A/N: I am happy to say that I have completed this chapter. Hope you guys like it; exams will be over soon, and that gives me a long holiday, so I'll be able to get a few chapters up in that time. I do not own Pokemon, but I do own the characters in the story.

Chapter 11

Demyx's POV

I approached my home with Amara, Kudzu and Chima in sight; they looked excited upon our arrival, I had no doubt that Chima was happy to have some friends to play with, and the girls were happy seeing that Vesper and I had arrived. The short detour for me made my journey home not much longer, but I had to wait for Vesper and Cora to get ready, whilst trying to control Ivy who had been running round me in circles tirelessly. "I hope this was no trouble to convince Marina." I said to Vesper.

She shook her head and chuckled lightly "Marina was a little reluctant at first, but when I told her who was looking after Ivy, she quickly changed her mind; I suppose it's handy being so well known for your achievements in the clan." I blushed a little; I always found it slightly embarrassing when I was complimented. "Anyway, we're here now, so we can just enjoy ourselves. Right girls?" she looked down to Cora and Ivy who beamed up at her "Well?" she asked "Are you going to go say hello to Chima?" they nodded and rushed off towards Chima, and he began rushing to meet them in the middle. I then remembered that I had to tell Amara and Kudzu something before I forgot, so when we did arrive at my home, I let Vesper check on the kids whilst I walked into the house.

Whilst I was walking to the house, I got the attention of Amara, who told Kudzu to follow as well. "You two; the rest of the guild and I have decided that we would like you to go out and explore the forest beyond our clan's. we would like this to be on a two day schedule and you will be back here in the clan within those two days." I turned to face Kudzu now "If you see anyone in distress, do not even think of leaving the wounded. And if the wounded does happen to be any relation to our clan, then bring them in. in recent events, we have seen that although this is unlikely, you must always be prepared; apart from that precaution, the rest of your duty is the same as it has always been: retrieve any information on the outside clans, without being detected." I glared at Amara a little bit, because I know that she's loud.

Amara got my attention "You really think that there would be another Eevee would be out there in the woods by themselves? Maybe a wounded Nidoran, but not an Eevee. The only Eevee that ever walk in that forest out there are either trained ones, or the ones that have been allowed to go outside by our clan." She said smugly.

"And yet, Kudzu managed to find Chima being beaten senselessly by a Marowak, and we don't know where Chima came from." I agitatedly replied, which was rare for me, but I needed to show that I was being serious about this.

"Okay" Kudzu said calmly "We understand. We will help anyone who is injured. And Demyx, I would rather you didn't say that to Chima. He got upset earlier because one of the ki-" I interrupted her, and shot a look knowing what she meant. She stopped, stared and then shifted her mood again and began smiling. "Enough of this, let's go out and have some fun like we planned. Also, I think Vesper may be getting a little bored, being the only adult there, because I don't think that talking to a group of Eevee would be as interesting as talking with grown ups" she laughed and we followed her outside, and sure enough Vesper was lying down, talking to the kits half-heartedly, because the conversation wasn't on a subject that she cared for much. However, when she saw us exit the house, she said her goodbyes to the children and padded her way to us.

Amara smiled to Vesper and the two began talking about whatever those girls talk about, I didn't know because I was not interested, so I bean talking with Kudzu, but the only thing I could think of was Chima "So, how is he doing on the practice fields? I was told that he was there today and yesterday" I asked curiously.

Kudzu looked a little bit surprised at my question, but started to answer "He was moved up to the third group today, and was in there lesson. He won against that Eevee who once tried to attack Avo" she sneered at the Eevee.

"You mean Lugan?" I asked, and Kudzu nodded.

"Yes, Lugan." She had the look of pure anger in her eyes "Lugan bit right into Chima and injured him. After Chima revived him too!" she raised her voice a little. I looked over at Chima and saw small marks on him, but I couldn't see any real damage.

