August 7th
1996
Sunday
12:15 P.M. 
Nick was in the front yard playing with a race car toy while his sister watched him, she didn’t want him getting bullied by that vullaby again. The weather was pretty warm today, with the highest temperature being in the seventies. The pup was in a short-sleeve blue polo shirt and white socks, with his usual Jeanies diaper. Angelina was in a floral green dress with a green head bowtie
“Having fun, Nickster?” Angelina asked him.
“Ahuh, lots of fun!” the pup replied happily. “I like my toy car!”
“That’s good, I want to make sure you’re having a good time!” said the grass snake as she heard the sound of her mother calling to her from the kitchen. “Angie! Can you please help me for a moment?” The little pup
“Hm?” asked Nick.
“I’ll be back, little brother. Mom needs a little help with something, please stay there!” said Angelina as she went back inside the house to assist her mother with whatever she needed. The pup nodded as he went back to playing with his toy as he pretended to drive it around on the concrete driveway, imagining he was having a race with it. 
While he was having fun, a male pichu in black shorts and a blue shirt walking near the house decided to approach the pup in order to ask him a question. He appeared to be five-years old. The fighting-type turned his head towards the stranger as he tilted it to the right, curious about him. 
“Hey kid! You want to know how to get anything you want?” the electric pokemon asked. 
Nick was rather curious because he had seen many commercials on television that advertise the latest and coolest toys on the market, so he nodded his head in reply. “How?”
“Here’s what you do, if you are told ‘no’ when asking for something… then you throw a temper tantrum! Pout and hit the ground with your paws, that’ll get you everything you want!” said the pichu. 
“Okay!” the pup answered as he watched the tiny mouse pokemon walk away from him, going back to playing with his toy race car.
The pichu let out a sinister chuckle, quietly saying to himself while heading away from the bright-blue house: “Hehehe, perfectly fooled him! I am surprised he actually listened to me! Another drooling baby pranked!” He made sure to pick up the pace so no one would see him. 
After a few minutes, the grass snake returned from helping out her mother. She was relieved to see that her brother hadn’t wandered off somewhere. She sat on the first step to the porch, watching as her little brother had fun playing with his toy race car in the grass. Ranae joined her daughter outside with a glass of lemonade and a bottle of Oran Berry Formula for Nick.
“Here you go, my precious son! Drink up!” said Ranae as the serpent used one vine to hand her son the bottle of milk while using the other to hand the lemonade over to Angelina. 
“Thankies, Momma!” said Nick as he carefully took the bottle from her and began to drink it down slowly, feeling the cold and refreshing milky liquid hit his tongue as he relaxed. Laying on his back in the warm grass. 
After fifteen minutes later, the young pup was picked up by his mother using both of her vines to support him. It was time for the two to head back inside since it was getting warmer out. Ranae didn’t want her little boy getting too hot, or it could affect him. 
“Time to head back inside, you’ve been out for quite a long time.” said the serperior as she slithered back into the house with her daughter following behind. Nick watched as he was taken through the kitchen and right into the living room, plopped down in front of his toy PokeBlocks. His big sister went upstairs to her room for the time being while the mother cleaned some dishes in the kitchen. 
Lonstan was in the living room watching a documentary on the latest advancement in satellite technology, enjoying his day off from work. He’d occasionally glance down at his son, just to make sure he was doing alright. The pup was building a little house with the blocks, enjoying himself for the time being.
Four hours later…
Nick was pushing his toy race car around on the wooden dining room floor, watching as it traveled across the surface. He giggled as he watched it touch his mother’s grassy tail while she was preparing dinner. The serperior chuckled as he used her free vine to gently push the toy back over to her son. The husband was at the dining room table, reading the newspaper while his daughter was talking over the phone with her friend Marsha in the living room. Both had planned a Movie Night at the Striaton City Grand Theater many days ago.
“So, when are we heading out to the movies tonight?” asked Angelina.
“At eight-fifteen, two hours after dinner time. My mother advised us that we should arrive early to find seats, you know how occupied a movie theater gets during the night.” said Marsha.
“Yeah, that is true. It’d be a buzz-kill if all the seats were taken… wouldn’t be able to see the film at all. It’s going to be a great one, I know it!” said the grass snake. 
“Oh, and by the way… mind if my little brother comes along?” the pikachu asked.
“Ah, Mitchell… he wants to see this movie as well,” said Angelina.
“Yeah, he’s excited to see all the action scenes. It’s a M-Rated movie after all,  it has lots of moments involving explosions and fights against bad guys.” said Marsha.
“Let’s hope it doesn’t scare him too much, it’d ruin the experience for the two of us.” said the grass snake. 
