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Chapter 4: First impressions

It was late afternoon in the continent. All of the businesses would be closing for the night and the kids would be heading into their homes for the night. Everyone would be accounted for before everyone would settle down for the night. But unfortunately, two individuals were missing from two separate tribes since this afternoon and no one had noticed yet.

Prince Asra was carrying the unconscious body of the shiny Umbreon he had saved from two Toxicroak. He was currently debating where to take her "Let's see where is shelter around here, I can't take her back into Espeon territory but I can't go into Umbreon territory either". The bright eyed Espeon looked down pondering the situation. He suddenly heard a bang. It echoed through the sky and he looked up to see large dark clouds were beginning to gather which became evident it was thunder.

Asra was worried "I need to find shelter before the storm gets here". The prince now realised he would be trapped outside his territory until the storm had run its course. He looked around and begun moving again. The weight of the Female Umbreon was not too much for him but it did slow him down a little bit. He looked to see the clouds were moving closer at a fast rate.

He moved a little quicker and looked around. The forest would not provide enough cover and it was too far to reach any settlements in any territory at all. The situation looked hopeless but he looked to see a small cave was in sight. Asra smiled to this and begun to move towards the cave. He looked into the cave to see it was a really small one with an end wall already in sight. It was a small cove which would be sufficient. He moved in and walked over to the side.

He looked to the Umbreon and set her down against the wall who was still unconscious. He looked outside to see there was still time before the gathering storm would hit. He could return home now but that would be abandoning the Umbreon who could still die if a creature came upon if she was still unconscious and no way to stay warm as well or food.

He was conflicted on what to do. He suddenly made a big sigh and ran out of the cave towards the forest. He looked over to see loose pieces of wood one of the tree. He smiled and powered up his tail which became an Iron tail. He then slashed it against the tree and pieces of wood were knocked off. He picked them up and as quickly as possible returned to the cave to see the Umbreon was still out cold.

He placed the wood down after holding them with Psychic. He walked over to the Umbreon. He moved his ear close to her chest for a heartbeat. He carefully listened and his patience was rewarded with a heartbeat being sounded after a few moments of doubt. He found some rocks and placed them in a circle before placing all the wood in it along with some spare wood next to it.

He then thought to himself "If we are going to be kept in here for a while, we need food". He ran back out towards the forest again which took him a few moments. He was showering through for some Oran berries. Even though some species of Pokémon are Carnivores, all can eat berries". He was in luck as after a minute of searching he located an Oran berry tree.

He smiled as he had brought a piece of log to set them on. He then used his Psychic ability to gather up a suitable amount of the berries before returning the to the log and he then he gripped it all as a whole and carried it back to the cave where he saw the Umbreon was in more of a sleeping form now.

He made a smile knowing the Shiny Umbreon was going to be okay but he was still confused about why he was helping her. He grew up hearing stories of how pure evil Umbreon can be. But looking at on this up close made him wonder if the rumour was true. The Umbreon may have dark colouring aside from the blue rings but she didn't really look evil to him. He looked at her side to see she had sustained a cut from the X-scissor attack she sustained.

Asra got worried knowing it could get infected. He thought quickly and took an Oran berry and found a rock which looked a little like a bowl in shape. He quickly smiled and ran outside and collected a large leaf. He set it on the floor and he placed the Oran berry over the rock and begun squeezing it where the juice of the Oran berry begun to go into the rock bowl. He then used his Psychic to stir it. He then used a stick and begun dabbing the stirred juice onto the large leaf. He then folded it and dabbed it again. With the leaf now covered he smiled.

He took the leaf placed it next to the Umbreon. He moved her over to where she was lying against the wall and the wound was visible. He placed the leaf on the Cut and covered it and thought to himself "That should do it". He looked to see the Umbreon was calm in sleep now. He smiled but it vanished remembering it was an Umbreon in front of him. He heard another thunder bang and looked outside the cave entrance to see Rain was now pouring down on the land. He knew it was going to get very cold soon.

He went to the fire and grabbed to small stones. He used his Psychic to slash the two against each other which in turn caused sparks on the dry leaf's that Asra collected earlier and it set fire. Asra then smiled as the fire begun to spread slowly. He looked outside "Thanks dad for all the lessons, now they are paying off". He sat near the entrance of the cave but just out of reach of the rain. He was looking outside thinking to himself about the situation "How will this go now, when she wakes up how will she react".