"That's terrible." I said "Is Chima in the third group because he's that close to evolving?" I asked.

Kudzu shook her head "No, he just seems to be really good at battling. I haven't seen him, but Cutter and Larxene wouldn't have moved him up if he wasn't that good." I was about to reply when I noticed more figure appearing in the distance of my home. I stood up and walked closer until I could see who the group were.

To my surprise I saw Taphyn approaching with a smile on his face, and the rest of the guild members behind him, all with the same happy expression on their face. Avo, Luctis, Devin and Taphyn had all decided that they would join the party. I guessed that Amara told them to come here as well, and that was fine, because I enjoyed their company and we could even show the young ones our battle skills on each type. Although I was a little bit nervous if I had to face Taphyn, even though I would have a type advantage.

Although Taphyn is always laid back and really friendly, the only one who could rival him in a full on battle is Kudzu or myself. When Taphyn is in battle, he says nothing and only deals the damage at the right time, but his tactics are always different, so it would be impossible to guess what strategy he would use. "Hey. Demyx, we're here. Let's get this really going." He shouted; sometimes he was almost like a child himself.

Chima's POV

Cora, Ivy and I were talking about our favourite berry when we all noticed that Demyx had stepped away from our group and was looking out towards the path that lead to his home, so we mimicked the direction of his gaze and saw that a group were approaching, and soon my ears twitched when I heard Taphyn's voice. I stood up and rushed past Demyx, with ivy and Cora in close pursuit. "Taphyn!" I yelled. Taphyn then started walking faster until he was getting away from the group he was in, and as soon as I got to him I jumped over him and onto his back. I then began talking directly into his ear, and then I was shaken off and was sitting down next to Cora and Ivy.

Taphyn smiled "Hello you lot. I haven't seen you in a while have I. I'm here because Amara invited all of us, and I think Demyx will have an idea to let us show you our skills" we all looked at each other and began yipping excitedly. Taphyn laughed at this "Woah, woah. Calm down, we don't know for sure, but I think I might be able to swing Demyx round to the idea." He winked and we resorted to trying to hold in our grins.

Cora then changed her expression and turned to me and Ivy "What game are we gonna play guys?" she asked "There's not enough for a real game of tag, and I doubt that we can get the adults to play." Her ears dropped at the prospect of no games.

"What makes you think that we wouldn't want to play?" said a voice; we turned round to see Amara and Devin smiling down at us. "We're still children at heart, right Devin" she beamed and Devin nodded whilst grinning. When I looked at Devin this time, he seemed a lot less scary, and he wasn't being so serious. However, I still wasn't sure, so I weakly smiled at him.

He noticed that I was feigning a smile "I'm sorry that I scared you so much at the meeting, I'm just used to questioning bigger, older beings than yourself, so I didn't know how to handle the situation properly. I'm not always that scary. If anything, the scariest is Kudzu, but that's only when she's angry" he joked, with a slight sense that he was telling the truth. I decided to accept his apology, and immediately we had Cora telling that adults the rules and saying how she is in charge of the game too. And without any further instruction we all began dashing away from Amara who had volunteered to be tagged first.

I was soon being pursued by Amara who was quickly catching up to me, so I quickly tried using a quick attack to get away "Oh no you don't" she said as she tried using a quick attack of her own to catch up to me, but I quickly turned just as she began to lunge towards me, which meant that she went straight on to tag Devin instead, who was caught by surprise, and turned to see Amara on the ground, childishly grinning as she then released her grip in his tail.

I then saw that Devin completely vanished. I stopped and looked at Ivy, then Cora, who both looked as confused as I did. Suddenly Devin appeared right behind Cora, and when she saw she squeaked in surprise and tried to outrun him, but couldn't because Devin was just too fast. He then vanished again and reappeared several metres away from where he originally stood. "What was that?" I asked in amazement.

