Chapter 6

Mist's POV

We finally arrived at the little field behind the tournament grounds. When I was a kit, Dark and I would hide here from our parents. Of course they eventually found us. When they found us our little paradise turned into everyone's little paradise. Now, everyone brings there kits here to play. I saw a group of my friends a little to the left, and decided to introduce Evan to them.

"Hello everyone. I would like for you to meet my new son, Evan." I introduced proudly.

"Your new son? Congratulations Mist!" Sage, the Leafeon, exclaimed.

"How old is he? He doesn't appear to be much older then a couple of weeks old." Aqua, the Vaporeon, asked.

"He is actually only about a week old." I replied.

"Well he is very cute." Heat, the Jolteon, added.

"Dark found him in the woods when he was on patrol yesterday. They looked for his parents, but found nothing. The council then let us adopt him." I began.

"I brought Evan here to play with some of the other kits today as a reward for learning to walk."

"I left vine and Flare at home today so that Wave could have some time with them. He has patrol duty for the next few days so I thought he should have some time with them since he won't be home for a couple of days." Sage replied.

"Leaf and green are sick today. Fire and Red are at Bell's place playing with her kits." Heat said.

"I brought the triplets today. They should be over by the little spring, playing." Aqua said.

"That's good. I was beginning to think that none of them were here, and that you guys were really here to play, yourselves." I grinned.

"Yep, you caught us." Sage smiled weakly.

"Do you want me to get the triplets? I know that they will want to play with a new friend." Aqua asked.

"That will be great, thanks." I replied. Aqua quickly walked off in search for the triplets.

"Evan huh. That's definitely an unusual name. It almost sounds human in origin." Heat said. I noticed that Evan seemed slightly unnerved by Heat's comment.

"Don't worry Evan. There aren't any humans here. You are completely safe." I comforted.

"The main theory of where Evan is from is that he was released by a trainer shortly after birth." I said.

"If he was released, then what's with the circle of stones around his paw? Wouldn't that be something a trainer would take with them?" Heat asked. Evan looked a little worried now as he placed his paw underneath him and lay on top of it.

"I'm not sure. From what Storm has told me. It was a gift from his father." I replied slightly saddened.

"I can't imagine what it is like to lose a parent at such a young age." Heat replied sympathetically.

"I know. It must be hard." Sage replied.

"I'm back. Fern, Lily, Pad, this is Evan. He is Mist's adopted son." Aqua introduced.

"Hi Evan, my name is Fern." One of the Eevee smiled.

"I'm Lily. I want to be the strongest in the clan." The largest Eevee exclaimed.

"My name is Pad. I'm the runt of the litter, as well as the only boy in my family, well aside from my dad." The smallest Eevee spoke up.

Evan's POV

The three siblings began to ask me questions. Most of them were things such as: where was I from, how old I was, and where were my parents. I really wanted tell someone, but I knew I couldn't. No one knows how hard it is to not be able to tell someone about your past.

"Come on guys! Let's play a game!" Lily yelled excitedly.

"Like what, we played everything we normally play?" Fern asked. "We could always play hide and seek." Pad suggested.

"We already played hide and seek. Besides no one asked you runt." Lily teased.

"We could try playing tag again." Fern said.

"Nah we already played that twice." Lily replied.

"How about we play freeze tag?" I suggested quietly, thinking of the game me and my older brother played with the neighborhood kids.

"What's freeze tag? I've never heard of that game." Pad asked.

"I-it's a g-game I saw some others play." I partially lied. I was getting good at that.

"You have someone who is it, and they have to tag you. When they tag you, you have to freeze. Meaning you can't move until someone unfreezes you." I explained.

"That sounds like fun! Let's play!" Lily yelled enthusiastically.

"Wait who is going to be it?" I asked.

"Well since you asked. Your it!" Fern yelled as the other two kits dashed away.

"Ah, come on guys, I just learned how to walk today." I complained.

I began to give chase after Pad. I quickly figured out that it is ten times harder to run on all four then it is to walk on all four. I began to actually gain some ground on Pad, when disaster struck. Pad made a sharp turn to the right in order to try and shake me. I tried to mimic the turn only to roll head of tail in the soft grass. I sat in the grass, surprised more then anything, on the verge of tears. The three siblings gathered around me, in order to comfort me.

When they got close enough, a slight grin curved my lips. I jumped up and tagged Fern and Pad. Lily took off running with me following.

She was at least twice my size, however because she was bigger than me she was also slower. She quickly ran out of breath as she began to slow down. I was inching closer to the larger Eevee. As soon as I thought I was close enough I pounced. I landed right on top of Lily.

"I gotcha! You're frozen!" I yelled in triumph.

"No fair your faster then me." Lily pouted.

"But still, I caught you." I teased. Even though I was human on the inside, I still had a lot of fun.

