Author Notes: Hello there, WolfieWaters here! So I know this is my first story ever on my account, but I'm actually writing and finishing this story for an IRL friend that I had. He was known as Jpr123, now I'm going to be continuing and finishing his story.
Just a heads up this was originally an SYOC story, but will no longer be one, as the SYOC form was eventually closed and from the notes I was given to finish this story the cast is already quite big.
More info on what you should know about this story. The idea came from Jpr just joking around in 2013 that what if people were assigned wives and husbands at birth, and it was a law. Also no two characters hold the role as Main Characters. Everyone in the story is a main character as this is a bunch of smaller stories intertwined in the same world. For those who read the original, I will be deviating the story a lot, but with all the same characters! So I hope you don't mind that, anyway without further explanation, I hope you enjoy!
It was a dark and cloudy day. Just outside of Tyler Wing could hear the pitter patter of the rain tapping on his window. He pulled off the soft blanket that was tightly wrapped around his body. Sitting up in his bed he stretched his arms out and let out a loud yawn. He looked around his room and saw his laptop off to the right, and that same old guitar placed on his wall. Fully stretching his arms he delighted in the stress being released from his tense muscles.
He got up and out of his bed and walked over to his closet. He grabbed a wrinkle filled white dress shirt and a pair of his terribly ripped jeans. Quickly putting both of them on, he walked up out of his basement and into his kitchen. His tail still hung low, but he eventually wrapped it around his waist.
Tyler soon fixed his messy black hair around his luxray ears, to show of his soft blue eyes. He walked over the breakfast table and had a quick bowl of cereal. He grabbed an umbrella on the way out before heading out to school. The streets were quiet, and the only thing Tyler could hear right now was the rain. Down each street he walked there were small food shops, and small chain clothing stores that had yet to open. That's when he noticed noticed an elderly lady who seem quite confused at a food shop. He also noticed how the shop keeper was getting increasingly frustrated. He got in behind the lady and looked at the two meals she was deciding on.
"Hey Miss, if I were you I'd get the pork cutlet. It's pretty incredible if you ask me," Tyler said.
"That's very nice of you, but I'm not sure if my grandson will enjoy it. I don't have the time to cook a nice juicy burger for him today," the old lady said.
"I think your grandson and I would get along just fine. If he loves burgers then for sure he'll love a pork cutlet," Tyler excitedly said.
"Well with confidence like that, how can I not get it. Sir, I'll have the pork cutlet," the old lady said.
Feeling satisfied Tyler left the scene on continued his way to school. The thing is, Tyler loved helping anyone in any possible way he could. On the way he helped a kid get their cat out of a decorative tree, and after helping, needless to say he was covered in scratches. Along the way he also helped a good family friend move their inventory into a truck, and by this point he was going to be late to school. Although Tyler felt that helping someone out was way more important to Tyler than his own education, but his parents might say otherwise.
Tyler had finally decided that he had taken too long to do everything, but on the way he got distracted by a certain news report looking through a T.V store window. The T.V report was about how a certain pop idol who was finally getting married to her assigned husband through the Road of Fate Law.
A thought that was more like an alarm bell Tyler's head screamed. "That's right... tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be turning sixteen, that means my notice could arrive at midnight. The Road of Fate Law is a special law that the country of Thorm has implemented to counter the supposed declining birthrate five generations before me. The law is that the government will chose a wife or husband for you the moment you are born, and it is mandatory that you marry that assigned person, regardless of any relationship you had or are currently in."
Tyler looked at the time and realized that he really had to get to school. He quickly ran towards the building, and stopped to take a few breathes of air. Once he arrived at Forgredy High he opened up the front door and headed straight to his first class. He walked in to see his disappointed teacher who had that same grumpy look he was known for.
"Sorry Mr. Grey," Tyler said.
"Late like usual I see, well take your seat," Mr. Grey said.
Off in a corner of the room a voice yelled out. "Tyler, maybe you should stop jacking off so much, can't you wait till your notice!".
Mr Grey pointed his chalk at the kid who called out Tyler, and in an angry tone yelled. "Mr Santos! That is not school appropriate, go see the principle right now!"
