KiroTheHero

The Grinning Shadow The small town of Brookdale was a peaceful and friendly place filled with happiness and hope for many a young trainer excited to set of on their very own adventure. That was until the day a strange creature appeared. A fat little body, big pointy ears, eerie red lights that glowed from its eyes and a huge crooked smile the size of its whole body. One of the local children Jeremy eagerly grabbed his pokedex and pointed it towards the creature It was a Gengar, a ghost-type Pokemon with a love of playing tricks on unsuspecting pokemon trainers . No one knew where such a pokemon had come from, or why it had chosen to make its home in Brookdale as the locals were only used to weedles and pidgeys with the occasional rattata if you forgot to throw away your left overs. At first, the townsfolk were curious and excited by this new arrival. But then strange things started to happen. Mysterious objects began to appear in their homes and some people reported seeing ghostly figures lurking in the shadows, Nightmares became common place and chanting from the nearby forest was a nightly occurrence . One night, a two brave siblings Jeremy and Emily decided to take matters into their own hands and confront the Gengar at its lair in an old abandoned warehouse on the edge of town. Armed with nothing but courage and their Pokemon , they entered the building only to find themselves locked inside with no way out. From there things got worse as they realized that what they were facing wasn’t an ordinary gengar the Gengar was huge and terrifying - its eyes gleaming red and its claws reaching out to grab them in an instant. Jeremy the oldest of the pair and the stronger trainer shoved his younger sister Emily to the ground to assure she avoided the incoming attack and threw out one of his pokemon an Arbok which he had raised from a level four Ekans all the way to level thirty-two. Gengar used shadow punch and immediately Jeremy's Arbok took heavy damage however survived due to the strong bond he had with Jeremy and fear as to what would happen to his beloved friend without his help in the battle, Jeremy wasn't going to give up easily though, and he ordered his Arbok to use its Glare attack which paralyzed the gengar in place. With this advantage Jeremy had bought himself some time so that he could think of a way out of this situation. Knowing there wasn't much chance of defeating the foe the two took their time to try and find an exit while searching the lair of the beast no such way out was discovered, The sibling heard a spine tingling giggle as they realised the Gengar was starting to become free of its paralysis they turned to see the foe however to their surprise they noticed a detail they had missed before, now behind the Gengar they could see it there on its back a giant red R, this creature was not born hateful but had it built into him by the despicable team rocket. Emily who was not much of a fighter and was a promising young nurse in training began to quickly scramble through her school bag as the Gangar was still gaining control back of his body his fingers twitching and his ears shaking of the cobwebs, but what she had retrieved was no pokemon for battling or weapon to defend herself but rather a treat initially meant for Jeremy's beloved Arbok, as the gengar snapped around to face them it giggled and leaped and Jeremy closed his eyes wishing to not see what was in store for him or his younger sister and then ......... nothing he was fine and no scream from Emily either, he slowly squinted from his left eye to see her on her knee with her head bowed and an outheld hand with of which the Gengar was eating the homemade snack. As the Spirit like pokemon finished off the snack he licked his lips letting off another giggle the children heard the before slammed shut door slowly creak open their first thought was to bolt to the door and as they did Jeremy thought to himself for a moment, this creature is feared and hated and has never had anything else however when shown the slightest glimmer of affection purposely chose to take it over the violence on which it had only known before. He turned back around and with one deep breath walked back toward the previously horrifying enemy and as he got there pet it in the back of the he'd with another giggle and a tear in its eye the Gengar evaporated into air. The nightmares stopped aswell as the chanting from the woods. But the occasional shoe may still go astray in Brookdale, Jeremy visits the old warehouse from time to time leaving a treat made from the hands of his sister and recieving a giggle in return and was planning on doing so again on the third anniversary of that fateful day now a promising trainer and a dream of taking on the elite four, this time with a greatball in one hand and a treat in the other he would take his old rival turned friend with him on his long journey far from their initial meeting. IGN: KiroTheHero Ever since I saw Gengar playing pranks on Ash and Pikachu he has always been my favourite, and seeing how long he waited for his trainer to come back solidified it for me and through every pokemon game since gengar has been a staple of my team !