Author's Note 1: Okay! Here's a new fanfic that I hope becomes a hit and you readers can help make this a hit by reading, reviewing, and mentioning this fic to your friends! Anyway, enjoy!

Author's Note 2: I'm using different names from different languages for the characters in this fanfic, so below are the different meanings and origins for the names in case you want to know what they mean. And I'll even put what Pokemon they are.

Lune(Umbreon: Male)-French for "moon"
Solana(Espeon: Female)- Spanish for "sun"
Raiden(Jolteon: Male)-Japanese for "thunder god"
Aqua(Vaporeon: Female)-Latin for "water"
Mota(Flareon: Female)-Female form of the French word Moto, which means "fire"
Kai(Vaporeon: Male)-Hawaiian for "sea"
Mizuki(Umbreon: Female)-Japanese for "beautiful moon"
Istas(Glaceon: Female)-Native American for "snow"
Hojo(Leafeon: Male)-Male form of the Spanish word Hoja, which means "leaf"
Taka(Lucario: Male)-Short for Japanese word Takayuki, which means "noble"
Joy(Chansey: Female)-Named after Nurse Joy in the anime
Sakura(Cherrim: Female)-Japanese for "cherry blossom"
Flora(Sunflora: Female)-Spanish for "flower"
Hikaru(Pikachu: Male)-Japanese for "light"
Abby(Bayleef: Female)-Native American for "leaf"
Yami(Mightyena: Male)-Japanese for "darkness"
Yaku(Absol: Male)-Japanese for "disaster"
Takeshi(Fearow: Male)-Japanese for "fierce"
Kane(Chimecho: Male)-Japanese for "bell"
Uta(Chimecho: Female)-Japanese for "song"
Lucy(Illumise: Female)-Short for Spanish word luciérnaga, which means "firefly"
Draco(Salamence: Male)-Latin for "dragon"
Ryu(Dragonite: Male)-Japanese for "dragon"
Sora(Charizard: Male)-Japanese for "sky"
Tatsuo(Flygon: Male)-Japanese for "dragon man"

Summary: He saw her. She saw him. They met, they wooed, they made exchange of vow. They just didn't expect their parents to ruin it for them. UmbreonxEspeon

Chapter 1: Betrothal

I lay there under my favorite tree allowing the soft, green grass to brush up against my black fur. The water flowed down stream up against my paws. The first sights and sounds of spring surrounded me. Birds chirped and bees buzzed. Snow melted and flowers bloomed. The hibernating awakened and started their search for their mates. If you take out the hibernating part of that last comment, then that's what I would be starting today. At least, that's what I would be doing if I was able to live out on my own life. Unfortunately, my family believes in having their fates chosen by their parents. My father's fate was chosen by his as his father's fate was chosen by his. Therefore, the tradition will continue and my fate will be decided today now that I've become of age.

In the average Pokemon family, a Pokemon will choose his or her own fate when he or she comes of age. Usually, that's the time that a Pokemon will leave their family and join the wild in hopes of either surviving in the wild or finding a friendly trainer to travel with. The finding a friendly trainer doesn't fit in my life. I've always grown up hearing my father go up against siding with humans. It makes me wonder how he and my mother evolved without coming in contact with a human. It's not like a young Eevee can suddenly find a Thunder or Water Stone and use it on itself. Or can they? I sighed once I started loosing my mind.

I shifted my view from my reflection in the river to my favorite tree. There was a family of Noctowl living in the hollow of this tree. The smaller Noctowl, which was the child of the family, was leaving his family to join the wild. The parents were shedding tears as they watched their son fly off with the rest of the flying Pokemon. I shut my eyes and shook my head in disbelief that it could never happen to me. Ever since I was born, I grew up with my father making all of my decisions. I didn't want this to happen, not at this age. The sun was rising higher and higher by the minute. My father was going to come and get me anytime, so I stood up and stretched out a bit before heading back to my family's cave. I stopped in my tracks and took one last look at the wild in front of me.

"Lune?" My father called me by my name. I sighed and started to head over to where my father was standing with my mother.

"Yes, Dad?" I answered.

"It's a good thing you're fully awake because you have to get ready."

