Holy Krusty Krabcakes! Sun and Moon keeps looking better and better with each trailer! Why can't November come quicker?! I don't have much to say other than that so... Enjoy!
In Rustboro City, our group of travellers were wandering around the streets looking for the building that was the Devon Corporation, but still trying to keep Eve out of sight.
"Alright-y Eve, which way do we go?" Captain asked the tiny human perched on his back.
"Well... Devon Corp was walking distance from the Pokemon Center, so if we find that we'll be even closer to the building." Eve responded.
"Then shall we get going?" Romeo suggested.
After a while the quintet were passing by the Trainer School. The path was void of people for being midday so it looked like they were home free...
...If only the school didn't have a Half-Day.
The bell rang and students all poured out the door by the hundreds, causing the group to get lost in the crowd.
"Hey!"
"What's going on?!"
"I can't see!"
"Someone stepped on my tail!"
After a couple minutes of confusion, the group escaped the sea of kids and into the opposite sidewalk.
"*Pant!*, *Pant!* Jerks!" Captain yelled at the students after catching his breath.
"For once we agree on something. They behaved like common animals." Clementine remarked in monotone.*1
As Margie finally caught her breath, she turned to the Mudkip and her face went pale.
"C-Captain..." She stuttered.
"Yeah?"
"W-Where's Eve?!" Margie exclaimed.
Captain looked at the Butterfree in confusion. "What are you talking about, Margie? Eve's right-*GASP!*"
He turned around to see that his passenger was no longer on his back.
"WHERE'D SHE GO?!"
Meanwhile...
Eve was clinging for dear life (with her eyes closed) on one of the kid's shoes, luckily she was too light to be noticed. She accidentally got knocked off of Captain's back in the rush of students and to avoid getting trampled she just hitched a ride on the first leg she got her hands on.
Not wanting to stay there any longer, as soon as she saw an opening she jumped off the kid's leg, rolling on the sidewalk, as he kept going. Getting off of the ground she dusted herself off and looked at her surroundings, noticing that her Pokemon friends weren't around.
"Crap! Where am I?!" Eve cursed as she saw that the school was nowhere in sight and while she could just barely see the Devon Corp building riding on Captain now she had no clue where it was.
She then felt rhythmic earthquakes that she recognized as footsteps. Feeling that "fight or flight, but mostly flight" instinct take over again as she made a mad dash towards a random alley and hid behind a trash can. Eve suddenly felt very... vulnerable, without her Pokemon around. Seeing all the people walking by and going about their usual lives made her feel like she was outside naked. And it felt awful...
'W-What do I do...' Eve thought shaking from where she stood.
...
The shrunken human kept sneaking through the alley, hoping to find her friends (and Clementine) or Devon Corp, whichever comes first, before anyone else notices her.
Since she kept looking behind her every five minutes she didn't realize that she bumped into a hind leg of a large Pokemon.
"Oh mon..." Said an unfamiliar female voice with a Kalosian accent.
Eve's vision cleared to see a Pokemon that she only saw in books back home: a Furfrou. But while she was certain Furfrous have white fur with a black face, this one was the other way around having black fur with a white face (making her think this Furfrou was a Shiny) and said white face was looking at her with wide eyes.
"Something wrong, Bijou?" Another unfamiliar voice said. This time it was male... and it wasn't a Pokemon.
Eve's thoughts grounded to a halt when she saw a human come from behind the Furfrou. It was boy around her age with short, shaggy black hair and dark blue eyes, wearing a green windbreaker jacket, blue jeans and black sneakers.
But all Eve could see at the moment... was that he was looking right at her.
"What the...?" The boy whispered in disbelief.
"Uh... I-I... Um... Uh..." Eve stuttered out, her brain and her mouth refusing to work right, wanting desperately to flee but was frozen in place and shaking from fear even harder than ever before.
'No... no... no! This can't be happening! This can't be happening!' She thought with tears in her eyes as she kneeled over hyperventilating and trying hard not to vomit.
