Club: Eevee House (MA) Vs. 26

[classy_cat18]

Kawaii's POV

Athena and I found Beaky perched with most of the other Flying types. I tried to think of a less irritating way to wake him up, but it all came back to yelling out his name and hoping he doesn't attack us. "Hey Beaky!" I yelled out.

"Is that your friend?" Athena softly asked me.

"Yeah, but it wouldn't hurt to take cover." Athena nodded and hid under me.

Beaky growled and half-opened his eyes. "What is it?" he grumpily asked me. "I was taking a nap."

"I know you're hungry. How about you come down here and we raid the kitchen together?" I batted my eyes.

He turned his back to me. "Leave me alone."

I sighed. No use trying to psychically bring him down here.

Athena's POV

Kawaii looked down at me, a worried look on her face. "We'll have to leave him up there, but he really doesn't look good."

I have to do something. "I can...get him down," I offered. "But I'll need a lift." I gave a small smile.

Her expression brightened. "One Confusion coming up!" Her eyes glowed blue, and I was suddenly lifted up to the rafters. I grabbed ahold of the beam and cautiously tiptoed to Beaky.

"What are you doing up here?" Beaky said in a mix of amazement and anger as I approached me.

"Kawaii's worried about you, so I'm bringing you down with me." I bent down to grab him, but he took off. Without thinking, I jumped for him and grabbed him, immediately feeling the gravity take effect.

Kawaii gasped and let out another Confusion attack, catching me before I hit the floor. "Don't do that again, okay?" she asked me breathlessly.

I looked down at Beaky, who turned out to be out cold in my arms. I didn't mean to knock him out. "Where's the kitchen?" I started sniffing the air and came upon a delicious aroma.

Kawaii sniffed with me. "I guess you follow the scent. Why don't you go there while I gather up your team?"

The Oddish whom I recognized as my teammate ran up to me, laughing. "Wow! I saw you jump and snag Beaky in midair! That was so cool!" She followed me while I followed the scent. I peeked in the doorway.

"Yay! Cake!" Lily yelled happily as she burst into the kitchen. She started to jump around, probably trying to get someone's attention.

I went back into the hallway. It's crowded! I can't go in there! I looked down at the still unconscious Beaky. Maybe I should wait until Beaky comes to. I set him down and cautiously walked into the kitchen. I opened up a couple of cabinets and brought out a shallow pan and a bowl. I climbed up with the pan and filled it up with water from the sink. I cautiously climbed down with it and set it down in front of Beaky, then ran back in with the bowl and opened the refrigerator. They have everything in here! I pulled out a bunch of grapes and a couple of apples, putting them in the bowl. I left Lily and went back to Beaky.

[AntiAsh Superstar]

"It's certainly getting crowded in here!" Sindel chuckled as even more pokémon filed into the kitchen, some just wanting to fetch food more suited to their diet, others drawn in my the scent of her baking. The look on her face showed that she didn't mind one bit. "Help yourselves to whatever you like, everyone, it was made to be eaten, after all! Just let's try and leave some for the others who haven't wandered in here yet, okay?"
"I can't see that happening somehow, Sindel," Marius commented. "I seem to recall that your previous attempts resulted in pokémon taking half of the food home to consume at a later date. Anyway..." Here the Dratini turned to Sinopa. "What do you say to a slice of cherry pie, if you insist that I choose?"

"Oh, everyone, Rhi, Rhi, everyone." Milliardo was the first to notice Rhiannon's arrival, and introduced her to the crowds in typically rude fashion. "Now that's out of the way what say we celebrate me and my general awesomeness?"
"It was a hollow victory, Milliardo," I warned. "Gabi's feedback on your Unicorn Games battle was less than flattering, in fact it can be basically summed up as 'he's a spiteful little bugger, isn't he'? We're going to have to change that game plan of yours."
"What? Why?" The Umbreon seemed offended. "It works, doesn't it?"
"Ponder this one. When was the last time you won a battle without making an enemy for life out of your opponent?" I sighed deeply. "Look, you're excellent at what you do, but in that kind of situation they're looking for the most skilled at battle, not the most skilled at being nasty."
"You shouldn't have entered me then," the Umbreon sniffed haughtily. "I'll be damned if I'm going to change."
"I'm not asking you to. Just think about it, okay? Do you really want to win all your battles in that way? It's really cheap, if nothing else."

"Eh, she's not so bad once ya get ta know her a bit," Katnip commented, noticing Tsunami staring oddly at Rhiannon. "Yeah, she's real confusin' an' none of us are too thrilled about that bossy, do anythin' ta get the job done part of her, but we only get that half the time."
"Nobody's really given her a chance, anyway." Pearl suddenly appeared from under the water. "Do you think we should invite her over?"
"Whoa, Pearl, where did ya come from there? I swear ya should've been born a Vaporeon." Katnip giggled. "Dunno. Ya can never really tell what kinda mood she's gonna be in..."

[Wolfsong]

(Jovi's POV)

Oliver popped in, but rushed out like someone had set his tail on fire. I watched him go puzzled. I shook my head and walked off. I whistled a happy tune. I saw Laila sitting by herself. I shook my head, sadly. That larvitar was pretty strong, yet she lacked the self-confidence to make her the best that she could be. Suddenly, she looked as if she had spotted someone that she wanted to talk to. I raised an eyebrow seeing as she had hardly made any friends that i had known of here. I decided to leave her be, as i walked outside to get some exercise. I was feeling unusually hyper today.

(Laila's POV)

I was sitting by myself bored out of my wits. I hadn't really made many friends, and one of the few that i had made, hadn't been here in ages. I saw Jovi walk by whistling happily. I saw a crowd gathering around Amy. I wasn't really sure what was going on, but I wasn't planning on heading over there. That is until i spotted a cubone that i had talked to a while back. I didnt' really know him to well, but i was pretty sure that his name was Orion. At least it wouldn't be like talking to a complete stranger. I took a deep breath and walked over. "H... hi." I said softly. "I'm not sure if you remember me or not, but I'm Laila."

(Tiana's POV)

We had made it over to the couch, but there was a sudden crowd of pokemon standing around. I looked over at Zale, who was content to stay on the outermost fringes of the crowd. He had placed Angel on his paws, and she was looked around. She was a cute one. I turned my attention back to the gathered crowd, and I spotted Nightshade close to the front. I carefully threaded my way to the front. Being smaller than normal did have its benefits from time to time. I saw a baby eevee next to Aires. "What's going on?" I asked Nightshade. "Who's the little guy?" I added, my curosity peaked.

(Sinopa's POV)

The sudden increase of pokemon into the kitchen kinda made me nervous, but not by much. I was looking around, at all the food in amazement as Marius and Sindel were talking. "What do you say to a slice of cherry pie, if you insist that I choose?" Marius asked me, bringing my attention back to them. "That sounds great." I said smiling. "Thanks." I told them before starting to eat the piece of pie that i had been given.

(Darin's POV)

I looked around, blinking. Big things were everywere.

(Amy's POV)

I watched little Darin in amusement. Even though he had just hatched, he was full of energy, though obviously uncoordinated. After he had accidentally bopped his dad on the nose, he was still all of about a minute sitting in front of his dad. Darin's eyes were looking around him, at everyone, there was a twinkle in his eyes. Then, all of a sudden, he tried to stand but ended up falling flat on his face. He made a squeak as he landed on the couch.

[classy_cat18]

Kawaii's POV

I looked in each of the rooms. That's funny. Shonta just disappeared. I found the group huddled together in front of the TV, looking very worn out. "You look like you were the ones that battled in the Games, not Lily," I told them.

"Well, Lily's battle was very...interesting," Trinity said drowsily, yawning in the middle of her sentence. She put her head in between her paws.

"I thought you would be hungry by now. I smelled something wonderful in the kitchen." Too late. She was gone to sleep, and the others didn't look too far from slumber themselves. I left them and went back to Athena, who was just outside the kitchen and enjoying an apple. Right next to her was a revived Beaky, munching on some grapes.

"You feeling alright, Beaky?" I asked him. He nodded and went back to eating.

"There's a lot of food in there. Lily's just begging for some cake," Athena told me. She sighed. "I shouldn't have let her have some. That girl would get sick."

"Oh, let the champ have her fun! After all, she did get to the second round of the Unicorn Games!"

Lily walked out with a mouthful of chocolate. "That was SO good!" she exclaimed. "You should get some!"

"No thanks. I'm a grazer." I looked in the bowl and noticed some lettuce. "Thanks, Athena."

[The_Missing_Link]

<Nightshade's POV>

"That's Darin, Aries's new son and my little nephew," I grinned at the little Eevee, who had fallen flat on his face but quickly righted by his father.
"Oooh," she breathed but then screwed up her face. "How can you be his uncle? You and Aries aren't related."
"True, but we are brothers figuratively," I explained. "We don't remember our families so our friendship is deep enough to consider ourselves related, despite the species difference."
Tiana nodded and looked back at the two, Darin trying to whack Aries with his paw but barely making a scratch.

<Orion's POV>

I looked on with interest as Aries was playing with his son. Of course, I was too young to have kids of my own but I guess it would be nice to have some some day. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a Larvitar coming right towards me. I recognized her as the one who I was talking to when I first came to the house but she went off with another Larvitar.
"H... hi." she said quietly. "I'm not sure if you remember me or not, but I'm Laila."
"I remember you," I said. "I'm Orion."
She nodded in recognition and the next couple of minutes was spent in awkward silence, with me tossing my bone nervously back and forth. I really had to stop doing that.

[classy_cat18]

Lily's POV

I decided to leave my friends to their food. I tiptoed while I thought they weren't looking and started to walk around the house. It seemed like there were a lot of babies around, but I didn't want to see them right now. But something caught my eye. It looked like a Meowth, but it was white! I've never seen a white Meowth before! I walked up to him and smiled. "Hi! My name's Lily. What's your name, and how did you get to be white?"

Athena's POV

I finished off my apple and looked at Beaky. He seemed a lot better. I tried to make some small talk. "So...what do you do around here?" I asked Kawaii.

"She talks to her boyfriend and leaves us to stand around like idiots," Beaky grumbled.

"Jovi's not my boyfriend!" Kawaii squeaked. Her tail blushed. "We hardly even know each other?"

His eyes narrowed. "Oh? What does Jovi think of your relationship?"

I stood back, away from the Spearow's eyes. "Maybe I should...go outside."

But the argument wasn't over. "Why are you so sour over this? You could find someone if you tried to be a little nice!" Kawaii shouted.