"First of all, Dad, it's like 10 in the morning. I woke up like 3 hours ago."

"Well, then why didn't you get ready earlier?" My mother asked. I just shrugged.

"Anyway, Lune, you're a young Umbreon and have finally come of age. So now, it's time for you to meet your fate."

"Joy." I said with sarcasm.

"See, Aqua? I knew he'd be happy about this!" My father said to my mother. "Now, go Lune! We mustn't wait too long on you!"

I sighed as I walked back over to the stream where I was a few minutes ago. Get ready for what? I stepped into the stream and started to roll in it getting myself all clean. I trotted in the water over to the little waterfall and got under that too. After letting the icy cold water pour onto my back, I hopped out and shook the water off my fur drying it up. Whatever my father had planned, didn't sound very exciting. Well, what do you expect from an old Jolteon anyway? It's not like you can expect a glamorous life. Their bodies are covered with spikes making them a pain in the ass, literally.

When I walked back, I saw my parents talking with two other Pokemon. They looked like one of us, so I guess it had something to do with me. I walked over a little closer and then sat down behind my parents like they would've had me do in the first place. I started to draw myself a little doodle on the little patch of dirt that was right in front of me. I drew myself howling at the moon like any Umbreon would do if he were out on his own. I smiled at the thought of myself actually standing on an old stump howling to a full moon on the darkest evening.

"Oh! Here he is!" My father referred to me as he came and stood behind me.

"This is mine and Raiden's son, Lune." My mother introduced me to their friends that were obviously married as she wrapped her freakishly long tail around me. Of course, Vaporeon are famous for their long, mermaid-like tails.

"Wow, what a beautiful son." The female said. Of course she thinks I'm beautiful, she's an Umbreon herself. She turned to her husband. "Kai, where is Mota?" Who was Mota?

"Hmm, I don't know, Mizuki." Kai looked around. It looked obvious that he was attracted to my mother since he was a Vaporeon as well. "Mota!"

"Yes?" A feminine voice from a distance answered.

"Come meet Raiden and Aqua's son, Lune!"

"Oh! He's here?" Mota asked in a hyper manner. I backed up not liking what was going on. I stared past Kai and Mizuki to find a young Flareon trotting towards us and then stopping right in front of her parents. "Are you Raiden and Aqua's son?" She asked me.

"Uh…yeah. Sort of." I answered rubbing my paw in the dirt.

"What do you mean, sort of?" Dad asked me. "You're either someone's child or not."

"Okay, fine. Yes." I heaved a big sigh.

"Oh my gosh!" Mota when insane. "You're just the cutest thing I've ever seen! Better yet, the hottest one around!"

"Um…okay."

"Lune, why don't you show Mota around the place a bit. They came here from a whole different part of the region." Mom suggested.

"Sure." I answered without much enthusiasm.

I glared at my parents in the corner of my eye. For some reason, I had that strange feeling that their little "plan" would have something to do with a girl. Mota just gave me a little cutesy look and giggled before I started to walk off. Obviously, she followed me and kept trying to keep up with me. It was really awkward throughout the time because of how weird she was acting around me. At times, Mota would tap my paw with her paw on purpose. It seemed like she was flirting with me. I didn't want her flirting with me or touching me at all. Mota was just plain to weird.

We ended up walking through most of the forest. A lot of Pokemon that lived in the forest were admiring us thinking we were a couple. It made me sick the way they would think of such a thing. I didn't even say a word to the kid and she was making it worse than it already was. She kept asking me random stuff such as what time is it or what moves can Totodile learn or even what level Numel evolves. I would think that as a Pokemon, she would know that kind of stuff.

After walking in the forest for a long time, Mota and I decided to take it into the mountains. Which wasn't going to last long because she kept freaking out that she was going to break a nail. I don't understand girls these days and I probably never will. Even though I didn't like this girl one bit, I knew my parents would kill me if I left Mota behind, so I waited for her while she struggled to keep up with me. Maybe we should've just stayed in the forest.

"Let's rest up here." Mota suggested when we got to a resting point. I nodded in agreement. I just sat at the edge looking out at the distance and Mota came to sit next to me. "Ah, the breeze feels great!"

