Hey everyone, sorry about the late update. I've been very unmotivated as of late and I have had almost zero time to even sit down much less write. Work and college are killing me and I'm still suffering from writers block with Fabled World.

So I do have to apologize again, but I can't promise to update anytime soon, and that really bums me out...hopefully I can update soon, fingers crossed.

Until then, here's chapter 11 of Umbra Aeternam, hope you enjoy.


"You are up way to early" I groaned, laying my tail over my eyes while Jules knocked around the den, helping himself to the small stash of berries I kept in one of the holes in the stone wall so I didn't have to go all the way to the glacier for a meal.

"Sorry man, I'm just excited" he told me, scarfing down another berry before placing the rest back in the cubbyhole and nudging me with his nose. I groaned and removed my tail, letting my crimson gaze fall onto the dark chocolate color of his glowing irises.

"Why are you nudging me?" I grumbled, only to be answered by more nudging. I eventually got tired of his constant nudging and simply nipped his nose when he tried to do it again, making him reel back before a sneeze escaped him. "Why?"

"Sorry, got a little carried away there, but I just wanted to tell you that we still have to teach our classes in a few hours." Oh right, I told them to meet me today...should have told them tomorrow, but it was already to late for that.

"Very well, let's get over there before all hell breaks loose." I sighed, standing up and stretching out before following the suddenly energetic Jolteon as he, quite literally, ran circles around me.

"I recommend laying off the Chesto berries Jules" I said after maybe his tenth circle around me. He skidded to a stop, shaking his head violently before jumping into my side, having very little success at trying to knock me over.

"Like I said, I'm excited" he replied, saying little more as he continued trying to knock me over while I simply walked on, ignoring his attempts to play with me.

"And what, if I may ask, has you so excited?" He giggled and nudged up against me, affectionately rubbing his side against mine. I raised a brow, but said nothing, already quite used to his sudden acts of affection.

"It's a secret, I'll just have to show you later."

"Last time someone told me that, I woke up the next morning with a male Absol laying under me and a raging headache, which later led to a very lovely conversation with said Absol's mate, I hope the same event does not occur twice." I told him, casting him a sideways glance while he reeled back with a blush on his yellow furred cheeks.

"No, it's nothing like that...at least I don't plan on it to be."

"Not very comforting Jules" I deadpanned, purposefully not looking at the brightly blushing electric type. I meant it as a joke, even if it was a true story, but I guess I wouldn't mind a night of fun with the lightning Pokémon. I blinked after that thought entered my head, looking around like I was searching for some other being that might have made me think that.

"Well, I'm sorry, you know how we Pokémon are." He said in his defense, getting a head tilt as substitute for a shrug. He was right though, all Pokémon, male or female, tended to try and find mates, or at least a one night stand every once in awhile. They weren't as picky in terms of their partner like humans were, gay relationships were actually quite common in the wild. The only rule was that you had to have at least one offspring with a female to become mate's with a male.

'Why am I thinking about this now...whatever."

"If you say so buddy, now go teach your class, I gotta control the chaos a bunch of evil little Umbreon will no doubt cause." He nodded before practically sprinting off towards his little teaching area, leaving a little Jolteon shaped dust cloud in his wake.

'He's fast, even for a Jolteon...impressive' I mentally chuckled, shaking my head while making my way towards my group, who were already at each other's throats. At least it looked that way since they were all in a circle surrounding two others, who I instantly recognized as Jade and Angelia. Angelia, I understood why she would be in this situation, being so hotheaded that I knew she should have been a Flareon instead of an Umbreon, Jade eluded me though. He's always calm, if not a bit shy, but now he looked outright furious.

"Anyone wanna explain what's going on here?" I asked, making all cheers stop and every single living being in that area to freeze on the spot. The children cleared a path as I walked, to afraid to keep themselves in my way as to avoid the punishment I no doubt had in mind for the two. The two in question were frozen stiff in their last position, Jade with a claw to the females neck while Angelia had her jaws wrapped around the boys throat.

All it took was a single growl to send the two scrambling away from each other and a flash of teeth to get them to sit down in front of me.

"I will ask again, why?"

"She called me weak!" Jade replied, pointing an accusing paw at the girl.

"We'll he called me hotheaded!" She defended. I just stood there with a deadpan expression before my lips curled up in an another snarl.

"Really...really, that's the reason you were both at each others throats" I growled, making them cower away with their ears pressed against their head. "You are both Umbreon, yet your giving me excuses like a couple of eevee. Your young adults, your supposed to leave such childish behavior behind after you evolve, but I have seen a three tailed Vulpix with double the maturity that you two have put together."

"But-"

"I don't want to hear it!" I interrupted with a snarl, making her reel back in shock and whimper ever so quietly. "Now if your going to act like kits, I'm going to treat you like kits. First off, look at each other."