"I don't need anyone! I just wished you wouldn't rub it in!" Beaky shouted back.

"I'm NOT rubbing it in!"

Beaky growled and flew outside, leaving me with Kawaii. "What's his problem?" I asked her.

Kawaii hung her head. "He just doesn't have much luck with finding friends. Me and Cinder are pretty much all he has. He just needs some softening up."

[Sheik]

I know this is one day after the fact, I just haven't gotten around to doing this yet.

<J's POV>

I walked into the Eevee House very carefully, making sure I didn't drop one of my eggs. I held them both securely in my arms, and made way to a table right next to the pool. I sat down, and put both eggs in my lap. I released all my Pokemon to play and do what they wished. Aurora immediatly went to the pool, and came up next to me, watching th eggs curiously. "Eevees" I replied to her look. Her head tilted, and I had a feeling she still didn't understand.

I pulled out a picture of the Pokemon I was about to have. Aurora glanced at the picture, and gave a little smile. "I was thinking of giving one of them a thunderstone, and evolving it into a Jolteon," I told her. I pulled out another picture, this time, of the electric Pokemon. Aurora eyed the picture loathingly, went under the water to swim.

Banx, my recently hatched Charmander, was under the table, again, sitting on his tail, and was swinging it around in his hands, playing with the flame. Matthias and Brandi stood next to each other, but there was about 4 feet in between them. This struck me as odd, since they were normally always close to each other. Why the sudden distance?

Chlo managed to hop up onto the table with the help of a chair. "Odd," she said with a serious expression on her face. I laughed, not at her, but just at her reaction. Chlo looked at me, then back at the eggs. I showed her the picture I showed Aurora. "Dish! Oddish!" She exclaimed, although I had no idea of what that meant.

<Aurora's POV>

I swam under the water, the baby Pokemon on my mind. I prayed that J wouldn't turn one of them into that electric Pokemon.... that's the last thing we need--I need. I think the only electric Pokemon that I could possibly tolerate would be a Pikachu, and that's because they're virtually harmless, and aren't overly powerful, like Jolteon.

I looked to the side to see a Gyarados and a Milotic flirting playfully under the water. The sight was amusing, but disgusting at the same time. Gyarados was hideous. A strong water Pokemon, but hideous nonetheless. I emerged from the water, and made my way back to J.

I reached the side of the pool, looked down at the eggs, and said, "Well... let's have a look." Matthias turned to me and gave a bark in agreement. I looked at Brandi, who seemed to be ignoring us both. Something was wrong with her, but what? I looked back at Matthias to see him looking at the eggs again. Whatever it was, he didn't show that anything was affecting him.

<Brandi's POV>

I saw Aurora look at me. I didn't care, I wasn't ready to let everyone know. I wasn't even ready to let him know. I couldn't--not yet. I was still unsure if I wanted to have a relationship with this one. I didn't know--I was too young. I gazed into the flame on Banx's tail, deep in thought. Banx was a new addition to the team, and he was an oddball, if there ever was one. He always fidgets with his tail, and writes, or at least, gives the attempt.

He looked up at me warmly."Hello, Brandi. How are you doing?" He asked. "Fine," I said with a sigh. I heard an ear-splitting crack. I shot a glance back at the eggs. They were hatching!

<Chlo's POV>

YAY! They were hatching! A few snaps, crackles, and pops (brings a call to the world, lol. Rice Krispies) later, I could make out the figure of a head trying to find its way out of the egg. I looked over at the other one, to see that it wasn't making much success. I giggled, and looked back at the other. Eevee's body was almost fully out of the egg now. I looked down a little lower--ok, that one's a girl. Oh, wait, no, a boy. No, no... it's a girl.

The other Eevee managed to find its way out of the egg. That one was definetly a boy. J took the eggs off of his lap, and threw them in the nearby trashcan. Both Eevees looked each other over curiously. J put a mirror in front of them both, and they were shocked to see that there were four Eevees that looked exactly alike! Both had bright green eyes (can I do that?), and were almost exactly alike, save the gender difference.

"Should I evolve them yet?" J asked. "No!" I exclaimed. "They're too cute to evolve, and they just hatched! Wouldn't you like them to remember what they used to be like?" J nodded and we all relaxed by the pool. I jumped off the table and looked up at the twins. The one on the left, the female, began to play with my leaves. It tickled, and it was a fun sight to behold.

I looked over at the male, who was nibbling on J's jeans. After a few minutes, both of them got comfortable on J's lap, and layed down. Then, they went off into sleep. "What are you going to name them, J" I pressed. "I don't know... I haven't thought about it..."

[*Murkrow]

~Hannah~

‘Wow, it’s been ages since I’ve been in here.’
Flinging my bag into my usual space, I turned and scanned round the room, searching for my Pokémon- adoptees and captees.
Tikish came running over, squinting curiously up at the small, creamy coloured egg I was carrying, before glancing at me.
‘What’s in there?’
‘You’ll see in a moment or so…. And come to think of it, that reminds me, I’ve got a surprise for you.’
‘For me? Really? What?’
‘You’ll see.’
I bent down and scratched his head gently.
‘But I’m not going to give it to you just yet, there’s some things more I need to buy first.’
‘WHAT? What’s the point of telling me you’ve got something for me if you’re not going to let me have it?’
‘Good point, and while you try and figure that out, please stand somewhere else, so you’re not blocking my way.’
Xolotle flung Tikish to the side as she came charging over, followed by her two children, Greione and Nyura.
Smiling, I carefully handed over the egg to her to examine, before happily scooping up the other two and hugging them, glad to see them again.
‘You two sure are growing, aren’t you?’
‘That’s what happens, you know.’
‘Don’t you ever quit?’
‘No.’
‘Figures.’
Putting Grei and Nyu back on the ground, I reached out and gently took the egg from Xol, before sitting down, resting the egg carefully in my lap.
‘Any second now, you lot.’
No sooner than I had finished talking, the egg began to glow gently, a steady, luminous glow that increased rapidly in colour, before dimming, as the shell cracked.
With a soft thud, the Pokémon tumbled forward, thumping down into my lap, before slowly raising its head to look up.
‘It’s black.’
Tikish had trotted back and now hopped onto my shoulder to get a better view- hearing Xol’s snarl; he smirked and stuck out his tongue at her.
‘Yes, she’s a black Eevee- it comes from her fathers side.’
Tenderly picking up the small bundle, I raised her into a sitting position, letting her get a good look round at her surroundings.
‘There you go, Harle, it’s ok.’
‘Excuse me, what did you call her?’
‘Harle… Short for Harlequin.’
‘That doesn’t suit her.’
‘Yes it does- I think it’s cute, and she’s definitely that.’
‘You name your Pokémon because you think a name’s cute?’
‘Where’s the problem with that?’
‘Because it’s pathetic.’
He spun round, stuck his head in the air and stormed off.
‘What was that about?’
‘Anything involving cute gets to him- reminds him of things ‘girlie’… You know the problem he has with that.’
‘Yeah…. Can you imagine him as a Delcatty? That’d be hilarious.’
I glanced up, and raised an eyebrow at the three of them.
‘You really think so?’

~Caelest~

‘And then she was like, ‘pow’ and the Delibird just went, like, ‘woah’ and fainted, and she won! It was so great.’
‘Neat, and you’re so close to evolution now, C.’
‘Tell me about it, at last, I’ll be able to move properly instead of bouncing around everywhere.’
‘Yeah, you’ll be able to fly! And you’ll teach me, wont you? Wont you?’
‘Didn’t she already say she would?’
‘I know, but she might have forgotten.’
I chuckled quietly to myself, before looking up at the little Pidgey bouncing up and down in front of me.
‘Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten. I promise you, you will start having lessons as soon as I can teach you.’
‘Yay! Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay…’
Squealing happily, she spun round and began to dash excitedly between the others, weaving through their legs to the constant tune of‘yay, yay, yay’.
Pock gave me a patronising look.
‘You’ve bewitched her’- then he sighed- ‘wish I was as close to evolution as you are.’
‘Well of course you do, what’s so great about being stuck in a puny little form like that, when you could be big and strong, like, ahem, me? At least this one will soon know what’s it’s like.’
Brenth laughed and hammered me with his trunk; sticking out a spike, I tried to jab him, but he only laughed harder, and swung his trunk away.
‘Still, you’re still puny now, eh?’
Chuckling to himself, he gave me one more thump, before turning and thundering off; across, Pock and Si rolled their eyes at me.
‘Hey there, Si. I just thought I’d say, I bought this for you.’
Hannah knelt down and held out a green, leaf shaped box.
‘It’s Leaf Blade, I thought it would be useful for you when you battle.’
Her eyes widened and she quickly held out a leg for it.
‘Wow, thanks.’
‘No problem… Oh, and Caelest, nice battling, I heard about it from Ryau.’
Plonking the Pidgey back down, she quickly patted me, then straightened up again.
‘Can’t stay, I’ve got a new adopted Eevee who needs looking after.’


~Greione~

‘You’re cute, aren’t you?’
I cautiously picked up our new team-mate, shifting her weight so that I could hold her properly.
‘Harlequin…. It does suit her, doesn’t, it?’
‘Oh please, spare me.’
Tikish had come flouncing back, obviously wanting another round with my mum, but before either could say another word, Harlequin suddenly struggled free from my claws and ran over to crouch in front of him.
He just stared back, his tail twitching slightly, before she tenderly stepped up and tried to nestle close to him.
The reaction was instantaneous.
‘Um, no. You stay away, I’m better than you, for all your strange colour.’
He gave her a shove, before spinning round and strutting off again; for a second, Harlequin did nothing, just stared after him, before frowning and chasing after him.
‘What was that about?’
‘Maybe.. Maybe she thinks he’s, you know, another Eevee? Or else she just likes the look of him.’


~Harlequin~

Panting slightly, I stumbled forward, keeping my eyes fixed on the pink back of the other Pokémon in front.
Please don’t leave me.
He paused, took a deep breath, then looked back.
‘Why are you following me? I said, get lost.’
Blinking nervously, I edged closer and again tried to nuzzle him, but he just lashed out with his tail and ran off again.
‘LEAVE ME ALONE!’
He couldn’t mean that. No way. He must be confusing me with somebody else.
Anxious to catch up with him again, I darted forward.

~Tikish~

What had I done to deserve this? Why did she insist on following me?
I chanced a look back.
She was still there, running as fast as she could after me.
Well, I’d just have to get rid of her another way.
Accelerating, I dashed further forwards, before diving into the crowds.

