Perhaps I was a fool for thinking I could leave what I had known since birth. The constant snow, along with blizzard storms, forced me to evolve from an eevee to a glaceon. If you have never seen a glaceon, the fur of a glaceon is short and pale blue. The tail is short, I'd say about one foot at the longest, and form a pointed end at the end of the tail. There is a dark blue diamond color at the end of the tail. I don't know why, but I don't really care if you think it is odd, that's just how we are. Our ears are shaped slightly in a diamond, but I would chew you out if you made fun of my ears… Sorry, perhaps I need to introduce myself. My name is Aria and as you can infer from my description, I am a glaceon.

I lived with a small tribe of glaceons for roughly a year before I ran into this espeon who looked lost. Now, before I go talking about the espeon, let me explain about my tribe. Living out on the island covered in snow and ice makes food very scarce so whatever food we can scavenge is always shared with the group. Our small tribe consisted of a grand total of eight glaceons, me, my parents, two elders, and three other glaceons. We all treated each other as family, but while I was really young, I had to be taught survival tactics and to be able to rely on myself, which I guess was partly responsible for my slightly arrogant self… Moving on, I learned how to search for food in the right places before I could even speak properly. Even right now, I can hear Hio laughing at my attempts when pronouncing those huge words that he uses so often.

I'm distracting myself too much. Anyways, when you're raised by glaceons, you are taught to be self sufficient and to be able to handle almost any issues that show up. This included fending off any pokemon that strayed into our small territory which I might add that there were somehow, a lot of fire pokemon that tried to push their way through our territory. As odd as that seemed, I didn't realize that most of the fire pokemon that showed up were part of rescue teams and some of them were pretty scary… especially that Wigglytuff. Even now, I get nervous when near him. Mind you, I am not weak or pathetic, but I wasn't prepared when he plowed through our territory with relative ease and continued on as if nothing had happened. After the incident with Wigglytuff, our small tribe had relocated to a cave nearby and life continued on normally, though we lost three glaceons to some crazy pokemon… I can't remember, but that pokemon wasn't normal. It even blended in even though it was a fire type. It looked like it had many tails and stood on four legs, but that fire…. I even shudder now to the intensity of that attack.

Anyways, I was walking on a well worn trail one bright day and noticed a lone espeon who was wandering in a wide circle. Mind you, I was watching this espeon from the mountain ledges. From where I was observing, he was on the verge of passing out as his pace was real slow. Curious, I crept from where I was observing, carrying an apple that I had scavenged, to where he was at. As I crept closer to where he was at, I hadn't noticed that he had fallen down when I crept by a large boulder. When I had finally arrived at the forest area where I had last seen him, I found him on the ground with his eyes barely open. Something was telling me to walk away and ignore him, but I couldn't turn a blind eye to a pokemon in need. I walked carefully closer to him and he noticed me and his eyes went wide. He struggled to stand up but failed to do so. I observed him for a moment, noticing how bad of a condition he was in. He whimpered and he whispered something that I didn't hear what he had said. I walked even closer to the point that I was in his face and then I heard what he was saying.

"H-Help me… So… Hungry… So tired." I stared at him a few moments before hesitantly giving him the apple I had worked so hard to find. The aroma of the apple gave him a bit of energy as he tried to eat the apple as fast as he could in his current condition. I laid down next to him to provide him a little bit of warmth, but I guess I wasn't subtle enough and he jerked when my body touched him. He turned and stared back at me with wide eyes that I stared at him oddly.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. After him still staring at me a while longer I raised an eyebrow at him. I should go ahead and say that we glaceons don't have eyebrows, but it's an expression I commonly use. "What, meowth got your tongue?"

He rapidly shook his head and quietly said, "This is the first that a wild pokemon has helped me." Curious, I asked him when he hesitated, "Oh and what separates you from me. For all I know, you're just another wild pokemon who got unlucky with the evolution to adapt to this area."

He winced at my comment, but replied saying, "Well, the only difference is that I'm part of a rescue team called Team Sunrise. I'm the leader and I decided to explore here, but I guess I'm not experienced enough to take this challenge on."

