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For those who have read this chapter, I've decided to change Nina's character into a Pidgeotto. It seems to fit more than a noctowl. Let me know if you agree with the changes.

chapter 4

As the night began to settle on the forest, a small brown fur ball lay fainted on the shore of a stream. The ground was wet and soggy and mud covered the brown ball as the water tried to reclaim it in it's current. It didn't move at all and it seemed to not even be alive. A Pidgeotto soared above the trees and scanned the ground below. Its graceful wings flapped causing deep whooshing sounds to beat against the air. It flew over the stream and decided to land to take a sip. It's clawed feet sank into the moist earth as it slowly strutted along the side of the rushing water. It found a spot to easily drink from the stream. As it lowered its head to sip, a magikarp leapt out of the water and splashed about. The bird Pokémon pulled back and glared at the annoying pokemon.
"How rude.." She said. It splashed down the stream and suddenly flopped onto the shore. It struggled and flailed about trying to reach the water again. The Pidgeotto sighed and quiclky flew over to it. With a few flaps, she pushed the clumsy magikarp back into the water. It jumped up and down as it made its way down the stream. The Pidgeotto supposed that was its way of saying sorry and thank you. She waved goodbye and began to drink. When she was satisfied, she stood to admire the scenery. The trees blossomed new flower buds that smelled like heaven. The sunset blended against the treetops and gave the horizon a twilight glow. She sighed at what she saw.
"I'm glad Hiyami lets me out every once in a while. Sometimes I miss it out here." She said to herself. After several more minutes she decided to leave. Before she could take flight, she saw something on the side of the stream. An unusual bump in the mud. Her curiosity got the better of her so she went over to investigate. The closer she came, the more the lump resembled a pokemon. She realized it WAS a pokemon and quickly flapped to it. She saw it was covered in mud and seemed completely lifeless. She looked closer and saw that it was an eevee kit.
"Oh no.. Poor little thing." She said feeling sympathy for the tiny pokemon. She leaned her head down on the eevee's body and shot back up. "You're alive!" She said loudly. Her heart fluttered as she tried to think of what to do. It finally came to her.
She wouldn't be able to carry the kit without injuring it further, so she pulled it off of the shore and next to a tree. She layed it on a pile of soft leaves and placed a few twigs on top of it to make sure nothing found it. After ensuring it was safe, she took to the skies and flew as fast as she could to find her trainer. She scanned the ground, intensively looking for any signs of her master. She then spotted a small campsite. A purple tent was set up near a small fire that burned fresh wood. The Pidgeotto then saw a young girl stepping out of the tent with something in her arms. The girl's hair was a shimmering brown and was in loops on either side of her head. She wore a dress that was blue and black with a pokeball design on the side of it.
The noctowl dived for the site and as she neared land she spread her wings and quickly landed without flaw. The girl looked and her expression became overjoyed.
"Nina, you're back!" She said happily. "Did you enjoy your flight?" Nina began to flail desperately as She cried out to her trainer.
"You have to come quickly, Hiyami! There's a hurt eevee! We have to help it!" She gasped. She knew Hiyami only heard poke talk and didn't understand a word she said, but hopefully she would pick up her distressed feelings. Hiyami's smile faded as she realized something was wrong.
"What is it, Nina?" She said with concern. Nina then gestured for her to follow and thrust herself back into the sky. Hiyami put down what she had in her arms and grabbed her bag by the fire. She then bolted after her pokemon, keeping her eyes up to make sure she didn't lose sight of her. Nina led her back to the river and landed by the tree. She flapped and cried her name to draw Hiyami nearer. Hiyami soon reached her pokemon.
"Is this it?" She asked Nina pointed to the pile of twigs and moved them. Hiyami gasped. "Oh no!" She said as she looked upon the eevee kit. She knelt down and softly lifted it in her arms. It was wet and ran a high fever. The kit was still breathing, but barely. Hiyami sat down with it and took off her bag. She rummaged through and pulled out a potion. She sprayed the eevee from head to tail. The fever stayed but its breathing slowly came back. Nina watched in concern and paced the ground tirelessly.
'Why not just catch it?' She asked herself. Hiyami looked at her.
"I can't catch it because the process may hurt it more." She said almost as if she heard what Nina was thinking. She then stood up with the kit and craddled it as she hurried back to the campsite.
Inside the tent, Hiyami had made a small bed for the kit and layed it down to rest. As it slept, she turned to Nina who refused to stay in her pokeball.
"You did great today, Nina. I'm glad you found this little kit. If it would've been a little later I don't think he would've made it." Nina cooed happily at her trainer's praise. Hiyami then rubbed her Pokemon's head. Nina loved and savored each moment. Her attention then turned to the eevee. So did Hiyami's. The kit began to shiver as it slept. Nina and Hiyami kept a close eye on it. "We need to get him to a pokemon center." No sooner than she said that, a low rumbling sounded through the forest. Hiyami Peeked outside the tent and a small rain drop splished on her nose. She wiped it off and looked up. There were no stars. Only darkness. Even then she could still see the clouds rolling by. She pulled back into the tent and sighed.
