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A Burning ion
by Fan-Spinner
2 years ago
Here is my second story which was an original idea of mine that I thought of a long time ago. I'm happy I was able to finally bring it to life! If you want you can also check out my other story that I posted a little while ago. These stories would not be possible without the inspiration of 
Helix Teller of Tales and 
Sereigon
Enjoy!
Zoey is an OC of mine. All rights belong to The Pokémon Company.
You are Rylie, An 18-year-old kid from the Kalos region standing at about 5 foot 8.. Waking up you lazily stare at the clock not wanting to get out of bed. The clock reads 9:00 am and then it hits you, today is the day you can finally go on your Pokemon adventure. You had just finished high school and dreamt about doing this for the longest time. You had a part-time job while in school to allow you to save up enough money to help you get started. As you leap out of bed and get yourself ready you hear your mom call for you. “Sweety food is ready!”. You yell back that you will be right there. After leaving your room you head downstairs and quickly eat your breakfast which consists of bacon and eggs (A classic). You then proceed to grab your belongings that you prepared the night before which allows you to get to the professor's lab as soon as possible.
On your way there you run into a group of people crowding around something. Out of curiosity, you head over to check it out. As you get closer, you notice a group of guys who seem to be in their late twenties all surrounding a Pokemon. “Go Pokeball!” The Pokemon swats the ball back and tries to flee into the forest but the group chases after it. Noticing the Pokemon has no intention of being caught, you decide to try and help out by running after the group in an attempt to save it. While running your thoughts of starting your journey flee your mind, replaced with a sole mission: helping out the distraught Pokemon. After some time you find them backing the Pokemon into a corner. “Forget catching it, no matter how we get it I bet it would fetch a good price on the market considering its abnormalities.” said one of the guys. “I agree and now it has nowhere to run.” Upon hearing this you decide to make yourself known. “Hey, what do you think you guys are doing!”
“Huh?, Who are you?”
“That's none of your business! What are you doing to that Pokemon!”
“Nothing that concerns you, now scram!”
Planting your feet on the ground you get a brief glance of the Pokemon behind them. It appeared to be a fennekin. Although the guys were up to no good they did have one thing right. It was no ordinary fennekin. This one was much larger than it should be, by what little you could see it stood a little under the size of a mightyena. Now it all made sense as to why this group of people wanted to catch this Pokemon by any means necessary. With this newfound information, you gave the scared Pokemon a look of certainty which it picks up quite quickly. You motioned for it to move while the group was distracted and as you did the Pokémon fled off into the forest without the group even noticing. However, once they realized what had just happened they got furious, the leader of the group blamed its escape on you and set out their Bulbasaur. “Bulbasaur, tackle this nosey intruder!”
“Bulbasaur!”
With a loud slam the attack hits you directly in the chest knocking you to the ground and the wind out of your lungs, as the Bulbasaur comes in for another headbutt a stream of fire appears from a hidden position incinerating the Pokemon and knocking it out instantly.
All of a sudden the fennekin from before jumps out of its cover and stands in front of you preparing to take on the three of them. Each one sent out another Pokemon, one sent out a Koffing, another sent out a Froakie, and a third sent out a floatzel. All three attacked at once and without thinking you jumped in the way taking the blunt hit from a tackle and two hydro pumps.
“Fennekin, Go!”
“I’ll be fine”
“Fenn-”
With a worried look on its face, it scampers off for the second time leaving you to fall to the ground badly wounded. After the dust cleared they looked at you with a face of disgust.
“Why would you mettle with our business kid”
“We’ll let you off the hook this time because you probably misjudged the situation but if you interfere again we won't be so lenient”
As they walk off you lay there to catch your breath until picking yourself up and heading to a Pokemon center for your injuries.
During the recovery period, you can't help but think and pray that the fennekin would be alright. Seeing as it is larger than average must make it a prime target for poachers and greedy thieves. Having a good rest you wake up the next day, thank the nurse and chansee for the care and finally decide to head on over to the professor's lab.
Upon reaching it you enter and are greeted by Professor Sycamore.
“Hey, Rylie is it?”
“Yeah, wait, how do you know my name?”
“Your mom called and asked if you had arrived yet, I told her no and she got really worried so I told her I would let her know if you showed up late. But I hadn’t expected you to be this late”
After apologizing to the professor you curse yourself for not alerting your mom of the predicament that happened but as to not worry her you decide you will call her later and say you got lost and spent the night out in the woods. You then tell the professor your reason for being so late. Upon hearing your story the professor had a look in his eye that looked like an aha moment.
“That might explain a predicament I am having”
You look at him with a bout of confusion and he explains
“All but three Pokemon were chosen yesterday for the new trainers and one of them refused to any of them.”
Peaking your curiosity you ask which one.
“It's a kind of special one if I do say so myself, she isn't like most others, and seeing how distraught she was last night your presence might calm her down.”
Putting the pieces together you hear a Pokeball open and a flash of light emitting out until taking the form of a familiar shape and dissipating completely. There in front of you stood the same fennekin you helped escape the day before, and upon seeing you she leaped on over to you with a boundless amount of joy spilling out from her being.