Noticing her extreme reaction, the boy got on his knees to (hopefully) look less intimidating.
"Um... A-Are you alright?" He asked awkwardly.
'...Is this for real? Or am I hallucinating somehow?' He thought to himself.
All he got for an answer was unintelligible mumbling.
"I-I'm sorry, can you repeat that?"
"P-Please... D-Don't hurt me..." She said ever so quietly, still keeping her eyes closed. But even with how low her voice was he still somehow heard her.
"Whoa, wait. Why would want to I do that?" He said in surprise.
His Shiny Furfrou, apparently named Bijou, laid on her stomach to be eye level with her too.
"Ze poor girl... She must be scared to death..." She said to herself.
"Yeah... I am... And I hate it..." The tiny human responded suddenly.
"...Who are you talking to?" The boy looked around to see if he got an answer but stopped when he saw the surprised look on his Furfrou's face. "What is it girl?"
"Did... Did you understand what I was saying, mon cheri?" Bijou questioned in disbelief.
Eve stayed silent for a moment but then answered. "Yes... I can."
Bijou barked at her trainer while simultaneously pointing at Eve with her paw. It didn't immediately click in his mind but when it did he turned to Eve in shock. "Wait... You understand what Bijou's saying?"
Eve remained quiet and gave no eye contact but managed to nod in response.
"Wow... That's amazing..."
The two suddenly fell in an awkward silence again; him having no idea what to say and her because she was still scared out of her mind. Deciding to break the tension, Bijou turned to Eve.
"Mon cheri, I understand zat you are still frightened but can you tell us what is wrong? Maybe my maîtriser can help you." Bijou asked nicely, after getting over the shock of Eve's ability.
Eve was still keeping quiet; at first Bijou thought she wasn't going to respond. But then...
"I-I'm lost... My friends and I were passing by the Trainer School when the students came out of nowhere and... I-I got separated from them..." She explained the best she could.
Feeling bad for the girl, the Poodle Pokemon nudged her trainer a bit as if to convince him to help out.
"Okay, okay Bijou. No need to do the extra cuddling!" The raven haired boy laughed before turning back to Eve (who seemed to relax VERY slightly). "If you want, me and Bijou could help you look for your friends."
"R-Really?"
He nodded with a smile. "Sure. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess they're all Pokemon."
She nodded back shyly. "Uh-huh. E-Ever since I became like this... I've been avoiding people..."
He blinked a bit from her choice of words but set his curiosity aside for later. But their was one little problem he needed to take care of...
"Shawn St. Mark!"
...His mother.
Both the boy, apparently named Shawn, and Bijou jumped when a adult woman with long black hair in a thick braid tied on the end with a bright red scrunchy, wearing a sleeveless peach blouse, white pants and sandals came up to them. By her side was a Furfrou as well, but a normal colored one and while Bijou's fur was shaggy, this one was groomed with a Matron trim.
"Where have you been?! I've called you that I was finished at the car dealership twenty minutes ago!" Shawn's mother scolded.
"Sorry Mom... I kinda got distracted with the sights..." Shawn apologized, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. His mom did let him explore the city while she was getting a new car; he just lost track of time.
"And Bijou!" The older, groomed Furfrou scolded the Shiny, though no one understood but Eve. "I zought I told you make sure Shawn remembers to meet with us!"
"Désolé Maman..." Bijou apologized.
But then Shawn's mother (somehow) noticed Eve shaking like a leaf as she was hiding behind Bijou's hind leg. When she focused her brown eyes on her, she gasped in surprise at what she was seeing.
"Shawn... W-What is this?!" She asked pointing at Eve, who yelped and hid herself further.
"Mom, calm down! You're scaring her!"
Mrs. St. Mark calmed down a bit to see the girl, no older than her own son but small enough to fit in the palm of her hand having a small panic attack and clinging to Bijou like she was her lifeline.
