Author's Note: I am very happy to announce you the first chapter of the fanfic! It has around 1600 words, but I do hope you enjoy!
Wake up, drink goop, go to sleep. Rinse and repeat it was the Eevee’s treatment, continuous and boringly long. It was a miracle that she was able to sleep for so long throughout those days. Then again, her entire well-being was miserable at the time. Today however, the Eevee was mildly awful. Still sick but at least she could think and move properly, albeit slowly.
Sitting outside of the place she was hospitalized in, lazily gazing at the town, something felt off about this, but the brown fox couldn’t put a finger- er paw on it. This area had Pokemon, out and about, wandering around like normal human beings. Human. Why did she think of that? What was a human and more importantly, what was she?
The Eevee didn’t know what she was with her brown fur and fluffy cream mane. Gosh, thinking hard on it made the situation worse, the Pokemon getting a horrible headache from it. Once she felt entirely better, maybe she could start thinking about it again. That’s if she remembers it. For now, the Eevee was going to enjoy her surroundings.
It was late morning as the Pokemon inhaled a fresh breath of air, watching from the spot she sat. The town square was quite busy today, with all sorts of Pokemon moseying around; interacting with small talk, having long chats, or buying from the stores there, it was lively.
A blue penguin came running out of the crowded square, rushing towards the Eevee’s direction. The same Piplup from those days before. “Merry!” He excitedly shouted, a small woven pouch in front of him. “I’m back with the berries!”
Nearing the dome home, the Piplup began to slow down. An Eevee sat there patiently, staring at him. A tired form she was in, watching as the Piplup went back inside hurriedly to get the Chansey. That was one of the few things she learned while bedridden.
She soon gave up sitting, lying with her stomach on the ground and curling herself up. Even then, that was a hassle, but it at least made her more comfortable. Dozing off, the brown fox found herself lifted off the ground. “Eevee…” she protested tiredly as the Chansey brought her back into the house, setting her neatly onto the nest once more as she was fed the goop once more. Ick. “Vee…” The Eevee continued to argue that she was fine to no avail. The mixture had her drowsy again like all the other times, the two Pokemon leaving the room for her to rest.
“Merry?” The Piplup spoke. They were in the main room of the dome, sorting out the berries that the Piplup brought back. “Yes?” The Chansey, Merry, replied. A shaky breath came through the small penguin as he talked again. “W-why did that Eevee not speak?” He asked.
“Now I don’t know what you mean,” Merry answered, finishing up as she grabbed the Piplup, bringing him to a different room.
“Merry, I mean…” he said, the Chansey setting him down softly on a nest. “I meant, ‘Why did that Eevee only say her name?’. That’s not normal, is it?”
Merry sighed. “No, it isn’t.”
“Do you know why she’s like that?” The Piplup pushed forward with his questions.
“Maybe, but it’s not certain. Now, let’s get you to bed, Palo.”
“But I’m already in bed.”
A small smile cracked out of the Chansey’s face as she made her way out the room. “Good night, Palo,” she said soothingly before finally exiting the room.
Still, the penguin, Palo, couldn’t get it out of his mind. Just who was this Eevee? Found in a forest by herself out in the open with the rain, insane fever that lasted long and now, the inability to talk right. The Piplup shut his eyes hard, hoping to fall asleep by being tired from these questions.
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“Good morning!” The sentence rang throughout the Eevee’s head, sleepily opening her eyes to see what it was. The penguin was right up at her face, unusually cheerful. “Don’t tell Merry I said this, but I’m giving you a tour of town today!” With this behavior, the water-type would get caught in no time. “Now let’s get you up-”
Pulling the Pokemon out of her nest, the Piplup struggled, not really able to pull the Eevee up. “Vee…” The Eevee watched tiredly, seeing the blue Pokemon try and pull her by the tail. Why was the Piplup all over her today?
“Don’t you wanna see how beautiful Lylow Town is?!” He grunted, gaining little progress in dragging the Eevee out of the dome. At least she was out of her nest now. “Vee,” she reluctantly agreed. Standing up on all fours, the Eevee noticed that she felt better. Sure she felt awkward, but it wasn’t anywhere near as sick as she was, even yesterday. It wouldn’t hurt to try talking aloud now. “Eevee!” The normal-type’s voice echoed throughout the empty room, the Piplup rushing her out, not wanting to get caught in this.
