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EDIT: Upped the highlight brightness. Looks SO much better now.
Tyler's Search is a fanfiction story I'm writing. Tyler is the eevee in the background. This is the first illustration I've done; expect more as time goes on. The scene is from Chapter 17 - Trial By Fire , where Zahna overloads on moonlight to try to heal Tyler after he got caught in her Dark Pulse attack. It's not normal for umbreon to do this - it burned out Zahna's moon powers for over a week afterward, but she was desperate. I should also add that Zahna is not a shiny, she's a normal umbreon. Her rings are just like this from the sheer amount of moonlight she took in.
    Zahna watched in satisfaction as her croconaw opponent staggered, dropping to a knee as it wrestled with the effects of her attack. Let’s see you slash and bite at me now, she thought. It lifted its head to look at her, and she saw fear in those eyes. Good. The umbreon launched herself at it again, snarling her anger at the Catchers who dared take the ones she cared about, and at the pokémon who helped them. There was no finesse to her attacks now; she rammed the croconaw directly in the chest, bowling it over. Standing atop her opponent, she glared at the female Catcher. The Catcher reacted quickly, vanishing the croconaw from underneath her with its ball and turning to run. Zahna landed easily. Part of her wanted to pursue, but she had someone to protect here. She turned back to look at Tyler and gasped.

    The eevee lay on the ground where he had fallen, eyes tightly closed and teeth bared in a grimace, twitching and spasming occasionally. Each time he moved, the umbreon felt sympathetic shivers run down her spine. I did this, she realized in horror. In her mind’s eye, it was her son Will Zahna saw laying there, helpless. Instinctively, she looked up at the sky, and her heart sank. The sun was still high in the sky; moonrise was hours away. There was nothing she could do, and she didn’t know any other pokémon around who could help either. Not with this. Tears of remorse welled up in her red eyes and dripped down her face in a burning stream as she tenderly picked the eevee up and carried him back to her den. Not knowing what else to do, Zahna lay down and wrapped herself around Tyler’s small form, hoping to impart some comfort to him. The spasms continued unabated, though, and all Zahna could do was wait in guilt-ridden agony for darkness to fall and the moon to rise. When it finally did, she left the eevee in her den and went out to sit in the open, drawing the moonlight into her body. Thankfully, the moon was near full that night, and there were no clouds in the sky to hinder its rays. It filled her and still she drew it in, until her rings and even her eyes glowed a pure silvery white and she physically hurt from the effort of containing more energy than she was ever meant to. The claw marks on her shoulder sealed closed, and she started in surprise. The pain had been there, but Zahna had forgotten all about the injury from the croconaw. She breathed deeply, seeking reassurance from her healing. Moonlight could heal her, but she didn’t know if it would work on someone else. She could only hope. Rushing the few paces back to her den, she stood over the injured eevee, who lay limned in silver from her glow, and poured the light into him, desperately trying to counter her dark pulse with it.

    Please be enough. Zahna whispered the words to herself, over and over again.
Want to know what happens next? Chapter 18: Running from Fate

Description
EDIT: Upped the highlight brightness. Looks SO much better now.
Tyler's Search is a fanfiction story I'm writing. Tyler is the eevee in the background. This is the first illustration I've done; expect more as time goes on. The scene is from Chapter 17 - Trial By Fire , where Zahna overloads on moonlight to try to heal Tyler after he got caught in her Dark Pulse attack. It's not normal for umbreon to do this - it burned out Zahna's moon powers for over a week afterward, but she was desperate. I should also add that Zahna is not a shiny, she's a normal umbreon. Her rings are just like this from the sheer amount of moonlight she took in.
    Zahna watched in satisfaction as her croconaw opponent staggered, dropping to a knee as it wrestled with the effects of her attack. Let’s see you slash and bite at me now, she thought. It lifted its head to look at her, and she saw fear in those eyes. Good. The umbreon launched herself at it again, snarling her anger at the Catchers who dared take the ones she cared about, and at the pokémon who helped them. There was no finesse to her attacks now; she rammed the croconaw directly in the chest, bowling it over. Standing atop her opponent, she glared at the female Catcher. The Catcher reacted quickly, vanishing the croconaw from underneath her with its ball and turning to run. Zahna landed easily. Part of her wanted to pursue, but she had someone to protect here. She turned back to look at Tyler and gasped.

    The eevee lay on the ground where he had fallen, eyes tightly closed and teeth bared in a grimace, twitching and spasming occasionally. Each time he moved, the umbreon felt sympathetic shivers run down her spine. I did this, she realized in horror. In her mind’s eye, it was her son Will Zahna saw laying there, helpless. Instinctively, she looked up at the sky, and her heart sank. The sun was still high in the sky; moonrise was hours away. There was nothing she could do, and she didn’t know any other pokémon around who could help either. Not with this. Tears of remorse welled up in her red eyes and dripped down her face in a burning stream as she tenderly picked the eevee up and carried him back to her den. Not knowing what else to do, Zahna lay down and wrapped herself around Tyler’s small form, hoping to impart some comfort to him. The spasms continued unabated, though, and all Zahna could do was wait in guilt-ridden agony for darkness to fall and the moon to rise. When it finally did, she left the eevee in her den and went out to sit in the open, drawing the moonlight into her body. Thankfully, the moon was near full that night, and there were no clouds in the sky to hinder its rays. It filled her and still she drew it in, until her rings and even her eyes glowed a pure silvery white and she physically hurt from the effort of containing more energy than she was ever meant to. The claw marks on her shoulder sealed closed, and she started in surprise. The pain had been there, but Zahna had forgotten all about the injury from the croconaw. She breathed deeply, seeking reassurance from her healing. Moonlight could heal her, but she didn’t know if it would work on someone else. She could only hope. Rushing the few paces back to her den, she stood over the injured eevee, who lay limned in silver from her glow, and poured the light into him, desperately trying to counter her dark pulse with it.

    Please be enough. Zahna whispered the words to herself, over and over again.
Want to know what happens next? Chapter 18: Running from Fate