Chapter 6- I can FEEL you now!

Chapter 6

"Freedom!" Alice exclaimed as she breathed in her very first breath. Or so she thought. To those around her, her exclamation of joy resounded out as a bone churning cry. Feeling a new source of warmth beneath her, Alice quickly looked up into the eyes of what she could only assume to be the doctor that delivered her. She continued to assess the women as she watched her speak to someone out of her current sight.

"She's beautiful." Dr. West exclaimed, "Quickly Calum, your first duty as her father has come upon us." She finished as she held out a pair of scissors.

Calum quickly made his way toward the end of the bed and grasped the scissors from his friends' hand. With a smile on his face her cut the final physical connection between his wife and his angel.

Dr. West swiftly handed over the child to the attending nurses for prep as she began her closing procedures with the mother.

As she was handed over, Alice got a quick peak over to the man whose eyes couldn't seem to leave her small angelic face. Taking in his ash blonde hair, chiseled jaw, clean tanned skin, and those beckoning green hazel orbs she concluded. 'This beautiful man must be my Daddy!' and for the first time in her nineteen years of life, Alice smiled with true joy from the depths of her heart.

Watching his angel being fussed about by the attending nurses being prepped to finally meet her mother, Calum became lost in his emotions. Eyes locked with the beautiful baby before him, he jolted as he watched the intelligent eyes access himself before the child broke out into a toothless grin. Emotions peeking from the third time today Calum burst into tears.

Finally swaddled into the softest blanket Alice had ever felt, the nurse handed her over to her emotional father. Grasping on as careful as he could, Calum impatiently took his angel into his arms.

Cradled into the nook of his left arm, his hazel eyes locked once again into the shiny sapphire blue below.

Completely lost once again, he was pulled back to reality by the voice of his impatiently waiting wife. "I would very much like to see my daughter now." Amelia nearly yelled. Annoyance clearly expressed on her face as she sat up in bed, now in a clean gown, as she watched her childlike and clearly selfish husband cradle her bundle of joy on the opposite end of the room.

Feeling a sense of danger as sweat drops accumulated at the back of his neck, Calum quickly brought his angel to the awaiting arms of her mother.

Finally, in her mother's embrace, Alice's eyes averted away from her father's only to widen and water as she assessed her dynasty ending mother's beauty. Her beautiful crimson hair wavered down the sides of her face out of sight. Her ivory skin that seemed to shimmer from the lights above like a gem in the morning sunlight. Her rosy cheeks and full lipped smile gave away emotions of joy, as Alice locked eyes with the shimmering blues before her.

'Oh my gosh, this being before me is a goddess! A true GODDESS!' she proclaimed. If I even look half as beautiful as her, my life would be complete. As if wanting to confirm their daughters' thoughts, Amelia and Calum began to converse as they watched their bundle of joy.

"She looks just like you sweetheart." Said Calum as he wiped a tear from his wife's face. She continued to smile as she watched her daughters face. "She has your fathers raven black hair." She replied ecstatic at the fact. Amelia knew just how much Calum loved and missed his father, now she was holding on his to greatest reminder.

'That she does." Calum replied with heavy emotion in his voice, as he trailed his fingers along the tuffs of his daughters Raven hair that seemed to shimmer a deep blue from the lighting above.

Alice hearing all this, was grinning beyond glee. 'This beauty truly will be a goddess.' She stated as she imagined herself older, standing along a cliff above the deep blue sea in a wavering white toga dress, her Pokémon partners standing aloft behind her.

Wanting to share the infectious joy he felt, Calum kissed the lips of his wife and the head of his daughter as he spoke. "Ill go get the boys." Eyes not once averting from her child, Amelia only nodded in confirmation as her husband led the medical team out of the room to retrieve her boys.

Amelia continued to admire her beautiful little girl as she spoke. "Hello Alice Athena Blake, that's you name sweetie. You were named after your two powerful and charismatic grandmothers. My mother Alice Birch, and your Fathers, Athena Blake. With one having been a Pokémon professor and the other a Pokémon Ranger, you have a lot to live up to for your namesake." She said smiling. "But something tells me it won't be any problem for you now will it?" For reasons unknown to her, Amelia had a striking filling that this child that lay before her would grow up to do great things.

Hearing the room door open again, Amelia looked up to see her three men entering. Calvin at the forefront charged over to his mother and peered into the bundle she cradled. Locking eyes with his now baby sister brought a childish grin to the mature ten-year-old. "That happy, are we?" Amelia asked as she smiled at her little man, rubbing his curly ash blonde hair. Calvin's cheeks turned crimson as he nodded in confirmation like a bobble head.

