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The Lake of Rage Saga (Part1)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         In the quiet town of Ecruteak City, the snow was beginning to fall- quickening its pace as time passed, piling up onto the sheet of snow from days previous. Not many were outside; sometimes the random person would be running to their houses or the Pokémon Center… although, some were leaving the Pokémon Center to go to the city Gym. Anyone just outside of the gym would be able to hear some cheering, even the damage to the building from the battle that was ensuing. The inside of the gym was quite bleak, something to be expected from a ghost gym. The battle was between the gym leader- Morty, and a young teenage girl. The girl had dark brown hair with dark, scarlet red bangs. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail, none of her dyed bangs being mixed into the ponytail. Most of her bangs covered the left side of her face, the red color making her light blue eyes pop out a bit more. The girl wore a black shirt, a red heart on the left side then a black heart inside of it forming a pattern. She also wore a black pair of jeans and black Converse sneakers. Lastly, she had a necklace on where a Dusk ball hung. The battle was getting towards the end, the two trainers having both Ghost Pokémon out. Morty and his Gengar against the opposing trainer and her Dusknoir. Both Pokémon seemed down to the wire, the battle seemed to be a stalemate as both Pokémon continued to disappear into the shadows to avoid the other Pokémon’s attacks. “Use Shadow Sneak, then Shadow Punch Dusknoir!” The girl trainer shouted after the Gengar appeared off guard. Before anyone could really blink, the challenger had clearly won the battle with Gengar barely able to get back up. Not much time had passed once the gym was almost cleared out of the audience. Several trainers groaning, others being shocked and talking about the battle. After the gym leader finished talking to the trainer, he handed over the Fog Badge. It seemed the gym leader had a burning question to ask the trainer, but she left a little hurriedly. “No, I’m not gonna ask and you can forget about it.” The trainer said before Morty could chase after her, and like that the trainer was back outside walking alongside her ghost Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. “I’m so proud of you Dusknoir! You did so well in that battle!” The trainer said happily, giving her Pokémon a hug before looking down at the badge in her right hand as the two walked towards the Pokémon Center.

( www.youtube.com/watch?v=niauZ0… Maplestory - El Nath )

The snow had built significantly higher by the end of the event, and the Pokemon Center was beginning to provide the main lobby as a place to stay and wait out the storm.  Couch-like benches were seated around a mobile firepit that was brought out in the winter.  Illuminated by the fire's light was a trainer, a boy with messy brown hair just over 18 years of age. His baggy pants, faded blue in color, led up to brown belt and a white short sleeved shirt.  Leaning back, the boy stared into the fire as his blue eyes reflected the flames as they danced.  He sighed and reached to his right, petting a yellow, four legged pokemon, careful to avoid it's many spines.  "This puts a damper on things huh...?"  He asked the sleeping pokemon.

On the other side of the center, hanging away from the fire, was a girl who looked like she was in her mid to late teens. She was watching her two Pokémon with a smile; a small, duck-like Pokémon holding a leek, and a pink blob. The two were talking to each other and laughing. Every few seconds, the blob would take a different form of some other Pokémon, and then doing a silly impression of it. The duck Pokémon would then bonk the other on the head, and it changed back to its normal form. They would then look back at their trainer who, in her tight boot-cut jeans,
plain brown t-shirt, and loose-fitting hoodie that was unzipped, would clap softly and give a quiet comment. Her Pokémon would then do another one. The trainer was still smiling, but now looked away at nothing in particular, playing with her amber hair through her fingers. She seemed a little absent-minded. The next Pokémon that the blob turned into was the same one that the boy trainer had, though it was only a coincidence. It let out a, “Jooooolteon!” and hopped around a little. The duck Pokémon didn’t seem to like this choice, and was shaking its leek at the yellow Pokémon angrily.