Tyler ignoring the claim made on him, he sat down without hesitation. He wrote down the notes he saw on the board, but after finishing his work his eyes would not leave. Quite possibly the most beautiful woman in his eyes. Sitting across the classroom was his childhood friend Mia Yang. She was a beautiful vaporeon pokemorph. Her long running blue hair complimented her deep ocean blue eyes perfectly. She had the ideal face structure along with the perfect amount of thin transparent scales running along her soft skin. She had her tail well tucked in her chair and the fin like mane around her neck was so cute. She wore the blue sweater he got for her, and her skirt reached the middle of her thighs.
She was the kind of friend you'd never see a guy like Tyler ever getting the hopes of being friends with or dating, but they just so happened to be childhood friends so it worked out in Tyler's favour.
Tyler thought back to all the good times he had with Mia, they ate cake, hung out in the mud and climbed trees together. He remembered Mia helping him throughout elementary school, and the times the two of them would watch movies till either one of them passed out.
Tyler let out a soft sigh knowing that Mia had figured out that she was too good for him. It was just something he learned to accept. It didn't change the way he felt, but what complicated things is that his notice could come tomorrow, it would be his last chance to confess. In today's day and age it wasn't uncommon to see people confessing their love a day before their sixteenth birthday, it didn't matter that it wouldn't change anything, some people just wanted to get their feelings off of their chest before their notice. Tyler lay his head in his hand to think about what he was going to do today.
Mia was in her seat, she was trying to concentrate on her work, but she just couldn't keep her eyes off of Tyler Wing. The boy she had loved ever since she was little, just looking at him brought her heart into a flutter. Her hands would get sweaty and she could barely breath. She thought back to the days where Tyler would help her when she was sick, she loved the way he helped her through all the tough times in her life. When her grandmother died of cancer, Tyler was there to help her. When her pet cat died, Tyler was also there. Tyler Wing always held a special place in her heart, but because of her own feelings she wasn't able to voice her true emotions to the boy she loved. She knew his sixteenth birthday was tomorrow, and that mean't Tyler could receive his notice at any time, she constantly thought about the fact that it might be too late to confess.
"Alright Class, now I know some of you are already sixteen, and some of you are on the verge of turning sixteen, and I also know that some of you have even received your notices. But as part of the education system we must go over the Road of Fate law," Mr Grey said.
Mr Grey started to write down the description of the law up on the board, he told the class that they didn't have to write it down, as he knew that everyone already had the law hammered into their heads by this point in their lives.
"Alright class, as you all know the government will choose your husband or wife. The person who you get assigned will be called your 'assigned wife or assigned husband'. Now let's get some misunderstandings about the law out of the way. Not everyone receives their notice at the age of sixteen, even though it's very common that you receive the notice at sixteen, some people end up receiving their notices at the age of twenty-two all the way to thirty. Also another common misunderstanding is that it is not illegal to be in a relationship that wasn't set up by the Road of Fate Law, while it isn't recommended, but some of you can get in that kind of relationship if you so choose so. Just let it be known that once your notice comes in you must break up from that relationship, and move forward with the notices," Mr Grey explained.
For the rest of class Mr Grey explained the tiny details for the Road of Fate, but Tyler already knew most of it. The tiny details fell along the lines of the check up meetings, and a whole list of repercussions on what would happen if you refused to meet your assigned spouse. Even though Mr Grey explained all the things you could do before the notice, Tyler still couldn't shake the feeling that he might get his notice the very next day. He let out a gentle sigh once class was over. The rest of the day was just an average day, but as the hours passed by, the every growing pit in his stomach grew. There was still so much he wanted to do, he wanted to hang out with Mia one more time before he turned sixteen, but the simple fact was that he was too shy to ask her out. What was the point of asking someone out when he knew that he could be ripped away from her within a few more hours.
Mia was standing at her locker she was surrounded by her friends. Jade and Billy were the first girls who really talked to her from the start of her high school career. The three of them all had a casual conversation about their notices and just how nerve racking each day was. Jade had already turned sixteen, but she hadn't received her notice yet, neither had Billy.
"So Mia, any boys you like? You don't turn sixteen not for a few days right?" Billy asked.
"Well there is this one guy I really like, but he's turning sixteen tomorrow, so it might be too late to confess," Mia blushed.
"C'mon girl really. I know that I'm nervous about everyday, but sometimes the notices can come in when you're twenty two. Why not you should ask him out, just one date, make it the final date the first and the last!" Jade said.
"Oh that sounds so romantic... I think," Billy said.
