Well...this is a bit interesting. I got a review recently about how Eve acted in the story and I admit, the way I wrote her wasn't how I wished her to be portrayed when I made her character. So, how about this. We do a rewrite to try and bring Eve to a more realistic portrayal. She was a young toddler in the prologue after all.
Emerald trees surrounded the young boy as he gazed up in amazement, it was spring and the forest looked so pretty. Chirps and light cries made up the surrounding noises that his ears picked up on, indicative of the concept of new arrivals and baby Pokemon. Small baby Pidgey flew by him following after their mother Pidgeot. Scurrying along the floor were Ratatta and the much bigger Raticates. The boy smiled and approached one of the Rattata with care and respect, kneeling down so he was less intimidating. "Hey there," he grinned, as the Pokemon gave a toothy smile and nuzzled against his leg for a brief second before following after its parent.
As a young 6/7 year old, the boy smiled at the sight of the Pokemon. He was quite a regular in the forest and most of the older Pokemon were well used to him already and were fine with him introducing himself to the babies. Smiling, Ash Ketchum, the young boy, thought to himself about his future and his dream to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Pokemon trainer. One day, he'd be travelling with Pokemon so he wanted to be friends with many species to follow understand them in the future. He could still remember the day he first wandered into the forest, scared and alone. But the Pokemon within had protected him and at the end, to the crowd of interested Pokemon, he made a loud declaration that he would be the 'Greatest Pokemon Trainer Ever!'. He laughed at the thought, he had only be 4 that day and was quick to believe that. But even to this day, he held that declaration close and hoped to one day fulfil his dream of being Pokemon master.
Pitter-Patter. The gentle tapping of paws filled the young boy's ears and he turned, the scent of coppery blood filling his nose and making him gag at the near ability to taste it. Yet the sight before him brought with it a new feeling, one of concern and outright worry. More empowering then the scent. Stumbling weakly towards him, with icy blue eyes glazed over, was a young Eevee. Its brown fur was mattered and stuck-on-end. It was like the young Pokemon had been dragged through a hedge backwards, but enough of joking. The sight of crimson blood rolling down the Eevee's left ear, from a painful rip that tore the fur away from pink skin. Bruises and cuts ran up the Eevee's little legs and across its back. Even its tail, normally a luscious fluff of fur, had been changed into a shredded matting.
Charging forward in a panicked sprint, Ash was only just in time to catch the young Eevee before it collapsed to the ground. Panting, the Eevee gave him one last painful look before fainting within his arms. However, what happened next was quite shocking. With the fainting over, the Eevee's body shifted and altered into that of a young girl with matted brown hair and tanned skin. It could only be assumed that her eyes were still blue like her Eevee form, that that didn't matter. Ash's eyes widened as he looked at the unconscious girl in his arms, she was tiny and quite likely to be very young in both forms. Maybe a 3 year old, if that.
Ash just sat there, with the young toddler resting on his lap, shocked and unsure of what to do next. Finally the long-awaited gasp left his lips and he clicked on what had happened. "But Professor Oak never said Pokemon could become human..." he wondered, mostly to himself. Some baby Rattata came over and sniffed the young Eevee-turned-girl and seem to gasp before scampering back to their mother. Maybe it knew what she had formerly been and was now fearful of what she could do with this power?
Clatter! The sound of a gem hitting the ground drew Ash's attention to a bag that had fallen onto the floor from its former position around the Eevee's neck. It most have become loose in the sudden size change and had opened up to reveal the 3 evolution stones capable of evolving Eevee. And not just that, but also shards of two rocks, the icy and moss rock. But what confused Ash was the close contact between the Eevee and the items, surely one should have evolved her by now? Then why was she still an Eevee?
Finally it clicked into him about the young Eevee's injuries when blood rolled onto his hand from the ears that were still adorn on the little girl's head. Lifting her up onto his back, he let the brief thought of 'She's light' fill his head before he charged back out of the forest. Arriving back into his hometown of Pallet wasn't hard, but he had to transverse the entire town to make it to his location. Panting, he arrived at Professor Oak's lab and weakly knocked on the door whilst shifting the little girl on his back.
Eventually he heard the slow footsteps and the creaking as the door was pulled open from the inside. Peering out, Professor Oak took one look at Ash and the young girl on his back and ushered them in without a word. Taking the girl off the exhausted boy, he checked on the Eevee's ears and looked confused with a mild sense of worry there too. He gets some bandages out of a nearby cabinet and wrapped up the little girl's ears before turning to Ash. "So, Ash. Where did you find this girl, my boy?"
"In the nearby forest," Ash commented, looking down at the unconscious Eevee-girl. "...Those ears and tail are the only thing remaining of what I find her as. She was wandering around as a Eevee, when she collapsed...she changed into this form."
There was clear disbelief in Oak's eyes, but one look at the little girl's ears was enough to convince him. "Hmm, I wonder what must have happened to this Eevee to cause her to have their ability. It's unheard of for a Pokemon to become human..."
Ash nodded, thinking the exact same thing as he gave a worried glance in the Eevee's direction. What could have happened to this young girl. Was she born human or Pokemon? Was she born this way? Did she have any other abilities? It was a confusing situation with no answers in sight, and considering the young girl aged. Well, lets just say he didn't expect much of an explanation.
"Ug..." a gentle moan distracted both of them out of their thoughts, as they turned to see Eevee's blue eyes open slowly. One gently flutter at a time, as if trying to work out where she was. Soon after, she attempted to push herself up into a sitting position. But only resulted in her falling back and wincing in pain, leading to Ash running over and checking on her in worry. "...'M alright..." came her little voice, babyish in tone as her eyes darted around the room in near fear.
