A Flareon's Tale
Chapter 2
It was bright and invigorating. The bright light I mean. I could tell my body was getting some sort of a growth spurt. And I could feel myself getting really really REALLY WARM. Why was it so hot all of a sudden? And why was I ok with that warmth? But finally the light disappeared and the rock was gone. But I was way different.
First off….. I'm orange. I hate orange! What happened to my beautiful brown mane! Mama always said I had the softest of my siblings, the haters.
The fluff around my neck is ok but I need to go see what I looked like. So I bounded off to the pond I knew was nearby that had some quiet scenery.
The Rattata were looking at me weirdly and I understood how they felt. The lone Eevee that was usually seen around here had changed.
So I reached the pond and there was a human in a white coat asleep at the base of a tree. Okay….. Steer away from him and get to the other side of the pond. So I got to look at myself in the reflection of the pond in my full glory.
I wasn't really impressed. I had large black eyes, orange fur (not as nice as my old fur), a cream mane and a tuft of cream hair on top of my head. The tail that I now had was bushier and the same color but reacted just as well as my old one.
The mane was really warm but then again my whole body was pretty warm right now. Must've been the rock. Suddenly I finally started to pay attention to the human from earlier standing behind me gawking.
"You're a… a Flareon? How? How did you get a Fire Stone?", he asked shakily. I didn't know what he meant and I was on guard because of the balls I saw on his belt. He was older and had dark graying hair. A white coat and some traveling pants with boots were what he wore. I growled at him and felt something build at the back of my throat but shook it off.
The man shook his head and got on one knee looking at me kindly. "Don't be afraid of me little one, I don't know how you're handling this evolution but I have a place to help you", he offered.
That was all I needed to hear before I growled at him again before I felt like I was going to throw up again. This time it hit me harder and I didn't' think I could swallow it down again. I needed to get out of here.
Not noticing what the little Flareon was grunting about the man continued, "My name is Professor Oak and I come from my lab in the nearby town. Do you want food?" I couldn't hear him because of the pain and burning coming out of my throat. I had to let it out before something happened.
Opening my mouth a barrage of fire came out of my mouth straight towards Professor Oak. Yelping he jumped barely out of the danger as I looked at myself in amazement. I could shoot fire…. Oooooooh those pesky Pidgey were gonna get it now!
No more climbing trees I could just burn the branches holding the berries. No more being the boring middle child I would be the best Eevee or whatever of the family now! Images of me king of the forest with my new fire breath ran through my brain making me salivate.
"Well, Oak started," You know Ember so you must be pretty well trained. I still wonder how you got stuck out here and hit with a Fire Stone as well. Best to take you back to the lab so you'll be safe. Or more for the children's' safety I believe."
The last part I did listen to. I growled fiercely at him ready to throw up and hopefully burn that gray hair off his head. "Arcanine I choose you he said", he said. What the hell is an Arcanine?
A giant dog/wolf/demon came out of the ball that was 5 times my size and striped with orange and black. Oh my….. Fuck that. That's an Arcanine? He came out and looked around only to stare at me.
"I'm supposed to fight this little one", the Arcanine said in an aged wise voice," He's much too small for me to fight". "Just knock him out with a Take Down so we can take care of him back at the ranch", Oak commanded. Arcanine nodded and looked ready to smash my small body under his gargantuan size.
I'm proud to admit I recognized that beast was way too big for me to shoot fire at. I ran away and with great gusto. But by Arceus that freak of a Pokemon was just as fast! I dodged out of the way and it felt like the whole ground shook when he missed.
I smacked my tail at him only for him to look at me like I threw twigs at his oh so lovely fur. So I ran away. The last thing I heard was Extremespeed and the next thing I knew was it felt like the time Mama fell on me when I was young and didn't know I was there. I blacked out hoping they at least fed me if they were gonna put me somewhere.
Professor Oak watched as his Arcanine demolished the young Flareon in a quick second. "Still haven't lost your speed have you old pal?", Oak asked his Arcanine.
The Arcanine licked his hand affectionately and let Oak reach for another Poke Ball to put the Flareon inside of. "That Flareon was quite quick for the level it was at. He flashed his PokeDex at it to read the moves it knew.
"Level 15 male huh", Oak said to himself, "Knows Tail Whip, Ember, Quick Attack, Tackle, Growl, and Bite. Well I'll take him back to the lab. Perhaps a deserving trainer can earn him."
Oak threw a Poke Ball at the unconscious Flareon and the ball quickly signified it was caught. He picked up the ball and looked at it curiously. This little Flareon was certainly going to be trouble for someone in the future.
