Jason wandered through the forest as the sun was slowly beginning to set, he looked at his map and tilted it from side to side. He looked at Puppy, who was out of her pokeball at this point. "Any scents?" he asked, looking at her somewhat distraught. He glanced back at the map as he saw Puppy look up at him and shake her head. She was bipedal, but was also used to being on all fours to make use of her olfactory senses. "Elievra taught me everything I need to know about combat," he said under his breath, "But I can't read a map for the life of me." He turned around, and saw the sun was clearly over the horizon, and dusk was settling. He let out a sigh, "I sure hope it doesn't actually cost my me a life," he said, and then looked at Puppy as she sniffed around, mainly going in circles, "Or two lives..."<br/><br/>Just as the forest darkened small lights began to light up everywhere. Jason and Puppy both looked around with dropped jaws. "Okay..." he said confused, "What's going on?" He looked back and forth between all of the lights. He then looked back at the map and took his pokedex out. He had the dex scan the area. It beeped twice and then the screen flashed up, and came up with something useful. "Twilight Grove," he read off the screen and then looked back at the map, "We're way off track..."<br/><br/>Puppy kept herself occupied in her usual curious manner, sniffing around and exploring the lights. She got to one and as she sniffed at it, the light expanded and shot through the forest. The pokedex lit up again, having automatically scanned the light. Jason looked at Puppy, "What did you do?" he asked in a rather lecturing tone. He glared at her as his pokedex made more sounds as the scan processed.<br/><br/>Puppy backed down a bit and frowned, cowering like a dog would. "I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't do it.... I didn't know that it would-" She got cut off as another light orb burst from afar, and shot up towards the two of them. It stopped in mid air and pulsated a bit, the light growing into a rather strange figure. Jason held the pokedex scanner out to it, and it scanned the throbbing light orb. Puppy jumped back, not knowing what to do at first. She then immediately saw it as a threat and barked at it. She suddenly went wide eyed and backed away again, after hearing a distorted voice in her head tell her to leave.<br/><br/>Jason read the screen, "Ghostly..." he said, "It's a ghost?" He then dropped the computer and held his hands to his ears as he heard a distorted voice. He made out something of a message, but was unable to unravel it to something understandable. The noise in his head stopped and he looked back up at the spiritoid. It began to look something similar to a pokegirl, but what type was beyond clear. He heard another noise, this one just a single word repeated, much easier to understand. "Follow you where?" Jason shouted as the ghost of a pokegirl began running through the woods<br/><br/>He chased after it, Puppy following him closely until they reached a small meadow with a single old tree in the center of it. Around the tree was a pool of glowing blue water. He walked up to it, and the Ghostly hovered over it eerily. Jason decided he was done waiting, and threw a pokeball at it. The ball went right through it, and hit the tree before bouncing into the pool. He heard another voice through his mind again. "Drink ... ... drink" it said. Jason shook his head. It was a bad idea, and he backed away slowly. He turned around and then suddenly he saw his father. He was just standing there, phasing in and out of being, as if he was composed entirely of light. The entity vanished and Jason turned back to the Ghostly. "Drink... drink!" it said, louder.<br/><br/>Jason looked at the spirit and said slowly, "Okay... I'll take a drink." He slowly cupped his hands in the pool to collect some water and sipped a bit from it. Suddenly his body fell to the ground, his hand laying in the pool of water. Puppy jumped at him, shocked, and immediately went about licking his face, and attempting to kiss him to try and revive him. He was breathing, but totally out of it.<br/><br/>Jason woke up somewhere strange. The place was brightly illuminated with all sorts of strange colors. Before him was the figure that the Ghostly appeared as before he passed out. It was more formed though, and although the figure didn't look like any single pokegirl, it did look tangible now. Jason spoke up, "Who are you? What do you want from me?" he asked demandingly. He breathed heavily, and felt weightless.<br/><br/>"Who am I?" the spirit asked aloud, "To tell you the truth, I'm just not sure anymore." She giggled a bit and smirked as she drifted towards him. "I know you though," she said, "I think I knew you your father... but I can't remember much before my death."<br/><br/>"Your... death?" Jason asked, suspiciously, "If you're dead... then... am I dead?"<br/><br/>"No silly," the Ghostly said, her voice echoing across the place, "This is a dream. You're plenty alive, but I can't have fun with you in the real world, or even talk to you very easily apparently."<br/><br/>"You don't even remember your own name..." Jason said, "I'm Jason, for the record. That was my father that you made an image of, how did you know him?"<br/><br/>"I'm not totally sure," she said, "I think he was my tamer, I was hoping you might be able to enlighten me a bit."<br/><br/>"Sorry," Jason said, "I never knew much about my father's tamer days. And unfortunately, he's dead."<br/><br/>"Dead..." she said, her eyes beginning to welt with tears. The environment became darker, and melted away slowly.<br/><br/>"For ten years," Jason told her, "He was killed, and I'm on my way to find out who killed him."<br/><br/>Suddenly, she let out a loud cry and the whole world of the dream began to shake and break apart violently. Memories poured back into her, and she screamed out, "They killed him! They shot him! Then they took us! Then they separated us. They took me and I wouldn't go... and so they killed me..."<br/><br/>Jason held on to the ground around him, the nightmare breaking loose inside of him. "You can come with me!" Jason shouted, trying to speak over the mayhem, "I'm going to find the men who did this to you, and to my father." As abruptly as the terror began, it stopped, and the Ghostly dropped to her knees, sobbing relentlessly. Jason walked up to her and comforted her, "We'll find your harem sisters," he said as he hugged her, "Will that make you happy?"<br/><br/>"...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," the Ghostly said under her false breath.<br/><br/>"What?" Jason asked.<br/><br/>"We all knew what was coming," she said, "those were the last words I heard from the most powerful of my sisters, Elievra. She said things like that that never made much sense to us, but she seemed to cherish and have faith in some of those many phrases. She said that it was from a really old book, and never told us much more."<br/><br/>"As long as you don't have a name already," Jason said, "I think I want to name you Dust... do you like it?"<br/><br/>"Yea..." she said, "I do..."<br/><br/>"I know Elievra," Jason told her, "She trained me for this mission. She said she was the only one who managed to escape capture. And that it was by being hidden. So... are you with me?"<br/><br/>"Yes," Dust said, "If you promise to let me have some fun with you every now and then, although it'd have to stick to your dreams. The pokeball should work now. You shouldn't wait too much longer, so we'll get to know each other a little more next time. I have a feeling that your other girl thinks you're dead."<br/><br/>Suddenly, Jason woke up next to pool of water. The pokeball was in hand and Dust appeared as a silhouette of the image she took on in the dream. He hit the opening button on the ball and noticed that the properties of the ball had changed. It was now as incorporeal as she was to his left hand, but to his right arm, which was sitting in the water the whole time, he could touch it.His arm appeared no different, but it seemed to have gained the attribute of being able to touch intangible spiritual essence. The pokeball absorbed Dust and shrank before vanishing in a flash. It reappeared, hovering alongside his other pokeballs.<br/><br/>"Huh," Jason said, "That's interesting." He looked at Puppy who was more than happy to see him awake. Her tail wagged uncontrollably as she licked his hand playfully. The night brought an un-thought of traveling advantage. In the distance, the halo of the brightly lit Silverfork City shined brightly. Jason quickly ran back towards the road, easily able to find it now that he had a better sense of direction with the map.