Motherly instincts took over setting aside her previous anger and confusion as she got on her knees.
"I'm so sorry about that, sweetheart. What's going on?" She asked the girl calmly but she still looked terrified.
So Shawn answered for her. "She said that she got separated from her Pokemon back at the Trainer School when student's came out of the building. But I wonder why they came out, it's only noon."
"Oh today was a Half-Day, I remember one of the vendors back at the dealership mentioning it when he was leaving to pick up his kid before I left." His mom mentioned before turning back to Eve. "If you want, we can take you back to the school and maybe we'll find your Pokemon there. Is that ok?"
Eve peaked out ever so slightly from Bijou's leg to look at her. Sure, she was still nervous but looking at the St. Marks, now with a somewhat clear mind, they didn't seem like bad people. They may be her best chance to find Captain and the others.
"Let's start over. I'm Adelaide St. Mark and this is my Furfrou, Reina." Mrs. St. Mark introduced as she pet her Furfrou.
"Bonjour." Reina said, bowing her head slightly.
"You've already met my son Shawn and Bijou..."
Shawn gave a sheepish wave while Bijou simply nodded.
"Can you tell us your name sweetheart?" She asked.
Feeling a bit more comfortable, Eve stepped out from behind the Shiny Furfrou.
"Eve... Eve Tanner..."
Later...
"MUDKIP! MUDKIP MUD! KIP MUDKIP?!"
Bystanders around school area were incredibly confused seeing a Mudkip screaming at the top of his lungs and frantically looking around for something and being followed by an Eevee and a Murkrow and later down the line a Butterfree.
"Cap, calm down! We'll find Eve! Running around screaming like a Misdreavus ain't gonna help!" Romeo exclaimed.
"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!" Captain exclaimed back in exasperation. " I can't believe I let Eve out of my sight! Oh no, what if those jerks squished her?!"
"Of course not." Clementine spoke up. "If they did we would see a bloody stain on the ground."
All Captain did was squeal before passing out dead-faint on the street.
"Clementine, you're not helping!" Margie scolded the Eevee.
"Do you want support or do you want the truth? Because you can't have both." Clementine said flatly.
Romeo just made a facepalm with his wing. "Girl, you have no sense of tact..."
But then a red pickup suddenly stopped right beside them. The three of them looked confused until they looked at the two Furfrous in the trunk, more specifically what was on the black one's head.
"Guys!" Called out a certain shrunken human.
"EVE!" The Pokemon (minus Clementine) exclaimed.
Captain suddenly recovered from his fainting spell when he saw his tiny trainer alive and well.
"Eve! Thank Arceus you're okay!" Captain hiccuped as he cried up a river.
Mrs. St. Mark giggled at the Mudkip's reaction. Even though she couldn't understand what the Pokemon were saying (she was still shocked when she found out that Eve can), the message was clear.
"Your Pokemon must really care about you Eve." She said to her.
The Pokemon froze for a moment when they finally noticed her and Shawn, but Eve then spoke up.
"It's alright guys...they helped me look for you." Eve reassured.
"Y-You... you actually went up to other humans?" Captain said, more of a statement than a question.
"...Sort of."
"Haha, way to go Little Lady!" Romeo congratulated as he and Margie flew into the trunk with them.
"So, uh... Eve. Now that you reunited with your team can you explain why you're, well, like this?" Shawn said from the passenger seat.
As Captain and Clementine hopped in the trunk, Eve looked around nervously.
"Yes... but we need to stop at Devon Corp."
Shawn raised a brow. "Why there?"
Eve sighed quietly. "It's where this whole thing started..."
At Devon Corp...
(AN: If you read this story from the beginning you probably realized I mistakenly called Mr. Stone "Mr. Devon ". Since I lost the original chapters when my old laptop went kaput I can't correct that so yeah... please ignore that little error. Sorry!)
