The Vaporeon
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon in any way shape or form. If I did, I'd be rich and I would have this published. I do own my ideas, characters, etc.
Authors note: This is entirely fantasy. I cannot prove eevees' live in trees and have advanced civilizations. I wrote this from some idea that just came to mind one day. So R&R
The sound of crackling fire made Vari's ears twitch. Slowly, she came to. She felt the dirt beneath her, and the warmth of the fire on her back.
"You're finally awake." Came a male voice in the direction of the fire. It was a kind voice, much like Vari's, but deeper.
Vari quickly turned around. Her blurred vision slowly cleared, revealing a male vaporeon, about two months older than she was.
The male walked over to a nearby log and began to dig through a large pouch. He returned a few moments later with a large red apple for Vari. Surly he meant no harm, after all, Vari was hungry, and he had given her food.
Vari sat up, questions exploded in her mind like rippling water, like hundreds of fireworks. She slowly became comfortable with her surroundings, a forest and a campsite, and reached out for the apple.
"I'm Vaporeon," said the male, "my master and I found you in the snow a while ago." He looked around. He was a full 3' 3", the regular height of a vaporeon.
"I'm Vari." Vari said in a rather small and quiet voice. "Where....Where am I?"
"We're in the Ilex Forest." Said Vaporeon very matter-of-factly. Vari stared blankly, blinking a few times. "You know..Ilex Forest, Jhoto."
Vari looked up, she was amazed by how many star there were, how large the sky was. And all around them, there were so many trees! "What is a Jhoto?" Vari finally said.
Vaporeon blinked. How dumb could this pokemon be?! He was glad his owner had left to collect berries and apricorns, there was something wrong with a pokemon not knowing what country they lived in!
"How is it you don't know what country you're from?" Vaporeon finally blurted out.
"What is a country?" asked a very curios Vari, now even more confused. "I lived in The Tree."
"What's The Tree?" Vaporeon asked. It was his turn to be confused.
Vari told him everything. The laws of the tree, the stories of fire-eyed trainers, the jobs of different species, and about her family. She told him of Jaru, and his cruelty, and of Embress's kindness. She told him everything that had happened to her.
Vaporeon was speechless. How could someone mislead these poor pokemon so much? And the nerve they had, treating vaporeons' like that!
Embress and Elli rushed from branch to branch. Vari was nowhere to be seen. She had been gone for hours, and only her room was left to look in.
It was Elli who say it first. Snow falling through a large hole in the branch. Embress gasped and fell to the floor in tears. Elli walked around, confused and emotionless. Why would Vari do this?
When Embress had pulled herself together, she walked around the room a bit. She soon saw the writing below Vari's mural.
"She says that she is sorry and that she loves us both." Embress told Elli. Was this Vari's last message to them?
Almost all of the communbity slept well that night. Being rid of Vari was like a blessing to them. Embress, however, was wide awake. If no one else was going to find Vari, she was.
With a sigh and a leap, Embress had left the tree.
Snap! Vari and Vaporeon both turned around looking into the darkness of the forest. Something was coming in their direction, and whatever it was Vaporeon ran happily toward it. Vari, however, didn't like the sound of it. You had to be a pretty large creature to snap a twig in two, as whatever this was had done.
The creature came into view. It was a fire-eye, and a rather small one compared to everything Vari had heard about fire-eyed trainers at the tree. Vari leapt behind a log to watch safely as she shook from the fear of the creature that she had been taught to fear since she was an eevee.
The trainer did not have eyes of fire, but green eyes. He was quite gentle with Vaporeon, and he spoke a language unknown to Vari. How could this be a fire-eyed trainer? He was not huge, Vaporeon (who was obviously his pokemon) was not starving, and he didn't have a weapon to control his pokemon! Definitely not what Vari had heard of about trainers.
Vaporeon lead his trainer over toward Vari. She had her ears back in fear of the one creature she'd been afraid of forever. The trainer slowly reached his hand out toward her. He rested his hand on Vari's shivering head. It was warm to the touch. Vari looked up and gave a weak smile, as she was about to faint from the sheer surprise of this.
"Retreat" Varporeon told his owner. Though the two spoke different languages, their bond lead them to understand each other. "Not exactly like the storys, huh?" he said, turning to Vari.
Vari just blinked. This world was nothing short of strange. She almost missed the simplicity of the tree. At least back there, she understood the world around her. But then she thought. This was the world around her. Someone had been keeping her from it all.
The trainer pulled out a few red and white spheres. A red light shot from two of them, revealing a cyndaquil and a sentret. The two pokemon stretched and then looked at Vari with confused looks.
Vari blinked and then turned to Vaporeon. "What are they?" She asked quietly, so not to upset the other two pokemon.
Vaporeon stared in disbelief. There was no doubt whatsoever in his mind now that Vari had lived in a tree. So he explained pokemon, Jhoto, items, trainers, and about everything he knew to Vari. He was pleased that she had understood most of this, and that he had confused his fellow pokemon.
Soon, everyone was lying down to sleep. The fire was only charcoal and ashes, and the sky was lit by thousands of stars, without any light to lessen their beauty. Vari got up from where she had been laying and climbed onto the nearest log. She gazed upward, and thought about Embress and Elli. Though she knew she was better off where she was, she couldn't help but miss them.
"Thinking of your home?" Vaporeon asked as he leaped up next to her. Vari just continued to gaze upward, holding back her tears.
"The stars are bright" she finally said. Was her old home really as bad as it had seemed?
Perhaps, She belonged with a trainer.
