Act 2: The Party
Two pokémon walked to the kitchen together, both carrying a basket of berries.
"That takes care of all the grub-gathering for the best feast a pokémon could lay its paws on." Meowth remarked, walking with his friend, Woboffet.
"Agreed." Woboffet nodded.
The two looked up and hummed in confusion. Several members of the eevee family and their unexpected invites were swinging on the log swing on Faraway Cliff.
"Hold on," Meowth growled, a bit irritated. "I don't remember sending out any dinner invitations."
"Agreed." Woboffet nodded once again.
Meowth set down his basket of berries and ran over to the eldest brother. "Vaporeon!"
"Please, call me Shawazu." He coolly replied.
Meowth ignored him and continued. "We're gonna have big problems with too many mouths to feed! I only go so many good eats to go around!"
"Shawazu, is there a problem?" Efi asked
Meowth heard the sweet voice of his crush behind him and turned around, seeing that Gureisha and Rifia were with Efi.
"Um… is something wrong with her face?" Gureisha asked.
"Did I do something wrong with the herbal treatment?" Rifia questioned.
Meowth ignored their words and just stared at the three's pretty demeanors. "Now, don't worry your pretty heads one bit 'cause Chef Meowth will whip up a meal quick as one, two, three, four, five, a full-coarse dinner." He placed his paws on his hips and acted as if he could really do it. Just stay cool, Meowth, you've only got this one shot to make them happy… You can impress ladies…
It's just been so long…
Woboffet was mixing dough together and turned to his friend. "So you really did just try to flirt with them? Oh, you're just as stupid as Jessie and James."
"Wait until they taste this!" Meowth remarked, pressing some already-mixed dough onto a flat wooden paddle. "When I make some homemade dough the whole world wants a piece of pizza." He spun the dough above his head and swapped paws to continue the spinning process. "Not only do I make the best noodles you ever had, my yummy starship pizza dough will blast everyone out of this world!" His paw slipped and dropped the incredibly large pizza on his entire body, covering him up completely. He pulled out of the sticky substance and tried to lick his fur clean of the pizza dough.
"Again, stupid." Woboffet smirked at his friend.
The sun cast a golden glow on the forest around the Eevee Family's mansion. Somehow, Meowth and Woboffet, with a bit of help from the others time-to-time, made the dinner a success. Gureisha, Efi, and Rifia were sniffing at the herb pizza. Busuta eyed some spicy berries and almost bit into it when Shawazu slapped her muzzle with his tail. "No," he said, pawing to another area.
Oshawott and Sandosu were sitting next to each other, talking about various things ranging from crazy battles to weird dress styles for pokémon. Pansage took notice of some rolls and his mouth started to water, even going as far as drooling on the table. Ibui and Axew were talking while also roughhousing a bit, running into stumps, rocks, and small trees. Ninfia and Pikachu kept their friends in line by keeping a sharp eye on them.
Meowth was satisfied with the fruits of his labor and walked off to join his friend and plopped down to rest from all his work.
Shawazu stood on a nearby pumpkin and raised his tail to silence his friends and family. "I'd like us all to now thank Chef Meowth for all the hard work he's done in making this excellent meal for us."
"Thank you, Chef Meowth!" all the pokémon cried in gratitude.
"Dig in…" Meowth sighed, tired from his work. He instantly fell asleep at the moment he closed his eyes.
Pikachu picked up an apple and tried to stuff it in his mouth in one bite.
Pansage swiped some of the rolls off the platter and ate one hungrily. "This is really good…" He then took all of the rolls. "Mine! Everything is mine!"
Oshawott turned to Sandosu. "I bet I can fit thirty berries in my mouth."
Sandosu smirked. "I bet I can fit fifty."
They took a contest to see who could fit the most berries that were about the same size in their mouth. Oshawott won, holding forty-nine while Sandosu had forty-seven. "Fy bin!" Oshawott cheered, mouth full.
"Bangif…" Sandosu growled.
"Sandosu, don't talk with your mouth full." Ninfia narrowed her eyes at her older sister while feeding Axew and Ibui the leftover berries.
After the dinner, the pokémon gathered around the stage with pretty lilies of the valley bordering and decorating it and had a mini talent show. Efi, Gureisha, and Rifia did a small act in which they did small tricks and dances.
"That looks like fun…" Busuta mewed, hiding her paws underneath her fluff. Ibui and Axew were playing tag, Ibui using Busuta as a shield from Axew. "I want to play…"
Oshawott's act composed of using his water powers to make pretty tricks and stunts with the water sprinkling his fur, making it sparkle.
Ninfia looked around, noticing that someone wasn't there. Where's Burakki? She asked in her head. She turned to Pikachu and leaned in his ear. "By any chance have you seen Burakki anywhere after the whole incident this afternoon?"
