghastly appeared. Max sighed knowing this battle would most likely be boring if he would be battling a Ghastly. "Ghastly use Night Shade!"

"Use Hypnosis!" Max countered.

The men's Ghastly closed its eyes and the place suddenly seemed to get darker. Suddenly, Ghastly yelled in pain, as something seemed to be hitting him. Max flinched as he saw his Pokemon getting pumbled.

Ghastly shook himself furiously, and the darkness began to fade as light shone through. Ghastly then turned around and shot purple rings out at the other Ghastly which had just appeared behind Ghastly a few seconds ago. The rings hit, and the men's Ghastly fell asleep.

"Now use Lick!" Max said.

Ghastly stuck his long tongue out and then lashed it out at the other Ghastly. Somehow, it woke the other one up, but it couldn't move at all. Sparks suronded it as it stood in place.

"What the?" one of the men yelled.

"Yes! Lick has a slight chance of paralysis. Lick again!" Max explained.

"Use Night Shade!" the man yelled furiously.

Ghastly stuck his long tongue out again, but by the time that he was ready to alsh it out, the other Ghastly had disappeared. Suddenly something started hitting him. Then Ghastly turned around and his tongue hit the Ghastly, knocking it to the ground. Ghastly dove for the opponent's dazed Ghastly, and then bit down.

The other Ghastly yelped in pain, and then was knocked out. Max sighed with relief as the men returned their fallen Ghastly. "Go, Haunter!" another man yelled stepping up to the battling field. In a blinding white flash, a dark purple ghost with two hands appeared. Max took out his Pokedex and scanned it.

Species: Haunter, the Gas Pokemon.
Entry: It licks with its gaseous tongue to steal the victim's life force. It lurks in darkness for prey.

Max returned the Pokedex to his pocket and wondered how he would beat this one. It was the evolved form of Ghastly. Ghastly clenched his teeth together, apparently he knew this would take a lot of strategy to win the battle.

"Ghastly use Hypnosis!" Max said.

"Use Hypnosis Haunter!" the man yelled.

Both Ghastly and the Haunter shot out four rings of purple energy at the each other. They never even hit the Pokemon they were aimed for, instead they hit in midair and canceled each other out.

"Use Hypnosis and follow it up with Lick!" Max quickly responded.

Ghastly shot out more purple rings of energy and stuck his long tongue out. He then followed the rings as they were shooting straight for Haunter. Haunter moved out of the way and missed the rings, but Ghastly lashed his tongue out and smacked Haunter in the face.

Haunter then grabbed Ghastly's tongue and threw him in to the dirt, which really didn't matter much about the dirt. Ghastly got up and the dirt just flowed through him to the ground.

"Haunter use Hypnosis and then Night Shade!" a man suddenly replied.

"Dodge and use Lick!" Max began to understand how Nightshade worked. THe user would disappear in to the drakness and start hitting the Pokemon, but the Pokemon could still hit the user.

Haunter shot out the rings of purple energy at Ghastly. Ghastly easily dodged those and dodged a few punches from the Haunter, just by moving out of the way. Ghastly stuck his tongue out and suddenly, the invisable Haunter grabbed it and threw Ghastly towards a tree.

Ghastly made himself transparent, and he went straight through the tree. Haunter became visable again, and nobody could see where Ghastly was. Suddenly, Ghastly bursted through the tree and slammed his tongue in to the surprised Haunter.

"Now use Hypnosis!" Max quickly responded.

Before the men could sya anything, Ghastly shot the rings of purple energy at the fazed Haunter, and sent him sleeping.

"Now Lick!"

Ghastly yawned and stuck his tongue out. He was begining to get bored. He then slammed his tongue in to the Haunter, sending it flying towards the men. The men caught their Haunter and noticed, that it was knocked out. Max smiled with victory as the men returned their Haunter and began to walk away.

"Hey wait! I was only bluffing. I want to join the Dark Brotherhood. I just wanted some last minute training." Max said.

The men turned around and smiled. THeir mission was a sucess.

END

 

[§acred†Beo!]

PikaLover10: Good post! I like how you used them to get some last minute training in. Gastly grew to lvl 10!

Alright the only one I believe is behind now is ShadowYashi so I will post the new chapter for the remaining clan of hope members later today after all my classes and wrestling practice.

As for all of those who have chosen the dark brotherhood, i'll inform him to post the first chapter for them tonight!

 

[M@XWeru]

Charlie hummed happily to herself as she walked down the street. She grinned, stretching taut the straps of her TM between her hands. "Maybe that Preston guy wasn't too bad after all. This one's a real treasure! According to my pokédex, Shadow Ball is one of the strongest attacks available to Duskull. What a sweetie... Oh, well - screw that. Duskull, get out here!". She brought out the ghost's pokéball and knocked it against the side of her head, causing it to open. From a surge of cyan light Duskull erupted, flexing its tendrils and generally making tough faces. Charlie giggled and waved a dismissive hand saying, "oh Duskie, lay off - I didn't bring you out to fight. No, I didn't bring you out to cuddle, either". A sweat drop at her temple, she patted the disappointed Duskull and indicated the Technical Machine. "Hey, don't be sad. I've got something for you!". Duskull turned around and looked on curiously as Charlie lifted the TM up before its face, her own face a mask of greedy anticipation. There was a flash, and the process was complete. Slapping her hands together, Charlie made a pirouette followed by a 'V' sign. "Yeah!", she cried. "Now, according to the pokédex (and common sense), Shadow Ball's power should increase even further when a ghost-type pokémon is using it. Heh heh, let's find some sucker to try it out on!". She had fire in her eyes.

