Pokémon: Team Infinity

Chapter 1: Ceremony

In the world of Pokémon, big and small, lived a dark type Pokémon absol named Zane who lived in a valley with his mother, a liepard, and father, a mightyena. Zane was adopted when he was 10, Liepard and Mightyena took him in. His parents mysteriously died when he was an egg and he spent 10 years alone. He has one close friend, a very young, very playful, very annoying normal type Pokémon Eevee named Darcy. Darcy is soon going to evolve into one of the eevee evolutions. She wanted to be an umbreon so she can be like zane, a dark type Pokémon. One day, zane took a walk and encounters something that changed his life, forever. Taking a walk through a forest path, Zane hears Darcy calling his name. Zane sighs as he turns to the energetic eevee. "Hi, darcy," He sighed. Darcy catches up to him smiling. "What do you want?" "Just want to say hi to my best friend!" Darcy answered, happily running around zane. "C'mon! Let's play! Let's play!" Zane wasn't in the mood for playing, he just wanted some peace and quiet. Sometimes he just couldn't stand Darcy when she jumps on him, literally. Sure, she's a 12 year old eevee and looks up to him, but does she ever hear of too much playing? "Err…sorry, dar. I just came on this walk for peace and quiet." Zane replied. The young eevee sadly looked at him with pleading brown eyes and wore the most adorable puppy eyes that couldn't be ignored.

"Please?" she asked. Zane hated it when she wore cute faces, so he sighed, again. "Fine…if it satisfies you." Darcy stopped begging and happily smiled. "Hooray! Tag!" she said as she tagged zane on his leg, hitting him a little too hard. "Ow!" he yelled. Darcy started to run as she yelled, "Catch me if you can!" Zane growled and started running after the eevee. "GET BACK HERE!" he angrily yelled. Darcy thought he was playing around, but he wasn't he was literally trying to catch her. "I swear when I get my claws on you…!" he thought to himself as he ran faster. No matter how fast he ran, he couldn't catch up to the energetic eevee. Finally, at sundown, they take rest on a meadow hill. "Hah…hah….hah…how can you…not get…tired…from all that running…?" zane panted. Darcy jumped up and down. "I am always so full of energy I just don't know what to do with it! I wanna run and run and run and run!" Darcy said, as she went on and on about running and playing.

Zane rolled his eyes. "Why did I ask?" he thought to himself. Zane put his paw on Darcy's mouth, stopping her from talking. "I get it…I get it." He said. Darcy finally stopped running as she sat next to zane. "So, besides running and playing…what are your thoughts on battling?" zane asked. Darcy's ears went down. "Ugh…I don't like battling. It's too hard." She answered. Zane was shocked, he never heard any Pokémon that disliked battling…expect for his mom. "Then, how are you going to defend yourself?" he asked again. Darcy's ears went up as she gave him the most obvious answer,

"By running of course!"

"Besides running."

"…I meant by fleeing."

"You flee from battle?"

Darcy slowly nodded her head. Zane didn't know what to say next, he changed the subject. "Say, isn't the time of year of the Evolution Party? Aren't you participating?" he asked. Darcy happily replied by,

"Yep! Tonight I'm finally going to evolve into an umbreon! HOORAY!"

"Wait, umbreon? I thought you wanted to be an espeon? Y'know, like your mother?"

"Oh yeah, I wanted to be an umbreon because I realized how cool dark types are!"

Zane smirked at Darcy. "So, are you saying that I'm cool?"

"Uh…yes?"

Zane started to laugh. "Zane? You're coming to the ceremony, right?" Darcy asked. Zane stopped laughing. To be honest, he did want to go, but its Thursday his dad is coming home to give him some more extreme training. Zane hesitates some more and then he nodded. "Hooray! I'm going to go home so I can get ready! Bye Zane!" the eevee ran all the way back home, leaving a cloud of dust. Zane got up, he decided that it's time to go home. Zane took his time, until he saw a strange cloud of white dust. Zane stopped walking, watching the pretty cloud of dust stirring the wind. "Wow," he said, gazing at the dust. He wanted to take a closer look, but the dust quickly went away as he stepped closer to it.

