CHAPTER 10:TO THE WEST

THE NIGHT WAS BEGINNING TO APPEAR. AND THE TRAVELERS WERE REACHING THE DESTINATION.

ROSE:REMEMBER NOT TO ENTER THE WESTERN KINGDOM, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

DITTO:WHY?.

MEWTWO:AT NIGHT. GHOST TYPES GAIN GREATER POWER AND AGILITY.

BRAIXEN:I MUST ADMIT THAT THIS KINGDOM SCARES ME.

DITTO:BUT THE BERRIES THEY GROW ARE THE BEST.

ROSE:THEY HAVE SPRING WEATHER. WITH THAT CLIMATE. YOUR CROPS GROW FASTER AND TASTE BETTER.

MEWTWO:THOSE GHOSTS ARE WORTH PUTTING UP WITH TO TASTE THEIR FOOD.

DIAZ:...THEY HAVE A GOOD ICE CREAM.

LONG AGO, WHEN DIAZ WAS 6 YEARS OLD. HE AND MAXIMILIAN WERE GOING TO THE WESTERN KINGDOM TO TAKE A BACKLOG OF BERRIES.

DIAZ:PLEASE! ONLY ONE! I'LL PAY YOU LATER!

MAXIMILIANO:....(SIGH)A GENGAR ICE CREAM, PLEASE.

BANETTE:HEH. IT WILL BE 60 COINS.

MAXIMILIANO:.....OKAY.

AND BUYING. THEY KEEP WALKING IN THE VILLAGE.

DIAZ:MMMMM, IT'S THE BEST ICE CREAM I'VE EVER HAD.

MAXIMILIANO:REMEMBER DIAZ. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE LATE WITH OUR BERRY ORDER.

DIAZ:AH YEAH, (LICKED) HOW DO YOU SAY IT HAPPENED?.

MAXIMILIAN:THE OUTLAW CAME TO THE KINGDOM AND LOOTED VARIOUS BERRIES, CAUSING A DELAY IN ORDERS.

DIAZ:OUTLAW?.

MAXIMILIANO:I TOLD YOU THAT STORY.

DIAZ:...IS IT GOOD OR BAD?

MAXIMILIANO:IT IS NOT "SO" GOOD, BUT NOT "SO" BAD EITHER. I THINK THE CORRECT TERM WOULD BE ANTIHERO.

DIAZ:....

GASTLY:BUH!.

DIAZ:AAAAAAHHH!!.

GASTLY: WELL, WELL, BUT IF IT'S "HIS MAJESTY".

DIAZ:...HELLO GASTLY. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE...WELL, FOR A WHILE.

MAXIMILIANO:HOW'S THE ORDER GOING?

GASTLY:HAHAHA, WELL MOM IS DOING HER BEST. THE OUTLAW TOOK A LOT OF BERRIES AND MIMIKYU FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO WORK.

DIAZ:NO HELP?.

GASTLY:HE WORKS A LOT SINCE HIS DAUGHTER DECIDED TO JOIN A POKE GUILD TEAM, HE'S JUST THE SOLO.

MAXIMILIANO:WHEN WILL HE BE ABLE TO FINISH?

GASTLY:IF YOU WAIT TODAY, YOU CAN GET THE BERRIES.

MAXIMILIANO:...OKAY.

AND AT NIGHT.

MAXIMILIANO:.....

DIAZ:MAXIMILIANO HOW MUCH IS MISSING?.

MAXIMILIANO:I DON'T KNOW DIAZ, I'M ALSO TIRED.

AND SOMEONE COMES.

MAXIMILIANO:...MISMAGIUS.

MISMAGIUS:THANKS FOR WAITING MAXIMILIANO. MIMIKYU!.

AND ENTERING WITH BOXES.

MIMIKYU:HERE IS MAJESTY. SORRY FOR THE DELAYS.

MAXIMILIAN:MIMIKYU DOES NOT MATTER.

DIAZ:....

AND WITHOUT BEING SEEN. TRY TO LIFT THE MIMIKYU COSTUME.

MIMIKYU:HUH?.

DIAZ:HMM.

MIMIKYU:NO! WAIT!.

AND DIAZ AWAKE, ON TOP OF THE CARRIAGE.

DIAZ:....HUH?.

MAXIMILIANO:OH THANK GOD.

DIAZ:...I THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE KINGDOM.

MAXIMILIANO:WE WERE.

DIAZ:WHAT-WHAT HAPPENED?.

