"...7…8…9…10! Ready or not, here I come!"
Here, in Terra Town, two young Eevees are playing 'Hide 'n Seek' in a forest near their house.
The older Eevee was 'Seeker' and her little sister hiding from her.
The older Eevee's name was Snowflake Lazuli Salvia Alfred. A long name with a long bloodline. Though never being called royalty, mostly because they didn't know they were royalty, that would change soon enough. The younger sister of the pair was named Thistle Leaf Selvia Alfred. Their mother -a Vaporeon- was of royal blood, and father a strong Arcanine who had a good reputation.
After turning her back from the cave wall, she instantly noticed the bushy yellow tip of her sister's tail. Trying not to make it obvious she saw to make her sister happy, she began searching everywhere else but that bush and left it until the very end. It took a minute however for her to 'find' her sister, so maybe she didn't care so much after all.
She stealthily creeped behind her sister, Thistle completely oblivious to her stalking and giggling triumphantly at her 'good hiding skills' before…
"Boo!" Snowflake said sarcastically.
"WAGH!" Leaf yelped, rolling backwards in surprise.
"Seriously?" Snowflake giggled, ruffling her sister's head fur.
"Hey!" her sister protested, though she didn't try stopping her sister from carrying on.
Lazuli only continued her stifled laughter, it lasting for a few seconds.
"Alright! We should probably head home now. We have to go to the cinema, for the movie we were gonna watch with Speed and his siblings." Snow reminded her sister.
"Oh! Yayy!" Leaf said when she remembered that she would see a movie today.
And off they went to their house…though it wouldn't stay theirs for long.
"Mum?" Snowflake mumbled in disbelief, her eyes shaking, slowly getting watery.
What just happened?
Snow's heart rate quickened exponentially.
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?
"W-What happened to Mum?" Leaf asked the air. She wasn't expecting an answer. She wouldn't be able to comprehend it.
What had just happened?
The Vaporeon corpse was bloody, from the looks of it, she had taken a claw to the side of her torso, piercing a few main organs. That hand had 3 claws due to only 3 holes being on the side of her body. Her purple eyes were glassy, no light in them. None of that happy mother energy in her anymore. She lay there. Her expression, despite being lifeless, seemed to be shocked. Her mouth slightly opened.
And they just stood there. Scared. Shocked. Upset.
Was Snowflake or her sister feeling grief? No.
They were glued to the sight of their now dead mother, not feeling anything. Numb.
Now what?
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
A shout came from upstairs. Snowflake grounded herself and threw her body in front of her sister as a reflex.
But she suddenly loosened her pose in shock. Was that her…
"Father?"
Snow muttered.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER?"
"We don't kno-"
And in a split second, Snow's body was thrown into the wall with a fire punch. Though, it only scratched her a little. Her stomach fur was now charred at the ends, however. A light burning sensation overcame her body, the discomfort agonising. She'd had worse though. All that fighting with her best friends in tournaments had given her a lot of strength. She was a champion, and twice at that! But even then, this was her father.
?
She slowly slid down the wall, her brain feeling too slow to properly do something. To operate felt like such an out of reach action.
What to do? What to do?
In a flash, her survival instincts kicked in. Adrenaline rushing through her. It's kill, or be killed now. Or was it?
Instead of murder, she summoned a bunch of stars and whirled them at her father's face. With a quick movement with her ears, she had summoned a shadow ball and hit it at his feet as if she was playing volleyball. As soon as she landed those attacks on him, she ran with her sister, never to look back for a long time.
Those attacks couldn't hurt him to the point of death. It couldn't hurt him that badly. He wouldn't have died. But he did go to prison.
NEWS REPORT: Old Arcanine kills 10 Rhydon in a Raid against his Home.
The news report stated.
"What about his kids?" a male Leafeon asked, shocked at the news.
Alfred was well known for his work as a rescuer.
The News Report continued to explain the series of events, explaining the death of Lapis, his wife, and the disappearance of his daughters. The case was left cold, never to be explained.
"I feel bad for him. Sad he's going to jail, especially after his wife died," a female Flareon added in response.
The Leafeon shrugged.
"Where's Pearl?" he asked.
"Outside in the garden, why'd you ask?" his wife replied.
"Just 'cuz."
TEN YEARS LATER
"You can do better than THAT Snow!"
On a home battlefield, outside of a large treehouse, two pokemon were sparring against each other.
"Yeah, Yeah Wish," Snow rolled her eyes.
On the wooden bleachers near the battlefield, two other pokemon were watching.
"GO! GO! You can do it!" a Meloetta was cheering.
"Who are you cheering for?" the Celebi asked with a raise of her eyebrow.
"Both of them? YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHOOSE OVER MY FRIENDS!" Meloetta replied, her hands waving around like she was a lunatic, for emphasis.
"Chill!" Celebi put her hands up in the air, giggling.
Meloetta giggled back.
They went back to their cheering, the battle currently looking quite even.
