This is the story of one little Eevee that suffered through many hardships to brighten the world's future relations of humans and Pokémon. I will tell this story to you as this has been told by the Eevee himself for many years.
Chapter One: Oncoming Threat
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Two months have passed. One is slightly older now, and so are his brothers and sisters. Their mother, the Vaporeon, is quite overprotective of all of her little Eevees. She tries not to let them out of her sight, but she knows that little ones are normally very curious at this age, and love to take a closer look at the world around them. Every once in awhile, she has to tend to wounds or hide them from something scary, and she loves to hold them safely in her grasp. She knows that she has to cherish these moments while they last.
This afternoon was quite clear. Freya, Starra, Kroa, and One were all having some fun in the gathering area. Freya and One were having some races with the other little Eevees in the pack, while Starra and Kroa sat quietly with the crowd, hoping their siblings will get the prize. The one that gives the prize to the winner says the prize is unknown, but all of the older ones could probably guess what that is...
Quite unfairly, Freya beat everyone in a 3-lap race, and even lapped over the other contenders once. She seemed to have infinite stamina, since she wasn't even tired after she reached the finish line. All of the other Eevees were exhausted, though; some of them just laid there for several minutes, gasping for air.
The prize holder, a Jolteon, said, "Congratulations, Freya! Your family wins the prize..." Freya anxiously awaited her prize, bouncing and holding her front paws out with a happy look on her face. The Jolteon went behind a tree, and a moment later he came out with a large enough piece of meat to feed her family of six full in one meal and still have leftovers. Everyone looked in awe at what he had, staring and drooling.
"You win meat!" He tossed the large meat slab into her face and she fell backward. One could hear a muffled "Hooray!" underneath the meat slab when Freya rose up her paws in success, and he chortled.
He turned and faced the other Eevees. "For being such great racers, you and your families will also get some meat, but not as much as Freya did!" Several faces pouted, but they still enjoyed going up to him to receive their portions.
A few times every year, the Espeon and Umbreon leaders of the pack go hunting to get meat for their pack's families, usually either Tauros or Miltank meat. Everyone looks forward to those days, never knowing when that'll happen. These occasions are even more special due to the fact that they only get meat a few times a year.
The Jolteon announced, "Alrighty, then! Don't eat your meat just yet if you don't think you like them; let's get some Flareons out here!" Several Flareons stepped up to him, and they turned to the crowd, eagerly knowing what's coming next. Freya gave her piece of meat to her Vaporeon mother, since she was too weak. The Vaporeon spun around, and released the meat into the air. The Flareons quickly charged up and spewed fire at the meat, roasting and giving the air a very pleasant smell, enough to make everyone drool.
The Vaporeon's Flareon mate grabbed the piece of meat since that was, of course, a little too hot to handle. "Let's go home, everyone!" His mate, offspring, and One were very delighted, and eager to run back home to feast on their never-before-tried meal.
When back at the cave, the Flareon father set his little fire at the far end. Everyone had an equally-proportioned piece set on their broad leaves, and the Vaporeon put aside some that they could save for later. The little Eevees sniffed the meat and loved the smell, but were unsure of how this would taste.
Expectedly, Freya was the first of the Eevees to lick the meat, and she instantly began diving into her piece. Her mouth full of precious meat, Freya muffled, "This tastes amazing! Better than any fruit I've ever had!" The other Eevees quickly joined in while their parents watched for them to eat first. While Freya was eating quickly, Starra was eating slower than her sister, and Kroa the slowest out of the three. The Flareon looked over at Freya and was reminded of himself when he was little.
One didn't seem to like the meat very much and shoved his piece away. "What's wrong, One? Don't you like your meat?" the mother Vaporeon said. She was quite surprised at seeing this, as there was only one other in the pack that didn't like meat.
He replied, "Nuh-uh... I think this tastes bad..." and turned his head and stuck his tongue out with a "Bleh!"
"Mommy, do we have any fruit?" He was still hungry, of course. "Of course, One..." There were some tasty fruits encased in some large, moist leaves to help preserve them, and she pulled out a few for One. He walked over to her and Freya quickly snatched his piece.
The mother saw this and said in a parental tone, "Freya... Share that piece, will you?" Freya pouted and split One's piece into three smaller pieces, but her siblings didn't want any more. Quite excited, she practically shoved all three pieces into her mouth, but they unfortunately couldn't fit. Freya still ate them quite fast, however. One went back to his seat, set his fruits down on his leaves, and began to chew on his fruits, feeling quite out of place.
