Eevee and Evolution Stones
Most Pokemon are highly adaptable to their surroundings, but Eevee take the cake. In their basic form, Eevee seem like nothing special. Eevee are very territorial creatures, and will fight off another Eevee who encroaches on their land. They are friendly enough with humans and other Pokemon, but not with each other. This animosity led Eevee to spread out all over the land, seeking their own space.
Because Eevee spread to land of all sorts, they had to be very adaptive to different environments. In extreme environments, Eevee evolved in order to survive there. Eevee in water regions evolved into fish-like Vaporeon, in volcanic regions to heat-resistant Flareon, and by power plants into the electric Jolteon.
Scientists were fascinated by this ability, and carefully examined Eevee in various environments and in labs to determine what was necessary to make them evolve. They discovered that if they had an object that was highly connected to one of the environments, they could cause the Eevee to evolve in the lab. In other words, a chunk of coral could cause an Eevee to become a Vaporeon, because the Eevee connected it to the ocean. Volcanic rocks and strong earth magnets were used to cause evolutions to Flareon and Jolteon. Scientists coined these ‘Evolution Stones’ and sold them to trainers.
With these stones, Eevee’s popularity with trainers skyrocketed. No longer would trainers have to spend long hours in harsh environments, training their Eevee in hopes they would evolve or searching for wild evolutions. As Eevee spent increasing time with trainers, they adapted again, into Espeon and Umbreon, to help them bond with their trainers and give them an edge over their opponents.
Some trainers tried to stimulate other evolutions, by training in icy tundras and deep rainforests. These produced Leafeon and Glaceon, but these were harder to bring about. Because these evolutions had been brought about by trainers rather than by survival in the wild, they were less instinctual to the Eevee. A leaf stone or glacier ice would not affect an Eevee; they would have to be totally submersed in the environment to evolve.
Unfortunately, over hunting led Eevee to be very rare in the wild. They are nowhere near extinct, as they are so popular a pet, but they exist in captivity. Breeding facilities will sell Eevee at high prices, though interest groups hope to re-introduce them into the wild.
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