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Childhood

My name is Atemis. Everyone calls me Atty. I'm an umbreon who was raised by a single parent. This is my story, about how I grew up, and what became of my life. My mother is a leafeon who once worked as a nurse, but was forced to quit after she was raped by a mightyena and became pregnant as a result. I have no brothers or sisters, and never made any real friends. I preferred to keep to myself. That is until I met her....

A young eevee sat alone in the middle of an open field with tall, lush green grass constantly being blown by a gentle breeze, surrounded by forests and a single dirt path. A large boulder sat in the center, and was large enough to see the town in the distance if you sat on it. The eevee couldn't have been any older than nine or ten, and always wore a simple pair of blue shorts.

This field is rarely visited, so it was the perfect place for someone shy like him. He liked coming to this place to either play with some of the wild, feral pokemon, or to enjoy a more quiet activity such as reading, which happened to be what he was doing. While he was deep in thought reading and flipping through pages, he was completely unaware that someone was approaching from behind.

"Hi there!" a happy, energetic voice caught him by surprise, making him jump, yelp, and quickly hide behind the giant rock. He leaned out to see another eevee about his age, except it was a girl. She had silverish eyes and wore a pink Sunday dress with a red heart on her chest with a pink bow in her head to match. "What's the matter? Did I scare you?" she asked as she approached him, which only seemed to scare him again as he ran to the other side of the boulder. She was easily able to keep up and stood in front of him. Realizing he couldn't get away, he backed up against the boulder and trembled in fear. He had never made contact with anyone before and didn't know what to do. "Are you afraid of me?" He quickly nodded. "You don't have to be. I won't hurt you." She smiled warmly and continued, "My name's Silver, but I prefer Sil. How about you?"

"A...," he stuttered for a moment, and almost choked trying to speak, "Atemis."

"Nice to meet you. But is it okay if I call you Atty?" He nodded hesitantly. "Do you want to play a game together?"

"S..sure?" The next thing he knew, she had grabbed his arm and started dragging him.

"Well come on, then," Sil said gleefully.

I remember playing until the sun began to set. It was probably the most fun I've ever had. I didn't want it to end, so I asked Sil to spend the night. She was more than happy to. Later I found out our folks knew each other. Her mother and father, a flareon and jolteon respectively, were rescuers, and it turns out they needed someone to watch their daughter during the day. I ended up seeing Sil every day from that point, and the two of us became inseparable.

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Dreams

Kids are always thinking about what they wanna be when they grow up. Sil and I were no different. But it wasn't always just about what we wanted to do....

Sil and Atty sat on a tree branch staring into the distance. There was a long moment of silence, until Atty spoke up.

"Sil?" His eevee friend glimpsed at him as he continued, "Do you ever wonder what eeveelution you want to be?"

"All the time," she answered cheerfully, "maybe a jolteon or flareon like my parents. Those seem pretty cool."

"Yeah, they do." He looked towards the distance again, but it wasn't long before Sil had a similar question.

"What about you?"

"Me?" He hadn't really given it much thought to be honest, "uh... I don't know. Maybe a vaporeon, like my uncle."

"That would be nice. It'd be great if I could swim.." She seemed sad all of a sudden and looked down.

"You don't have to be a water type to know how to swim," he reassured.

"I know, but..."

"Uncle could teach you if you'd like. That's how I learned." His comforting words seemed to bring a smile back on her face.

"That sounds fun."

That day was especially memorable, for one of us at least, because I found myself too scared to climb back down. And it was then I discovered my fear of heights. But it wasn't all bad, because I had Sil with me. I never knew if she was afraid as well, or if she just stayed for my sake. Either way, I was glad I wasn't alone.

When mom saw us up in the tree, she immediately ran for help. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait long, and a rescue team came and got us down. It was then we realized what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives...

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New Beginning

We started talking about forming a rescue team all the time, until eventually we became old enough to bring the dream to life. Sil's parents were kind enough to by us a home, so long as we promised to pay them back. As for our team name, we agreed on team Luna. And like every other team starting out, we didn't get a whole lot of attention since nobody really knew us. But I never forgot our first job....

A young luxio came up to us one day, frantic and crying, telling us her baby sister had been taken and was being held for ransom. She had received a letter telling her where to meet. We finally had our first real rescue.

The choice of location was at an abandoned shack in the forest. I remember the sun setting and the darkness starting to surround us. It felt like we'd been traveling for hours, until finally we discovered the building mentioned in the letter. It was old and worn, yet somehow still intact. I was nervous, and I'm could tell Sil was too....

The duo entered the rusted building. It was dimly lit, and something in the air have them an eerie feeling. They could hear muffled cries, and saw a young shinx, probably in her early teens, tied up in a chair and her mouth taped shut.

"How cute," a voice in the shadows said, "A junior rescue team has come to save the day. Not that it'll make a difference."

