OK, you want my stories? Some of them might actually be interesting... here goes.
I've always been a fan of Eevee and its evolutions, in particular Jolteon (I'm an Electric fan first and foremost). Back when GSC was the latest out, I got the Eevee that Bill gives you, as you do. It happened to be female too, so I got raising it. It took till around lv 45, but it FINALLY evolved into Espeon... that Espeon was a core player in ALL of my decent teams from then on. It even had Bite - talk about awesome for GSC!
Next would be a more recent one... as you can tell from my sig, I have a major soft spot for Absol (Dark types are my second love, and I often use more of those than Electrics now). Now, I wasn't buying into RS for a long time... I actually wasn't going to at all, but my friend (who is also the owner of a TCG market stall and a major pokemaniac) let me play his Ruby game for a while. He was outside Fortree at the time, so I milled around the grass for a bit to see what I could find. About 10 mins before I had to go home, I found Absol... the buggar was only just caught in time, but it looked SO awesome that I knew my heart was still in the game. I got my mum to lend me her Ruby (as she had Sapphire as well, so I got to borrow Ruby) and I played through it. I caught myself an Absol and trained it up... such wicked attack power it has too! I've bred through it a little and I know have another one being trained up which is PHENOMINALLY evil for power...
Anyways, the next poke I have a soft spot for... quite possibly my fave (and most raised) pokemon is Gardevoir. This was another one that I saw in the game, and I knew that I HAD to have one. So, I took the time to find out where they came from and got Ralts. It took a while to raise, but I still have the lv 100 Gardevoir she became... it has a really awesomely strong HP Water, which really helped me at the time.
The other RS poke I fell in love with was Miltoic. I tried to find Feebas myself for AGES, but no luck. Then, my mum actually FOUND one, but it was MALE. At this time, FR/LG weren't out, so we were a little gutted. Then... she found ANOTHER one; this time it WAS female. I bred them for Dragonbreath and we went from there. Then, back when I first learned about EVs (around 1 year before D/P... which was annoying) I raised my proper Milotic up, and she has been a staple in my teams ever since. Combining with Ninetails (another of my old-school faves), they can confuse both opposition right from the start. If I know she'll have a special attack launched at her, she can Mirror Coat it. I should raise another one for more defense I guess, but... I love my Mild one too much! It has virtually max speed and Sp.ATK IV's... can't complain too much ^_^
I guess it's time for one or two from the new age too. As I mentioned before, I'm a HUGE fan of Eevee. So naturally, I love to use all the Eeveelutions, old and new. I wasn't sold on Glaceon at first though... what a mistake that turned out to be. I picked one up just to see what it was like, and when it was actually in my possesion, I fell in love with it from the word go. Well, not LITERALLY, but you know what I mean - it's one of my new-age faves. It was RIDICULOUSLY good when I was raising it... but then again, the E4 isn't actually pro competition huh?
Ever since I heard she was in the game, I knew I HAD to have a Togekiss. It's basically a poke-blimp - FAR too cool not to want. I looked at the movesets it could have, and decided on Tri Attack as one of the STAB moves. So... I went through the WHOLE of Pokemon XD again JUST so I could get the PERFECT Togepi with tri Attack to suit my needs. I ended up with a Timid Serene Grace one... with basically maxed Sp.ATK and SPD. Too bad I didn't max those EV's out... but it's still pretty lethal. I've taken down entire teams with my Shield-Espeon backing it up ^_^
Finally, there's Weavile. Again, I wasn't sold on it at first, but that was because I failed to see its potential. I now have 2 at lv 100, and... holy cow are they good. I picked up the Sneasels on my Ruby game (breeding FTW), then took them to Emerald for Ice Punch. After migrating them across, I now have two absolutely awesome Weavile... she is almost ALWAYS on my team now.
Well, that was a whole long thing of not very much... but it just goes to show the dedication I've had to these little critters over my gaming life. Everytime I send out the above mentioned pokes, I get that familiar battle buzz... and very often, nothing can go wrong if you use your faves. What do you think? I have more than that, but I've gone on long enough as it is