Zane gave up, he was running late for dinner. He decided to run home, but when he wasn't looking, a mysterious Pokémon appeared from the pink mist, she was a Pokémon covered primarily in pale cream-colored fur with pinkish feet, ears, and tail. There are two bows on it, one on her left ear and one around her neck, from which two feelers adorn it. The bows are pale cream with pinkish centers, while the feelers are pale cream with pinkish and blue tips.

She watched as zane ran away. She smiled as she disappeared into pink mist again. Meanwhile, zane ran down the path, finally running inside his home. "I'm home! Hah…hah…" he panted. Liepard, his mother, walked out of the kitchen. "Zane! Where have you been?" liepard asked, walking closer to him to nuzzle him. Zane stepped back, "I…I was playing with Darcy." He answered, out of breath. Liepard smiled as she rolled her eyes, "Oh, that little child. Still doesn't know when to keep still. Now, your father is coming home, mind picking some Oran and Pecha berries for me?" Zane sighed, "Alright." Zane walked out of the house, going to the back of the house towards the garden.

Zane grabbed two baskets and started picking berries. Most of the Oran berries were high up, he couldn't reach them. Zane tried to use his horn, but it was no use. "Ugh! Come on! Come on!" he grunted. Then, the mysterious magical Pokémon came back. When zane wasn't looking, she used her feelers to grab most of Oran berries, making them fall onto his horn and head. "Ow! OW! OW!" he yelped. He shook his head, trying to get fallen berries off of his horn. The mysterious Pokémon giggled, disappearing again. "Ugh, how in the heck did that happen?!" zane asked himself, using his claws to rip the berries off of his horn. Zane looked around, shrugged, and picked new berries from the bushes. When he was done, he carried the two baskets on his back, and went home. "I'm ba-" zane called, as soon as he opened the door. Then, a mightyena ran out of the kitchen, leaped into the air, and pounced on zane. The mightyena growled and snarled at zane, but zane cried, "Dad!" Mightyena chuckled, getting off of his son. "Zane! How's my boy doing?" mightyena asked. "Fine. But um…" zane answered, suddenly remembering about Darcy's evolution party. "Can we not train today?" Mightyena froze. "What?" "I-I mean Darcy said that she wants to see me at the ceremony tonight, she's going to evolve into an umbreon." Zane stuttered. "I see…" mightyena said. "If you skip out on this training, zane, we're going to train extra hard. Starting next Thursday." Mightyena said. "Why is so important to you to train me!? I'm 14 years old! I can train myself!" zane yelled, angrily. Zane didn't mean to say that, it just that it gets so annoying that his dad always mentions about training. "Zane!" liepard cried. "No," mightyena said, cutting his wife off. "If zane wants to go to this ceremony, he can go, I'm not stopping him. Go ahead, you deserve a break after all. Sorry for getting on your tail so much, zane."

"…"

Zane walked to his room, speechless. "Why do I have to be such a hothead?" zane asked himself, lying down on his bed. He looked at the clock, "30 minutes before the ceremony." Zane didn't get up when his mother called him for dinner, 20 minutes ago. Liepard finally walked into his room, with a plate in her mouth. She placed it on his desk. "Zane? Honey?" liepard said, shaking Zane's body. "Hmmm…?" zane moaned, sleepily. "Aren't you hungry?" she asked him, sitting down. "No." zane quickly answered.

*Grumble*

"That sounds like your stomach zane. You're a terrible liar sometimes." Liepard laughed. "Ugh, stupid stomach." Zane thought to himself. "Here, eat. The ceremony is in 10 minutes" liepard said, leaving the room.

"WHAT!?"

Zane looked outside to see ceremony lights lighting up the sky. "Oh no. Nononononono!" zane cried, quickly gobbling up his food and quickly leaving the house with a,

"Bye mom! Bye dad!"