It wasn't a long walk to the gym - even though Charlie hadn't at all been trying to find it. As she saw the broken building peek out from behind the next corner, she sighed deeply. "Damnit, I was hoping I'd get another battle before I had to come here. I bet this Zypher guy will talk forever and ever and ever and ever and ever, and I'll never get to try out Shadow Ball. I'm disappointed. Oh, well - I guess I'll just enter and get it over with". Slowly shuffling toward the ruined gym, Charlie was too preoccupied with her own self-pity to notice the shadows detaching from the general darkness of a side street. "Hey, you!", they called out, causing Charlie to jump three feet into the air and screech in fright. "Gah! Don't startle me like that! What do you want?", she shouted angrily. The three, having totally lost their villanous cool with the screaming, stuttered a couple of uhms and ehms before they caught hold of themselves and got to the point. "Well, you see... In short, we want you to join our organization and take part of the lovely darkness you see around you. It's that, or we kill you on the spot. It's a pretty good deal, if you ask us". Charlie looked at them with an embarrassed sweat drop, but soon scratched the back of her head and grinned. "Uh, yeah, okay", she said, provoking a crash from the three men and their mean stares. "But if I join you, could you, like, remove this darkness and give the world back some colour. I'm bored to death by this view!". The three men crashed to the ground again.

Waving his fist in anger - though still stuck in the tangle - one of the men responded, "we obviously won't do that!". Charlie shrugged. "Fine", she said, "but in that case, I don't really care about you. I'll join if it's to save my life though, so you'll have to prove it. Ekans, Duskull, use wrap and Shadow Ball!". The three men on the ground didn't have time to reach for their pokéballs before two of them were flung like ragdolls around the alley, bouncing off the brick walls, and the third one stuck in Ekans' coils. Slowly walking over to the last guy, Charlie squatted next to him and gave him a light slap on the cheek, laughing. "You guys are really stupid, aren't you? Shouldn't you make death threats only after you've beaten someone?". The man on the ground growled in response and mumbled something about "the rules", to which Charlie merely laughed again. "Yeah, right. I wonder, do you have any pokémon? Maybe I could have use of them!". Eyes widening, the man began to wriggle violently in Ekans' grasp, yelling stuff about how she couldn't just steal his pokémon. "Why not? You were trying to kill me, right? Ekans, squeeze him a bit harder... That's right. Now, lessee here... Only two pokéballs? Come on - I've only been a trainer for a day, and I have two pokémon. Let's open these!". Unceremoniously dropping the balls to the ground, she watched as Gastly and Haunter appeared.

Charlie sighed deeply. "Of course, my luck. I already have a ghost. Duskull, use Shadow Ball". Duskull all but obliterated the Gastly with its first Shadow Ball, a testament to the ghost type's weakness toward its own attacks. Haunter turned around, a fearful sweat drop at its temple. "Hah-haunter?", Haunter inquired. "Haunter! Use your Night Shade!", cried the man on the ground before Ekans had a chance to silence him, and Haunter's eyes began to glow. The attack hit both Charlie and Duskull, though their expressions as they looked up at Haunter, clothes smoking, revealed that it hadn't done much damage. "Haunter! Use- aaaAARGH!", the man screamed, as he was Wrapped so hard you could hear his bones crack. Haunter gave an expression of surprise and fear, before it was blasted out of the sky by a Shadow Ball that wasn't even ordered. Charlie rose and looked over to the alley, where the first two men lay knocked out from the blast, and the third unmoving in Ekans' coils, foaming at the mouth. With a smile and a shrug and an, "oh well", Charlie called her pokémon back, stuck her hands in her pockets and strolled on toward the Viridian gym.

 

[ShadowYashi]

"You know Nel, it would've been nice of you to wait and see what the TM did, rather than you taking it upon yourself to use it" Angela scolded her Sneasel, who gave a careless shrug "Sneasel Snea." Angela frowned "Still, that was pretty rude… what if its and attack that's compatible with Bolt too huh?" Nel once again gave a careless shrug, smirking arrogantly at the Pikachu that rested on Angela's shoulders, his eyes narrowed at the haughty Sneasel "You shouldn't be so arrogant Nel, someone's gonna come along and knock you down a few pegs… like that Glameow and Stunky, they almost beat us" Nel just ignored Angel and took to admiring her claws, wondering what new attack that TM gave her.

Sighing Angela shook her head as they walked through the practically dead town "As I stated before, this place is like a Ghost town… I'm surprised no one haunts this place… don't you guys find it creepy?" she murmured glancing at Bolt, who nodded and Nel, who shook her head no "Bah, your just putting up a front" Nel shook her head rapidly, she wasn't afraid of anything! "Hey look guys, it's the Gym! This is where I'm supposed to meet that Zypher guy or something" she said to herself "You two ready" she asked glancing at her Pokémon as she placed her hands on the door "Pika/Snea!" Bolt nodded and Nel smirked "Alright then, once we enter, there's no turning back, I wonder what awaits us inside…." with that said, she pushed the door open and entered the ruined gym.

Or at least, that's' what she would've done had not a voice call out to her.

"Hey kid!"

Angela, Bolt and Nel turned and saw two mysterious cloaked figures standing behind them, even their faces were covered, a feeling in her gut told Angela, that somehow these men seemed like bad new "Yes, is there something you want" the one cloaked figure on the left nodded "Yes, we would like to speak with you, for just a moment" Angel gave a slight nod "Alright, what is it?" even though their faces were covered, she could still feel the smirk and wicked grin as the one on the left spoke "Our boss, he see's potential in you kid and we were wondering if you'd join us, to help cleanse the world of all those who oppose us"

"Oppose you… and just what exactly do you want me to join?"

The man on the right spoke "Why, the Dark Brotherhood of course. Just think of all the power you could obtain by joining us and embracing the darkness our master has promised this himself, besides those weaklings of the Hope Clan couldn't teach you the things we could. Now, you have a choice, will you join us or stay with those weaklings." The man asked, fingering a ball at his belt, ready to attack her, should she refuse.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll stick with the Clan of Hope… I never was a big fan of the dark anyway" she replied snidely, noticing what he was up to "ThunderShock em Bolt!" Bolt nodded and leapt off her shoulder with sparking cheeks, he then let loose a shock of electricity aimed at the men, who dodged it easily and scoffed "Tch. Wrong move little girl, Ghastly use Night Shade!" he tossed out a Pokéball and the floating ball of purple gas with a mouth and eyes, sneered before firing off a multicolored beam at Bolt "Dodge and Thundershock again!" Bolt rolled out of the way of the oncoming beams and shocked Ghastly, who cried out before glaring at the smug mouse.

