What I Used to Be

Special Chapter 1 Cover

**What I Used to Be** is the first special chapter of the Eeveelution Squad. It was originally published on Februray 17, 2017 and completed on June 23, 2017. It was dubbed by MickeyMario64's Eeveelution Squad Comic Dub Project team on May 15, 2018.

## Plot

Two weeks after Main Chapter 4, Speed goes back to his old house full of his champion winnings and laments about his time in the Eeveelution treehouse, especially with Lazuli. He snaps out of it and the scene changes to a flashback for most of the story.

A younger Speed is seen peacefully sleeping on his bed, but he is abruptly awakened by Crystal by jumping on him. Speed is mad and asks where Solarflare is. Crystal yells that she is hungry and Speed gets berries from their garden. Later, Solarflare joins them for breakfast, but Speed has to leave for work, where his siblings believe he only works as a mailman.

Speed meets Trace in Sunny Town to work on missions, but Trace has been waiting for hours for him. They talk about Trace's dad and Trace's distaste for researching. Trace speaks about how his father made a new device known as elemental medals, but Speed doesn't understand anything. Trace mentions how it has been a year since they first meet, leading Speed to have a flashback again (A flashback within a flashback).

A younger Speed asks a rescuer *Dragonair* if he has heard about a pair of Eeveelutions 10 years ago seen in Greenhills Forest, the forest when Speed and his siblings live. The *Dragonair* connects to a *Rhyhorn* attack and mentions how the Eeveelutions were deceased before they got there. He says that it happened in front of Speed's house then, confirming that the Eeveelutions were their parents. Speed is saddened and the scene cuts back to the "present" with Speed still sad.

Trace breaks all the emotional atmosphere by wishing that Speed was a girl due to his girly nature, making Speed annoyed. Trace grabs a low ranking mission to deliver oran berries to a Carracosta; they both groan about how lame the mission is. Speed runs off to finish the mission early, but he bumps into another *Eevee*. Speed gets her back on her feet, but then the *Eevee* quickly recognizes him and mentions how her friends find him cute. Trace asks if she knows anything about him, but she says that she only knows that he is Dr. Robert's son. The *Eevee* introduces herself as Silvia and Trace falls in love with her, but Speed snaps him out of it. Silvia's older brother frantically arrives and says how he has been all over for her. Silvia says she needs more and gets back to Speed. She kisses Speed and leaves right away. Trace is jealous, but Speed is just stunned.

At night, Speed is still shaken up about the kiss and his siblings ask if he is okay. He assures them that he is fine and they go to sleep. The next day, he and Trace are fighting a *Hypno* outlaw. They arrest him and leave to town, with Trace annoying Speed about the kiss he got yesterday. But suddenly an explosion is heard from Dr. Robert's lab and they rush to it.

Dr. Robert is weaken by a *Lucario*, but the Lucario is interrupted by Speed and Trace. *Lucario* easily knocks out Trace and then launches Speed through a room. A prototype elemental medal speaks to him and asks him to link with it, but Dr. Robert warns Speed about it being broken. Speed links it with it and temporarily evolves into a *Flareon.* Trace wakes up and worries about what happened to Speed. Dr. Robert states that the medal is corrupted and that he has been looking everywhere for it to destroy it. Speed easily knocks out the *Lucario*, but the medal takes over Speed's body and goes on rampage on the town.

Trace tries to stops him, but the medal attacks him. Frost comes to the scene and saves Trace. Frost and the medal seemed to have been partners before and the medal tires to get revenge on him for leaving him. They fight, but Frost wins and severely damages the medal. Frost and the medal have a heart-to-heart talk and the medal apologizes for the trouble he has caused. The medal mentions how Speed has inherited Frost's memories by linking to and asks Frost to destroy him. Frost destroy the medal and Speed returns to normal, but Speed is no passed and has Frost's memory of seeing his dad being eaten by a *Nidoking*. Speed wakes in a cold sweat and cries about about he saw. Frost comforts him and Speed asks how his little brother is, which he learned about after seeing his memory. Speed promises to befriend him later on due to their similar pasts. Frost gives Speed his purple scarf as a gift and leaves to take care of Black.

2 months later. Trace and Speed are on floor 98 of Wish Cave to search for the mythical pokémon *Jirachi.* Trace banters about Speed's kiss once more and they talk about how Speed pretends to be mailman and how he acts like a brother to Black. They encounter multiple berserkers and they are overpowered by their strength. Trace is surrounded and Speed uses Trace's thunder stone to evolve into a *Jolteon.* Speed kills the berserkers with an iron tail and carries a stunned Trace to the end of the dungeon. They are attacked by a sleeping Jirachi, but Speed wakes him up by slapping him to the floor. Jirachi apologizes and ask them for their wishes; Trace wishes for a giant apple, but Jirachi instead teleport him an apple to not waste his wish, and in turn Trace says he loves him. Jirachi is flustered, but then Speed as is he can bring people to life, asking for his parents. Jirachi says he can't revive people who died for over a year and Speed is sadden. Speed decides to wish for a healing factor and they are teleported out of the cave. Trace gets a note that he can always come to cave to hang out with Jirachi anytime he wants. Speed finally returns home, but a shocked Crystal throws a brick at him, mistaking him as a stranger. Speed tells her it's him, but Crystal throws another brick in jealousy for evolving without her.

The scene turns back to the real present and Pearl asks Speed to come back to their treehouse for help. Speed leaves the house and the chapter ends.

## Credits

* Speed (Dub:voiced by GrandmasterOshawott)
* Crystal (Dub: voiced by amberdoesblank)
* Solarflare (Dub: voiced by Eltaris/WeissVA)
* Trace (Dub: voiced by J0KRR)
* Dragonair (Dub: voiced by: SoupOfClams)
* Silvia (Dub: voiced by ShinyMimikyu)
* Gai (Dub: voiced by BoltLegends)
* Hypno (Dub: voiced by kipkeyno)
* Hypno (Dub: voiced by eltheleb)
* Dr. Robert (Dub: voiced by pokmaen)
* Lucario 1 & 2 (Dub: voiced by The Aquatic Charizard)
* EV System (Dub: voiced by Benmalby/SmilingB3A5T)
* Weedle & Quagsire (Dub: voiced by MickeyMario64)
* Wigglytuff & Igglybuff (Dub: voiced by ThePrismOwl)
* Frost (Dub: voiced by Laverage)
* Frost & Black's dad (Dub: voiced by Volcano Von Kaiser)
* Wild Nidoking (Dub: voiced by MechaMASTER)
* Audino (Dub: voiced by suzulin)
* Black (Dub: voiced by RogerDelmar)
* Wild pokémon (Dub: voiced by SoulCy)
* Chi (Dub: voiced by ThatOddPikachu)
* Pearl (Dub: voiced by kikilabyrinth)
* Sunshine [?] (Dub: voice by LolloTheChoco)

## Trivia

* This chapter is the first appearance of Dr. Robert, Frost, and the berserkers.
* The past of Speed, Crystal, and Solarflare is revealed
* Speed is revealed to be a silver rank rescuer.
* Jirachi's note is a reference to *Adventure Time's* Prismo 's note to Jake in the episode *"Jake the Dog"*
	+ Trace also responses to the note similarly to Jake.