Eevee's

The gang was now walking through a forest. Their next destination is Cinnabar Island, so Ash could obtain his seventh gym badge. He had his Pikachu and Espeon out of their Poke Balls. Espeon was fond of Ash and was happy to be with him. Just then her ears picked up a Pokemon crying and ran to where the crying had come from. It was from a Eevee tied to a tree by a rope. Ash was surprised.
"Who tied this Eevee to a tree?" Ash asked, untying Eevee from the tree.
"Do you think it's abandoned?" Misty asked. 
"No I don't." Ash pointed to Eevee's neck. "It has a collar."
The collar said 'Stone Town, 3-14'
"Let's go there." Brock suggested. "That way we can return Eevee to it's owner and find out why it was tied to a tree."
Ash, Tomo and Misty agreed.
The gang walked through the forest to get to Stone Town.
"I've heard of Stone Town before." Brock said. "It's located at the base of a mountain called Evolution Mountain. They say evolutionary stones can be found there."
Misty was carrying Eevee and was happily thinking about her Vaporeon back at the Cerulean Gym. Ash was thinking about the day he received his five Eevee from Bill and the time they evolved into Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Espeon and Umbreon. 
Just then he noticed something on the ground; it was a stone with a leaf pattern on it. 
"Hey that's a Leaf Stone." Ash said. "It seems you were right about evolutionary stones being found here, Brock."
He placed the Leaf Stone in his backpack, in the bag of evolutionary stones he won on the S.S Anne.
Finally they reached the place where Eevee's owner lived. It was a big house with a big garden in the back. When they entered the backyard, they noticed a party in progress. 
"It's a garden party." Brock said. 
"Hey look at that." Misty said.
They saw a Poliwhirl evolving into a Poliwrath due to a Water Stone. In addition to a Poliwrath they saw Vileplume, Cloyster, Starmie, Raichu, Ninetales and an Exeggutor. They even saw Jolteon, Flareon and Vaporeon.
"These are all Pokemon that evolve from evolution stones." Brock said.
Ash had no reason to use a Thunder Stone to evolve his Pikachu since he already had a Raichu.
Tomo didn't want to evolve Growlithe into Arcanine; he was happy his Growlithe being Growlithe.
Just then three boys ran up to them.
"Welcome." A boy with spiky yellow hair said. "I'm Sparky."
"I'm Pyro." A boy with spiky red hair said. 
"And I'm Rainer." A boy with spiky blue hair said.
"We are the Eevee Brothers." They said at the same time.
When the brothers saw Eevee, they were thrilled.
"Thank you for finding Eevee." Sparky said. "It's the star of this party."
Ash was puzzled by this.
'If it's a star, why was it tied to a tree.' He thought.
"Hey Mikey, your Eevee is back." Sparky said.
A little boy with brown hair stepped forward. Eevee jumped from Misty's arms into Mikey's arms.
"Mikey's going to be a trainer like us." His older brothers explained. 
"We had Eevee's as well, but we evolved them." Sparky informed the group.
Sparky had a Jolteon, Pyro a Flareon and Rainer a Vaporeon. 
"At this party." Rainer said. "Mikey will be evolving his Eevee."
Mikey looked at his Eevee sadly.
Just then the three brothers began to argue about what Eevee evolution is better. Each brother believed that their Eevee evolution was the better one. Ash was out of patience.
"Enough!" He shouted. "Jolteon, Flareon and Vaporeon are equally strong. I know this for a fact because I have all three. I also have two other Eevee evolutions." 
He introduced his Espeon to them and released Umbreon from her Poke Ball. The four brothers were amazed. They had never seen an Espeon or Umbreon before.
"I take it these are yours Ash?" Sparky asked.
"Yes they are." Ash answered with a smile.
The gang wandered around the party. Ash saw a trainer with a Ninetales. He thought about evolving his Vulpix and took her out of her Poke Ball.
"Hey Vulpix." He said. "Do you want to evolve into a Nintetales?"
Vulpix nodded; she wanted to evolve. 
"Want to evolve your Vulpix?" Pyro asked.
"Yes I do." Ash replied. 
Pyro handed Ash a Fire Stone and soon Vulpix evolved into a Ninetales. 
"Wow Ninetales." Ash said, rubbing her cheek. "You're beautiful."
Ninetales affectionately licked her trainer's hand and then Ash returned her.
"Hey Ash, there's something we'd like to ask you." Sparky said. "Would you mind breeding your Espeon and Umbreon with any of our Pokemon."
Ash was surprised by the request. Then he saw his Espeon with Sparky's Jolteon and his Umbreon with Pyro's Flareon.
"I don't think my Pokemon mind at all." Ash chuckled, pointing to them. So Sparky and Pyro led Ash to a breeding room and they left their Eevee evolutions there.
"One question though." Ash said. "You will keep the Eevee eggs."
"You will Ash." Sparky said. "As long as you mention who the fathers were."
