Okay, you get off easy for the first one. :P This one isn't too dark.

Cassandra's AU for Straw's life: Ghost

Goldenrod City

Straw is doing some small training with Spyder alone, the others busy doing other things. Spyder fires several beams of light, glowing bright with various colors. He shoots straight through a can on the top of a nearby trashcan.

"Excellent! That was a great Signal Beam!"

Spyder spins around, flipping in excitement.

"<yay.exe But we all knew that was going to happen anyway.>"

Spyder flashes a "^o^", but accidentally fires a Shadow Ball at Straw. He makes no attempt to block it, given that it shouldn't do anything to him, only to find something odd happening. Instead of doing no harm to him, he is knocked onto his back, screaming in pain as it connects.

"W-what!? What the hell?! T-that shouldn't have happened..."

He lies there for a few seconds before getting up. Spyder goes over to him.

"<Sorry bout that. I guess I need more control over my attacks."

He flashes a ":/".

"N-no, that's not what is bothering me...that Shadow Ball...it shouldn't have hurt me. But it did..."

Straw raises his hand to his face. Exactly what was going on? He had no idea. Ghost Pokemon attacks hardly ever hurt a human. So why was he feeling pain from being Shadow Balled?