The rain pelted down hard that night, soaking the young female drastically. She didn't really mind, though. She actually rather enjoyed the rain, despite its coldness. It was a part of nature, and she was one with nature. Or so she told herself. Her so-called family always shot her down, and yet she wouldn't allow herself to be inclined to believe their put-downs.

Anyway, she was only out here because of her obnoxious older brother. He had done it again, framed her that is. And rather poorly, at that. But it didn't stop her parents from immediatey believing his lies anyway. She didn't want to be locked in her room and punished for a crime she didn't commit. Once again. So she ran.

In hindsight, it probably wasn't the greatest idea she'd ever had- though she never really had many of those. Ideas, that is. Her family had no tolerance for any sort of adventurous sense in their only daughter. In fact, she doubted they were even planning on letting her get a Pokémon at some point.

And that's how she ended up there, in the middle of the forest, soaked to the bone, as the rain seemed to fall harder than ever over her small frame.

But then, she heard it. It started out small at first, but as she listened even closer, she could make out the faint sniffling sounds coming from the nearby brush. She prowled the area like a predator, searching for the source of the noise. She stopped in front of a bush.

The small girl, about age five, crouched low to the ground, reaching a slender hand out to the small-ish blue and black Pokemon. It recoiled back, as if scared, but the girl persisted still. Unknowingly, she flared her invisible aura out, and latched it onto the blue pokemons. It stopped flinching back after that, instead watching her with a careful, wary, yet oddly trustful expression. She smiled. "My name is Laetus. What's yours?"

Despite the thundering rain, the Pokémon could hear her clearly. It, with a slightly confused face- would she even understand him, anyway?- but answered carefully anyway. "I have no name, human."

The girl, Laetus, wasn't very surprised. Instead she seemed to think carefully for a moment, before replying with, "How about Spero?" While slowly pulling him out of the bushes and into her arms.

To say he was surprised would have been an understatement. He didn't speak, but he did nod numbly. Laetus grinned. "Great!" And just like that, she began walking again, this time with Spero in her arms. She didn't know where exactly she would go, as Spero could sense, but he oddly enough trusted her already. Enough to slowly drift off into sleep in her small arms.