Devin approached me, smiling coolly "I used the move faint attack to disappear and then reappear wherever I wanted. It's one of the handy things of being an Umbreon" he smiled proudly "I think that the game should be over now" he announced "We are all to tired, and it's beginning to get dark, so let's head back over to Demyx and the others. I'm sure we can have a good time over there too" he reassured us. We reluctantly agreed to go back.

When we got back to Demyx and Amara's house, we saw the entire group sitting around a pile of sticks. They all turned to Amara "Would you be so kind as to light the fire?" Kudzu sweetly asked. Amara nodded and released a small flame to ignite the wood, and burn it. The flame danced through the air towards the sticks, and the instant that the two made contact, the sticks went ablaze, and soon there was a roaring fire; the sparks were jumping and flickering as the last glimmer of sunlight faded.

We sat round the fire, admiring it until Cora began to whine "What are we going to do now? I'm bored just sitting here" soon all three of us were whining.

Demyx smiled and nodded towards the others "Perhaps you would like to hear our stories, of how we evolved?" He leaned in expectantly and we all nodded, but we didn't really know a lot about evolution yet, or I didn't anyway. Cora and Ivy were wagging their tails in excitement for some reason I didn't know.

"I want to know how you evolved first" Ivy demanded to Avo, and he silently agreed and prepared to speak. "I want you to start from the beginning!" she demanded again.

Avo stood up, and made sure that everyone was looking to him "When I was an Eevee, I had always been amazed by my father's skill as a Flareon, and I always thought I would become one also. However, when I saw that nearly every Eevee of my generation wanted to be a flareon I became unsure, because I had never been very well known amongst the clan at the time. I asked my father what he thought I should be"

I noticed that Ivy and Cora were listening intently just like I was; my mouth was wide open in anticipation for the next event. "I don't mind what you are. As long as you are happy with yourself" Avo mimicked what his father's voice would have been like. "I still didn't know what to do, so I ran away 'If my dad didn't know what to do, then how could I know?' I always asked myself this. After a while of walking I arrived at what is now the practice fields, but back then they were know as the 'Amp field', and this was where most of the Jolteon were. I walked through and spotted a Jolteon who seemed friendly enough, so I talked to this Jolteon about my problem, and she told me that it would all depend on what I thought I would be best suited too. After thinking about what she had said, I decided to become a Jolteon." He looked proudly on at everyone.

"Wait. How could you evolve without a thunderstone?" I asked, gaining strange looks from all but Kudzu. Avo looked a little bit shocked, and Ivy and Cora were giggling slightly to each other. I felt embarrassed, and I was blushing through my fur; Kudzu approached me and held me close to her, and looked down at me.

"Thunderstones are only used on trained pokemon, because the thing that holds them makes the pokemon unable to evolve without the help of the stone. Avo evolved through training with electric types and using their unique methods in battle is what helped him become a Jolteon. In fact the 'Amp field' was and is the only place Eevee can evolve into Jolteon here, because the electrical energy there is enough to start evolution, but that energy is only present after the lessons, so there is no risk of an entire class of Eevee evolving into Jolteon. And that wouldn't happen anyway, because most of the classes don't have private lesson for specific types until they are in class four." She explained, and suddenly I realized why I thought that; 'I'm a human! Was a human! Why would I know anything different? I couldn't.' I remembered the entire trauma I had been through, and I was showing a pained, scared look on my face. I was looking at Kudzu who now looked worried "What's wrong?" she asked "You look terrified" she exclaimed, but I was frozen with the recovered knowledge inside my head.

Soon I realized how much I had scared everyone, so I snapped out of my frozen state "It's okay, I just remembered my first day a- the first day I was saved by Kudzu" I corrected my lie to the others, but then I remembered that we were in the presence of Luctis, and if she wanted to know, she would find out.

