Hey guys sorry for the long time between posting, but I write only when I feel like it and I just haven't this past month and a half. Now on a different note buried in this chapter is a literary reference, can you find it?

Chapter 2

Death to Change

Raven awoke the next morning to the sound of the mail truck crunching through the snow by his house. "Well I guess it's time to get up." Raven said thankful that it was Saturday and not a school day.

Raven shrugged on his extra thick coat; turning to the door, he opened it, letting a huge pile of snow fall into the front hallway. "Well, I guess it's time to shovel the walk." Raven commented grabbing his snow shovel and walking toward the pile of snow. "Dagan, Saul, could you guys give me a hand?!" Raven cried out to the two little Eevees asleep nearby. No sooner then he finished saying this Dagan and Saul got up and sprinted over, ready to help.

It took Raven a good hour and a half to make it to the mailbox, even with the Eevees help. After taking the mail in Raven finally sat down to breakfast while he read through the mail. "What's this?" Raven said looking at the strange military letter jutting out of the pile of mail. Curious Raven picked it up wondering why it would come to his house.

"Strange, it's addressed to me." Raven commented opening the letter.

Dear mister Nevermore

We regret to inform you that, while your father was in transit from Falkrone to Saffron City the passenger plane he was on was shot down over Viridian Forest. We are sorry for your loss and hope you can move on.

Sincerely, Johto Military.

Raven slowly looked up from the letter tears streaming down his face. Turning to the ceiling he cried out in agony and sorrow. "Why, oh why Arceus?!" Raven's head slowly sank back down and fell into his arms folded on the table. As Raven sat there, rage filled him and he picked up the nearby vase, throwing it across the room before sinking back into his arms. The sobbing was clearly audible as Raven shook in sorrow. Slowly Raven calmed himself looking up from his folded arms and said. "My father and mother are dead, my friends are three thousand miles away, and I'm stuck in a tiny town on the side of a frozen mountain, I have nothing to live for now."

Slowly, painstakingly slowly Raven got up and went to the kitchen, grabbing the biggest knife in the cooking drawer, then he lifted it to his chest. Raven moved to stab himself. But the blow never fell, for at that moment a streak of brown and white hit Raven's arm making him drop the knife. Raven stood in shock as he stared at Dagan's cold dark brown eyes; Saul jumped up next to Dagan and started to stare into Raven's eyes. The eyes of the two Eevees were like pools of dark liquid, calm and soothing; yet in these eyes a flame burned, a flame of passion, faith, friendship, and perseverance so strong that no demon of bygone days could snuff it out. Slowly Raven felt his hope rekindled by the flame of the Eevees, and he looked down as he moved to the stairs and sluggishly climbed up.

Raven stifled his sobs as best he could, a good seven hours had passed since he looked at the letter and his hunger was starting to get the better of his depression. Raven stumbled down stairs heading in the direction of the kitchen. As Raven reached the door kitchen he was stopped by Dagan. "Dagan please let me pass, I'm starving." Raven said pleading with Dagan. Dagan looked thoughtful, then he turned and ran into the kitchen shouting out a couple of short yips in pokemon language.

Raven started to walk into the kitchen when he spotted Saul and Dagan bringing a bowl of pecha berries (that had been on the counter to ripen) over to him. Dagan turned to Raven signaling that he should eat the berries. Raven sighed and picked up the bowl, he grabbed a few of the soft berries and tossed them into his mouth letting the sweet juices flow over his dry tongue, but he did not taste them in his depression.

Raven finished the bowl and walked up stairs to his bedroom, tired from crying all day over his father's death. Dagan and Saul watched the lonely figure ascend the stairs and disappear from sight. Dagan simply shook his head and said to Saul. "I wish we could help him more."

Saul turned back to his brother and nodded in agreement, then he said. "We better go up and make sure he's okay."

Raven sat on his bed, head in his hands sobbing slightly. Wearily he raised his eyes at the entrance of the Eevees. "Hey guys." He said half heartedly looking down at the two. "After all that has happened today, I don't know, I just wish I could a second chance at a good life." Raven said turning from the brother and yelling his wish to the ceiling. "I'm just going to go to bed and end this terrible dream." Raven said flopping down on his bed and closing his eyes. Dagan and Saul just looked at each other and began to leave the room, but something drew their attention.

Raven was staring into the strange void of his dreams. "What is this place?" Raven thought aloud as he walked alone in the void. As he walked he spotted a strange mass of creatures coming toward him. The strange creatures began to pick up speed until they were close enough to see clearly. Raven stared at them until he realized what they were, Beedrill hundreds of thousands of them all barely two inches high charging straight at him. Raven began to flee from the swarm but his dream threw him back at them, they began to sting him all over and wherever they stung him it burned like a flamethrower attack. After the Beedrill were finished Raven struggled to his feet, he felt like he was on fire all over. Never had he experienced such excruciating pain. As he looked about he saw his parents coming towards him "Mom? Dad?" he asked weakly. Both his parents smiled down at him as a rumble started to shake the floor. Scared Raven looked around but when he looked back at his parents he saw a machamp standing in their stead. The machamp grinned villainously as it picked up Raven by the arm and began to crush him. Raven opened his mouth to scream but the sound that came out surprised him. A strange hissing sound was all that came from his mouth. The machamp grabbed his shoulders and legs and began to crush him until he was just under three feet tall, then it started on his ears pulling them to the top of his head and stretching them out farther than Raven ever thought they could go. When Raven's ears reached the top of his head the machamp started to pull his tailbone out and split it into three parts. Finally after this torture the machamp left Raven, he was so tired and sore from the whole experience and slipped into the blackness of his sleep undisturbed by any more dreams.

And quick note The eevees can't talk human they were talking to themselves at that point that confused my brother when he read it