"Night Shade!"

"Thundershock!'

Both Pokémon fired their attacks, which lead to them canceling each other out as they met in mid air "Leer Ghastly!" Ghastly's eyes hardened as he leered at Bolt "Quickly, shut your eyes!" Bolt did as told and closed his eyes tight so the leer wouldn't affect him "Now, Night Shade!" Bolt had reacted to slow this time and got nailed with the Night Shade, but it didn't seem to affect him much "Finish this Bolt Thundershock, full power!" Bolt nodded and charged his cheeks, which sparked violently with energy "Let it loose!" with a raged cry, Bolt released the attack and Ghastly got the shocking of its life, causing it to stiffen before fainting. "Pssh, you just got lucky kid" the man on the left replied pulling out his Pokéball and sending his Pokémon off to battle.

"Haunter lets go! Start off with Hypnosis!"

"Dodge it Bolt and use Thundershock!"

Bolt quickly got out of the way of the Hypnosis attack and shocked Haunter, who froze as electricity danced on its gaseous form "Alright, you paralyzed it!" Bolt gave a grin at her words "You just got lucky brat. Haunter use Night Shade!" Haunter nodded as his eyes began to glow "Dodge it Bolt and use Thundershock" the man smirked as he murmured "I was hoping you'd do that. Quickly Haunter, grab it and use Hypnosis" Haunter nodded as he faded out of sight and appeared before Bolt, grabbing the mouse with ghostly appendages and locked his eyes with Bolt's, whose widened as blue rings entered his line of vision, knocking him out like a light "Crud, alright Nel… your up" Angel looked at Nel who and took Bolt place, tossing the snoozing mouse to her trainer before flexing her claws "Okay, first start off with Taunt!" Nel nodded and stuck out her tongue at Haunter, beckoning him to come at her with her claws.

Haunter growled out of annoyance, taking the bait "Damn" the man cursed, knowing the effects of Taunt "Use Night Shade and make it strong!" he barked, scowling at Angela "Try that TM move Nel, see what it can do!" Nel nodded and concentrated and then suddenly a larger claw of dark energy covered her both claws "Woah… that's Shadow Claw!" Nel smirked and charged at Haunter, bringing her claws down to slash the Ghost, who cried out in pain and hovered back a bit "Grr use Night Shade!" Haunter nodded, and his eyes began to glow ominously, but before he could attack, his muscles locked up "Damn paralysis!" the man cursed "Finish it Nel! Use Shadow Claw!" Nel nodded and charged at Haunter, bringing her claws down on him once more the Ghost cried out in alarm before his eyes rolled back into his head as he dropped to the ground and fainted "Grr stupid ghost" the man mumbled recalling his ball and turning to his comrade " the stupid kid obviously isn't joining, lets go"

The other figure nodded and pulled out a couple of smoke balls and tossing them down… when the smoke cleared, both men where no where to be found "Well, that was an interesting battle and that Shadow Claw of yours was cool Nel" Angel murmured giving her Sneasel praise as she held the sleeping Bolt in her arms "Sneasel Snea." she murmured giving a smug smile as the two turned towards the Viridian Gym doors, anxious to step inside.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

ShadowYashi: Great post! Sneasel grew to lvl 10, Sneasel wants to learn quick attack, and screech, but sneasel already knows four moves, delete any to make room? Also Pikachu grew to lvl 11!

M@xWeru: Duskull grew to lvl 12, Ekans grew to lvl 8!

This chapter is for members of the dark brotherhood, at the moment that is tim0789 and Pikalover10!

Everyone else in the clan of hope your chapter should be up shortly!


Chapter One: Dark Beginnings

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You and the other 'recruits' are brought to Pewter City, where you are immediately blindfolded an undisclosed location. Once there, you are brought, one at a time, to a dark room, where Beo, the leader of the Brotherhood, is located. However, you cannot see his face at this time, as it is covered by shadows.

This first post should describe your experiance with the dark leader.


Beo informs you that to join the brotherhood, you need to prove your worth, and of course, he has the perfect oppertunity to do so. He sends you with a former member of Clan Hope to discuss the mission. A member by the name of Tai Fayling brings you to the Mission Hall, as it is called. It 's a simple room, with a single table in the middle as well as shelves filled with maps and charts. The perfect place for a debreifing.


"You two need to work together on this as one, if you want to survive." Tai pulled out a map, which is easily recognizable as Cerulean City. "This is Cerulean City, a city which we are stil fighting for complete control. We once had a strong hold there, destroying the Pokemart and the PokeCenter there and driving away many trainers. However, now the Gym has been converted into a undercover Pokecenter, much like the one you two saw in Viridian." An evil grin fell over Tai's face "We need you to destroy the Pokecenter and steal some Pokemon." Tai turned around, pulling two Pokeballs with black tops off of a shelf. "These are Dark Balls." He explained, handing each of the two trainers one ball each. "Use these on a trainer's Pokemon, and they will be your. Capture the stongest you see. Also, meet us outside the city, near Mt. Moon, when you complete the mission." He turned to the trainer Max. "I see a bright future for you here, boy. Don't mess this up." Tai then turned to the trainer, Grecko. "As for you. You know what happens if you fail." Tai faced away, and walked out of the room. "Come on you two. We haven't got all night."

Part Two

Both trainers are brought to the edge of Cerulean City by, where he drops you off. He has also given you two Pokemon to help you complete the mission, which you can divide amongst yourselves.

Muk

Sludge Bomb, Acid Armor, Gunk Shot, Theif

Houndoom

Flamethrower, Pursuit, Shadow Claw, Theif


It is expected that in addition to destroying the undercover PokeCenter located in the old gym, that you will capture two Pokemon with the Dark Balls. Afterwords, you will meet back up with Tai at Mt. Moon.

