Rigel slowly opened his eyes to find himself standing on top the stone, and was dumbstruck by what he saw stretched out before him, images of fantastic beauty and things he only knew of because his mother and father told him about them, such as vast oceans, snowy wonderlands, and colonies of strange creatures living in structures of metal, stone, and wood. "What in the world?" he thought to himself as he gazed down onto the land. "I must be dreaming here, because there is no way." He then turned his attention to the sky, which was silver and cloudless, with what looked like electricity arcing across it. "Well, I guess there is one way to find out if I'm dreaming." he said before taking a breath and holding it. After about a minute, or at least what felt like a minute, without feeling any different, he let out his breath again. "Alright, I don't need to breathe, so I am definitely dreaming." He then looked around again, and walked down the steps of the stone, out into a wide meadow below.
He journeyed through the places he saw from the stone one by one in his dream, with each landscape being more wonderful than the last. But even as the places he explored changed, one thing remained constant. He would always see the stone on the horizon, even when it was supposed to be behind him, towering above all else, and shining beautifully in the light of the sun. The sight of the stone gave him a feeling of comfort, and a strange, oddly familiar voice seemed to speak to him, urging him to go forward and see all that the world had to offer. Suddenly the silver sky darkened, turning as black as pitch, and several large eyes began to stare down at Rigel as his mind began to feel like it was shrouded in fog. Unable to think clearly, he closed his eyes and tried to get his head together, and after what seemed like hours, he opened them again, and was greeted by two figures standing over him.
"Rigel, wake up." he heard Tarazed say. "Rigel, are you alright?"
Rigel looked up at his friends and tried to speak, but he couldn't seem to form any words.
"He looks like he's awake." said Aludra. "Rigel! Come to your senses!"
Rigel tried to move, but his body was unresponsive, and his head was swimming.
"Yeah, he's not getting up." Tarazed said before motioning toward a small yellow caterpillar climbing on a small bush. "Aludra, go get that Sewaddle over there."
"Hey little guy, I need you to come with me for a bit." Aludra said as she walked over to the small insect and picked it up. She then brought it over to Rigel and set it down next to him.
Seeing the bug next to him, Rigel jumped up, now in full control, and quickly backed away. "No! No! Get that thing away from me!"
"I knew that would do the trick." said Tarazed. "Ok little buddy, go on, continue what you were doing."
"Why did say you do that, you jerk! You know how I feel about bugs!" Rigel shouted as the Sewaddle crawled into the woods. He was about to continue yelling at Tarazed, but stopped when he noticed how much taller he was than the Starly, and how deep his voice had gotten.
He then looked down at himself, and was shocked at what he saw. "What the heck!" He said with surprise. "What happened to me!" He looked nothing like the Eevee he used to be. His formerly long, brown fur was now short and covered in swirling black and white patterns, and his body was now leaner and more strong.
"I would say you evolved." Aludra said calmly. "But I've never heard of an Eevee evolving into something like you."
"What!" Rigel cried. "How in the world did that happen! And why are you so calm about this?"
"My guess is it had something to do with the rock." Tarazed said as he pointed a wing towards the stone, which had lost it's strange patterns.
"What type do you think he is?" Aludra asked Tarazed.
"I don't know." he replied. "How can we find out?"
Aludra then walked over to Rigel and put her hand on her chin.
Rigel stepped backward quickly as a vision of Aludra hitting him flashed through his mind. "Don't you punch me! If I'm Steel, Rock, or Ghost we'll find out another way!"
"How did you know I would do that?" Aludra said with a confused look on her face.
"I don't really know." Rigel said back, thinking about what he just did. "I had a weird feeling."
"Maybe you're Psychic." said Tarazed. "Can you move something with your mind?"
"I don't know. I could try. But how would I do it?" Rigel said before focusing his gaze on a rock nearby. "Rock! Fly!" he shouted, but the rock didn't move. "Psychic!" the rock continued to sit without budging.
"Having trouble Rigel?" said Aludra. "You're supposed to be moving it with your mind, not your mouth."
"Oh, right." said Rigel, realizing his mistake. "Well I'll try this then". He then focused his mind and began to visualize the rock rising, and after a few seconds of staring, he saw it begin to slowly lift off the ground.
"Well, that looks like Psychic alright." said Aludra. "Try throwing it at that tree over there."
"Ok." Rigel said as he looked towards the tree. He visualized the rock flying into the tree at high speed, and after a few more seconds the rock started to vibrate, then rocketed straight up into the air.
"Looks like you need to work on your aim." said Aludra after the rock came back and hit the ground. "Don't want you hurting anyone."
For those who want to know, Rigel is now a Pokemon of my creation, the Dark/Psychic Eclipseon.
