[To all of my readers, I'm sorry I haven't been active recently, real life takes a drag on me, hopefully this 'very long' lemon series will make amends.]
We all have our faults, there is no being in the world, no matter where they are, that is absolutely perfect. Yet it is those flaws that truly make them special, and helps others see what is truly special about them!~
= The House of Misfit Eevees [Pt 1] =
= Human (Ashton) / Various Eeveelutions (All 'F') =
*Narrator*
[Around the world of Pokemon, there are those species that are loved by all, sought after by many, and treated better than others. Of those, the Eevee line and its evolved forms, more commonly dubbed the 'Eeveelutions', are among the most loved and coveted.]
[Eevee evolves in such a way, that nobody really knows what it will evolve into based on its surroundings, until it evolves. But once it evolves into this new form, its powers grow exponentially.]
[However, in one city in Hoenn, at the edge of the city where most people lived, there is one house that has become known as the 'House of Misfit Eevees'. The Eeveelutions of this house, are those that have been abandoned, and only found a home in this one single place, with an owner that has come to shelter all of his friends, no matter what has caused them to become 'misfits' in the world.]
(Ashton's PoV)
"Let's see, so this person is adopting that Larvitar and is a part time Martial Artist…" He muttered as he read the latest application for Pokemon adoption.
He had gotten off work at the local Pokemon Adoption Center, yet even after work he was still working, making sure all the applications were done properly, because only 'Trainers' ever got the applications done right. Everyday people who didn't journey from city to city ended up getting something wrong, and it was his job to make sure these corrections were made.
"Income is… fourteen million per year… no that aint right… ugh, no wonder, he put a 'comma' instead of a 'dot', it should be fourteen 'thousand'." He muttered to himself bitterly.
"Sylve?" A cute voice perked up next to him.
He looked over to see a three-foot-tall, pink and white Pokemon jump up onto the kitchen table where he was working. The Pokemon in question was a Sylveon, one of eight 'eeveelutions' that lived with him, not as a pet but as his friend. Her name was Sylvia and as she walked over, she smiled at him and began snuggling next to him, rubbing his arms with her ribbon-like feelers.
"Hey Sylvia." He chuckled as she managed to wriggle off the table and into his lap, nuzzling his chest happily. "How are you doing girl?"
"Sylveon!" She yipped warmly, looking up at him and smiling happily.
Sylvia was by far the oldest of the 'Eeveelutions' that lived with him, having been there since his childhood, in total she's lived with him for ten years.
"Well, after I finish checking this, Robert from next door invited all of us over to his and Marsha's baby shower. You think you and the others would like to go over and hang out with them and anyone else that shows up?" He asked, already knowing her answer.
The instant he mentioned them possibly visiting the 'baby shower', her happy cheerful smile and look did a one eighty. She looked distrustful, bored, and completely uninterested in the prospect of visiting their next-door neighbor for free food and socializing with the 'single lady friends' Robert had no doubt invited to try and hook him up with.
Still she gave her response and shook her head, giving him an obvious 'no'.
"I figured as such, still might as well ask." He chuckled, resuming work.
Sylvia, despite being a Sylveon, an Eeveelution known for its unconditional love, especially for its trainer, absolutely refused and hated 'any' human besides him. No matter how hard he tried, she refused to show any kindness toward any other human.
It's taken him six years to finally get her to at least 'look' at other people, let alone stop her from growling and threatening them to get away from him and her.
This was why she was considered a 'misfit' Eeveelution, of all the Sylveons in the world, she was probably the only one, that hated 'all' humans, and loved only one.
'But considering her past…' He thought to himself sadly, while making the corrections to the application he was checking, 'It's no wonder she hates all humans, after what she suffered… I'm lucky she would even 'look' at me, let alone evolve into a Sylveon because of me.'
"Leafeeeeon!" Another voice called out to his right, causing both him and Sylvia to look down at the floor.
There below him was a three foot three tall, yellow and green 'Leafeon', yet another Eeveelution of the house. This one was named Camellia, and she was the fourth youngest, having been with him for five years with her fellow Eeveelution, Elenora, the Glaceon.
"Alright girl, one second!" He said with a chuckle, finishing up the application and putting the final corrections on it. "There, now I can take you outside for a bit!"
"Leafe!" She said happily, standing on her rear paws for a moment.
"Sylveon!" Sylvia yipped, almost angrily.
