They were confused, the vast emptiness echoing things they could not comprehend, could not identify. They had memories, yes, but couldn't pin down what they were, only bits and pieces of information that were too disjointed to make sense of.

"－cannot waste any more time, we have to reset it."

"Are you certain this is the only choice we have? If the Chosen's soul is damaged…"

"It won't be. The nature of the bond will only spin the two into a greater soul. There will be no conflict; the two will be seamlessly made into one."

"And that will break the curse, my lord?"

"It will. Things will happen much the same, this time, but our reborn Chosen will not fail－no, he never failed us… we failed him, and thus he fell. Like kintsugi… you will be the greatest star of hope and light of life… with this wandering soul, we repair your broken self with spiritual gold. Go forth, into the world, as the Chosen One we love so.

"Open your eyes, Ashka, to a time rewound so that you may save the world you so loved… the world you loved as both Ash… and Ma－."

XxXxX

Ashka Rinne Ketchum, known simply as Ash, had always known that she was different. Her body felt foreign yet familiar, as did everything else in her life. Sometimes she wasn't sure if she was in the right body, but something deep inside of her knew that there had been a change she could not undo, and so she tried not to dwell on it.

All that really mattered was that Ash had her mother, Delia, and the Oak family, who treated the two as their own. Samuel, Daisy, and Gary were part of Ash's family, as far as the girl was concerned. Even when Gary was being annoying. At least they didn't make fun of her for being 'weird' or 'stupid'. Ash wasn't stupid, she knew that. She just… didn't really speak up in class. She was wary of her own voice, because sometimes it said things she wasn't meaning to. Sometimes she said things without knowing where they came from.

She knew things that she shouldn't, never knowing how.

But it was because of that weird ability that she had gotten her first two partners. It was also how she knew to prepare for the chaos her life would become.

XxXxX

"Alright, alright, you two," Professor Oak chuckled, motioning for them to cease their bickering over who knew the most about Pokemon. "I'll give you a trivia question. What types are Dragon type Pokemon weak against?"

Ash's answer was immediate, rattled off as if by instinct.

"Ice, Dragon, Fairy."

"Fairy? That's not a type, stupid," Gary scoffed. "Stop making stuff up."

"But is it," she said, clearly puzzled herself by the words that just kept coming. "Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Togepi, Togetic, Togekiss, Snubbull, Granbull, Flabébé, Floette, Florges, Spritzee, Aromatisse, Swirlix, Slurpuff, and Sylveon are all pure Fairy types.

Samuel Oak's eyes widened as Ash rattled off a list rare, just barely discovered, and foreign Pokemon that she had no way of knowing about. And one… he'd never even heard of it.

"Where did you learn about those Pokemon?" He asked, crouching down to better meet her gaze.

"I…" Ash blinked, startled. "I don't know? They… I know them, but… how…?"

Concerned, but also intrigued, the professor asked, "What is a Sylveon?"

"The Fairy type evolution of Eevee," she replied instantly. "The eighth possible Eeveelution."

"But there's only three!" Gary protested, only silenced by his grandfather's gentle but firm hand on his shoulder. The man wanted to know the extent of Ash's apparent knowledge.

"What are the eight Eeveelutions?"

"Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, Leafeon, and Sylveon."

"What are their typings and how do they evolve?"

"Jolteon, Electric type, through a Thunder Stone. Flareon, Fire, Fire Stone. Vaporeon, Water, Water Stone. Espeon, Psychic type, high friendship during the daytime or when in close contact with a Sun Shard. Umbreon, Dark type, high friendship during nighttime or when in close contact with a Moon Shard. Glaceon, Ice type, can only evolve in proximity to an Ice Rock. Ice Rocks can be found in Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Alola. Leafeon, Grass type, can only evolve in proximity to a Moss Rock. Moss Rocks can only be found in Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Alola. Sylveon, high affection while knowing a Fairy type move; most common is Baby-Doll Eyes," Ash seemed to recite, eyes distant as the information was pulled through her mind rather than from it. Once finished, she gasped, clutching her head, and Samuel reached out to steady her.

