As they begin their trek to Baltimare City, Flash's group tries making a detour to catch some Water-Type Pokémon, but they get lost and have to stay at a haunted mansion.
- Agent Scully: Throughout most of their stay, Flash and Doc try brushing off all the paranormal and creepy activity they see, but that skepticism immediately ends when the Ghouwail make their presence known.
- Haunted House: The mansion Flash and his friends try to stay at is filled with Ghouwail, which initially freaks them out.
- Never My Fault:
- Spike and Doc both agree with Flash's idea to go off the path to try to find a shortcut, outvoting Twilight to do so. But when the group gets lost afterwards they put the blame entirely on Flash for coming up with the idea, even though they supported it.
- In the following morning after their stay, Twilight ribs on Flash for steering the group away from the main path and leading them to the haunted house. Flash tries absolving himself by arguing that staying on the main path would mean setting up tents and potentially catching colds outside, but Twilight doesn't buy it.
- Non-Malicious Monster: It's revealed that the Ghouwail never intended to harm Flash's group and were merely trying to scare them away so that they would leave them in peace. Ultimately, they resolve the conflict by reasoning and persuading to let them stay.
- Ominous Music Box Tune: In the mansion, Flash encounters multiple music boxes that play a creepy tune, no matter what Flash does to try turning it off. Even though he tries brushing it off, it clearly unnerves him.
- The Reveal: Skyler is revealed to have the Scrappy ability, allowing him to deal damage to Ghost-Types with Normal and Fighting moves. Played With though because the official blog by the author detailing the Pokémon teams of the story listed this ability for Skyler ever since he was caught.