“Don’t worry, my mother will keep an eye on him. He should be watching kid-friendly content, but he’ll be allowed this once because he hasn’t pulled any pranks on anyone lately.” said the electric mouse. 
“Okay, see you after dinner!” said Angelina as the phone call ended. She headed over to the kitchen, smelling the delicious scent of cooked berries. “Whatcha making for supper, mom?”
“I’m making a delicious pecha berry pasta that Nick will certainly enjoy, no doubt about it!” said Ranae. 
“That sounds great, I can’t wait until it's finished!” said the grass snake. “Anyways, Marsha told me that we’ll be heading out in two hours after dinner to go see that movie.”
“Triple Agents two?” asked the serperior.
“Yeah, that one. We saw the first one last year, and it was awesome. The sequel is going to be a blast!”
Nick listened to the conversation and was rather curious, he also wanted to see this movie as well. He went over to his sister and tapped her on the leg. The grassy snake turned around and asked “Need something little brother?”
“Can I go too?” the pup asked.
“Sorry Nickster, but you can’t go. Maybe next time I’ll take you out to see a movie.” said Angelina. 
With the request denied, Nick threw himself onto the floor and started hitting the ground with his paws as he shouted angrily “I want to go! I want to go!” His parents and sister were appalled by this sudden bad behavior, since they never saw him pull anything like this. The mother turned off the stove and quickly slithered over to her son as she picked him up with her vines.
“What has gotten into you hun!?” asked Ranae. 
“Nicky, that was very rude! Even if I wanted to take you… this movie wouldn’t’ve been appropriate for your age!” exclaimed Angelina angrily. Lonstan went over to his baby boy, and took him from his wife. He took a deep breath in and slowly exhaled. 
“Son, where did you learn to do that from?” the gallade asked.
“From a pichu…” the pup replied sadly.
The family were shocked and disappointed to hear that Nicholas had picked up some bad manners from someone else, which was simply unacceptable. They didn’t want him to grow up with a bad behavioral mindset. Angelina rushed over to the phone quickly, she needed to notify her friend about her little brother. Lonstan took the pup upstairs in order to have an important talk.
Angelina dialed in her friend’s phone number and waited for her to pick up the phone. When the call was picked up, it was actually her mother who answered the call instead! 
“Hello, you are speaking to Elise Pelston, how may I help you this evening?” asked Elise.
“Miss Elise… we need to talk about something important.” said the grass snake in a concerned tone.
“Is everything alright? Did something go wrong?” the raichu asked.
“It’s about your son, Mitchell… he taught my baby brother some bad manners! He was having a temper-tantrum in the middle of the dining room!” said Angelina.
“He did whaaaaaat?!” Elise shouted over the phone. “I’m sorry about this… I’m going to have an important conversation with him right this instant!  I apologize once again, he shouldn’t be doing stuff like this to younger children since your baby brother is definitely very impressionable.”
“Thank you… I would recommend against taking him with us to the movie theater. No one should easily get away with teaching my brother such terrible manners!” said the grass snake.
“That’s a good idea, I’ll leave him with his father. That will teach him not to do this again, hopefully…” said the raichu as she ended the phone call.
Inside of his daughter’s bedroom, Lonstan was sitting at eye-level with his son. They were about to have an important discussion about proper behavior. The pup regretted his actions and felt very sad for what he had done. 
“Sport… I’d like to ask you an important question: why did you have a temper-tantrum in the middle of the dining room?” Lonstan asked calmly. 
“I was twold it’d gwet me evwerything I wanted…” said Nicholas. 
“Son, you don’t get everything you want just from a temper-tantrum, it just gets you into big trouble. It’s important to have good behavior since behavior can really affect who you become in the future, and for how people perceive you. I don’t want you growing up into a spoiled child.” said Lonstan. 
“Oh….” said the pup as he was given a hug by his father. 
“You’re not a bad kid, but this will serve as an important lesson for you. Now… let’s go downstairs and watch some television together. Whaddya say, sport?” asked the gallade as he took his son’s audino plushie out of the crib and handed it to him. The riolu perked up and smiled a bit as he took the toy from him.
“Yes, dada!” the pup said.
“That’s my boy!” said Lonstan as he picked up his son and patted him on the back. 
The gallade brought the baby downstairs, and put him right next to his big sister on the couch. Angelina was watching some random cartoon on the television while waiting for dinner to be finished. She looked at her baby brother with a smile and asked “Learned your lesson, little brother?”
“Ahuh!” said Nick.
“I’d say he has, and one that shouldn’t be forgotten easily.” said Lonstan as he switched the channel over to Alphabet Avenue. 
Today was an important day for the young pup, for he learned an important lesson about proper behavior from his father and how it could affect him later on in life. Including how people will see him as an individual. A person’s upbringing can affect how they grow as a person.