[Wolfsong]

(Laila's POV)

I was right, his name was Orion, and he did remember me. I nodded my head, as the minutes of awkward silence crept by. Orion was tossing his bone nervously back and forth. "Did... did i interrupt something?" I asked softly. "If I did, I'm sorry."

(Amy's POV)

After Darin had first hatched he was so uncoordinated that it was funny. However, as the minutes ticked by, he was becoming more and more coordinated. Soon he gave up trying to bop Aeries on the nose and turned his attention to his father's tail. He stood, tried to go forward, went tumbling onto the tail. I had to laugh, right before Darin grabbed the tip of Aeries' tail in his mouth and gave us a look as if he had won the biggest prize.

(Oliver's POV)

I had made my way back to the Eevee House, and over to the book section. I pulled out the book that had the picture of the white tiger in it and was starting at it. It was only a matter of time before i met my goal of evolving and getting the striped juice so i would look like those magnificant animals. Suddenly, a voice startled me but luckily i didn't let it on. "Hi! My name's Lily. What's your name, and how did you get to be white?" It was a young oddish. "Hi. My name's Oliver. As to your question, I drank one of the special color changing juices out there." A wistful look appeared on my face. "Soon as i evolve i'll be getting anotehr one. Amy promised." I said as i glanced at the picture in the book.

(Kiara's POV)

I slowly made my way into the Eevee House, and was pleasantly surprised when i saw that Gabi and her team were here. I looked around to see if i saw Caledor, and when i spotted him, I walked over. He and a few others were playing a game, so i sat down to watch.

(Tiana's POV)

I nodded as Nightshade explained how Darin was his nephew before watching the baby eevee. After a while, I finally got up the courage to ask him a question. "Nightshade?" "Yes" "Would you teach me how to teleport? I know you said it's useless in the battle tower, but it looks like its fun." I finally asked before looking up at him, then back down at my paws. The forks of my tail twitched nervously as I awaited his answer.

(Jovi's POV)

I went outside, still whistling happily. Normally, times like this i'd be heading to the spot, but since we had just came from there i didn't quite feel like going back. In the end i just laid down by the back door to the Eevee House and lay my head on my paws. A smile crossed my muzzle, as i closed my eyes.

(Ayla's POV)

I hoped that the last race would get a ref soon. I just swam back and forth across the pool tryng to work out the nervousness.

(Sweetie's POV)

I saw the trainer carry the egg in. My child. I edged closer so that i could watch it hatch. I smiled as the tiny black eevee emerged from her shell. I couldn't help but chuckle as she chased after a skitty.

[classy_cat18]

Cinder's POV

Shonta waved a bottle of sparkling liquid in front of Beaky's and my face. "Guess what I scored," she whispered.

I gasped. "Shonta! Drugs are forbidden here!"

Beaky bopped me with a wing. "Idiot! That's Shiny Juice!"

I rubbed my head in embarrassment. "Oh. Who's it for?"

She set it down in front of us. "You decide. I'm not playing referee, by the way." She walked off.

Beaky looked at the bottle then at me. "You take it. I like my colors as-is."

"Same for me." I took another look at the bottle. "I guess that means Kawaii gets it."

A wicked smile appeared on Beaky's face. "Good idea. Go get a bowl."

As if on cue, Kawaii walked past us. Beaky stood in front of her. "Kawaii, what would you look like shiny?"

She cocked her head and looked up. "I'm not sure, but I like myself the way I am." She giggled and started to go around him.

I pushed the bowl and bottle in front of her. "Where are you going? Shonta scored..."

Beaky hit me again. "She scored some weird soda. Turns your lips and tongue blue."

"Really? Can I have a taste?"

He cracked a smile. "Yeah. In fact, have the whole bottle." I poured the juice in the bowl. Beaky pushed me in a corner and watched Kawaii drink. "That will knock her down a peg."

"Why are we doing this to her?" I asked him.

"I'm getting sick of her being so...perfect! Let's see how she likes being blue."

Kawaii raised her neck, showing a row of blue spikes. "Man, that's so cool!" I exclaimed. It still puzzled me. I wouldn't call this much of a prank.

Lily's POV

I looked over at Oliver's book. There was a picture of a cool white tiger. "Wow. You're going to look that that?" Suddenly bored, I walked off and saw a Girafarig with blue spikes. "How come I don't get to be so cool-looking?"

"Hi, Lily. I guess you saw my blue nose," Kawaii told me.

I laughed. "Yeah, and your blue spikes!"

She looked back at her neck and gasped. "My spikes! My fur!" She didn't look too happy.

"What's wrong? I thought you wanted to be shiny."

She shook her head furiously. "Cinder and Beaky tricked me. I can't show myself like this! Maybe he won't know it's me." She walked outside.

Why would you go outside to hide?

Beaky's POV

Just as I thought. She's freaking out! Now for Phase Two. I flew over to Kawaii and landed on her head, avoiding her tail. "What's wrong? I think you look nice."

She growled at me. "I didn't think you would go so low!"

"I don't see what the problem is. Why don't we get a second opinion?" I walked over to the back door and stood next to Jovi. "I think he'll say the same thing."

Her expression changed to pure horror. "Don't you dare!"

I tickled Jovi's nose with a wing, smiling at Kawaii's fear. He opened an eye and looked straight at her.

[The_Missing_Link]

<Orion's POV>

"Nah, you're not," I replied. "One of my teammates just had a son and he hatched about a half an hour ago. We're just watching him trying to hold onto Aries's tail."
I looked back at the father and son and again wistfully wished for a family of my own some day.

<Aries's POV>

I bit back a laugh as Darin caught hold of my tail and gave everyone a proud look. I forgot how I acted when I was born but I hoped it was just as nice as what was happening now. Pulling my tail upwards, I easily lifted Darin into the air and waved it around a bit, giving him a bit of a ride. The others smirked as the little Eevee yelped in surprise before wriggling in enjoyment. After a few more minutes, I set him down to let Amy give him some warm milk. Soon after that, he dropped off to sleep and everyone dispersed to give him peace and quiet.

<Nightshade's POV>

"I guess so but it'll take hard work and concentration," I replied. "We'll do a bit of meditating first and then try to teleport. By the end of the day, you should be able to travel ten feet."
I looked back and watched Darin's joy ride before getting fed and falling asleep. An indication of us to leave him alone, we walked back to our little area and sat back down to resume our meditation.

[AntiAsh Superstar]

"Hey, Becks, what's up?" My Marill, Megan, fixed the creature that she would have liked to have considered her boyfriend but as of yet was too insecure to confirm this with an odd look. "You normally love playing ball."
"Mm." the Wartortle responded. "It's just not... big enough, Megan. I suddenly really want as many as we can possibly fit in on this game, let's take out adverts in the local paper, let's call on friends and family and their friends and family, let's get planes to fly banners across in the sky, I don't care, I'm not socialising enough and I want everyone who likes to play games in on this!"
"Games?" Kasumi asked. "I like games."
"Sure, Sumi, although we're talking ball games rather than Thunderblast ones, although if you still wanna join in that's cool by me, even perverted lesbian Growlithes can come along and play!"
"Hey!" Kasumi looked offended. "I resent being called a lesbian, you're ruling out half of the creatures I'd..."
"Yeah, Sumi, ya swing both ways, we did notice!" Katnip hastily interjected before the Growlithe could become any more explicit. "Come on, just come on an' play, ball sounds fun."

"Okay," Sindel grinned suddenly, her baking well out of the way. "It's nearing time to eat properly, I know we still have plenty of cakes and biscuits left but that's nothing approaching a proper meal, if anyone fancies some lunch I'll fix them up whatever they want!"
"That is making assumptions, Sindel," Marius commented. "Supposing you obtain a request for something that you haven't the ingredients for?"
"Somebody goes out and buys the ingredients, of course!" the Alakazam responded. "How hard can that be?"
"Ah, delegation is a wonderful thing..." my Dratini sighed. He turned his attentions to Sinopa, who had by now finished her food. "It's growing rather crowded in here, and forgive my bluntness in saying so but I can't help but notice that you seem a little uncomfortable with that. Would you rather go out into the garden? It is a beautiful day and I for one would be more than happy with a change in location."

"Hey!" Milliardo grumbled. "Ade, kindly remember I'm here, I'm supposed to be the star of the show and all you can do is sit on your butt listening to a band you only heard of because Scarygirl's cousin is the drummer and idly watch my foster son try and win the affections of that rainbow-haired Vulpix even though he's the biggest freak on the planet. I demand more focus!"
"Wow." I finally took off the headphones I had been wearing all of this time. "It's hard to argue with you seeing as you're so unashamedly blatant about being an attention whore."
"That's the whole point, you ****ing dolt, have you learned nothing about me yet?" my Umbreon complained. "I'm bored, Ade, I've had more than enough sparring with rat-boy and I want something else to do that doesn't involve Pandora and me getting incrediby Sumi-esqe. I demand answers or else."

[Cheesey]

~ Cheesey’s POV ~

I walked into the Eevee House after my lengthy absence. I tensed my muscles – It felt weird being there, especially since I hadn’t been around for that amount of time. I strained my eyes to see if I could find anyone to talk to, but I couldn’t see anybody familiar. Sighing, I went to sit on the sofas, as that seemed to be where I always went after not being in the building for a while. Leaning back into the cushion, I started thinking. I had nothing to do. I had plenty of spare time, so why not make use of it? It was so irritating, just lazing about, not knowing what to do. But I had this feeling that there was something I probably should do. Then something in my mind clicked – I had pokemon that I hadn’t bonded with as much, pokemon that I still needed to get to know properly. I sat up and looked at my belt. My adopted pokemon were all attached to it in their balls, and I tried to decide which pokemon to use. I eventually made up my mind, and selected Tigerseye and Amethyst, my Charmander and Mr. Mime respectively.

~ Tigerseye’s POV ~

I opened my eyes just to feel this whole rush of colour zooming into my pupils. This building, this place, it was nothing like what I was used to. I was always journeying around the country with Chris, and recently I was just always in the countryside. I was used to greenery, not all the colours in the rainbow! Looking up at Chris, I swished my tail from side to side a bit and asked him, “Where are we?”

~ Amethyst’s POV ~

As I felt myself being released from my pokeball I didn’t actually realise what was happening. Then I landed on the sofa and rolled forward in a somersault before understanding what the heck was going on. Turning round, I saw Chris trying his best to not giggle at me and Tigerseye looking at me with her heeeeeuge eyes. I got up and wandered back over to them, stumbling on a couple of cushions on the way. “It’s not my fault, I feel all dazed!” I cried in a deliberately whiny voice. Chris smiled at me and gave me a hug. “I know.”