Everyone finished their meal, and the Eevees gave a large, noticeable yawn. They all slowly walked to the leaf bed in the back of the cave where the parents sat, with their eyes opening and closing drowsily. Their mother laid down in a crescent shape, and the Eevees put their head on her soft body, all of them snuggling together. Their father laid close to them, using his fluffy yellow Flareon fur to keep them warm along with his body temperature. The two parents kissed, and they became drowsy themselves after looking at their Eevees sleep so soundly. The Vaporeon squirted some water on the fire, and they both went to sleep.
The family slept together happily in their cave...
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One managed to catch up to Freya, the forest rushing past them. The sky was darkening some more, and the clouds began to drizzle rain onto the forest.
One looked over to Freya. "Freya... Do you know if the Mightyena leader came yet?" Freya nearly tripped. "I don't know, but..." She made a very fearful gasp and came to a dusting halt, after seeing something up ahead. One did the same a moment later.
Up ahead, laying in the dirt, surrounded by blood and several fruits, were the bodies of a Vaporeon and two Eevees.
In blinding speed, One and Freya dashed to their fallen mother and siblings. Many claw and biting wounds were found on their bodies, a few marks sizzling with poison. They looked deeply into their sibling's eyes, frozen in fear from their last moments. Their mother lay there motionless with her face pained in defeat.
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One woke up with a gasping start, his blood boiling. He sat up, and looked around at his family. His mother. His siblings. They were all there. One's Flareon father was standing guard at the entrance of the cave. The night sky was glistening with stars. His father looked behind him and saw One sitting up.
His father said quietly, "One, what's the matter?" One walked to the entrance, and sat next to his father's side. "I had a bad dream again..." His father held One to his fluffy chest fur and softly rocked him to try to get him to sleep. One has been having strange nightmares for the past few weeks; he sometimes is afraid to go to sleep because of them. His Espeon and Umbreon parents are inexplicably unable to go into his mind with their psychic powers to find an answer... These nightmares seem to contain his friends or family in great peril. He always tries his best, but he always fails, and something terrible happens...
One began to doze off in his father's arms. The Flareon watched him fall sound asleep. He, too, decided to go to sleep as well. He walked to the back of the cave slowly, and set One down where he was sleeping before. The Flareon laid down in his usual position, covering his family.
They slept soundly until the morning...
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Suddenly, the parents awoke when the day was beginning. There was heavy walking outside, and they weren't sure what kind of Pokémon that was. The Flareon stood up and looked at his mate. She nodded, and the Flareon walked towards the entrance with caution. All of a sudden, a face came out of nowhere and looked inside their cave. The Flareon was startled slightly, but was ready in a fighting pose immediately and growled. The Vaporeon sat, worried, in front of her Eevees, shielding them.
"Oh wow, a Flareon! Cool!" The Flareon didn't understand this strange language or know what this species was, and he was on his full guard. When the creature spoke, the Eevees were shifting around in their sleep. When he came closer and took just one step into their cave, the Flareon didn't hesitate to let out the maximum amount of fire he could out of his body. The creature was engulfed in flames, and he was burned to a dark crisp. The Vaporeon mother couldn't watch.
The Flareon walked over to the lifeless body, and he examined this strange creature. He only had fur on his head, and was just all skin everywhere else. How this thing had so easily been killed meant this species isn't very resilient to being damaged, being quite weak. Long limbs, paws, and body meant that they weren't a very potentially physical species, and judging from how this thing just trudged into his own family's den, he wasn't raised very proper, either. Unsure about whether or not this thing could give you sickness, he didn't want to touch him. The Flareon jumped over to a tree and tore off a large branch. After coming down, he stuck the branch through the crisp body and proceeded to carry him somewhere away from their den.
The Flareon came to a small clearing deep in the forest. He dug a very large, deep hole in the ground, and shoved the creature into the hole with the tree branch. He put the dirt over the hole, and the strange creature would never be seen again.
He came back to the den, and the Vaporeon quickly ran up to him. "Are you okay? What was that?" she said, worriedly.
He responded while looking back outside. "I don't know, but that doesn't really matter, now. I'll ask the leaders later if they know what that thing was, but let's keep this quiet, okay? Don't tell anyone but the leaders." She nodded and looked back at her Eevees laying on the soft leaves, shifting around in their sleep, signaling anyone talking to be quiet.
