Vulpix sat at the foot of her rock around seven in the afternoon, her claws ran through her fur trying to untangle so of the knots. Shuppet and Elgyem had just returned from Petalburg woods with to bags full of berries. Shuppet groaned as he plopped down on his bed, he looked up a few minutes later to see the fox combing her fur.
"What are you doing?" He asked genuine curiosity in his voice.
"What does it look like, i'm combing my hair." She replied bluntly.
"Yeah, but why?"
"I'm going to have dinner at Ms. Meditite's house tonight."
"Oh." The ghost type paused for a bit before continuing. "She's the lady that sells the items that boost you attack and defense, right?" The fire type nodded slight. "I remember her, she adopted Mudkip." She nodded again. "So why are you going to dinner?"
"She wants to thank me for helping her out with her stand today."
Shuppet's stared at the fox in stock, mouth slightly agape. "So you help a person you barely know, but you didn't help me when Elgyem dragged me away to go scavenging?"
Vulpix sighed. "I've known them for a while, and you spent two hundred berries not me. I didn't want to help you because it was your fault."
"Well sorry, i wanted to eat something other then oran berries."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
The ghost Pokemon perked up slightly. "Yeah?"
"Thanks for the Poke Puffs, that was really nice of you. " She said a small smile appearing on her face.
Shuppet smiled wide. "No problem."
"Well, I should get going." She said getting to her feet. "See you latter." She muttered before walking off to the other side of the mountain.
Vulpix arrived at Meditite and Mudkip's home at exactly eight. Smiling warmly as the small child ran up and greeted her. "Hello, Vulpix! You look really pretty today."
The fox laughed slightly. "Thank you. You look very nice as well." She said motioning to the white bow tie around his neck.
Mudkip looked down, momentarily forgetting about the fabric around his neck. "Oh yeah, thank you. My mom gave it to me awhile ago."
"Oh Vulpix, you're here!" Meditite greeted the fox happily leading her to a small stone table with three seats around it, the silverware had already been laid out.
"Thank you for having me Ms. Meditite."
"Oh no, It's no problem dear. After everything you've done for us, it's the least I can do." The fighting type smiled kindly. "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes." She said before going back to the kitchen to finish the meal.
A few moments later Meditite came in holding a plate in both hands, and one on top of her head. Vulpix stared in awe as she carried the plates. The one on her head was perfectly still the entire time.
She placed the two plates in her hands in front of Vulpix and Mudkip, and the third one in front of the empty seat before sitting down.
"That's amazing how did you learn to do that?" She asked
"Balancing a plate on my head? It took a lot of discipline and time."
Vulpix nodded before picking up a fork in her paws looking down at her plate. on her plate were some mashed potatoes, carrots and a small piece of apple pie. A soft smile apeared on the fox's mussel as she picked up some of the mashed potatoes and eat them.
Once everyone had finished eating, Vulpix picked up her plate intending to wash wall the dirtied dishes. "Oh no dear, dear it's fine i'll do the dishes." Meditite spoke.
Vulpix was about to speak, but was interrupted by a high-pitched voice. "i'll do it!"
The fox blinked, she looked down at the water type who had a look of pure determination on his face. "Alright." the fire type said quietly not wanting to upset the small child. She placed her plate on top of the one he was already hold. He smiled brightly, slowly he walked over the table to pick up his mother's plate, not wanting to drop the ones he was holding.
It only took a few minutes to was the plates, when Mudkip returned he was holding a small cardboard box with a bright red ribbon tied around it. "Huh?" Mudkip smiled and handed Vulpix the box. "A present?" The water type nodded excitedly. "Thank you!" she said before opening the box.
She gasped slightly as she opened the box. inside was a necklace made up by a black string, the ends tied together in a tight bow, dangling from the middle of it was a ruby cut into the shape of a small flame outlined by gold.
Vulpix smiled slightly raping a paw around Mudkip. "Thanks, kid."
"The ruby raises your speed and special attack." The fighting type chimed in. She picked up the necklace and put around the fox's head.
"Thank you." She said a wide smile on her face.