Cinder groaned as he sat under a nearby palm tree. The sun's rays were just to hot for the poor eevee to deal with at the moment. He yawned and laid on his belly, sprawling out to get into an extra comfortable position. He let out a sigh of pleasure as he found that right spot.
Today had been a particularly difficult day for Cinder. His trainer had promised him some kind of treat and had gone out to the store to buy some, or so he thought. But eight hours later, Cinder was still at home, all alone, without his trainer. He was beginning to worry. Aeria never left him alone for this long. He had no idea what he'd do if something happened to her.
He dug his paws into the dirt trying to get the thought of his precious trainer dying out of his mind. She wouldn't die; she wouldn't abandon him…would she?
They had been through so much in the past year. The countless battles were more then enough to keep him at this woman's side. But it was more then the battles. She had saved him as a pup.
As a pup, he had been attacked by a wild arbok. He couldn't fight it off; he was just too weak. As he crawled away from this viscous predator, a pokemon he had not recognized stood in front of him. He blinked and scanned it up and down. It was blue, black, and yellow. It also resembled some kind of dog-like creature. The mysterious pokemon rushed at the arbok and struck it with its foot sending it flying back. Arbok must have been thoroughly impressed as it hissed at this pokemon and slithered away, possibly figuring it find its lunch elsewhere. Post fight, a red light hit the pokemon and it disappered inside a poke'ball. Eevee looked up at where the light came from. A woman smiled at the little eevee and knelt down.
"Poor little thing." she stated in a muffled whisper. Scratching behind its ear, she smiled that sweet innocent smile. "Don't worry, I won't let anything else hurt you again I swear!"
Eevee thought for a second. This woman was going to keep him safe? He had heard that humans were harsh to pokemon which made him kind of skittish to the idea. But at the same time he didn't want to be chased down like prey again. He gave the woman a confirming nod. Taking out a poke'ball, she held it in front of the wild eevee.
"I'll call you Cinder." she stated as she tossed the sphere like object at the wild one.
Cinder reveled in the thought of that day. That was the day he had met the one true thing he could call his best friend. Yes he was friends with Aeria's other pokemon but they didn't exert the same amount of love for him as Aeria did. Aeria treated Cinder like he was the most important thing to ever exist and this made Cinder feel downright special.
But now it seemed as if Aeria was gone. Just gone. Rolling onto his back, Cinder stared at the sky. His mind was a mess. He didn't know what he'd do without her. Closing his eyes, he thought for a minute on what to do. Then his eyes shot open. What was he doing just lying here? He had to find her! He quickly got to his feet, shaking off any dirt that got on his nice slick fur.
He trotted out of the yard, and down the dirt path that led to the town. He figured he'd start looking for her at the store she last said she was going to.
He smirked as he walked down the path. He would find his trainer whether it killed him.