Authoress: Hey everyone! How've yall been? Me, I've been ok, except all this SOL testing (get your heads out of the gutter, it means Standard of Learning ) that my school is just now finishing up. I also had to read Great Expectations for Honors English. It's actually a really great book, I really liked it. Anyway, sorry for the delay, but I had a bad case of writers block. Don't you hate when that happens? I do, very much. Lol. Here's the reviewer responses, and yes, I'm back to doing them every chapter per request from a couple reviewers. Let's get started.
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Zyte: Thanks you very much for reading and thinking it was good! It's always a good thing when reviewers think that about my chapters. Next chapter is finally up, hope you enjoy it as much as the last one! I think this one's a bit longer than the last, but I'm not sure…Lol.
Gabe B.: Hiya! Back for another chapter, I see. I'm glad that you like it so much! LOL, I love your announcer voice! It was very good actually, I can imagine that too. Hmm, is Ereyla a traitor? Or not? Of course I'm not going to tell you, you'll just have to read on and see! And be prepared for another cliffhanger at the end of this chapter as well. What? It keeps the suspense up! And thanks for asking, I had a wonderful time at Busch Gardens. Roller coasters are the best!! Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, so here it is!
Paladin Dragoon: Ah yes, everyone wants to know what happened to Jennifer. Well, your question will be answered in this chapter, so don't worry! And thanks for being ok with the responses every other chapter, but I'm posting them every chapter per a reviewer's request, of course. Thanks for reviewing, and please enjoy this next chapter!
ElementalZoidFighter: Lol! Your reviews always make me laugh! I'm happy you found last chapter funny, that was what I was partly going for, as always. Umbreon definitely curses a lot, that's for sure! But hey, you gotta love him because he's Umbreon. Lol. Here's Chapter 9, enjoy!
Ireth-Tasartir: Cool name, I really like it! I always thought it sounded really neat when on LOTR they spoke in elvish. It sounds so graceful. I can't believe J. R. Tolkein created a whole language for the elves in his story. I find that really amazing. Anyway, thank you for your review, and I'm glad that I got Ereyla's personality in the first try – that's a really good thing! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Silvermoon: Hey! As always a big thank you for your review, I'm glad you like the story enough to tell me to always continue! Lol! Anyway, here's Chapter 9, hope you like!
Everett Mills: Good, my reviewers like where the story is going. wipes forehead Hehe. Maybe later in the story I'll put more about Espeon and Umbreon, possibly even sooner if the opportunity presumes itself. But it all depends on where the story goes. Hope you like this chapter, so here it is finally! Lol.
Alex Warlorn: Welcome back to another chapter of Seven Days As A Pokemon! Because you asked nicely, I've decided to keep reviewer responses up at all times. Don't you feel special? Lol! Anyway, the answer to why Jolteon sensed the danger will be answered eventually, you'll just have to read and find out. I know, I'm evil. O, and I never thought of it that way, but I some pokemon did get their names from human influences. Or maybe there were too many of the same species and they all had to have nicknames, who knows? Oh, and I looked up 'gazebo' but I still didn't get it. Maybe I'm slow. I got the song off my site from the free music site called sumfun1.com. Click of the Wavs link and it'll show you all types of music. My favorite type happens to be rock. Anyway, enjoy this chapter!
Sir-Egan: oO Lol! Your reviews are always unpredictable. That joke is just the thing me and my friends would start laughing hysterically at! Here, I've got one: How do you get an elephant in the refrigerator? Open the door and put it in. How do you get a giraffe in the refrigerator? Open the door, take the elephant out, and put the giraffe in. The king of the jungle is throwing a party. Who doesn't show up? The giraffe, he's still in the fridge. There's an alligator-invested lake that you need to cross. What do you do? Swim across it, the alligators are at the party. Haha, corny, huh? Lol, enjoy this chapter!
Melchior the Mewthree: Hey! How've you've been? Anyway, thanks for your review, I'm really happy you did. You might be imagining things with Jolteon and Vaporeon, or you might not. I personally think that there's going to be a little something there, just like I'm trying to do with Espeon and Umbreon. There's not going to be much, but just enough to get the point across. Hope you like this chapter, enjoy!