How you complete the mission is up to you. Good Luck.

 

[tim0789]

Accepting the Darkness

After being forced into the Dark Brotherhood, Grecko arrives at Pewter City with the three men he fought earlier. "Well little boy it's time for your blindfold" the bigger man said as he quickly whipped a cloth over Grecko's eyes. "Ahh i can't see!" Grecko yelled out in anger. "It's for the better" the big man said as they carried Grecko into a small dark room.

The blind fold was than taken off of Grecko's room and he noticed another trainer in the room to, it was one of the trainer's from proffesor Oak's lab that day. Grecko wanderd if that kid was being forced into this to, but he didnt know for sure. All of a sudden a man walked in and Grecko was taken aback by his appearance.

The man had darkness covering his face so Grecko and the other couldnt see it. The man than began to speak. "You two are our newest recruits and you must prove your worth to us by succeeding in your first mission. This here is Tai Fayling and hes going to brief you on the mission. I will accept nothing but success...NOTHING!!!" the man finished with a holler and left the room.

Grecko watched as Beo the man who caused all this darkness left the room, and he couldnt believe he was now helping the one person he was supposed to stop. "Damnit this pisses me off!" Grecko thought to him self as he clenched his fist. The other boy just stared at him and smirked.

"You two come over here!" Tai commanded of the two pointing at a table with a map. Grecko walked over slowly and stared as the man began talking. "You two need to work together on this as one, if you want to survive." Tai pulled out a map, which is easily recognizable as Cerulean City. "This is Cerulean City, a city which we are stil fighting for complete control. We once had a strong hold there, destroying the Pokemart and the PokeCenter there and driving away many trainers. However, now the Gym has been converted into a undercover Pokecenter, much like the one you two saw in Viridian." An evil grin fell over Tai's face "We need you to destroy the Pokecenter and steal some Pokemon." Tai turned around, pulling two Pokeballs with black tops off of a shelf. "These are Dark Balls." He explained, handing each of the two trainers one ball each. "Use these on a trainer's Pokemon, and they will be your. Capture the stongest you see. Also, meet us outside the city, near Mt. Moon, when you complete the mission." He turned to the trainer Max. "I see a bright future for you here, boy. Don't mess this up." Tai then turned to the trainer, Grecko. "As for you. You know what happens if you fail." Tai faced away, and walked out of the room. "Come on you two. We haven't got all night."

Grecko listened to everything the man had to say and got pissed off when the man mentioned what would happen if he didnt help. Than Grecko looked over at the other boy and realized the boy was there under his own free will. Grecko looked back at Tai and began to walk with him on their first mission.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Tim0789: Alright post! Now go ahead and do the second part, I also liked the way you mentioned Pika in your post!

 

[Pikalover10]

Max looked down from the sky that they had been flying overhead. The world seemed so small from their height. Max had been riding one of the Fearow one of the men had along with one of the men and the other two flew on a different Fearow. Nobody had said anything, Max hadn't said anything as he had been very very nervous about the meeting.

Max looked down again and saw that they were going in for a landing, in Pewter City. Pewter City was where the first gym was! Max had always wanted to enter the Pokemon League also. He smiled and then suddenly flew off the bird's back as it roughly landed.

"Fearow, you still need to work on your landing." the man said. Max stood up and dusted his shorts and shirt off. He yanwed and then turned around to see that they were standing right in front of a huge buildng.

The men roughyl shoved him inside. Max allowed himself to be shoved without any objection. As soon as he stepped foot inside, he was tied up and had his eyes covered with a blindfold, then they untied him.

"I can't see a thing...ouch!" Max yelled as he walekd straight in to a wall. The men began laughing quietly and picked Max up by his arms. Then, they carried him off in to another room, lit only by a very dim lamp. The men took of his blindfold and Max found himself sitting in a chair in front of a desk. Another boy came in, struggling to get free and reluctantly sat down.

The boy gave the men that had carried him in a look that said something like 'I wish I could do what I wanna do right now'. The boy then looked at Max as the door closed, and Max just gave him a small little smile.

"Hi...my name's Max. What are you doing here?" Max whispered.

"I was forced to join. I hate this! Why are you here?" the boy asked clearly pissed by all that was happening.

"I...uh...I joined after they promised me that I would be stronger and would get over my fear of Pokemon...I wanted that so badly it was like my mind shut off. I don't even know who these people are." Max admitted.

Suddenly, another door flew open and a dark figure walked in. he slammed his hand on the table and began yelling. "You two are our newest recruits and you must prove your worth to us by succeeding in your first mission. This here is Tai Fayling and hes going to brief you on the mission. I will accept nothing but success...NOTHING!!!"

Max flinched as the door slammed shut again as the man left. Then, Tai grabbed both of them by their arm and shoved them in to another room, with one desk in the middle and tons of bookshelves lining against the walls with maps and things of the sort.

"You two need to work together on this as one, if you want to survive." Tai pulled out a cerulean blue map and rolled it out across the desk. It was easily redognizable as Cerulean City. "This is Cerulean City, a city which we are stil fighting for complete control. We once had a strong hold there, destroying the Pokemart and the PokeCenter there and driving away many trainers. However, now the Gym has been converted into a undercover Pokecenter, much like the one you two saw in Viridian." Tai then gave the map an evil grin. "We need you to destroy the Pokecenter and steal some Pokemon." Tai turned around, pulling two Pokeballs with black tops off of a shelf. "These are Dark Balls." Tai explained. Then he gave Max one and Max felt his lip start to wuiver. "Use these on a trainer's Pokemon, and they will be your. Capture the stongest you see. Also, meet us outside the city, near Mt. Moon, when you complete the mission." He turned his gaze on to Max, and Max suddenly gulped and stood up a little straighter. "I see a bright future for you here, boy. Don't mess this up." Then he turned around to the other trainer, and Max slumped over a little again. "As for you. You know what happens if you fail." Tai faced away, and walked out of the room. "Come on you two. We haven't got all night."