"Easy," he soothed. "Now, that was quite the little lecture! I haven't heard of most of that information, but I would like to see just how accurate it is… I have an idea. Ash, Gary, how would you two like to help me test out what Ash just told us?"

Gary's eyes flashed with eagerness. "I want to do it! A Dark type Eeveelution sounds awesome!"

Ash nodded slowly, recovering from the strange episode she'd just had. "I… want to make sure I'm right. S-Sometimes I… know things that I've never learned about, but… maybe it's not just my brain making stuff up…"

Samuel ruffled her short hair fondly, smiling when she relaxed. He could see that she struggled with whatever this source of information was, and if discovering some new Pokemon while simultaneously reassuring the little girl that she wasn't crazy was what ended up happening… well, that sounded perfectly alright to him.

Now, he had some colleagues to enlist in this experiment… perhaps his cousin Samson would be able to supply eight Eevees, his last email had implied they were abundant in Alola.

XxXxX

Ash shivered in her silver-blue coat as she clung to the trainer leading her and Gary behind Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Indigo Elite Four Lorelei. The two children had been invited to accompany Samuel to Sinnoh, whose regional professor had confirmed the location of the Ice Rock. This was the first test of Ash's strange knowledge, as Lorelei had recently obtained an Eevee and had been excited when Professor Oak had mentioned the possibility of an Ice type evolution for it. They were currently trudging through the snow of Route 217.

"We're almost there," the trainer holding Ash's hand said kindly. Ash smiled in response. She liked this trainer, Lucas, since he had been patient with all her questions. Normally everyone except the Oak family would get annoyed with her after a few minutes, but Lucas just seemed happy she wanted to learn more about the Pokemon in Sinnoh. He was Professor Rowan's assistant, so he was carrying the video camera and other equipment they'd set up before Lorelei released her Eevee.

"Well, here it is," Rowan announced, causing the group to stop near a large formation of blue-violet ice shards. Ash stared at it in wonder, releasing Lucas' hand in favor of stepping closer to Gary, who was practically vibrating with his impatience. She felt drawn to the rock, as if it was radiating energy…

"I hope it works," she said anxiously, shifting her weight while the scientists set up their equipment.

"As do I," Lorelei said with a smile, causing both children to look at her in awe. She was a member of the Elite Four, so of course they idolized her. "Ash, right? Professor Oak has been very optimistic about this. You were the one who told him about it, correct? Have you psychic abilities?"

Ash shrugged helplessly. "I don't think so, but I don't know."

"It would make sense," Gary frowned. He hadn't been happy that his grandfather had been so willing to go along with Ash's ideas at first, not after the initial shock of the potential had worn off, but now he was too excited to care. "At least, it's the only reason we can think of for her to know all this stuff."

"Perhaps Sabrina could clear that up," the Ice Master mused, before stepping up to the Ice Rock as both professors called out that everything was prepared. The woman seemed a little tense, but tossed a Pokeball out, releasing a small, brown, fox-like Pokemon Ash knew was an Eevee.

The Eevee immediately let out a crooning sound, approaching the Ice Rock as if hypnotized. It shuddered as it got closer, and reached out with its paw to touch it. As soon as it made contact, Eevee began to glow with a brilliant white-blue light, energy swirling around it as its silhouette changed shape. Eevee grew larger, twice the size of its original form, tail growing longer and body slimming.

As quickly as it started, the light faded, revealing a pale blue Pokemon with teal markings, a long, flat tail that ended in a point, and tufts of darker blue fur on its forehead with two long segments framing its face. Dark teal eyes opened, and the Pokemon trilled with joy as it breathed a cloud of frost into the air. It then ran back to its trainer, who caught it easily when it jumped.

"Incredible!" Lorelei's voice was filled with awe as she inspected her newly evolved Pokemon. "A Glaceon…"

Ash grinned widely, the knot in her chest loosening into nothing. She wasn't crazy, she'd been right!

She'd been right.

