Time to Change

Raichu and Claire were sat on the back step as they watched Crystal and Eve play together and run about. "I think it was the best thing in the world for Crystal to meet Eve" Raichu said putting a paw on Claire's shoulder. Claire rubs her cheek on his paw and rests her head on his shoulder. "Just seeing them play like that reminds me on what we were like" She says happily. "Wait!" Raichu said looking at Crystal. "Don't Pichu's evolve through happiness". Claire nodded. "Our little girl will be a Pikachu shortly.

Eve ran past Crystal and her tail brushed past Crystal's nose and made her snivel. Eve stopped and backed away as Crystal was trying to stop herself from sneeze but she wasn't having much luck and then she sneezed. "Pi chuuuuu". Crystal couldn't control a blast of electrical energy escaping her body when she sneezed and it shocked Eve as she was closest to her. Eve fell over onto her side, twitching from the electricity now flowing in her body. "Eve! I'm so sorry" Crystal cries out as she runs to her side. Eve slowly gets up. "Its alright I knew you couldn't control you power if you sneeze or laugh" Eve says as she hugs Crystal. Crystal starts to run and Eve runs after her. Crystal's happiness reached it level for Crystal to evolve. Crystal stopped running and stood still looking at her paws and her body. "What's wrong?" Asks Eve as she approaches her best friend. "I don't know" Replies Crystal. Raichu and Claire walked over to Eve as the saw their daughter begin to glow white. "She's evolving" Raichu said to Eve. Crystal grew bigger, her ears became long and thinner and her tail extended as it took the shape of a lightening bolt. The glow faded and Raichu, Claire and Eve were looking at a Pikachu which is now standing in front of them. "Cr, Crystal?" asked Eve as she approached the newly formed Pikachu. Crystal turned round and looked at he friend and then her parents with a huge smile on her face. "I'm a Pikachu" She said happily. She could feel the power flow through her body like she had control over it from the very start. "Wow this is incredible". Claire hugged her daughter and so did Raichu. "Come on Eve, I'll race ya" Said Crystal as she took off. Eve started running after her.

Ash came into the back yard and couldn't see Crystal anywhere but he did see a Pikachu. "Where did that Pikachu come from?" He asked. "Raichu rai raichu" (She's our daughter Crystal) Claire says pointing to the Pikachu. Ash realises who the Pikachu is when Eve jumps out from a bush and playful tackles it. "Is that Crystal?" he asked. "Wow". Ash watched as Crystal and Eve rolled around on the grass. "Congratulations Claire and Raichu" He said as he picked up the two Raichu and he carried them back into the house.

He set the Raichu's down on the kitchen table and pulled out a plan of the back yard and rolled it out flat so Raichu and Claire could see it. They could see something on the plan that was not in the real garden. "My mom wants me to dig a pond in the garden for some fish that she is getting soon, I want you two, Eve and Crystal to help me dig it as the fish will be here before I can finish it alone". Ash explained. "Mr Mime's Helping out, he ways does will you help me?". Claire and Raichu both nodded. "Thank you very much". "Chu" both Raichu's said as they jumped down and ran out to tell Eve and Crystal what is going to happen soon.

