Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Pokemon: Dark Ages ❯ What does Myste think? ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Cerulean City was a bustling Metro Area; she watched the people
coming and going trying to finish for the day. Her job was to
make sure the stragglers who could not finish before sundown
were protected. In essence she made herself a target for the
Vampires. She looked up at the sky and noticed a dark shape on
top of one of the buildings . . . thinking it was a statue, she
was about to turn away when it moved. She turned back toward the
figure and watched as it spread its wings and took off. At first
she thought it was a Pokemon but then she noticed that it had a
decidedly human shape. "What is that? It couldn't be a Vampire;
they don't come out till night." She watched as the figure flew
to another building. When it landed it disappeared.

As the sun set, the streets cleared. She came out of her doorway
and started hurrying along like a person trying to get home. She
did not notice the flying creature silently following her. Shortly
she turned into an alley and was stopped by a man in dark clothing.


"Hey Baby, wha'ch doin' out here in the night?" He asked.

"I .. I was just going home." She stammered. "I don't want any
trouble. Please let me pass."

"But Baby I jus' want a little fun." He smiled ferally at her.
"I'm not letting you go." He smiled wider, showing his fangs.

"I think you should leave this city, or you will not survive,"
she stated, getting into a fighting stance.

"But Baby, you're going to lose. Boys!!" He called out and
she was surrounded by many Vampires.

"OH Shit!" She yelled.

As the Vampires advanced on her she pulled out her stake and
prayed that she would survive. Behind them, at the entrance
to the alley, a young man was watching what was going on. As
the Vampires advanced on the woman he held out his arm and
yelled out "Pikachu GO!!!" A Pikachu jumped from behind him,
landed on his out-stretched arm and started shocking the
Vampires. The Master of the Vampires closed in on the woman and
attacked her with a sword. She jumped back and out of the downward
slash and then jumped in to try to plant her stake in his heart.
He reach out and grabbed her arm then pulled her close.

"You see, I'm gonna have a little fun after all." He then put his
sword away and took out a knife a started to plunge it into her
stomach.

Meanwhile the man at the end of the alley had taken out a bokken
and started to rip through the Vampires. They fell before him like
they were cardboard cutouts, he was so much faster than them. Just
after he finished with the last Vampire he noticed the Master about
to kill the woman. He then took off running at them and landed with
his bokken in the heart of the Master and the woman in his arms.
The Vampire turned to dust and he turned to the woman he was holding.

He looked at her in surprise. "Myste, what are you doing here?"

She looked up at him and screamed. She then noticed that all the
Vampires were gone and he wasn't hurting her.

"A.. A .. Ash, m.. may..be I should ask you the same thing. Aren't
you supposed to be d..ead?"

Ash put her down and she sat on the pavement Indian style, waiting
for his explanation. He also sat down.

"Well, you know what they say . . . you can't kill a good thing.
Ummmm, well I suppose technically I am dead, but well, I'm not,"
he replied.

"Great I now have a not dead dead person to worry about. Of all
the ways to start a night," complained Myste.

"Ummm Myste you don't know anything about Vampires?"

"What about them? They hurt humans, I kill them . . . I found out
by accident that I could kill them with a stake through the heart
and that sunlight kills them. What more do I need to know?" She
asked, exasperated.

"Well they are not dead dead people. And they hate the living because
of it." She looked at him in surprise "What? You did not know that?
Did you know that Pokemon hate them? Did you know that Grass Pokemon
will hurt them just by being within 10 meters of them? The correct
term for them is Undead. They only come out at night and they are
called DemonSpawn. I am Shanie. I . . ." He trailed off at her
fearful look. "Myste, If I had wanted to hurt you I would have
joined them. But if I had joined them you and Pikachu would have
been obligated to kill me just because of who and what you are."
He looked at her as her expression changed to a thoughtful one.
Pikachu came over and jumped into Myste's lap.

"Oh, Pikachu, I'm so glad to see you." Myste hugged Pikachu and
Pikachu hugged her back. "I had always kept Pokemon away from
them because I thought that they would hurt the Pokemon." She
said to Ash.

"Do you know why they stay away from Celedon City?" He asked her.

"No." She replied.

"Because so many people there use Grass Pokemon." He said. "The
DemonSpawn can not stand being in that city."

"Do you still have all your Pokemon?" She asked.

"Yeah, they all came with me when I went home to talk with my
mother. If you knew so little about Vampires why didn't you go
to someone who knew more?"

"I did not know anyone who knew more." BR>
"The League knows and so do the Slayers. You could probably find
books in a library." He explained.

"I looked in the library! I could not read the books and I could
not find anyone who could. And what is a Slayer? And I could not
contact the League- the lines out of Cerulean City have been cut!"

"I was told that this City was in trouble but not how much trouble.
This is bad; they really want Cerulean City." Ash said.

"But why?" asked Myste.

"Maybe because there are two Slayers here." He replied.

"Ash, what is a Slayer?" Myste asked puzzled.

"Hmmm, A Slayer. Maybe I should start with what they were
originally. Slayers were created to kill Vampires. They are
always female, and originally there was only one in every
generation. After the Cataclysm every City and Town got a
Slayer kinda like there is a Nurse Joy for every city. Only
the Slayers don't look alike. This city has two Slayers this
generation and one of the Towns got none." Explained Ash.

"But why did this City get two and one Town get none, and which
town got none?" asked Myste.

Ash looked up at the sky and then looked at her. "Maybe we
should continue this conversation after the sun rises. I want
to hunt Vampires tonight." Ash said. "And when the Library
opens tomorrow I can translate some books for you."

"Ok, Lets do that."

"I just want to know one thing. Why are you trusting me? I as
much as said that I am a Vampire."

"You also saved my life before you knew who I was, and Pikachu
is still with you. Also I remember my mother telling me that
there were good Vampires." Myste replied.

Myste and Ash went out to hunt Vampires, she playing the bait,
and once she lured the Vampire she and Ash took care of it or
them. They stayed out until around 10:00 when most everyone was
home safe hopefully. Then they went back to the Cerulean City Gym.