SnuffSnuff: Awe, too bad you can't review anymore! =( O well, at least I know you'll be enjoying my story, that's the main issue here. So your computer won't let you review? That's gotta suck. Lol. Thanks bunches and bunches for the compliments, and thanks for liking my story so much! I'll try to keep with it. Yea, Raichu happens to be one of my favorite because its so cute, and the personality you put for yours was cool too. Anyway, here's the next chapter, and don't feel bad about not being able to review, I really don't mind. I know, I'm nice like that.
Subieko: Hello again! Glad your back, I missed your reviews! Hehe. Anyway, I love writing the little spats between Skull and Jolteon, they're always fun. And plus, the readers enjoy them too as I can see. Yes, a floating lantern…Lol! I really don't know why I put a lantern, but if you saw a flying lantern wouldn't you high-tail it out of there as well? Lol! Some of your questions will be answered this chapter, I promise! So here it is, I hope you enjoy it!
Maia's Pen: Welcome back, Maia! I've missed your reviews, but I'm glad you're well enough to get on your computer again. As you can see, I haven't been updating as much as I should be, but everyone will live. Don't worry about not reviewing, I love ya anyways! Lol. So you liked the sister-sister bonding part? I'm not the best at writing fluffy scenes like that, so I'm glad it turned out ok. It's a good thing you like the cliffhangers, because I've added another one this chapter! I know, I'm evil. Everyone seems to love Jolteon and Skull little arguments, which is a good thing since I absolutely love writing them! Here's the next chapter, hope you like!
Daniel Bordelon: New reviewer, right? Just making sure I've never seen you before because sometimes I miss sometimes entirely whose already reviewed. Lol. I'm really glad you like my work, so here's more of it for you! Chapter 9 is here, enjoy!
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Authoress: Ok, all done! That took longer than I thought, but hey, it's worth it for you guys since you're the ones who keep my story going. Chapter 9 is up, so here goes…
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Jennifer's POV
I sat there on the cold cement, thinking every sound was something out to get me. I cursed my fear of the dark. By then I was really wishing that this was all a bad dream, and that Stephanie would gently wake me up and all the pokemon would be there to comfort me and tell me everything's ok.
But that wasn't the case, and I knew it. I was alone in some strange, spooky place. Something had to have happened to Stephanie – she would never let anything like this happen to me if there was something she could do about it.
Snap! It sounded like a twig on the ground breaking in half, and I started at the noise. I scooted farther into the wall I was sitting against and sat as still as I could. I practically stopped breathing when I heard padded footsteps coming in my direction. You're hearing things, I tried to convince myself. You've finally gone crazy.
I decided I wasn't crazy when the silhouetted shadow of a being came into my view. I was too stunned to do anything else but sit there and stare at the thing stupidly. It definitely was a pokemon, with four legs, pointy ears, and fur that looked like large spikes sticking out from the body.
Jolteon! I thought happily. Maybe the others are around too. Maybe they found Stephanie and came to rescue me!
But my hopes were dashed when the Jolteon spoke in a harsh, female voice. "Got the bag?"
"Yes, Miss," a much weaker, slightly squeaky, again female voice replied. "It's right here." A much smaller fox-like pokemon zipped out from behind the Jolteon, holding a black bag in its mouth. I guessed the little servant to be an Eevee, like I was.
I was now frozen in terror, for I now knew that this Jolteon wasn't my friend, and I had no idea what she and the Eevee were going to do to me. Just as I got my senses together and was about to make a break for it, the Jolteon, with a sudden quickness, came up beside me and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck.
"Open the bag," she ordered the Eevee, and the little pokemon stretched the bag out as wide as she could with her mouth. I stayed still as the Jolteon was about to set me down inside the bag.
I can escape when she puts me down if I move fast, I thought, seeing that I could easily jump out of the bag before they would have time to close it up on me.
Just before the Jolteon leaned down to drop me she stopped, suddenly changing her mind. She stepped away from the bag and the Eevee, and my hopes of escaping with no harm done were fading fast each step she took farther away from the bag. The question to what she was doing was soon answered when I felt a blinding pain from a powerful electrical discharge the female Jolteon let loose. I yelped long and loud in pain, and I held on as long as I could before I finally passed out it. Everything went dark.
General POV
"Where is Espeon?" Umbreon complained. "We've been sitting here doing absolutely nothing for fifteen minutes now."
"She probably found something," Vaporeon answered, giving the answer as if Umbreon should already know it himself.
"Of course she did," he said sarcastically, more to himself than the rest. "She always finds the good stuff."