“Fennekin!”
Rubbing against your legs she warmed up to you straight away not wanting to leave your side once she got there. Being able to see her more clearly now her size was now more eye-catching, although most fennekin come up to about just above your ankle this one came up to just below your knee. Holding her would be a challenge but in your eyes, it will be well worth it.
“Her name is Zoey, as you can see she is larger than most of her kind. We found her a little north of the lab from here in the mountains and she seemed friendly enough. So we brought her back to the lab to observe her and see if a trainer would want her.”
“Given her carefree nature and friendly attitude, we frequently let her roam in the open forest near the lab. We heard about the incident yesterday from some reports of thieves trying to catch a rare fennekin.”
“We assumed all was ok as she came back soon after the report but although she was physically unharmed she seemed to be worried about something and now we know what that was.”
As you conversed Zoey stood by your side as if she was always your partner.
“Alright well it seems she has taken a real liking to you so I don't see a reason to keep her here, I'm so glad she has someone like you as her trainer. Based on what you told me about the recent events, I'm sure you will become fat friends.”
“Fenn– ekin!”
You thanked the professor one last time for the advice, collected some Pokeballs, and headed out the front door to start your new adventure with your partner by your side.
After a few days of research, the two of you decide to set off to Luminous City, you and Zoey then begin to trek down the first route. After a little while you encounter a fletchling as you have Zoey enter her first real battle.
“Ok Zoey, use scratch!” with a flurry of swipes the fletchling falls to the ground but retaliates with a steel wing landing a direct hit. Shaking off the hard blow Zoey gets back on her feet and awaits your next move.
“Hang in there, use ember!” a searing ball of fire is shot from her mouth and barely connects with the opposing Pokemon. Seeing that it is weakened you throw a Pokeball and watch it wobble once.. twice.. Three times along with a satisfying click. You had done it, you caught your first real Pokemon.
“Nice job Zoey you were awesome.”
Inside Zoey’s mind, she had thoughts of her own…
“I'm so glad we did it Rylie! Although I never got to thank you for saving me the day before I'm gonna make it up to you by making sure no one harms you ever again”
Celebrating with Zoey you crouch down and have her leap into your arms knocking you to the ground and pelting your face with licks while she snuggles up to you closely
“Fennekin!”
“I know girl, I'm so proud of you!”
After a short bout of celebration, the both of you notice the sun was starting to set so you decide to set up camp nearby. Releasing your newfound fletchling you introduce the two to each other as you prepare food for them and yourself.
“So fletchling, what did you think of my battle style?”
“I must say it was pretty good and I can see you have your own tricks up your sleeve given your size”
“I know right, I do enjoy being a little bigger, it makes certain things easier for me!”
“That's great to hear, oh, and remind me to rematch with you sometime. I want to improve now that I'm a part of his team.”
“Of course, he is Rylie, a sweet boy who saved me from some Pokemon thieves the other day. As a way to repay him. I have vowed to protect him as long as we are partners.”
“Wow I had no idea that happened, well count me in, two is better than one I always say”
Looking over at your new friends you smile at how well they are getting along. A short while later you call them over to eat and the three of you enjoy a hearty meal for dinner.
Now that the sun has fully set and darkness fell upon the land you clean up the remains of your dinner, you then proceed to put Fletchling back in his Pokeball to give him a good rest but Zoey seems to want to sleep with you as she is sitting patiently in front of your tent. so you head over.
You shrug your shoulders and figure her warmth would be good for the cold night. Heading inside you zip up the tent and slip into your sleeping bag. As you do so Zoey comes on over and slips in as well. Her warmth overtakes your cold body, you won't ever be sleeping alone ever again. Drifting quickly off to sleep you then Zoey for coming with you on your journey and hope the two of you will become great friends.
“Thank you Rylie, I hope we stay together forever, and as time goes on I will be able to help you out with more as well as protect you better”
“Good night…”
With that Zoey meets you in dreamland and the two of you go on wild adventures together.
“Hey guys, check out this camp. I bet we can sneak over and take some valuables while we're at it.”
As Rylie and Zoey were sound asleep the group from earlier stumbles upon their camp oblivious to who owns it. As they crept over early in the morning they slowly approached the tent unzipped and couldn't believe who it was.
“No way, it's that damn kid, and he has the fennekin we were after!”
“Shhhh!, don't wake them! Grab what you can and lets scram”
At that moment Zoey woke up and saw the commotion. They quickly grabbed her right as she was waking you up.
You suddenly wake up to a cry for help. Realizing Zoey is nowhere to be found, you throw on your clothes and jump out of your tent. You notice Fletchling’s ball so you grab it and follow the noise heading away from your camp.
Upon reaching the group for a second time you demand they give you your fennekin back.
“Look kid, I'm not sure how you got this fennekin but we see this as an interference with our plans so now you are gonna pay!”
“Go Bulbasaur!”