MAXIMILIANO:HEY DIAZ, ONE PIECE OF ADVICE, IF YOU SEE A MIMIKYU. MAKE SURE YOU NEVER, EVER SEE UNDER THE DISGUISE...IT IS DANGEROUS AND FATAL.

DIAZ:....HOW DID IT GO?

MAXIMILIANO:WELL AFTER MAKING SURE YOU HAD A PULSE. THE BERRIES WERE DELIVERED TO US AND WE DROVE OFF IN THE CARRIAGE.

DIAZ:.....I FEEL LIKE VOMITING.

MAXIMILIANO:I KNOW, IT IS A COMMON EFFECT OF AVOIDING DEATH.

DIAZ:....COULD I DIE?.

MAXIMILIANO:....I....BETTER FOCUS ON THE ROAD.

DIAZ:....OH MY GOD.

MAXIMILIANO: CIELOS DIAZ. I'M SURPRISED YOU USE THAT EXPRESSION.

DIAZ: BELLI USED TO SAY THAT.

AND RETURNING TO THE CURRENT ONE.

DIAZ:....

ROSE:WELL. NOW WE MUST FIND LILLIGANT'S HOUSE.

DITTO:HEY DIAZ. YOU DETECT THE AURA, CAN YOU LOCATE IT?

DIAZ:...SURE.

AND FOCUSING. SEE EVERYONE'S AURAS.

DIAZ:....

AND WATCHING THE FOREST. SEES TWO AURAS IN THE DISTANCE.

DIAZ:...FOLLOW ME.

AND THEY ALL GO INTO THE FOREST.

DITTO:DOES LILLIGANT LIVE HERE? IT'S SCARY WHEN IT'S NIGHT

AND FLOETTE CLINGS TO THE NECK OF MEWTWO.

MEWTWO:...OKAY, CALM DOWN, IT'S NOT HAUNTED...RIGHT?

BRAIXEN:IT IS A FOREST NEAR THE WEST KINGDOM. SO IF THERE MUST BE GHOSTS

DITTO:SEEKING TO ELIMINATE DIAZ, FOR A BETRAYAL THAT THE KINGS PLANNED. BECAUSE HE IS NOT FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY BUT HE WAS NAMED KING.

DIAZ:WOW. THANKS FOR IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.

ROSE:.....hide.

AND PUSHES THEM TO SOME BUSHES.

DIAZ:what happens?.

ROSE:shhhhh.

AND LOOKING UP. SHE WAS SEEING GHOST POKÉMON.

ROSE: ..... follow me carefully.

AND ALL, CRAWLING ON THE GROUND, FOLLOWED ROSE.

DITTO:hey, what if the ghosts catch us?.

DIAZ:the safest thing is that they will lead us to mismagius, which will surely bring horrible consequences.

ROSE:keep quiet and don't draw attention, okay?.

diaz:okay.

braixen:ok.

mewtwo:ok.

ditto:ok.

?:SURE.

DIAZ:shhhhhh....

?:...WHY ARE THEY SILENT?

DIAZ:....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!.

ROSE:RUN!.

AND STANDING UP. THEY START TO ESCAPE.

?:IT'S A RACE?.

AND THE POKEMON BEGAN TO FOLLOW THEM.

DIAZ:WHAT DO WE DO?!.

DITTO:WHAT POKÉMON IS THAT?!.

BRAIXEN:HE IS A CHANDELURE, GHOST TYPE AND FIRE!.

ROSE:IT HAD TO BE FIRE.

DITTO:I AM YOUNG TO DIE FOR A TABLE FURNITURE !.

AND FLOETTE WAS HOLDING ON MEWTWO WITH ALL HER STRENGTH.

MEWTWO:CALM, LITTLE ONE, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE....RIGHT?

DIAZ:...

AND SHE LOOKS BACK.

DIAZ:HE'S STILL FOLLOWING US!.....WAIT.

AND SEEING THE AURA OF CHANDELURE. SHE NOTICES IT WAS WHITE AND GRAY.

DIAZ:....

AND LOOKING UP. HE SAW THAT THE GHOSTS WERE LISTENING TO THE NOISE.

DIAZ:OH NO.

BUT THE CHANDELURE, HASTENING THE PACE, BEGINS TO COLLIDE AND CARRY EVERYONE. AND THEY END UP INSIDE A CAVE HIDDEN BY VINES.

ROSE:LET GO-

AND DIAZ COVERS HIS MOUTH.