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“So you really can’t talk, huh?” Palo asked. He kept a slow pace for the Eevee to follow. At first, she tilted her, confused by the question. Then, when the Eevee was about to say something, she stopped. She got odd looks from this Piplup whenever she talked. “Vee?”
It came crashing down on her. She couldn’t speak at all but said this babble. “Vee?!” A few residents gave the pair different expressions. Palo took not and covered the Eevee’s mouth, continuing their walk. “I forgot to tell you,” he said. “Don’t talk. Lylow Town isn’t used to this so just let me be your tour guide, got it?” The muted fox nodded, a sigh exasperating from the penguin. “Let’s get started, shall we?”
"And here we are!" Palo announced, restarting his introduction to the patient. Both Pokemon were on a stone circle with a fountain in the middle; shops and homes connected with stone paths towards the fountain as green grass flooded the rest of the area with lots of Pokemon in the town.
"This is Lylow Town," Palo stated, heading towards one of the shops in town. "Come here!" He shouted, waving one of his flippers in the air as the Eevee arrived at the shop he was at. "This is Junker's Junk," the penguin explained. "Junker, the Banette, runs the shop. "He usually sells apples, berries, and scarves. Others see him as a bit odd from what his store offers, but they don't mind. And now for the other store residents find odd, Technical Magnemites."
After finishing that sentence, the two were now at a walking pace, Palo explaining the shops as they walked by, starting off with Technical Magnemites. "Others see the Magnemites as weird because they decided to open up a Technical Machine shop, or TM, without adding their products to Junker's Junk, since he used to sell TM's until they arrived." Palo went further into how the shop worked. "The owners of Technical Magnemites are two Magnemites, named Proton and Electron. They sell TM's, these colored discs that teach you a new move you want to learn. Once you buy a TM, Proton and Electron hand you this weird, black, flat box and tells you that you need it in order to use the TM, by inserting it inside the box and then something shows up on the box called a 'video,' which teaches you the move that TM has."
As the two continued the walk, Palo had introduced the Eevee to the different residents and stores as they went towards the final place in town. There was Raggy's Show, a thing that would happen in the cafe, Swirly Sweets, which a Slurpuff and Swirlix named Latte and Sugar ran. Raggy's Show would happen around the afternoon to cheer up any kids that were upset, by having a stage play in the middle of the cafe from a Mimikyu whose name was Raggy.
At Swirly Sweets, there was also some staff that worked there. Raggy would be in his shift whenever he was not performing for the kids, Maple, a Pikachu mother of one Pichu named Pitch, helped out with orders, and Chi, a Minccino, cleaned up what mess the kitchen or cafe made.
The post office for mail was called Feather Delivers. Only flying type Pokemon were allowed to work there, since they could travel freely however way they want without much to stop them.
The last shop Palo introduced before their way towards the last one was Soothing Scent, a flower shop run by Cotton the Whimsicott, along with the help of a Leafeon named Petal and Roselia that was called Fragrance.
"We're here," said Palo. "We're at Karma's Greed, a bank that is run by Luzure the Liepard and her son Midnight. If you're afraid that you'll lose your money, just go to them and deposit it."
It was late afternoon, the tour now finished as the pair headed back home. "So what do you think of Lylow Town?" Palo asked. "Eevee!” She responded excitedly.
"I know, right?" Palo was excited now too. "Everyone in town was nice and the town itself is pretty! And once I get through my nervousness about it, I'll join an exploration team!" Palo turned around to face the Eevee, eyes sparkling. "We could be in the same team! Do you want to make an exploration team with me?"
The Eevee however, didn't respond, the sudden question surprising her. "Oh." Palo realized that he was too quick with his request. "It's okay, I was a bit hasty with exploration teams, I asked you suddenly without telling you what they are. Besides, there's some special events in town I'd like to show you, so you can wait as long as you need to see if you want to make an exploration team with me. Besides, we gotta find your family. We don’t know about you so you might be lost."
The brown fox only nodded lightly, the pair’s way back to the dome a tad bit awkward.
