Bella's Braixen

Bella's Braixen is the first Pokemon she obtained in Kalos and her 3rd overall.

History
Braixen, formally a Fennekin, is Bella's first Pokemon received from Professor Sycamore. At first Fennekin showed a distrust towards Bella, not wanting to battle or get hurt. However after Bella threw herself in front of a slash from a Honedge, Fennekin began to trust her. After seeing this act of kindness Fennekin was determined to become a strong battler to impress her trainer and gain her trust. Fennekin evolved protecting Bella from a Toxic used by Team Flare's Croagunk. Despite not evolving in to her final stage, Braixen shows tremendous power. It is also shown that ever since she battled for the first time, Braixen fell in love with the idea. However she also gets easily frustrated when she couldn't master Thunder Punch until Infernape helped her. She later stayed behind in Hoenn and Sinnoh. Braixen later returned to Bella's team in a battle against Pyramid King Brandon and against Celeste in the Sinnoh League. While Braixen was able to defeat her Cresselia, Braixen fell to her Heatran.

Personality
As a Fennekin in her debut she was very stuck-up and distrusting towards Bella. She also refused to battle and pushed Chimchar in front of her. This resulted in Bella disliking Fennekin and even considered releasing or return her to Professor Sycamore. Fennekin kept up this attitude until Bella through her self in front of a wild Honedge's Slash. Upon witnessing this act of kindness, Fennekin learned Flamethrower and defeated the wild Honedge. The feeling of winning a battle excited the Fox Pokemon and resulted in her becoming more interested in battling.