(A/N): I hope everyone's having happy holidays so far!

*Is staring unblinkingly at presents under tree* Only two so far….I must wait for more…..I WANT TO OPEN THEM ALL!

Jaegothis7-Go get a Mystery Dungeon game. I will tell you a secret. It changed my life. If it weren't for that cartridge containing EoS, I would have never joined Fanfiction, and I would never be writing this. I'd probably be doing something more valuable with my life, BUT WHO CARES THEY ARE SO AWESOME FANFICTION IS AWESOME LIFE IS AWESOME.

Dranicus101-It's fine, you made it anyways! Yeah, so far I like Nuzleaf, even though he is

SPOILERS

Supposedly evil which I find really weird but eh I'm not even in Lively town yet

SAFE

And it's really sweet how he acts.

Blaster824-Thanks! It's just that nostalgia that gets me about EoS, I won't beat you up (Technically I can't)

QOTD-In what game, Pokemon Black or White, is Reshiram the legendary?

Why is that my question of the day I've never even played any nova games.

SERENA IS AWESOME SHE IS LIKE COBALT THE RIOLU IN MY NEW OMICRON FANFIC.

BEGIn Probably my favorite chapter/part of the game that I know of.

Shayla followed Jeffery as they went through the town. At last, they crossed a bridge and stopped in front of a small, circular wooden house.

"I reckon we're here." Jeffery said. "This here's my house."

"It's a very nice house." Shayla said, trying to be polite. The house certainly looked cozy.

"Aw, shucks!" Jeffery said, getting the modest look on his face Pokemon get when somebody says nice things about something of theirs. "Come on inside, then."

Jeffery led her into the house. It had two rooms in it. The room they stepped into when they entered had two windows, a huge bowl-pool thing of water, and a tree stump table with a little plant on top of it close to the water. Shayla spotted a bed of hay and blankets. It was a bit untidy, with the blankets sprawled every way and bits of hay straying from the bed. Sunlight poured into the little room.

"This way…" Jeffery said, leading her through a doorway (That didn't have a door) into a second room. This room was much smaller than the other room. There were two other windows in here. The room had some storage-like things in them, like logs, spare wood, stones, pots, plants, crates, bowls, plates, and dust. Quite a lot of dust, in fact.

"Here you are." Jeffery said. "You can bunk down in this room for now. It may not be much, but take it as you will. Er, it's a bit dusty and junky, I know, but I reckon it'll be fine after a good cleanin' and dustin'."

"Thank you." Shayla said gratefully. "This is perfect." She swept her tail front and back in long, swift movements, sweeping the dust into little piles.

"Hey, now, lemme help you with that!" Jeffery said, realizing what she was doing. He went to one of the crates and took out a broom. "I ain't gonna let ya clean my house by yourself, am I?"

The two of them spent some time cleaning up the room and pushing away the junk until it was almost glowing.

"Well, now, that looks good as new!" Jeffery said, eyeing the room, looking impressed with himself.

"It does!" Shayla agreed, proud of her work as well.

"'Kay, we'll get you a bed an' things…." Jeffery said, looking around. "You can sleep in here…if yer wonderin' I plan on feedin' you!" he joked.

Shayla laughed, but she was already pretty hungry and hoped that that time would come soon.

Nuzleaf narrowed his eyes wonderingly and crossed his arms. "And, well…as for the rest of it….What do you reckon you're gonna do?"

"Er…."

Jeffery looked thoughtful for a moment, furrowing his brow as he thought. "I can't help wondering' why them beheeyem were comin' after you like that…" he broke off by swinging his head. "But al the wonderin' in the world won't give me nothin' but a headache…"

The nuzleaf looked straight at Shayla. "We could get us some answers if an' when your memory ever comes back." he said.

Shayla blinked. I….guess that makes sense.

"No pressure," Jeffery assured her. "Till then, you can jus' stay here. Sound good?"

"Yes, this is so great. Thanks so much." Shayla said.

