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Ranting & Raving!
In the Special manga Phoebe has a dead sister, but if the child changes gender depending on your character then it's probably not a reference to that. It also busts the theory that it could be the spirit of her grandmother. Hmm, maybe I can spin a creepypasta from this. The dead child is actually your fraternal twin that died in the womb. Though they died, they're spirit lived on and has helped guide you though you never knew it. When you went on your journey your twin spirit followed you, that is until they spotted Zinnia disguised as a grunt (the cutscene in Petalburg Woods where the player leaves and Zinnia is seen is from the perspective of your twin). Realizing something is wrong and it can threaten you, mom, and dad, your twin leaves you and follows Zinnia and learns about her plans. The twin goes to Mt. Pyre to see if it could do something... which is when it meets Phoebe who can communicate with it. The twin tells her about itself and Zinnia's plan though Phoebe knows there's nothing they can do to stop Team Magma/Aqua from stealing the but can prepare a plan to stop the Legendary. Phoebe tells the plan to her grandparents as your twin goes back to help guide continue guiding you. At Mt. Pyre the villain team steals the orb as expected though thanks to your twin and Phoebe's plan you're there to take the other orb that sets up you stopping the Legendary; which you do. After so your twin continues guiding you though when you face Phoebe in the Elite Four, but to thank the spirit for helping save Hoenn Phoebe makes it so that the you're able to see each other face-to-face (though the player doesn't seem to know this and focuses on the battle which at that point the twin becomes invisible again).Uh, super necrobump for another ghost post...
I know we've already gone over a couple of ghostly gals, but in Phoebe's room in OR AS, there is a ghost child that appears right when the challenge screen comes up. It's on the armchair behind her to her right. After the battle, when the camera is facing your right shoulder, the ghost can be seen behind your left side.
Why is it there? Does Phoebe have some ghosts in her past? Or did she summon it using some paranormal power to mess with your mind? According to bulbapedia, the ghost child's gender is the opposite of yours...
(Sorry if we discussed this and I missed it)
BUT anyway the game provides no explanation so I think you should just take it as spookiness for spooky sake. ;)
NEW MYSTERY: So in Alpha Sapphire if you go into Shelly's room she has a picture of her, Archie, and Jirachi. Do you think there's any significance to this?