Hey guys. This is up earlier than it normally would be, but I just felt like writing a lot this week. Hope you like it.

Sam didn't think that sleeping on a pile of leaves would be very comfortable, and he was right. It wasn't comfortable, at least compared to his mareep wool bed at home. So because of this, Sam woke up a lot earlier than he normally did. Sam shrugged off the morning drowsiness and got out of his 'bed.' As he looked around, he could see that everyone else was still asleep except for Cassius; his bed was empty. Sam looked around to see where he could have gone. After a few seconds, Sam found the espeon sitting on the edge of the cliff from earlier, which happened to be facing the the sun as it rose above the horizon.

"I see you still watch the sunrise." Sam said as he approached Cassius.

"Always have," he responded, "and I always will."

"Why is that?" Sam asked as he sat down next to Cassius.

"I just like the sun. It's the whole reason that I became an espeon, remember?"

"Yeah, I know," Sam replied. "I just wanted to know if there was any specific reason."

"Well, before I was an espeon I liked the sun just because of how majestic it was. It was the glowing yellow star the gives us all life and shines on our life so that we can live our life to the fullest extent. Now that I am an espeon, the sun gives me physical strengths as well."

"Really?" Sam questioned.

"Indeed," Cassius continued. "just like umbreons get their power from the moon, we espeons get our power from the sun. It's just a lot less noticeable."

"Hey Cass?"

"Hm?"

"Can I ask you a question?" Sam said. He really didn't want to ask him this question, but he knew that he should.

"Sure. What is it?"

"So… you don't hate humans like Drake, right?" Sam started.

"Correct. I've already told you I was very close to my master. You must also know that one of the ways eevees to evolve into espeons is by happiness towards a human."

"So you don't think that all humans are bad like Drake does?"

"Well of course not. I know that humans can be good. Granted, there are some bad ones, like Team Rocket, but there are equally or even more good humans than there are bad ones." Cassius said.

"Then why don't you tell Drake that?" Sam asked.

"He won't listen to me."

There was silence for a bit until Sam had finally mustered up the strength to ask Cassius the real question.

"Hey Cass?"

"Yes?"

"Do you think I'm a good human?"

Cassius didn't answer at first and just continued to stare at the rising sun. When he did answer, it was very vague. "I guess we'll see soon, won't we?" He said.

Before he could think about what Cassius had meant, Sam heard some footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw the mightyena was walking towards them. She stopped walking when she saw that Sam had noticed her. He hoped that she hadn't overheard anything that they had talked about.

"Well good morning," Sam said in a voice that was a bit more cheery than he would have thought he'd sound, just waking up himself. The mightyena just stood there, opening her mouth like she was going to say something, but nothing ever came out.

"Do you want something?" Cassius asked when she didn't say anything.

"Well I…" was all she was able to get out before Cassius cut her off.

"Of course you can travel with us." Cassius finished her question before she had even said it. "As long as it's okay with the other members of our party," he said as he turned to Sam as if asking a question.

"Uhh…" Sam was still processing what happened. "I guess… I don't… have a problem with it," he said, very confused by the whole situation.

"And I'm also pretty sure both of the others will gladly have you join us." Cassius said.

"Right," the mightyena said very quietly and then started to walk away.

"What's your name by the way?" Sam asked her as she walked away. The mightyena stopped walking, looked at the ground and answered with a simple "Kate."

Once she was out of earshot, Sam turned back to Cassius. "I thought you couldn't you you psychic abilities on dark types."

"I can't," Cassius answered.

"Then what was that? How did you know what she was going to say?"

"It was quite easy to tell what she wanted to ask, with the hesitancy and all."

"Alright Sherlock," Sam said with a bit of snark in his voice.

"Who?" Cassius asked.

"Nevermind."

The other two eeveelutions awoke of their own accord. Lily looked a bit less peppy than she usually did, but that was probably just the morning grogginess. Drake actually looked surprisingly good for someone who had just taken a flamethrower to the face not one day ago. Being a fire type probably helped.

