Uuuuuuuunderful! Just funderful, I ranted to myself, stomping as I paced back and forth. Of course, I couldn’t pace very far, because the white horse had latched herself onto my tail, so I was fairly limited as to how far I would walk, and how I could turn around, lest I twist my own tail into a knot.
“Aww, Fluffy, you need to calm down!” the horse chirped at me. “I’ll take great care of you, I promise! I’ll feed you, and pet you, and brush you, and take you on walks, and-”
Joy, she wants me to be a pet... Well, that would be interesting, at least. Never been a pet before, after all. Besides, what else was I going to do in this dream if there weren’t any other Pokemon to fight or learn stuff from, or anything?
Giving up, mostly because I’m just lazy like that, I walked back the whole two steps back to the white horse, and then laid down around her, curling up as much as I could with her latching onto my tail like that.
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“Aww, I think he likes me!” Sweetie Belle cooed, proud of herself.
“Or maybe he thinks yer his property,” Applejack suggested warily as the large orange dog creature curled around Sweetie Belle.
“You mean he wants to protect me?!” Sweetie asked excitedly, wide-eyed. “Wow! Hey, Scoots, come on! His fur is so soft! I’ll bet his mane and tail make for a great pillow and blanket!”
Applejack stiffened as the animal jerked its head back a bit as Sweetie let go of its tail for just a second, only to reposition herself so that she could curl up next to it, using its neck as a pillow, and pulling as much of the tail as she could around her. “You’re so soft...”
“Sweetie Belle, ah don’t think you should... Scootaloo! Git off that poor animal before it gets mad and bites you!” Applejack ordered, trying to both keep her distance while staying close enough to intervene.
Applejack gave pause as the animal picked its head up from its paws, and gave her a flat stare. Even though the words that came out were, “Flare? Flareon?” Applejack could practically hear the animal saying, “Really? Really now?”
Applejack trot forward slowly, then knelt in place so that she was face to face with the animal. She opened her mouth to talk, when she and the animal blinked at the same time. What gave her pause, however, was when the animal seemed to smile a little, and stared at her with such a deep intensity that Applejack knew this wasn’t a ‘normal’ animal. “So you think you can beat me in a starin’ contest? Ah might not be Pinkie Pie, but yer still on, fluff butt!”
“Flary?!”
Applejack started chuckling quietly, allowing a smug grin as she started the staring contest, knowing she was already ahead in the mind games by irritating her opponent. Sorry, whatever you are, but ah’ve had too much practice facing against Dashie for ya to win if you get riled up this easily!
It was an intense duel, but in the end, Applejack managed to win by crossing her eyes, and touching her snout with her tongue at the same time. The ridiculousness caused the animal to blink in confusion, before it groaned, slapping a paw to its face. “Ha! Ah win again! It was a nice try, partner, but ah always win in the end! Unless it’s Pinkie Pie. Or Fluttershy. Nopony can win against Fluttershy...”
Applejack repressed a shudder, noting that she had the animal’s full attention. She stopped laughing, and allowed herself to calm down, becoming serious once more. “Okay, look,” she started, making sure the animal was following along. “Ah get that you’re not... That you understand what we’re saying, right?”
After it nodded, Applejack continued, “Then ah need to make sure you understand what ah mean when I say this.”
Applejack’s glare intensified as she shoved her head against the animal’s, hissing, “If you so much as put one hair on their manes out of place, or hurt them in any way, with Celestia as my witness, Ah will end you... Do ah make mahself clear?”
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Yeah, you’re clear. Crystal clear. You’re any kind of clear you want to be!
I swallowed hard, nodding slowly, afraid that any sudden movements would provoke her. It made sense, now, in hindsight. If these small horses were kids, or... fillies, she called them? Anyway, if they were fillies, then it made sense that they had to have a mother, right? Well, I found at least one of the mothers, and if there’s anything that any moron should know, it’s not to mess with a mother’s children.
“Good,” the mother said to me, all smiles again. “Course, ah’ll do mah best to make sure they don’t mistreat ya or anything in return. Ah don’t expect you ta just sit, stay, and roll over.”
“Applejack, we’re here!”
