Hello fellow Pokémon fans! Yes, it is I! I have returned to bring you the next chapter of My Electric Type Secret! I may have undergone a name change when last you saw me, but I'm still the same author who brought this story into the world! Many things have happened, including my high school graduation, entering college, and a couple new stories of my own.

If you are not a first time reader of mine, then I thank you very deeply for taking the time to read my story. I also offer my other stories for you to read if you have the time. If you have read this or any of my other stories already, then I thank you for remaining faithful and not giving up on me.

But enough about me, let's get on with this story, savvy?

I do not own the Pokémon series.


I woke up from sleep and quickly raised my head from its place on the pillow, almost screaming in terror. Good thing I didn't, since I share a room with my brother. I looked at my bed to see Ace and Lux still asleep on the other side. My Pokéballs were left on a tray to the right of my bed. After breathing heavily for about a minute, I got myself out of bed and headed to the restroom to wipe the sleep off my face.

Ever since finding out about my cousin being a gym leader two weeks ago, for whatever reason, I have had strange dreams every night, ranging from horrifying nightmares to the calmest of dreams. And even stranger is the fact that I can't remember what the dreams were about when I wake up. I only know that it was either terrifying or calming. That's the worst part, not knowing what happened. What scares me is if I somehow remember what I saw in those dreams, would I be able to handle it?

After feeling the cold water hit my face, I decided to get dressed to go to the Palace. My friends and I have made it a regular routine to meet there for breakfast every Saturday. I dressed in warmer clothes to brace for the cold outside before trying to wake the still sleeping Shinx and Eevee on my bed. Eventually they woke up and dragged themselves off the bed.

They followed me to the door that leads to the garage and stood on the floor. I unclipped their Pokéballs and returned the two before unlocking the door. Chills ran down my spine as the door opened. The weather was already getting colder and everyone was dressing to protect themselves against it. Hopefully, we might get snow this year.

I made the short trek to Alisha's house next door and pulled out my phone. I tapped on the screen a few times and sent a message asking her if she was ready. Almost immediately, the response came, saying that she was almost ready and someone was coming to let me in. I wondered who would be the one to let me in. Maybe a sibling? Or one of her parents? I waited for another minute before the door opened to reveal a huge, burly man in the doorway. 'Must be her dad…' I thought, a little frightened. He looked me over at least once or twice before gesturing for me to come in.

"So, you must be Spencer, huh?" I heard him ask as I entered. Geez, his voice was deep!

"Yes, sir. Are you Alisha's father?" I asked in return.

"Indeed I am." He said. He led me to the den and gestured for me to sit down on the couch inside. Getting a good look at the home, it was a nice place. It was also a bit of a surprise seeing a Jolteon following Alisha's dad as they walked around. He sat down in a recliner and the Jolteon stayed standing beside the chair as they both looked at me. "Now I want to get right to the point. Are you dating my little girl?" He asked suddenly, completely stunning me in my seat. My eyes widened and my face felt like it was in a furnace. "Because I want you to know that if you are even a little out of line…" He trailed off and started scratching the Jolteon behind the ears. His stern eyes obliterated what little confidence I had. I felt like I was about to involuntarily run out the front door and face the bitter cold rather than face this man. At least I could protect myself from the weather with my jacket.

"Allen! Stop scaring the poor boy!" I heard a voice say. I looked to its direction and saw a woman standing in the hallway with an Umbreon. "I told you to leave Alisha and him alone. And what do you do? You start threatening him!" She said. She kept scolding him for a minute before turning to me. "I'm sorry about my husband. He's a little protective of his daughter. I'm Alisha's mother. It's nice to finally meet you, Spencer." She held out her hand, which I shook, and sat down on the chair beside the other adult.

"Sorry about that, boy. I just love my daughter to pieces and want her to be with the right one." Mr. Leona said. I told him it was nothing to worry about and nervously waved it off. "If it isn't too much, but could we see your Eevee? I want to see how well you are taking care of it."

I nodded and pulled out Ace's Pokéball and let him out. Ace looked around the room curiously, as if to ask where he was. Mr. Leona knelt to Ace's level and scrutinized the young Eevee. The way he looked at Ace made me feel a little worried, like something was wrong with the little Eevee. After a minute, he nodded in approval and sat down in the seat again. Ace noticed the Jolteon and Umbreon creep closer to him and wagged his tail, proceeding to talk with the evolutions. "I must say that this young one is impressive. He is in perfect health and seems strong enough to handle a battle or two. One thing I don't understand is why you haven't evolved him yet." Mr. Leona spoke.

"I was thinking of a Glaceon but I don't know how I could do that." I said in response. I've always seen the ice-type evolution as my favorite Eevee evolution, and now that I had an Eevee of my own, I figured that a Glaceon would be the best choice. I felt like it was a good choice when I saw Mr. Leona nodding.