"Are you good enough to travel?" Cassius asked Drake.

"I think so," he replied. "It still hurts a little, but not so much that I can't walk."

"I hope you two don't mind," Cassius continued, "but Kate is going to be traveling with us."

"Kate?" the two asked in unison. Cassius then nodded towards the mightyena who was sitting by herself beside a tree. Drake and Lily both gave a nod of realization and turned back to Cassius.

"I certainly don't mind," Lily said. "After all, the more the merrier, right Dray?"

"Hm?" Drake said, not realizing she would ask him a question. "Uh… yeah, I guess so."

"Alright then. Let's get going." Cassius said. "We have a lot of ground to travel today, so let's get to it. Sam, can you carry the berry bag since Drake isn't in the condition to ca-"

"I am too," Drake interrupted him. "I can carry the bag." He said as he went over to where the bag was and picked it up.

"Alright then. Let's get going." Cassius said and then took point as everyone else followed, with Kate tailing behind. Sam wondered what her story was, why she was in houndoom territory, and why she wanted to travel with them, but he decided not to think of it too much.

"...and then, Drake tripped off the rock and fell plunging into the water!" Lily said, finishing her story. Sam couldn't help but laugh a little. Even Lily herself started to laugh a little. "And that's why he never wanted to evolve into a vaporeon."

"Yes, thank you for embarrassing me Lily. Really appreciate it." Drake said, clearly not as amused by the story.

"I'm sorry Dray, but you have to admit it was pretty funny." Lily answered with a smile.

"Maybe" Drake said. He himself couldn't help but smile a little. Not because of the story, but because his sister was smiling. If Lily could have fun at his expense, then he guessed it was worth it.

"Jeez, why is it so cold?" Sam asked. The sun had risen substantially, but it still was really cold.

"Well it could be because it's almost winter," Drake said, "or it's because you have an Ice type next to you."

"Oh... sorry," Lily said, a bit embarrassed. She then walked a bit away from Sam and he instantly heated up.

"Oh wow," Sam commented, "you were right."

"Welcome to what I have to deal with everyday." Drake said with a little grin on his face.

"Hey!" Lily exclaimed, but when she saw Drake's smile, she knew he was kidding.

"Come back over here, Lily. I don't really mind that much." Sam said.

"Okay." Lily walked back over beside Sam and he instantly regretted his decision to let her come back.

"So why did you chose to become a flareon Drake?" Sam asked to try and keep his mind off the cold he was feeling.

"Well, it was really just because that was the first option that opened up to me. Lily and I were exploring a cave once, and we had just happened to run into a fire stone while we were in there. Since Lily didn't want to evolve into a flareon, I took the opportunity."

"I didn't really like the idea of being a fire type," Lily stated. "I was kinda the opposite mostly. I liked cold climates more than hotter ones. The mountains were also some of my favorite places to be."

"Is that why you evolved into a glaceon?" Sam asked.

"Yes, actually. When I told Dray that I wanted to evolve into a glaceon, he took me up to the mountains and found an icy rock. I then battled with some snorunt that were near by, and before you know it, I evolved."

"Well that's cool." Sam said. He then realized that he had made a really bad pun. "Sorry about that."

"It's fine," Lily said with a little giggle. "So Sam, what do you want to evolve into? Do you know?"

Sam didn't really know how to answer this question. He didn't know if he could evolve because he wasn't technically an eevee. He could tell them what he would want to evolve into, but then they might take him up on that offer if they found a way to evolve him. No, he would just play it safe.

"I don't really know." Sam lied. "Haven't given it much thought I guess."

"I hope you don't mind me asking," the mightyena known as Kate said as she caught up to the others, "but I was wondering where we are going." This was the first thing she had said all trip, so everyone was a bit surprised by her sudden willingness to talk.

"We are taking Sam here to his owners on the far side of town." Cassius answered her from where he was a few feet in front of everybody else..

