A/N: Sorry it's kinda late, I feel into a book and forgot I also had an English essay. You know how it is. XD Well, the story behind Ven's name turned out to be pretty long after all. Hopefully it makes sense. If the actual prophecy part doesn't, it's okay. It's supposed to be really confusing. If anyone CAN understand it, well . . . XD I don't really know, then. I'm not even sure the prophecy will make sense at the end of the story. But that's okay. I'll give you a basic summing up of it after you read. Here's the story in Eb's words:

Chapter 25: The Prophecy of Ven

Long ago, when the land was free of humans and their manmade fires and weapons, there lived a pack of Eevee bloods. It was a quaint pack, with occasional fights and minor problems with finding food, but it was just the same with any other of that time. They were a pack of seven. The leader was an Umbreon, his mate was an Espeon, his brother was a Jolteon, his mate was a Vaporeon, Their first cousin was a Glaceon, their second cousin was a Leafeon, and their elder grandfather was a Flareon.

Now, Umbreon's mate was expecting her pups and winter was setting in as it usually does, suddenly and unforgivingly, but their preparations were well on their way. The den was ready and all the pack had to do was wait. Mere hours before Espeon birthed, a blizzard blew in and they were all forced to retreat into the inter sanctum of the den. But none of them were cold, for the elder, Flareon, kept the pack warm with his fire. The pups were born without problems, and the pack was ready to settle down for the night when a ghostly cry for help filled the den.

"Someone! Someone! Aid me in my troubles; I but a cold and lonely creature traveling tonight alone and I need a place to stay. Someone! Someone!"

Now the pack leader wasn't one to just let a poor soul freeze to death, so he sent out Glaceon and Flareon to search for the one calling for help, for he knew they would need light and that neither of them would be slowed by the cold. The den was then bathed in darkness and cold, but Umbreon was smart, and he knew that electricity could bring warmth so he told his brother to use his powers to warm them in place of their grandfather, the Flareon. A while later Flareon's fire shone in the distance as he led Glaceon back to the den. Glaceon was carrying something on his back, and when they reentered the den the others saw that it was a Pokemon. A Banette. She was unconscious from the cold.

"Quick," Umbreon cried, "Flareon, Jolteon, give her warmth, Vaporeon, give her water, Leafeon, give her food!"

The four Eevee bloods were quick to go about their tasks and soon the Banette was revived and in good health. Six of the seven pack members had helped save her, the only one unable to contribute being Espeon, who was still tired from birthing. Umbreon had commanded the help. Jolteon had kept the den bright. Flareon had found and warmed her. Glaceon had carried her back from the cold. Vaporeon had given her water. Leafeon had grown some herbs to feed her. Banette was very grateful to the pack.

"Thank you all for lending your powers to save me," she said, "for I surely would have faded away had you not heard my cries."

"Twas nothing," Umbreon answered modestly. "Who would not help a Pokemon in need?"

Banette merely chuckled. "The misunderstanding, of course."

Umbreon didn't answer her strange words. "Well, you are very welcome to stay with us until the weather is more than favorable for you to continue your journey."

"I will take you up on that offer. Thank you."

The pack members one by one went to sleep, but Banette sat quietly by the pups instead. At last Umbreon, too, took to his dreams, and only Banette remained awake. She nudged Umbreon's mate awake to speak with her.

"Dear, dear, wake up. I wish to talk," Banette coaxed.

"Hm? I'm sorry . . . I'm tired from birthing. What is it you need?" Espeon answered the ghost at last.

"I was just wondering, dear. Why were you the only one not to help me?"

The Espeon's eyes went wide, for the land was well known for its ghosts and their curses and blessings. "Forgive me, Banette! I was unable to leave my pups. Please do not hold it against me."

Banette laughed quietly at Espeon's reply. "Oh, oh dear, I do not hold it against you. I am merely in debt to your pack. I wish to repay you all by blessing your pups. Will you let me?"

Espeon stared in awe of the ghost's request of repayment. What else could she have answered? "Do as you wish."

Of the pups, there were two girls and a single boy. Banette blessed the girls first, simply placing her hands on them and wishing them deep beauty and fast speed. When she placed her hand over the last Eevee, however, something strange came over the Banette. Her form began to glow a different color, and light began to fall from her body. Espeon thought this was strange, but said nothing. She knew something special was to happen.

"Ven," the Banette whispered, "you are to call him Ven."

Before she could say anything more, Umbreon woke at that moment to see the glowing Banette over his only son. He didn't know that she was giving him her blessing, and immediately assumed she was cursing him. The Umbreon attacked the Banette viciously before anyone could stop him and she screeched and began glowing a dark, evil color. Banette waved her arm and the Umbreon struck the rock wall of the den.