DIAZ:shhhhh.

AND THE GHOSTS COMING DOWN

POKÉMON:WHAT WAS THAT ?.

POKÉMON:I HAVE NO IDEA....I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

POKÉMON:THEY SURE WENT ELSEWHERE. WALKING.

AND THEY LEFT THERE.

CHANDELURE:I THINK THEY ARE STILL THERE.

DIAZ:....THEY ALREADY LEFT.

AND THE CHANDELURE, RECEDING, MAKES EVERYONE GO OUT.

DITTO:...I'M CONFUSED.

DIAZ:....

AND DIAZ APPROACHES THE CHANDELURE.

DIAZ:....

CHANDELURE:...I USED TO BE A CANDLE.

DIAZ:....I DIAZ...YOU?

CHANDELURE:...HELLO, MY BEING FLAN, YOU?

ROSE:FLAN?

FLAN:I LIKE FLAN.

ROSE:...WAIT, ARE YOU FLAN? EX MEMBER OF THE OUTLAW GROUP?

FLAN:....DO I HAVE AN EX?.

BRAIXEN:WHY DOES HE TALK LIKE THIS?.

ROSE:REPORTS SAID HE...WAS NOT QUITE HEALTHY.

FLAN:ARE YOU SUCH MIAZ?.

DIAZ:....YES...AND YOU ARE FLAN....A CHANDELURE.

FLAN:WHAT IS CHANDELURE?.

DIAZ:...YOU ARE A CHANDELURE.

FLAN:HOORAY!...I LIKE MEOWTHS.

ROSE:...WAIT, IF I'M RIGHT, FLAN MEETS LILLIGANT.

FLAN:LILLIGANT?.

DIAZ:...LILLIGANT, A POKEMON...PLANT TYPE...SHE LIKES FLOWERS.

FLAN:....OOOOH, THEY TALK ABOUT YOUR WIFE.

DIAZ:....I DON'T HAVE A WIFE.

FLAN:I CAN TEACH HIS WIFE. FOLLOW ME.

BRAIXEN:SHOULD WE FOLLOW A TALKING CHANDELIER ?.

AND HEAR A HOWL.

DITTO:....I'M GOING.

MEWTWO:FLOETTE IS SCARED.

AND THEY ALL CONTINUED TO FLAN. UNTIL THEY REACH A MANSION.

FLAN:WELCOME TO YOUR HOUSE.

DIAZ:....

AND EVERYONE GOES TO THE DOOR.

FLAN:HELLO! WHO LIVES HERE?!.

AND THE DOOR WAS OPENING.

POKÉMON: FLAN. DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU LIVE....HELLO?

DIAZ:....MRS. LILLIGANT.

LILLIGANT:...YOUR MAJESTY?

DIAZ:NOT YET.

LILLIGANT:...DITTO.

DITTO:HI LILLIGANT. WE GOT HERE BECAUSE I'M GOOD AT LISTENING TO FEMALES.

LILLIGANT:...BRAIXEN, HOW'S YOUR FIRE SPIRIT GOING?

BRAIXEN:WELL NOT SO GOOD RIGHT NOW. BUT I KEEP GOING

LILLIGANT:...HELLO MEWTWO.

MEWTWO:HELLO.

ROSE:SISISI, MANY GREETINGS AND ENCOUNTERS.

LILLIGANT:THE POKEMON OF TIME?. FLAN, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

FLAN:I THINK SHE WAS FLOATING...LIKE NOW.

LILLIGANT:(SIGH) I HOPE IT DIDN'T BOTHER YOU.

ROSE:DON'T WORRY. IT ACTUALLY SAVED US FROM BEING CAUGHT.

LILLIGANT:...DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THOSE RUMORS I'VE HEARD?

DIAZ:...

ROSE:LISTEN LILLIGANT. I KNOW IT SOUNDS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT-

LILLIGANT:OBVIOUSLY FALSE.

DIAZ:....

LILLIGANT:I DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT DIAZ WAS CAPABLE OF BETRAYING THE KINGS.

DITTO:GOOD. THERE WILL BE NO DEATH.

LILLIGANT:I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ESCAPED....BUT THAT GIVES ME A QUESTION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

DIAZ:IT'S....DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN...CAN WE COME IN ?.

LILLIGANT:SURE. FLAN LOOK FOR TEA. IT'S IN THE DRAWERS

FLAN:OK, IN YOUR DRAWERS.

AND ENTER.