The two starters walked side by side, not saying anything as they walked back to Pyxis' family.

Pyxis' grip was on the dead Rattata. Amadeus kept stealing glances at his new friend.

The same question kept repeating in his mind, making his heart race. Will her family accept me like she does? Amadeus doubted that they would. Most Pokémon don't even like to look at him, claiming he was ugly.

Of course he supposed he had it better than the ghost types. Well, most of them. There's still Decidueye. That is the one ghosts all the Pokémon love since they're all starters. But they still don't love me like that. No one could ever love me for who I truly am. Well...no one except a fellow Popplio, Brionne, or Primarina.

The lush grassy forest around them turned to red-and-yellow leaves. Pyxis seemed to pick up speed as if she couldn't wait to get back. Why though?

Amadeus couldn't help but think the worst from this clan. What if they made him do all their dirty work while they were lazing around like that Alolan Meowth that one time? What if they hurt him like those other Pokémon, telling him to do suicide?

His eyes shown the pain he was going through. Then they reached the Litten Camp. Amadeus gulped, eyes widening. Pyxis glanced over at him.

She presses her paw onto his shoulder in comfort. " It will be okay. They won't kick you out. I won't let them!" She almost hissed as she nudged him forward with her muzzle.

Well, the sooner we get back the better for Pyxis I guess. The Popplio gulped as he started to hop into the camp of the Litten's. I hope they know they're expecting visitors.

Amadeus bounded forward, unsure of how the clan would react. As he walked in, some of the Litten, Torracat, and Incineroar stared as he walked in.

" Who's that?" A female Litten wondered as they tipped their head. They kind of looked like Pyxis, but Amadeus knew that Pyxis was right behind him, strutting with her catch in her mouth.

" I have never seen a Pokémon with that big of a nose before." A Torracat added. " It looks cute." Another Litten meowed as he followed Amadeus' every move.

" It's a boy." Growled Pyxis, muffled through the fur of the rat in her mouth. " And he's here to find a home. He has none." Of course most of it was muffled because the Ratata was still in her mouth, so it was hard to understand. Amadeus could understand her because he was beside her.

" Huh?" A different Litten wondered as he tipped his head. A shiny Litten approached them. He sniffed the Popplio.

Amadeus got awkward when the shiny sniffed him. " He smells of town. I'm not sure if we can trust him, Pyxis." The shiny states. " Th-the town of Poketown hates me. T-they don't like me. Please don't make me go back." Amadeus begged, not seeming much like a male at this point.

He honestly didn't care at this point. The shiny shrugged. " It's not up to me if you can stay here or even if you're kicked out. It's up to Pyxis' parents. They're the leaders of our little clan." The shiny told him.

" D-do you think I have a chance of staying here?" Amadeus wondered with his flippers at his mouth in worry. " You have a better chance than a ghost type, that's for sure. Those Pokémon are all evil and deserve to perish." The shiny informed him.

Amadeus sighed. At least he might have a chance to prove he was worthy of staying with these fire-types.

The female who's facial features resembled Pyxis padded over to them. " You look like a clown." She mewed, sniffing him.

Amadeus was tired of all these Litten sniffing at him. It was like they never seen a Pokémon who was a seal before. They probably haven't since he's gathered a crowd by now.

" Hey! Make way! Let us through!" A roar sounded out as a shiny female Torracat and Incineroar approached the gathered Litten and Popplio.

The clan all parted to let their apparent leaders through. " Who is this?!" The Incineroar roared, his clear-as-day white fur bristling with rage and suspicion.

The Incineroar stomped close, breathing down Amadeus' neck tutu. Amadeus gritted his teeth, sweat dropping as he leaned away from the scary cat.

Pyxis stepped in front of him protectively. " This is Amadeus. He is a new friend I made. He-he has no where left to go. He...he's hated by Poketown." Pyxis tried to explain as the Incineroar turned to her, eyes Blazing.

" Calm down, dear. Let's hear what Pyxis has to say to us for bringing this cute little seal to us." The shiny Torracat purred as she licked the Incineroar. The Incineroar turned red, suddenly getting shy.

" O-of course, dear." He responded, shyly going down on all fours.

" So tell us, honey, why did you bring this pink nosed seal to us? I do see you caught something. We can have that put on the prey pile later, but first I want to know why you've brought him here." The shiny Torracat told them softly.

Amadeus liked this shiny. She acted like a true queen rather than yelling about him being here, she asked about him.

" Well, I was out to catch Ratata, and I bumped into him. H-he was being abused by Poketown for his looks, and, well, I thought we could help him. He doesn't seem to be liked by anyone." Pyxis explained.

The shiny Torracat then took a look at the Popplio, gazing at the ribs that were showing through his blubber skin.

Pity filled her gaze as she looked back at Pyxis. She smiled at her. " You did the right thing, my daughter. No body deserves to be treated in such ways to where they're starving." The Torracat meowed with such passion that it both shocked Amadeus hearing about Pyxis being the daughter of the obvious leaders of this pack, and touched him very deeply.
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Pyxis grinned. She was glad. For a moment she thought she would have to sneak Amadeus in later when no one was looking.

Her sister seemed obviously intrigued by her new friend.

Speaking of her friend he was in utter shock. He didn't expect me to be that high up the ladder of this clan.

