I have worked very hard on this story. Please offer up your opinions (and a suggestion for a better story name!). Feel free to point out any any mistakes i made. If you get confused, look back at an earlier post i made, which bears the prologue.

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"Wow... I can't believe it!" The Blaziken named Jack expresses his amazement at the mansion he is in. The mansion had been a prize in a contest drawing. He had won, but something seemed odd... after all, he had not entered any contest. Suspicious as he was, nobody could resist this mansion: spanning over 1½ miles and furnished with the finest materials money could buy, all free except for the contest entry fee. A Medicham is giving him a room to room tour.
"... and this is the last kitchen. Do you like it?" Jack stares at her until she realizes just how stupid that question is. "Oops! Sorry! Well, if you will just sign here..." She hands Jack a paper to sign and a pen. As he signs, the feathers on the back of his neck stand on end. Some one was watching him... but who? He owned only two things of value, one that is obvious; the mansion, and one that only he knew of...

His Aurora Crystal.

"Good! I guess it's time to bring all of your stuff in... OKAY, GUYS! BRING IT IN!" A bunch of Machokes, Machamps, and two Ludicolos walk in carrying Jack's various possessions.

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Soon, Jack is comfortable in his home, exploring, making and memorizing maps, and wondering why there was no silverware. That night, as Jack tries to find a good hiding place for his Aurora Crystal, he is startled by a pair of voices behind him speaking in perfect harmony.
"Hello..." "YAAH! Wh-where did you come from?!" Jack screams. "Oh, we were just dropping by to see how you were doing in the mansion. We are the ones who hosted the contest that you won, Ben and Jane. Here, take this." Ben (presumably) reaches over and hands Jack a small black marble.
"Keep this with you, at least for tonight. It may come of use..." With that, Ben and Jane turn and walk off, around a corner. Jack stands for a moment, confused about how this marble would help him, before heading for his room to place his Aurora Crystal under his pillow and the marble by the bed.

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Not too far away, three familiar heroes are thinking their situation over.

"Well, what have you found on the internet, Jenny?" Carey comments as she walks into the living room. " I did a search on shadowy incidents, considering that this was... well... dark, and it turns out that we are not the first ones to be transformed. Others have received the same treatment. Each transformed citizen disappeared shortly after the shadow conversion. However, here is something interesting. Not all of them involve a Jirachi! There have been recorded cases of all sorts suspicious shadow pokemon appearing around towns around the time of the kidnappings. A total of nine events, with shadows of the following pokemon: Ampharos, Gyaridos, Jolteon, our Jirachi, Alakazam, Heracross, Pinsir, Octillery, and... you won't believe this one... Lugia!"
"Lugia?! You've got to be kidding!" "James! You're back! So, what did you find out in the lair?" "I found out that the place is like a maze! I searched it high and low, but only found a big door-looking thing. It glowed blue and I was about to check it out when something moved behind me... that scared the wits out of me! It didn't help that the entire time I felt like I was being followed! It was almost like when they saw me find the door, they were coming to protect it. I Teleported out of there immediately, and there is no way you are going to get me to go back in there!!" "Wow... that's kind of creepy. Anyways, good job. I've been asking around town looking for anyone that was at the film scene. I found everybody except for Ben and Jane. Strangely, nobody knew anything about them... This suggest anything to you?" Carey said in a slightly surprised voice." "Yes. I did a lookup on everyone at the studio after finishing the other search and found the history of everyone except for them. There were no files or background information for them. I did, however, find their current location! They are in a town a few miles from here, just over the region border." James replied, "Shall we go? I've been there before, so we can Teleport. Some fancy silverware I stole from a big mansion awhile back fetched a good amount that kept me going till I got here!"