"No pokemon center tonight." she said to Nina. Nina hooted sadly. "We have to look after him ourselves." Hiyami then pulled out two pokeballs and released a pikachu and an audino. The pikachu stretched and looked about the tent.
"Hey, Nina." He said happily. Nina smiled back.
"Hi, Rocky." She replied. Hiyami named him Rocky because for an electric pokemon, he liked to play around with rocks quite a lot.
"Its nice and cozy in here." The audino said as she snuggled into Hiyami's sleeping bag.
"Senie, be careful." Nina said, thinking about the eevee. Senie came from a different region called Unova. She says that the pokemon here are different from over there.
"We have a visitor." Rocky said as he sniffed the air. He looked toward the eevee. Hiyami went over and showed them the small pokemon. The eevee slept with small frequent breaths. Senie went over to it and touched its forehead.
"Arceus! He's burning up!" She gasped. Rocky looked away to the entrance to the tent. His ears twitched. Nina looked at Hiyami who looked back at her pokemon with a look of worry.
"I don't know what to do, Nina." She said sadly. Nina looked at the eevee.
"Can't you do something, Senie?" She asked. Senie shook her head.
"There's nothing I can do." She said as she rubbed the eevee's ear. "We can only wait to see if he gets better." Hiyami looked at her pokemon speak. She didn't know what they were saying, but she got the feeling that it was about the eevee, and it might not be good.
"The eevee's not who I was talking about." Rocky said. Nina and Senie looked at him surprised.
"What do you mean?" Nina asked. Rocky looked at her.
"Like I said. We have a visitor." He then looked back at the entrance. He took a fighting stance and his cheeks sparked with electricity. Hiyami looked at him.
"What is it, Rocky?" She asked. She went over to him and saw that he was growling at the entrance of the tent. She peeked outside and looked around. The rain had picked up and the water started to slowly soak her hair. She couldn't see anything for a while and thought Rocky was just a little overly cautious. She then saw a shadow move behind the trees. She gasped and pulled back into the tent. "Someone is out there." she whispered. "Rocky. Nina. I need you." The two pokemon then jumped out of the tent and waited for their trainer's orders. "Senie. I need you to stay in here with the eevee. If he wakes up, he shouldn't be alone." Senie nodded and sat by the young kit. Hiyami then went outside with her pokemon. Nina and Rocky were side by side. They looked up to Hiyami and waited for instructions.
"Nina! Tell me when you see him!" Nina nodded and scanned the trees. For a moment she saw nothing, but if there were something, even the rain wouldn't stop her from seeing it. She suddenly saw a figure move in the background and cried out to warn Hiyami.
"Rocky, use a thunderbolt that way!" She ordered. Rocky charged his attack and shot a yellow stream of electricity toward where Nina was looking. It collided with a tree and with a loud crunch, took a huge chunk off. The figure jumped out in front of them.
"Whoa, whoa, calm down! I'm not here to hurt you!" Came the voice of a boy. He sounded At least Hiyami's age.
"Who are you?" She demanded. Rocky and Nina stayed ready to fight just in case.
"My name is kaid. I saw you pick up that sick eevee. I just wanted to see it." He said earnestly.
Hiyami Looked at him. He wore a red shirt that had a bunch of different pokeballs decorated on it. He also wore large shorts that came down to his calves. He had a small backpack on his back that had many pockets. His hair was short and brown like hers and he kept a bandana around his head.
"Why do you want to see it?" She asked. He tried to come a little closer, but Rocky gave a warning spark.
"I can help it. I have medicine." He reached into his bag and pulled out some liquid in a bottle. Hiyami looked at it. She did want to help the poor kit, but she didn't have the right medicine for him and he seemed to get worse by the minute.
"How do I know I can trust you." She asked.
"I have a flareon. She is my best friend."
"Oh great. Another female." Rocky said. Nina nudged him and he gave a slight chuckle. "I'm Joking."
"Let me see." Hiyami said. Kaid then pulled out a pokeball and threw it up. Light flashed from it and out came the beautiful fire type. She shook her head and looked up at Hiyami.
"Flare. Flareon." She said. Hiyami looked at the fox pokemon. She then looked back at Kaid.
"Okay. I'll let you in, but if you try anything, I'll make sure my pikachu will leave you with a permanant twitch." Kaid gulped and proceeded to the tent.
"Come on Ember." He said to the flareon. She then bounded to her trainer and Hiyami let them in. Nina and Rocky followed. As Hiyami went in, she saw Kaid holding the eevee with the bottle in hand. He pulled out a spoon. He poured a bit of the liquid on it and softly fed it to the young kit. He layed it back down and put the bottle away. Ember went up to the eevee and watched him as he breathed in swiftly. She looked at Kaid.
"Poor thing." she said.
"Do you see many eevee around?" Rocky asked.
"No. Not since I was caught." She replied. She looked at Rocky and then to Nina.
"It must be hard seeing another one so injured." Nina said. Senie came up to them and Ember nodded.
"We were doing the best we could to help him." Senie said. "My name is Senie. Nice to meet you."
Ember nodded again.
