Chapter one: Hope and a New Home

The young Eevee opened his eyes, and crawled out of his makeshift nest, as were many of the other occupants of the Boy's dormitory; in the state's Underprivileged Youth Housing Center, or as most everyone called it the U-Y-H-C . The Eevee was as many of the others of his kind, bright brown fur, brown eyes, and a cream colored mane and tail tip. Now as this young Eevee shook some loose straw from his fur; he decided he had a pressing issue that he had to deal with immediately, which he blamed on his own lack of foresight; he had drunk way too much the night before, and decided that he didn't have to pee. With his bladder threating to burst, and make himself into an embarrassing mess; he shuffled as fast as he could manage to the large bathroom at the end of the large dormitory.

"Hey, Pee-Wee, where you going to in such a hurry?" A Zangoose, a little older than the Eevee said; stepping in front of him, effectively blocking off his path to the bathroom.

"Stop calling me Pee-Wee you Dickmuch! I'm going to the bathroom, now get outt'a my way!" The Eevee retorted, thou the words lost most of their bite; from the unusual high pitch of his voice and, hint of desperation that was evident from the quivering of his words. Also the shuffling of his back paws, swaying of his hips and clenching of his thighs that is commonly known as the Pee-Pee Dance was not lost on the bully.

"Well that's unusual, you just usually pee yourself in bed before you wake up. " The Zangoose gave an insincere smirk, "Well don't let me hold you up!" With an exaggerated motion the bully moved out of the way to the side, and with a flourish; gave a mocking bow.

"You know what, you're a dick Rex!" The Eevee yelped as he moved on past the bully, and into the threshold of the bathroom, but before he could get very far the bully was behind him, and had planted a strong kick into the little Pokémon's rump, knocking him head over paws.

The Eevee landed in an awkward position, on his back with his back legs spread, giving anyone who wanted a good view of his goods, but that wasn't the worst of it, he found that there was now no need to get to a toilet, it seemed that his body had decided that peeing right there on the floor was as good as anywhere else, despite the fact that most of the other boys could see him. In a futile effort to keep the other boys from seeing him pee himself; the young Eevee curled in onto himself, almost like he were sitting on his tailbone, effectively blocking the view of his dangly bits, but it was not able to stop the urine from dripping down from him and soaking him.

"Rex you fucking asshole, leave Leo alone!" Yelled the voice of an Emolga, a young Pokémon a little older than the Eevee; who has yellow checks and a black back and white body. The Emolga has flaps of skin in-between her arms and torso, that act as a glider when she jumps off tall places, the skin is yellow on the inside and black on the outside. Her tail is in the shape of a fat bolt of lightning, and all black except for a ring of yellow at the base near her rear end. She is also the best and only friend of the bullied Eevee.

"What the fuck are you doing in here Lily? This is the boy's dorm you fucking bitch!" Rex the Zangoose yelled at the intruding girl.

"I'm here to get Leo you prick, in case of the likely event that you've forgotten, Leo and I are moving out and going to an exploration guild! Now stop picking on him cause' your fucking jealous that he's the youngest Pokémon to pass the placing test with such a high score and you got the recorded for staying here longest and never passin!" She yelled at the bully, sparks dancing from her yellow cheeks. She advanced on him, anger evident in her eyes.

"What the fuck are you talking about you stupid bitch! Me, jealous of Pee-Wee? Next you'll be saying I want to bend you over a table, what's going on in your head you stupid bitch?" Lily the Emolga did not say anything; she didn't have to because before Rex the asshole could say anything anymore, she had zapped him into next week with a thunderbolt, the Zangoose fell to the ground unconscious. She hurried over to Leo who was still curled up in a ball of embarrassment; she could tell he was crying. She crouched down next to Leo in the entrance of the bathroom, and began to scratch his head reassuringly.

"Don't worry about it big guy, " she said sweetly, all traces of her rage gone, "We're leaving this place today, you don't need to worry about that stupid bully, or all of those other people who don't do anything but watch! Come on, you got to jump into the bath before we go!" She rubbed her check against the top of Leo's head.

When Leo had washed himself up; he and Lily went down to the front door of the U-Y-H-C ;to meet the represented of the guild; where they were going to go live, and work in. She was there waiting for the duo when they got there.

"Ah, Lily and Leo I presume?" The reprehensive of the guild, an older looking Kangaskhan asked. "Ya we are." Lily said confidently; while Leo only gave a shy nod. "Good, good, I'm Sophia, and I'm here as the reprehensive of the guild called Hope, and we want the two of you to join." Sophia explained.

"Well, that's what we plan to do! So when do we leave?" Lily asked.