"Now now Sylvia." He said, scratching her behind the ear, causing her to grin and close her eyes happily. "I need to take her outside anyway, you can snuggle with me later when its movie time!"
"Sylveon!" She sighed happily, enjoying his scratch session.
When Sylvia jumped down he got up and quickly put his shoes on, walking with Camellia toward the front door to go outside and get some fresh air.
As they walked through the front room, he watched Elenora, Camellia's sister eeveelution playing with a toy 'substitute' doll, on the huge floor space, with at least twenty feet in any direction since she was in the center.
Elenora, the two foot seven, light blue Glaceon wasn't Camellia's 'biological sister', but instead a fellow Eeveelution of the adoption center where he worked at and found them. They refused to be separated, and since they couldn't find an owner willing to put up with their 'problems', he adopted them to give them a home.
"Leafeon!" Camellia called to him.
He looked back at the door and saw her waiting patiently by the door, ignoring the little door that some of his Eeveelutions, or 'girls' as he dubbed them, used sometimes to walk outside.
"Alright I'm coming!" He said.
Once outside, Camellia followed and began to walk around the front garden, sniffing the air and enjoying the cool spring air before it got dark.
Camellia was a Lefeon, but like Sylvia, she had a 'problem', which made her what many people nicknamed her a 'misfit' in the world of Eeveelutions.
She, a Leafeon, was afraid of being outdoors, and was absolutely terrified of going anywhere near trees. If a place had any more than one or two trees in a small space, she refused to step near it. There was a forest near their city of Rustboro, but no matter how hard he tried, or how much he pleaded, she was too terrified of stepping near it.
The best he could do was take her outside and let her run around in the garden, getting the necessary sunlight and fresh air she required. She only did this when he was close by, and only went outside with him.
'At least she's happy here…' He said warmly, watching her tail wag as she noticed him watching her. 'She just had to have the misfortune to evolve near the forest, when she was mentally scarred for life, causing her huge fear of trees and being outdoors…'
"Leaf?" Camellia yipped warmly, before walking over and jumping into his lap.
"Oh, it's nothing girl, just thinking to myself!" He said.
"Leafeeoon?" She asked in confusion, asking what he was thinking about.
"I was just wondering… how are you so cuuuuute!" He yelled, before tickling her belly, causing her to laugh hysterically.
"Lefeoo-o-on!" She giggled, wiggling in his lap and trying to stop laughing so hard.
He let her go and let her continue running around for a while longer, about another fifteen minutes, before it began to get too dark, ignoring the sounds of the Baby Shower taking place next door. Once she was ready, she followed him inside so he could begin working on preparing dinner, the bath, and pulling out the big bean bag couch for movie night.
He did the bean bag first because that was the simplest, and as he did he watched Elenora playing with the substitute toy again.
The living room was almost completely devoid of furniture, only the big screen tv, the shelf containing their movies, game console, and finally the large bean bag couch off to the side. Otherwise the floor was completely clear and devoid of anything.
This was specifically for Elenora, the Glaceon who watched him move the massive bean bag couch into the middle of the room. As he moved it she jumped onto it and smiled, pretending to make his life 'miserable' and playing with him.
"Oh, very funny!" He joked, pulling it and her on top of it.
"Glaceoooon~!" She said, laying down on it and giggling.
Despite her playful tone, the bean bag couch was something he purchased specifically for her, having sold his other furniture to make room in the living room for her needs.
Elenora had an enormous case of Claustrophobia, it happened when she happened to be an Eevee in a restaurant. She had followed a chef who was packing away frozen treats into a box, and just happened to jump in as he was looking away. She had only wanted to snack on a desert, but ended up getting trapped in the box under a cake, next to another box of ice cream, which was quickly closed and put into the cold room.
She had whined and yipped as loud as she could, but nobody realized she was in there until an hour later.
She had only survived because she had evolved in a very cold environment, but the experience had left her with a fear of closed spaces, and a fear of being buried alive in a cold and dark place. Her original owner was arrested, charged with negligence, and she was put in the adoption center where he worked, but her fear of closed spaces meant nobody could put her inside of a Pokeball.
She also refused to go anywhere near cold or dark places, be they refrigerators, basements, or even snow covered lawns in winter. If it was cold, or dark, she stayed away.
Thus, she found her home here, and he did all he could to ensure his home was as open as possible, so she could feel comfortable and safe.