“So why did you let me and Amethyst out of our pokeballs?”
“Because I have the time to relax right now, and I thought we should get to know each other. I haven’t felt like I’ve gotten to know you two as well as I’ve gotten to know the others.”
“So if this is somewhere you can relax… I’m assuming it’s the Eevee House?”
“Well of course. Whenever we’re travelling we always end up in some sort of bother, so this is pretty much the only place we can take it easy!”
“Yes, you are a bit of a clumsy oaf, if you don’t mind me saying…”
“How nice of you to point that out”
“Yes, well, anyway. Do you mind if I tell you about my dreams?”
“No objection at all.”
“Go ahead.”
[color=darkorange] “Well, it’s obvious that I would love to be a Charizard. But you know, I’d think it would be absolutely fantastic if we could go on this massive adventure, you know, not just restricted to our local area? Of course I’d much rather do it when we were all more experienced pokemon, but it’s just something that would be so exciting to do.”
“That does sound exciting, but I do think that I’m not ready for that yet either. I still need to get the knack of small journeys!”
“And I still need to get more confidence in myself! It feels weird being a pokemon and your name actually defies your gender.”
“I know, it sounds like that’d be really weird!”

~ Cheesey’s POV ~

I felt I’d done a good job. We’d just started a little conversation and already Tigerseye and Amethyst were connecting really well. After Amethyst opened up her feelings to us, the two of them really realised that they could get on so well. I think they both had the feeling that the other would be the perfect friend for them, somehow. By the looks of things, I think this is the start of a really tight friendship!

[Silent Dragonfly]

Phil's POV
Walking into the Eevee House away a 5 week absence I sat down with my Eevee, Prism. She had grown a lot since I last came here, when I hatched her egg. Producing a Fire Stone that I got before I left I watched Prism. She stared into the stone, the flames reflecting into her eyes. "This is it", I said. "The time for your evolution has come."

Prism's POV
After being away for so long it was nice to see a familiar place. I watched Phil as he held out the Fire Stone. I stared into the fiery glow. I was more than happy to take the stone. As my body began to glow I could feel the transformation. No longer would people treat me like a kid. All of those "Awww... how cute" would stop now. My mane grew thicker, it's seven colours intensifying. And the transformation was complete. I felt stronger, faster and happier. Now I was a Flareon!

[*Murkrow]

~Hannah~

‘Hannah! Omega! Look! Caelest evolved. Doesn’t she look incredible?’
A flutter of purple wings, then Caelest herself flapped over, smiling rather sheepishly before she gave a mid-air twirl in front of us.
Beside me, Omega laughed and shook his head.
‘Well, you beat me to it, anyway.’
He paused and we exchanged a quick glance.
‘That’s not all who’s beaten him.’
Smiling, I pulled a Poké Ball from my pocket and tapped the button.
‘Come on out, Flash.’
A flicker of white light, and Flash appeared, crouching down on the floor, his whole body trembling; as the other Pokémon stared in surprise, Omega smiled and knelt down by his side.
‘We’re here.’

~Flash~

Finally!
At long last, I relaxed, feeling the rush of power tear through my body; then a bright flash of white light erupted into my vision, blocking off all of my senses.
I could feel my body growing, feel my power rising; seconds later, the light faded and I let out a triumphant cry.

I evolved into a Quilava!

There was a collective gasp, before the rest of my team-mates all burst out into cheers; Caelest grinned and landed by my side and prodded me curiously.
‘You too! Congratulations!’
‘Thanks’
‘Did… did it hurt much? The evolving?’
‘Um, no. I just felt really powerful.’
‘Oh, maybe it was just me then. I was in agony.’
‘Ouch, that mustn’t have been very fun.’
‘You don’t say.’

~Hannah~

As the rest of the team crowded round to congratulate Flash, I hesitated, then coughed to get their attention and pulled out a new Ultra Ball.
‘Alright, guys, two of you’-I glanced at Deveus and Pock-‘ already know about this, but I captured a new Pokémon during my last trek, and it’s about time that I introduced him here. So… come on out, Rage.’
I flung the ball up into the air; the usual flash of white light, then it condensed, forming the solid form of a Skarmory.
I smiled and reached out to place my hand on his neck as he returned the stares from my other Pokémon.
‘Actually, that reminds me.’
I pulled a small silver box shaped like a wedge of metal from my pocket and held it out for Rage to see.
‘I got this Meteor Mash TM a while back, and because none of the others can learn it, you may as well have it.’

~Rage~

Oh, how considerate.
I glanced at the box and smirked; trying to buy my friendship was she?
But a move like that was too good to pass up anyway.
Swiftly, I lunged forward, snatching it from her hand and crushed it in my beak, feeling the powder sprinkle out over my tongue, before being absorbed into my body.
Chuckling quietly, I looked round at the rest of this pathetic bunch- my new ‘team-mates’.
And froze.
Hovering in front of me was a small, purple Pokémon.
A… a Beautifly.
She was staring at me, silent, but the look in her eyes was enough.
‘It’s… it’s you.’
I smirked to myself; I must have left a good impression on her.
‘Look who it is- my would be dinner. Until he’-I turned and glared at the Shelgon angrily-‘turned up and ruined all my fun.’
I narrowed my eyes and snarled at the silent Pokémon.
‘Why couldn’t you just let me be?’
‘Because you would have killed her.’
‘So?’
‘Don’t you care? Why? Why don’t you?’
That came from a tiny, unbelievably puny little Pidgey, barely up to my claw height, standing as tall as she could in front of me.
‘How dare you talk back to me.’
I thrashed my head back, and stepped threateningly towards her; only then did she seem to realise exactly what I was, and let out a pathetic whimper and stumbling back.
‘You pathetic, insolent, insignificant little..’
‘SHUT UP!’
The Beautifly swooped down and landed in front of the cowering Pidgey.
‘Don’t scare her like that, she’s only a baby…. And I’m not scared of you any more, either.’
She was such a bad liar.
‘Wanna a bet?’
‘Leave them alone!’
That stupid Houndoom who had been the result of my capture leapt forward, bristling.
‘Who’re you to come barging in here and start ganging up on us?’
‘I’m better than you, that’s for sure.’
‘I guess nobody ever told you that it wasn’t a good idea not to insult others who’re stronger than you?’
The Shelgon now joined the fray, stepping up to stand by the Houndoom, his body tensing; well, if it was a fight he wanted, I’d show him a fight.
‘Why should I do that? I could take you on anyday.’
‘We’ll see about that.’
The Houndoom snarled and bared his teeth; as his tail began to wildly scissor through the air and his claws dug into the floor, I smirked and flung my wings wide, focusing on the move that I’d just learnt.
Above me, the air rippled, as five large, glowing white meteorites began to form slowly, aiming for my targets.
‘Rage, no!’
Huh?
Startled, I swung round, saw for an instant the red beam shooting towards me, then felt a tug as I was dragged back inside my ball.

~Hannah~

Woah.
I stared silently at the ball for a few seconds, then looked up at the rest of my team.
‘I didn’t realise that he’d be like that. Sorry… you ok, Ry? Cael?’
‘I’m fine.’
Caelest rippled her wings slowly before looking concernedly at Ryau.
‘You sure you’re ok, Ry?’
The smaller Pokémon sobbed and nodded slowly, before turning with a whimper and burying her head against Caelest’s body, muttering something indiscernible to me.
‘Don’t be like that, it’s ok, he’s gone… for now’
She hesitated, then looked up.
‘But I’m not going to be scared of him for now on, I swear that much.’
‘Good call. Ignore him, or else get one of us to take him on. I’d love to see him brag after that.’
I frowned slightly, then sighed, took another glance at the silent ball, the tucked it away carefully, confident in the knowledge that with Caelest and Flash’s evolutions to contend with, the others wouldn’t linger long on their new problem team-mate.
Leaving them to it, I turned and then paused, as I noticed a very familiar pink cat racing through the crowds.

~Tikish~

‘Leave me alone! Go away!’
‘Who’re you talking to?’
‘Huh? Oh, that stupid Eevee who keeps on following me around, she’s always there, and I can’t stand it.’
‘She’s not here now.’
That was true; for a second at least, she’d vanished. Thank god.
‘Give her a chance, she likes you.’
‘Tough. That’s her problem.
‘No, it’s yours as well, but anyway, I stopped you because I want to give you these.’
She reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out two items; one being a small, bright yellow box in the shape of a lightning bolt, and the other, a rather plain looking hoop gold earring.
‘That’s a Thundershock TM, and the other’s a Pokémon Earring, like Xol’s got. I thought you might need the Special Attack boost that the Earring gives when I bought the TM, so I got it for you as well.’
‘Hmm. That Earring’s a bit girlie isn’t it? I don’t want to have to parade around with that thing hanging off my ear.’
‘Does it matter that much if it helps you out in battle? You’ll have a better chance of putting up a good fight if you’re wearing it.’
I frowned and stared silently for a few minutes at the Earring in her hand. Was sacrificing my image a good enough consolation for increasing my battle prospectuses?
‘How about you wear it for a little while? Then if you don’t like it, I could get you a new item and give it to someone else.’
‘Well, that sounds reasonable, I guess.’
Raising my head, I let her gently attach the Earring to my right ear, before she handed over the TM.
‘I take it this was that surprise you mentioned earlier?’
‘Well, part of it- those two were the parts I said I still needed to get. No, what that was about was this.’
She hesitated, then opened her bag and pulled out a small, tissue wrapped package, which she placed in front of me.
‘What is it?’
Slowly, she pulled open the tissues, revealing a crystal-blue stone, shaped like a crescent moon.
‘It’s a Moon Stone. I thought that… that maybe you’d like to evolve, so I had it forged.’
‘Evolve? You want me to EVOLVE? It’s bad enough now, with everyone mistaking me for a girl, but do you have any idea how much worse it would be if I was a DELCATTY? Use your brain! Add in the Earring, and is there something you’re implying?’
She looked startled, then shrugged, and reached down to pick up the Moon Stone.
‘Ok, no need to get so uptight about it. It was just a suggestion.’
‘Yeah, a bad one.’
‘TIKI!’
Oh no.
I snarled and spun round to confront her.
‘Leave me alone, you annoying little…’
I should have moved out the way; squealing with babyish delight, she came hurtling towards me, slammed into my body.
I stumbled, tripped, then fell against Hannah… directly against her hand that now clutched the Moon Stone.
No.
I heard her gasp, before a bright flash of white blinded me; I could feel my body lengthening, being twisted out of proportion.
In a couple of seconds, it was over.

