Chapter 1: A Fated Meeting on Route 203

It all started with a battle. This battle wasn't a battle for the eons, or status. Depending on who you are, the battle may have seemed typical. For me though, the battle I was in meant everything to me. You see, I was the target. That's right. I'm a pokemon. An eevee to be exact. It is said that my kind is rare to find in the wild. Perhaps it is because we are so good at adapting to our surroundings that we are rarely seen. There are more of us than even the pokedex holders may realize. I want to say that in the battle I was in, I faced legendary monsters and a powerful trainer that guided them. In truth, it was a little girl and like it or not at the time, my battle with her completely changed my life.

I hated change.

Some pokemon try to tell me that change is a good thing. It causes the berries to ripen and brings the rains. To me, change meant nothing but loss. My life had changed the day the doom bringer caused the death of my father. It changed again the day a human took my mother and forced me to strike out on my own. I find it ironic now that I wound up facing the same fate as my mother.

I faced the human girl with arrogant confidence. She was clearly upset that I had utterly clobbered her starly, whom she had named Capistrano. I knew this because that was the name she shrieked as her starly hit the ground. I sat back on my haunches and idly scratched a tick from my ear as she scooped up Capistrano, lines of worry for him etched on her pale, rounded face. The starly had been complete idiot. He had fallen for one of the oldest tricks taught in the wild. I had lulled him into believing I was cute and harmless by wagging my tail. When he dove in for the attack, I ducked him and countered with a tackle of my own. The sucker never stood a chance. And now the girl before me was cradling her fallen friend and cooing reassurances. I would have found it sweet if I had not held such contempt for her, or humans in general.

A sudden movement caused me to look up from my grooming. The girl had risen from the ground with a despicable red and white ball clutched in her fist. Her nervous demeanor had been replaced with and expression of what looked like... determination? I couldn't really tell since I wasn't taking her very seriously.

I rose to my paws with a grin."Make this next foe worth my time," I sneered. Of course she didn't understand me.

Humans are stupid like that.

The girl's ball whizzed through the air rolling to a stop in front of me. She shouted over the sound of the opening capsule, "Go Sye!"

What appeared in front of me made me laugh. She might as well as thrown out a magikarp for all the good it did her. An unremarkable abra sat silently in front of me. Grinning fiercely, I trotted forward till I was face to face with my opponent.

"What are you gonna do, snore at me?" I said through my snickering.

I was familiar with abra. They especially enjoyed snoozing out in the sun next to the small, glassy lake where I had claimed my turf and where we now were battling. All they ever did was sleep and teleport to safety. On days when I was feeling particularly tricksy, I would try to push them into the water. I gotta hand it to abras though. Their intuition was so good that they would teleport away from me before I could even touch them. I circled the abra named Sye. Tickling his nose with my tail as I kept up my teasing,"Your trainer is pitiful. She doesn't know what a proper challenge is," I shoved my face in his and bared my teeth. "Now teleport away before I really get nasty."

I was inwardly hoping to scare the abra off. I was getting a little tired of fighting and all I wanted to do was lay low for a little while. However, Sye responded in a way that still makes me shudder when I think back on it.

His eyes snapped open.

And they were glowing an eerie blue.

I jumped with a squeak (completely on purpose) and fell back on my tail. I had no idea that abras could even open their eyes let alone ooze power like the one in front of me did. My unkept fur bristled as a wave of cold panic swept through me. I suddenly found myself wanting to run as fast as my legs could carry me and bury myself in the deepest hole I could dig. Before I realized what I was doing, I had backed away a few paces from what was a seemingly harmless abra. A shiver went down my spine as I felt a presence worm it's way into my brain.

"I'm waiting for you to get nasty eevee...Or are you nothing but talk and no bite?"

A quiet voice that was definitely not mine floated across my thoughts. Holy Arceus, this thing was inside my mind! The realization terrified me and at the same time ticked me off. He hadn't even bothered to ask me out on a date first. The anger was enough to allow me to shake off my fear and I leapt at Sye with a snarl,"Get out of my head you jerk!"