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The next morning, Jack gets up and groggily walks to the nearest bathroom, blissfully placed right by the bedroom he had chosen. As he stares into the mirror, still half asleep, he barely notices the discoloration. He takes his shower to wake up, but gets some soap in his eyes. When he clears his vision, he notices something strange as he takes his hands away from his eyes; they were slightly shaded with purple. Thinking that it is just the lighting or something, he steps out of the shower and dries off. When he steps in front of the mirror again to brush his teeth, he notices the big change; his feathers had been turned shades of purple and bronze and he has bizarre looking, green glowing energy blades like wings! Quickly rushing from the bathroom, he dashes down a hallway toward where he thought the front of the house was, but the panic of the moment caused him to temporarily forget the map. Soon, after randomly running through the mansion, he runs out of breath and energy and falls to the floor. A pair of footsteps can be heard over his heavy breathing. "Hello, Jack. How are you doing?" said the pair of familiar voices of Ben and Jane. "Wh-... what the... what are... you doing... here?" Jack was breathing so hard, it was hard to speak. "Well, we figured that you would like to know what is going on. Just come with us, and we'll-..." Suddenly, yet another voice can be heard rather loudly... actually, yelling. "Ah hah! We've got you now!" Carey jumps out of nowhere and makes a leap for Ben and Jane, missing them by a hair. They run off down a corridor and escape around one a corner. James Teleports in front of Carey to stop her from running after them. "Hey, i know you want to go after them, but In this place, don't try to chase them. Trust, me. One can disappear in here just as easy as thinking "just one corner more" Jacks voice breaks the conversation. "Who, may I ask, are you?" "Oh! Hey Carey, look! Someone else who has been transformed!" Jenny exclaims in excitement. "Really?! Whe-..." Carey's voice stutters to a halt as she meets Jack's eyes. They both start blushing, Jack's blush clearly visible through the feathers, and Carey looks away. Jenny begins to quietly whisper to James. "Wow, I've never seen love at first sight until now!" "Heh, yeah, I agree!" "Hey, I can hear you two!" ...and Carey can hear them.

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Later that day, Jack is conversing with James as Carey and Jenny step into another room.
James: "Well, let's get you fixed up. May I see your Aurora Crystal, please?"
Jack hands him the Crystal to James who silently observes it for a moment... before throwing it straight at Jack's head! Startled, he jumps backward as the Crystal passes through his forehead like a ghost. As he gets up, his feathers wondrously return to normal and the wing blades recede into his back. "Don't do that again! Why didn't you tell me you were going to throw it at me?!" "Sorry! I just wanted to see what you were going to do!" "Well, now you know... so don't do it again! By the way, how did you know it would do that?" "Well, the family legends state that the Aurora Crystals have the power to remove Evil power within an individual. Hm... by the way, what should we call the transformation?" "I don't know. Let's get back to that later."

Meanwhile, in another room, Carey and Jenny were talking things over.
"I can't go in there!" says Carey. "Why not? So what if you have a crush on him, just think of something else." "I've never seen that work before." "It worked for me when I had a crush, so why shouldn't it work for you?" "And when was this?...Oh! It was on that Dunsparce, wasn't it? Yeah, what was his name... hm..." "Woah, woah, woah! Let's not get off subject." "Sorry, I was just trying to think of something else, like you said. It works much better than I thought!" "See? I told you!"
Jack and James walk in; James was telling a joke. "And then he said-" "Oh, hey, Carey!" Carey looks up with interest, trying to concentrate on something else."Yes?" "I was wondering... well... want to go out to a movie or something?" Carey stands astounded. Was she hearing what she thought she was hearing? Her crush had just asked her out on a date! Enveloped in her newfound fantasy come true, she nodded dreamily. Jack nods back and walks out of the room. Had anyone been listening to the door, they would have heard him enthusiastically saying to himself "YES!"

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Later, Jenny and James were left at home while Carey and Jack go to the movies. Carey talked Jack into a mystery movie while he wanted an action movie, so they ended up watching "5-Degree Difference". A huge Tsunami hits a big city and it is up to a detective Quagsire to find out who or what caused it and several other major disasters. After the movie was over, Carey tries to wake Jack up (it happened when they got to the boring explanation part). By the time he gets up to go, the entire theater is empty. Halfway down the steps, Jack freezes on the spot, staring at the blank screen. When Carey can't get him to move, she follows his eyes to the screen. For a moment, she is puzzled, but gasps when she sees what he did; two bulges were growing out of the flat surface and gaining a yellowish color! Terrified, she shoves Jack over the side rail and runs down the stairs. When she passes him as he gets up, she grabs his head feathers and drags him at a high speed. She only lets go tjo speak when they are out of the building. "Wha-... What was... that thing?" "I don't know but... please don't do that again. We were pretty high up there when you pushed me! Also, never, ever pull on my feathers! I was bullied as a child that way in fourth grade!" "I kept hearing this voice as I ran... it was saying something about... fear? It was a little hazy." "Fear? Did you hear anything else?" "No, just "I am fear" or something like that." "Well, either way, scary movies will never be the same. I just felt like I was in a dark room with something I couldn't see watching me... just like an old nightmare I once had when I was a kid." "Uh, Jack? We were in a dark room, and we couldn't see all of whatever that was." "Um... let's just head home. You have been through a lot more than me so maybe you can figure this out with my help." "Good idea."

