Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any trademarks of Nintendo. The story is my own work.

A/N: Alright let's get this train rolling again. This was meant to be another lemon, but the more I wrote it the more I realised I could do something with it. I may write a separate piece based of these characters down the line which will be placed in the lemon section. This the first chapter of perhaps five or so. I got this idea when a friend of mine invited me camping, I knew the location well and decided it would be fun to write a story about it. Also forgive me for making this another eeveelution story. I promise I'll TRY to write other Pokemon for the next one...

Forest Blues.

Fire. My vision was filled with the horrifying view of fire. Everywhere I looked all I could see was pain and death. I was only capable of watching as my home was obscured by the stench of smoke and I was left with but one option. I ran, the flames chasing me into the night.

I woke up; I could hear the leaves rustling gently above me. Upon opening my eyes I could see the outline of pine trees against the night sky, where was I? My head hurt badly as well as my chest, I missed my family. Inspecting my chest I found that I was badly burned, I Imagine this was the reason for my headache. I rose myself on all fours to get a better view of my surroundings. I was thankful for my eyes ability to see at night. However as far as my eyes could see there were only pine trees. They were evenly spaced and each was a perfect bill of health, I felt unnerved as I peered around this strange forest. There were absolutely nothing else around apart from pine trees. What the hell was going on?

I didn't get much time to think about it, at that moment I heard a loud angry voice.
"YOU! Get out of here, I've told you before you're not welcome here. I'm giving you five seconds before I burn you to ashes."
I was told before? I turned to look at the voice, a large and very angry Arcanine was death staring me from a small distance. The look in his eyes spoke a very clear message to me. Leave. Now.
With no more encouragement needed I took off at a blinding speed. I spared no thought for my direction or the throbbing pain coursing through me. I must have done something to piss off somebody. I noted the Arcanine had given chase despite his generous offer to let me leave. I guessed that I had ran in the wrong direction and was getting ever closer to whatever he wanted to keep me away from. I was deciding to change direction when I heard a faint trickling to my left. The second I realised the source I praised my good luck and tore off to the left. The sound got louder and louder as the Fire dog got closer and closer, He was right in my tail as I dived off the edge and plunged head first into the creek. The water had saved me, the Arcanine dared not follow me into the depths to retrieve his sport and instead he cursed at the shoreline before disappearing back into the pines.

The water felt nice against my burn and even partially relieved me of the headache that had been building. The creek was fast running and soon I was swept down it a great length, I passed the last pine before I was met with the sight of pure natural forest, with all kinds of plants, trees and animals covering the landscape I was able to relax, I had escaped the weird pine forest. I turned to catch one last look of the pine forest, at the boundary I saw a fence with a sign reading "Warning: Private property" the strange forest was a human plantation! Naturally I would have been chased out, as an Eevee our fur catches on any plant we come across, spreading the seeds across the whole forest. The plantation owners must have gotten sick of removing all the unwanted vegetation on the plantation and hired a fire type to deal with the intruders.

I realised with a start that I had let my mind wander for too long, I heard the rapids in the distance, felt the pressure under me pulling me down. I tried the best I could to reach the bank, but the rapids were too strong for me. I plunged over a submerged boulder before being dragged under in the wild currents. My headache returned this time aided by a lack of oxygen and exhaustion. I couldn't struggle any further, the only thing I was able to do was wish as my mind fell to a delicate state between conscious and unconscious.

The pain I was feeling faded to a numb sensation, at this point all I felt was a dull pain when I hit another rock as I was swept along the creeks depths, soon even the feeling of movement faded away. I was alone descending into the darkest reaches of my mind, I saw my family. My parents, brothers and sisters all staring back at me, the looks on their faces read but one emotion, sorrow. They were sad that I had died. It was my sister who stepped forward, she sat herself in front of me.
"we'll miss you, Seran." with that, my vision faded into darkness. The thought slowly dawned on me, I was going to die here, under the flow of an oblivious stream. The thought of death the only thing left on my mind I slipped further into the brink until even I too was lost in darkness.

A blinding pain shook me awake, my entire body burned like it had been filled with a potent corrosive acid. My lungs burned as I inhaled as much as I was physically capable, desperate to have oxygen fill me. I began to struggle as best as I could as I opened my eyes, they too burned the second I opened them with an intense pain, in my state I somehow managed to roll myself off whatever I was lying on before roughly landing my side on a very hard surface. I screamed as the impact caused an even greater pain.
"Whoa take it easy, that herb is some particularly nasty stuff, but it will fix you right up."
Even with my eyes burning what they were I was determined to gain any kind of understanding. I forced my eyes to the direction of the voice. Despite my effort the only thing I saw was a flash of blue before collapsing back to the ground. I took a gamble and decided to trust the voice for now. I stopped my desperate struggle and thought back to what had happened to me. I had drowned, I should have died. Why was I still alive?