Max gulped. He didn't want to hurt anything. He just wanted to get over his fear, but now he had to destroy an entire Pokecenter? Outrageous. Max sighed as he guessed he had no other choice and looked over at his new partner. The kid had his teeth clenched and his hands were balled in to fists. Max made the Dark ball smaller and clipped it on to his belt. He closed his eyes and then followed Tai in to another room, and the other kid reluctantly followed.

END

 

[§acred†Beo!]

PikaLover10: Good post! You and Tim may now post part 2!
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Chapter 4 Clan of Hope
Shinning hope!

You and the others finally arrive inside the secret base of Clan of Hope. You look around as it really isn't anything you expected, you see a few trainers all of who look worn down and tired out, they really look like there ready to give in. As you stand there a man in a white suit comes and leads into another room that is very bright. You look ahead to notice a man up a staircase sitting in a big chair. This man is Zypher, all though at the moment the glare from all the lights are blocking you from seeing his true appearance. The man then starts to speak and everyone quiets down to listen.

"As I can see obviously a few of you who were all chosen by prof. Oak and myself have strayed away from the light, and gone to the darkness. They have made a horrible decision becuase I stand here in front of you today to tell you that you are the Kanto regions new hope, as most of the other trainers and there pokemon are worn down and tired, they need rest and that is why we have recruited you. At the current moment, all of your minds can be easily presauded by the Darkness becuase it offers power, but power my friends is nothing. Becoming a pokemon master is not all about Power, that is why Beo lost to me at the finals, and that is why the region is the way it is today"
Zypher said as he slowly sat back in his chair, and took a few deep breaths, and you could see something was wrong.

He then began to speak again "There is a pokemon healing device in the main lobby, heal your pokemon before you go on this first mission I am about to give you. Your first mission is going to be very dangerous and some of you may not make it back" He paused for a moment and took more deep breaths, something was wrong with him but he wouldn't let that stop him "You must go to the Virdian Forest, deep inside the forest you will find an object called the dark sphere, this is what Beo is using all around the region to cause this darkness we currently see. I have no doubt in my mind that if you destroy this sphere then pallet and Viridian will be freed from it's current state, but be careful because around this sphere is powerful dark type pokemon protecting it, including Dark Brotherhood members, so everyone on your way out, grab 5 potions each, and make sure to heal" Zypher said as he finally slumped over in his chair and passed out. His guards then urges everyone to leave and you are all forced out.

Post 1: What to do:

• Talk about the clan of hopes base, members, and what there current state looks like.
• Discribe the light and what your feelings are towards Zypher when you first see him (although you can't really see his true identity.
• Listen to what he has to say
• Leave and grab the 5 potions
• then heal your pokemon outside the the area.
• Leave the base

Chapter four part 2!

As you enter the forest you look around to swirls of dark odd looking vortex's swirling clock wise above almost every inch of the forest. You figure this must be from the dark sphere, also the every tree is not the normal color, but instead are all black, and the leaves are all long and dark covered in jagged edges. You start to wonder how far away to sphere is from your current location, and you decide to not worry about it and just keep moving around with a cautious step at every corner. Like Zypher said the forest was crawling with strong dark type pokemon due to the sphere as well as Dark Brotherhood members.

Wild Pokemon:

Shuppet
Lvl: 7-11
Moves:
Knock Off
Screech
Night shade

Houndour
lvl:8-12
Moves:
Leer
ember
howl
smog

Misdreavus
Lvl:8-12
Moves:
Growl
psywave
spite
astonish


Dark Brotherhood Pokemon

Houndoom
Lvl 13
Moves:
Thunder Fang
Ember
Howl
Smog

Haunter
Lvl 15
Moves:
Hypnosis
Lick
Night Shade
Curse

2 post for this part!!
What to do:

• describe the forest and the dark vortexs
• Catch a wild pokemon
• or battle a Dark Brother hood member

NOTE YOU CAN ONLY CATCH A WILD POKEMON IN A POST< AND BATTLE A DARK BROTHERHOOD MEMBER IN THE OTHER POST, you decide how you want to do this.

ALso note that you do not find the dark sphere in this chapter that will be chapter 5!
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[Wolfwhispers]

Shaun looked around, eyeing the faces of each trainer warily. He had pulled up his hood and put a black bandana around the lower part of his face, leaving only his eyes open to be viewed. Most of the trainer's looked exhausted, but Shaun could see a few others were looking around like him: Scoping out the competition.

Perhaps they were having doubts, or different plands, much like him. These were the people Shaun chose to watch more carefully, wondering if perhaps they would be allies in the future. Just in case.

All too soon, a man came up to speak, though Shaun, nor anyone else, could see his face.

"As I can see obviously a few of you who were all chosen by prof. Oak and myself have strayed away from the light, and gone to the darkness. They have made a horrible decision becuase I stand here in front of you today to tell you that you are the Kanto regions new hope, as most of the other trainers and there pokemon are worn down and tired, they need rest and that is why we have recruited you. At the current moment, all of your minds can be easily presauded by the Darkness becuase it offers power, but power my friends is nothing. Becoming a pokemon master is not all about Power, that is why Beo lost to me at the finals, and that is why the region is the way it is today," Zypher said as he slowly sat back in his chair, and took a few deep breaths, and Shaun could see something was wrong.

Shaun sneered from underneath the bandana. This man was weak... no, he was sick. But what was wrong with him? And what does this man mean by being a Pokemon Master wasn't power? What a load of bull. This was becoming a worthless waste of time.

He then began to speak again. "There is a pokemon healing device in the main lobby, heal your pokemon before you go on this first mission I am about to give you. Your first mission is going to be very dangerous and some of you may not make it back." He paused for a moment and took more deep breaths, something was wrong with him but he wouldn't let that stop him "You must go to the Virdian Forest, deep inside the forest you will find an object called the dark sphere, this is what Beo is using all around the region to cause this darkness we currently see. I have no doubt in my mind that if you destroy this sphere then pallet and Viridian will be freed from it's current state, but be careful because around this sphere is powerful dark type pokemon protecting it, including Dark Brotherhood members, so everyone on your way out, grab 5 potions each, and make sure to heal," Zypher said as he finally slumped over in his chair and passed out.

