All around the world, there are legends of dark, creepy places. Some, everyone knows. Others lost in the sands of time. This is the story of the Moving Forest. The cursed place that shows up every Friday the 13th. And when it does, it brings only nightmares. Lets begin...
Once upon a time, back when Viridian City was just a tiny village, there lived a small curious boy. He was an ordinary ten year old boy, who liked to explore and collect things. Everyday, he would investigate a new part of what would later become, Viridian Forest. This went on for some time until one day, while in the woods, he saw something he would never forget. The forest seemed to move and whisper his name, beckoning him to explore deeper. He saw trees shake and move aside, revealing a path into the dense, dark forest that sunlight couldn’t even penetrate. Curiosity got the better of him and he went down that path. He was intrigued by the moving roots around the trail. But what he didn’t see was the voracious eyes following him from the trees. Nor did he see the spectres that danced among the branches the further he went.
As he reached the end of the path, he saw a single Gengar sitting on a rotten stump, surrounded by dead grass. The boy, too young to know the dangers of this world, approached the Gengar. The sharp jagged teeth of the Gengar revealed themselves as it spoke, leaving a stench of rotten berries in its wake. It told the boy that he was brave and had earned a reward. An opportunity for a trial to have the boy prove himself. If he won the trial he would get three big nuggets, each one worth enough to own a castle. All he had to do was stare at the Gengar and not fall asleep. The boy, savoring the thought of owning the nuggets for his collection, foolishly accepted. His eyes closed and never opened again.
The town searched for the boy for weeks, burning paths in the hopes that the boy could find his way back. As the fires grew closer to the hidden path, the Trevenants grew restless. By the time the town found the path, the Trevenants and Gengars had left, taking the body with them. That is, until Friday the 13th came again. A little girl in the now mapped out Viridian Forest disappeared. In her place, lay the lifeless boy. Now every Friday the 13th, the Trevenants and the Gengar return to Viridian Forest and take foolish children, leaving behind their previous victim as a warning. A warning about the woods. A warning for those who travel through Viridian Forest on that day.
So now you know the legend of the moving forest here in Viridian. If you find yourself looking at the path guarded by Trevenants, run as fast as you can. Or you might be the next one we find.