Zane ran to the town's square. He needed to get to the stage, ASAP. There is a huge stage, where Pokémon evolve. "Zane!" a voice cried. Zane stopped running and turned around. A shinx was running to him, with Darcy. Zane sighed in relief. Darcy was the first to catch up. "Zane! I knew you would make it!" she happily said. "Told you. Excited?" zane replied, smiling. Darcy's ears went down, "Nervous." she said, softly. Zane's eyes widen slightly, he had never heard Darcy say that she's nervous. Zane turned to shinx, "You're nervous too, aren't you Shinx?" zane asked. Shinx shook his head. "No! I'm excited! I've always wanted to be a Luxio!" shinx answered. Zane looked at the town's square clock, 5 minutes left. "You two should get going. I'll be watching in the audience." zane said. Shinx smiled. "Great! Come on, Darcy!" shinx said, dragging the nervous Eevee to the back of the stage. Zane started to take his seat, but in the corner of his eye, he saw the cloud of dust again. This time, it's pink. Zane looked deeply at it, and saw a Pokémon he never seen before. "What is...no, who is that?" zane asked, walking closer to the mist. Zane saw a pair of blue eyes looking right at it. Zane couldn't find words to say next. The sound of fireworks startled him, so did the mysterious Pokémon. Zane shook his head and the Pokémon is gone. "What? The? Heck? Was?" zane asked, looking right and left to see if he could find the Pokémon again. But she's absolutely gone. Then,

"Welcome! Welcome! To the Evolution Party! Where young Pokémon such as Eevees, Shinxs, Pichus, etc. evolve right in front of you! I know how much you want to see your loved ones evolve and grow in front of you so let the evolution begin!"

The loudspeakers said aloud. "Oh crap! I gotta go!" zane said, running to quickly take his seat before it was all full. Just in time, before a fat Snorlax could take his seat, zane sat down and began to watch young Pokémon evolve. It literally took two hours, until Shinx came up in stage, with a Rare Candy, ate it, and he started to glow brightly. Most Pokémon watched as Shinx was no longer shinx, but he evolved into Luxio. Pokémon clapped, cheered, and whistled. "Congratulations Shinx! You evolved into Luxio!" Pokémon said, cheering. Luxio happily smiled, feeling proud as he exited the stage. "Next up, we have Darcy the Eevee! Evolving into an Umbreon!" a Mr. Mime said on the microphone. Zane cheered as most Pokémon did the same. When the curtains opened up, there was Darcy. But, she was trembling.

*Silence*

"Um...Darcy? What are you doing?" zane whispered. Darcy continued to shake as she whimpered,

"I...I...I..I CAN'T DO IT!"

With that, Darcy jumped off the stage and ran deep into the forest. "DARCY!?" zane yelled, jumping over the Snorlax and ran after his friend. Luxio did the same, but the two of them lost the fast Eevee. "Darcy! Darcy!" Luxio called her, searching for her in bushes and trees. "She could be anywhere! The forest is too dark!" Zane said, looking around. Then, he heard sobbing. "Do you hear that?" zane asked. Luxio nodded as the both of them followed the sound that led to a opening in the forest. The moonlight's glow light the way as zane could now see. "Look!" Luxio said, pointing to a large tree. There was a large gap inside of it where the sobbing was coming from. Zane walked to it up jumped. He used his front paws to hold himself against the tree and look inside the tree hole. There was Darcy, lying in a pile of leaves and cried. "Darcy?" zane whispered. Darcy's ears twitched as she turned to the Absol in front of her. "Z-zane." Darcy whined. "What happened back there?" zane asked.

"I...I...don't know! I got nervous and anxious!"

"Why? Should this be a piece of cake to you?"

"No! Too much Pokémon! Too much Pokémon! When I practiced, it's easier when 1 or 2 Pokémon watched, but 40 to...to...100! Is too much!"

"Darcy. There were only 20 Pokémon in the audience."

"It's STILL too much!"

Darcy cried, leaning on Zane's cheek. "Darcy, how do you think your parents feel about this?" zane asked. "D-d-disappointed? Worried?" Darcy answered. "I would agree with worried. You worked hard for this moment to come, now you're throwing it away? Don't you want to become strong like your father?" zane replied. Darcy sniffed as zane wiped her tear away from her eyes. "C'mon. You can do it. I KNOW you can." zane added, giving her a confident smile. Darcy looked down, wiped her tears away, and nodded. "O-okay. I think I can do it." Darcy said eagerly. Zane smiled, jumping off of the tree as Darcy jumped out. "Alright! You got her! Quick, let's go before-" Luxio called. Suddenly,

"Sludge Bomb!"

