When Darkness Lurks, Episode 1

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"With this machine I can create any type of Pokemon possible. Man made creations!" A dark figure, with an unfamiliar voice cackled. He stood nestled in the darkness of the lab, the only light radiating from inside the monstrous machine; "I will soon rule the world! HA HA HA HA!"

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It was a day like any other. There was nothing special about it. The wind wiped through the trees the same as it always did; the water in the stream ran the same. So what was so different. Was it because it was earlier than Ash usually woke up, or was it because it was so peaceful and serene. No. This was the first time since Brock left that he could admire his surroundings alone. But was he alone. He sat quietly, watching, as Misty slept near by. He admired her every feature. Her soft red hair, he rosy cheeks, her soft pink lips. She looked like an angel sleeping there, peacefully. He knew the moment wouldn't last. As soon as she woke up, the peace would be gone. He then cleared his thoughts of the sleeping girl and walked over the stream.

"I think I better wash my face." He said as he gazed at the dirty reflection staring back at him. He carefully cupped the water in his hands and splashed it on his face, he let a slight shiver, the water was cold. "Brrrrr."

He fixed his mussed hair and walked over to his sleeping bag. He pulled some clothes out of his backpack and changed into them. He was feeling better now that he was a little cleaner. But something was still bothering him. But, he couldn't figure out what. As he continued to dress, he slipped on his shoes and tied them one by one, then he heard a notice in the brush.

"What's that?" He whispered to himself. He slowly approached the brush, the rustling got louder and louder. As her peered in a small animal jumped out at him.

"Pikachu?" Ash said, surprised by the power he little guy used to knock him to the ground, "You really scared me. But, shhhh! We have to be quiet, Misty's still sleeping." Pikachu just looked up at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"Chu." Pikachu shrugged and hopped off of Ashes chest and found a nice juicy apple and began to chomp away at it.

Ash continued to dress as Pikachu chopped happily on his apple. When Ash was done, he decided to go look for something to eat. He started to search through the woods for some berries and nuts. Just as his hunt was starting to become successful, he heard a big crash.

"It came from the left." He thought to himself. He headed in the direction of the crash and soon was face to face a run down looking cottage. Behind as curious as he was, he peered through a small window that looked onto the bottom floor. Inside it was dark and smoky, he could barely make out the figures inside. Just as the smoke cleared, the figures got clearer... and clearer.... Now he could see a dark looking man. He looked very evil. The man started looking around, and fooling with some machine.

"Chu!" Pikachu came up behind Ash and startled him, causing him to jump, hitting a garbage can that was sitting outside. The man looked out of the window. Ash quickly put his hand over Pikachu's mouth and jumped out of the way. Little to Ash’s knowledge, the man saw him, but made no attempt to let him know.

"Let's go Pikachu." Ash whispered to the little mouse. He ran off with Pikachu trailing behind. By the time he reached the camp, he noticed Misty was nowhere to be found, "Hmmmm. She must be down b the stream. I'll wait ‘til she gets back."

A few minutes later Misty returned, all washed up and ready for a day of adventure.

"No. I was just wondering." They sat in silence for a few minutes. Ash looked troubled, "Something’s up, isn't it?"

"Yeah but, that's not the point. I think he might of saw me. And he's not he type of guy I think you want to mess with."

"Oh. Well, don't let it bother you too much. We've got a long walk to the city."

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"That boy... He was watching me... Watching me work.... Watching me.... Probably trying to steal my plans for my machine. Well, he's not going to get them, and I'll make sure of it. His story won't reach anyone else." The professor sneered, planing his revenge.

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"Hurry up, slow poke! Check this out!" She called back standing near the edge of a cliff. Ash soon caught up.

"Look at the valley, there's smoke coming from it. Over there!" She said pointing to the obvious location.

"Scared? Who said anything about being scared? I'm just being cautious!" She shouted at the speedy boy seemed to already be half way down the trail. She started to run after him, and eventually caught up with him.

"Shut up... and keep walking." She pushed him, out of breathe herself. Pikachu slowly stumbled along behind them. His pudgy feet carrying him as fast as he could go. They soon reached their destination. But a fire was no where to be found. Just a bunch of smoke. No singed plants, or anything of the sort. There was no trace of a fire except for the smoke.

"That's strange," Misty commented, "fires usually leave more than just smoke behind."

"I dunno." Suddenly a dark figure jumped out from behind the blanket of smoke, heading right for them. It knocked both Ash and Misty to the ground, it seemed to be flying. It looked like some sort of Pokemon, only it was like a ghost. It had to definite shape, and only had red eyes, no mouth, no nose. The creature turned around and headed for Ash, as if trying to attack him, only it missed. And hit Misty.

The strange creature seemed to enter right into her body. She let out blood curdling screams of pain and horror.

"MISTY!!!"Ash screamed reaching out to her, trying to protect her. But he was stopped. Suddenly a bright light radiated from Misty's body. When the flash disappeared, Misty collapsed to her knees. She held her throat and gasped for air. All Ash could do was sit back and watch in horror. He watched as she started to shake, as if she was having a seizure. She fell completely to the ground and darkness started to cover her. Ash could feel the tears starting to build up as he watched his dear friend being engulfed by darkness. The dark cloud took the shape of her body. The darkness disappeared as if it dissolved into her body. What was left was her, but she was different. Evil. She now began to float above the ground, her had haning down, as if lifeless. She was dressed in all black and her hair was down.

"Wha... Misty. Can you hear me? Misty! What's going on?" Ash called out, but nothing seemed to shake her.

"Not quite what I was aiming for, but she'll do. She's mine now." A sinister voice called from the shadows.

"Who are you? What do you want with her?"Ash screamed, tears streaming from his eyes.

"Huh? How does he know my name?" Ash said to himself. Suddenly the wind started whipping wildly through the trees, the sky grew dark, it started to thunder and lightning. Ash looked at Misty. His head rose, showing him fearsome, glowing red eyes. He started at her in horror.