Kudzu held me even closer now "Why would you remember that? It's in the past, and you're fine now. Please don't do this again, I thought you became ill." She looked at me with her eyes locking in a gaze with mine, but it wasn't an intimidating gaze; instead it was a caring gaze. And we quickly forgave each other when we nuzzled again. Cora and Ivy now joined me in Kudzu's embrace, we sat just in front of her tail, and our own curled round to our paws, swishing slightly. Although, all I could think about was trying to piece together what I might remember of my humanity. I got so caught up that I missed Demyx, Kudzu, Amara, Devin, and Luctis' story of how they evolved, and soon I gave up, thinking I was just chasing some ridiculous idea that I could be human.

Taphyn now stood up, and I noticed that Cora and Ivy had now curled up and gone to sleep, and had got even closer to me for warmth and comfort. "I had always wanted to be a glaceon. I always knew I was cool enough" he joked, making most of us chuckle "So I always, and I mean always trained on the glaciers, because it's near the ice rock that you all know that is what we need to evolve into Glaceon, regardless of being trained or not. Eventually I had trained there enough that one day I felt the energy building up in me at such a great rate that I asked my father to battle me, and he was a Vaporeon like Demyx and he supported my desire to be a Glaceon. We battled and when I finished my first attack, I felt the energy almost seep out of my body, and run across it, changing it, and turning me into the Glaceon that you see today. It was a dream come true when I evolved, although the first couple of days hurt a little bit because having your limbs stretched in that short space of time will leave your legs aching, but after that, there was only sheer bliss and joy. I couldn't have been happier" he exclaimed, staring off into his own memories of how great the experience had obviously been for him. I was amazed at his description of his evolution, it sounded like it was an intense burst of energy that ended almost as quickly as it had begun. Soon I was drowsy again, so I took the same position as Cora and Ivy, and curled up to go to sleep. All I heard were whispers from the others about how 'sweet' we looked together, and it didn't help when I yawned.

I soon felt myself being lifted up by Kudzu and she then began walking away, whilst I was still awake, but my eyes wouldn't dare open, just in case I regained massive amounts of energy and then couldn't get to sleep, so I remained in my half awake daze with my eyes closed. I could only feel myself float through the air as Kudzu carefully carried me back to our home. I knew that we had got home when kudzu placed me down on our bed, and she then proceeded to wrap around me defensively as she always had done. She the nuzzled me to say good night, which caused me to subconsciously nuzzle back until we both stopped, and made ourselves comfortable until we both drifted into a peaceful sleep.

I found myself waking up in my home, and I went outside to find Kudzu; she was sitting just outside "Hello Chima" she smiled gently "Today is the day then, or today is the predicted day for you at least. Are you excited?" I didn't know what she was talking about, but my body responded differently to my mind, so I nodded and walked away to get some berries. When I returned Kudzu was ready and waiting for me to go with her. "Let's go, I'll take you there. I'm almost as excited as you. Just think; by the day's end you will be a big, strong…" Kudzu said the last word, but for some reason I didn't hear what she said. I became suspicious and then tried to think what was going on. Why couldn't I hear Kudzu say the last word? I began too panic, but Kudzu didn't react; instead she carried on talking about whatever I couldn't hear. I was then shouting as loud as I could, but still no reaction came from Kudzu, almost as if she couldn't hear it. I decided to get her attention so I tackled her, but when I landed the hit, I went straight through her legs. She carried on walking. However, when I got up, she turned her head and looked round to me with an evil grin plastered on her face.

She slowly approached me "Unfortunately, you won't be able to today" her voice sounded different, sinister and raspy. Her tone scared me to the point where I was now frozen with fear. I sat, my ears flat back against my head, and I was quivering behind my tail. "What's wrong?" she teased menacingly as she circled round me. "How about we forget all about this" she mocked, and when I looked up at her, she was forming what looked like an energy ball, but it had darker energy coursing through it as well as the green energy.