A shadow ball was directed at the psychic type Jirachi, who dodged with ease. In return, the Jirachi fired back a steel beam, and instead Snow set up an ice barrier, blocking the attack completely. Smoke covering the rocky battlefield. Snow set up ice shards around the field in an instant. Jirachi took the time to set up in the smoke, setting up a doom desire and calm mind.
Snow charged up a combo. One of her signatures. She had already set up one move. Now the next.
Snow ran up the shards, using them as platforms, and struck from above. She charged an ice beam in her mouth, a shadow ball formed from her head appendages, and an iron tail. She sent the shadow ball first, quickly smacking it with the iron tail and spinning around the attack to another platform. She then sent the ice beam and backflipped off the ice shard, keeping the ice beam going. She followed the prior attack, aiming her ice beam at it. When she got close enough, she stopped her ice beam and with a double kick and slash from her iron tail, it was good enough to knock back her friend in the smoke. And for good measure, she aimed all the ice shards in the arena at the Jirachi. All of it happening in a matter of seconds.
But it wasn't enough.
The Jirachi then proceeded to use drain punch, which hit Snow in the face, who retaliated with dig and shadow ball. Jirachi then smirked as she used zen headbutt before dodging away from Snow's attack. Before Snow knew it, Jirachi's set up worked. Doom Desire then came at Snow, full speed. But Snow had a quick mind. In an instant, she conjured ice walls upon ice walls. It broke against most of the walls, leaving one up. The Glaceon then proceeded to use another move before…
"WAIT!-"
Snow had realised. She was late. Late for that stupid "Eeveelution Squad" her sister had set her up for. WAIT! SHE NEEDED TO GO NOW! WHAT ABOUT HER POOR SISTER. WHAT AWFUL THINGS THEY COULD'VE DONE TO HER!
In an instant, she ran, packed her things and left.
"BYAA GIRLS!" and she was gone.
"Why did Snow just run off like that?" the Jirachi asked.
"Well Wishy, don't you remember that she had to go to that treehouse her sister was in for that thingy…" the Meloetta responded.
"Ohhh…you're right Melody!"
Melody nodded her head in agreement.
"So now… who's gonna challenge me?" the Celebi floated backwards towards one end of the battlefield.
"I don't mind, Onion," Melody accepted. Wishy seemed awfully drained from her spar with Snow after all.
I'm coming Leaf, don't worry. Your sister will be there any minute now!
Snowflake used her ice to freeze the ground below her and skate to the treehouse for maximum proficiency. Using her aura to quicken her speed even faster. Leaf could have been at the throat by now, and she wasn't there to save her! She kept on thinking of all the terrible things that could've happened to her sister when…
"LOOK OUT THE WAY!"
All of a sudden, an unsuspecting Jolteon was on the pathway.
She was able to drag her feet in the path, trying to ground herself in the dirt but that ended up with her just flinging herself forward towards the poor pokemon.
WHAM!
Snow hissed in pain at the impact. And so did the Jolteon.
Immediately jumping off of the pokemon, she apologised profusely, before running off again, trying to lessen her speed this time in case any other accidents happen. She felt bad, and was sorry she didn't get to apologise to the pokemon fully. But oh well, she wasn't gonna see that Jolteon again. Surely! Her sister could be hurt right now, and that was her priority.
In about 1 minute, Snow was at the doorway. But then she remembered…the thank you present, for the (seemingly) kind Espeon.
Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap, Cra-
Oh, don't worry yourself Snowflake, your sister probably brought the gift. It's fine. She will still be mad at you though.
Snow knocked on the door, hoping that her sister brought the gift, otherwise it would be extremely awkward.
She hated to socialise. She only talked to others if she needed to. Even if it was her sister. Though she didn't mind her sister, she simply didn't like awkward interactions. Like most.
"Hmm? Oh! Hey sis!" her sister greeted her, "Did you bring the thank you gift?"
…
FUCK!
"Er, uh, I-I kinda forgot…sorry."
She had forgotten the gift at her and her friends' treehouse.
"Oh sis…well. It's okay! We can pick it up later today then. But still…why were you late?"
"With my friends." Snow replied curtly.
"Oh, how was it?"
"Fun, we were just playing some-"
"Hold on a second…siiis!" Leaf said in a whiny tone.
"What?"
"You got hurt! What happened!"
Snow looked down at herself, and noticed very light grazes on her body. Though, saying it was light was stretching it a tad bit. She had forgotten to heal up in the rush to get to this cursed treehouse, so not only did she have the marks from the spar, but also the marks from bumping into that Jolteon.
"I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"I ran into someone, that's all," she explained curtly, not wanting to explain the spar in case someone was near.
"You should really watch where you're going…"
"Yeah, yeah sis…really it's fine!" Snow smiled at her sister.
"Alright then."
"...Should I get the gift now then?"
"If you want to, some other members aren't here yet, so you don't need to introduce yourself just yet. Stay safe! And if you can, please clean yourself up."
"I will, and don't worry about me sis, but if they ask you your name, remember what I told you."
"I will! Be quick though."
With a nod, Snow set out yet again to go to her and her friends' treehouse again to get that gift.
"Agh, my head…" the Jolteon muttered.