Once the gym challenger came in, she was surprised by how many people were in the lobby. The trainer took a thin case of badge out of her back pocket to put the Fog Badge away. “I am so glad we got our room before the storm started…” She mumbled, saying it more to herself than her ghost Pokémon. I feel like I kinda cheated though… “You should have expected it, most humans get cold pretty easily…”  Her Pokémon said back, crossing his arms a little as he glanced around the room. Looking more like a protective bodyguard than a friendly Pokémon. “You miss him don’t you…” His gaze fixed on her before looking around again. The girl sighed before walking towards the counter; feeling like the statement was quite obvious. Once Nurse Joy got around to helping the trainer out, she handed over five of her Pokeballs except for the one on the necklace- her ghost Pokémon. Then she moved away from the counter, hoping to find a spot to sit. To her dismay basically all the seats were either taken up or there were only spaces left between strangers. I feel like I’m in a cafeteria at school again… She moved over to a wall, not to wait for a seat but just to see everyone’s Pokémon interacting with each other. The trainer smiled several times, including at the blob’s and duck’s playfulness nearby.  Feeling bad when she saw all the nurturing Pokémon running around- either to tend to the Pokémon or their trainers. Sometimes noticing how others take advantage of a situation- making one of the pink Pokémon running back and forth for their needs. After a while, she sighed again before sliding down to the floor- waiting to be called. Her ghost companion floating down to the floor, turning into her shadow and playing around- either with goofy expressions or just going to other’s shadows to poke fun at them to make his trainer smile.
The boy averted his eyes from the flames and to the girl, but with little effort, the laziness of being trapped getting to him.  He noticed the shimmer of the badge as she put it away, and smiled.  Jolteon however, now wide awake due to the shrill call, was a bit curious about the imitation of itself being performed, but proceeded to lick one of his paws, keeping one eye open to the pair.  "Interesting, maybe she has some advice."  The boy muttered to himself, watching her Dusknoir's act.

The young female trainer looked at the other when she walked in, but then just went back to looking at nothing. She really didn’t appear interested with the stranger or her strange Pokémon. After the pink blob returned to normal, though, it became fairly interested. It pointed at it so the duck would take notice, and it appeared surprised too. The pink Pokémon took a moment to study the ghost, then transformed into an exact copy. The only thing different was a very silly expression on its belly, looking just like the face on its normal self. The expression seemed to be like that on purpose too. It floated around and started to say, “Dusk dusk duuuuuusk.” The duck Pokémon seemed excited and twirled around its leek cheerfully.
The young female trainer to the side giggled a little when she saw the morphing Pokémon mimicking her ghost Pokémon. On the other hand her ghost Pokémon took notice while in mid-prank of one of the cranky trainers. He made an exaggerated movement to show his slight annoyance, but mostly just so his trainer could see. After a few moments he went over to the other two Pokémon’s shadows, playing around with them this time. Sometimes bringing his hand out of their shadows to poke them or in any other way to poke some fun back at them- even tugging on the leak stick sometimes for the duck Pokémon. “Don’t push them; I don’t really want any fights today.” The trainer mumbled with an eye roll, hoping either her ghost Pokémon would stop or the other trainer would be okay with the teasing.
"I think we'll be okay, ya know?"  The boy asked his pokemon, who had, by this time, gotten up and was sniffing at the shadows in which the ghost had been hiding. 
He let out slight growls of curiosity now and then but was overall at ease.  The boy smiled and stood, approaching the group of pokemon.  "Quite the little group of pranksters huh?"  He said, the small smile never leaving his face.

The two Pokémon seemed to ignore the male train because when they started to get poked, the two Pokémon actually started to laugh and focus on the ghost Pokémon. The duck Pokémon only seemed to dislike it when it tugged on the leek, but he just simply tossed it into the air and balanced on his beak. It looked like he was very skillful in that too. The transformed Pokémon was still giggling and spinning around. Then it did the same the ghost Pokémon was doing. It reached into the shadows to poke both the ghost Pokémon and its trainer, and laughing after each time.
The bird seemed to be cheering on his friend, while still balancing the leek. Their trainer looked at them when they started to laugh, and looked over at the other female trainer right after. She seemed to smile a little bit, though it wasn’t clear why she did. Then she looked up at the boy trainer and replied, “My Pokémon love to tease and joking around. Just give ‘em a chance or reason to join in and there they go. They got us in quite a ton of trouble too. Luckily it was never bad enough to actually cause harm or anything…”

