A(n) (almost) Christmas love story

I do not own Pokemon, but I hope you all enjoy it. Especially you Soul, since this is for you. In a way, you could say you helped me write this since you created most of the things within...

If you don't like this, don't read it!


It was a frosty winter morning in the Sinnoh region, aside from the ever snow covered Snowpoint city everywhere else was swathed in a light blanket of snow, in Snowpoint it was much heavier.

In the bustling city of Jubilife, was a new three story home, the color scheme dark indigo and some kind of light gray granite. Rumors had it that it just popped up in a spot where an empty lot once was. Despite the fact that the house was inhabited, albeit on and off by numerous strange or interesting people depending on your point of view, some said that ghosts haunted the place.

More or less it was true. There were three Ghost-Type Pokemon in the house, that watched the place while the people who owned it were away, but around this time of year, the owners were all in, and asleep.

In one of the large rooms with all of the walls part of a mural depicting a springtime pond slept all of the girls.

In one of the beds slept a being not of this world, literally, but then again some of the other tenants weren't either.

In the first bed was a 15-year-old Umbreon Pokemorph in a white skirt and sleeveless top, which was black with the image of a crescent moon on it who was sleeping beneath her lavender colored sheets, not caring at all about her lack of nightwear. Her short black hair with gold rings was messy from her tossing and turning, her long ears were twitching and her tail was flicking as she dreamt of opening her gifts on Christmas. In her dream, her unusually colored clear blue eyes were sparkling as she eyed her parcels.

In the next bed over was a 14-year-old psychic girl named Isabella, with dark, lilac colored hair and shiny, yet dark blue eyes. She slept in sky blue pajamas with a cloud design on them. She and her Espeon, Fate, were exchanging thoughts as they slumbered, as usual.

In the next bed slept a snow white Pikachu with bronze stripes and electrical pouches called Kea. The heart shaped dent on her tail identified her as a female. Originally a human, Kea was transformed into a Pikachu and sent to a strange world solely inhabited by Pokemon. Along the way she made many friends and discovered that she was the bearer of an ability called the Dimensional Wish, a power related to the Dimensional Scream. It allowed her to create things, but exhausted her upon use, making her barely able to stand for ten minutes. Somehow she had found a way to travel back to her home world, taking the love of her life with her. She and her love also discovered that they could speak the language of humans (a relief to the former and a shock to the latter) and still understand Pokemon. She was the one who made the house, but she went unconscious for several days after, but reawakened unharmed.

Lastly was a tawny skinned human girl who aspired to meet many legendary Pokemon, and sometimes convinced them to join her. Her hair was the same shade of white as Kea's fur, and she had one long greenstreak. Her eyes were a shiny crimson color, and as beautiful as her youthful face. She was 17, and named Ivy Mintvale.

All of the females were resting soundly, as were the two boys in the next room over. It had a beach-like mural shown at night, the walls started off looking like a sandy shore, which gradualy headed towards clean, refreshing seawater, Chinchou, Horsea, and numerous other Water-Types native to the sea were shown, some in plain sight, others hidden. As the mural headed towards the ceiling stars and a gentle night sky appeared.

It would've been just as calming as the girls' room, if there weren't stray articles of clothing littering the light yellow carpet. On one bed rested a relatively tall, dark skinned 17-year-old boy with gray hair named Carter Greyson. His steely blue bed had become unkempt while he occupied it in his slumber. His eyes, just as red as Ivy's were closed and showed no signs of opening anytime soon.

On the next bed slept a male Pikachu from another world named Ren. ironically his fur matched the color of his human friend's hair, just as his mate's fur did Ivy's. His fur was misty gray, except for a distinctly silver, star shaped patch of fur on his forehead, with matching colored stripes and electricity pouches.

All were in the land of dreams until...

"EXPLOUD!" Screamed the neighbor's Exploud, awakening everyone in a six mile radius.

"SHADDAP ALREADY!" Jazz yelled, only half as loud but with much more emotion, several other folks in the area were voicing the same sentiments and were too busy to look at her and notice her strange features.

