Disclaimer-I do not own Pokémon.

Warning, there will be adult content in this story so for any little kid who thinks that this will be a little kid story about Pokémon, go away and find another story or you will be scared for life.

I always loved Ecruteak City. I loved the style of the buildings, the rich history behind it, but above all I loved how it looked come autumn time. The countless colorful leaves swirling through the brisk air was like being surrounded by fire. I found it peaceful. Today was one of those days. Fire moved through the air and on the ground covering the city giving it an orange hue. Children were outside making leaf piles and jumping through them. I could hear the soft orchestra outside. Many people liked to play their instruments publicly. Not for money, just for the pleasure of others. I arose from my bed and the morning light that poured through the window covered my face. Today was my son's 3rd birthday. He was growing up so fast. I slipped into my satin slippers and shuffled blissfully into the kitchen where I saw my husband, of course, reading the paper and enjoying a mug of black coffee.

"Good morning Gareth." I said softly

"Good morning Yuki." He said allowing his blue eyes to slip above the top of his paper.

"Today is Chris's birthday."

"I know. I'm taking him to the Poképark today to keep him busy while you set up the surprise."

"Sounds nice."

Pretty soon after fixing myself some eggs and coffee I heard the fast stomping of Chris's tiny feet run towards us.

"MOMMY! DADDY!" He cried from in the hall. "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!"

He ran into my leg and gave me a big hug. He's getting so big so fast it's almost heartbreaking.

"Why yes it is sweetheart. And guess what? Daddy is taking you to the Poképark today."

"YAYYY!" He exclaimed before tugging on his father's jeans, "LET'S GO LET'S GO!"

Gareth chuckled and scooped up Chris.
"Okay Chris let's go," He said, "If we're lucky Joseph might let us pet his Arcanine."

The exited with Chris yelling in excitement and Gareth with a happy/exhausted look. Over the next few hours the surprise party began to take shape; my friends and their kids came over, the decorations were hung, and the cake was made. Literally when we were putting the last drop of icing on the cake we heard Chris and Garret coming back. Chris was talking but was somewhat quiet, he was using his indoor voice. Odd. He must be exhausted from running around.

"Everyone hide, their coming." I whispered loudly.

The lights were turned off and not two seconds later the door opened.

"SURPRISE!" Everyone yelled.

Chris was surprised but not as much as everyone else. Gareth and Chris were in the doorway, along with a Pokémon. The Pokémon was about Chris's height and was holding onto his hand. It was a ralts. Something was, off about it thought. Its hair was a smoky grey color. Chris's eyes widened and he ran inside, greeting all his friends and going about. The ralts went where he did, but it seemed shy. I walked over to Gareth and whispered:

"Gareth, what's this? Why does our son have a Pokémon? We agreed we'd wait until he was at least in school before getting him one."

"I know, this was unplanned. It just sort of showed up in the park. We played with it for a few minutes before searching for its trainer. Everyone we talked to had never seen it. Eventually we took it to the daycare center and the people there said they had seen it roaming the wild. I was about to hand it over, but by that time it had imprinted on Chris. I just couldn't do it."

I was angry, but I'll admit it was pretty cute seeing Chris holding its hand. Its hair was also interesting. I've heard of shiny Pokémon but to my knowledge shiny ralts had blue hair, not grey. But it couldn't stay. Of course it couldn't, it was a Pokémon and Chris was too young for such a responsibility. Speaking of Chris he ran to me holding his new friend's hand.

"Mommy mommy look," He said, "This is my new friend! Dad said I could keep her and name her. Her name is Kumiko!"

Chris was so cute. I called him my Kumiko, which means 'rare beauty child.' I suddenly felt it harder and harder to not keep the smiling ralts. Chris ran off and I muttered.

"Fine he can keep it."

"Her." Gareth said.

"Huh?"

"The daycare lady said that the ralts is female."

I never really understood Pokémon. Gareth was a trainer once but I never wanted to own one after a Squirtle once squirted scalding water at me when I was young. I never wanted Chris to have one but Gareth convinced me that he could have one once he graduated from nursery school. I guess that's not going to happen. Turns out over the years that little ralts became like family not just to Chris, but also to me and Gareth.

What did you guys think? Please leave constructive criticism. The next few chapters might take a while, as will, well, the entire fan fic. That's the effect school has… Anyway, let me know what you think and maybe leave some comments on what you'd like to see. BTW, the story view is going to be from Chris's view from now on. I just thought using the mother's view would be a good way to introduce the Ralts.