She was yet 'another' misfit Eeveelution, a 'Glaceon' with a fear of 'cold places', and with a severe case of Claustrophobia.
'Poor girl, forced to evolve just to live… and now she can't even enjoy winter evenings outside because of her fear of the cold like others can…' He thought sadly as he moved the bean bag couch into position at last.
He had done all he could to help her, but her fear was still as strong as ever, the best he managed to do was help her get over her fear of snow, and only last year. The way he did that was buy putting her in a sweater and small hat to make her feel 'warm', so she could go outside in winter. But she still stayed away from deep snow, for fear of being buried alive in snow.
(Ashton!) A feminine voice said in his head.
He looked around to see a two-foot-tall, purple Eeveelution, an Espeon to be precise, looking up at him with a curious smile on her face. This Espeon's name was Adella, and she was the second oldest with her twin, an Umbreon named Yumi.
(I've got the popcorn ready for us, is our movie ready tonight?) Adella asked with a chuckle in her voice.
"Of course it's ready, I got it before I went to work tonight!" He said sarcastically.
(If you insist~.) She replied, smiling and walking over to rub herself along his leg. (No horror movie tonight, only nice movies from now on, I had nightmares for days last time…)
"Don't worry, today's a comedy!" He said, picking her up and petting her, even as Sylvia came in with Camellia to get ready for movie night.
On the surface, Adella seemed normal, but that was sadly a lie she put up because she was surrounded by friends and family in her eyes.
She was also a 'misfit' Eeveelution, and like the others, she had become so because of something that happened when she was an Eevee prior to evolving. Growing up as a stray Eevee with her twin in the streets, she had seen the 'bad side' of humans, seen how people steal from one another, mug each other, fight over petty things, and worse, murder for the most basic and pointless of things.
This had given her a distrust of humans, and didn't want to associate with them. Yet, living in the Adoption Center, and spending most of her time with Yumi and him, they developed a close friendship with him. One day, she evolved, to protect him from a group of Spearow trying to steal his lunch one day. Since then she stayed with him, and since Yumi also stayed with him, he adopted both of them.
What made her a misfit Eeveelution, was that her species evolves through friendship, and a desire to protect their trainers. Yet she dislikes associating with any human she doesn't already know or trust, and refuses to be friends to any of them.
'It's not her fault she grew up in a bad neighborhood… but I wish she could see people in a better light…' He thought sadly, wishing she would try to look at people in a new light.
He only managed to help her by bringing friends over to visit, and even then, she only went near them because of him.
If he weren't their friend, she wouldn't bother with them.
"Alright girl, I needa go help Cordelia with the bath!" He said, scratching her ears one last time before putting her down.
(Alright Ashton, but don't take too forever! You know how the others get.) She responded with a chuckle.
"I know." He said.
He left the living room as everyone was having fun and getting ready for movie night, heading down the hallway from the kitchen and up the stairs to the second floor of the house.
The house was a decent house, two stories tall, flat roof and several rooms, he's lived in it for many years since he was a child. When he went down the hall to the bathroom, the first thing he saw was Cordelia, his three feet tall Vaporeon, with her tailfin and aquatic fin ears, watching and waiting for him.
"Vaporeon!" She said with a smile.
"I know girl, sorry I took so long." He said, opening the door.
After a few moments the bath was started and was filled with one foot high cold water.
"Alright here you go girl, in you go!" He said, picking up Cordelia and lifting her into the bath.
"Vaporeooon~!" She yipped happily, running around in the water and splashing it at him and herself.
"Bftts, come on girl, I just took a bath this morning!" He laughed.
"Vaporee on-on~!"
Cordelia was a Vaporeon, a happy, loving Vaporeon of about four years. But she was no less a 'misfit' Eeveelution than any of the others in the house that he had adopted.
When she was younger, Cordelia tried swimming in deep water at a local pool when she was an Eevee, but realized that it wasn't the same as 'walking' in two-inch water of a bath. In her panic at not knowing how to swim, she had sunk deeper into the water and almost drowned. She had been lucky that the outing was one that 'he' had taken her on with other water Pokemon in the Adoption Center.
He had pulled her from the water, and performed emergency CPR to keep her alive, and since then, she avoided all water.