In a moment she closed the window, as her friends stirred.

"Ugh, the Exploud's owner forgot to feed it again." Isabella explained having read the Pokemon's mind from afar and rubbing her ailing head. "That idiot's going to be in trouble with the neighbors if he's not more caring, let alone his Pokemon."

"Well, I can only hope that he changes, and keeps his Exploud quiet, that thing can wake the dead." Kea commented as she got up slowly, the sound had hurt her and Jazz especially with their superior hearing, most likely Ren was wide awake as well.

"Our sentiments exactly." Said an elderly and somewhat etheral voice as three Ghost-types descended from the ceiling, which led to the attic. The one who spoke was Edgar, the Dusknoir.

To his left and right were a young Rotom named Tommy, and a sarcastic Froslass named Frostie.

"Oh Edgar, Frostie, Tommy, good to see you three." Kea said waving, Tommy immediately went to her side and gave her a hug, or the Rotom equvalent of one.

"Kea-Kea, good morning!" he replied, in his young squeaky voice. Edgar merely floated and watched them patiently, while Frostie rolled her eyes and muttered: "Baby."

After a minute, the girls decided to get prepared for the morning and asked the Ghosts to make sure Carter and Ren were awake while they changed. Sure enough the boys were outside the room, both looking like they could've used more rest. The human wore a jet black fedora and a matching jacket, beneath was a lilac colored T-shirt, with nothing more than a cartoonish Croagunk in the center. He also had on a pair of faded, old jeans and gray sneakers.

"Morning Master Carter, Master Ren." Edgar greeted, bowing stiffly as he floated.

"Hi Edgar, Frostie, Tommy." Ren replied cheerily, despite his tiredness and a slight ringing in his ears.

"Yo all!" Carter said swiftly. Tommy beamed at them while Frostie remained indifferent.

"Did the girls wake up?" Carter asked, already knowing that they were.

"Uh-huh, their changing right now." Tommy explained innocently.

Carter and Ren grew quiet with thought, a few seconds later, Isabella screamed.

"EEEEWWWW! CARTER AND REN, QUIT THINKING LIKE THAT!"

Within moments, the two boys' minds ceased to wonder and they went to the door where the girls were so they wouldn't have to yell.

"Sorry, Tommy told us you guys were changing." Carter said, still smirking a little.

"I'm sorry too, but you shouldn't read minds without permission." Ren argued while blushing with embarrassment.

"Well, we're dressed now, come in." Ivy told them. Carter opened the door, and he, Ren, and the ghosts all entered the room.

Ivy was wearing a light green blouse and a pair of cream colored capris, and along with a pair of stylish snowboots. Isabella was wearing a golden, honey colored jumpsuit with white trim, it was very form fitting and comfortable, and a matching pair of boots.

Jazz had merely thrown her clothes into the washer and drier, took a shower, and was now fresh and clean. Her footwear was a pair of sneakers, but she would've preffered going around barefoot.

Ivy was wearing a plain white shirt with the image of a sleeping Eevee and a light jacket above it, she also wore a pair of capri jeans and white and green shoes.

After everyone was back together, Carter sat down on the nearest bed, which was Kea's and Ren jumped down from his shoulder. The moment he got down, he was tackle-hugged by another Electric-type.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Kea, smirking while she pinned him down.

"What was that for?" The male Pikachu asked, confused by the actions of his "mate."

"Just keeping you on your toes dearest. You never know when you need to react to a situation." She said before she kissed him on the cheek.

Everyone was used to the two of them having their "love-bird" time, so there were no "eews" or "awws" but almost everyone was more interested in whether or not Carter and Ivy would get together. The two were always friends, and claimed to be only that, but when they thought that they were alone, they spoke in a certain way to one another, and held one another in a way that exuded passion. Everyone (aside from Jazz) could see it, but the two humans still denied it.

So recently the tenants of the house decided to see if they could make a Christmas miracle happen.