Why was that Glaceon in such a damn rush! I think my nose is bleeding.
He could feel warm liquid come out of his nose. Great!
He wondered if he was late for the first day of being in the Eeveelution squad. Would that make a bad impression on him? Oh well. Whatever.
He didn't bother speeding up his walking, because he was already late, and even then, his walking speed was already quite fast as a Jolteon. He could just treat this like going on a stroll. Espeon seemed like a nice pokemon. He wondered what the point of the squad was. And then his thoughts drifted to that Glaceon again.
Oh well! He wouldn't see her again. She was a stranger he met on a walk essentially, so there was a higher chance of an Eevee egg being shiny than meeting her again.
He had finally, after about 5 minutes, reached the treehouse. He knocked on the door, and Espeon opened it for him.
"Oh! There you are, Speed! Come on in!"
The Espeon let him inside and shut the door.
"Hi, am I late?"
"No, not really, we're just waiting for a Sylveon and Glaceon to show up -the Glaceon forgot something. For the Sylveon…I have no clue why she's late."
The Espeon then walked towards a sofa, promptly sitting down.
"Huh."
Speed acknowledged that fact as he thought about the Glaceon he ran into. Or more like she ran into him. As if she would be the same Glaceon. There are tons of Glaceons in the world. What was the chance of being in the same Squad as her-
"I'm back, you didn't lock the door Leaf-"
…
"YOU!?"
They said in unison.
The Glaceon's reaction sounded more amused and confused however compared to the indignant voice of Speed.
The other Eeveelutions in the house looked at the two curiously.
"Look where you're going next time!"
"I apologised already," the Glaceon retorted curtly.
"You almost made me faint!"
"I already apologised," she repeated.
The Glaceon was holding a leaf-woven basket, perhaps homemade, using one head appendage, another leaf covering what was inside the basket. She had a big rucksack on her back too. It was a dark blue.
"That's how you apologise?"
"I already did."
"Just apologise!"
"Why should I if I already have?"
Throughout the whole argument, the Glaceon remained calm, almost unaffected. Like a blank slate.
"It hurt!"
"What do you want me to do about it?"
"Say sorry!"
"I didn't mean to hurt you, and I apologised before anyway."
She said all of that without a hint of hostility, but despite that, her words seemed judgemental. Passive.
Speed then realised he was being really rude. The Glaceon hadn't even raised her voice while he was shouting at her. Emotion flooded his face in a big heat, and he looked down sheepishly.
"I'm sorry for having an outburst at you. It's fine, but be careful next time. My head still hurts from the impact."
He added the last part quietly. His ears had drooped down slightly.
"I forgive you."
With a nod and a feeble apology, the Jolteon stood there, his head down.
A Leafeon, supposedly her sister, came up to her, and then looked at him.
"You did some damage there sis…here! Let me help you!"
The Glaceon shrugged, leaving her basket on the table in the kitchen.
"If you want to. Give the basket to the Espeon when you're done."
~A few minutes later~
When the Leafeon finished helping him tend to his injuries, she left immediately after to sit on a chair next to a table with her sister, the Glaceon, who seemed to be drawing something on a sketchpad.
Speed decided to explore a bit before that Sylveon arrived but then he saw an Umbreon in front of him.
"Gah!" Speed jumped back in surprise, "Where'd you come from?"
"I was here the whole entire time. You didn't notice me?"
"Sorry."
"It's fine. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Don't you think it's weird that there are more females than males?"
"Now that you say it, it is pretty weir-"
Suddenly an Eevee pounced on him.
"Sunshine!?" he said, a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"Daddy!-"
"OH-" Speed swiftly covered Sunshine's mouth.
"Whoops," Sunshine mumbled.
"'Daddy'? You're a father? Who's the mother-"
"Who said daddy? I didn't say daddy. No one said daddy!" and with that very awkward end to that conversation, Speed rushed away with Sunshine on his back.
"Sorry…" Sunshine mumbled.
"Don't worry about it!" Speed chuckled, patting the Eevee's head, "Just don't do that again." Speed laughed awkwardly.
"I want to play with the Leafeon!" Eevee happily said.
"Sure! Go and find her, if you need me just come find me."
"Aye!"
Speed decided to continue his exploration when he heard the door open again.
"Hello!"
"Hi?"
In front of him was a Sylveon, who seemed overly ecstatic over something, unless she was just excited.
"Let's be friends!"
"Okay…"
"Bye-bye!"
"Bye."
That had to be one of the weirdest encounters he'd ever had…never mind, he'd had weirder.
Suddenly, Espeon stood up on a chair, clearly about to announce something.
"Alright, now that everyone is here, how about we introduce ourselves. I'll go first. My name is Pearl, nice to officially meet you all!" the Espeon started, sitting down again.
"Black."
"Sunshine!"
"Leaf!" the Leafeon introduced happily. She immediately looked at her sister, as if wanting recognition for doing something.
"Lazuli." She smiled back at her sister, albeit a small one.
"Solarflare or just Flare is fine. Nice to meet you all!"
At that remark, both Thistle and Snow glanced at each other, almost in disbelief.