In an attempt to try and overcome her fears, she used a Water Stone to evolve… but despite being a Vaporeon, being able to breathe underwater, and being able to swim rings around humans even on her worst day, she was terrified that she would 'drown' if she went swimming. He of course, tried his best to help Cordelia overcome her fear of water, but when your only four months old and you almost drown, there is very little to be done.
This was why nobody else wanted to adopt the Vaporeon, despite her playful attitude and love for playing, most people who would want Vaporeon want one to swim with or for aquatic reasons. Cordelia's fear of water would prevent her from going into any water deeper than two feet.
She was another 'misfit' Eeveelution, a Vaporeon, with a fear of water.
'Poor girl, she tried to fight her fear, but still couldn't conquer it…' He thought sadly for only a moment, before her playfulness brought him back with a splash of water.
After the bath, necessary for Cordelia because her skin needed to absorb water at least once a week, they headed down to the living room. Along the way, he saw both Adara and Eliza, both the fire and electric Eeveelutions 'elemental trio'.
"Flare!" Adara yipped happily while Cordelia nuzzled Adara.
"Jolt!" Eliza yipped as well, using her great agility and speed to leap into the air and land into his surprised arms.
"Ow…" He said, before painfully getting a better grip on Eliza's spiky fur. "How… are you doing girl?"
"Jolteon…" Eliza said sadly, before jumping down and looking up at him.
"It's okay girl… you didn't mean it… you were just excited to see me." He commented, before rubbing his arms to massage them.
"Flareon?" Adara asked.
"Yea girls, its movie night, come on down." He said proudly.
As he walked with them downstairs, he made sure to pick up Adara first and turn in just a way that shielded her eyes from the kitchen, where he was burning a large bucket of Pokefood for the girls, and microwaving a bag of Popcorn for himself.
The reason he did this was because of one thing, Adara his Flareon was afraid of fire. Just like Cordelia was afraid of water, Adara was afraid of fire, and this made her just as much a 'misfit' Eeveelution as all of the others in the eyes of trainers.
Adara was afraid of fire for one reason only, not because of some youth fear or tragic fate like some of the other Eeveelutions of the house, but because she had done something she hated and feared more than anything else.
She had burned Ashton moments after evolving.
While clearing out one of the rooms at the Adoption Center, he stumbled on some items trainers had left behind by accident and never bothered to reclaim. Among them was a Fire Stone, and Adara, drawn to it, used it to evolve into a Flareon.
Excited, she had gone straight to him because she was good friends with him while waiting to be adopted. Unfortunately, unused to her powers, and with no training at all, she had gone to yip and yell at him to get his attention, and blasted him in the back with a concentrated flamethrower.
It was an accident, but the incident had given her a fear of flames, of fire in general, and above all, her own powers. She feared that if she was ever overexcited, or displeased, that she would hurt him in some way… or others.
Thus, her fear of fire, and why she feared going anywhere near it, for fear that she might be inspired to use fire.
'It was an accident, but she still fears what she is because of it…'
They entered the living room and went to their large bean bag couch, each of them getting ready to watch their movie with him. After he put Adara down he grabbed his popcorn, checked their food, and went to sit down with them.
"Alright girls, scooch aside for me!" He said, making sure he had room before sitting.
"Sylveon!" Sylvia yipped, instantly crawling into his lap and nuzzling him affectionately.
"Vaporeon!" Cordelia yipped as well.
"Jolteon." Eliza yipped, jumping up to sit next to his shoulder.
Twenty minutes into the movie, and an empty bag of popcorn, they got their first 'scare' of the comedy, at least for Eliza. The people dressed as Pokemon were talking as though they were arguing about something stupid, when a thunderstorm occurred in the movie.
However, it was so 'real' that it scared Eliza, and caused her to jump into Ashton's arms and frighten him with her move.
"Joooolt…" She screamed, wiggling under his shirt past Sylvia, who yipped in annoyance, and cuddled next to his chest.
"Oh, nonono, it's okay girl, it's okay…" He whispered softly, trying to comfort her, which was hard because he was fighting scrimping in pain at her spikes poking his skin. "It was just the movie… it's not a real thunderstorm, it's just the movie girl…"
Eventually Eliza wiggled through the top of his shirt, blushing nervously and backed up, and curled up back on his left side again.
Eliza was similar to Codelia and Adara, she had a fear of her own elemental type, she however, was afraid of it because of her upbringing. She grew up in the rainy area of Route 119, famous for its endless rainy days, and thunderstorms. She spent many days and nights cowering in fear of the lightning, and was only saved from it by a passing by trainer.