Oh joy, I though with a sigh. More of them... This dream has gone from awesome, to average, to sucktacular. Alright, where the hell is the old man of the dream world?! He threw off my dream groove somehow, and I swear I’m kicking that old codger’s ass out of the highest window I can find the second I catch that jerk!
I winced as the orange one on top of me slipped, her hoof hitting me on the back of the head. Okay, when the hell is the pain going to wake me up, this is ridiculous! Any more and I’m going to start doubting if this is a dream or not! Brian, what’s my status?
You mean besides being a few fries short of a happy meal? A few grapes short of a bunch? A few sodas short of a six-pack? A scoop short of a banana split? A-
Yes, Brian, thank you, you can shut up now... I swear, that little prick is more annoying than he’s good for. Well, let’s see who, or what, just showed...
Yayifications... The little yellow one is back, and she’s headed straight for- “Oof!”
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Twilight raised an eyebrow at the strange animal, wincing slightly in sympathy as Applebloom all but tackled the poor thing, eliciting a pained “Flare!” from the animal. “And you’re... sure it’s safe, Applejack?”
“Ah... don’t ‘xactly know, Twi,” Applejack admitted, rubbing the back of her head. “But ah talked to it, and it knew what ah was saying. It challenged me to an eye-staring contest, and ah beat it. Right after that, ah made sure it knew that if it hurt ‘Bloom or her friends, it wouldn’t like what ah’d do to it.”
“You threatened an unknown animal?! Applejack, you don’t goad animals like that! That’s asking for it to-”
“It ain’t an ordinary animal, Twi.”
Twilight blinked, her eyes narrowing slightly as she paid close attention to Applejack. “When ah talked to it, ah could tell it was intelligent, maybe even as intelligent as we are. Ah could tell it knew ah was related ta Bloom, and not ta hurt any of the fillies. It wasn’t... It isn’t like Winona, who knows when she does something bad. This... thing, it doesn’t only know what is wrong, it knows why it’s wrong. It... shoot, ah’ve never been the best at explainin’ things, Twi. Talk to it yourself. You’ll know what ah mean.”
“Well, alright,” Twilight agreed, pulling out a quill and some parchment. “It’s why you called me out here to begin with. Let’s see... Quill, check. Parchment, check. Ink, check. Minor Margin’s Manual of Major Mythical Monsters for reference? Check. Alright, it’s time to figure out what this thing is!”
.o.O.o.
“Bloom, careful!” Sweetie protested, hearing her new pet’s pained cry. “Don’t hurt Fluffy! We just got him all better, remember?”
“Yeah, ah know,” Applebloom said apologetically, backing away from the animal. “Sorry, Sweetie. Ah didn’t mean ta hurt... Okay, ah’m sorry, but Fluffy? That’s the best name y’all could think of?”
“W-what? I think it’s appropriate!” Sweetie protested, hugging Fluffy’s tail closer to herself. “Right, Fluffy?”
The three crusaders looked to their new pet, only to see him visibly wincing. “... Told’ja so.”
“O-oh be quiet, Applebloom, nopony asked you!” Sweetie pouted, her eyes watering.
“Wait... He was saying Flaresomething before, right?” Scootaloo asked, looking between her two friends. “Sounds like something related to fire. Is that its name?”
The three fillies looked at their pet, who bobbed its head in a yes and no at the same time. “... Well, that was helpful,” Sweetie Belle pouted for a moment, before her eyes brightened. “Wait a second! You can understand us?!”
When they received another nod, they all squealed in excitement. “This is so awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “We’ve got a really smart pet! Oh! Questions! Okay, are you a colt, or a filly?”
When they got a confused head tilt in response, Sweetie Belle clarified, “Err, male or female?”
When Fluffy nodded, an odd smirk on its face, it took the fillies a moment to realize that they hadn’t asked a yes or no answer. “Um... Okay, one at a time. Are you male?” A nod.
“Alright... Is your name Flareon?”
Fluffy hesitated, waffling his head around. “Ah don’t know, Sweetie... Something that means yes and no? What else could it mean?”
“Is that the name of your species?” Twilight asked, scribbling notes.
“Flare!”
