Second Times

There were not many changes on Paul's second birthday. The only major change was that his celebration would only be conducted on the lawn outside. He made this request as he felt that it would be more appropriate to eat with the whole family; meaning his parents, their pokemons, and of course, his Ditto.

The long picnic table was back, but there was an additional picnic table besides it. This time, it was a normal sized one where Paul, his Ditto, and his parents would eat. As a little bit of simple design, his parents covered the tables with red and black tablecloths; with matching red and black nitrogen balloons that were tied to rocks so that it wouldn't fly off.

His cake this time was made with a light blue icing over a wiggly shaped chiffon. It ultimately turned out like a Shiny Ditto, which made Paul chuckle and feel touched. It also has a number "2" candle right in the middle of the Shiny Ditto's face. He eventually made fun of his Ditto saying that some other time if its prank were too much, he would also make it into a dish. Ditto grumpily stared at him, but seeing his serious look, it then became nervous and nodded its head cautiously. This made Paul laugh all over again. His Ditto sighed with relief and relaxed seeing its owner laughing, but stiffened again as he stated, "Still, if your pranks would be over the top, I would make you suffer worse than the fate of this cake."

Ditto was shocked. "Ditto~!? (ʘᗩʘ')"

Paul laughed until his stomach hurt. 'Ditto is so gullible and adorable despite being so mischievous.' He thought.

After speaking gratitude and calming Ditto down, they began to eat. It only took a while before they had finished eating and Paul's favorite part of a birthday finally came.

"Happy second birthday, dear." Mary started as she kneeled in front of Paul. She paused as she held his hand, and then continued, "We wanted you to have more companions beside Ditto, as we are always busy. I'm so thankful that you understand why we're always absent at the house, that we want to provide the best for you."

"It's okay mom, I know that you and dad work hard a lot in order to give only the best for me. Don't worry about me, I'm quite big now." Paul interrupted.

Joseph smiled at Paul while thanking Arceus in his mind who blessed them with his wonderful son. He then sat next to Paul and placed his arm over his son as he joined the conversation. "We know that, and it's both funny and amazing how responsible you are at your age. To be honest, your mom and I are quite happy but at the same time sad that you could do things on your own. We would also like to try and help you when you need it or teach you things you don't know. However, you always learn things on your own. We hope that you could rely on us more, as we're always here for you. Do you understand, son?"

Paul nodded as he gave his mom and dad a big hug. "I'll try, but always know that I'll always need you guys, okay? I love you mom; I love you dad" He finished.

After the hug, Mary kissed Paul on the cheeks as she withdrew a pokeball from her pocket. "As we've seen how responsible you are for Ditto, we would like to entrust you another pokemon. This time, however, it's quite shy and timid as we were only able to get it after something terrible happened to it. Try your best to be patient and kind to it. Can you do that Paul?" She asked seriously.

"Yes mom. I'll do my best, as always." Paul firmly replied as he gave a sharp nod.

Mary then gave the pokeball to Paul in order to let him be the one to release the pokemon. After opening the pokeball, a white light came out from it as it settled on the ground. It was a mammalian, quadrupedal Pokémon with primarily brown fur. The tip of its bushy tail and its large furry collar are cream-colored. It has short, slender legs with three small toes and a pink paw pad on each foot. Lastly, it has brown eyes, long pointed ears with dark brown interiors, and a small black nose.

'It's an Eevee!' Paul thought as he tried to scan it.

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Name: Eevee (Dark Indigo)

Type: Normal

Gender: Female

Ability: Anticipation/Adaptability

Level: Rookie

Held Item: None

Moves:

(Innate) Bite, Helping Hand, Double Team, Double Kick, Swift, Rest

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Paul was shocked. Her potential was Dark Indigo, which was the first time Paul saw a Pokemon that naturally has Indigo Potential. She also has two abilities, which he didn't know why she does. Eevee even has an egg move, Double Kick. Though, she also has unusual moves such as Double Team, which normally an Eevee couldn't learn, or Rest, in which it could only learn from a TM or a Psychic Pokemon.

Now, Paul was wondering what horrible thing happened to her; as how very high her potential is now, how horrendous her experience was in order to gain this monstrous talent?

"Dad, mom, can you be honest with me? What really happened to Eevee?" Paul solemnly asked his parents as he saw Eevee shaking.

Joseph and Mary looked at each other with uncertain and nervous eyes. When Paul saw their hesitance, he continued. "You do know it, right? It's not that I'm questioning you, I just want to know more so that I could help Eevee recover from whatever happened to her. Can you do that? Will you help me?"

After waiting for a while, his parents finally responded to him. Joseph spoke first, "Before talking about what happened, I would like you to know that we really love you, and that you might hate us for what we would reveal to you. I know you've been having a lot of questions regarding our jobs, and this would answer all of your doubts."

Mary continued, "We just hope that you won't hate us too much as we really do love you. Remember that alright? Paul."