"Thank you for protecting me so many times, Haunter," Cheng Tian began. "Without you, I probably would have had an accident long ago."
"Although I don't know why you did it, I can tell your heart isn't bad."
Haunter gave no response to this. Haunter had even begun to guess what Cheng Tian would say next.
"You don't seem like a wild Pokémon to me." Unexpectedly, however, Cheng Tian simply asked a question. "You have a Trainer, don't you? Where's your Trainer?"
"Haunter!" Haunter's eyes suddenly blazed red. Cheng Tian's question had brought back some unpleasant memories. It startled Cheng Tian, who thought Haunter had suddenly attacked.
Haunter soon calmed down and looked at the human before those eyes with a complicated expression. After a long while, Haunter sighed. Red light shone from those eyes once more, while Cheng Tian suddenly grew drowsy.
"You..." Cheng Tian wanted to say something, but in the end, his eyes closed and he passed out.
Darkness. Endless darkness.
Cheng Tian had a long, long dream, which began in utter darkness. Then a small point of light suddenly appeared.
"Beep-"
Cheng Tian's viewpoint suddenly shifted into first person. Light flooded in, and an elderly man with a kindly face stood before him.
"You've hatched safely! Congratulations, little Gastly!"
Hatched?
Cheng Tian felt at a loss, only coming to a realization later. Could I be dreaming right now?
He had no control over the body. Although he was seeing through its eyes, he was more like a spectator.
It looks like I've been dragged into a dream, Cheng Tian thought.
Gastly lived a carefree life. Two weeks later, a young man came here. Cheng Tian couldn't make out his appearance, but he reckoned the man was around twenty.
"Oh, you're here." The elderly man smiled and