Roni's POV

A cold wind wrapped around Adele and me as we made our way for dinner. The clan leaders absolutely loved the aspect that we were all like family, and should treat each other as such by eating meals together. This meant we would eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together with whoever was there for that meal. This also meant that future suitors would be harassing Adele and me over the opportunity of getting the two of us apart and getting to win, "points" with the Eon. Adele nudged me with a paw slightly, causing me to actually tip in one direction tiredly.

"O-oh, sorry Roni," she quickly said as I regained my balance. I had been hiding a slight tired, hungry and hurt limp from her the entire way here. It was like a slight jolt running through my leg from the paw up that made me cringe in order to seem as calm and collected as always.

"Don't worry about it Ada," I told her, faking an energetic smile. "I'm totally fine. Just tired."

"Why are you talking like that? Are you forgetting your sophisticated talk or are you really just that tired?" I tried to keep myself from facepawing myself. I had completely forgotten to talk how I normally would. Curse Myra for asking me to talk normally. I really did like to talk that way. It made me feel complete, or that there was something to always watch out for. I cleared my throat as I prepared my lie.

"M-mhm, well-."

I was unable to finish my lie as a mob comprised of female Eons grabbed me and simultaneously signaled a just as large mob to grab Adele. I could hear her yelling over her lungs to let her go and to drop me. Her statement as also followed by a large shaking explosion that I figured was her Shadow Ball. I wanted to jokingly yell out, 'Oh dear Arceus, help me!' for the hell of it and get her to help me too. If there were a list of things not to do with Adele present, then Poké-napping me was way at the top.

I found myself set down at one of the many long wooden tables of the dining hall. The torches, candles and sorts that were all put out were lit aflame with the moon now showing down from the trees top's patches. I wasn't bothered so much about the setup of the dining hall, but more about being surrounded by a plethora of female Eons, all of which I could have sworn were drooling or had eyes that might as well have been replaced with hearts. I facepawed myself and sighed at my luck. I figured that it went like this with me: Any regular male would have been absolutely elated with a harem comprised of almost every single female in a clan chasing after his tail, but I wasn't a regular male. I was somewhat of a workaholic. I didn't have a lot of time for myself and usually spent what time I did have on Adele or by myself. I am not gay nor bi, but I just simply don't see the point in over-obsessing myself in the need to surround myself in a sea of females, 24/7. This was already pretty much schedule for me, but I could never get used to it. The only thankful thing I had to look forward to in this was that not every femaleEon in the clan was after me; just most of the single, interested females, which is still not a number to sneeze at.

I turned my gaze nonchalantly over the crowd of Eons in search of Adele, any other Eon locking eyes with me, looking as if they may have fainted on the spot or jumped at me right then. I knew that they wouldn't and would hold back (hopefully until the season), but it was best to be prepared for anything. Eventually, I managed to lock eyes with one of only females who could have certainly helped me at this moment. Myra.

"What. In. Arceus'. Name. Are. You. Doing," Myra's gaze plainly said to me, our eyes locking. Adding insult to injury, she even had the best what the hell face on too.

I replied by giving a somewhat over-emotional face while, "What does it look like I'm doing? I've been kidnapped by most every single female in the clan. Just help me ~!"

I watched Myra cut through the crowd much like a Scyther through grass as females gave way to her after witnessing her icy cold glare. Would I ever pity, the female who tried to cross Myra for her love interest. That gaze of hers' was enough to make me shiver a bit, but more in respect rather than fear.

After a while of watching Myra cut through crowds of Eons to get to me. All of the females became quieter, whispering amongst themselves at the sight of, 'their Roni' being dragged away by the ear by some newcomer Eon. Myra pulled me off by my ear towards Adele. Adele was blushing in her own current situation, trying to answer millions of questions being flung at her by most every single male in the clan. One look at me, and she blasted a path clear through her crowd and snuggled me slightly.

"I take it that this means we are going to be cutting dinner short," I asked Myra who grinned in a slightly embarrassed way and nodded. Adele kept double backing slowly between Myra and I, her eyes begging for some type of explanation for the two oddly colored Eevees. I sighed and patted her slightly on the shoulder.

"Just come along with us Adele," I told her, but also gaining a death glare from Myra. I visibly froze for a moment before nodding solemnly at the two of them. "Shall we get going then Myra?"

