The Memory Evolution & Humiliation

Suddenly — the heat from the Mind's Garden spiked.

Jimmy's head snapped toward the Codex panel.

He reached inward again — and what he saw made his eyes widen.

Peeko was glowing.

The tiny Whisp's whole body had begun to pulse in waves of white-hot light, so intense it distorted the air around him.

Jimmy didn't hesitate. He call back Peeko but he did not respond. He shouted suddenly in pain.

"Peeko."

The response was delayed… but then, with a rush of flame, Peeko burst from the Mind's Garden and landed softly on the lawn.

The moment he touched the earth, entire training ground ignited — in the middle she is glowing like a miniature sun. Radiant, chaotic, and rising in temperature by the second. Jimmy's also sat down by holding his brain like a burning charcoal was put inside his mind,

Luna rushed forward instinctively, her face full of concern. She cast Healing Ray repeatedly over him and also on jimmy — gentle arcs of cool blue light washing over Peeko's trembling form and Jimmy.

Nothing changed for peeko. But Jimmy quickly healed and stares towards peeko intensely. 

The light didn't stop.

Ten minutes passed.

Then thirty.

Then a full hour.

Still — the evolution surged, growing more intense by the minute.

Jimmy stood still, watching as the sky slowly shifted above them. The training ground had become a cocoon of firelight.

He pulled out his Codex, flipping through old legend files — cross-referencing data buried in myth.

"Ancient Whisps…" he muttered.

"They don't evolve. They… remember. Memory Evolutions trigger when an ancient line crosses a threshold — a stage leap that awakens ancestral identity."

Luna's ears twitched.

Still the light burned.

It wasn't until three full hours had passed that the light began to dim.

And when it did…

What remained was no longer the Peeko they had known.

..............

The white glow receded slowly, revealing a form now standing proudly on the grass — nearly chest-high to Jimmy.

Peeko's feathers had transformed into a radiant mantle of orange-gold fire, streaked with deep blue veins of mystical energy that rippled like water over his form. Every breath he took shimmered with quiet, burning grace.

Atop his head was a crest of seven long sun-flare feathers, arcing backward like a phoenix crown.

Around his neck: a thick ruff of wave-textured plumage, evoking both flame and nobility.

His eyes glowed solar amber, calm but ancient. 

His tail fanned outward into a glorious sweep of flame-woven peacock feathers, each etched with glowing eye patterns of blue, yellow, and crimson. They moved with sentient grace.

Wings now stretched wide — 2.7 meters across — layered with long, glimmering fire-feathers, their tips tinged in icy azure.

Height: 1.3 meters

Wingspan: 2.7 meters

He was still sleeping.

Jimmy knelt beside him but didn't disturb him.

He did not call him back in fear again that thing happens.

He turned to Luna. She had watched the entire process in silence, her expression unreadable. But her tail swayed once — proud, protective.

Jimmy looked toward the night sky.

The stars above flickered gently, as if some had blinked… and noticed him.

.........

The courtyard was quiet now, save for the occasional flick of embers.

Jimmy sat under the porch light, Codex in hand, still a bit stunned from the sheer scale of Peeko's transformation. His fingers scrolled through the updated entry.

[Name: Pheanolix]

[Attribute: Fire, Flying]

[Level: Primary Stage – 6th Level (15/200)]+

[Gender: Male]

Characteristics:

Azure Flame – Grade D (1695/5000)+

Status: Easy to use

A cold flame that can heal. Can shape feathers, limbs, or objects.

Empathic Flame – Grade E (120/1000)+

Status: Easy to use

Flame responds to emotions. Stronger feelings = stronger fire. Healing or damage changes with heart.

Skills:

Spark (Tier 1: 55/100) +

Peck (Tier 1: 35/100) +

Tail Flare (Tier 1: 32/100) +

Fire Ball (Tier 1: 32/100) +

Heatwave (Tier 1: 19/100) +

Fly (Tier 1: 10/100) +

Glide (Tier 1: 3/100) +

Flare Feather (Tier 1: 1/100) +

Available Points: (30)+

Jimmy lowered the Codex and looked at the newly evolved Peeko, who was sprawled across the grass, tail feathers flickering like golden fans.

"...You became a walking torch with emotion issues."

He picked Peeko up and sat him in his lap.

Then, with no mercy, he began to pull both cheeks outward.

"Ahhh, you little fatty! Got all grown up and still this dumb!"

Peeko's cheeks stretched like dough.

He blinked slowly… and then, without warning, leapt up with a gleeful chirp:

"Dumtadumta! Tatatataaa!"

He spun three times, launched himself into the air — only to crash face-first into Jimmy's chest with a dull poof of smoke.

