Hey guys! Duffle here once again with a new chapter. Apparently a lot of you liked this story right off the bat, and if I see more support in the future I might prioritize it more than normal. Just a little food for thought.

Either way, I hope you all enjoy the chapter and I do not own Pokemon!

Chapter 2: Evolution Like a Charm

Frost and Pyro soon approached a cluster of houses. "Welcome to Ram Village! It's not that large, but it's a great place to live. I love it a lot." She gave a little giggle. Pyro just smiled and kept walking.

"Over here we've got some shops. You can buy whatever you need, be it healing items, food, whatever. And over there-" Frost pointed. "-is the announcements stage. We make important village announcements or even do some plays there. Make sure you know how to get there."

Pyro was just silently nodding, looking around. So… this is my new life? It's a nice place, sure, but… It just feels weird. I may not remember a whole lot from my old life, probably because I was too young to remember, but it was still nice… right?

"Pyro, are you listening to me?" Pyro snapped out of his daydream and nodded. "Y-yes… ma'am…"

Frost giggled when she heard ma'am. "Pyro, we're like… roughly the same age. We don't need any of this 'ma'am' stuff."

Pyro just sweat dropped.

"Anyways, as I was saying, this is the explorer guild. Our town is well known for having one of the best guilds there is, and most of our young adults come here." She raised a paw. "Of course, since you're not evolved yet, you can't quite sign up. You have to wait until the Evolution Ceremony until you can sign up."

Pyro's face scrunched up in confusion, but he quickly shook it off. Evolution ceremony… Must have something to do with the Eevees, I assume.

"And here are the village houses! We're kind of out of houses, so you'll have to share…" Before Frost could finish, Volt came in between the two Eevees. "-With me. My name's Volt, if you didn't catch it before. I'm gonna be your roommate, so better get used to me!"

Volt quickly grabbed Pyro's paw and dragged him off to his house. Frost was left there, shocked. Leaf walked up and shook her head. "Ugh, did Volt run off with the new guy? What a jerk! I wanna talk to him!" Leaf turned to Frost. "So…. How is he? Cute? Funny? Tough? All of the above?!"

Frost sweat dropped. "Geez Leaf, calm down, I've only just met him."

Leaf was basically jumping up and down. "I know, but it's just so exciting! A mysterious Eevee claiming to be a human? How awesome is that?!"

"Well… It's a bit peculiar, in my opinion. But he seems nice enough." Frost brushed back Leaf's hair. "C'mon, let's go get ready for the Evolution Ceremony."

Leaf's jaw dropped. "Oh my gosh, I forgot that was today! You're right, we need to go get ready!" Leaf ran off, with Frost barely keeping up behind her.

Diana and Aqua were walking back up from the beach. "So, Aqua, tell me. What do you think of this mysterious new guy?"

"Well… I'd say it's too soon to tell, but from first impressions… I'd say he's more on the shy type. Kinda like Frost, y'know?" Aqua replied.

"Well, Frost didn't have much trouble opening up to him, did she?"

Aqua rolled her eyes. "Please, she'd go after any man as long as she knew she could."

"You sure you're not describing yourself, hon?"

Aqua just shook her head and kept walking.

"I think you're just a little bit jealous that she's getting more attention than you~"

"I'm not jealous at all. If she wants to tour some random Eevee all over the village, that's fiiiine by me." Aqua sounded a little bit bitter. Diana frowned at this.

"Hon, you can't just be so standoffish to people. If you really want attention then you have to be nice. Acting like you are now isn't going to help anyone."

"Ugh… whatever."

"Besides, you're the girl I can rely on in this group. Someone who I know won't be whisked away by a man."

"Yeah, you got that right. I'm not letting some man get in the way of our friendship. Frost can do whatever she wants." Aqua humphed as she closed her eyes and lifted her tail.

Diana just giggled. "Never change, Aqua."

Volt opened the door. "Here we are! Welcome to my house!"

Pyro looked around. It seemed like a normal enough house. Food storage, some… cough "beds" and some tables. Pyro definitely couldn't complain. It was this or…

Well this or going back to the sea.

"Hm… Seems nice." Pyro said.

"I know, right? It's a pretty cool place to hangout, not gonna lie." Volt made himself comfortable in one of the beds and sighed. "Aaaah man, home sweet home!"

Pyro just lifted an eyebrow, but quickly went back to ignoring him. "Don't we have like an… Evolution Ceremony or something?"

Volt quickly opened his eyes. "Shoot, I forgot about that!" He quickly ran off to go and straighten up as Pyro sighed. He's definitely a quirky one, I'll give him that much.

Pyro and Volt started walking to the stage. Pyro had an extra red bandana on that Volt gave him. It looked pretty cool, and it fit perfectly on his neck. No complaints here.

"So, dude, are you excited for this? We're finally gonna evolve! Can't wait to get my electric powers!"

Pyro just silently nodded. He'd never really tested his abilities as an Eevee, but he assumed they'd be the same as a Flareon. Only much stronger. And hotter. Much… Much hotter.

The two approached the stage and got in line behind the other Eevees.

"Oh good, you didn't make Pyro late. I'm surprised, Volt." Diana joked.

"You can shut your mouth, Diana. I'll have you know I did a great job making sure that Pyro felt right at home, right Pyro?"

Pyro quickly nodded. "Y-Yeah…"

The girls giggled and Pyro couldn't help but look away and blush. This was already looking to be a really awkward experience…

"Attention everyone!" The Eevees turned to the stage, noticing an Loudred standing on it. "Today is a great day for all of us… The day that we evolve the Eevees we had taken care of for so long! Today… is the Evolution Ceremony!"

The crowd cheered as Loudred finished his speech. "Now then, may I call the Eevees to the stage and stand in front of your respective stone?"

All the Eevees walked onto the stage, and there were hushed up whispers in the crowd. Wait a minute, an 8th Eevee? I thought there were only 7! Could this be the prophecy batch?

Pyro nervously stepped in front of his stone. He looked over at the other Eevees. Normally they couldn't evolve without happiness or level up, but apparently this village special stones that ignored that.

Wish us humans had that. It'd make our lives so much easier.

"Now then, Eevees, touch the stones!"

The Eevees touched the stones at the same time, and they all glowed with the energy of evolution. However, something was different. The energy rose into the air and combined, forming into a sphere of sorts. When all the Eevees were done evolving, the sphere took its hardened shape, with a dark green tinge.

Everyone looked in shock at the orb. All the Eevees surrounded it.

"Wow… What a pretty orb…" Diana stated.

"Wait a minute… I think I've seen this orb before…" Dawn said.

Pyro stared into the orb. He didn't know why, but… He felt like… He needed… To touch it…

As soon as he touched it, the orb violently shook and flew into the air, glowing and bursting into 7 different pieces and scattering in multiple different directions. Everyone merely looked in shock at what happened. Even Loudred himself was at a loss for words.

All they knew was this. The prophecy was now completed. And that could only mean one thing.

Bad things were about to come their way.

End of Chapter 2

Alright! That was a fun little chapter. Took me a little while longer than I'd hoped, but hopefully it was worth it. Either way, this is Duffle signing out. Deuces!