Here's Emma's turn. I'll explain her situation below.
A/N: Emma is wearing an off-white T-shirt with a picture of Yveltal on it with a pair of black pants and a navy blue jacket with black cuffs. Did I just tell you what type of Pokémon Emma might train? …or am I misleading you? *smiles innocently* If you think Emma chooses to evolve her Eevee into an Umbreon, you'll see about that! I only own OCs and the storyline.
Emma and Eevee's First Meeting
"That's really cool, Dan. Now it's my turn," I said with a smile on my face. I was genuinely happy for my brother. I went into the room the same way as he did. I petted Louis as Grace brushed up against my leg. I knelt and noticed the Eevee that had been snuggled up next to its mother. Grace quickly returned. I gave her a scratch between the ears, just as she liked it.
"Don't worry, Grace. I'm better than when I got my first Pokémon," I said. Grace mewled at that before giving me approval as the little one woke up. I noticed that it seemed …distant from its siblings.
"Vui?" it said to its mother. Grace licked her child and I looked at Louis who was watching one of his children settle an argument in between the other two. The other two turned on the smaller Eevee, who I picked up and held. "Not nice," was likely what Grace and Louis were saying. The one in my arms quickly jumped out before hiding behind its distant sibling.
I petted both gently. The distant one came up to me and sniffed my hand. "Vee," it purred, showing a smile of content. I had a certain ball at the ready, but I waited.
"Mom, I think I've got a new friend," I said. She studied the Eevee.
"That's the one that was distant towards his brothers and sisters," she replied.
I looked at Professor Elm. "What do you think?" I asked.
He looked at the Eevee. "Well," he said as he pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose. "If you can calm a rampaging Tauros, then I think you'll have success with this little guy."
I smiled and put Eevee on the floor. I pulled the ball out of my pocket and enlarged it. "Ah, good idea sis," Daniel said. "A Friend Ball might ease things."
I nodded. "That's my plan, anyway," I said. I tapped the Friend Ball gently on his head and watched him get sucked in. The ball only rocked twice before letting off a ping, signifying my successful capture. I waited ten seconds before letting the little guy out.
"Vui," was all he said. This would take a while.
I thought briefly on a nickname. "Eevee, would you like a name?" Eevee tilted his head curiously. "To tell you apart from your siblings," I clarified.
"Evui," he said in a tone that sounded like he was okay with that.
I smiled and scratched him right between the ears. "How about 'Bruin' for your name?" It was unoriginal, but I liked it. *
Eevee wagged his tail before letting out a content, "E-vui!" I picked him up and smiled.
"Then 'Bruin' it is," I said.
(Three weeks later. Route 216)
"Secret Power!" Ryan hollered.
"Dig, now!" I called. Luckily, Bruin moved fast enough to avoid being frozen by the Normal-type move. "When you resurface, use Iron Tail!"
Ryan smirked. "Don't give them a chance. Use Hypnosis!" Uh oh. Ryan and I both had aura and he used his in good timing.
I gritted my teeth as Eevee fell asleep before a smirk crept onto my own face. "You may have the upper hand, or so you think," I taunted.
Ryan raised a brow. Before he could ask, his Pokémon was pelted with three Shadow Balls before fainting. "Fine, you win this round. Let's take a break," he suggested.
I smiled and nodded. "Make sure Bruin doesn't wander off. We're supposed to shop for supplies in Snowpoint City. I'll be right back," I said.
I went into the woods and found a berry that was shaped like a top. The top half was a bluish-purple and the bottom half, a milky white. An almost ripe Chesto Berry. **
I said a quick prayer to Arceus that it would work. I found Bruin in his original spot. As I fed him the berry, Ryan asked, "You had Louis teach him Sleep Talk, didn't you?"
I nodded. "Yep," I said. Bruin woke up.
"Vui?" he asked.
I smiled. "Good job with Sleep Talk buddy. I was thinking we talk about evolution. You could become a Glaceon like your dad if we travel to Route 217," I suggested. Bruin shook his head.
"I know you don't want to imitate Daniel," Ryan said to me and I nodded. I pulled out my Pokédex and showed him the other six remaining evolution possibilities. I noticed that after I passed the Kanto trio, Bruin was shaking his head.
"Bruin," I said calmly. "You're trying to tell me something. You… don't want to evolve, do you?"
"Evui," Bruin said, a worried look in his eyes.
Ryan opened his mouth. "If it's offensive, keep your mouth shut. Remember what mom says: Si vous n'avez rien de bon à dire, ne le dites pas du tout," I repeated, knowing the phrase all too well.
Apparently, it wasn't offensive. "Bruin did just defeat a fully-evolved Pokémon. I think he's a powerful opponent," Ryan said as he came over. As I expected, Bruin turned away from me, jumped up and tried to knock a ball off of Ryan's trainer belt. Ryan got the message, took the ball off himself, enlarged it and tossed it. Once Bruin's brother materialized, the two play-wrestled.
Before Ryan and I started lunch, I gave them a warning. "Be careful not to lose your Everstone, Bruin!"
We then made lunch for ourselves and our Pokémon, but we split the duties.
This was kind of short and sweet. Translation of Si vous n'avez rien de bon à dire, ne le dites pas du tout: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. A mom would tell her children this, especially if she has eight of them! Rundown and I'll meet you at the A/N. Deal? Great!
(*) Bruin means "brown" in German. I know that Eevee is brown in color, but I still had my names for Eevee as a child and didn't see Emma using any of those. I didn't choose Bruin because of the Boston Bruins, FYI. By the way, I'm a Carolina Hurricanes fan. Go Canes!
(**) I have no idea how farming and agriculture work in the Pokémon world, so I just imagined what an almost [and when Emma said almost, she meant like 90%] ripe Chesto Berry looked like.
A/N: Ryan's up next and yes, each of the D'Arciolas have a gift due to their bloodlines. Their mother was born with psychic powers and their father was born with aura powers. Daniel has both [but he finds out about his aura powers first], Emma has aura, Ryan has aura, Connor has psychic, Rebekah has both [but she finds out about her psychic powers first], Darian has psychic, Ira has aura and Amber has psychic. I know Hypnosis has only a 70% [yes, I know we're in gen 7, but I want to go by region for each trainer. So, since Emma and Ryan are in Sinnoh, that's why I have that particular number] chance of hitting. So what Pokémon did Ryan use? Shout-out to whoever guesses correctly in the reviews!
As always, R and R, F and F, vote and ask. Ciao!
-Legal
P.S. As some of you know, I am into the M*A*S*H franchise. I am aware that William Christopher played Father Mulcahy in the TV series and he has passed away. What's a bit spooky (to me, anyway) is that one year prior, Trapper John (played by Wayne Rogers) died. What are the odds of that? After I upload chapter two of Havoc's backstory and my AC one-shot, I will do a story to commemorate him. …well, maybe not in that order. You never know with me.