She was brought to the Rustboro Adoption Center, and like so many other Pokemon, including her fellow Eeveelutions of the 'Misfit Eeveelution House', tried to find a new home. She tried to overcome her fear of lightning and thunderstorms like Cordelia did, and evolved to fight it.
It had the opposite reaction, when she evolved she waited for the first thunderstorm, and tried to face it. Instead of overcoming her fear, she became a lightning rod for the first jolt of lightning, striking near her by two inches, dramatizing her so much that she fled inside and hid under a desk for hours.
The only human who ever could coax her out of her shell was Ashton, and he did so because he cared for all the Pokemon there that he worked with. No other Trainer could or wanted to work with an electric type afraid of electricity, so she found a home here in Ashton's place.
Other than her massive fear of thunder storms, she was a normal Jolteon, but she only ever used her powers to help save on the electric bill, and even then, she merely sat near an object and charged her fur to pass the electricity on, not actively zap anything.
Yet another 'misfit' Eeveelution of the house.
'She's only afraid of lightning, if she could only get over that… but she just can't…' He thought sadly.
(Not the wisest choice of movies… but hopefully it gets better…) Adella whispered sadly.
Moments later, they were treated to a funny moment of one of the characters getting hit with a pie in the face, and laughed loudly.
After the movie ended and they all finished their dinner, they proceeded to walk up the stairs, Ashton holding a very sleepy Umbreon, Yumi.
"I think that was a very funny movie, what about you guys?" He asked tiredly.
"Sylveoooon~…" Sylvia whispered tiredly.
"Jolt…" Eliza commented, still very embarrassed.
"Vaporeon!" Cordelia yipped.
"Leafeon!" Carmella said.
(I loved the pie in the face moments…) Adella whispered to him.
"Flareooon." Adara moaned.
"Glace…" Elenora yawned.
It was time for bed, it was well past midnight, and he had to be up early for work. So, with tired yawns they all went into his bedroom, their favorite place to sleep, and took their positions on the right side of his massive queen's sized bed.
All except for one, Yumi the Umbreon, Adella's twin sister Eeveelution.
"Umbre?" Yumi whispered as she sat on the left side of the bed, while the others were on the right.
"Don't worry girl…" He whispered, before pulling out a small night light, and plugging it into the wall, before turning off all the other lights. "There you go~…"
"Umbreon…" She said gratefully, licking his hand as he climbed back into bed.
That's right, the final Eeveeltion of his eight girls, his big Eeveelution family as he called them, was an Umbreon who had a fear of the dark.
Like Adella, Yumi grew up with her on the streets, but unlike Adella she had to stay up during the night to keep them safe from harm. The things she saw scared her of the dark, the sounds, the strange noise a young Eevee stray saw would make any Pokemon scared of the dark. But because she was an Umbreon, a Pokemon known for hunting in the dark, using the dark, and blending 'in' with the darkness… it only made her a laughing stock to all trainers.
She feared the dark so much, that she couldn't sleep without 'some' kind of light on. Even her natural glow wasn't enough.
She had evolved thanks to her friendship with Ashton, and when she was too old to stay at the adoption center, she found a home with him alongside Adella. But despite his help, she couldn't sleep without him nearby, and without a night light.
It annoyed all the other girls, but they compensated by sleeping on the other side of him while she got the side near the night light.
It was a necessary sacrifice to keep her calm and help her sleep at night.
'We all have our fears… she unfortunately had a fear of the dark while also being an Umbreon… it's not her fault…' He thought sadly, scratching her ears and making her coo contentedly.
"Alright girls, good night!" He said quietly before laying into his bed.
"Eon~!" All of them said tiredly at the same time.
That's right, they were all misfits, Eeveelutions nobody else wants because of what they can't do or are too afraid of. They all had problems that nobody could help them with, and nobody else could be bothered to deal with. Yet, they were all 'his' girls, his family here in this house of his.
This was his house, his house of Misfit Eeveelutions, and he loved 'all of them'.
But what he didn't know, at that exact moment in time, was that as he was slowly dreaming off, telling himself that he loved all his girls just the way they were, despite what others found 'flawed' about them; was that they were thinking the same thing about him.
They loved 'him' as well, because of all he has done for them.