"I wouldn't tell the other folks in the village about them beheeyem, though." Jeffery warned. "Might scare 'em off. An'….lessee…"

He thought for a second. "That's right. You're about school age from the looks of ya…so I reckon I should get you enrolled at the village school. Pokemon'll wonder even more if you aren't goin' to school at your age. So let's just agree that you'll go to school for the time bein', all right?"

"Sure." Shayla agreed with a shrug.

"I reckon I'll go an' get that all took care of right away. An' I'll grab us some food 'swell. Then you can go n' buy yourself some school supplies."

"Okay. Like what?"

"Er…like…rulers and pencils….some crayons, maybe…paper….uh, you'll need some books for class…oh, and a backpack, of course!"

"Oh. Okay." Shayla said, nodding.

"Anyways," Jeffery continued. "I'll be goin' now. Now don't you stick one toe outside this house while I'm gone!" Jeffery walked out the door, and turned to her. "You hear? You're not going outside. Not even by mistaken' to nothin'!"

Shayla nodded, and the nuzleaf left.

It was only a few minutes after Jeffery had gone out when Shayla heard a weird noise. She gasped and went up to the window.

Immediately, a huge shadow fell over the window, shaped exactly like a beheeyem's head.

"WHOA!" Shayla cried, jumping back. The shadow went away.

Crunch! It sounded like a footprint.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch! Somebody was walking around the perimeter of the house!

"There's someone outside…" Shayla whispered, her silver fur bristling. "Could it be…those Beheeyem?"

She perked her ears up to see if she could hear more, but everything seemed silent besides her own rapid breathing. "I thought I'd lost them once and for all, but…"

Shayla sighed. "Jeffery said not one toe outside this house…..wait a minute. I'm an eevee! I don't have toes! I have paws!" Feeling a bit better at her discovery, Shayla peeked outside the window where the shadow had fallen. "Nothing. Maybe….my imagination? No, it was too real."

Crunch. "That's it, I'm investigating!" Shayla said, walking out of the room and going outside.

Everything seemed quiet and peaceful as Shayla looked around. "I don't see anyone out here, but…I can't let my guard down!"

After a few seconds of silence, something sprang at her. "I KNEW IT!"

"OH MY ARCEUS!" Shayla screamed, jumping away. "WHAT THE?"

"I knew my eyes weren't playing tricks on me!" Shayla was still gasping from shock as her stalker spoke gleefully. It was a little fennekin, around her age. Her bright orange eyes were huge and excited. "I totally saw you going inside with Mr. Nuzleaf just now!"

Shayla looked around wildly as the fennekin continued. "Where are you from? What's your name?"

"Er…well…my name-"

"I'M SERENA!" the fennekin interrupted happily. "I live right nearby, with my old pops!" Serena still looked overexcited. She pointed to a blue-and-brown circular house that reminded Shayla of an Oran Berry. "That house right there!"

Serena turned right back on Shayla. "So where are you from? You're not SERIOUSLY Mr. Nuzleaf's kid or anything, are you?"

"Jeffery?" Shayla asked. "Well, no-"

"Like that would ever happen!" Serena interrupted again, sounding amused. "Hahahahahahaahaha!" The young fennekin began to laugh like crazy. Shayla sweat dropped.

Finally Serena stopped laughing. "Oh, right! But this is your first time here, isn't it?"

Shayla didn't feel like answering, but Serena seemed to take the fraction of a second of quiet as a yes. "In that case, I'll show you around! Come on!"

And Serena began randomly pushing her along the bridge.

"H-hey!" Shayla cried as Serena shoved her forwards. "Wha-!"

"What did you say your name was?" Serena asked as she shepherded Shayla along a windy path. "Or-Wait? Did I ask you that already?"

"My name's-" Shayla was cut off again as Serena burst into laughter. Now the fennekin was dragging her over a bridge. "MY NAME'S SHAYLA!"

"I see! So you're Shayla, huh?" Serena said as they entered the village. The fennekin was running ahead, a wild look in her eyes. "Sorry about that! I went and asked and asked but I never gave you a chance to answer! Hahahaha!"