"Oh…" Kate said as she gave Sam a wary look.

What's that supposed to mean? Sam thought to himself.

"Why don't you just go through the city?" Kate questioned. "It would be a lot faster and safer." Everyone was a bit confused by this.

"Faster," Cassius responded "yes. But I don't think it would be very safe. What with all the humans running around trying to catch you. Did you forget that?"

"Guess I did…" Kate responded back.

"How do you forget something like that?" Lily asked.

"I've technecly already been captured once, which means I can't be captured again. I guess I just got used to that."

"Really? So if you get captured then you can't get caught by another person?" Lily asked.

"Kinda," Sam explained. "You see, the pokéballs have a special security measure that they put in them that makes it so if you already have a pokéball that is yours, then any amount of struggle when you are in another pokéball will make you break free, therefor you can't be caught again. However, if a pokémon does not struggle at all, like let's say they want to be caught, then the pokéball is able to capture them. It's just another layer of security to protect against pokémon thieves."

"Interesting," Lily said with genuine interest.

"How were you captured?" Drake asked.

"That…is a story for another time," Kate finished and went back to her sulking, obviously not wanting to talk anymore.

"Then that means that you can't be captured either, right Cass?" Lily asked.

"Not true. See, in my masters will, he said for me to be released to the wild. Once a pokémon is released from it's pokéball, it is able to be caught again.

"Have you ever thought about getting a new master?" Sam asked.

"I have thought about it." Cassius replied shortly. This, of course,did not tell Sam if he wanted to or not.

Sam looked up into the sky and saw that it was closing in upon noon.

"I can't believe we have been walking for a few hours now," Lily said.

"Well, you know what they say," Sam commented. "Cheerful company shortens the miles."

"Who say's that?" Lily questioned.

"Oh...uh...I don't know. They do I guess."

"They do?"

"Yeah, you know, them."

"Alright," LIly said, clearly a bit confused on what Sam had meant by that.

"Hey Cass, can we stop for a lunch break," Sam asked when he saw the espeon stop in front of him. "I'm getting kinda hu-"

"Quiet," Cassius soon shushed him.

"Well sorry, I just wanted t-"

"I said quiet!" Cassius said in a voice that was totally unlike him. Even Kate, who hadn't really cared about what anyone said this entire trip, looked up at him.

"What's the matter?" Drake asked in a voice that was quiet, but still demanding.

"Somethings not right." Cassius responded. "The air waves here feel weird. Like something unnatural is around here, something human made.

"What do you think it could be?" Lily asked as the four caught up to him.

"I don't k-" Cassius started to say, but he stopped as a look of terror enveloped his face. "It's a trap," Cassius said barely above a whisper, which made the other wonder if they heard what he said right or not.

"A what?" Drake said impatiently, obviously wanting to know what was going on.

"It's a trap!" Cassius said, this time plenty loud so everyone heard what he said. "Get back! Get back now!" Cassius yelled. The other four were suddenly pushed back a few meter by an unknown force. All of them tumbled to the ground. As they were trying to get back up, they saw the ground beneath Cassius, and therefore, the ground where they used to be, give way and collapse. Cassius fell into the hole that was made.

"Cass!" Sam yelled out and ran to the edge of the new hole. All he could see was pitch black, meaning that the hole was very deep. "Cassius!," Sam cried out into the void below. The others soon joined him in looking into the pit.

"Cassius…," Lily said looking down into the hole. "He must of thrown us with his psychic to get us out of the way."

"We have to go find him!" Drake yelled out.

"Down there?" Kate asked like Drake was crazy.

"Because it's so dark down there it's got to be a cave." Drake kept going as if he didn't hear her. "There must be another entrance to the cave around here somewhere. Let's go find it."

"Right," Sam and Lily said in unison. Drake was a bit surprised to see Sam wanting to help when before he didn't want to help Kate, but he didn't have time to think about that right now.

"Kate, are you coming?" Drake asked.