itThe ghost Pokémon seemed to notice the male trainer at first, but went back into playing around with the other two Pokémon when the Ditto started to poke him back. The ghost Pokémon’s trainer hesitated a few moments when the other two trainers talked. I’m not sure if I really want to get too involved… I don’t want to be hurt anymore… And talking to guys is getting that much harder now these days… The trainer sighed, her eyes going from the trainers to her Pokémon then got up to make conversation. “Same for Dusknoir, I think you lucked out a little more. A lot of trainers complain about my Pokémon sometimes. I guess it’s because he likes to play around with those that… are short tempered.” Jen said when she walked over, trying her best to not seem at all nervous or shy. Although, she felt a little awkward for not knowing anyone’s name. “Uhm, my name’s Jen…” She added, trailing off. Not even sure why she decided to jump into this conversation. Although the trainer was conflicted, her ghost Pokémon couldn’t help but smile more and enjoy this moment as he hadn’t seen his trainer talk to others in such a long time.
"Jen...I like it."  The boy scratched the back of his head and laughed, "Yeah, Amp here can take jokes, but he is overall pretty serious."  He said as his Jolteon yawned. 
"Anyway, I'm Zack and as I said this is Amp, my Jolteon."  Zack said, kneeling down and scratching behind his pokemon's ear, getting a low purr of content as a response.  He turned to glance at the playing pokemon as he made himself comfortable on the ground.

The transformed Pokémon went back to its pink and blob-like state, still laughing. Seeing that the threat to its leek was gone, the duck held it with his wing again, looking a little annoyed at the Jolteon again. “Wow, it sure is nice to meet the two of you. I usually don’t get people comin’ up to me randomly. Zack, Jen, you can call me Misa, short for Misaki. Don’t waste your breath on the full name, okay?” She laughed cheerfully, her Pokémon looking at her expectantly. “Oh yeah, these two are called Dux, the Farfetch’d, and Ditty, the Ditto. I have a third Pokemon, but she’s a secret.” Dux shushed Ditty, who just stuck its tongue at the Farfetch’d.
Even though Jen didn’t seem like it, she was pretty relieved when the conversation continued. Kinda wishing she was still in her room though. “Hm, I see what you mean with keeping your Pokémon a secret. Better for Pokémon battles… Are either of you trainers for the Silver Conference here?” Jen asked, ready to battle anyone really. Even if there was a storm outside and she only had her Dusknoir on her at the moment. “If you guys aren’t here for the gym, why did you guys make Ecruteak your stop?”   Yay, stalling to keep a conversation going is imminent… Sigh… Dusknoir was slowly coming back out of the shadows until his arms were both on the ground to just rest his head on. Being more interested in the conversation now to see his trainer sink or swim.  
"Misa, got it."  He said looking at both girls,  "Well it was bad timing actually..." Zack sighed, "I was actually going to challenge the Gym, but by the time I got here the storm had rolled in."  He said, stopping the scratching of Amp's ears, to which he responded with a small growl of sadness as he went up to
Dux and sniffed the area around him.  "Which brings me to say how my eye picked up that badge of yours" He said with a smile.  "Ghost against ghost is a good strategy, and I take it he did very well!"  He said looking at the appearing pokemon.

Dux was very unhappy with how close the electric Pokémon was getting. He waved his wing, trying to shoo it away. Ditty was laughing at his friend’s discomfort. “Silver what? Ha, I don’t think I ever heard of that. That’s mainly because I’m not really a trainer. I only battle once in awhile,” Misa said, shrugging as she did. “I only came in here to stay for the night. I’m plannin’ on going to the Lake of Rage to perform with my Pokémon.” She looked at the two trainers, seeming to be thinking. Ditty jiggled happily, and then changed into a brown Pokémon that only had two arms and looked like it was made of rock. It went, “Geo geo,” then moved closer to Amp.