The four ponies scattered when the animal jumped, clearly startled. The three fillies hid behind Twilight for a moment, while Fluffy regained his breath, before they started to berate Twilight. “Twi, don’t startle him! That’s not nice!” Sweetie complained, trotting back to Fluffy, curling back up into him. “See? Now his tail lost all of the heat I’d been storing up in it!”
“R-right, sorry,” Twilight apologized slowly, puzzled. “A-anyway, Mr... Flareon? Is that your name, or your species name, or your language?”
“You have to ask him yes or no questions, Twilight, he doesn’t speak Equish!” Scootaloo whispered into Twilight’s ear.
“... Okay, is that your name specifically?” Twilight asked slowly, quirking an eyebrow at the creature.
It shook its head, then sighed, his head starting to bob a little to an invisible beat. “Is that the name of your language?” He shook his head again. “Your species?”
There was a slight hesitation, but he did eventually nod. Twilight cracked open her book, and started to read through the index, searching for the elusive Flareon entry...
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I sighed, getting ready to start twiddling my paws. Now, it felt nice to have a warm body cuddled up against me, using my tail to keep her warm, yeah, but this wasn’t exactly dream material, you know?
Okay, seriously, Brian, this is, without a doubt, the most boring dream I’ve ever had... Seriously. The beginning? Great! I was looking forward to it! But this? This is just plain boring! I’ve watched bingo games with more action than this! There’s no action, no romance, no randomness... The only weird things going on is that I’m a Flareon, and that there are talking techicolored unicorns talking to me and trying to figure out what I am! Lame!
Oh shut up. You get what you pay for, alright? Besides, like I said before, this isn’t a dream! If it was, there’d be, like, a hot Espeon trying to seduce you against your will using her psychic powers or something!
Pay?! I don’t pay you anything; you’re my brain, Brian!
Exactly! You pay me squat, so that’s what you get! Now start paying attention to your damned senses and figure out that this isn’t a stupid dream, moron! I’ve got better things to be doing with my time, you know! Yeash. May as well work ahead on trying to prevent your inevitable meltdow-
“So... He’s really smart, right? So isn’t a name like Fluffy kinda... you know, insulting?” one of the fillies asked, stretching her wing across my back.
I nodded quickly, abandoning my argument with Brian without a second thought. A chance to change what they were calling me? Heck yeah! I just have to hope they come up with some good names...
Fanmade eveelutions in a pokemon fanfic?
YES! Use them both. I demand it of you!
2133441 You like my designs?! Woohoo! Thanks! I'm a lot more proud of the Soleon than I am Misteon, though Soleon needs a better name. XD Anywho... Any name suggestions for Flareon!Me?
Very good so far. And I do like your Eeveelution ideas. May I request you make bug and ghost type ones next? Pretty please? As for the name, how about Farenheit? It's a heat related name that I feel is under-used.
2133490 ? What do you mean? Have them be introduced to the story next, or... I can't draw. These were commissions by Rueme. Costs 25 dollars a picture to bring a design to life. Misteon and Soleon are the only two I commissioned because they were the only unique designs I could come up with. (And Misteon is a Ghost/Water hybrid.)
Any name suggestions for Flareon! me?
I don't exactly like the idea of bringing Fakemon into this, it kinda loses the original feel, and not all readers would understand it and it could cause a lot of confusion.
As for a name, just plain Flareon. Or Kevin, because it's like Kelvin, which is a temperature scale...
...I'm just going to go crawl up in this corner over here.
Ganondorf
I choose the name... Ignis! Hoping we see more escapades of Fluffy, Brian, and the CMC. This story I'm loving so far.
PYRO ?
BTW , awesome fic !!!!!
Fireball... I dunno, man, you're the author.
A name you say?
All right I'll give it a shot.
Magmia
Igneous
Solis
Axel
Brisingr
Flaris
2134165 not reading if what is the case?
This is quite a decent fic. As for a name... How about Xan?
This is great, keep updating. It's only going to get more and more interesting as time goes on, and more pokemon come into Equestria- and, one other thing. Since apparently ponies are going to have pokemon- and are going to be trainers- then can I suggest Twilight gets Alakazam ;)?
2133499 OIC. Never mind then. Though I still think Farenheit would be a cool name.
I shall suggest... Celsius. Or perhaps just Flareon. Names are hard.