The Flareon turned his gaze to his sister after he introduced himself.
"..."
"You don't have to lil' sis-" Flare began.
"The name's Crystal, but just call me Vaporeon."
Again, the two sisters glanced at each other.
"I'm Speed."
With that, both sisters glanced at each other, both their eyes widened in surprise. Snow quickly recovered from the realisiation, but Leaf took a while longer.
"Is there something wrong?" The Jolteon asked, noticing the shocked look on the Leafeon's face.
"Oh, it's nothing. We just realised that your name…is a…character my sister made a couple of months ago. A-and your siblings' names too. Crazy coincidence. Hehe."
Thistle's sister looked at her with a look that said 'Really?'. The Leafeon smiled innocently in response.
10 minutes after the introduction
"Woah, Miss Lazuli, is that your drawing?"
While Snow was drawing Leaf, with the accessories she asked for, a young Eevee by the name of Sunshine came up to her and her sister.
"Thank you."
"I wanna draw like that!"
"That's sweet."
"...Do you mind if I call you Mommy?"
Snow's ears perked up. Though her expression immediately went back to being cold.
"Me? There are better girls in this treehouse that would better suit a mother role than me."
"But, I want you to be my mommy."
The young Eevee's eyes were watery, her ears drooping. Not wanting to bring any attention to the child if she started crying, Lazuli opted for a different approach.
"Erm, if you want to, I guess. But don't call me that near anyone else except me and my sister."
The Glaceon suddenly looked at her sister.
You won't tell anyone, right sis?
I won't.
"I won't tell either sis," the Leafeon replied, a nervous tone in her voice.
"Yaay! Now I have a mommy and daddy!"
"Sshh! And what?"
"Mommy and daddy!"
"Who's your dad?"
"Daddy has yellow, spiky fur. He never told me what Eeveelution he was though."
"You mean…the Jolteon?"
"I think so."
Snow didn't know what to think about that. Well, it seemed like her best friend had gotten himself a wife. But then where would she be?
"Why are you asking me to be your mommy?"
"I don't have one."
"Has Jolteon ever told you who your mommy was?"
"No. He said I could call him daddy."
Ahh. So Sparky DIDN'T get a wife! That makes more sense.
"Come on sis! Let's go out in the garden, you can continue the sketch outside," Leaf said, dragging her sister with her.
It had been an hour since everyone's introduction. 'Lazuli' just stayed away from everyone. Though, she was extremely confused.
She now knew that that Jolteon was her childhood best friend. And it wasn't a good thing. She hoped she didn't have to see him again. There wasn't anything wrong with him. She simply didn't want him to be hurt by being affiliated with her.
As much as it did sting, she couldn't say much, because the whole point she ran away from him was so that he'd be safe. If he knew who she was, that'd defeat the point. She had to break all connections so no one would be hurt.
"Sure," Lazuli responded, reading a light novel about a gardevoir with silver hair and a duskull slowly falling in love in a war setting. Her sketchpad in her ribbon-like appendages on her head, her pencil and pen tucked near her ear.
On a wooden bench was the Jolteon she ran into. Speed. She felt extreme guilt for keeping away from him, but what had to be done must be done.
She was sitting at a table next to his, silently reading her book. She then suddenly heard a voice coming from that table.
"Wonder what's up with her?"
"What do you mean?" she replied. In a very out of character fashion, she answered back quite confidently.
"Did I say that out loud?"
"Yes."
"Forget what I said."
Well, that was pointless. You can't create connections Snowflake…-
"What are you reading?"
Small talk?
"A book."
"About what?"
"Its main genre is Sci-fi."
"But what's it about?"
"About a gardevoir who is an officer in her country and a Duskull who is a fighter in a Squadron called 96. The country is racist to people unlike them and so send them to war."
"So what are they fighting?"
"Robots."
"What's it called?"
"96."
"I see…, honestly sounds like something I would read. I don't tend to read books often though. Is there a comic version?"
"No."
"What book are you on?"
"The newest one."
"Which is?"
"Volume 11."
"Are you close to finishing?"
"Maybe, there is still more to come though."
"Cool."
…
Awkward silence…great.
"I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me then. I was just arguing with you because I didn't have a great start with my day. I know it's stupid."
What? An apology?
"I don't really care to be honest."
"Oh okay! That's great. So can we start over?"
"Sure."
Even if there wasn't any rebuilding needed cuz there was no tension-
"So what are your favourite interests?"
More small talk!?
"Reading, writing, painting, sewing, knitting, playing video games-"
"No way! Same!"
"Cool."
I should NOT have said all that!
"What games have you played?"
"'Legend of Lyra, Breath of the Wilderness', 'Super Matteo Quest', 'Void Soldier'-"
"You've played Void Soldier too! I'm still tryna beat pantheon five. At this rate I'll probably never beat it."
"I'm sure you will."
"Have you?"
"Yes."
"You're better than me then!"
Am I now?
"Mind if I sit next to you?"
Ermmm. I dunno. I do mind-
"No."
Fuck it!
She continued to read silently, acknowledging the fact that the Jolteon was also interested, letting him see the book.