"Who are you calling cute?!" Sil felt offended, even though technically it was true, is seemed to insult her position as a rescuer. "Where are you?! Show yourself!" Atty's ear twitched, and an instinct kicked in to push his partner away and take a dark wave. He was knocked through wall, and was inches from hitting a tree. A path was made in the dirt from sliding across the ground. Sil was immediately at his side. "Atty! Are you okay?" He had trouble responding, as he was really shaken from that first blow.

"Dark pulse," the disembodied voice commented, "stings a bit doesn't it." The attacker stepped out of the shadows, revealing black fur and a long red mane, a zoroark with red, cult like markings across his body. He raised a hand as it began glowing, charging another attack. "Hold still. I'll make this quick." Another dark wave was launched at them.

Atty managed to recover in time to kick Sil back and roll away. Sil's ears began to flicker. Salvos of small stars were launched at the dark fox. He was able to dodge it, but was nicked in the leg, but managed to make a quick recovery and charged at the eevee girl with both arms glowing, only to be countered when Atty charged in and tackled at blinding speed. The boy eevee's counter was turned around with another dark pulse from the zoroark.

Sil took the opportunity to get a heavy blow while her opponent was distracted, and began charging and jumped in the air with a glowing tail. Atty's ears began twitching, and his whole body gave off an aura. His partner began to glow as well. She was feeling pumped, but her attack went to waste when her opponent disappeared from sight, suddenly showing up behind her and striking with a glowing fist, fading again to strike Atty the same way.

"Better try harder," the zoroark insulted. Sil growled irritably as she was recovering, quickly rushing in and biting down hard on his arm. "You bitch!" he shouted in pain as he tried to fight her off. But no matter how hard he struggled, the eevee would not let go. The zoroark charged another attack and smacked her off with a glowing fist. She lost her grip and pulled out some fur. Atty struck from behind, hitting hard enough to knock his opponent into the shack's wall, and immediately felt a sharp pain on his side. He did his best to ignore it and rushed to his partner's side.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he helped her up.

"Y..yeah." She struggled to stand, then gasped when she saw blood. "Atty, you're hurt..." He felt of his side, his hand suddenly soaked. He was bleeding, likely from that last hit he took. Atty glimpsed at the zoroark who was struggling to stand.

"This is our chance. You ready?" Sil was exhausted, but managed to stand. She built up what little strength she had left and charged at the zoroark while he was still recovering. Her tail began to light up again, her body shortly after when Atty began to channel his energy and sync with her. She felt a great sense of invigoration as she spun and walloped the dark fox from behind, knocking him face first into the shack's wall. He blacked out almost instantly.

Sil almost collapsed face first into the ground until she was caught by Atty. She looked up at her friend and spoke weakly.

"W..we did it, Atty." He gave a reassuring smile back.

"I guess we did." At that moment he noticed something was happening. "Sil.. You're glowing!"

"Wha... So are you!" He noticed his arms, and then his whole body glowing white. The glow seemed to fade within seconds. His entire appearance had changed. His fur solid black with red eyes, and glowing yellow rings on his arms, forehead, ears, and tail. He had short, flowing black hair, and had grown a few inches. "Atty... You're an umbreon!"

"Wow.." he kept looking himself over, trying to take in the new form. He seemed to have made a full recovery as well. Then he noticed his partner, and was stumped. "But.. What are you? You're so... pink."

She looked herself over, confused as well. Her head, arms, legs, and tail were all pink, the rest of her was white. She had a bow on her neck and left ear with two long ribbons on each. Her eyes glowed a silverish blue, and she had shoulder length pink hair. Atty reached into a pouch he carried around and pulled out a small book, labeled 'Pokemon Guidebook', quickly flipping through the pages and finding a match.

"You're a sylveon."

"Sylveon?" She took a glimpse at the page and read over. She felt a hint of glee. "I'm a fairy." Her ribbons started moving like they had a will of their own, twirling around Atty and suddenly squeezing tightly to where he was suffocating.

"Sil... Sil... You're hurting me," he struggled to get out.

"Oh, sorry Atty." She regained control and released him.

Neither one of us was too familiar with her new form, since the fairy types was relatively new at the time and little was known about them. But we both quickly adapted. Unfortunately, the zoroark ran off during our evolution, but the skitty was still inside the shack. We quickly released her and brought her back to her sister. The luxio was overjoyed when we returned.

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Tragedy

Word of our success quickly spread, and within the year our team became first class. But one mission would end up being my last...

It had been five years since we started the team, and it was a morning like any other. We received letter from a client who wanted to remain anonymous and needed a group of bandits that were blackmailing him taken care of. But because the note gave such little detail, Sil became suspicious, and worried. I should've listened to her.

The duo was walking through the forest on their way to the destination described in the note. The closer they got to the intended destination, the more worried Sil became.

