[Vince]
The sun crested over the trees on the Apples’ farm. A ray pierced through the blinds of Big Mac's room, falling across my eyes. I stirred, then wriggled around to get my legs under me.
It looks like it’s going to be a good day. I mused to myself. Cy and I used to take a leaf out of Leo’s book, and sleep the mornings away. Since we’ve been working on the farm, we’ve been getting up earlier and earlier. Now, we are usually up before the sunrise, but go to bed before night fall.
The irony isn’t lost on me.
Cy nudged me out of my musings. We both turned and made our way downstairs. We sat by our food bowls, joined shortly by Winona. It wasn’t long before the eldest Apple entered the kitchen, and began prepare everyone’s breakfast.
As soon as the food reached our stomachs, we went and waited outside. Our usual ‘chores’ were to help Winona with the herding, or joining the Apples with the harvest, headbutting trees. Turns out, today was a free day for us.
“Hey, Vince.” Cy tapped my shoulder. “Do ya wanna see if we can go and track down Conner?”
I nodded, and led the way to the farm's edge. It didn’t take us long to reach it. We paused when we reached the fence. I looked over my shoulder at Cy. “Hey, watch this! I’m going to do a flip.”
I hopped up to the top rail. I had to pause as the wind briefly kicked up, forcing me to regain my balance. I closed my eyes, and then, when the wind died back down, I jumped-
“Vincent, look out!”
-And got bowled over before I hit the ground.
“I’m sorry Vince, I didn’t see you there. I’m sorry….” I heard something Doppler off into the distance.
“What fuckin’ hit me…?” I wobbled to my feet.
Cy bumped his way under my left foreleg. “I think that was Leo.”
“Ya think?”
“It was going too fast to get a good look at it.” I felt him shrug. “It was following a rainbow, it’s likely him.”
I stumbled a little trying to figure out which paw to move first. “Ya know something. If you had said that a year ago, I wouldn’t’ve… wouldn’t’ve… why are the trees swaying?”
Cy started to drag me down the road. “I think that hit you harder than I thought.”
“I think they’re having a seizure.” I giggled. “I didn’t know Equistria had epileptic trees.”
“Yeah, yeah. Let’s get you to Fluttershy’s.”
Time kinda went… Sideways for me then. I came to when Angel dumped a bucket of water on me.
“Hey, Angel.” Cy dropped me. “Is Conner around?”
The Demon Rabbit pointed towards the back of the cottage. Cy bowed his head, then the traitor ditched me. I watched him leave until a carrot came swinging into view.
[Cy]
I heard a thwack from behind me, followed by what sounded like a sack of potatoes hitting the ground. A quick glance showed a confused Angel and Vince out cold. Shaking my head, I continued my search for Conner. I spotted him out by the bird feeders. “There you are.”
Conner jumped, then scrambled to keep the feeder upright. “Jeez, don’t do that!” He turned to look at me. “Oh, hey Cy. Ah, I heard that you two were looking for me yesterday.” He paused, looking around for something. “Where’s your other half?”
I tilted my head. “Eh?”
“Vince.”
I nodded my head. “He’s out cold. He walked in front of… something on the road. Still, while Nurse Fluttershy fixes him up, could you teach me Dig? We’re going to help Big Mac dig out the mud pits for the Social.”
Conner smiled. “Okay, here’s what you gotta do…”
[Zann]
I watched Pinkie pronk around the Cakes’ kitchen. I held an oven mitt in my mouth and rubber booties. Pinkie was humming a tune as she worked, whipping up another batch for the store. The Cakes try to keep the two of us together. Today, they stuffed us into the kitchen letting Pinkie handle the food, with me keeping an eye on her.
What’s the oven mitt and booties for? For taking food out of the oven, of course! Speaking of, it smells like the latest batch is done.
