Yomega and I made our way to join with the others at Sugarcube Corner. As we did, Abes and Conner joined us as we past the library.
"I heard thunder earlier." He yawned. "Was there a storm?"
Conner smacked Abes's leg as he passed him. "It was the Running of the Leaves, you goober."
The Umbreon blinked owlishly at us. "Wait, that was today? Did anyone evolve?"
"You were expecting someone to?" Conner asked.
"Heh." I nudged Yomega. "Deja vu."
"Yes." Abes answered. "Twilight's been having Applejack feed Vince ground up charged topaz in his food."
"What?! Why?"
Yomega spoke up. "Well, after Lulu evolved-"
"Not that!" Conner cut him off. "I get that! But you're using Vince and Cy as lab rats!" We all blinked at him. "Am I seriously the only one who's concerned that you've been potentially liquidizing his insides with gem shards?! And you're doing it without their consent!"
"They did!" Abes whined. "Twilight got their permission through Fluttershy!"
"So, Vince knew he was going to be eating shards?" I asked.
Yomega shrugged as we neared the bakery. "Twilight got their permission to do this, then flipped a coin when their backs were turned."
<<That's oddly unscientific of her.>> Conner commented as we entered the building.
<<Unscientific of who?>> Lulu asked, looking over from under the table the ponies had taken over.
<<Tell you later.>> I promised. I made my way over to the rest of the Eevees. Fluttershy gave me and the other newcomers a nod, then turned back to the conversation the ponies were having. <<Speaking of later, some 'Vee's owe me some words.>>
Cy perked up. <<Potato, tax returns, accounting. Um, ah...>>
<<Crispy Cream Donuts! Timmy's down the well!>> Vince continued.
"Frozen spaghetti!" Pinkie yelled. Everyone, pony and Eevee, paused to stare at her. "What? It looked like fun!" Shaking our collective heads, we all turned back to our respective conversations.
<<To finally answer your earlier question,>> Vince smiled, <<Applejack had us running laps around the barn, then the orchard.>>
<<From breakfast to dinner, with an hour lunch break.>> Cy finished. <<Everyday since Rainbow and Applejack made that challenge. What were you doing?>>
I tapped my chin. <<You guys know that I've used to do death sprints and weaving between trees? Well, Rainbow and I have been going for straight line distance jogging. We would increase the distance each day.>>
"Hey, Leo. Catch!" Rainbow called, tossing another fish cake over to me. I easily snagged it out of the air.
<<Fash the ov'r fing.>> I spat out around my fish snack. Swallowing, I continued. <<Ever since I first started training with Rainbow, I've been on a steady fish diet.>>
<<Wait.>> Yomega paused. <<Fish are high in carbs, yeah?>> I nodded. <<Figures...>> He muttered. Louder, he continued. <<Reminder, Moon Dancer's coming soon. Maybe over the next few days.>>
"Oh." Fluttershy cooed. "Are you all excited to make a new friend?"
"Oh! Oh,oh,oh!" Pinkie bounced in her seat. "Are we getting more Eevees?"
"They mentioned Moon Dancer." Fluttershy explained. "I think they like meeting new ponies."
<<... Yes.>> Lulu stated. <<That's it. We like meeting new ponies.>> We woodenly nodded our heads.
Fluttershy turned to the rest of the ponies with a smile. "I was right."
<<We're, uh.>> Yomega looked from side to side. <<We're going to check on the eggs.>> We took the exit available to us and egressed the bakery en mass. We were near the towns edge before anyone spoke up.
<<Just how gullible are these ponies?>> Villhiem burst out.
Abes shook his head. <<Some days, I can't help but think you can take over Equestria with three puppies and a butter knife. How many disasters have befallen them because the perpetrators were 'cute'?>>
<<At least once.>> Yomega and I chorused.
<<The parasprites come to mind.>> I added. <<Imagine a dust bunny that can come in any pastel color, flies, has the biggest doe-eyes to rival Conner's Baby-Doll Eyes, can eat anything edible, and reproduce by barfing up another dust bunny.>> I paused mid-step. <<Oh, and after Twilight tried to get rid of them magically, heh. Add an 'in' to the 'edible'...>>
Almost everyone winced. Zann just looked confused. <<I don't get it.>> He murmured.