"Yeah, I guess." I agreed.

"Do you come here often?"

"No, not really."

"That's surprising. A quiet hottie like you would come up here nonstop." Mota giggled. I started to get a headache from all of her weird giggling. "Have you ever had a girlfriend before?" I shook my head. "That's surprising too."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but it'll all be okay when we're married." She sighed. I could've sworn that my eyes popped out when she said that.

"Married?" I asked in shock.

"Didn't your parents tell you? We're betrothed!"

"Betrothed?" Sweat dripped from my face. Damn! I thought to myself. "When did this happen?"

"When we were born!"

"Oh boy." I said sarcastically.

"I know! Isn't it great?" Mota then started leaning into my face. "Pucker up!"

"Uh…I gotta go!" I got up and ran away as fast as I could.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

No way! There was no way I was waiting for that freak that suddenly said we were betrothed and then tried to kiss me right afterwards. I didn't want to marry her! How could my parents do something like this? Better yet, why would they not do something like this? I felt anger rise in my chest like I wanted to smash someone to pieces. I ran all the way down from the mountains back over to where my parents were sun bathing with Kai and Mizuki.

I breathed out heavily with my anger level continuously rising. Then, I ran from behind our parents to end up right in front of them. They were too busy talking to notice that was standing there. I had to clear my throat a few times hoping they would listen and respond, but that didn't seem to happen. Mota kept calling my name and running in my direction. So, I followed my instincts. I lifted up my paw and nailed a Sand-Attack right in my father's face.

He cried out in pain and started panicking. Maybe I should've just used Tackle instead. Eventually, my mom sprayed Water Gun in his eyes washing the sand that was in them. While, this was happening, my dad accidentally backed into a tree that had a large family of Beedrill living in it. I stared at them widely as they looked pretty pissed off at us. My mother whispered at all of us to start running, but my father stayed behind and kept trying to hit the Beedrill with Thundershock attacks. He missed every single time. That's when Kai decided to go and join my father. After the Beedrill were defeated, everyone could calm down now.

Once everyone was calm, their eyes shifted to where I was standing. Even Mota gave me a questioning look. What did I do? Sure, I kicked sand into my father's face when I meant to kick it against his back, but they're the ones who lied to me about this whole betrothal thing. Their expressions went from questioning to angry. My father was finally able to get the sand out of his eyes and then express his emotions to me. His glare made him look like he was about to fire a Thunder attack on me. I backed away from him and bit and he just got right in front of me.

"What were you thinking?" He yelled. I stayed silent and glared at him. "Answer me." I didn't say anything. "I said answer me, damn you!"

"I was thinking that I was being raised by a liar." I muttered.

"Are you calling me a liar?"

"…I guess so."

"Lune, go to the cave." Mom said calmly. "I'll be there in a minute to talk to you."

"Fine." I sighed as I walked over to our cave. The cave was close, so I was still able to hear my parents converse.

"I'm so sorry." Dad apologized to Kai and Mizuki.

"It's quite alright." Kai chuckled. "We'll just have to come by some other time. Right Mizuki and Mota?"

"Yeah." They both answered. "Well, I think it's time we take off. We should get together again sometime soon." Mizuki suggested.

"We'd love to." Dad answered.

"Tell Lune I love him!" Mota said jumping up and down.

"We will." Mom chuckled. "Raiden, I don't think it's a good idea to keep Lune cooped up at home all the time and you shouldn't have struck him like that. He's grown up and needs to be wild."

"That's no excuse, Aqua!" Dad stormed. "As my son, he needs to learn to be a man! And to be a man, you have to except the times where you can't make decisions yourself!"

"As a man, you need to allow Lune to make decisions on his own too. You never give him a chance."

"Give him a chance? That's what you suggested when he was younger and look at him now! He's the same disrespectful child that I raised and he will NEVER be one of us!" I heard my dad yell.

