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Eggceptional Get Away: Nystre

Nystre felt a sudden sense of panic as they woke up. It was completely dark and cramped wherever they were. They tried to squirm and move around but found walls around them. They couldn't see, they couldn't move, they couldn't even figure out how they had gotten here. They had come across an old shop being run out of a barn on the side of the freeway... Then there had been a flash of light... And... The rest was a blur after that. Now they were stuck somewhere... And they felt so weak.

Nystre felt their breathing speed up as they pushed against the wall. They didn't like being trapped and contained like this. Where were they? Why were they here! They just had to get out! They pushed as hard as they could hoping to find some way out.

And much to their relief. They did.

A piece of the wall containing them broke away letting a small amount of light in. Nystre blinked taking a moment to adjust to the light and then resumed pushing. They were so close to escaping now! More of the wall broke away... And eventually the entire wall collapsed as Nystre broke through and tumbled outward into a grassy field.

They tried to stand up but found it difficult. Every time they tried they landed on all fours. They couldn't balance themselves on two legs no matter how many times they attempted it! This gave Nystre enough of a brief pause to look over their own body. This is when they realized they did not appear to be themselves. Well Nystre was obviously Nystre. They just didn't look normal. Their fur was still a light purple... But their body was all wrong. Their ears were still the usual long length, but now much thinner. They would almost look like a conventional rabbit's ears were it not for the fact they ended in points. Their tail was in a similar state. Still long, still fluffy, but not as fluffy. It was now more like a normal fox's tail. Perhaps the missing tail fluff had retreated to Nystre's chest. They now had a large fluffy mane that was light blue in color.

Wheels began to turn in Nystre's head as they slowly put together what had happened. They looked back to the broken prison they had escaped from before tumbling into the grass. The walls that had held them were nothing more than the shells of an egg. There was no way to misidentify it. Nystre had just hatched from an egg and was now a completely different species. Not only that, but since they had just hatched that implied they were a newborn.

"Eeeeveeeeee." Nystre tried to speak. Nothing came out of their mouth that could be considered conventional words. They took a few shaky steps forward slowly processing what happened. Despite being so young their body was capable of walking perfectly fine. In fact, they could do more than walk. Nystre took a few steps forward then burst into a sprint. They were surprisingly physically capable for a baby animal!

It was at this point Nystre heard a voice call out to them. The strange thing was the voice managed to sound like two different things at once. On one hand the voice might have said:

"Bless my stars look at you freshly hatched and already so handsome! And I see you inherited your old man's perfect IVs too!"

The voice might also have said:

"Ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto!"

It was a strange sensation. It was as if Nystre heard the words one way but understood them another. Either way they looked around to see where the voice was coming from. Aside from the field there wasn't much here. There was a wooden fence that had been painted white and a barn in the distance. The voiced seemed to be coming from that direction. Then a few moments a purple thing came slithering from the direction of the barn. It almost looked like goo, but with an outright silly smiling face stretched out on it.

"Now let me get a good look at you!" The purple blob called out as it came closer. "To think you managed to hatch on your own with no help! Your daddy Ditto is already so proud of you!"

"Vee eeeeee!?" Nystre tried to ask a question. It didn't work very well. Unlike the Ditto their shouting didn't seem to carry any second meaning. They were no more coherent than a babbling infant.

"Absolutely amazing." The Ditto reached Nystre's side and reached out... Not a hand or arm... But certainly a piece of it as it patted Nystre atop the head. "You definitely got my IVs! But this time you even got my color. Never seen that happen before! But you were an oddity from the start! Just goes to show how special you are."

"Veeee!?" Nystre tried to pull back from the Ditto's grasp. Why was he acting like their father! That couldn't be right! At least... Nystre didn't think it was... But their eyes wondered over to the eggshell remembering what they just experienced. Obviously something strange was going on...

"First two eggs popped up at once!" Ditto meanwhile had not noticed Nystre's attitude and was still happily chatting away. "Usually just one egg shows up! And at first we thought there was only one... But then your egg showed up too! Guess this is how twins work. Though your older brother already hatched a few days again and was picked up by the trainer. Ya see he's already being trained."

"Vee?" Nystre snapped back to attention at this trying to understand what was going on. As far as they were aware they had no brother. But again they still hadn't quite figured out all of what was going on right now.

"Oh curious about that are you?" Ditto gave Nystre's head fur another affectionate rub. "Well you see... Your old man serves a very valuable role! You see I have perfect IVs! And so our trainer wants me to pass those on to all of my offspring! And that's why you have so many siblings! But, and I know I said this already, but you're really something special! I mean your mom was a Garchomp and your brother was a Gible! And somehow despite all that you're an eevee! I wonder if that means you'll somehow be able to use dragon moves."