When Dusknoir motioned at it, Ditty got angry. It changed from being a Geodude into a weird floating ghost that only had a face. It floated around Dusknoir and started saying, “Well, don’t you think you’re cool, being the only one that can talk. ‘Oooh, look at me; I’m a fancy ghost Pokemon!  I only talk when I want to because I’m the dark, brooding type!’”  Dux was watching Ditty swirl around the big ghost Pokemon, shaking his head before peering at Amp again.
“Lake of Rage is a good place to practice performances that involve water,” Misa answered, ignoring her Ditto. “I also heard about that Gyarados rumor, but I’m sure I’ll be fine. I’m pretty sure my secret Pokemon can counter them.”

Dusknoir had somewhat of an annoyed expression, refraining itself from pulling Ditty down into the shadows to settle it on his own. He just huffed a sighed, going under and reappearing next to his trainer- no longer in the ground either. Jen decided to ignore Ditty’s response this time as she understood what Dusknoir said to be upsetting. “Hm, what happened at Lake of Rage…?” She asked, not sure if she’d been around long enough to actually hear about. Maybe I’ve been gone longer than I thought…  Where is that Nurse Joy anyway…?
Amp sneered at the pink pokemon before turning and walking back to his trainer and sitting down.  Zack gave him a small treat from his pocket, his eyes never leaving the two.  "Not much to do when you're cooped up like this, but anyway... I've been here so long that I've managed to catch up on the news from the T.V."  He shrugged.  "According to local fishermen, apparently everything caught there has been extremely irritable and violent, even Magikarps...However violent they can get..." He said, looking up with a chuckle.
Ditty kind of grunted, changing back to normal and landing on the ground with a plop. It moved back closer it its trainer, sulking for a moment before regaining his silly composure. Dux walked over to his friend and sat down, looking a little worn out. He rested his leek in between the two and sighed. “Yeah, I was hearing the same thing. Though, I don’t really underestimate a Magikarp’s rage. It’s not always their fault that they can’t do nothing… And people constantly rip on ‘em. No wonder they turn into crazy dragons,” Misa said, a little loudly. She seemed to take the side of the Magikarps rather seriously.
Pik the Kirby (8:57:07 PM): “Ah, hm… The other thing, or rumor, I’ve heard is the fact some sortta radio transmission was blocking out any waves that got near there.  I dunno what that really means though.” Ditty heard the word radio and turned into one, playing a relaxing song from its speakers.

