EVIL ASH:

The Beginning

            It was just like any other day in the world of Pokémon. The sun was shining, the trees green and beautiful, the wind gently blowing…Until it started raining. The winds picked up, the trees shook, the sun hid behind clouds, and Misty began complaining.

            "ASH! Why do we always listen to your shortcuts?! They ALWAYS take LONGER than the normal route!"

Misty paused to catch her breath. "and now it's RAINING!" she added.

"I'm sorry! I thought I had it this time…" Ash apologized.

"You are impossible, Ash Ketchum!"

"WHAT?!"

"You didn't hear me? I said-"

"BOTH OF YOU, STOP!" Brock interrupted. "Going for each others' throats will NOT get us out of this rain! Now, help me figure out where we are!"

            Yep, a typical day. The three travelers stopped and figured out where they were. They were just south of a Pokécenter, near Lavender Town. They were headed towards the tower-there had been rumors of strange things happening there. That, and Ash still wanted to catch a ghost-type Pokémon. About ten minutes later, they arrived safely at the Pokécenter. Nurse Joy greeted them, and offered them some warm blankets after being out in the rain. They gratefully accepted.

            "I didn't think we'd have any visitors, because of recent events…" Nurse Joy said.

"What for?" Ash asked.

"Well, people have been having awful nightmares, worse than anything they've ever had before. And then some people have been disappearing without a trace," Joy slowly said. "The police have been looking into it, but there's nothing so far…"

"Hmm…but I thought all that stuff was just a bunch of rumors?" Misty asked.

"Well, I thought so too…until it happened here. Just last night, three people stopped here, but two of the disappeared and one was so frightened by a nightmare they had that they almost ran out without their Pokéballs. It scared me quite a bit…" Joy replied.

            At this, Ash, Misty, and Brock became extremely nervous. Last night?! This day was getting worse… Nonetheless, they decided to spend the night…

Later that Night…

            As our heroes slept, a dark shadow was moving around outside. It slowly crept up to the Pokécenter and went straight through the wall. It disappeared for about an hour, then made its way to the room our heroes were sleeping in. after passing through the door, it looked at each person in the beds, as if sizing them up for some fiendish plot. It chuckled to itself. It knew it would have fun tonight. It moved towards Brock, putting its head near his. It moved away, disgusted. It examined Misty the same way, with the same result. Then, it came to Ash. It again examined him, just like the others-but something different happened. It stopped, lifted its head up, chuckled and then dove into Ash's head, melting right inside. Suddenly Ash had a fit. His dream had suddenly gone bad, and he was yelling loud enough to wake up Pikachu, Misty, Brock, and Joy. As Misty and Brock tried to wake him, Joy came in.

            "What's going on…Oh no…He's having one of those horrible nightmares! Wake him up, quickly!" Joy said.

"We're trying! He just won't wake up!" Misty yelled, above Ash's yells.

"I don't understand why he won't just wake up!" Brock yelled.

"I don't know if you can hear me, Ash, but wake up! You're having a nightmare, that's all!" Misty yelled into his ear.

All of a sudden, Ash fell silent. He was still asleep and wouldn't wake up…

Inside Ash's Dream World…

            The sun was shining as Ash had just beaten the Elite Four for the 50 millionth time. Ash was proud of himself for raising his Pokémon so well. Just as he was about to accept the trophy, he felt something strange. He had the chills, but only for a second. Still, it was enough to get him to look around. Then he saw the shadow that had come inside his head-though he didn't know it was from the outside. It confused him, why this shadow was there. Then he thought he saw it move. He looked away, and a split second later it was in front of him.

            "Waah!" he screamed. "Who are you? And WHY DID YOU JUST DO THAT?!" he asked the shadow.

It responded very simply; "I am now in charge. You will entertain me!"

"Huh? Who are you?" Ash repeated.

It moved closer. "You will entertain me, human!"

"What?" Ash stepped back. "What's going on?!"

The shadow lunged and grabbed Ash, as he began yelling. Then everything went black as Ash passed out.