“Go fletchling”
“Use steel wing”
The flame bird charges the bulbasaur with its attack and lands a hit weakening it.
“Bulbasaur, use poison powder!”
As the powder flies forward fletchling is hit and starts to feel the effects of the attack.
“Fletchling hold on and use ember”
Mustering the last bit of strength, fletchling shoots a ball of ember right at Bulbasaur before fainting. It makes direct and shortly after the bulbasaur goes down as well. You return fletchling and find yourself in a very similar situation as before. As you stand there prepared to take any attack they throw at you Zoey watches helplessly as she had been tied to a tree with sturdy rope.
“No, not again!” she thought to herself.
“I promised to protect him and here we are again with the same people as before”
“I can't let him down like last time. I made a promise!”
As memories flood back into her mind of the events of the past with her fleeing with your help and the amount of guilt she felt for leaving you there on your own something inside of her lit a blaze, she had newfound determination in her eyes and heart to save you from getting injured at her expense again.
All of a sudden a bright light begins emitting from behind the group. To everyone's amazement, the fennekin starts to change morphing into a bi-pedal fox while also gaining a bushier tail. Along with that, she started to shoot up in size. Although normal braixens are known to be around 3 and a half feet tall Zoey seemed to keep growing shooting higher until she reached a height of 5 foot 10.
“What the hell?”
“How did that Pokemon just evolve? And it's so big!”
“Forget the kid! We need to knock this one out!”
You get a look from Zoey. The same one you gave her last time. You immediately get the hint and book it for the tree line. Although, you stick around and watch the event unfold since you are still worried for your partner.
Left in a standoff with the same three Pokemon as before Zoey prepares to go all out in the name of protecting the one she loves.
“Braix–en!”
“Alright, bring it on!” she shouts in her mind.
Koffing starts off with a poison cloud which Zoey immediately dispels with a newly learned flame thrower, piercing the cloud it lands a hit on the poison Pokemon knocking it back and instilling fear into the rest as they realize what they are going up against.
“Floatzel, use aqua jet!”
As instructed the floatzel initiates an aqua jet heading straight for the braixen, while simultaneously the other member froakie unleashes a bubble attack. As Zoey counters the froakies attack the incoming aqua jet lands a critical hit straight to her chest. As it is super effective Zoey takes a large amount of damage and stumbles back to recover from the blow.
As you continue to watch the ensuing battle Zoey manages to knock out the koffing and froakie. However, considering she has taken considerable damage you notice she is starting to lose her footing.
“Floatzel, let's finish this, Use hydro pump!”
As the water pokemon prepares to unleash a devastating stream of water you mindlessly propel yourself in front of your newly evolved partner once again. The resulting blast does indeed shield her from the damage but due to you not fully recovering from the previous encounter you only manage to catch a few glimpses of the aftermath including the thieves running off due to another powerful flamethrower and lastly, your partner rushing to your side with a face of extreme worry before everything goes black.
As you start to open your eyes you vaguely take notice of your surroundings. You seemed to be in a tent which you assumed was the one that belonged to you along with a small pile of berries lying beside you. Weakly, you start to consume the berries before deciding you need more rest and slowly close your eyes to get your strength back.
Elsewhere Zoey is pacing around the nearby forest looking for berries with the help of fletching.
“How could I let him down again! After all that had happened, I still couldn't save him!”
“I can’t believe he took another hydro pump for me, it should have been me!”
“Zoey, calm down he is gonna be alright,” said Fletchling with a reassuring face.
“Look on the bright side. You were able to take down all of their Pokemon even after sustaining massive damage.”
“I know but… what if the one attack he did take for me caused him to be badly hurt or worse.”
The two continued their conversation as Fletchling tried to comfort his friend as their quest for berries carried on.
“Ok I know the forest like the back of my wing, there should be some more Oran berries that should be all we need. Then we can start heading back.”
With a worried expression, Zoey nods and proceeds forward to collect the last remaining items.
Now fully awake you started munching on the provided food slowly getting your strength back. Taking a peek outside you see the sun is going to start setting soon. Based on that information you figure it's close to 4:00 pm. Moments later you hear footsteps outside so you retreat inside the tent hoping whatever is out there leaves you alone. As you sit there breath caught in your throat you notice the figure approach the tent only to be relieved when Zoey pokes her head inside. Silence falls among the two of you as water starts to form in her eyes. She immediately rushes over to you being cautious as to not hurt your still fragile body until wrapping you in a soft embrace. Until now you hadn’t realized how big she had gotten as a battle was currently taking place. But not that you had a better look, your eyes almost popped out of your head. She was roughly your height if not maybe an inch or two taller and her fur seemed to have gotten softer with her transformation.
As she lay there encoming you in her soft embrace you are suddenly brought back to reality as fletchling flies in to greet you as well. It's only then that she finally lets go of you, tears still lightly streaming down her face damping her fur.
