Like Riolu, Spiritomb preferred to follow Harry around outside the ball. Since his battle with Paul, Harry had not encountered any trainers so Spiritomb's only experience in battling under his command was during the disasterous fight with Pikachu.
"Eevee!" cried a voice. Harry stopped in surprise as an Eevee darted past him. The little creature looked vaguely like a fennec fox with long thin ears, a bushy tail and a large, furry, cream coloured collar.
"Eevee, the Evolution Pokemon. Eevee has a unique genetic code which allows it to evolve into many different Pokemon."
"Eevee!" cried a woman's voice, "Where are you?"
"Leaf!" cried another voice and a green haired woman appeared. She had a Leafeon by her side. Like Eevee, Leafeon resembled a fox but was yellow and had leaves for its ears and tail as well as a leaf between its ears.
"Leafeon, the Verdant Pokemon and one of the evolved forms of Eevee. Just like a plant, it uses photosynthesis. As a result, it is always enveloped in clean air."
"There you are," said the woman and saw Harry, "Oh hello. Who are…holy mother of Mew! What is that!?" She shrieked in terror when she saw Spiritomb. The Leafeon by her side bristled aggressively.
"Calm down, Ma'am," Harry said, "That's my Spiritomb." Spiritomb smiled in a way that Harry knew was meant to be friendly, but to the woman it looked more like an evil leer.
Not to the Eevee though. With a fascinated expression, Eevee approached the Forbidden Pokemon.
"Leafee!" Leafeon yelled.
"Eevee, come back!" cried the woman at the same time. Spiritomb cocked his head slightly. Even his own trainer hadn't approached him as fearlessly as this Eevee. He lowered himself down until his keystone was on the ground.
"It's okay," Harry said, "Spiritomb won't hurt Eevee." He hoped. An image of Ash's badly injured Pikachu flashed through his mind. Eevee put a paw on Spiritomb's keystone.
"Eevee?" it smiled at the scary looking Pokemon.
"Spiritomb!" Spiritomb said happily.
"See?" Harry said and he and Riolu smiled as they watched Spiritomb make friends with the Eevee. Leafeon relaxed slightly, but still looked ready to jump to Eevee's rescue if it seemed to be in danger. The woman calmed down.
"Sorry," she said, "But that thing is terrifying!"
"A lot of people thought that," Harry said then admitted, "Hell, even I thought that. But Spiritomb isn't anywhere near as nasty as he looks." He paused, "Unless there's a Pikachu involved."
"What about Pichu's?" asked the woman.
"I don't know," Harry admitted and glanced at Spiritomb, "Spiritomb, do you have anything against Pichu's?"
"Rit," Spiritomb shook his head.
"In that case, why don't you come with me to Mr Backlot's mansion?" said the woman. Harry hesitated. Riolu looked up at him and smiled reassuringly; if this woman's offer had any malicious intent, Riolu couldn't sense it. Judging by the terror she had shown when she saw Spiritomb, she wasn't emotionless like Paul or the mysterious man they had met in Mount Coronet. Although to say Paul was emotionless wasn't quite true. He had shown a flicker of emotion when Harry accused him of not having a heart. It was only the mystery man who was so emotionless that even Riolu couldn't sense anything from him.
"Okay," Harry agreed.
"My name's Monica," said the woman.
"I'm Harry," Harry replied and he followed Monica with Riolu by his side. Eevee and Spiritomb came next and Leafeon brought up the rear, still slightly wary of Spiritomb.
"What a fascinating creature!" said Mr Backlot, examining Spiritomb with exhuberance instead of fear, which was a nice change for the Forbidden Pokemon, "And a Riolu too! You are a lucky young man!"
"I know," Harry said smiling at Riolu and Spiritomb.
"Please, I insist you stay for dinner!" Mr Backlot said heartily, "Then tomorrow I'll show you the Pokemon in my Trophy Garden." Harry glanced at Riolu who smiled and nodded. Spiritomb seemed more interested in looking around. He'd never been in a building any larger than a cottage before and that was over five hundred years ago.
"Spiritomb," said Harry, "Try not to scare anyone out of their pants while you're exploring, won't you?"
"Spirit," Spiritomb nodded and floated away to look around the mansion. Back before he was sealed in his keystone, the only contact he'd had with humans and their buildings was in the tiny village he'd played harmless tricks on. The entire village had only been about the size of the mansion, so Spiritomb was fascinated by the place.
