An Eevee's Life
Chapter 2: Events in a Life
Midnight watched Blaze demonstrate his move. Blaze concentrated his power in his tail. Soon, a coat of iron covered it. Blaze swung the tail at a sturdy tree. Midnight gasped as he saw the large mark left on the tree in the shape of his tail.
"And that's what an Iron Tail is, Midnight," Blaze said.
"Oh, can I learn it, please?" Midnight begged. The move looked awesome.
"You can try, but you might not be able to," Blaze warned.
"Well I want to try anyway," Midnight said.
"Okay, if you're sure. Take your inner power and try to move it to your tail," Blaze said.
Midnight reached toward the inner power he had learned to tap into recently. He focused on it and moved it toward his tail, as Blaze had said.
"Okay, once you do that, try to make it cover your tail with it and hold it."
Midnight stretched his power over the tail. It took a little before he had it completely covered. He held it there and soon his tail was covered with a coat of iron, just like Blaze's.
"Okay, concentrate. Now swing your tail against the tree," Blaze taught.
Midnight swung his tail. It hit the tree solidly. The mark left by him wasn't as big or deep, but it was still impressive.
"Good job. From now on, using Iron Tail will be easier now that you know the motions," Blaze said.
"Do you know any other cool moves?" Midnight asked.
"I taught you the two you could learn. I know Flamethrower and Overheat are for fire type Pokemon. If you become a Flareon, I'll teach you. You already have a large selection of moves. You have Quick Attack, a normal type move boosted since you're a normal type Pokemon; Bite, a dark type move; Dig, a ground type move; and now Iron Tail, a steel type move. Be content with what you got kid," Blaze said, "I only have two different types of moves: steel and fire."
"Okay," Midnight said. He inwardly sighed that there were no other moves he could learn.
"Well you better get back to gathering berries for the food pile," Blaze said.
"Ah, but I gathered berries this whole week and had to gather new ferns twice," Midnight whined.
"But you're the newest addition. Until you have been with us longer, you have to help out more than the others who have worked their keep already," Blaze lectured.
"Okay," Midnight muttered. He headed for the nearest berry patch that wasn't bad tasting or poisonous. He grabbed several berries off the bush, hurried back to the den, and put the berries on the pile. He had to do another trip in order to get enough berries to restock the food pile completely. He was too small to be able to carry more in one trip. The others said he would grow a little later on, though not too much since he was still an Eevee.
That was also a problem for him. Everyone was trying to get him to evolve to their evolution, except for Leaf, Lance, and Blaze. Leaf and Lance were the only ones who earnestly meant they would support his decision. Blaze didn't really ever comment and Midnight supposed that he really didn't care what Midnight evolved into. The others said they would, but Midnight thought the others would be disappointed if he didn't choose their evolution. Lucy was constantly trying to get him to evolve into a Flareon, though he pointed out many times that they had no fire stones. Rain at least had a stone to back up her arguments for him to evolve into a Vaporeon. Blaze informed him that there hadn't been an Eevee in the group since Leaf had evolved, that was why everyone was so excited about what he would evolve into.
Midnight went outside to try to lay in the sunlight before it was completely gone. Lying in the sun was one of his favorite activities. He laid down in a sunny patch. The sunlight warmed his fur. It felt really good.
Midnight heard rustling nearby and saw Rain coming out of the undergrowth. He got up quickly and darted away without saying a word. He quickly went through several small spaces to try and get away. The others had explained to him that Rain had gone into heat. Normally it wasn't a big deal, but now there was a male in the group without a mate or evolution: Midnight. They had warned him to keep completely away from Rain until she wasn't in heat anymore, about a week.
Midnight hadn't thought it was very nice to avoid Rain, but he still took the advice. He did wonder why it was a problem that he was there. Why would she do to him? But whenever he asked, they would tell him that he didn't want to know, at least not yet.
Midnight reached the den and headed for his room. They told him that Rain wouldn't be able to sneak in his room undetected. Violet kept a constant watch, at least with her mind. Even when she was asleep, her mind would wake her if something were amiss.
He laid himself down in now fresh bedding. He had had to get ferns for everyone's bedding, including his own. He was glad he had been able to switch the bedding out. The old bedding was sour and dusty. He easily fell asleep in his new, fresh bed.