"Do either of you need to bring anything?" The older Pokémon asked. "Nope." Lily confirmed; Leo shook his head in agreement.

"Well then, if you two don't need to bring anything we can leave right now!" And they did. The trip was short, only a few hours on foot through the safe and well-populated city they live in called Worath. "Ah, were here!" Sofia said, pointing at a five story, very modern and impressive looking building. Both of the young recruits looked up in awe. "This here is our main branch; it's the HQ of Hope! Now were going to get the two's of you sorted out, and placed in one of the few branches of Hope there is around the country, and from there you will be assigned missions, schooling, or what have ya, it's also where you'll live!" The Kangaskhan kept walking towards the building; not noticing that both of her young charges had stopped dead in their tracks, after a moment Sofia turned around.

"What's wrong?" She asked clearly confused.

"Is it possible that Leo and I will be separated? Because I will not allow it to happen!" The Emolga said with steel in her voice, and Leo was staring at the Kangaskhan so hard that it could have cut through rock. It was apparent that neither of them wanted to be separated.

"Oh, don't worry about that, if the two of you want to be together; just tell the examiner and it'll happen, so don't ya worry!" Leo sighed with relief, the only thing he had decided long ago that was good about him being abounded at the U-Y-H-C ; was that he got to meet Lily, she had been his best friend as long as he could remember, and he knew it was the same with her.

Sofia led the two into the building; they entered a glorious lobby with green tiled floors. The room was huge and there were Pokémon all over the place, going in and out of various doors, sitting on seats or just plain talking. Sofia waved at a receptionist, and led Leo and Lily into an elevator. After getting off the two young Pokémon were led down a long and complex series of hallways, until finally the Kangaskhan opened a door.

"Hey, Kerry, I got the two recruits, you know what to do!" She yelled to a Chansey sitting at a desk in the little office. Next she spoke to Lily and Leo,

"Alright, this's were I leave ya! This Chansey here is a nice lady, and she is also our medical examiner, she'll be giving the two of you physicals and deciding where you two are going to be placed!" With those worlds Sofia left.

The Chansey got up from her desk and came over to the two young Pokémon.

"Alright, I'm Kerry, and as Sofia said I'm going to be giving each of you a physical, and deciding which base of Hope you'll be stationed at!" The Chansey walked over to her desk, and grabbed two files. "Alright, Lily sweetie, follow me." She began to walk to a side door that Leo hadn't noticed earlier.

"Hold on a minute, Leo and I want to go to the same place….." Lily was interrupted by the Chansey.

"Oh, don't worry; I wasn't planning to separate the two of you, in your files it says that the two of you have been friends; ever since the two of you were stuck in the U-Y-H-C, I couldn't make you two part ways now!" The relief on both Leo's and Lily's faces was evident. "Okay now, Leo darling, wait here until it's your turn for your physical, you can lie down on the couch if you want. If you need anything Lily and I will be in the exam room."

About a half hour later Lily and Kerry came out of the exam room, and Leo noticed that Lily's face was redder than he has ever seen it.

"Alright, your turn Leo." The Chansey said. Leo jumped from the couch he was lying on, and started to make his way over to the exam room. As he was passing by Lily; she gave him a playful shove.

"Have fun Pee-Wee." She teased. "Don't call me Pee-wee!" He snapped back, Lily just giggled knowingly.

Leo walked into the exam room before Chansey. Once Leo was in the room; Kerry closed the door behind them, and told Leo to get onto the scale in the corner of the exam room. Leo noted that the room looked much like how he imaged an exam room to look. A big table on one wall; with butcher paper covering it, a big sink with cabinets above it, and more cabinets by the exam table, and of course the scale Leo was now standing on.

"Alright, let's see…. You weigh about 6.9 Kilograms, a little over weight, but not much!" The Nursing Pokémon explained.

"6.9 kilograms? How much is that?" Leo asked.

"Ah, about 15.2 pounds. Alright, please come over here!" She suggested, indicating he was to be measured; using the measuring scale printed on the wall next to the weighing scale. Leo did so without complaint.

"Hey, how much am I over weight?" Leo asked innocently.

"About a pound, I'll be able to give you a better estimate once we know how tall you are." She explained.

Kerry placed her hand on Leo's head, and patted down his fluff he had on top of his head.

"Alright, stand up straight now!" He did as he was asked. "Hmm, Just under a foot, or about .2 meters. Alright, you're just about a pound overweight, and your average height. Jump up onto the table please." Said the nursing Chansey. Leo happily jumped onto the table and sat down, waiting for whatever was next.