"Dummy."

Jimmy flicked his forehead.

Just then, Luna raised an eyebrow from her spot on a nearby rock. She watched the chaos for a moment, then sighed deeply — the kind of sigh only an older sibling could master.

She lifted her paw, conjured a perfect sphere of Ice Water, and chucked it.

SPLASH!

His feathers hissed. His eyes sparkled with betrayal.

"Why only meee…?"

Suddenly a screen flash out.

"Peeko vs Luna: The Backyard Beatdown"

~ As narrated (loudly) by Imaginary Announcer Bruno directed by Jimmy~

Peeko narrowed his eyes. His tiny wings flared.With maximum drama, he fluffed his fiery tail and summoned a tiny Fire Ball, pulsing with courage and poor judgment.

He flung it like it was the final move in a championship anime battle.

Jimmy immediately jumped up onto the bench, cupping his hands like a megaphone. Bruno came near to him. Jimmy started to type on that phone and Bruno is acting as speakerHis voice dropped into a deep, booming pitch.

🎙️ "LADIES AND GENTLEWHISPS! WE ARE LIVE FROM THE GRAND JUNGLE-TILED ARENA OF JIMMY'S BACKYARD! In the red corner — dripping with flames and misplaced confidence — we have the newly evolved, still fluffy, always hungry: PHEANOLIX THE FIERY HOPE-BIRD!"

🎙️ "And in the blue corner — calm, calculated, cold as her Water Globe — the reigning queen of elemental precision, the Empress of Ice herself… LUUUUUUUNA THE UNBOTHERED!"

The fireball soared through the air like a hot potato with a mission.

But Luna?

Luna didn't even flinch.

She gave a long, regal blink as if she had better things to do — like nap.

Then, almost lazily, she raised her paw, conjured a Water Globe, twirled it on the tip of one toe like a ballerina, and tossed it.

CLASH.

Steam exploded mid-air as water met fire in a dramatic hiss of judgment.

And the leftover splash?

It landed directly on Peeko's head.

SPLASH.

He froze.

Feathers now steaming gently, he stared blankly forward as a single droplet slid down his beak.

Jimmy leaned into his announcer role even harder.

🎙️ "OH-HO-HOOOO!!! AND THAT'S A CLEAN HIT! That's what I call a Soggy Critical! The challenger is SOAKED, ladies and gents — soaked with disappointment!"

🎙️ "The Empress doesn't even break a sweat. Was that a Water Globe or a Wet Declaration of Supremacy?!"

Peeko looked up, completely betrayed."Why only meee…?"

Jimmy burst out laughing, nearly falling off the bench.

🎙️ "AND HE ASKS THE QUESTION THAT ECHOES THROUGH ALL UNDERDOGS IN HISTORY! Why me, indeed, brave bird! Why you? Because destiny is cruel… and Luna is pettier than she looks!"

Luna elegantly walked past Peeko, not even looking at him, her tail flicking once like a period at the end of a sentence.

Jimmy pointed like a sports caster analysing slow motion footage.

🎙️ "Did you see that flick, folks? That tail flick had disrespect, style, and finality. That's not just a flick — that's a career-ending mic drop."

Peeko slowly turned to Jimmy, still dripping.

"…I will become stronger…" he muttered with trembling resolve.

Jimmy nodded, solemn for a moment.

"That's the spirit. All great champions must first be splashed into submission."

🎙️ "AND THERE YOU HAVE IT — today's match ends in a wet defeat, a royal flex, and a soggy phoenix with revenge in his heart and water in his ears! Tune in next time, when Peeko either masters the Flare Feather… or sets the flower bed on fire again!"

And with that, the epic, soggy rivalry continued under the night sky — Luna glowing with elegance, Peeko panting dramatically, and Jimmy? Still laughing, still narrating, and still proud of his very chaotic team.

.............

1:07 AM.

The battle was over. The stars had settled, the wind quieted, and the final ripples of their clash still shimmered faintly on the lawn.

Jimmy yawned as he stood at the porch steps, stretching his arms toward the sky. The laughter from earlier still lingered faintly in his chest, but the weight of exhaustion had finally caught up.

He glanced back at his two partners.

Peeko lay curled up in the grass, his brilliant orange-gold feathers dimmed into a softer, ember-like glow. A thin mist of azure blue flame shimmered around him, coiling gently across his feathers like protective threads. The flame wasn't burning. It was healing him.

Nearby, Luna sat upright on a flat stone, her body wrapped in a gentle healing ray. It radiated from her chest like moonlight turned liquid.

Jimmy went for sleep, Peeko and Luna again started their night training.