The next few moments were extremely tense as I noted how Myra and Adele kept looking to one another right in front of me. I could tell that the two of them were sharing a psychic conversation by their faces and the occasional psychic outburst from Adele. The two of them, I thought, would really get along reasonably well if it weren't for the fact that they would exchange death glares now and then. Also, whenever I tried to open my mouth and utter something, I felt my muzzle snapped back closed by some unseen force. Whatever the two of them had decided to chatter about, it was a conversation that I would not be able to intervene in. Myra broke away from Adele angrily and idled alongside me.

"Why'd you have to insist that she come along," She whispered fiercely to me, earning me yet another angry glare. After seeing her look fiercely at things me so many times, I quickly adjusted to it and responded with an eye roll. She growled lowly and nipped me irately on my ear. I didn't wince so much as shrug it off.

"There would be no way I could leave without Adele either knowing where I was, or if she came along with me," I breathed almost breathlessly to her, my voice just barely reaching Adele. "You saw how she was like around those other males. She was nervous and fidgety. She's hopeless without me, and I care about her. You answered for me earlier, but I do have someone holding me down, in a sense. Moreover, why are you back? Didn't you say that when something out of the ordinary happened, that I should get to you?" Her expression softened before she sided up closer to me, her head facing down.

"There's been a… change in plans," she said fiddling around with a blade of grass that was lying around. I opened my mouth to say something until I felt my mouth close shut again. I exhaled at the tingling feeling of Adele's psychic abilities. I twisted my head to her, Adele seeming as if she was going to cry or hit me on the spot right then and there. This was yet another reason why unwillingly having a harem was an annoyance. I had two females to comfort and reassure, yet both were fuming at one another.

"Adele," I said going up to her first. I was stunned as I felt a psychic force go rapidly across my face twice, making my head bounce back several times; her version of a literal mental slap. I bit her paw quickly, narrowly dodging a bat of her opposite, free paw at me. "Look Adele, you may not like it, and I know that you really don't like other females worrying or caring over me, but we need to go along with Myra here. At least cooperate. Her situation is currently difficult and she needs our help. You know I can't stop from helping someone."

"But Roni! Why? What's the big deal with her anyways? It's not like she matters much. She's just another Pokémon in need of help," Adele spat out, her eyes resting on Myra. I carefully placed a paw between them, my eyes darting back and forth. I sighed once more. Today just wasn't going in my favor. I turned my head away from the both of them, and kept walking on forward, towards the meadow. It was obvious that she wasn't interested in my help, so what was the point in insisting on helping a Pokémon who didn't want it?

"This is exactly what I was trying to say to you Roni," Myra whispered. I resisted my sought after feeling of wanting to tell both females to, 'Please close your yap, or I may as well do it for you.' Unfortunately for me, Adele was further into the brink of tears, from obviously probing my mind. What I did not understand was why Adele used her psychic abilities on me outside of flirting. Was it because she was jealous? And jealous of what? Of Myra? This was one of the few times that Adele had rarely been so defiant against my ideas. Was this linked to when Myra and I were in the field? Had Adele seen us? I sighed, siding up next to Adele, her head turning away as soon as I got close enough.

"Say something to me if you're reading my mind right now Adele," I thought, hoping she was picking up on my thoughts. She turned her head slightly, but just so that she seemed curious in what I had to say. "I don't know why you're so angry at Myra. I don't know why you're probing my mind for answers, or even why Myra's angry at you. I assure you that if you're jealous about Myra, then there's nothing to worry about.

"Myra is a good person, to the extent of my knowledge at least. There's no way that she'd do anything distasteful to us. If I did anything wrong, then I'm sorry. You know that I'd never do anything to hurt you. Just- just, please, look at me."

I stopped her with one paw before sitting before her. She didn't move around me, but instead sat sadly there, looking down and letting loose tears. I could hear Myra sigh. I knew I was holding us up, but this was important still. Using both paws, I rose Adele's head up and licked her lightly on the cheek. I knew she had been listening to me, since her breathing had just become erratic, coming out as half-choked back sobs and mouth slightly open in disbelief. She blushed, hard; trying to process the situation before wiping her eyes.

"T-thanks R-r-roni," her voice wavered out, almost giving way as a hiccup.

The three of us kept relatively quiet as we made our way; the silence was only broken by a few growls or sighs coming from one or the other female Eons. These two were going to kill me, I just knew it. I froze up as the fur on my back bristled up. For every cause, there was an effect.

"Hit the deck," Myra yelled out quickly. I followed suit as a large blast of pure vacuum roared overhead. Suddenly, an eruption of attacks began flying from every which direction. I wasn't exactly sure what was happening just then, but it seemed as if a full scale battle had just begun.