I evolved into a Delcatty!

I stared round in horror, unable to believe what had just happened; Hannah and Harlequin stared back silently, before that stupid Eevee stepped forward.
‘What happen?’
I snapped.
‘You stupid thing, I just evolved because of you. And I didn’t want to. Didn’t I tell you to leave me alone? Now look at me! I look awful. Terrible. Now beat it. I don’t want you anywhere near me.’
Then I spun round and fled, hurtling into the crowds.

~Hannah~

Well, that was unexpected.
Harlequin was still staring after Tikish, looking mildly confused.
‘What happen?’
‘When you knocked him against that Moon Stone’-I motioned to the now dull coloured stone still clutched in my hand- ‘it activated, causing him to evolve from a Skitty into a Delcatty.’
‘Evolve?’
I couldn’t help smiling.
‘Yes’
‘Me?’
‘What? Oh.. can you evolve? Well, yes, but you’re much to young to yet, give it some time.’
‘Ok. Go find Tiki. Bye bye.’
Then she smiled, and darted forwards, heading after Tikish.
Good luck with that.
I glanced at the Stone, then sighed and tucked it back into my bag, got up, and went off to find Xol.

[classy_cat18]

Cinder's POV

"No way am I going to be a part of this. I have no desire to go through another game of Spaceman," I muttered as I silently backed up. "I should've drunk that Shiny Juice myself." I bumped into something covered in armor and turned around to see a Heracross looking down at me.

"What are you muttering about?" she asked me. She bent down and picked me with two arms.

I looked in those yellow eyes and trembled. This girl could do worse than Kawaii. I would rather play Spaceman than be hurled across the room. "Um, I'm bored?" I squeaked.

She blinked with those eyes and laughed. "Well, you could play with me! I'm Moriko. How about a little training?" She threw me into the air and caught me on my way down.

Oh man! I must've flown twenty feet! I gotta get away from her. I squirmed under her arms and ran out into the field, toward Shonta's adoptee team.

[Crystal Tears]

.: Diamonds :.
POV

I slithered into the club house for the first time, there were many trainers and pokemon in here. All looking strong, some small and some huge. Either way, I somehow.. Felt out of place.
Maybe it was because I was a seviper.. I don't know, I just felt like everyone was judging me, I didn't like feeling alone. But I didn't like feeling crowded either. This culb was no the best place for this.

"You ok?" I turned quickly to see Jewel standing there, my heart began to slow. She was one of my best friends, well then again, she was another pokemon that belonged to CT.
"Yeah.. I'm just nervous. Thats all." I answered sheepishly, she smiled.
"It's ok. You'll get used to it. Come on, lets go exploring."
~~
(note Jewels a houndour)

[Wolfsong]

(Aiko's POV)

I was looking around, trying to see if i could find Mom. I hadn't seen her in a while, and I was wondering if she would even recognizr me. My tail slowly twitched this way and that, as i tried to listen for her voice.

(Sinopa's POV)

The kitchen was starting to get rather crowded, and the amound of free space was slowly dwindling. I was started to get a little antsy, but luckily we weren't going to have to stay. "It's growing rather crowded in here, and forgive my bluntness in saying so but I can't help but notice that you seem a little uncomfortable with that. Would you rather go out into the garden? It is a beautiful day and I for one would be more than happy with a change in location." I would very much enjoy that." I said giving a hearfelt smile.

(Jovi's POV)

I had just dozed off when i felt something tickling my nose. I sneezed and opened my eyes to see a spearow tickling my nose and a scared girafarig. I blinked, no wait, that was Kawaii. I smiled at her, then stood up, and walked over to her. "You look nice. I didn't know that you wanted to be shiny, but then again you look great." Great, now i was blushing, and sounding like an idiot. Out of the corner of my eye, i caught a glimpse of movement and i gasped. It was Ruki.

(Haruki's POV)

I wasn't having much fun so i decided to go outside. I was getting stares here and there. You'd think that they hadn't seen a shiny eevee before. I shook my head, as i walked out of the back door. I grinned when i saw a strong and rather cool looking spearow. I ran over to him and pounced. "Hi! I'm Haruki, but my teammates call me Ruki for short. What's your name? Wanna play?" I asked excitedly as i made a play bow. I saw Jovi take a deep breath and i wondered why he did that.

(Tiana's POV)

"I guess so but it'll take hard work and concentration." Nightshade answered. I nodded my head, thankful that Amy had seen the help that i needed and had given me the calm mind tm as my free tm for reaching level ten. "We'll do a bit of meditating first and then try to teleport. By the end of the day, you should be able to travel ten feet." I grinned, hoping i wouldn't goof this up. The baby eevee had fallen asleep, so I followed Nightshade back over to where we had been earlier and sat down. "I know that I'm proably not the ideal student you envisioned, but i appreciate the help." I told him before settling down trying to calm my mind before meditating.

[classy_cat18]

Shonta's POV

I looked out onto the field and sighted Cinder coming towards me and the adoptees at top speed. Right behind him was Moriko, flying at an average speed. "Cinder, take it easy! She's the new adoptee!"

He skidded to a stop in front of me, shaking. "Then why is she chasing me?"

"That's news to me."

The Heracross landed next to Cinder. "I found him, boss. What's the problem?"

"Nothing. Just wanted to give him a new TM." I took out a box with a picture of a Sandshrew sticking out of a hole in the ground. "Dig."

If Cinder had eyes, they would be wide open. "Score!" He snatched away the TM and dumped the contents over his head. He then smiled at Moriko. "See ya, psycho!" He furiously clawed at the ground and was quickly underground.

Moriko just stared at the hole Cinder left with a confused look on her face. "That's gratitude for you."

"If you can hear me, tell the other captees that we have a practice session!" I shouted down the hole.

Kawaii's POV

I wasn't very surprised at Jovi's reaction. I just didn't like having to stare down at a blue nose. I was meant to be pink. I was about to stomp down on Beaky when a blur knocked him down. A little shiny Eevee was on Beaky's back, wagging his tail.

"Hi! I'm Haruki, but my teammates call me Ruki for short. What's your name? Wanna play?" the Eevee asked Beaky in a rapid voice.

Both Jovi and I gasped, but I was worried for a different reason. Beaky's short temper probably didn't allow for him to just shrug off an encounter like that. I held my breath and waited for what happened next.

Beaky lay down on the ground with a very annoyed look on his face. Then he got a good look at his attacker. His expression changed to that of confusion. He opened his beak to say something but nothing came out. Instead he ran a few steps past Haruki and stopped. Haruki ran for him and pounced, but Beaky fluttered a few inches above the ground and evaded. He landed behind Haruki and ran toward me, flying up and landing whenever Haruki went for him.

"What are you doing?" I asked Beaky.

He grinned. "Playing. My flock used to do this to other Pokemon when we were bored. Drove them crazy."

I smiled at him. I guess even Beaky had his limits on his troublemaking. I felt a small tremor under my hooves and stepped back as the ground crumbled and Cinder's head popped out. "Yo! Practice session for the captees!" He looked around the place. "What is Beaky doing?"

"Just playing with a new friend. He can practice later. See ya, Jovi!" I started to leave but froze at the sound of screaming. Or screeching.

"Aah! He got my tailfeathers! Get off of my tailfeathers!"

Nothing I can do. I followed Cinder.

[The_Missing_Link]

<Drake's POV>

Damn, damn, damn, I thought as I flew towards the pool. I knew I was going to forget it.
Blade was right next to me, probably also mumbling on the inside. Rebecca had reminded us a week ago to buy our presents early but as always, we ignored her.
"You know, I was thinking about it for the past two weeks and yet it came and went by so quickly," Blade commented.
"I know," I replied. "I don't even think she knows when it is."
We landed right next to the pool, where Elwing was playing with her Horsea friend, Kalazeth. Ryu was nowhere in sight, which was odd considering he had a major infatuation with her.
"Dad, Uncle Blade!" I heard Elwing yell from the pool.
I turned my head around and smiled as she came out of the pool and slithered towards us.
"What's that in your hands?" she asked us.
I glanced at Blade before we kneeled down.
"Happy birthday, Elwing," I grinned.
She looked at us with a confused look in her eyes.
"What's a birthday?"
I grimaced as I forgot she didn't know what it was.
"A birthday is a celebration of the day you were born," Blade said. "You hatched on July 23, 2003 so this makes it your first birthday. Time slipped by so fast that we missed it by accident but we're making up for it now."
We opened up the boxes for her to see what was inside of them (or rather, I opened Blade's box or else he would maul it).
"What are they?" she asked, her eyes sparkling with genuine interest.
"My present to you is Thunderbolt, one of the most powerful electric attacks in the world. Thunder is more powerful but this is more accurate so I thought it would be perfect for you."
"And this is Detect," Blade said. "You will learn speed moves later on but Detect will help you dodge some of the most powerful attacks."
"Happy birthday."

<Aries' POV>

Rebecca came over and handed me the box. I thanked her silently and ripped it open with my teeth, trying to be as quiet as possible.
"What is it?" Amy whispered.
"Detect. He needs a good movepool."
I tipped over the bag and lightly sprinkled the contents on Darin's back, trying not to wake him as his back lit up brightly. Quickly thinking, Amy shielded his eyes before he could wake and I poured the rest onto him before it shone and disappeared into his body.
"Use it well," I muttered almosy silently.

<Nightshade's POV>

I nodded before we went into meditation, her eyes closed as she tried to concentrate. I watched her for a minute before her body took on a purple glow.
Calm Mind, I thought. Smart thinking on Amy's part.
I closed my eyes and after ten minutes, I could tell that she was fully calm and ready to start.
"Ok, open your eyes," I said. "We're going to start now and the way you do it is imagining yourself in another spot and psychically pushing yourself there."
We got up and I pointed to a spot about five feet away.
"I'm going to teleport there so watch me do it."
I concentrated on moving to the spot and giving myself a mental push, I disappeared into thin air and reappeared five feet in front of Tiana.
"It's not really hard but you need to practice it often."
I saw her stare at the spot where I stood and after shimmering, she disappeared but showed up a foot in front of her.
"Not bad, considering it was your first time. Try it again."