"Alright, next I am going to feel your spine, to see if it has any curves, or bumps that it shouldn't have, so sit up straight okay?" She did as she explained, and found nothing wrong. "Aright Leo, roll onto your back, next I need to feel your stomach and other organs like your liver, as well as your glands, to see if I can find anything out of place." Kerry explained.

She started with the glands in his neck, and moved down to his sides, when she palpitated his sides under his ribs, he began to wiggle around from the ticklish feeling, when she finished with that; she moved on to his stomach and did the same thing.

"Alright, you can sit back up Leo." He does so, "Did you find anything wrong with me?" He asked simply.

"No, not at all, but there is one more thing I have to do." "What is it?" "I have to check your testacies to make sure they don't have any lumps, or bumps that can be cancer, or keep you from having babies latter on, while it might be embarrassing; it is in most boy' physicals and is commonly done. So I need you to turn around, and put your rump up as if you're going to pounce on something." She told the young Eevee. "But…Do I…" Kerry interrupted. "Don't worry Leo, I won't hurt you, and you have nothing I haven't seen already. " She said gently.

"O..okay." Leo turned around, and raised his rear end as instructed, despite his embarrassment. The Chansey gently moved his tail aside, and palpitated each testy in turn. When she was satisfied she would find nothing wrong she stopped, and had Leo put his rump back down.

"Alright sweetie, you're done, and you're as healthy as could be. You can leave as soon as you're ready. I'll be in the waiting room with Lily until you come out." Leo only nodded his head. When Leo left the room Lily asked, "What took you, ready to go yet? We're being sent to Hope's branch in Moon Forest, we leave tomorrow morning, until then we're going to bunk in the overnight room."

The two young Pokémon were led to the overnight room by the Chansey. The room was big, with many bunk beds lining the walls. Leo chose the bottom bunk of the bed in the farthest corner of the room, and laid down upon it. To his surprise, but not displeasure, Lily laid herself down next to him, on the same bed.

"What're you doing Lily?" Leo asked, feeling his heart speed up.

"I'm lying down! What does it look like?" She teased, gently pawing his ear; in the way she had found years ago that he loved.

"I mean, why are you laying here?" Leo complained under his breath, enjoying Lily's treatment on his ears.

"What, you don't want to sleep with me? We've never had the chance before! I think it will be fun" She teased, breathing into his ear and wrapping her arms around him.

"Shut up you perv!" Leo grumbled innocently despite his fiercely burning face.

"Perv? What do you think I mean? I just want to cuddle up, and sleep here!" Giggling, Lily kissed the top of her lifelong friend's head. She pulled Leo close to herself, and snuggled into him, getting ready to go to sleep; until a thought went through her head.

"Have you gone to the bathroom yet, Leo?"

The next morning Leo and Lily woke up from the gentle but firm voice of Sophia the Kangaskhan.

"Hey, you two, come on, you're gonna miss the train! Get your butts outt'a bed!" Sophia commanded.

Lily and Leo made the trip without Sophia; to Moon forest, with instructions that there will be a Pokémon there to guide them to their new base and home. The train ride was uneventful, and boring for the two, although they were lucky enough to get a car all to themselves. The trip was six and a half hours long, but they arrived without incident and safely. Once they left the train, they soon found the Pokémon who was going to take them to Moon Forest's branch of Hope, it was a male Charmander, and he was holding a sign with Leo's and Lily's names, they approached him easily.

"Are you two Leo and Lily?" The Charmander asked.

"Ya…we are, what's your name?" Leo asked in his shy voice.

"I'm Hitokage; it's nice to meet you. Let's go to your new home! Oh, by the way, welcome to Hope!"

Hitokage led Leo and Lily out of the train terminal, and into the forest town, and the one thing that Leo and Lily realized about it almost instantly; that it was beautiful. The three walked through the town; that completely coexisted with nature, outstandded by it, how the buildings were built into the trees without killing them, that the buildings themselves were part of the trees, that the inside of the building was the inside of the tree.

"This is amazing Hitokage, how is this possible, without killing the trees?" Lily asked.

"I don't know; you have to ask the builders, who are all strong grass type Pokémon!" The fire lizard explained.

"A strong grass Pokémon can do this?" Leo asked, admiration glowing in his eyes. Lily smiled at Leo's surprise, and the fact he said something without being prompted, she felt he was coming out of his shell a bit.

"Yup, and so much more!" Hitokage explained with enthusiasm. The three walked through the town for a little longer, and every once and a while Hitokage would explain what one of the trees was housing, until finally they arrived to a huge clearing; with a giant tree in the center.

"Welcome to the Hope of Moon Forest! This is my home, and now it is yours too Lily, Leo! Let's go inside, and get the two of you registered and assigned rooms."