"I'm Ember, and that's my trainer, Kaid."
"That should help his fever. Once that's gone he'll be fine." Kaid said to Hiyami. She sat on her knees and rubbed the eevee's ear.
"Thank you." she said. "I didn't know what to do when he wasn't getting better." Kaid nodded. He then stood up and prepared to leave.
"Come on, Ember. We should go." He pulled out her pokeball and expanded it.
"Flare! flareon!" She said aloud.
"What's wrong? You dont want to go back in your pokeball?" Ember shook her head.
"Maybe you should stay here for the night. Its raining and you could get sick." Hiyami said. "Its the least I can do for your help." Kaid looked at her. "Besides. You can keep an eye on the eevee if something happens. You know more about healing than I do." Ember seemed to agree and so did Hiyami's pokemon.
"Aw, I don't want to impose." Kaid said.
"Its no trouble. I have plenty of room." Hiyami said as she spread her arms out. Kaid smiled.
"Okay. since it IS raining." He sat down and took off his backpack. "Are you on your pokemon journey too?" He asked. Hiyami nodded.
"I have two badges already. I decided to come back home to train before I went for my third."
"Really? I have three. I just left my parents house to go for number four." Hiyami looked at Ember who had made herself cozy next to the eevee.
"Is she your first pokemon?" Hiyami asked. Kaid nodded.
"She's the only one I have. I want to get all of the eevee evolutions soon. They're my favorite pokemon. You're really lucky to find an eevee out in the wild. They're really rare." Hiyami and kaid continued to talk about their pokemon and what happened so far on their journey.
Nina, Senie and Rocky went over to the flareon. She was watching the eevee sleep.
"He... He reminds me of my son.." She said after a long silence. Nina looked at her.
"You had children?" Ember slowly nodded.
"A son and two daughters." Rocky sat next to her.
"Where are they now?" He asked.
"My son left the den one day and never came back. My daughters went after him and were caught. I searched far and wide for them. I found my daughters and they looked so happy. They told me that their trainer was a good person and only had them battle if they wanted to.. I never saw my son again. I only hope that where ever he is, he is happy." Ember shed a tear and turned away.
"I'm sure he is." Rocky said. Nina nodded in agreement. The kit shifted and slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurred and his head throbbed in pain. He slowly looked up. The pokemon around him watched. Senie called to the trainers and they looked. They saw that the eevee was waking and went over to see. The first thing the kit saw was Ember looking down on him.
"M-mom.." He struggled to say. Ember was taken aback. This couldn't be her son. He would be grown up by now.
"No, little one. I am Ember. I am not your mother." She said sadly. She wished she could say that she was his mother, but she didn't want to lie to him. That would be wrong.
"He's awake!" Hiyami said happily. "He's okay! Thank goodness!" Kaid looked at her with a smile. "It was your medicine that helped."
"I think it was more of your kindness that helped. I can tell that you have a good heart." Kaid replied. Hiyami blushed. She knelt down to the kit and watched it take in its surroundings. He looked at her. His eyes widened as he looked around and saw the other pokemon. He began to shake in fear. Who were these pokemon? What did they want? Where was he? Nina could tell he was afraid and Ember picked up on it too.
"Don't be afraid." Nina began. "We are not here to hurt you." The kit looked her in the eyes. She was sincere and had honesty in her voice.
"Where... is... Rima?..." He weakly asked. "Where... is..my sister?.." Nina looked at Rocky. He had the same expression on his face. So did Ember.
"We only found you. There was no one else with you." Nina said. The kit's eyes began to water and he sniffled.
"She's... gone?" He asked in tears. He then turned his head and sobbed. His ears were all the way down and he shivered as he cried. Hiyami's pokemon hung their heads, feeling sorry for the kit. Hiyami looked confused.
"What's wrong? I don't understand." She said. She then looked at Kaid who looked like he had seen this before. "Kaid?.."
"I think this eevee lost his family.." He said. "I've seen this happen. Ember has gone through the same thing when I caught her." Hiyami looked back to the eevee.
"That's horrible.." She said with sympathy. She reached to the kit and petted his head. He didn't struggle or refuse her. Hiyami let a tear fall. How could she compare to an entire family?
"I think we should get some sleep. Maybe we can try to cheer him up tomorrow." Kaid announced. Hiyami nodded.
"Do you guys want to stay out of your pokeballs?" She asked her pokemon. They all nodded except for rocky and Senie who shook their heads. He looked to Nina and Ember.
"I think you two should stay out with him. Too many pokemon may frighten him even worse." Nina and Ember nodded with understanding.
"If you need me, you know where to find me." Senie said. She then winked and was returned to her pokeball. Rocky waved and he too was returned. Nina looked at Ember who had snuggled up with The kit. Nina didn't protest. Maybe this would help them both move on. So Nina went to Hiyami who was in her sleeping bag. Hiyami stroked her neck as Nina lowered herself to a comfortable place to sleep. Hiyami then turned off a light that Nina didn't notice before. Soon everyone was asleep, letting the night pass.
End of chapter 4

Took me a while to write this one, but I think it turned out great! Next chapter is Yumi. Please review.