Satisfied with his response, I let him rest a bit as I surveyed the surroundings for any pokemon that roamed in the area. I was distracted when he spoke to me again asking, "Hey, would it be okay if you were to join my rescue team?" I glanced at him curiously. He stared at me again and I saw him blush slightly and he looked away from me. "Please?"

I sighed and thought about the prospect if I were to join his team. I didn't really mind leaving this area if what I heard was true about rescue teams. I'd have to at least let my parents know I was leaving if I did accept. I glanced back at the espeon who was looking at me again and he averted his gaze again, the blush reappearing. I scowled slightly and asked, "Why are you blushing every time I look at you." He let out a small eep and blushed even harder.

"I-I-I c-c-can't help it. You're t-too pretty to not stare at you." I blushed at the comment and stuttered a bit as I tried to formulate a response. Finding that I couldn't, I simply looked at the ground in front of me. A few minutes passed awkwardly as he and I stared away from each other before he finally spoke up again. "Have you decided if you want to join my team or not?" I looked back at him and slowly, nodded. He smiled at me and started speaking. I wasn't paying attention to what he was speaking as I was lost in his face. I was jerked back to reality when he poked at my cheek with his paw, prompting a scowl and a response from me. "Ow! What was that for?" He simply shook his head and asked, "Is there anything you need to take care of first?" I nodded and said, "I need to tell my parents I'm leaving or else, they will search for me."

I started walking back towards the mountain and I glanced back to see the espeon following me slowly. I slowed down enough to let him catch up to me and asked him, "How did you end up here with no food." He grinned sheepishly and replied, "Well… I did have food in my bag, but I quickly ran out and all I didn't think I'd be this lost." I nodded. Most pokemon that didn't live here usually got lost and sometimes died to starvation. Sad part was that some of us resorted to eating them even though it was disgusting to eat another pokemon. I glanced at him and said, "Well you got lucky that I was here. How long were you lost?"

He thought for a moment before saying, "I was on this island for about four days. I ran out of food two days ago." He sheepishly grinned as I shook my head in disbelief. I didn't notice how long we had walked, but we arrived at the cave where my parents and I stayed in. I quietly told him, "Stay here, my parents may not like you since you're not a glaceon." He gaped at me before I shook my head when he started moving forward. I turned back and walked deeper into the cave and saw both my parents looking at me.

"So you're leaving Aria." My father spoke. He was scary at times with his ability to somehow know what I was doing. It makes me think he was using psychic to read my mind which isn't possible as it isn't in our move pool.

"Yes father, I'm leaving." I responded, unconsciously puffing my chest forward and sitting upright. My father chuckled before asking, "With whom may I ask?"

"An espeon father."

"Hmm…. Sure you may go." I gaped at my father. Usually he would say no to anything if the pokemon wasn't a glaceon. He observed my mouth for a moment and said, "What, you're not going to leave?"

I shook my head and asked, "Why are you letting me go this easily?"

My father simply chuckled and said, "No reason. You're old enough now Aria. You should make your own decisions now. Good luck on your adventures, my daughter." He walked forward and hugged me as I choked up. Normally I wouldn't dare cry in front of anyone, but I couldn't help shed a few tears as my dad hugged me.

"I'll be fine dad." I said trying to smile a bit. He chuckled again and gently rubbed the tears from my eyes and smiled. I walked back to the entrance and found the espeon shivering real badly. I raised an eyebrow and said, "You could have sat a little bit inside the cave." He shook his head and I shook my head. "Anything you could use in that bag?"

He glanced at me for a moment and rummaged through his bag and pulled an orb out. I stared at it, not recognizing what it was while he cursed silently, prompting me to ask, "What is it?"

"It's an escape orb. I'm so stupid. I could have used it and save myself from having to starve to death. Anyways hold my paw glaceon."

"The names Aria, espeon." I reached my paw out and held his paw in mine. He glanced at me and said, "My names Hio." He smirked slightly and threw the orb down causing it to light up and envelope both Hio and I. He didn't warn about the blinding light so my eyes were blinded the light. I silently cursed as a weird tugging sensation tugged me.