Here's another one! It's not as long as the first but still fun to write. XD
Hope you enjoy this story! I think it's cute so far! I still need advice whether to change this to friendship/romance or keep it strictly friendship.
I'm leaning more towards friendship right now.
Chapter 2: Night Games
Eevee's mother, Espeon, noticed how strange her daughter was acting that day. Normally, the poor thing was depressed with confidence issues. She was convinced she'd never evolve, or that she wasn't cute enough, or that she wasn't big or brave enough.
Eevee didn't need to worry about that kind of thing at her age, but she was already concerned and no matter how much Espeon comforted her it didn't make an impact.
Part of the problem could be because she was an Espeon herself, a rare form, while Eevee was still just a little adolescent. In a way, that could be intimidating to the poor child, and it didn't help things that most of the other children around were either too old to play with or evolved.
However, today all of that seemed to change. Her daughter looked a little tired, but she was happy. She bounced around and smiled a lot, the most she's seen since the child was born.
She stood at the base of their tree, watching her little Eevee eagerly chase catch some of the tiny bugs flying around. Espeon smiled at her, "Well, you seem in a good mood this morning."
Eevee looked over at her pretty mother and smiled, "Uh huh! I sure am mamma!"
She smiled at her, happy to hear that. Ever since they moved into the tree there, she daughter hadn't had a lot of luck making friends with some of the older children around. It seemed like that had changed.
She didn't want to pry though; Espeon knew her Eevee would tell her in time. She was a psychic Pokémon after all, and she had a feel for these things.
Eevee knew that her mother was looking at her inquisitively. If she told her mother that she not only went without permission into the Cemetery but befriended a Ghost Pokémon she'd get in so much trouble. So instead she sheepishly smiled and decided to go towards some nearby bushes to munch on some berries.
While she chewed on the sweet red berries, she looked around a bit and became lost in her thoughts.
Though she was new there and had a hard time getting along with others, Eevee had to admit her home was lovely, and the tree burrow she lived in was cozy. There were a few Pokémon around in other trees, or others living in the nearby river. It was a good home, but being the new kid and a baby it was hard to make friends still.
Eevee continued chewing on some berries when she noticed Jolteon, Flareon, and Leafeon nearby. She looked to them and gave them a sinister smile, trying her best to look like Gastly the night before.
The three girls shivered and moved quickly away to the river, trying to avoid eye contact.
Satisfied, she smiled to herself, internally grateful they had stopped bullying her for the meantime. She couldn't wait to see Gastly again.
Later that night, after all the Pokémon in the nearby trees or river had gone to sleep around eleven, Eevee crept away from her sleeping mother and outside into the night air. She shivered in the cool night, afraid of the darkness. It was a full moon again, but the forest trees covered a lot of the light.
Trotting, she began to make her way back to the Zoryn Cemetery, trying to move quickly to escape the darkness.
Once she came upon the familiar metal gates, she snuck in and headed towards the center of the graveyard, where she knew the bell tower to be.
Eevee approached its large bolted door, once again closed and looked around for her friend, "Gastly?" she called, "Where are you?"
An answer didn't come for a few minutes until she felt the chill and something cold blew into her left ear.
She nearly jumped into the sky at the feeling and looked to her side to see Gastly laughing loudly at spooking her, "Got ya!"
Being a good sport, her nerves went away and she laughed a bit, "Hey Gastly!"
He smiled, "Hi! I knew you'd come back!" he spun around a bit, "I have a great game tonight!"
"Really?" She quizzically perked her ears, "What is it?"
"I'll show ya." He gleefully giggled and flew away. Shrugging, she followed him through the graveyard, curious to see what he had planned.
"Okay, why are we here?" Eevee looked over to the ghost next to her. He was smiling like a maniac.
They were hiding in some bushes in front of a large Beedrill nest not too far off from the Graveyard. They were all sleeping, some were patrolling here and there but they were on the other end of the hive. Weedles, Kakunas, and Beedrills were scattered about, and she still had no idea what was going on.
He turned to her and whispered, "We're gonna scare them."
"We?" Eevee frowned, "Okay, look, I'm not a prankster. Besides, won't it be mean to scare them when they're sleeping?"
"Oh no, no." he shook side to side, "If I knew that then I wouldn't bother them while they're sleeping. Thing is Weedles actually like getting scared. They're really good sports about it, certainly better than Caterpies. I have no idea why they think it's so funny. Maybe because it's a challenge to their pride? I don't know, possibly has something to do with being a Beedrill. They really like to get spooked when they least expect it, since it's more of a scare and a laugh. Honest!"
"Well…" she didn't think he would lie to her about this. After all he said he wasn't a bully prankster.
She's never play scared anyone before, maybe it was fun? How harmful could it be?
"Okay, let's do it."
He beamed at her and nudged her side, "Right! Go on!"
She walked through the bushes with him floating overhead. Gastly floated upwards towards the sleeping group. Eevee watched him, "What do we do?"
"Scream as loud as you can." He whispered.
She got nervous, "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
The ghost looked to her, "Relax, I've done this before. Weedles love this!"
Working off her nerves, Gastly counted down, "Ready? 5-4-3-2-1!"
He let out a very loud, hollowed scream that completely masked Eevee's shrill cry.
The entire hive, Weedles, Kakunas, and Beedrills all awoke with a startled jump, looking around as if their bug eyes would pop from their skull.
After a few seconds, when the group focused on the two, Eevee got nervous, afraid they had done something bad.
However, the young Weedles staring at them rolled over and started laughing, despite the brief fear. Once they saw that it wasn't any danger, it was funny to them.
She looked over to Gastly who was laughing along with the kids; getting a feeling this definitely isn't the first time he's spooked the hive.
