Feather follows her mother and brothers through the forest. She was going to her first day of Pokémon school. "Ray, Alder, make sure to take care of your sister," her mother says. She was an Espeon and her father was a Jolteon. Feather's brother were Eevee's, Feather was too, but she was a shiny one. Feather hurries to catch up. "I don't need to be taken care of," she objects. "I just want to be cautious, you know you can't be a regular Pokémon like your brothers," her mother says. "I know," Feather grumbles. She was born with a twisted paw and was always reminded that she couldn't live a normal life like Ray or Alder. "I'm sure she'll be fine mom, she's tough for being small," her older brother, Alder, says. "Yeah, she beat me in a fight yesterday," Ray agrees. Feather smiles and brushes against her brothers in gratitude. They walk for a little while longer before finally coming to a large clearing. Eevee's were in the clearing, talking and laughing. A Leafeon was sitting at the edge, talking to a Vaporeon. Ray and Alder rushed off to talk to their friends, leaving Feather alone with her mother. She follows her towards the Vaporeon and Leafeon. The Leafeon turns its head. "Why hello, Ember. Is this Feather," the Leafeon says, warmth lacing her words. Ember nods, pushing Feather forwards with her tail. "Hello Feather, my name is Willow and this is Ripple," she says, gesturing to the Vaporeon with her tail. "Good to meet you ,Feather," he rumbles. "You too," Feather murmurs. "I see you're a shiny, we don't get many of those." "Feather has a little trouble getting around, her paw is twisted," Ember says. "We'll make sure she has the help she needs." "There is something I need to talk to you in private," Ember says. Willow nods and follows Ember into the woods. "Come, I'll introduce you to some Eevee's your age," Ripple says. Feather limps after him, making sure to be careful. He stops in front of a group of Eevee's that were slightly bigger than she was. "Hi Ripple," one of them says. "Hello Clover, I would like you to meet Feather," Ripple says. Feather limps out from behind Ripple, her head held high. Her foot suddenly buckles underneath her and she falls forward. She scrambles up and the group starts to laugh. "She should be named Twisted, not Feather," one of them laughs. "Yeah," another one agrees. "Thistle, Shadow, that is not how you treat the wounded," Ripple growls. Feather looks away, humility racing through her. "Attention students, please take a seat," Willow yowls. Feather finds Alder and sits next to him. "We have a new student, Feather. Why don't you come up here and introduce yourself," she says. Feather gets up and pads to the front of the assembled Pokémon. "Hello, my name is Feather. And the evaluation in hoping to be is Umbreon," Feather says. Laughing breaks out through the Eevee. "Twisted thinks she can become an Umbreon," Clover laughs. Feather puts her ears down. "Hey, don't treat my sister like that," Ray snarls, stalking up to Clover. "Who's going to stop me," Clover retorts. Ray bares his teeth, growling. Clover unsheathes his claws. "Enough," Willow yowls. "Yes, Feather has a twisted paw, but that doesn't mean she can't believe and wish," Ripple growls. Feather's silver pelt ripples along her spine. She hated being treated special because of her paw. "The first thing we're going to do today is hunting, then we will do agility," Ripple yowls. The Eevee start to walk out of the clearing. Feather starts to follow before being called back by Willow. "I need to talk to you," she says. Feather sits down and looks up at Willow. "Your mother told me about your mental problems." Feather puts her ears down. That was another thing she hated talking about. "She told me how your mentally ill and that you should never be angered," Willow says. Feather's ear twitches. "Well your angering me right now," she growls. "Look I know you don't like to talk about this and I'm sorry, I really am, but I just need you to understand that just because your mentally and physically challenged doesn't mean you aren't capable of everything else everyone is doing. She also told me that you have to do calming things every once and a while or else you might go crazy," Willow says. Feather nods, the world crazy sounding very familiar to her. "Now go along and catch up to everyone else, if you need help I'll be with you," Willow smiles. Feather turns and hurries after her classmates. She meets them at another clearing. An Eevee walks up to her. "Hi, I'm Flare," he says. "Hi, I'm Feather," she murmurs. "I heard what you said about wanting to be an Umbreon. I want to be a Flareon," he says. Feather smiles. "I guess we all have our dreams," she smiles. "Do you have any siblings," he asks. "Yeah, I have two old brothers, Ray and Alder," Feather replies. "Do you." "I have a younger sister," he says. "Feather, Flare, come over here," Ripple calls. Feather limps towards Ripple. She sees Clover whisper into Thistle's ear and laugh. Feather glares at him, anger building up inside her. She bounds to catch up with Flare. She stubs her paw on a rock and trips, landing face first in the dirt. "Aw, can twisted not stand on her own four paws," Clover taunts. Feather jumps up and turns to her, her fur bristling. Everyone around him laughs and he smirks. Feather unsheathes her claws and leaps at Clover.