He looked to the sleeping form of the Umbreon before looking back outside wondering what his tribe would be doing now "Are they wondering if I am missing". He continued to look outside pondering in his thoughts. Behind him though the Umbreon was slowly beginning to stir. Carly slowly made a small moan and quiet moan not loud enough. She slowly opened her eyes and they were still blurry.

She shaked her head a little and her eyes sight was slowly returning. She lifted her head and could feel something on her side. She looked to see a leaf covered in Oran berry juice was covering her cut due to the X-scissor. She saw the fire place with Oran berries as food close to her. She was slightly confused until she laid eyes on the Espeon who was looking outside.

She gasped and stood up slowly while still feeling a slight pain. This caught the attention of Asra who saw the Umbreon standing up grunting. He turned and approached "Don't move, that woun…" The Umbreon immediately growled at him "Stay back". The Espeon was surprised by this and moved forward again but the Umbreon moved into a fighting stance glaring towards the Espeon.

Asra said "I'm not going to hurt you". The Umbreon was not listening and continued to stare him down "Didn't I save your life back there". The Umbreon looked to him with her blue eyes saying "You may have saved me from the Toxicroak but I don't trust". Asra was about to argue but he decided to calm down and backed away "Okay, I am stepping back". He moved next to the fire and the Umbreon settled down and stood up but continued to watch him.

He saw the leaf still attached to her and said "Look, that wound has not completely healed, by this time this storm lets up it should be but you can't move it too much or it will cause pain". The Umbreon looked to the leaf and said "Why are you helping me, an enemy". Asra actually didn't know how to answer and sat down answering "I don't know". The Umbreon was surprised by this and she stopped glaring at him as she waited for his answer "I did it because well…"

She was waiting for his answer to come along; "To be brutally honest, I felt that it was the right thing to do, potential enemy or not, I don't just abandon someone to death, it is not right in this world to leave someone for death. I just felt it was the right thing to do". Carly was taken aback by the kindness that the Espeon who was a potential enemy was showing to her. She sat down not too far from the fire as the Espeon "Look, I don't intend to do any harm. My name is Asra, what's your's?"

The Shiny Umbreon was still a little suspicious of the Espeon but since he was making an introduction of himself she decided to play along "I'm Carly". Asra made a smile to that saying "That's a nice name". Carly shook her head saying "While I accept the compliment, don't try smooth talking out of this, I don't trust you right now". Asra lied down next to the fire saying "Okay, I get it, you don't trust me, I don't trust you either right now, so can we agree to disagree just until the storm clears, as we have nowhere to go right now".

Carly looked outside to see the harsh weather was not pleasant to walk out in and if prolonged exposure especially in her condition would not end well for her. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Asra was right. She then said "Okay Asra, I accept your words but no funny business". Asra nodded and moved some Oran berries over to the other side of the fire "There, I got us some food, you need to regain your strength".

Carly was a little suspicious but she approached slowly, but he moved his paw away from his body which made Carly glare a little "What are you doing". Asra rolled his eyes as he grabbed a piece of wood "I'm just adding more wood to the fire". Carly then said "So you expect me to believe we are going to go this whole night without you attacking me".

Asra seeing how mistrustful she was rolled his eyes again before saying "What exactly do I have to gain for attacking you, I promise you, I mean no harm". Carly was taken aback by those words. She did have to admit he did have nothing to gain. So she decided to accept the words of the Espeon and sat near the fire and the warmth hit her. She saw Asra continuing to place more wood on the fire. She grabbed one of the Oran berries and took small bites. Seeing the Umbreon calm down now smiled but made sure he was clear "Look Carly, I know you don't trust me, but all we have to do is wait until the storm passes and then we can go our separate ways. Ok, so no fighting between us".

Carly nodded to him finally agreeing with him and continued to eat. They eat for a while and a lot of awkward silence was around. Carly was still suspicious but didn't worry much now. Asra was thinking of how to speak. But it was Carly who broke the silence "I'm curious, why are you out of your territory". Asra was quick to speak "I could say the same about you". Carly made a small glare before Asra sighed and begun "I was going to my favourite spot where I like to relax and be comfortable which is a lake. It helps me calm through the day. What about you?"