"Well, I don't know about that," Jolteon began, forcing back a smile. "You and Tat seemed to have found a pretty good scare!" He and Skull started snickering and gave each other a high five – well, a low five since Jolteon couldn't lift his paw that high.
Tat, who was lying on the ground napping, opened one eye to glare at the two pokemon, but for the most part ignored him.
"Could someone please tell me why I tell these idiots anything!?" Umbreon shouted at no one in particular.
"Because we're you're friends, of course," Skull answered the rhetorical question. "And we're still your friends, even if at the age of almost 5 years old you're still afraid of ghosts." Laughter again ensued from Skull and Jolteon, and Vaporeon couldn't help but smile.
"Hey, don't make fun of Umbreon!" scolded Flareon. "At least he scared the…uh…whatever it was away."
"See, Vaporeon?" Umbreon smirked, ignoring new laughter from the electric and ground types. "Flareon feels safe with me."
"Oh really?" retorted the water pokemon. "Flareon, honey," she said in her fake sweet voice, "what did Umbreon bribe you with to get you to say that for him?"
Flareon giggled, but her attention was distracted when she saw Tat sleeping and went to Tackle him. Umbreon stared blankly at Vaporeon for a few seconds before saying, "Fine, be that way."
"I will," replied Vaporeon.
"Fine."
"Fine."
There was silence.
"Fine."
"Shut up, Umbreon," Vaporeon said, flattening her ears.
More silence.
"Fine." Umbreon was rewarded for that with a refreshing cold jet of water in the face.
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Espeon, Tatta, and their new companion Ereyla were moving as quick as possible. Tatta was clinging to Espeon's back as Ereyla slowed herself enough so that the slower psychic could keep up with her.
"Where are we going?" Tatta asked.
"I don't know, Tatta. But I'm sure we can trust Ereyla," Espeon answered telepathically.
"Why aren't you talking out loud? I'm just right here, you know."
"I'm too out of breath to breathe." Tatta laughed and nodded understandingly.
She looked around atop Espeon's back. "Did we pass the Burnt Tower yet?" she asked. "We can't just leave everyone waiting there wondering what's taking so long."
"We're coming up on it," Ereyla breathed easily, much to the envy of Espeon. "But please be quick, we have to hurry."
The three arrived at the tower within a few minutes. "What's going on?" Umbreon greeted them. "Where've you been? And who's that?"
"I'll tell you everything later, but for now just follow us with no questions asked," Espeon responded, still quite out of breath. "Get Skull and Tat on someone's back and let's move. Oh, and…" Espeon turned to Ereyla. "Can you take Flareon? She's too big for anyone of us to carry and move fast at the same time. Plus, she won't burn you."
"Of course, she'll be no problem at all," the fire horse answered kindly. She bent down so Flareon could climb on her back and the group started off again. Everyone excluding Espeon and Tatta were sending each other questioning glances concerning Ereyla and where they were headed.
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The pack had been running at full speed for at least twenty minutes, and boy, were they feeling it. Vaporeon and Jolteon took turns carrying Skull, who didn't exactly weigh a bundle of feathers. Vaporeon had him then, and Jolteon (whose speed and endurance were exceptionally better than Vaporeon's) ran up ahead so she couldn't give the brown nuisance back to him.
"We're almost there," Ereyla called back, much to everyone's relief.
The Rapidash skidded to a halt at a street name and turned to face the others. "I think it would be best if you all stayed here," she whispered. "This is area is populated, and I don't want to risk everyone being caught if someone should see us. I'll be back in a minute." Ereyla set Flareon on the ground and trotted off.
Vaporeon dramatically collapsed in front of Jolteon as Skull hopped off her back. "We…are in a fight," she gasped out, and Jolteon laughed.
"Ok, Espeon, start explaining," Tat said, and Umbreon nodded.
"Tatta and I went off after my intuition, and we sent you to search just in case my hunch was wrong," Espeon replied after a moment.
"So I let a ghost play a trick on me for nothing?" The dark pokemon sounded indignant.
"Let?" Tat scoffed. "Man, you were as scared as Flareon was."
"Anyway," Espeon continued, rather loudly, "we waited out in the front of this building that I was drawn towards for some time until eventually Ereyla – the Rapidash – came out. At first we were suspicious of her, but we found out that she was looking to find Stephanie and Jennifer too. She didn't tell us why, though."
"You don't know why?" Jolteon interjected. "It could be a setup!"
Espeon shook her head. "I highly doubt it. This pokemon just doesn't fit the profile of a deceiver, and my instincts told me to trust her."