After convincing her you were alright to move about again you finally leave the tent and notice the sun starting to dip beyond the horizon. At the same time, you turn around only to be amazed once again as you are suddenly looking up into the eyes of your partner seeing her feel a little bit better about your condition, you then have a sudden thought. If she is this tall as just a braixen you start to imagine what she would be like as a fully evolved delphox. Returning fletchling to his Pokeball you call upon Zoey to go on a short walk with you. With a concerned look, she agrees. You inform her that you will be ok with her by your side and tell her you want to watch the sunset on a nearby hill.
Once you reached the top you gazed upon the sun slowly fading beyond the sea filling the sky with a pinkish hue amongst the clouds. As you stood there watching the natural phenomenon Zoey walks up next to you, leaning her body against yours. Silence then falls upon the two of you once again, you slowly start to stroke her back reassuringly and tell her that you are so proud of all that she has accomplished in such a short time.
“Braixen–”
“Thank you, Rylie, once I am fully evolved I pray this situation never happens again.”
“Well… except for moments like these,” she said with a slight blush under her fur.
Following the next week or so, you finally make it to Luminous City. Along the way, you had caught a bunnelby and evolved fletchling into fletchinder using a fire stone obtained from a erby who was kind enough to give you their spare one. After some more training, you decided to challenge the Luminous City gym leader Clement.
“Braixen, use flamethrower!”
With that final blow, the opposing Luxray fainted and the battle was won.
“You know that was a fantastic battle Rylie you fondly remind me of someone I used to travel with a little while ago.”
“As promised, here is the Lumiose City gym badge, you earned it!”
With the badge in hand, you thank Clement for the battle and decide to rest and relax until you decide what to do next on your adventure. While walking around the city for a bit you noticed a familiar group of people being escorted by police and growlithe. After a closer look, you realize it was the group of thieves that caused you a lot of trouble at the beginning of your journey. With a smile on your face, you breathe a sigh of relief as you won't have to worry about them any longer.
After more debating on what you truly wanted on your journey, you came to the conclusion that gym badges weren't your ultimate goal. Despite this, you still kept the first and only one you ever obtained as a sort of souvenir. You had decided to set off on a new path where you would complete the Kalos Pokedex. Only after this would you return home and show the professor your accomplishment.
After setting off again from Lumiose City you spent the next month catching all sorts of Pokemon with the help of your team. In that time fletchinder evolved into talonflame and you also caught a goomy which you decided to add to your party. Any other Pokemon you caught were sent to the professor's lab to allow them to roam free and live a happy life. As time went on you also noticed feelings develop for your longest-standing partner but suppressed them out of fear of what they might say.
However, after a day of relaxation with your new friends, you noticed the sun was setting soon and decided to finally come clean as you weren’t sure how long you could hold them in. As such after packing everything up, you and Zoey headed to a nearby beach to watch the sunset together. While lying there enjoying each other's company you finally decided to speak your mind.
“Hey Zoey…” you say shyly.
“I want to tell you something that has been building up for some time now”
“Is he gonna say what I think he's gonna say?” She wondered.
“Zoey I… I love you”
As those words escaped your mouth you immediately looked away out of shame only to be met with a paw on your shoulder and a gentle voice.
“Braixen–”
As you look back you see Zoey has the brightest blush on her face. All you could do was smile, thanking Arceus that it didn't go south.
“Do you mind if we kiss…?”
Braixen then had a speechless expression on her face slowly nodding with her own bouts of wonder.
“He really means it…” She thought.
As the two of you scooted closer together you slowly approached each other's mouths until you finally made . It was nothing like you had ever felt before, as the kiss dragged on Zoey wrapped herself around you bringing you in for a tight embrace as the two of you ionately kissed each other. After a few seconds of her embrace, Zoey started to glow white emitting an aura of power as she started to transform once again with you in her arms. As this happened you were raised off the ground, and you could feel her whole body expanding around you as she evolved to her final form. During this experience, neither of you broke off the kiss. After a mere moment, Zoey had finally evolved. She was a towering 9-foot-tall delphox gently ing your weight with her paws as you embraced each other further. After finally breaking off the kiss you opened your eyes again only to almost faint with a mixture of glee and awe. Zoey was holding you cradled in her arms as she sat on the clear white sand staring down at you lovingly.
“I'm so glad you finally said it Rylie,” she said with a soft tone in her voice.
Not even caring why she could suddenly speak, you respond with how you had hoped things would end up this way. The two of you shared one last kiss until you sat in her lap watching the last bit of sun fading beyond the horizon.
“Hey Zoey, do you mind if we sleep here tonight?”
“Not at all Rylie. Not at all.”
The two of you then decide to get more comfortable.
“I don't think you will need a sleeping bag now that I can embrace your whole body” she mused.
Following a light chuckle between the two of you. You both lay on your side with your body facing Zoey. Wrapped up in her loving embrace you snuggle close to her and place your head in the crook of her neck.
“Hey, Rylie?”
“Yeah, Zoey?”
“Now that I am this size no one will ever hurt you again, and I mean it this time.”
“Thank you Zoey this means a lot more than you could ever know”
After all was said and done, the two of you drifted off to sleep dreaming about the adventures that were to come knowing you would always have your loving partner by your side.
