Chapter 7

(Secret chapter)

~1 year later~

"Wake up!" 4 voices yelled loudly.

"We're up! We're up!" I said tiredly as I sat up in bed and rubbed my eyes.

"It's Christmas!" The 4 Pokemon before said happily as they pranced around the bed.

"I know. I know." I told them as I got up out of bed.

"Namira, wake up." I said as I shook the lazy mega absol from her sleep.

"Just give me one more minute." She said lazily, I sighed and picked her up in my arms, she woke up stubbornly and yawned.

"Why so early?" She asked.

"Christmas." I said as I walked into the living room, her still in my arms.

"Did delibird bring us presents last night?" The four children Pokemon said as I walked in.

I set namira down on the couch, even after all her whines for me to continue carrying her, I walked over to the Christmas tree and pulled out several presents.

"Ok you four, come here." I told the Pokemon before me.

"Yes!" The four said happily as they jumped around me.

"Here's yours Crystal, here's yours Hannah, and here's yours Lindsey." I said as I placed the gifts in front of the mightyena, briaxen, and glaceon.

"And last but not least, Riley, here's yours." I said, placing the present down in front of the little absol, who happily jumped at the box.

We had Riley this year, namira and I, he was the only boy in the group and the youngest, nothing really discouraged him. He would chase a rattatta around in a circle for hours and wouldn't get bored, if he missed it, he would just try again until he wore himself out. Riley was the final one in our group of pups, he was the surprise, the one we didn't expect. Being that he was just a little pup, made him considerably smaller than namira, he was just a bit bigger than Crystal.

"Hey big sis? Could you open this?" He asked Lindsey, who happily obliged.

She opened up his little box, which contained his present, a small absol doll, he had asked for one before so I got it for him. He was delighted to find it inside, he happily ran around with it in his mouth, jumping next to namira and playing with it as he laid beside her.

Lindsey got a new twig for her tail, since braixen love the twigs they own, I got her a new one. Crystal got a little ice gem necklace that went around her neck that I helped put on her and Hannah got a black bow and a comb for me to brush her fur, she liked when I did that.

They all happily inspected their new gifts as namira and I watched from the couch.

"I love this." Namira said quietly.

"Me too." I told her happily.

She laid across my lap and looked up at me happily.

"Where's my present?" She asked jokingly.

"You'll get it later tonight." I told her mischievously, she grinned and watched as the pups ran around and played.

"You want another Riley?" She asked me quietly, he was a hyper active Pokemon and a second one wasn't a nice thought.

"I'd rather not, condom this time." I told her quietly, she chuckled quietly and laid back down on me.

"Holidays are great." I thought to myself as I laid back into the couch and returned to the deep sleep I was once in.