How pathetic, Shaun thought, eyes dark as he glared at the man being carried away. With a scoff, he pushed his way to the front and healed his pokemon.

"Hey, you," one boy said with an angry grunt. He was obviously irritated with being pushed out of the way and, like all the scared looking ones, overly suspicious. "What's your name, and what's the rush?"

Shaun sneered. "You really think I'd tell you a name when I'm hiding my face?" he said, deepening his voice so that it wasn't recognized by anyone. He wasn't taking a chance. "What a fool," he hissed.

Brushing away from the boy's suspicious gaze (as well as everybody else), Shaun grabbed the five potions and hurried out of the meeting place. He was back in the city, though well hidden in the shadows. Surprisingly, it was getting dark. He checked his watch. It was seven at night, and with the haze that was constant, night got much darker really quickly.

"Idiots," Shaun muttered as he watched a group of laughing trainers leave the meeting, already running to the forest.

They were betting each other that they would stop this strange Dark Sphere or whatever it was first. Rolling his eyes, Shaun moved to follow, his hand constantly on his pokeballs, just in case he would need to take somebody out. It was a good thing he was keeping an eye out for things, because a group of men in dark clothing, their faces covered, were slinking towards the abandoned make-shift pokemon center.

He quickly released Bulbasaur, a good distance from them and was glad he did so since the light was quite bright and Bulbasaur exited with a "Blba!"

"Shh," Shaun hissed. "Keep quiet, there's something going on." The grass type nodded in understanding and followed his trainer quietly.

Creeping along through the shadows, they hid behind them, watching as two people snuck into the building, the older looking men staying out.

Initiation, Shaun thought, making sure his face was still covered. He was interested to see how this would turn out. He wanted to know this Dark Brotherhood's game, and see if he could work it around his own, much like Clan of Hope.

"Brat's better not screw up," one of the men muttered as the other one talked about how it was almost impossible to screw up because of the pokeballs they had.

That's what caught Shaun's attention. His eyes immediately sought out the black balls on the mans belt. He nudged Bulbasaur and nodded at the man's belt. Nodding and giving a cheeky grin, Bulbasaur allowed a single vine to escape from its bulb. Slithering the shadows like a hunting Ekans, Bulbasaur carefully brought up its vine around a single black pokeball. The man twitched for only a moment, far too busy on watching the pokemon center, and Bulbasaur took his chance. The vine wrapped around the ball and brought it back.

Shaun and Bulbasaur immediately back off, far away from them and closer towards the forest the other trainer's had already headed off to. "Saur," Bulbasaur said, giving the ball to his trainer.

"Good job," Shaun said with a grunt. "Now let's get to this forest. We'll leave these men to their little initiation. Whatever happen's isn't our problem."

"Bulba!" the grass type said happily. Together, they rushed off to their new destination.

Behind some trees, the same boy that had demanded to know who Shaun was back at the meeting, watching his every move before running after him. All the while he held his hand over one pokeball and one ultra ball. The pokeball held his closest and strongest friend. The ultra ball was a secret weapon, and although tempramental and not as strong as he would have liked, as it was still young, was a fail safe. The ultra ball had been an emergency, but he didn't care. Now he knew all that money wasted would be worth it...

OOC: The ball will be used with an incredibly long and one of my best posts if allowed to keep. Sorry I didn't ask permission first. It just sorta came. If I can't keep it, I'll rewrite this.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

WolfWhispers: Good post! I like how you describe the things and people around you! Now go ahead and post part two which I just added! also the shadow ball is fine to have :)...

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Shaun walked through the forest, his eyes trailing over the blackened trees. Each leaf and trunk had sharp edged on it. He wasn't sure if they were poisoned, thanks to the contamination, but he wished he could experiment. What a shame he didn't have an Eevee. He had heard one of the evolutions was created thanks to a certain type of moss. What would happen if he used these leaves?

Grabbing a spare paper bag in his backpack, he carefully put some of the sharp leaves and spikes from the tree into the bag and put it safely into his backpack. While he didn't know if they would be useful, there was always future experimentation when he had the time.

"Misss," a ghostly voice wailed, causing Shaun to jerk his body toward the voice. There, right in front of him, was a purple and gray ghost floating in front of him with a mischievious smirk.

"Go, Bulbasaur!" Shaun snapped, nodding to the grass type that had been trailing by his feet.

"Saur!" Bulbasaur cried, jumping forward.

"Mis mis!" Misdreavus said happily, grinning mockingly at the overeager grass type.

"Leech Seed," Shaun ordered.

"Sub!" Seed shooting out of Bulbasaur's bulb, it landed on the ghost type and wrapped tight vines around the shocked ghost type and sucked away its energy.

"Miis!" Misdreavus cried, eyes glowing a soft purple as it shot a Psywave attack at Bulbasaur.

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur cried, the beam hitting its side, causing more mental than physical pain.

"Bulbasaur, Vine Whip," Shaun snapped at his pokemon. "And dodge those attacks. We can't afford to have you get hurt right now.

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur barked in understanding, running at the grimacing ghost type. "Saurr!" Bulbasaur cried, vines whipping out speedily and slapping the ghost type right in the face.

"Misd!" Misdreavus cried, spinning in the air from the slap in the face. "Mis Mid!" the ghost type cried angrily, ignoring the pain from the Leech Seed this time. "Miiis!" Misdreavus screamed, charging at Bulbasaur, her body glowing purple.

"An Astonish attack... Dodge!" Shaun barked out quickly.

"Bulbaa!" the grass type snarled, jumping high into the air and twisting its body out of the way.

"Mis," Misdreavus growled angrily, face turning to see Bulbasaur fly past just mere inches away before her eyes widened in shock.

"Sa," Bulbasaur smirked, urged on by Shaun's next command. "Bulba!" Vines whipping out, Bulbasaur slapped the ghost type a good three times. Twice in the face, and the final third, right in the back, where she was slammed to the ground.