Jen laughed a little, kind of faking the laugh though. “Mhmm, yeah. Magikarp was actually the first Pokémon I caught on my journey.” Jen said, shrugging a little with a slight exaggerated, so-what tone. Then sighed a little thinking of how it’s not the best Pokémon to really even discuss. “My Magikarp’s a Gyarados now; he’s the only Pokémon I use to surf across waters.” Jen shrugged again, sighing a little. Just for calling them useless gives them reason to be so enraged when they evolve. “Anyway, the radio transmission seems pretty weird too. At the same time as the Gyarados being more outraged than usual? Think the two are involved somehow? If anything?” Jen crossed her arms, thinking about it- several bad memories coming back to her from the last time something fishy happened. Could this actually be as big as something like that…? I don’t think anyone wants to go out of their way to make Gyarados mad though…
"It sounds legitimate to me."  Zack stated, nodding his head and closing his eyes, but not for long.  "I've got it!"   He said, as his eyes snapped open once more.  "We'll go to the lake with Misa, and if it's okay, we'll bring your Garydos.  If anything is wrong, He'll pick it up and he can warn us."  Amp kicked his back foot eagarly, ready to go at any time.  "But then again, the snow is still falling pretty hard."  He said with dissapointment, turning his head towards the windows.
Dux looked like he really didn’t want Zack, and his Jolteon, to come. He protested only to Ditty, who was still just playing music from itself. Misa, though, didn’t seem to really care about the situation much. “Well, sure… I wouldn’t mind you two taggin’ along if you wanted. If something really bad is happening, I would like the extra help to be safe. ‘Cause, if it’s anything worse than just one of them dragons, I’ll probably be in trouble. Three Pokemon can only do so much, ya know?” She glanced outside too, seeming to be thinking about the travel to the lake. After closing her eyes, she continued, “I dunno what you two want to do. Personally, I would be fine walkin’ in this weather, though I’m still on my break from it. I think sleeping in and seeing how it is tomorrow would be a hit or miss type deal. It could be better, but it could be worse, am I right?”
Jen looked outside the same time Misa did, and then shrugged at her response to the weather. “It definitely isn’t the worst I’ve gone through. Although, Mahogany Town might be a little worse,” Jen said, not seeming to care much for the weather. “I would go now, but I just got done with my gym battle and my Pokémon could use a nice break- but they’re always up for a battle against other Pokémon so I wouldn’t mind helping you out Misa.” Jen added with a smile, the thought of battling made her excited. She moved a little, thinking about finding Nurse Joy now before another wave of trainers would come in. “I think I’ll turn in for the night though, I’ll be in room 29 if you’re looking for me.  Night and try to get to the market if you need to beforehand- Mahogany Town doesn’t have a major PokeMart.” With that Jen waved bye to them before walking off to go find Nurse Joy in the back, dodging the passing Chanseys and Blisseys running back and forth. Dusknoir however sunk back into the ground and just hid in his trainer’s shadows, feeling kinda bad about the Ditto incident.



Zack nodded, "Alright then it's settled, I'm gonna retire too, and I'll meet you both here in the morning."  He stated, looking at the girls.  Meanwhile, Amp was lying on the ground, his head resting on his forepaws and his eyes half closed.  His trainer pet him on the back, which the pokemon took as a signal to follow Zack, and they both retreated into their room for the night.  As the door shut behind them, Amp jumped onto the bed and dug into the sheets as Zack put his things in the corner.  "Interesting day eh boy?" He said with a smile as he shut off the light, sending the room into darkness.
Misa didn’t really say anything to the two trainers as they left, other than a ‘good night’. For some reason, she looked a little worn out. She let out a deep sigh once she was alone with her Pokemon again. Ditty, after changing back, and Dux hopped onto the couch and looked up at her. “Seems we always have people around us, huh?” she spoke to them, stretching. “Though, this time they were just complete strangers who know nothin’ about us. Half the time they are askin’ me how I got you, Ditty, to remember how to transform into anything without seeing it.” Ditty jiggled and sighed too. Dux poked the pink blob to cheer everyone up.
“I guess we’ll just take the other’s lead and head to bed, huh? A good rest will do us good. And since we don’t need anything for our trip tomorrow, we’ll just hang out here and practice a little more, okay?” Her Pokemon seemed to agree, and the three went to their room. While their trainer got ready to sleep, Ditty got on the bed and turned into a nest for Dux to sit in and nap. Misa came out a moment later, and settled into bed. They all fell asleep not a moment later.

(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp-HWK… Harvest Moon AWL A Quiet Winter)

