It was a stormy night and Thama was walking home. She had made a kill and was taking it home to her cave. She was a young adult female Arcanine. She was very fluffy with blue eyes. She had no pack and no mate. No male wanted her as her mate. For them she was just too average. She sigh with her ears back. So she went thru another heat alone and her dream of having a pups of her own gash. Even when the heat was over she had to deal with her mothering instinct and her body over whelming need to be a mother. She growl to herself as she carry her heavy kill with her bloody maw. Her ears then pep when she heard a cry.

"Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!"

"Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!"

"Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!"

"Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!"

Thama stop what she was doing. Maybe it was some animal in distress. In which case she could have a free meal. She then push her kill in a bush and walk towards the sound. "Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!" The crying went. For the life of her Thama could not figure out what that crying was. As she got closer to it only grew louder. Thama was right on top of it and she saw switching of a bush. She poke her head in and was in shock.

There is was a big brown eye human looking up at her with the same awe. The human lift her human baby hands in the air with a big happy squeak. "SSSSQQUUUIIICCCKKK!" The human went happily. Thama has heard of humans. How they catch Pokémon. Yet she never meet one. She was also new to these woods. She told herself that she had to leave the human there but she just couldn't. So she use the cloth the human was wrap in and began to carry the human.

She made it back to her kill and put the human down. She drag her kill out and put the human on top of it. She drag her kill home in the rain. Once inside of her home, the infant was unwrap in her cloth. There lay a naked brown human infant girl with black hair. Thama got the human dry and sigh. She did not know why she saved the human. In fact she did not save her at all according to Thama mind. This human obviously still needed milk. Something Thama just did not have. The little infant found her way to Thama breast and try to nurse. Thama let her even if she knew nothing would come of it.

"The fact is that, I cannot help you." Thama spoke with her ears back as she lay down. "But I will remain with you till the very end. However long it takes."

The next two days Thama watch over her little human. The little human was very hungry and would cry all the time. Because Thama had already hunted, she did need to hunt for the next following days. The human even lost the will to cry because she was so hungry and had very little strength.

On the third day. In the morning while Thama slowly awoken, she found the little human nursing. It was not dry suckling. No! Thama was producing milk. Thama heart leap for joy. She could keep her little human! "Eat as much as you want my dear!" Thama spoke as she lick the human head. It took a few hours but the little infant was done nursing. Thama moved the little Infant to her paws to cradle. Thama look outside of her cave and a light rain started the day. "I guess sense I'm keeping you I should name you." Thama spoke happily with a smile. "Hhhmm…The rain washes away the pain, the loneliness and the grief. I think I will call you Rain. My little Rain." Rain slept quietly in Thama paws happily

The next few days, Thama carry on with her usual work. From cleaning her den of bone, to making sure Rain stay clean. She had burry some of her old kill so she would have it during the winter. She never ate her whole kill. She found herself hiding Rain in her cave whenever she had to hunt. She would hunt Slaking, Zigzagoon and Doduo. If she could not get that she would go for something more easily to catch such as Sealeo, Corphish, Spoink and Grumpig. Needless to say Thama like hunting the bigger Pokémon. Still she knew her limits and did not make a habit of making them her daily meal.

Thama did find something out about Rain. She like to eat. A lot. In fact after every hunt Rain will go right to feeding. When Rain wasn't feeding she was napping. When Rain wasn't feeding or napping, she would make noise for no reason at all. Just talking.

No one in the forest knew Thama had a baby human and Thama like it that way. There was a pressing danger that Thama kept Rain a secret. There was a family of violent Gardevoir very against humans. In fact they went out of their way to torture and kill humans. Also the Pokémon that serve them alike. They even had an evil Blaziken male working for them. Thama knew about them before she came to this forest. She thought they would be no problem for her because she had no interest in being with a trainer or humans for that matter.

Now there was a problem. She knew she had to leave the forest with Rain soon. But rain was too small to travel such great distance. No matter how Thama not like it, she would have to wait. Once Rain was walking then she could move her child.

In the mean time she kept Rain confine to the darkness of her cave. Surround in furs of the dead Pokémon that she killed.