I hopped up to grab hold of the oven’s handle. I wriggled a bit until the door popped open. Jumping onto the open door, I pulled out the tray of cupcakes, leaving the muffins alone for now. I quickly hobbled my way over to a counter, where Pinkie swapped them for a batch to go in. I stuck those into the oven as soon as I could, then rushed under the open door, jumping to close it.
I fired of a quick Swift at Pinkie. It was only of one star, just enough to sting. I smirked as she yelped.
“How did you know I was going to eat one… or three?” Pinkie asked.
<<Its ‘cause, for all yer randomness, you can’t resist fresh cupcakes.>> I sniggered.
We worked in almost silence for a brief time. Soon, Pinkie broke it. “I keep wondering what you will grow up into, ya know. I thought about the other two, and I think it’s weird that they became two different things. One was at night, and became creepy-spooky, while the other changed in the woods and turned all planty.
“Hey, does that mean that if one of you changed in winter, you’d become a snow-doggy? Or a mere-mutt if you changed in the lake! There’s so many possible spontaneous evolutions! I wonder if there’s a magic one of you guys…”
I started to tune out the talkative party pony as I moved back to the oven, pulling the muffins and hopped onto a low stool. I carefully leaned against the nearby counter, placing the tray onto it to cool. I hoped down, ducking under Pinkie on my way to the second oven. Looking through the door, I saw the pies inside were done.
<<Pies’ are done!>>
“Oh, and these ones we had cooling are done too! Could you let the Cakes know they're ready?”
… I’m going to assume she just put two and two together to figure out what I meant.
I fired another Swift at the bell Pinkie had hung in the archway separating the kitchen from the counter. Shortly after it rang, Mr. Cake entered to get the cooled pies.
Just after he left, there was a muffled bang, and the second oven started to spew smoke. Pinkie pronked over to the windows to start airing out the kitchen, while I hobbled to the side of the oven and pressed my nose to the rune etched there.
“Pinkie, Zann!” Mrs. Cake rushed into the kitchen. After seeing we were okay, she began to help us clear out the oven. “Oooh, the darn thing’s busted again, isn’t it? I’ll have to get the repair pony again.”
Pinkie strapped a tube to my back, and carried me to the back door. “Go get Twilight.” She murmured to me.
I hobbled off as fast I could, which isn’t saying much with my missing leg. I barely got three steps when a rainbow rocked past overhead. Then I was airborne.
“Oh, hey Zann!” Leo barked from under me. “I hope you’re going to the library, cuz I can’t corner well at speed.”
I just gripped on as best I could for the next minute. I could see the library coming up through my squinted eyes. Risking a glance down, I saw Leo with his eyes wide open, and his tongue hanging out.
My only warning was Leo closing his mouth. The next thing I know, I’m staring out a pony shaped hole in the wall. Leo poked his head in.
<<You okay in there?>>
<<A little sore.>> I stumbled to my paws. <<A Rainbow broke my fall.>>
<<Is she okay?>>
Twilight stormed around the shelves at that point. “RAINBOW DASH! What have I told you about using the doors?!”
The prismatic mare sat up. “Something, something, use them?”
Leo and I shared a look. <<She's fine.>>
I hobbled to the irate librarian, bumping into Twilight’s leg. It took a couple bumps, but I finally got her to break off her tirade. I shook my back and the tube Pinkie tied there. The tube was encased by Twilight’s aura, and a message was pulled from it.
“Pinkie needs me to take a look at her oven.” She sighed. “Please stop using my home as a landing point.” Twilight turned away, calling for Spike.
Rainbow Dash looked around at the mess of books. Leo hopped through the wall, and together, they began cleaning up the mess. Soon, they were joined by Yomega, Spike, and a sleepy Abes. I hobbled over to do my part, but Leo waved me off.
<<Go deal with whatever’s going on at Sugercube Corner.>>
I nodded, and decided to take a risk. I jumped out of Rainbow’s newest renovating attempt. I didn’t get much distance, and my side slammed into the ground. That’s going to leave a bruise, and right on my missing leg, too.