It took Jen a while to finally get her five Pokémon back before going off to her room. When she did, Jen also let out a small-puppy Pokémon out of his Luxury Ball. Normally for its kind, the Pokémon would have a fiery orange color fur- instead this Pokémon had a golden, shiny colored coat. Some of the fur seeming to sparkle under the light in the room as he yawned before barking a hello.  The trainer smiled, playing around with the Pokémon’s fur before getting ready for bed. It didn’t take long for the pup to fall asleep on the bed- but it took Jen a while to fall asleep. She sighed; a little worried about the journey to the lake for some reason. “I feel like something is seriously wrong… But I keep feeling like that because of him… Why is he always on my mind…? Team Galactic too…” Jen huffed annoyed, turning over in her bed as she started to sob a little. Some tears going on to her pillow as she tried falling asleep. When she started to cry, Dusknoir came back out from the floor to start wiping off some of her tears and just petted her head- wishing he knew what to do. It took Jen a few minutes after that to finally wake up, the sun barely up- but she got up anyway with her fire Pokémon sprawled out on the bed. Once she was up, she took out a book in her bag- writing in it about what had happened the day before. Smiling about her new badge before putting the book away and getting dressed. By the time she was finished, the golden pup was starting to become energetic- to the point that he might start barking and waking other people up. “Okay, okay. Shhh,” Jen said, getting her coat and sneakers on then leaving her room- tip toeing through the lobby full of trainers and hoping not to wake anyone. Once the two got outside, Jen leisurely walked to the PokeMart. The pup jumping around in the snow, not at all minding the snow on his fur either.
Zack had been up, not one to sleep late, and had left not long before Jen.  He now sat outside the mart, Amp by his side watching flurries that fell from the dwindling storm.  Zack saw the frolicking puppy and smiled.  "Would ya look at that, a rare sight indeed."  He said, under his breath, with a light chuckle.
Dux was the first to stir, which woke up Ditty in the process. Even so, the three were already getting a late start. The duck rubbed his face a little with his wing, getting out of the ‘nest’ so Ditty could go back to normal. Then the two walked over to Misa and poked her repeatedly until she woke up. “Mm, ugh… Okay, I get it. I’m up, I’m up,” she moaned, swatting at the two a little. They giggled and hopped off the bed. Ditty chased Dux as a Vulpix as they waited for Misa to finish getting ready. She didn’t take long to be done, her clothes being rather plain but still form-fitting. After putting her bag over her shoulder, they group left to go find the others. Since they couldn’t find them in the lobby, they looked outside. Ditty was the one to notice the Growlithe, and it ran ahead of the other two to go outside. Once it was out in the snow, Ditty changed into a normal colored Growlithe and raced over to the other to play. Dux shivered in the cold weather. Is… That them over there? Misa wondered to herself, though she didn’t really go over to investigate.
It took Jen a little bit to register who it was at the PokeMart, smiling a little when she saw it was Zack. Waving when she finally got to the door, she sighed realizing the shop wasn’t even open yet. Great… Just my luck... The golden Growlithe was just jumping around, and sometimes rolling in, the snow still- up until he saw Ditty as a regular Growlithe. The puppy Pokémon was confused at first, looking down at its glittering paw and then looking up at Ditty with a confused expression. After a moment or two, he seemed to shrug and just jump at Ditty to play. He was barking now and again too, very happy to just have some fun. When Jen heard her Growlithe barking, she turned around to smile again when she saw her fire Pokémon playing. Then waving again when she saw Misa, hearing a slight sigh from behind her but ignoring it. “You guys need to stock up on stuff too…?” Jen asked, not believing that was true and not wanting a small silence. “Uhm, how did everyone’s nights go by the way…?”
Zack waved, leaning against the wall of the Mart.  "Just a few things here and there."  He said as he sat watching the Growlithes engage each other in play.  Meanwhile, a fourth pokemon had approached Jen with springing jumps through the snow.  The long body of the ferret pokemon worked it's way through her legs, his light brown fur covered with moisture.  The pokemon turned, sitting up tall in front of Jen with a small smile as he let out a squeak of delight.  Zack bent over laughing, "It's nice to let the lady's go first, Scout!"
Misa had walked over once Jen had turned to smile at her. Dux followed by putting the leek in his mouth and flying. “I don’t need anythin’, I just happened to see something outside…” Ditty barked at her trainer, a little annoyed at something, and then just went back to playing with the other Growlithe. “Okay, fine… Ditty was the one who noticed. But it’s nice to see you all here. I almost thought that our meetin’ was just a dream, or something,” she admitted. Misa zipped up her light hoodie when she realized it was colder than she thought. “I don’t normally travel with people, or make plans on traveling with people…”
Jen laughed a little about Misa’s response to their meeting last night, nodding a little. “Yeah, I know what you meant…” Jen responded, trailing off at the end. I kinda wish we didn’t… If something wrong is going on at Lake of Rage- I don’t really want to be involved… I’m tired of being the heroine… Jen just nodded a little absently as she thought about it. Then looked down at the ferret Pokémon that just ninja’d his way to the front of the line. “Hey, that’s not very fair now is it..?” Jen said, laughing a little before sighing as she wished the store was open. “I have some stuff I need to buy… I’m low on Ultra Balls, food, and some status heals…” Jen added, sighing a little again. I just had to ignore that big Department store in Goldenrod, didn’t I?
The ferret pokemon let out a loud, playful squeak as a response before darting off to join the Growlithes in their early morning romp.  Zack shook his head with a laugh, checking his pokegear for the time, then turning to the girls once more, "I don't need too much, just few full heals and an untra ball or two as well.  I stocked up on food before the storm came so I'm good in that department." He said, noticing Jen's sighs were becoming frequent.  "Hey there, you alright?" He asked, his face now holding a worried expression.