Carly decided to be fair as he was truthful "Well, I was with a friend exploring the forest together. But we ran into the Toxicroak so I distracted them and she ran back to the village when I told her to get help". Asra calmly looking at her said "So why were you exploring the forest?" Carly opened her eyes wide saying "Because I always explored the forest, I had never encountered any danger there until today".

Asra understanding now returned to finishing his Oran berry off before moving on. All the suspicion Carly had on Asra was diminishing, changing instead to curiosity. She really was wanting to know about this Espeon. She heard all kind of stories about how Espeon were evil and were the cause of some many deaths in the Great War. But This Espeon: Asra was nothing as the stories described.

This Espeon was showing her kindness, care and being very friendly with her. Her hostility towards the Espeon diminished from all of this. Asra then said "So did your friend get away safe". Carly nodded to him "Yes, she escaped while I led the Toxicroak away". Asra looked down as he finished his dinner. Eventually when she finished her's as well they looked outside to see the rain not subsiding and it was starting to get dark. It looked like the storm would go through till the morning.

Asra understanding this said "Well, the storm isn't letting up and it looks like it won't until morning so we better get some sleep". Carly watched as Asra stretched his fore limbs a little before lying down and getting comfy as best as he could on the floor of the cave. He then said "Good night Carly".

Cary was surprised by the comment but she decided to play along and lied down herself saying "Goodnight Asra". She still had her thoughts about this "Why is he being so kind, He is nothing like the stories described to me, did I merely assume that they were evil, or was I wrong about them". Carly made a smile at this and had one more thought to herself "I guess I owe him an apology tomorrow before we part ways". She now closed her eyes and begun the descent into sleep.

The next morning…

The Continent was rocked by the powerful storm which had hit but, it was passed now. All of the land was still a damp and wet from the ordeal but with a beautiful blue sky and a bright sun, it was likely to dry up fast. In the Small cave, the two Eevelutions were still asleep with the fire now out as it had used up all of the wood placed in.

The blue eyed Espeon was beginning to stir from his sleep. He made a groan before he slowly opened his eyes to see the fire was put out. He fully opened his eyes to see the Shiny Umbreon was still sleeping, he stretched himself and stood up slowly. He then turned to the entrance and looked outside to see the sun was shining brightly. He wondered why she slept through the night due to being an Umbreon who are better adept in the darkness then Espeon are but so is opposite with the sun.

As he looked outside at the sun he said to himself "Looks like this is going to be a beautiful day". While he was pre-occupied Carly was beginning to awaken from her sleep as well. She lifted herself and made a yawn before she opened her eyes to see the scene in front of her. She saw Asra who was sat at the entrance being patient. She stood up after stretching herself as well and walked over.

She stepped close to Asra and said "Morning". Asra however jumped as he was surprised by the Umbreon "Don't scare me like that". Even with his reaction she couldn't help but make a small giggle as he looked like he over did. Asra calmed himself down and said Anyway morning, it seems your wound has healed up now". Carly didn't notice that she was able to move properly again and looked to see the cut was sealed and her side was fully healed.

She smiled to this and stood at the entrance for a second "Yes it has". They stood there for a second before Carly looked to Asra "Look Asra, I guess I owe you an apology". Asra was curious to this as she continued "I am sorry for be mistrustful and highly suspicious of you while you was showing kindness and helping me".

Asra nodded his head slowly to her as she continued "And I really appreciate what you did for me, protecting me and nursing me back to health. Thank you". Asra made a small bow saying "You're welcome Carly". Carly looked outside "Well, we better head back to our tribes, they will be worried about us both I assume". Asra nodded but he was reluctant to, he was starting to be able to co-operate with Carly but she was right "Yeah I guess so". They both stepped outside of the cave and Carly said "Thank you again Asra, and goodbye".

She prepared to leave while Asra said "You too Carly, I hope we get to meet again". Carly stopped and was surprised by the words of the Espeon. She closed her eyes and made a smile. She looked back to him and kindly said "I do too". Asra smiled and they finally turned their backs to each other and headed off in the opposite direction. But on the way they would look back to each other but usually at the same time. Before they were going to disappear from sight they looked to each other and smiled one more time. Carly then turned away and disappeared back into the forest. Asra was still looking in the direction before he eventually turned away heading for home.