<<Hey!>> Yomega yelled down at me. <<You okay?>>
<<Yeah, I’m fine. It takes more than a little fall to hurt us! Us Eevees are tougher than that!>> With a flick of my tail, I turned and made my way through town.
I passed Twilight on her way home. I heard her muttering something too scientific for me to ever understand. I managed to get to the bakery without hurting myself even more in a few minutes.
Pinkie met me at the door, and carried me up to her room. After placing me into my bed and refilling my food bowl, she left me to rest. I didn’t have much I could do but wait to fall asleep. Gummy’s not much for talking, and I find I tire quickly. Hell, I barely made it back home without resting.
I looked down at where my front left paw would have been. I never thought that this world could be this cruel.
“It may not be the world you know, or thought you knew, but the predators here still need to eat too.”
Yeah… I just never thought that I could end up as a tree’s dinner.
Pinkie came back upstairs just after I cried myself to sleep.
Glad to see an update
I can't wait to see what Zann evolves into, I hope he gets his leg back when he does. The guy deserves a break.
Damn.... Zann has got it rough
I really hope zann evolves soon. He needs it.
Zann could evolve into espeon, and have something similar to pinkie sense. Just found this and binge read it. I like it. More please!
I hope when Zen evolves he gets his leg back...
Also, I would love to see one of the girls to lay the egg to mess with Twilight... Boy, she would go nuts for weeks
Stumbled upon this today and read it all in one go.
Very good work, looking forward to more.
8153731 I figure Zann is going to be Espeon or Sylvion, since both are types that evolve from high friendship levels, and he *is* with Pinkie all the time. I just don't know his moveset beyond Swift, and he needs at least one fairy move to become a Sylv.
Side note: The Apple family's dog is named Winona not Wanona.
8154009 She should have been called Woonana
Dude, Zann needs some love...
8154009 well baby doll eyes is a fairy type move. I was just thinking espeon because pinkie sense.
Winona
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Thanks for the catch, it's fixed now.
Current prediction of final forms:
Eevee - Yomega
Vaporeon - Cy
Flareon - Vincent
Jolteon - Lulu
Espeon - Zann
Umbreon - Abes
Glaceon - Leo
Leafeon - Villhiem
Sylveon - Conner
I've also started a Google Document compiling information, trivia and predictions/reasons on the characters to help everyone keep it straight. I'll probably end up linking it in the comments each chapter from here on to help people keep things straight. Suggestions on it are welcome, just put it in the doc!
8156062 Oh that make sense. Thank you for the answer, it's been a while since I played Pokémon.
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The indication could be better. Simply using a sentence in the chapter title isnt much help.
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Isn't Leo the one with Rainbow? I thought he'd be Vaporeon
8156554 TL;DR This is me right now: i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/229/977/6db.jpg
If the image doesn't load it's the "Always Sunny Conspiracy Meme"
In the end for all of them I had to take what I knew, decide on the most obvious, and whittle it down from there. Some had more evidence than others, and some didn't become fully clear until knowing their evolution (like Villhiem). There were a few toss-ups and I ultimately went with who had more evidence that I found for each. Some had very little (I briefly considered Cy and Vince both becoming Jolteon) And some were a toss up like Conner and Lulu both knowing a Fairy move which is required for Sylveon.
My original thought was Vaporeon too, on account of the swimming and Rain Dance. But they all swim, he's just the only one who can float. There's a lot of evidence for a lot of ways. Sunny Day is fire so he could be Flareon, he likes to sunbathe which could mean Leafeon, he knows bite which is a dark-type move so he could be an Umbreon... I considered that his moves going so many different types might mean he's the permanent eevee, but ultimately went with Yomega for that since Yomega is the only Shiny eevee and is doesn't make sense to evolve him into Espeon when Zann is a better fit for it.