The End
Helix Teller of Tales and SereigonEnjoy!
Zoey is an OC of mine. All rights belong to The Pokémon Company.
You are Rylie, An 18-year-old kid from the Kalos region standing at about 5 foot 8.. Waking up you lazily stare at the clock not wanting to get out of bed. The clock reads 9:00 am and then it hits you, today is the day you can finally go on your Pokemon adventure. You had just finished high school and dreamt about doing this for the longest time. You had a part-time job while in school to allow you to save up enough money to help you get started. As you leap out of bed and get yourself ready you hear your mom call for you. “Sweety food is ready!”. You yell back that you will be right there. After leaving your room you head downstairs and quickly eat your breakfast which consists of bacon and eggs (A classic). You then proceed to grab your belongings that you prepared the night before which allows you to get to the professor's lab as soon as possible.
On your way there you run into a group of people crowding around something. Out of curiosity, you head over to check it out. As you get closer, you notice a group of guys who seem to be in their late twenties all surrounding a Pokemon. “Go Pokeball!” The Pokemon swats the ball back and tries to flee into the forest but the group chases after it. Noticing the Pokemon has no intention of being caught, you decide to try and help out by running after the group in an attempt to save it. While running your thoughts of starting your journey flee your mind, replaced with a sole mission: helping out the distraught Pokemon. After some time you find them backing the Pokemon into a corner. “Forget catching it, no matter how we get it I bet it would fetch a good price on the market considering its abnormalities.” said one of the guys. “I agree and now it has nowhere to run.” Upon hearing this you decide to make yourself known. “Hey, what do you think you guys are doing!”
“Huh?, Who are you?”
“That's none of your business! What are you doing to that Pokemon!”
“Nothing that concerns you, now scram!”
Planting your feet on the ground you get a brief glance of the Pokemon behind them. It appeared to be a fennekin. Although the guys were up to no good they did have one thing right. It was no ordinary fennekin. This one was much larger than it should be, by what little you could see it stood a little under the size of a mightyena. Now it all made sense as to why this group of people wanted to catch this Pokemon by any means necessary. With this newfound information, you gave the scared Pokemon a look of certainty which it picks up quite quickly. You motioned for it to move while the group was distracted and as you did the Pokémon fled off into the forest without the group even noticing. However, once they realized what had just happened they got furious, the leader of the group blamed its escape on you and set out their Bulbasaur. “Bulbasaur, tackle this nosey intruder!”
“Bulbasaur!”
With a loud slam the attack hits you directly in the chest knocking you to the ground and the wind out of your lungs, as the Bulbasaur comes in for another headbutt a stream of fire appears from a hidden position incinerating the Pokemon and knocking it out instantly.
All of a sudden the fennekin from before jumps out of its cover and stands in front of you preparing to take on the three of them. Each one sent out another Pokemon, one sent out a Koffing, another sent out a Froakie, and a third sent out a floatzel. All three attacked at once and without thinking you jumped in the way taking the blunt hit from a tackle and two hydro pumps.
“Fennekin, Go!”
“I’ll be fine”
“Fenn-”
With a worried look on its face, it scampers off for the second time leaving you to fall to the ground badly wounded. After the dust cleared they looked at you with a face of disgust.
“Why would you mettle with our business kid”
“We’ll let you off the hook this time because you probably misjudged the situation but if you interfere again we won't be so lenient”
As they walk off you lay there to catch your breath until picking yourself up and heading to a Pokemon center for your injuries.
During the recovery period, you can't help but think and pray that the fennekin would be alright. Seeing as it is larger than average must make it a prime target for poachers and greedy thieves. Having a good rest you wake up the next day, thank the nurse and chansee for the care and finally decide to head on over to the professor's lab.
Upon reaching it you enter and are greeted by Professor Sycamore.
“Hey, Rylie is it?”
“Yeah, wait, how do you know my name?”
“Your mom called and asked if you had arrived yet, I told her no and she got really worried so I told her I would let her know if you showed up late. But I hadn’t expected you to be this late”
After apologizing to the professor you curse yourself for not alerting your mom of the predicament that happened but as to not worry her you decide you will call her later and say you got lost and spent the night out in the woods. You then tell the professor your reason for being so late. Upon hearing your story the professor had a look in his eye that looked like an aha moment.
“That might explain a predicament I am having”
You look at him with a bout of confusion and he explains
“All but three Pokemon were chosen yesterday for the new trainers and one of them refused to any of them.”
Peaking your curiosity you ask which one.
“It's a kind of special one if I do say so myself, she isn't like most others, and seeing how distraught she was last night your presence might calm her down.”
Putting the pieces together you hear a Pokeball open and a flash of light emitting out until taking the form of a familiar shape and dissipating completely. There in front of you stood the same fennekin you helped escape the day before, and upon seeing you she leaped on over to you with a boundless amount of joy spilling out from her being.
“Fennekin!”