" So what we're just supposed to let some stranger in our camp?! We're supposed to let him eat all our food while he just gets lazy?!" Pyxis' father roared as he stomped over to his wife.

Amadeus quiver with fright as he shrunk, trying to disappear from view.

" No! No! Of course not. If it's fine with...what's your name, dear?" Pyxis' mother responded as she bent over to ask the question softly.

" Amadeus," The Popplio responded softly. " What a cute name." The Torracat purred, making Amadeus turn red from embarrassment.

" Thanks," Amadeus responded, shrinking a bit. It was clear he was only used to attention that was bad, not good or complementary.

" So, Amadeus, are you fine with what my husband said? Helping out our clan when it needs it, and not just sitting around getting plump off our food?" The shiny wonders as she leans in to hear what the strange looking seal had to say.

" I-I'll help you guys. I-I mean if you want to take me in of course." Amadeus commented shyly, playing with his flippers; he shifted his feet a bit.

" Of course we'll take you in. Why wouldn't we?" Pyxis' mother purred as she rubbed against him with her cheek.

It was a little weird to watch because this was not her husband or her daughters.

" Because I'm an ugly clown who needs to die?" Amadeus questioned. Most of the fire cats in the clan gasped at what he said. " Whoever told you that is a liar!" Pyxis snarled as she thrusted herself against the Popplio.

Amadeus' eyes grew wide. " Most pokemon are monsters when it comes to looks. Don't listen to them. You're perfect just the way you are. We don't care what you look like. All Pokémon deserve love and compassion." Vulpecula purred as she pressed herself against Pyxis.

" Not to mention fair treatment. The world we live in is a judgmental one. Pokémon forget that the one true Pokémon who is in charge of Judgement is Arceus themself." The shiny Litten meowed.

Pyxis never tried to remember his name. He was always just one of those Pokémon in the background.

What all the clan seemed to say was making the poor Popplio cry from happiness. This is going better than I ever hoped, Pyxis thought with a pleased purr.

" Th-thank you. Thank you all!" He squeaked. " Now then, let's welcome the new member to the clan. This hasn't ever happened in clan history, but we have a Popplio joining us. Now I know he can't hunt, but he can help us around the camp and fight for us." Pyxis' mother meowed, shivering.

Pyxis knew what she was meowing about. They had these rivals who came over to fight them all the time. They were a group of hardcore fighting Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard. Their leader was a shiny Charizard who was as old as...probably Arceus.

He was supposedly their elder, and their leader. But, something happened to where the Charizard had a young ambitious Charizard take over half the duties he was in charge of.

Thus, this lead to the conflict between the Litten clan and the Charizard pride. The young Charizard took it upon himself to rid the world of all fire types but Charmander, Charmeleon, And Charizard, which was really ridiculous.

And even worse was the name they called themselves compared to the other fire types. They called themselves: Agni Dēva. It was both a ridiculous name, and In a different language.

One that the flying/fire-type called Gujarati. According to them it was the word for Fire Gods, therefore they claimed they were better than any fire type.

Of course, the Charizard elder tried to stop the young Charizard multiple times, but always failed.

A young pokemon should always listen to their elders. Pyxis thought as she shook her head in remembrance.

" Come along, Pyxis." Her mother meowed, flicking her tail at Pyxis as she began to pad away with Amadeus. That commentary brought the She-cat out of her thoughts.

Better follow. Amadeus might not be able to make it that far!

Determination lit the kitten's face as she ran after her mother. Her sister's light footsteps pattered after her.

All four Pokémon reached a cave. " Wait here you three while I get our elder to take a look at Amadeus. When she gets here I would like Pyxis and Vulpecula to gather some berries to give to our new pal after she gets here so that she can get a look at Amadeus without any distractions." The shiny Torracat explained as she ducked er head out to find the shiny female Incineroar.

The cave was pretty quiet for a few minutes. Amadeus decided to break the silence. " So your name is Vulpecula?" Amadeus questions as he locks eyes with Pyxis' sister.

The Litten nodded her head. The conversation was cut short as the shiny brought back the shiny Incineroar.

" Let's take a look, shall we?" The shiny questioned, rubbing her paws together before seeing the other two Litten.

" I would like to be alone with my patient. I may be the elder, but I am also the village medic. I need space to look over this Popplio to see if there's anything I can do to stable his current condition." The shiny purred.

" Are you saying he's gonna die?!" Pyxis panicked. The shiny Incineroar shook her head. " No. I'm just saying I need to see I can help this Popplio stay stable. Now run along." The shiny Incineroar told Pyxis and Vulpecula.

The two Litten nodded, and together they left the cave. I hope Amadeus will be okay living here.
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Authors note: Thank you guys so much for all the support on this story. It means so much to me! 🥰 Anyways this chapter was picked due to a poll where I couldn't figure out what to update next. Anyways, let me know what you thought of this. I still am in the process of determining how many chapters this should be.

Oh! One more thing. I was thinking of making a story...it might be LittenxPopplio. It might not. Anyways the idea I have is based on this song by TobyMac called Scars( come with Livin') anyways I figured that that would be the title, but I wasn't sure if I should make another PopplioxLitten or what. Let me know what you think of the idea. Anyways stay tuned! And thanks again for all your support! You don't know how much it means to me.