"Ee-vee-vee! (Let me at it!)" a young and slightly feminine cry was heard through the large and beautiful modern home, originating from the backyard where a young, 7-maybe year old girl were playing with her beloved pet Eevee. Around the pet's neck was a black collar with a shiny silver stone that had been crafted from a moon stone. The little pet was chasing, with ears perked and shiny mint green eyes sharp, after a toy Pidgey that was attached to a light string, that the young girl was controlling. "Vee! (Get here!)" the little Pokemon grasped the toy in her cute little mouth, trying to keep it still. She was like a Persian, hunting down her prey.

Smiling, the young girl moved the toy again out of the Pokemon's loose grasp and pulled it up onto her lap. This attracted the young brown Pokemon onto the girl's lap, where she gave a small purr of 'ee~' and curled up in a comfortable position. The young girl lips morphed into a pretty little smile, looking down at the comfortable Pokemon on her lap. "That's a good girl," she gently petted around the Pokemon's ears only to elicit more purrs from the sweet and almost playful creature in her lap. She adored her pet so much, there was nothing else to say about it.

"Vee-vee (Thanks)," the little Pokemon expressed her gratitude in her own little voice, even though her trainer wasn't capable of understanding her thoughts. As she looked up, her mint eyes gleamed brightly to match her shining smile. "Eevee...vee-vee (I love you so much, Katherine)," after saying this, the young Pokemon got up as if reacting to something. This surprised the young girl for a moment, as she looked down at the Eevee.

"Dawn?" with a gentle whisper, Katherine mentioned her pet's nickname in a delicate and confused manner. What was up with the normal type. But she knew what was happening instantly when Dawn began to glow in a wispy and mystical manner, the bright light overtaking the blonde haired girl's purple eyes for a few minutes.

As the glow progressed, Dawn's bushy tail thinned down to a elongated and small diameter tail that shortly split into 2 parts about halfway through the tail. Her ears were next to change, they lost length and gained volume instead. Two little bushy limb-like formations pushed out of the head below the ears on either side. In general, Dawn's small body enlarged and her legs thinned into delicate limbs. Moments later, a bright pale ruby flash could be seen in the center of the Pokemon's forehead

After the light faded, Katherine looked down at Dawn - who was startled herself - and took a few moments of silence before she whispered out. "Dawn?" this caused the purple colored cat-like creature to look up, her gleaming green eyes full of surprise...but interest over her new form, the typical curiosity of a cat-like Pokemon steeping in. Then caused the young child to relax, her Pokemon had evolved. "You're an Espeon now," she walked over and opened her arms for the psychic type to snuggle against her. "Congratulations."

"Espy...(Evolve...)," the Pokemon made a slight sound, almost a purr, before freezing a little at the new sound of her matured and elegant voice. But she soon relaxed and snuggled against her beloved owner. "Espeon-espy...eon espeon (Thank you...it's my love that evolved me)," even thought she knew that Katherine wasn't able to hear her voice, she still wished to say it out loud in a briefest of hopes that her new psychic powers might hold through.

However nothing went through and in fact, the newly evolved Pokemon felt psychologically drained - something that shouldn't be the case at all. She had heard many many stories from psychics that she had met, since Katherine's parents were skilled trainers. Stories that stated that when a psychic Pokemon evolved, their psychic powers are at the strongest and your supposed to feel really strong and such. But...she was the exact opposite, she felt like she wanted to fall into a deep slumber for years.

At that moment, Katherine's father came out and took one look at the Espeon before smiling gently. "Good work, Kat. Your Eevee evolved into an Espeon," walking over, he brushed over the back of the newly evolved psychic type. His fingers gently stroked over the delicate spinal cord on the psychic coated Pokemon, who purred a little at the motion. "Lets see..." he muttered, he was skilled with psychic types and knew how to determine their psychic potential. First, he took a strong look at the beautiful gem embedded into Dawn's forehead. "Dim..." he muttered, clearly unimpressed with that. "Alright, Dawn," he knew to address the Pokemon by her nickname, since she had never responded to her species' name in the past. "I need you to attempt to communicate telepathically."

Listening sharply, Dawn tried and tried and tried. But not once did that link, the link that would allow her to speak her mind freely to the man, occurred and instead her powers remained hazy and weak like she was in a mist. After a few moments, the man's disappointment in her only grew. "Your psychic powers, are you even capable of using them?" he made that disappointed and quite aggressive question that caught Katherine's attention and worried her.

"What do you mean, papa?" the young 7 year old asked, evidently worried for her beloved pet's ability to use her particular type's skills. She fidgeted a little on the spot, her nervousness making her even more worried about her 3 year old pet. After a moment, her voice cracked out of her throat like a raspy cough. "...Is D-dawn alright?"