"You can find these books in the Sci-Fi section in the library," Lazuli offered.
"Oh cool, I might buy some of the first ones then."
She had to remember not to try connecting with the others. If she did, only bad things would arise.
"Catch Vaporeon!"
"Catch Leafeon!"
"I got it!"
The ball went straight through her paws.
"I don't got it."
THUNK!
"AH! I'm so sorry…eh!"
Her sister had caught the ball with her hair appendages, looking at her sister with a small smile.
"Here you go."
She passed the ball to her sister with a light toss and closed her book.
"You wanna continue the sketch?"
"YAY!" her sister exclaimed innocently.
"Okay everyone! How about for the first night we do a sleepover!" the Espeon announced.
"How about no?" the Umbreon bluntly responded.
"Is anything wrong?" Pearl asked.
"It's kinda hard to explain," the Jolteon vaguely answered.
"Nope."
"You too Glaceon?"
"As long as we don't mix genders," the Umbreon compromised.
"...fine. But it won't be as fun."
~later that night~
Glaceon was on a sleeping mat. Her sister was right next to her. Everyone was asleep except her, Sylveon and Vaporeon. The two others were mainly chatting about random stuff and pranks. General chatter. Whilst their conversation continued, she pretended to fall asleep in order to talk to her friends uninterrupted.
The feeling of entering the others' consciousness used to be a very odd feeling. Like slipping into a hazy, grey fog. Say, each person has their own little sky island. Whenever she talked to them, it was like breaking a wall between their consciousnesses. You were able to only see what they let you see. And then the same. It was almost as if merging islands together, and the same went for her sister and her. Different ecosystems somehow merging into one and then breaking off again. Despite the hazy feeling, the audio would always be crisp and clear.
Hey! Melody! Wishy! Onion! You up?
Yeah, we are. -Wishy
I wanna leave! I feel so uneasy.
We understand. -Melody
If you get attacked, you'll know we'll come too. It's harder to get all of us when we're a team. - Onion.
I don't want my sister to get hurt though.
She won't, you're strong anyways. Plus as Onion said, we're all here, so we can just teleport to you as soon as you're in need. -Melody
You're right. I guess I shouldn't worry so much. Would you all mind if we do a concert tomorrow?
Sure, I wouldn't mind. -Onion
Yeah, it's been a while since we did our last. -Wishy
It's only been a few days Wishy…but anyways, I absolutely don't mind. It'd be fun! -Melody
Thanks guys! You wanna go get something to eat before the concert? You know, as the Lost Champions.
YAAAY! I wanna get dessert! -Wishy
Yes! I heard of a new dessert shop near the town centre. -Melody
Oooh! Fancy! -Onion
I'd love to try some churros.
I think that's on the menu. -Melody
Well great, cuz I wanna try some churros too. -Onion
I don't think any of us have tried churros before. -Melody
Then it'll be new for us all!
Alright everyone, let's let Snow rest. -Wishy
It's fine! I'd much rather talk to you guys. It makes me less nervous.
You're so sweet Snow! But anyways you have nothing to worry about! -Wishy
~That morning~
"Speed, let's go to the bookstore. I ran out!" the Jolteon's little sister ordered.
"Hmm," Speed thought, "Sure. You haven't been that bad this week with your pranks, so I'll let you. Don't make me regret it though."
"Sure thing- Wait! 'That bad?'"
"Yes."
"HEY!"
"Let's just go before I change my mind."
His sister pouted indignantly while she walked through the door. Jolteon simply shook his head and sighed in response.
Crystal lost that indignant mood very quickly and soon enough started skipping through the path, humming some sort of tune. Speed slowly walked behind her, yawning as he dragged his feet along the dirt.
When they came into the town centre, Crystal noticed some posters on the outer part of the central fountain.
"HEY! Speed! Come here!" she called.
"What?"
"Look!"
Crystal shoved one of the posters in his face, Speed reflexively grabbing hold of the poster and reading it through.
It read:
"Lost Champions Concert tonight at 7 o' clock. Songs will include:
Poke-Idol.
No Place I'd Rather Be.
Where the hell is the karma?.
4:40
Burn This House Down.
(Instrumentals)
Battle! in CyberSpace.
A Friendly Rival.
The Original Champion.
Star-Strike.
Attack on Strings!
(Concert Challenge: Give New Lyrics!)
Song Request Box opens at 11:00 PM.
Requests played from 1:30-3:00 AM"
"Do you want to go?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, we'll have to go early if we want a closer view, which is fine, as long as you are ready by 6 :30."
"I promise! Don't you wanna go too?"
"I will go as well."
"You don't seem THAT excited though."
"I am! I'm just tired this morning."
"Let's ask the others if they wanna go too!"
"AFTER we buy your books."
"Oh yeah! After the books!"
6:15
"Hi Leaf!"
"Hi sis!"
Lazuli was almost speed walking to the front door.
Good luck sis! Have fun!
Thanks a lot lil' sis.
"Hey Glaceon! Where are you going?"
Surprisingly enough, despite knowing her for only a day, Lazuli knew that voice immediately. Sylveon.