Eevee started to laugh too. It was fun! As long as they didn't cry it was fun to get a good scare!
That was…until the angry buzzing started.
The laughing from everyone stopped, including the Weedles, when the Beedrills stared at the two with very pissed pink eyes. The Weedles began to protest but to no avail. Kakunas of course didn't react.
Gastly was laughing still and flew away, "Time to go!" Eevee got wide eyed and quickly ran off under him.
The very angry Beedrills chased them both out of the hive and back into the fields that separated the forest from the Cemetery. Eevee was scared, not eager of the idea of getting stung. However, Gastly was just laughing loudly at the chase, enjoying every second.
His joy was contagious as the reality of the situation hit her. In an ironic, mischievous way, the scene was funny. Two kids, one a Gastly the other an Eevee, getting chased in the forest by rattling a bunch of angry Beedrills must look pretty silly.
Unable to hold it in, she also began to laugh and they both made a mad dash towards the Cemetery. Once they reached the gates, Eevee hopped in between the metal bars while Gastly just fazed through.
The Beedrills stopped in their tracks and hovered there for several seconds. They knew better than to go into the Zoryn Cemetery. They, like all the other Pokémon in the area, knew the stories and the dangers of going there. Normally they'd never give up the chase that easily, but self preservation was better than revenge at the moment.
Annoyed that the mischievous Ghost Pokémon had gotten away AGAIN, the group flew back to the hive.
Once they were gone, Gastly and Eevee had stopped running and collapsed in the middle of the graveyard in front of the tower, laughing and completely out of breath.
Once they were able to relax, Eevee looked to him, wearily smiling, "Y-you're crazy, you know that?"
He snickered a few times and smiled back, "M-maybe a little bit. Ha ha, did you see the look on their faces? The grownups were so mad!"
They laughed a little more and Eevee asked, "Wh-why did they chase us? I thought you said Weedles were good sports."
"They are!" he breathed, "Beedrills aren't! Told you grownups are no fun. Besides, I've kinda done it a few times before, so they're probably still sore at me for it."
She just giggled a little bit more before she let her aching chest relax, "Well that was fun still!"
"I know right! I told you a good scare was fun!" he floated upwards, "Moon's still high. Wanna go prank some more?"
She didn't hesitate, "Sure!" Eevee hopped to her feet and followed him again through the graveyard.
They spent their time that night playing outside of the Graveyard. Any other Pokémon nearby were spooked by them and either ran off or laughed. None cried though, and they never went too far. It was harmless things, like jumping from the bushes, or sneaking from the shadows. She even found out Gastly could turn invisible and lift objects like rocks or things and make it seem like they were floating. That usually had others freaking out.
It was a load of fun, and when they were done with pranks they went back to the graveyard and started playing other games. Like the night before, they played tag but also hide and seek this time. It was one of Eevee's favorite games, and there were plenty of tombstones and statues to hide behind.
"10-9-8…" she snickered, her eyes closed tight while she faced the old tree in the Cemetery, "7-6…54321 ready or not here I come!" she blurted out and opened her eyes to begin looking all over the graveyard. She looked for half an hour high and low, but couldn't find him, and he promised he wouldn't hide in the bell tower.
She was about to give up and cry 'olly-olly-oxenfree', when she heard some quiet cackling nearby. Stalking towards the sound, she looked behind the tombstone where it was coming from but saw nothing.
She knew then he was invisible, "Hey!" she jumped towards the air and like she expected hit something.
The little Pokemon toppled over on something round and in a flash Gastly appeared, "Aw! Darn! You found me!" he moaned, wiggling until she was off of him.
Eevee backed up and gave a fake pout, "Gastly!" she whined, "You aren't supposed to turn invisible! That's cheating!"
He pouted a bit, "Daww, sorry Eve. I was just playing! I won't do it again, honest and for truly!"
She had to smirk at that 'honest and for truly' line again. Must have been some kind of habit he had. Apparently he's also come up with a knick name for her.
Eve…yeah, I kinda like it. I'll let it slide.
He continued giving her big eyes and she found it surprisingly hard to stay annoyed, "Well, okay. But you have to find me now." He agreed and floated back to the tree, she ran off and teased, "And no peaking!"
That's how it was for the rest of the night. They continued to play hide and seek or talk to each other. She found out that he really does eat souls, but contrary to most belief he can live for long periods without it. He can also eat other things too, like berries or poffins. In fact, he said souls sometimes taste like berries.
When the subject somehow went from food to Humans, Eevee had to ask, "Gastly, have you ever seen a human?"
"No." he shook, "The others have told me about them though, and to stay away."
Eevee frowned, "Why? My mamma told me about humans and never said anything bad about them, not really."
"Yeah, well, you might be wrong." His voice became cautious, as if he was actually scared, "Humans are dangerous. If they don't catch you, they will do awful experiments. Trainers are one thing, but one of the grownups here, a Gengar, told me he escaped from some wearing some weird 'TR' labeled uniforms once after enduring awful treatment. He was more like a slave than a companion, and in the struggle to get away he lost his right eye!"
Eve winced in fear when he got closer to her, his voice becoming deep, "So as far as I'm concerned, I'm staying away from them. Only human I wanna be around are the dead ones here, cause they can't hurt us. Heed my warning Eve, stay away from humans. Especially ones wearing 'TR' labeled uniforms."
He looked past her and his tone reverted back to normal, "Uh oh! Sun's already rising! I gotta get away and you gotta get home!"
She looked over her shoulder and gasped at the urgent realization.
After a hasty goodbye and promising to come back again tonight, she fled from the graveyard and knew the way to the gates by now.
When she went back home, Gastly fled back into the bell tower, angry at the sun for its brightness and bad timing.