This bringing a resounding laughter from his brother and father behind him.

Corey rested his arm across his brothers' shoulder as he peered into the bundle as well. "She's like a fusion of mom and grandpa!" he exclaimed as her peered over to his father that had taken a seat in the chair on the opposite side of the bed.

Calum nodded his head to his son confirming he believed the same.

Corey looked back to his little sister with a knowing grin. "Guess your going to be a Pokémon Master like grandpa huh?" he pondered aloud.

Hearing her sons' inner thoughts, she nodded in understanding as well, remembering the feeling she had before.

"Mommy?" Calvin asked, "Can I hold her?" Smiling gently at her youngest son with a knowing look, Amelia replied. "Of course, sweetie, but you have to be careful okay? Hold her head the same way I am."

Nodding continuously again in understanding, Calvin sat down in the chair next to her as Corey took Alice from his mother. He looked at her for a few moments before kissing her head and placing her carefully into the arms of his little brother. Calvin's joyous high was no surprise to anyone in the room. He had never been a fan of being the baby of the house, so when he found out he would be losing that title his personality took a total one-eighty spin. For nine months his family watched as he slowly matured into the little man he is today.

Alice who seemed to have shifted from person to person, was completely unaware of her surroundings. Lost in thought she was ecstatic. "I've got one hell of a family tree.' She thought.

Looking into the eyes of his baby sister who seemed to be not all there, Calvin grinned. Hi Alice." He said. I'm your Big Brother Calvin." He finished, chest rising in pride. "And I'm your Eldest Brother Corey." Said Corey over Calvin's shoulder. "I've got so much to show and teach you." Calvin continued shifting in his seat to remove his brother Corey from Alice's sight.

Seeing the Antics of the youngest man in the room brought laughter to everyone's heart.

Ignoring his families teasing and spotting the shifting movements of his mothers' partner beside him, Calvin continued. "This," he said shifting Alice's view slightly, "Is a Pokémon. Moms partner to be exact. Say hi Espeon." He exclaimed. Curious to the bundle in young Calvin's arms, Espeon arose, as her front paws rest against the arms of the chair Calvin sat in she peered inside to see the small baby.

Finally noticing the movement, Alice's curious eyes locked upon her very first Pokémon. 'Oh my god!' she thought that resulted in a giggle from her tiny baby body. The room grew silent in abated wonder as four sets of eyes locked on to her, grinning from ear to ear.

Espeon completely enamored by the curious thing leaned in closer as baby Alice vehemently struggled to remove her arm from the swaddle. Seeing what the curious child was attempting to do, Espeon' s eyes began to glow as the swaddle began to glow in unison as it slowly unwrapped. With the extra room received, Alice reached out her hand and placed it upon the gem that ley on Espeon' s head.

The room instantly burst into a bright pink light. Conflicted but assured that her partner would not harm her child, Amelia sat, and watched as it unfolded.

*Warning, Warning! System update. Mental link has been formed due to the familiar bond between master and the Psychic Pokémon before you. *

'What!' screamed Alice. 'Wait Mirana, what does this mean?' she asked, hoping it meant what she thought it did.

*Yes Master, after establishing a bond with the Psychic Pokémon before you that was the key to unlock one of your gifts. 'Gift: Devils Luck' (Blessing of the Mind) has been activated.

Alice was ecstatic to say the least. Her baby face grinned from ear to ear in ecstasy as the pink glow receded from the room to only incase her body in a tiny form fitting barrier. Calvin in his shock grew stiff as a board.*

'Quick Mirana, bring up my Status" she thought.

*Yes Master. *

'Status'

Name: Alice Athena Blake

Class: Baby

Age: 43 minutes

Equipment: (Yellow) Baby Swaddle

HP: 100%- Healthy

Spirit: -100%-Active: Empathy (Blessing of the Mind)

Gifts: Doubles (Dragons Blessing), Devils Luck (Blessing of the Mind), Battle Bond Aura (Waters Favor)

Devils Luck: Exactly as it sounds, if its possible and good, it will find its way to you. (Chessur: HAHAHA awesome RIGHT!)

Alice's face began to mirror the boys that held her now. 'It's more than I thought." She pondered. 'But first things first Mira, What's that on my spirit bar about Empathy?'

*Assessing Master…... Complete. Not only did the planets from the 'Galaxy of Elements' award you with your gifts, but they have deemed you worthy and Blessed you as well. Connecting to your spirit, 'The Spirit of the Mind' has given you the ability known as Empathy. So, when you now use your Spirit you will be able to share and feel the emotions and feelings of the Pokémon around you.*

Alice's Heart all but stopped.

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'SHIT!'