I do not own pokemon.

You whipped me, unmercifully.

I howled.

I cried.

I begged you to stop, Mama.

The first thing that I saw when I opened my eyes, was you, my Mama. You then looked, scrutinizing me.

I looked at you in confusion until you finally said, "A healthy male Eevee."

I finally understood, you were just making sure that I am healthy, and I started licking you happily.

You pushed me away, and again I looked at you in confusion and barked out my question, "Why did you do that, Mama?" And I thought I heard you mutter disgustedly, "All the months of carrying this stupid egg, just to get this annoying Eevee."

I simply thought I heard wrongly, but nevertheless, I make sure that I did not annoy you.

I don't want to loose you, Mama…

Mama, stop, please…

I don't want to loose you…

I want to believe you are my Mama…

But is she truly my Mama? A small voice whispered in my head, and a memory resurfaced in my mind, unbidden.

I was one week old at that time.

It was during my training when I saw that family of Arcanines and Growlithes.

The young growlithes were playing around, tackling and wrestling with one another while the Arcanines looked on in pride of their strong and healthy cubs.

It was such a serene sight.

Then the ball which Mama used to train my accuracy rolled into the midst of the playful Growlithes.

The Growlithes looked with interest at the ball and one started to nudge the ball with curiosity, and soon, they were in a frenzy of playing 'Catch-the-ball'.

The Arcanines, however, immediately stopped and started sniffing around, alerted of my presence.

Suddenly, Mama called, "Eevee, what the hell are you doing! Come back here at once, you stupid thing! You had better not try to slack off!"

The family froze at the sound of her voice, and started to run frantically towards their home.

"It is ok, it is only my Mama!" I shouted after the family, "She won't hurt you!"

But the family still ran, and then one of the Arcanines stopped and looked at me with pitying eyes, "She is not your Mama, that voice is of human not of a pokemon. Do not be deceived, for her voice spoke harshly which is a sign that she is cruel."

And with that, the whole family disappeared from my view, escaping from Mama…

'Go away!' I shouted mentally, 'Mama is my Mama!'

'She is only trying to make me strong, so that I can protect myself,' I reasoned unconvincingly and desperately with myself, 'only trying to make me strong…'

Ouch!

An excruciating pain ran through my limbs as Mama brutally whipped me.

Look at what she is doing, do mamas truly do that? That small voice spoke again, Run away from her, run away from this cruelty…

Mama, please stop whipping me.

Stop this voice in my head, please…

I pleaded you.

I wanted you to be my Mama forever.

But you just continued to whip me, until, you finally paused to ask me this question, "You had better battle harder, next time. After all, I don't want my dearest Eevee to get hurt, do I?" you sneered maliciously while holding me up by my tail.

"No, no," I replied weakly, "I will battle harder for you next time… Mama"

You always be my Mama no matter what you did to me.

And I stayed with Mama forever, battling for her… until today.

I had just gone through a ferocious battle with a Charizard and was severely burnt.

Today will be the day that I died.

"Mama, I am sorry, I could no longer battle for you any longer, I am sorry…" I spoke weakly to Mama.

"Stupid, worthless thing! It is only a Charizard! And you lost to it! All the time I spent training you was wasted!" Mama shouted at me with rage-filled eyes, "I should have abandoned you the first time I saw you!" and she kicked me.

'You see, she is not our Mama. Mamas don't do that...' that small voice spoke for the first time after I had told it to go away.

Mama…

I am sorry I did not do my best…

Mama, come back…

And stop this voice in my head...

End