Chuckling, I led the way to the Daycare. Lulu and I checked up on our eggs, and, seeing that they were still fine, we curled up around them. We spent the rest of the evening talking about the latest gossip from Canterlot. Other than Blueblood's plan for the fleet going through because of Rarity, of all ponies, there really wasn't anything new. Eventually we all fell asleep around the eggs.
Late that night, I was jolted awake. In my sleep, I had shifted so that my back was to my eggs, and someone had just kicked my bladder. Getting up, I began to shuffle through the entangled pile of Eevees. Half awake, I wasn't paying enough attention and tripped over someone's legs. I landed between Yomega and Zann, letting out a quiet "oof". Hearing movement, I quickly stood back up.
Turning to Yomega, I saw that he had turned to lie on his back. He raised his front paws, holding them pad to pad. "Mbip mbip." He mumbled, using his paws to mimic a mouth. Lowering his paws, he shifted in his sleep again.
"... Wha?" I mumbled.
"It's za bird." Zann muttered as he rolled over.
From across the room, Vince spoke up. "Birdz 'leep at night."
"Lies!" Cy cried out from his place across Vince's back.
That caused Conner to bolt upright. "Free punch trade for all!"
"No more for me, darling." Lulu breathed from her place by her eggs. "I'm full."
"Oh." Conner nodded. "Okay then." And, with that, he promptly flopped back and began to snore.
"No, Applebloom, don' eat the punch." Villhiem mumbled as he shifted. "Sweetie made it from real punches."
"It's za fistful o' flavor." Yomega mumbled into his leg, drooling as he did so.
I looked around, waiting to see if the chain would continue. When I was greeted by silence, I shook my head and carefully picked my way to the Daycare's doorway. As I left, I noticed that Abes was missing. Looking around, I saw that something was wrong with the moon. "I mus' be dreaming." I mumbled as I made my was to a nearby bush. "Th' Mare in th' Moon's back. Don't know 'bout the gold line, though."
As I was dealing with my business, I saw a brief flash of light. Leaving the bush, I watched Abes stumble around the edge of the Daycare. "Ya look a little flushed, there." I commented, making my way over. "Where'd ya go?"
Abes gave me a cocky grin. "Ya wouldn't believe if'n I told ya."
I gave him a sly grin. "You were having fun times with Luna, weren't you?" I giggled at his blush, making my way back to bed. "Goodnight, Lover boy." I teased.
When I was little, I would talk in my sleep and my brother would yell at me for it in his.
I wonder if they would force moon dancer to carry their egg? for an experiment of course
Err...no? I'm pretty sure fish have basically zero carbs.
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my god that ending its so punny and awesome
Us. Not use, other than that not bad. The sleep conversation was sensational I just say. Good job all around my friend I look forward to more :)
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fish that swim? no, no carbs at all. shellfish though...different story...
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From what I understand, certain specific varieties of shellfish have relatively small amounts of carbohydrates. Most common shellfish don't contain any, and for those that do, it makes up a small minority of their nutrition, 25% maximum.
Compared to the kinds of foods available to the characters, they aren't remotely "high in carbs." I think the author has just been getting carbs and protein mixed up.
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a possibility, i admit...unless its breaded fish, then it would have a lot of carbs...
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I mean...yeah? At that point the distinction loses all meaning, though.
Interesting story. I can't help but feel that Discord's "plan" to escape is going to quite spectacularly explode in his face. I don't think he anticipated the Eevees bonding quite so strongly to the Element Bearers. Maybe he can get some small consolation from driving Twilight half mad trying to figure them out.
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I think the author confused carbs with protein. Athletes carbo-load by eating a lot of heavy grains and high fat foods when they're bulking up to prepare for a more intense workout routine for the extra energy reserve, but when they switch to the new routine they swap out the carbs for a higher protein diet to build muscle on the foundation. Admittedly, fish generally aren't the best source for protein, but I think Red Meat would have a bit more of a stigma in a largely vegetarian society where most creatures we humans get red meat from are sapient in some manner, and plant sources of protein such as beans (including soy) don't even have half as much protein/oz as most meats, so they aren't the most efficient source unless you extract the pure protein from them and add it to something like a shake.