"A respectable choice. When the weather is cold enough and there's plenty of ice and snow around, he'll probably evolve into a Glaceon." He said. His eyes turned into a serious gaze as he looked at me and spoke again. "But if he doesn't evolve by a week before Christmas, come see me, and I'll help you figure it out."

"Thank you, sir." I said.

"No problem, son." He said, looking at the hallway again. Before I could look as well, he started speaking again. "Alisha has been talking about you plenty. Can't stop talking about you." I kept feeling my face heat up with each mention of Alisha. "Now that I've met her boyfriend and seen that he can raise an Eevee, I don't think I have much to worry about." He said. I tried to talk back to him, but I could barely make a sound. At the word 'boyfriend,' my mind froze and I could barely complete a thought. I couldn't even register Mrs. Leona chuckling or Alisha entering the den and grabbing my hand.

"Mom! Dad! I think we should get going now! I'll see you later!" she practically screamed as she grabbed Ace's Pokéball from my hand and returned him before dragging me out the front door. Her parents said their goodbyes and the door was shut.


A short car ride into the city was accompanied the entire way with silence. Neither Alisha nor I had spoken a word to each other until we stopped at the door of the Palace. We had to wait outside in the cold because the restaurant had yet to open. I looked to Alisha and she still looked flustered. "So…" I started. "Your parents are… interesting."

"Yeah. Sorry about them." She said. "They don't know I'm not dating you and they won't listen to me long enough for me to tell the truth. God, they're so embarrassing!" She pulled her hood down to hide her face. This felt extremely awkward to me as well, since I just had a talk with a father about dating his daughter, even though we're just friends. Don't get me wrong, I'm not dense. I can tell that something's up with Alisha, even though it took me a while to figure it out. I would like to date her, but family rules say that I can't until college. Real bummer for me.

I was about to speak up again when we heard the door unlocking. We turned to see a young man with black hair and wearing what looked like the uniform for the restaurant. He certainly looked older than the both of us, but who could he be?

"Customers already?" He asked, probably to himself. "…Oh, you must be friends of my sisters, right?" He asked. When he said sisters, he must have meant Ilana, Ruby, and Saphira.

"Yeah, we are." I answered him. He shrugged and let us inside. Alisha and I sat down on the barstools and waited for Ilana. The unnamed brother said that Ilana slept a little bit late and would be ready in a few minutes. Sure enough, four minutes later Ilana was rushing out the door to the Center and behind the bar.

"Geez, Brian! You couldn't wake me up before we opened?!" she shouted at the young man. He just gave a chuckle as he continued to wipe down the tables. "Sorry about him. He didn't bother you, did he?"

"Don't worry, Ilana. He's fine." I answered.

"Then what's wrong with Alisha?" She asked as said girl was still hiding her face in her hood.

"Parental embarrassment." I simply said. Ilana nodded her head as if she understood and started taking our orders.

"So I'm guessing the usual, then? Two breakfast wraps, one Sprite, and five spices for Spencer and one wrap, a water, and three spices for Alisha?"

"Make it two spices, Ilana." Alisha finally spoke. "Dusk isn't feeling well today."

"Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she gets well soon." Ilana said, with Alisha giving thanks. She wrote down the orders and said to wait in the Center while it was getting prepared.

After entering the Center, we saw Ruby and Saphira sitting at a table with their Flareon and Vaporeon. Alisha and I let out our Pokémon and sat down with the two girls after saying hello. Dusk must not have been well enough to even leave the house, since the little Eevee was not to be seen among the Pokémon. Ruby and Saphira gave their condolences to Alisha after hearing about the Eevee and Alisha thanked them.

"What's on the docket for today? Mixing it up or doing the same and going to the Shiftry?" Ruby asked.

"I think I'm going to visit my cousin." I said. "I won't challenge him to a battle, but I will ask him for advice."

"Why not battle him? He's strong and sure to make Riley evolve sooner." Saphira said, surprised.

"That's the thing. I'm afraid he might be too strong. If Charley is a gym leader, then he must be strong enough to wipe out my entire team. I was simply hoping he might help me with my training or give me some advice." I answered. I didn't even know that Pokémon existed until a few months ago. If my cousin is a gym leader, then he must have known for a long time. His experience outweighs mine, and charging in head on would get me creamed. No, I might battle him someday, but right now is not the best time.

"Alright, breakfast is served." I heard behind Alisha and I. Looking back, we saw Ilana and Brian carrying trays of food. "Breakfast wraps for Spencer and Alisha, hotcakes for Ruby, fruit bowl for Saphira, and nine bowls of spice for the Pokémon. Enjoy!" She said as she passed out the food. Over time, I learned that they used the term 'spice' when ordering Pokémon food to keep the secret. It seems to have worked well so far.

"Thanks, Ilana, Brian." I said to the siblings. Ilana shot a toothy grin while Brian shrugged indifferently and walked away, probably back upstairs to the restaurant.