"That's not a bad idea actually. I mean he's already guaranteed to eventually meet the person he's meant to be with. I might as well go all in, no regrets!" Mia excitedly said.
"That's the spirit!" Jade said.
Tyler was walking home preparing himself for tomorrow, despite the fact he knew that tomorrow could practically be exactly the same as today. At least the sun was shinning so he didn't have to carry an umbrella over his head. However he did watch the puddles as not to get his shoes wet. He turned the corner to his house when he saw someone he knew quite well. Standing there was Mia, her face was bright red and she shyly held her hands together.
"T-T-Tyler... it's been awhile hasn't it?" Mia blushed.
"R-really... we saw each other today," Tyler shyly said.
"Anyway! Uh! Meet me at the park we always used to play at tonight! Don't be late!" Mia blushed before running away.
Tyler was left confused but he knew he absolutely had to go to the park tonight. He quickly rushed to his house with a bright blush on his face that his parents instantly picked up on. He ran up into the washroom, grabbed a towel and took a hot shower in complete excitement. He put on his best shirt and his best pair of jeans. He made his messy black hair look somewhat presentable and headed to the park right away.
The park wasn't too far away so he simply walked there, but his heart was pounding so hard. His crush, his childhood friend, the same girl who had known years told him to meet her in the park they used to play at. She knew his birthday was tomorrow, what if she was planning on confessing? Well it didn't matter cause Tyler was confident that he'd be the one to confess. He sat down on a bench and began to wait. Seconds passed by and those seconds soon turned into minutes, those minuets eventually turned into hours. His focus landed on the left over sand castles on the playground, and the gentle sway of the swings.
Tyler could feel himself getting sleepy as it was nearing eleven o'clock, and yet still no sign of Mia. He sat there and waited a bit more eventually falling asleep on the bench. He felt his phone vibrate waking him up jarringly, it was a text from his mom telling him to go home. He looked at the time and it was midnight meaning he was officially sixteen. Tyler stretched and got up realizing that Mia wasn't coming, but as he got up and reached the exit of the park he heard a loud female voice yell his name.
"TYLER WAIT!" Mia yelled.
Tyler turned around to see Mia drenched in sweat, she looked tired and exhausted from something. She ran up to him and grabbed his shoulders. Tyler looked her in the eye and let out a nervous sigh. He noticed the bright blush on her face and the nervousness in her watery eyes.
"Tyler, first I need to say sorry," Mia said.
"Hey look it's fine, it's always better to be late then never come!" Tyler laughed.
Mia blushed and put her hands behind her back. "No... I mean I'm sorry for never saying this in the first place. The truth is that I like you, I like you a lot. I wish I had said this sooner but... I'm in love with you Tyler. It's been this way since we were kids!"
Tyler let out a soft blush and rubbed the back of his head. He looked Mia in the eye and grabbed her by the shoulders.
Mia's cheeks became a bright pink. She gulped hard, she peered into Tyler's calming blue eyes and she could tell he liked her just as much as she liked him. She placed her hands on his chest
"Tyler let's start going out, let's become a couple until either you or I get our notices,".
Mia thought she made a mistake by asking that awkward question as she saw Tyler's cheeks become an even brighter pink. She leaned in without question, this is what she wanted, but she couldn't tell if Tyler wanted it just as bad as she did. She pressed her lips up against Tyler's. A wave of pleasure and emotion flooded her body. She was completely enveloped in his warmth.
Tyler released from the kiss, he took in a deep breath before leaning back in. He enjoyed every moment of this sweet kiss, it felt like a dream to him, it felt as if it couldn't be real, but the warmth of Mia's hands against his stomach made him realize that this moment was real.
"I'd love to become a couple. Let's go out until either one of us get's our notices," Tyler gently said.
"I'd like that," Mia smiled. She was about to lean in for another kiss until she heard someone walking up to the bench both of them were on. She turned her head to see a middle aged woman with bright red hair, she wore a suit and held an envelope in her hands.
Mia looked at the clock on her phone and noticed that it was ten after twelve. The lady walked in front of both of them. And the moment she saw the lady push the envelope in front of Tyler her heart dropped.
"Congratulations Mr Wing, your notice has come in," The Lady said.
Author Notes: So there we go the first chapter. Let me know your thoughts, that's all I could really ask for!