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Carey and Jack manage to get home without any mishaps to tell Jenny and James of the event. "So then what happened?!" "Well, I got Jack out of there and we came home." "Wow... that sounds scary!" "So, do you two think you can get anything on this?" Jack said. "Of course!" Was the reply of both the younger Pokemon.

The next few weeks were composed of Jenny and James searching the internet and people in the town for information regarding the strange incident. Jack and Carey did some work too, but only when they were home from their dates, which most were scheduled right after the one before ended. Then one day...

Jack caught Carey walking out of the kitchen one day after dinner. "What? You seem a little nervous." "Oh, man, I can't believe I'm about to do this, but... Carey?" "Yes?"

"Um... will... you marry me?"

Jack gets down on one knee and brings a box out from behind his back, which he opens to reveal his Aurora Crystal on a ring. However, Carey can't see it.

She fainted.

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As Jenny uses Psychic to carry Carey to a bedroom, Jack talks with James to find out exactly what they found out with their research. "Well, there was only one "Shadow Pokemon" that we were able to find anything about. He was the Alakazam we mentioned to you the other day. He goes by "Desperado". "What kind of person kidnaps someone and then publicly displays it?" "Desperado does... sort of. He is drawn to gambling casinos everywhere, and brags to the ladies about it. Of course, he has a disguise on that makes him appear normal. However, that doesn't keep the girls quiet!" "Yeah, but... where did you find out about this?" "MySpace!" Jenny interrupts with a brief announcement. "We're here!"
The group walks into the bedroom as Jenny sets Carey down on the bed. "By the way, Jack, exactly what made you want to marry my sister? She seemed to take the news quite hard..." "Yeah, somehow I noticed. Do you think we should wake her up?" "No, that's probably not a good idea. She may hurt herself if you surprise her." James said, before explaining that libraries were his favorite spot to visit during his time alone. He liked reading medical books! "S-... Surprise me? Huh? What happened?" Carey sits straight up in bed and looks around, confused as to where she is. "You don't remember? I... um..." "He proposed to you and you fainted." "Yeah, that." "Pro-... oh yeah! Jack, I-"
As if he could take it no longer, the almost invisible black monster in the corner bursts from the shade. It was the same one that had captured Carey, Jenny and James!

"ENOUGH!!!!"

A sort of long awkward silence follows...

Jack begins to whisper to James. "Who the heck is that freak?!" "We aren't really sure. He's that one that captured us." "Grrrah... I could feel your happiness... and I despise it! Now, both of you, GIVE ME YOUR CRYSTALS!!"
From the floor in front of him, green flames shoot to the ceiling. Out of the flames step Ben and Jane, both transformed, but with long, glowing red tentacles sprouting from their backs instead of the normal green wing blades. Faster than anyone could react, Ben lashes Carey in the stomach, with one of the 3-inch spikes on the tentacles missing by a hair. Now snapped from the shock of this turn of events, Everyone dives into the hallway to escape. Right as they take off, a black beam hits the wall in front of the doorway, again missing Carey by a centimeter. James looks back over his shoulder as he makes the turn into the nearby living room to follow the others, and wishes he hadn't. Floating down the hall were Ben and Jane on Purplish-black clouds, eyes flaring and tentacles flailing. He then joins the others behind a table Jack turned over at the other end of the room. Carey, stricken with panic, begins to speak in a frantic voice. "What do we do? They're going to kill us!" "Well, duh!"
Ben and Jane reach the room, followed by the shadow. When they see the table, they immediately lash at it, making Jack struggle to hold it in place. It was not too long before one of the spikes pierced the table, straight into Jack's shoulder. Crying out in pain, he lets go of the table, which goes flying. Now in the open, Carey and Jenny scream as James just closes his eyes.

Suddenly, Jack feels a tremendous power flow through him. In the blink of an eye, he was upon the tentacle headed for his friends, slashing at it with his claws! Yelling in rage, Jane withdraws the tentacle, pulling Jack with it. When he gets close enough, he leaps off and Blaze Kicks the shadow while showering all of his opponents with a Flamethrower. The shadow again fades and disappears, along with Ben and Jane. Carey and Jenny stop screaming as James opens his eyes, all of them astonished. Jack turns to them, also astonished.
"Um... wow."
Carey speaks up.
"Jack? Yes."
"Yes?"
"Yes."

"...YES!!!"

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Phrase to Remember: Hobba Jobba.
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Fun Fact: Wrapping a dirty sock around your throat is an old cure for a sore throat.
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