They did so without hesitance, not wanting to annoy me any farther.

"Now apologize to each other." My ears twitched when I heard the snickers behind me, no doubt being the other children getting entertainment at the pair's misfortune. "And the rest of you lot, two laps around the entirety of the field, no walking or stopping."

Moans and groans of complaint answered me back, going quiet the moment I looked back at them. "I don't want to hear it, you all should have stopped them instead of encouraging them."

They all nodded before running off to the edge of the field with their tails between their legs. Now that that's out of the way, I returned my gaze to the pair, smiling ever so slightly at the sight of them both with their paws touching in a pseudo handshake. They looked back at me, their ears still held tight to their heads.

"There, now please don't go at each other like that again, I wouldn't want to have to tell your parents you misbehaved in class."

"Yes sir" they nodded, making me openly grin as I moved in to nuzzle the both of them.

"Good to hear. Listen you two, I know I may act hard on you lot, but it's just because I care about all of you. I want to see all of you grow stronger here, you have someone to teach you how to use your power, I didn't. I had to learn the hard way, and I want to pass my knowledge down to y'all. I want to be proud of you, but I can't exactly be proud of this behavior, so don't do it again and we'll all be great, deal?"

"Deal" they replied in unison, wide smiles gracing their muzzles as they nuzzled me back.

"Good, now go run the laps with the rest of the group." I couldn't help but chuckle they both groaned in protest. "What, you thought you were gonna get away with that little stunt?"

Their only reply was a sigh before they ran off to join their friends, leaving me alone again as I watched them all run around, momentarily glancing at my friend, actually seeing him teaching for once, instead of getting ganged up on by his students.

Looks like their finally learning to respect him...or their afraid of me coming by again. Either way, it was nice seeing Jules actually able to show his pupils the skills of a matured Jolteon.

"It almost seems...normal here...kind of boring actually." I muttered, letting my eyes wander around the field, seeing all the classes calmly listening to their teachers without a single explosion going off in the background.

"W-we're done, Mr. Dante." I blinked and as my ear twitched as the voice of Shad entered my ears. I looked down at my side, suppressing a chuckle at seeing the entirety of my class sprawled out on the ground, panting heavily.

Either they sprinted the whole time, or I was seriously out of it, no other way that they could have finished that fast.

"Good, now go get something to drink and meet me back here. Don't take too long or your all running it again."

"Yes sir!" They all shouted before limping off towards the pond. I chuckled at their dramatics and lazily licked my paw, using it as a distraction so my mind didn't wander. It was then that I felt a gentle tap on my side, making me crack an eye open that I was not even aware was closed.

"Ready for that battle now Dante?" The Jolteon asked excitedly, practically bouncing in anticipation. I tilted my head curiously, looking between him and his students, who were watching us with a keen eye.

"And your class?"

"There gonna watch" he immediately replied, making me grin as a small laugh escaped me.

"Very well, let my students return and we can battle to your hearts content" I told him. He grinned widely and nuzzled me before charging off towards his area right as my class finally returned to me.

"So what's on the agenda today teach?" Asked Luis, probably the most sarcastic of my students, as he led the group of Umbreon to my position.

"Your getting a somewhat easy day kids, today your going to watch a battle" I told them, receiving mixed reactions. Some cheered, some groaned, others just stared on curiously. "Any objections...no...good, then follow me."


It took some time, but we eventually got everyone settled on one side of the field, giving me and Jules plenty of room to go all out without risking harm to the kids. Both classes were actually pretty excited to see their respectful teachers battling one another, I even heard a few placing bets on who would win. That's not what I need to be focused on though, right now I need to keep my full attention on the electric type before me, who was already crouched down and waiting for the battle to start. I was not so enthused, merely sitting down with my eyes trained on him, trying and succeeding looking as neutral as possible.

"You ready Dante?" He shouted, receiving a nod from me before he shot off towards me, almost to fast for me to keep track. In the end though, his speed was still not fast enough to catch me off guard, allowing me to cut him off with a Shadow Ball that nearly hit him, had he not leaped out of the way.

'Excellent reaction time' I mussed while watching him zigzag towards me. 'Definitely not slow.'

"Yaah-what the!" he cried mid yell, looking down as he slowly rose into the air. His eyes darted around the field, wondering what was responsible for his sudden suspension, before finally landing on me, beginning to panic when he noticed my eyes glowing a deep purple.

"What, you thought I was solely capable of using dark type moves" I chuckled, watching him flail his limbs uselessly, trying to break out of my hold, only to immediately stop before his fur crackled and sparked. My hold on him faded as I darted to the side to avoid becoming a living lightning rod.