"Miss," Misdreavus hissed, floating back into the air with a grimace. She sneered at the grass type, angered by the humulation it was inflicting upon her. She could make out the other Misdreavus's and Shuppet's in the trees, silently laughing at her plight. "Dreeeavus!" she screamed, eyes glowing fiercely as she shot off Psywave after Psywave.

"Dodge all of them!" Shaun ordered.

"Sau," Bulbasaur gulped, jumping and twisting and dodging all the attacks that came his way. "Sab," Bulbasaur grimaced, finally getting hit as two twisting beams finally made a hit. There were only so many ways the bulgy grass type could doge.

"Bulbasaur, are you still able to battle?" Shaun asked of his pokemon.

Giving a loud huff, Bulbasaur shook himself, bulb wobbling a bit. "Sar!" Bulbasaur barked, nodding. A slight grin appeared on his face as Misdreavus cried out, the Leech Seed taking away her energy. Bulbasaur gave a sigh as he recieved some of that energy to heal.

"Good; now use Vine Whip!" Shaun demanded.

"Bulbaa!" Bulbasaur roared, charging forward angrily, vines snapping about.

"Mis!" Misdreavus cried, firing more Psywaves.

"Ba! Ba! Ba!" Bulbasaur cried each time he jumped to the side, missing each Psywave with a cocky grin. "Saar!" Vines snapping forward, Bulbasaur slapped the ghost type two times with its two whips, getting high pitched screech of pain each time.

"Mis! Mis!" Misdreavus cried out, eyes glowing a quicky gray before falling to the ground.

"Bu," Bulbasaur winced, feeling the Spite attack drain some of its power.

"Finish it," Shaun commanded. "We need to keep moving."

"Sar," Bulbasaur said with an eager grin. Red eyes staring into the dull eyes of Misdreavus, Bulbasaur let the ghost type see its cocky grin before slamming it into the world of unconciousness with its vines. "Bulba!"

Shaun watched the ghost type faint right there. Its body randomly became see-through. Around him, other ghost types of the forest began to creep out and openly mock the defeated ghost type. Some of them turned to Shaun eagerly.

Aura...

Shadow...

Darkling...

Their whispers carried throughout the forest, making Bulbasaur shift nervously. While he understood what they were saying, Shaun didn't. He just watched them with a sort of detached interest. Bulbasaur noticed his trainer take a deep breath, as if finding a scent. Could he smell what the darkness smelled like? It was a scent that either appealed to you or didn't, but humans couldn't smell it. They had such horrible senses. While the smell never bothered Bulbasaur, and he knew Sneasel loved the smell, he was beginning to wonder if it was having an impact on his trainer...

"Let's go," Shaun commanded, walking forward.

Bulbasaur followed, red eyes watching the ghost type pokemon make a path willingly...

 

[Pikalover10]

Max looked down from the sky over the Viridian Forest. The rest of the trainer's he had seen from Professor Oak where there, and so where a bunch of hooded men.

"Those hooded men are people from The Dark Brotherhood, Max." Tai said.

Max nodded and kept looking foreward. Eventually they arrived at the edge of Cerulean City. Then Max and the other kid leapt off the Fearow's back. Tai stepped off of the Fearow's back and gave them each one Pokeball with a Pokemon in it.

"USe these to destroy the Pokemon Center, you two." Tai said, then he jumped back on to the Fearow's back and left. Max stared at the Pokeball in his hands for what seemed like hours. Finally the other kid broke the silence.

"So...What Pokemon do you think is in your's?" he asked.

"I don't know." Max replied "But, let's find out!" Max pressed the button in the middle of the ball and out popped a black dog with fangs and a long black devil's tail. The other kid nodded and called out his Pokemon too, which revealed a purple monster of gunk.

"Oh my god! That reeks!" the two boys said at the exact same time. The purple sludge smelt awefully bad. Max took out his Pokeball to scan the Pokemon.

Species: Houndoom, the Dark Pokemon.
Entry: Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the grim reaper.
Moveset: Flamethrower, Pursuit, Theif, Shadow Claw.

Species: Muk, the Sludge Pokemon.
Entry: A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
Moveset: Sludge Bomb, Acid Armor, Theif, Gunk Shot.

Then, Max had an idea. "Hey, I got an idea. Since Sludge Bomb is flamable and my Houndoom can use Flamethrower, why don't you get him to use Sludge Bomb in cretain areas and then I can get Houndoom to use Flamethrower in those spots, we rush out, and then boom! We got the Pokemon Center down." Max said.

"Hmmm. It could work. But we'll most likely get split up in battles with local trainer's who don't want it gone. Not to mention we gotta do this quick because of the police. Oh, by the name my name is Grecko." Grecko said.

"Oh yeah. I totally foregot about the police. Dang it all!" Max said.

The two boys sighed and looked around for the Pokemon Center. Then, Max spotted the old gym. He pointed to it and then the two stealthily made their way across, which they probabaly didn't have to do, considering they still had their normal clothes on. They came to the corner of the secret Pokemon Center.

"Muk, use a weak Sludge Bombo right here on the corner." Grecko said, pointing to part of the wall. The Muk nodded and sprayed some brown, stinking sludge on the corner. The two boys nodded and they backed up to behind a nearby house, Muk next to them, and Houndoom a little in front.

"Houndoom Flamethrower!" Max yelled. Houndoom shot out a column of flames at the gunk. It hit and the entire wall exploded! Many screams were heard from inside while a few trainers came rushing out to see wha the comotion was. Max quickly returned Houndoom, while Greckro returned Muk and they sat down to look like normal kids talking about stuff.

A few people ran away while two trainers stayed to battle. Max figured Grecko could take one, and he could take the other one. Max and Grecko stood up and faced one trainer each. Max called out Houndoom and Grecko called out Muk.

"Go, Totodile!" the trainer in front of Max said.

"Go, Pokemon!" the trainer in front of Grecko said. Max couldn't here what Poekmon he had called out.

"Houndoom use Shadow Claw!" Max called out.