"I don't know about this, Atty."

"It'll be fine, Sil. Don't worry." His reassurance wasn't very comforting to her. She nearly jumped at the sound of a distant thunder.

The location described in the letter was a bandit camp far out and distant from the main town. The trip alone was tiring, but they had to stay strong. The camp looked like it had been abandoned, nothing but a smoking fireplace filled with ashes.

"Yeah, this is the place," Atty claimed, " I don't see any sign of bandits though."

"Maybe they knew we were coming?" His ear started twitching, which usually meant danger and triggered his instincts. He above Sil and himself out of the way of a black ball of energy that exploded where they stood. They almost hit a tree.

"It's been a while, Luna," a voice from the darkness spoke. It sounded familiar. From the shadows came a zoroark, the same one that held the shinx captive years ago.

"Come back for another beating?" Sil stated as she took a battle stance. The zoroark only gave a fiendish smile and a sinister chuckle. His hands began to glow. He fired a dark pulse around the same time a ball of light was shot by the sylveon. Both energies hit each other and exploded into a black cloud. Sil and Atty were blinded by the smoke. When it was clear enough to see, they noticed the zoroark was gone.

Atty's ears twitched. He felt the fox's presence and looked up to see him coming down at them with glowing arms. He channeled dark energy in his arms and shot a black ball. The attack hit and blew the zoroark away. As he was getting up, he was suddenly blinded by a bright pink light that seemed to cover the field, and then quickly hit again by a salvo of stars. He managed to recover quickly.

"So you've learned a few tricks. That's fine." He chuckled, then suddenly vanished. Sil was then kicked on the side of the head, knocked over with a flip. She was dazed. "So have I." Atty suddenly appeared in front of him and performed a back flip kick. The black fox recovered in mid air and shot another dark pulse at the umbreon's feet. Atty jumped back and just barely dodged the blast.

The bandit sensed a presence above him. Sil was coming down with her tail glowing white. She was about to connect, but was grabbed by the zoroark's long and slender red claws. She was thrown towards Atty, who ended up catching her and was knocked into a tree. He groaned, intense pain filling his back. Sil helped him up as he tried to shake it off. Both their arms started glowing. An orb of light and one of dark was thrown at the zoroark. He took the hit from the light one, but managed to catch the other and throw it back at Atty. He dodged his ricocheted attack but was quickly struck by another dark pulse.

"Atty!" Sil was shocked by the band it's counter on her partner, and then angered. Her ribbons started moving and spreading out as a powerful gust of wind was blown towards the fox before he had time to notice, and gasped when he turned towards the attack. She rushed to Atty's side and helped him up. "Atty... Let's hit him together." The umbreon nodded as he regained his balance.

The zoroark was struggling to get up. Sil and Atty stood side by side with their hands inches apart and channeling energy together. An orb filled with black and white energy began to form and grew twice the size of their hands. Finally at full charge, they fired their combination attack. Their opponent was to weak point dodge, being blasted full force and blown into a rock formation. The formation crumbled, and the zoroark laid unconscious at the bottom.

Both eeveelutions panted and took a moment to catch their breath. Though they won, they couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right.

"Strange. I thought there'd be more," Atty proclaimed.

"Me too." As they were recovering, Atty began to feel a strange presence. Something was making him uneasy and sent a chill down his spine.

"Someone's coming."

Two figures approached from the forest. As they came to light, black fur and red marks similar to the zoroark's. To the left with a red snout and belly, and a pair of curved horns. He was scarred and blind in his right eye. He had a growth around his neck and two more on his back, and thin and pointed demon like tail. It was clearly a houndoom, by Atty noticed something strange about it, but couldn't explain it.

To the houndoom's right, a shaggier canine with yellow eyes and pointed ears. A mightyena who seemed nervous. The houndoom looked around at the damage.

"Oh what a mess," he exclaimed, "these two are becoming more trouble than they're worth. Get the fox. I'll take it from here." The mightyena nodded and proceeded with his orders. Sil attempted to intercept and rush the canine, but was caught off guard by an red blast that knocked her into her umbreon friend. They both recovered and saw the mightyena walk off with the unconscious zoroark.

"Sil, something's not right. That houndoom... His energy is unlike any I've ever seen."

"What do you mean?"

"It's so angry. So...evil." The houndoom tilted his head and popped his neck. His hands began to glow a reddish color.

"You should never have come here Luna. Many like you have tried to best me. But all failed."

"Then we'll have to be the first," the sylveon scoffed and charged at him, she began to glow as Atty synced with her with helping hand, which only backfired when the houndoom simply tapped her forehead and stopped her in her tracks, then quickly palming her in the chest which gave off a red flash and knocked her off her feet. Atty tried a shadow ball, but to his surprise, his opponent caught the ball. It turned into a bloody red color and seemed to grow twice it's size. The bandit threw it back towards the umbreon. Though he tried to defend against the counter, the damage was unblockable. He was knocked into a tree that broke in half.