Mr. Stone was going over some documents for the day, but in the back of his mind he was still stressed from the weeks events. There was still no word of Eve Tanner's whereabouts (he even asked his son Steven to keep an eye out) and on top of that the blueprints for the Omni Ball were...
"Mr. Stone, sir!" His secretary called through the P. A. system.
"Yes, Melinda? What's going on?" Mr. Stone asked back as he pushed the button.
"You need to come to the ground floor immediately! The missing girl is here!"
His eyes widened at what she said. "I'll be right there!"
"Also, sir... Ms. Tanner and her companions want to talk in a private room."
"Ok... Any particular reason why?"
...
"Good Alpha above..." Mr. Stone said with a gaping mouth, staring at the four inch tall Eve Tanner standing on the table.
"Yeah... I know..." Eve sighed.
"Pardon my interruption Mr. Stone, but how did Eve get this way?" Adeline asked.
Mr. Stone took a breath as he began to explain the events of Mackie's birthday, the Omni Ball getting stolen by Pokemon and according to Eve's friend, Eve getting sucked in the ball.
"How does a Pokeball shrink a person, though?" Shawn questioned.
"Dr. Russo and the other scientists were working on some of the problems with the Omni Ball; the biggest one being the objects that go in come out much smaller. But I certainly didn't expect it to happen to a human being."
Eve nodded; remembering Mr. Russo saying something about the Omni Ball having "kinks".
"I must ask Eve, since you became this size how do you feel? Physically speaking, I mean." Mr. Stone asked in concern.
"Now that I think about it... other than, well the obvious, I don't really feel any different. I'm just a lot more... paranoid, than I would like." Eve admitted.
"Anything else?"
"Um... this may sound crazy, but ever since I got this size... I've been able to understand what Pokemon are saying."
The Devon Corp. president's eyes widened. "What?"
"It's true, Mr. Stone!" Eve exclaimed as her Pokemon did a variety of cries in her defense.
"I didn't say I didn't believe you, Eve; I'm just surprised is all. I've heard of people with this ability but they're usually born with it; it doesn't just show up."
"The Omni Ball did this I'm sure of it! But is there a way to get me back to normal size?!" Eve asked in distress.
Mr. Stone suddenly looked nervous. "There may be a problem with that, Eve. Not long after you disappeared someone used several Porygon-Z to hack into our systems and stole the Omni Ball's blueprints. We tried to trace them back but they covered their tracks. The police are still trying to find them with their own Porygon as we speak..."
"W-What?" Eve asked in disbelief. "So that means I'm going to be stuck like this for even longer?"
"I'm really sorry..."
Eve just remained silent, staring at her feet and the table beneath them. Captain and the others looked at their honorary trainer with sad eyes; even Clementine looked less emotionless. The St. Marks and their Furfrou looked crestfallen for the poor girl, despite not knowing her that well.
"...C-Can I at least call my family? I...I miss them." Eve choked back a sob.
Mr. Stone couldn't help but smile sadly at the girl. "Of course."
At Fortree City...
Nicole Tanner was sitting on the couch with an absolutely miserable expression with an equally miserable Mackie (who fell asleep on her lap) as she held on to a picture taken of her and Eve several months ago, when the former was working on another one of her inventions. It's been several days and still no word from her daughter; she was starting to assume the worst...
"Grumpig...?"
The brunette woman turned to see the family Grumpig come up to her with a cup of tea.
"Thank you Gilbert..." Nicole said as she took the cup from his hands.
"Grum..." He replied back softly.
As much as he wanted to comfort his master, he couldn't help but worry with her unsurprisingly. He was a part of Tanner household since they the matriarch took him in all those years ago and was a part of both daughters' lives since they were babies; seeing the parents and youngest child looking so down made him feel useless as a Pokemon...
*Ring, ring, ring! Ring, ring, ring! Phone call! Phone call!*
"I'll get it!" Mr. Tanner exclaimed as he went to the phone.