"So this is how you really are," Banette hissed, "you Eevee bloods. You save me from the cold, invite me in, and I bless your children, only to have you turn around and try to kill me."

Umbreon's eyes grew wide in realization. "No, no, I didn't know you were blessing them! I thought you were cursing them in the night before you fled!"

"Really," Banette smiled coldly. "So a curse, hmm? Then I will do as you expect of me, a Banette. I revoke the blessings I placed upon your daughters and sentence them to death before the first light of dawn can be seen over the horizon."

Espeon gasped and looked at her mate, hurt overflowing from her eyes. Umbreon stood in shame of his mistake. He waited for the Banette to curse his son, too, but what she said next was unexpected.

"I would kill your son as well, but I feel so much good energy within him. It would be a shame to kill that. But I will not leave him without a curse, as well. He shall be both blessed and cursed. Hear the Prophecy of Ven and cower.

Hear my howl
See my mark
Touch my fur
Smell my rage
Taste my fear
Know my signs

Strike my skull
Drown my breath
Singe my fur
Twist my back
Freeze my bones
Eat my soul
Drive me mad
Know my signs

But I will live
But I will die
But I will laugh
But I will cry
Know me

The curse
The blessing

Of me

Ven, of the prophecy

Half-blessed, of the pact."

Banette then turned to the pup's parents. "And now I now bless his mother for letting me bless him with the good power of my sights. I now curse his father for thinking me of cursing him with the evil power of my sights. Your sons shall have any power of your family he wishes, as it has always been. But he will have the power to wish more than once. And that one son of sons of sons shall always be Half-blessed until the day that one of my sons makes completes the blessing. Or the curse. Whichever my son of sons of sons chooses. But only when my own son meets the one with the signs. Yes. Look for the signs, aid the dark one, beware the humans, and remember Hikari. Light. For it is the only thing that can seal his blessing and save him from his curse."

Banette finished her almost ranting words and her body stopped glowing and returned to its normal color. She called forth a spell and closed her mouth with a binding, so that none of them could ask any more of her. Then she left them.

In the morning the blizzard was over and the sky was clear, but there was no sign of Banette. The girl pups were dead as predicted. But the remaining pup lived on with a mark on his forehead. The mark would remain till his death. The pack tried renaming him something other than 'Ven' many times as he grew up, but he could not answer to anything else. Espeon was blessed with Banette's good powers as promised, and Umbreon was cursed with Banette's evil powers as promised. Every Espeon and Umbreon since then has their powers to some degree. It is also said that the Half-blessing has been passed down through his bloodline ever since, and that one day the signs visible in the first Ven's life would one day be visible again in the next's. No Banette has spoken to the Eevee bloods since, and man have always sought Eevee bloods ever since.

And now all that can be done is wait for the final nature of the Half-blessing to be chosen.

Ven sits in silence. His eye is narrowed and his brow furrowed at the tale. The storm has shifted to the back of his mind. The Eevee is barely aware it's still raging outside.

"So . . ." Ebonum says awkwardly after a while. "That's the prophecy behind your name."

Ven doesn't say anything.

"You don't have to believe it if you don't want to, of course. It's just a really old story, but it always makes me feel a little–"

"What's Hikari?" Ven's voice slices through the night like a fine blade.

"Hikari? It's a word for light. Banette used it in her words for some reason. No one is really sure of what she meant by any of them. All that anyone's ever been able to make of the prophecy is that the descendent is to have a mark on his forehead and he is going to carry a sign of some kind."

"And my name?"

"I just told you."

"I mean the word."

Hesitation. And then, "It translates to 'Half-blessed.' Just like the phrase in the prophecy and the story."

"So I'm cursed and blessed at the same time," Ven says blankly.

"I didn't say that."

"But why else would you and mother have named me this unless you both thought it was true?"

Ebonum holds his gaze with his son's before letting his head drop in truce. Neither say any more. The storm takes hold of the night once more.

A/N: Okay, so basically the Banette got really pissed at the Umbreon for interrupting her blessing the way he did, so she killed the pups she blessed, blessed the first Ven only half the way and gave him a curse too, blessed the Espeon for letting the Banette bless her pups, cursed the Umbreon for interrupting, and left them with a bunch of weird predictions. Ven has been predicted to be the decedent (by his mark) to lift the curse (that still hasn't been made totally clear) by convincing Banette's decedent to have mercy on his family and finish the blessing. Ven's name means 'Half-blessed,' hence the curse AND the blessing. There are some other hints in there to where this story might go, but it's okay if they don't make since, too. I'll bring them up at the right time later. Sorry again that it's so confusing. XD Right now all you really need to know is the stuff I tried to explain a little more down here.

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