"No, I haven't." The electric mouse replied, shaking his head. "He might come sometime soon, he might have some big surprise for you all."
"Maybe…" She purred, lying down. "I hope he's okay…"
Burakki pawed his way through the dark cave. "I should be getting there soon." He mewed to himself. He noticed a patch of light from afar. "Yes! There it is!" He made his way to the light and sat in it, the dimming sunlight making his pelt glossy. He howled into the distance, sending a message saying, "I am ready. Come whenever you please."
Five sets of eyes glowed in the darkness of another cave not too far from where Burakki was. One of them lifted her head and smiled to her comrades. "It is time."
The talent show was continuing with Pansage's act. He was painted to look like a panpour on one side and a pansear on the other.
Meowth leaned into speak to his friend. "Espeon and the others sure are having a great time."
"They are more entertained by an outsider than they are by the one who likes them." Woboffet turned to see something in the distance.
"Hey! I can't let Pansage outdo me! Time for action! Watch me work!" He got up and left the area, face red with embarrassment, anger, and determination.
Why did I ever agree to this? Woboffet asked himself when he got up on the stage, dressed like a Glaceon.
"I am the lovely Leafeon!" Meowth purred, dressed like a leafeon. He turned to his friend. "With that blue beauty, Glaceon! We'll dance dig, Dane!"
The whole clearing was silent, confused of what was going on.
"Kill me now…" Rifia mewed under her breath, putting a paw to her forehead.
"I have never received this much disrespect in my entire life!" Gureisha mewed, glaring at a tree, not bearing to look at the shameful cosplay of the two.
"Eek…" Meowth held onto Woboffet. "Time to turn over a new leaf…"
Rifia and Gureisha attacked with razor leaf and icy wind respectively and flung the two off the stage.
"We're blasting off in costume!" Meowth cried in the air.
"You and me both!"
Pikachu gave a sheepish grin. "Sometimes I feel bad for those two because it happens to them regularly…"
"That happens to them often?" Ninfia mewed.
"Yep. As often as I use thunderbolt in a battle…"
"That's a lot…"
A dark figure jumped down and gave a curt nod to his little sister who liked to be leader. "Ninfia."
"You're late, Burakki!" The sylveon meowed. "We've already had dinner and did the talent show! You should be ashamed of yourself from being tardy!"
Burakki looked around for something. "Where's the food?" He asked.
"Over there." Ninfia nodded at a small table with the leftover food.
That'll do… Burakki eyed the types of fruit on the table. He jumped up to the stage. "If all of you are done, I'd like to close this dinner party with a bang. Does anyone want to do their act before I finish it?"
No pokémon spoke.
"Good." Burakki used his psychic powers to pick up three watermelons and levitate them in the air. He jumped off the stage and ran off with the watermelons in his psychic grasp. "I'll be taking these." He ran off on a dark path carved by stone.
"Burakki!" Ninfia barked, running after him.
"I'm coming too!" Pikachu added, jumping on her back.
One by one, the pokémon that attended the party followed the retreating umbreon. Ninfia knew where her brother was going. "He's going to Longdrop Cliff! That place is very dangerous!"
Burakki stopped at the edge where five other pokémon were. He stood in front of them and smiled. "I've brought them." He set the watermelons down in a divot so they wouldn't roll away.
"Who…" Pikachu started. "Who are these?"
Burakki turned to his family. "These are my friends. Friends, meet my family. Family, these are Sanaito, Gaburiasu, Manyula, Juppeta, and Dokurog."
Sanaito gave a curtsey, her white dress and intimidating beauty placed at the top rank. She was a gardevoir standing at the top of the rock formation and looked as if she was the leader of the pack.
Gaburiasu sliced the air with his claws. He was a garchomp with a scar from a previous battle was slashed over his right eye. He was standing next to Sanaito, indicating that he was her right-hand underling.
Manyula crossed her arms and leaned up against one of the "pillars" of rock. She was a weavile with a scar stretched across her face from the bridge of her nose to her left cheek. She smirked at her associate's family.
Juppeta stood beside Manyula, indicating that he was her partner-in-crime. He was a banette with deep red eyes that unnerved anyone that stared into them.
Dokurog stood on his own. He was a toxicroak. He sat down on a smooth rock and dug at the earth with his claw. There was a bandage wrapped around his arm with a bit of blood seen through it. He crossed his arms to hide the bandage.
"These are my friends, Team Shadows." Burakki stated. "We are one when we're together."
Ninfia stepped forward. "Burakki! Why didn't you tell us you joined a gang?!"
"A… gang…?" Sanaito smirked, placing her hands on her hips. "How amusing. Did you hear that everyone! The pixie-pants thinks we're a gang!" The team of mischievous-looking pokémon laughed at Ninfia's mistake. "No, we're not a gang!"