As Sil and Atty tried to recover, they tried to attack simultaneously again, though with separate attacks as most of their energy was used fighting the zoroark. Sil charged a moonlight blast, Atty a dark pulse. The houndoom just stood there and watched them, as if he knew it was pointless to even try. They launched their attacks. Sil's moon blast managed to connect when he tried to dodge, but hardly fazed him, and he caught the dark pulse. It turned red like the shadow ball and was sent back with double the power. Atty managed to get out of the way, but the blast made him jump further than he intended. He was hit by a red blast while still in mid air and knocked out of view into the forest.

The sylveon tried to attack when he wasn't looking, but when she came within striking range, the houndoom stepped to the side side, grabbed her by the ear, and slung her back where she started. She quickly caught herself. Her ribbons began moving aggressively. A bright light shines and covered the area in a bright mist, temporarily blinding.

"Misty terrain. Why am I not surprised?" he chuckled. "Typical for a fairy." Sil paid him no attention and was taking advantage of his lack of sight, jumping as high as she could above him with a glowing tail coming down at him. She gasp when her tail was grabbed and she was slammed into the ground belly flat. When she tried to stand, she was met by a boot to the face and flipped over on her back with a bloody nose, cuts, and blackened eyes. She suddenly found it hard to breath and felt a foot on her neck steadily adding pressure. "You're way out of your league, kid. You're weak, just like your parents." Sil was angered and wanted badly to strike back at him, but was helpless under his weight. "They should have finished me when they had the chance, but they never had the guts to do what has to be done." He looked down at her with a fiendish smirk. He raised his foot and was about to end it, when he was suddenly grabbed from behind. Her vision was blurry, but she could clearly see a black figure with glowing rings.

Atty had managed to grab hold of the houndoom, but not for long when he was smacked in the face by the canines horns, and then knocked down by a punch. He quickly got up and tried to take some swings, all failing from blocks. He was punched again, and then felt a knee in his stomach. He could taste his own blood in the back of his throat, and then the houndoom's hand as he was held up against a tree. Sil tried to stand to help her friend, but was knocked back down by a red blast.

"Wait you're turn," the houndoom stated darkly and returned his attention to the umbreon. He formed a fist which then began to glow red energy and manifest itself into glowing red claws. He gasped as he felt the blades enter his chest. He could feel himself slipping away. Everything slowly began to fade. He was flung to the side, his blood beginning to build up under him where he landed. The last thing he could hear before blacking out was Sil's crying out to him...

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Recovery

I must have been out for days. I thought for sure I was dead. Sil's cries haunted me that whole time. I finally came to in a bright room...

Atty's eyes slowly opened, and strained a bit from a bright light. He could hear a faint voice.

"He's waking up! Someone get Sil!" His vision was blurry, and his chest hurt when he tried to sit up. He recognized this place. It was a hospital owned by a gardevoir. He felt bandage wrapped around his chest and hugging him tightly, but not tight enough to cause discomfort. He had a minor headache. The bandits... That houndoom... Was it all a dream? A familiar voice caught his ear.

"Atty!" He was suddenly grabbed in a tight hug by his sylveon friend. Her hug caused him discomfort in his chest.

"Sil.. Sil, you're hurting me."

"Oh, sorry." She eased up and released him. She looked as though she was about to cry.

"The bandits... What happened?"

"I don't know.. The houndoom, he just left. Another rescue team found us and brought us here. I was easy to treat, but you..." Her eyes began to tear up, and she nearly choked trying to get the words out, "they told me you probably wouldn't make it. You had lost so much blood." She hugged him again, gently this time to avoid causing more discomfort. "But I refused to give up on you." Atty felt guilty. She knew something wasn't right about the letter, and if he had listened to her, neither of them would've gotten hurt.

"Sil... I'm so sorry. I should've.."

"Don't be. You're alive, that's all that matters now." Their moment alone ended when they heard a knock and the door opening. A gardevoir in a white coat came in with a clipboard.

"You had us worried for a while there, Atty. How are you feeling?"

"A little sore."

"That's good," she stated as she looked over her chart, "You were a mess when they brought you in. Your wounds were difficult to treat, but we managed." The psychic pokemon looked at Sil for a moment. "Would you mind stepping out for a moment? I just need to perform a physical and then you can take him home." She agreed, and left Atty alone with the gardevore.

The exam went pretty well. She told me everything checked out okay and there wasn't any permanent damage, except for the scars on my chest when she removed the bandages. Before long she asked Sil to come back into the room.

"He's all yours. Just make sure he doesn't do anything too strenuous, and that he rests when he needs to. He should make a full recovery within the month."

"Okay. Thank you for everything, Hope."