The Eeveelution War

Chapter 9: The Leaf

"What makes you so sure?" Zappy asked suspiciously.

"I've known Willow since she was an egg." Crystal replied, looking down at the leaf. "Besides her brothers, I know almost everything about her."

"You know almost everything about everyone." Candy said, rolling her eyes.

"Whatever. What I'm trying to say is if Willow was out here, Pepe must be with her!"

"Ugh....I hate Willow though..." Candy whispered under her breath.

"Aren't fairy types supposed to love everything?" Zappy asked. Candy looked at him in disbelief.

"Uhh, no they can hate things too." Candy replied. "Like stupid dragon types."

"Rude-" Zappy remarked.

"Guys, we're getting off topic!" Crystal told Zappy and Candy. "There was a trail of leads heading off in that direction." she said, pointing behind her.

"Come on then!" Zappy said, and before any of them could say anything, he was off in the direction Crystal pointed out. So, they went off to find out where the leaves went.

Zappy, Crystal, and Candy ran towards the forest, while Crystal held the leaf in her mouth. She still was not fully confident if it was Willow's, but she didn't want to admit she was wrong.

Meanwhile, Pepe was running, running as fast and as far as she could. She wouldn't let Candy do anything to her. No, Candy wouldn't be able to find her after this, she thought, then made a sharp left turn and bumped into what seemed to be a bush, and was sent flying back.

"Ow..." Pepe moaned while rubbing her now sore head. She looked up to see what she ran into, simply assuming it was a bush.

But it definitely wasn't a bush.

But a pokemon.

A Leafeon.

"I am so sorry!" Pepe told the Leafeon while getting to her feet. "You see, I am on the run from some, uh, very bad people, and I am in a rush, and I-I didn't see you...."

She kept mumbling on for a while, until the Leafeon put her paw to Pepe's mouth.

"Hush..." The Leafeon said in a quiet, sweet calming voice, with a hint of a British accent which sounded familiar to Pepe, but Pepe decided to ignore it.

"Are you hurt? I could help you, if you are." The Leafeon had a kind gaze fixed onto Pepe.

"Um, no, actually, I am fine!"

"Well, what is your name, mate?" The Leafeon said, jokingly, then giggled.

Pepe looked up to the Leafeon and smiled. "Pepe! My name is Pepe!" Pepe responded happily.

The Leafeon's eyes widened, and she stepped back a bit, then rubbed her head.

"I'm dreaming...." The Leafeon mumbled. "I fell unconscious and am dreaming this....I must be...OI!"

The Leafeon turned to Pepe, who just pinched her.

"Why did you do that, now?!?" she questioned.

"To prove you are not dreaming!"

"What?"

"You thought you were in a dream, I pinched you, you felt it, proving that you are not in a dream." Pepe explained. "And, why did you even think you were dreaming?"

"Pepe...." The Leafeon said. "It's me, Willow." Willow smiled softly.

Pepe ran into Willow's arms and hugged her, Willow hugging her back.

"I missed you!" Pepe said, excitedly.

Willow laughed. "It has been so long that I didn't recognize you and you didn't recognize me!" she giggled.

Willow's face then turned to confusion.

"You said you were running from some very bad people, who?" Willow asked.

"Uh, uh...Candy." Pepe said quickly.

"Ugh.....I hate her....Well, why? I thought you loved Candy!" Willow replied.

"She is planning to do something to me! Well, I don't know that, but she could be!"

"Pepe, you can't just run away......" Willow sighed. "Tell me everything that has happened."

Pepe wondered why she couldn't just run away from her problems as she started to tell Willow everything, from Blaze's outburst, to Candy, Crystal, and Zappy trying to put out the tree house fire.