2135299 ... Care to expand upon that? What're you saying about OC ponies?
2136147 You... realize that OC doesn't mean Alicorn, right? OC stands for Original Character... There can be good OC Alicorns, but they have to be handled on a whole different level, because Alicorns are SUPPOSED to be a lot more powerful, so their character flaws are supposed to be that much worse, supposedly, to help offset that. In my other fic, I actually have an OC that's KIND OF an Alicorn, and there were absolutely no complaints because of how it was handled. See, it's all about how the character is portraited. A good Original Character has character flaws, quirks, etc. I mean, without her quirks, Dashie would just be the fast althletic pegasus. Twilight wouldn't be so adorkable without her little quirks that we've come to know and love. A lot of people have fairly 'flat' OCs, which is why they get such a bad rap. They don't make them in-depth when they need to be. They're just a character, not an actual ponies with wants, needs, fears, dreams, etc. I mean, for example, my character Moonstone from Nightmares Never End. Yeah, his magic is really strong, but that's due to quite a few factors that also take him down a notch. He's an orphan that's had to fight his whole life to survive. He's highly ignorant of cultural norms, mores, and folkways. He jumps to conclusions easily, and is far more aggressive with self-defense than 'normal' ponies might be due to his experiences as a colt. Having never had a family, he doesn't understand the bonds that sisters have, or why it's wrong to walk in on somepony taking a shower, or... It's complicated. But he while he doesn't understand it, part of him wants to, because his dream has been to, somehow, find his family, even though he doesn't remember what they look like anymore.
WOW that's a rant... Sorry. I uh, like to talk... <.<
In short, a character needs more depth than "Oh, hey, I'm a main or side character! I'm good at this, and suck at that. That's it, lololol."
They need fears, quirks, things that make a person a person, you know? Like being afraid of something stupid, like... Bananas, because they slipped on a single peel as a kid, and now they hate the food altogether. (I'm grasping at straws here, sorry.) Any GOOD OC takes HOURS to create, because they have to be as simple, yet complex, as we are ourselves. That's why the mane six are so awesome, because Lauren Foust spent TONS of time with each of those characters, making sure they would be great. If you think about it, before a movie or television show is created, or any book published, those characters are just OCs. They just happen to be good enough OCs to be made into said movie, or show, or book...
Sorry, I started out as a fictional writer, making up my own world, characters, etc, and it just... annoys me when I see people who hate OCs period so blindly that they don't think about WHY they're bad, or... Yeah. Anyway, sorry again for ranting at you.
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A-anyway... I'm at 1.5k right now, so I'm maybe half-way done with the chapter. Maybe. IDK how long this one will go. I WAS trying to keep this story with short chapters, as apposed to my other, where the minimum word count is 3.5k, but I guess I just always default to around 4k words for chapter length. XD
... HELL YES ON THE EEVEELUTIONS!
Now I remember a line like this in a TV/movie comedy, but can't remember which one!
2488025 and I will call you George.
Misteon is so cool.
can i have a link to where that fakemon is from?
3177227 Sure, here. Read the author's description for a link to the original (Just wanted to be clear that it belongs to me, and that it was just drawn by someone else.)
Your character isn't very relatable.
If only I had seen this sooner! I would have upvoted on Axel!
I might be late, but I had an idea for a metal type Eveelution, Name: Metalon, color: steel gray, bulkier than other Eveelutions, but has a higher defense.
The ears of soleon kinda look like kunai to me,no offense to the artist i still think it was done well
I assume Soleon is Rock type and Misteon is Ghost? Well anyway, both of them look great and while I'm a bit late to the party, I wouldn't mind them in the story [as long as you do a good job writing them (as in they're good characters.)] Also, since this guy is supposed to be you, shouldn't you have the self-insert tag in the character tags?
8112050 You know, I'm not sure. It wasn't a tag way back when, and to be perfectly honest, Glenn rather quickly stopped being me and became his own character, honestly. I just stick with the first-person narrative because it's part of what made others enjoy the story more from what I can tell. (And I really need to get back to writing, oh my gosh...)
I will name him George and I will hug him and let him and squeeeeeze him!
Nah. If she ACTUALLY annoyed him, he'd more likely Tackle her rather than Bite her.
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