"I was so right when I thought that one of you two were going to kill me," I yelled over to Myra and Adele as we weaved throughout the attacks being fired. "I just didn't know I was going to die so damned soon~!" I could see a massive array of moves, and even more diverse move sets being used by the Pokémon there. Myra preformed some sort of complex jumping, flip to dodge a large burst of fire whereas Adele launched a dark ball of ectoplasm into the section of flame aimed at her, blowing right through it. Something interesting to take note of was that there were a good number of Eons fighting around us, and a number of different species of Pokémon fighting on either side. Adele nudged me to run faster as Myra had just passed her by the two of us. I nodded but looked back at the clan's grounds slowly fading in the distance.

"To arms," one of the clan leaders cried out, their voice echoing stridently, "Let us rise up in defiance against these invaders that dare endanger the innocent lives here. Brethren? Are you prepared? We shall rise amongst these invaders. Attempt not to take lives. Show them that we have mercy, and exercise it!"

In fear, I watched closely as the clan leaders rose out into the meadow, followed by dozens of Eons. Entire leagues of Eons dashed from the trees and bushes out to set attack against the ones in the fight. I felt my paws lose the will to run away… the will to run into the battle growing.

"We need to get out now Roni~! The battle is escalating," Adele yelled out to me, not attempting to contact me telepathically, "Myra told me all about what's happening earlier. You-, we, need to get out now~!"

I gulped down hard, my throat dry. I dashed after her, huge balls of fire were raining down, causing the meadow and trees to alight. Extreme jets of water pierced through night, hitting fires and dampening them down. Other elements were being launched out at either side, continuing to damage the clan grounds, my home. That's when I felt it hit me.

My home… covered in flames, becoming a battlefield. I held back tears as I turned my head around to look at Myra and Ada. I couldn't risk these two, or my home. This was a quandary for me. These two or over two hundred lives; who should I save? Tears burned me. Shaking, shallow breaths escaped my throat. The cold night air made my lungs feel as if they were cracking. This was it. I couldn't help everyone like I always did. I could only hope that the clan leaders could hold out long enough for both sides to disappear. Who was I kidding? I was a fool, an idiot. What made me think that I both sides could disappear like that? But this is what Myra meant. In reality, I had everything to lose still. I had just lost my clan and now I was out into the world, further than I had ever been.

I stopped right in front of the two of them, crying silently. Adele tried to get to me first, but was beaten to it by Myra who seemed generally more worried. She sat at one of my sides, leaning her head slightly against my shoulder, just as Adele had the night before. I froze up, tears streaming harder down, doing my best not to make any sounds and expecting a sharp slap from Adele. Rather, she took to my other side, mimicking Myra.

"It's alright Roni," She communicated to me, crying too. "It's fine. We're still with one another. We're still together. We still have each other. The clan will be okay. They're strong too. We just need to go and get out of here. We can't stay any longer. Things are going to happen soon, or so Myra says. I don't fully understand, but when she decides to tell you, it would make more sense. We just need to keep running a bit longer."

I wiped my tears with a slightly bloody paw. I looked down in shock, never noticing the wound until now. I suppose that I was so caught up with everything that the blood that was now dripping down my paw had completely skipped my mind. I lapped up the blood before putting it firmly back down; my resolve slightly stronger.

"We need to keep moving you two," I said quietly walking forward.

"I have an escort coming up soon, along the dirt path I mentioned earlier," Myra told me quietly. My face went rigid, eyes fixated upon her. She began to move around uncomfortably and momentarily locking eyes with me before looking away once more. What was wrong with her? We were surely friends of sorts, right? Or maybe that wasn't the problem. We were certainly in the same boat with our fur, and we knew a bit about each other. Was I still grasping the idea that Myra was worried about something more realistic? I growled in agitation. I looked down at my paw again, this time surprised to see that my fur was covered in a thin layer of dirt and ash from dodging.

"… And you never told us yet why? There's something going on, obviously. There are what seems to be armies here and with the battle now drawing in my clan… I want to know everything. "

"It's not time for you to know yet," she said now avoiding my eyes. I had been told before that I can look quite angry when serious, and even frightening when actually blazingly fuming. A few people have joked around that I could pull off a Mean Look if I wanted. She growled out, "It's not time for you to make your choice yet. And I'm reconsidering the notion of bringing you with me anymore, since I'm a bit unsure of your emotional stability right now."

I wanted to snap at her, but it would just then support her claim. I held my pride somewhat high, which in several cases can be bad, so in turn, I held my tongue. She gestured for all three of us to go on forward towards the dirt path, towards wherever Fate would begin to wind us.