Winter was the hardest moth with Rain. Thama was very worry. Thama did not do much hunting in this season. This was also Rain first winter. Rain teeth was growing in and yet she still nurse off Thama. Thama like it this way because it was easier to feed. She could wait to spring to whine her off to solids.

In the mean time she had enough food for winter for herself. She only left once a day out of the week to hunt something. When she did leave she made sure Rain was well cover in furs. There was a time when Rain caught a fever and Thama could not hunt that week, but it only lasted a few days.

Thama was more careful with Rain after that. After that winter went more smoothly. She had no more problems and became more protective with her Rain. Finally winter has ended. Thama was proud of herself for getting her baby thru it.

Now that it was spring Rain was crawling and learning to walk. It was not yet time to move out of the forest. But rain was getting restless. Still there was time for progress in other places. Such as getting Rain to eat meat. For this Thama hunted herself a Girafarig.

Over the winter Rain had grown more teeth and was always chewing on the bones of Pokémon that Thama had hunted. Thama had made it easier for Rain to chew, by shredding it with her claws. Rain only ate a few peace only to go back to nursing. This was good for Thama. Rain was still crawling and this was a step in the right direction.

A month has past and it was mark Rain first year with Thama. She was no longer crawling around but now a one year old child. She was whine off milk and was eating solids. She even started talking a bit and such.

"Outs…Outs..Outs…" Rain spoke and wobbly walk to the cave entrance. "Outs…Outs..Outs…"

Thama walk over with her ears back. "No my girl. You can't go outside." Thama wanted her daughter to stay in the cave. Still she knew this could not due. Like all children she crave to explore more than the boundaries of home. All Rain knew was this cave.

That afternoon Thama came back from her hunt. She had a Linoone in her mouth. She was going to burry this one, after her Rain took a few bite. As she walk up to her cave she heard Rain laughter. This was off. She put rain down for a nap before she left. She growl and ran into the cave. There next to her baby was a young Eevee.

The Eevee was that of a young child. Thama put her food down and growl at the child. "Who are you?" Thama growl at him running over to her baby. "What are you doing to my baby?"

"Um…um…please…" The little Eevee spoke with his ear back and tail between his legs. "I…sorry….I just want… shelter…"

"Were is your mother little one." Thama spoke with her tail down calming down. "Also what is your name?"

"Well my name is Domino and my mother left me." Domino spoke with his ears down. Thama calm down and brought her ears down. "So I have been walking the forest for a while." He then began to leave. "But I will go if you want."

"Wait sweaty." Thama spoke with her ears up now. Domino stop and look back. "Come here Domino." Domino came back over. "Listen kid. You can stay with us, until your old enough alright. Beside I need someone to watch Rain while I go out on hunts."

"You mean it!" Domino spoke with his ears back happily. "I can stay!"

"Yes you may." Thama spoke with a smile. "I will teach you to hunt and track. Also I need you to watch rain while I go out for hunts. Also she is to be kept a secret."

"A secret?" Domino spoke with confusion. "I mean…why keep her a secret?"

"There is a family of Gardevoir that hate humans. They would kill her if they knew she was here." Thama explain to Domino. Domino nod his head happily and Thama smile. She then look serious. "I hope I do not have to tell you… but if you betray me… You will be lunch!"

Domino took a step back in fear. "Um ok…" Domino said with a gulp.

"Wonderful." Thama said happily. She then walk over to her meal and pick it up. She walk over to the young Eevee. "Here my little one. Go ahead and have something to eat."

After that Thama began to teach Domino how to fight and hunt. Thama would always bring back live Pokémon for him to practice on. It took time but Domino got the hang of it. Thama soon became a mother figure in his life. When Thama went on big hunts Domino would watch Rain. Domino would always play with Rain. He knew he had to be gentle but it was still great fun.

Rain was soon walking now and eating more meat. Thama loved this new progress. She was almost ready to move Rain and Domino out of the forest. She believe after next winter she could leave Hoenn. So now she was just storing food for winter. She needed this food. Rain was eating more meat. True she still nurse but if this winter was too harsh she will have to force Rain to only nurse.

She was right winter then come. It was cold and Thama made Rain only nurse. Still this winter would be dangerous. For the little family ran out of time. The Gardevoir family was tip off. They were piss!