p dir="ltr"strongA/N/strongbr /strongSorry that I've been gone so long, been having alot of stuffs to deal with./strongstrong So to make it up, this chapter is gonna be extra long!/strong/p
p dir="ltr""Are...you okay?" I asked the green eyed umbreon after shaking him awake./p
p dir="ltr""What?" He looked at me with his beautiful emerald eyes, tears still streaming down his glossy black fur./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, just a nightmare."/p
p dir="ltr""Who's Echo?" I ask curiously. He flinched and started shaking. I immediately regretted asking the question./p
p dir="ltr""She's a friend of mine that died six years ago." He sighed sadly as the tears slowly stopped./p
p dir="ltr""Sorry for asking, you need a hug?" I reached my arms out, hugging him as he nods. "Is gonna be okay." I say soothingly./p
p dir="ltr""It's okay, I've been able to deal with it the last few years well enough." Trax pulls away and gets up. "You have the day off, right?" He said, changing the subject./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, I got something planned for me you, Eta, and Gamma!" I perk up, entirely forgetting the umbreons sadness. "I actually have an entire date for the four of us! We're going to a cave me and Gamma found when we were still Eevee! Then we're gonna visit the celebi, it's a pretty far walk, but most definitely worth the effort!" I say cheerfully./p
p dir="ltr""That sounds nice and all, but, me and Eta aren't even dating each other.." the Umbreon trailed off. "That's what our talk was about last night?"/p
p dir="ltr""Of course! Eta likes you quite a bit. Which is surprising, cause he never really talked or showed interest in anyone before you got here." I say, chuckling nervously. I didn't know whether the leafeon wanted that information revealed or not, emoh well, to late now/em./p
p dir="ltr""R, really!?" He asked, obviously shocked at the news./p
p dir="ltr""Yuppers! If it makes you feel better, I think you'd be an amazing couple!" I reply happily. "I'm almost never wrong when it comes to matchmaking!" We head out the door, a cool, gentle breeze blew through the area, bringing the scent of freshwater with it. "We're meeting the other two by the waterfall." We passed by groups of Eevee and sylveon, no one bothered us like they usually do./p
p dir="ltr"We arrived at the cascading wall of water quickly. Eta and Gamma waited next to the waterfall. Eta seemed to be enjoying the mist coming off it, while the oddly colored umbreon looked miserable, and very wet./p
p dir="ltr""Hi Lamda!" We all turned to the speaker, a female vaporeon emerged from the waterfall, yelling to be heard over the crashing liquid. "Where y'all going?" She asked, the teal bandana that marked her as one of the leaders of the community was soaking wet, which wasn't exactly a surprise seeing as she was just in the waterfall moments before./p
p dir="ltr""Showing these two around, probably gonna be gone a day or two. Eta, Trax, I want you two to go ahead of us, we'll catch up!" She nodded and let the pair out through a gap between the cave entrance and the falling water./p
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p dir="ltr"strongEta's/strongstrong POV/strong/p
p dir="ltr""So," the green eyed umbreon started after we we're a good distance away from the community. "I'm guessing you know about the conversation me and Lamda had last night." I could tell he was looking at me out of the corner of his eye, which sparkled mischievously. My face burned with embarrassment. I answered by just looking into his eyes, mesmerized by the seemingly endless shades of green in them. He smiled, white canines just barely visible./p
p dir="ltr""You remind me of someone I used to know." He said./p
p dir="ltr""Wh, what?" I stutter, a little confused about the confession./p
p dir="ltr""You remind me of a really good friend. Her name was Echo. We could have...should have been more then friends." He smiled broadly, which I'm pretty sure is highly unusual for an umbreon./p
p dir="ltr"We we're halfway up the trail, the forest below stretched in every direction. The trees swayed gently as their leaves caught the wind./p
p dir="ltr""Let's wait here for the other two." I say, laying down on the grassy path, head in my paws./p
