WHAT IN THE NAME OF 84 YEARS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE!?

*AHEM*

What I meant to say was, I haven't used this account in forever, and now that I am back the text editor threw me off by a ton.

So you may be wondering why I changed the title of this series, as well as the icon for the story.

And as you can see, SERENA'S FENNEKIN EVOLVED AND I WAS CURLED UP IN THE CORNER OF MY ROOM BAWLING MY EYES OUT ON HOW ADORABLE HER BRAIXEN IS. And that is my only justifiable reason don't kill me please i just finished dusting off this account.

So any-who, since I am NOT used to the new text editor yet, I have to make my own custom page brakes (which I use to no end) so that's going to be so utterly terrifying for me to do because I want to make it look nice AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW PAINFUL PATTERNS ARE FOR ME TO DO.

But I'll figure something out.

In the meantime enjoy this installment of the one-shot collection that i just renamed last night.

Au revior!~

Embrace

Braixen's toe barely touched the cold, still water as she stared off into the Midnight's gorgeous vista: the moon resting high above the flickering lights that glowed from the near by city.

"Lumiose city..." She remembered how beautiful the city scape was back when she was a Fennekin. It felt like forever since she was there, eventhough it hasn't really been that long. So much has happened since then...

Braixen's gazed laggard away from the scene and looked down at the pond that her paw digit was gently gliding across, and stared at her own reflection. Her fiery orange eyes that reflected off of the cool water stared back at her as her thoughts drifted towards the events that will occur that will happen throughout the day.

'So...' She sighed as her facial expression slowly shifted to one that was filled with worry. 'In the Morning... when we head into the city... That Kanto boy is going to go for another badge... And I heard that Frogadier might go in battle there... Against all of those electric types...' Her eyes slightly widened in fear, dreading about the scene that has been painted onto her thoughts. "O-oh no..." Her voice cracked, as her eyes gradually began to swell up with tears as she proceeded to continue her thoughts out loud. "What if he does go into battle...? O-ohhhh..." She flopped back into the grass, covering her eyes as she began to sob quietly, as thoughts raced through her mind. She didn't want to see him get hurt. And she didn't want to see him be so hard on himself if he lost.

She just...

She just didn't want to see him pain in general.

It pained her to even imagine him on the verge of crying because he let his trainer down, and it nearly broke her heart on the thought of him running away because of it.

She cared about him too much to picture such an unexpected departure.

"Braixen...?"

Braixen lowered her whines into soft whimpers as she slowly removed her hands from her eyes, revealing that Frogadier was looking down at her, his eyes filled with worry and concern.

Braixen blushed as she quickly sat up, quickly swinging her legs around out of the water and into a crossed possision facing Frogadier. She tried wiping away any sort of lingering tears as she spoke up. "O-Oh hey." She said, trying to hide the sadness in her voice. "What's up?"

Frogadier tilted his head to the side, giving off a bit of a huff. "Well..." he said. "I'm wondering why you're still up at this time of night. You know it's not safe to be away from camp at this time... well alone that is..." Frogadier then noticed the strain in her eyes, and the damp fur on her cheeks. "Hey... are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Braixen looked away sighing after making the obvious lie.

Frogadier shook his head. "No, no." He said, taking his oddly shaped hand and gently placing it onto her cheek in a tender and caring manner, slowly bringing her gaze back to meet with his. "Something has to be wrong... you weren't like this earlier today. Are you sure you're alright?"

Braixen sighed, trying her best to hold back her tears. "I-I'm fine..." She said, her head was slowly beginning to rest in his hand in an attempt to reassure him. "I swear."

Frogadier gave her a sincere look before asking once more. "Are you sure?"

Braixens eyes eventually gave way, as tears began to flow once more. "I-I-I'm fine..." She stuttered. "There's nothing to... T-there's... noth...ing... to..." She averted her gaze as she broke down crying once more, covering her eyes with her dainty hands.

