Despite waking up sometime during the night and eating a salad that had been left out, Vanilla found himself starving when he woke up that morning. Thankfully, it was a scrumptious smell coming from the kitchen that woke him up.

Reiga called them pancakes, but Vanilla wasn't quite sure why they were called that. Maybe it was because they sort of looked like a pan? Regardless, he enjoyed them, and the nutpea syrup they were covered with, immensely.

"Does Chocola not like these pancakes?" Vanilla wondered at the vixen's missing presence.

"Oh, she loves them. And, provided she eventually gets out of bed, she can have some." Reiga said as she sat down with her own plate. "So, how are you feeling today? You gave Chocola quite a shock yesterday afternoon."

That's right. Vanilla's tiredness had snuck up on him so quick he didn't even manage to doff his satchel. "My apologies, I'm not sure what came over me."

Reiga eyed the eevee with a raised eyebrow. "Oh? Well, just try not to push yourself too hard today. It would be a shame if another episode like that were to occur during less favorable circumstances."

Vanilla's ears swung back behind his head. "I'm sorry, Ma'am. I'll try to be more careful."

"Hmm. Just don't let Chocola drag you off on every whim of hers, and I'm sure you'll be fine."

A loud thump and a groan could be heard upstairs, followed by a groggy inquiry about the breakfast aroma that had wafted throughout the house.

"Speaking of the rascal, it appears as though she's finally awake." Reiga noted through an entertained smiled.

After finishing the hardy meal, Vanilla and Chocola found their satchels packed with the flower bulbs that had been delivered the day before. They would have to be carried back to the floette's garden before work could begin, but at least the garden was closer to the house than Jocundale was.

When the duo finally reached the flower field, they found a few floette, and a florges waiting for them.

"Are these the culprits from yesterday?" asked the florges in a commanding tone.

Chocola stepped up for introductions but was stopped by Vanilla.

"My name is Vanilla, Sir. I apologize for any trouble I may have caused you yesterday. If you'll allow it, Chocola and I will assist in repairing the damage, under your direction, of course."

The florges pondered over the eevee's words for a moment. "I find those terms acceptable. We will even accept these actions in place of Chocola's past troubles depending upon how well you work for us today."

Chocola swallowed. All she had to do to get on the gardener's good side was to do a few chores for them? Why had no-one mentioned this before? Granted, she had to do a 'good' job, but still…

"Come on then, let's go- um…"

"You may call me, Feiss, Chocola. This way, if you would." The florges in question said as he led the way towards the damaged flowerbed.

The work was fairly straightforward, once the debris from Vanilla's path of destruction was removed to a reclamation pile, holes could be dug and the bulbs could be planted.

Feiss gave quick, curt instructions on how to space the holes and how deep to dig them, much to the detriment of Chocola's attention span. She eventually got out of the habit of digging for treasure with every hole but her bulb planting left much to be desired.

When Vanilla noticed that his own work was steady, but his hole digging was extremely slow, he got an idea.

Work went much faster once Chocola was tasked with digging the holes so that Vanilla could concentrate on the replanting. In fact, with the exception of an initial watering, they finished the job well ahead of lunch.

When Feiss went to get some water pails so that they could be filled from the stream, Vanilla gave the flower bed a once-over. Not quite in rows, the mounds still managed to fill up the gap he'd woken up in not two days ago. Eventually, he noticed Chocola standing off to the side, staring past the trees beyond the nearby stream.

"Is something the matter, Chocola?" Vanilla asked of the vixen.

"What? No." She replied. "It's just that I was wondering what's past these trees here, I've never been over there before."

"I was under the impression that you've been through here lots of times?"

"I have, but the floette usually chase me away before long. I've never made it much farther than this."

Feiss came back with pails and they got back to work with the watering, but Vanilla found he wanted to know what was behind the wooden veil himself.

"Excuse me, Feiss, Sir? Is it alright if I ask for a favor?" Vanilla asked once the all of the mounds had had a good soak.

"Hmm?" The Florges thought to himself for a moment before leaning closer to the eevee.

Vanilla whispered his request to Feiss.

"I suppose I can grant your request. Just remember that you are only allowed to observe, nothing more. This way."

Chocola suddenly felt less bored and more intrigued. "What was that about?"

"I guess we'll see!" Vanilla said with a sincere grin as he started following the florges.

The underbrush proved no match to the ground-bound duo's curiosity, and soon they were greeted with a clearing beyond the trees.

Mount Everpeak dominated the sky behind the meadow standing before them, the slight breeze caused the flowers in the field to sway in gentle waves, something that almost never broke through the glade that Chocola was used to.

The meadow before them was also much, much larger than the garden, the flowers speckling the field all the way down the hill as the stream cut into its perimeter.

The sights and smells of the flowers were almost too much for Chocola, who found herself ready to burst through the meadow at top frolicking speed!

Vanilla tackled the vixen before she could jump into the flowers.

"Ow! Vanilla!?"

"Wait, Chocola! Look." Vanilla pointed to something hiding amid the flowers as he helped her up. "Do you see them?"

"Them?" Chocola squinted as she tried to see what Vanilla was pointing at. It wasn't long before she spotted them too.

"Yep, this meadow is filled with flabebe. I think that's why they don't want you running through the flowers here."

"Oh…" Chocola said as her ears drooped a bit. "I didn't know. I-I wouldn't have hurt them, though! Don't they know that?"

"I think they do know, it's just that they're being protective is all. And as much as I know you'd like to run through the field, I only asked if we could see it."

"Now that you see, we hope you understand." Feiss stated.

Chocola had almost forgotten the florges was still there. "I understand…" Though she never liked that others thought she would ever want to hurt them.

It was true that she wanted nothing more than to run through the field right now. Looking at Vanilla though, he seemed content just to take in the sights and smells, she would just have to make due as well.

Closing her eyes, Chocola inhaled deeply. Thousands of scents filled her nostrils, not all of them from the flowers that dotted the field in front of her.

The cool breeze countered the heat from the sun, maintaining a perfect balance of hot and cold on her coat. Between that and the fresh air, Chocola could almost be content to sit and watch. Almost.

"Thanks Vanilla!" she said while excitedly jumping around him. "This place is the best!"

"Yeah, well, you can probably thank Feiss for letting us see this place, too. We wouldn't be here without his approval."

"Thanks, Feiss!" Chocola said in earnest. "I'm sorry if you were worried before. About me, I mean, when I entered your gardens all of those other times. I'd never hurt you guys!"

"Such trust must be earned, Little One."

"Trust?"

"That you meant no harm, at the least. Today, however, you've earned more than that, if only a little." Feiss said as he motioned for the foxes to depart. "We will remember that you've helped fix what you have broken, but the flowers now need time to grow."

"Aww, can we come back and visit this place at least? In the future."

'Maybe. Perhaps if more trust is earned." Feiss stated cryptically.