EDIT ON April 22, 2008:

Welcome to Moonlight's Shadow, the very very first 'fic of JabberDragon.

Full of typos, grammer errors, plot redunduncies, whiney angst, Mary Sues and Gary Stus.

Also comes with bad characterization, bad plot, and logic inconsistencies.

It also had a major re-edit session halfway through, which it never QUITE got over.

Moonlight Shadow is currently living on LIFE SUPPORT and on her creator's sentimentality/ego.

Bewarned and tread carefully.

JabberDragon.

Moonlight's Shadow Chapter 1:

The Begining

Shadow was not your usual everyday Eeevee. She was a loner and for three reasons: the first reason was that she was always seemed to be a little distant sometimes when talking to you. It was like talking to a ghost really. Sometimes she looked touched that you were talking to her, other times she looked like she was in a different world, too immersed by her thoughts to her you.

The second reason was that she had icy blue eyes. Even when she smiled or just glanced at you, it seemed to have an intimidating effect. While this may have been perfect for battles, it was disastrous for making friends. This made the pack members quite uncomfortable when around her- and normally avoided her or broke off any conversation with walking away.

The third reason was that Shadow was an adopted member of the pack. She had been found after a serious flooding with no parents after she was around a week old. A few of the pack members took pity for her and pleaded that she be adopted, ignoring her eye color. There was a bit of a ruckus, as many of the pack members disagreed with adopting her. Fortunately those members who wanted her in the pack were the most powerful ones in the pack- but that didn't stop the silent treatment she was given. Even those who opted for her to be adopted(which rhymes!), later found that it was hard to talk to such an Eevee because over the months as she grew up, the Pokemon had been forced to accept a rank of 'outcast'.

"Why am I so different?" Shadow thought, sitting down beside a river. She let her tail dangle in the slow current, the gentle bubbling of the water helping to soothe her feelings. Maybe it was from the flooding at her early age that she had learned to love water. Whatever the reason, she was normally by this river- or in it.

The question came again, "Different… I'm different from all the others…Why?"

She never asked to be like this! Some of the other pack members had blue eyes and yet they weren't shunned like her. She didn't understand at all. Other then her eyes, she looked normal! Shadow gazed at her reflection in the river. She had a bushy brown tail that was tipped with white and was currently now-wet and beginning to get cold. She hastily pulled it out of the water.

Yes, her paws were the same as any Eevee in the pack too- or maybe not. A small scowl was produced when the underside of the paws were revealed to the Eevee's face by turning them over. They were quite beautiful brown paws really- plain brown with some smudges of mud in it. Any other undersides of any other paws of Eevees-or even any other Pokemon- in the pack were completely white. Not even a tinge of brown, lack, or any other color- just white, pure white. A reason why the pack called themselves the White Paw Pack. All pack members had white paws except for one adopted member- guess who?

But- other then that…Shadow scanned the rest of her body. She was the same. Except for her paws- and her eyes. Her dreadful blue eyes! Shadow forcefully slapped one of her paws in the river, making her reflection in the water disappear into many drop of water. The Eevee looked away from the river- though it may have been water from the river, there was a teardrop or two rolling the cheeks of the Pokemon.

Why, of all the Pokemon in the world, why did the Gods choose her to be like this? Was she curse? Bad luck? Were her parents evil, vile creatures that their child was a punishment to their sin? But of course the Eevee couldn't believe that- or she wouldn't.

Shadow's image of her parents was blurry, but they always seemed to be smiling at her, somehow. She believed them to be good, not bad- and if she ever found out that they actually bad…Well it just didn't bear thinking about. There was always a hazy someday when she saw herself with her parents as a family eating, sleeping, hunting... Yeah that was the life- or would be.

But for now… Shadow sighed as she watched two Eevees play fighting, a few meters off. She trotted up to them a little hopeful but as soon as she came close they stopped playing and stared at her. Almost simultaneously, they turned around, their fluffy tails slapping Shadow's nose. The Eevees then ran back to their mothers and one made a face at her while a Flareon growled at her menacingly. But for now… she was the runt of the pack, the Eevee when any important Pokemon came she was stuck in a dark corner to be hidden away- not to be displayed proudly like some of the other Eevees. Shadow quivered, standing alone and deeply hurt.

But maybe, everything would change tomorrow- the day she turned a 1 year old. Actually, it was the day when she turned around a year old. The Eevees in the pack tomorrow would attend the ritual of evolution. Most would evolve, while few would not. Yes, that was the day she turned a year old- or ABOUT a year old.

You see, all of the Eevees in the pack definitely were not born on the same day- so the pack chose a day that would be approximately cover when most or all the Eevees would be turning a year old. It was also the same day as a full moon. Many of the Eevees would evolve into Jolteons, Flareons, Vaporeons, Espeons, and Umbreons. Some Eevees would not and they would attend the next year- or the next. Or maybe they'd never evolve at all. They were also the shunned members of the pack.

But they were less shunned then her. Shadow desperately wanted to be a Vaporeon. She had seen the Vaporeons in the pack who could dissolve into water, then come back into their original form again. It was amazing. The Eevee knew it was up to the Elementals to decide what she'd be but it was normal for most Eevees to get what they wanted or needed. The Elementals were the three sibling gods. They were Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres- they were the deities of Eevees and their evolutions.

Tomorrow was the day she'd change- finally. The pack would congratulate her and she would have family. They would cheer her on when she would rescue a young Eevee from drowning in the river and they would her give the warmest spot next to the fire when they slept.

Shadow looked at her surroundings and smiled a little when she saw a Skarmory flying overhead. His plumage was shining in the evening sun, his wing feathers razor sharp for battle. The bird Pokemon when he saw Shadow smiled at her though he did not utter a calling to her. He cast an eye over the rock cave that the pack lived in, the pack members and Shadow, before flying on. The Eevee turned her head to the forest where an old dirt path was overgrown with plants and bushes.

Apparently the humans made many of these 'paths' through the forest though it was a mystery why. Shadow had seen few humans in her life and had always wondered what they were like. Their paws were split into five segments and walked awkwardly on two legs. Their ears were tiny and they wore absurd things called clothing instead of having fur. Really, they could be monsters- and from what she'd hear, they were. They destroyed whole forests and made huge tall things that touched the sky. They captured Pokemon for their own devices too. Although these humans seemed evil and ugly the Pokemon couldn't but feel any hatred for them. She didn't know why. In fact, she couldn't even hate her pack who shunned her. How could she? They were the closest thing to family that she had.

Shadow looked as the rest of the pack was settling in for the night. Dinner had been eaten and now they started to walk inside the rock den. She shuddered as an Umbreon passed her. Though she never admitted it, Shadow was afraid of the dark and was always nervous with Umbreons and the Pokemon of the night. There seemed to be a dark aura coming from them that scared her. At this point the reader might wonder why this Eevee was named Shadow. The pack had named her Shadow as she always seemed to be in the shadow of another Pokemon and was never in the center of attention. It was a bit ironic, seeing as she was terrified of the dark.

Slowly, Shadow walked to the Rock cave in which the pack lived in, averting her eyes as a Jolteon glared at her. Sighing, Shadow reached her sleeping spot- the darkest area of the cave where no one could see her. She was frightened of the dark, but she was even more frightened of the Pokemon who moved away from her or shrank from her eyes. Lying down, Shadow put her head on her paws and closed her eyes. Tommorow was the day- the day she'd finally change.

Shadow was only too right about changing and the pack seeing her as someone else. It did happen. But everything became completely opposite of what she wanted.

Doone!