All heads snapped to the road when hooves were heard and the glow of Ereyla's mane was seen. "What's back there?" Tatta asked.
"Well," she replied, "the Eevee was back there, but we got here too late."
"How did you know she was back there?" Vaporeon asked, now getting a little suspicious of the fire type.
"Because, I work for the organization that does this kind of thing. They're name is the CPA, aka Cyprus Police Assistance."
Jolteon's head snapped up. "Cyprus Police Assistance?"
"They must be what you thought of back at the alley, Jolteon," Espeon concluded. "When you told me you ran the word 'police' through your mind and an alarm went off."
"Yea, must be. Doesn't the CPA work to capture pokemon and leave them somewhere where they'll be discovered?" Ereyla nodded sadly, leaving everyone else shocked. "Why are you in with them!?" Jolteon was also becoming suspicious of the poor pokemon.
"I'm not in with them," Ereyla pleaded her case. "I just pretend to do what they do, but I really work to foul up as many of their plans as possible without them noticing it's me. Please, if I was really with them, don't you think I would've already ambushed you by now?"
Jolteon sighed. "I guess you're not really the type."'
"When Espeon and Tatta discovered me leaving the building, I thought for sure that they were head officials in the organization that had found out my scheme."
"Espeon? Tatta? Head officials? Please," Umbreon snorted.
"Shut up, Umbreon," the psychic scolded him. "Ereyla, please continue." She shot him a death glare as the fire horse went on.
"I would've been down here sooner, but I was held up in headquarters. Apparently the pokemon in charge of this mission got here before we could."
"So, if they're going to take Jenn and leave her, can't we just find out where it is and rescue her from there?" Vaporeon questioned.
"No," Jolteon surprisingly answered before Ereyla could. "She'll be taken back to headquarters where she'll be questioned about the whereabouts of any other pokemon she knows. If she lets off even the slightest hint that she knows where some are, they'll torture it out of her."
They all gasped simultaneously and looked to Ereyla. "Is that true?" Flareon squeaked.
"Yes," she responded hesitantly.
The attention was on Jolteon now. "How do you know so much about this?" Tatta asked.
"I'd…I'd rather not say," he responded, and turned away. Umbreon thought he was being stupid in not telling, but both Vaporeon and Espeon gave him concerned looks. Even Skull seemed a bit worried.
Jolteon cleared his throat to clear the silence. "Uh, do you know where they're keeping the Eevee, Ereyla?"
"Yes, of course, I know what room she'll be placed in. But mind you, the place is heavily guarded and it won't be easy getting in and out of there."
"Don't worry, we're up for it," Skull announced. "Believe me, we've had our share of trouble with this kid."
"Now there's the understatement of the century," retorted Umbreon.
Ereyla gave them both confused looks. "Oh, yea, I forgot you don't know," Umbreon sighed. "Let's make this short and sweet – the Eevee's name is Jennifer Waters, who is actually a sixteen year old girl under a seven day spell, courtesy of Espeon. Her sister, Stephanie, is a member of the PAP and before we agreed on the spell Jennifer was going to rat out her sister to the police. Couldn't let that happen, so here we are in another predicament." Ereyla nodded, a bit bewildered.
"Speaking of Stephanie, where is she?" Espeon wondered. "Didn't you say you knew where both of them were back at the headquarters building?"
"Yes." Ereyla began pawing at the ground with her hoof. "Her situation is even more dangerous I'm afraid. When the raid on the Burnt Tower was in progress, the girl tried to stop them by telling of her PAP membership and that she could help them." She shook her head.
"Bad idea?" Tat put in.
"Of course it was. The CPA despises the PAP. After all, their causes are completely different. So instead of taking the Eevee they decided on taking Stephanie instead, knocking out the Eevee until they could come back and get her."
"What's gonna happen to Stephanie?" Flareon timidly asked.
"That I can't be sure of. We've never gotten hold of a PAP member before since they are humans and are usually in groups of two or three when we spot and recognize them. Stephanie was an easy catch."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" asked Skull. "Let's get out of here before some human spots us and let's go save them!"
"You're right," Espeon agreed. "Ereyla, lead the way. We'll figure out what to do from there." The group set off, more determined than ever to get Jenn and Stephanie back from the CPA.
Jennifer's POV
"Let me go! Get me out of this damn bag, you jackasses!" I had come to while the Jolteon was still carrying me, and I was not about to make it easy for her to get me to wherever she was going.