"Going for a walk?"
"You're not going?"
"No."
"How come?"
"'Cuz I don't want to…?"
"But it'll be fun." Sylveon prolonged the word 'fun' in a whiny tone.
"I don't wanna."
"But-"
She left the treehouse before the sylveon could continue further questions. After she walked a couple of metres away from sight, she ran to her treehouse to retrieve her 'Champion' costume.
As soon as she had donned the costume, she ran straight to Sunny Town centre to get the concert ready.
When she got near to the centre fountain, she saw her friends immediately, waving at her to come. The concert equipment was already done, which made her feel somewhat guilty.
"What took you so long? Normally you're here about an hour before the show starts! We were supposed to get churros!" Wishy nagged at her friend in indignation, her arms folded.
"Why do you think?"
"Fair point. But try to be earlier next time. It's always a panic with people coming early to get front seats." Wishy relaxed her pose a bit and replied with a smile.
The Celebi laughed after she said that, shrugging her shoulders. "It's funny how people tend to question a lot quickly when it comes to media idols and such."
"True, I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it!" Onion smiled.
"We should probably take our places now. What time is it?" Meloetta asked.
"About 5 minutes until the show starts." replied Wishy, looking at the concert's background, which had a clock on it.
The concert stage was a golden yellow colour with different black boxes with plugs in them that went into their plethora of instruments. The back of the stage had a slight elevation for when they took turns playing each instrument. The back wall of the concert stage was sort of bedazzled. Small gems or different colours of blues, pinks, golds and silvers gleaming against the show lights. There were sets of stairs that came from both sides of the stage and holes in the floor for effects. There were curtains in the front and the ceiling was black. A general moving concert setup essentially. Like Music Tours. A minute before the show started, the lights were turned off, and they teleported quietly to the stage and took their respective places.
6:57
"We have front seats!" Vaporeon shouted triumphantly. She was extremely happy she wasn't at the very back like last time.
"I'm so excited! It's gonna start! I hope they choose one of my songs!" Sylveon giggled giddily.
"Sad Glaceon couldn't come…" Pearl sighed.
"Don't worry, my sister will be fine!"
"Have you been to one before Leaf?" Flare asked curiously in his quiet voice.
"Mhmm!" She replied smiling.
"What is this big brother Flare?"
"It's a concert. These people are the Lost Champions, who are super common for winning every single tournament that they have fought in. They also are really good at music. My favourite is Lost Champion C, but most people like Lost Champion G, who everyone calls The Lost Champion," Flare explained, clearly very enthusiastic about his interest.
Jolteon sat there silently, taking in all the lights. If he was ever in any upset mood, these shows always happened to make him happy again.
It seemed Umbreon was doing the same.
"They're cool. Who is your favourite?"
"I don't have a preference…but if I had to choose, I'd pick Lost Champion G."
"Yeah, she's cool."
Suddenly, the lights were turned off. The song started with an instrumental, mainly drums. It was time. Sometimes there would be a slight movement of light with the show lights in the front, casting colourful shadows against the stage. Each pokemon was already at their place. The music stopped briefly.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, are you ready…for…a…song!"
As soon as Champion M said that, the crowd roared in excitement.
"Well then, let's begin!" Champion J grinned.
The main lights were now turned on, the champions now visible in their areas of the stage. The Champions C and J at the back and M and G at the front.
Champion C carried on the music, the singing starting from Champion G. The song had started.
Silvia and Kris were practically cheering the loudest out of all of them, being the biggest fan girls the world had ever seen.
As each sang, their outfits became colourful because of the moving lights.
The Champions wore a generic champion uniform instead of generic idol-wear. Goggles, scarfs of yellow, blue, white and green depending on the pokemon, a cape that matched their eye colours and badges with a pearl centre pokeball and diamond wings on each side. They wore brown long boots on each foot, with a small platinum badge on the outer sides.
The speakers on each side of the stage burst with noise, so loud it could probably be heard from all over Sunny Town. Everyone was enjoying it. The dancing, the effects, the performance, the singing, the music, the lights, the stage…it was all so magical.
Soon many songs came to play, the Champions playing a variety of songs. When it came to the suggested songs however…
"Is that…my song?"
Sylvia muttered to Kris and low and behold, she was correct.
"OHMYGOSH IT IS!"
She spoke so fast, her tail wagging rapidly. Vaporeon also was extremely happy.
"YOU CHOSE THAT ONE TOO?!"
"YEAH!"
"I LOVE THAT SONG AS WELL!"
"This song is called 'Eyes On Me'."
Wishy started the song again after she said that, the vocals with M.
The lights and visuals continued to exceed. It was simply a fun time for everyone.
"ALL EYES ON MEE!" Sylveon sang. Both her and Vaporeon were singing along the entire time.
~after the concert~
"That was…exhausting!" Snow said in between breaths.
"How about we get something from the cafe to rekindle our strength," Melody reminded.
"Ooh. Rekindled," Wishy replied sarcastically in breaths.
All of the girls were out of breath, the show lasting longer than it should have.
