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Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.This story belongs to AbleArcher not to me and the characters are his design.I don't usually write anthros; normally I will avoid them put this story idea was too good to pass up and Espeon is one of my favorite Pokemon, so if anyone can offer me advice on how to write anthros better please e-mail me.
Chapter 1
River's tail twitched in her sleep as she mumbled to herself, calling out warnings from phantom dangers her tail thrashed around and the red gem on her head shone with a bright blue light as she focused her psychic powers through it all around the room small objects shook and began to slowly shuffle off their usual places; the gem brightened and the objects shot forward whipping around River's head in a large circle, her eyes burst open and the objects tumbled to the ground she lay in the circle of objects shivering, the dreams were getting worse. She sighed and picked herself up carefully replacing all the objects to their rightful places she glanced over at the shape of a teenage boy sleeping in his bed his messy tuft of black hair was visible above the sheets he was curled up in and his dark brown eyes were closed his face relaxed and content in dreams of glory and adventure, she sighed again and sat herself down on her bed on the far side of the room; the dreams were always the same her and Kenta were out for a walk, the background changed every time but what happened next never did, suddenly their peaceful walk was interrupted the world went dark and all River could see was a pair of huge red eyes towering above her; she shivered at the memory of those eyes they radiated evil she was frankly glad she had never seen the beast that they belonged too. Kenta pushed her away shouting for her to run and as always she would obey running and abandoning her only true friend to the beast, as she ran sounds of rending flesh and a horrible bloodcurdling scream echoed from behind her she turned to face the beast, to defend Kenta but she always woke up at that point. She supposed that was something of a mixed blessing on the one hand she didn't have to see what that horrible beast had done to Kenta but on the other hand she didn't know exactly what she was facing and her imagination was doing a wonderful job of creating images of Kenta's mutilated body a shiver ran down her spine, the dreams seemed all too real and they were getting more vivid, more solid with each passing day. She could remember vaguely having one other dream like it when she was very young, before even she could talk and when she was still with her real parents her memory of that life was fuzzy but she could distinctly remember two events; the dreams and loosing them. A tear rolled down her cheek but it was quickly brushed away, she had known what was going to happen her dreams had warned her of the men in blue breaking the door in and dragging them away she sobbed another tear streaked down her cheek this time she didn't move to stop it; if only she had found some way to let them know if only she had done something maybe they could still be here today maybe...she sighed and fell back onto her bed tears streaming down her cheeks; her parents had been arrested for the crime of loving each other her mother had been a Flareon that had fallen for her trainer her sadness flared into anger and her eyes narrowed a flash of blue surged through the gem again and a small figurine of a Kirlia on the desk exploded into fragments with a depressingly small poof. River fell back onto her bed again sighing as the anger left her system she lay down and got comfortable trying to get back to sleep; her thoughts began drifting and soon settled on how she had met Kenta a small smile tugged at her lips as she recalled meeting him for the first time. She had been adopted by Professor Elm although she suspected he had taken her in more as a research subject than as a daughter she had loved him like a father though despite his apparent lack of any real fatherly feelings merely because he was the only one who would pay attention to her she sighed or at least pay attention to her and not beat her up for being a freak, she had lived like that for maybe a year her only companion the Professor when she first met Kenta he had come looking for his pokedex and his starting Pokemon and had spotted River playing in the garden; she smiled to herself remembering the meeting he had approached her carefully and introduced himself. Her memory was a little fuzzy about what exactly happened but she knew they had spent most of the day playing together in the garden her smile grew as she recalled begging him not to leave; he had explained that he was just here to pick up his pokedex and first Pokemon and he promised to visit soon, she giggled slightly at the memory of her sinking into a deep depression the memory seeming happy despite her emotions at the time because she knew how it ended. She had been totally exuberant when Kenta returned just like he had promised, they spent the day together and she guessed the professor must have seen them playing together since he had grilled her for information later that night; it continued for about a month with River withdrawing into herself when Kenta wasn't present but immediately perking up when he arrived she had met her first true friend and she couldn't imagine her life without him any more, she would find out later that Kenta felt much the same way. Eventually they hatched a plan and confronted the professor together pleading for River to be allowed to leave with Kenta she giggled as she remembered the professor granting them permission, and from then on they were inseparable they grew up together and when she had evolved into an Espeon Kenta had throw her a huge party; of course it was only him and his parents but that didn't matter one little bit to her, in fact since he had no idea when she was actually born he had decided that would be her birthday, she gently touched the gold medallion round her neck that he had given her the day she had evolved it had an engraving of her face on one side and Kenta's on the other, she blushed slightly remembering how Kenta had told her that like the two halves of the amulet they were two parts of the same whole and that they would be together forever, her thoughts turned sour however as her mind flew back to the dream; she had run off and abandoned Kenta in his time of need just like with her parents she was unable to protect him. Her eyes narrowed, well no more this time she would protect the ones she loved, she would make sure nothing hurt Kenta even if it cost her her life. Her train of thought was disrupted by a yawn from the figure in the other bed, Kenta stretched and propped himself up on his elbows "Morning River" he yawned "Your up early" he rubbed his eyes and threw off the covers and sat up properly his brown eyes full of concern and worry "What's wrong Ri?" he asked
"Nothing" River replied blushing slightly at the nickname
A frown flashed across Kenta's face for a second "I know you too well to believe that" he replied simply "Your tail always twitches when you're nervous or afraid" he explained not noticing her blush "But if you don't want to tell me I understand" he continued "when you're ready to talk I'm right here." He smiled "Now what do you want for breakfast"
River gave a small smile "I'm not really hungry"
Kenta nodded worry still evident on his face then headed downstairs to make breakfast, after Kenta left River pushed the door too then stood up and walked over to the mirror hung on the wall next to Kenta's closet she stood in front of the mirror, she was about 5ft tall when she was standing upright her entire body was covered in short purple fur typical of an Espeon, her split tail twitched as she inspected her body. She could have passed for a normal Espeon if not for two small differences; her feet had raised heels so she walked on only her toes and the very front of her paw, the other noticeable divergence from a normal Espeon were her breasts; they were ample for her size, around a DD cup and more often than not got in River's way when she was fighting. She sighed Kenta had taken an extended holiday after they had failed to beat Whitney and she feared she was falling out of practice, well no more, she smiled, she would ask Kenta to resume their journey; maybe she could escape this monster that was coming for him.. she dropped down onto all fours letting out a relived "esp" when she did so, it always felt slightly odd standing up like that. She padded down the stairs softly enticed by the smell of bacon and eggs, sliding into the kitchen silently she snuck up behind Kenta and stood up poking her head over his shoulder she asked "Where's mine?"