XxXxX

Ash and Gary weren't able to go along to see the first known evolution of Leafeon, but they weren't all that disappointed, because Professor Oak had given them some very important jobs; to raise two Eevee, one female and one male each, aiming to evolve them into Espeon, Umbreon, or Sylveon. Since Gary wanted to be the first person to have an Umbreon, he took the Moon Shard his grandfather had managed to procure, putting it on a necklace for his male Eevee.

Ash was fine with that; she really wanted an Espeon and Sylveon, so she took the Sun Shard and the professor helped her use a TM for Baby-Doll Eyes on her female Eevee (who she nicknamed Titania, to match her male Eevee Oberon). That meant that Gary could evolve his female Eevee (nicknamed Vera since simply calling both 'Eevee' would get confusing and he wasn't one for unnecessary nicknames) into any of the others, which he was happy about.

They were seven years old and had some of the rarest Pokemon in Kanto. Because of that, a lot of the other children were jealous. Soon the only friends Ash and Gary had were each other and their Eevee, but neither minded; they were doing something important, that would be part of the new wave of discoveries that had been set in motion by Ash's inexplicable knowledge.

But Ash wasn't even focused on that.

"Is that better, Oberon?" She asked after she adjusted the royal purple collar around his neck. The Sun Shard had been turned into a pendant for it, since he'd been the one to agree to try to evolve into an Espeon.

Oberon nodded with glee, shimmying his shoulders playfully before he jumped off her lap and onto the floor, where he flopped onto his back and promptly went to sleep. Rolling her eyes, she reached down to pick up Titania, stroking the Eevee's silky fur. Titania stared down her nose at the other Eevee, exasperated. She was the mature one of the two, and run ragged trying to keep her partner in line.

"I hope evolving into a Psychic type will help him grow up a little," Ash murmured, grinning when Titania only snorted. "Okay, that might be just a fantasy, but we can hope, right?"

Titania turned away from the other Eevee and nuzzled Ash's stomach, purring when the girl picked up a brush from the nearby desk and began grooming her. She was every bit the Queen she was named after, which gave her future trainer no end of struggles, but Ash wouldn't change it for the world.

XxXxX

"You… want to travel alone?"

"Well, yeah, we're rivals, we can't just give each other all our secrets by going together! Besides, we literally haven't been apart for more than a night so far. We gotta grow up sometime."

"... Right…"

XxXxX

Oberon and Eevee's evolution was sudden and simultaneous.

Ash and Gary had let their Eevee play together while they did their homework in the professor's lab, and just after the two had finished biting each other in some petty squabble, they both began to glow. It was so bright the two children were nearly blinded, but once it ended and they'd blinked the starts from their eyes, their twin screams of delight brought Samuel running.

The professor was more than happy to check them over, documenting every little thing he could, while Ash and Gary fawned over their newly-evolved Pokemon. Umbreon's sleek body was covered in midnight-black velvety fur, accented by yellow rings that glowed. Oberon's violet fur was short and silky, body slender and every movement refined; the red gem on his forehead glowed when he used his psychic power, forked tail flicking as he adjusted to his new body as an Espeon.

Now there was only one Eeveelution left to go.

XxXxX

Titania evolved the night of Ash's eighth birthday.

The girl had spent the whole day and evening celebrating with her family, her Eevee on her lap or in her arms the whole time. Despite how aloof she was, Titania was a cuddler when it came to Ash, who would never deny her precious Pokemon attention.

They were in the Oak's living room, everyone relaxing, when Titania nuzzled Ash's palm. She immediately went for the Eevee's favorite scratching spot beneath her chin, smiling down at the small Pokemon, and Titania purred in bliss. And then her body erupted into bright light, her weight on Ash's lap growing a little heavier as she evolved.

When the light dissipated, a dainty cream and pink Pokemon with ribbon and bow-like accents and beautiful blue eyes cooed up at her. Ash gasped, speechless just like everyone else in the room, at Titania's new form. There was something almost magical about her, a presence that was otherworldly in a different manner than that of Ghost and Dark type Pokemon.

Thanks to Titania, Professor Oak was able to confirm the Fairy type, throwing the world of Pokemon into a frenzy once more.

New story idea that I've been working on for a while, updates will probably be random but more reliable than the other stories I have posted on here. Let me know what you think.