"Well…" she said hesitantly, "I guess I have a debt to pay to you guys, so yes, I'll come."

"Alright, let's move out!" Drake commanded and they all split up and started to look for a cave entrance.

Little did the group know that while they were splitting up they were being watched by two humans from far away.

"James, how deep did you dig that hole?" The first human said while putting down her binoculars. She was wearing a short skirt as well as a short undershirt that stopped around her stomach. Her over shirt was a bit shorter and had a big red 'R' on it. She was wearing very long black boots that almost reached her skirt as well as matching gloves just as long. Her crimson hair jutted straight out of her head a foot or so and curled up at the end.

"Oh yes, I guess I forgot to tell you," the other human named James said. His outfit was matching with the girl, but a lot less revealing. His pants went all the way down to his feet just above his boots and his undershirt was tucked in. His gloves and boot were identical to the girls. His bright blue hair was medium length and went to about his neck. "When Meowth and I were digging, we dug into a cave and even fell in ourselves." he continued to explain.

"How did you forget to tell me that?" the girl asked impatiently.

"Well Jessie," James said with a bit of irritation in his voice, "it's because when we found the way out, you immediately wanted us to cover over the hole."

Jessie was visibly angry. "Why can't you two do anything right," she said as she hit herself on her head.

"You know," a meowth said as he jumped up to where Jessie and James were sitting, "if you wanted it done right then you should've helped us." To this comment, Jessie promptly smacked the meowth on the head.

"Even though you can talk it doesn't mean you should sometimes, Meowth."

"Meowth is right," James agreed meekly. "You always have us do the hard work." To this comment, Jessie promptly smacked James on the head.

"I am not made for physical labor!" Jessie exclaimed. She then looked back through her binoculars and saw that none of the pokémon from before were there anymore. "Well it looks like we missed our chance."

"You know," James said as he rubbed his now sore head, "We both fell really far in the cave. If we didn't blast off as much as we do, I think I probably would have broken something."

"And…?" Jessie said, expecting more.

"Well, if that espeon isn't as used to falling long distances like we are, it probably broke something, like its legs." James said. He then continued with his voice getting more confident. "So, all we need to do is go into that cave and capture it for the boss! It won't be able fight back because it's too weak!"

"Yeah, dat's a good plan!" Meowth said once he recovered. "We are pokémon thieves after all."

"Only one problem." Jessie said. The other two looked at her confused.

"And what is that?" James questioned.

"You do know what wild pokémon live down there, right?"

"Oh, yeah," Meowth said very grimly.

"I recall, yes" said James, "but what's so bad about them?"

"You haven't heard?" Meowth asked.

"I guess not," James replied.

"If you get caught inside their caves, they suck your soul out."

"Really?" James said, now knowing what the other two were afraid of.

"Look it up if you don't believe me."

James pulled out of his pocket a deck of pokémon cards. He shuffled through them until he found specific card.

"Hmm, let's see here… the darkness pokémon… weight… 24.3 pounds… height is…bleh bleh bleh... ah! Here we are. They are thought to steal the souls of people with their eyes…"

James then put the pokémon cards back in his pocket. "Hmm, guess you're right. Then what do we do?"

"Well," Jessie concluded, "the other pokémon are probably going to go looking for that espeon, so we have to wait and see if they even get out alive, then we can plan on how to capture them."

"In the mean time, can we get some food?" James asked. "I'm starving."

"Well, if you have the money then sure, go ahead." Jessie said sarcastically. James just frowned and let out a groan. Of course he didn't have money, none of them did. So, he just layed down on his back and decided to think of something other than his stomach.

"You think this is it?" Sam asked. They were at the entrance of a cave. All four of them looked inside the cave with worried looks on their faces.

"Yeah," Drake answered, "this has to be it."

"We have to go down there?" Kate said with obvious worry in her voice.

"It's the only way to find Cassius." Drake said. "Alright, let's go in." All four of the travelers started into the cave.

"Please Cassius," Sam whispered to himself, "please be okay…"

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