"Hey, gramps. Did you want to see me?" I said, walking into the lab.

"Nicholas! I was expecting you. Please, come in." he said.

"Professor Elm, did you call for me?" a girl said, walking in.

"Eliza! Yes, come in!" I froze. Eliza? You've got to be kidding me. We glared at each other.

"What's he/she doing here?" we both protested, giving each other daggered looks.

"It's a…special occasion. Now come here the both of you." He said. The both of us walked to him, looking pointedly away from each other. "To celebrate this, uh…special occasion, I've prepared two very rare pokemon for the each of you." He pressed a button and two pokeballs appeared.

"What is it?" Eliza asked.

"See for yourselves." he said, giving the each of us a pokeball.

"Go!" the both of us shouted, tossing the pokeballs. Two brown furry pokemon appeared.

"Ee-vee!" they both cried out.

"You're giving us Eevee…for our starter pokemon?" Eliza asked in disbelief. He nodded.

"It's your choice if you want to make them evolve or not. You have seven choices though." he said, gesturing at the screen.

"The fire pokemon, Flareon. You'll need a fire stone."

"Vaporeon, the water pokemon. A water stone is needed."

"A thunder stone will make it a Jolteon, the electric pokemon."

"Espeon and Umbreon are Psychic and Dark types. They will only evolve when they've reached their maximum happiness."

"For the other two though, Glaceon and Leafeon, you'll have to go to the Sinnoh region to evolve them. They're Ice and Grass types." he explained. "Here are your pokedex's and pokeballs. You'll need them to catch more pokemon." he said, giving us the pokedex's and pokeballs.

"Eevee, the Evolution pokemon. Because its genetic makeup is irregular, it quickly changes its form due to a variety of causes. Current attacks are: Tackle, Growl, Dig and Shadow Ball." it stated. I arched an eyebrow.

"Shadow Ball?" I questioned myself mentally. I shook my head slightly. "Nice attacks you have, Eevee." I said, grinning.

"Ee!" my Eevee cried, jumping up onto my shoulder.

"Hey." I said, stroking its head and it licked my face happily.

"Looks like the both of you get along well." he said.

"Thanks, gramps." I said.

"Nick, let's have a battle!" Eliza said.

"Yes, it'll raise the experience of the both of you." he said. He took us to the field behind the lab.