Chapter 6: Night Talk

                                    

                                          
We went to Steven's home, which had rare and beautiful stones everywhere. 
                          
"Wow, when Professor Birch said you took finding rare stones seriously he wasn't kidding." I said laughing. Steven blushed a little. 
                          
"Yeah well..." I chuckled. 
                          
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, I find it wonderful that you're passionate about something so serious. So I came here to talk about Mega Evolution." He nodded, taking a serious expression. 
                          
"Have a seat and I'll make us some tea." He went into the kitchen and I sat down at the table, bringing out Umbreon. 
                          
"How are you feeling?" I asked her.
                          
"Tired, do you mind if I rest for a bit?"
                          
"Of course not." She curled up on the floor, closing her eyes. Steven came back in and looked at Umbreon. 
                          
"Tired?" I nodded. 
                          
"I learned that Umbreon is in pain every time she mega evolves. Why do you think that is?" 
                          
"Maybe she just hasn't gotten use to the new powers and how they are given to her yet." 
                          
"Maybe, but she told me that she absorbs darkness and that's how she gets her power, but she doesn't like it..." I looked down at my now sleeping Umbreon. "She never told me she was in pain...she thought that if she continued to mega evolve it would all go away. Maybe I'm not good enough for Umbreon to mega evolve correctly..." 
                          
"Don't say that, you're a wonderful trainer for Umbreon. I can tell that you two have an extremely strong bond. Maybe you just aren't meant to mega evolve her." I nodded lightly. 
                          
"Maybe..." I took a sip of the tea. "This tea is amazing, Steven." 
                          
"Why thank you, it's an old family recipe." I chuckled. 
                          
"You'll have to teach it to me sometime." We both laughed. 
                          
"Anytime, if you'd like I could help you and Charizard train with mega evolution." I set the tea down. 
                          
"You would?" 
                          
"Yes, of course I would. You came all this way to learn about mega evolution and I would be rude not to accept teaching you all I know about it." 
                          
"Thank you so much." 
                          
"Please it's nothing, why don't you and Umbreon take the spare bedroom and we can get started in the morning." I smiled brightly. 
                          
"That would be wonderful. Thank you so much." I went to the bedroom he had pointed out and I set Umbreon down on the bed, changed and went outside. 
                          
"Not going to sleep yet?" Steven asked coming outside. 
                          
"Nah, I just got here. There's still a lot I don't know about this world, but I'd like to start to understand." He put a hand on my shoulder. 
                          
"I know you will learn everything there is to learn." I turned and saw he was looking at the sky.
                          
"Yeah, I hope so too."