"Nice try" my head shot to the side while still in the air, only to see the Jolteon running at me, electricity distorting the air around him as he charged towards me with a Volt Tackle. I gasped in surprise before gritting my teeth and launching a Dark Pulse on the ground, launching me into the air and out of harms way.

I flipped in the air and landed with my legs angled to catch myself in the landing and twirled around to face him, actually crouching down in a battle stance.

"Impressive Jules, maybe you won't be as boring as I thought" I told him, spreading my paws as he stalked towards me. A grin decorated his muzzle as he slowly circled me, looking for an opening.

"Should I take that as a compliment?" He asked before jumping back to avoid my Shadow Ball.

"Interpret it any way you chose, it matters little to me" I replied, moving to circle him as well. That's how it was for the next minute or two, neither of us wanting to make the first move. In the end, my patience was superior as he shot forward with another Volt Tackle. I chuckled and fazed away, only to be met with a thousand volts of electricity coursing through me.

My eyes shot open as I yelled in shock and pain, sliding along the dirt before righting myself and rolling back onto my paws. I looked back at my leg, shaking it a little to rid myself of the little pin pricks stabbing my mildly numb limp.

"Impressive Jules, I may have underestimated you" I chuckled, looking at the now beaming electric type, right before he was blasted by a Shadow Ball. "Which means I can no longer go easy on you."

I put quite a bit of power in that attack, but he took it like a champ, quickly jumping back onto his paws and shooting a Thunderbolt at me almost immediately. I shot a Dark Pulse at it and used the resulting smoke to close in on the electric type and clamping my jaws around his neck, hearing him scream out in pain before I buried his muzzle in the dirt.

"And a very important thing about Umbreon" I started, growling in amusement while he struggled from under me, eventually giving up when he realized he could not escape me. "We always fight dirty."

He whined in a mixture of sadness and disappointment, only to be drowned out by the echo of the children cheering at the display they just witnessed, along with a few groans as the ones betting against me sulked in defeat.

I helped the saddened Jolteon off the ground and helped him over to his class, who actually seemed to look at him with a bit more respect than they used to.

"I must say Jules, I may have underestimated you" I started, seeing his ears instantly perk up. I grinned and took a seat in front of him, moving his head up so his eyes met mine. "You are almost fast enough to keep up with me, and you even managed to score a hit on me, that is quite the accomplishment."

His smile regrew faster than I could blink, and he practically tackled me, sending a barrage of nuzzles my way.

"Thanks for the compliment Dante, I know I didn't have any chance against you, but it was still really fun."

"Yes, it was, you actually got my adrenaline pumping, maybe I'll even train you myself sometime."

His eyes lit up instantly and he renewed his nuzzling. I chuckled and pushed him off of me gently, standing back up on my paws and shaking the dirt from my coat. My leg was no longer numb from the electricity, but it still throbbed ever so slightly, barely enough to really realize without focusing on it.

"You doing alright there Dante?" Jules asked, sounding quiet worried at seeing me shake the leg that he struck. I smiled at his concern and nodded, right before a yawn escaped me.

"I'm quite alright my friend, just a little tired, still getting used to this whole staying awake during the day thing."

"What?" He asked with his ears twitching in curiosity. I smirked and turned to my side to show him my form.

"Umbreon remember, we got our power from the moon, so I'm a little out of my element here." He nodded in understanding before looking back at his student, who were animatedly discussing the battle, looking like they were ready to partake in battles of their own. Mine were no different it seems, and me and Jules took the initiative to set up their own battles, letting them practice on each other while we simply sat under the nearby tree.

A comfortable silence then fell upon us as we watched the two groups go at each other, nearly destroying the field had the class of Vaporeon not volunteered to keep tabs on the group after their session ended.

"Keep an eye on them for me will you, I'm going out into the woods for a bit." This caught his attention as he looked over at me with surprise written all over his face.

"Why would you go out into the forest, what kind of reason could you possibly have?"

I raised a brow and snorted in amusement, standing up with a stretch and made my way towards the main gate.

"I have my reasons, and don't worry, I'll be back by tomorrow" I told him, peeking back behind me with a smirk. "Don't cause any trouble while I'm gone, and don't be afraid to get my kids to help out if I'm not back in time for class."

With that said, I was on my marry way, walking past several other eeveeloutions, including the twin Flareons that were standing guard by the cave entrance.

"Heading out man." I gave him a nod, "Be safe out there, trainers are all over the place today."

"Thanks for the warning, I'll keep an eye out."

He nodded back to me and went back to the conversation with his friend, letting me walk further into the darkness.

"Trainers in the woods today, joy, time for some fun."


Sorry for the length, I wanted to get at least something out you know, and I am a firm believer in quality over quantity, so I hope this chapter was satisfactory.

Feel free to tell me what you think in a review, I enjoy hearing from all of you.

Till next time.