Umbreon sat very still in the corner made by two roots while her siblings played a game of some sort. Perhaps if she didn't move, they wouldn't see her in the shadows. Curse these yellow spots. You could see them from a mile away.
Soon, Jolteon had discovered her hiding place. "C'mon Umbreon," he said. "Eevee would've made you play."
"Are you Eevee, back from the dead? I thought not," Umbreon responded bluntly.
A sly look came into Jolteon's eyes. His ear twitched in the funny way that made Umbreon sure he was about to play a joke on her, and she wouldn't like it one bit. "You know," he started. "I do have a loud voice. And there are… hmmm… several siblings just waiting for me to find something fun to do. I could just, uh, make my voice a little louder, you know, LIKE THIS! AND YELL SOMETHING LIKE: HEY GUYS! LET'S GET UMBREON!"
The heads of all of Umbreon's siblings snapped in their direction. Why must we all have abnormally large ears? Umbreon got to her paws as fast as Pokemon-ly possible. "You know, I hate you," she muttered as she shot past Jolteon and into the clearing. She curved left so as to avoid all of her siblings and crashed into the undergrowth. Vaporeon was immediately behind her, along with Flareon, Espeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon.
These were the children of Eevee. Their mother had never evolved and given birth to a litter of eight, and had died when they were still young. All eight had evolved into different types according to their personalities. Jolteon was energetic and active, Flareon had a temper, Vaporeon was always joking around and loved to swim, Espeon was always calm and kind, Glaceon was smart and disconnected in a way, Umbreon was sneaky and clever, and Sylveon was always kind and cute.
Leafeon, however, showed no personality trait to connect her with grass types. She had wanted to evolve into a dark type, but Umbreon had received that. And so she was angry, and always felt like she was being underestimated. Then, one fateful night, she had turned on them all, fighting them and leaving to find somewhere she would be appreciated. What she hadn't known was that all of the others would miss her dearly and forgive when she returned. But she never did.
It had hurt Umbreon the most to see Leafeon go, and had stung the most when she had been attacked by her sister. They had always seen eye to eye, and had been very close. Other pokemon may have sworn revenge, but no. Umbreon had sworn to bring her sister back someday.
"Try and catch me!" Umbreon yelled, enjoying the game in spite of her previous reservations. She darted between small bushes and leaped logs, all the while weaving between tree trunks. This was all much easier for her, seeing as she was lithe and while the others were larger and traveling in a group. Umbreon laughed, happy with her odds of winning the game. But then again, they hadn't really set a way for her to win.
"Jolteon," Umbreon called. "How do I win? Reach the falls?"
"Yeah!" Jolteon yelled back. He was now gaining on her, reaching the front of the group, static electricity tingling at his paws.
Umbreon deliberately zigzagged, a plan on her mind. She took the most confusing route possible, slowly speeding up. Eventually, the combination of the two brought her completely out of sight. Treading as silently as possible, Umbreon made a wide semicircle around the group, eventually ending up behind them. She climbed a tree and sat in silence, waiting for the brilliant part of the plan.
The plan was more for her enjoyment, as it would only give her a small advantage, but Umbreon didn't care. As long as it was fun.
She angled her ears towards the falls, tapping into the best of her hearing. She couldn't miss the next part of the conversation, as it was vital to the plan and would make her laugh.
"Huh," she heard Espeon say in her silky voice. "She isn't here."
"Did we miss her?" Glaceon wondered aloud. "She couldn't have somehow gone home, right?"
"Hmmm. Maybe we should just go back and wait for her," Jolteon concluded.
Umbreon was thoroughly enjoying the whole situation. None of them would think of this, except maybe Glaceon if she thought about it long enough. But she wouldn't have time for that.
Umbreon nearly couldn't suppress a laugh as the six of them passed beneath her tree branch, talking confusedly amongst themselves about what Umbreon may have done.
Once she was sure they were far enough away, Umbreon dropped down from her tree. "Hellooo!" she called, and then darted off towards the falls with the aid of her head start.
The soft sound of tumbling water filled her ears as she raced for the falls. She laughed aloud as she reached the edge of the woods and started across the small stretch of field to the river. Just beyond the small falls was a rock that jutted out from the current. With great agility, she hopped onto the rock without getting a paw wet and waited.
Soon enough, the rest of her family arrived at the edge. "Took you long enough," Umbreon said smugly.
"You cheated," Flareon growled, although this wasn't his real angry. When he got really angry, you didn't want to be around.
Umbreon hadn't really thought of it that way. But then again, it didn't seem like cheating. "You can't really cheat when there's only one rule. I'm at the falls, aren't I?"
Glaceon didn't really care about this conversation. She was more interested in Vaporeon, who appeared to be studying the water very closely, her nose only an inch from the surface of the crystal-clear torrent.
After a while of scrutinizing and more of the argument in the background, Vaporeon dived head-first into the river. She didn't come up. Although Vaporeon could breath underwater, it was a bit strange for her to be under for that long. Even if she was in protest about the argument, she would have brought her head up to say so. It was her nature.
"Guys," Glaceon called. "It appears Vaporeon may be in some sort of trouble."
Every head turned. "Why do you say that?" Umbreon asked, leaping from her perch on the rock to the pebbly shore. She trotted over to stand beside Glaceon.
"Because. She dived into the river near the beginning of your argument, and hasn't yet resurfaced to tell us so," Glaceon answered, not taking her eyes off of the water. That was funny. Just a moment ago, the water had been so clear. Now it was murky and muddy.
"Vaporeon!" Jolteon called, scrunching up his eyes and peering into the now-murky depths. Soon, the others had joined into the call.
The frantic search went on for several minutes, until finally Vaporeon hauled herself onto the bank.
"Vaporeon, what were you thinking? You had us all worried sick!" Jolteon yelled at her.
"This…" Vaporeon panted. "This is bad. This is REALLY bad."
"What? What's bad?" Sylveon squeaked.
"I was attacked by something that really didn't like a tail to the face," Vaporeon said.
"Who wouldn't be upset by that?" Glaceon said, although it was more of a statement than a question.
"Vaporeon, is this a joke?" Jolteon asked.
"Wait wait wait, did Glaceon just seriously point out the logic of a sentence in a situation like this?" Umbreon interrupted.
"Logic is my nature," Glaceon responded coolly.
"You have got to be kidding me," Flareon muttered.
"GUYS!" Vaporeon shouted. She coughed and shook. "I very nearly fainted down there."
Everyone gasped. Everyone knew that a pokemon fainted when it lost a battle, and it had to be a pretty tough one in order for Vaporeon to faint.
"We better get her a Sitrus berry," Umbreon suggested.
"I'll take her," Sylveon offered. "You guys try to find out what happened."
"Wait," Vaporeon said. "I think it was a root."
Okay, so I get Pokémon fanfiction is typically about people, but the idea is still good, right? I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1. I'll be adding loads more!
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