It started out as just a normal regular day, the bird pokemon chirping happily, the forest pokemon scampering around for food and what not. This was how it always was for one little eevee, just the same old same old. Her name is Gracie and she lived among a large forest somewhere in the Kanto Region with her pack of 20 or so members.
Now she was by no means an ordinary eevee, oh no. In fact, she was what the humans considered a shiny pokemon, very rare to come by. Her silver fur was the envy of a few other female eevee. Gracie's family, which consisted of her mother, an espeon, and her older brother, a much larger eevee then herself named Kai. She never knew her father, because he didn't stick around once he finished mating with her mom.
Gracie always held resentment for her father for leaving and not being a proper mate and dad, he just up and left without any warning one night. Gracie and her family however were near the bottom of the social latter in the pack, and often ignored by other pack members because of it. It never bothered her though, all she needed was her mother and brother. Back to the story, Gracie was just laying amongst the flower patch near their den it was her favourite place to be, she loved the calming serenity.
Giggling to herself, Gracie rolled around in happiness, life seemed so perfect at the moment even if the other pack members wanted nothing to do with her. A blue flebebe named Aria then flew up to the frolicking eevee "hey Gracie" she said, quietly yet cheerfully. Gracie looked up and smiled big "hey Aria! How are you today" said eevee asked. Aria was probably the only friend Gracie had, and she was fine with that.
Aria just smiled in response "I'm doing pretty good, how about you" she asked. Gracie looked up into the sky and saw some pidgey's and pidgeotto flying above her "I'm doing fine" she responded and closed her eyes "wishing you could know what flying felt like" Aria asked her. She nodded, It had always been Gracie's dream to one day be able to fly, just like the bird pokemon could, but she knew that was never gunna happen.
The two spent most of the afternoon playing, and it was starting to get dark "well, I better get home now before my mom worries, see you Aria!" Gracie said to her friend before heading back home "see ya, and tell your family I say hi" Aria responded, heading home as well. She took her time going home, Gracie always loved enjoying the beauty of nature. She was almost home when she heard some leaves crunch behind her.
Turning around quickly, she saw the sillouett of a larger pokemon a few feet away. She gasped in surprise, but she wasn't scared. This pokemon didn't give off any bad or sinister vibes, she she relaxed "hello? May I help you" she asked to the unknown pokemon. The pompon chuckled, and based on the deepness of the chuckle, Gracie concluded that it was a male pokemon. Finally, he came out of the shadows, he was a zangoose. It used to be rare to see other region pokemon in Kanto but within the last while, more and more different pokemon have made their way over.
He looked at Gracie with a small smirk "well, hello there cutie, if your the welcoming party then I'm not disappointed" he said to her. She blushed at his statement, no male had ever complimented her before "who are you" she asked. The zangoose, who was still smirking relied "my name is Xander, I am from Hoenn and I am an explorer, its my goal to visit every city and town in every Region" he explained. Gracie looked at him in awe "thats awesome! Your so lucky you get to do that, i've always wanted to travel" she said. Xander tilted his head "whats stopping you?" he asked "my family, my mom and brother, in my pack, we are on the lower end of the social scale, all we really have is each other, not to mention, the Alpha of our pack would never let me leave, even if I wanted too" she explained.
He looked confused "thats dumb, back in my old pack, we all looked out for each other and we were equal, we had an Alpha too, but he was a kind zangoose, I know when people and pokemon think of my species they think we are a violent and territorial pokemon, but honestly, most of us are nothing like that, yeah we defend ourselves when we are threatened, but who doesn't " he explained.
Gracie smiled at him "sounds like you have a great life, i've never left his part of the forest, I've grown up here, but it would be nice to see the world" she said. Suddenly Gracie heard her mom calling for her "I gotta go now, it was nice to meet you Xander" she said before leaving "hey, I never got your name" he called out "it's Gracie" she replied, before disappearing into the bush. He smiled "Gracie huh, looks like Im gunna be sticking around here for a while" he said to himself.