The Fall Semester for all schools, ranging from Middle/Secondary School to College (I don't know about Elementary/Primary) start soon or already started. The stress of the schoolwork for me will eventually rise, but it won't stop me from ever taking a hiatus on this story… hopefully.

At this chapter, it should be around the Beginning/Middle or the Middle part of the story, just so you know.

-Wildfire of Shadowclan (K9P)

Luke opened the front door, ready to move out. He looks around the space, and then looks down. He was not surprised at what he saw. "Motherfucking… Glaceon! Alex!"

About 15 minutes later…

All of the party is at the living room: Luke, Tracey, Floyd, Alex, Glaceon, Leaf, Ivan, Luxray, and Absol. There's an object on the coffee table: a Pokémon. It's was a baby shiny Vulpix, still sleeping.

Glaceon was the first to speak. "So…who's is it?"

"I don't know," answered Luke, standing near the front door. "The mother and father section was blacked out." He showed one paper that was blacked out on several boxes. It was even blacked out on the back despite having nothing on the back.

"Between the times we took in Alex and now, there were laws put in that involved infants like this. Glaceon check 'em out; I think it was called…Protection Serene… something like that."

"Okay."

A few minutes later, Glaceon, sitting on the couch, found the information on the Act on a laptop.

"Found it; it's called 'The Protection Serenity Act or The PSA. Someone's gonna confuse that with something else.
"This Act states that any infant born within a certain amount of days, depending on region, can be given up from the mother's choice to give up the child. They may give up the newborn at any emergency room during the trial of the penalty-free days." Glaceon pauses, then says, "That's just the summary; the real thing takes like about an hour to say."

"What does it say about sending it to someone else's house?" Luke asks. Glaceon looks on, finding an answer. Luke sees that the Vulpix is awake looking around at those who are staring at it.

"It says nothing about that," Glaceon says. He closes down the laptop, seeing the Vulpix that just woke up.

The Vulpix looked around, and then looked at one spot. It closed its eyes and started to cry out. Luke looks up, and then closes his eyes. Not this again he thought.

Alex, the nearest of the Vulpix, took hold of it. He held it across him, the Vulpix holding its paws close in front of it. He started to sway the Vulpix slowly. "Shhh…" Alex said. "It'll be alright. Just hush down…" The Vulpix then quieted down eventually, closing its eyes again. Alex started to smile, staring at the Vulpix.

"How did you do that?" asked Tracey, sitting beside Alex.

"I honestly don't know," Alex responded. "This is kinda my first time doing this."

"Oh…ok then…"

Alex started to chuckle a little bit, "She's a little cute, isn't she?"

"So it's a she," Luke said, walking behind where Alex is. He looks at the Vulpix, and then at the papers. He looked at the Vulpix again. "So, what are we gonna do?"

Ivan popped up the first option, "How about putting it up for adoption?" The Vulpix eyes popped open. "You know, I'm just gonna leave now. I'll see you later." He left from the house, leaving the rest to the Vulpix.

"Anything else?" Luke asked.

"So does that mean we're taking care of her?" Floyd asked.

"What other option do we have? She has no one else to depend on. And she seemed to have bonded well with Alex." He sees that the Vulpix is cuddled up together with Alex.

"We could take care of her," Tracey said. Everyone looked at her, including the Vulpix.

"Who, exactly?" asked Luke.

"Well, me and Alex. This could help us out on how it will feel like to have a child." She sees that Luke doesn't have a surprised face. It was silent for a while, until Luke gave the final statement.

"Okay, you both can take care of the Vulpix. There probably won't be any paper work involved, kinda like Alex's past…"

"I'll ignore it."

"I'll keep the papers, just for safe keeping. We would probably hardly reference these anytime soon." Glaceon and Leaf walk out of the door, finding Ivan right outside. They close the door behind them. "We could care about them later. So…" Luke looks at the papers again, "She has no name yet." The remaining looks up at Luke, including the Vulpix. Luke shows the papers, "The Name box is blank. Including the surname box is blank. …We won't worry about that; it'll get a little complicated with that kinda crap—anyway, have you decided on a name yet?"

"Actually no, not yet," answered Alex.

"Same here," responded Tracey. The Vulpix looked at Tracey, then at Alex; it seemed to be confused at what was going on. Tracey leaned over to the Vulpix, talking in a low, nice voice, "Hey little girl. Me and Alex-" pointing at Alex, "-are going to take care of you now!" She smiled at the Vulpix, seeming the situation is good. The Vulpix smiles back, assuming that the situation is good. She leaped to Tracey, meeting her face to face.

I wonder if they become better parent models than Glaceon and I were Luke thought.

"I think I have a name for her," Alex said. Both Tracey and the Vulpix looked at Alex, seeing what he has to say. "How about…Sorrel?"

"Sorrel?" Tracey asked. The Vulpix smiled at the name, assuming that she likes the name. "Okay! You'll be, from now on, Sorrel!" The Vulpix smiles again, jumping up lowly, happy at her new name that was given to her: Sorrel.

"There's more than just the name to worry about. Like where is she gonna sleep at? Who's gonna take care of her for the day?" Luke said.

"I still have about a month left at school," Tracey responded. "And you don't go to school, right?"

"Right," Alex responded. "I can take care of her for the days you're not here...and at school."

"And for those days she's not here," Luke added, walking towards Alex, "I can teach you a little something about taking care of children…"

"How hard—"

"Don't. It's harder than you think. It was hell when Glaceon and I took care of you. The struggles that we took will be about the same for you and…" Luke looks at the Vulpix, "…Sorrel…and Tracey."

"When will you start teaching me about…parenting?"

"…At the middle of the night."

"Why the middle of the night?"

I won't say anything about the surnames of Luke, Luxray, Tracey, Absol, or Floyd (the remaining in the room). I don't know about Alex; I'll decide later for being the odd one out of the group.