Memories of her's and Dawn's first meeting filled her mind, images of Dawn's hatching into her arms and the imprinting that the young Eevee had believed meant Dawn was her mother originally. Until her actual mother told her, said mother was a Vaporeon that Katherine's mother owned, that wasn't the case. But regardless of the truth, the pair had remained really close - so close that both of Katherine's parents said from really early on that Dawn would be Katherine's first and starting Pokemon when she began her journey through the Hoenn region.

These memories only added to the 7 year old's worries, she didn't want her beloved pet and friend to be potentially hurt. "...Is she Papa?" she asked again, a slight breath of worry leaving her throat. She remained fidgety, hoping that all of her fears were just that. Fears. Nothing that was reality.

"She's completely fine in her health, sweetie," he said, not wishing to upset the young child anymore then she already was. That seemed to relax Katherine for the moment, but the next line certainly perked her anxiety again. "However, her psychic powers are either unstable or non-existent. I'm not fully certain yet, I need to confirm if she learnt any moves when she evolved and have her test them," he released his Alakazam. "Alakazam, talk to this Espeon and tell me if she knows if she learnt a move and if she would use it."

"Alakazam (Ay ay, boss)," the yellow human-like Pokemon said, before kneeling down to more match the purple coated Pokemon's level. He spoke in a kinda intimidating and gruff way to the young Pokemon, as if talking down to a child. There was no sign of sympathy or interest in the prospect that the young Pokemon was incapable of doing what he could. "Ala ka zam zam ala (You heard the boss right, did you learnt anymore when you evolved)

"Espy py es (Confusion)," she responded, before realizing she'd need to use the move. She summoned all of her strength, not that she had a lot of it. And forced the move to be executed, levitating some of the nearby objects, including the Pidgey toy that she had been playing with earlier, in a unstable manner before collapsing to the ground in a fit of exhaustion. Her eyes fading slightly as her energy just left her, she couldn't understand it. She was supposed to be one of the strongest psychic types...right? She had been bred for this, but then...why was she...so...weak? There was strength in her movement, but little control that was allowing her to utilize that strength - leaving the rest of her weak and hollow as a psychic type.

Upon seeing this, that concerned Katherine as she moved towards to Dawn to help her up - only to be stopped by her father. At this, she let out a worried question as she stared at Dawn's panting form. As she looked at her father, she saw...almost no concern in his eyes."W-what does that mean, papa? C-can Dawn not use her psychic powers properly..."

"Well, she can use them - but it's clear that she's inept at the ability to control it..." taking a deep breathe, he turned to his daughter and put his big hands on her small shoulders. After doing this, which confused and worried the young girl, he began to say in the least worried or interested voice. "I'm sorry to say, but your Espeon will never be capable of doing battles on any reasonable degree of skill. I'd recommend getting rid of her."

"...Get rid..." the moment after she clicked on what her father had just said, Katherine went mad and almost insane. "NO! NO! NO!" she screamed, at the top of her lungs with frustrated tears in her amethyst orbs as she stomped the ground in a fit of rage - her pigtailed blonde haired bounced with each moment, swinging against the wind in a drastic manner. Her emotions just went wild in that second, unleashed with zero control. It was actually within that moment that her father knew she had a mental condition, that had been left unnoticed prior. "I won't let you get rid of her. I'll raise her, I'll prove that she will be amazing! She doesn't need to be the perfect psychic type!"

If there was one thing that Katherine was going to prove, it was that her father's 'get rid' solution was completely wrong. No Pokemon deserved to be put down for being slightly inadequate, every Pokemon is special and unique. But trainable all the same to do amazing things. Maybe Dawn could do something that no other Pokemon was capable of, her father didn't know that at the end of the day. Her foot stamped the grassy ground as she continued to scream out the repetitive 'NO' over and over in a nearly inconsolable way.

The two psychic types were watching the young girl in her unstable tantrum, which was the best word either could come up with to describe it. After a moment, Dawn's eyes widened as she noticed her beloved trainer was clawing into her shoulders in her angered state with no control over her being. "Espy eon! (Katherine!)," Dawn yelped, running over to her trainer and rubbing against her a few times in attempt to calm her down. During this, a small bell could be heard ringing in the background which relaxed Katherine from her heightened state of emotions.

"Heal Bell...I never knew she knew that," the old man muttered, looking down at the young Pokemon. "Fine, you can keep her. Don't disappoint me. When you turn 10, you'll be going to Professor Birch and getting your 'starter' Pokemon. After that...don't come home until you have won the league or whatever your path will be. I don't want to know about it," he began to walk away, clearly trying to keep his disappointment hidden. But it was obvious to the young child that had been left in his wake.

"I promise, father. I'll prove it to you that just because a Pokemon has a limitation, they aren't worthless or weak. Dawn is perfect in her own way. And honestly...I'm gonna prove it, I'll raise more Pokemon like her. Ones that are rejected by selfish people like you!" she empathized the 'you' sharply, she wanted her message to be clear. Tears were still streaming down her face, as she held a tight embrace around her psychic type's neck.

She would prove it! She had to! For Dawn's sake...and for other Pokemon's sake.