Kudzu was about to fire, when suddenly she disappeared from my view "Chima, thank goodness I found you in time" shouted a voice. I looked round and saw nothing, but when I looked again I saw that Luctis was there, fighting off Kudzu, who for the moment had been knocked out cold from the psychic attack. "This will not be good news for you I'm afraid Chima" Luctis warned "This is not reality; this is a nightmare that has been influenced by a Haunter that managed to sneak into the clan. He has been terrorizing young Eevee for several nights, but it seems as if he's got to you now." She explained

I looked at the motionless Kudzu "Wh-What can I do?" I desperately asked Luctis "I don't wanna be in this nightmare. How did you get into my nightmare?" I sheepishly asked.

"I am here because I sensed the trouble that was happening and used the move dream eater to enter your dream, but do not fear, I am only here to fight of the Haunter who is also trying to use dream eater, but for a far worse desire than I". She looked at me with concern, and then sent another psychic blast at the still motionless Kudzu to make sure that she would stay down. "I expect the only way for you to escape this nightmare is through finishing this dream the only way you can." She explained, and immediately I knew what she meant; my ears went even flatter in fear "I know that the prospect is terrible, but trust me, the longer you fight it, the more painful it will be, so trust me when I say you must do this" she looked at me, and spoke with every word being as serious as the next. We then both looked to see the evil Kudzu rising slowly. "I must go" she said as she started to vanish "You know what to do, just be brave. You can do it!" she cheered as best she could before disappearing completely, leaving me with this dark, twisted, evil Kudzu who bared only minimal resemblance to its kinder counterpart who I had got to know so well.

She bared he teeth at me, and began forming the same dark energy ball as before. This time, the ball was released and it hit me with such a force that I was sent hurtling into a tree, where I crashed and fell to the ground. I could already feel that my back and legs had been practically shattered with that one hit. I lay there writhing in pain, gritting my teeth, but in far too much pain to cry or even yelp. I watched Kudzu approach, her eyes now a deep, unreadable black; she smiled at me gruesomely and then opened her mouth building up a hyper beam. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact. The beam was released and I was hit, I felt the force of it, and quickly jolted up. I was now awakened from my dream. That hyper beam had ended my life in the dream, but that meant that I woke up to the real world, and I sighed with relief.

I looked outside and saw that it was still dark, although light was starting to overturn the night's shift. I noticed that I was still breathing heavily, and that my fur had become messy and scruffy. I sat down where I was standing and began to groom myself the best I could, but I was no where near as good as Kudzu, so I gave up and decided that I should Kudzu up because I was still terrified, and every time I looked outside I would always picture the 'shadow' Kudzu that had been my cause for alarm in the dream. I nuzzled at Kudzu's face, but nothing happened until I heard that she was purring as well. She yawned "Good morning Chima" her eyes then jolted open "This looks far too early. Why are we up at this time?" she looked at me agitatedly.

"I had a nightmare, and now I'm scared" I whimpered. She immediately began rubbing up against me to comfort me and to stop me from sobbing uncontrollably, and it worked, soon I was lying right up against Kudzu who was now grooming me properly, and soon my fur was as good as new. I soon realised that Kudzu was now cuddling me as we both lay down, which felt nice because I knew that Kudzu would protect me. I was beginning to go back to sleep when just as I was closing my eyes I noticed something hovering above us. I screamed loudly, startling Kudzu.

"What's wrong now?" she shouted, but then she looked up at where I was looking and saw none other than the Haunter who had invaded my dream. Kudzu placed herself directly over me so that it could not get to me. "What do you want?" she demanded for the intruder to answer.

I peeked out from the side of Kudzu to see it. It was very scary to look at. It didn't even have proper teeth, just the sharp edges at the end of its lips served as its teeth. I caught sight of me and quickly glared at me. "Me? Well I was just enjoying your kit's dream, very nice dream too. We had a great time didn't we young one" it teased. Its voice was squeaky and arrogant, which was still scary enough for me to not reply.

Kudzu stepped forward one pace "You leave Chima alone. He doesn't need you scaring him. Just go away from our clan, we have done nothing to you so go. Or else." She warned angrily.