Kenta jumped at her sudden entrance but laughed it off "You said you weren't hungry so I didn't cook you any" he said blankly
She took a step back falling back onto all fours "I know you better than that" she stated "Plus you cooked way to much for just you"
Kenta laughed "Alright you got me" me smiled and neatly dished out the meal "Now what do you say"
"Eeeespppeee" River said getting into a seat round the table
"Close enough" Kenta laughed placing the plate on the table then seating himself
"So Kenta I was thinking" River said between gulping down the food
Kenta laughed "River you really should use cutlery"
River shook her head before reaching out and grabbing another rash of bacon and shoving it in her mouth "What's the point my paws work just fine?"
Kenta laughed, he has been trying to convince her to eat properly for the better part of two years now, "Anyway what were you thinking about"
"espee esp espeeeeon" River said quickly
Kenta put his head in his hands "Try again, slower and in English please"
River giggled "oops. I said lets start travelling again"
Kenta smiled "Sure it's getting a little repetitive here anyway"
River smiled forgetting for a second the true reason behind wanting to get moving she cheered and dropped to the floor bounding over to Kenta and tackling him, the chair he was sitting on fell over backwards and Kenta was lying on his back on the floor with River lying on top of him licking his face and giggling "Let's go pack" Kenta managed to gasp out
River smiled and rolled off Kenta blushing "Ok then" she said
Kenta smiled and started up the stairs towards his room to pack his bag for his journey, River followed close behind still blushing; she couldn't believe she had jumped him like that she sighed quietly luckily Kenta was way too naïve to work out that she had a huge crush on him.
"Nothing" River replied blushing slightly at the nickname
A frown flashed across Kenta's face for a second "I know you too well to believe that" he replied simply "Your tail always twitches when you're nervous or afraid" he explained not noticing her blush "But if you don't want to tell me I understand" he continued "when you're ready to talk I'm right here." He smiled "Now what do you want for breakfast"
River gave a small smile "I'm not really hungry"
Kenta nodded worry still evident on his face then headed downstairs to make breakfast, after Kenta left River pushed the door too then stood up and walked over to the mirror hung on the wall next to Kenta's closet she stood in front of the mirror, she was about 5ft tall when she was standing upright her entire body was covered in short purple fur typical of an Espeon, her split tail twitched as she inspected her body. She could have passed for a normal Espeon if not for two small differences; her feet had raised heels so she walked on only her toes and the very front of her paw, the other noticeable divergence from a normal Espeon were her breasts; they were ample for her size, around a DD cup and more often than not got in River's way when she was fighting. She sighed Kenta had taken an extended holiday after they had failed to beat Whitney and she feared she was falling out of practice, well no more, she smiled, she would ask Kenta to resume their journey; maybe she could escape this monster that was coming for him.. she dropped down onto all fours letting out a relived "esp" when she did so, it always felt slightly odd standing up like that. She padded down the stairs softly enticed by the smell of bacon and eggs, sliding into the kitchen silently she snuck up behind Kenta and stood up poking her head over his shoulder she asked "Where's mine?"
Kenta jumped at her sudden entrance but laughed it off "You said you weren't hungry so I didn't cook you any" he said blankly
She took a step back falling back onto all fours "I know you better than that" she stated "Plus you cooked way to much for just you"
Kenta laughed "Alright you got me" me smiled and neatly dished out the meal "Now what do you say"
"Eeeespppeee" River said getting into a seat round the table
"Close enough" Kenta laughed placing the plate on the table then seating himself
"So Kenta I was thinking" River said between gulping down the food
Kenta laughed "River you really should use cutlery"
River shook her head before reaching out and grabbing another rash of bacon and shoving it in her mouth "What's the point my paws work just fine?"
Kenta laughed, he has been trying to convince her to eat properly for the better part of two years now, "Anyway what were you thinking about"
"espee esp espeeeeon" River said quickly
Kenta put his head in his hands "Try again, slower and in English please"
River giggled "oops. I said lets start travelling again"
Kenta smiled "Sure it's getting a little repetitive here anyway"
River smiled forgetting for a second the true reason behind wanting to get moving she cheered and dropped to the floor bounding over to Kenta and tackling him, the chair he was sitting on fell over backwards and Kenta was lying on his back on the floor with River lying on top of him licking his face and giggling "Let's go pack" Kenta managed to gasp out
River smiled and rolled off Kenta blushing "Ok then" she said
Kenta smiled and started up the stairs towards his room to pack his bag for his journey, River followed close behind still blushing; she couldn't believe she had jumped him like that she sighed quietly luckily Kenta was way too naïve to work out that she had a huge crush on him.