Serena sweat dropped again.

"Hmm?" Serena asked. "Am I annoying?" When Shayla didn't answer, Serena went on. "You're totally thinking about how annoying I am right now, yeah?" Serena laughed, getting cheerful-er, if that was possible. "Well, quit it! Sheesh! Give me a break, you big Miltank!"

"OMG." Shayla said, which sent Serena into another fit of laughter.

"Hah! Hahahahahahaha! See what I did there? A little joke? With the Miltank? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!" Serena was launched into more laughing.

Shayla sweat dropped again. "Well, yeah, couldn't you tell with my loud OMG that I got it?"

Serena laughed for another full minute or so and then pulled herself together. "So that brings us to…" She gestured around the village. "Ta-daaaaa! Here she is! Serene Village!"

For the first time, Shayla noticed how similar Serena's name was to the name of the village. She was about to ask, but Serena kept talking. "And the heart of the village is right here, at the Plaza!"

Shayla had assumed the clearing was empty, but it turned out there were tons of Pokemon.

"It may not look like much, but we've got most of the basic facilities here!" Serena said. "It's probably too much to take in, s oI'll tell you about each facility in turn! Let's see-"

"THERE YOU ARE! SERENA!"

Shayla and Serena turned to see a Lombre calling out for the fennekin.

"Eep! Lombrero!" Serena cried.

"So this si where you've been!" Lombrero (Fabulous name) looked like he was going to burst from rage. "You're the one who trampled all through my lotus pond, aren't you?"

"I-it…it w-wasn't like that!" Serena stuttered. "I was just trying to have a little adventure!"

Lombrero(Can't get over that name) started chasing Serena, but then a new voice with a thick french accent yelled out.

"Serena! Stop! Right! Zere!"

"Gah!" Serena cried as a hippopotas lumbered angrily at her. "And Fransisco!"

"YOU!" Fransisco the hippopotas hollered in his accent. "You are ze one that vent into me cave, aren't you? And vat's more! You took ze treasure I had hidden inside, didn't you?"

"N-no…!" Serena cried. "I was just exploring a dungeon, and I happened to…uh…Well, you know how it is! You gotta have a reward after clearing a dungeon, right?"

Serena tried to scamper away, but then a final voice yelled out which made Serena stop dead.

"Stop right there! SERENA!"

"P-pops!?" Serena cried as a carracosta lumbered into view.

"Oh! Ol' man Azel!" Lombrero said.

Axel the carracosta stomped up to Serena. "This is where you've been loitering, child?" he roared, his eyes hot with fury. "What about your chores back home, eh? Playing hooky to wander around, huh?"

"N-n-no, Pops!" Serena cried. "I have a real reason this time…"

"And I know you've been snacking on the Oran Berries from my field again!" Axel roared.

"I have not!" Serena snapped, flattening her ears angrily.

"You have!"

"Have not!"

"Have!"

"HAVE NOT!"

"I want the truth from you, child!"

"Yeah, I did eat them." Serena admitted cheerfully without a hint of shame. "They were delicious!"

Shayla sweatdropped for the thousandth time that day.

Suddenly there was a shout. "Hey! I see Serena over there!"

"Everybody! Serena's been spotted!"

"Gaaaahhhhhhh!" Serena cried. A dozen-or more-villagers were glaring angrily at her. Serena turned-tail and fled.

"OH, Don't you DARE run!" Axel roared. "We'll catch you!"

"WE'RE COMING FOR YOUUUUU!" The villagers shouted.

It seemed like the whole village was a stampede of angry Pokemon running after Serena. Thud-thud-thud-thud!

Soon, Shayla was all alone in the village.

AGAIN SHE SWEATDROPPED. I HOPE THIS IS THE LAST TIME IN THE CHAPTER IS IT?

"…What in the world…..did I just witness?"

(A/N): Serena has not eaten my cookies. Oh, wait, yes she did.

I have another Question of the Day!

QOTD-How many times does Shayla Sweatdrop in the chapter?

-Static Eevee 198