Silvia is an OC that belongs to a dear friend of mine! Enjoy the story~
Chapter 4: Step for Step
Morgan was having a blast riding the Mantine to Akala Island. She had never expected to be even remotely good at surfing on the back of a Mantine, but here she was not having fallen down in the water yet. Prelude had insisted on staying outside his Moon ball and was now clutching onto her hair, making noises of excitement.
Morgan grinned as she steered the Mantine up the wave in preparation for doing some of the tricks the people in charge had taught her before they had let her go on her little trip to Akala from Melemele. She whooped loudly as the Mantine landed smoothly back into the water causing some of the other surfers to yell words of encouragement at her.
It had seemed so hard the first time she had seen the surfers leave from the beach at Melemele and now it felt natural for her to surf around on the back of the Water/Flying type. Maybe she should introduce this back in Hoenn?
She smiled as one of the other surfers went up and did some of the harder tricks. This certainly beat taking the ferry to visit the different islands. Seeing Akala come closer was somehow more special as she heard the other yell "Land ahoy" and make other stupid jokes.
Despite how much fun she had while surfing, Morgan was glad that she was back on land again. After giving back the rental stuff, the female trainer had quickly vacated the beach in order to find the nearest Pokémon center. She wanted to rest up after it before trying to make her way to Paniola Town. It was said that wild Eevee made their home on Route 4 and Morgan had a long cherished dream to one day add one of them to her team.
When she was little she had seen a coordinator in the Lilycove Contest Hall compete with a Leafeon and she had been surprised by the grace the Eeveelution had eluded while on the stage. When she had seen what a punch the Pokémon packed, she had been sold on the idea. She didn't want one of the Eevee bred by a breeding center though, not even Mister Gunther's one. Those Eevee always seemed to be more fit for the life as pets or the occasional stint as a Contest Pokémon.
As she walked into the Pokémon Center of Heahea City, she spotted a very familiar blue Pokémon. While she wasn't entirely sure that it indeed was the Pokémon she was thinking of, Morgan knelt on the floor. Because if it was who she thought it was, he would try to bowl her over.
"Cosmo," She called out, her voice taking on a slightly higher pitch that caused the Pokémon to look at her. The next moment her back was on the floor and Prelude was squeaking indignantly as Cosmo was rubbing his cheek against Morgan.
"Is Silvia close by?" Morgan asked after the Sylveon had decided that she had been loved enough for the moment.
"Yes, I am." A hand with a blue Pokétch fastened around the wrist appeared in front of her face and Morgan gladly clasped the outstretched hand, allowing the woman to pull her upright.
Morgan looked up to smiling pink eyes, framed by blue hair in an elaborate but somehow casual updo.
"Silvia! I haven't seen you in forever! Oh, I missed you so much. How have you been?" Morgan said before she was pulled in a hug by the flamboyantly dressed woman. Cosmo jumped around excited to see the two friends being reunited.
"I missed you too. I can't believe it has been a year already since we last saw each other in Sinnoh. I have been good, branched out a little bit more in my repertoire and Pokémon choices. It is good to see you again, Morgan. How have you been? I see you have some new Pokémon?" Silvia rapidly fired off her questions, as she let go of the younger girl.
"I placed top 4 in the last conference that I participated." Morgan posed with a victory sign at this before she asked the rest of the questions. "I do have some new Pokémon actually, I thought that it was time to make a completely new start, go on vacation and after that tackle the Hoenn League again."
"Oh that sounds wonderful," Silvia exclaimed, clapping her hands together. "I was thinking of taking on the Hoenn Contest Circuit this year, so we might be seeing each other a bit more then!"
She cocked her head to the side as she took in Morgan, whose red hair was windswept and her teal eyes were bright and open. Silvia laughed as she smelt the ocean on her friend.
"You didn't take the ferry to Akala, didn't you?"
"Nope, I went Mantine surfing. It was amazing. I had no idea that it was even a possibility." Morgan was basically vibrating with excitement causing Silvia to laugh. Her musical laugh caused a few of the other visitors of the Pokémon Center to look at the two girls and while Morgan wasn't all that used to the attention, Silvia just smiled and winked.