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon in any way shape or form. If I did, I'd be rich and I would have this published. I do own my ideas, characters, etc.
Authors note: This is entirely fantasy. I cannot prove eevees' live in trees and have advanced civilizations. I wrote this from some idea that just came to mind one day. So R&R
The sound of crackling fire made Vari's ears twitch. Slowly, she came to. She felt the dirt beneath her, and the warmth of the fire on her back.
"You're finally awake." Came a male voice in the direction of the fire. It was a kind voice, much like Vari's, but deeper.
Vari quickly turned around. Her blurred vision slowly cleared, revealing a male vaporeon, about two months older than she was.
The male walked over to a nearby log and began to dig through a large pouch. He returned a few moments later with a large red apple for Vari. Surly he meant no harm, after all, Vari was hungry, and he had given her food.
Vari sat up, questions exploded in her mind like rippling water, like hundreds of fireworks. She slowly became comfortable with her surroundings, a forest and a campsite, and reached out for the apple.
"I'm Vaporeon," said the male, "my master and I found you in the snow a while ago." He looked around. He was a full 3' 3", the regular height of a vaporeon.
"I'm Vari." Vari said in a rather small and quiet voice. "Where....Where am I?"
"We're in the Ilex Forest." Said Vaporeon very matter-of-factly. Vari stared blankly, blinking a few times. "You know..Ilex Forest, Jhoto."
Vari looked up, she was amazed by how many star there were, how large the sky was. And all around them, there were so many trees! "What is a Jhoto?" Vari finally said.
Vaporeon blinked. How dumb could this pokemon be?! He was glad his owner had left to collect berries and apricorns, there was something wrong with a pokemon not knowing what country they lived in!
"How is it you don't know what country you're from?" Vaporeon finally blurted out.
"What is a country?" asked a very curios Vari, now even more confused. "I lived in The Tree."
"What's The Tree?" Vaporeon asked. It was his turn to be confused.
Vari told him everything. The laws of the tree, the stories of fire-eyed trainers, the jobs of different species, and about her family. She told him of Jaru, and his cruelty, and of Embress's kindness. She told him everything that had happened to her.
Vaporeon was speechless. How could someone mislead these poor pokemon so much? And the nerve they had, treating vaporeons' like that!
Embress and Elli rushed from branch to branch. Vari was nowhere to be seen. She had been gone for hours, and only her room was left to look in.
It was Elli who say it first. Snow falling through a large hole in the branch. Embress gasped and fell to the floor in tears. Elli walked around, confused and emotionless. Why would Vari do this?
When Embress had pulled herself together, she walked around the room a bit. She soon saw the writing below Vari's mural.
"She says that she is sorry and that she loves us both." Embress told Elli. Was this Vari's last message to them?
Almost all of the communbity slept well that night. Being rid of Vari was like a blessing to them. Embress, however, was wide awake. If no one else was going to find Vari, she was.
With a sigh and a leap, Embress had left the tree.
Snap! Vari and Vaporeon both turned around looking into the darkness of the forest. Something was coming in their direction, and whatever it was Vaporeon ran happily toward it. Vari, however, didn't like the sound of it. You had to be a pretty large creature to snap a twig in two, as whatever this was had done.
The creature came into view. It was a fire-eye, and a rather small one compared to everything Vari had heard about fire-eyed trainers at the tree. Vari leapt behind a log to watch safely as she shook from the fear of the creature that she had been taught to fear since she was an eevee.
The trainer did not have eyes of fire, but green eyes. He was quite gentle with Vaporeon, and he spoke a language unknown to Vari. How could this be a fire-eyed trainer? He was not huge, Vaporeon (who was obviously his pokemon) was not starving, and he didn't have a weapon to control his pokemon! Definitely not what Vari had heard of about trainers.
Vaporeon lead his trainer over toward Vari. She had her ears back in fear of the one creature she'd been afraid of forever. The trainer slowly reached his hand out toward her. He rested his hand on Vari's shivering head. It was warm to the touch. Vari looked up and gave a weak smile, as she was about to faint from the sheer surprise of this.
"Retreat" Varporeon told his owner. Though the two spoke different languages, their bond lead them to understand each other. "Not exactly like the storys, huh?" he said, turning to Vari.
Vari just blinked. This world was nothing short of strange. She almost missed the simplicity of the tree. At least back there, she understood the world around her. But then she thought. This was the world around her. Someone had been keeping her from it all.
The trainer pulled out a few red and white spheres. A red light shot from two of them, revealing a cyndaquil and a sentret. The two pokemon stretched and then looked at Vari with confused looks.
Vari blinked and then turned to Vaporeon. "What are they?" She asked quietly, so not to upset the other two pokemon.
Vaporeon stared in disbelief. There was no doubt whatsoever in his mind now that Vari had lived in a tree. So he explained pokemon, Jhoto, items, trainers, and about everything he knew to Vari. He was pleased that she had understood most of this, and that he had confused his fellow pokemon.
Soon, everyone was lying down to sleep. The fire was only charcoal and ashes, and the sky was lit by thousands of stars, without any light to lessen their beauty. Vari got up from where she had been laying and climbed onto the nearest log. She gazed upward, and thought about Embress and Elli. Though she knew she was better off where she was, she couldn't help but miss them.
"Thinking of your home?" Vaporeon asked as he leaped up next to her. Vari just continued to gaze upward, holding back her tears.
"The stars are bright" she finally said. Was her old home really as bad as it had seemed?
Perhaps, She belonged with a trainer.