Gather round children, gather round, for I will tell you a tale of the wolves. A story of greed and treachery, amongst other less than honorable acts. Listen in to hear a story, children.
WHY UMBREON HAVE THOSE RINGS
At a time long ago, Umbreon had no rings. They were black from to toe, said to be the night sky turned flesh and blood.
Umbreon prided themselves as much, claiming to have inherited great powers from the sky. They boasted of these great powers, but upon being asked to show them, quickly replied that such talents were too great for mere mortal eyes.
There was one Umbreon that had always boasted wholeheartedly that she could make stars at will. Every time a cloud uncovered new stars, she would claim them to be her work.
Word of this Umbreon's talents spread through the land, and many watched and waited for new stars to appear in the sky. Thousands had heard of this great, powerful being, and gazed at hr 'handiwork'.
However, not all fell for her claims. Flying pokemon strong enough to fly to the moon had returned with tales of the stars being fires hotter and brighter than any being could imagine.
The Umbreon scoffed at such claims, claiming their makers to simply be jealous of her abilities. Those brave enough to step forward were often shunned for speaking against the Umbreon.
However, over time, the Umbreon became worried that too many would realize her lies and band together. As a treatment for this, she banned all who had spoken out from the land, left to fend for themselves in land beyond.
Many creatures, thrown out from their homes, searched for shelter among one another. Their numbers grew, and soon, they totaled a thousand.
Swelling with sureness at their numbers, they came to the legendary embodiment of the skies, ho-oh. They told Ho-oh of the Umbreon's false claims and treachery against them.
Ho-oh listened carefully to the shunned pokemon, observing and recording each piece of information in it's massive memory.
When the tale ended, Ho-oh jumped into the air and flew higher than any pokemon ever had. It reached past the moon, the sun, out all the way to the stars. There, it collected a star from the sky and brought it down to where the Umbreon lived.
Upon reaching the land, Ho-oh accused the Umbreon of lieing to all of the others. The Umbreon through off the claim, saying it to be the product of a clouded mind.
Ho-oh was outraged at the Umbreon's claim that its mind was faulty. In fury, it bright the star to Umbreon, claiming that, if the star was a product of the Umbreon, than the Umbreon could just as easily absorb it back into her body.
The Umbreon knew that she could in no way control the star's flames, but also knew that if she told the truth, she would be shunned away like so many that had accused her.
In hope of a miracle, she dared Ho-oh to send the star at her, awaiting the excruciating pain she knew was sure to come from the star's contact.
With an almighty heave, Ho-oh through the star at the Umbreon, and it hit her square in the chest.
She howled in misery as the star hit her, shattering into eight million pieces. However, this wasn't the end.
She felt like a tongue of white hot flame was encircling her ears, legs and tail, like a red hot poker was being driven into her head.
She screamed all day and into the next night, when finally, she stopped. However, she was not dead, she was very much alive.
Although alive, she was weak. She began pulling herself toward a pond's edge, when she noticed that a mysterious glow was emanating from her body.
Upon seeing herself in the pond, she found that eight golden rings had formed around her legs, tail, ears, and one on her forehead, remnants of the star that had been thrown at her.
To this day, all Umbreon carry these same eight rings, a reminder of what happens to those who lie and boast of what they do not have and can not do.