I lay there for what seemed like hours waiting for the pain to recede. As I lay there with nothing better to do I became aware just how warm my body was, it seemed to be radiating an amazing amount of heat. I could only reason it was part of this herb the voice had mentioned.
"Oh, I think you've just started responding to the herb." I recognised the concern in the voice and felt a little better about my situation. I felt pressure on my chest, I figured whoever had rescued me was checking my temperature.
"Yeah, that's the reaction. Alright I'm going to go catch us some food, It won't be long before you will be able to walk and trust me, after your body is forced to heal like that you're going to be very hungry."

I heard a splash and then, nothing. Nothing at all. The pain I felt until now started to dull, my breathing lost its laborious gasp and returned to its regular state. My surroundings came into focus. I was in a small cave. I looked around with interest, I had never seen a cave before. Only two features really caught my attention though. The first was a large flat boulder packed with leaves. I could only assume that was what I had fallen off earlier. The other interesting feature was a small pool of water on the far side of the cave; I noticed the pool created the only source of light in the cave. I remembered that I heard a splash when my mysterious rescuer left, It dawned on me that I was staring at the entrance.

Staring at the cave on my side was getting a little dull for me, my pain had seemly vanished while I had been thinking so I rose from my side and moved to the pool of water, aided by the light of the water I probed my body for any signs of injury, I was delighted when I found none. I peered at my reflection to check if my fur had re-grown. What I saw sent me into shock. My adolescent body had grown, I was now in the body of a full adult. My reflection showed I had a full mane draping my neck and shoulders. I thought about my mane and realised It meant that I had lost just under a year's worth of memories.

A ripple on the surface of the pool brought me back to reality. Despite my crisis I needed to make a decision, It would be rude to leave without thanking my rescuer however my instinct told me to run while I had the chance, I peered into the water. It seemed I not be escaping without help. Just below the surface the water flowed at an incredible speed, this cave must have been right in the middle of the rapids. Before I got a chance to think of a solution I felt a familiar sensation in my stomach, I was hungry. With the promise of a meal I was helpless to my own hunger. I decided to stay.

I only had to wait a minute or so before I saw a bright blue figure surge to the surface. It had moved so quickly I barely had time to move out of the way of the pool. Before I had a chance to finally discover my mysterious rescuer a rather large live fish was placed in my mouth. As much as I wanted to know the identity of my rescuer the fish I had been given was too enticing. I spared no thought as I tore my meal to shreds, my instincts took control for that moment and I found myself unable to process any thought other then satisfying my hunger. After a few minutes of devouring my meal my hunger was satisfied as I was left staring only at the skeleton of the fish. It was at this point my curiosity returned and I looked up at my rescuer.

Before me sat a Vaporeon. About twice my size, the tone of the Vaporeon told me that it was a she and also that she was impressively strong. despite my extremely hungry behaviour the expression on her face registered calm and understanding, I felt a little guilty for ever doubting her motives.

"Heh, don't feel guilty about eating the fish before thanking me, that herb really messes with your hunger drive, in fact If you hadn't been fed anything after a few minutes you would have gone crazy to the point of attacking anything that moved." I sat there for a few seconds absorbing what I had just been told. Eventually I realised that I still hadn't thanked her.
"Thank you, for all of this. Without your help I'm sure I would have died."
"I was happy to help. in all honesty I only found you by accident, I was strength training in the rapids when suddenly I get a face-full of you. You scared the crap out of me!"
I grinned sheepishly, there wasn't a whole lot I could have done to prevent that. Still I figured while I had the chance I would get some questions answered.

"So uhh, where is this place?"
"You're in my home love, an underwater cave I chanced upon during my strength training. Really I couldn't think of a better place to live, It's close to everything I love and I never have to worry about intruders. Come to think of it you're the first creature that has been in here since I took up residence."
Once again I was left processing the information I was given, she must be stronger even then she looked to be able to carry me and herself up the rapids to this cave, I made a mental note to never anger her. I thought of one last important question.

"This forest, do you know of any Eevee families? I've been separated from mine."
"Eevee families? sorry no, Eevee don't live around here, you'd think we would because there is a Leafeon stone nearby. To tell you the truth you're the first of my species I've come across in years."
I was stricken with fear at her words. The forest I grew up in you could walk for less than 5 minutes before coming across another Eevee. The Leafeon stone as well, The forest I knew didn't have one. I tried thinking of possible scenarios, However I could only think of one."
"Something doesn't fit about your story, normally an Eevee such as yourself would have left to start his own family by now, why are you looking for them?"

I explained my situation, the best I could. She seemed as surprised as I was when she heard I had lost a years worth of memory. During the story I broke down. A great loneliness overtook my mind, I was really never going to see my family ever again. My ears drooped and I collapsed to the floor, defeated. My tears flowed freely, my last few hours of torment claimed my emotions and I felt helpless like never before. I could feel the Vaporeon comforting me by curling up next to me, however her warmth and kindness did nothing to soothe me. I fell asleep, my dreams roaming along dark and unwelcome paths.
'we'll miss you, Seran.'

A/N: Well there you have it. It's a little shorter then I was hoping but that's ok, I'm sure the next chapter will be much bigger. Oh and for the record the camping grounds as far as I know doesn't have any underwater caves or dangerous rapids, just fun rapids. also don't kill me for using the 'I can't remember shit' plot device... please?