Rubbing against your legs she warmed up to you straight away not wanting to leave your side once she got there. Being able to see her more clearly now her size was now more eye-catching, although most fennekin come up to about just above your ankle this one came up to just below your knee. Holding her would be a challenge but in your eyes, it will be well worth it.
“Her name is Zoey, as you can see she is larger than most of her kind. We found her a little north of the lab from here in the mountains and she seemed friendly enough. So we brought her back to the lab to observe her and see if a trainer would want her.”
“Given her carefree nature and friendly attitude, we frequently let her roam in the open forest near the lab. We heard about the incident yesterday from some reports of thieves trying to catch a rare fennekin.”
“We assumed all was ok as she came back soon after the report but although she was physically unharmed she seemed to be worried about something and now we know what that was.”
As you conversed Zoey stood by your side as if she was always your partner.
“Alright well it seems she has taken a real liking to you so I don't see a reason to keep her here, I'm so glad she has someone like you as her trainer. Based on what you told me about the recent events, I'm sure you will become fat friends.”
“Fenn– ekin!”
You thanked the professor one last time for the advice, collected some Pokeballs, and headed out the front door to start your new adventure with your partner by your side.
After a few days of research, the two of you decide to set off to Luminous City, you and Zoey then begin to trek down the first route. After a little while you encounter a fletchling as you have Zoey enter her first real battle.
“Ok Zoey, use scratch!” with a flurry of swipes the fletchling falls to the ground but retaliates with a steel wing landing a direct hit. Shaking off the hard blow Zoey gets back on her feet and awaits your next move.
“Hang in there, use ember!” a searing ball of fire is shot from her mouth and barely connects with the opposing Pokemon. Seeing that it is weakened you throw a Pokeball and watch it wobble once.. twice.. Three times along with a satisfying click. You had done it, you caught your first real Pokemon.
“Nice job Zoey you were awesome.”
Inside Zoey’s mind, she had thoughts of her own…
“I'm so glad we did it Rylie! Although I never got to thank you for saving me the day before I'm gonna make it up to you by making sure no one harms you ever again”
Celebrating with Zoey you crouch down and have her leap into your arms knocking you to the ground and pelting your face with licks while she snuggles up to you closely
“Fennekin!”
“I know girl, I'm so proud of you!”
After a short bout of celebration, the both of you notice the sun was starting to set so you decide to set up camp nearby. Releasing your newfound fletchling you introduce the two to each other as you prepare food for them and yourself.
“So fletchling, what did you think of my battle style?”
“I must say it was pretty good and I can see you have your own tricks up your sleeve given your size”
“I know right, I do enjoy being a little bigger, it makes certain things easier for me!”
“That's great to hear, oh, and remind me to rematch with you sometime. I want to improve now that I'm a part of his team.”
“Of course, he is Rylie, a sweet boy who saved me from some Pokemon thieves the other day. As a way to repay him. I have vowed to protect him as long as we are partners.”
“Wow I had no idea that happened, well count me in, two is better than one I always say”
Looking over at your new friends you smile at how well they are getting along. A short while later you call them over to eat and the three of you enjoy a hearty meal for dinner.
Now that the sun has fully set and darkness fell upon the land you clean up the remains of your dinner, you then proceed to put Fletchling back in his Pokeball to give him a good rest but Zoey seems to want to sleep with you as she is sitting patiently in front of your tent. so you head over.
You shrug your shoulders and figure her warmth would be good for the cold night. Heading inside you zip up the tent and slip into your sleeping bag. As you do so Zoey comes on over and slips in as well. Her warmth overtakes your cold body, you won't ever be sleeping alone ever again. Drifting quickly off to sleep you then Zoey for coming with you on your journey and hope the two of you will become great friends.
“Thank you Rylie, I hope we stay together forever, and as time goes on I will be able to help you out with more as well as protect you better”
“Good night…”
With that Zoey meets you in dreamland and the two of you go on wild adventures together.
“Hey guys, check out this camp. I bet we can sneak over and take some valuables while we're at it.”
As Rylie and Zoey were sound asleep the group from earlier stumbles upon their camp oblivious to who owns it. As they crept over early in the morning they slowly approached the tent unzipped and couldn't believe who it was.
“No way, it's that damn kid, and he has the fennekin we were after!”
“Shhhh!, don't wake them! Grab what you can and lets scram”
At that moment Zoey woke up and saw the commotion. They quickly grabbed her right as she was waking you up.
You suddenly wake up to a cry for help. Realizing Zoey is nowhere to be found, you throw on your clothes and jump out of your tent. You notice Fletchling’s ball so you grab it and follow the noise heading away from your camp.
Upon reaching the group for a second time you demand they give you your fennekin back.
“Look kid, I'm not sure how you got this fennekin but we see this as an interference with our plans so now you are gonna pay!”
“Go Bulbasaur!”
“Go fletchling”
“Use steel wing”
The flame bird charges the bulbasaur with its attack and lands a hit weakening it.
“Bulbasaur, use poison powder!”
As the powder flies forward fletchling is hit and starts to feel the effects of the attack.