p dir="ltr""Okay." Trax said simply, plopping himself down next to me while looking out over the forest and blue sky. He swayed ever so slightly in the breeze. The sun made the yellow colored rings of fur stand out even more then usual. His chest gently fose and fell as he breathed. Unable to help myself, my eyes trailed down his toned body. Taking in the details of how his fur grew down his neck to the slight boney bumps that marked his shoulder blades. Still going downwards with my intimate memorizing, I notice how the yellow rings aren't a clean cut off from the black fur. They crisscross, giving off a more of a jagged look up close. His tail twitched every once in a while, which completely held my attention for a few minutes. looking back up to him, I see his eyes were closed and he's purring softly. I scoot closer to him, wanting to press myself against his fur. I could feel the heat coming off of him along with the movement of the sidesof his body as they momentarily touched me as he inhaled and exhaled./p
p dir="ltr""I don't mean to ruin the moment," Gamma walked up to us. I tried hard not to freak out and just try to stand up normally. Failing horribly, I trip over my own feet and fell on top of Trax./p
p dir="ltr""Ouch, sorry Trax." I apologise, my face heating up./p
p dir="ltr""It's alright Eta." Trax said with a small smile as I got off of the green eyed umbreon. "Where's Lamda?" Trax asks, looking around for the fairy type./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, he got over excited and climbed straight up the face of the cliff. He's waiting for us already." Gamma replied, walking past me./p
p dir="ltr""How'd he do that?" I asked once I caught up to the oddly colored Umbreon./p
p dir="ltr""Not sure, he was halfway up the cliff when I got there." He said as he shrugged a shoulder. "Besides, we're not to far from where we're going."/p
p dir="ltr"A few minutes later a shrine came into view, a sylveon hopping happily around it. His movements were graceful in a way only fairy types can manage to be. The shrine itself is made of a glistening stone that reflected the sun's Ray's in a dazzling orchestra of color. Mixed with the mist from the crashing water ten feet away, along with the view of the forest, mountains and desert on the horizon, created an absolutely breath taking scene./p
p dir="ltr""Lamda! Where'd you put it?" Gamma called out to him./p
p dir="ltr""Don't worry, it's right here!" The sylveon pointed at a backpack leaning against the stone shrine./p
p dir="ltr""Wait, we're not staying?" I ask, furrowing my face in confusion./p
p dir="ltr""Of course not," Lamda replied, shrugging the backpack on, "besides, Trax might not want to stay in a cave for so long. I know I sure don't!"/p
p dir="ltr""He's not wrong." The Umbreon in question said with a small smile that made me feel warm./p
p dir="ltr""I wasn't complaining." I mumble, despite how happy I actually felt./p
p dir="ltr""That's the spirit!" Lamda shouted, already quickly walking away from the waterfall./p
p dir="ltr""But where are we going then?" Lamda, to far away to hear me, never slowed down./p
p dir="ltr""A cave of sorts, that we found years ago." With that, Gamma followed his mate./p
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p dir="ltr"And it's a beautiful cave at that. The floor seemed to be made of Firestone, it felt warm and glowed with a very faint fiery light from within. The walls seemed to keep with the floors theme, only being rough in places while the floor was completely smooth. Aplace was made up in a corner, where Lamda said he and Gamma sleep./p
p dir="ltr""Where are we gonna sleep?" I asked, between bites of the berries Gamma had brought for dinner./p
p dir="ltr""Don't worry, we brought stuff to make another place to sleep," The blue ringed Umbreon looked at Lamda, who had his chest low to the ground, rear end in the air, ready to pounce. "What are you doing?"/p
p dir="ltr""Getting ready." The sylveon replied, his tongue barely poking out of his mouth in concentration./p
p dir="ltr""For?" He asked worringly, taking a few steps away from the fairy type. He got his answer as Lamda pounced on top of him. They rolled around, Lamda giggling while Gamma swore, although they emboth/em seemed to be enjoying themselves. The pair came to a stop, sylveon on top of the Umbreon, pinning him. immediately, they began to have a noisy make out session./p
