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Clemont insists the others (except Bonnie) are scared only because it is dark, and goes to turn on the lights. The chandelier lights up and the others thank him, but he tells them that it wasn't him who turned the light on. As the others wonder nervously, Clemont hurriedly attempts to justify the occurrence by saying that there must be sensors that can detect human presence. The group attempts to laugh it off, but {{an|Serena}} suggests the place is cursed, she then covers her mouth and asks "Did I just say that?" Ash shudders when Serena makes the statement and quickly loses his confidence and suggests that maybe they should take shelter outside after all. Just as Clemont agrees, the door shuts and locks behind them. Clemont again uses science to explain what happened, but when Serena mentions that a monster might live in the mansion, and she again covers her mouth and asks "Did I just say that?" Clemont decides to look for a way out, saying he can't trust "what is not scientifically proven." Ash agrees and the group begins to look for an exit.

Outside, {{TRT}} runs to get out of the rain and come to the mansion, and [[Jessie]] decides it looks like a good rain shelter, though [[James]] is hesitant. Jessie knocks on one of the back doors and after James expresses his doubts, Jessie says that the mansion will be perfect as a front line base for them in the [[Kalos]] region. A window opens wide after the door won't budge, and {{MTR}} and James follow Jessie inside. Jessie, like the children, guesses that the house is vacant, and the window they came from closes behind them. As Jessie wonders where the light switch is, the light turns on. James thanks Meowth, but Meowth insists it wasn't him, and that the mansion must be automated. James has a bad feeling about it, so he tries to secure their exit back through the window, but it has locked.

In another room the travelers scream and fall over as lightning illuminates the painting of the old woman portrait, except for Bonnie, who tells them it's only a portrait. Ash wonders if the lady pictured is the owner of the mansion, and Serena scares them all again by suggesting that the lady is already dead and a ghost, and once again she covers her mouth as she states "My mouth's got a mind of it's own today". Back in the window room, Team Rocket hear Ash and co.'s screams and James bangs on the window, trying to get out. Ash and his friends hear the knocking. Again, when Clemont tries to apply reason to the sound, saying that it must be an antique clock telling them the time, Serena wonders if it is the sound of Dracula driving a stake into someone, saying "what's with me today!?" In the portrait room, Team Rocket is frightened by the same painting of the old woman. Ash's group hears their screams and there is no denying it.  

Team Rocket inches along, trying to find an exit. At the end of a hallway they're passing, they see three glowing circles of light. It is an {{p|Espurr}}, playing with a floating ball with its psychic powers. It sends the ball flying towards Team Rocket, who take off down the hallway in fear. Ash and his friends again hear the ruckus and are about to find an exit when they too see Espurr floating down the hallway. Bonnie runs after it,and the others have no choice but to follow her. Clemont, Ash, and Serena round a corner where Bonnie had turned only to find a dead end and no one in sight; their calls are heard by Team Rocket, who are convinced it is the dead spirits inhabiting the house. Serena, Ash, and Clemont are looking for Bonnie when Clemont lets out a yell: he has figured out that there is probably a physic Pokémon in the house. That would then explain the lights and doors shutting, and the thing that Bonnie followed was probably it. The only question was why the Pokémon wouldn't let them out.

In a room with alone with Espurr, Bonnie says hello and asks the Pokémon who it is and how it came to live in the mansion. Espurr floats the ball to Bonnie,who throws it back, and soon they are playing catch. On top of Bonnie's head, {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}} attempts to catch the ball, but tumbles, and Bonnie falls forward to try and catch it. Before she hits the ground, Espurr uses its psychic powers to suspend her right before the floor and float her back into a standing position. Bonnie realizes that Espurr turned off the lights and shut the doors. When she asks why, Espurr leads her to a playroom, where Bonnie and Espurr play together.  

 

 

In the morning, the rain has cleared and a car pulls up to the mansion. Ash and others promise to find the old lady as a woman comes into the room, asking if they meant Grandma {{OBP|Lacy|XY014}}. The woman introduces herself as [[Elise]]. She explains that Grandma Lacy has passed away (this proves one of Serena's statements from earlier as a fact), and turns away. Espurr floats the pendant over to her. Elise reveals that they have decided to destroy the mansion and that she came to do a checkup. However, meeting Espurr has changed her mind, and she decides to renovate instead. She promises to hang up the portrait of Grandma Lacy and play with Espurr, too, when she moves into the mansion. She offers to take Espurr to Grandma Lacy's grave to pay its final respects. Elise's car drives away as Ash and his friends wave goodbye. On their way to the graveyard, Elise gives the pendant back to Espurr to keep forever, and the two become fast friends.