“Fletchling hold on and use ember”
Mustering the last bit of strength, fletchling shoots a ball of ember right at Bulbasaur before fainting. It makes direct and shortly after the bulbasaur goes down as well. You return fletchling and find yourself in a very similar situation as before. As you stand there prepared to take any attack they throw at you Zoey watches helplessly as she had been tied to a tree with sturdy rope.
“No, not again!” she thought to herself.
“I promised to protect him and here we are again with the same people as before”
“I can't let him down like last time. I made a promise!”
As memories flood back into her mind of the events of the past with her fleeing with your help and the amount of guilt she felt for leaving you there on your own something inside of her lit a blaze, she had newfound determination in her eyes and heart to save you from getting injured at her expense again.
All of a sudden a bright light begins emitting from behind the group. To everyone's amazement, the fennekin starts to change morphing into a bi-pedal fox while also gaining a bushier tail. Along with that, she started to shoot up in size. Although normal braixens are known to be around 3 and a half feet tall Zoey seemed to keep growing shooting higher until she reached a height of 5 foot 10.
“What the hell?”
“How did that Pokemon just evolve? And it's so big!”
“Forget the kid! We need to knock this one out!”
You get a look from Zoey. The same one you gave her last time. You immediately get the hint and book it for the tree line. Although, you stick around and watch the event unfold since you are still worried for your partner.
Left in a standoff with the same three Pokemon as before Zoey prepares to go all out in the name of protecting the one she loves.
“Braix–en!”
“Alright, bring it on!” she shouts in her mind.
Koffing starts off with a poison cloud which Zoey immediately dispels with a newly learned flame thrower, piercing the cloud it lands a hit on the poison Pokemon knocking it back and instilling fear into the rest as they realize what they are going up against.
“Floatzel, use aqua jet!”
As instructed the floatzel initiates an aqua jet heading straight for the braixen, while simultaneously the other member froakie unleashes a bubble attack. As Zoey counters the froakies attack the incoming aqua jet lands a critical hit straight to her chest. As it is super effective Zoey takes a large amount of damage and stumbles back to recover from the blow.
As you continue to watch the ensuing battle Zoey manages to knock out the koffing and froakie. However, considering she has taken considerable damage you notice she is starting to lose her footing.
“Floatzel, let's finish this, Use hydro pump!”
As the water pokemon prepares to unleash a devastating stream of water you mindlessly propel yourself in front of your newly evolved partner once again. The resulting blast does indeed shield her from the damage but due to you not fully recovering from the previous encounter you only manage to catch a few glimpses of the aftermath including the thieves running off due to another powerful flamethrower and lastly, your partner rushing to your side with a face of extreme worry before everything goes black.
As you start to open your eyes you vaguely take notice of your surroundings. You seemed to be in a tent which you assumed was the one that belonged to you along with a small pile of berries lying beside you. Weakly, you start to consume the berries before deciding you need more rest and slowly close your eyes to get your strength back.
Elsewhere Zoey is pacing around the nearby forest looking for berries with the help of fletching.
“How could I let him down again! After all that had happened, I still couldn't save him!”
“I can’t believe he took another hydro pump for me, it should have been me!”
“Zoey, calm down he is gonna be alright,” said Fletchling with a reassuring face.
“Look on the bright side. You were able to take down all of their Pokemon even after sustaining massive damage.”
“I know but… what if the one attack he did take for me caused him to be badly hurt or worse.”
The two continued their conversation as Fletchling tried to comfort his friend as their quest for berries carried on.
“Ok I know the forest like the back of my wing, there should be some more Oran berries that should be all we need. Then we can start heading back.”
With a worried expression, Zoey nods and proceeds forward to collect the last remaining items.
Now fully awake you started munching on the provided food slowly getting your strength back. Taking a peek outside you see the sun is going to start setting soon. Based on that information you figure it's close to 4:00 pm. Moments later you hear footsteps outside so you retreat inside the tent hoping whatever is out there leaves you alone. As you sit there breath caught in your throat you notice the figure approach the tent only to be relieved when Zoey pokes her head inside. Silence falls among the two of you as water starts to form in her eyes. She immediately rushes over to you being cautious as to not hurt your still fragile body until wrapping you in a soft embrace. Until now you hadn’t realized how big she had gotten as a battle was currently taking place. But not that you had a better look, your eyes almost popped out of your head. She was roughly your height if not maybe an inch or two taller and her fur seemed to have gotten softer with her transformation.
As she lay there encoming you in her soft embrace you are suddenly brought back to reality as fletchling flies in to greet you as well. It's only then that she finally lets go of you, tears still lightly streaming down her face damping her fur.
After convincing her you were alright to move about again you finally leave the tent and notice the sun starting to dip beyond the horizon. At the same time, you turn around only to be amazed once again as you are suddenly looking up into the eyes of your partner seeing her feel a little bit better about your condition, you then have a sudden thought. If she is this tall as just a braixen you start to imagine what she would be like as a fully evolved delphox. Returning fletchling to his Pokeball you call upon Zoey to go on a short walk with you. With a concerned look, she agrees. You inform her that you will be ok with her by your side and tell her you want to watch the sunset on a nearby hill.