Meowth and Woboffet caught up to them, panting. "So where are we now?" Meowth asked, tired from his day. He looked up and saw the potential conflict that might've broken at any second. "Espeon and the other cutie pies are in deep trouble!" He made a dash between Ninfia and Burakki, separating the two opposing sides. "Those crooks!" He turned to his heart's loves. "Don't worry, Espeon, Leafeon, and Glaceon, I'll protect you!"
Efi put her paw on her forehead. "Not you two again…"
Meowth unsheathed his claws to prepare for a scratch attack. Ninfia jumped up and used her ribbons to keep him back, dragging him into the group of pokémon. "This isn't your fight." She got Shawazu to stand in between Meowth and his three crushes.
Burakki returned to his team and nodded to the gardevoir. "Do your thing."
Sanaito used her psychic powers to warp the cliff and them into the farthest reaches of space. Burakki's family and guests were awestruck at the beautiful scene.
"It's…" Busuta mewed, shaking her fluffy tail. "It's beautiful!"
Burakki levitated the three watermelons into the air and nodded to Manyula. "Your turn."
Manyula nodded at her comrade, jumped into the air, and sliced up the watermelons with her long, white claws. "Enjoy," She purred, licking the watermelon juice off her claws.
The umbreon lowered the watermelon slices to his family, guests and friends. "Eat up," he said. "I will explain later." He gestured to his sister. "Ninfia, could you… bedazzle this area for me?"
"My pleasure." Ninfia smiled at her brother. She let out a foggy field that blocked the vision of anything that was shorter that one foot. Sandosu, Ibui, and Axew played hide-and-seek-tag in the fog, Ibui, being it.
A galactic aurora bannered the sky; the siblings were impressed with its stunning beauty. Gaburiasu got down to jump, "Let's make this prettier! Dragon pulse!" He threw himself into the air and let out a dragon pulse.
"Shadow ball!" Juppeta joined in, making a dark ball and flinging it at the dragon pulse, making gorgeous crystals fly through the air.
Burakki prepared a shadow ball of his own and launched it combined with Dokurog's venoshock, changing the color of the crystals from blue to purple. "That's better." Dokurog smiled, dusting his hands off.
Shawazu wrinkled his forehead. "It needs something more…" He said. "It needs more…"
"Bubbles?" Gureisha finished, joining him at his side. "You want to do the ice bubbles?" She asked her older brother.
He nodded. "Yep." They both jumped into the air. He used surf while she used ice beam, forming many bubbles that decorated the crystal paradise. Burakki used his psychic powers to levitate them and hold them in place. Ninfia danced on the bubbles with her ribbons glowing pink and extremely longer than normal.
She jumped down to her brother and nuzzled him. "Oh! This was all a big surprise for us! You got your friends to come and do all this for the 'bang ending'! Thank you, Burakki!"
"No problem." He purred. "Would you like to meet my friends?" He asked, leading her to his teammates.
"I'm sorry, but I think we should go ahead and get back… Sorry, Burakki…" she politely apologized. She turned back to her family. "I'll see if everyone else agrees."
"Okay, I'll end this 'bang ending' with a bang." He coolly added. He approached his garchomp friend. "Come on, Gaburiasu, show 'em what you can do!"
Gaburiasu opened his jaws to release a hyper beam, opening a portal to get them back to their home. The route back was gorgeous, but sadly, was ending. Before everyone knew it, they were back at the Eevee Family's home. Burakki noticed that Ninfia's ribbons were normal once more and not long and glowing like they were. He shrugged it off and smiled to his sister. "Ninfia, I know that you're concerned about the well-being of others, but there's a difference between being concerned and being nosy. That's why I tried to keep this a secret, so you wouldn't know. I wanted to surprise you all by being alone. That's why I did all this."
Ninfia hung her head. "I'm sorry, Burakki."
Her brother nudged her forehead with his nose. "It's all right."
"Why don't we head back home?" Sandosu suggested. "It's late."
Efi turned to Burakki's friends. "Why don't you guys come home with us? It's all popcorn and pillow fights from here on out!"
Team Shadows agreed and mainly stayed around Burakki for most of the night, but weren't too shy to hang out with his siblings. Meowth offered to Team Shadows any leftover food from the dinner party to them. Everyone, especially Manyula and Dokurog, ate noisily and quickly, as if they hadn't eaten in days. After the quick midnight snack, everyone all hit the hay.
Ibui slept near Axew, her back to his. Oshawott slept close to Sandosu, who electrocuted him sometimes in her sleep. Burakki slept with his fellow team members to make them feel welcome. Everyone else slept in the same general area, curled up with a partner for warmth during their sleep.
Their dreams were filled with warm memories and peaceful sleep, preparing them for their next day.
Good Arceus, this story is old. Why are you reading it? Why is this my most popular story? Go read something better from me. I'm currently working on a story called Runaways, which you can find here.