After a moment of hearing what sounded like Mr. Stone talking came an unexpected shout.
"EVE! YOUR ALIVE!"
That made everyone jump out of their seats and Lilly come running out of her room.
Their eyes all widened at what they saw. At first it was just their eyes playing tricks on them or they were just dreaming. But no, it really was Eve alongside Mr. Stone; much smaller but very much alive.
"H-Hello everyone..." Eve said, not holding back tears anymore.
"Oh, my little girl!" Nicole sobbed, looking like she wanted to hug the screen. "You're okay!"
"B-Big sister!" Lilly stuttered out.
"Eve! I-I was so worried about you and-and I'm sorry! About everything! And anything! And...Eeeve!" Mackie cried.
"I missed you all...so much...I'm so sorry for making you all worry..." Eve wept.
"It's okay...as long as your safe, and..." Her mother only just noticed her positioning on the screen. "...Small?"
"Um, yes." Mr. Stone interrupted. "Eve returned here safe and well. It turns out that the...faults in the Omni Ball caused Eve to shrink down to this size!"
"No! My baby!" Nicole burst out crying again.
"I-It's okay, mom...I'm fine, promise. I've had a lot of new friends to help me." As if to prove her point, the various Pokémon and people crowded around the screen.
"As long as you're safe and well, that's all that matters." Mr. Tanner assured both her and his wife.
"She really startled us." Adelaide admitted. "But your daughter has done incredibly well to make it here in Rustboro."
"I, really couldn't have done it without everyone's help." Eve admitted.
"Mr. Stone, is there any way to fix this, by chance?" Mr. Tanner asked.
"As you've no doubt seen from the news, Devon was raided recently, specifically for data on the Omni Ball, Arceus knows why..." Mr. Stone replied in a worried manner. "But rest assured we will pool all of our efforts into looking for a way to reverse this."
"Um...can Eve please come home to Fortree City?" Nicole asked uncertainly.
"Can I, Mr. Stone?" Eve asked hopefully.
"Seeing as you're her family, I don't see why not." He replied. "Though we'd have to find a way to get you there without alerting public attention, don't want that pack of Houndours known as the press all over this...and I wouldn't recommend flying on a Pokémon..."
"Excuse me ma'am but did you say you live in Fortree City?" Shawn spoke up.
"Yes, why?" Mrs. Tanner inquired.
Mrs. St. Mark laughed heartily. "What a coincidence! it just so happens that my son and I moving there after I got my new truck here!"
"Whoa, really?" Eve asked in surprise.
"Yes. If you want we can take you and your friends to Fortree City."
"That's awfully nice of you Mrs. St. Mark. Are you sure it's no trouble?" Mr. Tanner asked.
She shook her head in response. "No trouble at all. You've been separated long enough."
Eve teared up again. "T-Thank you so much! I'll repay you both somehow!"
"Dear, don't trouble yourself. We'd be happy to help, right Shawn?"
Shawn nodded in response. "Yeah, don't worry about it!"
"Told ya things would be just fine!" Captain said from below. Still not understood by the humans other than Eve, who simply nodded as she wiped away tears but was still smiling.
"Y-Yeah, silly me huh?"
*1 I have a headcannon that normal animals do exist in the Pokemon World just in VERY small numbers and Pokemon do understand what they're saying, they just find them... well, stupid.
French phrases from Google Translate:
Bijou- Jewel (This was actually my Furfrou's nickname in my Y playthrough.)
Oh mon- Oh my
Maîtriser- Master
Mon cher- My dear
Désolé Maman...- Sorry Mom...
Bonjour- Hello (Duh!)
I've never done a French accent before so I'm sorry if I somehow offend somebody.
Also I don't care what people say, I think Furfrou are awesome! I ended up using one A LOT in Pokemon Y and I found it surprisingly useful, it just needs a better movepool (Sun and Moon, make it happen!).
Once again, special thanks to OPFan37 for proofreading!
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