Once you reached the top you gazed upon the sun slowly fading beyond the sea filling the sky with a pinkish hue amongst the clouds. As you stood there watching the natural phenomenon Zoey walks up next to you, leaning her body against yours. Silence then falls upon the two of you once again, you slowly start to stroke her back reassuringly and tell her that you are so proud of all that she has accomplished in such a short time.
“Braixen–”
“Thank you, Rylie, once I am fully evolved I pray this situation never happens again.”
“Well… except for moments like these,” she said with a slight blush under her fur.
Following the next week or so, you finally make it to Luminous City. Along the way, you had caught a bunnelby and evolved fletchling into fletchinder using a fire stone obtained from a erby who was kind enough to give you their spare one. After some more training, you decided to challenge the Luminous City gym leader Clement.
“Braixen, use flamethrower!”
With that final blow, the opposing Luxray fainted and the battle was won.
“You know that was a fantastic battle Rylie you fondly remind me of someone I used to travel with a little while ago.”
“As promised, here is the Lumiose City gym badge, you earned it!”
With the badge in hand, you thank Clement for the battle and decide to rest and relax until you decide what to do next on your adventure. While walking around the city for a bit you noticed a familiar group of people being escorted by police and growlithe. After a closer look, you realize it was the group of thieves that caused you a lot of trouble at the beginning of your journey. With a smile on your face, you breathe a sigh of relief as you won't have to worry about them any longer.
After more debating on what you truly wanted on your journey, you came to the conclusion that gym badges weren't your ultimate goal. Despite this, you still kept the first and only one you ever obtained as a sort of souvenir. You had decided to set off on a new path where you would complete the Kalos Pokedex. Only after this would you return home and show the professor your accomplishment.
After setting off again from Lumiose City you spent the next month catching all sorts of Pokemon with the help of your team. In that time fletchinder evolved into talonflame and you also caught a goomy which you decided to add to your party. Any other Pokemon you caught were sent to the professor's lab to allow them to roam free and live a happy life. As time went on you also noticed feelings develop for your longest-standing partner but suppressed them out of fear of what they might say.
However, after a day of relaxation with your new friends, you noticed the sun was setting soon and decided to finally come clean as you weren’t sure how long you could hold them in. As such after packing everything up, you and Zoey headed to a nearby beach to watch the sunset together. While lying there enjoying each other's company you finally decided to speak your mind.
“Hey Zoey…” you say shyly.
“I want to tell you something that has been building up for some time now”
“Is he gonna say what I think he's gonna say?” She wondered.
“Zoey I… I love you”
As those words escaped your mouth you immediately looked away out of shame only to be met with a paw on your shoulder and a gentle voice.
“Braixen–”
As you look back you see Zoey has the brightest blush on her face. All you could do was smile, thanking Arceus that it didn't go south.
“Do you mind if we kiss…?”
Braixen then had a speechless expression on her face slowly nodding with her own bouts of wonder.
“He really means it…” She thought.
As the two of you scooted closer together you slowly approached each other's mouths until you finally made . It was nothing like you had ever felt before, as the kiss dragged on Zoey wrapped herself around you bringing you in for a tight embrace as the two of you ionately kissed each other. After a few seconds of her embrace, Zoey started to glow white emitting an aura of power as she started to transform once again with you in her arms. As this happened you were raised off the ground, and you could feel her whole body expanding around you as she evolved to her final form. During this experience, neither of you broke off the kiss. After a mere moment, Zoey had finally evolved. She was a towering 9-foot-tall delphox gently ing your weight with her paws as you embraced each other further. After finally breaking off the kiss you opened your eyes again only to almost faint with a mixture of glee and awe. Zoey was holding you cradled in her arms as she sat on the clear white sand staring down at you lovingly.
“I'm so glad you finally said it Rylie,” she said with a soft tone in her voice.
Not even caring why she could suddenly speak, you respond with how you had hoped things would end up this way. The two of you shared one last kiss until you sat in her lap watching the last bit of sun fading beyond the horizon.
“Hey Zoey, do you mind if we sleep here tonight?”
“Not at all Rylie. Not at all.”
The two of you then decide to get more comfortable.
“I don't think you will need a sleeping bag now that I can embrace your whole body” she mused.
Following a light chuckle between the two of you. You both lay on your side with your body facing Zoey. Wrapped up in her loving embrace you snuggle close to her and place your head in the crook of her neck.
“Hey, Rylie?”
“Yeah, Zoey?”
“Now that I am this size no one will ever hurt you again, and I mean it this time.”
“Thank you Zoey this means a lot more than you could ever know”
After all was said and done, the two of you drifted off to sleep dreaming about the adventures that were to come knowing you would always have your loving partner by your side.
The End
Sereigon
~sereigon
I'm glad to see you managed to make your story; It was pleasant to read and was very fitting of the pokemon world's spirit, imo
Though second person, as has been said these are wholesome and that relationship is at the core propelling these pieces forward.