Frogadiers eyes widened with shock and worry as he saw her break down so suddenly. It took some time for him to collect himself before speaking up. "Braixen..." he called, trying to regain her attention. But unfortuneately, she went on crying. "Braxien..." He said again, more sincirely. But once again he was ignored.

Frogadier grunted, as he grabbed Braixen by her wrists and pulled her into an awkward, yet comforting embrace. Braixens eyes widened as a blush began to show through her white cheeks once more. "It's okay Braixen." He warmly muttered. "I promise you... Everything will be just fine..."

Braixen whimpered as she closed her eyes, as she returned the embrace. "I..." she uttered out silently. "I just... dont want to see you in pain."

"Hmm?"

Braixen sighed. "I care about you far too much to stand even a second of you feeling useless. You're far more braver...and nicer than I could ever be... and you're the closest friend that I have ever had in my life." She pulled Frogadier closer to her, causing him to blush.

Frogadier cleared his throat. "Braixen t-"

"I just hope the best for you during the day today... okay?" Braixen inturrupted and sighed. "I mean.. T-the worst case scenario is that you get sent in to battle... right?"

"I-I suppose..." Frogadier stuttered.

"Phew..." Braixens mood started to lift up and her tears finally subsided. "That makes me feel a bit better..."

Frogadier smiled, patting her on the back while still embracing her. "But if I do happen to get thrown into battle... You'll be there to cheer me on right?"

Braixen smiled as well, feeling more confident on the gym battle that Frogadier could potentially to be in. "You bet I would."

"Thank you." He said. His cheeks gave off a light shade of pink, as he finally released Braixen from the embrace.

Braixen felt a bit empty as Frogadier pulled away from her, giving off a little pout as she watched him sit down in front of her, making him chuckle. "What's bothering you now?"

Braixen blushed rubbing the back of her head. "A-Ah it's uhm... It's nothing this time... R-really!" She stuttered.

Frogadier smirked as he took his hand into her free paw, causing the fox pokemon blush even more. "Really now?" He asked jokingly.

Braixen shyly looked away. "Well..." She giggled. "I maaaay have liked that hug you gave me to calm me down."

Frogadier playfully rolled his eyes. "May have?"

"Okay I really liked it." Braixen said, her blush now a light crimson. "You're a really great hugger to be honest."

"Me?" Frogadier blushed. "No, no, no. You're the better hugger here."

Braixen playfully shook his hand. "That's an obvious lie, those frubbles of yours are quite the comfort pillow."

Frogadier shot her a playful glare. "So you're saying that I am the better hugger because of my frubbles?"

"M-maybe..." Braixen placed her free paw over her mouth and giggled.

Frogadier playfully rolled his eyes once more. "Well then..." He said while standing up, his hand slowly releasing Braixens paw. "If you think I'm the better hugger then so be it."

Braixen seemed confused as to why he let go of her hand, or stood up in that case. But those two questions were quickly answered when he scooped her up into his arms bridal style, making her cheeks flush with a deep crimson color.

"F-Frogadier!?" Braixen stuttered. "W-what are you doing!?"

Frogadier chuckled, his cheeks were also a bit red. "Well you said I was the better hugger." He said, giving her a playful smile. "I'm only justifying your point."

Braixen stammered on what to say next. But before she could manage to say something, Frogadier started spinning her around, chuckling as he did so. It only took her a few seconds of bewilderment before she cracked a smile and started laughing along with him.

She was lucky to have someone like Frogadier by her side. He's someone who has always genuinely cared about her since she was a Fennekin and he was a Froakie. It touched her that the connection that she had with him was still going strong since the both of them evolved.

She wondered why she would even think such a thought as him abandoning his life with her and everyone else as a way of redemption.

AND I BUTCHERED IT.

I don't know how I butchered it at the time of posting this, but I might in the next three months when I go back to read this.

It always happens.

No matter how much I proof read it always happens.

I can never escape the wrath of accidentialtypoville and unintentionallypoorgrammarsdale.

Ever.

In other words I might update this collection soon with a follow up drabble of what happened the following morning.

might.