My throat felt so dry that it felt like there was a lump in it. That bastard! I hated my father! I hated him with a passion! I was getting that urge to just leave the cave and yell at him, but that wouldn't change anything. He would still win! He always wins fights when I go up against him. Well, you know what, I'm sick of it! I'm sick of my father taking control of my life thinking he's going to rule the world! My head was telling me to go out and teach my bitch of a father a lesson while my heart was telling me to stay and just wait a little while. I ignored that and ran out of the cave where my parents were still talking.

"How could you say something like that?" I yelled at my raged father.

"Lune, go back into the cave." Mom said trying to calm both of us down. Apparently, it wasn't working that well.

"No!"

"Lune! You will do as your mother says and get back to that damn cave!" Dad yelled.

"No! I don't deserve this! I don't deserve the abuse that you gave me when I was younger! I thought I could look up to you, but I guess I can kiss that goodbye!"

"Either you get your ass in that cave or you're gonna kiss this family goodbye."

"Fine. I'll kiss this family goodbye." I sighed and glared at my father. Dad sighed and then suddenly struck me with his paw. I fell to the ground in pain and saw blood drip from my face. I gritted my teeth and got back up on my feet. "How do you like that, huh? If you leave this family, you're going to get more of those every day."

"The pain is nothing compared to the emotional pain you gave me, Dad." I said in a hoarse voice. "I hate you."

"What?" He asked.

"I hate you!"

I yelled my last thing to my father before rushing out the opposite direction. Tears started falling down my cheeks as well as blood continued dripping from my forehead. Before stopping at the river to wash my cut, I wiped my tears. If there was one thing my dad hated seeing was me crying. I couldn't let him see me cry in case he was following me. After wiping my tears, I stepped into the river and soaked my head into the water for a few seconds before catching my breath again. The blood stopped dripping, but it looked like the cut was going to end up as a scar.

My anger level was still at the max right now. I took a few breaths before splashing my reflection in the water. Once the ripples from the splash had faded away, I saw a reflection of my mother. She always looked so peaceful compared to my father. Like all mothers, she would have her moments where I would have to be disciplined, but at least she didn't abuse or neglect me. Mom's reflection sighed and then her lips curled up into a small smile just like the ones she gave me when she comforted me back when I was a young Eevee.

"Lune?" I turned around and saw my mother standing there with a concerned look on her face. "You're not really thinking of leaving, are you?"

"I don't have a choice. Dad said I don't belong here."

"Never mind what your father said. He says a lot of things." She chuckled and sat next to me. Mom also put her tail around me. "You look really sad."

"I am. Dad's right. I don't belong here. I belong out there, in the wild. I know you'll miss me, but I've got to go."

"I won't just miss you, your father will be heartbroken if you suddenly leave." Mom sighed.

"No he wouldn't. He doesn't care about me one bit." I gritted my teeth together.

"He does care, Lune. The moment you were born was the happiest he's ever been."

"Then, why does he act this way?" I asked turning away from Mom.

"I…I don't know."

"See? He doesn't care." I sighed and turned back to looking at my mother. "I have to go, Mom."

"Well…" My mother sighed while her eyes filled with tears. "Just be careful out there, son."

I smiled as I stepped closer to my mother and nuzzled her. She nuzzled me as well and kissed me on my cheek just like she did in my younger days. Sure, my father may be a bastard, but my mother was the complete opposite. She started to cry while I was still nuzzling her. When I broke away, tears were coming down her eyes a lot harder than I thought they were. I lifted my paw and held her paw in mine. My mother calmed down and then smiled a little.

"Don't worry, Mom. I'll be okay."

"Oh, I know you will. It's just that you're the only son I've ever had."

"Well, one day I'll raise my own son or daughter that you can cuddle with all you want." I chuckled before releasing my grip with her paw.

"Goodbye, Lune."

"Yeah." I agreed. "Goodbye, Mother." Then, I gave my mother a kiss on her forehead before stepping back a few steps.

After stepping back a few steps, Mom nodded in her head telling me to go ahead and leave. I nodded in agreement before turning around and taking off from my home at full speed. I was officially taking my first steps to freedom.

Author's Note: Well, did you like it? Hate it? If you liked it, please review! If you didn't, pretend to like it and review it anyway, please! Again, if you are wondering what the names of the characters mean, they're at the top. Anyway, look for chapter 2 coming soon!