Chapter no.196 The Ainsworth Family

Agatha and the twin sisters felt chills run down their spines as they saw the entire sky covered in clouds made out of ghostly energy.
The desolate streets of Lavender Town began filled with aberrations of beings who lived and died in this accursed land.
Agatha gritted her teeth as fury erupted from her heart when seeing Lavender tower.
Oh ! How did she hate that place that took the one person she cared for ?
Agatha and the twin sisters found that Lavender tower was under some kind of barrier.
No, No after all this time I finally got my chance at revenge. How can a mere barrier stop me ?!
[ 83 years ago ]
[ Lavender Town - Ainsworth Family Mansion ]
A 7 year old Agatha walked down the empty halls of the Ainsworth family mansion alongside her brother, a ghastly.
" William, Father has called upon me. Please don't try to light his hair on fire again."
" Kekeke !"
Ghastly outstretched his neck as he licked Agatha's face before phasing into her shadow.
" Come on, William you won't get me into trouble again."
Agatha sweated a little as she didn't get an answer.
I am doomed.
.....
Ethan Ainsworth could help be sighed in frustration as he had received a letter from the branch family in Sinnoh.
They would take care of his little girl after his death.
( ~ Knock ~ )
( ~ Knock ~ )
" May I come in, Father ?"
" The door is always open for my little girl."
( ~ Creek ~ )
Agatha opened the door as she found herself standing in the middle of her father's desolate room, with nothing more than a single desk, a wooden rocking chair, with four dimly glowing lanterns placed on four corners of the room, emanating soft light.
Unlike the rest of the world that enjoyed the power of electricity since, the ambient otherworldly energy pervading the castle had a negative interference with electricity, and thus, despite the changes in the world outside, the residents of the Ghost Tower—the number now reduced to a dozen, simply lived without it. Then again, with the ghosts saturating the castle, the entire atmosphere gave a slight chill. There was no breeze, just some filtered sunlight through the window panes, and the light chill, whose source could be deduced by any self-respecting trainer.
" Why have you called upon me, father ?"
" Awe, do I have to have a reason to call upon my beautiful daughter ?"
" Father ."
" Now I miss the little girl who used to call me papa."
Agatha blushed in embarrassment as she said ," P..Papa."
" Yes, my little baby." Ethan Ainsworth had a grin on his face as he replied to his daughter.
" Why have you called upon me ?"
Ethan Ainsworth stood up as he outstretched his hand.
From within the shadows a staff emerged with a pokeball as its handle.
Ethan Ainsworth got on one knee as he presented the heirloom of the Ainsworth family to Agatha.
" Is... Isn't this .."
Agatha's hand shivered as she touched the staff.
" My little girl, I am happy to say that now this is yours."
" But am I ready ?"
" I wouldn't have given it to you if I didn't think you were ready."
Agatha hugged the staff that was bigger than her as if her life depended on it.
Agatha touched the staff as she looked at the intricate symbols carved into the staff with wonder.
" Papa, what are these symbols ?"
" ( ~ Chuckle ~ ) You don't have to play the cute card. I was going to tell you anyway."
Ethan Ainsworth pointed at the symbols and said ," This is the mark left behind by all those that wielded the staff in battle."
" Where is your symbol ?"
" Unfortunately I haven't wielded the staff in battle so I don't have a symbol."
" Don't worry papa I'll wield it in battle and I'll carve a symbol into it for you and me."
Rubbing his daughter's hair, Ethan Ainsworth tried to hide the pain he was currently feeling under a smile.
" I am looking forward to it but Agatha I am going to go out so don't misbehave while I am gone and please don't let William burn down the house."
" When will you come back."
" .... "
" Papa ?"
" Sorry but I can't say since the trip is quite long."
" Ok but be safe."
" Haha you know me."
" That's why I said it."
" You're too smart for your own good so don't let William cause any trouble, promise."
Ethan Ainsworth outstretched his pink while Agatha reciprocated the gesture.
" I promise."
" That's my girl."
Ethan Ainsworth hugged his daughter so she couldn't see the tears running down her father's face who knew that he was marching forward towards his death just all the previous family heads.
' I am sorry, Agatha for leaving you alone but I need to reseal that thing before it gets out. I am sorry I wasn't able to see you grow up, find love and walk you down the aisle. '
.....
A flash of light covered the sky that had enveloped Lavender Town in a blanket of black clouds.
( ~ 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 ~ )
( ~ 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠 ~ )
( ~ 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗽 ~ )
As if the Gods were bellowing out in anger, the thunderclap could be heard from miles away.
( ~ 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝗵 ~ )
The winds were strong enough to cause at least light damage to trees as the flora of the land danced to the tunes of the wind.
( ~ 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 ~ )
The storms took the very land of the mountains into an onward night, regardless of neither time nor sun, yet came the booming exclamations of heaven and lightning to restart the heart.
Inside the Ainsworth family mansion, the sobbing of a little girl who got the news about her death was drowned out by the reverberating thunder.
( ~ Sobs ~ )
" Why ?"
" Why ?"
" Why ?"
William stared in sadness at her sisters condition.
She had stopped eating ever since that horrible news came and he was getting more and more worried.
Ethan Ainsworth, the 31rst head of Ainsworth family had died to reseal the great evil that has pladgued the Ainsworth family for generations.
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Agatha's fury couldn't be described in words as she opened the PokeBall on her staff revealing a beautiful gem stone.
" William, mega evolve!" Agatha shouted, raising her staff and crashing it into the ground. The gem stone immediately burst into orange light at the same time as the Gengarite burst into a light blue light, considerably brightening the dark misty terrain. Both stones launched bolts of colorful energies towards one another, which connected and changed into a dark purple energy that recoiled into Gengar and engulfed him.
William started changing shape right before his trainer's eyes, his back spikes growing far larger and sharper and showing up around his arms and legs, which also grew. Gengar wailed out in agony from the overflow of energy surging through his body.
The dark energy exploded after about a minute, fully revealing Gengar's new form. Aside from the new, enlarged spikes, his face had changed into a darker shade of purple, which gradually changed into a red hue as it went down the ghost's body. His legs were still stubby, but his arms had grown considerably, in an almost comical way. As soon as the trainer observed that, however, Gengar's limbs sunk into the ground, leaving the body halfway visible.
" Shadow Ball !"
William raised his hand into the air as the surrounding ghostly energy swirled into thousands of shadow balls all attacking the barrier surrounding Lavender Tower.
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𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸'𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁. 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗸'𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆.]