A while later in the Alpha's home in the Espeon tribe…

King Dalis and Queen Lyra was struck with grief and worry over their second eldest son, Asra, he didn't return home yesterday and when the powerful storm hit he wasn't able to return home. They were beginning to assume the worst. King Dalis was speaking to four Espeon which were identified as a few of the Royal guards of the Espeon.

Dalis was saying "My friends, as you know, Prince Asra failed to return home yesterday, and knowing of the terrible storm last night and no one has seen him this morning. Who knows what happened to him. I need you all to help find him and return him home". The Espeon bowed to him with the lead one saying "Yes your majesty we will begin the search immediately".

They four Espeon went to leave the room while King Dalis thanked them and he turned to Lyra who was worried as she looked outside through a window "Honey, Asra is fine, I am sure they will find him". Lyra however wasn't as optimistic "Well if no one finds him soon, I am going to go out there myself and find him". Dalis comforted her and used his left foreleg and pulled her close to him "Now Lyra, Trek and his men are the best, I have full confidence they will find him".

Lyra looking down said "If that storm didn't hit I wouldn't be worried but anything can happen in a storm. The blue coloured Espeon leaned against her mate with worry. As Dalis said "Asra is a strong and grown boy, I am confident he can look after himself. Suddenly the door opened with the lead Espeon Trek returning "Your Majesty, the search won't be necessary". They both looked at Trek with Lyra quickly saying "Why is that?" Trek smiled while Pearl came rushing in "Mother, dad, they found him".

Suddenly they saw the blue eyed Espeon walk "More like I made my way home". They saw Asra step forward with Lyra quickly running to him "Asra". She pulled him into a hug saying "You had me so worried". Dalis walked up behind and stepped beside them "You okay Son". Asra nodded as Lyra moved back from the hug "Where were you Asra, I was sick with worry".

Asra smiled "I went for a walk in our territory, but by the time I noticed the story coming I wouldn't make it home in time so I quickly found a small cave. And to make sure I stay warm I built a fire place and lit it and gathered some berries to eat. Dad's lesson in use". Dalis smiled proud "That's my boy. See dear, nothing to be worried about, Asra's growing up fast, nearly an adult, he can look after himself".

Lyra made a small Glare "Ohhhhh, you lot easily worry me". Lyra looked to Dalis saying "Well I guess your lessons are good for something". She turned back to Asra saying "Now let's have some breakfast shall we". They all agreed and Asra prepared to follow while he looked out the window once more "I wonder if Carly made it home, I would like to have spent more time getting to know her and what the Umbreon were like".

Meanwhile in Umbreon territory…

Thomas was running outside with Grace and Joey who was on his back on their way out of the town on their way to the forest Carly was in "I hope I am not too late Carly". Grace frighten said to him "But she went off yesterday with those Toxicroak after her. We might be too late". Thomas shook his head "It can't be, she is a tough girl, she wouldn't…." But before they got too far, they saw a figure walking towards them. They looked to see it was Carly. Thomas happily shouted "CARLY". They all ran forward towards the Shiny Umbreon who smiled towards them and stood still.

They ran up to her and Thomas was quick to pull her into a hug while Joey jumped off and hugged Carly's side. Carly happily embraced them feeling their warmth. Thomas then looked to her "Are you okay". Carly nodded as Joey said "My big sister is strong". Carly smiled while Grace said "How did you survive the night with those two Toxicroak".

Carly now needing to cover up the truth said "I managed to out run and lose them. But I did get hurt by that brick break. But thanks to the storm I was safe in a cave while I lit a fire and waited out the storm and then I managed to get back here". Thomas happily embraced her again "Well thank god, I was worried we would be too late". Grace smiled to this "I didn't want to leave you alone with them".

Carly looked to her seriously "It was a good thing you did, because if they were successful they only would have got one of us, but we couldn't take them alone, they were too strong". Grace nodded to this and Thomas said "Please don't go there again. I lost your mother, I don't want to lose you too". Carly nodded slowly to this and Thomas said "Now let's get you home". They group begun to head back towards the town. Carly looked back however thinking to herself "What about Asra, such an interesting Espeon".

Well there you go people, that is the next chapter done, hope you enjoyed and I will see you in the next chapter.