Ash came out with fore shovels, 3 of them were made just for Raichu, Claire and Crystal. Eve was a kind of fox pokemon so she could easily use her paws and dig like a dog or a fox. Ash had a tool box as well, he pull out a bunch of sticks and put them in the ground marking out the pond. He told us to wait while he dug up the grass first and put them in rolls in the corner of the garden. The pond is going to take up a quarter of the garden which was pretty big with the size of this garden. Ash started to dig in the middle and the other pokemon dug around the edge. A huge pile of mud and rock was forming in the bottom corner of the garden. Ash stopped as he saw something in the hole he was digging, something shiny. "Hey what's this?" He said as he bent down and picked up what he saw. Raichu, Claire, Crystal and Eve stopped and looked at the shiny object Ash held. Using his black T-shirt he cleaned off the muddy patches off the object. The object was an emerald green colour and in the centre glowed a blue water droplet it was a Water Stone. "It's a Water Stone" Ash said as he held the stone. "Eve will be able to evolve into a Vaporeon with this" He thought to himself. "I'll ask her after we finish this pond". Eve noticed the stone and she had a thought. "My best friend evolved so I should". She thought. All afternoon they dug and the pond was at the right depth ready for the lining to be placed. "Lets call it a day guys" Ash said jumping out of the hole which is the pond. Ash and the his pokemon ran inside to take a well deserved rest. Ash fell back into a comfy chair and he jumped back up. "OW" He screamed and pulled out the water stone. "I sat on this thing". Ash put the stone on the table, Eve saw this and jumped on the table next to the stone but didn't touch it. She just sat and looked at it thinking of evolving. "Hmm, do you want to evolve or do you want time to think about it Eve?" He asked as the little white and brown pokemon stared at the stone. Eve kept thinking of what her life would be like if she evolved and what she could do as a Vaporeon. Crystal jumped onto the table and put a comforting paw on her head. "Pika pikachu pi pika pi" (You'll still be my friend if you evolve) Crystal said as she sat down next to her friend. Eve approached to stone and then looked at Ash, Ash could see now that Eve wanted to evolve and he reached down and grabbed the stone and held it in front of Eve. "Do you want to?" He asked. Eve nodded and pressed her nose against the emerald green stone. Eve jumped of the table as she began to glow white. Her body doubled in size, Eve's fur became slick, streamlined and came back along her body. Her tuff became hard and then turned into a fin like ring around her neck. Her ears became like fins and a third grew in the middle of her head. Her body colour turned from white and brown to blue and her tail grew longer and at the end sprouted a fin like a whales and then the glow vanished leaving a newly evolved Vaporeon standing in the place where Eve stood. Ash looked at his new Vaporeon and he then hugged her happy for the pokemon's choice to evolve. Crystal jumped down and hugged her as well and so did the two Raichu's. Strange as it was Eve was not at all affected by Raichu and Claire's static electricity. Ash and the pokemon watched the TV for the rest of the night, Ash was just about to turn it off when the news popped on. "Sorry interrupting your viewing pleasure but we have an urgent announcement to make". Said the news man. "The Team Rocket Members that were arrested on the RMS Queen Mary have escaped police custody and have stolen 17 pokemon from a Poke-Centre in Vermillion. We ask people to keep an eye out for these two and if anyone see they should contact the police right away. Thank You for listening". The news finished and the other program came back on. "Oh, Great we're going to run into those creeps again soon" Ash sighed as he turned of the TV. "Come on time for bed". Ash, Raichu and Claire ran up stairs and went to bed. Crystal and Eve decided to have some more fun and started to run about the living room before finally getting tired and fell asleep. Crystal had slumped over Eve as she fell asleep.

The morning was a beautiful sunny day, nice and warm, perfect day. Ash was already working on the lining for the pond when Raichu woke up. He found Ash not to be in his bed, Raichu jumped up a little worried but using his ears he caught the find sound of scissors cutting a plastic sheet. Raichu let out a sigh of relief and woke Claire up and the two wandered down stairs to wake Crystal and Eve up. Eve was already awake but she didn't want to wake Crystal up as she was curled into a ball on Eve's side. "She's so cute" Eve thought to herself. Crystal woke up due to the sound of foot steps going down stairs. "Good morning" Eve said as Crystal opened her eyes. "(yawn) Morning" Replied Crystal. The young Pikachu got off Eve's side and stretched. "My leg feels numb. You must have slept on it" Eve said as she tried to move her hind leg. "Sorry" apologized Crystal. Raichu and Claire entered the room and they were greeted by the two pokemon. "Lets go and see what Ash is doing" Raichu said as he jump onto all fours and sped of into the back yard.

Ash had finished with the lining and was looking all over for a hose but couldn't find one. "Eve" Ash shouted. Eve heard Ash and ran out to her trainer. "Eve, could you do me a favour?" Ash asked. "Vape" (Yes) Eve said. "Great, could you use your water gun to fill the pond I can't find the hose anywhere. Eve nodded and she shot out a single stream of pure fresh water out of her mouth into the empty pond. The water began to rise quickly and before Ash knew it the pond was full of crystal clear water. "Great job Eve" Ash said giving Eve a hug. "Vaporeon" (Thank you) Eve said happily. Ash let Eve go and went to the back gate where some big marble rocks lay, Ash picked one up and placed it on the ponds edge and he did this with the others. "Have some fun in the pond while I go and get mom" Ash said as he walked back into the house. Raichu and Claire just lay on their backs having a sun bathe. Eve stood on one of the marble rocks and put her tail into a curl going up. Crystal climbed onto her back and slid down her slick fur and into the pond. Eve then jumped in and the two played in the water splashing each other and then they got a sinister idea. "hey Eve" Crystal whispered. "lets wet my mum and dad, use the of your tail". Eve nodded and slapped her tail on the water creating a wave that landed on the sun bathing Raichu's. They jumped in fright and saw Crystal and Eve laughing uncontrollably. "You want to play" Said Raichu as he ran to the edge and using his tail end sent a wave over wetting Crystal as Eve dove under it. Claire did a big jump into the air over the pond and made herself into a tight ball and came crashing down into the water wetting everyone. The Chu family and the Vaporeon played for hours in the water having much fun soaking each other and jumping in. Over by the back door Ash and his Mom were watching the pokemon play in the water. "You did good with the pond" Mrs Ketchum said. "No mom" Ash corrected. "We did". Ash referred to the playing pokemon. Ash and his Mom sat on the door set and watched the pokemon play.