Zane quickly looked behind him and saw the attack coming right at him and Darcy. "DARCY MOVE!" zane cried, picking up Darcy by her fur collar and moved out of the way. The poison attack hit the grass, causing it to turn black. Bushes rustled as a large Scolipede appeared out of the darkness, "You are in MY territory!" the angry bug and poison type Pokémon yelled, getting ready to attack. "Get behind me, Darcy!" zane yelled, preparing himself for battle. "B-but zane! You're weak against bug!" Darcy cried. "Don't worry about it! Go run and hide! Luxio! Get help!" zane yelled. Luxio nodded, running as fast as he can back to the ceremony for help. "Prepare yourself! Poison Tail!" The Scolipede yelled, swinging his purple tail at zane. Zane jumped and Darcy ran in bushes to watch the battle. Zane's horn glowed white as he yelled, "Razor Wind!" The razor wind was blasted towards the Scolipede and hit him. But, when the smoke cleared, it barely had any effect. "What?" zane gasped, landing on his feet. "Not very effective, let me show you a move that's SUPER affective! Poison Sting!" Scolipede yelled, unleashing the attack at zane. Zane quickly moved out of the way, ran to Scolipede and yelled,

"Bite!"

Zane bit the large Pokémon's torso, and he suddenly felt sick. Zane fell to his feet and he coughed. "Heh. My ability is Poison Point! You stupid absol!" Scolipede laughed. Zane weakly fell down. "ZANE!" Darcy screamed. "Poison Tail!" Scolipede yelled, swinging his tail again. The poison attack hit zane, he screamed as he crashed into a tree. Zane fell onto his side. There's no way he can beat this guy! Zane weakly stood up, still struggling to fight. "Sh...sh...Shadow ba-" zane cried, preparing his shadow attack. Scolipede quickly moved to zane and yelled, "Bug BITE!" The bug type attack bite zane. It's super effective! Scolipede threw zane across the battlefield. Zane landed on his back and didn't get up. Zane was weak, the poison is too much to handle. The Scolipede walked to zane. "Hahahaha...you pathetic worm. I will WIN this battle!" Scolipede laughed. Preparing his final attack, Scolipede yelled, "Time to finish you! Sludge Bo-"

"Shadow Ball!"

Scolipede turned and the shadow ball attack hit his face. HE grunted as he saw who made that attack. It was none other than Darcy the Eevee. "D-darcy...?" zane weakly coughed. "Leave zane alone you bully! Swift!" Darcy yelled, shooting her starry attack at the poison type Pokémon. Scolipede screamed as he backed away. Scolipede prepared his attack, but Darcy used Sand Attack to lower his accuracy. Darcy kept using sand attack until scolipede's accuracy couldn't be lowered anymore. No matter how many attacks Scolipede used, he couldn't touch darcy. Zane watched in amazement. "Swift!" Darcy yelled. The Scolipede yelled, falling to the ground, defeated. Darcy gasped happily, "I did it! I did it!" she said, running to the poisoned absol. Zane forced himself to smile and weakly got up. "G-g...great job Darcy..." zane said. All of a sudden, the mysterious Pokémon saw Zane poisoned. She used her feelers to send a could of dust to him. Zane saw what was happening, but was too weak to do anything. Soon, he was cured of the poison and the cloud and the Pokémon went away. "What was that?" Darcy asked. Zane shrugged as he turned back to darcy. She had an unpleasant look on her face. "What's wrong?" he asked. "I suddenly feel...weird." darcy answered. Just when zane was going to ask her what she means, her entire body glowed white. Zane gasped, Darcy is evolving! Zane stepped back as he saw a pair of red eyes looking at him. Darcy grew and the light faded away. Darcy is no longer a Eevee, she's an Umbreon! "Darcy! You evolved!" zane happily said. Darcy looked at herself, black fur, yellow rings, and smiled. "Wow! I look amazing!" darcy said. Zane's eyes widen, Darcy's voice has changed. Then,

"Over here! Come on everyone!"

Zane turned to see Luxio and a group of Pokémon running towards them. "Dude! Are you alright!?" Luxio asked. Zane nodded slightly. "Darcy!" A espeon cried, happily and relieved. Another Umbreon ran to darcy and nuzzled her. "I'm so proud of you!" he said. Darcy nuzzled her mother an father back. "Thank you!" darcy said. So, the ceremony has finally ended and zane went home. One thing was bothering him, who was that mysterious Pokémon that's always following him?

Thanks for reading! Sorry if this was too long. But I make sure the next story will be shorter, not that short. Thanks for reading again and don't forget to review! :D