Midnight woke to the sound of a cry. It was still in the middle of the night. Midnight looked around, but found that he was still alone in his den. He hurried through the tunnel and found the others in battle. Seven Houndour were attacking.
Rain was taking on two at once, her type advantage making up the difference. Blaze and Lucy were battling three others as a tag team. Violet was barely holding her own against one. Midnight knew she had a type disadvantage. Leaf and lance were holding back the last one, also barely holding their own.
Midnight rushed to Violet's aid. The Houndour hadn't seen him yet so he used Iron Tail against his side. Blaze was right; he was able to draw the power much faster. The Houndour flew against a wall. It got up and ran out.
"Thanks, Midnight. Now help the others. I must concentrate on using Light for the others to see well. We'll suffer worse wounds if I don't," Violet ordered.
Midnight nodded and ran to help Blaze and Lucy. He used to dig to get under the ground and headed for one of the Houndour. It was completely surprised as Midnight burst out from under it. It fled after picking itself up. Blaze gave Midnight a small nod of thanks.
Suddenly, the light became brighter as Violet concentrated. The Houndour flinched at the light, but the eeveelutions took the advantage. Soon, the Houndour all fled. Midnight had no wounds, so he brought Oran berries to all the others.
"Thanks," Blaze said, as Midnight gave him a berry.
"Why were we attacked?" Midnight asked.
"They were looking for a place to stay, most likely. Places like this are rare. Don't worry; a group will not try to take a place over twice. It's kind of like a law Pokemon live by," Blaze assured.
Luckily, there were enough Oran berries to heal everyone. Midnight was about to go back to his room, when Blaze approached him.
"You were a good fighter back there. If you hadn't helped Violet, we may have lost without the light or you evening out the odds. Have a good rest. Tomorrow, you will have the day off," Blaze said.
"Thanks," Midnight said, blushing at the compliments. He headed into his room and fell asleep quickly.
Midnight woke to the sound of fighting once again. For a second, he thought they had come back, but then he realized the fighting was in his room. Midnight got up quickly to see, in the dim light, that Violet was holding Rain down.
"Ah, man. You woke Midnight, Violet," Rain whined.
"Good. Now don't try to get him again. Just because we were attacked earlier doesn't mean I'm not alert anymore," Violet said, almost growling.
"Okay, okay, I won't. Just get off me," Rain said.
Violet got up and made sure Rain went through the tunnel. She turned to Midnight and nodded, "Don't worry; I won't let her get you. Wait, don't ask, you don't want to know," she said. She turned and went down the tunnel. "Night," he heard drift back to him.
Midnight stared after her. How had she known what he was going to ask? She must have known he was going to be curious. He laid down again and went into an uneasy sleep.
Midnight stretched outside the den. It had been a few months since the attack, and Blaze had been right once again: they hadn't come back. Midnight had been happy about a day off, but it had been only one day. He still had to do many of the chores.
It wasn't so bad, now. Midnight had grown a little so he was able to gather the berries in one trip. The others told him he would be about one year old when he finished growing.
The sun soothed his muscles and eased him. He groomed himself. This was starting to get boring. He had done nothing but lie in the sunlight all day for the last seven days during his down time. He wanted to do something else besides basking in the sun, but what? He would practice his moves. He needed to be ready in case another fight broke out.
He headed for the tree they all practiced on. Midnight found Blaze already there, practicing his Iron Tail. "Hey," Blaze greeted, before using an Iron Tail on the tree.
"Hey," Midnight replied.
"You come to practice too?" Blaze asked, starting to charge his move again.
"Yeah. I figured that I need to be ready just in case," Midnight answered.
"Trying to improve yourself, bachelor?" Blaze said, finishing another move.
"What's a bachelor?" Midnight asked.
"A male without a mate," Blaze answered.
"Then I'm always going to be a bachelor," Midnight said.
"Oh, oh, so you're not going to even try to find a mate? Don't say that so soon. Love is a powerful thing, Midnight," Blaze said.
Midnight shrugged and started to practice his moves, thinking of what they had talked about. He hadn't exactly told the truth. He had thought about getting a make, but he knew he would never find a mate, not with him being special colored and all. Who could ever like him?