"You got it." Ash said.
Meanwhile Misty was watching her Seel swim in the fountain when she noticed Mikey sitting on a bench. He was sadly watching his Eevee running around.
"May I ask what's wrong?" Misty questioned Mikey.
"The truth is." Mikey sighed. "I don't want my Eevee to evolve. I like my Eevee just the way it is."
"Is that why your Eevee was tied to a tree?" Misty asked.
"Only until the party ended." Mikey said. "I'm happy with Eevee just staying Eevee."
"You should let your brothers know." Misty said. "They won't understand until you tell them that. My friend Ash isn't going to evolve his Pikachu into a Raichu and Tomo doesn't want to evolve his Growlithe into an Arcanine. Ash already has a Raichu and Tomo likes Growlithe the way it is too."
Just then Mikey's brothers approached them. They wanted to know what Mikey would evolve his Eevee into. After receiving words of encouragement from Misty, Mikey was just about to let his brothers know what he wanted when suddenly sparks from the ground went off. It was Team Rocket. They watched the garden party from their balloon and decided to take all the Pokemon. James used his Weezing to create a smokescreen and distract everyone. Ash's Corviknight blew the smoke away with his wings. When the smoke cleared, everyone noticed that their Pokemon, the evolutionary stones and the food was gone.
"Look." Brock said, pointing to the sky. "It's Team Rocket's balloon."
"They're not going to escape. Corviknight!" Corviknight pecked at the balloon, but it was empty.
"Look for them from the air."
At that moment Team Rocket was driving through the forest in a truck. All the Pokemon they had taken were in cages in the back of the truck.
"That was a success." Meowth said.
"And nearly all the Pokemon we took are ones that evolve from stones." James said.
"We'll be rewarded by the boss for sure." Jessie said.
What Team Rocket didn't know was that Misty's Seel was leaving a trail of ice on the ground so the trainers would know where they're going. Corviknight saw the trail of ice and went back to report to Ash.
Team Rocket stopped by a lake and started eating the food they stole.
"This is the most delicious food that I have ever eaten." James said.
"Yeah." Jessie said. "And once we present all the Pokemon to the boss, we will be able to eat even more delicious food." 
"I must ask though." Meowth said. "What should we do with this Eevee?"
They decided to evolve it. Jessie wanted Flareon, Meowth Jolteon and James Vaporeon. Meowth and James were about to argue when Jessie interrupted.
"Let's use the Fire, Water and Thunder Stones all at once." She suggested. "It will make Eevee a really powerful Pokemon."
Team Rocket was just about to evolve Eevee when they were struck by a Flamethrower. Ash and the gang had arrived at the scene and released all the Pokemon from their cages.
Team Rocket was shocked.
"How did you find us?!" They demanded.
"My Seel left a trail of ice for us to follow." Misty smirked. "Clever, huh?"
Team Rocket was furious and sent out their Pokemon to attack them. Rainer had his Vaporeon attack Arbok and Weezing with Water Gun, but that didn't concern Team Rocket. Jessie and James had Arbok and Weezing attack Vaporeon together, injuring it. Misty's Seel used Aurora Beam and Ash's Pikachu used Thunderbolt. Even though Team Rocket and their Pokemon were injured by Aurora Beam and Thunderbolt, it didn't damper their will to battle. They weren't about to give up on their success.
Ash and Misty were about to command Seel and Pikachu to continue the battle, but Mikey stepped forward.
"Leave this to me." He said. 
He witnessed Rainer's Vaporeon get hurt and that angered him.
"Okay Eevee, it's time for our first real battle. Use a combination of Rage and Tackle."
Eevee charged at Team Rocket and sent them flying. Mikey jumped for joy and picked Eevee up. 
"We won Eevee." He said. 
Eevee affectionately licked Mikey's face. Ash, Misty and Brock congratulated Mikey for his victory and so did his brothers. 
"You were great Mikey." Sparky said.
"And you won without evolving your Eevee." Rainer said.
"I'm impressed." Pyro said.
Mikey took a deep breath.
"I'd like to be a Eevee trainer." He told them. Sparky, Pyro and Rainer had no problem with that and accepted Mikey's decision.
Back at the party, the guests were relieved to have their Pokemon back. Sparky walked up to Ash with Espeon and Umbreon by his side. Ash was happy to see Espeon and Umbreon again and hugged them. 
"Here you are Ash." Sparky said, passing him two Eevee eggs. 
"Just make sure to let others that see the Eevee's in the future know who the fathers are." Pyro said.
"I will." Ash said, giving Sparky and Pyro a handshake.
The four Eevee brothers and Ash and the gang did cheers with drinking glasses and congratulated Mikey on his victory.
"Thanks." Mikey thanked Misty for her help.
To end the party, everyone lined up together for a photo. Brock got the camera ready, pressed a button to take the picture and ran to his spot just in time for the photo. It turned out to be a lovely photo.