p dir="ltr""Let's give them some space." Trax said, his usual small smile making my ears twitch with his closeness. We headed outside, Wich had quickly become dark while the moon, all fat and round, shinned brightly. Gusts of gentle wind ruffled the few trees around, carrying the warm and cheery smell of late summer. He sat uncomfortably close to the edge of the cliff, starring at the moon through clouds that glew a faint silvery light from the celestial orb. The umbreons rings glew a faint yellow./p
p dir="ltr""Trax?" He looked at me questioningly, "why are you glowing?"/p
p dir="ltr""What do you mean?" His pupils were wide, unlike the usual snake-like slits umbreons have. His eyes seemed to sparkle more then usual, which took my breath away (more then usual). I laid down next to him, as close as I could./p
p dir="ltr""Your rings are glowing." I couldn't take my eyes off of his. He looked at himself./p
p dir="ltr""It's the moon, it makes me think differently when it's full. It feels like it's burning throughout my body. He said, looking whistful as he curled a paw into a fist. "Colors look brighter, everything seems clearer." I roll on to my back to get a better look at him./p
p dir="ltr""Sounds nice." He just shrugs./p
p dir="ltr""There's better things." He said, smiling down at me, suddenly overwhelmingly aware of his body brushing against mine. Trax layed laid down, resting his head on my chest, causing my heart to attempt to burst free to get closer to the pokemon./p
p dir="ltr""Nervous?" I could feel his chuckle, a pleasant warmth filled my belly./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah actually, I am." He got up just long enough to place a paw next to my head, then put his full weight on me./p
p dir="ltr""Don't be." We drifted closer, neither of us making a conscious decision to. His lips brushed mine. Unable to control myself, I wrap my paws around him and gently pull him closer, connecting the two of us, making my brain feel sluggish./p
p dir="ltr""Eta?" He whispered my name like he was begging for something./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah?"/p
p dir="ltr""Can I kiss you?"/p
p dir="ltr""Yeah." I said breathlessly. Our lips met, firmly this time. We kissed each other softly for a few seconds before Trax pulled away. His chest rising and falling with his quick, shallow breaths. "Please," I mewled "don't stop." I nearly cried with the loss of him./p
p dir="ltr""Eta, we're not mates. It'd be wrong." He looked torn between morals and desperation./p
p dir="ltr""Please T-"/p
p dir="ltr""He's right. You know that Eta." Gamma simultaneously cutting me off and scaring the living hell out of me./p
p dir="ltr""AAAAHHH! when did you? how did you? how long have you been watching?" His rings glowed a faint blue./p
p dir="ltr""Long enough. Eta, it's a good thing he stopped, the full moon affects dark types in a cruel way. You'd only have gotten hurt. Possibly killed." Taking a better look at Trax, I can see he swayed side to side. What I had first mistaken for light in his eyes, now looked more like mania. All in all, it scared the shit out of me. emGamma's right, /emI think with a shudder. "C'mon Trax, holding the moon back is taking it's toll on me." With that, both dark types run off gleefully before vanishing from sight. I could still feel a ghost of the body that was just on me, along with a feeling I've never had before. It hurts./p
p dir="ltr""Be glad he stopped you two when he did." Lamda said cheerfully. My stomach dropped as I looked at him. The sylveon was covered in deep, vicious claw marks. Dried blood covered a horrible bite Mark at the base of his neck, his tail looked a few centimeters shorter./p
p dir="ltr""Are you okay? What happened to you?" I practically yell after a stunned pause./p
p dir="ltr""I'm fine." He laughed away my concern. "We didn't know it was gonna be a full moon tonight." He sat down next to me, the strong smell of blood coming with him. He looked tired. "No one knows why the moon has such an effect on dark types." He didn't look mad, just sleepy. emBlood loss? /emI think to myself./p
p dir="ltr""Trax didn't hurt me!" I point out./p
p dir="ltr""Either his ability makes the moon less intense, or he has an incredible amount of self control." Lamda replies, licking at some still bleeding wounds. "C'mon, I'm tired. Let's get some sleep." I help him up and we head to bed./p