Of course I should have expected him to teleport out of my reach but it still surprised me when he did and I wound up flat on my face. Though Sye's mouth was closed, his eyes flashed and another wave of cold swept through my head. Through that sensation, I swore I could hear laughter.

This wormy fruit-basket was mocking me!

"Nice tackle eevee. I could really feel the breeze on that one," Sye said, rather thought through his laughter.

I lunged at him with a roar. Screw strategy and screw running away! This punk was going down! Again, he teleported just out of my reach. It didn't matter to me. I was going to run this clown down even if I had to chase him across Sinnoh.

How I wish I could tell you that was exactly what I did. How I got ahead of his annoying teleportation ability and pounded his smug face into the ground. The truth was that I was bone tired. I had fought earlier that day defending my turf against an uppity kricketot. Before I had even thought to rest, I had wanted to celebrate my victory by going for ice cream in the nearby city the humans call Jubilife. I had snatched myself a cone from the hands of a small girl.

Little did I know this girl turned out to be the very trainer I was facing now. She incredibly had chased me down the cobblestone path, up mossy flights of stairs and through grass blanketed plains until she finally managed to corner me at the lake. I had claimed that place because it had a nice view. I was regretting it now since I had no way out.

Sheesh! I just wanted some ice cream for Pete's sake!

I raced after Sye up and down the shoreline. Every time I pounced, he would teleport just out of my reach. I had realized my foolish mistake when I could no longer run and just stood panting heavily, my legs about to give out from under me. Of course that was when Sye appeared right before my eyes.

I was expecting him to hit me with a psychic whammy, or some other move that would put me in a world of hurt. Instead, he reached out with a tiny hand and gently pushed me. I was so tired the gesture nearly toppled me completely. I had to stagger just to stay upright. What irritated me the most through this whole battle was that Sye knew how tired I was from the beginning. He was toying with me, relishing my exhaustion. My lips pulled back into a snarl as the cold once again invaded my thoughts.

"Yield eevee... My trainer is very kind. She will treat you fairly."

Yeah right. Like I would believe that. Kind human or cruel, a pokeball was still a prison.

"Suck a stick abra!" I spat, "I'll show you what I think of the one who holds your leash!"

With the last of my energy, I threw myself bodily at the girl which Sye had taken most of his focus off of. I was determined to at least sweep her legs out from under her before I was captured. Served her right if I scraped her knees.

Sadly, it just wasn't my day. I hadn't even gotten halfway there when the girl's startled cry echoed in my ears. "Sye! Psychic now!"

I briefly remember seeing the scared look of the girl as I threw myself at her.

That was when my head exploded.

At least, that was what it felt like. The pain was so intense I could not see. Up was down and down was up. When the pain finally subsided to the point that I could see, I found that I had fallen on my side at the girl's feet and my throat felt hoarse from what I was sure was from screaming. Sye had placed himself protectively next to the girl. His glowing blue eyes blazing for what I didn't have to sense was fury.

"Ha...Take that brainiac..." I thought wearily not caring if he could read my thoughts at the moment.

I knew what was coming next even as I watched the girl pull a red and white ball from her pack. What I remember now,was back then I had found it strange that she was wearing a saddened expression on her face.

It was difficult, but I had managed to get shakily to my paws fighting the urge to puke. I wanted to at least keep some of my dignity. I shrieked a defiant curse that did not sound at all terrified, (I swear) as the ball flew at me. Then my turf, my lake, my world, went black.

(Author's note)

Dear readers,

Well here it is! The end of chapter one and my first attempt ever at a fan fiction. I had actually wanted to do this for fun, for a while now. But I either could not work up the courage or was just too busy. I would love some feedback though please! Let me know if you want me to continue writing. I would also love some constructive criticism about my writing too if you please. Note I say constructive criticism. How can I possibly improve my writing if I only have the terms "You suck!" to go on? I apologize that I chose my protagonist to be an Eevee. I know this is common, but I chose him because of the potential he possesses. Plus, depending on how successful my fic becomes, I will allow the readers to eventually choose which evolutionary form I will have him take. Thanks for reading!

Sincerely, Forkicksan'giggles