Holy crap. That has got to be my favorite chapter yet! That Lavender is really creepy... I have a feeling that the part of the story concerning Uncle Todd is going to be velly intriguing. (Even though the creepiest thing is that it's name is Lavender... and it's a GUY Kirlia... male Kirlia/Gardevoirs are weird enough as it is.)

The Hapy Brthay part was adorable... that is one smart Caterpie to get even that close. Ian is going to be an awesome first Pokemon for "me"!

I'm a wee bit too tired to say anything more, so I'll add it in a subsequent post. All in all, though, I'm loving this fic more and more with every chapter!

(And, I think I should point out, considering how stressed out you are with AP exams this chapter was almost flawless! Good luck with those tests!)