Chapter 8 - A New Friend
On the last Friday of September, Hermione and her Pokemon spent the day outside by the lake. Hermione was all done with all of her assigned homework. She was playing with her Pokemon when a strange sound made itself known.
"Fee... Fee..."
Looking around, Hermione asked her two Pokemon to search for the source of the sound. The sound was getting weaker and weaker as time passed. Eshwick followed the sound to its source. Hermione and Chomper followed Eshwick.
Hermione gasped. Up ahead in the forest that they had entered was a Pidgey. It was attacking the source of the sound. The source of the sound was a fish like Pokemon that was slightly smaller than the Pidgey.
"Eshwick, Chomper, Tackle the Pidgey," both Pokemon complied instantly. The Pidgey let out a shriek as the two Pokemon collieded with it. Taking a look at what hit it, it decided to find an easier meal and flew off.
Running to where the fish Pokemon was, Hermione pulled out her Pokedex to find out what it was.
She discovered that it was a female baby Feebas. She was bleeding from her many injuries inflicted upon her by the Pidgey. Taking out a Pokeball, Hermione caught the weak Pokemon. She then returned her other Pokemon to their Pokeballs. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her to the hospital wing, hoping that she wouldnt be too late to save the poor Pokemon.
She burst into the hospital wing upon arrival. "Nurse! Nurse! I need a nurse to help a Pokemon!" Hermione called out. As the nurse hurried over to her, Hermione called out the Feebas. She offered the Pokemon in her arms to the nurse. Taking the Pokemon, the nurse began to heal her.
After what seemed to Hermione to be hours but was only half of one, the nurse came back and told Hermione that the Feebas was fine. Hermione asked if she could see the Pokemon.
When she approached the Pokemon, it seemed both scared and happy to see her at the same time. "It's okay, no one is going to hurt you now," she whispered to comfort the Feebas as she gently stroked her. "Everything is going to be fine. If you want to, you can stay with me, but, if you prefer, you can go back to the freedom of the lake." Hermione told the baby Pokemon.
"Fee fee," the Feebas said as she moved closer to Hermione.
"You want to stay with me?" Hermione questioned. The Pokemon moved even closer to her in lieu of a verbal answer. "I'd be happy to have such a cutie Pokemon on my team," Hermione responded. The Pokemon seemed to blush before she started to glow a brilliant white. Hermione panicked. "Nurse! I think there is something wrong with the Feebas!" She called out.
The nurse came running. As soon as she saw what was happening, she slowed down. "Not to worry dear," the nurse said. "Your Pokemon is just evolving."
Hermione looked at the nurse in confusion. "But she is just a baby..." Hermione stated.
"Feebas evolve when they feel attractive for the first time. Usually people call them ugly. That explains it." With that parting word, the nurse left.
Turning her attention to the Feebas, Hermione noticed that the Feebas was elongating. Finally, when she reached the length of about ten feet, she stopped growing and the glow faded.
Hermione gasped. "You might have been cuter before," here the newly evolved Pokemon looked down, "but now you're absolutely beautiful, stunning, and breathtaking." Hermione finished. The newly evolved Pokemon tackled her and wrapped herself around Hermione in a sembalance of a hug.
"Let's see what you evolved into, shall we?" Hermione asked, pulling out her Pokedex. She found out that her newly evolved Pokemon was a Milotic. She had learned three moves when she evolved; Water Pulse, Wrap, and Water Gun. However, she was still considered a baby Pokemon and was only half the size she would eventually grow to.