"VEEEE!?" This explanation did very little to explain anything to Nystre. They had a brother and mother that were different species? And their dad was a Ditto? And apparently there had been two eggs when that had never happened before... What did all of this even mean?

"Oh you're going to have a very big family!" Ditto winked at Nystre. It was somewhat disturbing. "You see your old man is a breeding pokemon! So I'm always here in the Daycare helping our trainer produce the strongest pokemon to form a team with! Or sometimes just for trading! Why your family is so big that now we've got axews, bagons, dratinis, feebas, rhyhorns, lucarios, chanseys...

"VEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Nystre covered their ears and shouted at Ditto. While they may not have put everything together yet they were fairly certain they didn't need to know about the exploits of their possible Ditto dad.

"I just wanted you to know you had a big loving family!" Ditto patted Nystre more.

"VEEEE!" Nystre managed to blush hard enough it was visible through their fur.

"Alright, alright I'll stop." Ditto shrugged.

Now that Ditto had finally stopped talking Nystre started trying to put together everything he understood about the situation. They had just been born and Ditto claimed to be their father... But Ditto also mentioned it being odd that there were two eggs. So it was a distinct possibility that Ditto had been tricked here. That would mean... What happened back in the barn hadn't been a dream! The bright flash Nystre saw... Someone had turned them into an eevee egg and brought them here! But... To what end? They thought they remembered seeing something about a sign on the barn promising some kind of vacation... That meant whoever was at the barn was responsible for this. Wait a barn!

Nystre looked over at the barn in the distance of the field. This one didn't seem to be on the side of a freeway... But Nystre was considerably smaller now so maybe they just couldn't see it from here! Perhaps they would get a better understanding of what was going on there!

"Eevee vee!" Nystre gave a cry as they started running in the direction of the barn.

"Whoa what got into you?" Ditto called after them. "Are you hungry or something?"

Nystre didn't pay him any mind. Instead they continued to run until she reached the edge of the bar. The fence prevented them from approaching the barn's front door. However there was a side entrance on the same side as the fence as them. A large wide door that had been opened to let animals enter and exit freely. Nystre quickly ran in there expecting to see something that would explain all this!

Instead all they saw was a normal barn. There were piles of straw everywhere, some of them with more eggs nestled in them. There was a low fence and gate on one end. Nystre couldn't see past it at their size but they could hear people talking from the other side. This was normal talking too instead of the strange manner of speech that Ditto had spoken. They started to walk towards the gate trying to hear better what was going on. Something about dropping a pokemon off... They would have listened more but something else in the barn caught their attention.

Across from the doors where Nystre had come in was a long trough. The trough itself didn't look that interesting but there was an incredible smell coming from it. Nystre couldn't quite place what it was... But it had sweet aroma that made their mouth water. The eevee slowly crept over to the trough. They paused and looked around nervously as if concerned that someone would stop them. After a few moments of waiting Nystre leaped up onto their hind legs. They braced their forelegs against the side of the trough and could finally see what was inside.

It was filled with berries. But these weren't blueberries or strawberries or anything that Nystre was able to identify. They were extremely outlandish, coming in a variety of shapes and colors. Some of them looked like tiny little pineapples while others looked like a tiny bundle of pink bananas. Others were just large bumpy blue orbs. Nystre grabbed one of the blue ones in their mouth then quickly dove underneath the trough to nibble on what they had taken.

It was just as delicious as it smelled. Nystre greedily devoured the rest of the berry in just two bites. They then looked around suspicious someone might stop them and got ready to reach into the trough again.

"What are you so shy for?" It was Ditto again. The purple blob slithered into the barn after Nystre. He still had that same silly grin on his face. "That's what they're there for! To be eaten!"

"VEE!" Nystre knew that! They just didn't know who it was there to be eaten by! After all, why was the trough up so high if they were allowed to eat from it too. Then again they were starting to piece together what a lot of this place was used for. Nystre hadn't lived their entire life under a rock. They knew what pokemon were. It was one thing to see then in a game though and quite another to be thrust into the life of one. For now they grabbed another berry from the trough then hid underneath to devour it again.

"You need to pace yourself." Ditto warned as he slid underneath the trough with Nystre. "You're going to give yourself a stomachache!"

"Vee!" Nystre ignored the warning. By this point they were quite enjoying themselves. This time when they jumped up and grabbed three berries at once before laying down next to the trough to eat.

"Seriously you're going to spoil your appet-" Ditto started to warn but was interrupted.

