Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, Pokémon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo. Thank you for taking the time to browse my story, I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it. I thought I would try something new this time: flashbacks, if it works out I may use them more often.

It was a quiet, cloudy day in Lostlorn forest, it was around dusk and many of the forest inhabitant's had retreated to their nests seeking shelter from the cold night rain that was slowly approaching. However, there was one pokémon that was still wandering around the forests, seemingly searching for something. The surrounding area around the pokémon glowed a faint yellow colour, emitted by the pulsing, yellow rings on it's body. This pokémon was know as Umbra: An Umbreon who stood 3'03" tall, he had a sleek black body with a pair of crimson fox-like eyes.

Umbra was looking for someone, he had been wandering around for days in Lostlorn forest trying to find a Leafeon he had ran into earlier in the week. Ever since he had made eye contact with her that fateful day when he met her, he has had a crush on her. He began to drift off into his thoughts... It had been incredibly sunny that day, Umbra and his friend, Eve had been been having fun, playing around in all the fallen leaves and were resting until a lost looking Leafeon stumbled upon them, trying to find her way back home. Umbra had been trying to find her since, he thought it would be easy, considering that Leafeon's didn't appear in that area often. Umbra had known Eve for a few months, she was an Eevee he had come across one night. She had brown fur, big rabbit-like ears, a bushy tail with a cream coloured tip, and a furry collar that was also cream coloured. She also possessed a pair of beautiful blue eyes. Umbra had found her injured, covered in cuts and bruises at the side of the road, while he was running back to his den to escape the rains. Memories of that day suddenly resurfaced in his head...

-Flashback-

The sound of thunder echoed throughout the forest that day, Umbra had dozed off earlier and did not notice that a storm had befell Lostlorn Forest. Umbra was suddenly jolted awake by an extremely loud crash of thunder, He rubbed his eyes and felt the slightest drop of rain on his nose, "Huh? A storm?" Umbra quietly muttered to himself, "I need to get home" he thought as he began running back to his den, while he was dashing through the puddles, he thought he could hear the slightest whimpering. Umbra stopped running and listened very closely, he could hear extremely quiet whimpers nearby. Umbra turned around to see a small brown furred pokémon, lying on the ground barely conscious, Umbra stepped forward to take a closer look. On closer observation, Umbra found it was an female Eevee covered in injuries, "Is she even alive?" he asked himself, Umbra gently placed his paw on her neck to check her pulse. Umbra could feel a very faint pulse, so she was alive, however he figured if he just left her in the rain without tending to her injuries, she would surely die. Umbra didn't know what to do, the Eevee was just a child, the rain getting worse and the thunder was even louder now, the storm was growing. "I can't carry her... My den is too far... I can't leave her out here or she will die" If he did not think of anything soon, it would be too late.

Umbra glanced at his surroundings, looking for some form of shelter, he spotted a nearby cluster of trees and carried the barely alive Eevee towards it. Umbra gathered a few dry leaves and made a soft cushion. He then, gently set her down on the cushion of dry leaves, He had gave her shelter from the storm, but she still had her injury's, Umbra had an idea, but there was a risk. "I don't know if I should..." Umbra thought to himself, but there was no time to think, it was a chance he had to take in an attempt to save the Eevee's life. Embarrassingly, Umbra started to lick the Eevee's wounds secured with the thought that it would help them heal. Umbra could tell that the Eevee felt his rough tongue on it's cuts, as it was twitching slightly at every lick. Umbra wretched as he licked the blood off her body, it was disgusting, but he was determined to save her life. A few minutes passed and Umbra had tried his best at helping the wounds heal faster, he then noticed that the Eevee was shivering vigorously. Umbra was tired, and beginning to feel cold, he wanted to go home, but was still worried about the Eevee, instead he decided to curl up next to the Eevee in a desperate attempt to try to keep it warm.

A few minutes later, the Eevee slowly opened it's eyes and no longer felt the excruciating pain of her wounds, but rather the warmth of a kind-hearted pokémon. She glanced upwards and noticed that it was night-time, she was afraid of the dark, but this time, however the darkness didn't seem so scary. She saw the paw of the black furred pokémon that had helped her around her waist, desperately trying to keep her warm. At first she was scared, as he was a complete stranger to her, the paw kept her from moving, but she was warm and comfortable. She had no reason to move or feel scared for that matter, instead she just turned around to make eye contact with the stranger and mustered up her remaining strength to talk with him, "thank you" she gently whispered in his ear as she swung her right paw around him, now hugging him. Umbra looked deep into her shimmering crystal blue eyes, "...don't m-mention it..." Umbra nervously replied, surprised by the Eevee's gesture. As he started to drift off to sleep, he thought he could see a faint tint of red on the Eevee's face that her brown fur completely failed to hide. Umbra quietly chuckled to himself and fell asleep. They stayed in each others arms together all night.