"Okay, so get this…" Ilana started talking as she sat down with the rest of us. Ruby and Saphira rolled their eyes. Ilana was probably going to say something the other two sisters had heard several times before. "I've got a new Pokémon!"

"Ilana, that's great." Alisha brightened and giggled at the news that Ilana had given. "Can we see it?"

"Sure! Just let me…" Ilana reached for the standard Pokéball strapped to her waist and enlarged it in her hand. In a flash, the red and white orb opened and a stream of light circled around on the table. When the light faded, a tiny yellow Pokémon with small blue eyes appeared before all of us. My eyes went wide in realization, recognizing the small bug-type in front of me. "It's a Joltik! I found him in the basement beside the backup generator. Poor thing was starved and trying to live. So, I took him in and nursed him back to health. Isn't he cute?"

Alisha softly squealed when she saw the little electric insect, but not out of fear. She started cooing at its adorability. Meanwhile, I was slowly backing away from it.

"Spence? What's wrong?" Saphira looked at me with concern. The look of fear must have been etched onto my face. I had a deep fear of bugs, insects, and arachnids from a young age. It should have been no surprise that this fear translated to Pokémon as well.

"What? Nothing's wrong. Why would anything be wrong?" I wished that I hadn't said that so quickly. It was bad enough that a little bug Pokémon that was considered cute absolutely terrified me. I didn't want these girls to find out my fear for themselves. "I-I just think that I should get going to meet my cousin!" Yep, good excuse.

Luckily, they bought the excuse and returned the little Joltik to its Pokéball. Everyone silently ate their breakfast and cleaned their plates. When everyone was done, Saphira offered to drive Alisha and I to Charley's gym, but I declined so Saphira could focus on her job in the market on the other side. She still offered but I told her that the gym was close enough for a walk.


A short walk, in fact. Alisha gaped at the huge football stadium in front of her. The gym, as it turned out, was at Charley's high school. I had seen the stadium many times before, coming with my family to watch his football games and his sister's graduation the year before. The colors of red and white evident everywhere except on the stone seats and green grass, save a head of flaming red hair in the center of the field.

A short trek to the familiar figure ended with a familial embrace between my cousin and I. "Charley, it's good to see you."

"Spence. It's good to see you, man." He said to me. We let go of each other and I got a good look at him. He was well built, no surprise with him being a star football player. His curly red hair had reached his shoulders with the top of his head reaching equal to my own. "I assume the little lady beside you is a friend of yours?"

"Yeah." Thank goodness that Charley didn't make a different assumption just to get on my nerves. "Charley, this is Alisha. She's a classmate and a trainer as well."

"Nice to meetcha, Alisha." He said. Alisha gave a soft smile and nodded her head.

"And to you, Charley." It was good to know that Alisha was working on her shyness. It wasn't much, but if she had met Charley much earlier she might not have spoken at all.

After a bit more conversation, Charley led us to a room in the stone walls of the stadium. Inside what was the boy's locker room, he opened a door and revealed a familiar staircase. A few more minutes of walking down the flight of stairs and we saw a huge room, filled with people and Pokémon using exercise equipment.

"Welcome to the United States fire type gym." Charley suddenly said beside us. He threw a Pokéball in the air and called out his partner. I made the right choice when I saw that great reptilian Pokémon materialize in front of Alisha and me. "But you're not here to challenge me, are you cuz?"

"No. You nuts?" I said, gesturing to his towering Charizard. I further cemented my point by pointing the red stone wrapped to his partner's neck.

"I expected nothing else. So what are you here for?"

"I was hoping you could train me. My team and I, so we can at least have a chance of challenging you someday." Charley couldn't help the grin growing on his face as he nodded.

"I don't see why not. But I don't want to hear you complaining. Got it?" I reluctantly nodded. I knew what he was talking about, and I wasn't gonna like it.


Outside the premises of the school, there two men hid in the shadows. Dark orbs strapped to their nearly hidden belts and the irises in their eyes were as white as the cold snow. On their right shoulders was a pad, each marked with a gray knife. They both stared at the football stadium, not uttering a single word. Before a patrolling trainer had spotted them, they nodded to each other and vanished without a trace or a sound.


If you are still with me, thank you for reading through to the end of the chapter. Know that I am not giving up on this story. My first story. I am attempting to update all of my stories. The reason I am updating this story so late is because I was excited enough from the recent Pokémon news to finish writing the chapter and post it.

I enjoyed Pokémon Moon and I am eagerly awaiting the release of Pokémon Ultra Moon. But I can't wait for Pokken Tournament DX for the Switch! I had the original Pokken for WiiU and was jealous of the new characters in the arcade version. These games seem too great to pass up, don't you think?

For now, I wish you good stories, shocking plot twists, and awe inspiring scenes.

Dragon, out!