The Haunter just laughed manically "You think you could take me on do you dear? I've had harder fights from Machop, and they can't even hit me. I'll stay here as long as I like thank you" he said, pleased with himself. However, he quickly made the first wrong move.

Kudzu then launched an energy ball at the Haunter, who easily dodged it and stuck his tongue out at Kudzu and licked her. Kudzu suddenly froze, but she was still jittering. Kudzu had just been paralyzed by the Haunter "Y-you w-won't get aw-w-way with thi-i-is" she stuttered.

The Haunter then floated down to me and smiled "your turn" and he lunged at me with his tongue. Thankfully, I reacted quickly enough to dash out of reach. I stood facing the Haunter as he slowly floated towards me, then an idea struck me. I quickly concentrated all of my energy to my tail, telling myself that it was the toughest thing in the world. Just as the Haunter was within distance to grab me, I turned and swung my tail, slamming it into the face of my foe knocking him down.

I looked at my opponent down on the floor, not even moving in pain "It seems that he could only talk the talk, but when it comes to actually battling this guy was pathetic." Said a voice; I looked around to see Luctis and Amara arriving now. Luctis's eyes went a bright blue and the same light started appearing around the Haunter's body. Luctis then lifted the Haunter and walked away with it. "Luctis is going to wipe its memory, and teleport it out of the clan, so it won't be anymore trouble." She turned to Kudzu, who was still standing paralyzed on the spot "Chima fetch a cheri berry would you. I know that Kudzu always has at least one in case of an emergency." I nodded and quickly retrieved a cheri berry, which Amara then pushed on to Kudzu's mouth with great difficulty.

Kudzu quickly regained mobility and rushed over to me to see if I was okay "Chima I was so worried. You're not hurt are you?" I shook my head and her expression quickly changed to a relieved one "Good. I don't ever want you to get hurt" she said before licking me on the top of my head and on my ears. I shook a little to try and get out of it, but soon I gave in to how nice it actually felt.

Amara chuckled "I'll stay with you until I have to go to work. We can keep each other in good company right. Kudzu, you need to get ready for the next few days if we're going to go in the woods again okay?" she asked Kudzu, who nodded, but remained still.

Amara sat down, waiting to start a conversation with Kudzu to pass the time "Why don't you go back to sleep Chima, you can lay up against Amara if you want, she will feel very warm." I did as I was told and was not disappointed as I quickly fell asleep on a warm body of fur.

Kudzu's POV

I looked across at Amara who was watching Chima sleep "Amara" I said and she turned her head to face me "What am I going to do? I need someone to look after Chima for the few days that we're out." I said blandly, but inside I didn't want to leave Chima, especially after what had happened.

Amara smiled at me "I'm sure that someone will be able to help you out. You know so many that would help you." I shook my head, and I thought of some of the possibilities, but I always found a reason not to choose them 'Taphyn can't because he will be doing his duties, and I'm not sure that his home is exactly suitable for Chima. Luctis for the same reasons as Taphyn, and that goes for all guild members.' I was kept away from my thoughts when both Amara and I looked to Chima who was whimpering slightly "Is he always like this?" Amara asked and I just nodded. "Must be cute to watch him go to sleep every night though" she giggled

I smiled back at Amara "Well, I suppose that's true, he is very sweet when he's asleep, but my goodness he can be tough work when he's awake; sometimes he'll be completely fine, then he could be crying the next minute, which means I have to calm him down. And sometimes he can seem quite distressed and deep in thought; no doubt he acts strange sometimes, but he's still my son all the same, and I wouldn't have him any differently". Amara suddenly looked at me with an excited face. "What are you looking at me like that for?" I quizzed.

"I know who can look after Chima. I can't believe we didn't think of this before. Ask Vesper if he can stay with her and her family for a few days until you get back. If not Vesper, then I am almost certain Marina will be able to." She beamed, feeling proud of her quick thinking.