"So you want an Eevee for your team and seeing as you heard that wild Eevee roam around on Route 4, I am being dragged into an expedition to find one with you," Silvia stated more than asked and was rewarded with a Mareepish smile from Morgan, who had just released Bolero and Nocturne to help with the search for an Eevee.
"Uh, yeah. You have Cosmo, so I thought you would have some tips on how to lure them out into the open." Morgan was busy looking around the path to see if she could spot some brown or cream colors between all the bright green colors and wasn't watching Silvia shake her head.
"You know that I got Cosmo from an egg that was given to me, right?" Silvia asked teasingly. "You are lucky that I wanted to go to the Lush Jungle to find a Comfey so I had to head this way anyway."
"I might have forgotten about that little fact, maybe, probably…" Morgan scratched her head as she was reminded that the shiny Sylveon had in fact not come from the wild, but was a bred one.
"Figured." The older woman had a fond expression on face as she followed Morgan around on Route 4. It wasn't like she had anywhere else to be today. She had no requests, the Contest season wouldn't start for another month, and she had just been reunited with one of her dearest friends. One that understood the burden of an unwanted legacy.
Morgan had always been the odd one out in her family, not wanting to go into the contest world, and had fought to establish herself as Morgan Marlow, the trainer. To be anything else than Morgan Marlow, the daughter of contest legends. Her parents had not agreed with her choice, but Morgan had never let it get her down.
Neither had Silvia, who hailed from Celestic Town in Sinnoh. A traditional town who had frowned upon her wish to become a coordinator. Or at least her family had. And they still did. Still, Silvia had put a smile on her face and steamed right on through with her ambitions and dreams. It had worked out so far. Shaking her head from those rather depressing thoughts, Silvia joined her friend in looking for an Eevee.
Just as they were about to give up, Bolero and Nocturne suddenly rushed out of the bushes herding a gray furball in front of them. It took Morgan and Silvia about three seconds to register that the Eevee that the Litleo and Rockruff were chasing was a shiny and both of them immediately sprung into action. Morgan flung Prelude, who had been lounging on Morgan's head like always, through the air, right on the back of the feeling furball and Silvia commanded Cosmo to block the way so it couldn't flee.
"Prelude, use Stringshot," Morgan commanded as she ran to stay in range. The Joltik reacted quickly and shot the string of web right in front of the Normal-type, who quickly tripped over it. Prelude then jumped on the back of Nocturne as the Rockruff raced past the Eevee. Both of them then returned to stand at their trainer's side.
Morgan quickly praised them before she told Bolero to stand at the ready to fight the Eevee. It hadn't taken the Normal-type long to free itself from its predicament and it was growling loudly at the Litleo in front of it.
"Bolero, Noble Roar and then Headbutt it," Morgan instructed and Bolero to a deep breath before letting out the cutest little roar that Silvia had ever heard. It served its purpose though as the Eevee cringed a bit and was just a bit too slow to avoid the incoming Headbutt. It used a Tackle at try and get the Litleo away from him, but Bolero was stronger and forced it back. The Eevee flinched a bit as the fur on Bolero's head started to head up, but it held its ground as best as it could.
"Now use Ember!"
Bolero jumped back just enough that the Eevee faltered when the Litleo abandoned the headlock they had been in and spewed out a small flame. The Eevee whimpered as it got hit with the Ember and then it fell silent.
Morgan didn't waste a second and a Moon Ball was sailing through the air before the Eevee even hit the ground. Three small shakes later, Morgan was the new trainer of an Eevee.
Silvia high fived the other girl and grinned as Morgan picked up the Moon Ball from the ground. She praised Bolero, who was walking around with a puffed up chest, proud of herself, before she recalled her and the other two, wanting them to rest for a while.
"I can't believe that we found a shiny Eevee and that you flung your Joltik at it in order to get it to stop running." Silvia giggled softly.
"Prelude was fine with it." Morgan mock huffed before she too started giggling.
"I think Minuet will be a fine addition to the team. I just hope the fact he is so differently colored won't attract much attention." Morgan muttered as she raised the Moon Ball up to look at it.
"Knowing how much people admire and stare at Cosmo, I am pretty sure that it is a hopeless case. Right, Cosmo, you beautiful creature?" Silvia asked the Eeveelution who preened in response.
Cosmo was prancing next to the happy girls as they made the rest of the journey to Paniola Town.