[Charizard04621]

My POV:

Oh, my god, I forgot too, I thought, as I saw Elwing’s father, Drake, and her basically uncle Blade approach with gifts. I thought it was in October! But those were the twins. What kind of trainer am I? Gwaihir’s birthday was coming up; I’d better get him something too.

Well, at least I’d bought something yesterday that could sort of make up for my mistake. It didn’t excuse me, but I was lucky I had a present to give her at all. I’d wait until she had her time with her father and uncle, then I’d give her her present. I fingered the Icy Wind TM and hoped that Elwing wouldn’t mind the fact that she had an idiot for a trainer.

Elwing Starspray, the female Dratini’s POV:

Wow! Today was my lucky day. My mind was floating in disbelief after Daddy and Uncle Blade gave me those TMs. They said it was for my birthday, and I found out that a birthday was the time of the year when someone is born. I instantly wanted to try out the new moves that I’d learned.

“Thank you, Daddy, thank you, Uncle Blade,” I crooned, nuzzling them both. “Can you help me test my new moves? Please? Please?” I looked at them with begging eyes.

Kalazeth, the male Horsea’s POV:

A birthday? Yeah, I knew what that was. There used to be a lot at the center where I came from. I personally never had one, though; I didn’t know when I hatched, so I couldn’t. Anyway, it didn’t matter. I got used to it.

“If I knew when your birthday was, I would have gotten you something,” I told the eager Dratini, who was trying to get her father and her uncle to become test subjects for her new attacks.

“That’s all right, I’ve got so much already! One TM would have been great, but two! In a day!” she breathed excitedly. “By the way, when’s your birthday?”

“Uh…” I shook my head. “I don’t have one,” I said.

“Why not?”

“I don’t know when I hatched, that’s all. I’m fine, though.”

“No, everyone should have a birthday. You can share mine! Right, Daddy? Uncle Blade? He can have my birthday too!”

I grinned a little as I saw the look of amusement on the Charizard’s and Scizor’s faces. They knew that things didn’t work that way.

[Toxicity]

*Kikyo's PoV*

It had been a year since I have joined the place, but I am now reutrning after months away. I could only remember one Pokemon I had ever had, my female Umbreon captured at level 14, Tsukasa. I was on my knees and flooding with tears, head buried within my hands. I was ashamed of myself for being so foolish of forgetting almost everything about this place.

I sensed somebody walking over, and I peeked to see. It was my only companion left: Tsukasa. She gazed at me with crimson eyes that showed lots of concern, and she sat beside me.

"Oh, Tsukasa..." I murmured, holding her within my arms, crying into her silk-like fur.

~Tsukasa's PoV~

I was worried as usual about Kikyo. She seemed to show a lot of sorrow, more than usual. Was it because she had forgotten almost everything about her. Sighing a bit, I nudged my head against her, in attempt to comfort her.

"Thanks..." she whispered in a sobbing, miserable tone of her normally quiet, soothing voice. I guess it would take her me to recover from the woe within her, and I was willing to help her.

*Kikyo's PoV*

I stopped crying and lifted myself from being buried within Tsukasa's fur. I petted her softly, until a few seconds later I felt a light nudge on my back.

"I forgot about you, didn't I?" I myself, being foolish over forgetting about my newly adopted Vulpix. I slid the teal mesh bag off my back and opened it to take out my new Pokemon. She smiled a bit, happy to be out. I placed her on the floor, as she looked up at me.

"And I shall name you...Brighid." I said with a smile, stroking her. I felt proud of naming her after the Irish goddess of fire, who eventually became a saint.

^Brighid's PoV^

I smiled at the nice girl, Kikyo, I believe, who for some reason had a scent of incense, mostly jasmine and hyacinth, but also a bit of rose and other scents. I smiled a bit at the Umbreon who was obviously older than I was...a captured one, too. Thanking Kikyo, I wandered off a bit, seeing if I could find others of my kind. I saw a few, which seemed to socialize with others, but I wondered if I would find one to talk too.

Gazing around one last time, I wandered off towards a cushion laying there on the floor and pawed at it a bit, before looking around for other Pokemon to play with.

[classy_cat18]

Shonta's POV

"Good, everyone's here. Before we get to training, we have a couple of things to get to. First is handing out the TMs. Kawaii, Light Screen for you. It's supposed to help reduce the power of special attacks." I threw the TM contents at Kawaii.

"Thanks," she said.

"Cinder got his Dig TM..."

"Sure did!" he said happily from a new hole in the ground.

"...Beaky has his Aerial Ace TM, Athena has her Cross Chop TM." Athena nodded. "That leaves Jewel's goodies."

<What goodies?>

"Thunderbolt TM and Blizzard TM." I set down the TMs on the ground. "And...your Water Stone."

"Whoa, she gets to evolve!" Lily exclaimed.

I gave Jewel the TMs and touched her with the Water Stone. Her body shined as she grew and sprouted more arms. She faded and showed her new purple body. <I feel a lot stronger.>

"Good, because we need to kick some butt the next swimming race. Well, the TMs are all handed out. Now let's say hi to the newest member of the captee team." I pulled out a pokeball and let out Misu. "This is Misu. Misu, these are your new teammates."

"Hi!" everyone said.

"Hi," he answered sadly.

Misu's POV

"Misu, these are your new teammates," my new trainer told me.

This wasn't my team. Why was I here instead of with Amy? "Can I sit out of this?" I asked Shonta.

"Yeah. Take five in the swimming pool. You want to keep him company, Jewel?"

<I guess.>

[The_Missing_Link]

<Drake's POV>

I'm afraid birthdays don't work like that, Elwing," I told her gently. "Unless Kalazeth was born the same day you were, no one knows when his birthday will be. And truthfully, Blade and I don't even know when our birthdays our. Most of the Pokemon in here came from adoption and capture centers and barely remember their lives in the centers, much less their birth and their family. You are one of the few that has a definite date though, and having Kalazeth share your birthday would be unfair since he knows his birthday has a slim chance of being on the same day as yours. Do you understand?"
She nodded somberly, probably realizing that she was a lucky Pokemon.
"C'mon, cheer up," Blade said. "Let's try your attacks now. I can be the dummy so try and attack me."
"Go easy on her when she tries to dodge," I muttered to him. "Use your Hidden Power Water at minimal strength."
He nodded and stood in front of me, waiting for Elwing to try her new attack.

[Charizard04621]

Gwaihir the Windlord, the male Aerodactyl's POV:

I stared at the box in Karin's hand while she was talking. It was a TM, obviously, but which one? And why the sudden treat? “Do you know what day it is, Gwaihir?” she asked me.

Thinking, trying to figure out what important date I had overlooked today, I sat in silence for a few moments then decided that I couldn't remember. I shook my head no.

“It’s your birthday!” she said brightly. “It’s the very day that you were hatched out of your egg a year ago. And to celebrate it, I’ve got you a present.” She smiled, and handed me the box. I took it excitedly.

“What is it?”

“Open it and find out!”

The dark energy seeped into me, and I could feel my teeth tingle. I’d been in the Rewards Center before, and only one move came to my mind. “Crunch?”

She nodded. “Enjoy!”

“Cool! Thanks, thanks a lot. I’m going to find my father.”

“Go ahead.”

With that, I took flight and headed for the rafters.

Elwing Starspray, the female Dratini’s POV:

I kind of felt sad that Kalazeth couldn’t share my birthday with me, and was surprised to find out that Daddy and Uncle Blade didn’t have birthdays as well. I was definitely very lucky, and I knew I would appreciate this day even more now that I found out that only a few pokémon knew for sure when their birthdays were. Daddy, Uncle Blade, and Kalazeth didn’t seem too upset, though, so I wasn’t worried.

Uncle Blade stood waiting for my attack, so I prepared it. Daddy’s move first… I tried to bring out the sparks, and to my pleasure they came out easily. Usually I never had trouble with a move, and I’d had experience with Shock Wave before, so I didn’t know why I thought I might not be able to do it, but there was always a first time for anything, right?

The Thunderbolt didn’t seem to do much at all to Uncle Blade, but I’d expected that, because I knew he was as strong as Daddy. “So how did I do?” I asked. “Was that good? Or should it be stronger still? Because I can practice harder!”

[Wolfsong]

(Amy's POV)

Dodger met me outside, right before i was to enter the EH. "Did you get it?" he asked. "Yes, I did i told him." He grinned and took the TM box carefully in his talons, and flew into the Eevee House through his usual entrance and exit. I chuckled, before making my way inside. I had a couple of tms for my captured pokemon to hand out. I found Dakota first. He was watching Aiko as she was looking for the house for someone. I had a feeling that she was looking for her mom. "Dakota?" I whispered. He grinned and turned to look at me. "Isn't she beautiful?" he asked. "Yes she is." I said, smiling. I got you a sunny day tm. I know that it won't help your own moves much, but it might help you by ruining your opponent's moves or help your partner in two on two battles." He simply nodded his head accepting the tm. "I got her the earring. Whenever you want to give it to her, just come to me and i'll let you have it so you can give it to her. A smile spread across his face as he nodded. "Talk to you later. I need to go find Aiko." I told him before running off to chase the little skitty down. It seemed like only yesterday when she couldnt' walk, and now she was all over the place. I finally caught up with her. "Hi, Amy. Whats up? Have you seen my Mom?" "Sorry, I haven't. But i do have a couple of TMs for you." "Cool! What are they?" "Toxic and Water Pulse." I answered as i gently sprinkled the contents from the boxes over her. When i finished, she smiled and thanked me. Then she froze before saying, "Gotta go. I see Mom!" She then ran off toward her mother with and excited cry of "Mommy!"

(Dodger's POV)

When i flew into the house, I saw Gwaihir with Karin. I smiled. After a few minutes, he was flying towards me. I glanced down at the TM box hoping that he hadnt already gotten a hidden power tm. When i looked back up, Gwaihir was there right beside me. For once i really didn't have all that much to say. "Happy Birthday Gwaihir." I told him, giving him a quick hug before releasing him, and scooting the TM box his way. "I... well... I had Amy get a TM for me to give to you." I said, scooting the box forward. "It's hidden power. Hope you don't already know it."

(Tiana's POV)

I watched Nightshade carefully as he teleported. I took a deep breath, crossed my tails, and then tried it myself. For a moment, nothing happened, then it happened! I grinned, but when i opened my eyes, i realized that i hadn't gone very far, and my grin faded slightly. "Not bad, considering it was your first time. Try it again." That made me feel better, and i nodded. I looked once more at the spot beside Nightshade and closed my eyes. I then focused on moving myself there, and gave myself the mental push. When i reappeared, I opened my eyes. I did better than the last time, this time moving two feet. I was determined to reach Nightshade this time. I closed my eyes, and focused. This time, however, I ended up on Nightshade's head. I winced and waited for his reaction.