Leo and Lily stood at the entrance of the tree building, a giant Elm, it was so big it completely dwarfed any of the trees the two had seen before, and there was an untold amount of windows dotting the trunk and the bigger branches. Leo, Lilly, and Hitokage walked up to the wooded oak doors and entered the giant tree that could hold everyone in the town if need be.

The inside was just as amazing as the outside, it was magnificent. The floor was a natural part of the Elm tree, and the walls looked as if they had been grown out of the tree as well. The room they found themselves inside was a general reception area, with a receptionist sitting at a desk, in the middle of the room.

"Yo, I got the newbies here, is the master in?" Hitokage asked the receptionist.

"No, unfortunately he's been called away, but you can take the new recruits to Gardevoir, she'll take care of assigning them rooms and equipment. You know where to go I presume?" The Receptionist said.

"Yup, thanks." The Charmander replied. Hitokage led Leo and Lily into one of the many doors in the room. They followed him down a complicated set of hallways, and doors for a few minutes before Leo asked,

"How do you get around here?"

"You get used to it eventually. Common, were almost there." He explained.

They went through one last door, and found themselves in a small office. At the end of the room was a graceful looking Gardevoir sitting behind her desk.

"What can I do for you?" The Gardevoir asked the little group.

"I have the new recruits here; they need to be given rooms and equipment." He explained.

"I see, thank you then, you may leave." She commanded with a small smile. After he left she turned to Leo and Lily, "Let's see, hold on a moment, I got to find your files, I stuck em' somewhere, we got them in only an hour ago." She dug around her cluttered desk for a moment until she found two files, one on Leo and Lily respectfully. She pulled open the one with Lily's name written on it.

"Okay, good weight, healthy body, good, good, hmm, your placement test score is remarkable! A 95%, that far beats the 60% required to be accepted here! As a matter of fact, I think you're score here is the highest, ever higher than the Master's when he came here! Well I'm expecting a lot out of you sweetie!" She praised earnestly, her excitement bubbling over. Lily smiled and said,

"Thanks, but if you think my score's high you should see Leo's, this brats a genius!" She gently slapped Leo on the flank; Leo just blushed and nudged Lily away. Curious the Gardevoir grabbed Leo's folder and opened it.

"Hmm, good weight, healthy body, and…" The Gardevoir stopped talking and stared at Leo's file then at Leo and back at the file again.

"This is amazing, 100%... You're something Leo! I never have heard of anyone getting a perfect score! And at twelve years old to boot, you're not even allowed to take it until your twelve, but getting a 95% at fourteen is also quite something Lily….. Hmm, two amazing recruits in one day…. Alright, how well do you know each other?" The Gardevoir asked.

"Leo's my best friend; we've known each other for as long as we can remember!" The Emolga explained.

"Ya," Leo said quietly, " She's been there for me for as long as I can remember." Leo gently rubbed his side against Lily. Lily, smiling placed a paw on his head. The Gardevoir smiled at them knowingly.

"I see, then I will assign the two of you to a two bedroom flat on the fifth floor. Also, the two of you will be Team 1A, accounting for your impressive test scores! Here's your keys!" The older Pokémon handed Leo and Lily a set of keys each.

"The extra keys open doors that only members of Hope are allowed to go, tomorrow please come back here, I have more stuff to give you, and there is more talking to be done, but for now it's best to let you two go to your new flat, and get settled in! Hitokage will lead you two to your new home." The Gardevoir explained happily.

"Umm, Miss… you said our scores were really high, what is the average score?" Leo quizzed.

"Hmm, usually about a 63-64, and sometimes we get smarter Pokémon who get into the 70s. Thou that's not a lot higher than the minimum of 60% is it?" She alleged.

Leo and Lily later stood in their flat, completely shocked from what was now theirs. Ever sense being orphaned Leo has owned nothing, not even the makeshift nest he had slept on, and the same goes for Lily, while her parents were known to be still alive; they still abandoned her when she hatched, and have given her nothing; for the entire 14 years she had been alive. Now the two of them stared blankly at what was now theirs, a two bedroom and one bath flat that even had a small living room and a kitchen, as well as a little laundry room, they were overcome with happiness, and hope at what the future may bring.

End of chapter one

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed! Please comment and tell me what you think! I will try to upload at least once a week, and in the chapters to come you will get to learn ever more about the crybaby and bed wetter Leo, and his best friend the bold Lily! Also five points to whoever knows why I gave the Charmander the name Hitokage!

P.S. The next chapter has been written in the first person, a more comfortable style of writing for me. I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you will continue enjoying!

With much love

AppleLemonpie.