"Totodile use Water Gun!" the trainer yelled.

Houndoom held up his front right claw and it was engulfed in a shadow claw. He then started running at the little alligator in front of him and the alligator shot out a shot of water. Houndoom jumped over the water and slammed his claw in to the alligator's head.

Totodile tumbled back and fell on his back. "Houndoom use Pursuit!" Max called. Houndoom disappeared and then reappeared right behind Totodile. He turned around and kicked Totodile away with his hind legs, sending it flying in to a nearby tree.

"Totodile!" the trainer called out in anguish.

"Now use Shadow Claw once more!" Max said.

Houndoom's front right claw was engulfed in a shadow claw again and he bounded towards the dazed alligator. He then slammed the claw in to the alligator. It cried out in pain and his head sunk down as he was unconcious.

Max figured this was the Pokemon he could snag. He took the Dark Ball that Tai had given him and tossed it at the alligator, underhanded. It hit the Totodile, and engulfed it in a bright red flash, and the Totodile disappeared in to the Dakr Ball. It wriggled back and forth, and then it stopped. Totodile had been snagged. Max walked over and retrieved the ball as Houndoom came over next to him.

Max started petting Houndoom's head, as praise for his hard work. He looked back to where the trainer was, but it was gone. Grecko came up next to Max, with a Dark ball in his hand too, and his trainer had fled also.

"Houndoom use Flamethrower on the gym to set it on fire and let's go." Max said.

"USe Sludge Bomb, Muk." Grecko countered.

Houndoom shot out a huge column of flames at the crumpling gym. They hit it, and in a matter of seconds the gym was set on fire. Then Muk shot out a bunch of Sludge and once it hit the flames, it blew. The entire hidden Pokemon Center blew up and there was nothing but ash left. But Max and Grecko had purposely made sure that nobody and nothing living had been in there.

The two returned their Pokemon and turned around to head for Mt. Moon, where they would meet Tai.

END
(In case you wanted to know...Totodile will be level. 7 if that's ok with you:))

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Wolfwhispers: Good post! Bulbasuar grew to lvl 13! Bulbasuar wants to learn Sleep powder and Poison powder, delete any moves to make room?

PikaLover10: I read your post and everything seems good, but you'll have to wait for Wolfsrain to come grade it, since he is in charge of the Dark Brotherhood members now!

 

[Monochrome]

Lost Enthusiasm

Gage was excited and ready to present himself to Zypher, finally he could show what he was worth and get the recognition he deserved. But as he walked into the base he slowl began to realize that his expectations weren't totally acurate The base was in shambles and was as dark inside as the world was outside. The members, instead of being confident and excited were worn down and tired, they all appeared to have seen things darker than any person should ever have to witness in their whole life.

" This.... this can't be right." Gage said to himself. Behind him he heard a senior member of Clan Hope say, "Oh this is pretty much as right as it gets kid, trust me you get used to it." Gage was baffled, what was he supposed to say? What was he supposed to do, he thought that the Clan was a group of joyous freedom fighters who worked together to scourge evil, but all these people looked like average joes and were just as bleak as everyone else. Gage tilted his hat down and leaned against a wall waiting for Zypher to reveal himself, at least Gage knew that he would be the same.

While Gage waited he noticed a few of the other new recruits waiting around, Shaun in particular. Although he was trying to cover his face for some reason Gage recognized him just from the presence that the kid gave off, something about that kid just really set Gage off in a bad way. After about fifteen minutes of just sitting there a man in a white suit approched Gage and all the other recruits and brought them into a seperate room. The new room was overly bright, Gage couldn't even see a thing. All of a sudden at the top of a long winding stair case a man in a chair brought everyone to attention, Gage realized that this must be Zypher, but something wasn't right.

"As I can see obviously a few of you who were all chosen by prof. Oak and myself have strayed away from the light, and gone to the darkness. They have made a horrible decision becuase I stand here in front of you today to tell you that you are the Kanto regions new hope, as most of the other trainers and there pokemon are worn down and tired, they need rest and that is why we have recruited you. At the current moment, all of your minds can be easily presauded by the Darkness becuase it offers power, but power my friends is nothing. Becoming a pokemon master is not all about Power, that is why Beo lost to me at the finals, and that is why the region is the way it is today"
Zypher said as he slowly sat back in his chair, and took a few deep breaths.

Something was waaayyy off and Gage knew it, this wasn't the confident strong trainer Gage remembered idolizing as a child, he was weak and feeble, something was terrible wrong.

He then began to speak again "There is a pokemon healing device in the main lobby, heal your pokemon before you go on this first mission I am about to give you. Your first mission is going to be very dangerous and some of you may not make it back" He paused for a moment and took more deep breaths, something was wrong with him but he wouldn't let that stop him "You must go to the Virdian Forest, deep inside the forest you will find an object called the dark sphere, this is what Beo is using all around the region to cause this darkness we currently see. I have no doubt in my mind that if you destroy this sphere then pallet and Viridian will be freed from it's current state, but be careful because around this sphere is powerful dark type pokemon protecting it, including Dark Brotherhood members, so everyone on your way out, grab 5 potions each, and make sure to heal" Zypher said as he finally slumped over in his chair and passed out.

Gage was urged out of the room by the guards and then brought to the supply room. While his pokemon were healing on the machine Gage grabbed five potions and began asking questions of the other members about Zypher. " Hey dude," he said to the nearest member, " Is Zypher normally like thati?" The very tall man looked at him and with a gimmace said "That's the most I've seen of him in a long time, you kids ust be pretty important for him to come out of that room of his." Gage shrugged and after grabbing his pokeballs left the gym in a hurry.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Sumner: Great post!! I liked how you describe what you expected, and how it wasn't anything like that. You are good to post the next part!

 

[Wolf in the Rain]

Pikalover10: Great Post! I like the idea about the Sludge Bomb/ Flamethrower Explosion! Also...
Congratulations! Max snagged a Lvl 7 Totodile!
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(Good Choice, Totodiles are my favorite Pkmn :))