(Ruki's POV)

"This is fun!" I said, as i chased the spearow. After a while though, I was determined to pounce on him. I waited for him to land, adn i carefully timed my pounce. Success! "Aah! He got my tailfeathers! Get off of my tailfeathers!" I chuckled, letting go of him. "You're turn to catch me." I said, before turning and heading towards the house. My tail was wagging back and forth. This was fun.

(Zale's POV)

"Angel, stop, please." I sighed. Angel's horn was growing in, and it must have been itching. It was all Amy and I could do to keep her from making gashes in walls and furniture. Then I smiled. I had an idea. "Angel, would you like to go over to the pool?" "P... pool?" she asked. "Yea." I said, nodding. "Though i do not wanting you to go there without me or one of your teammates knowing that you are there and that one of us is with you whenever you are there. I have someone that i want you to meet." I said, as i led the way to the pool. I was looking around for Lyra but i didn't see her. However, i had a feeling that she was there somewhere. "Lyra?" I called, looked around as Angel tentatively touched the water with her paw.

[classy_cat18]

Moriko’s POV

Shonta had a big, goofy grin on her face when she came back.

“She scored something big, I know it!” Trinity whispered.

I leaned over Shonta as she plopped on the grass. “Let’s play Twenty Questions, shall we? Did we get a new teammate?” She said no. “Someone evolved?” No. “Someone learned a new, devastating attack?”

“No, but you will soon.” She showed me a TM Box. “Aeroblast.”

“Aeroblast!?!” Trinity and I said together.

“Isn’t this great?” She handed it to me.

“Not really. Now it’s going to be harder to find an opponent at the Battle Tower.” I opened the TM and saw a bright flash jump out of it. My wings vibrated uncontrollably until my wing case opened. A huge gust of wind blew Shonta and Trinity a few feet. “I’m thinking it’s still on low power.”

Beaky’s POV

I watched him run into the house, letting him get a head start. This is pretty fun. I flew into the house and looked for him. There were so many kids around that it would be hard to find Haruki. I landed and walked around, weaving through crowds of Pokemon. There he was! I started running after him, but found out that he was slightly faster than me. I took off, flew for a few feet, and landed in front of Haruki. “I got you.” I touched his nose with my wing.

Misu’s POV

Cinder stood next to the pool. “You don’t want to hang out with Miss Diva over there. She needs to develop some people skills. Shonta got you a Dig TM, and I heard that you guys are faster in mud than in water.”

“That’s right.”

“Man, that’s cool. I also like your final evolution, Swampert. Big and bad. You and I will send chills up everyone’s spine.”

I chuckled. “I want to evolve so I won’t have to worry about electric attacks.”

“Oh yeah. They really sting. I’m more afraid of psychic attacks. When Kawaii hits me with a Confusion attack I can’t move until she lets me.”

“Kawaii’s that Girafarig, isn’t she?”

I nodded. “She’s very nice. Just don’t get on her bad side, okay?”

[Everoy]

~Patrick's POV~
I walked into the Eevee House, like I hadn't done in a long time. I looked around for my pokemon.
I had been gone, and there was no reason that they knew. I wondered if they were even still there.
I was worried. Would they even remember me? Let alone, would anybody remember me? A few
people still thought I was Chris. Chris Kerkin, the little 12 year old boy. When they found out I lied about
my name, people started ignoring me. More and more every day. Even my friends. And that's why I left.



But I'm back now, and nothing can change that.




~Zen, the Male Squirtle~
It had been over three months since we had seen our trainer, Patrick. Everyone else called him Chris,
I don't know why. The others, especially Mittens, didn't think I missed him as much, since I was the new one.
They were wrong. Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice whisper "I'm baaaaaack!" I knew who it was instantly.



"PATRICK!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs so that every single person in a 10 mile radius could hear.

[Charizard04621]

Gwaihir the Windlord, the male Aerodactyl's POV:

I smiled at my father, glad that he could share my birthday with me. The Hidden Power TM captured my curiousity. "I don't know what it is until I've tried it, right?" I asked him.

My father nodded, urging me to open it.

"Let's go outside. You can help me test it out," I suggested with a grin. Then, a glint of mischief in my eye, I beat my wings and yelled, "Race ya!"

[Wolfsong]

(Dodger's POV)

"Let's go outside. You can help me test it out," Gwaihir said with a mishevious grin on his face. He then took off, shoutign "Race ya!" "You're on!" I called taking off after him, but not flying near as fast as i could have. Gwaihir was grinning by the time i made it outside. "Beat ya!" he said happily. "Yeah, " I grinned. "Do you want to know what type hidden power I have?" I asked him.

(Aiko's POV)

I saw Mommy, and i ran over to her shouting, "Mommy!" She turned around and gasped. I guess i had grown quite a lot since she has last seen me. I was jusst learning to walk, and now i was running. I grinned. "Look what I can do?" I said as i showed her my water pulse. I waited for her reaction grinning. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Daddy.

(Lani's POV)

I saw Huan and I silently crept up behind him, until i was in pouncing distance. As i pounced, i cried out "Got ya!" before landing on him and tickling him. Soon, however, he had me on my back and was tickling me until i was laughing so hard i was crying.

[Everoy]

~Soul, the male Eevee~
Well, I'd assume it's my turn, since this part focuses on me. Here it goes.

My trainer, Patrick, walked in. He took us to the side a' the room, where he could talk with us privately. "Hey, guys... I'm sorry that I haven't been around. I've had some problems with some people who knew my parents..." He said, startin' to cry. This was the first time he'd ever mentioned 'is parents. It kinda explained why he 1) lied about 'is name, 2) never told us 'is real last name, and 3) never told us about his life before he got Mittens. I di'nt think he was ever goin' to tell us any a' that.. "Well, anyways guys, I have suprises for you. two of them are kinda for all of you and two of them are for one of you in particular. Well, come on in, guys!" He said, then turned to the door. A Torkoal and another Squirtle walked in! They walked over to Patrick. "Guys, this is Adamantia," he said, pointin' to the Torkoal, "And... Gerald, stop that!" The Squirtle turned into a Ditto. It kinda looked like Zen was upset by that, him bein' a Squirtle and all. "This is Gerald, who is really a Ditto, but seems to prefer being a Squirtle. When I saw him at the Adoption Center, He took the form of a Surskit so that he could hide and come out when he saw a trainer he liked..." Patrick is annoyin' when he goes on like this. "I'll give you guys a few minutes to meet each other."
I instan'ly walked over to Adamantia, when the others walked over to Gerald.
"Hi, I'm Soul!" I tried to talk more polite than usual. Torkoals are cool, and I di'nt wanta give a bad impression.
"I'm Adamantia, but I bet you already knew that..." Adamantia seemed a bit shy, but that was probly the whole new trainer thing. She seemed a bit relieved that
I heard Patrick calling us.
"Already? That was barely any time at all!" I replied, outraged.
"You want to sit on my shell?" Adamantia asked. I happily repiled yes. "It might be a little hot though." It was relaxin'!
"Adamantia, Soul, hurry up!" Mittens called.
"Adamantia, one thing I should tell you is NEVER get on Mittens bad side. All of us changed when Chris... I mean, Patrick left. Mittens for the worse."
Adamantia ran a bit faster than I expected Torkoals to.
"Okay guys, here's the surprise for one of you."
He took out two TMs. One said "Hidden Power", the other said "Crunch". I tried hard to stay calm...
"And the lucky pokemon is..." Everybody, minus Adamantia and Gerald, looked at me. Hidden Power was probably Dark, and Crunch is also a dark move. The others knew that Patrick was hoping to evolve me into an Umbreon.
"Soul!"
The only happy pokemon were Zen and Adamantia. Well, and me, of course. They were my only friends here, but Patrick didn't know that. Well, he knew I was friends with Adamantia, because otherwise I probably wouldn't be resting on the living sauna. Seriously, it did feel like I was at a sauna.

Peace out! I think next time is Adamantia's turn, but I think he might be waiting so that she can write about the little adventure that me, Zen, and her had *hinthint*.

[classy_cat18]

Shonta's POV

I sat on the couch with the egg close to my body. The Growlithe that hatched out of the egg would be the newest addition to my captee team and I wanted her to be as comfortable as possible.

Kawaii walked up and gaped at the egg. "Where...where did you get that?" she asked me breathlessly.

"From Lani."

"Jovi's half-sister? Wow, that was nice of her. What are you going to name her?"

"I'm going to let Lani name her." I looked around for something to wrap the egg in. "Kawaii, could you find me a blanket or something? I need to keep the egg warm."

"Sure." She walked off.

"You're going to love it here," I told the egg. "You'll have a lot of aunties and uncles to play with. Mostly aunties."

Cinder's POV

I bumped into Kawaii on my way to take a nap. She looked like she was rummaging through the closet. "Whatcha looking for?" I asked her.

"A blanket," she answered absentmindedly.

"For what?"

"The egg."

"Oh." I thought about that for a second. "What egg!?!"

"The Growlithe egg that Shonta had bred." She telekinetically pulled out a red blanket. "Go see it if you don't believe me."

I ran to Shonta and, sure enough, found her cradling an egg and talking to it. I climbed up in Shonta's lap and rubbed the egg. "When is it going to hatch?" I asked her.

Kawaii handed her the blanket. "I want you to be her coach. She needs a fellow Fire type to teach her. Would you do that for me?"

I felt a great surge of pride. "Uncle Cinder would love to teach you! I am the master!"

"Great. He's going to give the poor thing a big head," Kawaii groaned.

Shonta wrapped up the egg in a basket and laid it on a pillow. "Kawaii, I have another TM for you." She rummaged through her backpack and pulled it out. "It's Skill Swap."

"What's Skill Swap?" I asked.

Kawaii activated the TM. "We'll need one of the adoptees first," Shonta explained. Trinity was napping not too far from the couch. "Trinity, come over here!"

She walked over with a sour look on her face. "What is it?" she growled.

"Kawaii, use Skill Swap on Trinity." Kawaii's eyes flashed blue. "Trinity, use Flamethrower."

"Sure," she said with satisfaction. She engulfed Kawaii in flames and stood back, expecting a burned Kawaii. Kawaii stood unharmed. "What happened? Did I miss?"

"No. Skill Swap switches the traits of her and her opponent. Now you have Early Bird and she has Flash Fire. It's only temporary, though." She picked up the egg.

