Chapter 1- Lyte shines through

"Come on! You're so close! Just a little bit more!"

The leafeon screamed again between sobs. The air around the young duo smelled of musk and blood, the freshness of the night air growing dimmer.

"One more time! Now PUSH!"

Another bloodcurdling scream, and it was done. A small, brown, fox like creature sat on the ground, whimpering and squirming in the small pool of blood formed around the leafeon's abdomen, attempting desperately to rid itself of the feel of the cold night and the stench of fresh blood. A sleek, muscular blue ringed umbreon quickly ran over to the newborn eevee and picked it up by the scruff of its neck, passing it on to its leafeon mother, who was still emitting choked sobs. She took a few moments to put a halt to her tears and began cleaning her newborn, still weeping slightly. The umbreon then went back to where the eevee had first been sitting, head held low, watching for any signs of movement in the other eevee, born not ten minutes before hand. However, somewhere inside him, he knew already that there was no need to keep up this desperate wait. There is no real way to avoid a still birth.

The umbreon was brought back from his mourning by his mate, speaking between licks.

"Do you have a name in mind, Dusk?"

The umbreon turned his head away from his firstborn, and padded over to his mate.

"But, Azalia, you had such a pretty name picked out and I- " the leafeon cut him off.

"Dusk, you know that name was going to be for our firstborn, and that eevee right over there…"

She took a moment to swallow hard.

"That eevee right over there will always be Azure. I said you could pick a name for the second."

The eevee in question began to pad at her mothers chest, demanding loudly to be cleaned further. Her mother soon gave in to her daughters mews.

"Well, in that case… I do have one name in mind… Are you sure?"

"Dusk, of course I'm sure!" She giggled as the eevee rolled onto its back, yet again demanding attention.

"Alright." Dusk managed to crack a smile. He then lay down and put his head on the ground so as to be at his daughters level. She immediately leapt forward, pawing at the glowing ring on his forehead. His smile widened, only to be replaced by a large yawn, which caused the little eevee to jump back, growling softly, hair standing on end.

"Well, I was thinking of…" he took a moment to watch his new daughter at play, before whispering…

"Lyte…"

"Dusk, its perfect." His leafeon mate said with a grin. "I love you"

"I - I love you, too." He said to no one of the three in particular.

The burial of their first born was made short, but meaningful. Dusk had dug a deep hole beside the low hanging cliff under which they resided. Before permanently accepting the fate of never-to-be young azure, the couple gave her one final lick on the forehead, a choked sob escaped dusk, who had been holding back tears, while his mate had never tried. She had wept and never really stopped since azure was born, though now she wasn't crying of sadness, because that time had come. She was now crying of never wanted acceptance. Dusk then carefully wrapped his daughter in a mat of leaves before gently lowering her into her grave. He could no longer hold back. A single tear slipped from his eye and fell on azure, in the exact place an Espeon's gem would have been. Then, an amazing thing happened. As the last cloud cleared itself from the solemn night, a blue ray shone down on the small eevee, making her glow with the psychic energy passed on by her father. It was a sign. A sign that she was in a better place. Happy.

It wasn't long after that sleep claimed the trio, cheeks still dampened by heart-rending tears. Dusk and Azalia had slept side by side, with Lyte nestled between them, wrapped in her bushy tail, her head pressed against her fathers blue glowing fur, which only added to the stunning blue lit night. As a small beam of blue light hit the small eevee's chest, for a split second, a light blue wave of light engulfed Lyte in sparks of silent energy, easing her breathing, and making her smile in her sleep. Even though she did not understand what had happened that day, a single tear made its way down her snout, dampening the earth beneath her

Authors notes

OMG first FanFiction story! Please try to pass the word around, that is, if you liked it... :)

I know this chapter is short but it's something you may have to get used to...