In the morning after I woke up, I cuddled and slowly pet Eevee so as not to wake her up. I could get used to waking up like this; the cat I used to have was a feet area cat, not a cuddling cat.

But she couldn't stay asleep forever, so eventually Eevee woke up. "Eev," she murmured sleepily. I gave her some ear scratches to perk her up, then got out of bed to do the usual morning routine. When I was done I made sure to give Eevee a good brushing with my new supplies - gotta up that friendship.

We went down to the cafeteria, where I had the very usual eggs bacon, and toast with OJ; and of course my high-quality pokechow for Eevee. She gave my meal a once-over before deeming it adequate and focusing on her own food... definitely reading that cooking book the first time we stop to eat after leaving the city.

Once we were fed and watered, it was time to decide where to go from here. I could run out and conquer the world immediately... but there was one thing I wanted to check out before we headed out into the wilds: The Pokemon Fan Club.

The Pokemon Fan Club is an organization spanning the entirety of the known pokeworld. It doubles as both a high-end brothel, and fancy social club for the rich and powerful. The prices there are no joke, but I wasn't really looking to partake as it were. I was just curious about it, as Tobias had never actually been to one.

Current course of action decided, we were off to our destination. This led us to one of the fanciest buildings I had ever seen in person - in both lives. I could tell by the guards outside the entrance that riff-raff wasn't accepted here. Fortunately, with my new duds hand-picked by an eevee with discerning taste, I at least looked the part of reasonably well-off.

As I approached the guards, one of them held out his hand, "I'll need to see your membership card to let you in sir," he said, politely enough, but I could tell he knew I had no such card. Well that sinks that idea I suppose... oh well, not the end of the world. Eevee did look a little offended on my behalf though... cute.

As I was about to turn to leave, an unexpected voice was heard from behind me, "it's OK gentlemen, he's with me." Both guards stood at attention at this, and gave crisp salutes; wow I didn't think this place was that big of a deal.

"Of course sir, have a pleasant stay," said the guard who hadn't spoken yet. They didn't ask to see his card... seems I've been helped out by a big-shot.

The older gentleman that had vouched for me quickly made his way inside; I could only follow along in his wake. As we came to what looked like a fancy reception area, he turned around to look at me. "Well young man, I must say I'm curious what you're doing here so early in the morning. This is quite far outside of regular hours after all." Not that a place like this ever really closed, but it definitely was the slowest time of day.

"Honestly I just wanted to see what all the hype was about... I didn't expect to be turned away at the door," I explained a bit sheepishly.

"Well you're dressed well enough, I suppose, and your eevee is positively radiant, so I decided to take a chance on you: I'm sure you won't disparage my kindness," he stated quite pointedly. Note to self, do not piss these people off: the consequences could be dire.

"Thank you for your kindness sir. My name is Tobias, may I ask for yours?" I said as properly as I could manage. Not my favorite thing, but this guy didn't seem to want a casual conversation with me.

He nodded his approval, "my name is Spencer Forge, of Forge Enterprises," he stated proudly. I gaped openly at this: Forge Enterprises was the company that made my tent and other camping gear from the pokemart... and I had not skimped on the quality. Damn this dude really was rich.

I schooled my features as well as I could, before replying with, "I use your high-quality line of camping gear when I'm out in the wilderness; it has been very dependable." Technically not true, but it was only a matter of time, and I need to brown-nose hard now.

He practically preened at my comment - as much as an old gentleman with impeccable poise would outwardly show - and said the words I had been hoping, but not really expecting to hear, "well I'm glad you have good taste. Let's go talk to Brenda, and get you set up for your Fan Club membership card, hmm?"

Jackpot! It really does pay to suck up to your betters. Heh, maybe someday, I'll be in his position of power... but not today.

After a bit more small-talk and paperwork, I was now a card-carrying member of The Pokemon Fan Club... cool. I then noticed that Eevee had wandered off somewhere... I wonder what she was getting up to. Oh well, I'm sure she's around here somewhere.