"You psychics are so lucky," Trinity muttered.

[Wolfsong]

(Lani's POV)

I nuzzled Huan as we slowly made our way back to the Eevee House. It had been a nice two days away from the team, but i was startign to miss them. At least Huan had been there with me. Anyways as we entered the Eevee House, my eyes were immediately drawn to the egg, and Huan and I quickly made our way over there. Jovi saw us come in and he joined us as well.

(Ruki's POV)

Just when i thought i had lost my new friend, he caught up to me. “I got you.” he said, as he touched my nose with his wing. "Yeah, you did." I said chuckling, and panting some. "I don't believe i caught your name?" "Beaky." I grinned. "Kinda fits. My name means shining brightly, though i think its obvious why my sister named me that." I said shrugging, before something caught my attention. "Hey, whats going on over there?" I asked Beaky pointing with my paw at Lani and Jovi and several pokemon that i haven't met.

[classy_cat18]

Kawaii's POV

Athena walked over and looked at the egg. "Girl or boy?"

"Girl," I told her.

She giggled. "Captee or adoptee?"

"Captee."

Her smile got smaller. "It was worth a shot. What's her name?"

"I'm going to let the mother name her."

I looked around for Jovi. He saw us and ran toward us, along with Lani and Huan. "There they are. Shonta, could you give Athena the egg for a second?" Shonta gave her the egg, and we walked over to Lani. "We were hoping you could give her a name."

She lovingly nuzzled the egg and smiled. "Casey."

"That's a beautiful name!" Athena exclaimed.

"We'll tell you when she hatches," I told Lani and Huan. "We all will take good care of her."

Beaky's POV

I looked over where Haruki was pointing. "That Kawaii and Athena. What's Athena holding?" I walked over and saw that she was holding...

"It's an egg!" Haruki said.

"Her name is Casey. She's going to be your new teammate, Beaky," Kawaii told me.

"Just tell me one thing. Who's is it?" I asked her.

She gave me a dirty look. "What, you're afraid that you laid an egg while you were napping? It's Lani's egg. Don't make me stomp you! Furthermore, you will be nice around Casey. Children are very impressionable and the last thing we need is another Beaky!" She glanced at Haruki. "Then again, maybe I don't need warning you."

[AntiAsh Superstar]

"Ah, it does feel good to be outdoors," Marius smiled, making his way outside to the garden, Sinopa following close behind. "I have been spending far too much time playing with technology lately, I..." Suddenly the Dratini noticed Milliardo and Marius sparring in the corner, making quite a commotion with their practice session. "Ah. I was rather hoping to escape the rabble... can you both please take your fight some other place, please?" he called over.
"Sure thing, dude!" Katnip grinned, wiping the sweat from his brow with his tail. "We were due a break anyway."
"He's only saying that because I actually had the upper hand, you know," Milliardo grumbled, following close behind the Raticate.
"Yeah, right, an' why was it that I was whippin' yer butt, then?"
"Ha! Don;t make me laugh! Why you couldn't even..." The two pokémon finally were out of earshot. Rather mercifully, given Milliardo's tendancy towards the occasional foul-mouthed outburst.
"Ahem... anyway, NOW we happen to be free of the rabble, which is a much more satisfactory situation. So anyway..." Here Marius turned to Sinopa. "What would you like to do now we have a little more space? I really don't mind, so the decision is entirely yours if you like."

[Linc]

Linc's POV
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I walked through the doors of the Eevee house, my two teams surging around my feet, except for Lunar, who was carrying Sunray, her baby. "Lunar, how about you let me hold the baby for a while, you need a rest." I said to her. She nodded, and I picked the baby up from her shoulder. I cradled the baby in my arms, and sat down on one of the couches. Lunar jumped up next to me and sat down. "Go on guys, go make some friends!" I said to the team, and there was an explosion of color as my team raced through the building, all except Blur, who was standing next to the couch, her flames roaring. Her scars didn't heal since the battle with the insane Farfetch'd, and I think she didn't want anybody to see her, as she tried to hide her eyes, and she had her side facing me. "It's okay, Blur. I bet there's a ton of people here with scars. Take a look at Cynda here." I said as I looked down, and noticed Cynda, who hadn't gone with the rest of the team. He had scars all over his body, one over his eyes, which he wasn't able to open. He had been smashed into a pit of rock hard icicles by a slowpoke.

Nightmare, the female Sneasel's POV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I sped out the door and into the fresh air. I leaped over every obstacle in my path. "Heh, I'm the fastest Pokemon here!" I shouted and raised my arms, running around the side of the pool. "You wanna bet?" said a female voice from behind me. It was one of Linc's adoptees, Legend, the Electrike. She ran up next to me, her electricity charging up her legs. "Sure. Name your challenge." I said and smiled. "Starting point, between those two trees, finish point, the other side of the building." She said and ran between two of the trees about to meters way.

Legend, the female Electrike's POV
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"3
2
1
Go!" Nightmare shouted. We launched forwards at an extremely fast speed, and it was great. All of a sudden, Blitz swooped in above us. "Having a race huh? I'll show you speed!" He said and flapped his huge wings and he blasted forwards. Nightmare then took off after him, running under his massive body. I then supercharged my electricity and launched, sparks shooting up from my legs. I ripped past the other racers, and moved to the right of the building, running around the house.

Blitz, the male Aerodactyl's POV
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Legend ripped past us, shooting to the right side of the building, and I flapped my wings, increasing my forward thrust, and went to the left side of the building. Nightmare wasn't under me anymore. I whizzed past windows, and I saw the end of the building, and I could tell that Legend was at the exact same point as me, until I heard the voice. Legend says that the finish line has changed, the end will be in between those two boulders. I looked behind me, and saw Linc's Shuppet. "Thanks." I said to it, and it disappeared. I was past the building now, and Legend was in lead, until I saw the shadow. A small shadow was moving across the ground, and I looked up. Nightmare was flying through the air, she must have leaped off the top of the building. She landed about fifteen meters ahead of us, and she ran past the boulders. She won. "Who's the fastest now?" She said and laughed.
"How'd you do that?" Legend asked.
"Simple, when Blitz flapped his wings, it caused me to fly in the air, and I grabbed onto the wall of the building, and climbed up, dashed across the roof, and leaped."

Linc's POV
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I got up from my seat, and my Pokemon followed. I walked around looking for someone to talk to. I'm so bored. I wish someone would talk to me. I thought, and I stopped in the middle of the room and looked around.

[Aipom Of Doom]

Jay and feztra: stop spamming.

[classy_cat18]

Cinder's POV

I pushed my bowl of Pokemon food close to Shonta so I could keep an eye on Casey while I ate. “Shonta, what are we doing today?” I asked her between bites.

“I’m not sure. I thought we could stay here today and see if the egg hatches. It’s about time, plus I don’t want to do any unnecessary traveling. If it hatches and I don’t have my supplies, I’ll have to deal with a messy, hungry baby.”

I gulped hard. This would make it harder to ask her about my training battle. “I…was wondering…if I…could have another training battle.”

Shonta gasped and held the egg out in front of her. “I think it’s hatching!” She set it down next to me and rushed all over the house, getting blankets and towels and bottles. The rest of the Pokemon stared at the egg with wide eyes.

I watched it sway back and forth. Back. Forth. Back. Forth. Stop. No more swaying. “False alarm,” I told Shonta.

She was holding everything that Casey would’ve needed until she was weaned. “Oh. Another one,” she panted. “She did this last night too. Does she want her trainer to have a heart attack?”

“It’s like she’s not sure when to come out,” Misu commented.

“Wait!” I cried. The egg was moving again! Back. Forth. Back. Forth. Back. Forth.

Crack.

“It’s hatching! It’s really hatching!” I exclaimed. I watched the small crack in the egg race down and spread to form more cracks. Finally I saw white fur poking through the top of the egg. “I can see her Mohawk!” The front was pushed away, and a paw was shown. I got to removing bits of eggshell. Her head with closed eyes slowly came out, also covered in eggshell. She pushed away some more of the egg with her back paws and tumbled on her side.

“Stand aside,” Kawaii said. She lowered her head and started to lick Casey’s nose.

"That is gross, Kawaii."

"This goo is keeping her from breathing." She lifted her head. Casey took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes. "Take it from here, Shonta."

"She's coming along nicely," she said as she wiped Casey clean. "Hi sweetie. Welcome to the world. Her eyes are beautiful."

"I'll go get Lani," Kawaii said.

[Charizard04621]

Gwaihir the Windlord, the male Aerodactyl's POV:

I couldn't believe it, I beat my father outside. Something told me he wasn't trying his hardest, but it didn't matter. Flying was still fun.

"Do you want to know what type Hidden Power I have?" he asked me.

"Yeah, that would be cool!" I said, grinning. "I have an idea. Why don't we both use Hidden Power at the same time and see whose wins?"

Huan, the male Houndour's POV:

I nuzzled Lani as we walked toward the Egg excitedly. This would be our second child. I wish I knew where the first one went, but the trainer must have gone away. I hoped this time it would be different. We both watched, breathless, as the Egg hatched and a little Growlithe head popped out.

[Linc]

Lunar, The Female Umbreon's POV
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"Linc, I was wondering if, uh... I could have my name changed." Linc stopped looking around, and looked back at me.
"Why?"
"I miss my old name, the one my parents gave me."
"Oh. What was it?"
"Rayku."
"Sure, I'll tell Shuppet to say that to the rest of the team." Linc looked around, and signaled to Shuppet who had just scared Deli by popping out of the wall at him. Shuppet floated over and spoke to us telepathically. What is it?
"Go tell the team that Lunar's got a new name. Rayku." Shuppet flipped and disappeared.
"Linc, I'm gonna go walk around. Can I have Sunray back now?" I asked. Linc nodded and handed me my son. I put him on my back and he layed down and looked at his surroundings, and then fell asleep. "Baby's need rest." Linc said, and I left.

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After I had walked around, I noticed that Linc started to walk over. "Ray, look." He said and pointed. I glanced over, and noticed a small crowd of Pokemon huddled around a trainer who was looking at something. "A baby's getting born!" I said. Me and Linc walked over, the other Pokemon that were with him were in their Poke Balls. "Need any help?" Linc said, and he pulled a towel out and looked at the small Growlithe baby emerging from the egg. By now, Sunray was awake and watching a baby get born, like he was not too long ago. All the Pokemon and the trainer looked up, all of a sudden, Linc and me blushed.