And before anyone gets on me about Tofu, I looked it up. There's only approximately 2g/oz of protein in tofu, while beef has close to 7g/oz. If you by tofu that says it contains more protein than that, either they're lying (unlikely given FDA regulations) or the producer has artificially infused your tofu with more protein, something I don't really see happening in Equestria given their focus on "natural" foods...
Well I guess this chapter throws Twilight learning a lesson about ethics out the window and goes with retroactively giving her ethics, though she still hasn’t realized the eevees can understand her.
If you don't make more chapters I swear I'll make Pokemon real only so I can use the move Encore on you.
Joke aside this is a nice story and I eagerly await for the next chapter.
Nice chapter, good work.
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Encore wouldn't be a good idea. You'd get the same chapter about five times.....
Torment, on the other hand....
I have been a witness to one of these sleep conversations. It was absolutely hilarious, however I will not get into the details as what was said by the sleeper was mildly NSFW at the end. It is even funnier knowing he was having the conversation with his mother who didn't realize he was asleep.
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TYPO! That one's a typo. I will fix it as soon as I can.
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Fixed now.
I didn't get the reference, but I'd really like to. Little help?
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It's from Betsy Lee's No Evil. You can find the series on youtube.
I'm sorry I guess most of what I wanted to Sat got accidentally deleted
tempted to read this, but i've never watched a single episode of pokemon nor played a minute of any of the games. the concept interests me, so just wondering; can i read this and still get everything despite not having any knowledge on pokemon? or should i not read this?
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I try to write this so that you only need to know the basics of pokemon (what an eevee is, that pokemon learn moves, etc.) You need not have played the games nor watched the show, I will not be dragging any established characters from those in.
If you feel that you missed something, or don't think something was clear enough, Adenbadens has a google docs set up Here if that still doesn't help, feel free to ask. I'm sure either myself or another reader will be happy to clear up any confusion.
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This is the song.
Very sorry if this gets stuck in your head. My dad used to sing it all the time....
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I'm much more familiar with this version of that song, and having it stuck in my head is hardly a hardship. A friend of mine and I actually used to occasionally troll bad Raid Groups in Destiny by spontaneously breaking out into it just to see what the response would be.
Hey dude this story okay ?
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I'm actually working on the next chapter now. My muse decided to take Christmas off, and I got hit by real life stuff. The next chapter shouldn't be to far off.
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Good to hear :)
more pls
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yes. Read it! I know almost nothing of pokemon either, but i still can understand all of this quite fine. You may just need to look up the names of Eevelutions (cant spell it) and then you're all set!
Protein and Omega 3, too.
Okay, that was funny!
FISH ARE NOT HIGH IN CARBS! PROTEIN IS WHAT FISH HAVE.
yeah, I got the ability to sleep converse from my dad... caused real problems with my sister when she wanted to talk with me at night. We had to come up with a bunch of questions for "me" to answer at night... failed every one including the are you awake... I said yes to that. I think their's someone else in my head.
Okay, that's the second time you've said that in this story.
No. Just no. Carbs are things like bread, grains, certain fruits, or starchy roots like potatoes.
Fish are protein. They're in fact specifically low in carbohydrates.
Your science is wrong. Twilight Sparkle disapproves!! SEE?!
I get it. Carbos increases a pokemon's speed. You picked the wrong food group to supply it, though.
Okay ... I can see an Alicorn, but how is an Umbreon surviving in the vacuum of space?
Typo: us
Typo: th'
Eh? O.o
3 pups and a butterknife... PRICELESS Holy Shit! Luna and a moon based evo! That could easy become my favorit shipping in this story
I wonder if Luna could carry Abes offspring... Genetic adaptive is a Pokemon thing and Eves more than others... The outcome is going to be Diabetes inducing cuteness ... But the mating would look comical...
Sleeptalking... Happend twice in my life... Its a very odd sensation I relive a specific morning with the dreams before i wake up and half awake when im up... Second time someone see me and it was apperently very comical. Like i was playing a conversation wile someone was calling me... Its complicaded but... Interessting. I can recall everything i did later on
I've caught myself sleep talking many times, and it's the oddest thing you say when you sleep talk. I've held arguments in my sleep too.
Oddest things.
This was adorable.
I've been saying it for years. Weaponised cuteness can and will conquer the world. There is a reason how cats ruled the internet.