I felt as if hours had passed rather than minutes while we walked on, trying to ignore the stinging feeling of my cut paw. I managed to keep from crying about the clan, all the while attempting to cease Adele's too. I worried about everyone I knew back at the clan: The leaders, our friends, and for some strange reason, my annoying, amusing and somewhat stalking harem. I worried about them all, and Mimi… What would become of her? She was Adele's close friend, ever since I had asked Mimi to go find her that one time. This wasn't the time to be worrying. I had to take care of Adele.

The saddened Espeon was swaying. She sighed out tiredly, both the physical and emotional stress putting quite a load upon her. I didn't want to see her like this. I let her support herself by standing closely to me, just in case she would fall over or something of the sort. Unfortunately, Myra looked back at us with another annoyed glare. I didn't see why the two of them were so upset today. Were they on that, 'special time' or something? I froze up, quickly removing the thought from my mind. Unfortunately for me, I had the uncanny, "ability" to be able pick up and realize most energy, moods, thoughts and the entire sort from others and be 95% percent right about it. I'd never forget the occasion where I guessed right on the beginning day Mimi had hit her heat, that oh so, 'special time' of year for a female. After just the first week, I found Mimi's scent trapped in my fur from countless rub-by's and an over curious and over envious Adele asking me way too many questions.

"So who and what is your escort comprised of exactly," I questioned Myra, forgetting my little moment. She didn't say anything as she gave a low whistle, and turned it slowly high. It hurt my ears a little, but it seemed to prove its purpose. From the grass at the side of the road, a very small green ball-shaped bird hopped out. The bird had a small… well, everything. Small beak, tiny red and black wings, tiny feet and a small red feather atop its head. Its' eyes were looking me down, unfaltering and really quite creepy to me. I stared back at it with equal vigor, but not as much with curiosity. The two female Eons glanced quite confused between each other.

A good silent two minutes went on as I resisted the urge to blink. I was starting to dislike the bird a bit, as it seemed as it didn't even have to blink at all. I felt my head go tingly again, signaling one of Myra telepathic conversations.

"Roni~," She mentally whined to me. I had to admit, her whine was somewhat cute. However, it could get a bit much whenever she excessively used it. "That Pokémon is a Natu. They're like prophets, being able to see the future and all. They get easily spooked and will stare at things (namely you) until you move."

Acknowledging this, I tested by stepping quickly in front of the small bird, apparently a Natu so that my paw barely touched it. The Natu recoiled before accidently falling over and rolling backwards. Everyone stared at me for a while, earning me an uneasy feeling as I took up the Natu in my paws and observed it on different angles. I didn't worry too much overstressing the small bird. After all, if it was a prophet, she (or I assumed it was a she) should obviously had seen it coming. I was entertained by the small bird as I held gingerly onto its' petite tail as it tried to fly off. A small, shy little voice came into my mind suddenly, but the feeling of psychic power a bit weak.

"C-c-could you p-p-please n-not do t-t-that," the little voice stuttered. I looked around for the source of the voice stupidly before looking down at the Natu (with their tail feathers beneath my paw) who looked at me with wetted eyes. She shivered ever so slightly on the brink of tears. I panicked now, almost accidently considering to toss the Natu aside like the ball it seemed. Then I looked over to the female Eons who both looked shocked. Apologetically, I brushed my tail lightly against the Natu.

"S-sorry for that," I tried not to mutter out. I had let my curiosity and search for more knowledge get the best of me over the full-body examination of the Natu. She hopped slightly upon my head before nestling down. She preened her misplaced feathers back into place and sat much more calmly. I braved following up my apology by going on with, "My name is Roni. Yours is…?"

"M-my name is E-eslit… O-or my nickname i-i-is at l-least," Eslit stuttered still telepathically. Her stuttering made me wonder if stuttering was permanent with telepathy, just as with one who stutters vocally. "M-m-my real n-name is E-e-esprit L-lire."

"Nice to meet your acquaintance E-e-esprit L-lire," I replied poking fun at her. My overly-flirty Espeon giggled at my joke; Myra totally ignoring it, pivoted her paw before promptly removing Eslit from my head.

"We need to get back now Eslit," the gray Eevee announced, holding the Natu just as I was moments ago, "But first things first…" The following part was unclear to me as I only heard a hurried whisper, followed by a low chanting. Releasing the Natu, Myra watched me as the tiny bird landed upon my muzzle. The low chanting came from Eslit, her tiny eyes boring deep into mine. The chants slowly turned coherent, and not only my eyes, but also my entire body drooping down to the ground slowly.

Before I knew it, I was deep asleep.