chapter 14 : Shadow travel

The sun was about to set soon so Alex has decided to camp in the forest that night and started to make tent for himself. He has his Growlithe and pikachu gather woods for bonfire.

If it wasn't for fact that he now has a pseudo champion and pseudo king level pokemons with him he wouldn't dare to create a big fire to attract attention of wild pokemons but their presence emboldened him.

The three ghosts decided to stay with Alex and would head back for the tower the next day. When Alex asked if they would like him to release them as his pokemons, they refused it on the grounds that being his pokemon officially they won't have to fear the threat of being captured by other trainers.

Another reason was to see if what Alex told them was really true or if he was bluffing and exaggerated them the success rate of creation.

And so Alex did. He created pokecube right in front of the trio and they themselves saw how delicate the process was and how any slight mistake might affect the whole thing and reduce all the effort to dust.

Of course Alex was acting all along as he tried to divert his aura elsewhere and make an impression that he didn't know much about aura and he was making a mistake.

After confirming their attention they turned their attention from Alex and diverted to the two ghosts who will be leaving them soon.

During dinner Alex has released all his pokemons and Gengar got to meet Haunter once again. Alex saw that while they ate, Haunter and Gengar discussed something although he doesn't know whether it was good or bad.

One of the most probable thing Gengar could have mentioned to Haunter about joining the tower after his demise. As many dragon and ghost types join different settlement after the life of their trainer comes to an end.

Next day while they were prepared to depart towards the sky town which was few days journey from their current location on foot Gengar volunteered to help them reach the town quickly.

He also revealed that Dusknoir would be the one responsible for transporting the ghost stones and returning back with ghost cubes.

When Alex asked how he was gonna take them there soon as Gengar aren't known for learning teleport Gengar just smiled mysteriously and muttered in Alex mind," there is a reason I am the leader of the ghosts."

So after the kids told their farewell to their parents, Gengar asked Alex to return his pokemons or have as less pokemons with him as possible for sake of convenience in transportation.

Alex felt he won't cheat or injure him if he wanted to get the cubes so he agreed and only had his Pikachu riding his shoulders.

After being prepared or as ready as he could be Alex told Gengar he was ready to go. Soon Gengar started to smile menacingly and the shadows before Alex rose from the ground and surrounded the trio.

Alex felt he was heading somewhere at a very quick speed and felt his stomach was becoming uncomfortable. He felt he may vomit everything he ate last night and this morning.

Soon they cane to a halt and the surrounding shadow began to fade returning to the original position at their back. After coming to a halt, first thing Alex did was bend on his knees and vomit everything out with Pikachu rubbing his back softly to ease things for Alex.

Gengar who was the initiator of all this just laughed merrily. Alex after recovering saw he was in a forest and not in a town as he was initially told about so he asked him glaring," Where are we now? And what the hell was that?"

Gengar just kept smiling and said," That was shadow movement. All ghosts have their special skills. Dusknoir has spirit skills, Mismagius has illusion and we Gengar are the ruler of the shadows. That's why normally we Gengar are leader of the pack.

I know how you felt about training the other two kids but we're clueless about your Haunter. Not that I can blame you. Shadow powers reveal themselves when we evolved into Gengar but your Haunter is a special one.

He has already touched the realm of shadows. It would only grow stronger as time goes. But don't let him lose to the shadows or else he won't be who he is but a raging killing creature who only yearn for destruction.

Shadow realm provide us Gengar great powers but if we don't control the power and let the power control us, we become killers with no feelings. So stay cautious when you reach out for it .

Also whenever you train him at this, make sure a pokemon powerful than him is nearby to calm him down or stop him before he becomes too destructive. "

" So you are sure he would lose control?" Alex asked

" I am 100% sure. The power is too alluring for us that all of us lose to it. And from what I see about your Haunter, if he try to reach it at Haunter form he may lose control about 5-8 times and in Gengar form it would be double.

Don't think it is too much. I myself list sense at least thirty times. I take into account your Haunter's personality and skills so they are reduced.

After evolving to Gengar we are more close to our primal nature than ever. Every pokemon at final stage has this situation so they are more quicker to lose control.

That's why I once again ask you to take great caution when dealing with that field." Gengar finished with a very serious expression.

Alex nodded that he would take precautions. He don't know what the shadow realm was but he knows that it is powerful from what his aura told him while they were moving in the shadows.

" So why did you drop us here? Didn't you say you will drop us at the town directly?" Alex asked

Gengar just giggled at Alex and said," The situation here is very interesting. Be prepared. You will have a very big problem right in front of you. "

" How big is the problem?"

" Won't it be telling you if I reveal everything. Good luck kid." And after saying that Gengar sink into his shadow and his shadows dashed away from Alex.

Gengar has created a barrier around them as soon as they appeared here which surprised Alex and couldn't find the reason and before he could ask Gengar has dashed away.

As soon as the barrier dropped multiple Rattata appeared around Alex surrounding him. Pikachu immediately solved them with volt tackle but their sudden appearance was surprising to say the least

Alex immediately took out Jewel and in the map found he was few hundred metre away from the town in the north.

He ran towards the town quickly so he won't be surrounded by the wild pokemons again. After he ran in his previous position more wild pokemons such as Paras, Spearow and even Pidgeotto has appeared in groups.

After few minutes of running Alex appeared at the gate of the town. Now the main gate was closed and only smaller gate was open for entry.

And even at the entrance he was asked which grade of trainer he was. On saying his pokemon trainer ID and his rank as advanced trainer he was taken away by a pair of people towards the town hall at the center.

What is happening at this town? Why did Gengar say there Alex will have a problem in front of him? Why were there so many pokemons out there so close to the town? Stay tuned

To be continued….