-End of Flashback-

Umbra suddenly snapped to his senses when he heard a familiar voice calling his name, Umbra turned around to see the very pokémon he had just been thinking about, "Umbra!" The small Eevee shouted. "Oh... Hey Eve" Umbra muttered while tilting his head towards the forest floor, "Umbra... You have been very quiet lately, is something wrong?" Eve asked with a puzzled face, "it's nothing..." Umbra replied with a sigh. "Are you sure Umbra...? I've been worried, you just don't haven't been yourself lately" Eve said with a worried look. "Eve... I'm fine really..." Umbra stated in an annoyed tone, "Umbra... is it about that... Leafeon yo-" Eve was immediately interrupted by a furiously blushing Umbreon who now stood directly over her, "Just leave it, I'm fine! Arrgh, you're so annoying I sometimes regret ever helping you!" Umbra shouted, not realizing what he had said. Umbra could see tears forming in the incredibly frightened Eevee's eyes, Eve then ran away in fear. Suddenly Umbra had realized what he had said, "Eve wait! I didn't mean that..." but alas it was too late, she was already gone.

Umbra was deeply regretting getting angry at Eve, multiple bad thoughts and questions swarmed inside his head. Was she all right? What if she didn't come back? Umbra would never forgive himself if something had happened to her. It was now around midnight, he had lost track of time worrying about Eve. The rain was quickly approaching and Umbra was seriously considering going out and looking for her. She had only run off twenty minutes ago and he was already starting to miss her, she was his best friend, his only friend... Umbra then noticed something in the distance, "Huh...? What's that... Eve?" Umbra muttered to himself, he decided to take a closer look as it was hard to see in the dark. As he got closer he found it was the Leafeon he was looking for earlier, as he walked towards her, Umbra could see her body in more detail, she stood about 3'03" high, her body was tan coloured. Her paws were the same colour as her eyes and were tipped in brown at the end. The Leafeon noticed his presence and turned around to face him, Umbra found it hard to make eye contact as he was completely engulfed by her beauty, instead Umbra tried to look away from her, but his eyes were fixed on her body. Umbra was determined to express his feelings for her, this required courage, something he did not possess at that point. His mind was currently focused on Eve at the moment, but he tried to put it out of his mind just for a while so he could concentrate on getting to know the Leafeon. Umbra just stood there, speechless, frozen in awe at the Leafeon's elegance. The Leafeon asked, "who are you?" in a curious tone, her voice echoed throughout Umbra's thoughts. Umbra remained motionless and found that he just couldn't form the words he was looking for, the Leafeon just tilted her head in confusion at the speechless Umbreon, "umm... I'll be going now then..." the Leafeon hesitantly replied as she began walking in the direction of her home.

No sooner had the Leafeon turned around, Umbra suddenly snapped to his senses and realized he was missing his chance, "wait, don't go! I'm sorry... I just spaced out for a minute" Umbra claimed, relieved that he had been able to talk to her. "So... who are you?" the Leafeon asked, "my name?... Umbra, you?" he replied nervously. "My name is Ivy, wait haven't I seen you before? Ivy asked inquisitively, Umbra was confused, his mind was so occupied with current events, he couldn't think straight, but finally he found the answer he was looking for. "Earlier this week..." Umbra pointed out. Umbra then tried to make eye contact with Ivy, but found himself embarrassingly trying to cover up his intense blush he immediately got from staring into her deep brown eyes, unluckily for him Ivy noticed this and smiled. She pretended not to notice, as she realized he was with an Eevee the first time she had met him. "Hey umm... Weren't you with a friend the first time I saw you?" Upon hearing this, and feeling the first drop of rain on his fur, Umbra suddenly remembered the events that had took place earlier. The storm had arrived and Eve was in the depths of the forest. Umbra had to make up his mind, should he go and look for her, or should he stay with Ivy?

This is the end of the first chapter. Tell me what you think. :)