The Flareon's eye caught something in the grass close to where the creature fell. He walked over, and saw a small, red and white spherical object. He wasn't sure what this was, so he kept his distance for a minute or two. Afterwards, he approached the object slowly and poked the top. Nothing happened, so he picked the object up with his mouth and came back to the den.
He set the object onto the ground. "Look what I found..."
The two parents looked at the object with wonder. "What is that?" "I'm not sure, but that thing feels really weird; hard, but easily breakable, not like a rock."
The two were pretty curious. The Flareon said, "I suppose I'll have to show the leaders this, as well."
He looked at his lover. "I'll go report to our leaders, now. I'll be back soon, if you need anything..." He gave her a peck on the cheek, and she smiled. "...Love you." "You too..." He picked up the object with his mouth, and ran out of the den into the forest.
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The two leaders were laying down in a small clearing in the forest, away from anyone else. The Espeon was laying on top of the Umbreon, both with a rather seductive look in their eyes.
Suddenly, right as they were kissing, the Flareon came out of the bushes and startled them. In a surprised tone, the Espeon said, "Ah! Flary! We're kinda busy, here..."
He blushed when he realized what they were about to do. "Erm, I'm sorry... I just wanted to report something to you two..." They both got up and sat on the ground. The Umbreon said, "What's wrong?"
Flary responded, "Well, a little while ago, I ran into this strange, tall, weak creature. I killed him and buried his body, but... I found this strange thing he was carrying." He pulled out the red and white sphere out of the fluffy fur around his neck. The two leaders immediately gasped; the Espeon quickly hid behind the Umbreon with a scared look.
The Espeon said nervously, "Umby... What would a human be doing here...?" Umby responded, "I don't know, Espy...but we have to be careful. We might even have to move the pack..."
Flary instantly had a worried look in his face, and dropped the spherical object. "Move the pack!? Just what are these...humans?"
Umby looked down. "Me and Espy have a terrible past with these creatures... You don't really want to know about them. If there's one now, there will be more later." He had a sad look on his face. "As soon as they find out that human is missing, they may start searching for him. If we keep out all humans from this area of the forest, they'll eventually just overpower us and drive us out and away from each other... Many of them lust for power over all living creatures."
Flary looked down at the spherical object in the grass. "What does this thing have to do with humans?"
Espy and Umby both closed their eyes, and said together, "That thing there...makes you a slave." Flary stepped back from the device with a scared look on his face. "How could they...?" He quickly blew as much flame as he could on the object, and there was a small explosion. He buried the bits and pieces left underground, and never wanted to see such a thing again.
Flary sighed and said quite sadly, "I don't think we have a choice in this matter... If we expose too many of our innocent pack members to these...humans, they'll unknowingly do things they will regret later..."
Espy and Umby looked at each other, and Espy said, "You're right... We probably have to mobilize quite soon." To try to brighten the conversation, Umby said, "I think Leaf will be disappointed." Espy giggled. Leaf is the keeper of their pack's fruit patch, holding most all of the food they eat; he really loves nature and does his job well.
Flary said, "When should we spread the word? This might cause the others to panic..." Espy and Umby looked at each other. Umby said, "I'm not sure...I think we should wait until another one comes through. After that, we should definitely move..." "Okay... I'll go back to my den." Flary jumped back into the forest, with Umby and Espy sadly cuddling each other, trying to purge their bad memories.
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Flary came from the deep forest into his den area, with a sad look on his face. He looked around and saw happiness. Freya and One were wrestling, Starra was drinking from the river, and Kroa was meditating on top of the cave entrance. His mate was watching all of them just in front of him. He came out of the forest, and tiptoed softly towards her, with an evil smirk on his face. When he was closer, he slowly reached over to grab his Vaporeon. However, she grabbed his arms, flipped him over, slammed him on the ground, and fell on top of him.
She was looking him in the eyes seductively. "You know...we haven't done you-know-what in quite a while..." Flary blushed and looked over at Freya and Starra. "I don't know... The last time we did that, you gave us twins!" She giggled. "Don't worry; I really love taking care of them..." She whined and rubbed her head on his chest. "I don't want them to get older!" Flary smiled, and licked her on the cheek. "Oh, maybe we can do that later, then..."
They hugged for a few minutes, with One, Freya, and Starra standing over them and smiling. Starra said with a sweet tone and her paws clasped together, "Aww, don't they make just the cuuutest couple?" The two looked over at their Eevees and blushed.
To Be Continued