Spiritomb was later found by Riolu, whom Harry had sent to look for him. Riolu found him staring at a picture of a Pikachu, wondering whether to blow it up with Hyper Beam or not. A young man, who must be a relative of Mr Backlot, had the Mouse Pokemon on his shoulder, much like Ash's Pikachu.
"Rio?" Riolu looked at the hovering Ghost and Dark type. Spiritomb looked down at him, then back at the photograph.
"Spirit," he grunted then turned and followed Riolu who led him back to their master.
Harry had been allowed to sleep in one of Mr Backlot's guest bedrooms. Riolu and Spiritomb joined him and Riolu hopped onto the end of his bed. Spiritomb settled in a corner of the room and closed his swirling eyes while Riolu went under the duvet beside his master.
Harry was surprised when he found Riolu sleeping at the end of the bed when he woke up the next morning. The Emanation Pokemon had never done that before.
"Spiritomb," said Spiritomb, hovering beside the bed. Although he had mellowed since nearly killing Pikachu, he still had no idea about respecting personal space.
"Morning, Spiritomb," Harry said, trying not to show how uncomfortable he felt about having the still scary looking Pokemon floating right next to him. Spiritomb smiled that warm, evil smile and floated over to Riolu's side of the bed.
"Riiiiiolu!" Riolu yawned. He looked up at Spiritomb, jumped in shock then relaxed. He smiled and patted the Forbidden Pokemon's keystone in a friendly manner, before hopping right through his gaseous body and out of bed. Harry got dressed and went down to breakfast.
"So these Pokemon are basically wild?" Harry asked Mr Backlot who was taking him on a tour of the garden. Most Pokemon in the garden were very small.
"That's right," said Mr Backlot.
"What about the Eevee and Leafeon I saw yesterday?" Harry asked.
"They're wild too," Backlot confirmed, "Brother and sister. Leafeon's the brother and Eevee's the sister."
Harry looked around for the siblings. Both he and his grandfather had always been interested in Eevee and its evolved forms. Eevee itself was uncommon but catching all of its evolved forms would require a tremendous amount of luck.
"People take Pokemon from your garden don't they, Mr Backlot?" Harry said.
"All the time," Backlot said and looked at him, "You interested?"
"In Eevee and Leafeon," Harry admitted, "And Eevee's the first living being whose never been afraid of Spiritomb, nor tried to attack him."
"Spirit," Spiritomb said fondly from behind them.
"Eevee!" cried Eevee and the little Pokemon suddenly pounced on Spiritomb. Naturally she passed straight through him but she just giggled and jumped through him a second time. Spiritomb chuckled. Leafeon approached, bristling at the unintentionally evil sounding chuckle. Eevee then ran over to Riolu and nuzzled him. Riolu patted her head. Leafeon relaxed slightly at seeing Eevee approach the less dangerous looking Riolu.
"Eevee's just a child," Backlot said, "She's had little experience of the world outside the Trophy Garden and Eterna Forest."
"Didn't you have to catch her and Leafeon to get them here from Eterna Forest?" Harry asked.
"My butler did that and then released them," Backlot explained, "They were perfectly happy here so there was no need to keep them in Poke Balls, and neither I nor Samuel, my butler, are trainers. I just enjoy seeing so many adorable and rare Pokemon in one place."
"Hey Eevee," Harry knelt beside her. She looked up at him happily, "You like Riolu and Spiritomb don't you? Do you want to come with me? Your brother can come too if he wants."
"Leaf!" said Leafeon and leaped forwards. Whilst Eevee was smiling happily, Leafeon looked like he was spoiling for a fight. Eevee looked at her brother.
"I think Leafeon wants to battle you," Mr Backlot said, "He's very protective of Eevee." Eevee pushed past Leafeon.
"Eevee, Eevee," she said and swished her tail at him in an aggravated manner. She was tired of Leafeon always trying to protect her from everything. She wanted to be able to make her own decisions. Leafeon took a step back. He looked at his little sister for a long moment.
Finally he looked up at Harry.
"Leafe, Leaf!" Leafeon said and Harry had a feeling that translated to, "If my sister's going with you then so am I." Harry nodded. That was exactly what he had hoped Leafeon would do. He took out two Poke Balls. Eevee touched one with her nose and Leafeon tapped the other with a paw. Brother and sister disappeared into their respective Poke Balls. Harry smiled happily.
Not my best chapter but I'm hoping for Harry to get most if not all of the Eeveelutions. Gotta start somewhere.