I hesitated a little bit "I don't know" I said

"She has had kits of her own, and she has Cora and Nik at the moment. She has all the experience, you know that he'll be safe with her" Amara argued, raising her voice. I quickly shushed her.

"Keep your voice down, we don't want to wake him up." I whispered "What are we going to do?" I asked.

Amara looked at me "What do you mean our duty tomorrow?" I nodded "I think it's just the standard we look round and see if there is anything dangerous close by, and when we've checked the whole area, we can come back, or explore a little bit further. Nothing special." she stared out of my home, and looked thoughtfully towards the sky "I hope we find something exciting" she said gleefully. I simply shrugged.

I wasn't in the mood for exploring this time. "I'm not sure I could handle anymore excitement" I retorted sarcastically to Amara who frowned. "What do you expect me to say? Look what happened last time. Do we really want that again?" I raised my voice this time.

Amara look puzzled "Are you saying that you find Chima difficult to deal with?" my heart sank as I realized what I had said.

"I didn't mean that. I love him, I really do! What I meant was how scary and difficult it was, constantly looking after him whilst he was trying to recover and learn to walk. I didn't know when anything was going to attack him, and I didn't know if he would survive an attack. Sure, exploring is fun, but if you were in my situation, it is far more tense than fun." I explained as fully as I could how hard it had been to look after Chima back when I found him. Amara understood, and nodded in response, once again gazing out into the sky.

Amara and I carried on talking until we heard Chima beginning to wake up. I knew that the best thing to do was give him to Vesper for the next few days because I had to get ready today, and this would be nothing easy without a kit at my toes the whole time, so I quickly helped Chima wake up faster, which seemed a little bit cruel, but it needed to be done. Amara meanwhile had left without saying goodbye; I guessed that she had also left to prepare for tomorrow. "Chima, you are going to be staying with either Vesper or Marina for the next few days" I explained, but Chima wasn't looking happy about the proposition, he looked hurt.

"Why are you leaving me?" he moaned. All I could do was feel bad about having to go to work and leave him behind for a few days. "You are coming back aren't you?" he naively asked.

I looked down at him "Of course I'm coming back. I would never leave you" I exclaimed. After not much longer, we reached Vesper's house, and saw Vesper standing outside, watching us approach.

As we got closer, I could see that Vesper was smiling, and she was looking at Chima; her red eyes not presenting a sense of fear, but a look of elegance and beauty that matched the Umbreon's slick black fur that shined with the morning sun she looked up at me "I know why you're here. Amara told me everything before leaving to get ready and I presume that's why you're here now?" she questioned, and I nodded, gesturing for Chima to walk over to Vesper, but he almost clung to my leg, so I whispered to him that I loved him, so after that he cautiously left my side and sat down beside Vesper, still looking worried and slightly upset.

I turned and began walking away when I heard "Goodbye mummy" shouted to me. I turned again and replied with my own goodbye, and then I carried on my way to get ready. Every step I took was getting easier now, I had successfully given Chima to Vesper, and that was the hard part over. I kept in my mind that I was going to get him back when I return. So I went to get ready for my next 'journey'.

I spent the whole day preparing, and finally, I was able to go to sleep. However, as I tried, I couldn't help but feel empty. It had always felt comfortable wrapping myself around Chima, I could feel him breath as he slept, I could watch him sleep, but tonight I only had myself, I felt cold and lonely without Chima being there with me. It didn't feel right, but less than a moon cycle ago I was always sleeping by myself, and I was quite content too, but now I felt empty and lost. It would be hard for me to be able to sleep tonight.

Chima's POV

I was getting ready to sleep; today had been strange, I had been looked after by Vesper, who was completely different to Kudzu, although not in a bad way. After playing some games with Cora and Nik, I had managed to trip and graze my right forepaw. Kudzu would have immediately rushed over to me and try to heal it as quick as she could. Vesper on the other hand, she treated me like one of her own, so she told me "If you ignore the pain, then soon enough you won't feel it. However, if you feel like it is too much, then tell me and I can help you out" her words sincere and trustworthy.