In the end I went with Glaceon for a number of reasons. He's the only one who can float, much like ice does in water, his human form had an eevee toque, and Bulbapedia describes Glaceon as having a toque-like decoration, all eeveelutions can learn Sunny Day and Rain Dance, so he wasn't locked in any direction there, and his stated preference for Frost Grapes were all reasons I had. Part of the problem is that I didn't have enough on Vince, Cy or Lulu other than their companion (for Lulu) and their Nightmare Night costume (Vince had a red wondebolt costume and Cy's was blue, that's literally all I have for them, Lulu was a vampire but Abes is already an Umbreon) to make a more educated guess for them to narrow it down more.
Symphonic has said in an A/N that he rarely writes happenstance, so I tried to consider everything about each character. Villhiem helping Conner instead of fighting off Timberwolves with Leo and Yomega makes sense when you realize Leafeon is nonviolent when it can be. Abes like the game Bloodbourne, which is a gothic Victorian-style game, so of course he ends up Dark-type Umbreon.
And actually in writing this I have another reason to add to the doc for Yomega to remain Eevee. Spike originally realized/decided that they are eevees, and Yomega spends most of his time with them. Tenuous I know but I have to read into things when I only have so much to go on.
8157185 thank you for the google docs link. With your permission, I'd like to encourage other readers to make use of it, if only to keep all of the theories in one place. I would like to point out that I plan for this story to continue past just the eeveelutions, and have already laid some of the ground work for it.
Also, nice catch with the gender ratio.
In regards to making whose point of view it is clearer, I could add the relevent character's name after the line break. I personally find that doing so disrupts the flow of the story, but I will add it in to all chapters going forward if you, the readers would like me to. Add a like to this comment if you would like that added in, or dislike if you would like things to stay the same.
I will wait a week before starting on the next chapter and tallying the votes.
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I couldnt figure out who liked what grapes. Was too confusing.
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Yeah i can get that reasoning, but for someone such as I who doesn't pay attention to chapter titles when binge reading and is generally oblivious, theres no indication otherwise.
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Duplicate comment.
8157287 I would suggest you add the names also in the former chapters, for people who will read it in the future, mostly. Also for me is the flow already disrupted, even lost, when I have to find out who's POV it is now or when I find out that it has changed mide read.
8157475 In the story or the google doc? I know the formatting is terrible on mobile but I didn't think it was that bad...
In the chapter itself, What's in a name?, it's got Zann, Yomega and Leo who are fed by Spike. "The grey one" who ate everything is Yomega. He's the only Shiny. "The one with three legs" (Zann) ate jalapeños and "the other one" (Leo) ate frost grapes.
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I meant the chapter.
Thankies
8184499 thank you for the review, and for at least giving the story a chance.
I wonder if Zann will regain his lost limb when he evolves? Given the fact that pokemon evolution can result in additional limbs and other body parts it wouldn’t be impossible...but then would that be a good idea from a narrative standpoint?
leo will be a jolteon since it is the fastest.
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I was thinking vaporeon.... But I guess Jolteon works too.
And so the
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how did he loose his leg again?
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He became “a tree’s dinner.”
I'm pretty sure Leo's brain is discord role playing for the heck of it
Nice chapter. Funny how chaotic a normal life can be... Also poor Zanny Wonder what he will be...
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Methinks he won't get his leg back, but he'll turn into an evolution that can compensate, like a psychic Espeon to lift things with his mind, or into a Sylveon with ribbons to pick things up with.
Good, but the repetitive I's are starting to really grate on me.
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Timberwolf nibbeld on him...
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Logical conclusion
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the idea alone is PRICELESS I think we all love see her get a bit crazy sometimes...
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I think leo will become a new eeveelution
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That was a mostly cute chapter I fill so sorry for Zann .
Hello just me re-reading again cause I do that. :P
I find it impressive how they accept being treated as animals, but then again some people don't have any kind of self-respect