"No your not," Ash responded firmly, the urge to protect the little girl evident within him. Helping the little toddler sit up, he let her rest on his shoulder whilst being mindful of her injured ears. "Do...you perhaps know what happened to you?"
Fearfully, the little girl shook her head weakly and let a little tear roll down her cheek. "...All Eve knows...is that...Eve was alone and pained...until now," almost instinctively, she nuzzled her face against Ash's shoulder. It was strange, she felt so safe around this boy. Maybe it was her toddler innocence...or was it something else. Closing her eyes weakly, she whispered. "Where is Eve?"
"Your at Professor Oak's lab is Pallet Town," Ash explained, looking up at Oak with mild worry about this little girl. Her first-person speech and general innocence seemed really characteristic for her age, but it was common for even newly-hatched Pokemon to understand many concepts beyond their years. So...was she more human than Pokemon? The answer shrouded in mystery and just made this puzzle worsen.
"Pal-wet?" she whispered, slurring her word in her weakened state. It was evident that she didn't understand what the word indicated, did that mean she didn't know anything in relation to the Kanto region.
Sighing, Oak brought over the bag of evolution items that Ash had brought back. "Eve, that is your name correct? Do you know what these are?" showing the items, he waited until her blue eyes reopened and examined the objects.
Nodding her frail head, Eve gave a tiny smile before commenting. "Evo-wution stones, help Eve evolve," so she did understand the concept of evolution and the items that induce evolution. It seem very much like she was a young human toddler, with the genetic coding of a Pokemon embedded into her.
"What do you mean by help? Don't they evolve you forever?" Ash felt mildly weird, having to have dumb-down his statements into a form that Eve would understand easily.
For a second, it looked like Eve was confused. But instead of saying anything, she gently tapped one of the items in Oak's hand. It disappeared as she suddenly started to glow. Gritting her teeth, she let the electricity in her body build up as her hair changed from brown to a striking yellow. Her tail shrank into it was only a loosely connected group of spikes and her ears sparked with electricity. It was evident what she had become, an Jolteon with all the lightning power absorbed into her body. But mere seconds after she evolved, her breathing slowed and suddenly her form went back to an Eevee with the Thunder Stone reappearing amongst the rest of the evolution stones. Eve slumped onto Ash's shoulder, sighing. "...Always hwappens..."
"Do you know why you became like this when you fainted?" Oak questioned, understandably shocked after seeing a de-evolution. But he recovered quickly, deciding that, since Eve could already take on the form on a human, it was highly possible for this to happen as well.
"More comfy..." suddenly, a snore left the girl's throat after the got out the 'fy' in her sentence. Looking down at her, Ash was surprised to see the young Eevee now asleep on his shoulder. Maybe changing into a Jolteon took away her energy that she had been trying to conserve before? Either way, they'd have to wait until she woke up to try and figure out more. Though, both of them had the exact same thought: with Eve's intelligence as a toddler, it would be hard for her to understand what was going on or what had happened.
Going home after seeing all of that was strange, Ash wasn't sure how to feel as he carried the little girl on his back. Oak had told him to keep an eye on her during the night, since he was too busy with the Pokemon to handle it himself. Ash could have retorted with Eve is a Pokemon too, but felt like it would have turned into a stupid argument and he didn't want to accidentally wake up the sleeping girl. After all, she needed her rest. The only problem would be telling his mom and trying to work a way to explain why he had a half-Eevee sleeping on his back.
Every step he took was another addition to his plan, he would tell the truth about Eve. Well, as much as he knew anyhow. Despite hearing the little girl's third person, he couldn't be sure if 'Eve' was even her actual name or if that was what she called herself in a child-like language. But it didn't matter, it gave her a placeholder that wasn't the typical Pokemon name. After all, calling a human girl - regardless of whether of not she had ears and a tail or not - Eevee sounded a little out-there. Gently sighing to himself, Ash made it to his home and pushed briefly on the door.
It was locked, of course it was. Why wouldn't it be. Knocking on the door with one hand, using his other to support the sleeping girl on his back. After waiting a little while, Ash was relieved to see his mother open the door and gasp at the sight of the injured girl on his back. Quickly, she ushered the children inside and took Eve off Ash's back. "What happened to her," she asked, gently laying the little girl on the couch.
"Found her in the nearby forest, she collapsed and so I took her to Professor's lab. But, he recommended that I give her somewhere to stay...and since she's a toddler, he believed that you'd be the best candidate for a mother figure. That and he had other concerns that meant looking after Eve would be tricky," he said, not missing a beat and totally forgetting to explain that Eve was actually a Pokemon (Or at least half...) as he glanced down at the little girl on the couch in worry. Would she truly be alright and what was with that de-evolution she showed off. So many questions, so few answers.
Delia Ketchum gave a low nod and turned to her son. "I understand, Ash. She can stay for as long as she needs," the woman decided not to question the obvious appendages on the girl's head or the matted tail, she cared more about the girl's safety. "As for you, young man. It's getting late and I'd recommend that you head to bed. If she wakes up, I'll handle her," her smile was warm and gave Ash the reassurance he needed. Of course Eve would be fine, she was under the care of his mother at the end of the day. And he knew that his mother was one of the kindest women he'd ever met, which honestly was a tiny number but still.
Heading upstairs, he gave one last glance over the banister at the little girl unconscious on the sofa and sighed. He truly hoped she'd be alright.
Alright, chapter one of the prologue complete. Yes there will be more chapters to the prologue this time, mostly cause I can. Hope Eve's a bit more realistic this time and less wise-beyond-her-years. Either way, hope you enjoyed.