When I was six years old my older brother would take me to the park and play games with me for hours. Then he got married and moved to Geosenge Town to study archeology or something from my Grandpa. It's ironic that I had come all this way to reach Kalos and get stuck as a Pokémon right outside of my destination.

"Come on Evan. We are starting a new game. You are playing aren't you?" Pad asked.

"Yeah, I-I'm coming." I replied.

I was starting to get sad thinking about my brother. Before this mess happened, my brother and I got into a huge argument about his moving here. I thought he was being selfish leaving me alone with my parents. They weren't violent, but they were very strict.

"Hellooo. Earth to Evannnn." Fern called.

"Huh? Why are you all looking at me for?" I asked nervously.

"You just kinda zoned out. Were you thinking about something?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, but it's nothing." I replied.

"Ok, since Lily was the last to get caught she is now it!" Fern yelled as she, Pad, and I dashed away.

"Hey! No fair, you guys got a head start!" Lily yelled after us.

I giggled a bit as I continued to run. As I ran I watched as Lily pounced on top of Fern. She quickly recovered and set her sights on me. Almost like lightning, she flew at me. I quickly ran away as the bigger Eevee literally soared over me. I ran and ran with Lily hot on my trail. I tried everything I could think of to shake her, but she kept on my scent like a Growlithe hunting a Rattata.

"Evan! Look out!" I heard Lily yell to me. I turned my head and looked ahead of me only to see a large brown shape form in front of me. I quickly tried to stop, but I wasn't quick enough. I slammed head first into the furry, brown mass. "Ooowww." I whined.

"Well look what we have here Grant. It looks like we have a little runt trying to become Serviper chow." A voice declared harshly.

"Leave him alone Clay." Lily demanded.

"Aaah, look Clay, he brought someone to protect him." Another voice remarked.

"So you're the new kit everyone has been gawking at. You don't look like much. In fact you look like a little runt. Heck I bet you can't even fight." The larger Eevee mocked. My ears flattened against my skull as I began to whimper out of embarrassment.

"He even cries like a runt, Clay." The other Eevee laughed.

"What kind of lesson do you think we should teach this little wimp, Grant?"

"Why don't we show him that his place in the clan is in the dirt?" Grant suggested, his face having a smug grin on it.

I felt a blunt force shove into my spine. I tried to resist, however the two bullies were way to big and strong for me to handle. My face made contact with the dirt floor of the field. I began to whimper some more as the two continued to add more pressure on my back.

"Leave him alone! He's not even a week old!" Lily screeched.

"What are you going to do about it? I suggest that you keep that trap of yours shut and leave, or the same thing will happen to you." Grant spit out.

Lily reluctantly turned around and ran away. I let out a pitiful whimper as Lily disappeared from view, leaving me alone with the two bullies.

Lily's POV

Clay and Grant were the only things in the clan that really scared me. They have been bullies ever since I was born. As soon as I saw Mom and Mrs. Mist, I began to run.

"Sis what's wrong and where is Evan?" Both Fern and Pad asked. I completely ignored them as I neared the adults.

"Mrs. Mist! Mom! Come quick Clay and Grant are bullying Evan. They won't let him leave!" I begged.

"What? Where is he!" Mist screeched.

"He's back there a little ways." I motioned. Mist and my mom raced off with me following. As we neared the spot where the two bullies were, I could make out distinctive yelping. Within seconds we reached the spot. Grant had proceeded to dig a hole just big enough to fit a small Eevee in, as Clay held Evan down.

"What in the name of Arceus are you doing with my son!" Mist roared. Her voice was filled with a new type of ferocity that I had never heard come from her voice.

"W-w-we were j-j-j-just playing Mrs. Mist." Grant stuttered.

"Y-yeah w-we w-w-were just pl-playing." Clay muttered.

"I don't care if you were giving him the rarest stone in the world. If I even find you near him again I will make sure that you have waste disposal duty for the rest of the lunar cycle!" She furiously warned. The two bullies would have melted away from the glare they were receiving.

"What are you waiting for? SCRAM!" Mist shouted. The two bullies let Evan go and slunk away, with their tails between their legs.

"I'm so sorry Evan. I was talking when I should've been watching. Don't worry I won't let you out of my sight ever again." Mrs. Mist began to cry softly.

Evan seemed to be startled by the whole thing, but other wise seemed unharmed. Evan walked up to Mrs. Mist and began to nuzzle her leg.

"It's ok Mommy. I should have stayed near you." He replied his voice filled with childlike innocence.

"It's not your fault, hon. you were acting like any other Eevee your age." She replied. Evan seemed extremely saddened by this, as his ears lowered and his tail went between his legs.

"Come on now son. I think we should head home." Mrs. Mist said. She said a quick goodbye to Mrs. Heat and Mrs. Sage, then turned towards my mom. "Thank you Aqua for the help today." She said to my mom. My mom nodded and smiled. Mrs. Mist picked Evan up and walked away.