Rain, Showers
Chapter 1
By Vaporeon86

They called him Showers. Showers the Vaporeon. He was called Showers because he had the strange ability to make it rain. He was the pokémon of a boy, along with Vaporeon’s 3 brothers, and their masters. One of his brothers was an Eevee, but he had no name. Another one of his brothers was a Flareon, named Flames, because he could make flames suddenly appear out of nowhere. His last brother was a Jolteon, named Shocking, because he could jump-start anything that seemed to have been lifeless. They lived a very nice life, with lots of attention. Vaporeon loved his master, and his brothers loved their masters. But one day, Vaporeon woke up to… woke up to….

Vaporeon suddenly awoke with a start. “Must not think of that,” he thought, “mustn’t think of… then.” He got up from where he was resting, and began to continue along the road. It seemed to him that he had been alone for weeks. He didn’t know how long ago it was when…. the fire happened. He kept the horrible memories tucked away, and didn’t want them to return.

He continued along the trail, but soon he heard voices behind him. He leapt behind some bushes, into a little pond, and watched through the bushes. A pokémon trainer, with a pikachu, and another person, with some sort of egg, passed by. Showers started to listen in to what they were saying.

Misty: “I told you, my Togepi is better!”
Ash: “No, Pikachu is much better! Right, Pikachu?”
Pikachu: “Pika!”

He watched the 2 argue along the path. “Hmmm….,” he thought, “those two should get along. I have a strange feeling about those two…”
Vaporeon watched them walk away, along the road. He couldn’t figure out what that egg thing was, though. So he ignored it. He just decided to lay back, and relax. He hadn’t stopped to rest for at least 4 hours, so he enjoyed himself. Showers loved the water. It reminds him so much of his old home, before the fire. Showers sighed. He doesn’t want to think about the fire, but it kept on coming back to him. “NO!” he thought. “IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!! IT DIDN’T!!!” He began to shudder with the thoughts. But luckily for him, a trio of voices disrupted his thoughts. Showers leaned forward to look out, and he saw the 3 voices’ sources. He didn’t recognize the 2 humans, but he knew the Meowth. And he knew him very well. Showers’ blood boiled just seeing him. Oh, what he would do to get that Meowth in a noose. But for now, he just watched them, and listened.
James: “I wish we could find an idea that worked for once. We need that Pikachu!”
Jessie: “Oh, come on, you idiot. Meowth got that stupid Eevee, didn’t he?”

Showers found this conversation getting more and more interesting.
Meowth: “Yeah! That puny Eevee was no match for me! Don’t you two fools forget who’s the top cat!”

Showers fought the urge to leap out right now, and get that Meowth.
James: “But what shall we do about that pikachu?”
Meowth: “Why not use the same trap I used for that stupid Eevee? It should work!”
James: “I hate setting up that thing. I always get hurt!”
Jessie: “Just set it up!! We need to get that Pikachu to the boss soon!!”
James: “Yes, I know. *Sigh* Fine. Let me go set it up.”
Meowth: “Wait! I smell something…. And it stinks…”

Meowth began to sniff around the bushes. Showers knew he might be caught, so he quickly activated Acid Armor and sunk into the water. He hoped Meowth wouldn’t notice him. Meowth kept looking, and passed past where Showers was. He kept on looking but he didn’t find anything.
Meowth: “I was sure I smelled something…”
Jessie: “It doesn’t matter!! Jut go set up the trap, James!”

Showers undid the Acid Armor and lifted his head above the water. Showers felt sort of sorry for James. As he watched the 3 walk off, he planned to follow behind the group and get that Meowth, when the time came. As Showers got out of the water, and began to walk along the trail, following the trio, he was unaware that there was another pair of red eyes up in one of the trees, who was watching Showers and Team Rocket very carefully……