Your Heart Lies With Your Friends

"Tag! You're it." Eevee shouted before sprinting away from the poor Fennekin she had just tackled to the ground. The little fire-type quickly recovered and glared her attacker.

"You don't have to be so aggressive." She growled. Despite her reaction, she chased after Eevee with vigor.

Eevee giggled while running and looked back to her, "But then it wouldn't be so much fun!" She made a large circle around the inside of the entire den. I merely sighed as I watched them run around, Fennekin was slowly gaining on my daughter. Wow, she really wants to catch Eevee. She got near the brown fox's tail and then pounced, resulting in the both of them tumbling along the ground.

"Got ya!" Fennekin stood up, breathing heavily. "That's what you get for tackling me when I wasn't ready."

Eevee jumped back to her feet, "Be more ready, then." She simply said.

"What?! So I'm supposed to think you're gonna jump me all the time?" The fire fox shook her head, "That's silly."

Good! You know what's expected of you." Eevee grinned. Fennekin rolled her eyes. "Hey, one more thing."

Fennekin sighed, "What is it?" She said half-heartedly.

Eevee gave a mischievous look, "Oh nothing, just... Sneak attack!" She gasped as Eevee knocked her down once more. Fennekin frowned at her, fuming. "By the way, you're it." She then ran off again.

I saw that coming. I chuckled, glad it wasn't me getting pounced on for once.

It has been five days since we found Fennekin at the foot of that cliff. She seems to have fully recovered and even though she and my daughter have their differences (many differences I might add), they seemed to kick it off and are like the best of friends. It was great for Eevee, she usually doesn't have much contact with other Pokemon that are near her age. If it was possible, She acted more lively now. It was nice to have somebody new around to spice things up, I was enjoying her presence here, as well.

I thought back to when I first saw her, unconscious in the snow. I imagine she was either lost or she was trying to run away from something. Whatever it is, I need to find out. Wherever her parents are, they must be worried sick. I know I would be. I'll have to ask her again, no matter how much she doesn't want to talk about it, she'll have to come to terms with it soon enough.

"Girls!" I called. They stopped in their tracks and came over to stand before me. Both of them with their tongues lolled out and trying to catch their breath. Fennekin looked nervous and stood a little closer to Eevee. "Oh, calm down. You aren't in trouble or anything." She did appear more calm, but she was still a little behind Eevee. "Anyways, It's actually much warmer outside. So, I was wondering if you two would like to go swimming."

Eevee's face brightened up considerably, "Swimming? Yes, yes, yes!" The little one behind her sheepishly nodded.

"I guess it's settled then, let's go swimming." Eevee charged outside. I followed after her, but when I got to the mouth of the cave, I noticed Fennekin wasn't moving. "Fen?! What are you doing? Let's go." She finally headed towards me, but looking even more apprehensive than before. When she got to me, I stopped her. I lifted her chin to look her in the eyes. "What's wrong?"

Surprised, she froze for a moment. She then looked away, embarrassed with a noticeable blush she quietly said, "I... I don't know how... how to swim..."

"That it?" I asked, letting go of her.

She looked up to me again with her brow furrowed, confused. "Um... uh, yeah?"

"Then you have no reason to be so embarrassed." I turned and started to walk in the direction of the lake.

I heard her run to catch up with me. "Bu-But, I can't swim. I've been made fun of because I can't swim"

"Do you really think that we'll make fun of you for something as silly as that?"

Bewildered, she stuttered, ":N-No, I guess not..."

"As you said, you don't know how to. The only way to remedy that is to learn how."

For the rest of the walk she remained silent until we reached the small lake where Eevee was hopping around, "Where were you? You took forever." She chirped impatiently.

"Calm down, we're here now, aren't we?"

"I guess so..." She stopped hopping and was the first to dash towards the water. She spared no time and jumped in, only to hop right back out. "Come on Fen, let's go." She ran around the fire fox, pushing her towards the water. Fennekin gritted her teeth, trying her best to fend off Eevee's advances by pushing back. "Come on! We're never going to get to the water this way."

I tapped Eevee on the shoulder, "You go ahead, sweetie. I want to show Fen some things.

She sighed, but reluctantly headed back to the water, "Okay, just hurry up, please" She gave the cutest expression she could with a little pout. I leaded the Fennekin over to another side of the lake.

"Shouldn't you be watching her, or something?..." She said with a little worry in her voice.

What? Eevee? No, don't worry. She's been able to swim ever since she was a baby. She can probably swim better than I can"

"Oh, okay..."

Just you wait, by the end of the day, you'll be swimming like a pro." I encouraged her. "I do have one question, though. Why'd you agree to swimming?"

She shrugged, "I don't know, I guess because Eevee wanted to."

I nodded. "Yeah, she has that effect on people."

She smiled a little, "I'm not sure how to thank you..."

I smirked, patting her on the head. "It's not a problem. I don't know where you came from or why you're here, but what's important is that you're here now. Eevee really needed a friend her own age" The Fennekin turned towards me and gave the biggest grin she could. I gave a small laugh. What a silly little girl.

And that finishes chapter four. Thank you for reading this far. =^_^=

The next chapter will shed some light on Fennekin's background, look forward to it.

Comment down below what you think it will be about. Or you could comment what you the future has in store for this family. Till next time.

Uxe out