"So does anyone have a date for our Christmas party?" Kea asked before she squeezed Ren a little tighter, "I know who I'm taking."

"Well, me and Nick are going to go together." Isabella answered, she was referencing her raven haired, aura reading friend, one she met a few years back. The two of them had only recently hooked up.

Jazz was not so fortunate, and had no true love interest. "Well, I guess I'll go with four-eyes if he shows up..." She said sheepishly. The humanoid girl was talking about her Commander, an admittedly nerdy 19-year-old man named Spencer Nightengale.

In Jazz's world, Pokemorphs had evolved from Pokemon and had developed both alongside humans, and into their own societies, Jazz was from the former. Instead of trainers though, some humans became "Commanders," who aided pokemorphs who still carried on the tradition of battling. The Commanders were the calm minds in the heat of battle who used items to help their allies, as well as suggested moves. Partnerships like theirs, however were born out of either respect or friendship, which could only be obtained through battle. Spencer and Jazz were friends, but were more like a brother and a sister than two lovers.

With everyone else paired up, only Carter and Ivy were left.

"Well, I guess that just leaves the two of us alone." He said, pointing to his longtime friend and himself, both were blushing now and looking nervous.

"Y'know, you two could always go together..." Jazz said absently, not knowing that she was voicing the thoughts of everyone but the red eyed pair. Now the two of them looked even more flustered and were peering into one another's eyes...all was silent.

Until the doorbell rang.

Isabella looked out the window to see Officer Joy, a member of the Joy family who joined the police, and Dawn, an eleven year old Pokemon Coordinator, who had traveled with her friend Ash Ketchum nearly a year earlier.

"It's Dawn and Officer Joy." The Psychic told her friends.

"Oh well we'll-" Edgar began before Ivy cut across him.

"Don't worry, I'll get it." She said before she dashed out of the room with impressive speed.

"H-hey, wait for me!" Carter cried, before he followed after her.

Everyone left in the room sighed in exasperation except for a confused looking Jazz.

"Wow, I guess those two can't wait to see O. Joy and DeeDee." She said, before she fished out her white and black plaid hat and coat, to hide her more prominent Pokemon features from the public. Of course all of the group's immediate friends knew about her secret, as well as Kea and Ren's, but they still did their best to hide it from others.

"No, it's not that." Isabella said, sighing. "They were trying to escape before we got them to confess that they liked eachother."

"Huh? You guys were?" The Umbreon morph asked before she began to recall all the other times where the duo was acting strange after her other friends mentioned dating or other things of the sort. Realization then began to dawn on her. "Oh I see, but shouldn't we just let them fall for each other on their own?"

"Normally yes, but I read their minds and while they both feel the same way about one another, but their too afraid that if one rejects the other, it'll ruin their friendship. They grew up together and are pretty much connected at the hip, it would devastate them if thier friendship ended over Ivy feeling differently than Carter about their relationship, or vice versa."

"I can't blame them though, I felt the same way" Kea chimed in. "I'm just lucky that Ren told me he liked me first, otherwise we might be acting the same as those two are."

"Aww kea, your making me blush!" The natural Pikachu told his beloved while he chuckled.

"Yeah yeah, classic love story stuff." Jazz said, rolling her eyes, but even so she was now interested. "Well, if we're going to get those two together then we'll need to work together."

"Big sister Jazz is going to help them?" Tommy asked curiously, while his ghostly companions merely floated and listened while the others talked.

"Yup, and I'll need you, Frostie, and Eddy to do some things here while we work our plan at the mall."

"What plan?" Ren asked.

"I'll explain when we have a free minute, for now let's go downstairs." She said before she exited the room.

Something told the others that this would be the start of a day to remember...


End of Chapter 1.

Well, here's part one of the fic. I originally meant for this to be one, really long oneshot, but I guess I'll have to turn it into a two parter. I thank you for reading this far Soul, and anyone else who may have read, and hope you'll read the next xhapter when I have it up.

Until then, be safe and blessed!