Dux, really getting tired of his cold feet, flew up and sat on Misa’s head. He started rubbing his feet with his right wing. Misa didn’t seem to mind, or notice, Dux, and was sort of staring at Jen. Somethin’ seems to be troubling her… But, who doesn’t have something botherin’ them? A bad past, fears of the future… We all have them. If she doesn’t tell Zack about it, I’ll just not bother askin’. If she wants to tell us, she’ll do it when she wants to. Ditty started rolling around in the snow, and then decided to change into a different Pokemon again. This time it was a fox Pokemon with multiple tails, being about the same size as Growlithe. It let out a ‘Vul vulpix’, and puffed smoke at the other two Pokemon.
It took Jen a moment to realize what Zack was talking about, then just made an obvious glance to the shop to cover up what was really on her mind. “I’m just annoyed that I didn’t go shopping when I was in Goldenrod City a few days ago… I probably should have but I didn’t listen to reason.” Jen answered, shrugging a little with a slight sigh. Not for annoyance but just to watch the white air due to the cold weather. Good thing it’s almost always cold in Blackthorn City, otherwise I’d probably need a jacket or something… Jen looked down at her Growlithe playing around with Ditty, smiling a little. Growlithe was having fun- but became pretty confused again when Ditty turned into the fox Pokémon. The golden pup stopped in his tracks to puff smoke back, before jumping at Ditty to play again. As the two played, a few purple, eerie looking embers started to circle the two Pokémon- the embers just danced around meaning no harm to either of them. Sometimes the Growlithe even jumped at the embers- being too slow to catch them before they moved out of the way. “Did anyone turn their keys in- if they got a room,” Jen asked, looking between the two again. “When the shop opens and we get our stuff, ready to head out? My Gyarados shouldn’t have a problem with the water…” Jen added at the end. Unless it’s frozen… Then we’ll just walk if it’s thick. If not, then we’ll find a different way.
Zack had a look of disbelief on his face after hearing Jen's half-hearted answer, however, he too decided to let it be for the time being. “Well, the forecast on T.V. Said that the sun was supposed to come out today and a good portion of the snow will melt away.” Zack said, looking up at the morning sky, which was white with departing clouds from yesterday's storm. “I'm ready to go as soon as this store opens.” He said, never taking his eyes off of the sky above. Meanwhile, Scout had been watching the smoke with extreme focus, waiting for the the smoke to form what could almost be called a ring shape as the gas drifted apart in the mid morning air. Seeing an opportunity, the ferret pokemon jumped through the smoke with grace and plopped back into the snow with a satisfied squeak.
When the weird purple embers appeared, Ditty appeared to grow suspicious, and angry. It stopped running around, watched the embers a little bit, and then stuck its nose into the air with its eyes closed. It seemed like it wanted nothing to do with these embers. Misa let out a thinking hum, looking at the sky without lifting her head. “I’ll be ready to go whenever you two are completely ready. I’m pretty sure Ditty will give me a ride over any water, so if your Pokemon can’t… I’m sure he’ll be fine with giving you two a lift.” She looked at Ditty, who was still looking away. Dux was feeling better, his feet no longer frozen, and was watching the purple embers. He looked a little dazed by them.
Jen had a small unsure expression about Misa’s offer about Ditty. I’m not sure, especially with how he’s been treating poor Dusknoir. Jen continued to just look the playing Pokémon, frowning a little when she saw the dancing embers form a frownie face. Growlithe got sad too when Ditty stopped playing, although it didn’t seem for long as he continued to run around a little more. Pouncing onto the face and wagging his fluffy tail. Barking happily when he thought he got one under his paw before frowning again when it jumped away when he checked. One of the embers flew over to dance around Jen, trying to get her to go after it. After a moment she did, just to hold it in her right hand. Unlike Growlithe’s ember, it remained in her hand- glowing a little brighter now that she went after it. “I think Gyarados can carry me, thanks for the offer though Misa.” Jen said after a while, thinking about the Lake of rage again. “If something bad is going on at the Lake… What do you guys think we should do? If there’s a huge lake of all those Gyaradoses, then we’ve got one fight on our hands if there turns out to be something wrong.” She added, looking up from the ember.
Zack nodded his head, “Well, if there a hundreds of angry pokemon in the lake, it will be hard to travel on it without provoking them. If we absolutely have to do so, it's best we use as much discretion as possible.” He said, finally looking down from the sky and at the girls. Meanwhile, Scout followed the golden Growlithe in his attempt to catch the purple embers, chirping eagerly as he sprang. At one point, the ferret gave up on the embers and went to pounce on the Growlithe himself. Amp continued to sit by his trainer's side, listening to the plans of the trainers.
Ditty appeared a little sad when it finally looked at the others. It seemed to sort of regret acting like it did, even though it felt like it did nothing wrong. After sighing, Ditty walked behind Misa’s legs and sat there, wrapping its tails around itself. Dux was looking down at Ditty with a sad expression. Misa didn’t seem like she felt bad for Ditty though. He needs to learn to not let things bother him so much. You’d think he learn after all these years. “I really don’t think sneaking up is necessary… If people are causin’ this, I sincerely doubt they are doin’ it just to make Gyarados, and to make them angry… My best guess is that they’re just… experimentin’ or something,” Misa said, shrugging. She crossed her arms and closed her eyes. “If ya two really think that going directly to the lake is a bad idea, why not just investigate the areas around it. I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t just be at the lake. That doesn’t give ‘em much options of hiding or whatever. If it’s even that kind of situation.”