"Why on Earth did we make this concert EXCEPTIONALLY hard!" Onion complained.
Lazily manoeuvring to the doors of the cafe, they went up to the counter, of whom sat a Minccino.
"What would you like?"
The Minccino's accent was a polite form of British. She also looked extremely sleep deprived, despite her voice sounding almost completely fine.
"Hmm…erm…I'll take a Belue berry Boba with Rawst berry pearls."
"I'll…take the Starf berry Boba with Shuca berry pearls."
"May I have the Enigma berry Boba with Lum berry pearls."
"The Durin berry with Mago pearls."
"Anything else?"
"Do you still have any churros…please?"
Onion looked up at the Minccino when she said that, her eyes sparkling.
"Yes…we do. How many?"
"FOUR BOXES! TWELVE PIECES EACH!"
The excitement in Wishy shot up within seconds.
"Alright, alright…wait. Are you-"
Somehow, the Minccino's exhaustion led to her completely not registering that the people in front of her were the one and only champions.
"Yes. Want an autograph?"
Almost automatically, Melody replied, though her polite voice still appeared.
"Yes, if you wouldn't mind…"
The Minccino gave them a bought music disc to sign. After they signed it, they paid for the food and sat down on the table.
"So…how's the treehouse been?" Melody asked, trying to strike a conversation.
"It's been two days…" Snow's face was as blank as a slate.
"Well, what'd ya do?" Wishy asked.
"First day was fine. I guess. Sparky is in the same treehouse and so is Black. So I have no idea. Sparky really has changed. But it's also been a decade so…. It's just been weird. I just want to leave. Today has been quite neutral too, except the concert of course."
"It's so boring without you two now. Even if it's been a day. It feels unnatural." Wishy confided.
"True. We all feel the same way." Onion added.
"I know. I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault. It's your sister's…"
Everyone stayed silent after Wishy's remark.
"I'm kidding obviously. But also it is kinda true."
"It's a bit late now to back away, don't you think?"
Snow then turned her gaze to the clock after her question.
"Oh shit-"
All of a sudden, the glaceon jumped from her seat like a spring.
"Oh crap! You need to go!" Melody ushered.
Melody the girls and herself to their treehouse, teleported her costume off and teleported her to her room.
Byeee!
All the girls gave a goodbye through the mind.
In Lazuli's bedroom
Instantly she whipped a book from her shelf and began to pretend to read it.
"GLACEON! GLACEON!"
Espeon was calling her.
"Is she asleep?"
Quickly putting on earphones, she decided not to answer in order to stay less suspicious.
Knock knock.
She took out her earphones and opened the door, just like she was here all along. To her surprise, Silvia was at the door.
"What?"
"We're back! Just wanted to know what you were doing!"
"Okay."
"Jolteon told me you have video games! Can I play?"
"Odd question but sure."
"YESSSS. CAN WE STAY IN YOUR ROOM?"
"We?"
"Did she say yes?"
"Mhmm!"
Vaporeon then entered the room, pushing in front of Sylveon. Silvia entered after.
"Which games?"
Sighing, she booted up her Nintendo Switch, gave them a controller each let them choose.
"Which one do you recommend?" Vaporeon asked.
"...UnderStory."
"Is it multiplayer?" Vaporeon asked again.
"No. Take turns in it."
"Do you have any multiplayer ones?" Sylveon asked.
"Yes."
"Let's play that then. Which multiplayer game do you suggest?"
"MugHead."
"Oh this old looking one?" Sylveon inquired
"Yes."
"Alright then!" Vaporeon cheerfully said.
They booted up the game to be absolutely terrible at video games. They kept on cursing at the screen, raging. Finally, they gave in to help.
"Glaceoon. Can you help usss?" Vaporeon drawled.
"Fine."
She then carried through the first level. Killing all the enemies, getting all the coins, not getting hit a single time.
"Wow, you're good."
"If you think this is good, you should see me in the other games," she muttered.
"SHOW US!" they said in unison.
These two were very obviously big bags of sugar and energy. Snow didn't know if she could take it. She let them in because she was curious on how good they played, but now she regretted her decision.
She put down her book, put her earphones back in their case and picked up a controller.
She booted up Void Soldier on her switch and went to her GodHome save file.
She then proceeded to fight the first 'difficult' boss in the game's chronology, proceeding to decimate the boss. Silvia and Crystal just sat there, gaping and commentating.
When the fight was over, they asked if she could fight another. Snow then challenged one of the smaller and harder pantheons in the game.
They continued to awe at the quickness of the small character's movement. Shouting things like 'GET 'EM!' and 'YEAH YOU GO GIRL!'.
When the pantheon was done, Silvia asked a question.
"Wanna join our group?"
"What?"
"Wanna be friends!"
"Erm…"
Crap crap crap.
Snow was supposed to not have a relationship with anyone. But if she says no, she'll be rude. This whole time of being here was just her breaking character. Or more like the character she was supposed to be. She was supposed to be distant. But that could be easily picked on if you're passive. Maybe she just needs to be unpredictable. Maybe she should be distant sometimes, and unpredictable other times. After all, she did need to be able to defend herself without bringing too much attention. Perhaps she should have started off with a ruder personality. Perhaps that would have been the best fit. Oh well.