When we were having our food, she gave Cora and Nik more food than me. I whined slightly to show my confusion "Those two are bigger than you, and therefore they need more food than you, and trust me, that's enough for someone your size, so eat up" she said, her voice not even showing slight irritation at my whines. When we finished, I noticed that I was once again, the messy child, because Cora and Nik were still impeccably clean. "Amara and Kudzu weren't lying when they said you were mucky" she sighed, and then much to my embarrassment, she began to clean me in front of Cora and Nik who were smiling at me deviously. I stuck my tongue out at them, which they returned by snickering at my displeasure. When she was finished, Vesper then picked me up and placed me where I would be sleeping for the next few nights, which happened to also be where Cora and Nik slept. "If you're going to be in this family for a few days, then expect to be treated like one of the family" she winked, making me nervous. What exactly was being 'treated' like one of the family? Cora and Nik rushed over to either side of me, sitting and both were looking down at me.

Cora smiled innocently "This means that you're our little brother. I expect you to be nice to me, your BIG sister. I've always wanted a baby brother, and now I've got one for a few days." She beamed. She was right. I was still a baby, and I was smaller than her, so I didn't argue, but I did frown a little at her comment.

Nik then caught my attention "Yeah, she's right, you're now our little brother, which means that we will look out for you if you're ever in trouble" he smiled. I felt happy that they were being so nice to me, even if they were a bit up front about it. They tucked up next to me as we all curled up in the same position; tails curled round our bodies to sit in front of our noses.

Cora sat up and looked at me as I closed my eyes and feigned sleeping to see if it would make me fall asleep any quicker, but instead I heard Cora talk to Nik "I know that he's not really that much younger than us, but even I can say that he is cute when he sleeps, just like mum said he was"

"Yeah, I suppose you're right" said Nik, who was trying to show that he wasn't interested, but Cora completely ignored the signs.

"I wonder what he wants to evolve into." Cora stated, the topic now sparking interest in Nik.

"I dunno, but I wanna be a….. a Jolteon" he yipped

Cora was silent for a moment, but replied "I wanna be something completely new" she said, her tone full of dream "But if that doesn't happen, I'm gonna be an Umbreon like mum".

Nik snorted at his sister's response "You can't be something different. It's impossible." He quickly covered up his remark to not offend Cora "but being an Umbreon sounds cool".

Cora shrugged off Nik's words and turned her attention back to me "I think I can see him being a Glaceon when he's older."

Once again, Nik laughed "No, not a Glaceon. He will be a Flareon"

"You two go to sleep! Mum will be back soon" shouted an angry voice "Who is this?" the voice asked, obviously talking about me.

Cora yipped "This is our friend Chima, and for the next few days he is our little brother, because miss Kudzu is working with miss Amara, your teacher." I heard the footsteps of their sibling approach me slowly, and bring their face down to get a close look at me. I could tell from the heat radiating from its body that their sibling was a Flareon, and judging by its voice, it was a male.

"You two still need to go to sleep, but Nik, I'm sorry, I think I'm gonna agree with Cora on this one, he looks like he's more likely to evolve into a Glaceon, but I personally would say that he is most likely to be a Vaporeon. Anyway, go to sleep now." He softly demanded. And the two curled up to me, and soon all three of us were leaning against each other, and falling to sleep. Waiting for what the next day had in store for us.

A/N: That was Chapter 11. You may remember that I said about my exam month, I was wrong it starts on the 13th of May and ends on the 19th June. However, my exams seem to be well spaced out and very manageable, so things may be a little slower for a bit, but they will continue. Okay, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I will update when I can. Feel free to review (even though waiting to read them scares me XD p.s. I'm fine once I'm reading them though). See you next time, bye :D