"Stop squirming, or it'll be my pleasure to take care of you right now!" demanded the electric pokemon through clenched teeth. "How much farther?" I guessed that was directed to her little escort since I couldn't possibly tell her.
"Not much, miss," the Eevee answered her boss. "There's just a little ways to go, about ten minutes at the most."
It was the longest ten minutes of my life, even though it was slightly funny annoying the you-know-what out of the Jolteon and making her work to keep hold of the bag.
Finally, all movement stopped, and in curiosity I stopped moving about as well. "Who is it?" a male voice with a southern accent said, I assumed from behind a closed door since his voice was a bit muffled.
There was no speaking on the Jolteon's part, just some knocking on the door. Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock, knock-knock!
Hey, I recognize that tune! I thought, although I couldn't quite get my paw on where I had heard it from.
While I was thinking, the voice answered the knocks. "Come in, Reika."
The movement started again as the door opened and was shut behind me. I was walked a little ways down until we came to another stop. "Eevee, your services are no longer needed," said Reika. "You may go."
"Thank you, miss." And the Eevee was off.
Next thing I knew, I was tumbling out of the stuffy bag onto a hard floor. I shook my head to prevent the room from spinning and looked around. There was a small, comfortable-looking bed and a water and food dish, which contained fish that I had grown greatly accustomed to since that's all I really got to eat at the alley. A single window was the only light I had in the room, which wasn't anything but moonlight at that time.
I turned around the other way to face Reika and another pokemon – a strange one to me that I hadn't learned of yet. He was green, with razor blades serving as his claws on his arms and he had wings. To me he resembled a bug, and he stood on two legs with green feet.
"Make yourself comfortable," he said smiling. "I assure you that you'll be staying awhile." That last note was a little freaky to me, and he left me in the room alone with Reika.
"Have a nice night," she said to my surprise. I expected her to do something along the lines of cussing me out for making her trip here difficult. "We'll see you bright and early in the morning." She also smiled before leaving my room, securely closing the door behind her.
What the hell was that? I wondered silently. Why are they being so nice to me? They must want something. "Well, they're not going to get it," I said out loud, but still to myself.
I spotted the bed out of the corner of my eye and decided to take advantage of it. I began thinking of Stephanie and what happened to her, and if the pokemon had realized that we were missing yet.
Probably not, I reflected. They're still asleep at this time.
The more I sat there, the more I pondered my capture. The more I pondered my capture, the more times a certain conversation I had with Espeon popped into my head.
Flashback
"Uh, Espeon?" I started awkwardly. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course," she smiled. "About what?"
"It's Stephanie. I'm kind of worried about her since she is hiding and my parents haven probably got the police looking for both her and me. And if they got her they'd probably find out her job as a secret PAP member."
The purple pokemon nodded.
"You and the rest will keep her protected from things like that, right?"
Espeon looked surprised at the question. "Of course!" she told me. "That was our self-appointed jobs in the first place. That's why we transformed you – for Stephanie's safety. Now we're protecting both you and her."
End Flashback
The contempt that I held for Espeon for not protecting us disappeared rather quickly, and I honestly couldn't say why. I just couldn't stay mad at the pokemon who made me realize that my sister was one of the best people in my life, and believe me, I tried. I knew better than to think that Espeon and the others had set this all up, and finally I settled on pretending the conversation never happened and that she didn't promise me anything. I felt somewhat better after that, knowing that I would've felt guilty if I had gone back to my old way of dealing with things.
I closed my eyes, trying to get some sleep in before I had to deal with Reika and the strange pokemon "bright and early in the morning". Just as I was about to doze off, a faint light crept over my eyes. I looked up to the one window in my room to find that the sun was steadily rising, and that it wouldn't be dark outside very much longer.
Authoress: Ok, there, all done! Now, here's another game for you guys for another guest pokemon. I just have one request though when you submit – make your submission a relatively small pokemon. Don't pick something large like a Stantler or a Arcanine, but something small. Trust me, I already have this next character's role in the story somewhat planned out. Let's put it this way – I've got the plot line down.
Who's That Pokemon?
Ok, remember in this chapter when Jennifer met the strange pokemon? I described it in that paragraph. Tell me what it is in your review with the pokemon you would like to submit, name, personality, and any other extras you would like to throw in there. Remember, small pokemon please! Thanks!
See you guys next chapter!