"Sure…"
"What's with the uncertainty? Anyways you said yes so now you're with us now!" Vaporeon excitedly exclaimed.
Oh boy. What did she get herself into?
"Well, if you wanna be with us, you gotta follow some rules," Vaporeon started.
"Wait, didn't you literally become friends yesterday!?-"
"Hushh my child, you still have a long way to go…" Vaporeon spoke, intentionally sounding like an elder.
"I'm older than you."
"Really? How old?" Vaporeon tested.
"I'm 20."
"Oh wait, you are old. Actually you're as old as Speed!"
"Won't stop us being friends though!" Silvia smiled.
"Mhmm!" Vaporeon nodded.
"Well you need to learn the rules!" Silvia reminded
"Yeah the rules!"
"You made rules? It's been a day-"
Vaporeon then explained the rules.
"Step 1: Be happy! You haven't shown much happiness here…soo you need to work on it.
"Step 2: Be nice! You haven't been mean to us so you're good. But not really with Speed. Then again you weren't doing anything and you said sorry beforehand apparently so I guess he was in the wrong.
"Step 3: Be adaptive! We haven't had much to adapt to so it's fine. Just an important rule that me and Sylveon both possess so you should too!
"Step 4: Be more than just friends! Like sisters. Me and Sylveon clicked, so I could consider her my sister. I'd also consider that Eevee Speed used to hang out with as a sister. But I don't know where she is anymore so oh well!"
"What?"
"You heard all the rules now Glacy. So now for the scores!"
"Scores?"
"What are you? A parrot? I'm kidding. So anyways, Sylveon gets 10 points for step 1,2 and 9 for step 3,4. You on the other hand Glacy gets a 3 in step 1 and 3, gets a 6 in step 2 for letting us play on your game console and helping us. And a 1 in step 4. But as you said it's been a day and I barely know you because I haven't talked to you as much as Sylveon. So you still have potential."
"Alright then. Well erm. I'm very sleepy. So I'll be going to sleep."
"Yeah, that concert took quite a lot out of me, and the game to boot. You missed out on a lot by the way. I think I'll go to sleep too."
"Yeah same," Vaporeon answered back.
"Alright, good night."
"Good night!" they replied and went out the door.
After clearing the floor of the controllers, she brushed her teeth and went to bed. With a telepathic good night to her sister and friends.
A/N:
Cyber: HELLO! hehe too loud.
I just wanna say thanks for reading. This is my first posted fanfic, (I am writing a lot at once all with completely different stories)
This is a Speezuli ship. I do not ship Silvia and Speed personally as I've never really liked her pushy nature with him from before. These characters are gonna act differently to the originals as the old ones were very annoying to deal with in my opinion. Lazuli was too tsundere, Silvia like all the boys to fall in love with her, espeon is possessive, leaf is just boring, flare is interesting but not very focused on, Black was ok. I guess. Boring. And Speed had a harem. I don't really like those as they sorta defeat the concept of love. And or. I don't get it. Idk. It icks me.
I used to like Lazuli (OG) and it never really stuck with me that she was really annoying. So thus I hated Sylveon. Now I don't hate Sylveon, but I still think both of them had a lot to work on. And I also hated how weak a lot of the female cast was. Silvia had her moment really early and then never again so I made Lazuli fill this role. I also changed a lot of their abilities. It never stuck right with me how some of the squad were weak so I powered each of them up. Some were a little lacklustre but it was the best I could do. If you have suggestions I can always rewrite it, which I probably will. So tell me if there is anything you wish to suggest. I also will add that Glaceon is VERY overpowered. Not to the fact she is unbeatable. After all, her new lore has explanations for if she dies. So I will just say you should wait. There is a lot planned ahead. And this also inspires from the fanfic, 'The Adventures of Blue and Yellow' or smth like that. So go check that out.
Also, My schedule is shit so if my fanfics come really late, I'm sorry. I'm procrastinating.
NOW FOR AN EXTRA SCENE!
Speed: Why am I here?
Lazuli: Yeah actually what the fuck.
Speed: Oh you're here too!?
Lazuli: Seems like it, Sherlock.
Speed: HEY!
Cyber: hallo
Snowflake: Oh hi creator. You're a Glaceon?
Cyber: heheh. Kinda. More like a lynx version of a Glaceon. More floof.
Snowflake: I can see that. Wait why'd my name change?
Cyber: shhh *disappears*
Speed: The fuck.
Snowflake: So hi Sparky.
Speed: SNOWFLAKE!?
Snowflake: :D BEST FRIEND!
Speed: BEST FRIEND!
Speed: Why were you gone, you snake?
Snowflake: :0 rude dog.
Speed: Grumpy cat.
Snowflake: I WASN'T GRUMPY ಠ ︵ ಠ
Speed: Wanna fight?
Snowflake: Try me. ( ʘ ᴗ ʘ)
Speed: ( ✷ ‿ ✷ )