Jen shrugged, thinking that she could handle an organization on her own if the other two wanted to work together. It’s gonna be the same every time… People get close to me, they turn on me… I’m all alone and depressed again… It is the same… Ceres started a really bad routine for me… Jen didn’t reply, and when she didn’t the ember faded away like the others. When they did, Growlithe started to play around with the ferret Pokémon- trying his best not to really harm him, just to play around with. After a few moments the slidey door to the shop opened and Jen went inside to quickly grab the stuff. About half an after Jen and Zack got the stuff they needed and handed in the keys, the three were off heading towards Mahogany Town. Like Zack had mentioned before, the snow slowly started to disappear as they walked to the eastern side of the town. Darn, I actually wanted the snow to stay… Jen watched her Growlithe jump around as they walked. Sometimes Growlithe would walk beside his trainer, jumping up a little so she’d pet him. Whenever Jen did, she’d smile and he’d bark happily at her before running ahead of the group. I wonder if everyone is fine with just walking instead of riding a Pokémon…
This is a story written by me, as well as two other friends (Kikatzu and Pikminkirby) .  As the title suggests, it takes place during the Lake of Rage part of Heart Gold and Soul Silver (Or Gold, Silver and Crystal if you prefer) . The links you'll find included are just the music I used to type to at any given point and does not belong to me.  I will be uploading regularly from here on out if enough interest is shown, and as always, enjoy the show!
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