"Eevee veeee!" Nystre fell over onto their side. They moved their paws around in the air and then tried to hug its own stomach. They had eaten too much and too fast and were now dealing with the consequences.

"I warned you..." Ditto sighed and sat... or at least settled down next to Nystre. It reached over with a piece of itself and gently stroked Nystre's heaed. "There... Just relax and let it pass."

"Veeeeeeeee." Nystre whined but did nothing to withdraw from Ditto's grasp. Instead they lay there for several minutes. Eventually their vision began to blur as Nystre began to feel sleepy. After a couple more minutes they were completely out of it. They lay there on their back, occasionally making small squeaking noises in their sleep.

By the time that Nystre woke up the sun had started to set. They were still right next to the trough just where they had fallen asleep. Ditto was nowhere to be seen though and they could no longer hear the voices of the normal people from behind the gate.

Nystre stood up and shook their body to help throw off their fatigue. Then they looked around. They could smell the berries in the trough still. After their experience before the nap it was less appetizing now. They decided to ignore those for now and instead headed back outside into the field.

Nystre felt a pleasant cool breeze on their face as the evening began to set. They suddenly became aware of the fact that they were absolutely bursting with energy. They had a full stomach and a complete nap! Now they wanted something to do! But what! They looked around trying to get an idea and then noticed a series of lights in the distance. Nystre's eyes lit up at that and then they immediately set out!

They dove into the tall grass, using it as camouflage as they approached the source of the lights. Whatever they were, they were inside the fenced area so Nyste wouldn't have trouble reaching them. But while traveling in the grass they couldn't get a good look at what they were. The light itself was easy enough to follow. Nystre crept low to the ground until they felt the light directly above them. And then they leaped straight out of the glass stretching out their forepaws to tackle the light.

A new voice gave a shout. Similar to Ditto's it was a strange voice that sounded like one thing and meant another. It might have meant:

"Goodness me! What!?"

But it also might have sounded like:

"Illumise! Mise!"

Either way Nystre collided with a large purple and blue firefly-like creature in the air. After the collision both of them came tumbling out of the air before landing in the grass. As Nystre rolled off of the giant bug they couldn't help but laugh. It had just been so bright and colorful! They couldn't help but go after it! They hadn't expected it to be an actual person.

"You think you're that funny?" The Illumise demanded as it got off its back and floated into the air. "You can't just go around tackling people!"

"Veee." Nystre stuck their tongue out.

"How rude!" The Illumise crossed its arms. "What a wretched child. I should teach you a lesson right this moment."

"Veeee..." Nystre took a few steps back. They had just been trying to have fun but the Illumise was really upset.

"Illumise!" It was Ditto's voice that called out this time! Nystre couldn't believe it... But they dared say the purple blob almost looked gallant as he appeared slithering across the open field. "What are you doing to my child!?"

"This is another of your spawn?" Illumise made a face. "I should have known. Explains the lack of manners." Illumise's attention was briefly lifted from Nystre. They didn't waste the moment and quickly ran over and hid directly behind Ditto.

"Now come on Illumise there's no need to be so grumpy." Ditto smiled. He was good at smiling. He was never not smiling. "Little Eevee here was just hatched today. You can't expect someone to have perfect social etiquette right out of the egg. Besides! I'm sure Eevee didn't mean any harm! Probably just wanted to play." Nystre nodded to agree with this... And then couldn't resist sticking their tongue out at the bug again.

"More like they're just as uncultured as you." Illumise groaned. "Do me a favor and keep a better eye on your little seed. You can at least pretend to know something about parenting." With that the purple bug turned and flew off.

"Sure. I'll get right on that as soon as you get that stick out of your butt." Ditto muttered once he was certain Illumise was out of hearing range.

"Vee?" Nystre looked at Ditto, feeling a strange sense of pride.

"Eevee you should always be respectful to people. Especially their elders." Ditto took a stern tone. It came across as rather odd with his smiling face. "Even against self absorbed bugs who think they knew better than everyone else."

"Veeee." Nystre flopped onto their smile and flashed a cheeky grin at Ditto.

"You're going to be a handful huh?" Ditto's voice became softer and more affectionate at this. "I guess that makes sense. I was quite the troublemaker in my youth too. You're just like your old man." Ditto reached down to rub the top of Nystre's head fur again.

"Veeee!" Nystre leaned into it this time and enjoyed the sensation. They were fairly certain Ditto wasn't their father... But maybe he was pretty alright. They knew they should be more concerned about figuring out what had happened to them... But it wouldn't be so bad to stay here for a bit... Or to hang out with their new Ditto Daddy.

The End