A Day with Rachel

While walking through the forest one day, Scottie heard a very distinct voice ring out through the trees.

Curious, [EN:Gen Ref="255" M="he" F="she" ] decided to see where the voice was coming from.

Ugh! Seeeriously? How did I lose?!

There's no need to get angry. We had a great battle, didn't we?

I can tell you and your partner have a lot of trust in each other. You make a good pair.

*gasp* Whaaat? Did we just get a compliment from a Champion, Umbreon?

Ah, Scottie! I didn't see you there. Were you watching us battle?

Heh, I see those starry eyes! You must've been blown away by my battle prowess, too, huh, Scottie!

And now that my popularity's exploding, you're probably dying to know, like, all the juicy deets about me, right?

Well, your wish is my command. Get ready to hear my suuuper dramatic backstory!

*chuckle* I don't recall making such a wish.

But if you insist, let's hear this tale of yours.

Awright! Sooo, when I was younger, I used to work as a maid in Master Lear's castle.

Y'know, like the classic tale where an orphan gets, like, taken in by a rich family? Yeah, that was meee.

Really?

Yep! Betcha didn't expect that, huh! You don't have to, like, feel bad for me or anything, though.

It was my destiny, y'know? And I'm suuuuper OK with that!

When you said "dramatic backstory," you really meant it.

For suuure. Anyways, so when I was little, I had this suuuper thick accent from the countryside where I was born.

I didn't wanna get teased for it, so I spent, like, literally foreeever learning how to talk like I do now.

But one day, Sawyer called me out on it... told me I had to drop the slang and speak more respectfully...

I couldn't! I was just a junior maid back then.

Well, he probably thought I was doing it on purpose to be rude or something.

I was freakin' out 'cause I didn't know what I was supposed to do...

and that's when Master Lear came to my rescue!

He told me he liked the way I talked, gave me his official stamp of approval!

Man, he was so coooool that day...

Must be a happy memory of yours...

Huh?! Whoops, totally spaced out there for a sec.

Anyway, back to the story!

So, after all thaaat happened, me and Master Lear started hanging out a bunch.

We had SO much fun together. Like, seriously. This was back when Umbreon was still an Eevee.

I used to talk to him about Master Lear a loooot. Like, how I hoped he would evolve into his favorite Evolution and stuff.

Wishing for an Evolution that will make your friend happy... That's so sweet.

I know, right?! And it probably woulda been if things hadn't gone all wrong again!

'Cause one night, Eevee evolved into Umbreon outta nowhere!

I thought we were gonna plan it out and make a decision together, but nooope! I was, like, super upset about it.

But then...

Guess who came to my rescue again?! Master Lear!

He told me he thought Umbreon was great! All it took was one word and I went from, like, full-on despair to, like, suuuper happy!

Man, he was so coooool that day...

Wha, ! Did I just space out again?!

Huh? Who's what?

You really do love Lear, don't you.

Duh! Sooo yeah, that's my crazy backstory!

Well, at least the first chapter, anyways. There's still waaay more story left to go!

My story, featuring Umbreon and Master Lear, will continue!