*Eevee POV*

Eevee twisted and turned her head to see as much as possible with her ever-curious eyes. Her trainer, Tobias, was entering the fancy building behind some well-dressed old man. She wondered if she could get Tobias to dress like that... hmm, she was sure it would happen eventually.

Her trainer was a little bit of an airhead if she was being honest. If she hadn't somehow already known his name was Tobias, she wouldn't have been able to know - he had never told her after all. She also knew all about his parents' accident and him ending up in the hospital. She even knew what had happened in his early years to give him those nasty scars on his chest... she had only seen them in person for the first time last night in bed - he slept in his boxers. But she would respect his distaste for thinking about that particular incident and would never bring it up to him; it was only polite really.

As they went further into the building, Eevee could smell other pokemon nearby. Seeing as her trainer was busy with the receptionist now, she decided to go find these other pokemon. She'd never talked to another pokemon personally yet - how exciting!

Eevee wandered the opulent halls, heading in the direction her nose was guiding her. She sometimes heard giggles from behind closed doors, and even the occasional moan... she had no idea what they were doing, but the scent from the doors was definitely like nothing she had ever smelled before.

Putting that thought aside, Eevee found the open door that she had smelled the most pokemon concentrated in. Entering the room, Eevee stopped to take in the sight of quite a few pokemon lounging around. The first thing she noticed was that all of these pokemon were undoubtedly female. Her second thought was that all these pokemon could only be described as beautiful. Eevee knew she was a cute little pokemon, but these could all be considered mature beauties. From gardevoir, ninetails, and vaporeon, to rare foreign pokemon like furfrou, and lucario; they were all extremely pretty.

"Oho, what do we have here?" came a question from Eevee's side. She turned, only to see an espeon approaching her. Eevee was mesmerized by her cool beauty - she wanted to be just like her when she evolved. "Well, just going to stare, or are you going to say anything little cutie?" the espeon wondered aloud. Eevee bristled a bit at being called little - she was a fully mature eevee, thank you very much! But she could tell Tobias also only thought she was cute. This turned her former bristling into a pair of slumped shoulders.

Before Eevee could even respond verbally, Espeon was almost upon her with a surprisingly quick movement, "that was an interesting reaction little one, what's on your mind?"

Gulping at this exquisite specimen of her evolution being so close, Eevee shared her worries: "I'm not beautiful like all of you, I'm only cute, and my trainer won't give me a second glance." She may not have been with Tobias for long, but she could tell he earnestly loved her... as something like a little sister, or a pet. But as a woman, she currently stood no chance. He was quite easy on the eyes after all... Coughing and shaking her head to clear her mind of the image of his bare, scarred chest, Eevee asked Espeon for her advice, "what should I do to become as desirable as all of you?"

Espeon seemed amused by the question, but gave her advice that would eventually change her life: "all you need to do is evolve. He won't be able to keep his eyes off you then. He obviously treats you well, your coat is pristine, and that hair piece is very cute."

Eevee pondered this for a moment before seeing the truth of Espeon's words. All of these beauties were fully evolved pokemon. Of course they would be more attractive to an adult male than a little eevee. With resolve turning her eyes fiery, Eevee declared herself to the world: "Then I'll evolve into whatever Tobias wants most; then he'll ever leave me!" Tobias was basically Eevee's whole life at this point... she was afraid of what might happen if he ever got bored of her.

Espeon became a little concerned at her words, "why would he leave you?" Eevee sheepishly explained herself to Espeon, who huffed, "silly, no one who treats pokemon as well as you're obviously being treated would just abandon one of us in a forest or even in a pokebox. You're overthinking this. Do you even know what men do with pretty pokemon that catch their eye?" Eevee hadn't really considered that; she already got all the grooming and cuddling she could ever want; what else would they do?

Espeon obviously saw her confusion, because she chuffed out a laugh, "oh this is too precious; let's go have a chat with the girls... we'll tell you all about what you and your trainer can get up to once you evolve." Eevee wasn't sure where this was going; but she was excited to find out!